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Chapter 336 is so damn abstract!

9 month 20 day.

The autumn wind in Los Angeles carried a hint of desolation.

Late at night.

For Carl of Wyman Pictures, it was a dramatic day. The company, known for producing superhero movies, had never before released such an "abstract" film.

A gust of wind blew.

Carl pulled his hat down low and sneaked into the last row of the screening room.

He deliberately chose a midnight screening, afraid of being recognized by his colleagues. The fact that the CEO of [Wyman Pictures] would personally come to see this kind of Mary Sue movie would probably make the whole of Hollywood laugh.

But Carl had to come and see the screening in person.

In fact, in addition to the film collaboration itself, [Weiman Pictures] has also signed revenue-sharing agreements with several brands under [Xuanshi Entertainment] – as long as the film is a hit or the products featured in the film sell well, they can receive a share of the profits.

In profit-driven Hollywood, nobody turns down money.

However, "The Domineering President Falls in Love with Me" has only had limited preview screenings so far, without a wide release or any promotion, so the midnight screenings were almost empty...

In the midnight screening of "The President Falls in Love with Me," as the lights dimmed, I counted the audience members and found that only about a third of the three hundred seats were occupied.

Some of the people were young couples who couldn't sleep late at night. The girls were whispering excitedly while holding popcorn, while the boys were yawning and checking their watches.

A group of young women were sitting in the screening room, excitedly whispering to each other, their eyes brimming with excitement...

Before the screen lit up, Carl noticed a young couple in the row in front of him discussing the movie...

Although I couldn't hear the specific content, the keyword "Zhou Yang, screenwriter" kept drifting into my ears.

Since the release of "Twilight" in Europe and America, Zhou Yang has accumulated a large number of loyal fans in those countries, who often follow his latest news on platforms such as YouTube.

Perhaps it was a chance discovery that the new film was showing, coupled with the affordable ticket price of only $3, that led these young people to decide to stay and see for themselves.
As the screen lights came on for a split second...

The movie has started!

……

Actually, there are quite a few American romance movies, but they tend to take an artistic approach, either featuring intellectual flirtations in New York coffee shops or the regretful missed opportunities between childhood sweethearts in a small Western town.

The male lead is always melancholic and profound, while the female lead is always independent and clear-headed. Before kissing, they have to go through three philosophical debates about life, and even the sex scenes are filmed like performance art.

The film was so emotionally draining that some viewers were moved to tears, and then published a series of insightful reviews...

Many classic films were also born from this period...

of course.

As more and more movies of this type are made, they gradually become clichéd, and box office revenue begins to decline.

Perhaps it is because the classic works of the past are so outstanding that no matter how much later generations follow suit and hype them up, they can hardly surpass them.

Between 2002 and 2005, the market suddenly lost interest in this type of romantic film, and as a result, the number of such films gradually decreased...

Lisa, clutching her popcorn, leaned lazily against her seat in the theater, yawning casually.

This is probably another art-house romance film...

However, it's not bad to be able to pass the time quietly.

Lisa, clutching her popcorn, stared absently at the gradually brightening screen.

She seemed completely out of place in that screening room…

She was neither a fan of Zhou Yang nor had a boyfriend.

She was slightly overweight, with freckles on her face. Coupled with her somewhat insecure and shy personality, she had almost no friends and always kept to herself.

I came to see a movie purely to kill time.

In fact, she had long since lost all hope for life.

Inferiority complex stemming from one's appearance is a constant companion...

I was ruthlessly fired by my boss a few days ago, and then I mustered up the courage to confess my feelings to the boy I had a crush on, only to be mocked by him in private as a "fat pig"...

All of this caused her unbearable pain...

Just then, she saw the female lead of the movie, and she was slightly stunned when she saw her!

The female lead in this movie, "The Domineering President Falls in Love with Me," is completely different from the girls in traditional romance films. She is neither a slender and elegant artistic goddess nor a highly educated and independent elite woman.

When the female lead appeared on screen, Lisa froze. The slightly chubby girl with freckles on the screen was carefully trying to please everyone around her—she was a spitting image of herself in real life. Her eyes widened instinctively, and then her breathing became rapid!
..............................

Before the screen lit up, Carl's palms were already sweating, and he felt for a moment that he could not continue watching.

In fact, aside from the trailers and synopsis, he never really sat down and watched the whole movie.

Before the film's release, he refrained from watching the finished product, intending to watch it simultaneously with the audience and observe their reactions.

The male and female leads in the trailer are a little chubby, but it's still acceptable.

However, when the female lead, Martha, appeared, he almost slipped off his seat. This ordinary girl with freckles and a slightly chubby figure was clumsily dragging cleaning tools through the convenience store corridor, completely different from the delicate, porcelain-doll-like female leads in Hollywood romance films.

An indescribable feeling of suffocation suddenly gripped Karl's throat.

The freckled, overweight janitor on screen is completely different from the carefully edited image in the trailer.

