Chapter 1352: An Extraordinary Chemical Reaction (3)
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. š»ššš®šāÆš«ššššš.ššøš¶
āSomeoneās locking up our venues!ā The manager was quick to spot the fact.
āI wonder if itās Lu Tianqing herself or her fans.ā
āBut no matter who it is, itās 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.ā
āRight. 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.ā
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āPreviously, we were worried that we would let Boss Jin down by replacing Lu Tianqing, but since theyāre so heartless, we can only do the same. Return all these tickets to the buyer immediately and change Lu Tianqingās movie to Su Beiās movie!ā
āYes, change it to Su Beiās movie!ā
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 Beiās movie completely soared. Lu Tianqing could only occupy a fraction of Su Beiās results.
Lu Tianqing said to her manager, āLetās announce it to the public directly. Letās say that Su Bei maliciously snatched our showtimes and made the movie theater managers deliberately refund the tickets to our movie. She doesnāt want people to watch my movie, so sheās forcing everyone to only watch her movie.ā
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 Beiās 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 Tianqingās 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 Beiās movie. Later on, we couldnāt even catch up. So thereās such an inside story. If you donāt give us an explanation, you canāt blame us for not letting it go.]
[Su Bei, youāre really too much. Did He Xuyan give you the courage? You contracted all these movie theaters? Why are you still making movies when youāre so rich, then?]
[Thatās right. It was all hype before, but now, youāre promoting your movie in such a vicious way. Donāt 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. āEveryone, weāve been working together for many years. Your actions this time are too disrespectful to me. What benefits did Su Bei give you?ā
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 Tianqingās movie, so it was their freedom to replace Lu Tianqingās movie with Su Beiās.
Lu Tianqing had maliciously locked their venues first. Jin Mingchang was indeed in the wrong.
āThis mustāve been done by fans. I hope that you wonāt ruin our many years of friendship because of the actions of some brainless fans!ā Jin Mingchang said and turned to leave.
The managers breathed a sigh of relief. At least they knew they wouldnāt have to take full responsibility for this.
The reprimands online were too fierce, but the managers couldnāt be bothered to clarify things for Su Bei. Wouldnāt it be a slap to Lu Tianqingās 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, āThereās 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, letās just guard our own cinemas well. We wonāt get involved.ā
When he got home, he counted the money he earned from Su Beiās 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.
āWhat are you so happy about, Dad?ā his son and daughter asked.
āWhy shouldnāt I be happy? Iāve made money.ā
Manager Liang went to sleep after drinking.
His son and daughter were both Su Beiās 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 didnāt allow them to use the computer.