In the following days, "The Swordsman" completely blew up the entire internet!
The television viewership rating broke through 8 percent, and at the same time, the total number of hits online surpassed four hundred million and was still increasing at a rate of over fifty million a day!
The most awesome part was that the growth rate seemed to be accelerating! What did that mean? It meant that the stickiness of the audience for this film was incredibly high!
Countless netizens were discussing it online, and posts about "The Swordsman" were absolutely everywhere!
"From the first episode, you could see the talent of the director and screenwriters. They set up the story background very well, without any dragging. The overall layout of the series was seamless!"
"I believe the director and screenwriters have deeply researched martial arts novels because they’ve interpreted the numerous characters to such a degree that it’s breathtaking!"
"Ninety-eight percent of the actors are perfect for their roles, and their performances are spot-on! They leave a lasting impression!"
"Watching it, I’ve learned many lessons and reflected a lot, not just confined to the romance between the lead characters."
Faced with these audience comments online, Hong Tianyi’s side was constantly studying Wang Hao’s work.
Li Bomming sat in front of Hong Tianyi, reading a report in his hand—
"Second Young Master," Li Bomming said slowly, "Based on the characters that have appeared so far in ’The Swordsman,’ each one is very distinctive. Dongfang Bubai is intelligent and brave, with ideals and ambitions. To be able to snatch the position of the leader from Ren Woxing, his ability is evident. Personally, I think that whether it’s in terms of martial arts, strategies, or philosophical mindset, Dongfang Bubai is one of the top characters in the story, practically a deity."
"Yue Buqun, this character, is portrayed remarkably well here! Overall, he is someone pushed off a cliff by his duty and inner demons. As a leader, he feared destroying Hua Mountain with his own hands and tried everything to protect it. At Liu Zhengfeng’s cleansing of hands ceremony, he still took great care of his disciple Linghu Chong, handled things calmly, and trusted Linghu Chong wouldn’t do those disgraceful deeds, showing relief upon learning Linghu Chong was not a villain but a great hero. Later on, as issues accumulated, Yue’s negative emotions took charge, and he began to turn bad, eventually becoming completely twisted and even delusional about unifying the martial arts world. These subtle changes are depicted very meticulously in the series, very impressive!"
Hearing Li Bomming’s report, Hong Tianyi slammed his hand on the table hard!
"What I want to hear now is not how good this film is," Hong Tianyi said loudly, "I want to know how we are going to deal with it!"
"Well..." Sitting on the side, Meng Zenan swallowed, then said, "Second Young Master, I think although Wang Hao’s scriptwriting is decent, after all, a TV series is a TV series, and a movie is a movie. There’s a saying in the film industry that TV series are about the script, but movies are about the director! No matter how good he is at scriptwriting, ten Wang Haos combined can’t compare to one Director Li."
"That’s right, that’s right," Li Bomming suddenly perked up, saying, "No matter what, he’s just a screenwriter. What’s a screenwriter in a movie crew? The lowest rank! Second Young Master, you can completely relax about this!"
"That’s true," Hearing this, Hong Tianyi touched his chin and laughed, "In a movie crew, no matter the hierarchy, the screenwriter has the least say, haha, I want to see how you’ll wiggle your way out of this one!"
With that, they all suddenly started laughing coldly together.
After laughing for a while, Hong Tianyi said, "Right, I’ve already invited a big-time Hollywood director to help out. Their entire technical team is coming over, from the script to the special effects production; they are all top-notch in the world. Once they arrive, we’ll be able to make something big!"
"This..." Li Bomming and the others exchanged glances and simultaneously let out a sigh of relief.
After all, this was a bet of ten billion, and they were far from confident. If they actually lost, wouldn’t they die?
Now that Hollywood directors were on board, there would be no problem. Win or lose, in the end, they were just assistants. If they lost, nobody would blame them, and if they won, there would be benefits. This was a good deal!
"Second Young Master really has courage!" Li Bomming gave a big thumbs up. "With people from Hollywood coming over to help, hehe, can that Wang Hao still be better than Hollywood?"
Although "Sword Stance Heroes" had become a hit across the entire internet within just a few days, Wang Hao’s side was also extremely busy.
Zhao Zhenhao and the rest were all gathered around a hotel table, discussing the next plans.
"Brother Hao, ’Sword Stance Heroes’ is on fire, and that’s good for promoting our movie, but..." Zhao Zhenhao thought carefully and said, "but how are we going to pull off this movie? We can’t even get the crew together!"
"Yeah," Bai Ze helplessly shrugged his shoulders. "I’m completely in the dark right now, with no idea how to handle this. Such a big bet, are we really okay?! My heart has no foundation at all..."
They were discussing this when Fang Wenbin received a phone call and hurried over, exclaiming loudly, "Brother Hao, this is bad! According to the latest news, Hong Tianyi has hired the best Hollywood movie production team to come over! If the entire movie is really made by them, then we are in trouble! The likelihood of us losing is high!"
The best Hollywood movie production team!
Hearing this, everyone present inhaled sharply in unison.
Bai Yaning frowned. "Could it be the Paramount Company under the Dorag family?"
"Yes, it’s Paramount’s people," Fang Wenbin nodded and said. "The Dorag family has always been on bad terms with King Brage’s Brage family; they also fight fiercely in the movie market. And now they’ve gotten involved..."
As expected, before he even finished, a person hurriedly walked in through the main entrance—it was King Bill Bragg!
As soon as Bill Bragg saw Wang Hao, he started shouting, "Boss! Disaster! The Paramount crew under the Dorag family is here to shoot a movie!"
Oh, crap, it was chaotic enough already, and now this guy adds to the chaos!
"Don’t panic, look at you all, in such a rush," Wang Hao took a deep breath and said, "One by one, slowly tell me, Bill, tell me just how impressive this Paramount really is?"
"How to put it..." Bill Bragg carefully chose his words and said, "Paramount Pictures was founded in May 1912, a month earlier than our Universal Pictures, and it’s the oldest in the Big Eight of Hollywood. From the beginning, Paramount owned a large number of cinemas while also running production side by side. The two founders of Paramount, Adolf Dohrag and Jesse Dora, were visionaries, and they were among the first to recognize the power of stars. Early film stars like Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Siegloli Yawangsen, and Rudolph Valentino were all under their contract."
Wang Hao stroked his chin. "Anything else?"
"Yes," Bill continued, "Their company has indeed produced quite a few box office hits. Currently, among the top hundred box office films globally, their company accounts for about sixteen. They’re very powerful!"