Entertainment 2000: Supporting female stars will bring you a hundredfold return

Chapter 214 Questioning, Gao Yuanyuan's Interview, and the Surge in Users!

In a film crew, with so many people and so many eyes and ears, it's normal for information to leak.

Tang Wen promised that all the main actors in the film crew would go to Cannes.

But since they are not the main actors, they make up the majority and cannot go.

They would not deliberately keep secrets.

The main criticism in the article is that Tang Wen is arrogant and conceited!

They dare to make wild claims after achieving even the slightest success.

In today's society, humility is considered a virtue.

You, Tang Wen, are quite something.

The movie editing isn't finished yet.

It's as if it's already been shortlisted for Cannes.

You should bring everyone to participate.

What else could it be but arrogance?
Some veteran filmmakers in China have long been dissatisfied with Tang Wen.

Because Tang Wen's two films raked in two or three hundred million yuan at the box office, their living space was greatly squeezed.

Tang Wen's promise that "all the main actors in the crew will go to Cannes" has been seized upon by them.

They label him arrogant and then launch into a tirade in front of the media.

In fact, based on just one sentence, one might think Tang Wen is arrogant.

This only shows that there's something wrong with them internally.

These veteran filmmakers live off government funding.

Let alone going to Cannes.

It can't even get released in domestic cinemas.

As a result, your Tang Wen was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

Having debuted so long ago, she's already broken box office records and wants to go to Cannes?

Go to the cinematic mecca they consider sacred to win an award?

How can I bear this?

They were eager to make a big fuss and tell the Cannes Film Festival, thousands of miles away.

Tang Wen is too arrogant!
Cannes needs to maintain its prestige; it can't be selected, and it definitely can't be allowed to win an award...

As soon as trouble arose, Xia Tian immediately reported it to Tang Wen.

The latter was editing "Peacock" and took a break during lunch to search for news.

Seeing that quite a few people had stepped forward, he thought for a moment and sent an email to Robert.

Then, I stopped caring about it.

I continued editing videos during the day.

He secretly went to spend the night with women.

I had dinner with Hu Jing and Zeng Li.

I slept with Huo Siyan and Yu Feihong at night.

Or, have dinner with Li Dabai in bed.

I slept with Dong Xuan at night...

They lived a simple, unpretentious, and joyful life.

He did not respond or give an interview.

The box office of "Infernal Affairs 2" was completely unaffected.

Han Sanye's box office has surpassed 1.6 million, overshadowing Spider-Man and is about to break new records.

They then intended to apply for an "extension key".

Let "Infernal Affairs 2" be shown for another month.

The news spread.

But this offended those veteran filmmakers, and even more people jumped out to criticize Tang Wen.

They rely on President Han to approve filming funds and dare not publicly criticize him.

But if I can't scold you, can't I scold your apprentice?

While they were criticizing Tang Wen, they didn't let Fan Bingbing off the hook either.

"I don't know how Director Tang chose the role. Does Fan Bingbing even have acting skills? And she wants to go to Cannes? It's a joke!"

"Fan Bingbing is alright as a maid. But acting in an art film, I don't know what the director was thinking! Maybe there's some unspoken deal involved?"

"I've watched Fan Bingbing's TV dramas. I can't comment on her acting skills; after all, I can't comment on something that doesn't exist..."

When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer as well.

This infuriated Fan Bingbing.

After all, she had worked hard for several months to prepare, and now the movie hasn't even released a trailer. They haven't even seen it yet, but they've already belittled her to nothing.

Anyone would be angry!

She's not the type to suffer in silence.

He came to find Tang Wen for lunch at noon.

After the meal, I sat in Tang Wen's lap and was served tea.

Tang Wen knew why she came: "The public opinion is so strong, aren't you afraid?"

Fan Xiaopang looked at Tang Wen with a firm gaze: "I'm not afraid! As long as you're here, I'm not afraid."

"Really?"

Fan Xiaopang: "Domestic public opinion won't affect Cannes, right?"

"Haha, of course it won't have any impact." Tang Wen's lips curled into a sarcastic smile.

Sometimes, there is naked hatred between colleagues.

"Alright! I'm going to fight back."

"How to fight back?"

Fan Xiaopang had already thought it through:
"Well, I'm going to be interviewed by Renren.com. I'm going to show my weakness and say that I've been preparing for half a year, that I've hired acting teachers from the Central Academy of Drama and worked so hard. Then I'll burst into tears on the spot and say that I still have many shortcomings."

Then I prepared a press release, highlighting my young age, lack of formal training, and the difficulties I've faced along the way.

This will evoke sympathy and resonance from the audience, letting the outside world see how these old fogies bully newcomers by taking advantage of their seniority!

have to say.

Fan Bingbing is truly born for the entertainment industry.

He has an exceptional talent for online debates and mudslinging.

"Not bad, you've grown."

Fan Xiaopang's eyes lit up, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He blinked and asked, "Brother, you don't think I'm too scheming, do you?"

"If we were a small, ordinary family, content with modest wealth, we wouldn't need to put in so much effort. But are we like that?"

