1226 Be Responsible For Flirting
At Peachwood, Jennie was looking through the comments on her Weibo.
Within the few days that "Dream Chaser" had been showing in theaters, the number of Jennie's Weibo fans had broken through 20 million and it was insanely increasing.
The fans had begun to intimately address Jennie as "Bro Jen". Of course, even more people were calling her "Husband" and "Prince Charming".
[If Bro Jen posts a photo in a male outfit, I will swallow five boxes of shampoo, copy the complete works of the news broadcast, break open a durian with my bare hands, crush a huge rock with my chest, knock my head against bricks, bungee jump without a rope, and catch a naked sword with my hands, eat tangerines with the skin on, copy the entire Chinese dictionary, proverb dictionary, Chinese-English dictionary, the Book of Dao, the Three Character Classic, the Classic of Mountain and Sea, the three hundred Tang dynasty poems, the five hundred Song dynasty poems! That's how confident I am!]
[Jennie Kim, you've been suspected of theft! Many maidens have been saying that you have stolen their hearts, but now they are punishing you and telling you, 'Be responsible for flirting! Or else, we will chase you to the ends of the Earth!']
[Husband, if you were a little ugly, I might still want to shop, watch movies, have Western food, take a walk and admire the night sky, while talking about poetry and life philosophy with you, but you're so handsome that it makes me only want to sleep with you!]
[How's a life of being unable to sleep with Bro Jen different from being a piece of salted fish?]
...
Probably because Jennie had made such a memorable impression of the movie's character into everyone's hearts, apart from the many confessions, many people were even questioning Jennie's sexuality and wondering if she liked girls...
As she went through all of the overwhelming comments about wanting to sleep with her and just thinking about the fact that they were all girls, Jennie felt quite pleased about it.
Lisa obviously saw the comments too. With a poker face, he said, "Why are all the girls nowadays so...unreserved?"
When she saw Lisa's serious expression, Jennie laughed. "This is just a way for everyone to express that they like me! For example, I'm like them with you..."
Jennie closed in to his ear and whispered, "Better to sleep with you than ten miles of spring, better to sleep with you than enchanting you, better to sleep with you than to be loyal to you, better to sleep with you than have thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, better to sleep with you than.."
The man squinted as he rolled over and pushed her down. "You have to be responsible for flirting with me."
Hey! The devil had actually picked up the fans' words!
Truly applying what he studied...
Jennie quickly replied, "Of course, as much as I flirt, I'll only be responsible for you, okay!? Besides...I like men, are you still not sure about this?"
The moment he said that, the man kissed her hard until her petal-like lips swelled up slightly before he was satisfied.
He thought he could be indifferent to all of this, but the truth was that no matter how many times he experienced it, even if they were just girls, as long as he saw them overbearingly coveting his wife, he still could not bear it.
Still, this girl was increasingly understanding of him.
She had a way of resolving his worries every time.
The thing he hated and abstained from the most was having his emotions be controlled by others.
However, before her, he endured this punishment gladly, even enjoying the feeling of her controlling him.
Jennie suddenly thought of something and got up immediately. "Mmm, oh yes, Lisa, wait for me. I'm going to change. Help me take a picture! Director Chen said that our box office is about to surpass $ 500 million. They need the leads to give the fans some rewards! I thought about it... There were many requests for me to wear a male outfit. They will definitely love it!"
1227 You Seduced Me
Practice makes perfect. Jennie changed very quickly. Half an hour later, she had changed from her homely little bunny outfit into a handsome and reckless looking Prince Charming.
Jennie had chosen a biker outfit, complete with a head of short, messy hair and a studded leather jacket.
There was a scene in the movie where the female lead was riding on a motorbike and was flirting with girls. By then, the male lead had already distinctly felt his strange feelings towards her. When he saw his good buddy flirting with other girls, he could not help but feel jealous, and because of all sorts of emotional struggles, he thought he had liked men...
This was also one of the classic scenes that the fans loved to discuss most.
