It All Began with a Fake Marriage to the Celestial Beauty’s Mom

The Blair Witch Project, with a budget of less than $100,000, grossed $248 million worldwide, not because of the film itself, but because of the distribution company's marketing efforts exceeding $10 million. Now the question is, if you invest $100,000 and I invest $10 million, why should I give you a share of the profits?

The Blair Witch Project's box office success was due to fraudulent marketing; all the profits went to the distributor, leaving the director with nothing and a tarnished reputation. Paranormal Activity, on the other hand, was first sold on videotape and then re-released in theaters, so the director at least received a small share. Besides, if you're so confident you can make money making movies, you might as well mortgage your house and take out a loan to make them.

In the previous book, Liu Xiaoli had a fake marriage with the protagonist, who was 6 years younger than her. The protagonist was the best lawyer in the United States, which felt too contrived. How boring would it be for a 30-something-year-old lawyer from the best law firm in the United States to have a fake marriage with Liu Xiaoli?

Both this film and *Shutter* relied on huge marketing budgets and endorsements from big-name directors to achieve high box office returns. Where would the main actors get the money for marketing and endorsements from big-name directors? They couldn't even get a theatrical release.

If he plays Duan Yu, this is unwatchable. This Hollywood director, what was he thinking making a TV series? Is that excuse even an excuse? Off-screen, he's Liu Yifei's father, and in the show, he's chasing after his daughter. Is he out of his mind to write something like this? This isn't erotic fiction; it's about mother and daughter together.

The synopsis has a strong "dragon king" vibe; the goddaughter returns to China without resources, so a Hollywood director, in a fit of anger, personally returns to China to film a sweet romance drama to promote her.

The protagonist is basically Liu Xiaoli's simp, a younger, more than ten-year-old wolfish guy. It's such a wild fantasy.

Everyone else is fawning over a goddess, but can't get her. You, on the other hand, are directly trying to seduce her mother. You know how to take shortcuts now.

Unless the music video is a huge success, this kind of story will inevitably lose its momentum later on. However, it's unlikely that Qidian (a Chinese online literature platform) will allow this kind of story. Once Xixi grows up, she can't have any close interactions with her stepfather.

Even a useless person reborn is still a useless person... And the first chapter features the witch Claire! Amazing!