That was especially so for Fu Tianci’s loyal fans. They commented that Yun Liuli was trying her darndest to build up her image as “the brain”, that she even dared speak out such a wild speculation, even sounding as if it were real!
The cameras turned to film the film crew, who now wore unnatural expressions on their faces. Some of the more sensitive audience could sense that.
[I feel that this young lady’s guess might be spot-on! Look at the surprised and awkward expressions on the film crew’s faces. They’re as good as confessing to it!]
Then, when Team Red and Yun Liuli’s team fell into the trap, the bullet comments screen exploded with “666” again.
And then, when Yun Liuli revealed the insect repellent buckles on her calves and arms, the audience nearly burst out laughing.
When Yun Liuli proposed exchanging her insect repellent buckles and spray for a look at Team Red’s map, Shi Hanchu said that Yun Liuli had a photographic memory. This made everyone recall Yun Liuli’s performance reciting lines in a variety show previously, and they all commented that Yun Liuli was abnormally good.
When Yun Liuli exchanged Team Red’s map with Team Blue’s map, and Shi Hanchu used the phone to snap a photo of Team Blue’s map, the bullet comments screen exploded again.
[Our God Shi is so smart!]
[God Shi is so handsome! Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh!]
Yun Liuli’s performance in the show was particularly striking, and there were many scenes of her!
That was especially so every time Yun Liuli’s guess was spot on. When that happened, the cameras would turn to the flustered film crew gnashing their teeth in anger. They even managed to capture the director slamming the script in anger once, overwhelming the audience with joy at the sight of this.
During one of the games, as Yun Liuli and Liu Yuxi weren’t good at sports, Shi Hanchu was very gentlemanly and didn’t bully the two girls. He gave Yun Liuli and Liu Yuxi a handicap of two balls and told them that his team would only make three shots, regardless of whether they scored or not.
The bullet screen exploded with comments again…
[God Shi is such a gentleman!]
[I love men who are mature and gentlemanly like God Shi, so charismatic!]
[Our Darling Tianyu is super incredible too! He’s talented in everything he does!]
Then, when Su Manman appeared, everyone went crazy with the bullet comments again! So crazy that Yun Liuli’s phone started to hang.
[Get married, get married! God Shi and Manman get married on the spot!]
[Ah ah ah… her lover must be God Shi! Must be God Shi! I love the director for this! Love it!]
Later, when the show was about to end, Yun Liuli started analyzing that there were two dragons and the Eastern and Western elements. Someone commented that what Yun Liuli said was incredulous. Even they, as the audience with a bird’s eye view of everything, couldn’t see through the production crew’s arrangements, so how could she have known? It was only later, when Yun Liuli obtained victory, that the bullet screen exploded with comments again.
[D*mn, our Miss Yun Liuli is impressive!]
[Miss Yun Liuli must be sent by the heavens to torment the film crew, hahahaha…]
[Let me laugh for five minutes! Miss Yun Liuli worked so hard. Goosebumps raised all over me when I heard her analyze the game. It felt like I was racing against time with her!]
[Could the film crew have divulged the plot to Yun Liuli beforehand for the effects? That would be meaningless!]
[No script, no script! My cousin is a VJ for “Forest Adventures”, and he also said that Miss Yun Liuli has an invincible brain!]
[The previous poster is an a**-kisser! ‘Nuff said!]
Regardless of the comments on the bullet screen, the ratings for the episode kept surging upwards.
Later, the cameras suddenly turned to the film crew, who was leisurely packing up.
In the past, the film crew would be busy packing up once filming wrapped up.
Dong Yijie and Yang Feifei were both frequent guests. When they came back together and saw the film crew packing up, the two of them started chatting…
Yang Feifei said, “Eh, this isn’t what our film crew usually looks like after filming wraps up!”
Dong Yijie made a crew member stop. “Little Bean, what’s going on here? Why is everyone slowly packing up? Are you guys not in a rush to end work and go home?”
Little Bean, who was dragging a case, grinned in a goofy manner. “In the past, by the time we got off, it was nine or ten. It’s still early now… so no one is in a rush to go home! We’re discussing where to grab a drink afterward! Do you guys want to join in?”
Yang Feifei and Dong Yijie looked at each other. “We don’t know where to go either since we’re getting off so early!”
Yang Feifei chuckled and added, “Let’s go grab a drink then! My treat!”
The show wrapped up in a merry atmosphere. “The General” was showing in theaters starting 1st April. The male lead Shi Hanchu and Yun Liuli, who had a few scenes in the movie, making an appearance on a variety show with such high ratings had a great publicity effect!
Although Shi Hanchu was popular, not everyone liked him. Plenty of people who didn’t like Shi Hanchu weren’t planning on watching “The General” initially, but because they fell in love with Yun Liuli in “Forest Adventures”, they said they would watch the movie for Yun Liuli’s good looks alone!
“The General” was released on the 1st of April, April Fools’ Day.
Fans who bought the midnight premiere tickets cried out on Weibo…
[@I love Miss Fairy Liuli: (sobs loudly) I finally understand why “The General” was released on April Fools’ Day. I saw my Miss Fairy Liuli’s gorgeous looks in the trailer and was prepared to see more of her in the movie, but d*mn… why did Miss Fairy Liuli only appear in three scenes, all of which were shown in the trailer? Come out, director of “The General”… I promise not to beat you to death! You’re playing us as fools?]
Because Shi Hanchu was in this movie, which pretty much guaranteed the box office performance, “The General” performed really well at the box office on the day it premiered. Several fans of the original novel fell deeply in love with Shi Hanchu after watching the movie. They said… no one could portray Xie Xun as well as Shi Hanchu had.
Yun Liuli, who acted as the princess in “The General”, rose in popularity.
Subsequently, Director Hu released the promotional stills of “Red Rivers”.
All of the female generals of the Bai family showed both sides of themselves. They were half-dressed in military gear and half-dressed in a red garment. For each of them, half of their face was murderous, while the other half was smiling vibrantly.
The collage showed the eight main leads, and right in the center was Lin Nuan, who was leading the eight female generals of the Bai family while holding the sword at her waist, appearing heroic and valiant…
“Red Rivers” wasn’t based on an original novel, but once the promotional stills and publicity poster were released, one could sense the hotbloodedness of it all.
However, because there was no original novel or spoilers to “Red Rivers”, everyone was dying to find out about the plot of “Red Rivers”!
Someone even made a bold guess after seeing Yun Liuli’s appearance in the movie, saying that the princess from “The General” didn’t die, having faked her death instead, then followed Lin Nuan into battle to kill the enemies.
Someone even said that they hoped Xie Xun could come back to life and give this pair of lovebirds a perfect ending.
Some fans even went to leave comments on the original novel’s author’s Weibo, asking if “Red Rivers” was the sequel to “The General”.
The author denied the speculation and even helped Director Hu publicize this movie, saying that “Red Rivers” was a masterpiece by Director Hu crafted over ten years, and it was absolutely worth supporting at the theaters.
Lin Nuan was pretty famous. The last time she acted in “Eagles on the Sea”, she single-handedly held the fort, for she was the only famous actor involved in the movie…