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Chapter 453 Don’t treat short films as works
"The best short film of the year has been announced. The short film that surprised me the most at this year's Hundred Flowers Awards was actually "The Imperial Guards" shot by Li Jing."

"After 'Eighteen Heroes of the Republic of China', Li Jing finally understood that the martial arts of today are different from those of the past. The times have changed. What I regret most now is why the short film 'Jin Yi Wei' was not made into a movie?"

"I was very lucky to get a ticket to the Hundred Flowers Awards short film screening. I originally wanted to watch my favorite short film, "Old Girl," but I didn't expect to see "The Imperial Guards."

"I didn't expect Lin Xing to be so charming in playing such a villain, and I was really shocked when he said 'you have to pay more'."

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After the first screening of the short film "The King's Guards" ended, basically all kinds of feedback have been counted out.

At first, what did everyone think was so interesting about this martial arts short film?
The results are different now.

Everyone felt that this short film was not enough, especially since it was originally about the story of the three brothers of the Imperial Guards, but Lin Xing ended up stealing the show once again.

If you watch the short film "Jin Yi Wei", you may be immersed in the plot throughout, and even feel that the three "Jin Yi Wei" brothers are more miserable than each other.

But after you finish watching this short film, let’s not talk about other people, just talk about Yan Xiaofang, she remembered two sentences after watching it.

One sentence is: "This person is my dearest friend, my brother, so I have to pay more."

One sentence is: "Junior brother, you are so lucky, this female doctor is really good, very smooth."

You have to know that although Yan Xiaofang is a high school student, she is not ignorant. Many people around her are in love.

This time, Yan Xiaofang really wanted to come to the Hundred Flowers Awards. After all, this year's Hundred Flowers Awards was held in a village in Hebei Province, which was quite close to the imperial capital.

So close, so beautiful, go to Hebei Province on the weekend.

Yan Xiaofang has heard of this slogan before, but when she asked about it on Weibo, many Hebei IDs in the comment section said, "Let's use Hebei."

Yan Xiaofang was unable to attend the previous Hundred Flowers Awards because the venue was too far away, but now during the summer vacation, she plans to go and watch it.

"Brother Xing..."

After watching, Yan Xiaofang was planning to take a walk, but she happened to see Lin Xing who also walked out of the hall.

"Huh??"

Lin Xing still had an impression of Yan Xiaofang, so he walked over and asked, "Why did you come to the Hundred Flowers Awards? Are you here alone?"

Yan Xiaofang hurriedly shook her head and said, "I came here with my aunt, and I am one of the judges for this year's Hundred Flowers Awards, so I am invited..."

"That is not bad."

Lin Xing nodded gently: "Then you play, I'm leaving first... Do you want to take a photo together?"

“Yes, yes…”

Originally Yan Xiaofang was thinking about how to ask Lin Xing to take a photo together, because she was embarrassed to say it.

After all, someone over there has been waiting for Lin Xing.

Just like that, Lin Xing took the initiative to take a few photos with Yan Xiaofang before he left.

"Axing, that is..."

In the distance, it was Situ Hui who was waiting for Lin Xing, because there was an interview coming up and Lin Xing was needed to support the event.

"Oh, she's one of my little fans."

Lin Xing smiled and explained: "She is still a high school student. I was a little surprised to see her here. Mainly, I was worried about her as a student..."

"You're an idol, and you still care about this? You're going to be exhausted to death!"

Situ Hui was a little speechless after listening to Lin Xing's words.

"I can't care so much, I just happened to come across it."

Lin Xing waved his hand slightly and said.

"Ah Xing, this short film of ours has received extremely high reviews. It has already made it to the hot search list..."

Li Jing on the side said happily.

Obviously, Li Jing has been criticized badly since "Eighteen Heroes of the Republic of China", so it is not easy for him to be praised so much this time.

Short films are also considered works.

To this end, Li Jing, Situ Hui and the other main creators of "The King's Guards" were interviewed by Penguin Video.

The interview was with an old acquaintance.

Zhao Fang.

Zhao Fang now has her own show on Penguin Video and occasionally hosts some large-scale evening parties and does interviews.

Just like this time Penguin Pictures is preparing to officially promote the short film "The King's Guards", it will definitely do a special feature next.

The outside world is the outside world, and Penguin Video has to do its own special interview.

There has to be something to attract the audience, right?
"Congratulations, Xing."

