Chapter 321
Chapter 321: The Battle of Films
“Why are you asking about this?” Lei Qingyi placed his feet on the sofa. Half of the time, the sofa in his house was used to sit on while the rest of the time, they were for his legs. Others’ legs might not be long enough but he was never worried about this.
“Oh, Huanhuan bought a small one.”
“Glass?” Lei Qingyi repeatedly emphasized on the glass while Yi Ling was very sure that it was glass indeed.
As to why she was certain, it was because Yan Huan had never worn a ring and now that she suddenly bought one, what could it be if it wasn’t glass?
Lei Qingyi retracted his feet. Even though he had a bad temper, it didn’t mean that he was stupid. Moreover, even though he wasn’t very smart, it didn’t mean that he didn’t have any EQ. He broke out into a smile and showed off his row of white teeth. It was a cold white and if any kid were to see it, they would cry in fear.
It was New Years as he drove his car out. Sea City was a busy city and was a famous trading city that was known domestically and internationally. Even though the spirit of the new year was lessened by all the concrete and steel, it was the new years and if one wanted to buy anything, it was still pretty easy. It wasn’t like in the past where everywhere was closed during the new years.
This wasn’t the past and the new years now was the most profitable time.
He went directly to a jewelry store and bought a large diamond ring back. As for how much it was, it was quite a lot indeed but Lei QIngyi could still afford this money.
Yan Huan was just about to pour a glass of water to drink when Lei Qingyi came to their house.
Yan Huan extended her hand to him generously.
Lei Qingyi thought about it for a while before he reached into his own pocket understandingly. He took out a red packet.
“Thank you,” Yan Huan took over the red packet and shook it before returning to her own room.
Lei Qingyi shook his head. Yan Huan already had so much money, why did she like to keep red packet so much during the new years?
“Yi Ling, come over.”
Lei Qingyi pointed at Yi Ling once he caught sight of her.
Yi Ling pointed at her own face as she looked around. It seemed like there was only her here, means it must be her.
She ran over as both her pockets were stuffed full. They were filled with seeds and peanuts. When she was young, Yan Huan’s mother would give the 2 kids a packet of seeds and peanuts and placed them in their pocket. After all these years, Yi Ling has gotten used to it. Over the years, she would fill her pockets full for her to eat whenever she wanted.
She placed her hand in her own pocket before stuffing all the seeds and peanuts into Lei Qingyi’s pocket.
Lei Qingyi broke out into a wide smile. Alright, this was the same for him when he was young. His mother used to say he was a good for nothing when he was young who would hide things in his pocket. Because of this habit of his, when he and Lu Yi were trapped in a hill during their army days, they managed to make it through alive from all the things that he had hidden in his pocket.
Hence, it wasn’t a bad thing for him to keep things in them.
“This is for you,” Lei Qingyi rested on one side as he munched on the seeds. He threw a box over to Yi Ling.
“What?”” Yi Ling extended her hand to catch it. It was a red-cloth box. She opened the box. It wasn’t anything else, it was a ring; a glass ring.
“Oh, what a huge piece of glass!” She took the ring out and placed them on her fingers, looking at it for a long time. Her middle finger was a little too big but her index finger was a little small.. It wouldn’t even stay on her pinkie. It seemed like the ring finger was the best.
She stuffed the glass ring on her ring finger, not thinking there was anything wrong with it. Anyway, it seemed to fit and it looked pretty no matter how she looked at it. This seemed to be made just for her.
“Is it nice?” Yi Ling waved her finger around. “This glass is really bright, how much is it?”
“Not expensive, it is really cheap.” Lei Qingyi placed another peanut in his mouth as he started chewing. He then tapped Yi Ling on the shoulder. “Remember, this is the first gift from me. We have such a good relationship, you cannot lose it.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t,” Yi Ling looked at her own finger from time to time and she didn’t realize the smile in Lei Qingyi’s eyes. She thought the two of them were good brothers.
How could a man and woman be brothers?
That wasn’t realistic at all.
Either the man was crazy or the woman had issues.
But evidently, both Lei Qingyi and Yi Ling didn’t have any issues.
Yan Huan looked at the mirror as she wore her cap properly. She put on her sunglasses that she used to hide her appearance, and she let her fringe down. They almost covered her eyes. She then put on a scarf which could keep her warm and blocked her face from sight.
This was her first new Year’s movie. She was quite nervous and afraid that she didn’t act well. She was afraid the box office would slide. After all, the competition between New Year films were always very intense.
The pre-order tickets for Three Kingdoms had reached almost $70 million. This was already a big opening for the movie and in the first day, it almost reached $100 million.
Among the few movies that were opening in this period, Three Kingdoms was performing the best.
Her The Uncle and The Flower was like Divorced last year. No, it was slightly better than Divorced. At the very least, it was 4th now.
She looked at the mirror and let out a huge breath. Then, she steeled herself and followed Yi Ling to a movie theatre. When they reached, the movie theatre was almost full of people. It was only at times like this when they knew how many people Sea City actually had. Yan Huan still didn’t dare to watch movies at the movie theatre and there were only 4 showings of her movie after all.
She had watched Three Kingdoms and it was pretty good. It was successful in different areas or else, it wouldn’t have been able to reach a $100 million box office on the first day too.
When it was time for The Uncle and the Flower, she followed the crowd in. There were only about a third of the space left in the entire movie hall and that meant it was two-thirds filled.
She felt it was decent. At the very least, it was better than Divorced. There were barely any people watching in the movie hall when Divorced came out.
The movie started with the blur Flower and the silly yet smart Uncle. There were laughter the whole time and together with the music and narration added in post-production, they added much color to the movie.
In the movie theatre, Yan Huan finally didn’t hear the cries from Divorced. Instead, she heard everyone’s laughter from the start to the end, the laughter had left everyone almost breathless.