Rebirth 96: Begin the life of a monster from kindergarten

Chapter 96 Let the bullets fly for a while

On December 12, Feng Xiaogang's movie "Big Shot" was released.

This movie brings together many big-name stars and caused a shock when it was released. Especially the participation of Hong Kong female star Guan Zhilin was talked about by many media.

This is a very legendary movie. It is the first time that a funeral was filmed in a Lunar New Year movie.

What’s even more bizarre is that during the filming of this movie, Feng Xiaogang’s mother passed away, the lead actor Yingda’s father-in-law passed away, the behind-the-scenes boss Wang Zhongjun’s mother passed away, and Feng Xiaogang’s friend screenwriter Liang Zuo passed away. During the entire filming period, Feng Xiaogang was almost always there. Attending a funeral.

During the period before and after the release of "Big Shot", Feng Xiaogang conducted a series of promotional activities to promote the movie.

The fact that Feng Xiaogang purchased the novel and movie copyright at a high price from the young writer Zhang Yihang was also exposed by the media on the third day after the movie was released.

On December 12, Feng Xiaogang arrived in Quancheng with Ge You, Guan Zhilin, Yingda, Fu Biao and other creative staff to attend a movie audience meeting to build momentum for the film's promotion. By the way, he made an appointment with Zhang and his party to hold a press conference.

Zhang and his party appeared as secret guests at the cinema where the meeting was held, and met Ge You, Guan Zhilin and others.

Although Guan Zhilin's reputation is not very good and she is considered an aunt in her thirties, Zhang and his party couldn't help but take a few more looks.

She has fair skin, long legs, and watery eyes on her face, like a porcelain doll. No wonder she dares to rely on her beauty to be cruel!

When she was young, she appeared in a video of Zhang Xueyou's concert wearing a red dress, but the short video became a hit.

The reason why Feng Xiaogang invited Guan Zhilin to participate in this movie was because of her beauty, not because of her poor acting skills.

Noticing Zhang Yixing's gaze, Feng Xiaogang didn't think much about it, but he couldn't help but joked to Guan Zhilin: "Just say you are beautiful, you think even children will look at you more!"

Zhang Yixing pouted. Regardless of who she was looking at, everyone present was either bald, fat, or buck-toothed. They could have filmed "Beauty and the Beast" directly. A few glances at Guan Zhilin would be enough to wash their eyes.

Guan Zhilin smiled politely at Zhang and his party after hearing Feng Xiaogang's joke. She was unfamiliar with the place, couldn't speak Mandarin well, and knew nothing about the child in front of her, so naturally she would not answer the question casually.

After the "Big Shot" movie ended, Feng Xiaogang took the lead and led everyone into the designated movie theater, and Zhang and his party also went in with them.

"Ah! Guan Zhilin!"

"Ge You! Youzi!"

"Zhang Yixing, it's Zhang Yixing, ah!"

As everyone came on stage one after another, loud shouts erupted from time to time in the theater.

What surprised Feng Xiaogang, Ge You and others was that when Zhang and his party came on stage, the shouts from the audience were particularly strong.

Even Guan Zhilin glanced at Zhang Yixin in surprise, wondering why this child was so popular.

Zhang Yixing has become accustomed to this. The folks from Dalu Province have very strong concepts. Being in his hometown, he has the home field advantage.

This audience meeting will last for twenty minutes, and the audience will interact with the creative staff live.

Feng Xiaogang, Ge You, Guan Zhilin and others stood in the center of the stage, while Zhang and his party sat on the side as supporting guests, close to the green leaf to pay the bid.

The atmosphere of the meet-and-greet was very relaxed, there were not many media, and most of the questions were asked by the audience to satisfy their curiosity.

A fat nerd got the first opportunity to ask questions. He asked Guan Zhilin: "Guan Zhilin, do you think Zhang Xueyou is handsome or Liu Dehua is handsome?"