Zhao Fang first greeted Situ Hui and Li Jing, and then said to Lin Xing with a smile.

"Sister Fang, long time no see."

Lin Xing was also somewhat surprised and said, "I didn't expect you to come for the interview."

"Yes, it's been a while. I came to the Hundred Flowers Awards mainly to interview some artists and their works that are exclusively broadcast on Penguin Video."

Zhao Fang briefly explained the situation: "Then let's get started right away?"

The interview usually lasts 20 to 40 minutes and is mainly in the form of quick questions and answers.

Lin Xing, Xie Long, Meng Fei, Zhang Ming, Qu Jin, Zhou Zhigang and other main creators of "Jin Yi Wei" are all here.

This time at the Hundred Flowers Awards, not only Lin Xing walked the red carpet twice, but Qu Jin and Zhou Zhigang also walked it twice.

Of course, Qu Jin and Zhou Zhigang were actually in the same crew, that is, the crew of "A Good Man".

The two of them are veteran actors in the entertainment industry, and these veteran actors are jack of all trades. No matter whether they play villains or heroes, ancient or modern costumes, no matter what role, they can connect seamlessly.

So they have a lot of film contracts.

Compared with other veteran actors, they don’t have any pressure of being out of date, because they have a steady stream of film offers, some of which are even scheduled until two years later.

For this reason, the two of them coming together to shoot the short film "The Imperial Guards" was really a friendly favor.

Let me put it this way, Qu Jin has had a relationship with Li Jing for decades, and he would definitely come if Li Jing said so. As for the relationship between Situ Hui and Zhou Zhigang, it goes without saying. Situ Hui's senior schoolmate is Zhou Zhigang's wife, and it was Situ Hui who helped introduce them.

So, what else is there to say about this relationship?
When being interviewed, both Qu Jin and Zhou Zhigang said that they enjoyed the filming very much, but the only regret was that they did not have any scenes opposite Lin Xing.

Yes.

Lin Xing is a supporting role, and Qu Jin and Zhou Zhigang are also supporting roles.

Not to mention that the two people have no rival scenes with Lin Xing, even Qu Jin and Zhou Zhigang have no rival scenes. The two people, one is the leader of the Donglin Party, and the other is Wei Zhongxian, a member of the eunuch party, belong to the two major factions in the movie, but the two people really have no rival scenes.

This 20-minute interview basically covered all the questions and discussions.

The next step for this interview is to go back and edit it. It is definitely impossible to release it all in 20 minutes for publicity.

If you want to maintain a high level of exposure, then you naturally have to break up the 20-minute interview into segments of tens of seconds.

Although many people hate this kind of propaganda routine, it is impossible for people to change it unless it completely fails.

Just now, people were discussing online that the promotional tactics of "A Good Man" were outdated, and then no one expected that the short film "The King's Guards" would also be released.

Almost immediately after the first round of screenings of "The Imperial Guards" ended, Penguin Video had already issued a promotional announcement: "Let's all watch the short film "The Imperial Guards" together at 8 noon on August 5."

“6666, this short film is going to be on Penguin Video??”

"You know what, I really didn't expect that. I really thought this short video was just a casual shot."

"I saw many people say that Lin Xing's performance was quite outstanding. Some even said that Lin Xing was the extra male lead in this short film. After watching this drama, the only thing you remember is Lin Xing. You can't even remember the girl."

"If you say so, I'm actually looking forward to it. Then squat for a while."

"What are you looking forward to? The Hundred Flowers Awards have almost no credibility now, and you still believe in their hyped short film "The Imperial Guards"?"

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I have to say that the current discussions on the short film "The Imperial Guards" are quite reasonable.

Because "The King's Guards" will not be released until after the Hundred Flowers Awards, many people speculate that Penguin Video is trying to suppress the award of Lin Xing as the best actor.

You should know that in "The King's Guards", don't worry about whether Lin Xing is the so-called protagonist or not. This "The King's Guards" is Lin Xing's first work after he won the Best Actor award.

Don’t treat short films as works of art.

At the same time, Yan Xiaofang also wrote a review of the short film "The King's Guards" on her Weibo.

As a well-known fan of the star, her film reviews are definitely subjective to a certain extent. She even said that she followed Lin Xing's Qi Wei throughout the entire process of filming "The King's Guards".

How do you say that?
It is called the three views following the five views.

