50% of the Spring Festival screenings were occupied by "War" and "The Truth in Books", of which "War" accounted for more than 30%.
This is natural. "War" is directed and starred by the movie emperor Guan Su. Guan Su alone can support the box office of 1 billion. Zhong Jiudao is just a new director after all. Even if there is a high box office of "Fallen House", his new movie is not the same theme as "Fallen House". Moreover, the most popular actor in "Fallen House" is Qi Wanlian, and Qi Wanlian is the heroine of "War". The theater chain will definitely prefer "War" in the film schedule.
Of course, the background of Zhong Jiudao's new movie is still very strong. It has obtained a lot of good time slots in the fiercely competitive Spring Festival period. Moreover, the subject matter of this movie is more suitable for family fun during the Spring Festival, so it is still very competitive.
On the day of the premiere, Zhong Jiudao specially hired an expensive styling studio and asked them to dress him up to look like Luo Huai was the same age.
This request is not difficult for the styling team. They have a pair of hands that can turn decay into magic. They can usually dress people in their forties or fifties to look like they are in their twenties or thirties. Zhong Jiudao is only 27 years old after the Chinese New Year. As long as he throws away his pile of clothes from the styles of the last century and changes his hairstyle, it will not be a problem to restore his youthfulness.
Zhong Jiudao has an exceptional height and amazingly long legs. This time he has a style that suits him, and he looks so handsome.
As the dual protagonists, Luo Huai must appear with Zhong Jiudao.
Since Zhong Jiudao wanted to give Luo Huai a surprise, he did not do the styling with Luo Huai. Of course, this was because Luo Huai did not think it was necessary to find a styling team that would cost hundreds of thousands. Luo Huai was young and good-looking, and he looked handsome no matter what he wore, so he just found an ordinary styling studio.
Luo Huai simply put on her makeup first, and then Qian Duoqun drove their new car to pick up Zhong Jiudao. During this period, Qi Wanlian, Lian Ziyu, and Luo Huai had made a lot of money for the company, so Qian Duoqun finally reluctantly replaced a few better cars to welcome the new year.
Luo Huai couldn't sit still in the car, so he stood outside and waited for a while. Then he saw a group of tall, long-legged, fashionable young people in their twenties come out and smile at Luo Huai: "Sorry for the wait."
"Director Zhong?" Luo Huai widened his eyes.
"It's me." Zhong Jiudao touched his bangs uncomfortably. As a person who rarely takes care of his hairstyle, leaving his hair parted in 3:7 or middle part, and occasionally dressing up by applying hair oil and combing his hair back, he was a little uncomfortable with his current hairstyle.
Luo Huai reached out and touched Zhong Jiudao's face as if in a dream, his expression a little dazed: "So you are really only in your twenties."
Zhong Jiudao said: "... You have looked through the ID card many times, why are you expressing such emotion only now?"
Luo Huai shook his head: "It's just... I always feel like you are at least seven or eight years older than me, like a big brother who gives me a sense of security. I always tend to forget your real age."
“…Replace big brother with big brother.” Zhong Jiudao emphasized.
Big brother sounds too social. Only big brother can have a little bit of the romantic interest between lovers.
The premiere is coming soon, and Zhong Jiudao said, "Get in the car first, and then watch it slowly."
"Oh." Luo Huai still looked sleepwalking, trying hard to adapt to Zhong Jiudao's new look.
The two got in the car. Qian Duoqun, who was sitting in the driver's seat, glanced in the rearview mirror and saw Luo Huai and a young man get in the car. He did not start the car, but continued to wait impatiently.
"Director Zhong is getting married? So slow! The premiere is about to start." Qian Duoqun said.
Zhong Jiudao said: "I'm already in the car. Are you blinded by the magic?"
Hearing the voice of Zhong Jiudao, Qian Duoqun was startled. He turned around and looked at Zhong Jiudao's face carefully, and said in surprise: "Director Zhong?! Oh my God, I was wondering where Luo Huai got this handsome guy to get on the car. Director Zhong will be jealous when he sees this handsome guy."
Zhong Jiudao was a little angry that Qian Duoqun didn't recognize him, but after hearing the words "fresh meat", his expression improved a lot.
He held Luo Huai's hand and said in a good-tempered manner, "Let's drive."
Little did he know that Qian Duoqun was patting his chest in fear in the driving seat, thinking that the contrast between Director Zhong’s acting and being younger was too great, and the shock was even stronger than the first time he saw Eyeball Brother!
Several people arrived at the premiere and met Guan Su and Ji Pan in front of the door.
After Guan Su's unremitting pursuit, Ji Pan finally reluctantly believed that Guan Su loved her, not because of money. However, this did not change Ji Pan's mind, and she still did not agree to be with Guan Su. It was okay to maintain a physical relationship, but publicizing the relationship and getting married were out of the question, and Ji Pan did not want to get married too early.
