Chapter 367

With an investment of twenty to thirty million, obtaining a box office of over a billion—even the heads of top entertainment companies would wake up laughing from such a dream.

Furthermore.

They have also achieved great success in animation.

The *Year Hare Affair* series and *Doraemon* have both filled their pockets to the brim.

And this is only a part of it.

Even more terrifying is their performance in the music industry; throughout the year, they held the number one spot on the monthly music charts for more than six months.

Aside from the chart-topping songs, many soundtracks, insert songs, and opening/ending themes have also achieved excellent results.

It is no exaggeration to say that the annual output and revenue of You Mingyue are equivalent to that of a top-tier entertainment company!

One might ask, who in the industry isn't green with envy?

Who isn't feeling bitter about it?

What's even more outrageous is that, under normal circumstances, capital would bring other capital along to "eat meat and drink soup," but these twins have terrible table manners—they actually choose to "eat alone"!

From production to promotion, they choose to handle every film and television work themselves; only for distribution do they hand it over to video websites and major theater chains.

This "eating alone" behavior completely disrupts the rules of the entertainment industry.

Of course.

What makes Lin Zhi the most uncomfortable is watching them rake in the profits while he can only stand by and watch.

This is a situation that can absolutely no longer be tolerated.

What's more, there is a film invested with five hundred million by Tianguang Entertainment in this Spring Festival slot; he must take action.

Although doing this is underhanded and will offend You Mingyue.

But the entertainment industry has always been this way; for the sake of profit, even biological sisters can turn into enemies, and married actresses can sleep with directors... let alone this small tactic of hiring film critics to smear You Mingyue's movie.

"Have the arrangements been made?" Lin Zhi typed on WeChat to ask.

"Arranged, just wait for the good news," the other end of the phone replied.

Lin Zhi's eyes flickered.

……

Meanwhile.

The internet is extremely lively.

While netizens discuss the Spring Festival Gala, many night owls are also discussing the upcoming good shows of the Spring Festival film season.

"Finally able to see the new movie from the Gu King, so excited, I can't sleep at all."

"You're really brave. Pay attention, this movie is labeled 'thriller.' With You Mingyue's horror tactics, aren't you afraid this movie will scare you into wetting yourself?"

"The latest news reveals that there seem to be zombies in this movie. Although I don't know exactly what kind of thing it is, I feel it's about the same as a hopping vampire."

"Zombies!!!!!!!! Is the Gu King sister serious? Showing us this during the Spring Festival slot?"

"I'm out, I'm out! Can't mess with that!"

"Anyway, I feel it's weird to watch this kind of thriller sci-fi movie during the Spring Festival. Better to choose a comedy; that's safer."

"Pfft, a bunch of cowards. Aren't they just little hopping vampires that are impervious to swords and spears? I could teach a vampire a lesson with a single sliding tackle."

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"Speaking of which, I don't know if you've noticed, but many movies released this Spring Festival are secretly dissing You Mingyue and *Resident Evil*. Especially *Me and My Mother*. It's also a female-led drama and a commercial film, faintly looking to compete with *Resident Evil* and go head-to-head. Who do you think will take the box office champion for the Spring Festival slot this time?"

"Hard to say."

"*Me and My Mother* has many investors behind it, and the actors are all comedy heavyweights. But the 'wives' have only made two movies in total, and both achieved great results. Plus, this is their first time making a commercial film. Before the movie is released, no one knows exactly how it turned out. I reckon that upon encountering You Mingyue, the creators and distributors of *Me and My Mother* are also feeling insecure."

"Indeed, these twins are too eerie. They just suppressed the music scene, and it's possible they might suppress the Spring Festival slot next!"

"If they use a thriller movie to snatch the number one Spring Festival box office from a crowd of comedies, then there will be a good show to watch, hahahaha."

"It's difficult. Horror is always a niche genre, but it's hard to say; these twins are too monstrous."

……

In fact.

Many in the industry are also paying attention to this year's Spring Festival box office battle.

