Huayu: This producer has no bottom line.

Chapter 140 Baoqiang is missing an egg

Whether losing an egg will kill you or not, that's a question you really have to ask Wang Baoqiang.

This was the result of Ren Pingsheng's deliberate guidance.

He picked up his phone and dialed Wang Baoqiang's number.

The phone rang twice before being answered, and Wang Baoqiang's signature loud voice came through, "Hello, who is this?"

"Brother Qiang, this is Ren Pingsheng."

"Oh, Mr. Ren!" he immediately became warmer. "I heard from Mr. Liu that you're now the big boss of our show. Please take care of us in the future!"

By this time, news of the change in production company had already spread among the creative team.

"You're too kind," Ren Pingsheng smiled. "To make a long story short, the movie is about to be released, and I'm planning to add some big surprises to the publicity. I need your cooperation. When are you coming to Yanjing?"

"Really? That's great! My flight is tomorrow afternoon. Just let me know if there's anything I need you to do. Everyone put a lot of effort into this production, and we were quite frustrated when it turned out like that."

"Okay... I'll send a car to pick you up... Hey, don't be so polite... It's alright, it's urgent."

Ren Pingsheng paused, his tone becoming serious, "By the way, if you see any topics about you online later, don't respond at all. Just pretend you didn't see them."

"Huh? What news? I didn't cause any trouble..."

Wang Pingsheng didn't explain and just hung up the phone. Wang Baoqiang's personality is perfect for playing dumb; he can just be himself.

Then he dialed Xu Zheng's number.

Compared to Wang Baoqiang's straightforward and honest approach, Xu Zheng's reaction was much more cautious.

He first complimented Ren Pingsheng on his success at the Golden Rooster Awards, then probed Ren Pingsheng's expectations for the film. Only after Ren Pingsheng revealed some details about the publicity and distribution did he smile and say that he would definitely cooperate fully with Director Ren's arrangements.

Two phone calls reveal the gradually emerging different personalities of the two comedians.

Ren Pingsheng didn't ask the two lead actors to retweet the Weibo post to promote the film, because the suspense needed to build up, and if the actors came out to explain too early, the netizens' curiosity would be gone.

Let the dust settle for a while, then use a newly filmed promotional video to stitch together the movie's references with the real world.

They don't need to film videos; they just need to retweet Weibo posts at crucial moments.

Uncle Egg and Brother Egg have registered the names "Uncle Boxed Lunch Zhang Quandan" and "Brother Egg Xu Yuan" on the three major platforms as required.

The Weibo account "Feng" posted the re-edited video.

Caption: [#Will losing a testicle really kill you? You'll have to ask @WangBaoqiang about that.]

Meanwhile, Ren Pingsheng had Wang Li contact the artist development departments of various Weibo accounts to get celebrity verification for the two of them.

Currently, celebrity verification on various platforms is still by official invitation only, and personal application channels have not yet been opened.

However, as long as they contact these two grassroots internet celebrities, who already have 50 million views, through the agency's client channels, it's just a matter of making a small request.

After obtaining the verification, artists under Shengping Group began to repost it collectively.

Having followed Ren Pingsheng for so long, Dapeng and Baike are well-versed in the essence of clickbait headlines.

[#Will losing a testicle really kill you?# I heard about what happened to @WangBaoqiang, and it really bothers me. I'm speechless. Brother Qiang really sacrificed himself for art this time!]

[#Will you die if you're missing an egg?# This kind of thing is rare on set, but it's not unheard of. It's just tough on @]

Wang Baoqiang, you'd better take it easy when filming in the future.

Guo Zhenni perfectly embodied her naturally alluring vixen persona, posting a beautiful photo of herself with red nail polish, resting her chin on her hand, accompanied by a seductive caption.

[#Will losing a testicle really kill you?#, well, a man should always have some badges of honor earned through hard work, but @

Was the price Wang Baoqiang paid for this medal a bit too high?

Ren Pingsheng didn't ask Tong Liya to make any lewd jokes.

[#Will losing an egg really kill you?# I was really shocked after watching the video. @Wang Baoqiang is working so hard, it's heartbreaking to watch.]

The captions used by Qiao Xiang, Yin Zheng, Nazha, and Xiao Fei are varied, but the mystery all points to Wang Baoqiang.

In 2010, netizens were completely powerless against these kinds of slightly suggestive revelations.

Given the already high popularity of the "Lunchbox Uncle" video and Wang Baoqiang's well-known simple-mindedness, all sorts of outrageous speculations have exploded online.

"Holy crap! What happened to Wang Baoqiang? Did he get injured while filming and lose a testicle?"

"Stop kidding! It was an egg in the lunchbox a while ago, how did it become an egg on your body?"

"Hang in there, you silly goose! Losing a testicle doesn't change the fact that you're the biggest idiot!"

"What are you guys guessing? Didn't you see the end of the video? It looks like a promotion for a new movie."

"What kind of movie promotion uses eggs as a joke? That's so outrageous! But... I really want to see it, hahaha!"

Seeing the surge in comments and reposts, Uncle Egg and Brother Egg were both dumbfounded.

Although their previous video went viral, it was only circulated online, with people sharing it here and there for amusement. They had never seen such a large-scale campaign orchestrated by a matrix of accounts.

"This is just the first step."

Ren Pingsheng patted Xu Yuanfeng on the shoulder, "For the next few days, you two will come here during the day and stay at the hotel next door at night. The company will reimburse your expenses. Keep your phones on 24 hours a day. Don't worry about the comments and reposts on Weibo. Wang Baoqiang and Xu Feng will arrive tomorrow. You two should prepare to shoot a short film with them. The day after tomorrow, you will come with me to the premiere."

"clear!"

After arranging things here, Ren Pingsheng returned to the inner room and called Peng Zhijian. He explained the plan to use the LBS check-in function to promote the Jiongtu Station.

Peng Zhijian remained silent for a long time on the other end of the phone.

"Mr. Ren, your ideas are still so brilliant," he said, his tone tinged with a hint of helplessness, "but they're hard to implement."

"How so?"

"The footprint check-in feature you mentioned is indeed a feature being tested in the latest version of QQ. However, the reason for testing is not that the feature is incomplete, but that the hardware is not up to par. Only smartphones with GPS positioning modules can use this feature. The current user base is too small to meet your nationwide activity requirements."

Ren Pingsheng was stunned.

He subconsciously glanced at the Nokia N97 with map functionality in his hand.

Damn, he got this wrong!

Ren Pingsheng was not mistaken; the first year of the mobile internet was 2010, and LBS location services also exploded in 2010.

The awkward thing is, the timing was a little off.

Today is May 26, 2010. Lenovo's LePhone has been on the market for just half a month, and the first-generation Samsung Galaxy S will be released in a few days.

Just two days after the release of "Lost in Thailand," the world-changing iPhone 4 will also be released. When it hits China in September, a host of Android phones from Huawei and ZTE, priced around 9 yuan, will arrive together.

In other words, he was in the final minutes of darkness before dawn.

If this matter had been postponed for a few more months, it wouldn't have been as difficult as it is now.

Therefore, he had to come up with an alternative, an alternative that would allow netizens to participate even in the era of feature phones.