519: Zhao Fu: God is so unfair! How am I any worse than that kid surnamed Xu?

“What? The new drama from that kid Xu Lu of Da Xu Culture is actually high quality and not the rumored flop?”

However, not everyone who heard this news remained optimistic.

For example, Xiong Tang from Xia Lifei Film and Television, who had been waiting to watch the show, froze when he heard the news.

After a while, he snapped out of it and exploded:

“This is impossible! How could this be!

What high-quality film could possibly be made in just twenty days? The news must be fake, it's a rumor!”

He simply couldn't believe this was true news; it was too outrageous and unbelievable.

Originally, Xiong Tang was waiting to see Da Xu Culture become a laughingstock this time.

He wanted to see the expression on The kid surnamed Xu's face when his own movie was bootlegged and 'bled dry.'

But he never expected that the movie by The kid surnamed Xu would be released one step ahead of the Bootlegger's.

That would have been fine, because if the quality was terrible, Xiong Tang would still be very pleased with that outcome.

But what stunned Xiong Tang was this:

The news circulating online now stated that Da Xu Culture's 'a chinese ghost story' was completely up to standard, even excellent.

Most people were already speculating that this film could gross two billion yuan at the box office.

Two billion yuan!

Xiong Tang felt a painful clenching in his heart.

Xia Lifei Film and Television had made so many films, yet they had never achieved box office figures like this.

Yet Xu Lu, that kid, managed to achieve such an enviable, hateful, and impressive result with a film released after only twenty-something days.

How could this not make Xiong Tang's mental state explode?

“Damn it! How could The kid surnamed Xu be so lucky!”

Xiong Tang cursed under his breath:

“Are those Bootleggers just useless parasites? I never saw them lack capability before.

When you bootlegged other people's films, you were so successful, but when it came to bootlegging Xu Lu's film, why did you fail? This is too disappointing.”

...The disappointed President Xiong was not the only unhappy person. In fact, Director Zhao Fu was even more depressed than he was.

That's right!

Zhao Fu, who had been constantly following the situation, was now completely dumbfounded:

“Estimated box office over two billion yuan? The film is super good? High quality? Excellent special effects?

It's fake, it must all be fake, ha ha ha ha, this world is just a huge joke...”

After raving for a while, Zhao Fu sobered up again and suddenly felt like crying but had no tears.

For days, he had eagerly anticipated misfortune for The kid surnamed Xu from Da Xu Culture. Who knew that instead of facing misfortune, he was blessed with 'Hong Fu Qi Tian.'

A film released so quickly was being called 'high quality' and 'excellent' by these people, with an estimated 'two billion yuan box office.' How could Zhao Fu not be jealous?

He himself had fallen to the point where he couldn't even make a film, yet the person he previously regarded as his opponent was in a state of flourishing prosperity.

“Heaven is too unfair!”

After a long time, Zhao Fu roared internally:

“Why is The kid surnamed Xu's career thriving while I, Zhao Fu, have fallen from the clouds? Where am I worse than him?”

Of course, perhaps because he was caught up in the situation, Great Director Zhao still hadn't managed to see the full picture.

If you were to randomly find someone in the industry, they could certainly explain his question of 'Where am I worse?' clearly and thoroughly.

After all, he lagged behind Director Xu in far too many areas—it would take three days and three nights to list them all!

...Time flew by, and soon it was evening.

Although they had already watched the finished film, everyone at Da Xu Culture knew the quality of the new drama was excellent, but they still felt some excitement as the box office results were about to be released.

After all, 'a chinese ghost story' was Great Xu's first drama released after the start of the year, so it held a slightly different significance.

“Brother Feng, the box office results are out! Our new drama made ninety-three million yuan on its first day!”

Fortunately, they didn't have to wait long. A staff member came in with the data and announced loudly.

Wow!

Hearing the good news, the people from Great Xu cheered:

“Amazing, Director Xu! The first drama of the new year is a hit, ha ha ha ha.”

“Speaking of ninety million yuan for the first day, that would have been quite good last year too, definitely ranking in the top few.”

“The promotion time was still too short. If it hadn't been rushed, the first day would definitely have exceeded one hundred million yuan.”

“It's fine. First-day box office isn't the total box office.

Although there was little promotion beforehand, once the film is released and word-of-mouth spreads, that loss will naturally be recouped.”

...“Now we can finally relax, but the question remains: How did Director Xu do it?”

“Exactly. Finishing the shoot in twenty days, we all saw that, but completing all post-production in two days, that...”

“Who cares? As long as Director Xu has this resource, it's nothing but beneficial for Da Xu Culture.”

“That's true. I suddenly feel a little sorry for that Bootlegger studio, ha ha ha ha.

Our official 'a chinese ghost story' has already been released, and their 'pretty girl ghost' is nowhere to be found!”

...“Yeah, everyone used to hate this bootleg studio, but now they're probably going to be treated as a joke.”

“I told you! Why did they have to provoke our President Xu? Now they're paying the price!”

“Exactly! So many people suffered losses at the hands of our President Xu before, why didn't these guys learn their lesson!”

“Ha ha ha ha, well, Da Xu Culture only produces masterpieces, so it's normal for the Bootlegger to target us.

But they probably didn't realize that the opponent they were facing was no ordinary person. They must be stunned now, right?”

...“President Xu, the first-day box office for 'a chinese ghost story' is out—ninety-three million yuan!”

Unlike the others who were discussing animatedly,

Feng Xiaoxia followed the usual routine and immediately called Director Xu, who was not present, to report the situation.

Although he knew Director Xu definitely didn't take this matter too seriously, he himself certainly had to.

Soon, the familiar voice of our Director Xu came through:

“Alright, Xiao Xia, I know!”

Sigh, Director Xu is so calm again. What could possibly be something that concerns him?

Hearing this, Feng Xiaoxia wondered with some confusion.

Little did he know.

The President Xu he spoke of was currently focused on what reward skill he could draw from the system this time!

That's right!

Since he had finished shooting another movie, the system reward lottery segment had arrived.

However, perhaps because the film genre was tentatively considered a 'Xianxia Film,'.

this time, the system reward actually included a selection phase.

This was why Xu Lu hadn't drawn the lottery yet.

As for what specific choice was giving him trouble, he needed to look at the prompt information on his attribute panel.