On the three major social platforms.
Netizens who yearned for foreign countries and felt that the moon was rounder abroad were still constantly slandering.
They claimed that the organizers were right to target them, that the hacker's invasion had affected international relations, and laughed at the low quality of domestic netizens.
Their own country was being targeted, yet they were helping outsiders to mock it, which made many netizens in Long Country furious.
They were accused of having no correct stance and being a group of fake Long Country people who worshipped foreign things.
The war of words between the two sides continued to escalate, with some even reaching the point of preparing to fight in person.
Finally, the social platforms intervened, removing the trending topics and no longer allowing discussions about the JiaDa Film Festival, which put a stop to the escalating conflict.
Although the authorities intervened in time to stop it, there were still some people with ulterior motives who took screenshots of the entire online argument.
And through their small channels, they sent all the screenshots to foreign websites.
Upon receiving the screenshots, the contacts on foreign websites filtered them, keeping only those that mocked their own country's films and showed blind adoration for foreign things, and then posted the images in the comment section of the film festival's webpage.
Long Country time was 1 PM, while JiaDa Country time was 7 AM.
After the online argument in the comment section the previous night, Long Country students studying abroad, netizens from Little Bang Country, Sakura Country, and White Elephant Country, as well as netizens from neutral countries.
Most of them had not yet come online and were resting.
The screenshots uploaded to the comment section did not cause much of a stir. Only a small number of people were discussing them, but no major arguments broke out.
JiaDa Country time was 10 AM.
The official website of the JiaDa Film Festival suddenly underwent maintenance and updates.
After an hour of maintenance, the film festival's webpage returned to normal.
At this time, some Long Country students studying abroad and netizens from Little Xi Ba and Little Ba Ga countries had already woken up.
The first thing everyone did after washing up was to check the film festival.
When people opened the film festival's webpage, they were surprised to find that many special columns on the webpage had been modified.
Furthermore, the promotional and interview columns at the top of the webpage had also changed.
Long Country, which had been targeted by the film festival organizers, appeared in these newly added special columns.
At the same time, netizens also discovered that the film festival's screening schedule had also changed.
According to the rules of the JiaDa Film Festival, on the first day of the opening, after the premiere of the opening ceremony film, there were twenty-four films to be screened.
Over the next three days, the organizers would schedule the twenty-four films into designated screening halls for rotating screenings.
Because these were films promoted by the film festival, the ticket prices were half of what they were before, acting as a benefit for global audiences.
After the premiere yesterday and the webpage maintenance update today, everyone was surprised to find that the film festival's screening schedule had changed.
Except for the three films from Bird Lai Wu of Pretty Country, which remained unchanged, the screening times for Little Bang Country's films were placed in the third slot, while the three films from Long Country were all placed in the second slot.
Netizens from Little Bang Country, seeing that their country's films had been replaced by Long Country, immediately asked the organizers if the webpage had been hacked again, otherwise, why would their films be pushed down?
The film festival's official response was direct, stating that this was a decision made by the organizers' leaders and that there had been no hacker intrusion.
Upon receiving the explanation, the netizens from Little Bang Country immediately became enraged.
In the comment section of the webpage, they cursed the film festival organizers for being unethical, unscrupulous, and shameless for arbitrarily changing the schedule.
In short, their curses became nastier with each passing comment.
The comments that were screenshotted from Long Country's social media platforms and posted in the comment section were drowned out by the angry comments from Little Bang Country netizens.
The official staff of the JiaDa Film Festival simply banned a few accounts that insulted JiaDa Country and let the other netizens from Little Bang Country continue to comment, ignoring them further.
Watching Little Bang Country furiously curse the film festival organizers in the comment section.
The netizens from White Elephant Country and Sakura Country, who were allies last night, did not speak up in support of Little Bang Country netizens, but instead, stood by and watched.
Seeing Little Xi Ba barking at the organizers, how could the Long Country students studying abroad miss such a good opportunity? They immediately joined in.
"Oh my, it seems some people are being targeted by the organizers. The way they're barking in the comment section is just like a clown. I say, hurry up and find your Pretty Country father for help, after all, the father comes when the son is beaten."
"I suspect Pretty Country, the great father of Little Bang Country, won't intervene, as it's just a small matter of film screening times. There's no need for the father to step in. It's time for the son to experience the coldness of the human world."
"Hahaha, revenge has finally come! Little Xi Ba has been acting arrogantly and bullying others with the power of others in recent years. Now that they are being targeted by the organizers and no hackers from any country are supporting them, it's enough to show how bad their character is and how notorious they are!"
Everyone understood that the change in the film screening schedule was likely related to last night's hacker intrusion.
It was also well-known how much Little Xi Ba was hated.
Therefore, seeing Little Xi Ba being targeted by the organizers, the Long Country students studying abroad immediately started to mock them.
It could be considered as taking revenge!
.....
Ou Lin City, the central capital of JiaDa Country.
It was also the venue for the JiaDa Film Festival.
In a high-end suite at the Bo Lai Ke Hotel.
"Ah Xi Ba... Ah Xi Ba..."
A man in his thirties, wearing a bathrobe, was smashing water glasses, vases, and other items in the room.
Beside him stood a young and beautiful female secretary, a 19-year-old assistant, and a middle-aged male executive director in his forties.
