The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 316 Shocking at every step (two in one)

There is no shortage of tidbits in the entertainment industry.

Every day, various emotional stories showing affection or tearing each other up take turns.

In order to satisfy some of the ideas of the viewers who follow the drama, the actors of a drama will kiss, hug, and lift them up in public to continue "business."

But once off stage, many people won't even become friends.

Lu Yuan has filmed more than a dozen movies since he entered the industry.

During this period, I also met many colleagues. Most of them went back to their respective homes after the filming was completed, and we only occasionally contacted each other during New Years and holidays.

Hu Cun and others are different. "Young General of the Yang Family" is the first full-length TV series in which he has officially appeared in a large number of scenes.

In addition, the filming atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty crew is relatively active, the leading actors are of the same age, they fight and joke around every day, and they have collaborated many times, so their friendship is relatively deep.

In private, they would have dinner together from time to time, have toothpaste rituals, and gossip in the group. Although their relationship was not as good as that of Zhu Yawen and Luo Jin, it was not much different.

When Lu Yuan opened the door, Hu Jian was talking about something, which made Tang Yan and others very happy.

Hearing the noise, he looked at the two people who came in one after another, with a meaningful smile on his face, and joked: "I'm finally willing to come in. Those who didn't know thought you two were hiding in the car doing some shameful things." Woolen cloth."

The others also had an imperceptible smile on their lips.

Liu Shishi hunched over and slipped out from behind the male ticket, ran to Tang Yan and sat down next to him.

Lu Yuan pulled off his mask, stared at Hu Jian's face again and again, and suddenly smiled and said: "How much love can you do nonsense?"

Several people were quite puzzled by his words and were full of questions.

Only Hu Jian was embarrassed on the spot. What he was talking about was the secret code for communication between him and Yang Mi on the Weibo account. How could this guy know?

Full of suspicion, he glanced around the box and stopped at Liu Shishi. When he saw her eyes dodge and her head lowered, he understood instantly.

Damn it, it’s hard to guard against house thieves day and night. There are undercover agents beside me and Yang Mi.

Lu Yuan pulled out the chair and sat next to his girlfriend, and continued in a sweet tone: "When we were in love, she said we met too late, and after we separated, he said we fell in love too early, Lao Hu, you She’s quite artistic.”

Hu Chan: "."

When Yuan Hong saw his good brother being teased, he laughed so hard that he slapped the table. He caught a glimpse of his eyes that wanted to kill someone, and he hurriedly shut up.

Xu Shiliang noticed that he glanced at Liu Shishi with his peripheral vision, scratched his scalp, and said casually: "Hey, why do I remember that someone posted on Weibo, saying that the journey is long and I like it very much."

"Yes, yes, I don't know who it is. I just posted it in a large format. I like poetry, and it also comes with a copy of Three-Body Problem. The drunkard's intention is not in drinking, but in that thing?" Hu Jian also reacted, his eyes He glanced at Liu Shishi.

Liu Shishi: "."

Lu Yuan: "."

The four of them looked at each other, with their eyes wide open, and the situation seemed a little awkward.

"Pfft, hahaha." Tang Yan saw them arguing with each other. Being a person prone to laughter, he couldn't hold back at first, so he laughed on Liu Shishi's shoulders until his shoulders shook slightly.

Guo Xiaoting also covered her mouth and smiled. She played the role of Hua Ying in "Sword and Sword III". This girl's profile looks very similar to Yuan Hong's. The two are also used to being teased by everyone and calling each other brother and sister.

Lu Yuan coughed dryly, opened the menu and said, "Stop it, stop it, hurry up and serve the food."

The waiter pushed the door open and came in. When he saw a room full of celebrities, his expression did not change. The most important thing in Hengdian was celebrities.

Only when he saw Lu Yuan, he was stunned for a few seconds, and the star was also divided.

"Let's order the pickled black fish stew." Lu Yuan pointed to the menu.

Miss Liu raised her little hand: "Add more sauerkraut. Mi Mi said their sauerkraut is delicious."

"Okay, add more sauerkraut."

"You order the rest." He pushed out the menu.

"Crispy big crucian carp."

"Stir-fried yellow beef."

"Perilla frog."

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"That's enough, that's enough. It's a waste to eat too much." Tang Yan heard everyone keep chanting the names of the dishes and quickly stopped them.

The host Hu Jian shrugged and said to the waiter beside him: "Order these first, there won't be enough to add later."

While waiting for the food to be served, everyone chattered about the recent gossip in the industry.

Hu Gan pretended to be mysterious and asked: "Does everyone know about Zhang Nara's 'money trap' incident?"

Several other people looked at each other and nodded.

"Boom."

Lu Yuan punctured the film on the tableware and looked up to see everyone staring at him.

He said blankly: "It all depends on what I do, and I don't know her. The first time I heard about this person was when the TV series "The Cardamom Years" was broadcast during my junior year, in which she co-starred with Liu Yifei."

