I'm not a drama freak, I can really see through the script

Chapter 288, Hu Nan TV: No time, not here, will definitely come next time.

The headquarters building of Huayi Brothers in Beiping.

"The new Four Little Fresh Meat, Li Xuan, has already earned the title of one of the Four Little Fresh Meat before even graduating from university. This talent and ability is truly something to be envied."

At this moment, Wang Haiyang felt a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a complex emotion encompassing both admiration and reflection

Whatever the outcome, we have no choice but to accept it now.

Now, there is no doubt that Li Xuan has achieved a certain status in this competition.

In a daze
I can still remember that day.

When I first learned about Li Xuan, I thought he was an incredibly arrogant kid.

That was incredibly arrogant of them to refuse Huayi's offer. At the time, I don't know how many people wanted a offer from Huayi.

He received the olive branch but discarded it.

It wasn't until later that they realized this kid was really strong.

He always managed to produce something, gradually rising to his current status.
The new generation of four leading actors, without any financial backing, carved out their own niche purely through their understanding of scripts and their acting skills.
This ability.

If I had to say something, it's quite amazing.

It's a talent that even inspires envy.

A pure and enviable talent.

In this era, almost no one can rise to prominence without relying on external forces.

Many artists have a place in the industry because of Huayi Brothers.

Within the company, Li Xuan was generally described as a complete country bumpkin.

A giant among peasants.

Jiang Li then said.

"You admire his talent?"

"Of course I admire his talent. You could say that within the entire Huayi Brothers, no one appreciates his talent more than I do, no one pays more attention to him, and no one knows more about how he rose to prominence."

That connection began with that midterm assignment.

I learned about this guy from "Buried Alive".

I witnessed him being suppressed step by step, and step by step he overcame it.

Even now, if anyone in Huayi Brothers doesn't know Li Xuan, they'd probably be fined.

Because this person doesn't pay attention to recent entertainment news.

I wonder who the most promising and purest young people are in recent years.

A peasant.

Super strong, a peasant.

"But in reality, you still can't shake off the label of 'peasant.' A super peasant, a peasant, isn't he still a peasant?" Jiang Li paused for a moment and then said, "Actually, I quite dislike this way of calling him."

After all, we are just one member of this large corporation and a large capital group.

But in reality, we're all just peasants.

We ourselves are all peasants.

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. We're all part of this system. Even if we're all just peasants, we still have to join them in mocking this peasant who's tearing back the curtain and climbing up the ladder."

Therefore, Wang Haiyang's feelings were rather complicated. Although his interests were aligned with Huayi's, in reality, he was nothing more than drinking the scraps left over from the upper echelons. Although even these scraps were already quite a substantial profit for them, the laborers.

Many people would like to kneel down and bow, but they don't even have the connections—once upon a time, Wang Haiyang was even quite proud.

But watching Li Xuan rise step by step, perhaps in his heart...
Perhaps deep within, in the very depths of one's heart, there truly is such a hope.
Can he, as a nobody from humble beginnings, truly attract the attention of today's capital?

It's even 'purer' than Tangren Media.

It's important to understand that the establishment and rise of Tangren Media was also driven by capital from the Shanghai entertainment circle. In essence, Cai Yulong, as the person in charge, was not a major shareholder.

Only Li Xuan is currently pure.
Perhaps, in the end, he really will "wait for the best price" and, after achieving the highest possible results, he might really be unable to resist "surrendering".

His talent and charm.

At this moment, Wang Haiyang sighed with emotion.

"Maybe we really can work with him in the future. We can use his talent and the resources of his capital group to build China's 'Hollywood'."

Huayi Brothers has always had a vision: to work with Zhang Yimou and others to create a Chinese-language "Hollywood" to counter the encroachment of Western films on the Chinese-language market. While the television industry may seem peaceful, the film industry is actually rife with cutthroat competition, with Hollywood and Western films taking up roughly half of the box office.
Of course, the goal of creating a Chinese-language 'Hollywood' is not out of any social responsibility, but rather because it would allow them to access a 'world-class' market.

Huayi Capital doesn't want someone like Li Xuan, a country bumpkin, to take advantage of their position.

