This director lacks vision.

Chapter 203 The female lead is scolded for not doing her job properly?
With the theme song becoming a huge hit, The Big Band gained immense popularity.

By April 10th, the first two episodes had been online for a week, and the total number of views had exceeded 4 million.

Not only did "My Skateboard Shoes" become a hit, but many songs from the show also became popular.

The bands invited by the program team, although they also have some flaws, such as singing problems, all have unique skills and representative works.

In the past, people preferred to listen to love songs and didn't pay much attention to the band's work.

Now that the show is popular, everyone who hears the band's songs feels refreshed and immediately drawn in by their unique style, which is unlike anything they've ever experienced before.

On the evening of April 10th, The Big Band released the third episode of the show, titled "Mentors Assemble (Part 4)".

This episode focuses on the collaboration between the mentors and the band.

The opening performance was Xu Wei's rearranged version of "Once Upon a Time," incorporating powerful bass drums and electric guitar, making it even more energetic and unrestrained.

This hit song immediately electrified the entire audience, making everyone want to quit their jobs and see the world's splendor.

Then Ma Yun appeared, attracting even more attention from the public.

His duet with Wang Feng on "The Blooming Life" made people joke about the million-dollar audio engineer while also feeling sorry for Wang Feng.

Some people are born with a constitution that generates heat.

Although Zhang Chaoyang also likes to show off and often causes trouble in public, Sohu has not fallen behind and is still a top-tier internet company.

However, his level of public discussion is not as high as Ma Yun's.

Most of the controversy surrounding Zhang Chaoyang's performance of "My Skateboard Shoes" revolves around Jiang Yifeng.

Ma Yun, on the other hand, is very eloquent and becomes the focus of attention and news wherever he goes.

In this episode, Ma Yun dressed in a punk style and sang while holding a guitar, which immediately attracted attention across the internet and generated a lot of discussion.

Many people have also created various memes based on Ma Yun's clothing, appearance, and singing expressions.

So this episode's views exceeded 1 million within 2 hours of its release!

In terms of viewership, the show's popularity has surpassed that of Sisters Who Make Waves.

Of course, this is also due to the increasing number of viewers of Sohu Video.

Besides its popularity, The Big Band also has a very good reputation.

Even when Zhang Chaoyang and Ma Yun performed on stage, it did not arouse any resentment from the audience.

This is one of the reasons why Jiang Yifeng had Zhang Chaoyang sing "My Skateboard Shoes" as the theme song for the program.

Anyone can play music; ordinary people can, and so can the wealthy.

The show "The Big Band" is now on track, and the review process for "The Hunt" went very smoothly.

Because it was a collaboration with the Public Security Bureau, and the production center of CCTV was listed as a co-producer, the series was given special treatment. After several explicit scenes were removed, it passed censorship smoothly.

According to the arrangement agreed upon by Jiang Yifeng and He Haimin, "Hunting" will be broadcast on CCTV-1 on May 5st, taking over the time slot of the popular drama "Happiness Knocks on the Door" starring Jiang Wenli.

Everything on Jiang Yifeng's side is going very smoothly.

However, his leading lady suffered a major setback.

On April 12th, the epic romance-war film "The Warring States," with an investment of 120 million yuan and starring Jing Tian, ​​Sun Honglei, Kim Hee-sun, and Francis Ng, was officially released.

The movie's promotional campaign was massive. Jing Tian even imitated Jiang Yifeng's promotional style, boasting that the movie's box office would be at least a small goal, which is 300 million yuan, and claiming that her acting skills in the movie were very good, not inferior to Sun Honglei at all.

Not only Jing Tian was affected by Jiang Yifeng, but also Lu Zheng.

Seeing that Jiang Yifeng's movie was doing very well at the box office, he assumed it was due to the promotion, so he spent more money than in his previous life to promote the movie.

The production team has been releasing press releases saying that the movie "The Warring States" has shocked Americans, was snapped up by American film distributors, and will be released simultaneously in China and the United States.

This has led to high anticipation among audiences for the film.

With greater investment in publicity and promotion, coupled with Jing Tian's appearance on the "Sisters Who Make Waves" program, her fame was much higher than that of her contemporaries in her previous life.

These all have an impact.

In its previous life, "The Warring States" grossed 4800 million in its opening week.

Currently, "The Warring States" has grossed 6600 million yuan in its first week, an increase of 1800 million yuan.

The higher the box office, the more "victimized viewers" there are, and the more people will criticize "The Warring States" and Jing Tian.

All of Jing Tian's boasts came back to haunt him.

Because viewers found that the film "The Warring States" had nothing redeeming about it.

Whether it's the costumes, props, or the actors' performances, it's all a mess.

Even Jing Tian's appearance in the movie wasn't good-looking enough; the makeup and styling were too bizarre.

