Actor: My Entertainment Era

There were many invitations at the end of the year, and Zhang Yuanjun picked a few that interested him, but he still spent most of his time training for "John Wick 3".

After entering February, the Spring Festival season began to warm up.

According to the forward-looking report, apart from the annual "Boonie Bears" movie, the other films on the first day of the Lunar New Year have an extremely luxurious lineup!

"Monster Hunt 2", "Detective Chinatown 2", "Operation Red Sea", "Journey to the West: The Women Kingdom" and "th Generations".

The five movies, covering various themes such as fantasy, suspense, action, mythology, comedy, etc., are starred by many big names and are called "the strongest Spring Festival period in history" by the forward-looking media.

Let’s talk about the last two movies here.

It can be said that Zhao Liying has become a top star in the drama circle. To put it bluntly, she may be the only actress in the drama circle who can stand up to Sun Li.

But she faced the same situation as Sun Li, unable to enter the film industry.

She couldn't get any good roles in the film industry, and her role as Niu Aihua in last year's "Surfing the Waves" didn't open the door to the film industry for her.

Therefore, she and her fans have high hopes for "Journey to the West: The Women Kingdom".

This is a serious commercial blockbuster. The previous film sold 12 billion at the box office. Only by proving one's acting skills and appeal in this kind of blockbuster can one truly open the door to the film industry.

If you pay too much attention, you will often become impatient, and impatience will lead to making mistakes.

Zhao Liying's team and fans made an extremely stupid mistake in the marketing of "The Monkey King 3" before the release of the film. They tried to copy Gong Li and marketed Gong Huangying!

How dare they!

It’s not that you can’t touch Gong Li, it’s that you can’t touch Gong Li in this way.

The previous work, "The Monkey King 3", was starred by Gong Li. We should have a nice talk with Gong Li and ask her to praise Zhao Liying in the promotion of "The Monkey King 3", saying that she acted well, was hardworking and dedicated, and had a promising future. I believe Gong Li will give the crew this face.

How dare they put Zhao Liying and Gong Li on the same level?
Gong Huang's reputation is earned through decades of hard work in the film industry, through one work after another, one role after another, and one trophy after another.

You are a newcomer in the film industry, how dare you be on par with Gong Li?
In our culture, respecting the elderly is a very important component. When dealing with seniors, even if you are indeed better than them, you still have to respect them for the sake of face.

What's more, in terms of roles, awards and acting skills, Gong Li is still the highest among active actresses.

How dare you call Gong Huangying the Queen?

Liu Yifei won two international A-class film actress trophies within a year. She was arrogant enough, but her fans still didn't dare to touch Gong Li and Manyu. They just called themselves the fifth top three Chinese film queens and the first among those born in the 80s.

It is a fact that those born in the 80s are number one.

Maybe Zhao Liying's team felt that persuading Gong Li to praise Zhao Liying was too dry a marketing method and would have little effect. It would be seen by the outside world as commercial flattery rather than real recognition. Once the movie craze has passed, the audience would forget about it.

That's why they wanted to create a new word, Gong Huang Ying Hou, to tie Zhao Liying and Gong Li together, so that even if the movie craze has passed, people will still remember Gong Huang and Ying Hou in the entertainment industry.

There is actually nothing wrong with the marketing idea behind it, but the marketing target was chosen incorrectly.

Why didn’t I think of giving Liu Yifei a marketing title at the beginning?

Queen of the Philippines? Emperor of the Philippines?
The early marketing effect after Gong Huangying was very good!
Fans are celebrating! Our Ying Bao is going to take over Gong Huang’s job!

Thanks to the contrast with her young actress rivals, Zhao Liying is known for her acting skills and has become the acting star!

Her fans automatically exclude Liu Yifei and Nini from the comparison.

Although the outside audience felt that Gong Huangying's slogan was a bit exaggerated after hearing it, their curiosity was aroused.

I want to see how you can act next to Gong Li. For a time, the popularity of "The Kingdom of Women" was high, and fans and passers-by were waiting to go to the cinema to check it out on the first day of the Chinese New Year.

The second movie worth mentioning is "19th Generation of Ancestors".

Guo made it known to the world that he was going to make a comeback in the film and television industry with this movie. He first distanced himself from the bad movies he had made before: "You always say that Guo Degang makes bad movies, and that any movie with Guo Degang in it is a bad movie, but in fact, I have read the scripts of almost all the movies I have made... I just went there to help, why would I read the scripts?"

"You guys say I make bad movies, but that's not what I did."

Then he promoted his own movie: "I will be shooting a movie in the second half of the year, called 19th Generation Ancestors. I will direct and write it myself. It will be released all over the world on the first day of the Chinese New Year. If after watching this movie, you feel that you don't understand it, the story is bad, it's not well told, and it's a bad movie, I really have to admit this."

Mr. Guo really has a large number of fans, and the pre-sale results of "19th Generations of Ancestors" are quite good.

Boss Guo even promised that the movie ticket stub of "19th Generations of Ancestors" could be exchanged for a ticket for their company's performance.

This will cost some blood.

Zhang Yuanjun now knows about it, and Guo Degang has thought about asking him to make a guest appearance, but firstly, the two of them are not really familiar with each other and only know each other's names, which is at best an acquaintance, and secondly, Zhang Yuanjun will not give him a chance, and Guo Degang has never found a suitable opportunity to bring up this matter.

In fact, looking at the all-star lineup of "19th Generations of Ancestors", don't really think that Guo Degang or Yu Qian invited them out of favors.

The debt of favor is the hardest to repay. This kind of all-star guest appearance may not necessarily be the result of favors. Who would use their favors in this way?

Such a lineup is at best just for show.

We are all in the same circle. You help me today and I help you tomorrow. Sometimes it can’t really be called a favor.

Anyway, a guest role can be as short as half a day or a day, or as long as three to five days.

This is how you make friends in the entertainment industry.

According to Zhang Yuanjun, Yu Qian did not put too much energy into this play. He is just an actor. After performing his parts, he would drink and eat.

The movie is about to be released, but Yu Qian did not promote it among his friends. He just followed the crew, promoting it as he should and posting on WeChat Moments as they asked.

This is very different from his promotion of "Wolf Warrior 2". He was very active in the promotion of "Wolf Warrior 2".

I guess he himself knew what "19th Generations of Ancestors" was like, so he was too embarrassed to shout about it and just followed the crew obediently and completed his own work.

That day, Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei both said they were going out.

"Where are you going?" Liu Yifei asked.

"While there is still some time before the New Year, I need to meet some actors for Swan Elegy so that I can schedule a release date. Why are you going?"

"I'm the same as you." Liu Yifei said with a smile, "I also want to take advantage of the free time before the New Year to book two actors for "Now on My Way to See You". The schedules are all being snapped up now. Who are you going to see?"

"I'm going to see Teacher Yu." Zhang Yuanjun said.

"Going empty-handed?" Liu Yifei smiled.

"Oh, yes. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten." Zhang Yuanjun turned back.

"Get a box of bird's nest." Liu Yifei said, "I can't finish it at home, and Teacher Yu knows how to eat it."

Zhang Yuanjun took the bird's nest and the couple left home in two separate cars. (End of this chapter)