The day when the movie "Ruthless" was released.
Outside a commercial building in the center of the capital, a promotional poster for the movie "Ruthless" was scrolling on a huge LED screen.
In the movie promotional poster, the three characters "无情道" are written in ink, splashing freely and carefreely.
Ding Xuance, with his handsome features, pointed his sword to the sky with a stern look in his eyes. Blood was dripping down his cheek. The background was black, white and gray. The cracked sky was faintly visible, with a streak of scarlet overflowing.
Behind him are his companions and lovers, looking into the distance. The picture is clearly still, but it seems as if there is wind flowing.
Chen He asked his colleagues to book a theater to watch "The Ruthless" and he made a reservation half a month in advance. Not long after the reservation, he heard the theater staff sigh and say that it was a good thing that he had made the reservation early.
"Director Wang is really famous, and basically all the scheduled shows are full."
Chen He turned around and told Yan Yongwang: "The movie is sold out. If you want to buy tickets, remember to buy them in advance."
Yan Yong falsely claimed that he knew.
He did not tell anyone about his identity as "Chao Juan" and was invited by Wang Chi to watch the first public screening at the capital's downtown cinema. He thanked Chen He for his kindness and told Chao Lingxi, "Have you bought the movie ticket?"
"not yet……"
"No need to buy. I have a few tickets on hand. You can go with me when the time comes."
This public screening is different from the previous premiere. At the premiere, the main actors of the crew will basically attend, and there will be reporters to interview and interact with the audience. It can be regarded as a huge marketing event. The movie will be played after the premiere. At this time, the version of the movie is already the version that will be officially released later. Of course, due to work reasons, Yan Yongwang did not participate. He knew that the premiere was held in early March. After the premiere, it was the preview event of specific theaters in various developed cities.
Public screenings have already given the initiative to the audience to choose. It is no longer a marketing or publicity activity.
He didn't have time to participate in these promotional activities, but he saw Chen Haohan, Xu Bailing and others actively participating, and from time to time they would give him feedback on the audience's reactions after watching the show.
Mostly good feedback.
Professional film critics on the Internet were also invited to watch the premiere, and they all spoke highly of "Ruthless".
Yan Yongwang himself does not have the time to filter the information flow, but he has a small loudspeaker Chao Lingxi. Since Chao Lingxi has mastered the skill of browsing Weibo, he often forwards him some comments about film critics' comments on "The Ruthless Road".
Weibo content.
He was amused by his attentiveness: "Are you free?"
To Lingxi: "Me? I'm quite free indeed."
Then he sent another cute emoticon: OvO
Yan Yongwang laughed, shook his head, and concentrated on his work.
March 30th.
Saturday.
Chen He and his colleagues entered the private cinema. More than ten people squeezed into the theater with seats 30 or 40, and each bought popcorn, drinks, etc.
Before the movie started, Mo Mo drank milk tea and said, "I wonder how Chen Haohan's acting is this time. I have always liked his stage performance and his dancing is so cute!"
"Lingling's acting has always been good. Look, she posted on Weibo today, saying that she and other actors from the same crew were watching the premiere in a private theater."
Momo poked his head out to take a look.
Xu Bailing V: Let’s go to the premiere together!
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There was a photo of six or seven people’s heads, actors from the same crew. There was another photo of a single person, only with Chao Juan, with half of Chen Haohan’s profile squeezed in from the back.
The comments below are also funny. Fans know at a glance that this is because when Lingling was taking the second photo, Chen Haohan intercepted her, turning the photo of two people into a photo of three.
Xu Bailing replied to the fan who exposed the truth: [crying] Haohan is the king of stealing the spotlight!
Wang Chi invited the actors of "The Ruthless Way" to book the theater. Each actor had a few extra tickets, so they could invite their relatives and friends to watch. Everyone invited their friends, agents, etc. Some actors didn't come because they were busy, so the seats were vacant.
Anyway, March 30th, 10:00 A.M. sharp.
The premiere of “The Ruthless” opened in theaters across the country.