Audiences already have a strong aversion to actors who rely on connections, and now Jing Tian, ​​in her pursuit of fame, has spent over 100 million yuan to produce such a terrible film, which only fuels their hatred.

The internet is flooded with ridicule and insults.

Besides Jing Tian, ​​Sun Honglei was also heavily criticized.

2010 and 2011 were the peak of Sun Honglei's career, with two critically acclaimed and commercially successful TV dramas, "The Right Path of the World" and "Lurking," airing in succession. He also became the male lead in a movie starring Zhang Yimou.

Although the "Three Guns" incident has ended, everyone is criticizing Zhang Yimou, and doesn't have much of a problem with Sun Honglei.

Many people went to see the film adaptation of "The Warring States" because of Sun Honglei.

After being hurt, of course one should curse Sun Honglei.

The words of Weibo influencer "Film and Television Messenger" resonated with many.

"Jing Tian bragged about all sorts of things, and they all became jokes, but there was one thing she said that was absolutely right."

She said that her acting skills in the Warring States period were in no way inferior to Sun Honglei's, and that makes a lot of sense.

Sun Honglei's performance in "The Warring States" was truly inferior to Jing Tian's; he was so ugly he could only be used as a decorative vase—it was an eyesore!

Faced with public pressure, Sun Honglei had no choice but to apologize and stated in an interview that the extra pay he received had been returned to the production team.

His team also released a press release stating that Sun Honglei returned the payment for the film "Warring States" to express his apology to the audience.

This reduced the number of people criticizing Sun Honglei.

With no one to divert attention, Jing Tian was ridiculed by everyone.

By April 19th, the reputation of the Warring States period had completely collapsed, and its box office had plummeted. Further promotion would only invite criticism.

After finishing her publicity work, Jing Tian returned to Yanjing and immediately sought out Jiang Yifeng.

"Honey, is my acting really that bad?"

Jing Tian was still unwilling to give up, and every time they met, she sought confirmation from Jiang Yifeng.

This is the terrifying aspect of information cocoons; they can easily lead to cognitive biases about oneself.

Jiang Yifeng pulled out screenshots of his previous QQ chat with Jing Tian and said with a smile, "I told you a long time ago that it's not that your acting is bad, it's that you have no acting skills at all."

Jing Tian: "..."

Jing Tian pinched Jiang Yifeng's abs and said angrily, "Then why did you keep praising my acting when we were filming Pacific Rim?"

Jiang Yifeng retaliated by pinching Jing Tian's cheek before saying, "For the movie Pacific Rim, you just need to keep a cold face and portray the feeling of a cold and aloof older sister."

You don't need to make any expressions. I praised your acting skills to encourage you. Besides, you really worked hard and suffered a lot on set.

Jing Tian pouted and said, "I don't care! So many people are criticizing me, and you're not on my side. You have to support me!"

Jiang Yifeng pulled up his Weibo account and said with a smile, "How did I not support you? Didn't I just help you clarify the rumors?"

Jing Tian glanced at the screen and saw that Jiang Yifeng had posted a Weibo message this morning.

"I feel it's necessary to clarify the matter of Sun Honglei returning his salary."

He only returned the extra money he received; he did not return the 1000 million yuan salary stipulated in his acting contract.

"It's impossible to back out now, since Sun Honglei has a company behind him, and his agency wouldn't allow it."

Jiang Yifeng's Weibo post aimed to bring back Sun Honglei, the "deserter" who shirked responsibility, and to share the burden of criticism that Jing Tian was facing.

Jing Tian understood.

Seeing this Weibo post made her feel much better.

For Jing Tian, ​​being scolded was nothing; she was a very insensitive person and wasn't actually that upset.

What she cared about was Jiang Yifeng's attitude.

At the very least, you should take some action to show support for yourself.

In fact, Jing Tian didn't intend for Jiang Yifeng to speak out publicly. She just wanted Jiang Yifeng to spend two days with her so they could have a romantic time together.

This can be considered as Jiang Yifeng's support and backing.

Jiang Yifeng has now posted on Weibo, which is considered support beyond Jing Tian's expectations.

Da Tiantian immediately kissed Jiang Yifeng and said with a smile, "Let's go find Fan Bingbing tonight!"

"Why go find Fan Bingbing? She's filming in the new Legend of Wu Zetian."

"Don't you like the thrill of sneaking around? Let's go visit Fan Bingbing on set, sneaking around in front of Wu Zetian."

Jiang Yifeng: "..."

It has to be said that Jing Tian's thought process is quite peculiar.

Although she disagreed with cooperating with others, she was not opposed to stealing.

That evening, Jiang Yifeng went to visit Fan Bingbing on set.

Fan Bingbing was overjoyed, thinking it was a good thing, but it turned out she was just a tool again.

