This man knows how to hype

Chapter 549 Endless Boomerang

"I don't understand why a crosstalk performer must keep trying to get into the film industry. You can try, but you may not be able to put aside your airs as a crosstalk master and understand the concept of film first..."

In a suite in the hotel where the roadshow team was staying, a mobile phone screen was playing a video of a film and television blogger with millions of followers.

Listening to the questions at the end of his video and recalling his complaints in the video, Guo Jinwei's face turned as black as charcoal.

Of course, it wasn't just him. Wu Jiming and Li Xiangrui, who posted sarcastic comments about Xu Xiyu on Weibo, had even uglier faces.

Because at this time, their Weibo comment section was directly attacked by netizens.

[You are right, good is good, bad is bad]

[You're right. Could it be that someone thought that by hiring a few trolls to praise a bad movie, he could make it look good? ]

[You are right. The public has sharp eyes. Now the public unanimously agrees that your film is a bad one. What do you think about this? ]

[You are right. There are many movies that have achieved great box office success in recent years, but what does this have to do with your Jixiang Society? Your movies have always been bad movies (spreading hands)]

One after another, comments starting with "You're right" appeared, responding to all the sarcastic words that the two had used to target Xu Xiyu.

Guo Jinwei and others have experienced what a boomerang feels like.

pain.

It hurts so much!
Wu Jiming was so hurt that he became angry and said angrily, "This is too much. It's really too much. How dare he be so blatant and spend so much money to hire so many bloggers and Internet trolls to maliciously smear us?"

"We should report him to the General Administration of Press and Publication and the Internet Office. Isn't this just disrupting the public opinion environment and engaging in malicious competition? How can a public figure do this?!"

"Master, please don't be angry. As I said before, our movies will be judged by our own audiences. He spent so much money to smear us, which is equivalent to bringing us publicity."

"Yes! Senior brother is right. He is doing this just to bring attention to us!"

Listening to his disciples talking to each other, Guo Jinwei's mood did not improve much, but no matter how uncomfortable he felt, he still had to display his airs and dignity as a master.

So, he pretended to be indifferent and said, "You guys, you really need to work on this mentality. How can you get so angry at this little slander? Remember, real gold is not afraid of fire!"

Here, Guo Jinwei began to educate his apprentice again.

But in the suite not far from him, the director of "The Amazing Family" felt like the sky was falling.

He turned around anxiously and said, "I knew this would be the result! Damn it, I'm crazy. I actually thought I was wrong a few days ago. I actually thought this was a good movie!"

Listening to his words, the producer who was sitting on the sofa smoking, pulled his hair and said, "Stop looking around, you're blinding me!"

"I don't want to transfer it either, but the problem is what to do now?! If we keep showing it in previews like this, the reputation will be ruined sooner or later. By then, there's no need to release it publicly, we can just announce that it's withdrawn!"

"Huh!" The producer was amused by the director's words and asked, "What do you mean by that? Are you blaming me? You are the fucking director!"

The director knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't argue. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "How about we stop the preview..."

"Stop talking nonsense. Guess what people will say online now that the preview has been stopped, and how Xu Xiyu will react? He's being blamed for no reason and he has no place to vent his anger." The producer interrupted.

"We really need to stop the preview. Even if there are doubts, it's better than letting the reputation continue to collapse."

"You can tell Mr. Zhang and Mr. Li about this yourself. We have invested so much manpower and material resources in the preview, but they won't refund us. Once the preview stops, all the publicity and promotion funds will be wasted."

Hearing this, the director's face suddenly became conflicted. A lot of work in publicity and promotion had to be prepared in advance, and all these preparations cost money. If they were stopped, it would really be a waste of money.

Thinking of this, the director thought for a long time and gritted his teeth and said, "Brother, please help me discuss with Mr. Li and Mr. Zhang to see if we can negotiate with the distributor and the theater chain to stop the preview and release the film in advance."

After that, he added: "There should be enough copies, so that the losses in publicity and promotion will be reduced."

"You are the director, you make the decision." The producer turned on the non-stick pan mode.