The former You Mingyue was just a small newcomer to the film and television circle, not worth mentioning. However, as they continuously produced blockbuster film and television works, they have become the Great Demon King of the industry, and their peers no longer dare to underestimate them.

Even major capital is the same.

As early as half a month ago, when the You Mingyue studio announced that *Resident Evil* would be released during the Spring Festival, many capital forces entered the fray and started a propaganda war.

Their peers see it clearly: on the surface, the Spring Festival slot is a battle for the box office, but in reality, it has evolved into a battle for status and discourse power in the film and television industry between You Mingyue and the capital forces.

Early morning.

The warm winter sun dispelled the darkness and melted the ice and snow.

The air was filled with a fresh scent.

In the sky, the blue was like a wash.

Just as the lyrics of the song *Seabed* sing, "Tomorrow will have good weather," today the weather in the Imperial Capital is exceptionally beautiful, making one feel pleasant.

Children took advantage of the snow not yet melting to happily build snowmen and have snowball fights.

And in a house somewhere in the Imperial Capital, a very interesting scene was taking place.

"Sister, where is my red envelope?"

In the warm quilt, Mingyue climbed up, her beautiful big eyes staring straight at Youyue; being a drama queen, she feigned a very expectant look.

"Sister, where is my red envelope?" Youyue rolled her eyes, her beautiful big eyes meeting hers without backing down.

Alright.

A split-personality girl has much joy.

A certain lonely girl forced herself to pretend she was two people and had prepared red envelopes.

Although in reality it was one person, the sense of ritual still had to be there.

The red envelopes weren't large; the sisters just gave each other ten thousand each.

After opening them, they were just used as pocket money.

In the end, it was all spent by Xu Xu Mingyou alone anyway.

After some playful scuffling, the sisters climbed out of bed and began to wash and dress, choosing their favorite and simplest hairstyle: twin tails.

A new year naturally requires being full of vitality.

Today, they plan to go see a movie first, then go shopping, and finally have a beautiful big meal to reward themselves for last year's hard work.

The reason they want to see the movie isn't because the girl lacks confidence in the film she shot; she is just accustomed to wanting to see the audience's reactions while watching.

In fact.

Regarding the movie *Resident Evil*, at this very moment, there is probably no one on the entire Blue Planet more confident than them.

First is the setting.

Before shooting this movie, the girl had already studied both Chinese and Western films.

There were no zombie themes appearing.

And here in China, people mostly regarded the zombies in *Resident Evil* promotions as "hopping vampires," which relates to the zombie themes that were popular in Xiangjiang twenty years ago.

The vampires in the audience's memories were all dressed in the official attire of the Great Qing, and even the female vampires wore the clothes of princesses, leaving a deep impression.

It must be said that Xiangjiang filmmakers are very skilled at disparaging the Qing Dynasty.

They secretly blackened the Great Qing until it was like dung, so much so that later, when audiences watched period dramas and saw those Great Qing officials, they always felt something was off, completely lacking the domineering power of other dynasties.

Funeral blue + vampire makeup—isn't that just eerie and gloomy?

Back to the point.

Although there is only a one-character difference between a jiangshi and a zombie, the gap between the two is not much different from that between a human and a dog; they can be said to be two different species.

A vampire is a strange creature produced by corpse transformation after a person dies, following various mysterious reactions.

Vampires in film and television are often extremely difficult to eliminate.

Although they hop, their movements are slow, but they are immensely strong and impervious to blades and guns; even bullets have no effect on them, and in the end, some vampires in film and television works can even use magic and fly.

Only the spells within the Daoist and Buddhist sects can restrain or eliminate them.

Of course.

The fundamental source of all fear is insufficient firepower; a single Dongfeng express delivery should be able to send them off easily.

A zombie, on the other hand, is a living dead person produced when a person is infected by a virus while still alive.

Furthermore, the scope of zombies is not limited to humans; in the *Resident Evil* series, many animals can also become zombies after being infected by the virus, such as zombie dogs, zombie whales, etc.