Starting from a Fake University
Chapter 422 - 268: Overdraft Potential in Advance! (5/10 Extra - s Added by the League Leader) _1

Chapter 422: Chapter 268: Overdraft Potential in Advance! (5/10 Extra Chapters Added by the League Leader) _1

In the movie theater, towards the end of "Our Youth Time", all the girls in the audience were moved to tears.

Both Wen Ruohan and Jiang Yao, seated beside Ding Yue, could not help but cried.

"Is it that moving?"

Ding Yue was a bit puzzled.

All it was, after all, just a typical tragic ending of a youthful romance film, designed to elicit the audience’s tears.

The storyline was about the male protagonist sacrificing his own life to save the female protagonist at the last critical moment.

To Ding Yue, this kind of plot was rather clichéd.

Yet, it’s precisely such a plot that caught the fancy of its target audience, the girls. They easily lost themselves in the movie and were deeply touched.

However, the overall quality of "Our Youth Time" was quite good. The shooting techniques, scene transitions, and the like were commendable. Clearly, it’s a film directed by an experienced director.

Today, Ding Yue came to watch this competitor’s film to study its strengths and weaknesses.

Then evaluate if this movie has a chance to become the box office champion for the National Holiday Period.

To win the box office championship during the National Holiday Period, the movie definitely needs to be a big hit and have excellent reputation, otherwise, it is very difficult.

As for "Our Youth Time", it has no significant problems in terms of quality. But chances for it to become a blockbuster, Ding Yue speculated, are rather slim.

Maybe the box office performance will be decent because the audience, consisting mostly of young people, is quite large.

Excluding those films that could become a nationwide sensation and have a box office explosion, many movies that capture the massive young audience would also yield good box office revenues, especially during a favorable time like the National Holiday Period.

"Did you enjoy it?"

After the movie was over, Ding Yue turned to his secretary Wen Ruohan and asked.

"Hmm, it was so touching." Wen Ruohan nodded, her emotion now returned to normal.

Then Ding Yue looked at Jiang Yao and asked, "What do you think of this movie, Jiang Yao?"

"It was okay. It was indeed touching, but I felt it was too deliberate," Jiang Yao gave her brief assessment.

From their reviews, Ding Yue could see that Jiang Yao’s expectation for movie quality was rather high.

On the other hand, Wen Ruohan seemed to have a looser standard for movie quality.

"What do you think, President Ding?"

Jiang Yao asked back.

Ding Yue nodded slightly, "Hmm, although the storyline is somewhat clichéd, the director innovatively adopted some shooting techniques. The overall quality is good, but it’s not as exaggerated as the internet comments!"

Ding Yue’s review was very rational.

After hearing Ding Yue’s comments, Jiang Yao quite agreed: "Yeah, that’s exactly how I feel. The movie is good, but it’s not that good, there are some shortcomings."

"Ah, why do I feel it’s really good!" Wen Ruohan looked at Ding Yue and Jiang Yao discussing so seriously and murmured a few words herself.

Ding Yue then turned around and patted Wen Ruohan’s head, laughing: "Well, Wen Ruohan, isn’t there a saying that for every thousand readers, there are a thousand Hamlets?"

"Right."

Wen Ruohan nodded thoughtfully, then her stomach suddenly growled.

"Our Youth Time" started at half past five. After its two-hour duration, it was already seven o’clock when it ended.

By the time they left the theater, it was past seven. Wen Ruohan usually had dinner around six o’clock at school. Now it’s been more than an hour, so it’s normal for her to feel hungry.

"Are you hungry?"

Ding Yue asked when Wen Ruohan’s stomach growled.

Wen Ruohan scratched her head embarrassingly: "Hehe."

"Let’s go eat, it’s on me!" Ding Yue said and then took Wen Ruohan and Jiang Yao to a restaurant in the mall.

This shopping center, located in the University Town, primarily caters to the students.

On weekends or holidays, the shopping center is usually crowded.

The fourth and fifth floors house various restaurants, including ones serving hot pot and western cuisine.

Ding Yue initially planned to have dinner at school after the movie, but seeing Wen Ruohan’s stomach growling with hunger, he decided to eat at a restaurant in the shopping center that night.

However!

After the three of them found a Chinese restaurant, they regretted a bit because the food was mediocre.

After dinner.

Ding Yue drove Wen Ruohan and Jiang Yao back to Mist City Arts and Science University.

"Jiang Yao, didn’t the freshman year students already start their holiday? Why didn’t you go home?"

After dropping Jiang Yao off at Elegant Garden No.2, Ding Yue curiously asked her.

Jiang Yao looked dejected and shook her head: "I don’t want to go back home. I like it here at school."

"Hehe, then Jiang Yao, let’s go to the library together during the holiday, shall we?" Wen Ruohan quickly befriended Jiang Yao.

