Chapter 817: Chapter 807: Encountering Teng Hua on the Road

"Come, come, this is our biggest investor in the cast, President Su, everyone welcome!"

"Xiao Liu, you and the leading actors should come and toast President Su!"

"President Su, these are the other investors in our cast, let me introduce them to you."

Wang Jiang led Su Qing inside, and instantly became the center of attention, taking a seat at the table for directors, producers, and investors.

Even the leading actors of the film couldn’t sit at this table, but they kept coming over to toast.

Wang Jiang booked an entire floor, filled with the crew’s staff, while the assistant Hu Xiaoling was arranged elsewhere.

After all, nobody dared to overlook anyone accompanying Su Qing, even if they were just an assistant driver.

As soon as he entered, the core members of the crew surrounded him warmly; first, because he was the biggest investor in the crew, holding half of the total investment, and second, because Su Qing himself was a public figure.

Stock God, investor, multi-million level internet celebrity, advisor to the Jiang City police; every title marks him as extraordinary.

He has money, foresight, exposure and traffic, and some official background, and these are just the information on the surface; in terms of true background, almost no one present is aware.

Especially the first two, which are visibly silver coins. Who wouldn’t want to show their face to such a boss?

Thus, Su Qing felt quite comfortable here, especially after the lesson from Director Deng previously, Wang Jiang didn’t orchestrate any tricks, just gathered to celebrate the film’s success.

And the timing was well-chosen, with the box office surpassing 200 million, just recouping costs in less than a week, the remaining half month is all about profit.

Simply put, this film is already a guaranteed success, and with the current momentum, the box office will rise significantly in the upcoming week, possibly reaching a billion per day.

Of course, after half a month of screening, no matter how popular the movie is, the box office will diminish to some extent, dropping below ten million in its last days.

Nonetheless, Wang Jiang is contented; a profitable film means it’s good, as long as it doesn’t lose money, it can be played.

Compared to our neighbor ’Demon Capital Fortress,’ even at this score they are already lucky enough, at least they won’t lose money!

Su Qing had a few drinks, joined in on the fun, mostly out of curiosity since he hadn’t participated before.

And most comfortable for him was that nobody pressured him to drink; those toasting let him be free, downing their own drinks entirely.

Su Qing’s biggest advantage is being agreeable; when told he could drink freely, he really only had a sip, yet nobody minded, considering his prominent identity.

After three rounds of drinks, Wang Jiang spoke from the side: "President Su, have you heard about the ’Demon Capital Fortress’ crew?"

"What happened?"

"They held a press conference, apologized. They once used your identity to mislead the public, now they’re facing the consequences. Despite you not investing nor endorsing them at all, they wanted to piggyback on your popularity. But even at this apology, it didn’t mention you at all; they perfectly structured the questions in advance, really haven’t learned!" Wang Jiang spoke somewhat pointedly, clearly showing displeasure.

The moment the words were out, a narration prompt sounded in Su Qing’s mind.

[Wang Jiang wants to use this matter to nail their coffin, firstly, because last month during the crew’s promotion, your direct involvement created a rift between Teng Hua and him; secondly, interest, if you personally get involved, traffic can be drawn to us similarly, decrease the opposition while enhancing yourself, and thirdly a chance of moderate revenge against Teng Hua and others.

The plan’s feasibility is 95%, and could raise ’Life-changing Matters’ ticket sales by approximately tens of millions.

More importantly, despite not valuing Teng Hua, you do value him, aiding his career notably.]

The prompt provided abundant information, or rather detailed insights, covering Wang Jiang’s current thoughts and subsequent results.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing quietly watched Wang Jiang for a while, silently, creating a tense atmosphere around.

Seeing this, Wang Jiang was startled: "Su... President Su, I just can’t stand him..."

Before he finished, Su Qing smiled and shook his head: "It’s okay, I know, leave it at that."

With that, Su Qing stood up: "It’s getting late, feeling a bit dizzy, I’ll head off, everyone, enjoy your drinks, I’m leaving!"

His sudden departure shocked those at the table.

"It’s still early, it’s just now!"

"Exactly, let Director Wang organize, we can continue on!"

...

Despite their pleas, Su Qing simply nodded and left directly, Wang Jiang, feeling anxious, hurriedly chased after him.

"President Su... don’t take what I said to heart, drank too much, drank too much!"

"No worries, Director Wang, I just can’t handle my drinks well, feeling dizzy, genuinely no issue, let’s end it today, we’ll continue working together in the future."

"Ah, then I won’t hold you back!"

Su Qing got into the car, then rolled down the window and nodded, as Secretary Hu Xiaoling drove off.

As the car moved away, the smile on Su Qing and Wang Jiang’s faces vanished instantly, replaced by disdain and regret.

Su Qing’s expression reflected disdain, thinking this person is presumptuous and audacious, assuming youth equates to foolishness, calculating everything?

Meanwhile, Wang Jiang felt regretful for his carelessness, for not being able to hold back; clearly they have a strong foundation, yet it created distance, missing the main goal.

"President Su, what happened? Did something go wrong?" Hu Xiaoling asked while driving.

She naturally noticed Su Qing’s change in expression earlier.

Upon hearing, Su Qing smiled: "Nothing, just suddenly didn’t feel like staying."

"Why?"

"Some people just aren’t honest!"

Wang Jiang wanted to use him as a pawn, clearly blindfolded, in business it’s common for mutual calculations since everyone wants to profit, but expecting him to take the front and attract fire when it was Wang’s own goal truly showed underestimation.

Though it could raise the total box office, but for an increment of tens of millions, how much would fall into his hand? To take the heat for such small gains was indeed ambitious thinking.

He could cooperate, even help willingly, but proactively; being manipulated is unacceptable.

While Su Qing was contemplating, they caught a red light, and Hu Xiaoling stopped the car as another black car pulled up alongside, windows down equally.

Su Qing looked carefully, what a coincidence, it’s a familiar face.

And evidently, the person opposite also noticed his glance, then they engaged in mutual staring.

"Director Teng, long time no see! Surprised to run into you here, what a coincidence, did you finish holding the press conference?"

The person opposite was indeed Teng Hua, noticing Su Qing’s sarcastic smirk, his heart ignited with rage, though he recognized defeat.

"Let’s wait and see, fortune turns like a wheel, I don’t believe your luck will hold each time!"

"How unfortunate, I’m otherwise lacking, except my luck is pretty good, moreover... you seem out of chances, since we aren’t likely to collaborate again, are we?"

Facing Su Qing’s arrogant attitude, Teng Hua’s face turned red:

"Don’t be smug, constant success isn’t always good; sooner or later, you’ll stumble!"

"Really, we’ll see then, however Director Teng, you’ve offended quite a few this time, not only costing investors money but damaging public image, most crucially, the industry holds significant judgement, you’re the one who ought to be cautious!"

Finishing, the green light turned, and both cars drove off in different directions, as Su Qing’s lips subtly lifted into a smile.

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