I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

[Since it's all just bragging anyway, I might as well brag about becoming the highest-grossing single day box office in the universe!]

[But honestly, after watching "The Tide of Magic," I watched other special effects movies, and they all felt very fake. Lu Ban is a sinner; he's spoiled my tastes. Movies that I used to enjoy now just seem unreal.]

[Your arguing here is pointless. Just look at the box office; it might flop next day.]

Lu Ban's words also spread overseas. For foreigners who are direct and open, Lu Ban's words were a bit too arrogant, which attracted a lot of attention.

The New York Times published a special report titled "Lu Ban: A Young Director Who Started with Horror Films," which carefully investigated Lu Ban's past experiences and provided some reconstruction of his growth and rise to fame. However, due to the information gap between the two sides, their investigation was not complete.

For example, the reporter mistakenly believed that Lu Ban had a relationship with Jiangcheng Industry, thinking that Lu Ban entered the film and television industry because of Jiangcheng Industry's sponsorship. The reporter also dug into the women around Lu Ban and claimed that he had an unusual relationship with more than one woman.

On social media platforms such as Twitter, "The Tide of Magic" quickly reached the top of the trending list. More than the movie itself, many people were curious about Lu Ban, the handsome young director with arrogant remarks.

However, most people think that Lu Ban is just arrogant and that his claim that he can win the box office championship until the end of the film is just bragging.

Many people believe that Lu Ban's box office performance on the second day will plummet at lightning speed.

However, when the box office statistics for the second day were finalized, everyone was stunned.

"Gone with the Wind" saw its box office drop to less than 500 million on its second day, a drop of more than half. This is actually normal, as the film's estimated global box office is around 8 billion. Considering the previous performance of the series, this drop is actually quite good.

However, what's surprising is "Magic Tide".

On Sunday, the day after Christmas, "The Tide" grossed one billion dollars worldwide, almost matching the single-day box office record set by a big-budget Lunar New Year film during the previous Spring Festival.

Naturally, at this point in time, "The Tide" was the undisputed global box office champion.

Moreover, with the combined box office revenue of the two days, "The Tide of Deception" is like the rangers in the movie who manage to survive desperate situations, achieving a comeback and surpassing the box office of "Gone with the Wind".

On the giant screen in Times Square, New York, several guests engaged in a discussion with the female host.

"Unprecedented. I have never seen this type of movie have such strong staying power. Its box office on the second day even exceeded that on the first day. Now it seems that the reason why 'Gone with the Wind' was able to reach $130 million on the first day is because it could reach that number, while the reason why 'The Tide' was able to reach $50 million is because its screenings were only enough for $50 million!"

“I watched both movies yesterday, and I think that ‘The Tide of Magic’ is good enough to compete with our film industry, and even surpasses it in many ways. I find it hard to believe that one day Hollywood will not be able to make the special effects in other countries’ movies, but that has really happened.”

"The world depicted in the film is incredibly wonderful and immersive. After watching it, I couldn't help but imagine how those people lived, their daily lives, what the other magical tides were like, and what the purpose of this world was. I only had a similar feeling when I first encountered the Dungeons & Dragons board game in my cousin's basement when I was a child. Lu Ban, this young director, has created a world."

As for the female host who had previously raved about "Gone with the Wind" and even delivered a lengthy speech, she gave an awkward but polite smile.

"Thank you very much for the comments from our guests. Whether 'Fast & Furious 11' can turn the tide and whether 'Magic Tide' is truly unstoppable, we hope you will continue to follow our reports."

When the live stream went black and then came back on, it was already showing an advertisement for "Magic Tide".

Without a doubt, "Magic Tide" has broken out of its niche.

Whether it's the gimmick of a clash between Chinese and foreign films, Lu Ban's arrogant remarks, or even the box office failure on the first day, all these elements combine to create a story that is captivating enough.

What the internet loves most these days is stories.