For this scene, Jennie had even brought out her baby, Blackie, which she had spent a lot of her own money on to assemble and maintain.
"My dear, do I look okay?" Jennie ruffled her bangs slightly and asked Lisa who was on the sofa.
Lisa skimmed his eyes over her and replied, "Yes, do you have a camera?"
Jennie shook her head. "You don't need to go through all the trouble. Just use the phone to take it. It doesn't need to be deliberate. I want that sense that even though it's posed for, it feels candid! Later, I'll act out some situations and you just take the pictures!"
Lisa nodded to indicate he understood, then he took out his phone and prepared to shoot.
Jennie walked out of the door and held a cool, black helmet in her hand as she pushed the door to walk back in.
Then, she put the helmet down and took out a bottle of mineral water from the fridge. After she sat down on the sofa, she seemed to notice that someone was taking pictures of her. In between swigs, the youth suddenly raised his brows at the camera's direction, the smirk on his face boasting of confidence...
Click! This scene was captured in both the phone and in the man's eyes.
Jennie was going to continue when she saw the man suddenly walk towards her with the phone.
She thought that Lisa was going to do a close-up shot, yet he kept coming closer...
Uhh? Isn't this a little too...too close?
The next second, the man's arm held her waist as he leaned over and his thin lips covered hers off-guard.
As her mouth was pried open, a reckless invasion followed quickly and the man's kiss became increasingly passionate...
Jennie looked dumbfounded as she blinked her eyes, then she panted as she pushed the man away.
"Hey, photographer, you're not being very professional, are you?"
The man's gaze darkened as his low voice rang in her ear, "You just seduced me."
Jennie was quite stupefied by this. She raised her brows. "Hey! When did I seduce you?"
The man's reply was an even more passionate kiss as if she had seduced him again a second before he complained...
Even though this photographer was unprofessional and too easily distracted, they continued another two hours of taking pictures on and off in between hungry kisses. Thankfully, the photographer managed to retain some semblance of professionalism.
Earlier, Jennie saw that he had just simply clicked on the phone to snap pictures, yet she realized that every shot he took made her look very handsome!
She was about to bend from her own handsomeness.
The devil was so reliable! To seduce him into helping her take pictures was the right choice!
Jennie was very satisfied as she saved the pictures to be used when needed.
"Your photography skill is amazing! I feel so lucky to have a boyfriend that can take such amazing shots!" Jennie gave the devil a sloppy kiss, then her eyes suddenly lit up as she thought of something. "Oh, Lisa, the character that you acted as, Ling Yu, is quite popular too. Many fans flooded my Weibo to ask about you. Do you want to consider starting an account or something?"
1228 I'm Only Trying To Please You
"I don't want to," Lisa simply said.
"Ah? Why?" Jennie did not understand.
Lisa looked at the girl and shrugged. "I'm only trying to please you."
Jennie was first stunned speechless, then she wailed dramatically to indicate that an arrow had just pierced her heart.
Bloody hell! To say that he's just trying to please me is too much...
Fine, she had already subconsciously started to plan Lisa's career earlier, but she had forgotten that her big boss did not shoot a movie to act in.
If they said that the entertainment industry was a game, Jennie was a player who worked hard to fight monsters and level up, while Lisa was practically the Game Manager, continuing his unnaturally defiant existence...
...
The next day, numbers for the box office were released. "Dream Chaser" has steadily surpassed $ 500 million.
"I Only Like You" had such a huge production and marketing budget and had even been released two days before "Dream Chaser", yet their box office sales was only slightly over $ 500 million.
Before this, after "I Only Like You" surpassed $ 300 million, their growth slowed down, and that was with Zheng Kangde spending money to buy up the box office behind the scenes. In the meantime, "Dream Chaser" ticket sales continued to increase against the current and went on to rapidly grow further.
These past few days, apart from Oriental Cinema's outlets, "Dream Chaser" showtime allocations remained low on the surface. However, in reality, many cinemas had started to secretly increase the showtimes after seeing its popularity. Their subtle methods included changing from a small hall to a big one and changing the screenings to prime times.
