Chinese entertainment: Top stars have no holidays

After filming began, the crew of "A Love So Beautiful" proceeded with filming in an orderly manner.

Although the main actors were all newcomers, their chemistry improved very quickly after filming began, and the production went very smoothly.

The reason for this is probably that the film and television themes and the actors are well-matched.

That's why we say campus dramas are the most suitable genre for new actors.

The performance is easy to execute, the actors fit the roles well, and it's easy for them to get into character.

The entire film crew is making filming progress very quickly.

This made producer Dailu very happy.

The smoother and faster the filming goes, the sooner it can wrap up, saving the production company money!

It's not that Dai Lu is stingy.

It was precisely because she valued this project so much and had always hoped that it would be a huge success, making Jiang Bai an overnight sensation and a dark horse in the industry, that she hoped the production team could save as much money as possible during the production period.

Because the funding approved by the parent company is limited.

If we can save money on production costs, we can invest more of that money in advertising.

Even the best wine needs to be advertised.

Only by doing enough publicity in advance can we ensure that "A Love So Beautiful" can attract a large number of initial viewers as soon as it airs.

The larger the initial audience and the larger the base, the faster and better the momentum of "A Love So Beautiful" will gain through word of mouth and organic audience participation.

In this regard, Dai Lu is a professional.

When she first joined Cehua Film & Television, she was responsible for the publicity and distribution of film and television dramas.

Last year, she was in charge of the entire publicity and distribution for the hit web series "Addicted".

She gained fame through viral marketing and fan engagement, laying the foundation for her online marketing mindset.

"Addicted" became an instant hit upon its premiere.

Even though it was quickly taken down, she used cloud storage to promote the series, making this "restricted" web drama, which couldn't be found on the platform, continue to be a huge hit in mainland China.

It was broadcast in Southeast Asia and became a hit throughout the region.

The two lead actors also quickly became top stars in the BL (Boys' Love) genre.

It was the success of the promotion and distribution of "Addicted" that made Dai Lu's low-budget star-making model work, which led to the birth of the Cute Drama Studio.

In a sense, although Jiang Bai didn't act in "Addicted," he was still a beneficiary of this pioneering BL web series...

Having already had a successful online promotional experience, Dai Lu was naturally more willing to increase her investment in online promotion.

If the production team saves 100 yuan during filming, she can use it for online promotion and marketing, which can generate 200 or 300 yuan in value!

Even though "A Love So Beautiful" has only been filming for a short time, Dai Lu has already prepared a detailed publicity plan.

She plans to prepare seven trailers between the end of filming and the broadcast of the series, gradually building momentum for the show.

Furthermore, they even hired someone to write a promotional song specifically for the drama, using musical language to recreate the core atmosphere of Chen Xiaoxi and Jiang Chen's 19-year emotional entanglement in the drama.

In addition to the original singer, a special version sung by Jiang Bai will be recorded, and a music video will be specially edited using footage from "A Little Thing Called First Love".

In short, although "A Love So Beautiful" is a low-budget web series, it has a movie-level promotional cycle and meticulous promotion.

These all cost money!

Therefore, Dai Lu paid special attention to the filming costs, spending almost every day on set, keeping a close eye on every expense, and trying to save money wherever possible.

If it were Zheng Shuang in this situation, she would definitely lose her temper and might even quit the show.

Fortunately, the crew, from behind-the-scenes creators to actors, didn't have any big names, and they were all holding their breath, hoping the project would become a huge hit, and they all tried their best to cooperate with Dai Lu.

Even the two main characters, Jiang Bai and Tian Xiwei, eat the same ordinary 15-yuan boxed lunches as the extras every day.

Everything is for saving money!

......

Another day of filming wrapped up.

Tian Xiwei, who hadn't yet signed with a company, hitched a ride with Jiang Bai in his nanny van back to the hotel.

Although Dailu was frugal in many ways, she was quite generous when it came to accommodation.

The two main characters stayed in a high-floor executive suite at the hotel, which had two rooms, an inner and an outer one, and a large living room with floor-to-ceiling windows.

