This sentence made everyone who were chatting look at each other in confusion and speechless.
After all, as a Chinese actress who has also starred in Cesare's movies, the overwhelming publicity when Tao Cen was filming "The Lost City" is still vivid in the minds of many people.
In contrast, Jiang Se got the script for the heroine of "God's Redemption", but she kept silent until the promotional video came out, when she came to the fore.
With the release of "God's Redemption" approaching, the number of clicks on this wave of trailers is enough to show the strong topicality of this film.
As long as the feature film does not fail, with the number of clicks and the popularity, when it is released, the box office can almost be booked in advance as the domestic box office champion for next year.
Jiang Se has been on a good run in recent years, and the movies she starred in have both had good box office and reputation. Once "God's Redemption" was released, the distance between her and Tao Cen was immediately widened.
If Tao Cen's previous box office totals exceeded those of Jiang Se's movies due to the length of time since his debut and the number of films he acted in, then the global total box office of "God's Redemption" will most likely narrow the gap between Jiang Se and Tao Cen, and he may even surpass Tao Cen by a lot.
After all, in this movie, regardless of whether Jiang Se's performance is good or not, the names of Cesare and Donald alone are enough to make a lot of people buy into it abroad.
After the movie is released, Jiang Se's popularity will increase. Now on the Internet, the name "Jiang Se" has occupied all the news pages today.
The American online magazine "Movie Talk" has published some basic information about Jiang Se, calling her the "Chinese princess chosen by Cesare" and believing that this "Chinese face" is very likely to sweep theaters across North America in the future.
This is certainly due to the publicity paid by investors, but Jiang Se herself has strong qualifications, which gave her the confidence to have Borgia, Huandao, and domestic Century Galaxy and Huaying companies invest in her joint promotion.
At this time, Tao Cen was not unaware of the adverse consequences that would come to her after the news of Jiang Se starring in "God's Redemption" was exposed. She had seen it the moment the pilot film of "God's Redemption" came out.
She knew that the novel "Prisoners" meant something different to Cesare, and she also understood that Borgia and Roundabout, two major investment companies, had invested a lot of money in this film. She guessed that the finished film should be very good.
But what she didn't expect was that after the trailer of this movie came out, the effect was not only good, it was beyond her expectations.
Despite the abundant funds, Cesare did not save money. Every penny of special effects in the trailer was the result of money burning. The two scenes in which Jiang Se appeared had an absolute role in promoting the plot. The confrontation between her and Donald, and the exchange of lines, made Tao Cen silent for a long time.
Within two hours after the trailer for "God's Redemption" came out, she repeatedly refreshed the trailer and repeated the same actions.
Song Yi and others didn't dare to breathe. They didn't dare to stop her or comfort her. Tonight, the domestic public opinion revolved around Jiang Se, and the most searched question was also related to Jiang Se: Is Jiang Se the heroine in "God's Redemption"
But because of the earlier news about the competition between Tao Cen and Jiang Se, some people also mentioned Tao Cen, and some of her fans were not convinced and wanted to refute that there was no comparison between Jiang Se and Tao Cen. However, this kind of rebuttal was quickly drowned out by Jiang Se's absolute topicality tonight.
Tao Cen would not be happy to hear this situation, and even Song Yi felt heavy in his heart.
He also tried to contact domestic media to guide public opinion, but it seems to have little effect so far.
As the first actress to star in a big-budget foreign film and to play opposite Donald right from the start, this is truly worthy of pride and cheers from domestic audiences and fans.
Tao Cen watched the number of hits on the trailer increase little by little, the comments under the official website were refreshed constantly, and the major news headlines on the Internet also mentioned "Jiang Se". Even the local afternoon news in Paris, France, had the headline: Chinese girl replaced Laura as the darling of "God's Redemption", partnering with Donald.
Song Yi took a look and found that the number of clicks was already astonishing. It had only been a few hours since it was released, and the number of views had already reached 400 million. It was conceivable that after tomorrow, with the news reports, this number would increase several times.
Tao Cen was still mechanically watching the film until it finished, and then she reluctantly clicked on it again. She repeated this action without saying a word. Song Yi finally couldn't bear it anymore, sighed, walked to her side and whispered:
"Sister Tao, stop looking."
The light from the computer screen illuminated Tao Cen's face. She had dinner with the senior executives of Carolus tonight. After coming back, she neither removed her makeup nor took a shower. She just sat in front of the computer. Even the shawl on her shoulders was taken off by her assistant.
"You clicked twice more, it just increased the traffic for this new movie." He tried to persuade Tao Cen: "At present, the trailer has been released first. In my opinion, "God's Redemption" is about to be released, and the film company has just released such a trailer. It doesn't necessarily mean that this movie is good."
When Song Yi spoke, he looked at Tao Cen's expression:
"In previous movies, the highlights were all in the trailers, which led to many cases where the first trailers were great but the main films were criticized."
Tao Cen's expression was calm, and it was unclear whether she took what he said to heart.
Since Song Yi had already started, he naturally continued:
"If the feature film isn't half as good as the trailer, it's not likely to do well at the box office."
When he said this, Tao Cen finally moved. Unlike what Song Yi had imagined, she was sad and angry. She pulled the corners of her mouth and tried her best to smile:
"Do you think that what I'm worried about is whether the box office of 'God's Redemption' will break my box office record?"
Isn't it? Song Yi was a little confused when he heard her say that.
"Then you..."
"I am jealous of her." She said calmly, "You may not believe it if I tell you this, but I am not jealous of how much sensation this trailer has caused or how much news it has received, nor am I jealous of how much box office "God's Redemption" will earn after it is released."
She swallowed silently and took a deep breath. The collarbone on her neck became more and more obvious.
"Compared to her working with Donald and becoming the heroine in Cesare's movie, I am more concerned about her acting better than me."
Under normal circumstances, Tao Cen would never say such a thing even if she was beaten to death.
Sooner or later, she and Jiang Se will be in opposition. Endorsements and resources are limited and they all need to be fought for. The two sides will go back and forth, with some winning and some losing, all depending on their abilities and means.
In terms of endorsements and resources, Tao Cen may win with her own connections and status, or Jiang Se may make her lose with the team led by Xia Chaoqun.
But Tao Cen had never been so frustrated. (To be continued)