Still, Wait For Me Chapter 437

Chapter 437: A war of two posters

The date on which Weixin went online would be the same as when

was released in cinemas, 1st January 2016.

Happy Farm was still going strong, with everyone still nicely addicted to it. Based on such a foundation, Xingchen Technologies carried out a series of measures to attract their user base during this period of time, frequently ing up with various activities and projects. One of them was 'Agglomerating The Stars' which had recently gone online. A pioneer of Internet-based charitable acts, this innovation won much acclaim and praise for Xingchen Technologies.

Of course, Weibo benefited from this as well. Weibo's user base had been skyrocketing ever since Happy Farm had been launched in mid September, not having slowed at all towards the end of the year. Its total user base had already reached 180 million too with a huge increase in activity as well.

Xu Tingsheng's much-desired closely knit munities had gradually e to find their home at Weibo, though they were still far more used to municating and interacting on QQ rather than through private messaging on Weibo when online.

At the same time, Xingchen's legal department successively sued two internet enterprises which had infringed on their game copyrights.

Tencent had not touched the farm game. Its own game, QQ fantasy, was also extremely popular as it had additionally launched its own recreational games too.

The two sides had yet to truly collide so far.

Still, this was really the calm before the storm.

Whether they had judged it themselves based on their own acuity or it was from insider information, rumours were already spreading that Xingchen Technologies would be releasing its own instant munication software in the near future. The war between Xingchen and Tencent in the munications domain was unavoidable.

In early December, Tencent announced that it had received another 40 million USD from its investors.

In contrast, the media reported that Xingchen Technologies had refused yet another investment offer…

Xingchen seemed to have fallen at a disadvantage in the preparatory stages of this war. Where its scale and foundation had been inferior in the first place, now this…more and more people believed that they would lose.

Many of Xingchen Technologies' employees were feeling worried as they waited for Xu Tingsheng to e up with a solution or countermeasure.

Still, Xu Tingsheng himself was not all that concerned about this. He was not delusional. To take down Tencent, take down QQ, replace QQ pletely? At the current stage, at least, there was absolutely no chance of that happening at all. It was also not this that Weixin was tasked with.

Right now, as long as Weixin could stir up some tides in the domain of instant munication software and obtain a sizeable user base, even if it was only half or a third of what QQ had or even lower, even if others felt that Weixin had seen defeat, it would actually still be a success.

While the current Tencent might not yet be as powerful as it would be in the future, QQ was already an indisputable hegemon in the domain of instant munication technology.

Therefore, this war was like a small wolf challenging a massive beast in the latter's territory. It should not strive to pletely kill the other party. Instead, it should try to protect itself as best as it could, clamping its jaws on a piece of meat before running away. Only when it had grown stronger should it return…this was the correct strategy.

Those who were bare-footed did not fear those who wore shoes. He would grab any miniscule scraps that he could, and that would still be a profit anyway…

Xu Tingsheng was not flustered.

As for the movie, Huang Yaming had been the one in charge of it all along.

In early December,

was the first to release its promotional poster. The handsome men and beautiful women in ancient garb were indeed pleasing to the eye.

Meanwhile, as discussion on the animated clip reached its peak, Huang Yaming gave his answer on Tianyi's side. The first poster for

was released.

This poster spread like wildfire as pretty much everyone knew that that animated clip was actually from a movie that would soon be screened, . Through this, their interest in the movie grew as well.

Yet, Huang Yaming still felt despondent.

People are always saying that this is an era in which looks matter. Actually, which era isn't like this…

Huang Yaming looked at his cast, and then at theirs. His side didn't depend on their looks in the first place. Additionally, they all had on bizarre makeup and beggar getups…

The general public generally shared Huang Yaming's view.

"Where did these demons crop up from?"

"What are they trying to do?"

"Don't scare me…"

"Looking like this, and still acting in movies?"

"…"

Celebrities generally looked better when they had gotten more famous. It actually mattered not even if their looks weren't so great. It was really not malicious for people to say things like this before even witnessing the acting skills and inner qualities of an actor. This existed in all eras.

Fuelled by certain people behind the scenes, jeering, mockery, ridicule…they all successively came.

"If I'd known that it'd be like this, wouldn't it be better to just preserve that sense of secrecy…" A despondent Huang Yaming plained to Xu Tingsheng.

At a time like this, it was Jin Datang who was happiest. Every day, he basically spent some time looking at the conversations of the netizens and their jeering and ridicule of

actors. However much he read them, he still felt entertained.

Jin Datang used Weibo too. As the boss of an entertainment pany, he very much liked to make his presence known to the public.

His newest Weibo post.

There were the posters of both the movies. Below this was written: Good looks, epic production versus queer fruits, unsightly view…how would you choose? Forgive me if I am not sympathetic enough.

Whether or not such words were excessive, the majority of people still liked this post. Moreover, the celebrities acting in his movie had their fanbases.

The one good thing about this was that many people came to know of

and also hold some curiosity towards it. Still, the losses were also great: Many people, especially females, expressed: Like I'd go watch a beggar gang legend movie…

Many in the industry felt that

would definitely make a profit in the box office and earn some. Considering the initial investment sum and how so many people knew about it, this was basically already set in stone.

Still, they also felt sorry for Huang Yaming. There had virtually never been a chance of

winning in the first place, not in any aspect whatsoever. Right now, even winning just a single week seemed a tall task indeed.

Just a few days after the poster was released, Huang Yaming hosted some of the cast and crew of

in Bright Brilliance.

Xu Tingsheng was present too.

So many future bigwigs of the industry were here right now, a little tense as they sat in front of their investor while still having yet to bee famous. It actually made for quite an interesting feeling.

"Would you mind going up to sing a song, Mr Huang?" Xu Tingsheng pointed at the stage.

It was generally Huang Yaming who interacted with these people. His identity now being different, Xu Tingsheng had thought for a long time before finally ing up with this tactic. Mister Huang here referred to Huang Bo.

"You can sing?" Huang Yaming asked astonishedly.

"Not only can he sing, he can dance too. He was a singer once, right? Singing regularly…Blue Sandstorm," Xu Tingsheng smiled as he revealed the name of Huang Bo's former group.

Everyone present was taken aback, Huang Bo himself included.

Xu Tingsheng thought inwardly: I saw a lot of your interviews on the puter in my previous life.

Having much experience from his many years of singing, Huang Bo was not flustered as he went to the stage downstairs and sang a . He was a capable singer indeed.

In asking him to sing, Xu Tingsheng was really paving the foundation for another matter.

Upon Huang Bo's return, he immediately asked, "That was really good, Mister Huang. I wonder if you might be interested in singing the movie's theme song?"

"Oh, really? I thought that Miss Cen Xiyu…"

"It's also fine to have two theme songs!" Xu Tingsheng smiled, "Her image may be too high for this movie too. Oh, no offence, everyone."

"Well…"