This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 384 Not a buddy, how much?
This bamboo ladder battle used bamboo ladders as props to create a more exciting visual experience for the audience.

If an action movie is to be good, it should never be a fight between two people in an open field.

This might work at the beginning of an action movie, but once audiences have seen it many times, it loses its appeal.

When Lu Ran was studying movies, he also studied action scenes.

If you're making a pure kung fu movie, that is, a real kung fu movie, you can fight standing in an open space, as long as you design exciting action sequences.

However, Wong Fei-hung's style is not based on real-world kung fu, but rather on artistic interpretation.

This is somewhat similar to Jackie Chan's action scenes, both relying on the environment and setting.

Once these key points are clarified, Lu Ran will be able to smoothly direct the entire action scene.

Once the action sequences were designed, all that was left was to shoot them shot by shot.

On Earth, when the first "Once Upon a Time in China" film was being shot, the lead actor Jet Li injured his ankle, so many scenes in the movie were filmed by a stunt double.

Jet Li was only responsible for posing.

However, Lu Ran doesn't need a stand-in in this world.

Even though he's a big star now, the company would require him to use a stunt double when filming dangerous stunts, even if he didn't want to.

This is a form of protection.

To put it bluntly, celebrities' time is valuable, and if they get injured, the impact is huge.

Lu Ran had a physical recovery card, so it didn't matter to him, and he did everything himself throughout the entire filming process.

In terms of action design, Lu Ran's work immediately won over Pang Yuntian and his stunt team.

There's no way around it; being able to fight and fighting beautifully are two different things.

Action scenes in movies and TV dramas are all about being visually appealing.

Lu Ran's movements are beautiful and pleasing to the eye.

Time flies, and the day for the release of "Day and Night" has arrived.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Ji Yongsheng didn't even have time to eat; he had no appetite at all.

He stared at the number of reservations on his phone, his brow furrowed.

After seven days of promotion, "Day and Night" only garnered three million pre-orders.

This number of reservations seems like a lot, but it was achieved through Dongsun Video's intensive promotional efforts.

Most importantly, there's another drama, "The Beginning," which has over 100 million views per episode, ahead of it.

Thus, the number of reservations was only three million, which is far below expectations.

"This is not easy to do."

Ji Yongsheng was still somewhat worried.

The success of "Day and Night" will determine the resources that the Mist Theater can obtain subsequently.

If this show flops, don't expect the company to give Mist Theater any good resources.

Online, the promotion of "Day and Night" was unremarkable, far from the hype surrounding "The Beginning".

Some of Lu Ran's haters have already started mocking him.

"This era needs traffic. Yan Xiangwen is so ugly, who would want to watch his acting?"

"A modern drama with two male leads? Isn't this just riding on the coattails of The Night's Sin?"

"Ugly men shouldn't try to form couples!"

Some fans of Tian Jingxiang and Kuang Fei, the male leads of "The Crime of the Night," also joined in.

In the past few days, Tian Jingxiang and Kuang Fei have risen to prominence, and their fans are extremely arrogant within the entertainment circle.

Many popular figures in the industry have been criticized and attacked by their fans.

The newly crowned top idol is dominating the traffic circle with overwhelming force, and fans are standing even straighter now that they see how amazing their idol is.

Normal netizens automatically ignore these messages when they come across them.

When it was 8 p.m., "Day and Night" was released on Dongsun Video.

Like "The Beginning", six episodes were released at the beginning, and members can watch all of them, while non-members can watch the first episode.

A group of viewers waiting to log in have already clicked in.

At first, no one paid much attention, but when they saw the characters of Guan Hongfeng and Guan Hongyu and Yan Xiangwen's acting skills, a group of viewers were stunned.

"You're this kind of dual male lead? You play two roles, and I can actually tell them apart!"

"A true acting talent!"

"As expected of Lu Ran, his work is truly exceptional!"

This was completely different from the plot that the audience had expected.

The plot is explosive, and the lead actors' performances are equally explosive.

As the story progressed, viewers realized that it wasn't one person playing two roles at all, but rather one person playing four.

The first wave of viewers watched all six episodes in one go.

As the sixth episode ended, the ending theme song "Day Doesn't Understand the Darkness of Night" played.

At this moment, the song, which had seemed rather ordinary, took on a new meaning.

This seems to be about the male lead in the drama.

In the evening, Yan Xiangwen was at home with his wife and children.

After finishing filming "Day and Night", his life returned to normal.

Go to work when you need to, and spend time with your family after get off work.

For him, acting is his job.

This job just gets more attention than other professions.

But now that he's getting more attention, he has to live up to that attention, so he puts a lot of effort into every role he plays.

Yan Xiangwen, who was playing with his daughter on the sofa, suddenly had his phone ringing incessantly.

This is a WeChat notification sound, almost one after another.

"You play first."

Yan Xiangwen put down his daughter's toys, walked over, and picked up his phone.

When I opened WeChat, it was a message from a group chat.

This group chat was created by a few close friends when the filming of Day and Night took place.

Actors like Zheng Yunxiang, who plays Zhou Xun, and Lei Lei, who plays the owner of the Yinsu Bar, are both from Chang'an Entertainment.

