The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 413: Open (two-in-one)

Hengdian, the crew of "The Strange Man Yizhimei".

Li Guoli spit out the tea leaves, raised his head, and looked at the people in the venue with a satisfied smile on his face.

The casting requirements for this martial arts drama are extremely strict. In addition to acting skills and good looks, they must also be able to handle martial arts scenes without the use of stunt doubles.

When Liu Shishi played the role of Nightshade Nightshade in "Sword and Sword III", her acting was very clean and neat.

In addition, Ms. Liu's acting skills are now getting better and she is still highly praised by the company, so she naturally becomes the best candidate for Yan Sanniang in his mind.

Yan Sanniang has a high martial arts value. She is neither a flower vase nor a lover. She attaches great importance to love and justice, and is free and easy.

If Ruoxi showed her sense of fragmentation and the gentleness of a girl.

Yan Sanniang showed another side of her, a chivalrous spirit that suited her personality, and her greatest strength - fighting scenes.

In order to make the martial arts scenes in the play more exciting, Li Guoli also specially invited Chen Weitao, who served as the action director in Hu Jian's version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

"Okay, you can practice it yourself." Seeing her understanding, Chen Weitao returned the two swords to her.

The photo is in the style of the 1990s. There are three children in it, two girls and one boy.

On the far left is another little girl, grinning very happily, appearing very unexpectedly in the photo.

It's just that her skills are too bad and it looks fake at first glance, but that doesn't stop her from being silly and happy.

He demonstrated and explained. After finishing, he asked the female lead next to him: "Did you see clearly?"

He was very satisfied with Miss Liu. He went to training in person and never complained about being tired.

Liu Shishi quickly took the phone, and the photo when the screen lit up made her smile.

It turns out that a set of photos and behind-the-scenes news from the crew of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" were exposed online.

When she clicked on Weibo, she realized why the assistant looked serious.

"He is very popular, and his contract with Huayi is about to be terminated. All kinds of monsters and monsters are coming out. Don't worry, this kind of thing is nothing to him." Liu Shishi is very confident in her boyfriend.

"Li Yuchun's acting skills have been questioned, analysis of acting skills in "October Siege"."

Wang Lili shook her phone and said with a serious look on her round face: "Sister Shi Shi, please read the news about the crew of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" on Weibo."

Now I am not used to having someone to help me with everything when I carry my bag and hold an umbrella, and everything is arranged properly.

Well, this picture was sent to her by Lu Jia. Originally it was just the two of them. Liu Shishi thought it was funny, so she posted her childhood self on it.

Liu Shishi stayed where he was, sparring bitterly with the staff.

Judging from the way the photo was taken, it should be a candid photo.

With Lu Yuan's behavior after becoming famous, how could he be a big name on the set?

"Lu Yuan's crew is playing a big role."

The effect of the fighting scenes can be said to be flowing and flowing, which is pleasing to the eye.

Lu Yuan was wearing an off-white Confucian robe, standing in front of Li Yuchun, with a dark face and an angry expression, as if he was saying something.

"Should singers cross borders blindly?"

She blinked. She still had some talent in martial arts. She thought about it, understood the key, and nodded.

"No, no, no, no, no."

"Don't worry, it's definitely fake news. He's not that kind of person."

The assistant was assigned by the company, but she had been a third-tier actor for several years and was used to being free.

"Pay attention here. You must accelerate while turning around to bring out the sense of power and not be sloppy, so that the movements can look good."

Even if he is secretly harboring bad ideas, his face will never let anyone see it.

In addition to bullying her in different ways, her dog always greets everyone with a smile.

Beside the two of them, most of the staff looked at Lu Yuan in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Liu Shishi was a little uncomfortable with having an extra follower around him.

Li Yuchun looked up, with a sullen face, staring eyes, clenching his fists, looking aggrieved.

From the looks of it, he looks dashing and heroic, and has the air of a woman who is not inferior to a man.

When I was about to be lazy, I suddenly saw my assistant Wang Lili running over.

He is either bad or bad, and he is the kind with a kind face and a dark heart.

Liu Shishi dressed up in the play, wearing a red long-sleeved shirt, a dark red leather jacket, and a very unusual hat.

Liu Shishi could figure it out with just his toes; there must be something fishy going on.

Not only can it spin 360 degrees and take off on a horse, it can even spin 720 degrees in the air.

She waved her hand nonchalantly: "Wait a moment, the crew should issue a clarification soon."

The boy stood reluctantly in the middle, with a sad face, being held by his ears by the older girl on the right.

Liu Shishi frowned, what the hell, a stinky man is acting like a big star?
She would not believe a word of these unscrupulous media reports.

Chen Weitao held the sword in both hands, turned his body back to the left, took a step eastward with his left foot from behind his right foot, stepped into a right bow step, and slowly waved the two swords.

"But the crew has already clarified it." Wang Lili muttered softly.

"But it didn't work. Fans on both sides were dissatisfied. They both thought it was each other's fault and kept pinching each other."

"Has it been clarified?" Liu Shishi frowned slightly, then realized the seriousness of the matter and looked at the phone screen again.

