The battle for traffic in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 98 Weibo King
【Happy birthday. 】

Before getting ready to go to bed, Xu Xing unexpectedly received a WeChat message from Reba.

This was the first time the two had contacted each other since I sent her the song demo last time.

Nazha’s blessing was sent to Xu Xing at the exact time last night after she had been pestering him to chat until the early hours of the morning.

The roadshow for "Detective Chinatown" was scheduled from the 20th of last month to the 3rd of this month. It just ended yesterday, and with Nazha's pleading, Xu Xing talked with her until midnight.

【Thanks. 】

Xu Xing went back.

Ba: [I can’t sleep.]

Xu: [Oh.]

Ba: [I heard that the movie you are working on may start shooting in the second half of the year?]

Xu: [Who told you that?]

Ba: [……]

Ba: [Why didn’t you take on “Three Lives, Three Worlds”? ]

Xu: [No need to answer.]

Ba: [Last year, the company wanted me to persuade you to take this drama.]

Xu: [You didn’t tell me.]

Ba: [You didn’t let me continue.]

May:【?】

Ba: [I asked you if we were in a relationship, and you said no.]

Xu: [Actually, you can unilaterally take it as yes. Has the male lead of "Three Lives, Three Worlds" not been found yet? ]

Ba: […Hmm.]

Xu: [Then go look for it later. It’s getting late and time to go to bed.]

Ba: [……]

Xu: [Good night.]

Ba: [Good night.]

……

When he woke up the next day, Xu Xing saw the birthday wishes sent by Chen Dulin.

Even more unexpected than Reba’s last night.

Student Chen sent it at exactly 23:59.

Xu Xing replied.

Stone sinks into the sea.

Then let it sink.

After lunch, Liu Cheng came over.

“There is no problem with the investment in Wolf Warrior 2.”

"Oh?"

Xu Xing was very curious.

"I called Wu Jing again this morning and mentioned it to him again. He hesitated for a while, but finally agreed. But his share is really tight, especially after he found out that he invited you to star, more companies wanted to invest. So, he can only give you 2000 million."

Liu Cheng smiled.

"How many?"

Xu Xing said in surprise.

I previously thought it would be at most 1000 million.

“I told him that the other drama you were originally scheduled to film was supposed to start in the first half of the year, but something unexpected happened and it was moved to the second half of the year. It is very likely that it will conflict with the schedule of Wolf Warrior 2. At the same time, there are too many scripts handed to you recently, and there are quite a few good invitations, all of which will start filming in April and May, but I haven’t dared to tell you yet.

“But Xu Xing, you really want to work with him. So, you should ask him to move up the start date, preferably in April. That way I can coordinate the schedule. If he can’t start in April, we’ll have to put it off for now. Now when he talks to others about Wolf Warriors 4, everyone will mention your name first.”

Liu Cheng shrugged.

This is what happens when a celebrity becomes more and more famous. As long as they join a project, investors will immediately upgrade their rating of the project.

Just like the movie "Witness".

When Liu Chengfei went to the island province to sign the contract, it had already been confirmed that filming would start in March.

As a result, only two days after "Detective Chinatown" was released, the producer of "Witness" called Liu Cheng to communicate, suggesting that it would be best to postpone the start of filming to the second half of the year, or even the first half of next year.

Some investors can't wait for this movie that Xu Xing joined to be finished and released to sell. Many new investors also came to the door, wanting to add some big scenes to the movie so that everyone can make money together.

If we finish filming in the first half of the year and delay participating in the Golden Horse Awards at the end of this year, it will be too conspicuous and we will have to find troublesome excuses.

"Okay." Xu Xing nodded.

"Then, Three Lives, Three Worlds, would you consider it again?"

Liu Cheng laughed again.

"...Jiaxing contacted you again recently?"

Xu Xing thought of Reba last night.

"Yes, she doesn't like Huang Zitao and Zhang Yixing, Zhao Youting is still unwilling to accept the role, Feng Shaofeng wants to avoid suspicion and doesn't accept the role either. She was almost done with Peng Yuyan, but Peng Yuyan ran away again. Now they say that as long as you act, Yang Mi can play the second role.

