Chapter 66
Currently, apart from the cinemas owned by Jun Group where the film ‘Female Fortress Leader’ would be screened twice a day, the film would only be screened once a day in other cinemas. The film made it to the hot search list and the netizens had begun discussing it too. Many had also started snatching for tickets. The box office sales for ‘Female Fortress Leader’ had clearly been rising faster than the first day while every screening of ‘Islander’ was sold out. Lei Chan had already eagerly begun throwing a celebratory banquet in advance and even specially invited Chae Eunhyuk .
Lei Chan
Mr. Chae , like I’ve promised, we definitely won’t lose out. Look at the box-office rate of Tian wen’s film. Currently, they have sold only hundreds of thousands of people tickets while we’ve already sold millions.
Leaning against the sofa sluggishly as usual, Chae Eunhyuk swirled the glass of wine in his hand.
Chae Eunhyuk
Mhm, not bad.
Seeing that his glass was almost empty, Lei Chan took the initiative to fill half of the glass with wine.
Lei Chan
Mr. Chae , I’m planning to produce a sci-fi film next. You…
Chae Eunhyuk
Are you expecting me to invest again?
Lei Chan
Hehe, I believe we will have a happy cooperation.
Chae Eunhyuk
Director Lei, I will never deal in anything that will bring me losses.
Lei Chan
Yes, yes, yes, I know. Don’t worry, Mr. Chae , I have faith in our film.
Chae Eunhyuk
I’ll decide after seeing the results of this film.
Soo came to Chae Eunhyuk ’s mind all of a sudden and he said with a sinister smile.
Chae Eunhyuk
But, you’d better not let me suffer any losses, or else… I will think of a solution to take it back from you.
Lei Chan
•shuddered uncontrollably• No, no, that won’t happen. Rest assured, Mr. Chae.
It was no wonder that Chae Eunhyuk used to be a gangster. He was simply too intimidating.
On the third day after the release, all the tickets for ‘Female Fortress Leader’ were fully booked. The number of discussions about ‘Female Fortress Leader’ on the Internet seemed to be surpassing that of ‘Islander’ soon. “I’m bawling my eyes out. My Lei Conggui, my female bandit, he’s the goddess in my heart. He was so gorgeous in that red wedding dress!” “I love Lei Conggui, I love Taemin. He played the role so well. I think Taemin’s previous violent behavior was all meant to prepare him for the role.” “I have a friend who works with the crew and he said that Lei Conggui is very much like Taemin. That’s also the reason Taemin chose him to play the female lead.” “I haven’t watched such a good movie in a long time. It’d be wonderful if Cang Yang is not a monk and becomes a mortal. My poor female bandit!” “Oh dear, I’ve already watched it twice. I’m Planning to watch it again tomorrow. I really strongly recommend it, this film takes me back to the 80’s and 90’s. Back in the day, our locally-produced films were awesome!” Immediately afterwards, Taemin’s name was on the hot search list again.
Taemin watched as his follower count soared rapidly at the speed of a rocket. In just one night, his follower count exceeded a million. With his eyebrows raised and his lips curled, Taemin saw Jun Minjun making his way downstairs. Swinging his phone boastingly, he said,
Kwon Taemin
Jun Minjun.
Having been called randomly, Jun Minjun immediately stood still with his back straightened.
Jun Minjun
What…what’s the matter?
Kwon Taemin
I have more than a million fans now.
Jun Minjun
….
Jun Minjun
💭Is that all you wanted to tell me? Damn it! You scared me out of my wits!
Jun Minjun
Congratulations, you are a famous celebrity with more than a million fans now.
Taemin’s smile grew wider and he put his cellphone down, turned around, and then headed to the kitchen.
Kwon Taemin
I’m in a good mood today, so I’ll cook tonight.
Jun Minjun shuddered.
Jun Minjun
💭Taemin is going to cook tonight? Must I eat the food he cooks? Will I still live to see tomorrow?
