Chapter 246: Powder Cleansing and Ice and Snow Festival
The public opinion impact brought by Kuaiben came earlier than Xu Kun expected, because after confirming Xu Kun's attitude, the program team directly put the scene of him lying seductively on the ground in the trailer after the end of "Shining New Anchor" on the 21st.
This kind of 'out of context' preview brings more excitement than broadcasting the entire program.
The fan group and forum exploded that night.
He Jiong made a special phone call to apologize to Xu Kun on behalf of the program team.
Although Xu Kun was a little unhappy, after all, he was the one who took the initiative to ask for the show to be broadcast. There was no point in going back and wondering why it was included in the 'trailer'.
I can only say that there are too many traps in the entertainment industry, one after another, making it impossible to guard against them.
In short, starting from the evening of January 1, there was an uproar on the Internet, and many fans fell into hysteria over the loss of their idol. Some of them directly quit the circle, while others accused Xu Kun of deceiving the public with great grief.
However, more people are arguing about who is the truest performance of Xu Kun, the enchanting Pinggu Yidianhong or the overbearing president Meng Hao.
At this time, all kinds of monsters and demons emerged, and there were hundreds of rumors about Xu Kun every day. According to Jia Yueting's investigation, many of them were fanned by major film and television companies.
By the morning of the 23rd, Zhou Yumin's remarks had pushed "Boss" to the forefront.
He claimed that the plot of "The Boss" plagiarized the second half of "The Prince Who Turns into a Frog" released by Wanwan last year. It was precisely because only half of it was copied that "The Boss" is so short with only 25 episodes.
A bunch of Taiwanese media and capital also followed suit, making a fictitious matter seem serious, and turned the public opinion storm against Xu Kun himself into an overall questioning of "The Boss".
Fortunately, Xu Kun has considerable capital support. Beijing Television and several other TV stations that are broadcasting the second round came out to refute the rumors. The Central Academy of Drama also spoke up for Tian Youliang and produced the original novel as evidence.
At Feng Xiaogang's strong request, Huayi quickly launched public relations with major media; Jia Yueting's online water army spared no effort to launch a public opinion offensive and defensive war in various chat groups, bulletin boards, and forums.
On behalf of Xu Kun, Chen Xuebin announced that he would file a lawsuit against Zhou Yumin and some media outlets that spread rumors.
Amidst all this commotion, time quickly came to the evening of the 23rd. When this episode of "Happy Camp New Year's Eve Special" was officially broadcast, the emotional intelligence and humor displayed by Xu Kun in the program immediately diluted a lot of criticism and doubts against him.
Under the guidance of many aspects, especially the online trolls, many fans gradually accepted that Xu Kun was a dedicated actor, rather than the human form of "Meng Hao" as they imagined.
The discussion about Xu Kun's true nature gradually turned into affirmation of his acting skills.
But at the same time, there are also a large number of brainless fans who cannot accept the "distortion" of Meng Hao's image, and choose to quit the show directly or treat the actor and the role separately.
The practice of taking things out of context on Kuaiben also caused a lot of criticism, but the first episode of Kuaiben after the revision also achieved the highest ratings in recent years.
All I can say is that black and red are also red.
The next day it was the 24th.
Wang Zhonglei came to visit Xu Kun and complained half-truthfully as soon as he saw him: "Brother, you should think twice before doing anything in the future. Others went to Kuaiben for publicity, but you ended up making a fool of yourself. Even our Huayi was also worried about this."
"Brother, this is a good thing."
Xu Kun said disapprovingly: "Those who can't accept my impromptu performance on Kuaiben will probably find it difficult to accept the plot in the movie where Meng Hao is always embarrassed and defeated. Clearing these people out in advance can actually ensure the reputation of the movie.
"The Boss" has many fanatical fans, but the box office revenue is probably very limited if we just attract them into the cinema. In the end, it still depends on the early popularity and word of mouth to attract more passers-by to support the total box office of the movie.
Besides, it is better to expose those monsters now than to rush to dispel the rumors after the movie is released - you have seen with your own eyes how much influence "A Murder Caused by a Bun" has had on "The Promise".
We must be on guard against the lessons learned from the past."
Not only did Wang Zhonglei see it with his own eyes, he also secretly fanned the flames.
He shook his head and smiled bitterly, "No wonder you can be a screenwriter. You have a lot of things to say. I can't argue with you. I'm not here to blame you. I'm just worried that you can't bear the pressure, so I arranged an activity for you with both food and fun."
"Activity? What activity?"
“Go to Harbin to promote the Ice and Snow Festival.”
Wang Zhonglei winked and said, "Huo Siyan, Jiang Yiyan, and Qin Lan are all there, right? You can go with them and enjoy the blessing of having two wives."
To be precise, nine sisters went - Gan Wei couldn't go because she had to coordinate with CCTV on "Seeing Words as Faces", and Yang Suo simply quit the group a while ago.