The two instances of "we" made Fan Xiaopang overjoyed.

To become a wealthy wife, you need to be shrewd and calculating, or you'll probably suffer a terrible fate.
So, I really am the rightful wife from now on!

Who else can keep things in check?
"Brother" Fan Xiaopang used a voice that could drown a person to act coquettishly.

Then she grabbed Tang Wen's hand and tucked it into her arms.

"What?"

"Touch it! Touching it often will make it bigger."

Tang Wen: This woman...

Without any hesitation, I pinched the delicate white ball.

Tang Wendao: "Your counterattack plan is too ordinary. If it's not acted naturally, you'll easily get criticized."

Although Fan Bingbing has fox-like eyes, she has a clean and pure temperament.

She belongs to the type of person who is beautiful and elegant.

They did not follow the path of being both famous and villainous in their previous life.

"Muah~" Fan Bingbing gave him a big kiss: "Brother, I'll listen to you."

Tang Wen: "Why not just openly say in an interview how long you prepared, how well you performed during filming, and how confident you are in yourself..."

Bingbing blinked her fox-like eyes: If we say that, then we're just making it true that we're not being modest.
"Do you believe me?"

"Of course!" Fan Bingbing replied without hesitation, "We'll do as my brother says!"

After saying that, she kissed him again.

Tang Wen was his biggest backer; if he didn't trust him, who else could he trust?
As for whether saying this will affect my chances of winning an award at Cannes.

Although she was eager to improve, she also understood that winning an award was something that was impossible.

The next day.

Gao Yuanyuan accepted a text, image, and voice interview with Renren.com.

After "A World Without Thieves" grossed over 1.5 million yuan.

Tang Wen has already arranged for Gao Yuanyuan, Fan Bingbing, Yu Feihong and others to join Renren.com.

Others have been busy lately and haven't been managing their own homepages.

Gao Yuanyuan is different.

She has already posted quite a few updates on Renren.com.

Most of them are reading notes.

Unlike lengthy blog posts, these are all short reflections of less than 150 characters, interspersed with snippets of everyday life.

Overall, she is trying to embody labels such as "talented woman," "gentle and refined," and "good-looking."

The content was reviewed by a panel of experts.

The photos were also carefully crafted.

She looks a whole level better than the average female celebrity's photos.

After all, the entertainment industry in China is still very immature.

Unless you're shooting for magazines or posters.

Otherwise, most female celebrities don't even have a professional lighting fixture when taking photos in private.

Their income is also insufficient to support a professional photographer.

Even if you take professional photos, there's nowhere to post them.

Gao Yuanyuan is backed by Tang Wen, who is wealthy and powerful.

No ordinary female celebrity can compare.

From makeup and clothing to skincare and body maintenance, a professional team is at her service.

During the interview on Friday, she started by sending a voice message:

[Hello everyone, I'm Yuanyuan. I've been on Renren.com for a while now. Have you followed me yet? If not, remember to add me as a friend!] Below is a beautiful photo of me in ancient costume.

At this time, the internet speed is slow.

If I upload a video, it will most likely be unwatchable due to buffering issues.

It's impossible to communicate normally.

Voice is much better.

Wow! It really is Gao Yuanyuan!

It's her voice...

Interacting closely with female celebrities and adding them as friends is a novel experience.

Male netizens flocked to follow.

Gao Yuanyuan's number of fans increased from over 1 to over 3 in just 5 minutes.

This is not worth mentioning in later generations.

But this was in 2002.

This growth rate is already very encouraging.

Sun Chao personally oversaw operations at Renren.com's back-end system.

Backup servers are always ready to handle traffic distribution.

They were afraid the website would be overwhelmed.

After exchanging pleasantries, a professional entertainment reporter appeared and was responsible for selecting questions from netizens for Gao Yuanyuan to answer.

In the comments section, the reporter's name is preceded by the words "[Beijing News Professional Reporter]".

The administrator explained that this is a professional journalist responsible for screening questions, and everyone is encouraged to participate and ask questions.

Netizens can understand; there are too many people asking, and Gao Yuanyuan simply doesn't know who to reply to.

These days, the internet is growing wildly.

Netizens dare to ask any question.

Some of the most offensive and privacy-invading topics are precisely what they want to talk about.

The administrators in the backend are frantically banning accounts.

I'm practically clicking away at the mouse, but I can't finish sealing them all, I just can't.

"Mr. Zhang, there are 4 people online! Let's prepare to distribute the traffic!"

"it is good!"

The backstage area was a hive of activity, like a battlefield.

The headline on Renren.com was: "My First Intimate Encounter with a Female Celebrity."

This has attracted more and more people to click in.

As rehearsed, the reporter asked Gao Yuanyuan about her hobbies, favorite foods, favorite clothes, and so on...

These are issues that nobody cares about 20 years from now.

But in 2002, it was a refreshing surprise for everyone.

Gao Yuanyuan's image gradually became more complete with each answer she gave.

Yuanyuan also likes jeans, just like me.

