Chapter 85 Premiere Invitation to Lv Zhuofeng (First Order Request)
"Oh my god, you finished filming so quickly?"
"It's only been more than half a month since the opening ceremony? Has the post-production of A Little Thing Called First Love been completed and the release date has been set?"
"Nima, this is amazing speed!"
"exaggerate!"
"What a thief!"
"Brother Frog is not only as fertile as a sow, but also a top-notch fast shooter in the domestic entertainment industry. This speed was very rare even in the 90s, right?"
"This is going to be interesting. Cheng Cheng just defeated Lu Zhuofeng, Ye Guo Mangmang, and Ma Qibin. Now he faces another of the top three directors. I don't know if he can continue to crush them."
"I think it's a little unlikely. After all, Cheng Cheng has just started directing. The success of his first film was largely due to luck, and he also had the advantage of the subject matter. It's hard to say whether he can replicate his own success and gain a foothold in the film and television industry. How can he crush Master Gong?"
"I also think it's not very likely. Master Gong has been in a creative peak in recent years. There are really not many people who can surpass themselves at this age."
"Youth romance films have a natural upper limit, and they can't beat Master Gong's."
As the news of the completion of filming of "A Little Thing Called First Love" spread, there was a lot of discussion on the Internet. First of all, the speed was amazing, and secondly, as both were released on New Year's Day, "A Little Thing Called First Love" was naturally compared with Master Gong's "Lost Signal".
Netizens almost unanimously believe that "A Little Thing Called First Love" cannot compete with "Lost Signal".
"Lost Signal" is a film that combines elements of spy warfare, suspense, action, etc. Its audience is inherently wider than that of "A Little Thing Called First Love" and is more eye-catching.
Secondly, the shooting period of "Lost Signal" lasted for a year. It was well-produced and had a strong cast. As early as more than half a year ago, news about it was frequently reported, and it was on the hot search from time to time, showing its presence.
Finally, there is the appeal of Master Gong himself. He is an absolute master at shooting spy war and suspense films and never fails.
In addition, "A Little Thing Called First Love" has the reputation of being a "domestic love-themed movie", so how can it compete with "Lost Signal"? It cannot compete!
In addition to Master Gong's "Lost Signal", there are three other movies to be released on New Year's Day, namely "The Way Home", "Sanshui Marriage" and "Tian Chao". Although the discussion and expectations are not as high as "Lost Signal", the movie has not yet been released and everything is still unknown.
30 days before the release, "A Little Thing Called First Love" established an official Weibo account and released the first version of the trailer. In the trailer, Yan Gou'er's ugly girl look subverted netizens' cognition and sparked heated discussions.
28 days before the release, the official account of "First Love" released a poster with a summer atmosphere. In the poster, Cheng Cheng and Yan Gou'er are wearing school uniforms, and their youth is invincible under the summer sun.
25 days before the release, the official "First Love" released a special "crush" feature, which was basically just a beautiful cut of Sung Cheng.
After the special was released, the topic of "crush" rushed to the hot search list on Weibo and the hot list on Douyin, becoming a popular term. Many Internet celebrities began to post videos about "crush", and many netizens also began to recall the "crush" they had encountered in their lives.
#ChengChengShenYan# also topped the Weibo trending search list.
20 days before the release, the official account of "A Little Thing Called First Love" released the MV of "Mercury Notes". "Mercury Notes" became an instant hit and the next day it topped the QQ Music Rising Chart, the New Songs Chart, and the top ten of the Hot Songs Chart.
Countless music critics heard the news and made in-depth analysis and comments on the song, and countless netizens shed tears while listening to it.
The song's comment section exploded with people expressing their feelings, telling stories, reminiscing about that person, and even expressing shock at Cheng Cheng's talent.
“As the planet closest to the sun, Mercury cannot escape its orbit nor get closer to the sun. From the initial desire to get closer to the sun to the final orbital movement, it is great to use astronomical concepts to illustrate the emotional relationship between people, which is both near and far.”
"Lyrics: Cheng Cheng; music: Cheng Cheng; singing: Cheng Cheng. To put it in an exaggerated way, Cheng Cheng is as talented as Ma Wen in my heart. From "Jingwei" to "Qianjin Sanjin" and then to "Mercury", I never thought that I would hear the best and most pious Chinese in his songs! Thanks for coming back! Welcome back!"
"I listened to it no less than ten times in just one day, and every time I listened to it, I felt tears in my eyes. Everyone has a certain person who they cannot get close to, and there are various reasons for that person."
It is also because of this song that the number of people who want to watch "A Little Thing Called First Love" on the largest ticket purchasing software in China has approached that of "Lost Signal" and has widened the gap with the other three movies.
15 days before the release, forty marketing topics of "First Love" became hot searches on Weibo and Tik Tok.
#Cheng Cheng's broken-hearted crying scene#, #The reason why a little thing called first love is a clear stream of romance films#, #The little thing called first love is the friendship between best friends#, #Cheng Cheng has a pair of eyes that know how to love#, #Cheng Cheng talks about the reason for inviting moonbeam#
The number of people who want to watch it increased by 3.4.
Ten days before the release, the official account of "A Little Thing Called First Love" released the MV "One is Like Summer, the Other is Like Autumn".
After the MV was released, the song "One is Like Summer, the Other is Like Autumn" became popular overnight and Moonbeam Girls Group was pushed to the forefront. Many netizens changed their views on Moonbeam Girls Group because of this song, and Yan Gouer also gained a lot of fans.