"Fang Ying also wants me to persuade you again. I think you can indeed accept it. Now as long as you accept it, Jiaxing and Huace Kedun will owe us a big favor."

Liu Cheng was smiling.

"What were they doing earlier, making me slap myself in the face?"

Xu Xing said unhappily.

"I originally rejected it directly. But Jiaxing pointed out that our announcement at that time was not actually final. The announcement denied that you would play in "Three Lives Three Worlds" to suppress Yang Mi. As long as you don't suppress Yang Mi, such as being equal to Yang Mi, it would not be considered a denial of the announcement.

"Of course, if you don't care about the announcement, you can just suppress the role. In addition, if you accept this drama this time, next time you work with Yang Mi, she will let you suppress it unconditionally. She will also immediately book a private screening of "Detective Chinatown", indicating that she took the initiative to ask you.

"Anyway, don't you always think that as long as the work produced is not problematic, it doesn't matter if the fans fight?"

Liu Cheng couldn't stop laughing.

"It's a beautiful thought."

Xu Xing was really convinced and even studied the announcement specifically.

Her only valuable drama is "Three Lives Three Worlds", so I'll do it next time.

"So you're still not going to act?" Liu Cheng asked, "Jiaxing also said that if you act, except for Bai Fengjiu who will be given to Reba, we can choose the remaining important supporting roles."

"No, do they really need to?"

It’s a little difficult to evaluate Xu Xing.

"The drama "Three Lives Three Worlds" has been in the spotlight for a long time. She has delayed it for too long, and it has become her most important drama now. The male lead has not been able to find a suitable actor of the right status, so people's evaluation of her will naturally be lowered. As long as she can hold on through this, even if she is outranked by you - if you are almost the only one to play the role, then of course it is worth it to be humble.

"With your current momentum, as long as you take on the same role as her, the industry will think that the show is almost certain to be a big hit. As long as it hasn't started to flop. In other words, she doesn't even have to wait until the show is aired, she will already be popular and can continue to get resources as a first-line actress. Those who can stay popular for a long time all know which step to take and how to take it."

After Liu Cheng finished speaking, he asked again.

"Do you want to take it? Or just take a break for the entire first half of the year? You don't like any of the dramas I recommended to you."

Xu Xing was silent for a while.

“It’s not that I can’t answer it.”

"Ah."

Liu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.

He finally has some confidence in 17. Xu Xing's criteria for accepting roles is really a mystery. I really don't know why he has such great confidence in "Wolf Warrior 2".

Or can we count on a Golden Horse Award nomination which we are not sure we can get?

"Darkness" written by Xu Xing himself has not been approved for review.

Xu Xing was unwilling to take on either Qu Mingzhen's Jiuzhou or the "Langya Bang 2" that someone approached him about.

If he hadn't seen Xu Xing's initial interest in "Three Lives Three Worlds", he definitely wouldn't have gone back to persuade her to take it.

A message just happened to be sent to my phone.

Liu Cheng took a look, raised his head and smiled.

"The Weibo voting is finally over. This year's Weibo King is yours."

……

1 month 6 day.

Yang Mi posted a photo on Weibo of a private theater watching "Detective Chinatown".

Soon news came out that Xu Xing would co-star with Yang Mi in "Three Lives Three Worlds".

The two fan groups, which had had friction before, were skeptical and ready to go to war with the Heyue team.

Almost at the same time as the news came out.

Weibo updated the guest who attended Weibo Night until the end - Xu Xing!
This is equivalent to directly announcing this year’s Weibo King.

Chris Wu's fans were the first to break down. They wanted to expose this unfair world and see through the dark curtain that covered the sky and the earth!

　I feel a little dizzy. Today I only got 5k, but tomorrow I will definitely get 8k.

　　Let me report the results. The first order was 613, and the high order was 690. The high order was for the fourth chapter. Thank you all for your support.

　　Thanks to Nanshan Wanfeng for the reward!
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(End of this chapter)