Chapter 549: The Wind Is Inside
Liu Qiangdong stayed until about 7: before he finally left reluctantly. By then, Feng Xiaogang's celebration party had already been going on for an hour.
Dong Ge is not a tactless person, he is just too worried about gains and losses.
The idea of using Weibo to attract traffic can only be regarded as icing on the cake for Taobao. After all, Taobao's annual transaction volume in 2008 has exceeded 1000 billion [originally it was for the whole year, but because of Xu Kun's help on Double Eleven, it exceeded billion a few days in advance].
Even if billions of sales could be generated from Weibo, it would only be a single-digit growth for Taobao and would not be considered a decisive boost.
What about
Their annual turnover in 2008 was only 13 billion. To be honest, it is not as big as the economic effect brought about by "Operation Kunpeng".
Therefore, at this stage, the idea of using Weibo to attract traffic is like a flood of wealth for . It is no surprise that Dong Ge, who is at the lowest point in his life, attaches so much importance to this plan.
After seeing Liu Qiangdong off, Xu Kun hurried to the celebration banquet and first apologized to Feng Xiaogang.
Before Feng Xiaogang said anything, Wang Zhonglei couldn't resist his curiosity and asked what Xu Kun and the man surnamed Liu had talked about. He wondered if Xu Kun had really been fooled by the other party.
"It can't be considered as being fooled."
Xu Kun said vaguely: "I am actually quite optimistic about the e-commerce industry, otherwise I would not have helped Taobao organize shopping festivals before."
"So, you are really planning to invest in " Wang Zhongjun said in surprise, "That is a well-known big hole. Many investment banks are trying to avoid it! Don't be fooled by Liu Qiangdong!"
It seems that Dong Ge’s reputation has been really bad recently, and his fame has even spread to the entertainment industry.
Xu Kun smiled but didn't say anything. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "By the way, I heard that Director Gao's The Sound of Wind has finally been edited. When will the internal screening be held?"
The editing of "The Sound of the Wind" is a typical case of slow and careful work, and it took more than four months to complete.
“It is expected to be screened during the annual meeting in January.”
Wang Zhonglei replied: "But you are the producer of this play, you can watch it in advance anytime you want."
"If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten that I had such a job."
Xu Kun is an unqualified producer, but he is also the type that directors like most, because he himself does not consider himself a producer. In addition, his time on the set is limited, so he is basically trying to figure out the role the whole time.
At this time, Feng Xiaogang suddenly suggested: "Why not go through it tonight?"
Although he ultimately failed to defeat the two kings, he still felt awkward about this celebration banquet for the cumulative box office exceeding 1 billion, and he was eager to find a reason to leave early.
Wang Zhonglei hesitated and said, "Should we notify Director Gao Qunshu to come over?"
Feng Xiaogang disagreed: "No need, we are not going to edit his film, we just want to see how it is."
Seeing that Feng Xiaogang insisted and Xu Kun was also very curious about the final product of the film, the two Wangs simply agreed and called on the main actors Zhou Xun, Li Bingbing and Zhang Hanyu, and went directly to the internal screening room.
Because Xu Kun had been pestered by Dong Ge and had not had time to eat in the evening, he brought a lot of desserts with him.
Seeing this, Zhang Hanyu hurriedly and attentively brought him a chair to place snacks and cakes.
As for the movie "The Sound of Wind", it is really not a good movie to watch with rice. The tense feeling that makes people nervous at all times is enough to kill anyone's appetite.
But Xu Kun is an exception.
Because at least two-thirds of the tension and horror atmosphere on the big screen were provided by him.
If you put aside the issues of good and evil, it’s quite interesting to watch myself ruthlessly persecuting everyone on the screen.
While watching the play, Zhou Xun had the worst expression on her face. She had always believed that her acting skills were better than Li Bingbing's, but in this movie, due to the plot, character setting and other reasons, she was at a disadvantage.
Especially the monologue by Li Bingbing at the end. The only character in the whole film that can be compared with it is probably Takeda played by Xu Kun.
When we were filming, everyone felt that the Takeda played by Xu Kun was incredibly oppressive. Many times, even though they knew they were acting, they still couldn't help but feel fear towards him.
