The battle for traffic in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 413 "Send You a Little Red Flower" Starts

"Penguin asked my agent about the second season's schedule yesterday. It was quite sudden. I thought you had already signed it. Turns out you haven't?"

Li Xiaoran said in surprise.

"No," Xu Xing shook his head. "They asked Zheng Rong before, but I don't have any schedule for now, at least not until next year."

"Aren't you from Zhengrong? No," Li Xiaoran paused, "Isn't Zhengrong yours? Aren't you going to do the next two seasons at Zhengrong? Aren't you going to have three movies next? Are there any other ones?"

"In Zhengrong, but you can see I'm extremely busy right now. I just finished filming the last show yesterday, and I'm going to join the next one the day after tomorrow," Xu Xing sighed, "If our first season does well and I really can't make time for it, maybe someone else will play the role. Didn't they also change the cast for the second season of Ever Night?"

"How can it be the same? How could they replace you? Everyone knows that whether this play can be successful depends entirely on you! Don't you really want to act?"

Li Xiaoran guessed.

"If Teacher Chen Daoming hears you say this, he'll be angry."

Xu Xing smiled.

"...You really are, convinced."

Li Xiaoran was teased and couldn't help laughing.

"I definitely want to act in it. I have an appointment with Sister Ran on the set," Xu Xing continued to joke, "If I act in it, it's unlikely to start filming in the short term. If Penguin is willing to wait, then I can wait until I have some free time."

Li Xiaoran thought about it.

“Not making money?”

"Yes," Xu Xing nodded, "By the way, Sister Ran, I'm telling you this, you won't secretly tell Penguin, will you?"

"you!"

Li Xiaoran was almost angry to death.

He was chatting with us without any restraint in his hands, and he actually said this about himself!

“Hahaha~” Xu Xing laughed out loud, “Why did you take it so seriously when it was just a joke? Even without you telling them, they know why I don’t want to act.”

"Who wouldn't be angry if they made such a joke?" Li Xiaoran rolled her eyes at Xu Xing before changing the subject. "But if the show goes well, Penguin should still recognize you!"

"It's hard to say. Maybe after some evaluation, I feel it's more cost-effective to support others."

"Who dares to take your place in the play? Aren't you afraid of being eaten up by your fans?"

Just chatting.

A WeChat message push reminder was sent.

Sheng Ke’s?
Why is he on this WeChat account?
He sent a very long message.

The content is a categorical denial of the online rumors that he will replace Xu Xing in "Joy of Life 2", uh, huh?

What's circulating online?

He hoped Xu Xing would not misunderstand him and said that he had never had such an idea.

[I know, come on! ]

Xu Xing replied.

Then he transferred the chat records to Sun Man.

Add a message do not disturb function for Sheng Ke.

"Speaking of which...Xu Xing."

Li Xiaoran spoke hesitantly.

"how?"

Xu Xing didn't look up.

"Delete all the photos you took."

Li Xiaoran's tone was a little solemn.

"Of course," Xu Xing looked up at her, "In that case, I won't shoot anymore."

The main reason was that she cosplayed a lot of looks wearing eye masks, so Xu Xing took some photos to show her, and they were really embarrassing, so she deleted them.

"That's not what I meant..."

Li Xiaoran became embarrassed.

"So, will you not delete it after you take the photo?"

Xu Xing joked.

"no……"

She was even more embarrassed.

Xu Xing didn't know why she was embarrassed or why she suddenly brought up this matter.

"Ok?"

Xu Xing motioned for her to speak.

"I, I mean...can you send me a copy of the photos you take in the future?" Li Xiaoran looked away. "I think your photos are really beautiful."

"In memory of youth?"

"What youth!"

"Okay, can't I just use Sister Ran's phone to take pictures from now on?"

Xu Xing smiled.

Anyway, Xu Xing didn’t show his face.

"also."

Li Xiaoran breathed a sigh of relief.

WeChat message push.

Xu Xing lowered his head to look at his phone.

According to Sun Man, rumors did suddenly appear online this afternoon that Sheng Ke would replace Xu Xing in "Joy of Life 2", but few people believed it and thought it was made up.

Even King Oyster Mushroom didn't think it was necessary to call the police.

iKe also didn't believe it and said that iGee spread rumors and instigated them and Mantianxing.

So she didn't tell Xu Xing.

That's it.

Sheng Ke is making a big deal out of nothing.

Putting down his phone, Xu Xing stretched out his hand.

"Sister Ran, give me your phone, let's start filming."

"Well, let's wait for next time," Li Xiaoran laughed awkwardly again, "I'll buy a new phone and use another one."

