The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul
Chapter 395 - 394. Top Ten Trending Searches

Chapter 395: 394. Top Ten Trending Searches

As for the TV drama aspect, having "You Smile" is enough for now.

After hanging up the phone, Tang Shu headed back to the student dormitory with two of her roommates, and Cheng Ranran even went to the supermarket to buy a bunch of snacks to celebrate.

"Shushu! I just knew you’d soar to the skies, ahhhh—I’m so happy!"

4.6 billion at the box office! Wow!

There weren’t many female characters in the movie, and the character Huan Ying shone so brightly that, even as a supporting role, there weren’t many actresses in the entertainment circle who had achieved this on their first try.

"Keep it down, it’s almost curfew time."

"Pfft—what curfew? We university students don’t have anything like a curfew."

Cheng Ranran said this, but her voice had already dropped to the lowest, chuckling as she opened the sunflower seeds and chips.

"Mmm—you finally sleep in the dorm, even if you didn’t top the trending searches, we still gotta celebrate."

As freshmen, they didn’t have many late-night study sessions, just one day a week.

Due to her career, Tang Shu mostly lived in Palm Pavilion, and this was only her third time staying at the dorm this year.

The three of them chatted late into the night, from campus beauties and hunks to who in the class got together with whom and who was pursuing whom—it went on and on.

Of course, the source of all these bits of gossip was none other than Cheng Ranran’s mouth.

"I’m going to sleep with Shushu tonight!"

Nearing dawn, she boldly declared and, dressed in pajamas, climbed onto Tang Shu’s bed, promptly taking up more than half the space with her round body.

Ye Xiaohui, who had just put some chips into her mouth, spat them out with a snort, pointing and coughing for a while.

"Have you no shame? Don’t you know how heavy you are?"

Tang Shu glanced at the remaining third of the space on the single bed and nodded in agreement.

She had lived through two lifetimes, mastered countless martial arts, and had concocted numerous poisons but never practiced the Bone Shrinking Skill...

Cheng Ranran, far from being embarrassed, took pride in it.

"What do you know? A little girl like me, who turns food into flesh, is fundamentally following the laws of nature. You, looking like a little chick... you’re a disgrace to our hardworking farmers—"

Both of them: "..."

***

Sister Luo, with over a decade of experience as a veteran agent, made sure that overnight, soft articles about Tang Shu were all over the internet.

Of course, as a seasoned agent with sharp insight, naturally, not all the soft articles were mindless praise, but rather solid analyses of the character Huan Ying’s charisma, thereby highlighting how good Tang Shu’s acting was.

"If it’s just a relentless promotion, too many articles could actually be off-putting. Just get a few film critics for good analysis," she advised the PR team at Starshine Media’s office.

The staff members strongly agreed, as many celebrities had suffered backlash from excessive promotion, turning away the netizens who hadn’t seen the work for themselves.

"Don’t worry, Sister Luo, the soft articles released by Starshine will definitely provide a rational analysis of Tang Shu’s performance," they assured her.

And indeed, they didn’t let anyone down. As soon as the movie "Heroes in Troubled Times" was pulled from the spring festival schedule, several video apps saw a blockbuster start.

Just two days after its release on the video platforms, the view count broke one hundred million—a testament to its incredible popularity.

["Heroes in Troubled Times" pulled two days ago, video hits break one hundred million!]

This news hit the top ten of the trending searches list.

***

The movie was pulled, but the buzz continued.