But the director then started begging mode, saying that the producer was more valued by the company than himself, and his chances of success would be greater if he were to speak up.

After being begged, the producer gritted his teeth and agreed for the sake of the overall situation.

Just like that, half a day later, news came from the producer that Li Yi-guang and Zhang Jian-bai had agreed to suspend the preview, and were currently considering whether to release the film early or withdraw it and postpone it.

The reason why Li Yiguang agreed was that he didn't want any problems with the project.

Zhang Jianbai agreed because he didn't want people to think that he was deliberately causing trouble. He wanted to show the difference between himself and Li Yi Guang in front of everyone and tell everyone that he is not as reckless as Li Yi Guang.

However, the director has no control over what the top management thinks, because the roadshow team was furious when they learned about the temporary suspension of previews.

Among them, Guo Jinwei had the biggest reaction. For a big artist like him, the schedule is very tight. In order to participate in the roadshow, he postponed a lot of announcements and performances.

Of course, let’s not worry about this for now. The more critical question is, what is the difference between suspending the roadshow at this time and directly admitting that "Super Family" has failed?
So he led his men to the director's room and asked, "Director, what does this mean? Why do you want to suspend the preview and roadshow for no reason?!"

"There are adjustments to the publicity plan. That's normal, Guo..."

"Stop talking nonsense. What do you mean by adjustments to the publicity plan? Have you discussed it with us? Can you adjust it if you want?!" Guo Jinwei interrupted directly.

After interrupting, without waiting for the director to reply, he repeated, "Let me ask you again, why are you suspending the roadshow and preview?!"

"Why do you have to pause when you don't know what's going on?" The director got angry.

"I have a count, but what do I have to count?" Guo Jinwei laughed angrily.

"The reputation of 'Super Family' is about to collapse. If we continue to perform it on the road, we might as well withdraw it from the schedule directly! Do I have to say it so harshly?" The director also laughed out of anger.

"Wow!! You are the director, are you blaming me?" Guo Jinwei instinctively said something similar to the producer.

When faced with these words, which he heard for the second time, the director's reaction was completely different from when he faced the producer before.

He immediately asked back, "What else? You are the lead actor, and your apprentice is also the lead actor. Do you think you are not responsible if the film fails?
A few days ago, someone made a lot of nonsense in front of the media, saying that good works are revised, and the original jokes were not funny, but they became funny after you revised them.

I said before that if you play the same script, everyone will be happy, but if someone else plays it, everyone will not be happy. Yes, now some people are happy, at least Xu Xiyu is happy.

When people see that their good scripts have been changed into this state by you, they are instantly delighted and even post on Weibo to give you a thumbs up. Teacher Guo, you are really impressive! "

My goodness! As soon as these words came out, Guo Jinwei's face suddenly turned red, almost turning purple. I don't know if it was because of shame or anger.

There is nothing more uncomfortable in this world than being ridiculed for what you said. The disciple who came with him was so angry that he said, "Fuck, how can you talk like that?!"

"How dare you!" another disciple also shouted.

"Okay, okay, I'll be rude, I'll be rude. Anyway, this is what happened. We will go back to the capital tomorrow. Please do as you please." The director said and sent the guests away.

Guo Jinwei didn't want to stay any longer, so he turned around and left angrily.

After returning to his room, he sat on the sofa with some anger still on his face.

However, his many years of experience in the underworld made him think about the main business first, “The news of suspending the preview has not been released yet, and it is estimated that it will not be released at all, but it will definitely not be concealed.

As long as the tickets for tomorrow's preview are stopped from being sold, the audience will react immediately, and we now have to think about how to deal with the unfavorable public opinion."

"Master, how should we deal with this? There are already a lot of bloggers making videos online complaining about us."

Hearing this, Guo Jinwei was a little at a loss. He had no idea how to respond. The room fell silent for a while.

After a long silence, Li Xiangrui suddenly had an idea and said, "Master, let's get rid of the blame in advance."

"How to dump it?"

