Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 179 What Dick Video
But after listening to Jiaozi, Zhou Le was speechless for a moment.

Five million in publicity is indeed a lot for some low-budget movies. After all, even now, there are movies with a total investment of 20 to 30 million.

But compared to Zhou Le's expectations, it was still much less.

"Shouldn't it be at least 10 million? Of the 5 million for publicity and promotion, most of it would have been spent just on finding marketing accounts. Not to mention finding those top live streamers to promote the product, getting them to introduce it, and buying the copyright for the live streaming clips would have cost over 3 million. And that's only for a few seconds."

But Jiaozi had obviously talked to someone before: "It's like this, the publicity and distribution company I found is quite reliable. After all, we also got to know some animation companies when we were making this movie.

This one is introduced by the film company of Boonie Bears, and it is also a full set of publicity, but it does not look for the top ones, but only sells in small quantities, about 8,000 to 10,000 each.

We have them on Weibo, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, and Kuaishou. Because we also bought a few topic packages, there will be about 200 promotions in the entire promotion cycle. Then we will also open our own Douyin account, and then we will release some videos and extras. In addition, we will spend money to buy some Douyin+.

The rest is offline advertising on large screens in shopping malls, supermarkets, business districts, buses and subways.”

"Okay, I believe you can do it."

Zhou Le said.

If you are a person who has money but cannot spend it, you may be cheated in such a place, after all, you have no idea what it is.

But if this kind of person is so stingy in everything he does, and the film has already been polished for several years in the early stages of production, all those who should have been cheated have already been cheated, and now everyone who should understand also understands, and knows how much money can be spent to get things done.

"Okay, then you can get ready first. I'll see if I can help you later. If there's anything I need from you, I'll contact you."

"Okay, no problem. Teacher Zhou, please contact me anytime."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Le sighed again. Don't look at the glory of those famous directors nowadays. Every time they make a movie, there are many people investing, and they even have to hold a bidding meeting.

But there are still many directors who have a difficult job.

For example, Guo Fan and dumplings.

If Guo Fan didn't have that succubus-like personality, and if Jiaozi hadn't been lucky enough to contact Light Media in the early stages, the current situation would probably not be optimistic.

So Zhou Le turned around and called Guo Fan.

"Hey, Le'er, has the money arrived?"

Zhou Le:.
"It hasn't arrived yet. I called Director Guo this time to ask for a favor."

Then Zhou Le told everyone what happened with the dumplings.

Guo Fan agreed immediately without hesitation. "No problem. Promotion, right? That's easy. I've built up some connections here. If I can't help with big things, I can still help with small things. At least I can have a say in the promotion aspect."

"Okay, Director Guo, I'll transfer the money to you once the money arrives in my account."

"Okay, okay. You take care of that first. I don't have anything here right now."

This is the good thing about Guo Fan. Otherwise, if it were someone else, they would have to fly over to treat him to a meal and chat for a long time.

But in this way, investing in such places is relatively safe, and as long as the publicity and promotion are in place, you will not lose money.

It won't be like the film "The Bombing" released last year, where some problems with the actors directly affected the movie. Of course, the movie itself also has big problems.

But the anime characters can’t be ruined, right?

Is it Nezha’s school bullying, Li Jing’s infidelity, or Shen Gongbao’s tax evasion?
This kind of talk is as outrageous as when someone said Luo Tianyi was taking drugs.

Unless Jiaozi himself doesn't do anything.

But this possibility is still quite small.

However, at this critical juncture, the Subaru team officially announced that Zhou Le will represent the team to participate in this year's car rally championship.

Su Yingxia forwarded it using Zhou Le's account.

"Looking at the style, this should be posted by Sister Su. Oh, Brother Le finally made a lot of money, and now he doesn't even want to post on Weibo."

"Wait a minute, where's Brother Le? Is this correct? Did Han Han take over the account?"

"No buddy, you're really good at it. It's boring. I don't want to play anymore."

"Are you there? Are you there? Brother Le, please give me a car."

"This blogger is so popular! Does anyone know his name? If you answer correctly, I'll reward you with a lasting relationship with my sister."

"Isn't there fishing here too?"

"Sister, hello, his name is Zhou Le, but why didn't you reply to the photo of his brother I sent you?"

"Wait a minute, I came here from the trending search, why isn't Han Han here? I thought Han Han was going racing again."

"Please, Brother Le, don't be so outstanding. My heart is as fragile as a piece of paper. Seeing you so outstanding makes me feel hypoglycemic. I'm going to faint. I really am going to faint. I'm not fainting because I'm jealous, but because I have low blood sugar. Brother Kele, please don't be so outstanding. Please, I also have to respect myself. I'm really not jealous. I'm really not jealous. I just have low blood sugar."

The news that Zhou Le was about to go racing spread quickly.

Although a certain artist appeared on the hot search together with the keyword "racing", many people still knew after clicking that Zhou Le was really going to go racing.

Meng Ziyi immediately found Zhou Le and said, "Brother Le, I commented on your Weibo post. Please reply to me."

