Huayu: From Prisoner to Movie King

Chapter 609 We Are Dogs

Xu Kun's career is certainly progressing.

After returning from Gansu, he was busy with the post-production of "Founding of a Republic" with Huang Jianxin. At the same time, "Crazy Supermarket" was also waiting for him to join the crew for a guest appearance.

The talent show named "Directors Please Take Your Place" is scheduled to be broadcast on July 7. The registration has now closed and the recording will officially begin in a few days.

Although Xu Kun handed the responsibility of the preliminary rounds to Ning Hao, Jia Zhangke and Li Yu, as the president and chief planner, he must have communicated with the program team from time to time.

In addition, Fanfou’s second round of financing has been put on the agenda, and JD.com’s 618 shopping street is an important node for starting group buying with celebrity endorsements.

However, Xu Kun is really too busy to do everything, so his focus is still on the movie.

Anyway, Wang Xing and Liu Qiangdong were not given to them for nothing. Now that the situation of the two families is thriving, there is no need for him to add icing on the cake - the main preparatory work is always boring and tedious, just like a diary written on paper.

Let’s talk about “The Founding of a Republic” again.

Originally, Han Sanping wanted Xu Kun to take some time to do some publicity, but before Xu Kun could take any action, discussions outside were in full swing, with hundreds of big names joining the crew for free and party leaders and democrats paying close attention.

Some people are even seriously discussing whether "Founding of a Republic" can break the box office record of "Operation Kunpeng" last year.

Han Sanping was so scared that he didn't allow Xu Kun to promote the film. He was busy putting out fires all day long, fearing that "Founding of a Republic" would be killed by public opinion.

Fortunately, most people are still rational and think that last year's "Operation Kunpeng" was an anomaly, benefiting from the overall atmosphere of 08. If it were broadcast this year, it would be considered good if it could get half of the box office.

Based on this, it can be inferred that "Founding of a Republic" will be considered a success as long as it breaks the 3 million box office, and 4 million will be a huge success - as for the box office record of "Operation Kunpeng", it is hard to say in ten years, but no one should be able to break it within five years.

This cannot be said to be short-sightedness, it can only be said that each generation has its own limitations.

At that time, people could not imagine that the box office would swell to more than 160 billion just over a decade later, and a blockbuster movie that earned 7 million yuan at the box office would only be considered a failure.

But people in later generations cannot compare the box office of 160 billion with the situation in 08.

It's like saying that in 1927 you encouraged national troops to participate in the Nanchang Uprising. As long as you could survive until the founding of the People's Republic of China, you would be a revolutionary hero and a big shot in the party.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, if you led remnants of the National Army to revolt on the battlefield, at best you would not be able to get one-tenth of the treatment given to the former.

Are fifty thousand people worse than three thousand people?

Times have changed!

Therefore, Xu Kun, who won a box office of 08 million in 7, was definitely much more popular and valued than Jiaozi in 2025.

And his career and achievements are enough to support his current status!
Back to the topic.

Xu Kun was busy until the eve of June 618, and only then did he have time to pay attention to the situation on JD.com and Fanfou.

At this time, the number of registered members of Fanfou has approached 5000 million. Although it is still not as large as Sina Blog, the trend of one growing while the other shrinking has made Sina panic.

On June 6, Sina hastily launched a new skin for Fanfou - Sina Weibo.

This happened several months earlier than in the original history, but this time Fanfou was not seized or banned. Instead, it is still thriving.

Without the basic base of celebrities and fans, it is basically impossible for Sina Weibo to grow and develop as quickly as it did in the original time and space.

Now all Sina can do is to hurt others with its own capital.

On the first day of its launch, Sina Weibo launched a prize-winning hot review campaign, announcing that it would award prizes to the top 100 hot reviewers of the day, including but not limited to cash and various home appliances.

As a result, less than an hour after the event was launched, Fanfou responded by also announcing that it would award rewards to the hot reviews of the day, but the rewards were neither cash nor home appliances, but JD.com coupons of different denominations.

Although vouchers are not as attractive as cash, they are far more popular than home appliances that cannot be selected, and the cash ratio given by Sina Weibo is not too high.

This also leads to the popularity of Fanfou's activities far exceeding that of Sina Weibo.

In addition to competing against Sina Weibo, it also advertised for JD.com, so the bulk of the expenses came from JD.com - as a result, in the past two days, Fanfou did not spend much money, and JD.com's valuation even increased.

Sina realized that this was not a solution and reportedly contacted Taobao. However, even if the two companies could reach a cooperation, they would certainly not be able to catch up with 618.

JD.com had just upgraded its servers, and Liu Qiangdong was ready to make a big move. Xu Xin also called on friends and found investment groups from home and abroad to watch the rise of JD.com on site.

As the largest shareholder and event planner, Xu Kun naturally had to be present on site.

This evening.

Xu Kun arrived at JD.com headquarters at about the same time as the crew of "Along the Way of Flowers", but after looking around among the gorgeously dressed sisters, he did not find the familiar figure.