"Fine!"

Xu Xing nodded.

Then he picked up the small whip and whipped it.

"Go lie down."

……

Somewhat surprisingly, after waking up the next day, the news online that Sheng Ke would replace Xu Xing, who was unable to schedule, to star in "Joy of Life 2" became more and more plausible.

There are many so-called marketing accounts in the industry that have made serious revelations.

The first season hasn't even been released yet, but the news of cast changes for the second season has already spread like wildfire. Most people have never seen such a thing.

iKe strongly denied it and claimed that this was the "Joy of Life" crew hyping up the popularity of the show before it aired.

Sheng Ke went to play the second male lead for Liu Haoran, and the iKes reluctantly accepted it. They all knew that they would need to endure hardships after making a comeback, so the iKes temporarily endured the humiliation and kept a low profile in front of King Oyster Mushroom.

Regarding this rumor, some iKe felt disgusted and spit on Xing Chu's things in their hearts, while some were secretly happy that the industry had proved that the value of iKe had surpassed Xing Chu, and cheered that Xing Chu must have messed up the first season.

But on the surface, they didn't even mention Xu Xing's name, and put the blame entirely on the crew.

However, the King Oyster Mushroom, which was considered nonsense yesterday, has begun to show its sword and scolded the turtle shell for being clueless.

iKe just couldn't bear it anymore.

Like an egg hitting a rock, he was beaten by the King Oyster Mushroom again.

"What did you reply to Penguin? They actually started to test the feasibility of changing players like this?"

When Xu Xing met Qu Mingzhen, he complained to her.

Now we can all see what the penguin is planning.

After all, it is Xu Xing who is "difficult to deal with", and it is Xu Xing whose value exceeds the upper limit of customized dramas.

If someone else of outstanding talent were to support the project, perhaps a more economical result acceptable to all parties could be achieved.

It is relatively more acceptable to fans to release the news before the show is broadcast than to suddenly announce the replacement of the cast after the show becomes a hit.

This is the logic of penguins.

"You actually wanted to finish the performance?" Qu Mingzhen said awkwardly, "I was very tough with them. Either we change the actor or change the way of cooperation. Didn't you also say that if it really doesn't work, we should change the actor? Then we discussed it and tried to see if it was possible to change the actor. Penguin discussed it with the people below, and I didn't stop them."

The more she spoke, the quieter her voice became.

He even took a step forward and hugged Xu Xing, showing his true feelings with his soft embrace.

"I'm sorry, I'll ask them to stop right now."

"Forehead……"

Xu Xing scratched his head.

This is really...how to say it?

"If it doesn't work, change someone else" is exactly what Xu Xing said...

From the perspective of Zhengrong's management, Xu Xing is the boss. If the people who promote Zhengrong in the second season can really be promoted, it will be a great achievement to reduce the boss's workload.

I feel like they might have also been affected by Chen Feiyu's departure from "Ever Night"?

Do you think Xu Xing really doesn't like the IP of "Joy of Life" anymore? After all, it wasn't the most popular novel when it was serialized on Qidian.

Last year, the number of views of "Ever Night" was average, but it had a good reputation among male IP adaptations. Although people who had watched it complained about the shortcomings of the show, they basically approved of it.

As a result, while the show was still being aired, news came out that Prince Chen had escaped from the second season.

There were also crew members behind the scenes who came out to complain that he didn't even say goodbye and simply abandoned his comrades.

Prince Chen counterattacked with a press release that the first season was filmed well but was suppressed by capital's forced replacement of cast.

It's really hard to hold.

How many people with resources in the circle can grab the role of Prince Chen?

However, when Xu Xing was surfing in the morning, he also saw that there were still many stars who still believed that he was a poor little boy with no background, who proudly fought against the world but was manipulated by Zhengrong involuntarily. He felt that Sima Zhengrong wanted to use Xu Xing's role to support Sima Zhengrong... Just by looking at the later part, his guess was almost right.

But Prince Chen was dissatisfied with the fact that "Ever Night" did not become a hit, so he went to shoot "The Road to Awakening", which was a flop that not many people have heard of.

And "Joy of Life" hasn't been released yet.

But Xu Xing really looked down on "Joy of Life", although he looked down on the money that "Joy of Life" earned from him.

Hey!
Antarctic cheap!

Clearly two options were given, and changing the mode of cooperation was given priority!
Where is the promised benchmark for IP adaptation?
If the person is really changed, can it still be considered a benchmark?