In the end, she was able to keep her true heart amidst all the shouting of "ugly" and was not tempted by Jiang Yiyan's evil.
Because there were too many people going, and they were all "outsiders", the plan for "Boss" crew to reimburse the expenses fell through. Xu Kun thought that the richest people would pay for it, or everyone would just go AA, but he didn't expect that they actually got sponsorship from Huayi.
"What about the movie promotion..." "Don't worry about that. The planned promotion has been fully implemented, and the highlight of our promotion will be after the New Year. You can take a break and relax before the New Year, so that you can concentrate on the promotion at that time."
After some persuasion from Wang Zhonglei.
Xu Kun finally compromised, so Wang Zhonglei asked him to draw up a list himself. The Ice and Snow Festival organizer would reimburse the expenses for people within five names, and Huayi would help to cover the expenses for more people, with no upper limit.
It is said that there is no limit, but Xu Kun will definitely not do anything to take advantage of others.
So in the end, only Baoqiang, Li Yixiang, and Zhu Yawen were brought along - Chen Xuebin had to take care of Huayi's publicity and promotion, as well as file a lawsuit against Zhou Yumin and the rumor-mongering media, while Wen Zhang went on vacation with his girlfriend two days ago.
When I went traveling around the Chinese New Year in 06, it was basically an exclusive entertainment for young people in big cities, so the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival was not as lively as it is in later generations.
Originally, the organizer couldn't afford to invite a top star like Xu Kun, but now that he has voluntarily thrown himself into the trap, the organizer is extremely happy, but they don't know how to use this opportunity for publicity.
Besides, it’s a bit late to promote it now. It’s already the 25th, and the Ice and Snow Festival will be over on February 2th.
Finally, the organizers decided to let Xu Kun play for two days first, and then pretend to have a street encounter, so that Xu Kun could give a few compliments to the Ice and Snow Festival from a tourist's perspective.
Isn’t this Xu Kun’s new movie, which is being promoted at stations, train stations and airports in major cities, about the fantasy journey during the Spring Festival travel rush?
By then, the Ice and Snow Festival will prepare to give this interview a gimmick of "Xu Kun's Wonderful Drifting at the Ice and Snow Festival", and then promote it together with the popularity of "Lost on Journey".
In this case, we must eat and have fun, otherwise Xu Kun is afraid that he will say something against his will.
The first step to having a good meal and having fun is to join forces with the Teddy Sisters who arrived earlier.
As a result, Xu Kun regretted it after they merged.
Because he wanted to give Yanyan and Lanlu a surprise, Xu Kun deliberately did not contact them, and thus failed to find out in advance that there were actually ten people in total - the extra one was none other than Zeng Lai, who was dragged here by Jiang Yiyan.
When Zeng Lai and Li Yixiang looked into each other's eyes, Xu Kun suddenly realized that this Ice and Snow Festival was really cold.
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At the same time, at a train station in a southern city.
Four migrant workers waiting for the train were squeezed into a corner by the surging crowd and could not move.
One of them was a middle-aged migrant worker who was carrying a blue, white and red woven bag. He became furious when he saw the poster of "Lost on Journey" on the wall.
The phrase "Spring Festival Travel Fantasy Journey" and Wang Baoqiang's laughing face on the poster made him feel like they were mocking himself.
So he tore off most of the poster, crumpled it up, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it twice.
A short and stocky companion nearby asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
"What do you care? I don't like it, can I? What a bullshit Spring Festival travel fantasy trip. If you ask me, these big stars are just bored!"
Seeing how angry he was, his companions didn't dare to say anything.
After a while, the short and strong migrant worker suddenly squeezed next to a poster, carefully peeled off one, folded it and put it in his bag.
"What are you doing again?"
"Nothing. My Ni'er really likes Meng Hao. I'm bringing him back as a gift for her."
"Then you might as well take her to the movies!"
"It's easy for you to say that. There is no movie theater in my hometown. It has long been converted into a large hall. With this poster, at least my daughter can satisfy her craving."
Hearing what the short and stocky migrant worker said, the middle-aged migrant worker hesitated for a moment, then went to a nearby location to pick up a photo and came back to say to his three companions, "My Ni'er also likes this Meng Hao. If she agrees to drop out of high school and come out to work with me, I'll take her to the movies!"
The short and strong migrant worker opened his mouth when he heard this, obviously disagreeing with his approach, but in the end he said nothing.
After all, they are just fellow workers from the same hometown, and it is not his turn to meddle in other people's affairs.
He lowered his head and touched the poster in his bag, and secretly made up his mind to take his daughter to the city to see a movie after the Spring Festival, not for anything else, just to prevent his daughter from being bewitched and influenced by those who dropped out of school to watch movies.
(End of this chapter)