That way, the showtime frequencies were not affected, but in reality, the number of people watching the movie had increased significantly.
Initially, because of Zheng Kangde, they could only use this way to secretly increase the number of viewers they could accommodate. Once they had a whiff of the sweet taste of success the moment "Dream Chaser" had surpassed $ 500 million in the box office, and especially when they heard the news that Oriental Cinema's turnover rate had gone from number eight to number one...
Finally, all of the cinemas could not sit still any longer!
People's Cinema that had previously ranked first particularly regretted it horribly.
Bloody hell! Just because of Zheng Kangde, they had to endure all the horrid insults from the netizens and even suffered a great loss, letting even Oriental Cinema topple them. They had really lost big time!
This time, no matter how much money Zheng Kangde wanted to stuff them with, Cui Zhihao would not listen to him anymore.
"Director Zheng, you can see the current situation yourself. I can barely hold onto my CEO seat just for you. No matter what, I've already been extremely kind! Go look at the comments online yourself! I'm just saying if your movie's quality was even only slightly better, it wouldn't get to this stage..."
It was fine if he ruined things for himself, but their cinema's reputation had been implicated as well, so how could Cui Zhihao not be angry?
Zheng Kangde knew that he could not save the situation either, so he could only leave unhappily.
For the past few days, he had spent all his energy holding down the cinemas by paying a lot of people to try and change the commentaries online.
However, the more he wanted to reverse the situation, the more the netizens fought back harshly to the point that even if one person wanted to say something nice about "I Only Like You", they would be bombarded by everyone else.
Even the mainstream media had gradually chimed in offline! All of the lead stories had similar headlines.
"The Return of the King" "Director Chen Mian Creates Magic Again, Might Break The Box Office Record for Homegrown Production", "Country's Young Woman Changes Into Prince Charming: Jennie Kim, An Actress That Embodies Idol Material and Strength", "Bringing You Behind The Scenes of 'Dream Chaser': Producing Movies Steadfast", The Crew of 'I Only Like You' Paid For Astroturfers, Inciting Fury From Netizens".
1229 Creating Legend
The harsher the oppression, the stronger the rebound. The people were already extremely angry about the current local movie industry. Zheng Kangde now felt the full counter of rage from everyone.
On that day, People's Cinema raised the showtime frequency for "Dream Chaser" to 50%. Soon after, all the other cinemas also followed suit. Some of them even allocated staggering numbers of up to 70% to recover back their losses...
Inside Oriental Cinema's meeting room, compared to the stiff and arrogant environment a few days ago, all the stakeholders and management staff pasted big smiles on their faces.
On the big screen, numbers showed that Oriental Cinema had risen up to the top spot.
Everyone praised Fang Jiayue.
"As expected of CEO Fang! Amateurs like us just can't make it!"
"That's great. Just because we increased showtimes frequency for 'Dream Chaser' on the second day, everyone is commending us! The loss on the first two days is just a small matter!"
"All thanks to CEO Fang's decisiveness, we were able to reach the top this time!"
"I heard that all the other cinemas are increasing the showtimes frequency as well, haha. It has already been a week! That's kinda late for that."
"CEO Fang looked far into the future. I can't believe that I doubted her decision before. I still have a lot to learn from CEO Fang!" Vice President Fang Yong, who had thought he might be able to replace Fang Jiayue this time, put on a bitter fake smile.
He did not expect a small production movie to become such a big hit. He also did not expect that after ten years, Chen Mian would create another legend.
...
Over on Jennie's side, she received a call from Chen Mian early in the morning. "Jennie, we've reached $ 500 million at the box office, but don't post your picture first. I'll get Hanbin to post his reward photo for $ 500 million. We'll keep yours for last! Post it when we reach a billion!"
"A billion?" Jennie was taken aback.
"Why? Are you not confident?" Chen Mian teased her.