But in Hollywood, from the perspective of foreign capital, aren't companies like Huayi Brothers and Huayu Capital just "peasants"?
Damn it, they've come to beg for food in the international community.

"You're overthinking things," Jiang Li said. "Let's see if he can survive the release of 'The Young Pioneers' this time. There are quite a few people targeting him as his graduation film."

Regardless of what Li Xuan is thinking right now.

The idea is to maximize one's value and then sell it for a good price.

We're still going down this path to the bitter end.

Currently, he's just a poor peasant with no connections who's greedy for money.
Then fight.

Public opinion is something the marketing department wants to fight, and so is the neighboring Guangying Media.

Even people from Tangren Media will lend a hand.

after all.

Now Tangren Media is also "one of us".

"Now that I think about it, I also think he's trying to hold out for a higher price. He'll give in when he shows enough value." Jiang Li paused for a moment and then said, "But for now, we need to see how long he can hold out alone."

If this man can truly reach the level of Ma Xiaogang.

Then we can truly have equal dialogue.

Of course, that's impossible.

Over the years, the Chinese film and television industry has continuously refined and gathered elites, resulting in figures like Zhang Yimou and Ma Xiaogang, who hold dominant positions in the Chinese entertainment industry.

One of them can engage in dialogue with large corporations and major capital entities.

To be able to reach their level... honestly, even for Li Xuan, she thought it was unlikely.

Perhaps reaching Zhao Yanzi's level is possible?
"No, no, this is not my responsibility, or rather, it's no use talking to me. Okay, Principal Wang, it's no use calling you. The schedule is almost up, and we can't make any arrangements."

At that moment, Zhou Dongming, the director of Hunan TV, hung up on Wang Fengsheng.

Wang Fengsheng called and came in person to plead with him.

After all, "The Young Students" is a great work for promoting Hunan culture.

Don't miss this opportunity, Station Master!
The station director also felt that this was an opportunity not to be missed.

I was really interested, but unfortunately, I had to decline – I gave up my time slot to a genuine Taiwanese youth drama, "Smiling Pasta".

"The Young Students" doesn't have a good reputation in the industry; it was filmed by students, and the school showed favoritism.

The station director felt extremely clever.

They really did buy the rights to air this TV series; it's quite something.
After finishing speaking in a rough, official manner.

Zhou Dongming is now waiting for the next screening period.

Let's see how this Taiwanese youth film is received during its remaining screening period. While sipping Pu'er tea, let's also take a look at the online discussions about "The Young Pioneers".

My heart was filled with even more emotion.

When I called again, they said they were busy or not available, but I would definitely come back next time.

"Now I'm a news celebrity, which is great. Everyone's promoting my film 'The Young Pioneers,' thank you, thank you."

At this moment, Li Xuan chuckled as he observed the current state of online media.

Sitting at my computer desk, sipping a bowl of old, well-cooked chicken soup, I prepare for the upcoming filming.

I currently have the script for "Hidden in the Dust," which will definitely be part of my upcoming filming schedule.
The plans for next year's television and film projects.

As one of the "Four Little Fresh Meat".

As the producer of "The Young Pioneers".

These factors will all affect the intensity of my plans for next year.

Now that the year is coming to an end, there are very few film crew activities. Even if they want to recruit people, they are either resting and recuperating or observing the potential candidates from this year's graduation season.

They basically target Beijing Film Academy, Central Academy of Drama, and Shanghai Theatre Academy to select actors for their films.

Select good seedlings
For Li Xuan himself, "The Young Students" was his last dance of the year.

Now he is a "top-tier" star, a "jack-of-all-trades" who can handle basically any genre.

They're pulling out all the stops in the entertainment industry—for my uncle's health.

Before top directors like Zhang Yimou repeatedly failed in their attempts to conquer the seas.
Li Xuan clearly remembered that after Zhang Yimou's failed overseas expedition, upon returning to China, the prevailing attitude was "If I can't beat Hollywood, can't I beat you guys?" Zhang Yimou's group basically dominated the food chain.

In other words, before he filmed "The Great Wall," he had to reach a point where he could almost rival him. You have to understand that if an established interest group really wants to suppress you, an individual can't handle it at all.

Li Xuan also has to admit this—the audience will choose the "products," and the money is in their pockets.

