"I thought Director Shen would get first place, but I didn't expect him to not even get second place, this..."
"Is there something fishy going on here? I think Director Shen is really good at this genre."
"That can't be, can there be another reason?"
Those who have the above doubts are basically netizens who haven't had a chance to watch 'A Promise Under the Stars' yet.
As for those netizens who had already seen it, they had already started complaining by now:
"Everyone, let's face reality. Director Shen has actually been eliminated by the current market."
His films are too outdated, no different from those other flops he made.
"Yeah, I went to see it yesterday because I'd heard so much about it, but the whole plot made me sleepy, it wasn't interesting at all."
"Director Shen Shanchuan may have been very talented in the past, but he is indeed getting old now."
As he gets older, it becomes harder for him to capture that innocent charm in his films; a distance has grown between him and the audience.
"I suggest everyone watch director Xu Lu's works; that's what true youth is all about."
...
Amidst various discussions, the performance of all three films has finally yielded results.
The following day, "You Are the Apple of My Eye" grossed 72 million, and "My Old Classmate" grossed 71 million.
The two films from Da Xu Culture remain at number one and number two on the list.
The order has changed slightly, and the previous competitive trend has returned.
Of course, the current rankings of these two films, first and second, are already reflected in the recent overall box office charts.
As for the box office of 'A Date with the Stars', it only reached over 20 million.
Compared to the opening day's box office, there was not a significant increase; in fact, it was much lower.
At this point, Master Shen's last hope was completely shattered.
Then... he went mad!
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