Therefore, Guan Su could only maintain such an underground relationship with Ji Pan without any status, and work hard to maintain it, so that when Ji Pan wanted to get married, he would still look young and not be outdone by some young handsome guys.
As a good friend, Guan Su of course knew that Zhong Jiudao was already together with Luo Huai. Thinking that there was still such a couple with a big age gap, Guan Su felt a little comforted, thinking that at least Zhong Jiudao was there to accompany him.
Today, Ji Pan came to attend the premiere of "War" as a good friend of Qi Wanlian. She and Guan Su "met" by chance in front of the venue, and then entered together like good friends.
At this time, Guan Su saw Luo Huai walking towards him intimately with a young man. The looks in their eyes were ambiguous, and their relationship was definitely not ordinary. Guan Su's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Is this the final ending for a love with a big age gap? Zhong Jiudao and Luo Huai seemed to have a good relationship, but they broke up before "The Truth in the Book" was released, and Luo Huai found a new boyfriend.
Guan Su stepped forward and politely shook hands with Luo Huai. He glanced at the young man with a not-so-good look on his face, but did not ask who he was.
Zhong Jiudao asked: "Guan Su, are you only saying hello to Luo Huai?"
Guan Su heard the young man's familiar voice, and his eyes swept over his completely unfamiliar hairstyle and bangs, the diamonds on the haute couture dress that added a touch of youthfulness, his collagen-filled face, and finally landed on the pair of calm and composed eyes that were exactly the same as Director Zhong's.
Guan Su, Luo Huai, and Qian Duoqun all said in the same voice: "Director Zhong?"
Ji Pan who was standing by also said, "Director Zhong, you look so young!"
Zhong Jiudao smiled proudly, took Luo Huai's hand, and walked towards the venue with his head held high, leaving a sentence: "After all, I am only 27 years old. If you count the months, I am two months younger than Ji Pan."
Ji Pan was 25 years old when he filmed "Sword Tomb" with Luo Huai two years ago, and he is 27 years old now.
When Guan Su saw Zhong Jiudao's smug look, he couldn't help but feel the urge to buy the trending search #50-year-old director pretends to be 27 years old to seduce young actor# to discredit Zhong Jiudao. The revolutionary friendship he thought was always just his one-sided friendship. Director Zhong is still young!
At this time, Ji Pan covered his face and said in panic: "Oh my God! I am the same age as Director Zhong. Could it be that I am already old?"
She took out her makeup mirror and looked at herself for a long time, making sure that she still looked young and fresh, and then she felt relieved.
No, she is old, it’s that Director Zhong is too young!
So Ji Pan asked his assistant for photos taken by the media at the scene, found a photo of Luo Huai and Zhong Jiudao, and posted a Weibo.
Ji Pan: I met an old friend at the premiere. Can you guess who is next to Luo Huai? [Photos]
Fans of Ji Pan's Weibo have always been very active. In less than five minutes, the number of comments exceeded 10,000. Several highly-rated comments with guesses were pushed to the top. Some guessed who would be the co-actor in Ji Pan's new drama, and some guessed who would be the new artist signed by Zhong Jiudao's company, but none of them were correct.
At this time, Luo Huai, who had already entered the venue, saw this Weibo and showed it to Zhong Jiudao.
Zhong Jiudao saw it and forwarded it very modestly: Yes, Officer Zhong, another protagonist of my new movie.
It turns out that he is the protagonist of "The Truth". No wonder he looks so familiar. I must have seen him on the poster.
Luo Huai is the male lead of "The Truth". He attended the premiere today. The person with him must be his partner in the movie. This is a very good guess.
Wow, Officer Zhong in the poster looks mature and steady, but I didn’t expect that he is a fashionable young man in private. He looks so good, tall, with long legs and a thin waist.
I didn’t even look at the credits when I saw it upstairs, but my jaw dropped when I saw the actor who played Officer Zhong.
Jaw dropped +10086
Holy shit! When I came back from watching it, not only my jaw fell off, but all my facial features fell off!
I was eating and I was so scared that I silently took the eyeball out of the bowl and put it back
What's wrong with a cast list? Let me see what this handsome guy's name is. Zhong Jiudao?, um, looks familiar, I've seen his movies somewhere, right? Zhong Jiudao?, Zhong... Director Zhong? !
Holy shit! I just checked Director Zhong’s personal information and he was actually born in 1996! He was born in 1995!
He woke up after pinching his philtrum a few times, but fainted again when he saw his date of birth.
It's normal. "Falling Home" was released during the National Day holiday in 2021. At that time, it was said that Zhong Jiudao had just graduated. This year is 2023, he is 27 years old, and he was born in 1996.
