I'm just trying to ride the wave of popularity!

Chapter 216 Premiere!

Opinions about Zhou Yang are polarized on the internet.

Those who dislike Zhou Yang's films will consider them terrible and spew out their disgusting opinions.

Those who like Zhou Yang's films regard them as masterpieces and may even watch them many times in one sitting...

What's amazing is that users who like it and those who don't can often switch sides.

After all, the quality of movies produced by [XuanShi Entertainment] varies greatly...

He can make outrageous films like "Monkey King vs. Superman 2," but he can also make great films like "The Spirit of Zhao Zilong" and "The Haunted Village"...

Moreover, the films seem to be targeted at specific groups of people.

If it matches the description, it's awesome; if it doesn't, it's like eating a huge pile of shit. And the premiere often doesn't live up to the hype.

Before a movie is released, you have absolutely no idea whether it's a good movie or a bad one...

However, they all have one thing in common.

Whether you like it or hate it, you'll almost always go to the cinema to catch a glimpse of it during the premiere...

After all, his movie tickets weren't expensive. While others might sell a ticket for 20 yuan, Zhou Yang's ticket was probably only 15 yuan at most.

And this Lord of the Rings: The Second Ring...

The official ticket price for "The Lord of the Rings" is 40 yuan, while the Zhou Yang version is 20 yuan.

It's half the price.

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4 month 14 day.

At the entrance of Feihe Cinema.

Starting at 6 a.m., fans boycotting "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Rings" formed a long line, with banners denouncing Zhou Yang as a plagiarist appearing one after another, leading to clashes with Zhou Yang's fans.

Security captain Zhang Shun went to great lengths to separate the critics from the supporters, and kept a close watch on the growing crowd to prevent a stampede.

During this time, Zhou Yang quietly went off to film a movie, which exhausted the security guards. They worked almost in two shifts, with a large group of people guarding the entrance of [Xuan Shi Entertainment] every day, not daring to relax for even a second, for fear that these angry movie fans might do something drastic...

8:15 am.

Fifteen minutes before the movie premiere, when the ticket checking system officially began.

Wearing a mask and hat, Liu Jinghua squeezed through the crowd into the screening room, followed by several members of the film analysis team from [Huashang Brothers].

The Lord of the Rings: The Second Ring has generated a tremendous amount of buzz online, so much so that even Liu Jinghua felt the online hype was somewhat outrageous…

Despite widespread criticism and a disastrously low reputation, The Lord of the Rings: The Second Ring once surpassed The Lord of the Rings in popularity online.

With the immense popularity of "The Lord of the Rings: The Second Ring," the number of registered users on [Kuaibo] has surged by an absurd rate...

After carefully analyzing the reasons behind this, Liu Jinghua was immediately alarmed!
She realized that there was an industry chain behind "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Rings" that used "traffic" as a gimmick, and the beginning and end of this industry chain all pointed to the industry behind Zhou Yang!
In the screening room.

More and more people started to sit down, and soon the screening room was full.

"90% of the audience for this movie is young people..."

Analyst Li Wei looked around at the group of young people and silently recorded what he saw and heard.

Under the lights, these young people had various expressions and were engaged in a lot of discussion, but they all shared one very obvious characteristic: they were all looking expectantly at the big screen, whether they were criticizing or praising it...

8:30.

The lights in the screening room went out instantly.

Immediately afterwards...

The screen lights came on.

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【…】

The screening room fell silent.

Li Wei's fingers trembled slightly...

Then, to my horror, the same advertising slogan, accompanied by a brainwashing, mesmerizing voice, started playing on repeat!
The advertising is blatant and shameless!
It was so outrageous that Li Wei even had the illusion that they would be watching these commercials in the theater until the end of the movie...

On the fourth viewing, the big screen finally went dark, and then the movie plot finally began!

As the screen gradually lit up...

A passage of blood-red text, accompanied by a series of epic, surging melodies, finally appeared on the screen.

This is the realm of racing, where there are no flashy magic tricks, only top-tier racing skills!

Then, the text gradually disappeared, and the camera then appeared on a sign that read "[Siling Auto Repair Shop]"...

Upon seeing the sign for "Siling Repair Shop," the audience members who had been watching the movie were slightly taken aback!
This is the very first scene from "Monkey King vs. Superman 2"!

And now...

The place seemed to have turned into a repair shop, with a group of uniformed mechanics all nervously waiting for something.

"Repairman Level: Level 3!"

A cold, electronic voice emanated from the workshop testing equipment, echoing in the noisy lobby of the [Siling Repair Shop].

"Level 3, low-level, no longer capable of handling factory repair work!"

On the screen, that cold voice rang out once again.

As the voice faded, the camera then focused on a few apprentices in greasy overalls, who glanced at the testing station and let out undisguised sneers.

"Level three? Hahaha... A genius who could tune a V5 engine by hand at the age of fifteen, now can't even handle Volkswagen's turbocharger?"

"I heard that after the underground racing accident three years ago, his right ligaments were ruined... The supervisor has done more than enough to keep him around."

"..." Accompanied by bursts of laughter.

The camera silently focused on a young man who appeared to be just over twenty years old.

