Soon, the first weekend after the Lantern Festival arrived.

This means that more people can go to the cinema to watch movies on their days off.

"Mistaken Identity" also took this opportunity to successfully top the daily box office charts, becoming the highest-grossing new film after the Spring Festival.

Of course, "The Phantom Thieves 2," which has been a huge hit since the Spring Festival, is still at the top of the overall charts. Although its growth rate is far slower than that of "Mistaken Identity," it is still on a promising upward trend and is a perfect report card for "The Phantom Thieves 2" at its future celebration.

As the film's release date approached, more videos about "Mistaken Identity" appeared online, no longer just recommendations and reviews from bloggers, but also analyses and interpretations from multiple viewers.

The speculation surrounding the final ending is also a key focus of everyone's analysis. Although this version has modified the original ending and leans towards an open ending, it still enjoys a high level of acceptance from the audience.

This brings us to one person—

Xiao He, the actor who plays the final lead role.

To be honest, at this point, it had nothing to do with the plot or character settings; it was purely due to the actor's overwhelming personal charisma.

Whether he plays the lead or the villain, his performance on the big screen is so captivating that he completely overshadows all other actors.

Zhan Min was able to withstand the pressure and change the original ending to the current one, and Xiao He's performance itself was extremely convincing.

Otherwise, the final ending should have been that the character played by Ren Yibai survived, instead of Xiao He continuing as the protagonist, which would have been a huge highlight for the main character.

It can be said that Zhan Min used this editing to convince the company's leaders, and then used this story to convince the audience.

Therefore, Ren Yibai was destined to be less successful than the supporting actors this time, and was even ridiculed by other viewers.

One blogger even made a sharp comment, saying that "Mistaken Identity" felt like a story about a protagonist who was possessed.

When Xiao He's version of the protagonist Zhu Feng appears, the audience will subconsciously stand on Zhu Feng's side, treating Xiao He as the main character and hoping that Zhu Feng can fight back and take revenge on all those who bullied him. When Xiao He becomes the killer in the movie, that is, the villain, the audience will still subconsciously stand on the villain's side and support "Xiao He" to kill "Ren Yibai".

That's psychedelic.

The audience's [N O V E L I G H T] values ​​followed Xiao He's. Even though Ren Yibai was the main character who appeared for most of the time, the audience felt inexplicably frustrated. It felt like the protagonist, Zhu Feng, lost a lot of personal charm after swapping bodies with someone else. He went from a somewhat decadent office worker to a brainless good-for-nothing who couldn't do anything right. He simply didn't have the charisma of a protagonist, and the contrast was unbearable.

The blogger even lamented in the video: "It's such a loss! Zhu Feng, you're so foolish! You were originally tall and handsome, although you were indeed a bit unkempt, and you were getting old and your health wasn't so good, but you changed your face from 'Xiao He' to 'Ren Yibai', can you really accept such a difference? Who the hell can stand this?!"

What else could this be but possession?

Ren Yibai! Give me back the protagonist Zhu Feng from the Xiao He version!

Especially during the finale when the two sides were pulling and fighting each other, their souls were also being torn apart due to the mingling of their blood. According to the plot, everyone was fighting for "Ren Yibai's" body, since that body was young and healthy and had extremely high power and family background. However, "Xiao He's" crazy villainous attributes in the later stages also attracted people's attention. His personal charm exploded, and for a moment, the audience did not know which body was more advantageous to fight for.

Fortunately, in the finale, the body played by Xiao He survived; otherwise, if the audience had seen "Ren Yibai's" face appear at the end, they would have definitely complained.

"As for the final ending, I searched for relevant information and watched several roadshow events of the 'Mistaken Identity' crew. Basically, the clues are very obvious. The person who survives in the end is the protagonist Zhu Feng. Both his body and his soul are Zhu Feng himself. You can tell from many details of him going back to work."

"For example, when he first returned to the company, although his colleagues were afraid of him because of the murder case that had occurred before, he would still subconsciously give way to others when getting off the elevator, letting other colleagues leave the elevator first."

"And that tie, it's kind of a reference to the scene at work in the first act of the movie. His colleagues laughed at his tie for being old-fashioned, so the next day Zhu Feng wore a new tie to try and prove himself. But before getting off the elevator, he took off the new tie because of his inferiority complex and never wore it again."

"And the final divorce ending, I think, is the most wonderful. Actually, at the beginning, there was a divorce agreement in Zhu Feng's bedside table, but he didn't have the courage to take it out. It felt like he was trapped in the past emotions and the laziness of not wanting to change the status quo. But after experiencing an unspeakable life-and-death adventure of exchanging lives, he regained the courage to move forward."

"—In this journey of soul swapping, which turned out to be a mistake, Zhu Feng regained his confidence and courage. In fact, because his hands were stained with blood, his personality unconsciously mixed with a part of the killer's shadow. In the future, he will no longer be the Zhu Feng who can be bullied by everyone, but his life is destined to no longer be as peaceful as before... Although his story is not a perfect happy ending, I am still very satisfied with it. It is different from the original version of the life winner's happy ending and has a deeper and more restrained meaning."

"Thank goodness, otherwise if it were a happy ending where the cuckold has a wife and the male lead is forced to forgive his wife or the misunderstanding is cleared up, I would be really angry."

The blogger clutched his chest as he spoke: "That scene between Zhu Feng and his wife really made me angry and helpless. Next time, don't let Xiao He play an incompetent husband! Do you think he's really suitable?"

Xiao He, a spineless coward, is constantly disliked by his wife and even cuckolded by her—do you think this couple is a good match?

"To be honest, I was scared for his wife halfway through. I was really afraid that Brother Xiao would kill his wife and his mistress with a knife later on. Is this Brother Xiao's villainous aura?"

"Wait, no, I'm a small-box fan, how could I say that?"

Finally, realizing what had happened, the blogger clasped his hands together and frantically apologized in front of the screen: "I'm sorry, Brother Xiao, I'm so sorry, Brother Xiao!"

The blogger's smooth apology did not offend others; on the contrary, the comments section of the video was full of agreement from other viewers. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

【Haha, that's what I thought too!】

【When I saw Xiao He timidly crawling into bed to sleep, I really couldn't hold back anymore.】

【Vision Xiao killed them all, then nodded, saying, "Oh right, I'd be a coward if even one less died."】

【Pfft—I'm dying of laughter.】

【However, to be fair, Xiao He's character does change quite a bit in the movie, especially in his early appearances. It seems like he never looks directly at the camera, projecting a completely timid and insecure demeanor. When I took my mom to see it, she only realized later on that Zhu Feng was played by Xiao He.】

【Actually, Xiao He's acting is really good; the difference between the two souls in different states after the swap is quite significant.】

【Yes, jokes aside, Xiao Ge was indeed unremarkable during his Zhu Feng era. He wasn't handsome or outstanding; I'd just call him an ordinary person. But then, when he was possessed by the assassin's spirit, wow, his eyes and expressions changed drastically. It was truly terrifying; he seemed completely different all of a sudden.】

【No wonder they say villains are Xiao Ge's comfort zone; when he plays a villain, his charisma and charm double. He's a born villain.】