Chapter 232 Schedule Conflict
In a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment.
Xu Kun packed up simply and prepared to take the edited version of "Lost on Journey" to Huayi Theater for a preview.
Baoqiang had already packed up and was pacing around the house excitedly yet nervously.
Xu Kun was about to ask him to leave, but he suddenly remembered something and frowned, "By the way, didn't you tell me a few days ago that 'Wulin Wai Zhuan' would also be aired?"
"correct."
Bao Qiang explained: "I didn't contact the people from "Wulin Wai Zhuan" when I was filming the movie. I only found out that "Wulin Wai Zhuan" and "Ba Zong" were both scheduled to be broadcast on January 1nd when I called Brother Sha Yi a few days ago.
Director Shang Jing is quite well connected. Such a simple crew was able to appear on CCTV-8. I told you at the time, but you were busy editing at that time, so you probably didn’t hear it clearly. "
broken!
I had planned so much but I forgot to take this into account!
"Brother Kun, what's wrong?"
Baoqiang saw Xu Kun's face suddenly change and he was a little confused about what was going on.
After all, even those who are most confident in "Wulin Waijia" now don't think it will affect "The Boss Falls in Love with Me", let alone think it can compete with the Spring Festival Gala.
"nothing."
Xu Kun shook his head and said, "Let's go. Don't keep Huayi's people waiting for too long."
This is really a case of one mistake being too careful!
Being broadcast at the same time as "Wulin Waijia", the ratings of "Bao Zong" will definitely be affected to a certain extent, but it is not without advantages. Baoqiang has a lot of roles in "Wulin Waijia" and his performance is better than the original version.
After all, what he is best at is to play this kind of funny character who is a bit paranoid and has some flaws just right so that the audience doesn't hate him.
Coupled with Xu Kun's Pinggu Yidianhong, if directed well enough, it might be able to attract some fans of "Wulin Waijia" to watch "Lost on Journey".
Anyway, it’s too late to change the schedule now, and Xu Kun can only comfort himself in this way.
The two of them went downstairs together.
Baoqiang likes to sit in the front passenger seat, while Xu Kun happens to be alone in the back seat.
After getting in the car, he rubbed his eyes, which were red and bloodshot from staring at the screen for a long time, and asked casually, "Is there any news recently?"
"news?"
Zhu Yawen, who was starting the car, looked a lot rougher and more mature than he was six months ago - he was one of the first people to follow Chen Xuebin to the Northeast to scout locations, so naturally he suffered a lot.
Zhu Yawen thought for a moment and said, "Director Feng announced a few days ago that he was going to ban a young actor. It seems to be related to the TV series that Wen Zhang and his team filmed at the beginning of the year."
"Is it the movie 'Days Related to Youth'?"
Xu Kun had heard Wen Zhang mention this film, saying that it mixed together the old stories of the bigwigs in the Beijing circle, and both Wang Da and Xiao Wang from Huayi and Feng Xiaogang were in it.
It seems that this drama has done a lot of disparaging to Feng Xiaogang.
The actors are also the ones who suffer when there is a fight between gods. The director of "Days Related to Youth" is a real big shot in the Beijing circle. Feng Xiaogang can't afford to offend him, so naturally he can only vent his anger on the actors.
Arrived at Huayi.
Xu Kun was a little worried that Feng Xiaogang, the main judge, would be affected by his emotions and his viewing experience would be affected, which would in turn affect his evaluation of "Lost on Journey".
But when I met Feng Xiaogang in the small screening room inside Huayi, I saw that his face was flushed and his smile was full of rotten teeth.
The big king and the little king also had a smiling face, and there was a hint of gloating in their expressions.
In addition to these three, there are several senior executives of Huayi, as well as artists and stars such as Ge You, Ren Yan, Zhang Hanyu, Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, Huo Siyan, Qin Lan, and Xiong Naijin.
"Uncle, Uncle Feng, and the two Mr. Wangs."
After Xu Kun greeted him, he asked curiously, "What good thing happened?"
Feng Xiaogang reached out and patted Xu Kun on the arm, then laughed and said, "Huayi will soon have a successor in the field of directing. Shouldn't we be happy?"
