The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul-Chapter 914 - 913. Fight with one’s back to the river

By the time he came to his senses, he had already followed the person in front of him to the east side wall of the courtyard, and the line they had originally been in was now some distance from them.

"Aren’t we going to line up?"

"Line up for what, you really want to eat buns?"

"..."

The next second, a stunned Ren Xiazhi saw Tang Shu quickly climbing over the wall in front of them, already disappearing to the other side.

"!!!"

Oh my god, he’s actually climbing over the wall in broad daylight! And not just any wall, but the wall of a valuable courtyard in the eastern district!

I wonder if I’ll have to pay if some dirt from this wall falls off?

A mess of thoughts whirled through his head, and Ren Xiazhi, realizing his thoughts were straying, shook his head and quickly followed Tang Shu’s actions, climbing over the wall as well.

Obviously, after the special training during this period, climbing walls was already not a challenge for him.

After landing, Ren Xiazhi looked around for a while before finally uttering a sentence.

"Is this what they call ’hiding in plain sight’? Oh no, actually, this place doesn’t look very conspicuous..."

Who would think that they would choose an old courtyard that looks like it has a long history as their base? Even if it’s told, nobody would believe it I bet.

"Keep up, you can’t always pick a place in the center of a city full of high-rise buildings."

The two of them walked from the wall to the backyard of the courtyard and just happened to encounter a man in his thirties entering from outside, holding two baskets of steaming buns in his hands.

"Hey, we meet again. Is this the new kid you were talking about?"

"Good morning, Brother Ming. This is Ren Xiazhi. This is Yuh Jieming, the owner of this bun shop."

"Hello, hello."

Ren Xiazhi stared with wide eyes curiously at the man in front of him... with a Patrick Star cartoon apron on, an overwhelming sense of incongruity hit him.

If you ignore his sharp eyes, he actually does look like an ordinary breakfast chef.

"Just call me Brother Ming, or Brother Yuh, whatever, do you want to eat?"

"Eat!"

"..."

Lagging a step behind, Ren Xiazhi wanted to refuse, but the tempting aroma lingering at his nose surreptitiously made him swallow the refusal and he followed Tang Shu to sit on the chairs inside the house, where the other had already considerately passed over two pairs of chopsticks.

"Thanks, Brother Ming."

"No need to be polite, are you of age?"

"...No."

"Oh—this damned feeling of guilt, I feel like I’m employing child labor."

"Actually, I’m no longer considered child labor."

Ren Xiazhi was quite strict with himself about his own definition, however, whether 15 or 10 years old, both are under 18 in Yuh Jieming’s eyes, which could essentially be equated with children.

***

Time flew by as little Ren Xiazhi experienced another way of living life.

At 8 pm that night, the two of them left Yuh Ji Bun Shop and got back in the car, and the news about "Easy Rule Jianghu 2" was all over the internet.

Inside the crew chat group of Tang Shu’s drama troupe, there was already an explosion of joy, fireworks abound.

"As of 8 pm today, our movie’s box office has already reached 50 million!"

"Oh my, this many, this many? I’m freaking out with excitement."

"It’s a comedy film, dude, a ticket is just 35 yuan, what does 50 million even mean? We’re gonna be rich!!!"

"Don’t panic, everyone just stay cool, today’s not over yet, the evening screenings are where we really rake it in, y’know?"

However, no one in the crew could keep their cool, and within just ten minutes, the number of unread messages had already reached 999+.

Before Tang Shu could even send out her first congratulatory message, a series of notification sounds were making her eyes hurt.

"..."

Forget it, let’s just send an emoji, it’s quicker!

After spending about ten minutes roughly skimming through the chat history and finally exiting the group chat, Tang Shu received another barrage of marketing articles from her friends.

Most of them were casually forwarded by Geng Qiuqiu.

"Are you that idle? No shooting schedule recently?"

"Even if I’m busy, I can’t miss out on any news, can I? This is my boyfriend’s movie we’re talking about, I’ve got to keep an eye on everything online, in case someone talks trash with malicious intent."

"..."

Tang Shu pulled a wry smile.

Look at you showing off, don’t think I didn’t notice you preening, almost soaring to the skies with that tail of yours.

"By the way, how far have you and President Jing gotten, when will you go public? Did you kiss yet, met the parents, when’s the engagement?"

With a choked breath, Tang Shu decisively ended the conversation and started perusing the string of marketing messages above.

After a day’s worth of buzz, more and more people walked into the theaters to personally experience the joy this comedy brought them, fully grasping the meaning of Easy Rule Jianghu.

"Damn~~~ The male lead actually did achieve ’Easy Rule Jianghu’, hahaha I’m dying of laughter!"

"Before watching the movie, I only knew he was a chatterbox and a bit of a jerk, but I never expected him to be a flirtatious rogue dressed in red and wielding a red whip."

"That’s not even the point, okay? This guy isn’t just all talk, his Martial Arts are crap! What’s with hiding behind Ice beauty whenever he sees an enemy? What’s up with that?"

"So how on earth is he still alive? Is it because his dad is the Martial Arts Alliance Hierarch and he’s a second-gen hero???"

"LMAO, the male lead is a total coward all the way through, his trash talk is simply unbeatable, he actually made the villain choke on his own blood from anger hahahaha!"

"However, the plot twist in the finale caught everyone off-guard, he actually defeated the enemy with one move and united the entire martial arts world!"

Easy Rule Jianghu tells the story of a prodigal second-gen hero who, on a leisure trip, gets attracted to Ice beauty and pesters her. The duo travel together, stopping along the way, and eventually face off against various top Martial Arts experts in an inn, unifying the martial arts world.

What? You ask how the male lead, who apparently can’t do anything, managed to unite the martial arts world? Just because he’s good at talking?

Of course not.

Fang Han always ran from enemies because he only knew one move, but this move was unmatched in the martial arts world. To put it simply, this is a story about a male lead playing possum, who in the end, for the sake of righteousness and his lady, had to pull out all the stops.

The plot twists magically in the last five minutes; the former coward, on the brink of death for the sake of the martial arts world, wins everyone’s respect with his handsome face and the underlying righteous character beneath his cynical exterior.

"I hope I can always follow you, roam the world with you... Sorry, I’m afraid I’m going to have to break that promise."

After saying this line, he resolutely makes his last stand, going all-in.

In the movie theater, as the ending background music started to play, the audience who were previously laughing until their eyes teared up took a long time to come back to their senses.

"Damn! That’s freaking manly!"

"Just for that final power move to the heavens, I’d forgive you no matter how much more you yap..."

Just when everyone thought this was the end, the five-minute post-credits scene turned everyone’s definition of a comedy film on its head.