Monday.
In the morning.
On the third day of the premiere.
The International Celebrity Rankings Index was updated. There was another shocking change in the rankings. Zhang Ye's ranking had moved up seven spots from his previous ranking of 59th place to 52nd place. His international popularity and reputation were growing at an extremely fast pace.
Zhang Ye's international popularity had not budged at all. Moreover, this was only the third day of Wolf Warrior 2's release. A lot of people even knew that although Wolf Warrior 2 was the world premiere, the number of screenings overseas was negligible. It was basically only released in the China market. But now, it could actually affect the rise in Zhang Ye's international popularity. It could be seen that this was the first time a Hollywood movie had suffered a crushing defeat to a Chinese movie in the global box office rankings. This had really shocked the people of the world!
Global attention!
Media outlets from many countries reported!
What world-class director?
What international action star?
A lot of titles were given to Zhang Ye.
At this moment, Hollywood's attacks came.
— "The final box office earnings are still uncertain."
— "World-class director? That depends on the overall box office earnings. It's only been two days. "
— "I don't recognize him as an international action star!"
— "Zhang Ye's physical fitness is obviously very poor. What do you mean by an international action star? This is actually a very professional term. An actor who can be called an action star is someone who can fight very well. If they want to fight for real, they can't just do a few action scenes and claim to be an action star. Nor can they claim to be an international action star just because their box office earnings are slightly higher. Look at Zhang Ye's build. Does he look like an actor who can fight? Not to mention fighting, with his physical fitness, he might not even be able to run a mile, hur hur. "
The spearhead was directed at Zhang Ye.
Hollywood's motive for their attack was very clear. It was to deal a blow to Wolf Warrior 2's arrogance so as to affect its box office results. Even now, they were still holding out hope that Commando 2 would definitely surpass Wolf Warrior 2. Perhaps today would be the day when the box office would surpass it!
…
In China.
Shanghai.
Outside the airport. In a business car.
Zhang Ye and a few of the actors were in the middle of a roadshow. For the next few days, the film crew would be traveling all over the country to promote their movie. This was also a way to express their sincerity in order to push Wolf Warrior 2's box office earnings to a new height.
Ha Qiqi said, "Why is there a traffic jam?"
Zhang Zuo said anxiously, "According to the news, there will be a huge traffic jam in Shanghai today."
"This is bad." Sophia looked at her watch. "The roadshow starts at nine o 'clock. It's almost eight o' clock now. What if we can't make it?"
Beep! Beep!
Beep! Beep!
Horns blared all around, but the car did not move!
Zhang Ye couldn't sit still any longer, "This is the first stop of the roadshow. It's very important to the box office, so we definitely can't be late. How many kilometers are we from the theater?"
Yao Jiancai said, "There's still more than 20 kilometers."
Ha Qiqi looked at the GPS. "There's been a lot of traffic along the way."
Boss Qian Jr. cursed as well. "F * * k, if I had known, I would have gotten my dad to buy a private helicopter. Isn't that f * * king a hindrance? If we're late for our first roadshow, those Hollywood bastards will definitely not let us off. They'll attack us to their heart's content and say that we don't respect the audience? Now the whole world is staring at us with a magnifying glass. If there's even the slightest mistake, they'll bite us and make a big fuss about it! "
They waited for another two minutes.
The cars were still motionless.
Zhang Ye looked to the side of the road. "Where are the public bikes?"
The people on the bus were stunned. "What's a shared bicycle?"
Alright then.
This world didn't have one yet.
Zhang Ye exhaled and did not say anything. Suddenly, under everyone's puzzled gazes, he took out everything from his pockets. His cell phone, wallet, and keys. Then he unbuttoned his suit jacket and threw it into the bus. After that, he reached out and opened the door. Without looking back, he said, "I'll go first!"
The few of them were stunned.
"You're going first?"
"There's a traffic jam here!"
"W-How are you going to get there?"
The next moment, they saw Zhang Ye sprinting off!
The people on the bus were stunned!
Sophia nearly fainted. "You're going to run there?"
Boss Qian Jr. exclaimed, "Fuck! It's more than 20 kilometers! "
Yao Jiancai shouted, "Did you drink? You won't be able to get there in a day! "
Ha Qiqi and the others nearly vomited blood. They wanted to stop Zhang Ye, but they couldn't. They could only watch helplessly as Zhang Ye ran further and further away from them!
Jacques did not understand Chinese and looked confused. "Where did the director go?"
Boss Qian Jr. facepalmed and said, "He ran to the theater."
Jacques was startled. "What?"
…
On the road.
Countless people rolled down their car windows.
"Oh my God!"
"Look who that is!"
"It's Zhang Ye!"
"It's really Face-smacking Zhang!"
"What's he doing?"
"Running? That's a highway! "
…
Another stretch of road.
"Ah!"
"Zhang Ye?"
"Damn, I saw a celebrity!"
"Ah, Zhang Ye jumped off the bridge!"
"Fuck, he really jumped off the bridge!"
"What's he in such a hurry for?"
…
On Weibo.
A Weibo post quickly became a trending topic.
The Weibo post was called — The Running Zhang Ye.
