Chapter 112: Praise One and Scold One
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The Great Waves Wash Away the Sands [Liu Haibo]: Kun'er, has the list of candidates for the retest for the second female lead been finalized?
There is a Fish in the North Sea [Xu Kun]: Let’s just follow this for now.
The Great Waves Wash Away the Sands [Liu Haibo]: OK, I will contact Tong Yao, Bai Jing, Wang Luodan, and Ma Su to audition for the second female role; Zhu Yawen, Luo Jin, Zhang Jian, and Cao Bingkun to audition for the second male role; and Wen Zhang and Jia Nailiang to audition for the third male role.
Liu Haibo is a man who knows how to behave. Although he is optimistic about Jiang Yiyan, when he found that Jiang Yiyan was not on the list drawn up by Xu Kun, he tacitly did not mention it.
Xu Kun was checking the list when Liu Haibo sent another message.
The Great Waves: Who is the third female lead? Chan Hsu is probably out of the picture, but her agent said that we can still discuss if she is the first or second female lead.
Looking at the text in the QQ dialog box, Xu Kun also felt a little overwhelmed.
He and Liu Haibo searched around and felt that Chen Cao, who played the charming actress in "Sex and the City" this year, best met the requirements of the Fire Phoenix. Her sexy and charming aura definitely met the requirements of Ice and Fire.
But Chen Hao is now famous, and he just played A Zi in the bearded version of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils". How could he still be interested in the third female character, Fire Phoenix?
So what if it’s 2000 million?
Are there any famous directors? Are there any famous actors?
The Great Waves Wash Away the Sands [Liu Haibo]: How about letting Tang Wei try? She actually has that energy in her.
There is Fish in the North Sea [Xu Kun]: A little young, right?
Dalangtaosha [Thin Bangs]: Try putting on makeup seriously, I think it will work.
Bei Ming You Yu [Xu Kun]: Then give it a try. Invite her to join the re-examination the day after tomorrow.
The waves wash away the sand [Liu Haibo]: Success!
Communicating with young directors is easy and hassle-free. Xu Kun had previously come into contact with several directors, but he was not used to chatting about work on QQ or even over the phone. He had to meet in person to discuss the matter in detail.
Of course, what made Xu Kun even more satisfied was the treatment of bringing in money into the crew. It seemed as if everyone in the crew was in his hands. This feeling was simply intoxicating.
I don’t know if there will be such an opportunity in the future - if this drama becomes popular, it should not be difficult to find Jia Yueting as a middleman and continue to fool the coal bosses into investing money, right?
After closing the QQ dialog box, Xu Kun habitually opened the web page to see the latest entertainment news. As a result, a pop-up advertisement popped up on the Baidu homepage, saying that the Baidu Tieba function will be officially launched on December 12.
This was another thing Xu Kun had heard countless times but had never seen with his own eyes - it seemed like Jia Yueting, who was popular for about ten years, and then suddenly no one mentioned him anymore.
The specific model seems to be an extra-large forum with countless scattered sections, and everyone can start a new section.
hmm~
When the time comes, you can just register the name 'Xu Kun Bar'.
But even if I register, I'm afraid I won't have the time to keep an eye on it. It seems that after I become famous, I will really have to hire an assistant - he doesn't have to follow me around the crew, but just take care of the behind-the-scenes work.
While thinking about random things, he first opened the Sina Entertainment Channel, scanned it and didn't find anything interesting, so he turned to the Tianya Forum.
As a result, I found a hot post in the miscellaneous section: Two scripts adapted from "The Chinese Paladin" were launched at the same time. Is it a feast for game players or a farce?
The Legend of Sword and Fairy is going to be adapted into a TV series?
Xu Kun had no impression of this in his previous life. After all, he was arrested before he even played the game.
As a veteran game fan who has played the game repeatedly in this life, I must definitely pay attention to it.
