192: Goodbye Mr. Loser's final box office was 1.514 billion yuan!

Chen Le saw Naza and walked toward her.

"Naza, you've been home for a few months. How was your time there?" Chen Le asked with concern.

"It was okay, but I got bored after staying home for too long. My parents kept nagging me," Naza said, a trace of helplessness on her face.

"It seems all parents under heaven are the same, haha!" Chen Le burst into laughter upon hearing Naza's complaints.

"You're still laughing at me? Don't tell me your parents aren't like that, Brother Le?" Naza said, a bit embarrassed and annoyed.

"They are, but I only go home once a year," Chen Le looked at Naza and said with a smile.

"I see," Naza nodded.

Afterward, the two of them got into the car, and Chen Le drove her away from the airport.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Naza looked at Chen Le with a happy smile on her face.

Staying at home had been truly too boring. It was fine for the first few days—visiting old friends and reminiscing—but after a week or two, there was nothing left to do, and she just spent all day cooped up at home.

After all, she didn't have any summer homework or anything, and she wasn't required to do any chores at home.

After lying around for a long time, it felt very dull and agonizing. She unconsciously found herself wanting to come back. Most of the good friends she played with now were people she'd met here in Yanjing, and since everyone had gone back to their respective hometowns, it was truly boring.

"Brother Le, I heard your new movie 'Goodbye Mr. Loser' broke a billion at the box office. Congratulations on another great success!" Naza suddenly remembered something, looked at Chen Le, and offered her congratulations.

Then Naza followed up with a question: "Brother Le, how much do you think the final box office for your new movie will be?"

"I'm not too sure myself, but at least more than 'lost in thailand'," Chen Le said truthfully.

After all, he couldn't predict the future; he just had the advantage of foresight.

"I think this movie might reach 1.5 billion at the box office," Naza gave her own guess.

"Haha, it would be best if it could reach 1.5 billion," Chen Le nodded with a smile.

Although this movie's box office in his previous life was 1.5 billion, he had released it several years earlier in this life. He would have been satisfied with a billion. If it could reach the level of his previous life, that would naturally be best, but if it didn't, it wouldn't matter; he could accept that.

As long as it didn't lose money.

Soon, they arrived back at Naza's apartment.

Naza hadn't lived here for over a month.

However, the apartment was clean at the moment, without any dust or anything.

"Brother Le, did you clean all of this?" Naza asked, quite surprised.

"Yes and no," Chen Le said, acting mysterious.

"Huh?" Naza didn't understand and looked at Chen Le with a dazed expression.

"I hired someone to come and clean," Chen Le said, seeing her reaction and no longer keeping it hidden.

"So that's how it is. I thought you cleaned it yourself, Brother Le," Naza said with a smile.

"I originally wanted to do it myself, but something came up at the last minute, so I had to hire someone. Hiring someone isn't expensive anyway; it's much more cost-effective than doing it myself," Chen Le explained.

"True, I'm also a bit too lazy to clean. Every time I come back from a break after filming, I have to clean, and it's so annoying," Naza said in agreement.

Afterward, Chen Le accompanied Naza to cook... After Naza returned, Chen Le stayed with her constantly; after all, they hadn't seen each other for over a month.

Soon, time moved into September, and the theatrical run for "Goodbye Mr. Loser" came to an end.

The latest box office data for "Goodbye Mr. Loser" was fresh off the press.

In Naza's apartment, the two were sitting in front of the computer, checking the latest box office figures.

"Brother Le, I'm a bit nervous. You should be the one to look," Naza said, not quite daring to look at the computer screen, even though she hadn't directed or acted in the movie.

But she was even more nervous than Chen Le, the person actually involved.

Chen Le felt some anticipation in his heart, but he wasn't as nervous as Naza.

"Alright, I'll look," Chen Le nodded, then he looked at the computer screen and clicked refresh.

The page refreshed, and Chen Le saw the box office data at a glance.

"1.514 billion."

Chen Le announced the final cumulative box office. Hearing this number, Naza snapped her head up.

"Brother Le, how much did you say?" Naza thought she had misheard and asked hurriedly.

"1.514 billion. It broke 1.5 billion," Chen Le repeated once more.

"It really reached 1.5 billion? I guessed right!" Naza said with some pleasant surprise.

"Yes, I didn't expect it to be exactly as you guessed," Chen Le nodded.

While Chen Le and the others were checking the box office, Shen Teng and Ma Li, as the movie's leads, were also checking the final box office results.

When they saw the final box office was 1.514 billion, the two of them jumped up in excitement.

The better the movie's performance, the more benefits they, as the leads, would receive.

Over the past dozen days, they had participated in several variety shows.

Now that the final box office of "Goodbye Mr. Loser" had broken 1.5 billion, surpassing "lost in thailand" from a year ago, it had become a new box office legend in the Chinese film industry.

Their popularity and fame would reach even greater heights.

"Old Shen, it really broke 1.5 billion," Ma Li shook Shen Teng excitedly.

Shen Teng was also very excited, but Ma Li was even more so. She was shaking him so hard he could barely take it, so he quickly said, "I see it! Stop shaking me! You're about to shake yesterday's dinner out of me."

Seeing this, Ma Li quickly let go of Shen Teng.

Only then did Shen Teng speak: "Don't get excited yet. Let me be excited for a moment first."

"To be honest, we're considered explosive hits now. So, we have to pay attention to our image. We can't be as loud and reckless as before," Shen Teng looked at Ma Li and explained.

"I get that," Ma Li waved her hand.

Before, they were just actors in a Drama Troupe with no fame at all, so they naturally didn't need to care about their image. Anyway, once they left the Drama Troupe, nobody recognized them.

But now it was different. As soon as they stepped out, people recognized them.

If they weren't careful, they would be cornered by fans asking for autographs.

This forced them to wear the 'celebrity trio' of a hat, sunglasses, and a mask whenever they went out.

Of course, the effect of this trio was quite good.

Once they put them on, no one could recognize them.

As long as they weren't recognized, even if passersby guessed they were celebrities, they wouldn't rush up for autographs without knowing who they were.

This helped them avoid a lot of trouble.

Last time Yin Zheng was chased and cornered by a group of people for autographs, they had witnessed the horror of such a situation.

At the same time, netizens also saw the final box office for "Goodbye Mr. Loser."

When the final statistics came out, the data left everyone astonished.

In this era, a box office of 1.5 billion could only be described as terrifying.

Netizens looked at this data and had already become numb, as if the box office figures were just a string of numbers.

In the past, when they heard a movie by some Great Director broke 600 or 700 million, they would marvel at it.

Now, Chen Le's movies breaking a billion felt as simple as drinking water.