"The coordinates are Shanghai!"
"Zhang Ye is still running!"
"Wow, I saw him too. He's running to where I am!"
"What's he doing?"
"Isn't today the first roadshow?"
"Oh yes, there's a traffic jam all over Shanghai today. H-Could he be asking your mom to run to the theater?"
"Ah?"
On this morning, Weibo was flooded with Zhang Ye's posts.
As he passed through various sections of the road, there were netizens taking screenshots and livestreaming it.
…
9: 30 AM.
The roadshow had already been going on for half an hour.
The traffic in Shanghai had eased up a little.
Ha Qiqi said to the driver, "Hurry up and drive faster!"
Zhang Zuo asked, "Did you see Director Zhang?"
Sophia was staring out the window as she drove. "I didn't see him!"
"Who knows which way he went!" Yao Jiancai was also looking out the window for Zhang Ye's figure. "It's been half an hour, so he definitely can't have gone too far. I think he's already missed us, but that fellow insisted on running around on his own. He even left his cell phone in the car, so there's no way we can find him. We're almost there, so he might as well have followed us.
Sophia said, "What if we lose the director?"
Ha Qiqi said, "We still have to do it. Let's just hang in there for now."
Jacques sighed. "That's the only way."
Zhang Zuo said, "Let's go in and apologize first."
Ten minutes later.
The car arrived at the entrance of the theater.
The film crew hurriedly got out of the car and strode inside.
When they saw the staff, Ha Qiqi and the others hurriedly apologized. "Sorry, we were caught in a traffic jam and were late."
The staff said, "It's fine, hurry up and go in."
Ha Qiqi said, "Everyone must be getting anxious from waiting, right? It's all our fault. Director Zhang also ran into some problems over there, so he probably won't be able to make it in time for the screening, so — "
That staff member was taken aback. "Director Zhang?"
Zhang Zuo said, "I'm sorry."
But that staff member said, "Director Zhang arrived a long time ago."
Everyone said in shock, "What?"
The staff member pointed inside. "Director Zhang arrived before 9 PM. He even arrived five minutes early."
Sophia's feet swayed!
Yao Jiancai was dumbfounded. "That's impossible!"
No one believed it and hurriedly ran inside.
But when they arrived, they saw Zhang Ye holding a microphone onstage and speaking with confidence and composure. "If everyone likes this movie, then please support us more. As for the slander from those Hollywood people, let's pretend we didn't hear it. Just treat it as that bunch of grandsons farting."
The media and audience in the audience laughed.
At this moment, Zhang Ye saw Ha Qiqi and the others. He smiled and said, "Alright, the main production team and actors are here. Everyone, please ask them the remaining questions."
Sophia's eyes widened!
Boss Qian Jr. looked like he had seen a ghost!
Holy shit!
You've really arrived?
Why did you run all the way here?
Did you fucking take off?!
…
On the same night.
The news broke.
"Wolf Warrior 2's first roadshow stop successfully held!"
"Zhang Ye ran to the cinema despite the traffic jam in Shanghai!"
"What is professionalism?"
"Zhang Ye has indeed lived up to the expectations of the people!"
"A roadshow stop ended up running a half-marathon?"
"Zhang Ye's mad run to Shanghai tops the trending searches!"
Some of the more nosy Chinese media outlets even used the pictures sent by the netizens to make a very detailed calculation of the distance and time Zhang Ye took to get to the cinema from the highway. It wouldn't have mattered if they didn't calculate it, but when they did, the entire world was shocked!
Along the way, Zhang Ye had actually run for about 22 kilometers!
How long was a half-marathon? It was 13.1 miles. Converted to domestic units, it was 21.0975 kilometers!
In other words, the distance Zhang Ye ran this time was a kilometer longer than a half-marathon. And the time he took to get to the cinema was only an astonishing 59 minutes and 18 seconds. When they looked at the results of this year's international half-marathon race, everyone was shocked to discover that Zhang Ye had actually run the best time in the world this year. Even the professional, world-class marathoners were not as fast as him!
This conclusion was too shocking!
It shocked the entire world so much that they vomited blood!
…
The Web blew up!
An American netizen: "What?"
A Japanese netizen: "That's way too fast!"
A UK netizen: "The best time in the world this year?"
An Indian netizen: "How is that possible!"
A Canadian netizen: "This is the standard of a top international athlete!"
A French netizen: "Didn't Hollywood say that Zhang Ye's physical fitness is very poor? That he doesn't deserve to be called an action star? Th-This is fucking called poor physical fitness? Just how good is his physical fitness! "
A Korean netizen: "Did you guys see the pictures? His clothes and shoes! "
Shirts.
Western pants.
Leather shoes.
None of them were running gear!
Just like that, he still managed to run the best time of the year?
The people of the world were left in disarray.
Only the Chinese netizens were laughing.
"Did you guys only find out now?"
"This fellow is not human to begin with."
"Teacher Zhang has smacked Hollywood's face again!"
"Hollywood has barely finished speaking when Face-smacking Zhang smacked their faces!"
"Zhang Ye's physical fitness is poor? I can fucking laugh at this joke for a hundred years! "
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