Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 420
Bernard knew that "Dragon Flying Swords" currently had an extremely limited lead over "Thirteen Hairpins" and could be overtaken by the opponent at any time.

Bernard also knew that the main publicity for "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" was not the leading actor Li Lianjie, but Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei.

Bernard knew better that Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei received far lower salaries than Li Lienlian, but they undertook more publicity tasks than Li Lianlian, but Bernard didn't care.

The importance of the Double Day holiday is self-evident, and now the two people in charge of publicity are "on strike." Yes, Zhang Yuanjun's behavior is equivalent to a strike in the eyes of the crew, making it very difficult for the crew to handle.

The crew did not listen to what Zhang Yuanjun's team said that they had completed the promotional tasks stipulated in the contract, and still contacted Zhang Yuanjun, hoping that he would return to the crew to participate in publicity.

While fighting for Zhang Yuanjun, they are also contacting Liu Yifei, hoping that she can still participate in the New Year's Day holiday promotions remotely.

However, Liu Yifei's team also refused to participate in the post-production promotion of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" on the grounds that "the promotion within the contract period has been completed" and "the filming of "Pacific Rim" was very tight and we did not have the time and energy to take care of other work."

Later that morning, Zhang Yuanjun posted a photo with Deng Chao on his personal Weibo. The two were having breakfast at a roadside stall, with a bowl of rice noodles and a pot of soup in front of each person, with the text: " Stay in Hongdu for a while and have a bite of the authentic Gan Province fried noodles."

This is a very common daily sharing, but in the eyes of the crew of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", Zhang Yuanjun was provoking the crew.

Some fans who pay special attention to Zhang Yuanjun are very sensitive to the problem. It stands to reason that he should be promoting "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" now, so why did he go home.

With doubts, these fans came to Zhang Yuanjun’s post bar, official fan groups and various entertainment forums to find answers.

But in fact, there is no news on these channels. Zhang Yuanjun's return home is not even entertainment news, and many people don't know about it yet.

However, as time went by, netizens gradually discovered that Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei were missing from the "Flying Swords of Dragon" road show these days. Li Lianlian came occasionally, but not most of the time.

On the one hand, the crew will continue to steadily promote the promotion with the existing personnel, and on the other hand, they are still trying to fight for Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei to continue to join the team to participate in promotional activities.

They even offered to renew the publicity contract and pay additional publicity fees.

But both Zhang and Liu refused to return to Xuanfa.

Zhang Yuanjun has been extremely active on Weibo these days, sharing Luling delicacies, Luling scenery, and his joy of working in the countryside. However, I haven't seen him promote "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" in any way.

Liu Yifei sometimes interacts with him on Weibo, retweeting Zhang Yuanjun's food content to express her greed, but Zhang Yuanjun scolds him back: "It's bacon and sausage, you're so fat!"

Later, Liu Yifei also posted about her meals on Weibo. In order to maintain her body shape, Liu Yifei still ate nutritious meals that didn’t look delicious: “It will take more than a month to eat. I miss the hot pot and barbecue in China.”

The next day, Zhang Yuanjun posted a photo of having a hot pot party with classmates from his hometown and liked Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei retweeted this post on Weibo with an angry emoticon.

The sweeter the interaction between Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei, the more something feels wrong to some people.

Finally, after the New Year's Day holiday, the box office of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" was surpassed by "The Thirteen Beauties" for the first time.

During the three-day holiday, "The Thirteen Beauties" earned 8000 million at the box office, with the total box office reaching the 5.3 million mark, while the total box office of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" stumbled past 5 million, and on the first working day after the holiday, it reported 5.07 [-] million.

Two blockbusters exceeded 5 million, but Xu Jinglei's "Close Enemies" was injured. The film was released on December 12. I wanted to steal the chicken during the Double Day holiday, but I didn't expect to be caught between two blockbusters. Except for the first day, it exceeded 23 million. , the box office for the rest of the time was not as good as expected. By the end of the New Year's Day holiday, the total box office of the movie was less than 6000 million.