Yuanyuan and I share the same birthday!

I'm from Beijing, and she turns out to be my senior from high school, exactly three years ahead of me.

I also like to eat strawberries.

【…】

More and more people are finding common ground in Gao Yuanyuan.

The more commonalities people have, the easier it is for them to develop a sense of closeness and goodwill.

Many people feel a sense of pride at being able to share similarities with a beautiful female celebrity.

Celebrity endorsements have always been a powerful marketing tool in later generations.

Placing it here directly drew attention to her from netizens.

Half an hour later, the first bombshell dropped.

[Beijing News Entertainment Reporter Xiao Zhou: When was your first love?]

Oh oh oh...

[Here it comes! Here it comes! I came here just to hear this!]

Humans have a natural tendency to peep.

I'm always eager to find out my friends' little secrets, let alone the love secrets of beautiful female celebrities.

Half a minute later, Gao Yuanyuan sent a voice message, her soft voice tinged with embarrassment: "Can we not talk about this?"

【Of course not!】X10086
[Beijing News Entertainment reporter Xiao Zhou: Yuanyuan, please answer truthfully, okay?]

A Renren.com administrator appeared and posted a photo of a woman with flushed cheeks: "[Yuanyuan looks embarrassed; she's clearly about to tell the truth. Everyone, quickly follow her and become her friends!]"

After a wave of traffic generation.

Gao Yuanyuan's number of fans has exceeded 4.

She didn't disappoint, sending a voice message saying: "[This was during my first year of high school]."

Early romance?!

[First year of high school? Same as me?]

Looking at the answer she had already written, Gao Yuanyuan stammered, as if she were acting: "Actually, it was a crush! There was a senior in our senior year who was really good at basketball..."

Female fans started screaming, saying they had the same experience.

It turns out that female celebrities are just like ordinary people.

The male fan breathed a sigh of relief: "It's just a crush, it doesn't count."

[Don't worry, Yuanyuan will definitely still be...]

After discussing this topic...

The website administrator informed everyone that there would be a 20-minute break.

Please invite your friends and family to follow Yuanyuan.

Listen to even more exciting Q&A.

They also gave advance notice.

In the second half, Gao Yuanyuan will reveal details about her relationship with Tang Wen.

At the same time, they did not forget to guide "tourist" netizens to register on Renren.com.

"Oh, I'm so nervous!"

Gao Yuanyuan, who was at Renren.com's headquarters, turned off the microphone and patted her chest.

Tang Wen stood up, hugged her from behind, and kissed her on the cheek: "Darling, you did a great job."

Such an important moment.

Tang Wen naturally had to be present.

After all, Gao Yuanyuan's status is undeniable.

Everyone at Renren.com knew that she was Chairman Tang Wen's lover.

Tang Wenzai was there to help control the situation, fearing that she might lose control of her emotions due to the anger from netizens.

After all, this was the first time the team had done this kind of live broadcast with pictures, text, and voice, and they had no experience.

Once you become more proficient and improve your emergency response plan, there won't be any problems.

"Mr. Tang, we've gained 8 new users!"

Zhang Chao called personally.

He didn't come over; he was downstairs watching the data.

"Not bad!"

It has experienced the data explosion era of later generations.

Tang Wen didn't care about the number 8 at all.

But you can't dampen the employees' enthusiasm: "Great, it's exceeded my expectations! Tell everyone to keep up the good work, and if you do well, your bonuses will double this month!"

“Eight thousand people, that’s so many!” Gao Yuanyuan heard it too.

how?

That's quite a lot.

To put it simply, Alibaba Group will launch Taobao next year.

Jack Ma used its killer move of offering cashback upon registration, and only in the last month did it attract tens of thousands of users.

Gao Yuanyuan attracted 8 new users in just half an interview.

If other internet companies knew about this, they would definitely exclaim that it was a miracle!

The second half begins.

The number of online users has exceeded 8 and is still growing rapidly.

In the second half, a different reporter was assigned.

I chatted with Gao Yuanyuan about university, daily life, and hobbies.

The netizens listened with great interest.

Her high-resolution photos have also been downloaded by many netizens.

This is the same as collecting posters of your idol.

Half an hour of Q&A passed.

The number of online users has exceeded 10!

What does this data mean?

The most popular online game in China right now, "Legend," has a peak concurrent user count of 50.

But the appeal of online games far surpasses that of interviews.

There are so many people online.

Benefiting from the popularity of Tang Wen's love triangle.

None of the parties involved gave interviews.

After finally getting to Gao Yuanyuan's answer, everyone's here to watch the drama unfold!
Towards the end of the interview, netizens grew impatient, and the same question began to flood the screen:
What is the relationship between Yuanyuan and director Tang Wen?

Gao Yuanyuan replied using voice message as well:

[Hmm~]

She glanced down at the answer written on the paper—"good friend".

Even though she couldn't reveal their relationship, she still felt those three words weren't enough, so she took it upon herself to reply: "[We are very, very, very important friends!]"

(End of this chapter)