Chapter 806: Chapter 806: Every Netizen is a Talented Individual

Time quickly reached the day before the seven-day National Day holiday.

Outside, it was bustling, with people everywhere going out and about.

The film version of “Blue Sea” would officially premiere tomorrow.

The promotional work for the movie had already been released.

However, the online response was lukewarm.

The main reason was that the original work’s fans didn’t trust the live-action adaptation very much.

They felt that for such a theme, unless the author played the role themselves, it couldn’t possibly retain the original flavor.

But as soon as Zhou Mengmeng released a video, the popularity suddenly spiked.

“Hi everyone, I’m Zhou Mengmeng, currently a freshman at Magic University.”

Zhou Mengmeng in the video was radiant and sunny.

Clad all in white, with her fair, cool-toned skin, she was dazzlingly bright.

“Um, besides the identities mentioned above, I have another one that nobody knows about.”

“That is—I am the ‘Demon Queen’ that everyone is familiar with.”

“I starred in the live-action ‘Blue Sea,’ which was produced by compressing the plot of the original work.”

“I can assure you all, it’s definitely going to be exciting.”

“I hope you’ll support us when it premieres tomorrow, thank you.”

Once this video was released, it immediately dropped like a bombshell on the internet.

[Wow, the ‘Demon Queen’ is so young and fresh]

[Ahhh, I always thought the ‘Demon Queen’ was at least in her thirties or forties]

[The ‘Demon Queen’ is actually at the same university as me]

[Ah, I’m right there today]

[The person above is so gross, but if you’re in, I’m in too]

[I’ve already booked tickets for tomorrow’s movie]

[Ahhh, the ‘Demon Queen’s’ first movie, I must support it; I’m gonna book an entire showing for the ‘Demon Queen’ with my eighty-year-old girlfriend later]

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The related trends quickly soared to the top of the hot search lists.

Zhou Mengmeng’s fanbase on Kuaishou also grew at an impressive rate of tens of thousands per minute.

The traffic generated by revealing her identity at this time was truly fearsome.

Everyone was about to go on vacation, which meant more time for surfing the net.

The two words ‘Demon Queen’ signified absolute traffic!

By eight o’clock in the evening, Zhou Mengmeng’s Kuaishou account had surpassed fifty million followers.

It set a new record.

It was estimated that for a long time to come, no one would be able to break it.

The discussion topics online were almost all about the ‘Demon Queen.’

But as soon as the clock struck eight, many platforms suddenly began promoting another movie set to premiere tomorrow called “Youth.”

Armies of paid posters flocked in masses and quickly snatched away a good deal of the ‘Demon Queen’s’ popularity.

Jiang Xu also noticed this incident right away.

But he couldn’t be bothered to care.

Many movies were to be released over the short holiday, and promotional tactics abounded.

However, the simplest and most cost-effective was still paying for traffic to set the tone.

But the situation wasn’t over yet.

Lifuzhen suddenly called.

“What’s up, Big Sister Li?” Jiang Xu pressed the answer button, speaking in a languid tone.

As expected, Lifuzhen was furious: “You’re the big sister, your whole family is big sisters!”

Even though Lifuzhen was of a certain age, she could not accept being called big sister.

Jiang Xu rolled his eyes: “Out with it, if you’ve got something to say.”

“Huff, huff, huff!” Lifuzhen was taking deep breaths, and then said coldly: “I want to discuss something with you, can the release of ‘Blue Sea’ be postponed?”

Jiang Xu: “Hmm?”

Lifuzhen explained: “My niece made a movie called ‘Youth,’ and it’s also premiering tomorrow.”

“The biggest competitor is ‘Blue Sea’ now.”

“She’s always wanted to make a movie that performs well, and I want to make her wish come true.”

“No problem,” Jiang Xu smiled, “give me three billion, and I won’t just delay it, I could make sure it never gets released.”

Facing Jiang Xu’s mocking tone, Lifuzhen wasn’t angry, “Consider it a favor I owe you, or I could repay you with my body if you prefer.”

Jiang Xu: “Nice thought, don’t bother thinking about it next time.”

Seeing that playing nice didn’t work, Lifuzhen tried a softer approach, “Please, Mr. Jiang~ Brother Jiang~ Daddy Jiang~”

With a ‘snap,’ Jiang Xu hung up the phone.

He really couldn’t stand an old woman’s coquettish behavior.

Seeing Jiang Xu hang up on her again, Lifuzhen said coldly, “Hmph, I won’t give in easily this time.”

This time she was determined to help her niece, Li Rongrong, boost the movie’s box office performance.

She wasn’t truly scared of Jiang Xu.

Moreover, having watched the movie Li Rongrong starred in, she found it to be of good quality.

With her help, winning the box office championship was very likely.

During the mini-holiday, Jiang Xu and An Nuonuo had no plans to go out and play, choosing to stay at home instead.

It’s only the working folk who need to make the most of the holidays to travel.

The wealthy like them can go anywhere they please, anytime they like.

There was no need to join the masses and make a fuss on holidays.

The first morning of the mini-holiday.

As soon as Jiang Xu woke up, he leaned over to An Nuonuo’s ear and said, “Wife, I’m craving fish.”

An Nuonuo was still half asleep, mumbling a response, “Husband~ Fish in the morning?”

“Yes,” Jiang Xu’s eyes brimmed with mirth, “Your fish is rich without being oily, the broth carries a faint fragrance; it’s indeed the finest soup under heaven.”

Being praised like this by Jiang Xu, An Nuonuo slowly opened her eyes.

Though still a bit sleepy, if her husband wanted to eat fish, she’d get up and make it.

Jiang Xu pressed down on An Nuonuo, who was trying to get up, “You don’t have to cook, it’s ready-made.”

“Huh?” An Nuonuo was puzzled, “I don’t remember having fish in the fridge.”

“Indeed, there’s none in the fridge,” the smile in Jiang Xu’s eyes grew thicker, “but it’s available elsewhere.”

An Nuonuo quickly realized where the fish Jiang Xu mentioned was.

She became incredibly embarrassed.

With both hands covering her face, she dared not look at Jiang Xu.

Ever since they got married, it seemed like her husband had ventured further and further down a certain path, never to return.

But as his wife, all she could do was comply unconditionally.

Jiang Xu lay on the living room couch, scrolling through his phone.

In the wee hours, all movies were released one after another.

‘Blue Sea’ had the highest number of screenings.

But—

The first day’s box office was only second place, ninety million.

The top spot was ‘Youth,’ raking in one and a half billion, far ahead of the rest.

Without a doubt, Lifuzhen had manipulated the ticket sales.

This was not uncommon.

As soon as he went online—

Sure enough, a horde of promotional accounts was advertising ‘Youth.’

[This movie is so touching]

[I used up two big packs of tissues]

[Both the lead actors are very attractive, and their chemistry is great, it’s much better than ‘Blue Sea’ next door]

[How can the trash ‘Blue Sea’ compare to ‘Youth’?]

[It was great to watch it with my girlfriend at dawn, and I watched it again with my wife in the morning, still so moving]

[Hold on, the guy above, let me straighten this out]

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