In the end, Li Yi gave the signed photo to Song Yingying and asked her to give it to Qiu Haifeng tomorrow
Early the next morning, Li Yi woke up from bed.
During these days of filming, he woke up early and stayed up late at night, not daring to sleep at all.
Now that I can take a rest, I naturally sleep until the sun hits my butt before getting up.
Li Yi reached out to touch the bedside table and brought the phone to his eyes.
"Fuck!"
Only then did Li Yi realize that his cell phone was exploding.
To be precise, the news broke.
Seven missed calls.
Fifteen unread messages.
Li Yi checked and found three calls from Qiu Haifeng, one from Song Yingying who called him to get up, one from Director Zhang Yimou, one from Zhang Manfen and the last one from Cheng Yajie.
He knew that Qiu Haifeng just wanted to ask him if he had signed, so Li Yi did not plan to return his call and would just say it on WeChat later.
As for Mr. Zhang calling him, he was a little surprised.
So, he immediately called back.
"Hey, Uncle Zhang, what's wrong?" Li Yi explained: "I just woke up, I'm sorry, Uncle Zhang."
"It's nothing to be embarrassed about. It's okay. I just got up early to give you a call."
Of course Li Yi would not believe this. After all, this old guy would not go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything and would never do anything meaningless.
"Of course, Uncle Zhang, as long as you want to chat with me, I welcome you." Li Yi still did not choose to ask proactively, waiting for Zhang Yimou's words.
Sure enough, after chatting for a few words, Zhang Yimou said: "Xiao Yi, I'm going to let the theater release "Hero"."
Li Yi was surprised: "Why? Uncle Zhang, isn't the box office of "Hero" already rising steadily?"
"Yes, but I didn't intend to make money from this movie from the beginning. I just wanted everyone to understand my theme. Now that my goal has been achieved, it's time to release it," Zhang Yimou explained.
Although it was difficult for Li Yi to understand Zhang Yimou's thoughts.
He even thought that Mr. Zhang was out of his mind.
But after thinking about it, the reason why he became a national master may be because he has the courage to give and take.
If it were him, he would never be able to do it.
After all, who doesn’t love money?
Except for that old horse.
Li Yi respects Zhang Yimou's decision: "Uncle Zhang, I support you!"
After hearing this, Zhang Yimou became happy: "Don't worry, Xiaoyi, your future is limitless. I will introduce some resources to you when the time comes. Just don't dislike me, an old man."
Li Yi quickly said: "How could it be possible? Uncle Zhang gave me resources, but I just rejected all the schedules and had to pick you up."
"You can't say that. Sometimes, you can't act on your own initiative. Maybe I am a mentor and guide to you now, but what about in two years? What if the films I make get worse and worse and no one watches them?"
“Only by being kind to yourself can you be qualified to be kind to others. Remember this sentence.”
Later, Zhang Yimou hung up the phone after a brief chat.
Li Yi recalled Mr. Zhang's words and felt deeply in her heart.
He looked at the messages on WeChat again, and most of them were congratulations on the success of his album.
But they didn’t say exactly how many they sold.
Until he clicked on Weibo.
[Li Yi's "Chengdu" album sales exceeded two million copies!]
Li Yi's mouth opened so wide that he didn't close it for a long time.
It’s so popular?!
On the other side, he clicked on the "Hero" box office.
Yesterday's closing day still maintained a box office of nearly 50 million.
At this rate, the box office of "Hero" has reached 530 million!
Although this total box office can continue to rise, it is only a matter of time before it even exceeds one billion.
But now Mr. Zhang directly said that it would be released, which made Li Yi feel a little frustrated for a while.
"Forget it, I will use "The Tuner" to earn back the box office when the time comes!"
This time, Li Yi has a stake in the "The Tuner" movie.
At that time, Manager He Fucun was a little surprised when he heard that Li Yi said he wanted to participate in the company.
After all, this movie is not a large-scale production, and neither the distributor nor the theaters are necessarily optimistic about it.
But Li Yi insisted on taking a shareholding, so He Fucun had no choice but to agree.
News of the release of "Heroes" quickly spread on the Internet.
Now those netizens were blown away.
"Damn it, I haven't watched it yet! No, I have to watch it tonight, otherwise it will be gone as soon as tomorrow."
"Ahhh! Why is it being released? Is it because it has touched some strings?"
"I read Director Zhang's Weibo, and he said that this movie was originally intended to restore the feelings of Qin Shihuang and the unification of family and country to everyone. It is not a commercial film at all, so I accepted it as soon as it was good."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuah, a national teacher is a national teacher. He is indeed different from other directors who make money."
"Furthermore, Director Zhang also said that he actually felt sorry for Li Yi. After all, this movie could make him gain a higher net worth. Then Li Yi expressed his willingness to support Director Zhang's decision."
"Li Yi's character is really beyond words, I love him."
"Me too, I'm a fan."
Li Yi got in the car and prepared to go to Firefly Cosmetics Company.
But just as Liu Hong was preparing to leave, a group of paparazzi reporters ran out.
They knocked on the car windows one after another and shouted: "Mr. Li Yi, can you come out and have a few words?"
Li Yi was a little surprised to see a female reporter with green leaves in her hair.
Where is this girl hiding?!
Why are you so dedicated?
There was no other way, so Li Yi had no choice but to get out of the car.
He very considerately took the green leaves off the reporter's head, and then asked: "I don't have much time, so you should hurry up."
This small gesture was praised as heart-warming by the female reporters!
One of the female reporters took the microphone and asked Li Yi: "Mr. Li Yi, are you surprised that your "Chengdu" album became a hit?"
"It's quite unexpected. I thought "Chengdu" would be popular, but I didn't expect it to be so popular." Li Yi explained with a smile.
Another long-haired female reporter said before asking the question: "Brother Yi, I am your fan."
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at her.
She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She held the fan card on her chest and said, "I am really his fan."
Li Yi was a little curious and asked: "What is this brand?"
"This is a fan card. It can record when fans first met you and how they met you. Then you can look at our card." The fan reporter explained.
When Li Yi heard this, she found it very interesting, so she took her fan card and looked at it.
"Are you No. 788?" Li Yi saw that there was still a number on the fan card?
"Yes, this is the ranking based on the fan value when receiving the number." the fan reporter explained.
Li Yi looked at No. 788 and suddenly felt like he was visiting the club in person.
