The battle for traffic in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 211: Filming of Detective Chinatown 2 begins

After Jisoo finished explaining with her head down, Xu Xing really... didn't know what to say, and felt embarrassed in her heart.

It turned out that Xu Xing had overthought it before.

According to Jisoo, the story began when Heo Xing went to the island province to film "Witness" last year and met Lee Seung-ri in a bar.

At that time, Lee Seung-ri added Xu Xing as his WeChat friend and directly invited Xu Xing to join the impart, but was rejected. Xu Xing happened to have something to do and did not continue socializing with him.

Then he must have inquired about Xu Xing's preferences and thought that Xu Xing liked celebrities more than peripheral girls and internet celebrities. So he thought of a way and gave Jisoo a WeChat account. He told Jisoo that he would introduce her to some seniors and recommended Jisoo to Xu Xing on WeChat.

After that, Xu Xing never logged into that WeChat account again, and naturally did not see the subsequent chat messages from Lee Seung-ri or the recommended Jisoo.

Because Lee Seung-ri had not received a reply from Heo Xing, he asked about Jisoo's situation. After being told that Heo Xing had not added her as a friend, he asked several more times.

Jisoo, who was not tired of it, had to lie and said that after adding her, Xu Xing was not interested in her.

Li Shengli gave up.

Later, maybe Lee Seung-ri mentioned it when he was talking to others about Heo Xing, and some small circles in South Korea began to spread that Heo Xing and Jisoo knew each other, and soon it became that Heo Xing and Jisoo were having an affair, and that Seung-ri introduced Jisoo to Heo Xing and that they had a very good relationship. Even the domestic Korean entertainment circle has revealed this, but basically no one believes it. After seeing it, the fans in the fan circle thought it was BP fans hyping up the topic.

——After "Love Yourself" won the B chart, Xu Xing became extremely popular in the South Korean entertainment circle, and everyone was talking about Xu Xing. After "Shape of You", Xu Xing's topic volume in South Korea increased sharply again. People in the circle were discussing Xu Xing's path, and people outside the circle were regretful that NCT did not keep Xu Xing.

Jennie also found out about this.

So it was very awkward when Jisoo came to see Xu Xing just now, and it was even more awkward when Jennie asked her to stay.

But she felt it was also an opportunity to explain and apologize.

"I'm really sorry, Senior."

After Jisoo finished explaining, she bowed deeply again.

"Jisoo, there's no need to apologize. This has nothing to do with you. Stop bowing like that."

Xu Xing said helplessly.

Now many people at the party look at me strangely.

It seemed as if Xu Xing was bullying a little girl.

"Thank you, senior."

Jisoo straightened up, feeling visibly relieved.

However, the blush that had spread from her ears to her face did not fade much because she had just heard the word "Nuna".

Jisoo knew that she was one day older than Xu Xing, but she didn't expect that Xu Xing also knew this.

Normally, if you don't pay special attention, no one would think that she is older than Xu Xing, who debuted in 14. It's just a coincidence that she is only one day older.

Xu Xing, who is already an international superstar, and myself in Blackpink, who just debuted a year ago and is only a little-known in South Korea...

Xu Xing, why would he... is he...

Jisoo bit her lip as she looked at Heo Xing who was smiling softly.

"Keep working hard, I am optimistic about Blackpink's future development!"

Xu Xing said something politely encouraging.

Just prepare to say goodbye and leave.

Xu Xing could tell that despite Jisoo's embarrassed look and her solemn explanation and apology, it was obvious that she didn't want anything to happen between her and him.

Then there's nothing to talk about.

Just little Tom Wei!
"Senior Xu!"

Jisoo yelled.

Xu Xing, who had already turned around, looked back.

"Ok?"

"Just now you said you didn't know about being introduced by Senior Shengli. Now that you know, are you still willing to add me?"

Jisoo mustered up the courage to finish her speech, not daring to look up at Xu Xing again.

"Well," Xu Xing paused for a moment and then laughed, "Of course I am willing."

Jisoo felt that Heo Xing's voice became softer.

I also felt her face getting hotter.

When she spoke again, her voice unconsciously became much softer.

"Thank you, senior."

……

Interesting little episode.

By comparison, the next day's meeting with Ms. Taylor Swift at a recording studio in New York was boring.

We exchanged polite greetings, complimented each other's music, took a photo, and that was it.

Ms. Taylor's attitude was sincere, but Xu Xing really had nothing to talk about with her.

After she left her current company Big Machine and Scooter bought the copyright of several of her albums, Xu Xing and her had a common topic to curse Scooter. However, after Xu Xing posted this photo on social media and it was forwarded by Ms. Taylor, the topic became very popular.

First, media in both China and the United States speculated that Taylor Swift would collaborate with Xu Xing in her new album. Some of Taylor's fans were happy to see it happen, while others strongly opposed collaborating with a "chart-stuffing thief."

Then, in the European and American music circles in China, Xu Xing's reputation collapsed significantly in a short period of time.

Because Lady Gaga fans, who originally viewed Xu Xing as someone promoted by Lady Gaga and were also the main group praising Xu Xing in the domestic and European and American music circles, were very dissatisfied with Xu Xing's "betrayal" to join Taylor Swift's camp.

After the consecutive failures of her two albums "Artpop" and "Joanne", Lady Gaga flopped all the way, while Taylor Swift was at the peak of her popularity after the release of "1989". The two largest groups in China, Europe and the United States, have begun to rub against each other more and more.

