Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 180 Stars (Female)

[Don't Stop the Camera!] Before the film's release, Li Boda and some members of the crew started promoting the film.

They tried every means to participate in various programs, whether it was talk shows or variety shows, all in order to promote the movie.

However, just as Sister Wang said, time was too tight.

As a result, many resources simply cannot be connected.

Take Hunan TV's Happy Camp as an example. If you participate in Happy Camp in October and film an episode, it won't air until November or even December. Unless you cut in line, you simply won't be able to make it to the scheduled time.

So, Li Boda and his team really didn't have any suitable resources to promote the movie.

This is why there is a promotional period of two or three months, or even half a year, before a movie is released.

However, Li Boda had already anticipated this situation, so he managed to acquire as many promotional resources as possible within this short period of time.

If I can get on a variety show, I'll do it; if not, then so be it.

What Li Boda was really interested in was the viral promotion and publicity campaign he had launched using the 'Silly Girl Mobile System'.

Over the weekend, almost all users of the Silly Girl mobile phone system saw a promotional clip about "Don't Stop the Camera!" pop up on their phone screens. It was only a few seconds long.

However, they also successfully informed them that the movie "One Cut of the Dead" was about to be released.

This is much more effective than variety shows like Happy Camp.

Even many people in the entertainment industry were amazed by this novel way of promoting movies.

Then, someone contacted 'Magic Cube Technology' wanting to purchase this promotional service, and the price wasn't low. Clearly, there are quite a few people with foresight. They all recognized the power of this promotional method.

However, Li Boda didn't intend to use this as a film promotion method, so Cube Technology directly rejected all offers, stating that Cube Technology did not have such promotional projects.

During this period, Sister Wang was so busy that she couldn't stop. She was looking for distributors, theater chains, and partners, negotiating terms and revenue sharing with them.

Thanks to the quality of the film itself, coupled with Li Boda's cheating-like promotion using the 'Silly Girl Mobile System', Sister Wang actually managed to secure a relatively good contract.

[Don't Stop the Camera!] Sister Wang managed to negotiate a 17% reduction in screenings for this movie.

While it can't compare to blockbusters by some big-name directors, this number of screenings is quite good for a low-budget film like "One Cut of the Dead."

It's worth noting that when the movie "Crazy Stone" was released two years ago, its screening share didn't even exceed 10%.

Therefore, the fact that Sister Wang helped the movie "One Cut of the Dead" secure 17% of the screenings is enough to prove her ability.

Time flies, and it's already November 30th.

[Don't Stop the Camera!] The premiere of this movie is tonight.

As the lead actor in this film, Li Boda, along with Zhao Liying, Li Xiaoran, Jiang Wenli, and others, have already made a grand appearance. In addition to them, Li Boda has also invited many other celebrities to lend their support.

There's not much to say about male celebrities. Li Boda doesn't have many male celebrity connections. On the contrary, he has a relatively large number of female celebrities who come to support him, and they are all of high quality.

For example, Liu Yifei!
Under the flashing lights, Liu Yifei, dressed in her finest attire, walked down the red carpet with a wide grin, showing her upper teeth.

Then there were actresses such as Alyssa Chia, Shu Chang, Jiang Qinqin, Yang Mi, Liu Shishi, Tang Yan, Shu Qi, and Fan Bingbing, all dressed beautifully, like a hundred flowers blooming in competition.

Even Gao Yuanyuan, who had previously broken up with Li Boda, attended the premiere of the movie "One Cut of the Dead" wearing a formal dress.

The reporters who had been paid by Sister Wang were all extremely excited.

The camera in my hand just wouldn't stop.

The lights flickered incessantly, clicking and clicking.

After all, you rarely see such a lineup of actresses outside of film festivals or major events! They're all so young and beautiful.

These journalists had already anticipated how many people would read their articles when they were published.

Li Boda, however, was somewhat flustered at this moment.

The main issue is that while not all of the female celebrities who came this time had ambiguous relationships with Li Boda, the vast majority had had friendly and intimate contact with him.

And these people, gathered together this time, the scene was quite something.

It is because Li Boda has been tempered in the entertainment industry for many years, especially after Jiang Wenli and others opened the door to a new world for him, that he has become extremely thick-skinned, which is why he can shamelessly send invitations to them.