But to be fair, if you can't find a photographer, a team, or suitable actors, and you can't even put together a cast, then you're completely useless if someone holds you back in the "production" stage.
The filming of "The Great Wall" took place quite far away.

What I need to do now is to build up my strength and the resources and teams I can leverage.

Even Wei Ming admired him, saying, "You really don't compromise with capital."

No, that's not true.

Li Xuan was aware of this as well.

The source of my refusal to compromise in this round after round.

Once you sign an "unequal treaty," you lose control of many things, which is the core contradiction. Until he became the first person in history to become one of the "Four Little Fresh Meat" before even graduating, Guangying Media and even Tangren Film and Television sent him cooperation offers, all of which involved a 50/50 split of the film remuneration, with the company retaining the rights to endorse the film and media accounts, and the right to use the character's image in the film only for fifty years after his death. He was not allowed to take on any film projects privately and had to obey the company's arrangements.

They were simultaneously suppressing me and making contact with me.
They probably think they're trying to sell at a higher price.
“Actually, I know what you want. What you want is the right to have an equal dialogue.” Wei Ming paused and said, “The capital circle really doesn’t treat ordinary people like human beings. The contracts they sign are so bad that even Li Hongzhang wouldn’t dare to sign them.” However, Li Xuan just smiled and shook his head.

"No, Uncle."

"Ok?"

Under Wei Ming's slightly astonished gaze.

Li Xuan recounted the story in detail.

But it's not.

It's not about having an equal dialogue, cooperation, and reconciliation with them, and then talking about truth, goodness, and beauty.

They just want to shit on their heads.

Pull hard.

A-list celebrities.

The "Four Little Fresh Meat"

These are all Li Xuan's names.

The version of "The Young Pioneers" that uses these themes is very popular.

The first film in history shot entirely by a student cast.

The most amazing student work in history.

A prodigy, capable of annihilating Huang Xiaoming and crushing Zhao Yanzi.

The entire class of 2002 was full of worthless idiots; all of them combined were worth less than a single hair on Li Xuan's head.

Even Hong Kong media outlets are saying that this is the strongest, most domineering, and most powerful work.

This way.

Very quickly, "The Young Pioneers" became a work that was criticized even before it was broadcast.

Damn it, do you guys have to keep bringing up Li Xuan every single day just to promote him?
I know you're amazing! (Blocking you)

"This work is being praised in reverse, using extremely exaggerated language to praise Li Xuan to the point of destruction."

Meanwhile, on the other side, the pre-release publicity and distribution process for "The Young Pioneers" had already been completed.

Especially when it was marketed as a 'youth film'.

Suddenly, there was a chilling sense of impending execution in the air.

Damn it, such a great person, such a great subject, and you turned it into a teen movie?

Many prominent media figures in the industry have spoken out in criticism.
Of course, some 'public intellectuals' like Lang Ping chuckled and said, "Shouldn't great people have a youth? Can't they make youth films?"
Chai Jing: What's wrong with this country?

Han Han: I haven't seen it, so I don't know the whole story. I can only comment after I've seen it.

Round Elbow: This work might have been filmed by a proxy. This person is so young, hasn't even graduated yet. I'm used to this kind of hype. If the quality is fine, then it must have been filmed by a proxy. I'll go dig into his family background. Of course, if the quality is problematic, then it's still filmed by a proxy. No matter what, it's filmed by a proxy! What's wrong with this country?

For a time, the internet was filled with nothing but condemnation of Li Xuan.

It's at least half killing and half praising to death—there's financial manipulation behind it all.

Praise to death is repulsive
Even Zhang Mo, a student representative from the Central Academy of Drama's 2002 class, and Gao Xiangyun, a student representative from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, came out to speak.
Don't overhype it, look at the quality first!
At this moment, Xu Xiang and Wang Fengsheng were in the office.

Even Wang Jinsong and his group were there.
At this moment, Xu Xiang, who was standing next to him, sighed.

"There are all sorts of demons and monsters running around. They all wish they could kill Li Xuan and make his directorial debut a complete flop."

"Not just a violent death, but a truly thorough and complete one."

Wang Fengsheng said calmly.

Statistically speaking, without any experience, there is a 99% chance that a debut work will be a complete failure.

