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Chapter 484 The best white moonlight is Liu Yifei... Luckily, I didn't use her.
A war fought once in a decade, the killing intent soaring to the heavens!

Break free from the ferocity and fight to the bitter end!

[Po Jun Wu Jing: Infiltrating a wrongfully imprisoned prison, slaying the enemy and breaking through enemy lines!]

[Tony Jaa, the Seven Killers: Blood is thicker than water, fight for survival]

[Zhang Jin, the Greedy Wolf: Blinded by greed, with the ambitions of a wolf!]

"Director of Wolf Warrior, Star of SPL: Kill Zone, Wu Jing, put his heart and soul into this performance!"

"Watch as Wolf Warrior Wu Jing breaks through the encirclement and wreaks havoc across the world!"

"..."

Posters were released, behind-the-scenes features were shown, and news reports appeared online.

The first "SPL" film was released in 2005, starring Donnie Yen, with Wu Jing also appearing in it.

He played a blond-haired hitman, and during the filming of that classic alleyway fight scene, Wu Jing was hit countless times with batons; four solid wood police batons even broke.

The promotional team for "SPL 2: A Time for Consequences" was very cunning, directly piggybacking on the popularity of "Wolf Warrior".

Anyway, they're all wolves, and they all have Wu Jing... even though Wu Jing is just the director of "Wolf Warrior".

Although he didn't even have a single scene in the main movie, it's not a big deal. Just tell me, isn't it "Wolf Warrior"?

Meanwhile, the "Wolf Warrior" special program on the news channel's cultural observation room, Wu Jing's interview program on the movie channel, and the People's Daily's report on "Wolf Warrior" were all broadcast to the audience in turn.

At Qi Hui's instruction, Xiao Yang, who had been prepared in advance, launched a publicity and public relations campaign, and videos and text reports circulated online.

At the same time, the publicity team for "Wolf Warrior" also began to intensify its efforts.

With this continuous promotion, the box office of "Wolf Warrior," which had been somewhat sluggish under the onslaught of "Furious 7," began to rebound and rise!
Qi Hui wasn't sure how effective the promotion of "SPL 2" was for them.

However, their promotional efforts for "Wolf Warrior" were quite effective.

After a series of maneuvers, Wolf Warrior's total box office reached 13.9 billion yuan!
It surpassed the 12.4 billion yuan box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" and became the highest-grossing domestic film at present!

And with Wolf Warrior still showing in theaters, is there still room for it to rise in popularity...?

Yes, but not much!

Because another Hollywood blockbuster is coming: Avengers: Age of Ultron!
Avengers: Age of Ultron has arrived with a vengeance, ready to challenge Fast & Furious 7 and Wolf Warrior.

After a fierce onslaught, Wolf Warrior began to show signs of fatigue, and Fast & Furious 7's strong upward momentum was also interrupted, causing it to begin to decline.

It has to be said that Avengers: Age of Ultron was quite powerful, generating significantly more buzz than SPL 2.

Director Soi Cheang dreamt of 1997, recalling the scene of the Hollywood ship rampaging through the Hong Kong market.

More than a decade ago, Hong Kong films couldn't compete with Hollywood blockbusters; more than a decade later, Hong Kong films still can't compete with Hollywood blockbusters...

This left Zheng Baorui feeling wistful and uncertain about what to do next.

Wu Jing ignored all of this. Hollywood blockbusters are indeed very powerful; that's an objective fact that no one can deny.

But what about five years from now, or ten years from now?
I witnessed the zombie-like slums of Los Angeles, I witnessed the California government letting the wildfires burn, and I witnessed the firefighters using helmets and traffic cones to put out the fire.

Wu Jing began to believe, little by little, what Qi Hui had said back then: Hollywood was doomed!
Just like the Americans, they're on their last legs!

Ten years from now, in 2024 and 2025, how many Hollywood movies will still be able to capture the interest of audiences?
Watching their president is more interesting than watching their movies!
……

Hainan Province
"Very good, pass!"

Chen Duling took off her glasses, abandoned her "white moonlight" persona, and transformed back into herself from the real Li Muzi.

She is actually quite lively, cheerful, active, and curious about everything.

She would have liked to take apart and examine some of the photography equipment, especially since they were so expensive.

She lacked the quiet, scholarly air of Li Muzi in the play.

"You've chosen a great actress..." Wu Jing was somewhat surprised; Chen Duling had a refreshing quality about her.

She gives off an incredibly pure and innocent feeling, making her perfect for roles like the "white moonlight" ideal.