Upon arriving at his accommodation floor, Jiang Bai politely said goodbye, "I'll go learn the drums from my teacher now."

Unlike the other actors in the crew who had nothing to do after work, he was different.

During her time on set, Jiang Bai also had to prepare for the filming of "Sewing Machine Band".

The character he plays, "Dynamite," is supposed to play the drums in the movie.

Da Peng didn't expect Jiang Bai to become a skilled drummer in just three months, but he still needed to learn some basic drum playing.

At the very least, they can't make any mistakes in the movie, looking like complete newbies.

Zhao Yingjun, the music director of "Sewing Machine Band", has given Jiang Bai a practice score, and he must master several rhythm patterns on the score within three months.

The songs on the sheet music will be performed live during the filming of the movie.

Despite the fact that "Sewing Machine Band" only took half a year from filming to release, it's still a remarkable achievement.

However, the production team did a lot of preparatory work before filming started, which took a full year.

The background music alone consisted of 14 pieces.

To this end, Xu Xu hired a drum teacher for Jiang Bai to accompany the crew, so that Jiang Bai would practice drums every day after work.

Seeing that Xu Xu was about to run away again, Tian Xiwei grabbed his sleeve: "Can I come with you to take a look?"

"I've never seen a drum set played live before."

This is a lie.

Tian Xiwei actually went to see a live house performance with her roommates at the end of last year.

But her desire to see Jiang Bai play the drums was genuine.

Jiang Bai didn't seem to care much about it.

Without other instruments, playing only the drums doesn't actually sound very good, and it gets boring after a while.

If Tian Xiwei wants to watch it, then let her watch it.

Jiang Bai nodded and led her towards his room.

His assistant, however, seemed hesitant to speak, as if he wanted to stop him.

It's not really appropriate for the male and female leads of a film crew to go into the same room after work...

Especially after the "script reading in the dark" incident, artists and their assistants were severely reprimanded by their management companies.

Don't think that the film crew is safe just because they booked a whole floor of a hotel. Paparazzi can still sneak in and take pictures if they want to. In fact, there are many moles in the film crew.

But then the assistant thought again, Jiang Bai and Tian Xiwei are still newcomers, so there shouldn't be any paparazzi bored enough to lurk in the hotel corridor to take pictures of them, right?

While thinking, the assistant looked around and listened carefully.

After a thorough investigation, she finally felt relieved and took the initiative to open Jiang Bai's door.

Before Jiang Bai finished his work, his assistant and driver, Brother Wang, had already picked up the drum teacher and brought him to his hotel room.

Upon seeing his employer return, he immediately stood up to greet him, asking, "Are we continuing with that song 'All Choose C' today?"

Inside the living room, near the floor-to-ceiling window, there is a drum set.

As Jiang Bai walked over and sat down, he chimed in, "Yeah, I feel like I'm not familiar enough with this song yet."

"This song is also the most important song in my next movie, so I have to practice it until I'm very proficient."

Tian Xiwei followed behind him, greeted the teacher, and then began to observe the drum set with great curiosity.

"Jiang Bai, you're amazing! You've only been learning for a few days, and you can already play songs solo?"

Jiang Bai smiled and shook his head: "Learning the drum set is simpler than learning other instruments."

"Moreover, my learning method was a shortcut. I didn't systematically build a foundation. I went straight into learning to play, so I only knew how to do it but not why."

"It's like cramming at the last minute."

After saying that, he glanced at Tian Xiwei, who had leaned over him and whose cheek was almost touching his shoulder, and said with some helplessness, "Also, you should call me Brother Jiang. I'm older than you."

"Tch!" Tian Xiwei curled her lip and pushed Jiang Bai's shoulder. "You're only two years older than me. Why are you calling me 'brother'? It makes me sound old."

"I'm going to call you Jiang Bai."

"Jiang Bai, Jiang Bai~"

Jiang Bai looked at Tian Xiwei with a somewhat intriguing expression, without saying a word.

He kept staring at her until her earlobes turned red and her neck was tinged with a light pink, before turning his gaze back to the drum set.

"Let's start practicing!"