"Ah Xi Ba... the organizers of JiaDa Country are deliberately opposing us, letting Long Country be scheduled before us. What do they mean, Ah Xi Ba!"
Park Guo Chang continuously shouted "Xi Ba" and was extremely angry about the actions of the JiaDa Film Festival organizers.
Looking at the computer screen on the desk, he became even more enraged: "Ah Xi Ba, those little brats from Long Country actually dare to mock Little Bang Country.
When the awards are given out in three days, let's see if they can still laugh?"
After two consecutive "Xi Ba," Park Guo Chang looked at the middle-aged man beside him: "Director Jin Xiao Ji, how long will it take for our public relations team to arrive in Ou Lin City?"
"Around 11 PM tonight, President Park!"
Upon hearing this, Park Guo Chang looked at the comment section of the film festival webpage, which was still being flooded with comments, and said directly: "It will be too late by the time the public relations team lands. Our Xun Wei Group's two films have been maliciously targeted by the organizers in terms of their screening schedule. We must discredit Long Country's three films before they are screened.
We'll put them down and elevate ourselves.
Director Jin, go and buy tickets for Long Country's three films. I want to watch all of them."
"Yes, President Park!"
Jin Xiao Ji nodded and quickly left the hotel room.
His anger just subsided, and Park Guo Chang sank heavily onto the sofa.
His gaze swept over the secretary and assistant, who immediately understood his intention.
The assistant and secretary took off their outer trench coats, revealing their black silk business attire, and knelt before Park Guo Chang.
.....
At 2 PM.
Park Guo Chang, full of pride, arrived at the film festival screening area surrounded by his entourage.
He took out the pre-purchased movie tickets and distributed them to his subordinates, then led his female secretary, assistant, and five bodyguards towards the screening hall of "Black and White Edge."
At the nearby snack rest area.
Wang He, wearing sunglasses and drinking juice, looked at Park Guo Chang's large entourage and asked, "Sister Jin, do you know who that person is? His entourage is bigger than mine!"
"It's the president of Xun Wei Group from Little Bang Country, Park Guo Chang."
"This name, when pronounced, sounds a bit illegal. Park Guo Chang... literally sounds like 'prostitute once'."
Wang He let out a mocking laugh and looked at the group entering the screening hall opposite him, raising an eyebrow: "Don't Little Bang Country people always consider themselves noble and superior?
I didn't expect them to come to watch our movie!"
"You are Young Master Wang from our Long Country, and creating a spectacle is something you've long mastered. This Park Guo Chang wants to show off the prestige of their Little Xi Ba Country!"
Jin Qi Qi shook her coffee and said with a smile, "As for coming to watch our movie, it's probably because they're angry about the screening schedule, so they came to support us!"
As she spoke, director Liu Wei Qiang, who was beside them, suddenly frowned and said, "No, with the pettiness of these Little Xi Ba people, it's definitely not just simple support."
He glanced at Park Guo Chang and his group who were having their tickets checked: "I always feel like this Mr. Park has some ulterior motive!"
While Wang He, Jin Qi Qi, and Director Liu were talking, Park Guo Chang and his group, having finished having their tickets checked, had already entered the screening hall.
Park Guo Chang, with a woman on each arm, caused constant murmurs among the moviegoers around him.
Just as someone was about to take out their phone to take a picture, they were immediately stopped by a bodyguard.
Reaching their designated seats, Park Guo Chang swaggered to the center.
The secretary held a cola, and the assistant held popcorn, serving him beside him.
The five bodyguards, three in the back row and two in the front row, provided him with all-around protection.
Despite the grand entrance of this young master, some people still secretly took pictures and whispered about them in private.
Park Guo Chang, enjoying the massage service from his assistant, scanned the screening hall, which was only half full, and said with a smile: "Long Country's movies, regardless of their reputation or quality, are not as good as ours.
Even if the organizers schedule them in prime time, there still won't be many people!"
He roughly confirmed the number of audience members, and Old Park had a plan in mind.
At 2:20 PM.
The three films from Long Country officially began playing simultaneously.
Park Guo Chang was watching "Black and White Edge."
The opening of the movie was the same as when it was released domestically, with only foreign language subtitles added.
After the opening credits, as the female lead asked, "Do you know... Zhang Hai Sheng....", the main film officially began.
The combat scenes upon entering the country and the protagonist's flashback-style opening made audiences from various countries' eyes light up.
In their opinion, such a movie opening was very innovative, and many countries did not have it.
(The subsequent plot was mentioned earlier, so it will not be reiterated!)
Because it was screened at the JiaDa Film Festival, the censorship was much more relaxed.
Many scenes that were not allowed to be shown domestically were now on screen, perfectly restoring all the plot details.
Park Guo Chang and his entourage, engrossed in the exciting plot, forgot their original purpose.
It wasn't until the three-hour and twenty-minute film concluded that they suddenly remembered why they had come to watch the movie.
After repurchasing movie tickets and returning to the screening hall,
Park Guo Chang's female secretary opened her trench coat, revealing her proud figure underneath.
A camera, no bigger than half a palm, appeared on the secretary's chest. The trench coat covered the camera, leaving only the lens exposed, pointing at the movie "Black and White Edge" currently playing in front of them.