Chapter 311

Ever since the media reporters tasted the sweetness of interviews, the *Dream Builder* team encountered different reporters every single day that followed.

It wasn't just Jin Li and Director Zhong Wentai who were interviewed; Xu Wenwen and other rookie actors were also interviewed.

Xu Wenwen still had a certain degree of topicality, so the questions reporters asked her were slightly sharper, but Xu Wenwen's answers were all standard and conventional, without making any mistakes.

The once sharp-edged female star, standing at the crossroads of her career, chose to respond with composure, neither being overly outstanding nor offending anyone.

As for the rookie actors, the reporters just asked them whatever they pleased.

But the rookie actors had great ambitions to stand out, and their answers became bolder one after another.

One day they said they felt the box office of *Dream Builder* could break 1.9 billion, the next day they said it could break 2.5 billion, and the day after that they said their expectation was 3 billion...

Fortunately, they only dared to talk about the film's box office and didn't take advantage of the film's popularity to blurt out, "I can win Best Supporting Actress."

Otherwise, if that really got out, it would absolutely be a dark history that could never be covered up.

Time flew by, and as *Dream Builder* gradually reduced its flash-mob promotions and began to shift its focus to the "stage play roadshow" that netizens were looking forward to, *And Then There Were None* finally arrived as promised on August 15th.

At this time, the Y-country magazine *Movie Story* had already increased its circulation to 400,000 copies; this was the second time they had increased circulation!

This magazine, which featured the actors of the Huaguo version of *And Then There Were None*, became a huge hit in Y-country, and its sales this month were enough to squeeze into the ranks of second-tier magazines.

It wasn't just the masses in Y-country who were scrambling to buy it, but also the massive group of international students.

Many of them were fans of Jin Li and bought the magazine specifically for her.

Chenxi Entertainment once again caught a glimpse of the global influence of Jin Li—no, it should be said, of Pink Girls—through the magazine's sales.

Every time Sui Lingfang mentioned this on the phone, she felt deeply pained: "How on earth did Hao Zhongyi Entertainment manage to play such a good hand so badly? If your Pink Girls hadn't disbanded, the title of 【Asian Diva Girl Group】 would have been yours long ago!"

Jin Li pondered for a while and said, "Perhaps fighting over family assets is more attractive than building an Asian diva girl group."

The latter requires constant scheduling of appearances to monetize, but the former only requires moving one's lips or hands to obtain directly.

Pink Girls' first proprietor, and also their last—Hao Zhongyi Entertainment—it purely depends on what the president of this company is thinking.

Not every rich second-generation heir likes to create history and change the world.

Some just want to drift through life and live happily every day!

"Your *And Then There Were None* is officially launching on the Kiwi platform today, right?"

In the rehearsal room, Xu Wenwen suddenly mentioned it.

They had already paused the flash-mob roadshows for two days. According to a normal film crew, after running promotions for more than ten days, they would almost enter a dormant period and disperse as they should.

But the *Dream Builder* crew was relatively united and could endure hardship, so everyone unanimously decided to keep going until the day *Dream Builder* was pulled from theaters.

However, Director Zhong felt that continuing the flash-mobs didn't have much meaning, so he arranged the "stage play roadshow" again, giving the actors two days to adjust their state.

Jin Li raised her head from the script, her voice slightly lifted, in a very good mood: "Yes, it goes online at noon. You can watch it if you open the Kiwi platform now."

Xu Wenwen said: "When *And Then There Were None* was in theaters, I was running appearances and didn't have time to watch it. Since I have time now, I'll make up for it."

Seeing that she really took out her phone to watch, Jin Li couldn't help but be amused: "Are you serious? I was just joking. You don't have to force yourself if you don't like watching it."

Xu Wenwen shook her head: "I'm not repulsed by art films. I've read the original work, and I'm quite curious about how you interpreted it."

Although this film was launched on the Kiwi platform, Jin Li didn't have a Kiwi membership; her membership had expired last month, and she hadn't renewed it.

This time, as Xu Wenwen watched the movie, Jin Li sat beside her and watched along.

She discovered that *And Then There Were None* from the perspective of a movie theater's big screen was still very different from the perspective of a mobile phone screen.

Clearly, it was the same plot, the same people, and the same duration, but just by changing the way of watching, it brought Jin Li two different kinds of enjoyment.

The movie theater magnified the senses, making people feel as if they were on the scene.

Watching it on a mobile phone, however, was more like being a bystander, silently watching someone else's story from the side.