In this damn situation, if Joy of Life hadn’t flopped, the first season’s earnings would have exceeded their expectations for the three seasons!

How greedy!
Call ~
Xu Xing sorted out the logic and realized that it was not his problem!

The tone was firm.

"If it doesn't work, replace it!"

Xu Xing wanted to see if they could change in the end.

However, in the evening, Sun Man told Xu Xing that the rumors on the Internet had begun to die down.

Because a marketing account pointed out the key point that "Joy of Life" is a custom-made drama, and quoted the recent press release of "Want to See You" that boasted of 10 billion in copyright fee revenue, analyzing that Xu Xing was unwilling to take on the second season because he felt that the profit was too little.

Greedy Cheng Xu Xing.

As soon as he started to test it, the fire burned Xu Xing.

Then put out the fire quickly.

The management of Zhengrong is well aware of Xu Xing’s identity.

Penguin also just wants to worship Xu Xing.

A few days later, Kiwi CEO Gong Yu called Xu Xing again to invite her to dinner.

"So, if you don't change the actors, you're still going to act?"

Yang Mi was very curious.

"It hasn't been decided yet. Look how focused Reba is, and you just want to be lazy."

Xu Xing complained.

"She cares about you," Yang Mi hummed, "Wait for a movie before you take care of Reba. Look how well behaved and obedient she is. She is even willing to play a small supporting role in the movie."

Yang Mi actually wanted to ask herself, but she was too embarrassed to say it out loud, so she hinted at it to see how much weight the younger Reba still had in Xu Xing's heart.

There was no way, Yang Mi had to worry.

She also recently appeared in the drama, "Dream of Romance".

After leaving Xu Xing's "Eternal Love", Teacher Yang was happily starring in the third consecutive bad drama with a rating of less than 5.

Moreover, compared with the previous two dramas "Negotiator" and "Legend of Fuyao", "Dream of Splendor" was criticized as a bad drama, and even the whitewashed playback volume and ratings could not hold up.

The drama "Dream of Splendor" is still unpopular. When people mention Huo Jianhua, they say that he was sent back to the island province because of "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace". But in fact, this was the last drama he aired before returning to the island province.

It was fought at the same time as "The Bad Kids" - it was really at the same time, there was not even a sound.

The key point is that Xu Xing once suggested that she play Wang Yao, Zhu Chaoyang's stepmother in "The Hidden Corner", but she didn't go, and even felt that Xu Xing disliked her for a while.

Teacher Yang thought that with her status, she was barely qualified to play a supporting role in the movie. It was a drama directed by a director who had only shot PPTs before. The biggest star in the drama was a movie star. As a result, Qin Hao, who was not even nominated for a serious acting award, still had the same bad character as a vicious stepmother.

If someone else were asked to act in such a play, Teacher Yang would just say, "Are you okay?", roll her eyes, and smash the script with a series of smooth moves.

But Xu Xing... Teacher Yang believed that Xu Xing was the biggest calamity in his life, so Teacher Yang still declined with a smile.

Then, at the Berlin Film Festival at the beginning of the year, Wang Jingchun, the second male lead of "The Bad Kids", won the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival, and the attention on this drama soared.

Then, the drama was launched and became a huge hit.

Yang Mi felt particularly regretful. She felt like those fans of Xu Xing. They were obviously loyal to Xu Xing to the point of crystallization, but when something happened, they couldn't help but doubt Xu Xing in their hearts. In the end, Xu Xing kept proving himself, and she and Mantianxing were constantly slapped in the face, and their faces were swollen...

There are a bunch of movie stars making such high-quality dramas, so what's wrong with acting in it yourself?

Isn’t this the transformation of concentration?
Douban score is 8.9!
Higher than her two dramas combined.

Therefore, although Yang Mi was very excited about "Dream of Splendor", he didn't have the courage to ask for a role.

"The Pillow Book will be released next year, and I have no shortage of roles to play," Reba smiled and shook her head, "Zhengrong has just started making movies, and my acting skills still need to improve."

A hoarse and soft voice.

After Yang Mi dived deep, she came up to replace him.

When doing this kind of thing, some people didn't have much expression, some smiled sweetly, and some were seductive and charming, but Reba was particularly intoxicated, her eyes were particularly blurred and hazy, and her movements were not ambiguous at all.

Xu Xing's love naturally did not fade.

"Well," Xu Xing gently stroked the teardrop mole at the corner of her eye, "there will be many opportunities in the future."

Anyway, Xu Xing can afford to invest money now.

However, Xu Xing has actually invested money in Jiaxing's self-produced dramas in the past two years. After all, with two top stars, they can make money in the current market.