Even so, the scene was still somewhat absurd in the face of so many people. Fan Bingbing and the others were looking at Li Boda with strange eyes at this moment.

After all, in the industry, who would be as bold as Li Boda, bringing all the women together? Others would rather these people never meet.

Liu Xiaoli looked at Li Boda with a strange expression. She seemed to have never expected that Li Boda, who she thought had no particular feelings for her daughter, would have such ambiguous relationships with so many actresses. She was a little glad that she had kept a close eye on Liu Yifei, otherwise her little cabbage might have been taken advantage of by a pig.

Looking at Li Boda's handsome and charming face, Liu Xiaoli sighed softly. She found it absurd that she would dream about Li Boda so often, although only one time was particularly vivid.

"Mom, why are you pulling me like that? Li Boda is right there," Liu Yifei complained.

"Haven't you seen it clearly yet? That guy Li Boda has ambiguous relationships with most of the female stars who come here, and you still want to go there?" Liu Xiaoli poked Liu Yifei's forehead with her finger.

"No, no, right?" Liu Yifei said softly, feeling guilty, or rather, somewhat resistant.

Although Li Boda and Liu Yifei hadn't actually done anything together, at most they'd only dreamed about each other, Liu Yifei did have a very high level of affection for Li Boda. In fact, if it weren't for her mother's strict supervision, something might have happened between them.

Therefore, Liu Yifei was very unwilling to accept this reality, especially now. She watched Fan Bingbing and the other girls move closer to Li Boda, and the atmosphere was quite unusual. She subconsciously wanted to ignore the unusual atmosphere.

"I also think that Li Boda's relationship with those people is unusual," Shu Chang muttered to Liu Yifei, his tone somewhat strange.

Liu Yifei has feelings for Li Boda, and so does Shu Chang!

However, compared to the naive Liu Yifei, Shu Chang was clearly more inferior when facing Li Boda. After all, her family background was different from others. She had feelings for Li Boda but dared not express them. She was more or less from the perspective of an outsider and saw things more clearly than others.

On Li Boda's side, he shamelessly treated everyone the same, always with a smile and speaking in a similar tone. This made many women feel a little resentful, since they all felt that their relationship with Li Boda was special and that he should treat them differently. However, Li Boda treated everyone the same.

Of course, some people saw things more clearly and realized that most of these women were likely connected to Li Boda. Some secretly cursed Li Boda as a beast, while others found it absurd and laughable. Others simply dismissed it.

Time passed bit by bit.

The movie premiere ceremony is finally almost over.

The movie was about to start.

However, after the movie started playing, many of the audience members frowned.

The main problem is that this movie feels terrible; it's like a third-rate, awful film.

It's like many Hong Kong directors who come to the mainland to make movies, but the films they make are all the same.

Many journalists and film critics simply scoffed and wrote down the words "bad movie" in their notebooks.

Many ordinary viewers who were lucky enough to buy premiere tickets also frowned, feeling that the movie was terrible and a complete waste of time and money.

Some even cursed and left without saying a word.

Because the first thirty minutes or so of this movie definitely give the impression of being a bad film, a noisy, third-rate horror story.

“Look, this is a terrible movie. If you act in it, you'll really ruin your reputation,” Liu Xiaoli whispered to Liu Yifei.

"..." Liu Yifei was speechless. She had complained before that Li Boda was making a movie but didn't contact her or consider acting with her.

But looking at the content and visuals of this movie now, she really has nothing to say.

Not only Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, Fan Bingbing, and others, but they also regretted accepting Li Boda's invitation to attend the premiere of this movie.

So many actresses dressed up beautifully to support Li Boda, and this is all they're doing?

It would be embarrassing to tell anyone.

Fan Bingbing had already imagined what kind of reports would mock her tomorrow.

However, about thirty minutes into the movie, subtitles appeared on the big screen, including the cast list.

"Huh? The movie's over?"

"Isn't this movie a bit too short? How long has it even been playing?"

Inside the movie theater, there were many people talking about it.

However, the next second, the scene changed, and the plot took a completely different turn.

They became the film crew, holding scripts, with a director and screenwriter, discussing how to shoot the movie.

(End of this chapter)