Chapter 472 Preliminary Promotion
[It can't be separated, so just one chapter. 】
Xu Kun got drunk that night, and the next morning he left the capital under the pretext of going home to worship his ancestors.
After returning to his hometown, apart from visiting his grandparents' graves, he spent all his time sleeping soundly in Zhang Yong's house.
In theory, he was not someone who couldn't afford to have fun. For example, when Huo Siyan wanted to separate from her, he didn't think it was a big deal.
But this time, I just felt uncomfortable all over.
That's why he prefers being a pure crew couple rather than having a romantic relationship.
During this period, Jiang Yiyan, Yang Mi, Tang Yan and other people who usually performed actively took the initiative to contact Xu Kun and offered to accompany him, but they were all rejected by Xu Kun.
What puzzled Xu Kun was that Liu Shishi also made several phone calls and showed an unprecedented proactive attitude.
At first Xu Kun was a little confused about the logic behind this, but later he gradually understood that the girl felt pity and sympathy for him because Qin Lan dumped him.
This made Xu Kun feel quite amused and helpless.
Although he suffered a little bit of lovelornness, he still had seven or eight beauties in his harem. How come he became the object of the little girl's sympathy?
Of course, the person who called him the most during this period was Wang Zhonglei. It was not that Wang Zhonglei was not trustworthy and wanted to take advantage of the situation and sing the song of Houtinghua.
Mainly according to the prior arrangement, Xu Kun should start the pre-promotion of "Operation Kunpeng" at this time.
As a result, he suddenly ran back to the countryside and said he wanted to worship his ancestors. Then he didn't move for several days, which naturally made Wang Zhonglei, who was in charge of publicity and promotion, very anxious.
Later, even Han Sanping from China Film Group called and asked if Xu Kun had encountered any trouble and whether he wanted help in mediating the situation.
Han Sanping probably thought that Xu Kun had encountered some difficult problems because he stood out from the crowd.
But it's no wonder Han Sanping thought so. Apart from the witnesses of the 'Teddy Sisters', who would have thought that Xu Kun, a well-known playboy, would suddenly get upset because he was dumped by a woman when his career was at its peak?
In the end, Xu Kun could only thank Uncle Han for his kindness, then cheered himself up and returned to the capital.
As a result, as soon as he arrived in the capital, he fell into all kinds of gentlemen again. Women from all walks of life flattered him in various ways. Some wanted to soothe his sorrow, and some wanted to fill the vacancy of Qin Lan's exclusive favor.
In addition, the promotion of "Operation Kunpeng" was being carried out at a rapid pace. Xu Kun worked almost day and night, and gradually put Qin Lan's matter deep in his heart.
It’s February 9th.
Xu Kun successfully held a fan meeting + new movie promotion + best actor coronation celebration party at the world-famous Bird's Nest Stadium, during which he won the applause of the whole house with the song "Wolf Falls in Love with Sheep".
People all praised Kun Ge's voice for being a little hoarse and a little off-tune, but it seemed as if he had injected soul into the song, and the sense of vicissitudes that penetrated the eardrums was no less than that of Daolang.
Of course, the above praise mainly comes from Aikun and the people who like to make fun of me online.
As the shot was officially fired, the name of "Operation Kunpeng" began to spread across the country along with propaganda slogans such as "The movie script predicted the CD crisis", "The new Venice Film Emperor's passionate performance", "Veterans gain fame overseas", and "A song of loyalty to the country and the people".
Finally, before 08, this slogan was not a positive word but a negative word for many people.
But in 08, especially after the Olympic Games, this main theme lyrics suddenly came into being and became a selling point on par with several other selling points.
Although "Painted Skin" was also promoted vigorously during the same period, it was almost suffocated by the pressure.
The publicity strategy of putting the second male lead Zhen Zidan in the first place was ridiculed by many people: Brother Kun alone has extinguished most of the Hong Kong stars, but in "Painted Skin", three mainland big names have to promote Zhen Zidan, who has the least role and is the least important. Isn't that cheap?
It is said that Zhen Zidan was so furious about this that he smashed a bottle of 82 Lafite on the spot.
However, when he was interviewed afterwards, he talked a lot about his friendship with Xu Kun, and used the fact that he had lent his action team to support "Operation Kunpeng" as evidence.
As the saying goes, one should be grateful to those who have done him a favor. As far as the action team is concerned, Xu Kun did owe them a favor, so naturally he could only agree with Zhen Zidan's statement.
So the two men, one from the south and one from the north, suddenly started singing "Brothers".
