Huayu 02: The Days of Extreme Pulling and Rolling with the Fairy

"Many media outlets are waiting to see us fail in our showdown with Hollywood, mainly because Liu Cixin is so popular lately, and they're all keeping an eye on us."

"Look how overconfident you are, and look how blind I am!"

At this point, Yu Donghuo suddenly got angry, lit a cigarette, took a half puff, and tried to calm down.

Xie Jin wasn't surprised. No matter the era or industry, anyone who wants to do something will always face criticism and ridicule.

But the third-party media outlets are right about one thing: Hollywood is indeed not an easy opponent. We don't need to defeat them, but we can't afford to be completely defeated.

The key to breaking the deadlock lies in publicity and promotion.

Thinking about publicity, Xie Jin suddenly remembered someone.

Old Huang, the head of the ringback tone group in the value-added department, was promoted. After his four ringback tones became popular, many singers tried them out, which revitalized his business.

He is now the head of the value-added services department for the North China region.

"I'll put in some effort in marketing and promotion. I've spoken with General Manager Huang from China Mobile, and they can provide us with advertising space in the China Mobile branches in the North China region."

"However, we need to provide some tickets, autographed posters, and other promotional materials to give away to users."

Yu Dong's eyes lit up. This was great news! China Mobile had a lot of points of operation in every city!

"No problem, we have plenty."

Drawing two matches in each city is no problem at all!

"Yi Fei's 'The Story of a Noble Family' was very popular, and the increase in popularity she brought was quite considerable. She recorded a promotional song for our movie, 'Slowly Falling in Love with You,' which you can ask the program to release."

Yu Dong was in a great mood. Xie Jin really did a lot with little money. Liu Yifei is incredibly popular now that "The Story of a Noble Family" has finished airing.

When I contacted her, it really didn't cost me much money.

"I'd forgotten, people are calling you the Ringtone Prince now. If you say that, I know what's going on. I'll contact 'Daily Song' and 'Variety Express' to get them to air your music video."

Xie Jin's lips twitched, and she almost dug her toes out of a three-bedroom apartment...

The "Prince of Ringtones"... he's actually the godfather of tacky, non-mainstream culture, right? How embarrassing...

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I just left Lao Yu's place, and we haven't even left the building yet.

At this critical juncture, Xie Jin was called back to school by a phone call.

  

On the way back to school, many people glanced at me with strange, inexplicable looks.

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Upon entering the office, Wang Jinsong looked helpless.

A newspaper was handed to him.

"Look at you, look at you. You've become like a goldfish in a glass bowl. Everyone's watching you."

There was no warning of the storm coming.

This is a move by the company to compete against Chen Musheng and two Hollywood blockbusters during the summer season.

In everyone's eyes, he was like Don Quixote, the fool who tried to smash a windmill with a spear.

Some even predicted that the box office would struggle to break two million.

Xie Jin is not an emotional person, but she couldn't suppress her anger when she saw these reports.

Where are the boundaries of music? An analysis of the works of young singer Xie Jin.

[Love songs that are easy to sing along to...]

[Baek Soo-joo's film debut is likely to be a flop...]

[Bona's Choice Amidst the Fog........]

After glancing at Xie Jin a few times, Xie Jin's face darkened slightly. Old Yu had been right.

Unexpectedly, these people were even more despicable than Yu Dong had anticipated; they directly targeted him and the female lead.

Looked at it carefully

Some people say that their four ringtones are vulgar and unworthy of being considered highbrow.

Some say that a small-budget production of 400 million dollars is poorly made and overestimating its own abilities to compete with Hollywood blockbusters.

The prevailing opinion is that Baek Soo-joo's film debut is likely to be a flop.

The four ringtones have been popular for a while now, but they were released just when the movie was about to be announced.

If I wasn't deliberately trying to disgust myself, I would have written the word "thank you" backwards.