Guan Zhilin finally understood the boy's question after Ge You's reminder, and replied with a smile: "Hua Tsai is handsome when he is acting, but he is handsome when he is singing!"

The second person's question was directed at Ge You, "Hello, Uncle Ge, I would like to ask, did you keep your head bald on purpose?"

Ge You touched the top of his head and said in a very serious tone: "You are really bald!"

The whole audience burst into laughter.

A girl who looked like a college student grabbed the microphone and asked Zhang Yixing directly, "Zhang Yixing, you are so handsome. I want to marry you when you grow up!" There was another burst of laughter in the venue.

Zhang Yixing politely replied: "Thank you, you are a good person!"

"Director Feng, when will you make an art film?"

"I think "Big Shot" is an art film, and "Stars on Earth" I'm going to film next will also be an art film!"

The 20 minutes passed quickly, the meeting ended and the audience dispersed.

Everyone rushed to a specially arranged venue in the theater to hold the "Stars on Earth" licensing press conference.

During the meeting, Ge You and others were still smiling, but when they came out of the movie theater, they all exuded an air of uncontrollable exhaustion.

After continuously traveling between major cities for road shows, this group of people seemed to be very tired.

Fortunately, the box office performance of "Big Shot" is far ahead of other movies in the same period, which somewhat cheers them up.

Feng Xiaogang was walking in the same row as Zhang and his party. He patted Zhang and his party on the shoulders and said, "It's easy for you writers to make money. You can make money as soon as you move your pen!"

Zhang Yixing said politely: "Celebrities also make money!"

Feng Xiaogang suddenly leaned over Zhang Yixin's ear and whispered: "It sounds like they are celebrities, but to put it bluntly, they are all actors!"

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In 2001, "Minimum Story" sold more than 700 million copies throughout the year, with an average monthly sales of 60 copies.

"Most Comics" sold 180 million copies throughout the year, with an average monthly sales of 15 copies.

"The Legend of Monkey King" has sold 230 million copies, ranking first among the annual bestsellers. Books that also made it into the top ten include "One Degree Below Zero", "The Training of Harvard Girl Liu Yiting", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", etc.

At the end of the year, Han Han, who had spent all his royalties on his car, signed a contract with "Mind Novel" and sold himself as a contracted writer. His fate with future promoter Lu Jinbo was severed by the flapping wings of a butterfly.

"Unlucky Bear" won the Special Award at the Bangzi Country Animation Awards in 2001. The news spread back to China, and CCTV Children's Channel received a few more shoe prints on its face.

"Unlucky Bear" also successfully entered the Southeast Asian market at the end of the year, but was blocked when entering the Japanese market.

The Japanese animation industry is very developed and the industrial chain is mature. It has always been a strong animation exporting country.

Huaxia and Bangzi have been dumped by Japan for animation in recent years. They have continued to devour the animation markets of the two countries by relying on low-price or even free dumping strategies.

Not long after "Unlucky Bear" won the award abroad, Zheng Yuanji called Zhang and his party.

This big shot seemed to have gotten some inside information. He said meaningfully on the phone: "The wind is about to change. At the earliest next year, and at the latest the year after next, let's get ready to show off our talents!"

Zhang Yixing was noncommittal. He had never been in this industry before. His main motivation for entering this industry was because he had a bunch of animation IPs in his hands, so he didn't know what was going to happen in the next one or two years.

But since Zheng Yuanji said this, it’s a good thing after all!

Just follow the steps!

When Dreamweaver Culture held its annual meeting, Zhou Xingguo told Zhang and his party that CCTV Children's Channel had contacted him to discuss the broadcast of the second season of "Unlucky Bear".

Zhang Yixing chuckled and said, "CCTV still needs to give face. It's difficult to make back the money by relying solely on local satellite TV, so we should raise the price appropriately!"

"Should we give up on entering the Japanese market?" Zhou Xingguo asked again.

"Let the bullets fly for a while! By the way, after the Chinese New Year, I will send someone to collect all the comics from Japan. I want to do a good study!"

(End of this chapter)