At this point, he was extremely envious of Jun Sena who was living on campus.
Taemin had recently become obsessed with a good K-pop song and would hum a couple lines of it when he was bored. Jun Minjun was standing at the kitchen door and eavesdropping, honestly finding his singing to be quite passionate. After waiting for nearly an hour, dinner was ready. Jun Minjun had already eaten several pills to ease digestion.
He originally thought that Taemin would whip up a feast of poisonous dishes. In the end… He simply served up two bowls of scallion noodles. Pointing at the bowl in front of him, Jun Minjun remarked,
Jun Minjun
Do you think I’m a pig? Why is my bowl larger than my face?
Kwon Taemin
•rubbed his hair affectionately• Good boy, eat more so that you can grow. If it’s not enough, I’ll make you some more.
Jun Minjun
💭Okay he really takes me for a pig. But I’m already 27 years old, why would I grow!?
Taemin smiled and sat back down. He took the lead to pick up the chopsticks and began digging in. Jun Minjun stared at the bowl of noodles in front of him and struggled for a long time. All of a sudden, he caught sight of Taemin’s threatening gaze. He then immediately picked up the chopsticks and ate a few mouthfuls of noodles. Actually… Actually, it didn’t taste as bad as he imagined. It was just lacking some chili and meat.
Jun Minjun
Since when did you learn to cook noodles?
Kwon Taemin
Does it take a learning process to cook noodles?
Jun Minjun
….
Jun Minjun
💭Does it not?
Kwon Taemin
I’m not like you. When I first became a bandit… I mean, a leader, I had to survive on noodles because we could barely make ends meet.
Jun Minjun
•looked at Taemin sympathetically• It’s okay, now that you’re married into the Jun Family, you will no longer have to live a hard life.
After he mentioned it, Taemin’s face immediately grew sullen. Jun Minjun’s heart skipped a beat and he began to reflect on himself, wondering if he had said something wrong.
Kwon Taemin
Have I been living a good life since I married into the Jun Family? That dog of a man Jun Jungsu is so calculative about everything and he won’t even let me spend with his black card. I’m really unlucky to have married into this family. Damn it.
Kwon Taemin
💭When I died, I brought many treasures with me. Others can reincarnate with their bodies but why did my soul reincarnate without my body? If I had reincarnated with my body, those treasures can be sold for a lot of money!
The more he thought about it, the angrier and more aggravated he got. Taemin suddenly slammed his chopsticks on the table.
Kwon Taemin
I’m not eating anymore.
Jun Minjun stared blankly at his back. ‘Damn it!’ Taemin’s temper was too eccentric.
At this time, the topic of ‘Female Fortress Leader’ was getting more and more popular, and the top three hot search spots were all occupied by the the cast of ‘Female Fortress Leader.’
On the contrary, not only did ‘Islander’ decline in ranking on the hot search list, the rating was also getting worse. ”Are all those who praised ‘Islander’ to no end previously all bots? It’s such a horrible film, I’m so disappointed. The bulk of the film is enhanced with special effects, and the plot is terrible. And that Zheng Yilong, he’s so pretentious!” “I was looking forward to watching ‘Islander’, but it turned out to be so disappointing. The plot is a mess and the acting skills of the main actor and actress are also average. They were making too big of a deal out of it before the release. It’s not worth watching.” “I originally went to watch it because of Lei Chan’s reputation, but now I realized that reputation means nothing at all. Competency is what truly matters. I’m now a fan of Brother Taemin. When he played Lei Conggui, he really tugged at my heartstrings!” “Previously, I felt that Hong Bin managed to rise to fame just because of his good looks, but now I think that he’s handsome and a great actor too. He played the role of Cang Yang very well.”
Lei Chan was overjoyed and thought that the box office sales would continue to skyrocket today, but in the end, not only did it rise extremely slowly, there were also many more bad reviews.
Lei Chan
Tian wen, it’s just the beginning, don’t be complacent!