Outside the cinema lobby.
After each audience member’s phone signal was restored, they all received trending topic push notifications from the three major platforms.
Seeing the wave of mockery from various film companies and haters in the comments, some of the audience members present immediately became displeased.
"Brought audiences to tears? I was moved by the love story of Zhang Haisheng and Yang Xiaoxiao. The title actually says the plot of "Black and White Edge" is too bad, bringing ticket-buying audiences to tears. That's just too far-fetched!"
"The ending song "Haihe Ballroom" paired with the tragic love of the male and female leads, who can watch it without crying? The trending topic is just clickbait, writing nonsense without understanding the reason!"
"And these film companies, kicking someone when they’re down, joining in the frenzy, belittling actors, the crew, and so on. They're truly possessed!"
A group of young girls watched the comments and complained helplessly, each logging into their accounts to fight back.
The gentlemen next to them were not to be outdone, and with national pride, they directly cursed.
"Go to hell! Gao Fei's acting is undeniable. He portrayed an undercover agent from youth to maturity with such vividness. To complain without even watching the movie, what kind of trash are these people!"
"And there are still people who dare to diss the movie's plot. These film companies are all brain-dead. Come and watch the movie, see how hard our anti-drug comrades on the front lines work!"
"I can't hold back anymore, logging in to curse. This is just too infuriating!"
The male audience members cursed as they logged in, starting to rage in the trending topic comment section.
Suddenly, all the audience members felt indignant about the comments on the trending topic that were belittling "Black and White Edge."
Gao Fei, standing in the crowd, was also paying attention to the trending topics.
Seeing that Global Entertainment led the charge, with the strong personal emotions evident in their copy, he immediately guessed that Zhang Zhiwei was up to something.
Wearing a mask and hat, Gao Fei opened his camera, raised his phone, and pressed the shutter button, taking a collective group photo with the audience present.
After taking the photo, he logged into his studio account and immediately posted on the platform's trending topics.
"I'm here at the scene, thank you all for your support! To see everyone understanding the difficulties faced by anti-drug comrades and their hatred for illegal drugs because of the movie, this film is already a great success!
As for the news on the trending topics, what the heck is that? Come talk to your dad after watching the movie, you bunch of idiots!"
Since Zhang Zhiwei dared to use the company account to belittle the movie, Gao Fei wasn't going to hold back. He first expressed his gratitude and then mocked the haters who hadn't seen the movie.
After posting, he left in a hurry to meet Jin Qiqi and the others.
As soon as the post was published, it received thousands of likes and was quickly pushed to the forefront of the topic by fans.
Upon seeing the post from Yuan Fei Studio, the audience outside Hall No. 9 belatedly realized that the young man wearing a hat and mask was none other than Gao Fei!
However, with Gao Fei's post, the group-mocking comments online were immediately overwhelmed by the viewing audience.
"A bunch of internet trolls who haven't watched the movie are just blindly commenting along with the trending topics. Let me tell you directly, I cried in the cinema because I was moved by the movie's plot!"
"Please, you people who only know how to type on keyboards and haven't watched the movie, don't just criticize for the sake of criticizing. Come back and comment after you've seen it!"
"Making fun here and belittling there without even watching the movie! Have some brains when you follow the trend! I'll be blunt, this movie ticket was worth every penny!"
Gao Fei's fans hadn't even stepped in yet, and the audience who had just watched the movie had already started clarifying the trending topic of "bringing audiences to tears."
The defamatory comments were submerged in minutes.
Meanwhile, the rating for the movie "Black and White Edge" began to climb at a dizzying speed.
Within five minutes, the number of ratings for "Black and White Edge" surpassed the top-ranked "Breakthrough," reaching thirty-eight thousand six hundred and seventy-two people.
Aside from a few five-star reviews, the rest were nine-star perfect ratings.
The rating speed for other films had slowed down, but "Black and White Edge's" speed was still accelerating.
And in the rating comments, from the movie's plot to the actors' performances, to the songs, and so on.
The audience who had seen the movie were all full of praise.
Previously, "Black and White Edge," which had been mocked by tens of thousands of netizens, made a complete comeback after the movie ended.
Seeing the positive reviews for "Black and White Edge" break forty thousand and the data soaring,
Except for Paramount International Pictures, which remained neutral, the current data directly slapped the faces of the nine film companies that had belittled Fly Crane Pictures at the beginning!
Some of the nine companies had already silently deleted their mocking posts and pretended nothing had happened, lying low online.
No one expected such a quick reversal right after the trending topic appeared, and everyone deeply regretted following Global Entertainment.
Now that the trending topic "Brought audiences to tears" was being clarified by the general public,
Gao Fei's fans immediately turned their attention to the nine film companies.
Everyone flocked to the comment section, and without a word, started their barrage!
"Wasn't your Global Entertainment very arrogant? Leading the charge in belittling Comrade Xiao Gao and his movie. And now? Does your face hurt? Do you need some medicine from the hospital?"
"Yo yo yo, wasn't your Chengbo Entertainment good at following trends? Deleting posts so quickly? Comrade Xiao Gao didn't provoke anyone, but you pack of follower dogs attacked him first! Didn't expect to bite a steel plate and shatter your teeth all over the ground!"
"Songsong Pictures, didn't you like to praise one while stepping on another? You were being sarcastic online about Comrade Xiao Gao's acting. Go and see how the public is evaluating Comrade Xiao Gao's acting right now, open your dog eyes and look!"
At this moment, the social media accounts of the nine film companies were flooded by countless fans.
No one even dared to speak up, and could only watch helplessly as Gao Fei's fans went on a rampage!
The trending topic "Fly Crane Pictures brought audiences to tears" had not yet subsided, and two new hot topics appeared on the trending lists of the three major platforms.
"Fly Crane Pictures' movie "Black and White Edge" is actually adapted from the novel "The Double-Faced Man"!"
"The original author of the novel "The Double-Faced Man" is actually Gao Fei!"
These two hot topics caused a huge stir online after they appeared on the trending charts.
No one expected that the "Zhang Haisheng" who had exploded in popularity and made countless netizens search for him all over the internet was a novel written by Gao Fei.
The trending topics caused shock across the entire internet!
Except for the audience who had already watched the movie and were not too surprised, others were stunned by the trending news!
"My God, the movie "Black and White Edge" is adapted from the novel "The Double-Faced Man." Regardless of whether Gao Fei's acting is good or not, I must contribute to this movie ticket. I just want to see Zhang Haisheng!"
"As someone who once searched for Zhang Haisheng, I must contribute to this movie ticket. I just don't know how well the movie is adapted!"
"I just saw someone who watched the movie say that the entire film restores over 90% of the novel's content. Although I really don't want to see the ending, as a fan of the original work, I must grit my teeth and go watch it!"
Netizens who had lost hope for "Black and White Edge" were now rushing to buy tickets to watch the movie upon seeing that it was adapted from the novel "The Double-Faced Man."
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At 8 PM, the pre-sale channel opened, and tickets for "Black and White Edge" were immediately sold out!
Compared to yesterday's dismal three million in pre-sales, tonight's pre-sales were like a rocket soaring into the sky, extremely rapid.
The time from the opening to the end of pre-sales did not exceed ten minutes.
One could imagine how terrifying the influence of the novel "The Double-Faced Man" was!
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At midnight, the premiere on April 5th also finally ended!
At the same time, the sales data for eleven films on three video websites was compiled and released.