Will the powerful Hollywood films continue to suppress and extinguish the offensive of domestic films, or will a confident and arrogant young director single-handedly pull domestic films to the same level as the world's best? Whether "The Tide of Magic" can make a comeback is interesting enough to entertain even those who don't usually watch movies.

As people watch, those who don't usually go to the movies will become curious and run into the cinema to find out what's going on.

Lu Ban's goal was thus achieved.

In fact, the major cinemas are not stupid. After seeing the amazing first-day sales of "The Tide of Deception", they began to increase the number of screenings of "The Tide of Deception" starting from the second day. By the third day, the number of screenings of "The Tide of Deception" in North America had surpassed that of "Gone with the Wind".

A week later, just as Lu Ban had predicted, "The Tide of Magic" held the top spot at the global box office for a full week.

At this moment, even the most distrustful hater couldn't help but have some doubts.

Is it really as Lu Ban said, that "The Tide of Demons" will remain number one until it leaves theaters?

Chapter 322 Mission Completion Status: Unspeakable

If topping the global box office for a day is luck, and for a week it's skill, then for a month... generally speaking, people call it dominance.

During the off-season for movies, it's not difficult to stay at the top of the box office for several days in a row, and sometimes you can even make 10 to 20 million a day.

However, at the end of the year, with Christmas and New Year's Day approaching, there were quite a few competitive films, but "The Tide of Magic" was still like an unstoppable pack of wolves in the movie, sweeping everything away.

Attentive viewers have also compiled reviews of Lu Ban and "Magic Tide" from the New York Times and other media outlets.

When The Tide of Magic announced its simultaneous global release, their headline read, "An unknown director from the East attempts to expand overseas."

When the trailer for "The Tide of the Demon" was released, clashing with the release date of "Gone with the Wind," and after the release of "The Cry" and "The Mouth of the Madman," the headlines of these media outlets changed to "An unspeakable source of terror is approaching the West Coast."

The day before the film's release, newspapers and news outlets began reporting on the headline, "Arrogant filmmakers occupy Times Square."

When the box office results for the first day of release came out, "The Tide of Magic" lost to "Fast & Furious 11" by a margin of 20 million. The media quickly changed the headline of the news to "Lu Ban's First Defeat in the Metropolis".

Now, a week later, when "The Tide of Magic" topped the global box office for a week and was about to make history, many media outlets immediately changed their tune and began to praise Lu Ban's great achievement. In their reports, it has become "Director Lu Ban has injected a shot in the arm into the global film industry".

Domestically, even many foreign dignitaries have said this, and some stubborn people can only follow suit and praise it.

As for "Gone with the Wind," its box office performance declined significantly after a week of release, but it still maintained its second-place ranking.

The main reason is that the special effects of "Magic Tide" completely subverted the audience's worldview. It's like you've played pixel-style games your whole life, and suddenly you're given a copy of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with high-definition texture mods. After watching "Magic Tide" and then watching "Fatal 11", everything feels fake.

Therefore, the box office success of "The Tide" ironically led to the box office failure of "Gone with the Wind".

The box office, which was originally projected to reach 8 billion yuan, may now be subject to a reduction.

Looking back, Lu Ban's praise for the movie at the time seemed sarcastic and cynical no matter how you look at it.

One week, two weeks, three weeks.

Three weeks later, "The Tide" still holds the top spot on the global daily box office charts.

During this period, various idol dramas, foreign romantic films, and Indian musical sci-fi films attempted to challenge the position of "Magic Tide," but all failed.

For one day only, despite taking the top spot at the global box office, "The Tide" failed to achieve the number one position at the box office in any single country.

That was in Japan, where a nationally popular anime movie was released. Because the movie tickets included a concert lottery ticket, and there were four different kinds of special offers that required buying four tickets to get, it beat "Magic Tide" to become the number one anime of the day in Japan.

However, the impact is not significant.

Lu Ban still respected his seniors. There was no need to dwell on some records; let's leave them for future generations to break.