Speaking of which, when the news came out that Mou Girl would not play the role in "Little Red Flower", Jiaxing Palace was also in turmoil. Zeng Jia even suggested to Liu Cheng that Reba and Xu Xinger should play together.

She should have asked Reba to tell Xu Xing, but Reba never mentioned it.

It might be because of the few times she rehearsed with Nazha, during the intermission and chatting, Nazha often said that she knew her acting skills were average, and there was no need for Xu Xing to give her a role specifically.

Reba does have some such thoughts.

In addition, Nazha has terminated her contract with Tangren and has completely joined Xu Xing, and she...

Reba stared at Xu Xing in a daze, and her eyes suddenly became moist for some reason.

But the next moment, she lowered her head and started to cooperate with Yang Mi.

Not a fight.

Because Xu Xing said that there is no beauty in fighting.

……

On June 6, Xu Xing woke up from the physical entanglement, and after carefully comforting Reba, she had breakfast with Teacher Yang and went out to Qing City.

"Send You a Little Red Flower" has officially started filming in the morning.

In order to accompany them, Xu Xing deliberately did not go to Qing City last night and did not attend the opening ceremony.

Before leaving, Reba told the story again with deep emotion, saying that she was very moved.

Yang Mi pouted beside her, and Xu Xing scolded her with her eyes.

Reba firmly occupies the niche of deep affection, while there are too many people like Teacher Yang - forget it, the contrast between mean mean and domineering is always very interesting, and big.

Turn on the power!
However, when Xu Xing arrived, it was already afternoon, and there was no arrangement for Xu Xing to rehearse.

So after Xu Xing punched in at the set and had dinner with the crew, he went back to the house he had just bought in Qing City.

Xu Xing comes here to film every few days. The hotel is less troublesome than his own house, but his own house is more convenient and safer.

The space is vast and you can do whatever you want.

Xu Xing took two turns with Teacher Fan and made full use of the space.

It’s not that Xu Xing has any abnormal psychology, but Xu Xing really wants to get rid of the clinging teacher Fan as soon as possible because many people are coming to visit the class.

But Qing City is Teacher Fan’s hometown.

And Teacher Fan is also...getting more and more into the state.

He also used his subjective initiative and shouted twice with a grin.

Xu Xing reprimanded her sternly, telling her not to underestimate her taste, and that what she appreciated was aesthetic mimicry, not clumsy shouting.

It really doesn't sound good when people come to call you.

Xu Xing is like this, never humiliating others simply for the sake of appreciating beauty.

Hey!
Wei Yihang ah Wei Yihang!
You are a cancer patient!!!

Does Ma Xiaoyuan know that you are actually such a person?
Xu Xing woke up feeling sad.

But after retirement, Teacher Fan was obedient and focused on maintaining her skin, and her skin was in very good condition, with a large area of white skin trembling, so -

Wei Yihang ah Wei Yihang!
You are a cancer patient!!!

Hey!
Ms. Fan!
Can you have some self-respect?

"Teacher Xu Xing, I will definitely learn from you when we film together this time!"

Wen Qi interrupted Xu Xing's criticism and self-criticism.

"Me?" Xu Xing looked around, "Ah?"

"Golden Horse Award Winner!"

Wenqi gave a thumbs up.

"Water Emperor."

Xu Xing spoke very naturally.

Wen Qi was stunned for a moment before shaking her head seriously.

“No, it was very well acted.”

"Thank you," Xu Xing smiled, "Let's work hard together! Golden Horse Best Supporting Actress!"

"Uh-huh!"

Only then did Wenqi laugh happily.

This drama really required both Xu Xing and her to work very hard.

For now, Wen Qi is the type who has atmosphere but no acting skills, which means she relies a lot on her talent and the experience after understanding the role.

Xu Xingze is a complete dilettante.

"Little Red Flower" is also the movie that puts the greatest test on Xu Xing's acting skills, because Wei Yihang is the first role that Xu Xing cannot play.

His previous roles, including the loser reporter in "Witness", were all pretentious, but the degree and form of expression were different.

Wei Yihang is a taciturn, eccentric and escapist cancer patient.

This play also took Xu Xing the shortest time to prepare.

Xu Xing's self-blame and sorrow are real.

The only good thing is that Teacher Yuan Quan is a good teacher. During the few nights in Bangkok, she helped Xu Xing prepare as much as possible. She also said that she would come to visit the set again after the filming of "Signal" was completed to teach Xu Xing specifically.

I hope I will not let Teacher Yuan down in the end!
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