Back To 2005

After breakfast, Zhou Anan took the van brought by his father who insisted on taking him to the city and went to the Xinhua Bookstore across the pedestrian street.

After having some free time, Zhou Anan read half of the book in Xinhua Bookstore and found that it was a bit too boring.

After going for a walk on the pedestrian street, Zhou Anan saw that his cousin was busy and didn't bother him.

Thinking of the two fellow girls who were "thrown" in the cinema some time ago, Zhou Anan walked for more than half an hour to the cinema.

Compared with the deserted scene when it opened, today's Millennium Cinema has a lot of customers even after it opened in the morning, most of them are boys and girls who are on summer vacation.

Except for a bunch of people gathered in front of the claw machine, the most crowded area was undoubtedly the snack area, where the three tellers looked a little busy.

After looking at the two part-time girls in work clothes, Zhou Anan walked over to Personal Trainer Lou at the cash register and said, "Bring me a bottle of water."

"Okay, please wait a moment. Senior!"

She turned around skillfully and took a bottle of water. When she handed it over, Lou Shuqing shouted in surprise.

"Are you still used to it?"

Taking the mineral water, Zhou Anan smiled and expressed concern.

It seems that Personal Trainer Lou looks pretty good in this outfit.

However, at this age, Shuna's advantages are more obvious.

"It's very good. We all like this job. Thank you, senior."

Lou Shuqing naturally felt good about the job arranged by their senior.

Not only is the salary high, but the benefits are also good.

In addition to being able to "dispose" of extra popcorn for free every day, sometimes they can also watch free movies during their breaks.

It's just not good at all, it's easier to gain weight.

Shuna, who loves to eat, has gained two kilograms in less than a month. She insists on losing weight, but she does not hesitate to eat popcorn every day.

"That's good."

After saying hello to Shu Na, who was slender and good-looking, Zhou Anan went upstairs to the manager's office.

After looking at the income of the cinema for more than half a month since its opening, Zhou An'an found that some cinemas' behavior of exchanging movie tickets to steal box office is worth understanding.

In the 20 days since its opening, Millennium Cinema has sold more than 250,000 movie tickets, of which the theater can get about 53%. After deducting various expenses, it gets about 45%.

20 days, 112,000 yuan in income, including employee wages and equipment depreciation, the net profit is less than 70,000 yuan, and taxes must be paid.

This is the reason why there are two blockbuster movies this month. When there are no blockbuster movies on weekdays, cinemas basically lose money every day they are open.

The investment in this cinema is no less than 5.6 million, and it will only be profitable in the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.

Although the cinema box office explosion period has not yet arrived, the profit is still too low.

The current supervision is not that strict. Some cinemas can exchange popular movie tickets for movie tickets that are about to go offline and get a higher commission, which is the so-called box office stealing.

In response to this, "Charlotte's Troubles" produced by Blue Whale Entertainment has done very well. It has the endorsement of senior executives of major theater chains, "stealing is punishable by a hundred", and there are hundreds of box office supervisors active in the first, second and third tiers. The city has effectively curbed the phenomenon of box office theft.

Of course, for movie theaters, there is another source of considerable income, which is snacks and drinks.

The average daily turnover is more than 3,000 yuan, and the profit of nearly 1,800 yuan, after deducting labor costs, is not much better than the income from ticket sales.

But in the end, the payback cycle is still too long, and it’s not easy for everyone.

Fortunately, Zhou Anan bought this piece of land, and the increase in land price in the future can make him feel at ease.

"Well, thank you for your hard work."

After closing the ledger, Zhou Anan smiled and nodded to Manager Liu and left.

As long as the cinema is operating normally, he will basically not interfere in these managements, let alone give any instructions.

After staying in the snack area for a while and agreeing to Sister Shu Na's request for a late-night snack when she had time, Zhou Anan walked out of the cinema and it was almost time for dinner.

If you are alone, of course you can eat whatever you want.

"Hey, Mom..."

While eating at a fast food restaurant, Zhou Anan received a call from her mother and learned that there was an extra 126-square-meter suite at home.

The wedding house that my mother said may belong to him in the future may be worth 3.5 million in the future.

