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As April quietly arrived, the international situation on both sides of the Pacific Ocean began to become increasingly turbulent and unpredictable.

First, in East Asia, a certain neighboring country disregarded the severe warnings from the University of Tokyo and insisted on fully deploying the US THAAD anti-missile system, brazenly extending its radar monitoring range to the University of Tokyo's rear areas in North and Northeast China.

Following this, at the high-profile G7 summit, several traditional Western powers again made veiled criticisms of the University of Tokyo's economic and geopolitical policies in their joint communiqué.

Even the monkeys in the Philippines to the south, recently encouraged by the US, have been jumping out every day to provoke and provoke the East China Sea in various ways.

Meanwhile, the US is gradually implementing a series of entity list sanctions and trade measures against Eastern University's technology and manufacturing sectors.

For a time, ordinary people and netizens across the country felt extremely frustrated under the daily bombardment of news.

"Protest every day! Protest! Why can't we just beat him up and show off our muscles?!"

"Now even a nobody like the Philippines dares to talk back to us? What are our aircraft carriers and missiles even for?!"

Online, public sentiment is outraged.

However, geopolitical games are always complex, and it can be said that a single move can have far-reaching consequences.

Ordinary people also find it difficult to understand the strategic resolve and long-term planning considerations at the national level.

The Philippines, this slovenly dog ​​that roams the roadside, could be flattened in an afternoon if we really wanted to take action, given the current military strength of the University of Tokyo.

But the real trouble lies with the connections behind it and the Americans behind it.

Amidst this pent-up resentment and frustration, countless people are burning with anger and desperately need an outlet.

At this critical juncture, an official announcement from Haofeng Film and Television Department acted like a drop of boiling oil, quickly igniting this tinderbox.

The military action blockbuster "Wolf Warrior 2," heavily invested in by Haofeng Pictures and directed and starring Wu Jing, has officially announced its release date for the summer season!

Along with the release date announcement, a high-quality two-minute teaser trailer was also released.

In the trailer, on the war-torn African continent, tanks drift and collide in the sandstorm, and missiles whistle through the ruins. Leng Feng, played by Wu Jing, carries the red flag on his shoulder and escorts his fellow students from Southeast University to evacuate from the war.

The phrase "Those who offend China, though far away, shall be punished" struck a chord with countless Dongda University citizens in April, a month already marked by heightened geopolitical tensions.

That patriotic fervor quickly raised public expectations for the film to an almost uncontrollable level.

Although the first "Wolf Warrior" film was quite successful back then, the reason it has sparked such a large-scale national discussion in April this year is largely because it perfectly caters to the current international situation and national sentiment.

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Of course, there can never be only one harmonious voice on the internet.

While the trailer was a hit, many self-proclaimed rational tech-savvy netizens and "American fans" began to nitpick, publicly questioning on forums whether certain action sequences in the trailer conformed to common sense:

"Hilarious! In the trailer, Wu Jing uses a Simmons steel-wire mattress to trap a whistling RPG rocket?"

"Did your PE teacher teach you this basic physics? The impact of a rocket could tear a person to pieces! That's so unbelievable, so far-fetched!"

However, this self-proclaimed professional "science popularization" was met with a relentless and overwhelming backlash from patriotic netizens on this day:

"Oh, so you're pretending to be a physicist here?"

"Why didn't you explain the facts when Rambo was single-handedly shooting down helicopters with a heavy machine gun in the American movie 'First Blood'?"

"Why don't you question the fact that a group of nearly eighty-year-old men in 'The Expendables' emerged unscathed from a hail of bullets?"

"Captain America's broken shield can even deflect alien lasers, so why didn't you criticize them for lacking basic physics?!"

"So, when Americans save the world in movies, it's considered 'popcorn entertainment blockbuster,' but when we Dongda students use a mattress to block rockets in movies, it's seen as 'fantasy that defies the laws of physics'?"

"You're so adept at double standards. To put it bluntly, you're just spineless cowards who've been kneeling for too long. You simply can't stand seeing good movies from our Dongda University!"

In an instant, the online discussion forums turned into a chaotic battleground.

However, anyone who pays even a little attention to the online ecosystem can clearly see that since 2017, those "public intellectuals" and "foreign lackeys" who once wielded considerable influence on Weibo and Tianya Tieba have found it increasingly difficult to survive online.

First, Gao Xiaosong, who once became very popular with "Xiaoshuo" and spoke of Western contractual spirit and the sweetness of American air, announced his semi-retirement and the show was suspended indefinitely.

Following that, the magazines "Reader" and "Yilin," which carried the youth of a generation and once vigorously promoted Western sewer paper packaging, German craftsmanship, and the traditional inspirational stories of Japanese elementary school students cleaning toilets, began to have their old grievances dug up and be settled one by one by angry and sober young netizens.

The soft-sounding culture that once exaggerated how wonderful Western life was and how backward the East was has gradually lost its appeal to the highly confident younger generation.

In today's uplifting and aggressive wave of national self-confidence, anyone who dares to criticize a film like "Wolf Warrior 2" that promotes national prestige will almost instantly be labeled a public intellectual and a walking 500,000-strong online mob, and will be thoroughly criticized.

The winds of change have blown.

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Just as the flames of patriotic public opinion were raging in China, in a small auditorium in Nanjing that refused to be visited by outsiders.

Provincial Governor Zhang Qiang, accompanied by Secretary Bai, personally received Li Feng.

"Comrade Li Feng, please sit down."

Zhang Qiang pointed to the sofa opposite him, a gentle smile now playing on his stern and weathered face:

"The internal review of the film 'Wolf Warrior 2' that your film and television department submitted for review a while ago has been reviewed by several people in the publicity department."

"The feedback was excellent. After watching it, the higher-ups said it was great three times, saying that this is the spirit that our Dongda Film Academy should have."

"He also instructed the province to encourage you to produce more excellent films like this that promote patriotism and boost national morale."

Upon hearing the praise from the provincial champion, Li Feng, with a humble expression, immediately stated:

"Secretary Zhang, rest assured, popularizing patriotic education and promoting national sentiment is the social responsibility that Haofeng Film and Television Media Group should fulfill."

"To be honest with the leaders, besides 'Wolf Warrior 2,' our film and television department has also approved another modern military blockbuster based on the true story of the evacuation of Chinese citizens from Yemen, tentatively titled 'Operation Red Sea.'"

"As long as the province and higher authorities support us, Haofeng will resolutely continue down this path of promoting national prestige."