Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
They examined the situation carefully. The purchaser had bought all the tickets almost at the same time, and they paid through the same software.
âSomeoneâs locking up our venues!â The manager was quick to spot the fact.
âI wonder if itâs Lu Tianqing herself or her fans.â
âBut no matter who it is, itâs so unethical! If no one had bought the tickets, we could have naturally switched to another movie that would sell well. Now, we have to screen this movie while making a loss.â
âRight. I noticed too. Even though there were people who bought the tickets, no one showed up to watch the movie. The whole theater was empty.â
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âPreviously, we were worried that we would let Boss Jin down by replacing Lu Tianqing, but since theyâre so heartless, we can only do the same. Return all these tickets to the buyer immediately and change Lu Tianqingâs movie to Su Beiâs movie!â
âYes, change it to Su Beiâs movie!â
Everyone had long wanted to change it. After all, it was really too uncomfortable to see a lot of money not being earned.
Now that they had found such a good reason, they would act immediately.
With this change, the box office results of Su Beiâs movie completely soared. Lu Tianqing could only occupy a fraction of Su Beiâs results.
Lu Tianqing said to her manager, âLetâs announce it to the public directly. Letâs say that Su Bei maliciously snatched our showtimes and made the movie theater managers deliberately refund the tickets to our movie. She doesnât want people to watch my movie, so sheâs forcing everyone to only watch her movie.â
Soon, many people posted photos of the refund notice for their tickets.
They claimed: [We originally wanted to support Lu Tianqing, but after we bought the tickets, the movie theaters refused to let us watch the movie and forcibly refunded our tickets. We later discovered that the tickets they gave us were all for Su Beiâs movie.]
[Is it so difficult to watch a movie we want? We like Lu Tianqing. Is that wrong?]
[The movie theaters should give us an explanation. Why did they do that?]
[Must Su Bei treat us like this just because she has the support of a famous director?]
The matter caused a huge commotion. After all, a Best Actor and other popular actors were also in Lu Tianqingâs movie. The fans of these people were not to be underestimated. They followed suit and said: [No wonder the box office results of the movie were surpassed by Su Beiâs movie. Later on, we couldnât even catch up. So thereâs such an inside story. If you donât give us an explanation, you canât blame us for not letting it go.]
[Su Bei, youâre really too much. Did He Xuyan give you the courage? You contracted all these movie theaters? Why are you still making movies when youâre so rich, then?]
[Thatâs right. It was all hype before, but now, youâre promoting your movie in such a vicious way. Donât tell me we can only watch your movie with our heads down? What about our dignity as movie-goers?]
Jin Mingchang also flared up at the movie theater managers. âEveryone, weâve been working together for many years. Your actions this time are too disrespectful to me. What benefits did Su Bei give you?â
The managers had no choice but to give the evidence of the venue lock to Jin Mingchang.
Jin Mingchang was also an expert in this area. When he saw this, he understood what Lu Tianqing had done.
Although these managers had indeed been paid, they just did what they had to do. No one watched Lu Tianqingâs movie, so it was their freedom to replace Lu Tianqingâs movie with Su Beiâs.
Lu Tianqing had maliciously locked their venues first. Jin Mingchang was indeed in the wrong.
âThis mustâve been done by fans. I hope that you wonât ruin our many years of friendship because of the actions of some brainless fans!â Jin Mingchang said and turned to leave.
The managers breathed a sigh of relief. At least they knew they wouldnât have to take full responsibility for this.
The reprimands online were too fierce, but the managers couldnât be bothered to clarify things for Su Bei. Wouldnât it be a slap to Lu Tianqingâs face?
They would give Jin Mingchang face, but not Su Bei.
This was especially so for Manager Liang, who was leading the group. He said to everyone, âThereâs no need to respond to the matters of the outside world. When something like this happens, the blame will all be on the celebrities. Everyone, letâs just guard our own cinemas well. We wonât get involved.â
When he got home, he counted the money he earned from Su Beiâs movie and used her popularity as a stepping stone. However, he was not the slightest bit swayed despite seeing how badly Su Bei was being scolded online.
âWhat are you so happy about, Dad?â his son and daughter asked.
âWhy shouldnât I be happy? Iâve made money.â
Manager Liang went to sleep after drinking.
His son and daughter were both Su Beiâs fans. They planned to check his computer to see if there was any news about Su Bei. As high school students, they had a lot of lessons and a very packed schedule. Manager Liang usually didnât allow them to use the computer.