Chapter 130: In The End, You Still Gave Up On Me

“The leading actor and actress are very good looking.”

”My Zhuang Heng looks really good as a monk. Zhuang Heng, become a monk, so that I won’t have to worry about you getting together with a beautiful woman anytime and anywhere.”

”Is Yan Jinyi so good at flirting? I can watch this clip of her molesting Zhuang Heng ten times!”

“I’ve decided, after watching ‘Islander’ tomorrow, I’ll go watch ‘Female Fortress Leader’. Only children have to make choices. I’m going to watch both!”

At 2.30 p.m. the following day, the premiere of ‘Female Fortress Leader’ officially began.

The premiere of ‘Islander’ was just 10 minutes ahead of it.

As Tao Wei expected, due to the time clash with ‘Islander’ and the fact that Lin Chenggong had spent a lot of effort on publicity, almost the entire screening hall of the cinema for ‘Islander’ was full. In contrast, only half of the screening hall for ‘Female Fortress Leader’ was occupied.

However, that was already much better than Tao Wei expected.

At this moment, the main creators of the film were sitting in a teahouse and having some tea.

“Director Tao, can we really beat the box office sales ‘Islander’? Look at their box-office rate. Rumor also has it that the tickets for the screenings of ‘Islander’ for the next two days have also been snatched up.”

As for ‘Female Fortress Leader’, there were still many tickets left for today’s screening, let alone the one for tomorrow.

Tao Wei also did what Yan Jinyi did. Remaining calm, he snacked on some melon seeds while drinking tea.

“What’s the hurry? This is only the first scene.”

“Director Tao, you’re the one who’s usually the most anxious.”

Tao Wei took a sip of the tea and said, “Stay calm, don’t be impatient, have some confidence in yourself.”

“…”

‘Why does Director Tao seem more like the monk than Zhuang Heng does?’

After the first screening, Tao Wei waited for 10 minutes before logging on to Weibo.

The hot search topics were all about ‘Islander’. There were a lot of good reviews and they were so exaggeratedly positive that it seemed like bots who left the comments.

Tao Wei kept refreshing the page and finally, he saw ‘Female Fortress Leader’ when he scrolled to the bottom.

The one who posted that post was a female college student.

“I agreed to watch ‘Islander’ together with my roommates, but unfortunately, we couldn’t get a ticket, so we had no choice but to resort to watching ‘Female Fortress Leader’. We originally just wanted to kill some time, but in the end, we were completely drawn to the film. It looks very realistic and the special effects don’t look cheap at all. When Lin Conggui died, I bawled my eyes out. I strongly recommend everyone to go watch this flick!”

She also attached a picture of Lin Conggui.

In the photo, Lin Conggui was wearing a fiery red wedding dress with a longsword in her hand as she stood in the pile of corpses.

There was a large pool of blood on the ground that seemed like it was going to merge with her wedding dress.

She was standing there expressionlessly with a full moon above her head, that made her pretty and delicate face nearly translucent.

There were already more than a thousand comments under that Weibo post.

“This scene is perfect.”

“I love the look in her eyes, it’s full of desperation and murderous intent. Yan Jinyi has great acting chops!”

“I love it, I love it, this is so beautiful. I really like the way she looks.”

Immediately afterwards, many netizens began to share good reviews about the film after watching it.

“I’m sold. A bandit couple is really wonderful. Liu Ran, go away. Zhuang Heng and Yan Jinyi are a true match made in heaven!”

“I died, Yan Jinyi’s portrayal of a female bandit has really killed me. She’s beautiful, valiant, heroic, and cool. She’s a true blue female bandit! I’m questioning my sexual orientation now. I’ve already asked my friends to watch it again with me.”

“My Zhuang Heng has achieved a huge breakthrough in acting. The way he watched Lin Conggui die before him is absolutely perfect!”

‘Female Fortress Leader’ had a tragic ending.

Tao Wei knew that a romance between a monk and a female bandit was definitely not going to end well.

Lin Conggui’s fortress was wiped out by the government, and all the people in the fortress perished.

Lin Conggui killed the soldiers before taking her own life in front of Cang Yang.

Many netizens posted the last words that she said before she died.

“I am a bandit, but I will never kill those who are kind. I am a bandit, but I always stay true to myself. I’m a bandit, but I’m loyal and righteous. Why can’t you see me? To hell with the Buddhist rules, to hell with not being accepted by the mortal world. I, Lin Conggui, have never been accepted by the world. In the end, you… gave me up for the sake of the perfect life in your heart…”