"Stop looking for it."

Huo Siyan rushed over and said, "Qin Lan has found someone to take over today."

"I was wondering why there was someone unfamiliar."

Xu Kun shrugged as if nothing happened and asked with a smile, "You guys won't be busy all night, will you?"

"We have to shoot until at least 2 a.m."

Huo Siyan stretched and asked, "If this shopping festival is successful, the alliance between Fanfou and JD.com will be truly established. Do you want to find a place to celebrate together?"

"I don't have the time to go to the United States right now. After the 618 Shopping Festival, I have to play a villain in Supermarket. The Sound of Wind also wants me to help promote it, and..."

"Okay, okay."

Seeing Xu Kun counting on his fingers, Huo Siyan waved her hand and said, "Just forget about it."

Then she leaned over to Xu Kun's ear and said, "When you shoot The Way of Heaven, remember to ask Shi Shi to make a cameo appearance." "Hmm?"

To be honest, Xu Kun had given up on the indecisive Liu Shishi a long time ago. This girl didn't want to take shortcuts today, so it would be good for her to follow the example of the first two top sisters of Tangren and retire from the entertainment industry, get married and raise children.

But I didn't expect that the flowers I planted with care did not bloom, but the willows I planted by accident grew into a shade.

"What did you tell her?"

"Guess~"

As Huo Siyan spoke, she reached out and gently hooked Xu Kun's chin, then turned around and returned to the main group.

Jiang Yiyan saw her walking away and wanted to come over to talk to Xu Kun, but she was stopped by her halfway and she loudly urged the crew to quickly film the scene after getting off the car.

This scene was also recorded by the camera.

These women are really dramatic, no wonder "All the Way to Prosperity" is so popular.

Xu Kun shook his head and followed Zhang Qi into the building.

Zhang Qi led the way while explaining, "Boss Xu, Brother Qiang wanted to wait for you at the door, but a leader from the city suddenly came, so he had to send me over to fill in."

A leader from the city suddenly came?

Xu Kun was stunned at first, but then he felt that it was reasonable. The e-commerce market experienced explosive growth last year and has continued to grow this year.

At present, anyone with a little vision can see the prospects of BtoC e-commerce.

It was OK that JD.com was half-dead in the past, but now it is thriving under the support of Mr. Xu. We cannot say that it can compete with Taobao, but it has the momentum to catch up.

As the only emerging e-commerce company in the north, it would be strange if the leaders in Beijing did not pay any attention to it.

"What kind of leader?"

"Uh, a secretary to a city leader."

This is even more normal. Letting the secretary come over to take a look can both reflect the importance attached to JD.com and avoid mobilizing a large number of troops. As the saying goes, you can attack when you advance and defend when you retreat.

"Brother Kun!"

As soon as he got upstairs, Xu Kun met another acquaintance - Li Yitong, who was wearing a set of JD.com summer work clothes.

Speaking of which, the two haven't seen each other since that night, mainly because Xu Kun has been too busy recently - but he still has a deep impression of Li Yitong and Jin Chen. After all, naked choke is really exciting.

"What are you doing?"

Xu Kun stopped and asked puzzledly.

Li Yitong said hurriedly: "Jin Chen is here too. Sister Yi Yan arranged for us to come here. She said we were undercover for her."

"Oh~"

Xu Kun nodded and encouraged, "Then try to get more shots."

As he spoke, he passed by Li Yitong.

Li Yitong stared at Xu Kun's back and bit her lower lip unconsciously. She felt a little aggrieved in her heart. After all, she had given her body to him. Isn't this attitude too cold?

"Old Li, what are you looking at?"

It wasn't until she was patted on the shoulder that she came back to her senses and shook her head to Jin Chen, "Nothing, I just met Brother Kun."

"where?!"

Jin Chen immediately tiptoed to look for Xu Kun.

"I've already gone to the event control room."

"Oh."

Jin Chen put down his heels and said, "Then let's find a chance to go over and take a look."

"is it necessary?"

"Why is it not necessary?"

Jin Chen wondered, "What's wrong with you? Is it Brother Kun..."

Li Yitong pursed her lips and said, "Nothing, I just feel... Well, forget it, let's hurry up and prepare what Sister Yi Yan wants."

"Hey, you!"

Jin Chen was not willing to give up, and after repeated questioning, he finally found out the reason.

Then she waved her hands disapprovingly and said, "Tsk, do you think we are in love? There are so many women around Brother Kun, how can we new employees be favored from the beginning?"

After a pause, he continued, "Even if we are in love, we are both lickers - you have seen lickers in school, right? Who doesn't look arrogant when being licked?"

"Bah, you are the one who is licking the dog!"

Li Yitong kicked her in anger, but the melancholy in her heart was alleviated a lot.

Yes, this is not an equal relationship between men and women. Since you are the one asking for help, how can you dare to expect a warm response from the other party?
(End of this chapter)