The colleagues in Yan's secretariat kept quiet and watched the screen change from advertisement to opening.
It is an ink painting of the world of cultivation, like a fairyland. If the white clouds are crushed, the mist will be dense, and the fairy island floating in the sky, the mountain peaks lingering in the blue clouds, and the Fairy Island in the raging wind and waves are like stars and moons.
It is as if someone is holding a pen in the air, using thick ink and heavy colors to refine the picture. The originally hazy and vague ink painting gradually becomes clear and turns into reality.
At the same time, the writing stopped, and a monologue sounded:
"When I woke up, I was a farmer digging holes in the soil and digging sweet potatoes."
Chen Haohan's original voice is a little dull, a little dazed, and a little helpless.
The scene began to change. The sea of clouds receded, and the horizon was filled with a radiant glow. The immortal world slowly retreated as if night had fallen, and the morning glow and the skylight merged at the dome. The mortal world was revealed in its original form, a gray, simple world without any sense of luxury or immortality. There was a clear distinction between immortals and mortals.
A young man with a dirty face covered with dirt, but with clear features vaguely visible, and simply dressed, held his face, looked at the thin sweet potato on the ground, and silently reached out to grab it in his arms.
Ding Xuance carefully wiped the mud off the sweet potato, sighed softly, then frowned and took a big bite.
It’s quite sweet and at least it can fill my stomach.
In this poor rural area, sweet potatoes are considered a very good food.
…
The film begins with Ding Xuance's death in a car accident and travels through time. It tells the story of how Ding Xuance seizes an opportunity by chance and enters the Immortal Gate...
But these are only Ding Xuance's memories. It was not until several dozen minutes into the movie that the audience realized that all the previous plots were Ding Xuance's initial memories when he was in trouble, his state of mind plummeted, and he was unconscious.
In his earliest memories, he was reborn as a farmer digging the land, and suffered a brief period of time as a mortal. He also had a chance to enter the immortal gate and learn from the immortal. He also met Hua Rongying in the hall, and was pursued by Lin Linyue...
But this? All is just a memory.
At that time, Ding Xuance had already reached the great perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, but due to a drop in realm, he fell into the Core Forming stage.
It was in this predicament that he met You Xiao, the final boss of the entire movie.
The actor who plays You Xiao is a veteran actor who has been acting for many years. He is handsome and his appearance is not outstanding. However, in the movie, with Wang Chi's divinely gifted directing hand, You Xiao looks extremely handsome in every frame.
He rescued Ding Xuance coldly and nonchalantly.
When Ding Xuance opened his mouth with difficulty to ask for the benefactor's name, he turned around and looked at him calmly. He didn't smile or even have any extra expression. He just nodded for a moment and said, "If you can survive, it won't be too late to repay your kindness later."
…
"The Ruthless Way", the clue running through the whole text is the three words "The Ruthless Way".
The path pursued by the villain is the "ruthless path". He firmly believes that the seven emotions and six desires are useless. He wishes that all people in the world can be ruthless and desireless, prove their own path, and achieve their own breakthroughs. At the same time, he can also encourage many monks to pursue the great path without any distractions.
Therefore, when he learned that the boundary of this world of cultivation was too thick and no one had yet broken through to the Mahayana stage and ascended, he made preparations early.
Consult ancient books and peek into the mysteries of the world.
Finally, he got an answer that he firmly believed in, and decided to use the secret treasure to save the ascension limit of this cultivation world.
——To prove his own path, and also to seek longevity for all the practitioners.
Selfish desires and justice are mixed together to form a complex character.
You Xiao went to great lengths to find the secret treasure, and stayed with it for many years, almost using up most of his Mahayana period.
The life span of the Mahayana period is long. During these long and cold days without anyone to accompany him, You Xiao only had a sword with an elegant tassel and a stone hanging in front of his collar.
Later, the sword tassel turned into dust and the sword was broken due to the fierce fight with Hua Rongying.
Only one stone remained.