The crew of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" did clarify on Weibo.

The content is quite simple, just two lines of text, claiming that it is just a normal shooting, Lu Yuan is guiding Li Yuchun to stimulate emotions, there is no one who bullies whom, no need to worry.

"Fans on both sides don't believe it and think there is something inside."

Wang Lili continued: "Most people feel that this clarification is too perfunctory. They don't even want to say who leaked the information, and there is no punishment. It seems to be covering up something."

"So some passers-by made wild guesses, suspecting that Teacher Lu was really playing a big role and that the crew was covering it up. When Li Yuchun's fans saw it, they got excited."

"Teacher Lu's fans are not vegetarians. They immediately expressed their dissatisfaction and attacked Li Yuchun for crossing the line without acting skills and overestimating her abilities. Her acting skills in "October Siege" were so bad that it is beyond words. They thought she ruined the entire drama. ”

"Li Yuchun's fans persisted, saying that she has talent. Although she is not as good as professional actors, she is very malleable. They used the same reason to accuse Teacher Lu, saying that his singing was ugly."

"The argument between the two sides turned into a mess," Wang Lili added.

"No, fans are just quarreling like this." Liu Shishi's eyes widened.

"Isn't it centered around whether Lu Yuan is playing a big role or not? Doesn't this random attack confirm that Lu Yuan is playing a big role?"

She felt that these fans were really stupid and they wouldn't quarrel before her.

No wonder the stinky man always said in front of her that fans, as a group, have advantages and disadvantages. They can do good things or bad things.

"Not entirely." Wang Lili shook her head: "There are also some fans who are targeting the crew, thinking that the crew is trying to make trouble."

Liu Shishi bit his lip and was curious: "How do they know that Lu Yuan's singing is ugly?"

How would anyone know except her that her boyfriend doesn't sing well?

"It seems that Li Yuchun's fans found a video of Mr. Lu's commercial performance in 07."

Wang Lili thought of Lu Yuan's singing in the video and muttered in her heart that there really are no perfect people in this world.

Liu Shishi looked at the divided fan groups on Weibo and noticed some comments that were obviously malicious and slanderous.

"Where's my account? Hurry up and use my account to support."

"Just write that Teacher Lu is handsome, hmm. It doesn't seem appropriate. Write that he has a gentle personality, takes good care of others on the set, and will never act like a big star."

"Forget it, I'll write it myself"

Liu Shishi started brainstorming, thinking about how to describe the goodness of her boyfriend and convince netizens.

Today is different from the past. Due to the popularity of "Snow Leopard", the role of Xiao Ya became very popular. She now has a large number of fans.

"Uh." Wang Lili hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Sister Shi Shi, Mr. Cai won't let you use your own account."

Before she became an assistant, she was told that the aunt in front of her liked to use a trumpet account and post messy content on Weibo. She was unscrupulous and would die in public.

Liu Shishi puffed up her mouth. This girl is not happy. She thought she could help the stinky man, but in the end she was not allowed to use it.

The breasts that had been proudly raised shrank back again.

She rolled her eyes and started dialing the number without giving up.

"I'm going to talk to Old K now!" Huh, if she doesn't want to support her boyfriend, this Tang Dynasty won't wait.

In a small conference room.

Xu Ke tugged at his beard irritably.

His current mood, in four words, was filled with regret. It seemed that this matter was a mistake.

When he first learned that Daniel secretly took photos and posted them online, he was extremely angry.

If an ordinary employee dares to do this, he will be fired directly without thinking too much.

Even if the other party is unable to continue in this industry, it's not like he doesn't have the ability.

But considering that Daniel was a special effects technician hired from abroad, and because of Chuck Comiskey's face, he finally decided to treat it coldly.

At the same time, he also thought that this might be an excellent publicity point. The purpose of inviting Li Yuchun to come over to film a movie was to increase her popularity.

Now that Lu Yuan's popularity is ridiculously high, wouldn't it be the best way to market if fans from both sides are arguing?

So the crew's simple clarification came out.

But he underestimated the uncontrollability of the fan base and underestimated Lu Yuan, the number one niche player in the Mainland.

Li Yuchun debuted in 05 and received 352 million votes. He became the national champion with an absolute advantage and has millions of fans. He is the first truly democratically elected idol in the mainland.

With its neutral aesthetic and non-monster attitude, attention has dropped a lot in the past two years, but its presence has always been high and fans have always been active.

Lu Yuan relies on his works to accumulate audience popularity.

Although it only really became popular last year, due to several characters with interesting personalities and the wide audience of the TV series, the number of fans is quite large, and the fighting power is amazing.

One of them is an actor and the other is a singer.

But the fans were really noisy.

The public opinion about the matter began to change, and the finger was gradually pointed at the crew. It was completely beyond his expectation, and it felt like he was shot at himself.

"Did Lu Yuan notify you?" Xu Ke rubbed his temples with a headache.

Assistant Lele sat aside and quietly pushed the tea cup towards him.

"It was Jiang Qiuyun who answered the call, saying that Teacher Lu felt that the night's scene needed to be reconsidered and that he was reading the script in the hotel, and she was on her way here."

