The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 500 Taking Advantage of Lu Yuan
Nowadays, there are very few examples of foreign tourism bureaus looking for Chinese artists to serve as image ambassadors.

On January 2001, 1, China officially became a member of the World Trade Organization.

From that moment on, the country entered a new stage of economic growth and emerged on the international economic stage.

After the market was opened, the rich became richer, and the wallets of the middle class became fatter. After their material needs were met, they began to pursue spiritual comfort.

Traveling abroad has naturally become one of the popular ways of entertainment.

For the vast majority of Chinese tourists, the most important thing when traveling abroad, besides seeing the scenery and experiencing local customs, is to buy, buy, and buy!

Not only do I shop for myself, I also shop for my relatives and friends.

A big part of the reason is that foreign products currently have a sense of high-endness in the minds of many people.

Therefore, in the eyes of many foreign businesses, the label of Chinese tourists is that they are stupid, have a lot of money, and care about face, so it would be a waste not to cheat them.

After all, compared to one's own country, the risk of overcharging foreign tourists is much smaller, and there is no mental burden.

Gradually, some countries began to tentatively invite well-known artists from mainland China to serve as their country's tourism ambassadors.

For example, New Zealand, Russia, the United States, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand have all set their sights on this piece of fat meat.

While the public was discussing the Thai Tourism Authority's invitation to Lu Yuan.

However, the industry has unanimously focused its attention on the movie "Lost in Thailand".

It didn't take long for the behind-the-scenes investment of "Lost in Thailand" to be exposed and placed on the desks of the heads of various film and television companies.

The film is exclusively funded by Yuanfang Studio, with an estimated investment of 3000 to 5000 million yuan.

Director Xu Zheng directed and acted in this film for the first time.

Everyone in the industry was shocked.

You are crazy, how can you invest like this? Do you know what risk sharing means? How dare you do that?

It’s just a star studio and an actor, with a direct investment of over 3000 million.

This is not nonsense.

The investment for "Painted Skin", which was released by Light Media at the end of September, was only 5000 million yuan, and the total investment for "Love is Not Blind" released by Xiaoma Pentium at the beginning of the year was barely 2500 million yuan.

3000 million is just a casual throw away. Is the money hot? Or is it that money is so easy to make?

Well, this company's ability to make money, without blind investment, makes hundreds of millions a year, which is better than that of ordinary listed companies.

What's more, these film and television companies will not admit it. As they are good at weighing the pros and cons, they will not and are not willing to give new directors opportunities.

Ai Dajin, who had just been released from prison, was in urgent need of a sense of existence, so he made a comment on Weibo.

"It is undeniable that as an actor, Lu Yuan is quite successful. However, due to the success of Love Is Not Blind last year, he seems to have gotten a little too proud of himself. He first spent tens of millions to direct and star in Time Travel, and now he has invested tens of millions more in Xu Zheng's new movie."

Zhang Weiping, producer of The Flowers of War, commented: "Investing in a movie requires a lot of considerations. You can't take it for granted. Blind investment will not only waste money, but also wear out the audience's patience and your own popularity."

Yu Dong, the producer of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", came out to support the film and immediately retorted: "That's what young people should do. Lu Yuan used all the profits from "Love Is Not Blind" to invest in new directors. I'm not as brave as him."

So Zhang Weiping and Yu Dong quarreled over this matter, dug up each other's past, and coincidentally promoted "Dragon Gate" and "The Flowers of War".

Other onlookers couldn't help but recall the star plan proposed by Lu Yuan during the release of "Love Is Not Blind" last year.

Boy, he’s serious.

I thought it was just a publicity stunt, but it turned out to be such a big deal without anyone noticing.

I'm not greedy. I don't want 3000 million or 5000 million. 1000 million is enough.

Many directors in the industry are getting agitated. He is stupid and has a lot of money. Please send me the script quickly. He is really...
Once you’ve made a billion, there won’t be another chance.

The time goes to late November.

The crew of "Lost in Thailand" has finished filming in Chiang Mai and is about to move to Bangkok.

"it is good."

"Guarantee one."

After filming a scene, Lu Yuan and Wang Baoqiang walked to the studio.