Jennie laughed, "We're going to make it if you say so!"
...
At Manoban Corporation, in the staff pantry, a few girls were complaining.
"Did you guys get tickets to watch 'Dream Chaser'?"
"No, the cinema near us added a lot of showtimes, but the tickets were all gone in just two hours! Crazy!"
"I got myself a pair. I have two friends who wanted to watch as well, but they couldn't get any!"
...
As they were chatting, two people entered the pantry.
"Bro Shi Xiao! Bro Xiong Zhi!" The staff greeted them warmly when they saw the CEO's personal bodyguards.
Shi Xiao and Xiong Zhi whipped out a stack of movie tickets. They were all tickets to watch "Dream Chaser".
"This..." The group of employees was confused.
"Go and distribute it to everyone! It's free!" Shi Xiao generously said.
"Let us know if it's not enough!" Zhi Xiong added.
The girls looked at each other, then grabbed the tickets swiftly. After the duo left, they discussed among themselves.
"What's happening?"
"I don't know, could they be Bro Jen's fans?"
"Uhh...you think they like Bro Jen in a female outfit or a male outfit...haha."
"Of course, in a female outfit! But..it's possible that they might like the other one as well, hehe."
1230 Everyone's Victory
As Jennie's movie became more and more popular, Shi Xiao and Xiong Zhi were probably the happiest.
Not only did they join the "Dream Chaser" discussion forum, they even bought tickets with their own money and distributed it to people around them for free. They were even the VIP members of Jennie's international fan club.
With their lady boss getting more and more popular, they would soon be back at work!
As the cinemas increased the showtimes frequency, the number of tickets sold for "Dream Chaser" became higher and higher...
$ 600 million, $ 700 million, $ 800 million, $ 900 million...
On the tenth day, "Dream Chaser" reached $ 1 billion at the box office!
As for "I Only Like You", it stopped around $ 500 million and its online ratings dropped to a wretched 3.5!
All the netizens celebrated! This was not just a movie's victory, it was everyone's victory. To a certain extent, it was a monumental moment for the movie industry in China!
...
Inside a high-class villa in Imperial, Liang Biqin cried in front of Choi Jisu, "Cousin! That woman is really wicked, she's just pushing me into a corner! If it wasn't for her, my movie would surely be a big hit, but now, everyone is criticizing me... How can I still survive in the industry?!"
Choi Jisu flipped through the magazines and newspapers beside her. All of them sang praises for Jennie and she did not look very happy.
They had ignored Jennie when they found out she was involved in Chen Mian's small production movie, but who would have known that this movie would become such a big hit?
"Cousin, this woman is really calculative. First, she took care of me. I'm afraid she'll be dealing with you next!" Liang Biqin wept.
Choi Jisu smiled coldly. "She'll have to be up to my standards first."
Liang Biqin knew something was up, so she asked, "How can she be up to your standards? You simply didn't do anything against her before, but if you really wanted to, she wouldn't stand a chance against you!"
"She's at her peak right now. We would be troubling the company if we go against her now. Let's give it some time. Moreover, it's at the peak for her movie to reach a billion." Choi Jisu sounded calm.
"Cousin, you're too kind, you're thinking about the company even now!" Liang Biqin mumbled, "It's just one billion. Of course, it's nothing to you, your best movie reached $ 1.8 billion! Almost double of hers!"
...
Most people had the same judgment about "Dream Chaser" as Choi Jisu. They predicted that it would be difficult for it to rise anymore after hitting a billion in sales.
Usually, the peak period for a movie was the first week after its release. Afterward, it would not budge much.
On the day the movie reached $ 1 billion, Jennie followed Chen Mian's instructions and posted a set of photos of her in a male outfit.
However, because the photos Lisa took were so perfect, Jennie did not want them to go to waste, so she posted all of them in a photo grid.
The netizens had already been asking for her photos for several days. After Jennie uploaded the photos, it was shared over a hundred thousand times within just two hours.
Her attraction was similar to the influential power of a first-class actress!