Everyone was waiting for this moment.
It had been over two months, all waiting for Zhang Zhan's movie.
As the screen went dark and the film began, everyone watched intently.
Zhang Zhan curved his lips in a proud smile.
Hmph, they would soon see his brilliance after watching this.
Zhang Zhan watched his own movie with great satisfaction, grinning. He couldn't wait for it to end so that everyone would stand up and cheer, calling him the best actor and praising his superb acting.
He was lost in fantasies of everyone surrounding him, celebrating him.
However, during the screening, not a single person spoke. It was deathly quiet throughout the entire movie.
Observing this "peaceful" scene, Zhang Zhan nodded repeatedly with immense satisfaction. "Well, it seems they really like this movie. They're so engrossed, they must be amazed by my acting."
He indulged in this fantasy.
During the screening of "The Wandering Earth," the entire audience was silent, exceptionally so, as if no one was present.
By the time the film was nearing its end, Zhang Zhan himself was almost asleep.
No!
Not just Zhang Zhan!
Many people in the audience were close to falling asleep!
"Great! 'The Wandering Earth' has concluded!"
When the host's voice finally rang out, the audience members who had been watching the movie were jolted awake.
Zhang Zhan secretly yawned, stretched, and grinned excitedly. "Ready? Is it time?"
He was anticipating the same reception as Su Han had received yesterday.
He waited.
But!
He was wrong!
The people in the seats muttered amongst themselves.
"This movie is so trash."
"What the heck? Is this really the movie that took ten years of dedication? Is this for real? It's an insult to my intelligence!"
"It's such a shame that my goddess Shu Qi finally acted in a movie, and you make this piece of garbage. My goddess is truly suffering!"
"What is Zhang Zhan's acting? Seriously, is this called acting?"
"What a lousy movie, I fell asleep halfway through, damn it!"
"A waste of time. I'm definitely writing a movie review when I get back! 'The Wandering Earth,' you'd better watch out! Damn it!"
Curses filled the air.
Of course, these curses were not spoken aloud but whispered conversations that, inadvertently, reached Zhang Zhan's ears.
Director Teng also seemed to sense something was amiss.
"What a piece of garbage!"
"Trash!"
"This movie is truly terrible. It dares to call itself a sci-fi film? Screw you!"
"Shu Qi is really unlucky!"
Some fans started shouting directly at the stage, and the situation became quite chaotic.
However, Zhang Zhan never expected the scene to unfold this way.
What... what is happening?
Why did they suddenly start cursing?
Shouldn't they be praising it?
What's going on, am I dreaming?
Zhang Zhan was momentarily bewildered, unable to comprehend what was happening.
Looking at the scene before him, it felt like a dream.
Soon after, reporters eagerly swarmed forward, microphones in hand, beginning their interviews.
The cameras in every reporter's hand flashed incessantly, pointed at Zhang Zhan and Director Teng.
"Director Teng, is this the movie you said took ten years of dedication?"
"Are you satisfied with your work?"
"You invested so much effort in promotion, but the film you produced is quite disappointing."
"I believe I'm not the only one. I saw many people here fall asleep. Do you have a clear conscience?"
"And Zhang Zhan, do you truly believe you have acting skills, or are you just blindly confident?"
"During the promotion of this film, you mentioned repeating a scene ten times for just one shot. I just want to know if this is how it was filmed on set, or if this was all just false publicity?"
"I saw absolutely no acting whatsoever, just wide-open eyes. There was no acting skill to speak of."
"You're telling me this is acting? Is that true?"
The few reporters who stepped up to interview were questioning them with anger and frustration.
Faced with such sharp questions, Zhang Zhan and Director Teng were flustered.
Zhang Zhan felt overwhelmed and deeply distressed.
Damn it, what is this situation?
Is my acting really that bad?
Do these people have to be like this?
Seeing the situation escalate and become increasingly unfavorable, Zeng Jia realized what was happening and patted Zhang Zhan's shoulder. "Let's go, quickly. Let's leave, don't stay any longer. Let's go."
As they were leaving, some people in the audience could no longer contain themselves and started to curse.
"Go to hell! Zhang Zhan, you are such an idiot! If I ever support you again, I'll be a dog!"
"Damn it! You dare to compare your acting to Su Han's? Seriously, can you even compare? Look at how you market yourself on Weibo every day, how hard you supposedly work on filming. I had expectations for something good from you, but I was wrong."
"Please, when you have time, go learn acting from Su Han. If you can't, then just stop making movies. If you don't have the ability, don't try to make a living this way. Go back to singing and dancing!"
"Lousy movie, I even fell asleep!"
Suddenly, many people in the audience became agitated, pointing at Zhang Zhan and Director Teng and shouting curses.
The scene turned ugly.
Director Teng, Zeng Jia, and Zhang Zhan beat a hasty retreat, not daring to look back.
Naturally, this scene was also captured on phones and spread across the internet.