Wen Ruohan is just a friendly girl who seems to get along well with anyone quickly.

"Alright."

Jiang Yao suddenly nodded, a smile on her face.

"Then you should get some rest early. See you later." After sending Jiang Yao to the Elegant Garden No.2 Apartment, Ding Yue then drove Wen Ruohan to her dormitory. Afterwards, he returned to the Peach Garden Apartment.

Speaking of which, Ding Yue had planned to move to a three-bedroom, two-living room apartment on the top floor of Elegant Garden No.1.

But he hasn’t had time to move yet.

Now with the National Holiday period, after Ding Yue returned to the Peach Garden Apartment, he made a voice call to Huang Youjie via WhatsApp.

"Hey, Yue."

"Huang, can you arrange for some people from the logistics department? I plan to move to Elegant Garden No.1 in the next few days. Have you and Bin moved yet?"

If Ding Yue was going to move, he would need the help of the university’s logistics department.

"Bin and I were waiting for you to decide when to move, so we could follow suit. Alright then, I’ll make the arrangements now. The apartment at Elegant Garden has been ready for quite some time."

"Great!"

After ending the call, Ding Yue informed his family – his parents and his younger sister, Ding Xiaoyou – of his moving plans, suggesting that they all move to the Elegant Garden No.1 as well.

After all, Elegant Garden Apartments were new, with better facilities. Despite the Peach Garden and Liyuan also being high-rise apartments, they were getting a little old.

At first, his parents thought moving would be a hassle and suggested it wasn’t necessary. However, once Ding Yue assured them the university’s logistics staff would handle everything, they didn’t object any further.

As for his sister, Ding Xiaoyou...

Ding Yue tried calling her twice, to no avail.

"Could it be that little girl is still in the lab?" Checking the time, he saw it was already eight in the evening.

Right after completing the military training, she threw herself into lab work and had been there all this while?

Just like her brother, always so dedicated!

Seeing as Xiaoyou didn’t pick up, Ding Yue didn’t call again. Instead, he took a shower before snuggling into bed, readying himself to go to sleep after scrolling through his phone for a bit.

Ding Yue first checked the data on the Cat Eye Movie app, looking at how many people wanted to watch his film, "Super Combat Team," along with the box office results of "Our Youth Time."

Movie: "Super Combat Team"

Genre: Animated Feature Film

Producer: Feiyue Animation Studio

Want-to-see: 1.2 million people

Rating: No rating yet

"That many people want to see it!" After seeing the number of people who wanted to watch "Super Combat Team", Ding Yue felt confident about his university’s film.

In fact, he had always been confident. Given the novelty of the film, its good integration with the character of Big White the medical robot, and the high-quality production of Feiyue Animation Studio, he would be speechless if it ended up failing.

Next, Ding Yue checked the box office stats on the Cat Eye Movie.

The top-grossing movie for the day was "Our Youth Time", still in its preview phase with a total box office revenue of 112 million yuan.

"Was there a large-scale preview?"

Ding Yue muttered to himself.

Considering that the ticket sales from a few days of previews could exceed 100 million yuan, it had to be a large-scale preview. After all, even in Mist City University Town, there were two preview showings a day – if that didn’t qualify as large-scale, he would be willing to stand on his head and wash it.

Previews can definitely test the waters for a movie’s audience reception, but large-scale previews might consume the potential box office performance after its official release.

Just that day, after watching "Our Youth Time", Ding Yue estimated that the movie might rake in over 1 billion yuan in box office revenue.

But now, considering that the extensive previews might have drawn on potential revenue prematurely, breaking the 1 billion yuan benchmark seemed unlikely.

Given this, "Our Youth Time" could face difficulties in becoming the box office champion for the National Holiday Period.

Ding Yue remembered there were two other competitors.

One was "Chronicles of Demon Sealing", and the other was "Space Fortress".

Both of these films had over 2 million people waiting to watch them on Cat Eye. They were undoubtedly this year’s hottest and most anticipated domestic blockbusters for the National Holiday Period.

"I wonder if you two can make the cut?"

With that thought, Ding Yue put his phone on the bedside table. Pulling the covers over his head, he fell asleep.

The next day, the logistics staff arranged by Huang Youjie came over to help Ding Yue’s family, as well as Director Huang and Director Xu, move.

They were moving from the Peach Garden Apartment to Elegant Garden No.1.

A change in their living circumstances for the better.

Ding Yue’s apartment had now transformed from a two-bedroom to a spacious three-bedroom, dual-living room flat with large floor-to-ceiling windows and a big balcony!

Standing on the balcony, Ding Yue could overlook the classrooms of Mist City Arts and Science University in the east.

It was for this very view that Ding Yue had chosen to move to Elegant Garden No.1.