Chapter 312 Launch Conference
On June 6, the crew of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" officially started filming.
Xu Kun, along with all the crew members, held a small opening ceremony and a large press conference at Hengdian Film and Television City.
Although it is a low-budget digital film for trial purposes, it is Xu Kun's new work after "Lost on Journey" after all, so it naturally attracted a lot of attention.
Even the Hong Kong and Taiwan media sent people to attend the event and asked the most tricky questions.
"Mr. Xu, during the 04 "Peerless Twins" incident, you once said that there were no good people in the X Island film industry. May I ask you..."
Xu Kun: "Please don't make up stories. I never said that, and I even praised Mr. Liu Dehua's character."
"I just expressed myself incorrectly, but you did..."
"Okay, it's the next reporter's turn to ask questions. Let's leave the time to more professional people."
"Wait a minute, my question hasn't been..."
"Next person."
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"Ever since you bullied me on the set, Zai Zai has had a very bad impression of 26. You keep saying that you two are close friends, is this how you get close to others?"
Xu Kun: "The ancients said, 'To indulge a child is like to kill him.' Since we are family, we should point out each other's mistakes and help them correct them, so as to achieve 'the greatest improvement is to know one's mistakes.'"
"But our Zaizai [Zhou Yumin] is a model artist in WW and has never... "
"If a model star from the mainland went to WW and behaved badly, would you think it was WW's fault and call on the islanders to reflect on it?"
"You are just making a fuss. Our son [Zhou Yumin] didn't have any..."
"He apologized to all the crew members, and no one felt it was wrong at the time. Could it be that all the staff members, including those from Hong Kong and Taiwan, wronged him, and it was you outsiders who saw through the truth? Okay, next one."
Except for reporters from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
There is no shortage of mainland journalists who ask pointed questions, but their questions are more focused on the lower three roads.
It's strange to say, it's usually the Hong Kong media that prefers to be vulgar, but when it comes to Xu Kun, it's the other way around. People from Hong Kong and Taiwan always hold on to the contradictions, while mainland reporters are bent on digging out gossip.
Xu Kun was now very familiar with dealing with such situations. He answered half-perfunctorily and half with jokes, and quickly got through the twenty or so questions.
Checking the time, Xu Kun said into the microphone: "Everyone, I have answered enough questions. Next, I hope everyone can pay more attention to our hero and heroine."
As he said this, he took the initiative to hand the microphone to Zhang Jin.
It was Zhang Jin's first time attending a press conference as the protagonist. He took the microphone with great trepidation and subconsciously tested the microphone: "Hello... uh."
Then I was embarrassed.
Huang Bin, who was temporarily acting as the host, quickly selected the most enthusiastic reporter upon seeing this.
The reporter stood up and asked loudly, "Director Xu, may I ask what do you think about the fact that all the dance music videos of 'Chronicles of the Phoenix' on LeTV were removed yesterday after being reported?"
Zhang Jin quickly returned the microphone to Xu Kun.
Xu Kun said unhappily, "I said, I hope everyone can pay more attention to our hero and heroine..."
"Director Xu, do you want to avoid this question?"
The reporter pressed on, "As everyone knows, 'Cheon Ji Hee' is a girl group you personally brought back from Korea. Now their MV has been removed from the shelves for violating public order and morality. Shouldn't you give the public an explanation?"
Seeing how tough he was, seven or eight reporters immediately came to support him and asked Xu Kun to answer this question - at least half of them were from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Seeing this, Xu Kun could only solemnly state, "Because I've been busy with the matter of "Diao Xing Tian Xia" recently, I don't know what happened specifically, but don't worry, if 'Tian Shang Zhi Xi' really violated the domestic moral laws, I will make them apologize most sincerely and bear all legal responsibilities and economic penalties." After a pause, he added, "I have always firmly believed that no matter where people come from, they should abide by the morals and laws in this land, and should not enjoy any privileges!"
This statement was obviously meant to sully Hong Kong and Taiwan artists, but it also suited the tastes of most reporters, so there was immediate applause from the audience.
Xu Kun nodded to the audience and handed the microphone to Zhang Jin. He then stood up and said, "In order to focus everyone's attention on our leading male and female actors, it seems that I will have to leave the stage temporarily."
Having said that, he stood up and left the press conference.
As soon as he walked out the door, he saw Chen Xuebin giving him a thumbs up: "The last sentence was really powerful. I wanted to applaud you even when I was listening at the door!"
"Stop talking nonsense."
Xu Kun slapped his hand away and took him to a secluded place for a while before saying, "Brother Chen, the reporter you found has a very long reaction time. I almost thought you forgot about it."
“Isn’t this a good effect?”
Chen Xuebin laughed and said, "I specifically asked the middleman to do this. He had no idea that we were trying to hype this up. He thought someone was targeting you."
"Is LeTV ready?"
"We're ready! The apology video took a lot of effort. We had to write it word by word. It took two days to shoot. We used several kilograms of onions and ginger. The four Korean girls were almost blinded by it."
It turns out that the reporter who asked Xu Kun to explain why the MV of "Heavenly Wisdom" was reported and removed from the shelves was actually a hired helper by Chen Xuebin.
Ever since LeTV signed the Chinese agency rights for "Chronicles of the Phoenixes", the dance MV and practice clips of "Chronicles of the Phoenixes" have been uploaded to LeTV at a frequency of once a day.
Although the number of views and comments on each video is quite impressive due to LeTV's strong promotion, it is still far from becoming a hit.
That's why LeEco and Xu Kun directed and acted out this reporting and removal incident, with the goal of using Chun Sang Ji Hee's "sincere apology" as the breaking point to push the heat to a new height.
The effect is really good.
That night, the long-legged girls, who had changed into new looks, choked up and made a fifteen-minute apology in broken Mandarin.
During this period, he bowed deeply as many as eleven times.
With the promotion of LeTV, this apology video quickly became a hot topic, attracting countless netizens to watch, and then the entire network began to request the video to be removed.
Countless people also denounced the relevant departments under the video, and jealously reported the despicable villain "Tian Shang Zhixi".
A group of Korean girls came all the way here to give us a thigh dance, and it's free. What kind of spirit is this? This is the spirit of internationalism!
As a result, the video was reported and removed from the platform. Is this justice? Is this law? !
In traditional media outside the Internet, Xu Kun became the absolute protagonist of this incident. The report first listed some cases of foreign stars and Hong Kong and Taiwan stars acting like big shots in recent years.
Of course, Korean stars are also among them.
But why is it that only 'Cheon Ji Hee' has such a humble attitude and apologizes tearfully for such a small matter?
It’s all because Director Xu is a shareholder of LeTV!
This shows that Director Xu's words about "privilege" are not just talk, but he practices it.
They were the ones who led the charge at the beginning, and Xu Kun was just standing there to cheer them on.
Now the Hong Kong media has jumped out to try to dig up old issues, which naturally arouses the collective vigilance of the bigwigs.
Of course, this is also because Xu Kun is important enough. If an unknown junior were to have his past affairs brought up, it might not trigger such a big chain reaction.
(End of this chapter)