Looking at the excited Meng Ziyi, Zhou Le sighed. It felt just like when a girl in his class when he was a kid asked him to step into her space.

So I picked up my phone, opened Weibo, saw Meng Ziyi, and commented: "Come on, Le Ge, go go go."

"That's just a few words. Otherwise, you should write a movie review every day, just like Shu Xin."

"Oh, it's all in good faith. Brother Le, please reply quickly so that I can gain more followers."

Zhou Le had no choice but to reply with a thank you.

"That's it?"

"if not?"

"Tell me more."

Zhou Le thought about it and replied with a thank you.

Meng Ziyi: “.”

"Brother Le, don't you know that double affirmation means denial? Even if you're just being perfunctory, be more perfunctory."

"You have double standards."

"No, my brain is limited. I'm quite good at writing these things. But Brother Le, you're a top student. You must be different from me."

Zhou Le sent another thank you at the end.

"Okay, now that's a triple affirmation, meaning a strong affirmation."

Meng Ziyi had no choice but to squat beside Zhou Le with her phone in her arms, but after a while she found that her followers were indeed increasing, and her previous depression disappeared.

"Brother Le, if you can race, can you take me to experience it next time? I like a little excitement, but I don't dare to drive that fast."

"That's no use. You'll feel it more strongly sitting in the passenger seat, and I'm afraid you'll scream."

"Don't worry, I'm a very tight-lipped person. And don't you know how strong my willpower is?"

"I'm saying this because I know. Otherwise, how many times can I just do a health checkup?"

Meng Ziyi's face flushed slightly: "Isn't it because your technique is too good?"

"Don't give me that. This is a legitimate craft that has been passed down through generations. Do you think it's some Czech video?"

"What is a Czech video? I only know Dick."

At this time, Li Wei also came over with a script: "Are you talking about Dilraba? I think I heard it from afar."

Meng Ziyi glanced back at Li Wei and said, "Sister Wei, we are just chatting about Dick's short video."

Zhou Le: "???"

Li Wei: “???”

Although Li Wei has been learning opera since elementary school, he also has to learn cultural subjects. Although Dick is not within the scope of the textbook, the Internet is so developed that he can learn what this word means online.

"Are you guys chatting so wildly? Did I come at the wrong time?" Li Xi subconsciously took a half step back.

"Don't listen to his nonsense, Dick video or anything, we're just talking about driving." Li Yan: "The car was really going very fast."

"No, we were talking about racing."

"I know. The speed you're driving is like a race car. Why don't you continue your conversation? I'll step aside for a moment, or I can ask the director for leave for you two and say you two are going to eat hot pot."

Meng Ziyi opened her eyes wide and asked innocently, "Why hot pot?"

"The topic you guys are talking about is so hot."

Zhou Le slapped Meng Ziyi on the back of the head: "Hurry up and explain, otherwise Sister Ni will misunderstand me as a pure and beautiful boy again."

Meng Ziyi covered his head and said, "Brother Le, you are so strong! I feel like my brains are about to be evened out by your slap."

But she still explained again: "We were indeed talking about driving just now. Because I like excitement, I want him to take me with him when he drives."

Listening to Meng Ziyi's words, things got worse and worse.

"You might as well not say anything."

Li Wei was laughing so hard next to him, "Alright, enough teasing. I'm here to congratulate Mr. Zhou Le on being able to represent the team in the competition. Even though I won't be able to be there, I still wish you a good ranking."

Looking at Li Xi, Zhou Le felt extremely tired, but then he looked at Meng Ziyi with a look of disappointment: "Look at how well he talks, and then look at you. When will you change this bad habit of yours?"

Meng Ziyi still feels his head buzzing: "Isn't this my character setting? This is my character setting."

"What personality? Other people's personalities are created, and you are just a simple paramecium."

Meng Ziyi suddenly raised his hand: "I know Paramecium. I learned about it in biology class before, but I forgot its other structures. I only remember that Paramecium has flagella."

Zhou Le: “.”

Meng Ziyi looked at Zhou Le's expression and felt a little panicked: "Is this really not a good thing for me?"

"No, it's good. Keep it up. The entertainment industry needs abstract artists like you."

"How am I abstract? I think I'm normal." Meng Ziyi defended loudly.

“The more abstract a person is, the less he considers himself abstract.”

Zhou Le replied with just one sentence.

But Meng Ziyi thought about it and said, "Brother Le, do you think you are abstract?"

“I’m certainly not abstract.”

Li Xi felt like his stomach hurt from listening to the two of them chatting and laughing, so he covered his stomach and ran to the side to continue reading the script.

In the crew of "Joy of Life", Zhou Le talked more with Meng Ziyi and Li Wei, and then Tian Yu.

Tian Yu is now considered an uncle, but he is not following the path of Wu Xiubo. Since he starred in his first movie in 1999, he has been constantly trying various roles.

Although he was considered one of the best actors in the industry before, he really became popular with "Charlotte's Troubles".

Before this, Zhou Le's deepest impression of Tian Yu was that he broke up with Tang Wei.

