Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 221 of "Men's Diary": Cheng Xiaoyu and Tie Tie
The next day, Lin Xingzhu slept until noon. Xiao Ma drove his Lexus LX570 and took Lin Xingzhu to the East Gate of the Temple of Heaven for a meal of braised pork intestines and stewed meat.

In the afternoon, we went to Taihe Business Club.

The filming crew of "Men's Diary" (屌丝男子) was shooting Cheng Xiaoyu's side story at the swimming pool on the third floor of the club.

The scene where Qiao Shan receives a massage is being filmed at the Huaqing Liangzi Foot Massage Parlor in the next block from Group B.

Zhao Yihuan plays Cheng Xiaoyu, who is the third-ranked character after Da Peng and Qiao Shan, and appears in six episodes of the first season.

This was also achieved through script modifications.

The movie series "Puberty" included scenes like sit-ups in gym class with runny noses, clubbing, getting soaked in the pool, piles of toilet paper, kidnapping and binding by thugs, and pushing over the teacher's podium.

Various iconic scenes brimming with hormones...

All of them were split up and put into the episode series of "Men's Diary"!

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This is a common technique used in the creation of episodic dramas in various countries.

Select a group of characters to run through the main storyline of the entire series, and tell an independent subplot in each episode or unit, combining continuity and flexibility.

The creative team can continue or terminate side stories based on viewership ratings and market feedback.

Tiger Shadow Stars no longer plans to film the "Puberty" series, so they came up with this method to let Zhao Yihuan unlock her own iconic role, "Cheng Xiaoyu".

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According to staff members of the "Men's Diary" production team, Zhao Yihuan applied heavy Caslante makeup and changed into a blue high school uniform.
The entire production team thought she was absolutely stunning!
In 2009, Zhao Yihuan, wearing a high school uniform, was just as captivating as a first love!

Sexy and beautiful, a top student and goddess, she can fight, sing and dance, and is the leader of a popular campus group. She has an indifferent and arrogant attitude.

This character once caused millennial boys to consume a huge amount of tissues!

This also made Zhao Yihuan the pioneer of youth dramas and the earliest top female lead in Chinese micro-movies!
Later, when Zhao Yihuan played other roles, none of them had the same feel as Cheng Xiaoyu...

More than a decade later, when Zhao Yihuan participated in "Infinite Beyond Class," her market rating was actually lower than Li Feier's?!

This is something that many people simply cannot understand!
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Lin Xingzhuo, who has been reborn twice, sees Zhao Yihuan on the film set, dressed in a school uniform and with makeup on.

But the feeling of setting out the Heart-to-Heart tissue box for the first time in my past life and watching "Adolescence" with my MP4 player is gone.

I feel a little lost...

Perhaps the white moonlight is just a glimmer of light in one's heart on that day and year.

moon?

Actually, it doesn't matter...

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The storyline involving Lin Xingzhuo and Zhao Yihuan.

One is a storyline about a tech geek working in an office who has a girlfriend who's a campus beauty, and the other is the tired trope of a beautiful woman emerging from a bath, causing all the men to have nosebleeds.

The film crew borrowed the club manager's office and also booked the entire swimming pool.

After the second scene was filmed, the director and lead actor, Da Peng, personally handed him a bath towel.

The filming schedule for "Men's Diary" was very tight, so an A/B shooting mode was used to reduce the shooting time and save on various costs such as location rental, costumes, props, transportation, and accommodation.

Actually, the company allocated a sufficient budget for the shoot, so the shooting schedule didn't need to be so tight.

But Da Peng still insisted on using the same approach as celebrities.

Furthermore, it's possible that the extravagant work style of coal-related film and television companies infected Da Peng, resulting in an even greater number and higher-profile celebrities piggybacking on his fame compared to the first season of his previous life!

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However, Huying Xinghui's parent company, Jinyuan Huwei Coal Industry, is a real business engaged in mining.

Compared to Sohu, which wields powerful tools like portal websites and film and television platforms, Sohu's connections and influence within the industry are far inferior...

In addition to Zhu Yilong, Mao Xiaotong, and Wan Qian from their own company, Lin Xingzhuo also invited Sammo Hung by leveraging his connections.

This bigwig from the Hong Kong entertainment circle was very accommodating. After removing the gold lock, he even stayed in Beijing for an extra morning and filmed for two hours as a cameo.

Other celebrities from various industries simply lack connections and resort to throwing money around to make up for it...

Including Shen Teng, Li Daimo, Liu Yan, Bai Jing, Sun Li, He Yunwei, Li Jing, Sima Nan, Wu Qilong, Yu Shasha...

More than forty celebrities, including Wu Mengda, Li Xiang, Li Jianren, Zou Shiming, Li Tie, Xiu Rui, Zhao Ming, and Mu Zimei.

The appearance fees for these celebrities accounted for two-thirds of the total cost of the first season of "Men's Diary".

Lin Xingzhuo sat on a beach chair by the pool, drinking a refreshing soda, while waiting for Zhao Yihuan, who was still planning to swim a couple of laps in the pool, and chatting with Da Peng.

Da Peng is truly talented! He can be considered one of the earliest and most influential creators of short videos in China!

The main issue is that the "Diaosi Men" series consists entirely of short videos...

