How did I become famous?

Chapter 163 Movie Release Date Announced

"Old Fang, why didn't you take him?"

"Actually, I wanted it, but this level of skill is really too low. I can't handle it. I'd better leave it to a more professional person."

He originally wanted Xu Qian to create his own original rap single, and he would give him some direction, such as positive energy rap or something.

But his performance shattered Fang Bie's illusions.

Perhaps only Su Erge can save him.

"By the way, Fatty, when are you going to finish making that movie with Kai?"

Liu Mang lit a cigarette and took a couple of puffs: "It'll be done soon, around the end of the month. Then we'll start the marketing and release it before the new year."

After saying that, he stubbed out his cigarette, which he had only taken two puffs of, and stood up: "I'll go and keep an eye on the finishing touches. Also, Lao Fang, get ready, the song will be finished soon. Miss's album sold 2.37 million copies, and the annual sales should be close to 3 million. She might hold a fan appreciation concert at the end of the year, and I'll give you the song then."

Fang was speechless for a moment.

Three million in annual sales?

That's really terrifying.

But it's not too excessive.

It's worth noting that in his previous life, Jay Chou's first album was barely promoted, yet it sold 500,000 copies in Taiwan alone in one year, and by 2009, its cumulative sales reached 2.6 million copies.

Keep in mind that this album was the debut album of a new artist, and that was in 2000! Jay Chou was only twenty years old that year!

In the second year, his "Fantasy" sold 1.7 million copies, with a cumulative sales volume of 7.8 million copies!

The third album, "Octave Space," sold over two million copies in a year.

The fourth album, "Ye Huimei," sold over three million copies in a year, with a cumulative sales volume of eight million two hundred thousand copies!

After that, each of his albums sold around two to three million copies per year.

Keep in mind that Jay Chou was only around 23 or 24 years old when he released "Ye Huimei".

And that was in the early 2000s, a time when piracy was rampant!

And these aren't digital albums that you can buy for five yuan, but physical albums that cost tens of yuan each!

So, is the young lady following in Jay Chou's footsteps?

A female version of Jay Chou? A female version of Eason Chan?

Or perhaps a combination of Jay Chou and Eason Chan.

Fang Bie gasped in shock. The young lady was terrifying!

Does that mean the deal is done?

Can I finally go and make games in peace?

Let's wait and see. After Liu Mang and Wu Kai's movie is released at the end of the year, and after I sing a song for the young lady on her birthday, I'll focus all my energy on making games next year.

Once Minecraft achieves good results, we'll immediately start building a parallel world STEAM!

Then you can make money while lying down, and at the same time stand openly at the Su family's door and say, "I'm going to pursue your family's precious daughter!"

Fang Bie felt a surge of emotion and thought of the young lady again.

Okay, he admits, he's craving it.

After glancing again at the cosplay girls on Weibo on his computer monitor, Fang Bie suddenly entered a state of sage-like composure, finding everything utterly uninteresting.

In just two minutes, he unfollowed all the more than one hundred cosplay girls he was following.

Then he took a shower, humming a song as he prepared to go to sleep.

As is his usual routine, he would browse Weibo for a while before going to bed.

But ten minutes later, he threw away his phone, feeling utterly hopeless.

What's the point of scrolling through Weibo without the pretty girls?

Do you want to watch a boxer practice?

He opened the music software and started playing crosstalk.

Film critic Wang Ming has been living a very relaxed life lately.

First, someone tried to poach him, saying that if he switched jobs, his salary and benefits would double.

Moreover, he can freely criticize all kinds of movies without paying public relations fees or having to make easy money.

Moreover, he could be directly promoted to editor-in-chief of the other party's website.

He was genuinely shocked.

Not taking easy money?

Then what makes you think you can make money? What makes you think you can offer such high salaries?

Could it be that they'll go bankrupt and run away after a few months?

So he didn't intend to agree to switch jobs at the time, after all, he was a fairly well-known film critic.

But after the other person said just one sentence, he stopped thinking about those questions.

"Because our major shareholder is the Su Group."

Wang Ming understood.

So he jumped.

He still remembers the editor-in-chief who made his employees work overtime every day, but who was never seen after 4 pm, when he said he wanted to switch jobs.

First came persuasion, then veiled threats, and finally, sarcasm.

Even now, he finds the stunned expression on the other party's face quite amusing, even after he revealed that it was the Su Group that poached him.

Wang Ming was very happy after switching jobs for a few months.

He's not only enjoying himself then, he's enjoying himself now, he's always enjoying himself.

Doing what you love most, being able to criticize others to your heart's content, and still making a lot of money!

How could I not be happy?

In short, he can freely express his opinions on the film without caring whether the other party has given him money.

The movies he's most looking forward to recently are naturally the two films written by Fang Bie: "The Grandmaster" and "Your Name".

That's right. Although it's a heavily modified movie, Fang Bie still rejected Liu Mang's suggested title and directly decided on "Your Name".

Although this script is no longer closely related to the film "Your Name" from my previous life.

Recently, the internet has been flooded with various stories about Captain America's character dying.

They even made seven or eight promotional videos!

The titles are also full of misleading information.

There are all sorts of trailers, such as "first trailer", "teaser trailer", "official trailer", "5-minute trailer", "9-minute trailer", and even "final trailer".

