The overwhelming word-of-mouth praise for *New World* only served to highlight just how terrible *The Promise* truly was.
Director Chen Shiren, who had previously been full of swagger and even boldly declared that *Titanic* should be knocked off the top of the box office charts, was now taking a merciless and thoroughly humiliating beating from the public.
Media outlets and audiences alike were currently split between singing the praises of *New World* and tearing *The Promise* to shreds, while *Crazy Stone* occasionally managed to snag a bit of media coverage.
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