The battle for traffic in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 66: Wolf Warrior, Super Bigbang
In fact, Xu Xing and Teacher Wu Jing can barely be considered friends who have shared weal and woe.

In March this year, when Teacher Wu was recording a program on Penguin Video, he was asked about EXO when he was talking about the public's aesthetic taste. Teacher Wu asked: "Is this a boy or a girl?"

EXO fans were furious and directly destroyed Teacher Wu’s forum.

At that time, many forums including Li Yi Forum went to help protect the forum, but they were unable to stop the angry EXO fans, and even caused the Putin Forum next door in Russia to be exploded as well.

Like Xu Xing, Teacher Wu became a victim of persecution by the fan circle of young handsome guys.

In April, when Wolf Warrior 4 was released on the 2nd, Xu Xing specially asked Liu Cheng to help book the theater, promoted the film on Weibo, and said that he was an old fan of Tai Chi Master.

This directly stimulated the fans of Paoyi Paoer and EXO to temporarily put aside their conflicts and unite together to attack the comment section and the square on Weibo of Xu Xing who was still filming "The Beginning" for three days.

They thought Xu Xing was deliberately provoking them and using Wu Jing as an excuse to accuse someone else of something else.

At that time, Teacher Wu Jing went to the comment section of Xu Xing's Weibo, who was criticized by black fans, to thank him for his help in publicity, which added fuel to the fire for the black fans.

The haters scolded Wu Jing and Xu Xing together.

Then Xu Xing asked Liu Cheng to use a marketing account to hype up a topic about Wu Jing and Xu Xing joining forces to resist the fan circle.

It was also at that time that Xu Xing told Liu Cheng that she was a fan of Teacher Wu and very much hoped to be able to star in Teacher Wu's next movie.

As for the pay, just pay it as you see fit. Xu Xing is mainly helping a fan fulfill his dream. If Teacher Wu is short of money, he can also invest money himself.

The task was officially assigned to Liu Cheng.

From Liu Cheng's perspective, Xu Xing suddenly promoted the completely unrelated "Wolf Warrior" just to provoke anti-fans, and then insisted on cooperating with Wu Jing, which was because he was broken down by the anti-fans.

Therefore, he did not ask Xu Xing why and did not try to persuade Xu Xing any more.

Four months have passed, but—

"He hasn't finished writing the script for Wolf Warrior 2 yet."

Liu Cheng was really impressed by Xu Xing's enthusiasm for watching movies whose scripts hadn't even been written yet.

But this time it was much smoother than "Detective Chinatown".

Before the release of "My Girlhood", Liu Cheng found an opportunity to recommend Xu Xing to Wu Jing, just to lay the groundwork. At that time, Wu Jing showed great interest.

Because from what he understands about the logic of capital operation in the circle now, if there is a traffic star joining the movie, a traffic star who can endure hardships, there should be a higher box office.

Well, it was not because of a lack of money to invest in "Wolf Warrior 2", but just out of consideration for the box office. Although Wu Jing mortgaged his house when filming "Wolf Warrior", when it came to filming "Wolf Warrior 2", even if he had the idea of "Wolf Warrior 2" in his mind and needed more funds, there were also investors from all walks of life.

So Wu Jing had been thinking about finding traffic in his mind, and Xu Xing's agent took the initiative to come to him, which could be said to be exactly what he needed.

When "Wolf Warrior" was released, Xu Xing suddenly helped promote it, and Wu Jing happened to have a better understanding of Xu Xing. Although Xu Xing's popularity is not particularly high, many investors are optimistic about his future development.

There are also many reports that Xu Xing insisted on fitness and running during filming. He must be different from other young actors and is a person who can endure hardships.

Wu Jing wanted to wait until Xu Xing's play was officially aired and then see if he could act in it.

Moreover, at that time, Wu Jing had just come up with the idea of overturning the "Wolf Warrior 3" script, which had been completed in the first draft in 2013, because of the evacuation of overseas Chinese from Africa in March, and was preparing to rewrite "Wolf Warrior 2" with a completely new story.

So I didn’t have a very in-depth conversation with Liu Cheng.

A few days ago, Liu Cheng came back from the island province ahead of schedule and happened to meet Wu Jing at the film festival again. Liu Cheng took the opportunity to bring up the matter of cooperation again.

Liu Cheng expressed that although Xu Xing's movie became a big hit after its release, his desire to cooperate has not changed. He also said that he would reserve time specifically for the project and asked about the progress of the project.

Wu Jing, who already thinks Xu Xing is an ideal candidate, also admitted that the script is still in the works.

"He said he would invite you to star in the film once the script is ready, but we don't know when it will start filming. We can't just sit there and wait for a project that hasn't even been approved."