The key point is that after this "final trailer", several different trailers are released!

Moreover, the film's director and lead actors also came to China for a nationwide roadshow, basically spreading out and visiting almost all the first and second-tier cities.

The online community is equally impressive.

In addition to various trailers, they also actively participated in various interviews on various websites and forums.

For example, "I am XXX, and I am officially opening my personal account on X site today."

Or it could be a marketing strategy where staff from China impersonate the real person to reply to fans and boost popularity, such as "I am XXX, it's finally my turn."

It can only be said that Hollywood's industrialized model does have some aspects worth learning from.

Wang Ming knew that this Hollywood tyrant's "Captain America" ​​was aimed at those two movies from Fang Bie Company.

The three films even chose to be released on the same day.

That was 00:05 on December 1st!

The promotion of the three films was launched simultaneously, but it must be said that Captain America was indeed superior, consistently suppressing the films The Grandmaster and Your Name.

But a news item the day before the movie's release broke its monopoly on trending topics.

#Breaking News! Rising star Su Mulin will be holding her first small-scale fan meeting on December 31st! Director Fang Bie will be there to perform a solo act!#

The first part of this news wasn't anything special; the topic of Su Mulin's album sales had already caused a stir online, and the hype has gradually died down.

It's perfectly normal to hold a small fan meeting when an album sells well.

It's not a large concert anyway.

There are only ten songs, and four hours isn't enough for this concert!

But the second half of this news is big news!

Will Fang Biehui personally sing for him?

If it's true, this would be huge news!

You should know that the three songs written and composed by Fang Bie for "The Amateur Singer" were amazing throughout China!

And Fang Bie's impromptu medley at the end of the top eight was absolutely dazzling! It even overshadowed the contestants and other guest singers!

Moreover, his voice was not functioning properly at that time due to illness.

Even so, his medley was still outstanding.

So here's the question: if he were in a normal state, how good would his singing be?

This is something everyone is curious about.

So many people tagged Fang Bie on Weibo, asking if he would actually go and sing as a guest performer, and if so, what songs he would sing? Would it be one of those medley songs?

Even superstars Lin Qingjie and Ye Lun tagged Fang Bie in their inquiry.

Fang also gave a reply.

Director Fang Bie: "Yes, I'll be singing a song. A medley? I can't do that, but I'll be singing a new song called 'I DO.' I hope it won't disappoint you."

This reply instantly rose to second place on the trending topics list!

The first is the news mentioned above about Su Mulin holding a fan meeting.

The third through tenth segments are a recap of the previous "Amateur Singer King" episodes, a medley by Fang Bie, and some "half-song" videos of Fang Bie singing after getting drunk in a bar.

News about Captain America dropped out of the top ten!

Hua Ying, who was in charge of promoting "Captain America" ​​in China, was dumbfounded.

The boss behind Huaying is Lu Shengyan, who has always had a good relationship with several Hollywood film companies. Therefore, this time, Huaying was also entrusted with the distribution and promotion of "Captain America" ​​in China.

However, Huaying spent a lot of manpower and resources to promote Fangbie Company's two movies in various places in order to suppress them. They even specially pasted Captain America posters on the urinals in the movie theaters!

They had finally managed to keep their popularity above Fang Bie's two movies, but Fang Bie's shady tactics rendered all their hard work futile!

What's most infuriating is that the other party didn't spend any money at all! Fang Bie just pressed a button on his phone and posted a Weibo message.

Where can I go to seek justice?

"Ha, young people just can't keep their tempers up. Didn't he get carried away again?" Lu Shengyan said calmly.

Although the phone that was smashed on his table showed that he was only pretending to be calm, he still had to put on an act.

"How's the communication with Hollywood going?"

The secretary gave a wry smile: "They said everything is up to Tom Smith, the director."

Lu Shengyan nodded: "I remember Director Tom is doing a promotional tour in Shanghai, right? You've already spoken to him, haven't you?"

The secretary continued with a wry smile: "Um, we haven't been able to get in touch with Director Tom yet."

Lu Shengyan frowned: "What's going on! Do I need to explain such a small matter? Go and contact them right now!"

"Um, but we can't get in touch with him."

Lu Shengyan was taken aback: "Isn't he doing a roadshow? Why can't we get in touch with him?"

"The promotional tour just ended, and director Tom has disappeared. We can't get in touch with him at all."

Lu Shengyan: "."

The movie is going to be released in China tomorrow, where are you, the director?

Are you still going to attend the premiere?

At this moment, Tom Smith, whom he was so fond of, was gulping down ice water in a company in Hengdian.

"Fang! This is abuse! You're targeting me!"

"Huh? Didn't you say you wanted to try my cooking?" Fang Bie, wearing an apron, looked up in surprise, pulling out a tissue to wipe his greasy lips. "I cooked all my best dishes for you, and you're blaming me?"

A certain blond director, who had mysteriously disappeared, sat across from him, staring at the table laden with dishes glowing red and green, tears welling in his eyes: "Fang, but you didn't say all your dishes were this spicy."

Fang Bie shrugged: "I'm a Sichuan cuisine chef, how can you eat rice if I don't make it super spicy?"

(End of this chapter)