'A Dark Horse? Or Just Rehashed Material? How Did the New Summer Drama, *Goodbye Mr. Loser*, Achieve Such Word-of-Mouth Success and Exploding Popularity!'

The third spot on the trending searches list.

Discussions about *Goodbye Mr. Loser* were appearing!

From utter obscurity at the beginning to nationwide discussion now, Lu Xuan's new drama had achieved a miracle.

"So you're the one called Xia Luo?!"

"What a sin!"

And also—Yi Jian Mei.

Many references from the movie were rapidly spreading online.

Some small clips were also being edited and turned into various meme templates.

While amusing, they also inadvertently gave the movie a wave of advertising.

In addition, due to its trending status, *Goodbye Mr. Loser's* box office experienced an explosive surge!

In just seven days, its box office reached the opening day figures of *Xian Mo Qing Yuan* (Immortal Demon Love Affair), which claimed to have an investment of twenty million and a luxurious cast.

Eighty million!

Keep in mind that this was just the first week's settlement.

Based on the current trajectory of *Goodbye Mr. Loser*, the upward trend showed no signs of weakening!

More and more people were drawn into the cinema by the positive reviews and trending memes.

After falling in love with the movie, they began to recommend it to people around them.

The result of this word-of-mouth effect was a reverse growth that others couldn't even imagine!

"Aunt Liu... am I dreaming?"

Su Yao asked blankly as she looked at the box office of *Goodbye Mr. Loser*.

Having debuted at the peak of her career, she found it difficult to understand this phenomenon.

Aunt Liu's expression was solemn: "I didn't expect *Goodbye Mr. Loser* to become this popular."

In her twenty-year career, such a situation was unheard of and unseen!

Aunt Liu knew the cost of *Goodbye Mr. Loser*.

Only a mere three million!

This three million was also sponsored by Su Yao.

Originally, she thought that such a low-budget movie, even if it wasn't terrible, would definitely flop, but now she was slapped hard in the face by Lu Xuan.

From one million on its opening day to eighty million in the first week.

And it was far from over!

With such box office performance, Aunt Liu felt like she was dreaming.

Only one word could describe the scene.

"Miracle!"

"Lu Xuan is probably going to take off..."

...

Shenghua Group Film and Television Department, manager's office.

A valuable antique was smashed directly on the ground, turning into thirty-eight pieces of debris.

"F*ck!"

"He actually managed to rise up?!"

"What the hell are you guys doing!"

Tang Qiansheng's expression was ferocious.

The few remaining strands of hair fell off, causing him distress and even more anger.

"Damn it!"

Bang—

Tang Qiansheng slammed the table, his fat trembling.

"Didn't I order everything related to Su Yao to be blocked?"

"Why was Lu Xuan able to emerge!"

Originally, in his plan.

Su Yao was already like a fish on a chopping board, with no possibility of turning over.

But *Goodbye Mr. Loser*, directed by Lu Xuan, was like a dark horse with rocket boosters!

It stood out from the many new movies and soared into the sky!

Now, even their *Xian Mo Qing Yuan* (Immortal Demon Love Affair), which they invested thirty million in, could only look up to it.

Twenty million? That was just what they told outsiders.

In fact, the cost of hiring those young idols had far exceeded Tang Qiansheng's budget.

It was just that he had misappropriated some company funds in order to retaliate against Su Yao.

And Lu Xuan's fame was something Tang Qiansheng had never expected.

"Didn't you say before that we didn't need to worry about Lu Xuan?"

Someone plucked up the courage to say Tang Qiansheng's original words.

Because the two films were released at the same time, Tang Qiansheng initially paid attention to Lu Xuan's *Goodbye Mr. Loser*.

Lu Xuan was Su Yao's boyfriend.

He understood the saying, "When a man achieves the Dao, all his relations ascend to heaven."

What Tang Qiansheng wanted to do was completely block Su Yao's hope of making a comeback.

But when he heard his subordinates say that *Goodbye Mr. Loser* only had a budget of three million, and its opening day box office was only one million.

Tang Qiansheng was already convinced that this 'box office poison' was still releasing poison.

Such results were hopeless.

So when his subordinates asked for instructions on how to deal with Lu Xuan, he directly refused.

"Can't those resources be spent where they're needed?"

As a result, *Goodbye Mr. Loser* quietly developed.

As the director, Lu Xuan's value naturally rose as well.

As for how much it would rise, it depended on how high the final box office of *Goodbye Mr. Loser* could reach.

"..."

Tang Qiansheng narrowed his eyes and glared at the subordinate in front of him.

"You don't need to come in tomorrow."

With one sentence, he fired an old employee who had been with the company for five years.

This made the others even more frightened and不敢再乱说话 (bù gǎn zài luàn shuō huà - didn't dare to speak carelessly).

"From now on, add Lu Xuan to the blacklist!"

"I don't want to see any news of his movies rising again."

After everyone left, Tang Qiansheng walked to the large floor-to-ceiling window with his hands behind his back, overlooking the crowd and traffic below.

A cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Lu Xuan? Want to stand up for Su Yao?"

"Then I'll use reality to tell you, without a background, no matter how talented you are, you're nothing!"

...

[Main Quest Completed]

[Detected that the host has over-completed the quest, reward increased]

[Reward: Complete script of *Dying to Survive*, complete sheet music of *Qi Feng Le* (The Wind Rises), Actor Radar x1]

[New Main Quest: Direct a movie with a box office of one billion]

Lu Xuan closed his eyes and checked the rewards that appeared in his mind.

Like *Goodbye Mr. Loser*, the new script for *Dying to Survive* still had every shot, so he just needed to film according to it.

And the appearance of a song called *Qi Feng Le* (The Wind Rises) made Lu Xuan raise his eyebrows.

"Hmm... it appeared at just the right time."

Putting the song aside, Lu Xuan focused his attention on the last reward.

"Actor Radar? What the hell is this?"

The system came out in a timely manner to explain to Lu Xuan.

[Actor Radar: Within a certain range, it presents the location of actors who meet the host's requirements]

"Isn't this like the Dragon Ball radar!"

Lu Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up.

With this thing, he would never have to worry about finding suitable actors in the future.

Once the box office of *Goodbye Mr. Loser* was settled, Lu Xuan estimated that he should be out of debt and financially free.

At that time, he wouldn't have to live frugally.

"Let's test this radar to see if it works."

"I want a Best Actress!"

[Ding!]

A virtual grid map suddenly unfolded and appeared on Lu Xuan's retina.

There was a red dot on it, flickering near Lu Xuan.

"Oh? So close to me!"

He turned his head according to the direction and saw Su Yao, who was fighting to the death with a game boss.

"..."