Then the crew of "Painted Skin" became even more embarrassed.
So on September 9st, the crew of "Painted Skin" suddenly announced the postponement of the release date, from September 21th to December 9th. They would rather compete with director Chen's "Mei Lanfang" than go head-to-head with Xu Kun, who was at the peak of his career.
This incident immediately sparked a heated discussion online and offline.
Some people criticized "Painted Skin" for being too cowardly. They should have had a real fight with Xu Kun. How could they just show weakness like this?
Some people also praised "Painted Skin" for its wisdom. After all, it is really hard for the lion to compete with it now. From the subject matter, the cast, and the popularity...
Anyway, in all aspects, "Painted Skin" cannot compare to "Operation Kunpeng". If we don't get out of it quickly, are we going to be easily crushed to death?
9 month 22 number.
Four days before the movie was released, Xu Kun flew to Changsha, Hunan, to participate in "A Date with Lu Yu", which had just been transferred from Phoenix TV to the toilet channel.
Compared with a few years ago, "A Date with Lu Yu" is now more famous, but for Xu Kun himself, its weight has been reduced a lot.
After the routine opening remarks, Lu Datou took the initiative to bring up what happened that year: "Director Xu, seeing you here reminds me of the Double Swords interview that year."
Xu Kun smiled and said, "You mean the episode where the shoes were lost?"
"Yeah."
Lu Yu covered his mouth and laughed so hard that he fell backwards, and the audience below also laughed appropriately.
Then Lu Yu asked curiously: "At that time, I thought you and Hu Ge would come to the show together. After all, you had an advertisement at that time..."
At this point, the big screen at the back played the Tide Extra Strength 2-in-1 from that year.
This, like Sophie's "domineering side", can be regarded as Xu Kun's classic "black history" - and it is also the source of the enduring popularity of the Xu-Hu CP in the fujoshi circle.
“This ad has been rerun recently.”
Xu Kun pretended to cover his face and said, "I can't even bear to watch it now - but we were poor at that time, so we accepted any advertisement that didn't violate public order and morality. I used the money to pay off the mortgage on the house I live in now." Lu Yu asked, "So what do you think young actors and stars should pursue artistic achievement first, or maximize profits first?"
"It's better to come together."
Xu Kun shrugged and said, "We are a group of people who have come at a good time. As long as we become famous, the money we earn from one advertisement can equal the accumulation of our predecessors for several years. How much time does it take to shoot an advertisement? We can definitely do both well."
Lu Yu shook his head and said, "But now the outside world generally doubts that young actors lack professionalism. Some of them are working in several crews, some often ask for leave to shoot commercials, some act like big shots and make excessive demands, and some are busy performing as soon as they become famous...
I heard that some young stars never even read the script before joining the crew, and only start to memorize the lines at the last minute after arriving on the crew - what do you think of this phenomenon?"
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These things seemed to have happened to the 'Teddy Sisters', and even Xu had similar experiences.
Xu Kun, who felt like he had been shot in the knee, immediately shook his head and said, "In fact, some things need to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. For example, is there such a phenomenon as you said of sharpening the spear before the battle? Of course there is, but it is now generally concentrated in some supporting roles. Many people were temporarily pulled into the crew to take the blame, and some even received the script only after they arrived at the crew."
Xu Kun said frankly: "I have encountered similar situations before, and more than once. At first it was because I had to work and eat, and later it was because I couldn't get rid of the favors.
Is this good? Of course it’s not good! But the problem is that the crew will always encounter various problems. For example, if the actors who have been scheduled in advance suddenly have problems for various reasons, and the crew is already halfway through filming, you can’t stop the crew and let dozens or hundreds of people wait for the new actors to study the script, right?
If it's an important, main role, it might be worth doing so, but what if it's an ordinary role with a medium amount of screen time?
You have to know that after the crew is assembled, they are burning money every day! Once the production stops, the pressure on the director and producer is unimaginable to outsiders.
And you wait for this actor to read the script, and then what if the other leading actors don’t have time? So sometimes you are forced to do it, even though you know it’s not suitable, you have to do it.”
After listening to Xu Kun's long speech, Lu Yu nodded frequently, as if he agreed with what he said. However, after he finished speaking, he pointed out: "But I heard that some young stars now get the script in advance, but because of their own or the company's business operations, they don't have time to read it, and this situation is becoming more and more common. What do you think about this, Director Xu?"
We can't get over this offensive topic, right?
"Is that true?"