There are also some other actors in the group.

The group chat is very lively right now.

Zheng Yunxiang: "@Yan Xiangwen, Brother Wen should treat us to a meal!" Lei Lei: "Teacher Yan, it wouldn't be right not to treat us to a meal."

"Teacher Yan's Weibo account has gained 120,000 followers and is still growing. How many followers have you all gained?"

"Don't even mention Brother Wen, you guys are all famous too!"

In the group chat, a group of people were talking about "Day and Night".

After reading the chat history, Yan Xiangwen took another look at Weibo.

His personal Weibo account was only updated in the last few days to coincide with promotional activities.

I only update it on special occasions.

He used to have only tens of thousands of followers, but now he has hundreds of thousands. In fact, every time the app is refreshed, a large number of new followers appear.

The prompt only shows 999+, and anything more cannot be displayed.

"Day and Night" is a bombshell!

At this moment, Yan Xiangwen couldn't describe how he felt.

I was a little excited, but not that excited; instead, I felt a bit wistful.

He's over forty now, and he didn't become famous for the first twenty years of his life, but unexpectedly he became famous at forty.

And all of this is because of Lu Ran.

Yan Xiangwen sent a red envelope in the WeChat group and said a few words.

Treating them to a meal is a must.

He then sent another message to Lu Ran.

"Thank you so much, Professor Lu Ran!"

Yan Xiangwen typed a lot of words, but deleted them all in the end, leaving only these few words.

Lu Ran was just getting ready to go to sleep.

Upon seeing Yan Xiangwen's message, Lu Ran replied with a polite remark.

He opened Weibo and looked at the online discussions.

On Weibo's trending topics, "Day and Night" dominated several topics.

It can be said that Yan Xiangwen's status rose rapidly overnight.

Almost all the previous doubts vanished at that moment.

Yan Xiangwen's acting skills are arguably the biggest highlight of the entire series.

At that moment, a voice rang in Lu Ran's ears.

"The host completes the production of the second suspense drama, allowing the real actors to be seen, and receives the reward of the Bad Luck Card."

Lu Ran quickly checked the description of the Unlucky Card.

[Bad Luck Card: This card can be used by a designated person. After use, the recipient will trigger a bad luck event. The nature of the bad luck event is determined by the recipient's moral standards; the less moral the recipient, the more severe the impact of the bad luck event.]

This is a prop card with a negative effect.

Lu Ran didn't rush to use it, but instead continued to browse online news before going to sleep.

However, the online discussions among netizens did not stop.

A while ago, netizens were quite tormented by "The Sin of the Night".

For viewers who enjoy suspense dramas, learning about a domestic suspense drama called "The Crime of the Night" was quite a pleasant surprise.

The fact that the show could only be broadcast overseas because it failed to pass censorship in China made viewers of suspense dramas feel even more thrilled.

How much content would it have to be to not pass censorship?

Suspense dramas need to be daring and explicit.

But after watching it, a group of viewers were speechless.

"This kind of show shouldn't have been approved in the first place, okay?"

"I thought you were the kind of person who was daring, but it turns out you're this kind of person who's daring."

"I'm seriously impressed, who did the marketing for this show?"

Many netizens were deceived.

Finally, we have "Day and Night," which has given everyone a break from the torture of watching TV.

"From now on, domestic suspense dramas shouldn't complain about failing censorship; if they're bad, they're bad."

"They won't listen. The show 'The Night of Sin' isn't for us."

"The fans of these two lead actors are like they're obsessed."

On the other hand, Tian Jingxiang and Kuang Fei's fans were not happy.

Upon seeing the audience commenting on his sister-in-law, he quickly joined the fray.

The next morning, Lu Ran checked his phone after finishing his workout.

Regarding his Weibo private messages, the entertainment industry's disciplinary committee sent him several messages.

"Let me tell you a few things. The companies behind Tian Jingxiang and Kuang Fei are now frantically getting fans to spend money. The companies and big fans are taking advantage of the release of Day and Night to torture the fans again."

Later, the disciplinary committee member also gave him some evidence.

This evidence is actually all publicly available online and can be found.

It's just that normal people don't follow that circle and don't know about it.

"The first magazine, 'Beautiful Edition,' sold at a high price thanks to a large fan's encouragement, generating 5593 million in sales within 24 hours and ultimately reaching 5800 million. The second magazine, 'The Sound of Exquisite Beauty,' sold 1323 million in sales within 24 hours and is currently at 1565 million. The third..."

The entertainment industry discipline committee member shared these posts with Lu Ran, all of which were posted by these big fans themselves.

Fans of Tian Jingxiang and Kuang Fei are going to compete in magazine sales.

This is sales data contributed by Tian Jingxiang's fans.

When he saw the end, Lu Ran's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Tian Jingxiang's four magazines alone have generated over 90 million yuan in spending from fans.

"How much? You're not kidding, are you?"

Lu Ran sent a message to the entertainment industry's disciplinary committee member to inquire.

The entertainment industry's disciplinary committee responded quickly.

"I'm not joking, it's true."

Lu Ran was stunned.

Dude, this is seriously ripping people off!

This is much faster money-making than making movies.

(End of this chapter)