347: Chapter 347 Drifting

January 29th. 9:00 AM on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The first screening of "pegasus 2".

Lin Chuyan hadn't even watched his own movie yet, but his true fan, Brother Mosquito, had already seen it.

Brother Mosquito's annual tradition when returning home was to watch a Spring Festival Movie Season film with a few high school classmates; it was a small reunion for old friends.

He vividly remembered the first day of the Lunar New Year last year, when Brother Mosquito was still a notorious hater of Lin Chuyan, opposing anything related to "Lin" and avoiding him at all costs.

Back when Lin Chuyan posted on Weibo that he was participating in the Spring Festival Movie Season, Brother Mosquito had carefully selected and eventually chose "burning life," a film focused on women. He never expected that he would end up hearing "the flower that blooms only for itself," sung by Lin Chuyan, in the theater.

The magical thing was that while he had only felt despair hearing it in the cinema back then, now, looking back, it had turned into a fated connection with his idol.

Brother Mosquito was now actively going into the cinema to listen to Lin Chuyan Singing...

"Mosquito, why did you pick 'pegasus 2'? I was wondering if we should watch 'Creation of the Gods' instead," a classmate asked.

"Watch this one first, watch this one. 'pegasus 2' has Lin Chuyan, it's definitely good!"

"Wait, you haven't even watched it yet, and you already know it's good..."

"Anything produced by Yanzi is a masterpiece!"

But at this moment, the classmate suddenly remembered something: "That's not right! I remember you didn't like Lin Chuyan... Did I remember wrong?"

"...Did I?"

"Yes! Absolutely!"

"...Just because I didn't like him last year doesn't mean I don't like him this year."

The female classmate beside him patted Brother Mosquito's shoulder hard, grinning: "This is what we call a prodigal son returning, finding the right path, putting down the butcher's knife to become a Buddha. Didn't you guys know? Mosquito used to be a famous hater of Lin Chuyan! I only found out later after frequently visiting Lin Chuyan's Weibo! Hahahaha!"

Brother Mosquito wanted to deny it three times over, but seeing the female classmate's expression, he knew she had already seen through everything...

His true dark history from the past had actually been discovered? Shameful, so shameful.

He just didn't know how much she actually knew... She couldn't possibly know about him washing his hair while doing a handstand, right...

Don't panic! Stay steady!

"Mainly because this film has Dong Peng, and Director Chu Dong's 'pegasus' was also good."

"Just admit it, you like Lin Chuyan."

"...The main thing is that 'Creation of the Gods' might not be good either, and Director Yu Jin isn't a decent person."

"I know, he didn't use Lin Chuyan."

"...Lin Chuyan's look as Erlang Shen was really good, I've never seen such a handsome Erlang Shen, okay. Didn't you guys play 'black myth: wukong'?"

"No."

"Me neither."

"No +1."

Brother Mosquito: "..." He felt like he was being targeted.

Brother Mosquito started changing the subject: "Let's watch the movie, let's watch the movie. Director Chu Dong + Dong Peng + Lin Chuyan, plus there's a song 'drifting' to listen to, it's definitely worth the price of admission!"

The female classmate was also a fan of Lin Chuyan, so she didn't expose him again: "Mosquito is right, I've been looking forward to this movie for a long time too, let's go, let's go!"

Besides Brother Mosquito, at the same time, audiences across the country began to pour into cinemas.

The screening share for "pegasus 2" and "Creation of the Gods" was actually about the same, both around 30%.

Except for those taking children to watch cartoons, the first choice for general audiences would be these two films.

So the box office for the first day was actually about the same; after all, the screening rate was there, and the pre-sales had all been sold out.

The key was the next few days; after word of mouth came out, the subsequent choices of the audience would affect the theater's choices—after all, no one would go against making money. If I gave you such a high screening rate, and the number of people watching each screening was not even half of the competitor's... Do you think my theater doesn't need to make money?

At this moment, in the cinema for "pegasus 2," the movie had already started.

Many fans originally came just for Lin Chuyan, but they quickly got absorbed into it. There was no other reason; the humor in this movie was quite dense.

From the very first shot—Zhang Chi, now a driving school instructor, guiding Liu Xiande to drive, only for him to reverse the car into a ditch—the laughter in the theater basically never stopped.

By the tenth minute of the film, the theater erupted in its biggest laughter of the whole session—the Audi logo turned into the Olympic rings.

However, Lin Chuyan's fans were still a bit anxious: Why hadn't Li Xiaohai appeared yet? Wasn't he the second male lead? He was such a big person on the poster.

The fans didn't have to wait too long; around the 20-minute mark, Li Xiaohai finally appeared.

But the moment he appeared, many fans were stunned—after promoting racing for so long, his entrance was actually a competition with low-speed electric cars?

As the plot progressed, the image of a talented, dreamy, uncompromising, and not dull genius race car driver was gradually portrayed by Lin Chuyan.

Within the small driving school grounds, he began to practice over and over again according to Zhang Chi's requirements.

By the second half, Li Xiaohai's Xindi Mechanical race car began to speed on the Bayanbulak race track.

His eyes had no opponents; he was only full of affection for the car beneath him.

It was his first time on the track, but this unfamiliarity instead stimulated his talent.

At this moment, the BGM "drifting" played at the perfect time.

This was the BGM exclusively for Lin Chuyan, exclusively for Li Xiaohai.

"Find a pen and write a diary to record my courage, I can face the wall and let my fists rebel."

"Breathe, open the sunroof to open up my body, here the engine sound is like a musical instrument."

"So the wind whistling past is exciting, so I drift while turning."

"Step on the gas and drift to the end, look closely, from zero to one hundred kilometers, who dares to be my enemy."

"I use the first person, drifting through my youth. The measure of winning and losing, calculated very precisely."

"I step on the Wind Fire Wheels, drifting through my youth. We in the story are acting out our own lives."

"De piao de piao de yi de piao, I go around the mountainside as the rain knocks."

"De piao de piao de yi de piao, then drive into the tunnel as the wind howls."

Everyone had just finished listening to Lin Chuyan's "dragon fist" last night, and now they were immediately immersed in "drifting."

Unlike the sonorous and powerful "dragon fist," in "drifting," Lin Chuyan's voice always had a kind of... arrogant, "cool" feeling? That's right, that was exactly the feeling.

A bit lazy, a bit nonchalant, a bit like he didn't take his opponents seriously...

A big reason why Lin Chuyan's fans liked him was exactly this; his Singing style was always unconventional, and his voice felt like a musical instrument.

In "drifting," the moment Lin Chuyan's voice appeared, you could immediately feel that "attitude," that attitude of despising everything that only a genius would possess. This attitude might have been revealed inadvertently, but in the eyes of others, it was just cool and arrogant.

At this moment, Li Xiaohai was driving the race car, speeding on the Bayanbulak track; Lin Chuyan was Singing "drifting," his voice continuously ringing and echoing in the theater.

Originally, with so many accumulated laughs in the beginning, the audience already felt it was worth the price of admission, but they didn't expect there would be surprises later—this film wasn't just a simple comedy; it was also exciting enough!

Awesome, awesome, awesome!

Not to mention Li Xiaohai driving the race car, the adrenaline of the audience in the theater was starting to soar.

However, things were obviously not that simple.

After Li Xiaohai finished driving and switched to Zhang Chi, this part with Zhang Chi was even more brilliant. Soon, the audience knew why Dong Peng was the male lead.