Rebirth Must Be Happy

The matter of polluting Chen's classmate needs to be dealt with slowly; only by boiling a frog in lukewarm water can one eat hot tofu. Xu Jinhuan is not in a hurry, anyway, the combination of just him and Sister Xie is already enough to excite him.

The only downside was that the two or three of them probably reached some kind of tacit agreement. After Chen Xingzhu finished watching Xiao Huang and went home, he took a shower and received a joint declaration from Song Zhiyu and Xie Wanqing, saying that they would both experience sleeping alone tonight.

"If you want it, go find Chen Xingzhu."

Song Zhiyu warned seriously, "Or you could call her back now, she's been lonely for a long time, hasn't she?"

It's a fact that Chen has been keeping this up for more than half a month. However, her needs in this area are the lowest among the three girls, even lower than Song Zhiyu who is younger. She probably doesn't think this period of time is very long.

Of course, this doesn't affect Xu Jinhuan's plan to find an opportunity to bless Chen. Since he wants to treat everyone equally, he certainly can't let anyone go without water.

He himself understood the principle of slow and steady wins the race, and he didn't pursue nightly revelry, so he didn't bother the two of them. When he saw Song Zhiyu calling Song Xiaofeng, he chatted with his uncle for a few minutes, then went back to his room to post on Weibo and read a book for a while.

Yesterday, "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" grossed 2200 million yuan in half a day and eventually settled at 3800 million yuan, while "Tiny Times 4" dropped to 9600 million yuan and "Forever Young" dropped to 8700 million yuan.
Today, with almost no change in screening rates, "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" has seen its box office rise to 4400 million, while "Tiny Times 4" has dropped to 6200 million and "Forever Young" has fallen to 5100 million.

In other words, "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" achieved a 21% box office share with a 9% screening rate. This occupancy rate can no longer be described as leading; it is truly starting to dominate its contemporaries.

On Monday, July 13, a workday began, and the overall box office shrank rapidly as everyone expected. The box office of "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" also dropped, but still reached 25 million yuan. Meanwhile, "Forever Young," which had been firmly in second place, fell to just over 20 million yuan and was overtaken by "Monkey King: Hero Is Back."

While "Tiny Times 4" still holds the top spot, its lead is only a very slight one, around 20 million.

Under these circumstances, some cinemas finally began to adjust their schedules and increased the number of screenings for "Monkey King: Hero Is Back". As a result, on Tuesday, "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" began to reverse its decline, increasing its daily box office from 2500 million yuan on Monday to 2700 million yuan, officially surpassing the star-studded "Tiny Times 4" to become the top-grossing film of the day.

In the following days, the box office of "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" continued to rise steadily, and on Friday it officially broke the 2 million yuan mark, beginning to touch the ceiling of domestic animated films.

However, on Friday, "Jianbing Man" and "Monster Hunt" were officially released, quickly stealing a lot of exposure and box office revenue. The box office revenue of "Tiny Times 4" and "Forever Young" quickly dropped below 1000 million yuan, while "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" rose again amid a lot of excitement and anticipation from word of mouth. With the filming rate dropping to 15% again, the daily box office revenue exceeded 4000 million yuan for the first time.

Which is better, *Jianbing Man* or *Monkey King: Hero Is Back*? I only plan to watch one.

"Monster Hunt is much better!"

"Anyway, don't watch 'Monkey King: Hero Is Back,' it doesn't respect the original story at all."

"Exactly, it's tarnishing traditional culture."

"I don't understand why someone keeps remaking Journey to the West and Legend of the Condor Heroes every few years, and they all get worse and worse."

……

While many fans and viewers spontaneously became advocates, Xu Jinhuan also discovered numerous signs of online smear campaigns, but this had almost no visible impact on the box office.

Even online, his comments section is seeing a steady increase in positive reviews, with comments like "I never thought domestic animation could reach this level" and "I feel like with a little more effort, it could catch up with Hollywood" showing a significant rise in popularity.

Of course, there will inevitably be rebuttals such as "They are also making progress", "They haven't even caught up with the level of twenty years ago", and "Unless Hollywood stands still for ten years and waits".

Xu Jinhuan didn't hold back and replied directly with his main account: "Maybe they really will just wait there!"

In fact, Hollywood is not only standing still, but it has even regressed and is trying to catch up with domestic standards as soon as possible.

As the following weekend approached, "Monster Hunt" and "Jian Bing Man" both maintained a steady daily box office of 1.5 million yuan, while "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" also broke the 6000 million yuan mark. By the next weekday, the former two had dropped but remained stable at 1 million yuan per day, while "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" remained stable at 4000 million yuan.

This result was significantly weaker than the previous two, but it still made Tian Xiaopeng and the others ecstatic. Because, in just half a month since its release, *Monkey King: Hero Is Back* had already surpassed 5 million yuan at the box office, and every day it continued to break records. At this point, Chen Xingruo finally lost her composure and began to worry.

"Our Xingruo has such excellent taste!"

"Exactly, singing the very first movie theme song made history."

"The box office will definitely be even higher by tomorrow, the weekend. It's estimated to be close to 8 million by the end of the week."

"Is this animated film going to break 10 billion yuan at the box office?"

"If that happens, it will truly become a legend. A domestic animated film breaking 10 billion views is something we never dared to dream of before!"

"Xingruo, you absolutely must cling to your brother-in-law's coattails! President Xu is amazing!"

"Some people used to mock Mr. Xu for his reckless investments, saying that domestic animated films would definitely lose money, but they were proven wrong."

……

Although Chen Xingruo wasn't a lead actress, she sang the theme song, and it's said that she was originally supposed to have her voice dubbed. However, Chen Xingruo felt that her dubbing wasn't good enough, so she asked to find a professional to dub it. If that hadn't happened, wouldn't Chen Xingruo have almost made 10 billion yuan at the box office?

He's taller than many actors!

Most of these fans had seen "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" and were satisfied with the movie. With their own "baby" participating, they were naturally filled with a sense of honor. Not to mention every day, almost every hour, someone would go to Chen Xingruo's Weibo or send a private message to report the latest situation.

Little did they know that their idols felt their hearts tremble every time the box office numbers rose.

"No way?"

On Sunday afternoon, she participated in the recording of a program on Beijing TV. When she finished recording and was removing her makeup, she casually opened her phone to check the box office. She was shocked to see that "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" had reached a new high of 7100 million yuan on the day of its release, which should have been declining after nearly a month of release.

The total box office of "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" has exceeded 8 million!

It's only been less than a month!
Even without considering normal circumstances, and even if something unexpected happens, breaking 10 billion is practically a certainty.

"It's over..."

Chen Xingruo couldn't help but start muttering to herself, thinking about the bet she had made with Xu Jinhuan and Song Zhiyu, and felt a bitter taste in her mouth, as well as a bit nervous and shy.

Song Zhiyu's bet was one thing, mostly a joke, but the bet with Xu Jinhuan—of course, that was also a joke, and definitely not real—was another.

Even so, calling her "husband" is still quite awkward, especially since she looks exactly like her sister, which easily leads to some unhealthy associations.

Wouldn't it be easier to misunderstand now?

'No, no, I have to think of a way before it reaches 10 billion...'

After a moment of agonizing deliberation, Chen Xingruo decided to go all out and use any means necessary to reverse the awkward situation of having to call Xu Jinhuan "husband." Even if she died, even if she jumped off the Beijing TV building, she would never call Xu Jinhuan "husband" in this lifetime! (End of Chapter)