These old guys are so worrying.

In the underground parking garage of a shopping mall, Chen Mo slowly parked his G-Wagon in a spot and shut the door with a gloomy expression.

Just as he was leaving his Complex, he subconsciously checked the tickets for "demon subduing record" at the cinema he had chosen, only to find that there were no seats left.

Upon discovering this, his instinct told him something was wrong.

He hadn't promoted this movie at all, and it didn't have any famous actors. Logically, it shouldn't have so many people watching it.

Even if some people were curious about the movie and decided to buy tickets to see it, it shouldn't have reached the point where there were no tickets left.

Chen Mo was puzzled, and his bad premonition grew stronger.

He checked two more cinemas in succession; one was also sold out, while the other had a few spare seats, so he bought one without a second thought.

At this point, he wasn't thinking about the movie itself anymore; he just wanted to know what was going on and why his movie, which had no promotion and no famous actors, had so many people watching it.

After locking the car, he walked toward the underground garage elevator with a blank expression.

…

On the fifth floor of the mall, a Group of people were waiting on the lounge chairs in front of the cinema.

"Brother Shen, there are only about 10 minutes left before we can enter the screening room. I wonder how President Chen's movie will turn out and if it's any good." Wu Yu, sitting opposite Li Shen, asked with some curiosity.

"I asked General Manager Luo about it. Judging by their demeanor, they seem very confident in this movie. Besides, they invested tens of millions into it, so even with amateur actors, it shouldn't be too bad." Li Shen pondered for a moment before speaking slowly.

He didn't actually know how the movie would be, but regardless of whether it was good or bad, as a member of Mingri Group, he had to support it.

"Yeah, and I noticed that Tiger Head Livestream also seems to be promoting President Chen's movie."

"I know about that. President Du from Tiange Club has always collaborated with Snowy Sky Games, and Tiger Head Livestream belongs to President Du's family. They are probably doing it to show gratitude to President Chen, or perhaps they want to get to know him, which is why they are promoting it on Tiger Head Livestream. I just don't know how effective it is."

"It should be pretty good. Tiger Head Livestream has a massive user base, and the streamers promoting the movie all have over a million followers, so the promotional effect shouldn't be too bad."

Wu Yu spoke slowly. Due to his own hobbies, he had many livestreaming platforms on his phone. Of course, while satisfying his own interests, it was also for work. After all, they were also in the business of running a livestreaming and short video platform, so understanding their competitors was very necessary.

"The box office figures should be out by tomorrow. We'll know once we ask General Manager Luo. It's just a pity that our Boring Short Videos has too small a user base to promote the movie." Li Shen sighed with some regret.

It would be better if Boring Short Videos developed faster; using their own platform to promote the movie would definitely be better than anyone else.

"Huh! Is that President Chen?" Wu Yu looked up at a figure walking over from the front and exclaimed softly.

"President Chen? Where?" Li Shen was surprised to hear this. He turned his head to look in the direction Wu Yu was pointing and saw a familiar figure walking toward them—who else could it be but President Chen?

Seeing this, Li Shen and Wu Yu exchanged glances, then quickly stood up and went to greet him. "President Chen!" When they got close, they respectfully greeted him.

"Why are you here?" Chen Mo looked at Li Shen and Wu Yu in front of him with a surprised expression.

He hadn't expected to see these two at the cinema, but thinking about how Yang Dahai and his family had gone to watch the movie, these sneaky guys like Li Shen definitely wouldn't have missed out. Sure enough, after he realized this, Li Shen had already spoken.

"President Chen, isn't this our Group's first movie release? We came to show our support, and most of our employees from Boring Short Videos are here too." As Li Shen spoke, he pointed to the people sitting in the lounge area in the distance. "Those people are all from our Boring Short Videos."

Hmm! Chen Mo followed the direction Li Shen was pointing and discovered that the seats in the lounge area were already full, and some people were even standing. No wonder there were no tickets left; it turned out they had all been bought by Li Shen and the employees under Boring Short Videos.

Looking at this scene, he instantly thought of the other two cinemas that were sold out. Was the situation at those two cinemas the same as this one, with the tickets all bought up by employees from his own Group?

Thinking this, he looked at Li Shen with a calm gaze. "Are other companies doing the same thing as you, bringing their employees here to watch the movie?"

"Yes, President Chen. Most of the employees from all the companies under Mingri Group came tonight to support the first movie released by you, President Chen." Li Shen said with a smile on his face, thinking to himself that President Chen must be very gratified to hear that employees under Mingri Group had come to the cinema to support his movie.

All the companies' employees? Hearing Li Shen's words, the corner of Chen Mo's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

He hadn't kept track of exactly how many employees there were in Mingri Group, but there were definitely thousands. If all these people went to the cinema to watch the movie, it would be perfectly normal for them to fill up several cinemas.

After all, the movie was currently only scheduled for midnight screenings at the cinemas, so those employees could only come to the cinema at one specific time, making it very easy for them to buy out all the tickets for a cinema.

These sneaky guys really couldn't let him rest for a single moment. Organizing employees to come to the cinema to watch the movie—wouldn't this mean he would lose even less System Funds?

"President Chen, are you here to watch the movie too?" Li Shen asked again, seeing that President Chen hadn't responded for a while.

"Hmm!" Chen Mo looked at Li Shen, nodded with a blank expression, and then walked to the cinema's service counter to pick up his movie ticket.

He was speechless about these sneaky guys, but he felt somewhat relieved inside. Previously, when he found that the cinema had no seats, he had thought something had happened to the movie, or that those two guys, Luo Xiao and Wang Bin, had secretly promoted it.

If that were the case, there would definitely be many people going to the cinema to watch "demon subduing record". Even if "demon subduing record" was a bad movie, it would take two or three days for word to spread and for others to find out.

And those two or three days would be enough for his box office to earn some money, which meant he would lose a lot less.

But looking at it now, that wasn't the case. The cinema tickets were sold out because they had all been bought by Mingri Group employees. This indicated that Luo Xiao had not gone against his wishes and had not secretly promoted it behind his back. Therefore, the box office for "demon subduing record" was just being contributed by these current Mingri Group employees.

This result was at least better than if Luo Xiao had secretly promoted it. After confirming this, Chen Mo felt much more relaxed. Employees coming to support his movie was something he could still accept. As long as it wasn't large-scale, sustained income, it would be fine.