However, in the previous life, it was not until Taylor Swift came to China to participate in the Double Eleven in 2019 that the two sides officially tore each other apart and tore each other apart completely. Later, as Taylor Swift became more and more successful in business, more and more people joined the Taylor haters, and the Billboard forum was torn apart. A large number of people left the Billboard forum and established new forums.

Therefore, when Xu Xing heard Sun Man say that the domestic and European and American music circles were quarreling over the photo of herself and Taylor Swift, she was somewhat surprised.

Are Lady Gaga fans so sensitive now? Meimei is looking forward to the release of "A Star is Born". I believe that Ms. Gaga will be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. Can't she explore another track after jazz?

But it was just an accident.

Fans in the European and American circles are still too chaotic. Not only do they talk about Xu Xing's Dalong every day, they also mock Xu Xing in all kinds of ways.

For example, the day before yesterday, the media in Taiwan Province revealed that Xu Xing was fighting fiercely in Taiwan Province, and fans in the normal fan circle were nominating actresses from Taiwan Province such as Xu Weining, Zhang Junning, and Chen Qiaoen.

They created a photo in which Ga Lao Bie (Lady Gaga's nickname) secretly flew to the island province, but was blasted to pieces by Xu Xing; Little JB apologized and was punished by Xu Xing...

Now Xu Xing doesn’t need to look, the bus card photoshop has definitely been arranged.

Let them be.

Anyway, after having two number one singles, Xu Xing no longer needs the "great gods" in the European and American music circles to help prove that all the big-name European and American singers are doing it, and that it is really amazing that Xu Xing got the number one single.

……

8 month 13 day.

"Detective Chinatown 2" officially started filming in New York.

The opening ceremony was conducted in a low-key manner, without even taking photos or issuing press releases to generate media hype.

The popularity of this movie is high enough now.

Filming in New York is troublesome in itself. If there really are a group of crazy Xu Xing fans flying halfway around the world to cause trouble, it will greatly affect the filming progress.

This time, the "Tangren Iron Triangle" - as evaluated by the outside world, got together again. Although only two years have passed, compared with the shooting of the first film, there is already a feeling that the world is impermanent and time passes too quickly.

Director Chen was repeatedly rumored to have affairs with other women during his marriage, and they were even caught red-handed. After the marriage broke down, the media reported that the couple had separated, and there were also rumors that they had divorced, but there was no official announcement yet.

Wang Baoqiang also had a divorce during this period, but he was framed by his wife and agent. He finally fought back successfully and his reputation among netizens outside the circle rose again, but the marriage that he thought was very sweet in the past is gone.

As for Xu Xing, it was a completely positive change.

When filming of "Detective Chinatown 1" started, Xu Xing had only released three songs and appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, but not even one of his dramas had been aired.

The entire team hyped Xu Xing heavily, but in fact, in the eyes of people in the circle, he was just an "Internet celebrity" who had not yet proven himself - an Internet celebrity with a very strong background.

Therefore, Chen Shicheng, Wang Baoqiang, and other crew members at the time just thought that this newcomer was more down-to-earth and hardworking, and would have a good development prospect in the future.

But within two years, it has developed to its current point - making history in the music field and becoming famous in America, and in the film field, it has topped the historical box office charts and its box office is still soaring.

——On August 8, the box office of "Wolf Warrior 7" surpassed "The Mermaid" and officially topped the list.

Several hit dramas are not even worth mentioning compared to the achievements in these two fields.

The most popular superstar in China and Asia!

Good luck!

This is the halo Xu Xing wore on the day when the filming of "Detective Chinatown 2" started.

Fortunately, with this halo, Xu Xing's performance is almost the same as when he was filming "Detective Chinatown 1", except that the team has more requirements and must take his status into consideration.

The crew members, Wang Baoqiang and Director Chen were all relieved.

——Speaking of which, one of the reasons why Director Chen misjudged "Wolf Warrior 2" was that he felt deep down that "Wolf Warrior 2" had a high chance of becoming a hit, but he also didn't want it to become too exaggerated. The B chart topper had already made Xu Xing famous enough, and it would be too much if the box office increased further.

According to the claims of Xu Xing's fans who are now stepping on Wu Jing, Wu Jing's highest box office before this was 15 million. Now it is: Xu Xing is the box office champion in film history, can you, Chen Sicheng and Wang Baoqiang, get billion?

Xu Xing brought Wu Jing to fame in "Wolf Warrior 2", and brought Chen Sicheng and Wang Baoqiang to fame in "Detective Chinatown 2". This is a terrible feeling...

Director Chen subconsciously wanted to avoid this feeling, so he went to "Want to See You" and persuaded Xu Xing to reshoot "Witness".

As a result, "Wolf Warrior 2" has become a huge hit! Xu Xing also went to reshoot "Witness".

Therefore, what Director Chen hopes most now is that "Witness" will flop.

In this case, the suspense genre is still Chen Sicheng——

But the script of "Detective Chinatown 2" was written by Xu Xing, although Chen Shicheng also made some revisions and added his name to the screenwriter's list.

Director Chen really feels indifferent.

……

"He's a rather twisted person. I can tell he's jealous of you," guest teacher Tong analyzed the situation for Xu Xing in the evening. "I heard it last year."

　That 2k hasn't worked hard enough yet...

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