Chapter 543: Going Out to Sea, Group Show
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The premiere was relatively successful.
However, during the celebration banquet in the evening, Wang Zhonglei and Feng Xiaogang had a few words. The reason was that Wang Zhonglei was planning to use the gimmick of being the first person to have cumulative box office revenue of over 1 billion yuan in the mainland after the first week's box office results came out.
This would have been nothing, but considering the combined box office of more than 8 million yuan in mainland China for Xu Kun's two films, Feng Xiaogang felt that this promotion was really not very honorable, and even a bit embarrassing.
The two argued about this, and finally Feng Xiaogang overpowered Wang Zhonglei. This is where Huayi is better than New Picture. Although the two Wangs are not very good to their artists, they still respect the big directors.
When the song ended and the crowd dispersed, Lin Xinru deliberately blocked the door, trying tirelessly to be a guide for Xu Kun, but was bumped from the side by Zhou Xun, and staggered and almost fell flat on her face.
In response, Zhou Xun said without any apology: "Sorry, I had a few drinks and I feel a little dizzy."
Lin Xinru clenched her fists and stared at Zhou Xun, but ultimately did not dare to make a move. When she turned back in frustration, there was no sign of Xu Kun at the door.
The competition for the top female star in Huayi has been going on for a long time, and it seems that it will continue for some time.
But when Xu Kun arrived at the gate, he saw Baoqiang and Hu Die talking to Deng Chao outside, so he stopped and waited for Deng Chao to leave.
It’s not that he wants to distance himself from Deng Chao, it’s mainly because Deng Chao has been feeling a little lost lately.
When he was in the crew of "The Young Emperor" back then, he regarded himself as Brother Chao. Even though Xu Kun later became a billionaire director, he did not feel that he was out of his reach.
But after the huge success of "Operation Kunpeng", the gap between the two suddenly widened. Even if Deng Chao continued to deceive himself, he would not think that he could still be on par with Xu Kun.
So he couldn't adjust his mentality. Just now at the celebration banquet, Deng Chao and Xu Kun didn't say much, but Huang Xiaoming behaved more normally.
After all, ever since joining Huayi, Huang Xiaoming has always been looking up to Brother Kun. Now that the gap in status between the two is even greater, he has even less psychological burden.
Before Deng Chao adjusted his mentality, Xu Kun didn't want to have much contact with him - if he couldn't adjust, perhaps the two of them would become estranged from then on.
This is normal. Many friends in the world drift apart as time goes by. Even if Xu Kun is a loyal person, it is impossible for him to lower himself to save the relationship.
"Director Xu?"
At this moment, someone suddenly called from behind. Xu Kun turned around and saw that it was Li Bingbing and her sister, the agent Li Yu.
Compared to the time a few years ago when he was competing openly and secretly with Fan Bingbing, Li Bingbing has been relatively low-key recently, but he has still obtained a lot of resources.
"What are you doing?"
Coming in front of Xu Kun, Li Bingbing asked politely and enthusiastically.
But there was a hint of daze in her eyes.
Originally, when filming "The Sound of Wind", the relationship between the two had become quite close, but no one could have imagined that after Xu Kun left the crew of "The Sound of Wind", he would start to move forward at full speed.
"Nothing, I just remembered something, so I was going to make a phone call." Xu Kun made up an excuse and took out his phone and asked, "I heard that you've been practicing English recently. Are you planning to go overseas?"
Li Bingbing said with some resentment: "It was because I lost to Huo Siyan in The Forbidden Kingdom. If my English was better, I wouldn't have been eliminated."
That being said, everyone knew the actual situation - if it weren't for Xu Kun's support behind the scenes, even if Huo Siyan's spoken English was better, she wouldn't be able to easily squeeze out Li Bingbing.
So Li Bingbing quickly changed the subject and asked with a smile: "Director Xu is now the number one in domestic commercial films. Are you interested in going overseas in the future?"
"forget it."
Xu Kun shook his head and said, "With the current size and development speed of Dongda, it will become a thorn in the eyes of the Americans in a few years. The Japanese flattered them so much back then, but the Americans still turned their backs on them, not to mention us.
It would be good if you put your warm face in front of others but they give you a cold shoulder. I am afraid that they will say something bad about you and you will end up being a nobody.”
As he spoke, he stomped his foot on the ground twice and said seriously: "Our roots are always in this land. I think it is enough to be able to shoot something that the people like to watch."
This answer is obviously different from the current mainstream opinion. Li Bingbing can't say that he agrees with it, but he feels that it seems to make some sense.
At this time, Li Yu suddenly interrupted and said, "Director Xu, these are things that you big shots need to consider. At most, we are just trying to raise our own status, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
"maybe."
Xu Kun did not comment. He raised his phone, apologized to the two of them, and walked to the corner.
But before he could decide who to call, Jiang Wenli called him. It seemed that the evening was a special event for godmother and goddaughter.