And the viewing method represented by mobile phones is mostly for TV dramas.

Jin Li simply treated *And Then There Were None* as a TV drama to watch.

Soon, she discovered the difference between TV drama acting and movie acting. This time, while watching, she actually felt that the actors' emotions were too faint.

Only in places with great suspense and twists would it capture her attention.

Jin Li was thoughtful: "The performance style of TV dramas needs to be more open and closed; one cannot focus too much on details, or else some details must be conveyed through magnified shots to fully express the artistic conception. Does it all boil down to the screen size?"

Xu Wenwen said while watching: "Yes, especially when actors see their own performances on the screen, the feeling is even deeper.

After I finished filming a TV drama, I went to film a movie, and I fell into a period of confusion. I always doubted that my acting skills weren't actually good, not as good as everyone praised."

Jin Li asked: "Why do you say that?"

Xu Wenwen smiled: "At that time, I was often scolded by the director of the movie. He said my acting was too fake, superficial, and not real at all.

I felt very aggrieved at the time; I was clearly using my best performance state to film. Later, I realized that I was using the mindset of filming a TV drama to handle movie shots.

The director was right to scold me. After that movie was released, I went to watch it myself, and I felt my expressions were too exaggerated and distorted.

You can't really tell on a small screen, but on a big screen, the wrinkles at the corners of my eyes were magnified clearly, let alone the obvious expressions. I deserved to be scolded back then!"

Mentioning the past, Xu Wenwen seemed very indifferent.

Jin Li felt that Xu Wenwen already had a feeling of "not being happy by external things, not being sad by oneself." She had explored her own acting path and was moving forward firmly.

As for herself, she didn't seem to have explored it seriously.

She had filmed four dramas, and she would encounter difficulties during the acting process, but they were quickly resolved.

She seemed to have some sensitivity to the "acting" profession and could always resolve things using her own methods at the appropriate time.

Jin Li thought to herself, could it be that she really acted too much in the Heavenly Realm, so that when she came to the underground, she immediately seamlessly became an acting pro.

She chuckled and continued watching the movie.

While they were watching the movie, Lian Baozhi's *A Match Made in Heaven* finally ushered in its grand finale on this day.

The more fierce Li Xunfang's fans were in tearing down Lian Baozhi, the more brilliant the battle record of *A Match Made in Heaven* appeared.

This drama successfully stepped on the corpse of Li Xunfang's *Embroidered Uniform Guard* to rise.

One general's success is built on ten thousand withered bones; the loser is ultimately paving the way for the winner.

Lian Baozhi used the advanced on-demand feature at noon to finish watching the finale of *A Match Made in Heaven*. She spent several hours calming her thoughts, logged onto her blog, and wrote down the mental journey of filming this drama.

Lian Baozhi: 【Before filming this drama, I never thought I could be an actor, and after filming this drama, I didn't dare to tell the outside world that I was an actor.

Everyone's denial and disbelief of me, I saw it all in my eyes.

Sometimes I don't even have confidence in myself, so how can I ask you to have confidence in my work?

Fortunately, in this round of fighting, I won, so you saw my progress and saw my efforts. I also believe I delivered the best performance, putting it into my first work without reservation.

In the future, I may no longer be able to possess this state of mind of "self-doubt, but still moving forward with effort." People are born confused, but they are always looking for a way home.

I am, and so is *A Match Made in Heaven*. I wish it gets better and better!】

Netizens first saw Lian Baozhi post a long string of content and subconsciously thought she was going to talk about the grievances between this drama and *Embroidered Uniform Guard*.

But from beginning to end, she was always talking about her own growth and also expressed her reluctance to part with the drama *A Match Made in Heaven*.

No matter how reluctant to part, there is a day of separation. Separation after separation is just to become a better version of oneself.

This farewell message was not Lian Baozhi's farewell to the heroine, but a farewell to the entire TV drama.

Lian Baozhi's fans left comments quickly, and even the gossipers couldn't help but give a thumbs up for her efforts.

【Effort is ultimately rewarded!】

【One plow, one harvest; everyone is watching you grow. Watching you slowly change from proud to silent, from silent slowly to composed, your eyes gradually have light, and you are more mature...】

【Still have to thank the competitor for traveling thousands of miles to deliver a head (dog head)】

【This has to name that one who acts worse and worse; when did the acting skills regress to the point of being inferior to even a rookie actor!】

Sure enough, after leaving the sentimentality, the spirit of stirring up trouble, though late, arrived.

