Film Remake

Three days later

It had been three days since he returned from the movie world.

There would be a one-month interval before the next Wish Mission began.

It was enough time for Song Ren to rest properly, but the downtime instead left him, eager for action, feeling rather bored.

His daily routine mostly consisted of exchanging martial arts pointers with Feng Yuxiu.

There was no obvious gap in their overall strength. One was more skilled, while the other was stronger.

Their matches ended with victories and losses on both sides. Song Ren mainly absorbed Feng Yuxiu's understanding and essence of martial arts.

After being cooped up at home for three days, he finally decided to go out for a stroll. He could also check out the Wish System's mentioned film remake while he was at it.

After all, he had personally participated in that movie world.

Though his participation had been brief, he was still quite curious about what the remake was like.

He randomly picked a cinema and entered Theater D.

Song Ren had come alone. He found a seat in the corner, sat down, and quietly waited for the movie to begin.

According to the system's arrangements, the remake of The Unity of the Martial Arts would be released in the real world for another half month.

Its final box office earnings would then be converted into Wish Coins at a proportional rate.

As for how it would be released into the real world, that was the Wish System's business. Song Ren did not need to worry about it.

Sitting in the dim corner, he glanced over the empty seats throughout the theater.

There were only seven or eight scattered viewers in the room. It was not a peak viewing hour, nor was it a holiday.

Besides, this was merely a remake of an unpopular movie, so its appeal was quite limited.

At that moment, the opening credits of the remake began playing on the screen.

Starring: Boss

Director: Boss

Producer: Wish

Presented by: Wish

"..."

Song Ren's eyelid twitched as soon as he saw the opening credits.

The few scattered audience members in the theater were also dumbfounded.

It was supposed to be a remake, but had they replaced even the starring cast?

Soon, a few dissatisfied murmurs rose in the dark theater.

Yet as the movie officially began, the theater gradually fell silent again.

The film opened with Feng Yuxiu beating a boxing champion to death with his bare hands in a tunnel.

After seeing the report on the case in prison, the male lead Xia Houwu provoked and injured more than a dozen inmates in exchange for a meeting with Officer Lu Xuanxin, who was in charge of the criminal case.

After that, he assisted Officer Lu Xuanxin in tracking down Feng Yuxiu, who had committed a string of crimes.

There were no surprises at the beginning of the story.

It was exactly the same as the original version before the remake, and the pacing was fairly tight. The fight scenes in particular remained highly captivating.

The few viewers in the theater watched with great interest as well.

It was not until Hong Ye the King of Weapons appeared that the audience gradually began to sense that something was off.

Especially when Feng Yuxiu drew his sword on the film set. The King of Weapons, who should have had his throat slit by him, suddenly pulled a handgun from outside the crowd.

A male viewer in the front row, who had been drinking Cola, immediately sprayed it out. His eyes widened as he said, "Holy shit! What the hell is this? Did they remake even the plot for the remake?"

The theater erupted into a brief commotion.

Then, as the King of Weapons riddled Feng Yuxiu with bullets and killed him on the spot, every scattered viewer in the theater completely lost it. Several of them even stood up.

"Are you kidding me? Feng Yuxiu died this early?"

"The main character hasn't even met him yet, and the big villain is already dead?"

"So this is how you remake a movie, huh!"

Song Ren did not have much of a reaction to that part of the plot. Instead, he continued watching with great interest.

The developments that followed only made the theater audience lose it even more.

Because with Feng Yuxiu's early death, Xia Houwu's role as the male lead—originally supposed to involve helping the police solve the case and redeeming himself through meritorious service—was abruptly cut short.

On top of that, he had previously lost his chance to redeem himself by injuring over a dozen inmates, directly resulting in his sentence being extended instead.

After returning to prison, Xia Houwu was utterly depressed. This was completely different from what he had expected!

Feng Yuxiu was too useless!

Hong Ye the King of Weapons suffered the same fate. Because he had fired a gun and killed someone in public, he was arrested on the spot despite having shot a suspect.

Although the murder weapon used in the shooting could not be found, there were simply too many witnesses at the scene.

Moreover, Hong Ye's public identity was rather sensitive, and the incident's impact was far too severe. As a result, Hong Ye the King of Weapons was directly sentenced to five years in prison.

Hong Ye was completely stunned. Faced with the righteous interrogation in the interview room, his mind went blank, and he immediately gave a triple denial.

I didn't do it, I wouldn't do it, and I don't know what happened!

The police remained silent at that. This martial arts star was clearly refusing to cooperate.

By the time the entire movie finished, the theater had fallen completely silent.

Until the final credits appeared once more.

Starring: Boss

Director: Boss

Producer: Wish

Presented by: Wish

The next moment, the entire theater exploded. The seven or eight viewers immediately began arguing furiously.

"This is a fucking remake?"

"Cut out everything before the King of Weapons shows up, and what the hell is the second half? Are you playing current affairs news for us? Even documentaries aren't this documentary!"

"What kind of fucking garbage movie is this?!"

"I've never seen such an absurd remake! Did you just replace all the main and supporting characters halfway through?"

"An action movie starring Zhen Kungfu, and the lead only showed his face at the beginning?"

"So this is how the King of Weapons uses weapons, huh?!"

The clamor in the theater continued, but Song Ren had already quietly left alone.

He no longer had any expectations for the remake's box office. Besides, the conversion rate was calculated at one Wish Coin per hundred thousand.

It would be a blessing if it could ultimately earn even ten Wish Coins.

The remake's reputation had become absurdly bad, and Hong Ye the King of Weapons, as a supporting character, was mercilessly mocked by viewers. Yet Song Ren did not take it to heart at all.

When all was said and done, they were mocking the King of Weapons. What did that have to do with Song Ren?

Compared with those issues, he was more concerned with the impact the remake might have on the real world.

Afterward, he kept following related news online.

Yet the world seemed unchanged as always. The remake did not cause the slightest stir on the internet.

Other than the addition of a critically panned remake, it caused no ripples whatsoever, as though everything had always been that way.

Over the following half month, the remake of The Unity of the Martial Arts earned a total box office of two hundred thousand. At the conversion rate of one hundred thousand to one—

It ultimately only added 2 Wish Coins for Song Ren.

He had expected it to be little, but he had not expected it to be this little.

2 Wish Coins could only be considered better than nothing.

Fortunately, when added to the remaining 99 Wish Coins from before, he had just enough to exchange for another Inheritance Blind Box, with one Wish Coin left over.

Song Ren immediately purchased the second Inheritance Blind Box and opened it.

Inheritance Blind Box opened successfully. Obtained the Inheritance Emblem of the ferocious beast Kui Ox: Hoof (+1)

Dark inheritance energy once again poured into Song Ren's forehead.

At the same time, the Hoof Seal on his back grew darker and larger.

It had already spread upward from the center of his spine toward his shoulder blades.

As Song Ren moved his shoulder blades, the pitch-black Hoof Seal seemed to come alive. The longer one stared at it, the more deeply oppressive it felt.

Song Ren clenched his fists, and an even greater sense of power surged through him!