Taking Liu Yifei back to Northeast China for the Chinese New Year has sent the entire internet into

It was exactly 8 p.m.

The screen of the tablet in Liu Yifei's hand went black.

Immediately afterwards, a deep and mournful sound of a blade rang out.

The dragon emblem flashed by.

The screen lights up.

The desert was a hazy yellow, with the setting sun pressing down on the horizon.

The wind and sand swept across the land, leaving the world desolate.

The camera cuts extremely quickly, yet without the slightest hint of clutter.

Wu Zheng plays a swordsman whose face is covered in blood. He holds a long sword with a blunt blade and fights with several black-clad assassins in a narrow, dark, muddy alley.

There are no exaggerated special effects.

The only sounds were the clash of blades, the breaking of bones, heavy breathing, and the splashing of rainwater mixed with blood onto the blue bricks.

The smell of blood almost leaped off the screen.

The three-time Best Actor winner's eyes are fierce like a wolf's, perfectly portraying a desperate, desperate swordsman.

Liu Yifei unconsciously held her breath.

With a top-tier director and a three-time Best Actor winner, the film's quality is top-notch from the very first shot.

The first minute of the trailer is shrouded in an atmosphere of oppression and suffocation.

Wu Zheng continued until he killed the last assassin, then knelt down amidst the ruins, leaning on his sword.

The screen froze.

All ambient sounds disappeared at the same time.

The wind stopped, and the rain ceased.

next second.

"Zheng—!"

A sudden, resounding thud from the guzheng strings!

Screen switch.

A grand vista unfolds.

In the hazy gray sky, a dilapidated city wall stood alone.

The blower swirls up a sky full of withered, yellow leaves.

A tall figure stood in the wind, his back to the camera, his robes fluttering in the wind.

The inner lining is plain white silk, and the outer garment is a long, wide-sleeved robe with dark patterns.

Her black hair was tied up high, and a silver crown covered her head.

With just a glimpse of his back, he suppressed the muddy, bloody, and mundane atmosphere that had just been there.

Liu Yifei's eyes widened little by little.

She subconsciously turned her head to look at Fang Yu, who was still chewing mints beside her.

"This...is it you?"

Fang Yu remained silent.

He was also staring at the screen, his expression appearing quite calm.

But that "praise me" look was impossible to hide.

The camera continues to zoom in.

Wu Zheng gripped his long sword tightly and approached step by step from the ruins.

His eyes were wary, clearly sensing the danger posed by the person in front of him.

The withered leaves swirled between the two of them.

Ten steps away, the figure in black robes slightly turned his head.

His profile fell where the cool light met the shadow.

His jawline was sharp as a knife, and his eyebrows and eyes were calm and undisturbed.

next moment.

Two pairs of eyes met in mid-air.

Accompanied by the continuous, stirring arpeggios of the guzheng, a wild and desolate song soared into the sky.

"A hearty laugh echoes across the vast ocean—!"

"The tides surge on both sides of the strait—!"

"Floating and drifting with the waves, only remembering today—!"

His voice was rough and unrestrained; you could almost smell the strong smell of alcohol and arrogance even through the screen!

In the image, the longsword is drawn half an inch from its sheath.

"Clang!"

A cold glint flashed across Fang Yu's eyes.

Draw your sword!

Parry!

Turn around!

Throat slit!

The movements were so fast that there was no hesitation whatsoever; the robes and the sword's edge formed a smooth black arc in the shot.

Wu Zheng's berserk longsword, which had slain dozens of people, didn't even get to deliver a second strike.

The longsword was already three inches from his throat.

Not a penny more, not a penny less.

The wind swept the withered leaves past the sword's edge, neatly splitting the leaves in two.

In Fang Yu's deep, unfathomable eyes, there was no killing intent, no anger, only extreme indifference after seeing through the world's illusions.

That's the composure only a peerless swordsman possesses.

The background music reaches its final note.

Fang Yu, He Zheng, and Wu Zheng's voices merged into one, and they sang the last line almost frantically.

"All that remains of my heroic spirit is the setting sun!"

The image freezes at this moment.

The long sword was sheathed.

The swordsman in black robes turned and walked into the swirling sandstorm.

The black background with white lettering pressed down.

The movie "The Blade"!

Immediately afterwards, lines of gold text appeared.

[Special Appearance: Fang Yu]

Theme song: "A Laughter in the Vast Sea"

Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: Fang Yu

[Singers: Fang Yu, He Zheng, Wu Zheng]

The trailer has ended.

The living room was so quiet you could hear someone breathing.

Liu Yifei stared at the black screen, stunned for five or six seconds, before slowly turning her neck back.

"You call this a backdrop?!"

Fang Yu shrugged, looking completely innocent.

"I was just a background character; I didn't even have a single line."

Liu Yifei was so angry she laughed on the spot.

Want more lines?

Based on the aura he exuded when he drew his sword just now, if he were given a couple more pretentious lines, Wu Zheng, the male lead, might as well just step down and give way to a more capable person!

At this moment, the internet has completely exploded.

The trailer for "The Blade" saw a surge in views across major social media platforms and short video apps.

The comment section was refreshing like crazy.

[Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Is that Fang Yu?!]

[That rough-around-the-edges Northeastern man who used to cook big feasts and play the suona every day in the village, is actually so handsome in ancient costume?]

[Please, Fang Yu, enter the film and television industry! Save the current crop of ugly male leads in historical dramas! I'm fed up with those weaklings who can't even hold a sword properly!]

[The entire internet is buzzing with the ugly male lead from ancient costume dramas, buying standing-room-only tickets and running away overnight! What does it mean to be born with a sword-like spirit? (Tactical lean back)]

The overwhelming advantage in appearance is just the appetizer.

What truly drove the entire internet into a frenzy was the extremely wild background music in the latter half of the trailer.

This song gave me goosebumps! I got goosebumps all over!

A hearty laugh echoes across the vast ocean, while tides surge on both shores! How vast must one's heart be to express such a poem!

[I heard that all three of them were drunk when they recorded this song. Director He and the Best Actor practically kicked the door open and barged in to sing it together. That's real gangster life!]

Renowned music critic Zhou Yiming wrote a lengthy review of over a thousand words directly on Weibo.

"After watching the trailer for 'The Blade,' I was shaking all over!"

"The current ancient style music scene is filled with flowery language and decadent music. It's all about tragic love stories spanning multiple lifetimes or destroying the world for love. The spirit of the martial arts world has long been dead."

"Fang Yu used only the most traditional five-tone scale of Chinese music—Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zhi, and Yu—arranged in reverse, creating a grand and expansive sound! The recording even retains the roughness and wild laughter of his drunken state, but it is precisely this unpretentious and genuine nature that gives it an irreplaceable soul!"

"He not only revived the spirit of martial arts, but also taught the entire Chinese music scene a lesson! What truly constitutes a carefree and exhilarating martial arts world!"

This long review was instantly shared tens of thousands of times.

Influencers and music bloggers from all walks of life followed suit.

Countless people are frantically searching for the full version of "A Laugh in the Vast Sea" on major music platforms.

However, Xingyao Entertainment and the film production company of "Hengdao" had already reached an agreement that the full version of the song would be released a week later to match the film's promotional schedule.

The scarcity marketing strategy was extremely effective.

Unable to hear the full version, netizens could only watch the trailer over and over again.

The "want to see" index for "The Blade" has skyrocketed on major ticketing platforms!

In the production team's group chat, He Zheng and several investors were ecstatic.