…
Yan Yongwang sat in a very good seat, in the fifth or sixth row, right in the middle.
The best location for watching movies.
There are more than a hundred seats in the entire theater, and Wang Chi has booked all of them, so only about twenty people can come to watch the movie today.
Everyone finds their close friends to sit together.
The crew members also had a separate theater. In order to ensure that the actors would not be disturbed, Wang Chi reserved the theater separately for the crew members and actors.
This is also what Wang Chi always does.
In this venue, most of the crew members had already attended the premiere and watched the movie.
Only Yan Yongwang has not seen it.
When he led them to Lingxi, Xu Bailing and Chen Haohan recognized who this handsome guy in a mask and a hat was. They looked between him and asked, "Juanjuan, are you only bringing a friend to see us today?"
Xu Bailing, whose relatives and friends all lived in other cities, also brought his agent and assistant to watch the performance and used the three tickets sent by Director Wang.
The same is true for Chen Haohan.
It is normal to have two actors in the audience: most actors bring their own agents and assistants to watch; some have more assistants, two or three, which takes up four or five seats.
There are very few people like him who only bring one person to watch a movie.
"Yes, just him."
Xu Bailing: "Oh, do you want to eat something?"
"Haohan's assistant bought a lot of delicious food."
They completely treated this screening as entertainment, because they had already seen it before, so they came to relax and accompany their friends.
Only Yan Yongwang had never seen it. His purpose of coming here was very simple, which was to watch the official version of the movie.
He shook his head to refuse the snacks, but hesitated for a moment, then tilted his head and asked Chao Lingxi: "Do you want to eat?"
To Lingxi: "No, thank you."
Xu Bailing was surprised to find that this young man, who looked a bit like Chao Juan, had a very cold voice.
The first time they met was after they had promoted the product, when this young man came to pick them up in a car worth over 100,000 yuan.
Because of the distance and the freezing cold outside, she was completely unaware of how cold he was when he spoke.
Only indoors, without the cold, is the contrast even more striking.
It's the kind of coldness that can make people's bones chill and their legs tremble.
She inevitably flinched.
However, her professionalism as an actress prevented her from showing her fear of this man's voice in front of her friends. She and her agent's assistant were seated very close to Chao Juan's, and as there were many seats, everyone chose their seats at will.
She originally planned to sit closer to Chao Juan, but for some reason, she always felt that the man was a little scary.
So she sat two seats away from the other in the same row.
…
Every frame of Hua Rongying's appearance in the movie is fascinating.
Wang Chi is an actor who is very good at grasping the appearance and advantages of actors. He is good at creating gorgeous and exquisite pictures with a sense of atmosphere.
When Hua Rongying made her first appearance, all the relatives and friends who were brought by the actors to watch the performance couldn't help but let out a slight sigh.
Wearing a jade crown, she is as beautiful as a goddess, with long eyebrows, cold eyes, and pale cherry lips.
Her face was expressionless, her eyes were as cold as ice, and she gently glanced at her fellow junior brothers and sisters below.
It is like a bunch of plum blossoms growing in the chilly winter, with branches and leaves trembling slightly, revealing the chill.
But it can't hide its coldness and aloofness.
It is a kind of beauty that comes like a sharp arrow, penetrating from the human vision and then firmly imprinted in people's hearts.
The beauty is beyond description and beyond words.
…
He took a deep breath towards Lingxi.
He stared at the "Hua Rongying" on the screen as if he was seeing Chao Juan for the first time.
Whispering softly: "Juanjuan..."
Yan Yongwang didn't miss his voice. He hummed softly and looked at him puzzledly: "What's wrong?"
Whispered to Lingxi: "You look like her."
They both knew who this "she" was.
Yan Yongwang silently raised his finger and pushed his face, indicating that he should watch the movie carefully.
Soon, Chao Lingxi said again: "But you are much prettier than her."
Yan Yong smiled and said, "You really know how to praise people."
"No, I'm serious—" Chao Juan said seriously, "In terms of beauty, no one in this world can beat you."
