Chapter 261

After getting in the car, Re Ba naturally hooked her arm through Lin Mo's, her face showing a little excitement: "Mo Ge, you have no idea—when Xiao Rou and I first got there, we were completely dumbfounded; there were reporters as thick as grains of rice!"

Lin Mo laughed, pinching Re Ba's cheek, teasing: "Have you missed me these days?"

Re Ba's eyes lit up, and she replied crisply: "Of course I have!"

After saying that, she even took the opportunity to plant a kiss on Lin Mo's face.

Xiao Rou, who was driving up front, had long grown accustomed to this, a faint smile playing at the corners of her mouth.

The boss and his wife are dishing out dog food again—I, a single dog, have to hold it together!

Re Ba continued chatting with Lin Mo: "Mo Ge, you really went all out this time, promoting the movie with such vigor—I've never seen you like this before!"

Lin Mo gently ruffled Re Ba's hair, his tone tinged with feeling: "After all, this is my first globally released film—it's not like those little side projects before; I really need to promote it well."

Having said that, he added: "But the promotion is pretty much done now, so I can finally catch my breath."

Re Ba nodded at his words: "Mm-hmm!"

Meanwhile.

Online.

The news of Lin Mo's return to the country could be said to have topped the hot search list in a matter of minutes.

Related videos and photos are everywhere.

"During this time, Director Lin has also gained some fame abroad!"

"Haha, that female fan is so excited she wants to give Director Lin a baby monkey~"

"'British Duel' has 14 days left until release!!!"

"This time the promotion is insanely strong—the box office is going to be terrifyingly huge!"

"It will definitely surpass Wolf Warrior's box office—there's no doubt about it!"

"With this cast, Lin Mo directing, plus the film's quality, shouldn't the box office start at a hundred billion?"

"Director Lin Mo is truly the king returning—just look, he's only 25!"

Netizens were buzzing with discussion.

The same.

Over in Xiang Jiang.

As soon as Cheng Long disembarked, his treatment was the same as Lin Mo's.

A swarm of reporters fired all kinds of questions.

Right.

I almost forgot—during this period, the drama Joy of Life also started airing.

As expected.

It broke the all‑network viewership record as soon as it premiered.

As the male lead, Zhang Ruoyun, he's absolutely on fire!

In fact, before this, his fame could only be considered third‑tier.

He had just one representative work.

But after Joy of Life aired, his popularity shot up like crazy, edging close to first‑tier status.

The same.

As the much‑watched Mo Girl Chen Yao, her performance in the drama is also noteworthy.

She has attracted countless fans, and her Weibo followers are now approaching nearly 20 million.

You should know.

She's actually just a freshman in college right now.

Campus life has basically left her behind.

Now, whenever she returns to school, she's an outright superstar.

In Yanjing, Jiang Wen was leisurely watering the flowers in the courtyard.

Since finishing Evil Cannot Overcome Righteousness, he's had no new inspiration, now living like a retired old man—tending flowers, reading the paper, that sort of thing.

At that moment, Zhou Yun walked over and said, "Honey, Director Lin is back in the country!"

"My younger brother's back—has he hit the hot search again?" Jiang Wen asked, laughing as he watered the flowers.

Zhou Yun grinned from ear to ear: "Definitely—Director Lin was swarmed by reporters the moment he stepped off the plane!"

"Oh? There's an interview video—let me take a look!"

Saying that, Jiang Wen picked up his phone and started watching.

In the video, he saw Lin Mo answering the reporters' questions with ease.

Jiang Wen also laughed and said, "My younger brother's eloquence just keeps getting better, haha!"

Beside him, Zhou Yun leaned in and asked, "Honey, do you think Director Lin's film can break the hundred‑billion mark?"

Everyone is looking forward to it right now.

They're hoping Lin Mo's new film will shatter Wolf Warrior's box office record.

Jiang Wen took off his glasses, set them on the table, and then said: "Although my younger brother's film is well made and the cast is strong, you know some countries will deliberately suppress ours. As for whether it can beat Wolf Warrior's box office, that's really hard to say!"

"Think about it—Wolf Warrior managed a hundred‑billion box office because it hit the National Day holiday, and it's a mainstream, individual‑heroism film; back then, timing, location, and public sentiment were all perfect, which is why the box office was so high."

After hearing that analysis, Zhou Yun nodded straight away: "You're right, that does make sense."

British Duel

The countdown shows ten days left until release.

Online.

Netizens' enthusiasm for watching the film has reached an unprecedented height!

Every day they are discussing related topics.

This time, the premiere of British Duel was set in Mo Du.

Like the main creators Shi Tailong, Jason, Pierce, and Fan Di Sai Er.

They arrived in Mo Du a few days early.

Because they had already been here once.

Jason, Shi Tailong, and the others were enamored with Huaguo's cuisine, unable to forget it.

These days they just ate all kinds of food.

On Douyin.

Moreover, many netizens ran into them and even took videos.

"I cao, never thought I'd one day be able to take a photo with Shi Tailong!"

"Jealous, OP!"

"Awesome!!!"

"Holy shit, where in Mo Du is this? How did I run into them!"

"Indeed, Huaguo's cuisine can conquer all foreigners!"

"Huh, besides Jason, why is there also a big bald head!"

"Yesterday at xxx restaurant, fans surrounded it three layers inside and three outside, that was lively!"

"......"

September 20.

British Duel officially opened pre-sales at noon, with the deadline at 10:01 PM that night, pre-sales box office exceeded 100 million yuan, breaking the record for the fastest pre-sale to reach 100 million yuan in Huaguo film history!

Subsequently, on September 21 at 9:30 PM, pre-sales box office broke through 200 million again.

On September 22 at 11:00 PM, it reached 300 million.

By September 26 at 8:00 PM.

British Duel's pre-sales box office officially surpassed 800 million.

Becoming the first film in Huaguo film history with pre-sales box office exceeding 800 million.

The above statistics only count domestic.

Mainly overseas, British Duel did not explode to this extent.

"Hahaha, I got tickets to British Duel! Seeing those people who couldn't get tickets squawking, I'm super happy haha! Because I got them!!!"

"Ahhhh, what ticket software has ticket sale alerts?? Now I'm waiting to snag the premiere tickets for British Duel, my feeling is just like trying to get Spring Festival train tickets; if I can't get them I'll really cry."

"Got the tickets for British Duel's premiere, starting tonight I can finally sleep well, feeling great!"

"If I can't get the premiere tickets, forget it, the 24th's are also sold out???"

"Damn, these movie tickets, I watched them rise from 20 yuan to 150+"

"Ah, I knew I wouldn't be able to get them..."

"I got the tickets, feeling prosperous and dazed!!!"

"......"

Online, this bunch of netizens have gone crazy.

Those who got tickets are just posting all kinds of pictures, showing off all kinds of smug faces.

As for those who didn't get tickets,

What's the point?

Everyone is complaining, just cursing.

Another phenomenon is that.

These past two days.

On various second-hand shopping platforms.

You can see, uniformly, listings for reselling British Duel movie tickets.

Although...

Everyone knows that British Duel will definitely be a hit when it releases.

But damn..

Never expected it would explode to this extent.

Even, these directors and actors, they're all dumbfounded.

Inside, they just want to ask: Is this still in China?

The movie hasn't even officially premiered, yet pre-sales have already sold nearly 1 billion.

Truly fucking outrageous!

The key is, this is still in China.

Fucking!

Does it even let people live!

These directors looked like tears were flowing from their mouths.

When will their films ever have such a scene?