Chapter 118 The Battle of the Two Swords
"Why is this not over yet?!"
Because his laptop was smashed, Xu Kun didn't see the online reports until the next day after being reminded by others. These reports were also forwarded to major forums, as well as the Tieba of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", games, and TV dramas.
During the last dispute over "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", Xu Kun sent a protest email to Tangren Film and Television. At that time, they promised that they would never do it again and even hypocritically invited Xu Kun to visit the company.
Who would have thought that a "double sword battle" would come up again.
Is this even possible?!
However, after reading the report carefully, Xu Kun found that there were some differences from the last time. The last time it was all hearsay, but this time at least the report was based on facts.
Last time, they were just drawing a target before shooting at it, forcing themselves to create a topic and then praising one and stepping down on the other, but deep down, they didn't take "Heroes of the Heavenly Sword" seriously at all.
In addition to praising Liu Yifei and promoting the fact that the father of the film "Legend of Sword and Fairy" selected the male lead himself, a lot of space was used in this report on the "child Y incident".
To put it bluntly, they are just taking advantage of the opportunity to catch the attention.
On the other hand, it can also be seen from this that "Heroes of the Heavenly Sword" did become popular before it was even aired because of the Tong Y incident.
Unlike Xu Kun, Chen Xuebin was happy to see this happen, and said that since there was such a gimmick of "the battle of two swords", we could take the opportunity to hype it up.
He has already thought of the topics for the hype. Didn’t “Legend of Sword and Fairy” boast that Liu Yifei is a fairy sister who has come down to earth?
Let’s bring up Zeng Laihe to compete with him!
"This……"
After listening to Chen Xuebin's idea, Xu Kun said with some worry, "Sister Zeng is beautiful and graceful, but the problem is that her face shape is not photogenic. Don't let Liu Yifei really overshadow her, or we will end up making things worse."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xuebin couldn't help but curl his lips: "Didn't Li Yixiang say that he would find a cameraman who could take a good-looking photo of Zeng Lai? Let's take him out for a walk right away! If it works, we'll buy a press release to compete, if not..."
What to do if it doesn't work? Chen Xuebin didn't say it in the end. After all, given the relationship between Xu Kun and Li Yixiang, they would definitely not replace Zeng Lai.
When Xu Kun heard Chen Xuebin mention this, he also wanted to see whether Li Yixiang's efforts had yielded any results.
So he made an appointment with Li Yixiang to meet at a photo studio.
This photo studio was opened by Li Yixiang’s old classmate. It occupies a large area and has very high-end decoration.
According to Li Yixiang, ever since it was confirmed that Zeng Lai would play the female lead, the two have been trying various looks and filming methods.
He posted a large number of photos and videos as evidence, most of which were of ancient costumes, but there were also some modern outfits, and even a dozen wedding photos. It was obvious that he was abusing his power for personal gain.
“The static state has been basically solved, and the dynamic state has also been significantly improved, but further improvements are needed…”
Li Yixiang was talking excitedly, but Xu Kun's attention was focused on the wedding photos.
Specifically, the focus is on the hairstyle in wedding photos.
Zeng Lai has a total of three hairstyles in the photos, all of which are elegant, graceful and beautiful.
This is much better than the cheap and crude style of current martial arts dramas, which are inspired by those in Hong Kong and Taiwan!
In today's martial arts dramas, especially co-productions, no matter whether the actresses are young or middle-aged, they all look like they are wearing a feather duster when they appear on stage. Not only are they flashy, but they also exude a cheap feeling.
"Kun'er."
Li Yixiang saw Xu Kun staring at the wedding photos with his eyes glowing like a wolf, and he felt a little uncomfortable. He reached out and swiped the photos away, pretending to be nonchalant and asked: "Did you hear what I just said?"
"Yes, I heard it."
Xu Kun grabbed Li Yixiang's arm and asked, "Who designed the hairstyle for this wedding photo?!"
"It was designed by our chief makeup artist."
The boss who was accompanying him laughed and said, "He first studied in Paris in his early years, and later went to Milan for further studies. This is the magic needle that I spent a lot of money to invite."
"Can we meet him?" Xu Kun said quickly, "If possible, I would like to ask your chief designer to help design the hairstyles and decorations for all the actors in the play."
The studio owner's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately asked, "Can you give a special thanks to our studio at the end of the film?"
"This one……"
Xu Kun was a little embarrassed.
"I'll get another 500,000 in sponsorship fees!"
Seeing this, the studio owner immediately added: "In addition to hair design, we also cover clothing design. I can also help you contact a reliable costume studio!"
"make a deal!"
Xu Kun agreed immediately. After all, it was just a special thank you and did not involve any profit sharing.
After watching the video and photos, Xu Kun became more confident in launching Zeng Lai and Liu Yifei to compete.
After Zeng Lai learned of Chen Xuebin's proposal, she agreed after a little hesitation. Now that "Heavenly Sword" has become popular before it is aired, she has more expectations for the show.
After all, who would be willing to be always outshined by classmates?
If you want to gain more, you naturally have to increase the stakes.
After obtaining Zeng Lai's permission, Xu Kun discussed with Chen Xuebin and Liu Haibo and decided to meet with Tangren Film and Television while going to Shanghai for location inspection.
It’s okay to hype each other up, but both sides must be sensible and avoid having a counterproductive effect in the end.
The last time Xu Kun sent a protest email, Tangren Film and Television had hypocritically extended an invitation to him, and this time it happened to become a reality.
Because there were more things to do, Xu Kun and Liu Haibo simply set off south two days in advance.
Prior to this, Xu Kun specifically sought out Jia Yueting to report on the crew's latest progress, and even "borrowed" a laptop from Jia Yueting's communications company.
Jia Yueting was very satisfied with the latest progress of "Heavenly Sword and Fairy", and half-jokingly praised Xu Kun for his keen eye for talent and for picking out Tong Y, the big explosive point, at first sight.
It was indeed a big news. Just when Xu Kun decided to go south, Huang Dingyu also held a press conference, denouncing the incident as a fabrication and announcing that he would find the person who posted the whistleblower and send him to prison.
The Central Academy of Drama had originally been prepared to go easy on Zhang Mo and give him a probationary period under the mediation of many parties. However, with the intervention of Huang Dingyu, they started calling for Zhang Mo to be expelled.
Don't talk about this.
However, when Jia Yueting was chatting with Xu Kun, he suddenly asked whether there were any young female characters with more roles in the play.
Xu Kun's heart moved, and he asked curiously: "Of course there is, but President Jia, you didn't mention this before, why now..."
"I recently got a girlfriend, she's a freshman at the Military Art Academy."
Understood!
No wonder when they met before, he specifically asked whether the Central Academy of Drama or the Beijing Film Academy had stricter management. It turned out that he had already made up his mind at that time to find a girlfriend in the same circle.
However, our General Jia is somewhat of a germaphobe, so he finally chose the Military Art Academy, which has the strictest management.
Since it was the investor's girlfriend who had to leave, Xu Kun naturally had nothing else to say. He turned around and added Jia Yueting's girlfriend Gan Wei to the training list.
But she came too late after all, and could only play Jiang Yiyan's maid Zhu'er
Fortunately, Zhu'er had quite a few scenes and was a couple with the male lead, Maru. It's a pity that she died at the hands of Huang Xiang [Jiang Yiyan]'s mother in the end.
Speaking of which...
Except for the second female lead Huang Xiang, all the young female protagonists in this play seem to have died.
(End of this chapter)