The result is that when it is cut into pieces and put together, it is even more astonishing.
It is no wonder that the most close-ups in the whole movie are not of Li Bingbing, the leading female character, but of Xu Kun, the villain. After watching the movie, Wang Zhongjun could not help but sigh, "Director Xu, your villain performance is really amazing. I am both happy and nervous. I am happy that your performance adds a lot of color to the movie. Anyone who watches this movie will have a deep memory of your role as Takeda.
But I’m also worried that some viewers might have psychological trauma after watching the film, which would affect the box office. That would be troublesome.”
“Isn’t this the right atmosphere?”
Xu Kun shrugged and said, "Everyone has put in a lot of effort in this film. If I don't put in some effort, won't I be outshined by others?"
He really put a lot of effort into the role of Takeda, basically he purified and integrated several classic cellmates he met in his previous life and mixed them into his own nature.
Although Huang Xiaoming also performed well in the original version, the oppressive power brought by his height and appearance is far less than that of Xu Kun, not to mention the difference in experience in killing and torturing.
It can be said that after Xu Kun replaced Huang Xiaoming, the sense of urgency of the whole play was raised to a higher level, which further highlighted the positive characters' firm belief in not fearing sacrifice.
At this time Feng Xiaogang stood up and said: "Gao Qunshu made a good movie."
Although this was to praise Gao Qunshu, he seemed a little depressed.
As for the reason...
In fact, Feng Xiaogang originally wanted to continue to focus on art films, or at least feature films with an arty side, but the two Wangs made him return to the Feng-style comedy track in order to ensure the listing.
So even though "If You Are the One" performed quite well, Feng Xiaogang was still somewhat unhappy.
After watching the movie, everyone got up and walked out. Xu Kun was the last one to leave because he had just cleaned up the leftover snacks.
At this moment, he suddenly received a call from Han Sanping, so he simply returned to the screening room, answered the phone and asked with a smile: "Uncle Han, do you have any instructions so late at night?"
"Stop being so talkative."
Han Sanping's voice was filled with fatigue from drinking. "We've secured Lao Mouzi's guest appearance, but Zhang Weiping wants you to also play a minor role in Three Shots Surprise, so we can exchange our roles."
This is nothing. It is very common for big directors to make cameo appearances in each other's films. For example, Feng Xiaogang and Zhou Xingchi once agreed to make cameo appearances in each other's films.
As a result, Feng Xiaogang made two guest appearances for Zhou Xingchi, but Zhou Xingchi ignored his invitation.
"Of course there's no problem with mutual cameo appearances. I heard that Zhang Yimou is going to remake Blood Labyrinth this time?"
"Blood Simple" is a suspense crime film shot by the Coen brothers in 1984 with serial murders as the main line.
"It can be considered as a reference. Zhang Yimou said he wanted to try a suspense theme." Han Sanping was obviously not very impressed with Zhang Yimou's attempt this time. He still preferred large-scale industrial movies.
The purpose of Han Sanping's call was actually to arrange a time with Xu Kun to visit Chen Kaige together.
Because in two days Xu Kun will take Director Shen to visit LeTV, and then attend Alibaba's annual meeting - to be honest, after deciding to invest in , Xu Kun also hesitated whether to cancel this trip, after all, they will be rivals in the future.
But in the end, Xu Kun decided to go to Alibaba and explain things in person, which seemed more open and aboveboard.
So Xu Kun simply suggested cutting the Gordian knot and going directly to the door tomorrow afternoon.
…………
Because he wasted some time talking on the phone with Han Sanping, when Xu Kun returned to the celebration party, he was seven or eight minutes later than others.
What he didn't expect was that even though the protagonists left for two hours, the celebration banquet was not affected at all and was still proceeding in an orderly manner.
Except for a few old friends of Feng Xiaogang, most of the people present were artists under Huayi, such as Huo Siyan, Lin Xinru, An Yixuan, Zhao Liying, Feng Shaofeng...
Xu Kun looked around and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. Even Xiao Zhao was on the invitation list, but why wasn't Liu Yifei there?
Logically speaking, she has now been released from the ban, and her status should be higher than Xiong Naijin and Zhao Liying.
Did he leave early?
(End of this chapter)