But now Zhou Le and Tian Yu have a pretty good relationship.

The two met for the first time in "Charlotte's Troubles", but at that time Tian Yu played Teacher Wang, and Zhou Le played the male classmate in the black short-sleeved shirt who appeared at 13:56.

Moreover, as an extra at the time, I had a boxed lunch after filming, took the day's wages and left, and had no time to chat.

The next time we saw each other was in "Speeding Life".

"Teacher Tian, this is our third collaboration."

Tian Yu said with some emotion: "Yes, I have been in the industry for so many years, and now I am still a supporting role, but you have become the leading man."

Anyone would be depressed if this happened to them, but there is nothing that can be done because the character's nature is like this. Unless one is acting in a family ethics drama or some historical drama, the protagonist may be an older person.

But Zhou Le is not a brainless person.

He looked up at Chen Daomin, who was reading the script alone in the distance and said, "Teacher Tian, you can't say that. I, the male lead, am just a figurehead. It's excellent actors like you who can really support this drama.

Besides, isn't Mr. Chen Daomin only the second male lead? They're all pretty much the same. Besides, you have quite a few famous scenes in this drama. If we really want to talk about well-rounded characters, there aren't many roles that are more well-rounded than yours."

Tian Yu laughed out loud after hearing this: "Who said that? There are many people who are more plump than me."

However, Zhou Le was really curious about what happened to Tang Wei back then. After thinking for a moment, he asked tentatively.

But Tian Yu obviously didn't mind these things very much. After all, ten years had passed.

"That incident back then was indeed similar to what was being said. We met on a movie set in 04 and got together afterwards. However, she was quite career-oriented and had just graduated from school, so she would definitely go if she had the chance.

So I ended up with Li An. You probably know that play, but you were young then and probably hadn't seen it. Anyway, it was definitely unacceptable to me, so we parted ways amicably, each pursuing our own interests. Two years later, I met your current sister-in-law."

Zhou Le nodded. No one could bear this kind of thing.

And Zhou Le was not like what Tian Yu said, he had seen it, and he watched three of them frame by frame.

Some things are clear to see.

He was sure that it was real at that time.

But as an outsider, it’s hard to say anything. I can only say that Tang Wei wanted to improve too much at that time.

"But Teacher Tian, I remember you also graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, right? Don't graduates from central enterprises usually tend to star in plays?"

"Yes, because when I was little I always watched plays with my grandpa. Later, after I was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama, my grades were very good. I won the leading male role in four of the five major dramas.

But later on, Xia Yu, Wu Jun and others went into the entertainment industry, starring in "The Secret History of Kangxi" and "The Story of the Palace of Eternal Life" and so on, and I started to get anxious again.

After all, my classmates were so talented, and I certainly didn't want to be outdone. However, my mentor at the time told me not to waste my precious time filming TV dramas, saying that it was too easy. I should focus on studying dramas. Once I've mastered dramas, I can do TV dramas with my eyes closed."

Zhou Le felt that this was quite true.

If we only talk about the performance form, drama can indeed be ranked at the highest level. Excellent drama actors can then act in movies and TV series, which is downward compatibility.

"Haha, of course I'm not as successful as others now."

Zhou Le waved his hand: "That's not necessarily true. After "Joy of Life" is broadcast, Mr. Tian, your fame will definitely be higher than theirs. Let's talk about things in this era. Although they are also movie emperors now, to be honest, they don't have much box office appeal when they really come out to film.

But you, Mr. Tian, are different. Let's talk about this from a more one-sided perspective. If you were to act in a comedy, as long as the script and the other actors weren't bad, you would definitely be able to draw a lot of people to the cinema."

"You're really good at talking. No wonder Director Han and the others like playing with you so much. You always give people a very strange feeling, like a combination of a seasoned veteran and a young man who is still young and inexperienced."

Zhou Le pondered for a moment: "Isn't that just a reckless old fox?"

Tian Yu laughed non-stop.

The two chatted for more than half an hour, and then Wang Qinian went on stage to film the scene at the Supervisory Commission. Zhou Le looked around and saw Su Yingxia talking on the phone.

After a while, when the call was over, Su Yingxia walked over quickly.

"Brother Le, are you interested in the variety show 'Ace vs. Ace'? I just got a call from the production team, saying they want to invite you to be on an episode."

"Okay, when?"

"next week."

"Next week is fine, but who else is going?"

"Now it's decided that you and Han Han will go together. They told me that if you want to go, you can bring four more people. Of course, if you don't want to bring anyone, they can also find four more people."

"You're giving me face like this?"

"Yeah, Brother Le, everyone can see the effectiveness of your show. Anyway, as long as you're there, you can replace an entire team by yourself."

"Of course we can go, but if there are four of us, I'll ask if anyone in the group wants to go."

After saying that, Zhou Le took out his mobile phone and sent a message in the company's internal group.

"Who can spare some time to go with me to 'Ace vs. Ace' next week? I can bring four people."

(End of this chapter)