There was a smile in his words, but Zhou An'an felt completely unmoved. He just sighed that his mother's mobility was so high.

Compared to the bunch of houses he bought yesterday, this house is just a drop in the bucket.

However, Zhou Anan is still very happy seeing that the conditions at home are getting better and better.

At present, it seems that he does not need to take action. After the quarry in his father's village expires, he does not need to worry about the direction of the family's economic development.

After wandering around for half a circle in the afternoon, Zhou Anan took the bus back home.

The first full day at home passed like this, monotonous and boring.

On the third day after arriving home, Zhou Anan was going to stay at home for a day, but he received an invitation from Hu Shangyi. Out of boredom, he agreed to have dinner.

"Mr. Zhou, you are really hard to find."

Seeing Zhou Anan come in, Hu Zehai, who had been chatting with his classmates in the box for a long time, smiled and joked.

In order to wait for the big guy among his classmates to be free, he negotiated with several boys and forced the class reunion to the end of July, and finally got him to come.

Class reunion is the best way to increase friendship among everyone.

"Without further ado, I will punish myself with three drinks."

Zhou Anan poured three small cups of juice and drank it, just in time to quench his thirst.

"No, I have to drink wine as a penalty."

"I just took cold medicine and can't drink."

"..."

Zhou Anan, who was well prepared, managed to deal with the most aggressive boys in a few moments.

There were quite a few students present today. Of the more than 50 students at the beginning, only less than half did not come. Three tables for 12 people were just enough for seating.

It has been two years since everyone entered college, and they no longer have the same enthusiasm as when they graduated from high school. The so-called high school friendship has faded a little, and it is normal for some people to excuse themselves from coming.

Looking around, Wang Rong did not come back from Hangzhou, and Zhou Anan did not see Xu Wenwen. It seemed that the Hangzhou class reunion proposed by Wang Rong and Wang Rong last time also failed.

"What, who are you looking for?"

Hu Zehai, who was sitting next to Zhou Anan, noticed the other person's gaze and asked with a smile.

"I'm looking to see who's not here yet."

Regarding this point, Zhou Anan answered very calmly.

Anyway, he has no intentions towards the girls in the class.

"I thought you were looking at who you were looking at. I recently heard that Wang Rong and Xu Wenwen got married. Is it true?"

Instead of teasing the other party, Hu Zehai asked a gossip.

For more than half a year, this has been the biggest gossip among high school classmates.

And from Xu Wenwen, everyone knew that Wang Rong became the general manager of a milk tea company, with an annual income of hundreds of thousands, which blinded everyone.

They had only seen it in TV novels about opening a milk tea shop and becoming the general manager. Who would have thought that this would happen to them, and it would be their high school classmate.

At the age of their junior year in the second half of the year, Wang Rong, who is only 21 years old, can be said to have achieved success and fame.

Therefore, his relationship with Xu Wenwen naturally attracted everyone's attention.

"not sure."

Shaking her head, Zhou Anan was not going to gossip about Wang Rong, nor was she going to talk about Xu Wenwen's current appearance, and there was no need to talk about hot topics to attract girls' attention.

Now, he just wants to be a quiet, handsome man who can take advantage of a meal and have some time.

That's all.

"It's spread all over the class, and Xu Wenwen also admitted it in the TT group. Don't you know?"

"I haven't been on TT for a long time."

"..."

"By the way, which boys in our class have found girlfriends?"

"This..."

Occasionally chatting with the boys next to him about popular topics in college, and joking with some of the more active girls, Zhou Anan felt that time flew by very quickly.

Although the girl Ying Yingcheng also came tonight, she did not take the initiative to talk to Zhou Anan again, and Zhou Anan was happy to do so.

He has a girlfriend and needs to keep himself clean.

After dinner, Zhou Anan rejected Hu Shangyi and others' invitation to go to KTV and drove to Wuzhou.

When the people at the table talked about girls, Zhou Anan thought of a certain confidante in Wuzhou, and didn't know if she was back from her hometown.

Of course, Zhou Anan was definitely not the one who went all the way to see the little girl from junior high school downstairs in Repulse Bay.

"Didi didi."

On the way to Wuzhou, Zhou Anan received a call and couldn't help but frown and stepped on the accelerator a little harder.