The two Lunar New Year blockbusters both exceeded 5 million. In the eyes of many people, it was a win-win situation, but in Bernard's eyes, he seemed to have lost.

"Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" invested 2 million, and it exceeded 5 million a little over half a month after its release. There are many movies released in January. It should not be a problem for "Dragon Gate" to make back the money, but it seems a bit difficult to make a profit.Of course Yu Dong knew that there was a relationship between Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei, but he couldn't think of any good solution for the time being.

He is not very good at touching a pair of actors with the most box-office appeal in the country, especially a three-time Best Actor in the Golden Rooster, Golden Statue, and Cannes Film Festival.

He also didn't want to offend the brother of the chairman of Weibo, the most popular social networking site in China, and the third son of Yu Jiangnan and his bride.

Yu Dong had no choice. The people below him couldn't deal with Zhang Yuanjun, so he had to take action himself. He called Zhang Yuanjun, but was told that he was already in Toronto.

"Yifei is filming here alone. It's very hard. I'm here to accompany her." It means that I want to accompany my wife and won't go back for the time being.

Yu Dong emphasized his important role in the film's performance, but Zhang Yuanjun said: "I am a supporting actor, so my impact on the film's performance is not that big."

"Now in our movie, you are the most popular." Yu Dong said this helplessly.He had calculated everything, but he never expected that the audience would like a eunuch!
Zhang Yuanjun's Yu Huatian completely stole Li Lianjie's limelight, and he mastered the feminine, evil and arrogant and domineering energy. Netizens complained about Li Lianjie's old age and Liu Yifei's inability to play Zhang Manyu. Praise Zhang Yuanjun:

"He is a villain and a eunuch, but he is so handsome!"

She was also affectionately named "Factory Flower".

Zhang Yuanjun laid out the contract: "Yifei and I have already completed the publicity period stipulated in the actor contract."

"We can sign the contract for another month and finish this year's New Year promotion." Yu Dong suggested.

"Forget it, I'm too tired from all the publicity work." Zhang Yuanjun didn't want to sound too harsh, "There are still a lot of things to do in wedding preparations, and we don't have that much time and energy."

"The remuneration is negotiable." Yu Dong made his final push.

"Thank you, Mr. Yu, for your kindness. I have something else to do, so I'll hang up first." Zhang Yuanjun hung up the phone before Dong could speak again.

But there is no airtight wall in the world, and the news still leaked out.

"The young actor does have two skills. He played a supporting role for the first time since his debut, and he was able to dominate the protagonist. He became famous with a role of a eunuch. But he suddenly left the group and went home during the critical period of rising box office, and refused to participate with his fairy wife. In the follow-up promotional activities, many people in the industry accused him and his wife of being a big name and being unprofessional."

This is the worst rumored one.

But some big fans soon gave a rebuttal.

"Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei started promoting "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" offline in November. Zhang Yuanjun attended the fan appreciation meeting until Christmas. From the beginning, he ran all the promotional activities stipulated in the contract. Yifei also interacted online The format has completed the 11-day publicity period, how can you say you are not dedicated?"

"Bernard was shameless and hyped up their relationship and marriage, which aroused resentment between the two of them. Bernard ignored the two's repeated negotiations, but they still completed the contract promotion task. Is this called being a big name?"

"Li Lianjie's salary is 7800 million. Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei's combined salary is more than one-third less than his. However, they have the heaviest publicity duties. Now they can't compete at the box office. Let a second-time heroine and supporting actor take the blame. It's like this Is that true?"

"The original promotional card for "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" was to realize the dream of Xu Ke and Li Lianlian to cooperate. Now that we find it difficult to make a profit, we won't mention realizing the dream, right?"

The turmoil was not serious and it did not affect Zhang Yuanjun's love and affection with his wife in Toronto without any shame.

(End of this chapter)