My God, this person is so much uglier!
He gripped the handrail tightly, as if he could already see tomorrow's Hollywood Reporter headline: "[Wyman Studios Goes Mad? The Absurd Farce of a Cleaner Conquering the President!]"

The movie continues to be shown.

Carl stared at the screen; the first five minutes of the plot were already making his brain buzz.

The female protagonist, Martha, is a slightly chubby girl with freckles on her face. While working at a convenience store, she is chosen by a mysterious agent because of her "most innocent smile" and forcibly put into the White House as a cleaner.

Oh, God!
When he saw the girl's slightly mentally challenged smile on the screen, he felt his brain cells dying off in large numbers!
Damn it!

Even a decent reason would be helpful!
For example, you could give the female lead some kind of mysterious constitution, or at least make her smile have some special charm!
Even more outrageous—Karl gasped in shock. The convenience store shelves were filled with Chinese brands, and the camera deliberately gave these products a close-up!

When the agents forcibly took the female lead away, the silly girl frantically grabbed a "Smooth" shampoo and a "Kangzheng" electrician's screwdriver from the shelf, struggling while insisting, "These are my necessities."

The camera deliberately gave these products a close-up for two or three seconds, and the female protagonist repeatedly talked about how important these products were to her daily life.

When Martha was dragged into the White House carrying a bottle of "Smooth & Gentle" shampoo, the president was raging in the Oval Office.

The blond, blue-eyed president (who bears a striking resemblance to a former leader) was suddenly drawn to the off-key national anthem that Martha was humming while mopping the floor. Through the crack in the door, he saw her fixing the leaking water pipe with a [Kangzheng brand screwdriver].

The president's pupils dilated in shock: "This woman can fix water pipes!"

Just as he was stunned and couldn't help but approach the girl, the next second saw the famous scene of "wall-slamming the vacuum cleaner" unfold!
The president cornered Martha, and just then, the vacuum cleaner hose malfunctioned, mysteriously wrapping around their waists, resulting in their first intimate encounter amidst a "putt-putt" mechanical sound.

Such a depraved plot!
Karl stood up, trembling...

Finally, I couldn't resist, so I took out a cigarette and went to the bathroom to smoke!
This plot...

Can not bear to look!

About five minutes later, he returned to the screening room...

I saw the movie plot...

Then, the movie completely lost its mind!
The female protagonist seems to be under a halo of hatred, inexplicably being targeted by the villains. For example, there's the president's secretary, who is exceptionally capable and infatuated with the president. On the surface, the secretary is gentle and refined, like the true female protagonist, but behind the scenes, she plots against the female protagonist in various ways...

The female protagonist was secretly filmed humming the national anthem off-key while mopping the floor. She was overjoyed, claiming she was "using coded language to transmit intelligence," and even hired a "cryptography expert" to analyze her window-wiping gestures frame by frame, deducing they were Morse code!
for example……

After the president's secretary discovered that the female lead had repaired the food truck with a Kangzheng brand screwdriver, he accused her of "using hardware tools to synthesize biological weapons."

Even more outrageous, the secretary used a projector to create ghostly figures in the corridor at night, and the next day she pointed to the [Kangzheng brand LED flashlight] in the female lead's toolbox and cried, "She used Eastern witchcraft to control the White House's power system!" When the security agents forcibly broke the flashlight, a talisman note that the secretary had hidden in advance fell out.

For example: The secretary spills engine oil all over the president's usual route. When the female lead slips and knocks over the rose stand, the secretary suddenly rushes out to shield the president with her body, and throws the straw from the female lead's iced tea drink out of her pocket, shouting, "Look! She prepared a weapon!"

For example, when the female lead drew a smiley face on her mop while cleaning, the Minister of Defense immediately convened an emergency meeting, accusing it of being a "terrorist code," and even presented satellite images to prove that terrorist strongholds around the world displayed the same smiley face after being connected online. Then, he subjected the female lead to various insults and slanders...

……

Scene after scene!

Carl was completely dumbfounded!
He felt that his worldview had been completely overturned and his IQ had completely exploded!
He took a deep breath, his gaze darting back and forth across the screen…

On one side is a hot, well-dressed female secretary, and on the other side is a freckled cleaner with her head down, mopping the floor.

From the tenth minute onwards, this poor girl is constantly subjected to various forms of sabotage: the female secretary, out of jealousy of the president's special treatment of the cleaning lady, goes on a rampage, slandering, defaming, and framing her...

When he saw the president rejecting his beautiful female secretary and instead pursuing the female protagonist with great affection, he even doubted whether there was something wrong with his own taste!

The absurd thrill of this plot was like a resounding slap across his face, leaving him red-faced and humiliated!

Even more shocking plot twists are yet to come: halfway through the movie, the female protagonist has a chance encounter with Masters, the richest man in the United States and Secretary of State.

This incredibly powerful figure instantly developed a liking for the female lead simply because she was "kind and knew how to care for dogs."
then……

My God, how could it be...

(End of this chapter)