Xu Ke sighed, okay, that's nice to say. Why read the script? I'm just waiting.

Wait for him to give you a satisfactory solution.

He understood that the other party was expressing dissatisfaction with the results of the crew's handling, and was also dissatisfied with him.

This painless clarification actually indirectly provided the media with multiple directions for speculation.

For example, Lu Yuan really acted like a big star, and the crew could only deal with it simply in order to calm the matter.

Otherwise, why didn’t even the person who broke the news announce it, and there was no follow-up.

Xu Ke looked at Chuck Comiskey and his assistant Daniel.

He is good at shooting movies, but he is really not good at dealing with this kind of thing.

Seeing that Daniel still had an indifferent expression at this moment, Xu Ke cursed in his heart.

After a while, Jiang Qiuyun came in and sat down minding her own business.

Xu Ke glanced at her: "Daniel needs to apologize for this."

Opposite him, Chuck Comiskey raised his eyebrows.

Daniel tilted his head and chattered some bird language: "Director Xu, I think everyone has the power to share."

Xu Ke tapped his index finger on the table and replied in English: "But this is the crew. Before starting the filming, we signed a confidentiality agreement and were prohibited from disclosing anything related to the filming to the outside world."

"In the situation at that time, I thought the other side was very likely to use violence in the next step." Daniel was a tough talker and knew exactly what Xu Ke needed to rely on his skills.

"Are you blind? What you did has affected Mr. Lu's reputation." Jiang Qiuyun slammed the table and glared, looking fierce.

Daniel was stunned for two seconds and quickly puffed up his chest: "I meant well, not intentionally, because they were speaking Chinese at the time and I couldn't understand them well."

Jiang Qiuyun sneered and said a classic Chinese curse at him.

Daniel felt that the words were not good and frowned: "What did you just say?"

Jiang Qiuyun was too lazy to pay attention to him and turned to look at the director.

Xu Ke thought this girl was really tough. Just when he was about to say something, his cell phone rang.

"Ding ding ding."

He looked at the caller's contact and it was Yu Dong.

In 1999, a man named Yu Dong left the Beijing Film Studio and founded Bona Cultural Exchange Co., Ltd. relying on his accumulated experience and connections.

In the early days, it specialized in introducing Hong Kong films for the mainland's big screen.

Afterwards, through a series of means, Bona Film Group was established.

In 07, the investment film "The Certificate of Investment" grossed more than 2 million in box office in the mainland, ranking third in the year.

Since then, high-investment period films have become Bona’s main dish.

In 09, Bona wanted to make a big move, but he hit a wall.

The two ancient costume masterpieces "Under the Red Cliff" and "Mulan" failed to continue the glory of "Tou Mingzhuang" and had a poor reputation.

The box office numbers looked promising, but the film ended up losing money due to high costs.

In 10, Bona bet on "Dragon Flying Swords" this time.

"Mr. Yu, yes, we are processing it."

"Oh, you and Lu Yuan have already talked on the phone."

"What? The box office of "Thirty Days of Love" has already reached 4.6 million. I don't know much about it. I've been very busy recently, confusing black and white, so I haven't paid much attention to it."

"okay, I get it."

Xu Ke hung up the phone. Just now, he was still wondering about the purpose of Yu Dong and Lu Yuan's contact. After hearing the box office of "33 Days of Love", he completely understood.

He looked at the two people opposite him: "We need to have a good chat."

"Director Xu and Chuck Comiskey went out to talk for two minutes, and when they came back, they fired Daniel directly."

"The expression on that foreigner's face was hilarious. At first he raised his chin and was arrogant. He thought he was so awesome. Then he turned around and said he was willing to apologize and beg for forgiveness."

"I don't pay any attention to him."

In the hotel, Jiang Qiuyun described the scene vividly.

After Lu Yuan heard what she said, he nodded without any surprise.

Xu Ke and Chuck Comiskey came to some kind of agreement and replaced Daniel.

This is originally a very simple matter. Whoever breaks the news will be punished. There are no rules and regulations. The crew will explain the reason clearly to the outside world and then it will be over.

But Xu Ke and Xini's solution, as well as his attitude in handling the matter, made him very dissatisfied.

He can understand if you want to use him for hype.

Within a reasonable range, he is willing to cooperate for the sake of box office.

But this vague clarification plan is damaging his long-established reputation.

He couldn't accept it.

Why Yu Dong made this phone call was partly due to the box office performance of "Thirty-day Love".

The Hong Kong film market is declining, while the mainland film market is visibly prospering.

Bona started out as a Hong Kong film company and went public in the United States some time ago. It fell 22.59% on the first day, making it a junk stock.

As the major shareholder, Yu Dong only holds about 5 million shares.

The most correct choice at this time is of course to actively embrace the mainland market.

Xu Ke is obsessed with special effects, which is a typical technical thinking. He only sees technology and using the best team to make movies.

As the boss of Bona, Yu Dong thinks about things from a different perspective. He wants more and takes a longer-term view.

Bona needs partners, including directors and actors.

(End of this chapter)