Chapter 264 The Sudden Seal
Baoqiang noticed that the applause around him suddenly died down, and the smile on his face unconsciously became a little stiff.
He is clearly one of the leading actors, and Brother Kun has always praised him for his good acting, but in the eyes of his peers in the film and television industry, he always seems to be missing something.
Many people even think that he always plays the role of a rural man, and there is nothing special about it, and anyone else can play the role just as well.
Feeling embarrassed, Baoqiang immediately wanted to jump off the lion's tail shoulders, but his legs were firmly fixed. He had no choice but to throw the lion head and body to nearby staff.
Now, the lion's tail that was stepped on by Baoqiang finally revealed its true face. Who else could it be but Xu Kun?
The applause in the hall, which had originally cooled down, immediately started to thunder again.
Xu Kun laughed loudly, supported Baoqiang and looked around, then put him down.
Then he put his arm around Baoqiang's shoulders and walked towards the Wang brothers.
Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei also put down their gongs and drums and came forward with laughter.
Given their status in the film and television industry, the fact that they could personally cheer for Xu Kun could definitely be considered as showing respect to a talented person. But that was also because Xu Kun was now qualified to ask them to show respect to him.
Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Feng Xiaogang, which one of the three directors who have earned over 100 million yuan is not praised to the sky?
Even though Xu Kun's grades and qualifications were slightly inferior, he was definitely not someone that others could look down upon.
Xu Kun had just chatted with the two Wangs when he suddenly heard a childish voice from behind Wang Zhonglei: "Dad!"
Wang Zhonglei looked back and quickly made way, revealing his daughter behind him.
The little girl walked up to Xu Kun holding flowers in her hands, looked up and asked, "Why did you let him step on your shoulders just now?"
Xu Kun was slightly stunned when he heard this question. In fact, the reason was very simple. Baoqiang couldn't support him when he was the tail of the lion, so he had to be the tail of the lion.
But Xu Kun certainly couldn't say that, so he put his arm around Baoqiang's shoulders and said with a smile: "Because in the movie, his role is more important than mine. He is the head and I am the tail."
Baoqiang didn't expect that Kunge's arrangement had such a deeper meaning, and he was so moved that his eyes turned red.
"Oh~"
The little girl obviously didn't fully understand, but she didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she raised the flower and said to Xu Kun, "Brother Kun, your performance as Meng Hao is so handsome!"
Wang Zhonglei laughed and scolded, "Girl, did you call me Brother Kun?"
Xu Kun also laughed, bent down to take the flowers, and said with a smile: "Thank you, what's your name?"
"My name is Wang Wenye."
The little girl said seriously: "You should stay away from those bad women in the future. My mother said they are very dirty..."
As he said that, he raised his hand and pointed at Fan Bingbing.
Wang Zhonglei quickly grabbed her and picked her up, saying with an awkward smile, "Sorry, sorry, children's words are innocent, please don't take them seriously."
Everyone present laughed in good faith, but whether there was any goodwill in it was another matter.
It is said that Wang Zhonglei's wife is a "good housewife", but now it seems that she complains a lot at home.
Fan Bingbing's face looked very unhappy. If it weren't for the fact that today was the celebration party for "Lost on Journey", he might have just walked away in anger.
Compared to this little episode, the subsequent celebration process was somewhat lackluster.
The first half still had a bit of the 'elegance' of the upper class, but as the alcohol began to permeate the venue, it gradually became a hub for gossip within the circle.
The women around Xu Kun changed one after another, first Huo Siyan, Jiang Yiyan, Qin Lan, then Li Xiaolu, Liu Shishi, and finally even Jiang Xin and Gan Wei came to stand guard for a while.
Their purpose was naturally to "help" Xu Kun block those female stars who kept coming like a tide - in this regard, even the Shuang Feiyan who had completely fallen out because of Huo Siyan's desire to return, temporarily formed a united front. Speaking of Gan Wei, originally this celebration party had also invited Lao Jia, but Jia Yueting finally refused, saying that he didn't want to steal Xu Kun's limelight.