"You are the most precious treasure in the world, the moon hanging in the sky, the stars scattered on the earth——"
He whispered in a strange language from another world, the rhythm was strange and low, and it sounded pleasant. Yan Yongwang didn't understand what he said, so he didn't take it to heart, but thought to himself, Chao Lingxi is still like this, always flattering.
Yan Yongwang admitted that his identity as "Chao Juan" had a very good-looking face.
But he has been watching it for more than ten years, and in a few years it will be twenty years.
I've gotten used to it.
Habit means being unaware of one's own beauty.
…
The ending of the movie was just as Chen Haohan had told him.
Wang Chi is used to having several alternative endings. In addition to the same ending as the serial novel, where You Xiao collapses after losing his companion stone and Hua Rongying knocks him unconscious indifferently, there are two other endings.
The ending of the officially released movie chose the last one that Chen Haohan mentioned.
It feels like the beginning of a film series.
"The boundary wall has been broken, and the path to immortality is within reach."
"but--"
The head of Qihua Sect showed a sad face. He looked at the broken sky and murmured, "But before anyone can ascend, this world will collapse."
Ding Xuance frowned and asked the immortal: "Where is the eldest sister going?"
"Go find You Xiao..." The head master's face was grim. "She can't just ignore it. She said that as fellow Wuqing Dao practitioners, we should always take care of each other."
Ding Xuance guessed that the original words must not be so pleasant to the ears, but the headmaster had a moderate personality and was always able to find a way around the cold and unemotional words of the eldest sister and use his own words to make them sound softer and more pleasant to the ears.
It was probably because Hua Rongying and You Xiao lost their companion stones and became insane. The actions of a Mahayana cultivator were related to the heaven and earth. If they had emotional collapse, I'm afraid this world would also be in trouble. Therefore, they wanted to solve this problem.
So he told the head master that he would go to look for the eldest senior sister as well.
When he found the eldest senior sister and You Xiao, Ding Xuance did not see their faces, but only heard their voices.
At that time, You Xiao was already a sickly man, and unconscious. Due to his powerful cultivation, his pain caused the world's sky to begin to shatter.
Hua Rongying's tone was cold, "What's the point of you going crazy? It's too late now."
Ding Xuance stopped.
"If you continue to be stubborn and unwilling to wake up... You Xiao, you will miss the last chance to find the companion stone."
You Xiao's voice was slow and trembling, and there was a deep despair in the coldness: "Opportunity?"
"No... there won't be any more. I should have realized earlier that the ancient book... was lying to me..."
He almost choked up, and said in a daze and lost tone: "It - I? Lost it -"
Then You Xiao started coughing violently, almost heart-wrenchingly. Ding Xuance looked up at the sky in astonishment. For the first time, he realized how great an impact a cultivator who was about to ascend to the perfect Mahayana stage would have on the world.
Along with the violent coughing, a line of scarlet appeared in the distant sky, entwining the twilight starry sky of the fairyland, like a maggot on the tarsal bone, with a tendency to expand and difficult to get rid of.
That was a sign that the world was being affected and was about to collapse.
"You Xiao, seeing you like this, I can't believe that you are a cultivator who practices the Way of Mercy."
You smiled but didn't answer, as if he had nothing to say, or as if he agreed with what she said.
Yes, the You Xiao of today is not at all like the cold and indifferent ruthless Taoist monk he used to be.
When he discussed Taoism back then, he even still retained the coolness and cruelty that a ruthless Taoist should have. But now, all the emotions he should have disappeared, and only a disheveled Mahayana cultivator who was in pain due to the loss of his companion stone remained.
He probably can no longer be called a "ruthless monk".
"Ancient books?" Hua Rongying spoke again. Ding Xuance could only hear that she seemed to sigh. He stretched out his hand to make You Xiao less painful, and said coldly: "I have told you a long time ago that those ancient books are not good things."
"But you are convinced..."
"You Xiao, if you believe me once——"
"I will retrieve the companion stone for you."
