"Tangning, this time you can hold your head high!"
Tangning's fans gave a sigh of relief after watching her second pre-screening. Tangning did not disappoint and gave those that supported her a reason to be proud.
Although her role was essentially a supporting character and didn't have that many scenes in comparison to the other characters, she left a lasting impression and stunned everyone.
As discussions about Tangning's acting was reignited and there were plenty of positive film reviews to go with it, the negative post from early on ended up being mentioned again. The so-called 'insider' was exposed as a common trick used by rivals that everyone in the industry knew about.
Following on from the second pre-screening, although ticket sales did not exceed $10 million, the attendance numbers doubled from the first event and exceeded the attendance numbers of 'Devil Shooter'.
As predicted, their rival did not dare to hold a second pre-screening since the first event had already highlighted an obvious contrast between the two films. Compared to the standout performance of 'Stupid', the few hundred million dollar investment paired with special effects typical of a huge production, could only attract pre-existing fans. It no longer had anything worthy of attracting others to watch it.
Mo Ting always advanced at a stable rate. After the two pre-screenings, 'Stupid' was already showing signs of a reversal and was giving out faceslaps to those that doubted it in the industry.
Of course, this progress wasn't enough!
After all, 'Stupid' was not a mainstream film. So even up to this point, it still wasn't clear who would ultimately walk away with victory. They still had to wait and see the box office results for the official release.
But, with Mo Ting's tactics, no one in Hai Rui felt worried at all about 'Stupid's' results.
Because Mo Ting was a legend.
This was also the reason why Mo Ting could spend a lifetime with Tangning; their instinctive nature was too similar.
No matter how anxious the outside world was, they would always remain calm and make the right decision quickly, surprising everyone with a shocking outcome.
As expected, after the second pre-screening, Tangning received an influx of messages from directors
With her background and her acting, one would be stupid not to go looking for her!
However, their ultimate move was yet to come: 'W.H.' had not been announced to the public yet...
Mo Ting was confident that the announcement of 'W.H.' would stir up the public even more!
Long Jie, Lu Che and Fang Yu found some spare time to check out Tangning's film. Although they already expected Tangning's acting to be good, they didn't know it would be good to this extent.
Long Jie was especially surprised. Although she had observed Tangning when she was filming, seeing the completed film, still gave her quite a shock.
After finishing the film, the trio walked out of the theatre speechless. After quite some time, Fang Yu finally turned and asked Long Jie, "Did Tangning secretly study acting?"
"No f*cking way, how could she possibly have time to study? However, I know she's always enjoyed practicing until she masters something. Haven't you guys noticed? Every single film and commercial she's been in, she completely loses herself in her role. This is what you call a gift from God!" Long Jie scoffed at Fang Yu.
"Well, it's my first time witnessing God's miracle!" Fang Yu was completely convinced by Tangning.
"She's put in a lot of effort. She can even recite every single line in the script! Has Jingjing seen the film yet?"
"When she returns tomorrow I will take her to watch it, don't worry." Fang Yu then turned to Lu Che, "Hurry and take your wife home, she talks too much."
"Are you trying to start a fight?" Lu Che immediately stuck up for his wife.
"You guys are bullying me because my wife isn't here!" Fang Yu laughed in defeat. "Anyhow, I finally know why the President had such confidence towards 'Stupid'. To be honest, back when they had the test screening, I couldn't be bothered to go because I didn't have much interest in it even though I trusted in the President's judgment. Now that I think about it, this film is really not bad."
"Our Tangning can finally give everyone a slap in the face. Come on...let's go home and celebrate."
Fang Yu couldn't stand Long Jie's noisy chatter. Even though, in reality, Huo Jingjing wasn't any better...
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