If you only watch "The King's Guards", there seems to be no doubt that Qi Wei is a complete villain.

He threatened his junior fellow apprentice and killed his favorite female doctor, even resorting to all means necessary.

But a movie is open to many interpretations.

For Yan Xiaofang, she thinks Qi Wei is not a villain at all, she is just a proud and arrogant big boy.

In fact, only Qi Wei can be called a hero here.

Yan Xiaofang found a hundred reasons to whitewash Qi Wei, and more importantly, these reasons were relatively reasonable.

For example, why did he blackmail his junior fellow apprentice?

You have to know that his junior fellow apprentice was impersonating Cui Jian, a Jinyiwei. He should have killed Cui Jian and replaced this Jinyiwei.

The Jinyiwei were the imperial court's eagle claws, and they were even in cahoots with the eunuch party. In Qi Wei's opinion, this was the only thing that forced his junior fellow apprentice to leave.

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Anyway, Yan Xiaofang's review of the drama contains some spoilers. Of course, she didn't spoil it so directly. She just said [Lin Xing's performance must be a masterpiece.]

Even Yan Xiaofang believes that if a work has a lot of stars, then it is worth watching.

Good guy.

This is the second time that [star content] has been mentioned since the variety show.

You know, Lin Xing rarely makes guest appearances, so that’s why everyone is looking forward to his guest appearances.

Look, if other people had made guest appearances in "The King's Guards", it wouldn't have been this popular.

Let’s put it this way, even if Wang Ruoan made a guest appearance, it wouldn’t be this popular.

After all, Wang Ruoan has starred in too many bad movies, so his box office appeal is far from that strong, or it can be said that it all depends on his strong health and popularity among the public.

But passers-by’s popularity often cannot be converted into box office revenue.

Wang Ruoan himself understands this matter as well. This is different from his concerts. Tickets for his concerts are really hard to get because he is the youth of several generations.

But when he makes a movie, there are very few people who are willing to support him.

Because not interested.

Why do many artists have fan clubs? Because fan clubs are willing to spend money. Even if the idol poops, the fan clubs are willing to spend money to eat it while saying, "I haven't eaten enough, idol, please poop a little more."

Think about it, who wouldn’t want so many fans to help pay for it? ?
Many people wonder why these popular artists are reluctant to part with their fan circles? ?
In fact, the reason is very simple, it’s because of interests.

Just like the several popular artists invited by Master Guo to shoot "A Good Man" this time, it was all for the box office.

After all, top stars can at least guarantee the lower limit of the box office, and many fans of top stars will go crazy for pre-sale box office in the early stage.

Lin Xing is a special case. He is currently supporting the box office on his own, which is a bit outrageous.

Of course, more people actually want to see what will happen when Lin Xing shoots "Death on Earth" next.

Why did Master Guo say that he wanted to co-produce a Hollywood-style oriental fantasy film with Lin Xing? ?
Isn't it just because of Lin Xing's ability to carry the box office?

"Not really."

At the dinner in the evening, Situ Hui asked about Master Guo's invitation to Lin Xing in today's interview. Lin Xing directly said that he was not invited.

"Ah Xing, Director Guo's movies are hard to come by. If you can make it and play the leading role, then you will be truly recognized in the film industry..."

Situ Hui advised: "Director Guo has a very high status in the film industry. Everyone is proud to be able to act in Director Guo's films, and this also involves mainstream recognition..."

In fact, Situ Hui hasn't explained it too clearly. To put it bluntly, being recognized by the mainstream often also means being recognized by mainstream awards.

After all, Lin Xing has offended Ouyang Qing now. You should know that Ouyang Qing has a very high status in the entire circle. Ouyang Qing even dared to scold Master Guo.

So what Situ Hui meant was that the collaboration between Lin Xing and Master Guo on a movie was a win-win situation.

But first of all, Master Guo did not invite Lin Xing, he just said a few words during the interview.

Secondly, Master Guo’s team actually invited Lin Xing to star in "A Good Man", but at that time Lin Xing really couldn’t spare the time, so he had to decline.

Now, Lin Xing really didn't feel that he was indispensable, but he still felt that he had to read the script first, if Master Guo really invited him.

After all, he believed in Master Guo's directing ability, but as for the script, especially the fantasy theme and the collaboration with Hollywood, Lin Xing felt it was unreliable no matter how he looked at it.

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(End of this chapter)