==
Lin Shen is a senior fan of the book "The Ruthless Way". On the day when the movie was released, he generously booked a theater near the school for the entire movie - and invited his classmates to watch it together!
The movie was as exciting as the novel "The Ruthless Way" that he was following at the time.
The gorgeous and delicate pictures create a fascinating world of cultivation.
Ding Xuance is the protagonist. From his perspective, we can see him gradually struggle from a farmer's family, beat up the villains, become close friends with the protagonists, and fight against the big boss You Xiao together in the latter part of the movie. It can be said that he is extremely cool and the plot is wonderful.
It is a qualified commercial film - coupled with the good-looking actors and excellent acting skills, even the popular young actor Chen Haohan, who is most likely to drag down the film, has remarkable acting skills in the film.
From Lin Shen's perspective, this movie perfectly completes the ending that was not yet clearly stated in the novel.
The article did not mention why the companion stone was lost and why You Xiao's plan was only half successful.
In the movie, Wang Chi provided a relatively reasonable logical chain based on his many years of directing experience.
This logical chain also makes this ending similar to the beginning of a movie series.
——Lin Shen, as a viewer, didn’t know that when the screenwriter handed the script to Wang Chi, he didn’t explain why the companion stone only achieved half of its function: although it broke the boundary wall, it failed to absorb emotions and desires.
When Wang Chi received the script, he was troubled by the mysterious story. He felt that if this plot point was not straightened out, the audience might not be impressed, so he read the entire novel.
Finally, he guessed that it was the "ancient books" that caused the problem.
Ancient books misled You Xiao into thinking that the Companion Stone could absorb the seven emotions and six desires, but it turned out not to be the case. Even when he broke through to the Mahayana stage, after using the Companion Stone, he accidentally lost the connection with the Companion Stone for many years.
In short, the existence of ancient books is a conspiracy.
Over the years, many people have read ancient books, but You Xiao is the only monk who is deeply involved in the conspiracy.
His life experience made him disgusted with love and desire, and he stepped deeper and deeper into a pit, and eventually, he lost the companion stone that had been with him for many years.
The ending is undoubtedly refreshing, and at the same time it makes the audience look forward to the next part.
The villain's conspiracy did not work, and even opened up the road to immortality for all the cultivators in the world for free. From the perspective of the protagonists - You Xiao suffered a great loss, after so many years of preparation, only to make wedding dresses for cultivators all over the world.
Finally, he also threw away the companion stone that he cared about very much.
Although, due to the loss of the companion stone, this world is faintly showing signs of collapse, but fortunately, among the protagonists, Hua Rongying is very popular.
The eldest sister, as the fans call her, is determined to control You Xiao's emotions and says she will lend him a hand in finding the companion stone.
The ending ends here.
After hearing Hua Rongying's words, You Xiao let out a slight sigh. At the same time, the scarlet in the sky slowly faded away.
From the perspective of a cool novel, the villain's efforts were in vain and he even paid a price for it. Moreover, his originally lonely and powerful image suddenly became fragile and he had to rely on the help of the protagonists to seize the companion stone.
It is undoubtedly a very enjoyable film.
After watching the movie, Lin Shen immediately typed as fast as an octopus and posted a long film review.
I would like to especially praise Wang Chi for his grasp of the film. The highlights are very clear and the audience feels excited as he follows the development of the protagonist.
At the same time, he excitedly praised the images of many actors in the film.
Among them, the role that best showcases his literary talent is "Hua Rongying".
He used all the most beautiful words he could think of to describe Hua Rongying in the movie, saying that she was cold and beautiful, like a cold star and a bright moon.
That scene, when Ding Xuance first entered the Immortal Gate, the moment when the senior sister gently lowered her eyes and looked at him, was the most beautiful scene in his heart, in the entire movie.
"It's as if someone has personified the word 'beauty'. She is so beautiful, with delicate bones and an extremely cool and beautiful appearance."
"She shouldn't be a mortal. She should be a goddess in heaven, walking down from heaven to take pity on this world. There is too little beauty in this world, so -"
"I am willing to prove my beauty with myself."