Liu Cheng was helpless.

"I think it will be in the first half of next year. This kind of project cycle is about the same."

Xu Xing finally felt relieved.

Although I previously thought that "Wolf Warrior 2" would be easier to get on board than "Detective Chinatown", it still has to be able to get on board for real.

“What do you think about next year… He spent seven years polishing the script for Wolf Warriors,” Liu Cheng really complained helplessly, “No matter how fast he works, it’s impossible for it to start filming in the first half of next year.”

Liu Cheng still wanted to persuade Xu Xing to take on "Three Lives Three Worlds".

The schedule is right and the opportunity is rare. Competing with Yang Mi, who has been in the industry for so many years, is this really a case of terminal ranking cancer?

Why don’t you compete with Wang Baoqiang and Wu Jing for a role?

"Let's wait and see. Let's see how 'The Beginning' performs. We should have a rough idea by December. And if 'The Beginning' performs well, I can continue filming my script." Xu Xing said with a smile.

"Have you finished writing the new script?"

Liu Cheng was very surprised.

"Ah."

Xu Xing nodded.

"That's okay."

Liu Cheng finally nodded.

In fact, Qu Mingzhen also told Liu Cheng that his mission was to help Xu Xing defeat Lu Han, Chris Wu and a bunch of other messes.

I heard that Lu Han is in contact with male-oriented IPs with big male protagonists.

Since Xu Xing is comparable to Lu Han, it may not be appropriate for her to keep playing female roles.

Liu Cheng also knew that Qu Mingzhen was buying the copyright of "Jiuzhou".

Then I will emphasize to Wu Jing again that Xu Xing turned down a lot of invitations and reserved time just to work with him.

"Find another chance to tell Wu Jing that if the film doesn't have enough money, we can also invest some money."

Xu Xing also reiterated his previous statement.

"..." Liu Cheng really believed that Xu Xing was a fan of Wu Jing, "You have told Mr. Yu about this, right?"

He knew that the money Xu Xing earned now was just enough to keep the studio running.

"Let's first see if it's really needed and how much it costs. If it's only around 2000 million, I can come up with it myself. If it's more, I'll go find her later."

15年巴萨欧冠没什么太大悬念，勇士的这座赔率高达1：29的NBA冠军可是让把零花钱（郁慕容给的100w）梭哈的许幸赚了近3000w。

If you borrow too much money, you might be directly arranged. The highly mature competitive sports in Europe and the United States are actually inseparable from gambling.

"Ok."

Liu Cheng really envies this kind of rich second generation.

There is so much pocket money in my pocket.

"In that case, why don't you consider releasing an album in the first half of next year? Mr. Gao from Ayun Music contacted you and said he could personally produce your album."

Liu Cheng changed the subject again.

"I'm considering releasing an EP, but even if I do make an album, I won't do it with Ayun Music."

Xu Xing shook his head and cursed in his heart: GTMD Ayun, you ruined my Xiami Music!
Since being sold to Ayun, Xiami Music has been on a downward spiral until it was eventually closed.

In my previous life, I wanted to vomit when I saw the album and single classifications on Penguin Music and NetEase Cloud Music.

The reason I’m considering releasing an EP is mainly because everyone is doing it now and fans are constantly urging me to do so.

Lu Han will release an EP soon, and Chris Wu will also release one soon.

It's better to let fans spend money on music than forcing them to post a bunch of luxury orders before even announcing Prada.

At the end of last year, Zhou Jie Lun released his new album "Oh, Not Bad", becoming the first singer in the Chinese music scene to release a digital album. The king led everyone into a new era.

King Zhou was the first to try it out and sold 16 digital albums. Later, the king of singers Zhang Xueyou only sold 30 copies.

These ready-made records are here, and the traffic can be used to encourage fans to rush in, just enough to brag.

Bigbang, which is currently at its peak, is not included for the time being. They released four EPs (two songs per EP) and sold 350 million copies in the mainland in four months...

In July, Huang Zitao, who finally terminated his contract with EXO, took the lead in releasing a digital EP, which also achieved sales of 7 and caused a stir.

Fans of Lu Han, who claim to be the top star, are making full preparations for the September EP, and many of them have vowed to surpass the cumulative sales of Bigbang's four EPs.

But according to Xu Xing's understanding in his previous life, Lu Han's EP did exceed Bigbang's single sales, but the cumulative sales did not exceed it in a short period of time.

It took them half a year to break 300 million in sales.

If she feels her abilities are good after performing in "Beginning" and "Detective Chinatown", it is not impossible for Xu Xing to try to replace Lu Wei and surpass Bigbang.

(End of this chapter)