"It's alright." Qi Hui smiled faintly: "Originally I wanted to find Liu Yifei, but Chen Duling is also good."

“Liu Yifei…” Wu was surprised.

But then I thought about it again and it made sense. Liu Yifei is also quite good at playing the "white moonlight" type of role.

However... it used to be possible, but not now!
Rumors are circulating online that she's in a relationship, and it's even rumored that she's dating a Korean man.

Who wouldn't hate the Koreans for their disgusting behavior of stealing everything, constantly applying for UNESCO World Heritage status, and blaming all their bad deeds on the Chinese?

At this very moment, Liu Yifei was rumored to be having an affair with a Korean!

The news of her being in a relationship had already broken the hearts and disappointed her fans.

And the person she was rumored to be dating was that bunch of cowardly, disgusting trash from those Koreans. Combined with this, Liu Yifei's fans started leaving, and some even turned against her.

However, when Qi Hui saw Liu Yifei and her rumored boyfriend in the same frame, he always felt that the two were like strangers!

In addition, the movie "The Third Way of Love," which the two collaborated on, is also about to enter its promotional period.

Therefore, Qi Hui guessed that this was probably a publicity stunt to promote the movie.

After all, the two of them didn't end up together!
But... no one is helping Liu Yifei analyze or refute the rumors!
Liu Yifei herself, who is currently promoting the movie, would never do such a thing.

Therefore, she was significantly affected, and more and more fans left and turned against her.

This situation is unlikely to improve in the short term.

Qi Hui was somewhat relieved; thankfully, he hadn't used Liu Yifei back then, otherwise things would have been a bit troublesome...

He thought back to his past self before he traveled through time. At this time, he was still in high school, and he seemed to be feeling incredibly envious of Liu Yifei's announcement of her relationship.

"Director, the next scene..." The assistant director ran over, somewhat hesitant.

"What's the next scene?" Wu Jing flipped through the shooting schedule and found it was a dialogue scene.

However, this dialogue scene is somewhat special, as it is the dialogue scene between He Fei and Chen Mai... which is also the dialogue scene between Qi Hui and Jing Tian.

But the problem is, Jing Tian hasn't arrived yet!
"Wait a moment." Qi Hui gestured with his hand and said, "Jing Tian will be here shortly."

“Oh, okay,” the assistant director quickly said, “I’ll go get ready…”

Jingle bell bell~
Before he could finish speaking, Qi Hui's phone rang.

First, I touched one phone, found it wasn't ringing, then I touched another iPhone 6 before I could answer the call.

Wu Jing's lips twitched. This kid only knows how to live off a woman all day long.

Outrageous!

That's quite an impressive person, so why does she have a bad stomach?

"Huh? Will you be late?" Qi Hui asked in surprise.

“Yes, right~” Jing Tian said coquettishly, “The scenes for Princess Nihuang were filmed yesterday, but there is still an interlude to be recorded.”

"So, I'll have to arrive later."

Speaking of which, she has quite a few songs to sing recently.

Besides the songs written by Qi Hui, there is also the theme song "The Beauty of the Past" from the TV series "Nirvana in Fire".

"Okay." Qi Hui nodded. "I'll wait for you."

"Mmm!" Jing Tian nodded repeatedly, "Although I can't get there this afternoon, I can still get there tonight...hehe~"

As she spoke, a hint of anticipation crept into her voice.

Qi Hui: “…”

I have grown thin and haggard for her sake, yet I have no regrets!
"Hey, no need to prepare for the afternoon's scene." After hanging up the phone, Qi Hui called out, "We have half a day off this afternoon."

"Wuhu!"

"Long live the director!"

"The director is such a good person!"

"..."

As soon as Qi Hui finished shouting, cheers erupted.

The assistant director, along with the heads of each group, packed up all the equipment; it was time to relax.

"Let's go, Brother Jing," Qi Hui called out. "Let's go fishing."

"Oh?" Wu Jing's eyes lit up: "Let's go, let's go!"

To his shame, he had never fished in Hainan Province before!

He had fished for sea fish on Hong Kong Island, but Hong Kong Island has many environmental protection laws similar to those in the UK and the US, which is quite troublesome.

He was very poor at the time and didn't enjoy fishing at all.

Wu Jing thought for a moment and asked, "What if we can't catch anything?"

"Then let's go down into the sea and get some oysters," Qi Hui said, waving his hand.
Anyway, it wasn't the first time he'd been empty-handed... cough cough, the first time he hadn't caught any fish.

If you don't catch any fish, it's not a big problem; if you do catch something, it's not like you've gone home empty-handed!

(End of this chapter)