If this series of works were released in the 2020s, it would absolutely dominate everything, it would be top-tier!!
Unfortunately, short video platforms hadn't emerged yet at that time, and the content was mainly distributed on PCs, which greatly reduced the viewing experience.

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Lin Xingzhuo and Da Peng chatted for a while.

After Group B finished filming, the rest of the team gathered at the Taihe Business Club.

The foot massage scene in Group B is a skit in which Liu Yan plays the technician, and Qiao Shan and Li Tie play the customers.

Liu Yan: "Brother, why do your feet smell so bad?" Qiao Shan: "Huh? I used to play soccer."

Liu Yan: "Play football?"

Qiao Shan greeted Li Tie, who arrived late in a bathrobe, "Tie Tie! You're here! Come on over!"

Liu Yan: "The Chinese men's football team..."

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Li Tie refused to film this part after reading the script.

He felt it was an insult to the great sport of football!
So, the dredger dog from the Huangpu River, along with a few friends, found Li Tie, who was visiting Fan Zhiyi in Shanghai, and took him aboard the Huangpu River boat to enjoy the breeze and chat.

Li Tie immediately understood.

He understood more than ten years before General Fan that comedy is an art of offense!
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There are no tough guys in football.

They usually develop all sorts of vices by their teens!

The year 2022 in my previous life ignited a storm in the football world...

Lin Xingzhuo also received political review tasks such as "Anti-corruption Storm: From Football to Sports" and "Football: Promoting the Three No-Corruption Measures in an Integrated Way".

I also saw a documentary from 1998, "On the Road: China's Football in Recent Years," which was broadcast on CCTV5.

Back then, the policy guidance was "culture and sports should not be separated."

The State Sports Commission was reorganized in accordance with the "Plan for the Establishment and Adjustment of the Ministry of Personnel and the State Council's Deliberative and Coordinating Bodies".

The State General Administration of Sport has been newly established!
Initially, the General Administration of Sport was determined to make a radical change and provided great support from all sides, jointly producing this documentary!
As Man Wenjun's "My World Keeps Spring for You" played in my ears, images of Yao Xia running with outstretched arms and Liu Jianhong's still-youthful face appeared before my eyes.

I thought spring would finally come!

I never imagined that the best of times would become a memory!

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This documentary chronicles the chaos that occurred during the early stages of professional football in China.

The original version had 25 episodes, each 45 minutes long.

The content is absolutely explosive!!
Including league promotion and relegation, match-fixing and referee corruption, the defeat in the 97 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers in Riyadh, the collapse of the youth training system, and the rampant chaos in football schools...

It might be bone-scraping surgery, damn it! It hurts so much!!!
As a result, during the review stage, the sports system's top officials changed their attitude and the film was cut down to 20 episodes, each 30 minutes long.

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The most shocking aspect is the shady dealings within youth training and football schools.

Sports schools organize 12- or 13-year-old players to practice drinking and smoking hookah; club youth training directors sleep with young players' mothers; football academy male and female teams live together in chaotic, chaotic situations and have babies...

Incidents included youth training coaches leading young players in group sex acts, openly selling second-level athlete qualifications at marked prices, and auctioning off spots in the national youth reserve team.

A truly headstrong and stubborn young man.

They were already being eliminated in reverse within the selection system in the U10-U15 age group...

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Li Tie chickened out, so Lin Xingzhuo naturally wanted to escalate the situation, and had Da Peng revise the script again, adding two more prophetic jokes.

One was that Li Tie forcibly took his wife, Liu Yan, to the clinic for treatment.

He had 17 wives in 23 years of marriage, but none of them got pregnant. However, he never doubted his own problem.

Doctor Qiao Shan said, "Tietie, your situation is like that team that has changed 17 head coaches in 23 years and still keeps losing."

"Whose fault do you think it is?"

Li Tie stated confidently, "Of course it's the head coach's problem!!!"

Qiao Shan and Liu Yan: "..."

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Another role is played by Qiao Shan as Li Tie, the club owner and coach, facing the club's repeated defeats and impending bankruptcy.

Qiao Shan asked Li Tie to buy the ball and the championship.

Finally, Qiao Shan was dumbfounded!
Li Tie bought a World Cup trophy?!

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Lin Xingzhuo never expected that the famous scene he created with his quirky sense of humor would sow the seeds of something bigger.

The "Men's Diary" series was revived in the 2020s, successfully rebooting the IP and entering the short video market, which made Tiger Shadow Star a fortune.

In his past life, Tie Tie had tried to bribe his opponent with 600 million to lose. He didn't pay, and the opponent still lost—a shady deal where he pocketed 600 million for nothing…

Actually, if they had delegated the authority to Ironclad, they would have bought the World Cup trophy long ago!

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Tiger Vision Group allows for simultaneous viewing of preliminary rendered special effects on set, and its technical service package, which delivers results in half an hour, has become standard practice for all Tiger Shadow Star Brilliance film and television projects.

Lin Xingzhuo put down his drink, lit a small Zhongnanhai cigarette, looked at the large tent standing in front of the preliminary rendering screen, and asked somewhat guiltily:

"Da Peng, how was my performance this afternoon?"

(End of this chapter)