As expected, our competitors are really resourceful. Once they start, the rest of the tabloids will automatically jump on the bandwagon if they see any buzz.

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Buzz

Ms. Liu called soon after; her voice was clear and bright on the other end.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Xie Gouzi, you didn't hide in a corner and cry, did you?"

Xie Jin, who was initially irritated, calmed down by half upon hearing her voice.

"I just finished crying, I've become Meng Jiangnu (a legendary female warrior in Chinese mythology), I cried so much my eyes are blind."

Liu Yifei laughed heartily on the other end of the phone, clearly overjoyed.

"Pats the dog's head, good boy, don't be upset. I believe in our movie; I've been promoting it during my recent magazine shoots and TV appearances."

Besides the negative comments about Xie Jin in the newspapers, many tabloids are also focusing their attention on Liu Yifei because of her recent surge in popularity.

They said that Liu's mother hadn't chosen a good film for her, and that she was willful; in short, they put a lot of pressure on the two of them.

Xie Jin chuckled self-deprecatingly, realizing that her mental fortitude wasn't even as good as a little girl's.

"My creditor, I need your authorization..."

"you say"

After hanging up the phone and receiving a positive reply from Miss Liu, Xie Jin finished his cigarette with a sharp look in his eyes.

Since we're going to do it, let's do it properly!

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"Senior brother, I need your help."

"I know, I've been reading the newspaper. I'll stop what I'm doing for a moment."

When Xie Jin heard that Ning Haoteng had time to come out, she felt a little down. "Okay, I'll go record. You prepare to take the demo and cut the music video from the main film. Just use our movie footage! I want to make a new album for the movie."

Ning Hao was stunned for a moment on the other end of the phone. He had been troubled for a long time, not knowing how to help his junior brother. Now that Xie Jin had called, he felt at ease.

"Is there enough time for the new album? Which record company are you contacting?"

"It'll be about a month. If I don't sleep, I should have a chance of getting it done. Wait for my news."

"Okay, I'll go to the editing room now."

Xie Jin is now racing against time; the movie will begin its promotional tour in major cities on July 1st, which is about two weeks from now.

After a 20-day promotional campaign, the film was released in late July.

I only have about half a month left, and I hope I can catch up with half of the publicity campaign.

I feel like I have to go crazy.

They started calling for people on the way, and when they arrived at the recording studio, the senior students in charge of monitoring were already waiting.

"Senior brother, you've worked hard. You'll have to stay up all night with me tonight."

The senior fellow in the cell waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. I'll give you double the pay and get three times the results."

"Lie down if you're tired, don't push yourself."

"Um"

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Filled with anger and resentment, Xie Jin threw herself into her work. "You want to laugh at me? Well, let's see."

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"The sound reception is normal; I've pushed the track."

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"The past doesn't lie, so don't dwell on it."

"We don't need this between us."

"The emotion wasn't right, let's do it again."

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--"The first time I met you, a cloudy day obscured your profile."

--"I'd love to know your story."

"The breath control is too weak; we need to record it again."

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-- "It's all my fault"

-- "Be silent when you shouldn't be, be brave when you should be weak."

"Again!"

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--"If the clouds are a letter from the sky"

--"Could I hear your voice again?"

"Great, the flavor is just right!"

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--"I don't understand the hands I'm holding"

-- "How could you let go after holding hands for so long?"

"You can't do this anymore, you need to go and rest for a bit."

The senior student in charge of the recording studio had very high standards; he couldn't tolerate any flaws. There was a row of empty Red Bull and coffee bottles on the table in the recording studio.

After recording four songs, Xie Jin already felt a little lightheaded. "I'll sleep for an hour and a half, then keep going."

"Go to sleep, you're really pushing yourself."

Lying on the shabby sofa in the recording studio, she was snoring away in three seconds. Two hours felt like only five minutes to Xie Jin.

Without any hesitation, he got up, splashed the icy mineral water on his face, and continued drinking!