In the footage, the young man is wearing work clothes and is gripping a wrench tightly. The name "Wang Teng" on his name tag is blurred by engine oil.

Immediately afterwards, cheers and excited shouts filled the air, accompanied by the film's background music, and the camera switched between several scenes...

The once-glorious banners and nameplates bearing titles such as National Youth Technician Competition Champion and Porsche Custom Modifier have gradually turned from colorful to grayish-white.

Then, amidst more laughter, the manager, holding a layoff list, walked step by step towards him...

The workshop broadcast blared, "Attention! There are only 48 hours left to register for the Qinzhou Automobile Cup National Rally Championship. All technical teams must submit their materials immediately..."

The young man blankly accepted the termination letter and a small amount of severance pay, then, head bowed, silently left the repair shop amidst the mockery...

The movie screen went dark again.

However, the background music was filled with rude curses.

"The Siling team doesn't want waste."

"Back when you were lying in the hospital, I mortgaged my racing license to pay for your surgery. Now you can't even tune a Volkswagen EA8?"

"Get out! We don't want you here!"

"Sorry, we don't need you..."

"Sorry, I don't need it..."

"Get out of here, change your career!"

……

In the screening room, Liu Jinghua was slightly taken aback.

In fact, Zhou Yang's "The Lord of the Rings: The Second Ring" had absolutely no promotional videos beforehand...

Moreover, the secrecy was kept extremely well!
Before the movie's release, not only these movie fans, but even Liu Jinghua himself didn't know what the movie was about...

Last night, the analysis team at [Huashang Brothers] analyzed the film and concluded that it's highly likely to be a low-budget version of "The Lord of the Rings"...

So she had her analysis and legal teams keep a close eye on the movie, not letting go of any suspected "infringing" content, and prepared to sue Zhou Yang until he was bankrupt!

The darkness on the screen dimly lit up, and the words "The Lord of the Rings: The Second Ring" appeared...

Liu Jinghua was completely stunned!

There's no magic, no epic feel, not even a cheap feel; it's just a raw "racing" movie.
What are racing movies?
This is a niche genre in the film industry. Some directors made films about it in the early 90s, but the box office was disastrous. After that, this type of subject matter seemed to be sealed off. From the late 90s to after the millennium, there were no professional racing-themed works in the Chinese market with "racing" as the core!
If that's the case...

It's hardly an infringement...

Damn, this subject matter is completely different, how can it be considered copyright infringement?

Just after Liu Jinghua sighed, the lights on the screen came on again.

As a slightly sorrowful voice rang out, then...

Liu Jinghua saw the words "Nineteen Years Later" on the screen. Then, the former genius was now the owner of [A Liang Delivery Shop], specializing in delivering all sorts of raw and cold foods, living a simple life with limited means…

He also had a son named Wang Tuohai, who was responsible for delivering goods every day, driving an ordinary Qinzhou G1 SUV, specifically for delivering tofu...

The timing was chosen between 3 and 5 a.m., when the roads are least crowded, ensuring the freshness of the tofu for breakfast at 5 to 6 a.m. The film gives a close-up shot of the father, Wang Teng, deliberately placing a glass of water in the passenger seat of his son's car, demanding that "it not spill at all"...

When Liu Jinghua saw this scene, he felt that the movie was a bit boring.

Just as she was about to get up and leave, she saw a burst of excited screams coming from the movie theater!
She frowned and looked at the screen...

In the scene, Zhou Yang, who plays Wang Tuohai, looks drowsy and lazy as he slowly gets into the car, fastens his seatbelt, and even yawns.

But the moment he touched the steering wheel, his previously unfocused and lifeless eyes suddenly became extremely sharp!

Then, staring ahead, it was like a wild beast that had been lying in wait for many years and had caught the scent of its prey, radiating a cold glint of eager anticipation!

Next!

Suddenly, a roar of engines erupted in the screening room, growing louder as it approached!

The sound became clearer and clearer, starting with a deep "hum" that sounded like a beast awakening from the chassis!
Then came three short, sharp beeps!
"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Each roar, accompanied by the screech of tires against the pavement, seemed to crush the audience's eardrums...

The exhaust pipe then emitted a continuous metallic roar!

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yang in the camera gripped the gear lever, and after a series of dazzling maneuvers, the Qinzhou G1 SUV pierced the silent night and sped into the distance!

……

The previous second!
He's a harmless food delivery guy!

The next second, however, he transformed into a tyrant who controlled the wheel of life and death...

Such a revolutionary personality switch left analyst Li Wei feeling shocked!

But what he found even more unbelievable was...

The background music features the sound of cars speeding by, and the scenery rushing past in front of the camera due to the high speed!
It was as if the passion deep within his heart had been ignited!

Immediately afterwards...

"Water ballet, Indian hunks"

"Indian rice, kicked until thin!"

"My ball, Indian business..."

"..."

"Shrimp catchers..."

"Atong, Sick, Presley, Beverly!"

"Haier, oh, the Japanese silk..."

What the hell is this?
After hearing a high-energy melody and lyrics he didn't quite understand...

He was stunned!
(End of this chapter)