Chapter 36 – Sweeping Away Trashy Films, Breaking Ten Billion!
Lin Xi had been subtly fishing for information from Xia Xun, and she could now basically confirm one thing: she hadn’t been exposed for either the bank robbery case or the incident where she burned through the building.
As long as she wasn’t exposed, all was well.
Even the food started tasting better to Lin Xi.
“Let’s stop talking about these headache-inducing matters.” One of Xia Xun’s life principles was to never bring work into her personal life. “Miss Lin Xi, thank you for the treat. I’m full.”
Xia Xun gracefully picked up a napkin and wiped her mouth.
Lin Xi felt a bit awkward as she put down a half-eaten lobster. Xia Xun quickly reassured her, “Take your time. I’ll wait for you.”
“Thanks-” Lin Xi grabbed the lobster and went back to gnawing on it.
“The weather is really nice today…” Xia Xun looked out at the azure sky. It had been a long time since she’d gone out for lunch with someone like this, and even longer since she’d just relaxed and hung out.
She decided to make the most of it today.
“Miss Lin Xi, are you free this afternoon?”
Lin Xi wanted to say she wasn’t. Having stayed up all night, she really wanted to go home and catch up on sleep.
However, through her earpiece, Shi Yu told her to give an affirmative answer.
According to Shi Yu, Lin Xi’s spy mission wasn’t over yet, and she needed to keep at it.
“I’m free,” Lin Xi said.
“Then…” Xia Xun leaned forward and asked with a smile, “How about we go wander around together?”
“No problem.”
Since it wasn’t a good idea to exercise right after a meal, Xia Xun planned to see a movie first.
“Miss Lin Xi, do you like movies?”
At the mention of movies, Lin Xi perked up. “I love movies!”
“Really?” Xia Xun said excitedly. “I love them too!”
“Isn’t there a famous quote? ‘If paradise exists, it will look like a cinema.'”
“Hahaha,” Lin Xi laughed. “Miss Xia Xun, don’t go misquoting people. It’s supposed to be a library.”
“In my heart, it’s a cinema,” Xia Xun insisted.
Lin Xi nodded in agreement. Soon, the two of them were deep in a heated discussion about film.
To Lin Xi’s surprise, the film industry in this parallel world was also quite developed.
The most diverse genre was undoubtedly films themed around the Dark Realm Disaster. Naturally, this was a unique characteristic of this world.
From Xia Xun, Lin Xi learned about many great films from this world.
She felt a nagging urge to “evangelize” to Xia Xun-to tell her about the great movies from her original world.
In the end, Lin Xi suppressed the desire to share.
Being from another world was her biggest secret; she could never let anyone know.
“It’s just a pity,” Xia Xun sighed briefly, “that there are more and more trashy films.”
After talking about good movies for a while, their conversation naturally drifted toward the bad ones.
At the mention of trashy films, Xia Xun became visibly annoyed, looking like someone frustrated by a lack of progress.
“Famous director plus idol star plus big IP plus excessive marketing-nine times out of ten, it’s a piece of garbage.”
“With such a huge market, they’ve somehow managed to turn it into a winter for the film industry.”
“Isn’t that just like begging for food while sitting on a mountain of gold?”
“The most infuriating part is when they call us, the audience, ‘garbage’ and say we don’t know how to appreciate art.”
“It’s absolutely ridiculous!”
“I wish I could crawl through the internet cables and freeze those idiots into ice sculptures!”
Lin Xi, who loved movies just as much, was equally indignant and nodded vigorously.
“I feel the exact same way!”
It seemed that whether it was her original world or this parallel one, both had fallen into the terrible predicament of being dominated by trashy films.
“However,” Xia Xun said with a smile, showing her phone to Lin Xi, “this recent animated movie is sweeping away the trash and its box office is skyrocketing!”
“Miss Lin Xi, are you interested in going to see it?”
“You bet,” Lin Xi said, standing up decisively. “Let’s go!”
They arrived at the nearest cinema. Xia Xun insisted on treating Lin Xi to a movie as a way to thank her for the lavish lunch.
“Well then, I’ll accept your kind offer. Thank you,” Lin Xi said, closing the ticket-booking app.
Xia Xun bought two tickets. “This time, the money definitely won’t go to waste!”
Lin Xi let out a yawn. If the movie wasn’t as exciting as the trailers made it out to be, she would just catch up on some sleep inside the theater…
…
When they walked out of the cinema, the thousands of emotions swirling in Lin Xi’s heart could only be summed up as:
“Holy crap!”
“That was badass!”
To maintain her image as a magical beauty girl, Xia Xun didn’t shout things like “holy crap” or “badass” like Lin Xi did. Instead, she discussed the animated film with Lin Xi like a professional film critic, analyzing it from the perspectives of the script, dialogue, special effects, music, and more.
“Miss Xia Xun, you’re so professional,” Lin Xi remarked, sighing at her own lack of expertise.
“Not at all,” Xia Xun replied with an embarrassed smile. “I can tell you really liked the movie too, Miss Lin Xi. You’re much more energetic now than you were before we went in.”
“Eh? Really?” Lin Xi indeed didn’t feel sleepy anymore. She hadn’t yawned once since the movie started.
“Now, those guys who keep talking down the film industry, shouting about ‘winter is coming’ and ‘saving the market’ every chance they get, are going to have their faces swollen from being proven wrong, right?”
“Yeah,” Xia Xun predicted excitedly. “For this animated movie, breaking ten billion at the box office definitely won’t be a problem!”
“Not just that-I hope its box office reaches number one in film history!”
Xia Xun planned to watch it a second time another day to show her support with cold, hard cash.
“By the way,” Lin Xi suddenly had an idea, “do you have a social media account?”
Xia Xun nodded. As one of the Three Great Magical Girls of Z City, her account had over ten million followers.
“I see what you mean!” Xia Xun quickly pulled out her phone. “I’ll use my influence to promote it!”
“A great movie like this deserves to be seen by every citizen in Z City!”
Xia Xun paced back and forth with her phone, thinking of a caption for the post.
“Got it!”
She walked over to Lin Xi. “Let’s take a photo together holding our movie tickets and post it to my social media.”
Lin Xi was overwhelmed by the gesture. “I… uh, me… am I even qualified for that?”
“Of course! We’re good friends who share a love for movies!” Xia Xun grabbed Lin Xi’s arm and pulled her close.
Pressed against Xia Xun, Lin Xi’s lifespan began to skyrocket, just like the movie’s box office projections.
The power of skinship with a Magical Girl was as potent as ever!
The two of them held up their movie tickets, Xia Xun raised her phone, and with a click, the selfie was done.
In the photo, the bright, youthful smiles of the two girls were the best promotional copy possible.
“Send!” Xia Xun uploaded the post.
Her status update’s view count took off instantly.
In the blink of an eye, the comments and private messages notifications hit 99+.
“As expected of Miss Xia Xun,” Lin Xi said, both surprised and impressed. “This promotion is fantastic!”
“Mhm,” Xia Xun said. “Good movies deserve to be seen by more people.”
“It’s not the audience that’s garbage, and we aren’t the ones who need to reflect on ourselves.”
“To hell with all those trashy films!”
The two of them left the cinema laughing.
As a victim who had been burned by terrible movies many times, Lin Xi had long since forgotten the last time she had left a theater with a smile on her face.
Like Xia Xun, she hoped the movie’s box office would continue to climb.
All the way to number one in film history!
I really didn’t expect such a high-quality animated movie to appear in this parallel world…
Lin Xi sincerely hoped that her original world could also be saved by high-quality films.
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