This is not an exaggeration - many people actually do not believe in a young man like Xu Kun who came from a gangster background, and they believe that Jia Yueting is the real operator. Recently, the number of people who have contacted LeTV's film and television companies is more than five times that of those who called Chen Xuebin.
Although they targeted the wrong person, to be honest, Jia Yueting made a great contribution. Without the strong support of LeTV's self-media, this marketing plan that had been in place for more than half a year would never have been realized.
If Xu Kun had only put in all his efforts, the project would have cost only about 5000 million yuan. To achieve the current results, it can be said that the two brothers together cut 8000 million yuan - the remaining million yuan is the result of the efforts of Bao Qiang and other actors.
But Xu Kun was chatting and laughing with Huang Shengyi who had just come up to him, when he was suddenly pulled hard by Jiang Xin next to him.
He looked back in confusion, and saw Han Sanping walking towards him with big strides.
Xu Kun didn't bother to pay attention to Huang Shengyi anymore, and hurriedly joined the Wang brothers, Feng Xiaogang, and Chen Guofu to meet them.
"Hahaha……"
From a distance, Han Sanping laughed and said, "I'm sorry, I had some official business to take care of, so I'm late."
No one dared to argue with him. Although Hua Yi had sent the invitation, he had not actually expected him to attend. Even though he had arrived halfway, it was enough to make the Wang brothers feel proud.
After the greetings, Han Sanping suddenly asked to talk to Xu Kun alone.
This is not surprising. After all, in addition to his special liking for blockbuster movies, Mr. Han’s favorite thing to do is to support young directors. Are there any younger and more promising directors on the market than Xu Kun?
However, when they arrived in the lounge, Han Sanping looked at Xu Kun opposite him but did not speak for a long time.
To be honest, when attending the premiere a month ago, Han Sanping praised Xu Kun a lot and claimed that "Lost on Journey" was one of the two biggest surprises he had received recently.
But at that time he could never have imagined that "Lost on Journey" would eventually break into the billion-dollar club.
This incredible miracle aroused Han Sanping's great interest, so in the past two weeks he has been sending people to secretly investigate how Xu Kun's publicity and promotion system worked.
It would definitely be more convenient for Mr. Han San to check things in the industry than any film and television company.
Then Han Sanping was surprised to find that this model was probably more suitable for the system of mainland film and television companies than the "blockbuster model" he advocated.
But it’s not a good thing for the movie as a whole!
The fact that Lost on Journey grossed over 100 million yuan is inseparable from the excellence of the film itself. The question is, if it was a mediocre, low-budget film, would it be able to sell well with the same publicity and promotion?
The answer is: Yes!
As long as we can find an actor with enough fans, relying on this fan economy promotion and marketing system, we may not be able to expect to break 3 million for the time being, but getting a box office of 4 or million will not be a problem.
But don't look at the current 3 or 4 million with the eyes of future generations. This is the number that most film companies and directors dream of.
The most important thing is that this model can really make money!
From the perspective of most film and television companies that can only make a loss to gain publicity, this is definitely the best and most suitable model for them.
But from the perspective of the entire film market, Han Sanping thinks this is the worst model.
Since creating an influential idol can make money, who will write scripts seriously? Who will make movies seriously? Who will work in the film industry seriously? !
What the higher-ups want is for the film industry to grow bigger and stronger, and to break out of Asia and go global, not to engage in this kind of deformed fan economy to make money!
So Han Sanping came to visit this time not to attend any celebration banquet, nor to praise Xu Kun, the youngest actor to have earned over 100 million yuan, but to put a seal on him.
This is also the reason why Han Sanping was reluctant to speak.
He has just become a legend with this style of play, and now you ask him to give it up - it would be fine if this style of play violates the rules, but the problem is that he has done everything within the rules.
So no matter how powerful Han Sanping is, he still feels guilty for doing this.
But he also felt that he had a clear conscience, after all, this was all for the development and growth of Chinese films.
Finally, Han Sanping took a deep breath and asked directly: "Xiao Xu, if I want you to give up your propaganda system, what would you choose?"
(End of this chapter)
