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() Huo Xiwen on the other end of the phone obviously didn't expect Lin Zhimo to answer like this, he was stunned for a moment before realizing that Lin Zhimo was joking with himself, and said angrily: "I can't help you, let me tell you, your album sales have started to increase again !"

Lin Zhimo raised his eyebrows, knowing that Huo Xiwen could make a special call to tell him that the increase must be relatively large, so he asked, "Oh, what's going on? It's already the end of the month."

Huo Xiwen didn't point it out directly, but said instead: "Because 'Super Interview' is on the air."

Lin Zhimo had a flash of inspiration and asked, "Reverse the influence of the earth?"

"Bingo! The answer is correct! None of us thought that this song would be so popular among young people." Huo Xiwen said with a sigh, "It's a pity that we didn't seize the opportunity."

Lin Zhimo also sighed a little. If he knew that this test-taking song would be so popular among young people, Lin Zhimo would have sung "Reversal" a few more times in the previous signings and variety show interviews. "Earth", it's too late to regret it now, there are already a lot of pirated CDs on the market, even if sales increase, I'm afraid it won't be too much.

Lin Zhimo was mentally prepared, and asked casually, "How much did the sales increase?"

Huo Xiwen sighed and said, "The increase is not too much...only 30!"

Lin Zhimo couldn't catch his breath, and coughed vigorously, stuck in his throat, before asking amidst Huo Xiwen's giggles: "Isn't that too much?! Sister Wen, your heart is too big!"

Huo Xiwen laughed and said, "Who told you to joke with me just now!"

As a qualified manager, I started to investigate the reason as soon as the sales of Lin Zhimo's albums began to increase abnormally a few days ago. Until today's investigation results came out, which showed that Lin Zhimo's performance in the "Super Interview" To a great catalyst.

In "Super Interview", Lin Zhimo's promotion of this album is to sing the song "Reverse Earth", which is aimed at teenagers.

Huo Xiwen knew the audience age of Lin Zhimo's music for a long time.

The main audience of Lin Zhimo's first album is those middle-aged people in their 30s and 40s, who have strong purchasing power and are willing to buy genuine albums; so when creating the second album, Lin Zhimo's purpose It is very clear that while consolidating the middle-aged group, it is also taking into account some young people who also have purchasing power.

Most of these young people have just entered university, or those who have entered the workplace not long after graduation. They have too many fantasies about the future, and at the same time they will contribute to their favorite music. Therefore, in response to this situation, In this album, Lin Zhimo composed many inspirational songs about the future and dreams.

In fact, the sales volume during this period proved that Lin Zhimo's strategy was successful.

Some people may say that the sales volume of this album is not much different from that of the first album?But don't forget that Lin Zhimo's first album was actually a coincidence, because a large part of that album was due to Huan Zhu Ge Ge's popularity to achieve such dazzling results.

At the beginning, if we only relied on traditional publicity methods without the influence of Huanzhugege, it would have been pretty good for an album to sell 100 million. After all, the people who buy music are mainly young people under the age of 30. In other words The legend of Lin Zhimo's first album cannot be copied, and it is a result of the joint influence of various external factors.

As for the song "Inverting the Earth", Lin Zhimo is more of an attempt in the style of music. As for whether ordinary people will accept it, Lin Zhimo does not have much hope for it, even if music fans like it, but After all, they are teenagers, and their purchasing power is not very high... All in all, the two of them were unanimously pessimistic about the prospect of this song at that time, so they didn't put much effort in promoting it.

But now the increase of 30 records proved that Lin Zhimo and Huo Xiwen's original estimates were all wrong!They not only underestimate the Chinese people's ability to accept new things, but also underestimate the purchasing power of young people in this age group.

However, Lin Zhimo only recovered after being annoyed for a while. The matter is already like this, and it is useless to regret it.So he continued to ask: "Sister Wen, what is the second good news you want to tell?"

Huo Xiwen said playfully: "The second good news is - I sold you and Zhang Ziyi together."