Xu Kun pretended to be surprised and widened his eyes, then shook his head and said, "If that's the case, then you have no face left! The old predecessors spent decades to raise this industry from the lowest level. We, the younger generation, dare not say that we can carry on the past, but at least we can't let it fall back!"
Hearing this, Lu Yu couldn't help but laugh again: "I don't know why, although Director Xu, you are indeed a young person, born in the 80s, but if I hadn't heard you say so yourself, I always felt that you and the young actors of today are not of the same generation."
Xu Kun touched his face and said, "Maybe I look anxious."
"No, no, no, it's mainly because you're too mature." Lu Yu quickly corrected: "When you went on stage to receive the award in Venice, your demeanor and momentum were widely praised abroad. Some even compared you to Liang Chaowei, who won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000."
After a pause, Lu Yu continued, "Speaking of Liang Chaowei, when I was looking through the information before, I found that you two actually have something in common."
Common point?
Are you referring to Dong Jie?
Xu Kun secretly complained in his heart, but smiled and said, "You don't mean to say that we all had a period of poverty when we were young, right?"
"Yep!"
Lu Yu nodded repeatedly: "Is it true that most actors with superb acting skills need to be tempered to a certain extent?"
"You can't say that."
Xu Kun shook his head and said, "For example, if I were to play a wealthy man, a second-generation rich actor who has been influenced by the rich since childhood would be more suitable."
"Really? I don't believe it."
Lu Yu smiled and said, "Isn't the most recognized rich man in urban dramas the character you play, Meng Hao? I heard that now everyone calls similar dramas "domineering CEO dramas" or simply "The Domineering CEO Falls in Love with Me". Does this mean that you have created a new type of TV drama?"
"Haha."
Xu Kun laughed twice and shook his head, saying, "You can't say that. In fact, there have been similar dramas before, but they didn't use this as the core gimmick so blatantly. I just broke the window paper."
After finishing this topic, Lu Yu suddenly took out a book from behind and said with a smile: "Before the recording of the program, I accidentally got an autobiography written by Mr. Wang Baoqiang, but half of the content in it is about you.
After reading it, our crew's director jokingly said that if Wang Baoqiang was a woman, this would be the best love letter to you. What do you think of this?"
Xu Kun laughed loudly upon hearing this and shook his head, saying, "With her looks, if she were really a woman, I would definitely stay away from her! But this book is very interesting. When it goes on sale next month, you can buy it and read it. It contains many interesting stories that Baoqiang and I experienced together in the industry."
Lu Yu also raised a lot of questions about the contents of the book, such as the first time the two of them were extras, Xu Kun was almost transferred to dig toilets.
After advertising Baoqiang’s autobiography, the topic naturally turned to “Operation Kunpeng”.
Xu Kun talked eloquently from the beginning of the project, and touted his patriotic enthusiasm in front of the camera. Of course, he did not mention anything about wanting to eat patriotic food.
Then the interview returned to Xu Kun's acting experience. With Lu Yu's help, he recalled how he had come step by step from entering the industry to becoming an emperor.
Of course, it is limited to improving acting skills. There is no need to say more about things other than acting skills.
This episode of "Lu Yu You Yue" was broadcast on the evening of the 24th, but the response after the broadcast was average, although everyone recognized that Brother Kun's performance was very good, he contributed some practical information, and his conversation was quite humorous.
But compared to "The Four Evil Men" of that year, this issue's highlights are much worse.
It would be great if the exclusive interview could be changed into a multi-person interview, and if someone who is Xu Kun's rival could be invited.
However, who is Xu Kun's enemy? This issue has sparked a debate.
Those stars in Hong Kong are definitely not included. Now the news that Xu Kun is going to open a studio is being hotly discussed in Hong Kong, and Yinghuang, which suffered the greatest loss, is the biggest driving force behind it.
After much discussion, the person who was finally identified as Xu Kun's rival was Wu Kebo from Orange Sky Entertainment.
But Wu Kebo immediately jumped out and said: It’s not me, I didn’t, stop talking nonsense!
Wu Kebo also proposed that he hopes to cooperate more with Xu Kun in the future. Orange Sky can provide what Huayi can, and Orange Sky can also provide what Huayi cannot.
Regardless of whether what he said was true or false, it fully highlighted Xu Kun's current momentum.
On September 9, the day before "Operation Kunpeng" was officially released, Xu Kun won the second Best Actor award in his life - the Best Actor Award at the Popular Film Festival Hundred Flowers Awards.
(End of this chapter)