The two kings smiled but did not answer. Ge You had a sad look on his face and said to Xu Kun, "Come to my house for dinner tonight. I have something to discuss with you."
"Okay, I haven't eaten the food cooked by my aunt for a while."
After the pleasantries.
Xu Kun walked around to the projector at the back and worked with the staff to easily adjust the film.
Feng Xiaogang watched him do it from the side and asked, "Did you cut it yourself?"
Xu Kun explained with a smile: "When I was filming in Shanghai before, I took some time to learn it. After all, it was shot with a digital camera and it was easy to edit, so I tried it myself.
If there are any problems with the editing, please point them out to me later so that I can make some revisions later."
Feng Xiaogang nodded and said nothing more.
From the moment Xu Kun declined his offer to be the producer, he knew that Xu Kun was a man with a strong sense of independence. How could such a man let others do the editing?
If Xu Kun really hired a ghostwriter, he would find it strange.
After everything was ready for the screening, Xu Kun walked around to the screen again.
"Everyone."
After everyone took their seats, he looked around the stage confidently, and then said loudly: "Before watching this movie, I must emphasize that before this movie, there was a 25-episode TV series that was used to carefully portray the image of the male protagonist Meng Hao as a business elite.
Of course, the movie itself is also a complete story. Even if you haven’t watched the TV series, it does not affect the audience’s understanding of every aspect of the movie—but if you have watched the TV series, Meng Hao’s contrasting performance in the play will appear more humorous.”
After hearing this, the audience whispered to each other, and one of the executives asked loudly: "Then can I infer the opposite, that if you haven't watched the TV series, this movie will lose a lot of its luster?"
"Not really!"
Xu Kun categorically denied it, then pointed at Baoqiang who was sitting in the corner of the second row and said, "People who haven't watched the TV series will most likely be attracted by Wang Baoqiang's performance - in this movie, the role played by Baoqiang is the real highlight, and his performance in the play is better than mine."
Hearing what Xu Kun said, Bao Qiang, who was already nervous, blushed all of a sudden, and hurriedly shook his head and denied it in the audience: "Brother Kun, don't flatter me. How can I compare with you..."
"I told the truth."
Xu Kun interrupted him and then said to the executive: "The reason why I emphasize the existence of the TV series is to show that this movie has an audience base. The more successful the TV series is, the bigger and more solid this base will be!"
Another voice came from the audience: "From what you said, isn't this very similar to the adaptation of a famous novel? But in recent years, few movies adapted from famous novels seem to have good reputations and good box office, right?"
“It’s a simple analogy, but it’s not the same.”
Xu Kun continued to talk: "The biggest difficulty in adapting classics lies in the 'adaptation'. If the adaptation is too little, it will be criticized for lack of originality. If the adaptation is too much, it will be easily accused of ruining the classics.
The idea for the movie "Lost on Journey" came to me before I started filming the TV series, so when we were filming the TV series, Director Tian and I left enough space and suspense for it.
It can be said that the movie + TV series is the complete version of the original story, so there is no need for adaptation and there will not be any sense of disobedience. "
There was another round of whispering, and then someone asked again: "Since the biggest foundation of your movie is the TV series, if the ratings and reputation of the TV series are too bad, won't it in turn affect the movie?"
"Absolutely impossible!"
Xu Kun said with absolute certainty: "The TV series will definitely be a hit!"
If it were any other drama, he might not dare to guarantee it, but the ancestor of the domineering president has also been added with many later show-off plots. "The Domineering CEO Falls in Love with Me" is equivalent to a dragon riding on the face, and there is no possibility of losing at all.
uh~
Losing to "Wulin Wai Zhuan" doesn't count, ranking second in the year is also a win.
Intimidated by the great self-confidence displayed by Xu Kun, the audience was silent for a while.
"All right."
Wang Zhongjun smiled and said, "No matter what, as a director, it is still the work that speaks for itself. If you have any other questions, wait until after you finish watching the movie. Come on, Xiao Xu, come on, sit between me and Director Feng."
(End of this chapter)