“How about this, let’s let Brother Cao Xiangyun record a video. He has a lot of fans, and most of them are female fans. It will definitely be good to let him speak.” Li Xiangrui said.

"How to record?" Guo Jinwei asked.

"We can do this..." Li Xiangrui began to talk about his idea.

About three hours later, while new negative reviews were still appearing online, a "secretly filmed" video appeared on major platforms.

In this video, Guo Jinwei's favorite disciple Cao Xiangyun is chatting with people at the dinner table.

The topic of the conversation happened to be the negative public opinion about "Superpower Family". He commented: "Now people on the Internet say that Master messed up the movie, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is just a smear campaign.

Everyone knows how good Master's acting is. In one word, good! But good is useless. He is just an actor. He has to listen to the director on the set. He has to act the way the director tells him to act.

Also, those who know the business know that the success of a movie depends largely on post-production. If the editing is not good in post-production, no matter how well you act, it will be useless.

However, in the final analysis, it is because the script of this movie is not good. A good cook cannot cook without rice. If the original script is not good, neither the actors nor the director can perform well.

In this case, what is the use of having the ability to ascend to heaven? So, when I saw the recent public opinion, I felt very sorry for Master.

Really, do you think he needs to make money from movies? No, he just wants to find more ways for my fellow apprentices.

Now, I have to face a mediocre script and a mediocre director. I have to act out the film and still get scolded. But I can’t say anything back…”

At this point, Cao Xiangyun covered his face and choked up for a while, then slammed the table and said, "I'm so upset for my master!"

There are quite a few comments below this video.

[Once a teacher, always a father. Parents all over the world are so pitiful. Thumbs up for Teacher Guo! ]

[To be honest, I am so envious. If I had such a master, my life would be much easier now.]

[I feel sorry for Mr. Guo, who has to endure the criticism for no reason]

Wow, this video and the comments below really left Dan Xinbao dumbfounded.

She couldn't help but say to Xu Xiyu, "Awesome! This is really awesome. As soon as some negative public opinion appeared, she arranged for her apprentice to pass the buck?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Xiyu also "admired" and said: "This old artist is different, he can always find materials from life.

I think he must have learned this trick from those people who did nothing wrong except marrying the wrong man, right? "

Xu Xiyu’s comment made Shan Xinbao laugh.

She was happy, and the netizens who were watching were also happy.

[I think what you said is very objective. Mr. Guo’s acting skills are indeed very good. No matter who he plays, he is still Guo Jinwei.]

[Don't try this trick. Do you think today's netizens are fools? ]

[Hey guys, you didn’t say that before, and now you’re complaining about the script. Yes, the script is bad, but didn’t Guo say he revised it? ]

[The foundation is too bad, how much can be improved? Just like a person who is not good-looking, no matter how much he dresses up, he can't compare to those good-looking people. I say you haters are really endless, how much did you take from Xu Dan? ]

[Is the script important? It is important, but the real decisive factor is the actors, because the audience buys tickets to see the actors' performance, they cannot see the script.

If the actors perform well, the work can be saved even if its original content is not well written. This is the ability of a good actor. - Excerpted from "Yang Jihua Crosstalk Special" assisted by Guo Jinwei]

[Good works are made through revisions. Just like when I first got the script of "Super Family", I felt that there were many unreasonable places, some characters were not well established, and the jokes were not funny.

To this end, I made many revisions based on my understanding of character settings and baggage over the years, and I also revised the things I revised twice or three times.

This is how the current film came about. So, one has to be willing to spend time and effort to polish and modify in order to produce a good work. — Excerpted from the roadshow of Guo Jinwei's "Superpower Family"]

[CNM, how much money did you receive from Xu Xiyu to smear him so hard? ]

[If you don’t understand, just ask, why is he angry? ]

Because I repeated his master's words.

With a "bang", the purple clay teapot in Guo Jinwei's hand was thrown to the ground and smashed into pieces.

The defense is broken. This time it is really broken.

As I said, there is nothing more painful in this world than using your own words to slap yourself in the face.

In fact, Guo Jinwei is not the only one who feels uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)