Chapter 225: Encountering a Level 999 Boss Right After Leaving the Village

To be honest, being praised by the original author of *The Bad Kids* and Mr. Yu Hua,

Xu Feng was still quite happy.

After all, those people have real substance, while he is just a cheater.

However, taking a step back, his acting skills were indeed recognized.

But looking at the domestic circle, Xu Feng still felt a bit of a headache.

After all, among the three most famous directors in the country currently,

Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang both have rather poor attitudes toward Xu Feng.

There is currently a video of a reporter interviewing Feng Xiaogang circulating online that has quite high view counts.

"Please share your evaluation of Xu Feng's *Death Note*."

Facing this question, Feng Xiaogang, whose looks were nothing to write home about to begin with, darkened his face, held it in for a long time, and finally managed to squeeze out a sentence:

"The script is okay, the acting is okay... it's a qualified commercial film... it just lacks a bit of artistry."

After all, the 9.8 rating online and the over 800 million USD box office abroad are hanging right there.

He couldn't possibly call it a "trash film," could he?

Does he really take the netizens for blind?

However, the reporter's next sentence left Feng Xiaogang completely unable to answer.

"Do you think your next film can reach this height?"

Damn it, if it weren't for the cameras rolling, Feng Xiaogang would have wanted to hit someone.

If he said he couldn't reach it, wouldn't that be admitting he's inferior to this brat Xu Feng?

If he said he could reach it... damn it, even Feng Xiaogang himself didn't believe it.

800 million USD, over 5 billion RMB!

It's almost double the magnitude of the current domestic box office champion, Zhou Xingye's *The Mermaid*.

Feng Xiaogang even wanted to go home and calculate if the total box office of all the films he had directed before could even reach this number.

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Actually, the flattery from these industry insiders was already considered restrained.

Xu Feng's fan base was jumping higher than anyone else.

"Xu Feng is the savior of domestic cinema!", "In the Chinese film and television circle! If Xu Feng says he can't hear it, he can't hear it! Do it again!", "Dare to smear Xu Zhanan? Let your idol go film a movie with a box office over 5 billion first!"

They say fans are like their idols, and that might really be true.

His own habit of being arrogant and showing off seems to have been picked up by his fans as well.

And taking advantage of his high popularity right now, Xu Feng struck while the iron was hot and released the character stills for *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders* in one go.

This time, he even released the character names and their Stands.

Behind him, Star Platinum swung its iron fists, while in front, Jotaro exuded dominance, left hand in his pocket, right finger pointing forward, striking his iconic JoJo pose.

Xu Feng as Jotaro Kujo!

Kakyoin raised his hand slightly, one hand forming a seven-shaped finger gesture held at his chin, while behind him, Hierophant Green's palms touched at the base.

Zhang Zhiyao as Noriaki Kakyoin!

Polnareff swung his hand forward like a blade, while behind him, Silver Chariot held its rapier upright.

Henry as Polnareff!

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Finally, there was one last photo—

Xu Feng was shirtless, revealing a physique with the golden proportions of an ancient Greek sculpture, the star-shaped birthmark on his shoulder blooming with an exotic allure under his blonde hair.

His right hand was slightly raised, his head half-turned, staring at the lens with one eye full of oppressive force.

Xu Feng as DIO!

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Relying on the online release of *Death Note*, Xu Feng's popularity in the country was already at a height where if he claimed second, no one dared claim first.

Once this set of stills was released, it naturally caused a huge uproar.

【Holy crap! That muscle definition, is he really not wearing a muscle suit?】

【If you told me that Cai Xukun wore a muscle suit to act, I'd believe it, but for Xu Feng, it's absolutely impossible.】

【Xu Feng playing two roles? Holy crap, that's awesome!】

【The makeup artist's skills are pretty good; if I didn't look closely, I wouldn't have realized this new protagonist and Dio are the same person.】

【What are these weird-looking figures behind the characters?】

【Did Ripple evolve into something new in the third part?】

【I beg you, hurry up and film the third season of *Bleach* and the second half of *Death Note*, can you?】

【Although I was won over by Xu Zhanan's *Death Note*, I'm still not really into the JoJo series.】

【It's a TV series anyway, so I'll just watch it; I want to see what kind of thing he can film.】

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Although Xu Feng had already indicated on Weibo that one could understand *Stardust Crusaders* even without watching the first two parts of *JoJo*,

for a better experience, quite a few viewers still went to finish *Phantom Blood* and *Battle Tendency*.

How should I put it?

The brilliance of *Death Note* raised their confidence in Xu Feng to another level.

Many fans firmly believed that there must be a reason why Xu Feng placed this new work before the third season of *Bleach* and the second half of *Death Note*.

Holding this attitude, even if they weren't into *JoJo* before,

they were determined to cram before *Stardust Crusaders* aired.

However, after watching it, many people said... it's unexpectedly good!

It doesn't have the high-prestige, stylish vibe of *Bleach*, nor the brain-melting intellectual battles of *Death Note*...

But it's just addictive.

Especially seeing the actors in the show performing these poses that defy human mechanics, along with the mysteriously catchy lines,

one can't help but want to imitate them.

And just as netizens were scrambling to discuss it, Xu Feng finally returned to the country.

Upon learning of this, many of Xu Feng's acquaintances sent WeChat messages one after another, expressing their desire to host a welcome party for him.

To this, Xu Feng politely declined them one by one.

Did he have the spare time to deal with this nonsense?

However, an interesting message appeared in the *Bleach* crew group chat.

【Retsu Unohana】 Dong Meiren: "Someone's new show seems to have clashed with our Director Xu's release date. So confident, huh? @Hu Ge"

【Ichigo Kurosaki】 Hu Ge: "Sister Hua, stop teasing me. Sister Cai is already considering whether to change the release schedule (crying)."

【Byakuya Kuchiki】 Jiao Enjun: "After all, it's the new show starring you and Liu Shishi, the top brother and sister of Tang Ren, plus the self-disciplined god Peng Yuyan; maybe you can put up a fight."

【Toshiro Hitsugaya】 Peng Yuchang: "Self-disciplined my ass! Marketing the 'hardworking and self-disciplined' persona online every day, yet his Mandarin isn't even as good as mine."

【Yoruichi Shihoin】 Gao Yuanyuan: "Are you just jealous that your physique isn't as good as his?"

After Xu Feng entered the group, he realized that Tang Ren's new show had coincidentally clashed with *Stardust Crusaders*. ===== CHAPTER 227 =====