He took the cup of water handed to him by his assistant Zheng Qian, stood behind the monitor, and slowly checked the playback.

After the scar-faced man caused a scene on the set, public opinion on Weibo in China fermented, putting pressure on the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

The Thai police quickly rescinded the deportation notice for Liu and the other two, and detained Supara for seven days. The Tourism Bureau sent a special translator to assist in the filming.

They gave the green light, even mobilizing mounted police to block the road, and everything has been smooth sailing since then.

Xu Zheng sat on one side, looked at the police car parked not far away, and asked: "What time is the flight tomorrow?"

"Seven o'clock in the morning." Lu Yuan unscrewed the water cup. "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" was about to be released, and the promotion had reached a critical moment. He had to go back and show his face.

As for "Lost in Thailand", he doesn't have many subsequent scenes, which are concentrated in late December. He will come back to complete the filming after the movie is released.

"Who put this Buddha statue? It must have been placed in the wrong place."

"Where are the extras for the next show? Are they in place yet?"

Chen Zhixi's voice attracted the attention of both of them.

Xu Zheng smacked his lips and sighed: "After what happened last time, I feel like she has changed a lot."

Lu Yuan also looked over and said helplessly, "I have talked to her privately many times, telling her not to blame herself and that the incident has nothing to do with her. But she turned a deaf ear to it and has been keeping it in her heart. If she continues like this, I'm worried that she will collapse on the set one day due to exhaustion."

"She has a stubborn personality, but she is also sentimental and very open-hearted to her friends. I guess it will take some time for her to recover."

"This is the first time I've seen you praise someone like this. Why, are you optimistic about her?"

Lu Yuan was curious. During the period of time since the filming started, Xu Zheng had expressed his praise for Producer Chen many times.

"Of course, she has an excellent vision, which is rarely matched in the country." Xu Zheng blurted out.

"how to say?"

"Because her vision is the same as mine, we both think this drama will be a big hit." Xu Zheng made a self-boasting joke.

The air is quiet.

Xu Zheng was embarrassed, scratched his head, and said, "When I first came up with the idea of ​​Lost in Thailand, I was actually very hesitant. I was worried that I didn't have enough experience and couldn't complete the filming. I asked her for reference. After watching it, she encouraged me to shoot it. No one was willing to invest, and she gave me two suggestions. One was to find the light, and the other was you. I chose you."

"That's not what you told me when you came to me,"

Lu Yuan stared at Chen Zhixi's figure and said with a smile: "I have to thank her."

Xu Zheng hung his head and shook it: "When this movie is released, it is still unclear how the box office will be. If it loses money, don't blame me."

"Buy it and leave it. Besides, I approved all the scripts myself. If you regret it later, who do you think I am?" Lu Yuan rolled his eyes at him.

Xu Zheng laughed and changed the subject: "The domestic media has been very lively this month."

"That's right." Lu Yuan took a sip of water and said, "They are taking this opportunity to vent all the anger they have been holding back for a few years."

"You have nothing to do, hiding abroad. Actually, this matter was caused by you." Xu Zheng teased with a smile.

"Nonsense, what does it have to do with me?" Lu Yuan glanced at him, expression speechless: "The two of them had a grudge five years ago."

They were talking about the war of words that broke out between Zhang Weiping and Yu Dong on Weibo in November.

The cause was that Zhang Weiping, with his status high, criticized Lu Yuan for blindly investing, implicitly implying that he thought he was fooling around and would eventually suffer the consequences.

Lu Yuan is one of the leading actors in "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate". During the promotion of the film, Yu Dong naturally wanted to support him. However, after a few words, the topic went off the topic and all the old accounts were brought up.

The quarrel got louder and louder.

In fact, the grudge between the two has a long history.

The first round, the 2006 Lunar New Year holiday.

At that time, Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou worked together to create the brilliant "Curse of the Golden Flower".

Before the film was released, "Curse of the Golden Flower" was like a god descending from the sky. Zhang Weiping remained the same: I laugh at the sky with my sword in hand, and all other films are discarded.