Li Bingbing looked at Xu Kun's back as he was talking on the phone, feeling very complicated. She thought back to when she first met Xu Kun, because of the fierce look in his eyes, she joked to Li Xiaolu: Here comes another free and easy king.
Who would have known that Xu Kun did not become the King of Freedom in the drama, but moved step by step towards the highest level in reality - he is not even thirty years old now, and as long as he does not make any big mistakes in the future, he will aim to replace Zhang Yimou!
Now looking at Xu Kun's back, Li Bingbing felt as if he had witnessed a legend with his own eyes.
"Sister~"
At this time, Li Yu hugged her arm and reminded her in a low voice: "You can't listen to Director Xu. He is now a semi-official and he rose to fame by relying on the main theme. Of course, he must always take the right stance.
But we don't need to learn from him. As long as we can find an opportunity to go abroad to gild our skills, we can do everything with half the effort when we come back - don't you see that those big domestic companies like to recruit sea turtles?"
At present, overseas returnees are still very popular. Firstly, there are not so many self-funded master's students, and secondly, China still has a relatively thick filter for the West. Therefore, compared with the situation in which they will be everywhere in the market in a dozen years, the treatment is a world of difference.
Li Bingbing didn't comment, but said softly: "Let's go, go back, remove your makeup and go to bed early."
After the Li sisters left, Xu Kun finished his phone call. Seeing that only Baoqiang and Hu Die were left outside the gate, he pushed the door open and walked out.
"What did Deng Chao talk to you about just now?"
"Nothing."
Bao Qiang scratched his hair and said with a silly smile: "But I think he seems to have the idea of becoming a director."
Xu Kun shook his head slightly, but he was not surprised. Since his great success, many actors have come up with the idea of becoming directors after becoming good actors. Deng Chao is not the first one, and he will not be the last.
At this time, Hu Die smiled and said, "I just talked to Sister Gan Wei, and she wants me to host the Teddy Sisters' group show. Brother Kun, do you think this is appropriate?"
This candidate is quite suitable. As Baoqiang's future wife, her status and deterrent power are sufficient, and there is no problem with her professional qualities.
"Just discuss it."
Xu Kun laughed and said, "I just said it casually at the time, who knew they would take it seriously."
Hu Die is obviously very concerned about this group variety show. She was transferred to CCTV after the New Year. Although it was not like she was starting from scratch, it was difficult for her to get good resources in a short period of time, so she thought about finding another way.
The Teddy Sisters' group variety show is inherently gimmicky, and as long as the content is good, there is no need to worry about the ratings.
So what she is most concerned about now is the content: "Sister Gan Wei said that she referred to similar variety shows in South Korea and found that there were all kinds of types, so she was a little undecided about what style our group variety show should go for.
And I heard that everyone’s opinions are not very consistent, I guess it will still be up to you, Brother Kun, to make the final decision.”
"The style of the group variety show..."
Xu Kun unconsciously thought of Zhou Xun's collision, and the incident a while ago when Fan Bingbing had publicly blackmailed Lin Xinru, so he suggested, "The tone must be lighthearted and funny, and the rest should be as real as possible. Don't make it too happy, otherwise if someone finds out something in the future, it will be easy to be criticized."
"what do you mean?"
Hu Die's beautiful eyes suddenly widened, obviously not expecting Xu Kun to give such a suggestion. Was he going to make the internal conflict public?
"Just like usual, the big circle contains the small circle, the alliances and intrigues can be appropriately expressed, as long as it is not taken too far."
Xu Kun said calmly: "You can also arrange for someone to praise me or scold me. Although I don't plan to participate in your variety show, if my story is missing from it, the audience probably won't approve of it."
He actually wanted to expose the intrigues among the sisters, and the relationship between Teddy's sisters and him, in the variety show!
Hu Die felt it was incredible and at the same time couldn't help but his eyes sparkled. With these unique highlights, perhaps the final results of this group variety show would be beyond imagination.
Of course, we have to strike a good balance, otherwise if everyone becomes a villain, we're completely doomed.
Fortunately, this program is produced by LeTV, with Gan Wei as the general manager and Hu Die as the host, so it should not be difficult to control the direction of the show.
Seeing Hu Die eager to try, Xu Kun turned to Bao Qiang and said, "I suddenly had an idea. Let's talk about it later."
Generally, the host controls the rhythm of the show, but it is not impossible to do the opposite - isn't Baoqiang worried about how to propose recently? It is just right for the last episode of the group variety show to let the group members work together to help Baoqiang "counterattack" the host.
In this way, Baoqiang's urgent needs can be solved, and through the unity and cooperation of the sisterhood group on this matter, the intrigues and alliances in the middle can be naturally covered with a veil of warmth and affection.
In the end, the film has a happy family ending, so that the overall tone does not go completely astray and leave a bad impression on the audience.
(End of this chapter)