Fortunately, Fan Bingbing was truly generous. Not only was she willing to cooperate in the acting, but she also specially wore Wu Zetian's clothes and even provided Jing Tian with a nun's outfit.

……

Jiang Yifeng's Weibo post exposed Sun Honglei's tactics in releasing press releases, which had a certain effect.

Sun Honglei was criticized by the audience again, while Jing Tian received much less criticism.

But Jiang Yifeng himself was also affected.

After all, Jing Tian was Jiang Yifeng's rumored girlfriend and also the female lead in Jiang Yifeng's web series "Pacific Rim".

The Warring States period project, with an investment of 1.2 million, turned out to be a pile of garbage, making people suspect that it was a case of money laundering.
The true value of that $1.4 million investment in the Pacific Rim is questionable.

Not to mention Jiang Yifeng's good reputation, his previous works were all very good; Sun Honglei also had a good reputation before playing the role in the Warring States period.

Moreover, even though the Warring States period drama was in such a terrible state, Jiang Yifeng still posted on Weibo to clarify the news of Sun Honglei returning his salary. Although he didn't directly say anything good about Jing Tian, ​​it did seem to indicate that he was protecting her.

Many netizens, including Jiang Yifeng, have raised questions.

"Director Jiang didn't take money too, did he? Otherwise, why would he invest 1.4 million yuan in a web series like Pacific Rim?"

"I used to believe Jiang Yifeng, but after the release of Warring States, I can only say that the entertainment industry has no bottom line at all."

“All successful directors eventually end up making bad movies, and Jiang Yifeng is no exception.”

……

Influenced by the release of "The Warring States," controversial remarks began to emerge, and people started to doubt "Pacific Rim."

On April 19th, the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story," starring Liu Yifei, was also released.

Although Liu Yifei kept a low profile during the film's promotion, she had posted on Weibo several times before, dressed up as a cat demon.

She also interacted with Jiang Yifeng.

In addition, Liu Yifei is very popular, Louis Koo is a top-tier male star from Hong Kong, and A Chinese Ghost Story is a classic IP.

Quite a few people went to the cinema to see this movie.

A Chinese Ghost Story grossed over 60 million yuan in its opening week and surpassed 100 million yuan in just two weeks.

Then came a barrage of criticism.

The audience doesn't care about censorship issues. You changed Nie Xiaoqian into a fox demon and made her involved in a love triangle between Yan Chixia and Ning Caichen.

This plot is entirely based on a thesis defense and is an insult to classic films.

The only redeeming quality is that Liu Yifei, after being transformed and trained by Jiang Yifeng, played a very beautiful fox demon in the movie, and even occasionally displayed a charming and alluring demeanor.

But that's where things went wrong.

A Chinese Ghost Story was a money-grabbing movie. From the director to the costume designer, they all said in interviews that Liu Yifei's cat demon look was done by Jiang Yifeng, and that Liu Yifei's acting skills in the movie were also taught by Jiang Yifeng.

This is because they're trying to ride on Jiang Yifeng's popularity.

The audience also agrees with this view, after all, this matter was reported last year, and Jiang Yifeng himself did not deny it.

Now that "A Chinese Ghost Story" is being criticized and ridiculed by viewers, Jiang Yifeng has also been implicated.

Coincidentally, Liu Yifei is also the female lead in Jiang Yifeng's upcoming web series "Hunting".

When "The Warring States" and "A Chinese Ghost Story" were released, Jing Tian and Liu Yifei were both questioned. But when netizens turned around, they were surprised to find that both of them were the female leads in "Jiang Yifeng's" films.

One starred in Pacific Rim, and the other starred in The Hunt; both are upcoming dramas, and both feature strong female leads.

Can they do it?
The thing Liu Yifei had worried about has come to pass. Her movie with Jing Tian was released, which sparked questions from the audience about Jiang Yifeng's two dramas.

On April 21, Fengxing Media officially announced that "The Hunt" will be broadcast simultaneously on Sohu Video and CCTV-1 at 8 pm on May 1.

Jiang Yifeng reposted the official announcement on Weibo, asking everyone to look forward to it, and said that he would participate in the recording of the next episode of The Big Band, and sing the theme song of "Hunting" - "What Can I Use to Keep You Here".

In the past, Jiang Yifeng's Weibo posts were mostly filled with anticipation and support.

This time, the top-rated comment said this.

"Jiang Yifeng, don't get too cocky. You've chosen two bad leading ladies for two consecutive dramas."

The film "Hunting" even features Wang Sicong, a rich second-generation actor.

And you still plan to go on "The Big Band" to make music? That's really not doing your job properly!
Don't forget you're a director!

This comment received over 10,000 likes in just half an hour, demonstrating the opinions of netizens.

Despite criticisms that it was "not doing its proper job," the drama "The Hunt" has finally premiered.

(End of this chapter)