There was a box of fruit plate on the table. Liu Shishi took a tangerine from it, peeled it open, and removed the white layer.

Her eyes curved into crescent shapes, she handed the orange petal to her boyfriend's mouth, and then retracted it with a gasp.

Lu Yuan glanced at her, bulging his cheeks, speechless, jealous, right?

He reached out and snatched it away from her mouth.

Liu Shishi: (┬＿┬)

Lu Yuan rubbed her head angrily.

Liu Shishi: (︶︿︶)

Jang Nara should be the first batch of Korean artists to develop in the mainland.

Around 2004, the mainland's film and television industry was not yet mature and was in a stage of vigorous development.

Jang Nara has become famous in South Korea, but her father is not satisfied and wants his daughter to go further.

So we set our sights on Neon and the mainland market successively, and facts proved that the second choice was the correct one.

Jang Nara's first drama in the Mainland was "The Cardamom Years", and then she became famous with her role as "Situ Jing" in "The Unruly Princess".

After becoming popular all over the country, it has won the love and support of countless mainland audiences.

In the 2008 Olympic Games, she was invited to participate in the recording of "BJ Welcomes You". She wore a yellow dress and looked particularly eye-catching among the stars.

She is the first and only foreign actress to sing this song.

Unfortunately, a few days ago, a public opinion broke out.

Lu Yuan heard Wu Lang mention that Jang Nara returned to South Korea to participate in the talk show "Strong Heart" to promote a new movie.

It was originally just an ordinary program, but she didn't expect that she would say something special during the program, saying: "Dad always forces me to go to the mainland to keep filming movies when funds are tight. I'm very tired."

In line with the attitude of "If you don't say anything shocking, you will die", they directly assigned one: "Force me to go to the mainland to make money."

When this word spread to China, it changed again. Under the control of some promoters, people who lacked money would go to the mainland to make money.

The domestic media was in an uproar, and the rise of the rhythm band seemed to be a new "incident of humiliating China."

Although it was not Jang Nara's original intention, this incident eventually took an uncontrollable path, and netizens criticized and abused her overwhelmingly.

Several people at the table began to discuss whether the "money trap" was true or false.

Lu Yuan did not participate much. The controversy was very big this time, and most netizens were denouncing the boycott. It is unknown whether Zhang Nara can continue to be involved in the country.

In fact, Jang Nara's experience is not an isolated case, it is a common phenomenon in the entertainment industry.

Her example also gave Lu Yuan a warning.

The power of words is huge. As an actor, in addition to excellent professional abilities, you also need to be cautious in your words and deeds. You also need to have a keen sense of smell and a high degree of public opinion awareness.

In the Internet age, the power of the network cannot be underestimated. With the strengthening of national strength, especially the successful hosting of the Olympic Games last year, the domestic entertainment industry has become more prosperous, and the supervision of public opinion has become more stringent.

After Weibo goes online, the words and deeds of celebrities and artists may arouse widespread attention and heated discussions at any time.

One careless mistake may become the focus of public attention, receive ruthless criticism, or even cause the career to completely collapse.

After all, most netizens follow the crowd blindly.

On the one hand, the media takes things out of context and ignores the facts. The main reason is that netizens are just having fun and no one is willing to delve into the truth.

In fact, Lu Yuan also feels that behind the over-interpretation of this statement, it is actually a manifestation of cultural lack of confidence.

Regardless of whether Jang Nara said that, even though she was in the name of "cultural exchange", her purpose in coming to China was to make money.

Not only her, stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan who used to have eyes that reached into the sky also went north.

With the huge mainland market, Lu Yuan would not be surprised if celebrities from Europe, America and other countries came to ask for food in the future.

Jang Nara is like a person who vaguely points out the truth of "The Emperor's New Clothes".

Although everyone knows that foreign stars can make a lot of money when they come to China, the common rule is that you can't say what you do, and if you say it, you will expose the "rules".

Because they weave a dream, deceiving themselves and others into thinking that Koreans come to the mainland not for profit, but only because of cultural worship.

And convinced.

For a long time, Chinese people have been accustomed to listening to empty words, nonsense, polite words, and compliments, and they are very good at automatically blocking some truths.

Because some truths are often harsh and uncomfortable, even though they are partially true.

If something like culture wants to go global, national strength is the prerequisite, and secondly, it must be confident enough to accept truth and tolerate different opinions.

True cultural self-esteem and self-confidence are not words, but a tolerant and broad mind, a calm and open mind, and at the same time, in the heart, one believes that I am the best in the world.

"What are you thinking about?" Liu Shishi saw the man in a daze and poked his waist with his index finger.

Lu Yuan came to his senses, subconsciously grabbed her hand, squeezed it, looked at the others, and asked, "Where are you talking about?"

Hu Jian rolled his eyes and said, "We are talking about a problem with a drama that the company is planning to film next year."