Lian Baozhi and Li Xunfang, these two enemies, every time the other party gets on the hot search, netizens will definitely mention the other one in the comment section.

It seems that if they don't step on the other one, even the netizens themselves feel uncomfortable.

Lian Baozhi read these remarks and didn't feel angry, even when netizens compared her to her opponent and described them both as vases that looked good but were useless.

It seemed that her strength was all used as a vase, only she was the best-looking one among all the vases.

This, too, is strength.

But making her want to be happy, she couldn't be happy either.

Previously, Li Xunfang was more famous than her, and if she wanted to be popular again, she had to cling to her and hype it up hard.

But now Li Xunfang's reputation has crashed severely, and instead, she is soaring. Netizens still put them together for comparison, which instead makes her look devalued.

Lian Baozhi sighed: "Ultimately, the early strategy caused the current influence. I don't know when netizens will start to separate me from Li Xunfang, so that mentioning me doesn't necessarily mean mentioning her."

Lv Jieshan heard this and couldn't help but shake her head, saying pointedly:

"You underestimate Li Xunfang too much. Don't think that just because she lost to you in TV dramas, you can despise her; that's impossible."

Lv Jieshan was afraid that Lian Baozhi would get carried away, so she immediately gave her a reality check.

"Li Xunfang's reputation in film and television dramas is just not good, but her fashion resources and variety show resources are still as good as ever.

Not being successful as an actor is at most losing one track, but it doesn't mean losing all tracks, not to mention that in recent years, Li Xunfang has invested less and less in film and television resources and switched to variety shows."

She concluded: "When you can defeat her in all aspects of variety show resources, then think about how to decouple from her. At this stage, you still have to cling to Li Xunfang."

Lian Baozhi frowned, but soon relaxed.

She had no choice.

Now is not the time to be picky.

Lv Jieshan reminded her: "Jin Li's *And Then There Were None* is also launching on the Kiwi platform today. Your *A Match Made in Heaven* achieved quite good results on the Kiwi platform. The platform is your natural bridge; you can maintain your relationship with Jin Li more."

If it were someone else, Sister Shan would tell her to curry favor, then she would go curry favor.

If she was told to go against someone, Lian Baozhi would also roll up her sleeves and do it without a word.

But only when facing Jin Li, Lian Baozhi immediately chickened out; she didn't dare!

Her alt account was still checking in under her blog every day!

Lian Baozhi said in a low voice: "Sister Shan, let's forget about Jin Li. I don't really dare to climb a relationship with her, for fear of making people impatient."

Lv Jieshan glared at her, hating that she wouldn't improve: "You coward!"

Lian Baozhi still shook her head: "I posted a blog praising *And Then There Were None* before, I was unintentional, I originally wanted to post it with my alt account.

Later, Jin Li also returned me a hot search, we have no relationship anymore, this time I won't cling to her for hype, I always feel that Jin Li is my nemesis."

"Your nemesis?"

Lian Baozhi nodded desperately: "Once I have any bad thoughts about her, my career will be very unsmooth!"

Lv Jieshan was half-believing: "How did you judge that?"

Lian Baozhi talked nonsense: "I'm so cowardly as soon as I mention her, doesn't that mean I instinctively fear her? This is magnetic field suppression. If the magnetic field is not smooth, the career will not be smooth."

She spent a lot of effort to make Lv Jieshan dispel the idea of using Jin Li for hype.

She was really scared!

She had finally managed to check in on Jin Li's blog for 60 days with her alt account; she couldn't break it because she wasn't pious enough to the "True Immortal."

On the first day *And Then There Were None* launched on the online platform, it rushed to the number one spot in popularity on Kiwi that day, and the on-demand volume rushed to 50 million in one go!

The Kiwi platform had long been prepared and simultaneously arranged an exclusive membership opening event for *And Then There Were None*.

The page was roughly—

*And Then There Were None* helps netizens join the membership, enjoy multiple gifts!

Monthly fee original price: XXX (crossed out with a horizontal line), *And Then There Were None* helps discount to XXX yuan.

Quarterly fees and annual fees were all handled in this way; *And Then There Were None* first helps netizens slash the price, bringing the price down!

The promotion was an old-fashioned promotion, but *And Then There Were None* as a membership drain for the Kiwi platform was able to obtain additional membership opening shares.

Deng Zexu specifically signed an agreement with the platform on this point, and the share obtained was the normal price in the industry, without price suppression.

On the day of the launch, *And Then There Were None* frantically grabbed 3 million new membership users for the Kiwi platform.