"What? Xu Lu from DaXu Culture's new drama is actually high quality, not the bad movie that's been rumored?"
However, not everyone who knows this news remains optimistic.
For example, Xiong Tang, who had been waiting to see what would happen at Xia Lifei Film and Television, was stunned when he heard the news.
After a while, he came to his senses and went berserk:
"This is impossible! How could this be!"
"What high-quality film could be made in just twenty days? The news is definitely fake, a rumor!"
He simply couldn't believe it was true, because it was so unbelievable, so utterly unbelievable.
Xiong Tang was originally waiting to see Da Xu Culture make a fool of itself this time.
I wonder what kind of expression that guy surnamed Xu would have if his own movie were copied and 'leeched' off.
But he never expected that the kid surnamed Xu's movie would be released even faster than the knock-off's.
That would be fine, because if the quality were subpar, Xiong Tang would be very happy to know the result.
But to Xiong Tang's surprise...
The information circulating online suggests that Daxu Culture's "A Chinese Ghost Story" is of excellent quality, even remarkably so.
Most people are already guessing that this film should be able to gross 2 billion yuan at the box office.
Two billion!
Xiong Tang felt a sharp pain in his heart.
Xia Lifei Films has produced so many films, and they've never achieved box office results like this before.
However, Xu Lu's film, which was released in just over twenty days, achieved such enviable and jealous results.
How could this not drive Xiong Tang to the brink of madness?
"Damn it! How could that kid surnamed Xu be so lucky!"
Xiong Tang cursed under his breath:
"Are all those counterfeiters just good-for-nothings? I've never seen them so incompetent before."
"When you guys were copying other people's films, you were so good at it, but when you copied Xu Lu's film, it was such a disaster! This is so disappointing."
...
The disappointed Mr. Xiong was not the only heartbroken person. In fact, Director Zhao Fu was even more depressed than him.
That's right!
Zhao Fu, who had been closely following the developments, was completely dumbfounded this time:
"Estimated box office of over 2 billion? Superb film? High quality? Excellent special effects?"
It's all fake, definitely fake, hahaha, this world is a huge joke..."
After going crazy for a while, Zhao Fu came to his senses again and suddenly felt like crying but had no tears left.
These past few days he'd been hoping that the Xu kid from Daxu Culture would have some bad luck, but who knew he wouldn't have had any bad luck at all, he was practically blessed with good fortune.
The fact that this film, which was released so quickly, was described by these people as "high-quality" and "excellent," and that they could even predict a "box office of 2 billion yuan," made Zhao Fu extremely jealous.
He himself has fallen to the point where he can't even make movies anymore, while the person he once regarded as his rival is enjoying great success and prosperity.
"This God is so unfair!"
After a long silence, Zhao Fu finally let out a roar of anger:
"Why is it that kid surnamed Xu's career is booming while I, Zhao Fu, have fallen from grace? What makes me worse than him?"
Of course, it's possible that because he's caught up in the situation, Director Zhao hasn't been able to see the bigger picture yet.
If you were to randomly invite someone from the industry, they would definitely be able to give him a clear and thorough answer to his question, "What am I lacking?"
After all, there are so many things he does that he doesn't know how to do right by Director Xu; he could talk about them for three days and three nights and still not finish!
...
Time flew by, and evening soon arrived.
Although everyone at Daxu Culture had already seen the full episodes, they knew the new drama was of high quality, but because the box office results were coming out soon, they were still quite excited.
After all, 'A Chinese Ghost Story' is the first film released by Xu Jinglei after the start of the year, so its significance is slightly different.
"Brother Feng, the box office results are in! Our new film grossed 93 million on its opening day!"
Fortunately, it didn't take long before a staff member came in with the data and announced it loudly.
Wow!
Upon hearing this good news, everyone in Daxu cheered:
"Amazing, my Director Xu! Your first drama of the new year is a hit, hahaha."
"Speaking of which, a first-day box office of 90 million is not bad even last year, it would definitely rank among the top few."
"The publicity period was too short. If the release hadn't been rushed, it would definitely have grossed over 100 million on the first day."
"It's okay, the first day's box office is not the total box office."
Although there was little prior publicity, once the word-of-mouth spreads after the film's release, the losses will naturally be made up.
...
"Now I feel much more at ease, but I still have this question: how did Director Xu manage to do that?"
"Yes, they filmed it in twenty days, we all saw that. And they finished all the post-production in two days, that's..."
"Who cares? As long as Director Xu has the resources, it's all good for our DaXu Culture."
"That's true. I suddenly feel a little sorry for that knock-off film company, hahaha."
Our official 'A Chinese Ghost Story' has already been released, but who knows where their 'Pretty Girl Ghost Story' is yet!"
...
"Yes, everyone used to hate these knock-off movies and TV shows to the bone, but now they're probably going to treat them as a joke."
"I knew it! Of all people to mess with, he had to provoke our CEO Xu. Now he's paying the price!"
"That's right! So many people have suffered losses at the hands of our General Manager Xu before, how come these people haven't learned their lesson!"
"Hahaha, it's normal for knockoffs to have their eyes on products from Daxu Culture, since everything they produce is top-notch."
But they probably didn't expect that their opponent was no ordinary person. Now they're dumbfounded, aren't they?
...
"Mr. Xu, the opening day box office figures for 'A Chinese Ghost Story' are in: 93 million!"
Unlike the widespread discussion among others.
As usual, Feng Xiaoxia immediately called Director Xu, who was not there, to report the situation.
Although he knew that Director Xu probably didn't take it too seriously, he knew he had to.
Soon, Director Xu's familiar voice came from the other end:
"Okay, Xiaoxia, I understand!"
Sigh, Director Xu is so calm again. I really don't know what could possibly concern him.
Hearing this, Feng Xiaoxia thought with some puzzlement.
Little did he know.
The "President Xu" he mentioned was currently concerned about what reward skills he could draw from the system this time!
That's right!
Now that another movie has been filmed, it's time for the system's reward lottery.
It's just that perhaps it's because the film's genre can barely be considered a 'fantasy film'.
So this time, the system rewards even have a selection process.
This is why Xu Lu hasn't held a lottery yet.
As for what specific choice made him somewhat troubled, he would have to look at the information prompts in the attribute panel.
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