As a result, when he clicked on the post and read it, he was speechless. It turned out that the post mentioned two TV series, one of which was "Heavenly Sword".
I don't know who leaked the original script title, which led to this post of groundless speculation. Moreover, this post has obvious bias, saying that "Heavenly Sword Heroes" is a pirated version of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and criticizing Liu Haibo's age and qualifications.
The article specifically points out that all of Liu Haibo's released works were co-produced with others - to put it bluntly, he is just an executive director with a background!
As for another TV series, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", this post was full of praise, saying that the copyright was specially purchased from Soft Art, and that Mr. Yao, the father of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", was personally in charge of the casting to ensure an authentic audio-visual experience, which was totally not something that could be copied by a copycat.
This thread was posted yesterday evening and has received over 300 replies so far. Most of them expressed their support for genuine products and condemnation of pirated products. Some game fans are also actively recommending actors they think are suitable.
This popularity is enough to prove the importance of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" in the hearts of the first generation of netizens.
At first, Xu Kun was very unhappy with the post's attempt to praise one and criticize the other, and he even wanted to post a tit-for-tat post to clarify that "Heavenly Sword Heroes" and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" have nothing to do with each other.
One of these two dramas is a fantasy drama, and the other is a martial arts drama. Although the setting of Tianjian is a bit beyond the scope, it definitely does not involve any monsters or demons.
At most, it borrowed the common setting of breaking through levels and grabbing treasures in RPG games - but this is not unique to "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", or even to games. It has existed in American westerns in the 1960s and 1970s, the most classic of which is the "Indiana Jones" series.
As for the bathing scene...
That is definitely not something unique to The Legend of Sword and Fairy. Moreover, Li Xiaoyao was peeking while Xiao Ting was sitting next to them openly.
However, after writing more than a thousand words, Xu Kun had almost vented his emotions, and his smart IQ regained its upper hand.
Regardless of who posted this and what the purpose was, it at least attracted quite a bit of heat and attention. These days, many of Tianya's hot posts have been moved to news websites.
This may not be a bad thing for "Heavenly Sword Heroes", but rather a good opportunity that can be utilized.
So Xu Kun revised the post he had just written and removed the overly emotional parts.
He first exposed himself as the producer of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" at the beginning, then explained the origin of the misunderstanding in a peaceful manner, and finally expressed various expectations and blessings for "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" from the perspective of a game fan.
After making the modification, he did not send out the post but saved it temporarily in TXT.
It was not until the next night, when the post was pushed to the top of the thousand-story list and gained further popularity, even spawning several hot posts, that Xu Kun took decisive action.
Thanks to the temporary "water army" he hired in the Internet cafe, Xu Kun's post quickly became the second most popular post.
Although there was no lack of sarcasm, saying that he was just trying to get attention.
But after Xu Kun posted evidence of previous discussions on The Legend of Sword and Fairy on a gaming forum, public opinion quickly turned in the direction of "you are good, I am good, everyone is good."
Some people even encouraged Xu Kun to audition for "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", which made Xu Kun speechless.
No matter how much he likes The Legend of Sword and Fairy, there is no way he would give up his job as a producer with his own money and audition for the role of Li Xiaoyao, right?
However, he still responded positively: because the copyright of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was purchased by a film and television company in Shanghai, and he had been active in Beijing, so he didn't know that "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was going to be adapted into a TV series until he saw this post.
If he had known this in advance, he would have definitely postponed the formation of "Heavenly Sword" and strived for the leading role of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" first. But now the crew is already in preparation, and he is the producer, so it is naturally impossible for him to give up halfway.
This humble attitude, especially the practice of promoting the Legend of Sword, unsurprisingly attracted many people's approval, and many people even commented below, saying that it would definitely contribute to the ratings of "Heroes of the Heavenly Sword".
What was within Xu Kun's expectations, but also somewhat unexpected, was that the next morning, this misunderstanding, with many twists and turns, made it to the entertainment front pages of major news websites.
(End of this chapter)
