Chapter 95: Chapter 95: Official Release, Beating Everyone
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God Slayer was finally set for its official premiere.
And it was to be released on the same day as War of the Gods.
These two movies were like mortal enemies in destiny, even their release dates coinciding.
The online debates about these two movies had reached a fever pitch.
All sorts of demons and goblins leaped out, without exception, siding with War of the Gods.
Especially the majority of stars from the entertainment industry, who also chose to stand by War of the Gods and cheer it on. This caused the fame of War of the Gods to skyrocket.
In comparison, God Slayer fell far behind.
Besides that one trailer, there was barely any promotion at all.
It all relied on the spontaneous publicity by the fans.
Naturally, this left it at a disadvantage in the court of public opinion.
However, there were still some stars who stood on Fan Mengxue’s side.
Like Bi Yuntao, for instance.
He vigorously promoted God Slayer on Weibo and repeatedly promised that he had contributed some decent acting skills in this movie. But his words only drew widespread ridicule and sneers.
Many left comments below.
“You have acting skills?”
“Haha, if you had acting skills, I’d eat my keyboard!”
“Exactly, if he had any acting to speak of, I’d eat my computer.”
“I’ll eat the computer desk.”
“I’ll eat…”
These freeloaders’ Weibo comments left Bi Yuntao laughing and crying at the same time.
Feeling helpless, he could only post another message.
“See you at the cinema!”
This was but a small episode amid the tidal wave of public discourse.
As the focal point of news, Fan Mengxue had remained silent all along.
Regardless of what people said, she never came out to argue.
Because Fan Mengxue believed in Xue An’s words.
“Let the results speak for themselves.”
The more vocally defensive, the more it proved their insecurity.
Under such intense scrutiny, the day of the premiere finally arrived.
Wang Wenjian went to see it with his friend.
However, his friend liked Hua Ruyue, so they went to see War of the Gods instead.
When Wang Wenjian emerged from the cinema full of exclamation points, his friend also came out.
But his friend had the look of someone who’d just swallowed a fly.
“What happened?” Wang Wenjian asked.
“It was so damn terrible, it wasn’t worth the money at all! What bullshit Stephen, what bullshit Hua Ruyue, it was totally crap!” Wang Wenjian’s friend cursed up a storm.
And he wasn’t the only one; many viewers shared the same sentiment after watching War of the Gods.
Even if Stephen had phoned it in, it shouldn’t have been that awful.
But because Stephen had already gone back to Europe during the post-production phase, the editing power was handed over to Hua Ruyue.
To highlight her own role in the movie, Hua Ruyue ruthlessly extended her original thirty-plus minutes of screen time to fifty minutes.
Not enough content? Turn to slow motion.
So many people witnessed the following scene.
Hua Ruyue took a slow-motion swig of water in the movie.
And that wasn’t even the worst of it.
The key issue was Hua Ruyue’s mediocre acting skills, always staring with a pair of innocent big eyes, looking like an idiot.
How could people not criticize that?
After a lengthy rant, Wang Wenjian’s friend asked, “How was your movie?”
Wang Wenjian sighed softly, “All I can say is… a masterpiece that shocks the world!”
“Is it really that exaggerated?”
“Don’t believe me? Go watch it again now!”
Wang Wenjian accompanied his friend back into the cinema once more. After watching it this time, Wang Wenjian’s friend didn’t speak.
“What did you think?” Wang Wenjian asked.
“Awesome!”
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