A month later, the movie's key expired, and Lu Ban did not choose to extend the screening for another month because he had already made enough money.

In just one month, "The Tide" held the title of the world's highest-grossing film for 29 consecutive days, with a cumulative box office of 13.9 billion yuan in China, which is close to 2.17 billion US dollars at the current exchange rate, ranking fourth in film history.

The reason it's so popular is twofold: firstly, the groundbreaking special effects of "Magic Tide" overshadowed all other films of its time; secondly, there were no extended screenings, and the film's special effects cannot be fully appreciated on a computer screen, so viewers who want to see it have to go to the cinema within this month.

The third point is that this movie truly broke out of its niche.

Discussions about this movie are raging on both Weibo and Twitter, especially in countries with more repressive societies where everyone follows the crowd, such as island nations. If you don't watch this movie, you won't have anything in common with the people around you and you'll be isolated and bullied. In this situation, the box office of "The Tide of Deception" is soaring like it's on steroids.

The public, both domestically and internationally, loves creating spectacles and setting records. Everyone is eager to get involved, so many people who don't usually pay attention to these things also go to the cinema, boosting box office revenue.

To break records, you really need to break out of your comfort zone.

Ultimately, "The Tide of Magic" grossed 6 billion yuan in China, becoming the highest-grossing film in the country.

Even overseas media outlets that had been boycotting Lu Ban acknowledged him in their headlines on the day "The Tide of Magic" was taken off the screens.

"The Supreme Lord Lu Ban will create his own box office legend today."

Lu Ban also became the highest-grossing director and actor in China with three films that grossed over 1 billion yuan in a single year.

Despite numerous media outlets requesting interviews with Lu Ban, he declined them all.

Lu Ban gave the employees of Silent Media a month-long vacation and fifty months' worth of bonuses before returning home.

Leica was the first to come closer, snorting and rubbing against me like a pig.

When Lu Ban was traveling all over the world doing publicity, Qin Tiantian would feed it.

After some time, the time-traveling hound that once struck fear into the hearts of people from other lands has now become a chubby corgi.

"Indeed, the most frightening thing in this world is not monsters, but women."

Lu Ban agreed wholeheartedly, and Leica, who was standing to the side, also nodded.

"What? You're saying she keeps feeding you things, and even tempts you with canned food when you can't eat anymore? How can there be such a vicious woman in the world!"

Looking at Leica, who was uttering incomprehensible mutterings, Lu Ban translated.

"Don't worry, I'll help you lose weight. In a few months, you'll be a slim and handsome dog again!"

He rubbed Leica's head and then went back to his room.

[Works that have launched cinematic universes: 1/1]

Earnings: 5000000000/5000000000

Congratulations on completing your career development task!

Settlement will now commence.

[Mission Exploration Progress: 120%]

[Task Completion Status: Unspeakable]

[Strike while the iron is hot and show the world that your limits are far greater than this. Before an unprecedented and most shocking cinematic experience, the audience cheers and celebrates. A legendary film that inherits the past and the future is born in your hands.]

[Gained Silence Points: 50000]

Settlement complete

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Experience extraordinary lands, encounter extraordinary people, and embark on extraordinary adventures. Every journey has an end, and we believe you will gain something from it.

Please complete the task to receive the reward.

Chapter 323 [Crazy Manor]

"???"

Lu Ban was speechless when he saw his task completion status.

It turns out there are other evaluations beyond "perfect".

What exactly is the meaning of "unspeakable"?

However, the rewards are indeed much more generous.

Previously, Lu Ban's 100% completion rate earned him a "perfect" rating, which only earned him 10,000 Silent Points. This time, he exceeded the requirement by 20%, directly earning 50,000 Silent Points.

Although the base rewards for the tasks may differ, the improvement is still quite significant.

Some might find it strange that a chosen one like Lu Ban, who earns tens of thousands of Silent Points in a single mission in another realm, would care about a mere fifty thousand Silent Points.

You don't understand Lu Ban then.