FYN Chapter 55 A Letter to Oda
Chapter 55 A Letter to Oda
At the same time, Li Yitong's dolphin dance video was quietly gaining traction online.
Tencent Video gave it a prominent recommendation spot, and with the tag "Li Shiqing dances the loop dance," it garnered over a million views in just half an hour after its release.
The comments section was filled with fans of the drama "The Beginning": "Isn't that Li Shiqing? She came out of the loop and started dancing?" "The timing is so good! I want to dance along too." "This dance is so easy, I'll film the same one as soon as I learn it."
Li Yi stared at the backend data, her fingers flying across the keyboard as she sent a group message to the publicity department: "Contact dance bloggers, post challenge videos with the hashtag #DolphinDanceUnlockHealingMoments#, and max out the budget."
Soon, several bloggers with millions of followers posted cover dance videos one after another. Some dressed up as Li Shiqing's school uniform, some brought the same pressure cooker prop from the drama, and some parents even danced with their children. The scenes were heartwarming and funny.
The imitation challenge page on a certain platform received more than two thousand submissions in just one day.
"Fengrui Films' collaboration is brilliant," one marketing account analyzed. "They used the popularity of 'The Beginning' to promote the movie, and also lowered the barrier to dissemination with the catchy dance. Once the movie is released, the entire internet will probably be able to see this dolphin dance."
The wind from the eighth tower of the Great Wall carried the rough feel of sand and gravel. Li Yitong leaned against the crenellation and looked down. Her phone vibrated in her pocket; it was a video of a property listing sent by a real estate agent.
She quickly replied, "This is the one. I'll go sign the contract this afternoon." When she looked up, she caught Lin Feng looking at her and hurriedly put her phone back in her pocket.
"What's wrong?" Lin Feng handed over a water bottle.
"It's nothing," she said, unscrewing the bottle cap and taking a sip. "Look how many people are down there."
As she was descending the mountain, Li Yitong received a call from the agent, slowing her pace slightly: "I should be here around three o'clock. Just leave the key with me."
After hanging up the phone, she said to Lin Feng, "You guys go back to the hotel first, I'm going to look at an apartment."
"I'll take you there." Lin Feng stopped in his tracks.
"No need," Li Yitong took a half step back, avoiding his outstretched hand. "The agent is waiting over there. I'll just take a taxi."
Tian Xiwei ran down the steps, half a sausage dangling from her mouth: "Sister Yitong is moving to a new house? Take me to see it!"
"Next time," Li Yitong ruffled her hair. "There's no time today, but I'll treat you to a housewarming party after we move in."
The next day at 5 pm, the screening of "Take My Brother Away" was held in a cinema in Beijing. More than 30 media outlets and 50 selected fans attended, filling the small theater to capacity.
Tian Xiwei sat in the front row, clutching her skirt, the script on her lap crumpled. "Don't be nervous," Lin Feng whispered in her ear, "Just treat it like playing around on set."
"I'm not nervous!" she retorted, her voice weak and unsteady.
As the lights dimmed and the dragon emblem appeared, Tian Xi subconsciously tightened her grip on Liu Haochun's hand beside her. When "Shi Miao" on the screen smashed the alarm clock into "Shi Fen's" face, the first burst of laughter erupted in the theater. She secretly glanced up and saw Lin Feng staring at the screen with a smile on his lips.
The 90-minute movie was like a fast-paced roller coaster. When Shi Miao complained that Shi Fen had stolen her sausage, some audience members in the back row laughed so hard they slapped their chairs. When Shi Fen poured the coins he had saved for half a year onto the table and said, "I can't go to the concert, so I bought you a new school uniform," the theater gasped in unison.
In the last second, she shouted into the empty room, "Brother, you left me behind." Tian Xiwei heard a suppressed sob coming from the right.
When the lights came on, a girl wearing glasses was squatting in the aisle wiping away tears. When her companion helped her up, she was still sobbing: "Just like me and my brother... He went to join the army last year, and he left a drawer full of snacks when he left. I still can't bear to eat them."
The host handed her the microphone: "Could you share your thoughts after watching it?"
The girl sniffled, "I want to call my brother right now and tell him I won't yell at him for stealing my spicy snacks..."
The audience laughed through tears, and Tian Xiwei's eyes also reddened. Lin Feng gently patted her shoulder from behind.
During the interactive segment, the host handed the microphone to Tian Xiwei: "Xiao Tian, you're always being bullied by Shi Fen in the drama. Does Director Lin tease you like that in real life?"
"That's not all!" Tian Xiwei immediately launched into a long explanation, "When we were kids, he would steal my popsicles and hide my homework in the doghouse! Once, on my birthday, he said he'd buy me a game console, but he pulled out an Ultraman plushie instead!"
The audience burst into laughter, and Raymond Lam raised his hands in surrender: "Wasn't it because I was worried you'd neglect your studies by playing games?"
"Excuses!" Tian Xi glared at him, her eyes sparkling. "Just like in the drama, Shi Fen hid the concert tickets because he wanted to save money to buy Shi Miao a new school uniform. You're just stubborn on the outside but soft on the inside!"
The host seized the opportunity to hand over an envelope: "I heard Director Lin prepared a letter for 'Sister'?"
When Lin Feng took the envelope, Tian Xiwei's heart skipped a beat. He unfolded the letter very slowly, and the sound of breathing in the theater seemed to freeze.
"What Shi Fen wrote to Shi Miao is also what I want to say to Xiao Tian," his voice echoed through the microphone, "We are like the minute hand and the second hand; the faster you run, the closer I will chase."
"We may seem like we're always joking around, but we've never really left each other. No matter if you want to be an actor, a singer, or even go back home to sell hot pot, I'll always be your support."
When the last word "brother" reached her ears, Tian Xiwei's tears suddenly fell.
Lin Feng put down the letter and opened his arms. As Tian Xiwei threw herself into his embrace, she heard a wave of applause erupt from the entire audience. She buried her face in his shoulder and said in a muffled voice, "Who needs you as a backup... I can run on my own."
"I know you can run," he chuckled, patting her back, "but I wanted to give you a bottle of water."
Liu Haochun's fingertips trembled slightly as she took the microphone. "I played Shi Miao's best friend in the drama," she said, looking at the audience, "and in real life, Brother Feng also took good care of me, I remember..."
She secretly glanced at Raymond Lam, at the photo they took together when they went out alone last time. She had set it to an encrypted album yesterday, and the password was his birthday.
The flashbulbs in the media area kept going off. One reporter wrote in his notebook: "The director's first film, 'The Beginning,' takes a heartwarming approach. The sibling relationship hits a nerve, and the interaction between the lead actors is natural. I predict it will become a dark horse in the summer box office."
At 8 PM, the hashtag #XiaoHeyunReadsLetterAndMakesSisterCry# trended on social media.
In the video, Lin Feng's profile was outlined by warm light as he read the letter, and the moment Tian Xiwei threw herself into his arms, the barrage of comments was filled with "I'm so moved" and "What an amazing sibling relationship!"
Fans of the TV series "The Beginning" flocked to watch: "Xiao Heyun has come out of the loop to become a brother?" "This movie is a must-see! Director Lin is so good."
Li Yi stared at the trending topics list and directed her team to repost: "Cut in the video of audience members crying and making phone calls, and add the hashtag 'Want to call your siblings after watching this,' and get it into the top three trending topics!"