"Let the world see that she is worthy of the word 'beautiful'."
Lin Shen’s Weibo account has a lot of followers, nearly 200,000.
In the past, the main focus was on sharing life and the experience of being a top student - yes, Young Master Lin Shen was a top student, with good grades in the college entrance examination and professional courses in college.
Most of his fans are college students of the same age as him. They have all read Lin Shenshengyu’s novel “The Ruthless Way” and are loyal fans.
As soon as the movie was released and not long after it ended, he posted this review.
Originally, Lin Shen wondered if his comments on "Hua Rongying" might be too extreme, because he felt that he was expressing his love for Chao Juan.
But the article had already been sent, and he didn't want to change it.
I might as well search and see what people think of "The Ruthless Road".
Apart from the fans of Chen Haohan and Xu Boling, who were chattering in the super chat room praising their idols for being so great and this movie being so good.
Most passers-by's first feedback on the movie "Ruthless Road" is:
"Master Sister is so beautiful, oh my god!!!! Wow!!! I? I can't take it anymore. I was stunned when I saw Master Sister appear in the cinema!"
"Wang Chi is really good at casting... Hua Rongying looks like she just walked out of a novel, right? It's really hard to find someone with the right looks and good acting skills. Wang Chi is awesome!"
"Hua Rongying is so beautiful... What's the name of this actress? Why have I never seen her before?"
"Fuck, I'm sorry for saying that Chao Juan's acting might not be that good. Hua Rongying in the movie really feels like she walked out of a novel. I'm sorry, sister, can you please act in more dramas?!!"
"Dizzy, because of Hua Rongying's face, I pinched my boyfriend in the middle of a fight in the movie theater!!"
"[Kneel][Kneel][Kneel] Hua Rongying is so beautiful. My 3-year-old brother was crying because he had run out of popcorn and was almost beaten by everyone in the cinema. But when he saw Hua Rongying appear, he stopped crying immediately and asked me who this beautiful sister is and whether he can marry such a beautiful woman in the future.
"
"Absolutely. In one word, absolutely. The Ruthless Way is worth the price of the ticket. Just looking at Hua Rongying's face makes me feel that it is worth the price of the ticket."
"..."
"..."
For a moment, everyone's praise for Chao Juan's beautiful face came like a bunch of flowers.
After reading these comments, Lin Shen smiled and held his chest, thinking: Sure enough, everyone has the same view as him.
Such a beautiful woman should be loved by everyone, praised by countless people, and live a free and easy life.
His eyes lit up and he opened the family group again - although the Lin family was small, he still had other relatives!
"Dear friends and family! Come and watch "The Ruthless Way"! I will book the entire theater for you!!!"
I immediately contacted my friend who had contracted the shopping mall and wanted to book a few private areas.
His friend at the mall replied: "It's too deep. I can't make the decision for now."
"What? You don't want to make money?"
"Oh, no, these past two days, many people said they wanted to book the entire theater..." My friend gave a wry smile, and then said with a bit of excitement and boasting, "Yan's has booked more than ten shows for three days, and all the shows that can be booked are sold out."
"Then I'll find someone else to book the place."
Friend: "Hey, I guess it's too late. Wang Chi's film received really good response today... You know, there wasn't a single hit film in the last Lunar New Year period, but this? No, this? film received good response. I don't know how many people bought seats, and the theater was packed with individual customers."
"I guess you can only book a theater in the suburbs. Forget about the one in the city center."
Just as my friend said, all the famous cinemas in the city center were packed.
It is extremely difficult to book a whole place.
Lin Shen: “…”
He didn't know whether he was worried about not being able to spend his money, or happy about the popularity of "The Ruthless Road".
I could only return to the family group dejectedly and post again: "It's not possible to book the whole theater. The venues are all full these few days...you should go and grab tickets by yourselves."
"But I'll still reimburse you!"
The wealthy Master Lin waved his hand with great generosity!
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