This is common sense.

In a sense.
There's no need to go to such lengths.

Moreover, filming this subject matter well is quite challenging.

It's true that this can easily cause controversy.

As far as her debut work is concerned.

This subject matter is very challenging.

The public opinion environment they face is also not optimistic.

The fact that people from the entertainment industry and public intellectuals are all working together in a coordinated manner can only mean one thing.

That means they really want Li Xuan to be suppressed.

The goal is to make an example of Li Xuan, this troublemaker.

Xu Xiaodan, who was standing next to her, said...

"Considering the difficulty of Li Xuan's debut as a director and producer, it can be described as hellish. Hunan TV even broadcast 'Smiling Pasta' but was unwilling to broadcast 'The Young Pioneers'."

"The Young Students" is a typical Hunan propaganda work, but this prime time slot was given to another pure youth drama.

After all, Taiwanese productions are guaranteed to have high viewership ratings and are highly likely to meet their KPIs.

But Li Xuan's "The Young Students" is not necessarily an exception.

"Try to look on the bright side. If he can overcome this hellish level of difficulty, he might really be able to give us a huge surprise when he graduates. Although he doesn't have the help of capital, those 'dark' public opinions are actually increasing his reach in a sense."

Wang Fengsheng, however, was optimistic.

No one can deny that.

So much negative public opinion.

Demons and monsters, but in essence, they are also a form of public opinion.

This can also increase the breadth of dissemination.

Therefore, negative articles can also be considered a form of public opinion weapon.

Whether it's good or bad public opinion
They are all weapons of public opinion.

If I had to say, it could also be used to drive the intensity of the script, which is undeniable.

However, from the perspective of those circles, it's probably equivalent to inviting everyone to watch a clown—

It attracted everyone to watch the clown.

It's also a way of looking at things.

at this time.

Under the watchful eyes of several teachers.

The TV series "The Young Students" has begun airing.

This is a 'youth drama' put together by students.

This is the 'graduation project' submitted by the students.

Shanghai, Tangren Media branch.

Tangren Media then opted for the more reliable "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

As an IP shooting
Even Hu Qu said that martial arts films might be getting old, but Tangren Media internally said it didn't matter, Jin Yong's IP will never grow old!
The Legend of the Condor Heroes project has been approved, let's get started!

At this moment, Cai Yulong sighed slightly.

"Youth films are a unique entry point, combining serious themes with a youthful feel. It's a pity that Hu Qu didn't get to participate this time, otherwise we could have jumped on the bandwagon too."

This time, the two youth dramas from Taiwan and mainland China have finally found a way to capitalize on the situation.

Youthful spirit reigns supreme in Taiwan—come check out our "Smiling Pasta"! Featuring the sweet Wang Xinling and Zhang Dongliang.

There's another one, which seems somewhat similar to "The Young Pioneers" in its youth theme, called "Days Related to Youth." It's a period drama adapted from a novel by the talented writer Wang Shuo, starring Tong Dawei, Chen Yufan, and Bai Baihe, and it also capitalized on the negative buzz surrounding "The Young Pioneers."
Everyone knows the unique subject matter of "The Young Pioneers" and its high chance of failure, as well as the probability of everyone kicking it while it's down.

"I don't think Li Xuan will have a bad film. Even if it's a 'youth film,' it won't have a bad film."

Hu Qu at this time.

They seemed quite certain of this.
"Do you have any basis for this?"

At this point, Cai Yulong paused for a moment: "He is facing a lot of negative publicity right now. Capital from the Beijing circle, and even CCTV, have their hands on him."

She was somewhat surprised that Li Xuan had really offended quite a few people.
Or perhaps it's a sigh.
They really can't tolerate peasants.

The fact that this has never happened before means that...

No peasant had ever reached this level before.

Because we have it now.

At this point, Hu Qu said...

"It's my intuition, my gut feeling tells me so."

"Your intuition also suggests that Legend of the Condor Heroes won't do too well this round."

Cai Yulong felt a little like complaining that his top performer might have some issues with his taste.

Hu Qu neither confirmed nor denied this.

Is your intuition correct?

Let's see how the broadcast goes and how it performs.

Let's see what Li Xuan does this time.