The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 470 Dilemma
Joy City, Xidan Courtyard.

Yuan Shanshan picked up the cup carelessly.

"MiMi, congratulations."

"Thank you."

Yang Mi didn't know whether this man was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.

She and Yuan Shanshan were roommates and they got along pretty well. She often took her to Xidan and they even slept in the same bed.

"Hey, why do you look unhappy?" Yuan Shanshan put down the cup and realized it belatedly.

Yang Mi sighed. He didn’t want to pay any attention to this guy. He was so stupid.

It would not be an exaggeration to describe her recent mood as complicated.

Since she terminated her contract with Rong Xingda, she has had few resources in the mainland and signed a contract with Hong Kong Media Asia Entertainment on the advice of her agent Zeng Jia.

Meiya Entertainment released five films in 2010 and gave her a thriller, co-starring with Chen Xiaochun.

That’s right, the producer of Far Cry is Media Asia Entertainment.

The reason she took on such a movie was because she had no other films to shoot at the time and had no choice at all.

She paid a lot for the filming of this drama.

She was bullied from beginning to end in the play, and her swimsuit appearance exposed her real figure.

She had mixed feelings.

On the one hand, the box office of Far Cry is encouraging.

On the other hand, she was very dissatisfied with the marketing methods used for this film.

The publicity director of Meiya Company is Xie Tang.

A video clip of her in the play was cut out and uploaded to the Internet for viral marketing.

For publicity purposes, her figure has been used as a gimmick many times.

The effect was unexpectedly good, attracting a large number of fans to the cinema, but her reputation was inevitably affected.

The growth of black fans is visible to the naked eye.

She is a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy, debuted as a child star, and is one of the four young actresses in mainland China.

The elders in my family are all educated people.

Even though she decided to become the queen of topics, she didn't want to rely on this method.

Shame on you.

Now she feels a little embarrassed when facing her parents, relatives, and even classmates and friends.

"Come, have some water spinach, it goes well with you." Yang Mi picked up a piece of it with chopsticks for her.

Yuan Shanshan ate her food with a grumble: "Mi Mi, did you recommend "Palace Lock and Bead Curtain" to me?"

"Forget it. Yu Zheng is still involved in a lawsuit. If you go to shoot a sequel, you will be scolded to death by the fans of Bu Bu. Lu Yuan may not care about you as a small actor, but others may not."

"Alas, you are a full man who does not know the hunger of a hungry man, I..."

"Okay, okay, I'll recommend you. Whether you get selected is your own business." Yang Mi raised his hand to interrupt. He was getting a headache from all the noisy and was so annoyed.

"Hehe, thank you Mimi."

"If you really want to thank me, just eat more water spinach."

Yuan Shanshan picked up a piece of water spinach with chopsticks, paused for a while, and asked again.

"Mi Mi, I saw that the director of Far Cry said some bad things about Senior Brother Lu on the Internet. There was quite a lot of discussion. You..."

"What can I do? I am helpless too. After the broadcast of "Palace", he did not cause me any trouble. I am thankful. I cannot support the director now. I am very embarrassed to be caught in the middle."

"Really? Why do I have to compete against him in every movie? Liu Shishi always chases after me." Yang Mi held his chin and stared blankly out the window.

Yuan Shanshan glanced at her and thought, you and Liu Shishi have been fighting with each other since the beginning of the year, and the fans of both sides have never stopped talking about it. The two parties have been slandering each other on Weibo many times, why did it change in your mouth?

There is no concept of night markets in Hong Kong, but there are many different night markets. Temple Street Night Market, located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, is brightly lit and has countless stalls of all kinds. It is also a popular place for Hong Kong movie stars Young and Dangerous.

At a food stall, Hai Kuo Tian Kong was playing on the speakers.

Zhong Jichang burped and said, "Tang, keep working hard and try to get the box office to exceed 100 million. Then the company will definitely hold a celebration party for you."

As long as the box office exceeds 100 million, he can be called a big director, and there will be no shortage of directors in the future.

"It's a bit difficult. I think the ceiling is 80 million."

Sitting opposite was Meiya’s publicity director, Xie Tang.

He shook his head: "Yang Mi's effect is indeed somewhat beyond my expectations. Fanatical fans even watched it six times in three days. However, through this period of marketing, the potential of her fan base has basically been exhausted."

"Just give them a little more stimulation."

Zhong Jichang smiled obscenely: "How about this, we can hold an online auction and auction the bikini that Yang Mi wore in the play."

"You" Xie Tang was eating fish maw chicken and hesitated for a few seconds.

"It's a good idea, but I don't think it will have much effect. After all, everyone knows how the reputation of this drama has spread."

The summer season has always been a great time for horror and thriller films. Although the quality is terrible, the box office is always good.

Far Cry was originally created by the company to make quick money, and its huge success was purely a pleasant surprise.

Xie Tang asked: "What about you? I saw a rumor online that you mocked the number one young actor in the mainland on the show. You should pay attention. He is very popular in the mainland."

"Cut~"

"I'm just an actor. No matter how famous I am, what can they do to me?"

Zhong Jichang waved his hand and said, "An actor turning director is overestimating his own abilities. We have analyzed why Love Is Not Blind was a big hit at the box office. The plot was a mess. It was nothing more than relying on the support of Lu Yuan's own fans, marketing on social networking sites such as Weibo, and hype for the Double Eleven."

"We should follow suit this time, target the audience group that matches the movie, aim at young users, and use Yang Mi's figure as a hype topic. Isn't the movie going to be a hit?"

He seemed unusually confident.

"I think this top mainland actor is so overwhelmed by the success of a movie that he is now directing and acting in his own movie. I heard his new movie is also about love, so he is probably trying to replicate the formula of his last movie."

"Hehe, the best student in the mainland."

For more than twenty years, the mainland film, television and entertainment industry has been a semi-colony of Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment capital.

Actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan have always enjoyed a superior status, while actors from the mainland have always been bullied by Hong Kong and Taiwan capital, behind-the-scenes teams, and related media.

In co-productions in the 80s, even mainland actors who played the leading roles had to sleep on the floor and eat steamed buns and pickles.

However, the Hong Kong actors each have their own dining car, with fish and meat for every meal.

Entering the millennium, the Hong Kong entertainment industry was declining, directors moved north, and bullying of mainland actors was still a common phenomenon.

This situation continued until 2008.

"Assembly" single-handedly defeated "The Warlords" directed by Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Jin Cheng.

It was followed by "The Sound of Wind" and "Painted Skin", starring an entire mainland cast, and was a huge success in terms of box office and word of mouth.

Since then, Hong Kong and Taiwan directors have gradually curbed their narrow-minded attitudes.

They no longer dare to let mainland movie stars play supporting roles for those second- and third-rate Hong Kong and Taiwan artistes whom they support.

But I still feel dissatisfied.

Although Zhong Jichang is not well-known, he is also a member of the group that refuses to submit.

Xie Tang glanced at his expression and reminded him again: "Be careful."

"Don't worry, it's okay."

Zhong Jichang was about to say something else when the phone suddenly rang.

For no apparent reason, he felt his heart skip a beat.

(End of this chapter)