"Sell it?" Lin Zhimo was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that he and Zhang Ziyi were going to participate in the production of the same movie, and asked directly, "Which director's movie is it?"

Huo Xiwen said softly: "Li An."

Lin Zhimo suddenly stopped breathing.

Li An, a world-renowned director. In 1992, he personally directed his first work - "Pushing Hands", and put it on the screen.This is a comedy film that reflects the generation gap and cultural differences in the life of a Baodao family in New York. Special Jury Prize for Best Actress and Best Director.In addition, the film also won the Best Film Award at the Asia Pacific Film Festival.

In 1993, the second film "The Wedding Banquet" was produced.The film won a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, Best Director at the Seattle Film Festival, and was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.In his hometown of Baodao, the film won the No. 30 Golden Horse Awards for Best Work, Director, Screenwriter and the Best Work Award voted by the audience.

Since then, Li An's reputation in the international film and television industry has soared, and he has jumped into the ranks of world-renowned directors in one fell swoop.

In 1994, he filmed "Eating Men and Women".The film was once again nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and also won the No.30 Best Work and Best Editing Award at the 70th Asia-Pacific Film Festival, and the No.[-] Best Foreign Language Film Award at the [-]th David Griffith Awards. Won the Du Li Production Award and the Outstanding Work Award at the [-]th Taipei Film Awards.

In 1995 he directed his first English-language film, Sense and Sensibility.The film, based on Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility, was written by lead actress Emma Thompson and was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It won the Oscar for "Best Adapted Screenplay", and won the "Golden Bear Award" at the Berlin Film Festival and several British Academy Awards.

The success of "Sense and Sensibility" made Li An a great reputation in the international film and television industry, and thus entered the ranks of Hollywood A-level directors.

In 1997, Li An began to adapt Rick Moody's novel "The Ice Storm", and finally won the "Best Screenplay" award at the Cannes Film Festival.

And now I have the opportunity to participate in the film of this international director?

Lin Zhimo stabilized his mind and asked, "Sister Wen, what type of movie is this, and what character am I going to audition for?"

Huo Xiwen laughed and said, "The movie is called 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', and it's a martial arts movie. This time, you're helping your mother and playing a supporting role."

Lin Zhimo still felt somewhat regretful that he did not get the chance to get the leading role, but he quickly came to his senses. He knew that his current achievements were mainly based on the TV series Huanzhugege. "My Father and Mother" has not yet been released, so that his reputation as a musical genius is even louder than that of an actor.

But no matter what kind of fame, these achievements are not worth mentioning in front of Li An. Lin Zhimo straightened his mind and asked, "Sister Wen, how is Ziyi?"

Huo Xiwen said: "Ziyi has already passed the audition. She is very lucky. She was recommended by Zhang Yimou to get the opportunity to play the heroine, and finally won the approval of Director Li... I am ashamed to say that if Ziyi didn't mention it, I would still I really didn't expect to fight for this opportunity for you."

Lin Zhimo didn't believe Huo Xiwen's words at all.Never thought of fighting for yourself?How can it be!Lin Zhimo knew exactly how much Huo Xiwen had put in so that Lin Zhimo could get more opportunities to appear on camera.

So Lin Zhimo smiled and said, "Okay, Sister Wen, don't say good things for Ziyi. If you forget, who in the world will remember me?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Lin Zhimo regretted secretly, feeling that what he said was a bit too ambiguous.

Sure enough, Huo Xiwen was also silent for a while, just when Lin Zhimo couldn't help but want to apologize, Huo Xiwen's voice came in: "...Zhimo, are you listening, the signal here is not good, hang up first! "Then hung up the phone without waiting for Lin Zhimo's response.

Listening to the "beep" sound in the phone, Lin Zhimo smiled wryly and said to himself: "Sister Wen, it's shy to be shy, but you haven't told me when to audition."

On the other side, Huo Xiwen's round and pretty cheeks were tinged with red, and the corner of his mouth curled into a smile, humming an unknown song softly, and briskly tidying up the documents on the desktop.