"Something went wrong, what happened?"

"Originally, Lao K was interested in the copyright of his last novel and was about to take action. Who knew that someone had cut off the copyright?"

"And this, what kind of novel?"

"The theme of time travel, I can't remember the specific content clearly. Ask Shi Shi, she knows."

Liu Shishi blinked his eyes and said, "I just heard a few words from Old K. It seemed to be about a modern urban girl who traveled through time and space and returned to the Qing Dynasty, and then got involved in the secret fight between the nine sons to win the heir."

What kind of mess, Lu Yuan muttered in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, he frowned and said: "A time-travel theme in ancient costume?"

"Yeah." Liu Shishi nodded.

"What's your name?"

"Every step of the way is startling."

"Huh?" Lu Yuan vaguely felt as if he had heard someone mention this name somewhere.

"What's wrong with you?" Liu Shishi was curious.

"Nothing, I thought of something else." He picked up his chopsticks, tore off a piece of fish and chewed it twice.

Speaking of costume dramas, before he graduated, he was quite crazy. Dozens of them were launched every year, and it is no exaggeration to describe them as being extremely popular.

But the situation changed drastically after 2005.

The fundamental reason is that a large number of shoddy follow-up dramas have caused aesthetic fatigue among mainland audiences.

Lu Yuan vaguely remembered that the costume comedy "I Love River East Lion" starring Chen Hao and Jiao Enjun, and the costume drama "Qing Palace Storm" starring Jiang Wen, Zhang Fengyi, Xu Qing and other big names, all suffered from the embarrassment of being neglected in the ratings.

There is a large backlog of costume dramas in the market, and major TV stations are hiding them and dare not broadcast them.

There was overcapacity, so national policies began to regulate macroeconomics.

On the one hand, it supports TV dramas with realistic themes, and at the same time, it further tightens the approval of historical dramas and costume dramas.

According to the document issued by the Radio and Television, local satellite channels should not broadcast more than two costume dramas during prime time each year.

As soon as the document came out, the number of filming of costume dramas dropped sharply.

The investment cost of a costume drama is higher than that of a modern drama, and there is no guarantee that it will be broadcast on stars. It is very difficult for the producers to recover the cost.

At present, TV dramas mostly recover costs by first selling terrestrial channels and then selling satellite channels.

Star channels can sell for 30 to 50 yuan per episode, while terrestrial channels can sell for about 60 to 70 yuan.

Without the star channel, if there is no overseas market to make up for it, it will definitely lose money.

Around 2005, the international influence and competitiveness of domestic film and television cultural products were not equivalent to the country's international political and economic status.

The number of works that have actually entered the international market is very limited, and there are almost no works that have caused significant repercussions.

In other words, it is basically impossible to make profits overseas. Failure to receive good ratings in the mainland means losing money.

Over the past few years, there have been fewer costume dramas broadcast, and eh, the audience has begun to miss them again.

So this year, radio and television slightly relaxed their review efforts.

It can be expected that with the influx of hot money, there will be a large number of costume dramas on the market next year. It is not difficult to understand that Tang Dynasty plans to get involved.

It took about two hours to finish the meal. By the time everyone came out of Jinhua Cooking House, it was already ten o'clock at night.

"Shi Shi, come with us. We're going back to Xiaobailou anyway." Hu Jian leaned out of the car window and shouted maliciously.

Lu Yuan glanced at him: "Get out."

Liu Shishi ignored Lao Hu and swooped into her boyfriend's car.

After getting into the car and just about to ignite it, Lu Yuan stopped again and let out a light sigh.

Liu Shishi was busy scrolling through Weibo and asked without raising his head: "What are you doing?"

"I remembered where I heard Bu Bu Jing Xing."

"Where?" She put down her phone.

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Last time I went to the Harper's Bazaar Charity Gala, I met my senior brother Huang Xiaoming. I told you about this."

Liu Shishi nodded.

"That time he proposed to partner with me to open an IP company that specializes in acquiring popular novels on the market."

Liu Shishi was not stupid. After hearing this, he gradually understood and said in surprise: "So you two bought Bu Bu Jingxin in advance?"

"No, no, no." Lu Yuan shook his head, pointed at himself and said, "I bought it."

"Where's Huang Xiaoming?"

"My senior brother has recently become interested in the red wine business and wants to use funds to collect wine in Europe, so he is not involved in this matter."

Liu Shishi said in confusion: "But Lao K has been in contact with the author of that book for a long time and gave him a lot of money. How could he be cut off by you? It doesn't make sense."

Lu Yuan laughed: "Lu Jing is taking care of this matter. That girl will use my name every time she buys the copyright of a novel."

Okay, Liu Shishi understands, at the same price, if Lu Yuan joins the cast, his lethality will be invincible in the eyes of those authors, okay?

"Why doesn't Lao K know about this?"

"Idiot, of course it was Lu Jing who asked the author to keep it a secret."

(End of this chapter)