Only Bona's "City of Sadness" refuses to believe in evil and wants to shake the huge mountain of Zhang Er.

Before the release of "City of Pain", the screening schedule was unfavorable.

Yu Dong blasted "Curse of the Golden Flower" for signing a monopoly and exclusive screening agreement with digital cinemas under the name of the Film Bureau. For a full four weeks, digital cinemas across the country will only show "Curse of the Golden Flower". As soon as this was said, Zhang Weiping immediately fought back.

The questioning party Yu Dong blasted the person's words and actions as having ulterior motives, saying that he had a very bad conscience and was deliberately trying to sow discord between New Picture and theaters and even the Film Bureau.

In the war of words, both films were released at the same time, and "Curse of the Golden Flower" won over "The City of Pain".

The second round was in 2009.

This year, after Zhang Yimou finished his work at the Olympics, he returned to filming after "Curse of the Golden Flower" and spent 3000 million yuan to make "Movies and tv".

In the same year, Yu Dong and Chen Kexin collaborated and invested 1.2 million to launch "The Besieged City".

The most intense marketing war for Chinese-language films has thus begun.

The propaganda war gradually escalated into a dispute over vulgarity and elegance.

Two major camps emerged on major website forums at that time. Both films were praised to the sky by supporters and criticized by opponents.

In fact, they are all internet gunmen hired by the film company.

In this round, although the extremely, extremely, extremely ugly "Three Guns" still made a lot of money, its box office in China and overseas was not as good as "The Siege of the City in October", not to mention its reputation.

This year, Zhang Weiping and Yu Dong will face off again in the Lunar New Year holiday as usual.

The subject matter of "The Flowers of War" is heavy and not suitable for the Lunar New Year holiday. It was announced that the investment was 6 million yuan.

"Dragon Gate" is a costume martial arts blockbuster with an investment of more than 2 million yuan.

Xu Zheng asked: "The media broke the news that the investment in "The Flowers of War" was as high as 6 million yuan, and Christian Bale's salary was 2000 million US dollars. Is it true or false?"

"Do you believe it?" Lu Yuan nodded slightly at Chen Zhixi who was looking at him.

"Of course I don't believe it. Only a fool would believe it."

"I don't believe it either. Zhang Weiping always likes to brag. Christian Bale is not a member of the 2000 million club, and this movie is not a Batman series. How can he get million US dollars for this film?"

"To deceive outsiders."

On November 11, Lu Yuan returned to China.

After the National Day, the temperature in Beijing started to drop. Now it is almost December and winter has arrived.

Pedestrians on the street are walking hurriedly, wrapped in slightly thicker winter clothes, black coats, black leather jackets. On both sides of the street, yellow leaves are fluttering, which is the lingering charm of this year's autumn scenery.

"Dong dong dong."

When the door opened, Liu's mother looked at her handsome future son-in-law and muttered to herself that her daughter was a fool with good fortune, and took the shoes with a smile.

"Xiao Lu is here, come in quickly."

"Auntie, these are Thai specialties. I don't know what you and Uncle Liu like, so I just bought some." Lu Yuan placed the specialties he brought from Thailand on the table.

The TV in the living room was on and a commercial was playing.

"I like them all, I like them all." Liu's mother was very satisfied with him. The more the mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law, the happier she was.

"Have you been to Shishi's place on the way?"

"No, Director Xu Ke is calling for help from the crew. I'll visit the set when I pass by for publicity."

"Oh." Liu's mother understood, looked at the TV, and asked, "Xiao Lu, the copyright of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" belongs to you, right?"

"Ah?" Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that in mid-November, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" would be broadcast on several major satellite TV stations in Beijing and other places.

The year 2011 was a year when harem-themed TV dramas were crowded together. After “Scarlet Heart”, the market followed suit.

Negative reviews such as melodramatic, shocking, and fabricated have completely dragged this story into the abyss.

There have been reports recently that the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television is planning to take action to rectify the situation.

However, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is a blessing for harem dramas in the second half of the year. The ratings soared after its premiere and won the love of many audiences.

"No, I only have the online copyright and it's being broadcast on iQiyi," Lu Yuan explained.