Tonight is the premiere of the Spring Festival movie. Everyone is buying hot searches to promote their own movies. However, the high-ranking hot searches on major platforms have surprised everyone.
#Zhong Jiudao?Age#
#On how old a person can look#
#Several hairstyles that make you look younger#
#Please keep your slicked-back hair 3:7 middle-parted and away from Zhong Jiudao?#
#xx brand anti-aging essence helps you stay away from age anxiety#
Among the hot searches discussing Zhong Jiudao's age and appearance, there is an advertisement for an anti-aging product. It is quite cunning for a business to advertise at this time.
Ordinary bystanders couldn't help but worry about their own appearance when they saw a lot of hot searches discussing Zhong Jiudao's age. They couldn't help but click on this hot search for anti-aging essence. They originally wanted to find some anti-aging methods, but they found that it was full of comparison pictures of Zhong Jiudao's previous photos and photos of this premiere, with before and after use photos photoshopped on them.
Some people even couldn't help but touch their faces, wondering if the effect was really that good
On this night when all flowers should have bloomed, Zhong Jiudao's age stood out. At first, it was a spontaneous discussion among netizens and became a hot topic. Later, the producers of the movie "The Truth" did it intentionally. By comparing Zhong Jiudao's before and after, they successfully aroused the audience's interest in "The Truth".
Even if there is no good crime drama to watch, at least we can see Zhong Jiudao's age on the big screen and think about whether the anti-aging essence really works, right
A certain big-brand anti-aging essence was very clever in riding on the popularity of the brand. While buying hot searches, they contacted Zhong Hongyi to sign an endorsement contract and business cooperation with people from their company.
Zhong Hongyi did not go to the premiere. Her mother arranged for her to prepare for this year's memorial ceremony, which was a big change for the Zhong family. Zhong Hongyi was very active and did not participate in the company's activities.
"Which artist is it?" Zhong Hongyi asked. "Luo Huai and Qi Wanlian are not available. They all have contracts for facial care business. Lian Tzuyu is available."
Luo Huai and Qi Wanlian, the most popular stars in their company, were covered in business contracts and could no longer accept any business. Lian Ziyu was very popular after she won the first place in the masked singing variety show, but since Lian Ziyu did not show her full face at the time, she was not popular enough to accept such a big-name cosmetics brand, so Zhong Hongyi felt a little strange.
"No, not them. This person has no business at all." The brand owner said with a smile, "It's Director Zhong Jiudao from your company. I wonder if he is convenient to be our spokesperson?"
"Zhong Jiudao?!" Zhong Hongyi's mind flashed with the mature face of Zhong Jiudao, and he couldn't help but blurt out, "You asked him to endorse the anti-aging essence because you think your own products are sold too much?"
The brand said: "No, no, no, we are sure that Director Zhong is the most suitable for our products at the moment. This is the introduction and samples of our products. We will send them to Director Zhong. If he thinks the products are okay, we hope he can consider endorsing them."
Zhong Hongyi was too busy to go online and didn't understand why the brand wanted to do such a suicidal endorsement, but he still dutifully sent the product introduction to Zhong Jiudao.
At this time, Zhong Jiudao was preparing to enter the interview. Seeing the message from Zhong Hongyi, he opened it to take a look. He saw that it was Zhong Hongyi looking for him to endorse his product, and he immediately felt uninterested. Just as he was about to refuse, he saw that among the new products mentioned by the brand, there was a peach-flavored body lotion.
Zhong Jiudao replied immediately: "You can send the sample over."
The brand saw the opportunity and sent the products before the premiere was over.
After the premiere, Zhong Jiudao and Luo Huai went home. Zhong Jiudao quietly opened the lid of the bottle of body lotion and placed it on the bedside.
After taking a shower, Luo Huai saw the can of peach body lotion, picked it up and smelled it, and thought it smelled pretty good. Thinking of Zhong Jiudao's mysterious obsession with peaches, he applied it on his hands and neck.
It didn't matter that Luo Huai had smeared him. Zhong Jiudao came up to him directly, smelled his body, and insisted that Luo Huai had deliberately seduced him and asked Luo Huai to take responsibility.
"This was obviously you who put it on the bedside." Luo Huai said with a smile after being bitten twice on the neck.
"This is what I plan to use myself." Zhong Jiudao said.
When Luo Huai saw Zhong Jiudao's bright eyes, he suddenly had an idea and hugged Director Zhong.
They have been spending less time together than together during this period, and they will probably be very busy with the upcoming movie releases, so now is actually not a "good" time.
But, there is really no need to wait until a romantic time, a romantic place, or a romantic ceremony for some things. When love is strong, it is the day when water will gather and become a thing.
That night, the sweet scent of peaches filled the room.
On the second day, Zhong Jiudao, who smelled like peaches, took on the spokesperson business of a big brand. At the same time, "The Truth in Books" was officially released.