Huayu became famous overnight

Chapter 9 Today's battle is inevitable

If Xu Ming remembered correctly, this was a movie co-produced by Zhao Jiaban and Zhang Guoshi.

It is the "Three Shots Surprise" which is known as the extended version of the Errenzhuan.

To be honest, the box office of this movie is actually quite good, 2.44 million, which would have ranked third in the box office in 09.

The first place is "The Founding of a Republic" and the second place is "Red Cliff".

Ranked fourth, surpassed by "The Sound of Wind", is the recognized good film "The Message".

From this we can see that sometimes the quality of a movie has little to do with its box office revenue.

Otherwise, the movie "Fat Girl's Weight Loss Diet" would not have grossed 3.4 billion at the box office.

As for Master Zhang, there has never been a lack of controversy about him. His later work "Man Jiang Hong" was also full of slander. But given his status as a celebrity, these minor scandals are not worth mentioning at all.

Xu Ming is different, he has just become famous.

The audience is at a stage where they know him but don't understand him.

The first year was a process in which the audience labeled him, and every time he attended an event or participated in a project, he was consuming his popularity.

To put it bluntly, "Three Shots Surprise" is just to consume the popularity of "Not Short of Money", and he, Yadan and his master are all the targets of plagiarism.

But when the audience finishes watching the movie and thinks it is not good, the first person they will blame is Xu Ming. Once he is labeled as a bad movie actor, he will have to wait a long time to pay off his debt.

The reason why Xiao Shenyang gradually became forgotten by the crowd in his previous life was that he squandered his energy when he was popular.

Like Dapeng, after filming "The Pancake Man", he had to pay off his reputation debt for several years.

Domestic audiences are extremely tolerant of celebrities, but once they cross the line, they will be ruthlessly abandoned.

Having witnessed the mistakes of his predecessors, Xu Ming naturally has to be cautious in every project he undertakes.

But facing his master's gaze, he could not refuse, and he had to look excited: "Thank you for the opportunity given by the media, I will definitely seize it and not embarrass my master."

No matter what, he is Master Zhang, and even in bad movies, there are still many actors flocking to star in them.

Xu Ming could only comfort himself that "Three Guns" was not a bad movie. At most, its style was rather disjointed. At worst, he could just give up his role and not act so eye-catchingly.

The audience can't focus all their attention on him, right?

"Well, remember this, you're not acting for me, you have to act well for yourself. It's not easy to get into the film industry. I, your master, haven't even squeezed in yet." Uncle Benshan said.

Of course, he said this in comparison with his own status, which certainly cannot be compared with his status in the sketch comedy world, but it cannot be said that he has made no achievements.

In 97, he won the Huabiao Award and the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor for his role in "Male Women's Director". In 07, he was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for his role in "Falling Leaves Return to Roots".

It’s just that in terms of box office appeal, it’s really not that good.

The others' eyes were full of envy. They still had to compete, but Xu Ming was directly selected.

It feels good to be famous, fuck.

"There is one more thing. This year the media will organize a national tour for you. The tentative name is "2009 Xu Ming's Laughing Around China Comedy Show". The first stop of the tour is scheduled for March 3 in Beijing. You should decide on the program in the next few days." Liu Shuangping said.

He just thought of it as a routine notification to the other party, so he didn't explain too much and planned to skip to the next item.

"Wait, I don't quite understand what this national tour means." Xu Ming raised his hand to interrupt.

"You may not understand your current popularity. Audiences from all over the country have known you through the Spring Festival Gala. They are eager to get in touch with you, so the media launched this tour to give back to the audience."

"And we will give you a bonus from a portion of the ticket revenue for each show," Liu Shuangping said patiently. All artists at Benshan Media are paid a salary plus a bonus, and all appearance fees must be turned over to Benshan Media, which will then distribute them.

This is why Xiao Shenyang went out for commercial performances without telling Uncle Benshan.

If you make some money, most of it will be taken by the company.

And Xu Ming is obviously the new cash cow targeted by the media.

In his previous life, there were rumors that Xiao Shenyang and his master had a falling out, which was related to this national tour. The income from the tour alone reached 2.6 million, not counting endorsements and commercial performances.

"This is not a matter of whether to give a bonus or not. I think the company has problems with its career planning for artists like us," Xu Mingyi said sternly.

It's impossible for him to say that he doesn't want to do it simply because the money is too little and there is too much to do.

Naturally, I had to find another reason to refuse.

"What's the problem?" Liu Shuangping's eyelids twitched.

He suddenly felt that Xu Ming, who always looked well-behaved and sensible, was actually somewhat beyond his control.

"There is too much emphasis on the offline market. The masters have so many disciples but they are still confined to the three northeastern provinces. I think this is the reason. No matter how many audiences there are for Errenzhuan, how many can it have? Now everyone watches it on TV or the Internet."

Xu Ming looked at Uncle Benshan and said, "If Master didn't appear on the Spring Festival Gala, would his influence be so widespread across the country? Would his popularity be so high? Without "Country Love", would Brothers Liu Xiaoguang and Wang Xiaoli be as famous as they are now?"

The three consecutive questions not only stumped Liu Shuangping, but also made his fellow disciples nervous.

Who wants to perform on stage all day long?

Who doesn’t want to appear glamorously on TV?

Xu Ming's words really touched their hearts. No one wants to be a money-making tool for the company. They also have their own ideas.

It's just that he didn't have the confidence to speak out, but now with Xu Ming, who took the lead, he nodded in support.

"Mingzi, what you said makes sense. Apart from anything else, Wei San from Ji Province became famous because of his videotapes. We must also keep up with the times."

"I think what my junior brother said is right. Society is changing, and we must change too."

"The media must have their own considerations. I think Xu Ming just refused to obey the company's arrangements."

Everyone started arguing loudly, and for a moment the meeting room was like a vegetable market.

What's worse is that some of them got so angry that they started cursing their mothers. The quality of these crosstalk actors was uneven.

Bang!
"Why are you arguing? Are you treating me like I don't exist?"

Uncle Benshan slammed the table and everyone instantly became quiet.

He glanced at Xu Ming with his bright eyes, and said, "You think Mr. Liu's plan is not good? Tell me what you think."

Facing the look in his master's eyes, Xu Ming's heart suddenly tightened, and he realized that his biggest test of the day had come.

Even though Master is always kind, if he really touches someone's sore spot, the nickname King of Northeast is no joke.

In fact, he could also continue to be timid and slowly find opportunities to compete with the company, but his talent and popularity would be consumed.

If you want to get to a high position, today's competition is inevitable.

(End of this chapter)