Reunion with an Old Friend

Lin Yuan and Liu Yifei walked into the cinema together, chatting and laughing.

Inside, from the entrance to the corridors, from the ticket counters to the lounge areas, nearly every prominent spot was occupied by massive promotional posters for "The Road to Legend."

The posters showed him in insulated mountaineering gear, in heavy fireproof suits, and in deep-sea pressure suits...

Just looking at them made it clear how rich and exciting the elements of "The Road to Legend" and "The Spy King 2" were, filling people with curiosity and anticipation.

Although Lin Yuan had expected something like this, he still could not help pausing when he saw it in person.

Normally, even when a popular movie premiered, cinemas would leave some promotional space for other films. After all, several movies were always released during the same period.

Yet today, the entire cinema seemed to have become an exclusive exhibition hall for "The Road to Legend," with promotional materials for other movies almost nowhere to be found.

"Anyone who didn't know better would think you bought this cinema and turned it into a private theater dedicated to screening your movies," Liu Yifei teased with a smile, a hint of amusement in her eyes.

"Doesn't that seem a little overbearing? People might think I'm squeezing out the competition," Lin Yuan replied.

"'The Road to Legend' got 83.2% of the screenings. Even if you say you're not squeezing anyone out, people would have to believe you first," Liu Yifei said.

Lin Yuan's gaze swept across the promotional materials for other movies, overshadowed by the brilliance of "The Road to Legend"—sparse, but still present.

He pointed at the screening information for several films:

"Farewell in the Mist," produced by Columbia Pictures.

"Dust and Stars," produced by Sony Pictures.

"Broken Mirrors and Whole Dreams," produced