"I see." Mother Liu nodded and said, "I watch this drama every night. It's really good, only slightly worse than the 'Startling by Each Step' you and Shi Shi starred in."

"The quality is indeed good. I spent more than 20 million yuan when I bought it."

Liu's mother was secretly shocked. This son-in-law was too rich. He would spend tens of millions at any time. Some time ago, it was revealed online that he had invested tens of millions in making a movie.

How could such an outstanding young man fall in love with that silly girl in his family who is average-looking, has an average personality, and is lazy and good at eating?

Lu Yuan didn't know what she was thinking. He looked around and asked, "Where's my uncle?"

"We ran out of vinegar at home, so we asked him to go to the supermarket to buy a bottle. The old man hasn't come back for a long time. I don't know which vixen bewitched him on the way." Mother Liu complained and brought out the fruit plate that she had prepared long ago.

Lu Yuan laughed along, and seeing Liu's mother walking towards the kitchen, he hurriedly said, "Auntie, don't bother, I'll go back and eat."

"What's the trouble? Eat first and leave later." Mother Liu turned around and said, "Shishi knew you were going back home today. She called me and her dad yesterday morning at 5:30 and asked me to buy food in advance. If you don't stay for dinner, your uncle and I won't be able to finish it. What a waste."

When she said half past five, she gritted her teeth and emphasized her voice.

The guy blinked his eyes and tried to make excuses for his girlfriend: "Shi Shi must be too busy recently. Director Chen Kaiquan is always strict on the set. Once the filming starts, he probably won't have much time. He can only use the short time in the morning to call."

"Haha, is that so." Mother Liu glanced at him and said slowly, "She didn't make any announcements that morning. She slept in the hotel until ten o'clock and called me again. She said you like dried persimmons and asked me to buy some."

“Uh…” Lu Yuan was extremely embarrassed. This unlucky girlfriend had caused him so much harm.

"Okay, take whatever you want to eat. Don't be polite. There's more in the refrigerator." As she spoke, Liu's mother walked towards the kitchen. As she reached the door, she looked back and said, "There are also dried persimmons in Shishi's bedroom. Go get them yourself."

"okay."

Lu Yuan was exposed by his future mother-in-law when he tried to cover up. He was so embarrassed that he quickly wandered to his girlfriend's bedroom.

She walked around the house, rummaging through drawers and accidentally knocked over a box of foundation on the floor, which had some dust and two strands of hair on it.

He took clumsy photos and posted a Weibo, asking netizens for remedial measures and taking the opportunity to promote "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" again.

Netizens replied.

Five Elements Lack of Money: "Wow, I've lived a long time and seen the missing people return."

Will the health care come? "If it is as I guessed, I suggest you don't return to China."

Cangying clapped her hands: "Boss, use makeup remover to clean it, the effect is first-rate, it washes it super clean, you have to believe me, you have to believe me, I am your biggest fan."

The forest elk said: "Whose? Oh, I see. Prepare your last words."

The wind blows my butt and it feels cold: "Washboards are on sale on Taobao right now."

Liu Shishi V: "Hmph, don't mess around in my bedroom, I'll beat you up (little fist)."

"Fuck, where is my luck? I can't stand these two anymore, beat them to death for me."

"+1."

"+1."

"."

I played around on Weibo for a while and responded to a few messages from netizens.

He signed a series of unequal treaties under the threat of his girlfriend, and later found a cardboard box under the desk with several layers of persimmon cakes inside.

I picked one up at random and just walked out of the bedroom when Liu's father came in from outside with a smile on his face.

"Xiao Lu is here."

"Uncle, you look so happy, you won the lottery."

"He thought he won the lottery, but he might as well hope to buy another bottle of paraquat. He was probably bewitched by a vixen on the way." Liu's mother's voice floated out from the kitchen.

Lu Yuan: "."

I’m scared. What if Liu Shishi becomes as fierce as me in the future?

"That's not the case. I'm happy for you."

Father Liu ignored his daughter-in-law's words and laughed, "Look at the news, The Flowers of War is going to be banned by the theaters. In December, the only domestic movie that will be popular is Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate."

Lu Yuan: "."

(End of this chapter)