Because of this, the number of people who wanted to watch "A Little Thing Called First Love" on the ticket purchasing software finally surpassed "Lost Signal", becoming the most anticipated movie on New Year's Day.
In the words of netizens: Just these two songs are worth the price of the ticket.
The official Weibo account of "A Little Thing Called First Love" also revealed that in addition to these two songs, there are six original songs in the movie.
Netizens exclaimed: Wow, you made a movie to promote your new song, right?
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7 days before release.
In Shinhwa Entertainment, in the chairman's office, Cheng Cheng was listening to his secretary Li Zhuo reporting on his work.
The share of the box office revenue from "All or Nothing" has already arrived. Excluding the 7 million spent on filming "A Little Thing Called First Love", the company now has nearly 7 million in liquid funds in its account, and he has million in liquid funds in his personal account.
The money in personal accounts and company accounts is not the same thing.
The funds in the company account belong to the company's assets and are used for the company's daily operations, development and expansion, and to deal with various risks. The funds in the personal account belong to the individual and can be spent however you wish.
Although the money in both personal and company accounts belongs to Cheng Cheng, there is a strict legal and financial distinction between the two.
The 70 million in Cheng Cheng’s personal account was the salary he paid himself.
For the script, director, actors, post-production and music, it’s not too much for him to charge himself 70 million, right?
Over the past half month, after receiving his share of the box office revenue, Cheng Cheng did not just sit there waiting for the movie to be released. In addition to focusing on the publicity and promotion work every day, he also built the company's framework and recruited a lot of people.
Before, he was the only one in the company, but now, the company has grown to dozens of people. In addition to the brokerage department, it has also set up several departments such as the finance department, marketing department, human resources department, and logistics department.
Li Zhuo is the secretary newly hired by Cheng Cheng.
She studied film and television management at the renowned Hoshino University in Serbia and graduated in 2017 before returning to her country.
After returning to China, she joined Mengqi Entertainment Company and in the following three years, she quickly became the company's gold medal agent. She has a wide network of contacts and many of her artists are second-tier celebrities.
She is only 25 years old this year, but she has already demonstrated extraordinary professionalism and outstanding personal abilities.
But after Cheng Cheng posted the recruitment notice, she resolutely resigned from her position at Mengqi Entertainment and came to Cheng Cheng for an interview as a complete newcomer.
At first, Cheng Cheng also had doubts, wondering if she had other intentions, so he used a one-time mind-reading card on her.
Cheng Cheng only then realized that Li Zhuo was a female stalker who was greedy for his body.
Yes, don’t be fooled by the fact that many beautiful women appear to be superior on the outside. In fact, they are more abstract than many yellow card guys behind the scenes.
What a contrast!
Xiao A Jiao has a female Jiao, Tie Shan Kao has a female family member, Feng Ge has a Feng girl, and Cheng Cheng of course also has a female heiress, but female heiress is generally rare.
Li Zhuo is such a rare contrast woman.
Outside, she is a powerful and skilled agent. When she gets home, she turns on her phone and secretly plays the frog brother joke in bed. Of course, she came to Cheng Cheng for an interview not only because she is a little black girl, but also because she values Cheng Cheng's future development.
Although she became a gold medal agent at Mengqi Entertainment Company within three years, it became difficult to move up.
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"As of 102 a.m., the number of people who wanted to watch our film had reached 20 million, 50 more than "Lost Signal" and more than "Sanshui Marriage."
".Today we have three materials to release, a special feature on Yan Gou'er's Xiao Shui character, a special feature on your senior A Liang character, and the final trailer."
".President Cheng, you have given me instructions on the training plan for young directors, and a preliminary plan has been made."
".Plans for establishing overseas companies are already under preparation"
"The plan for the open audition of the role list of "Love Apartment" has been completed and it can be launched after the Chinese New Year."
".The publishing house has completed the acquisition and changed its name to Shenhua Publishing House according to your request."
".At present, we are still short of employees in various positions."
Li Zhuo reported his work in a serious manner.
She was good looking, with long blond hair tied into a high ponytail behind her head, showing off her perfect skull.
On her high nose bridge rested a pair of silver-rimmed glasses, beneath the glasses were a pair of narrow eyes, serious yet a little cold, yet giving people a sense of charm and bewitching taboo.
Her plump lips, painted with bright lipstick, opened and closed as she reported on her work.
Two strands of hair hanging down in front of her forehead made her already palm-sized face look even more delicate.
She has a long neck and a tall figure, about 1.72 meters tall.
At this time, she was wearing a black professional OL suit and shiny black stockings on her legs. When reporting on her work, she stood with her legs crossed, looking elegant and intellectual.
"Oops! The lighter fell!"
Cheng Cheng knocked the lighter on the table to the ground. When he bent down to pick it up, he secretly glanced at Li Zhuo's beautiful legs, then sat up straight again and said:
"continue!"
It was just your lie that the lighter fell off!
Of course Li Zhuo knew what Cheng Cheng was looking at when he lowered his head. During the forty minutes that she was reporting on her work, Cheng Cheng had dropped his lighter more than a dozen times, and Cheng Cheng didn't even smoke.
But she didn't expose it at all. Instead, she deliberately found angles to let Cheng Cheng see more.
A true hunter often appears as prey.
She has been craving for Cheng Cheng for a long time.
After reporting on her work, Li Zhuo took the kettle and added water to Cheng Cheng. During this process, she deliberately bent over to show off her charming cleavage.
"Boss Cheng," Li Zhuo reminded him after pouring the water, "It's time for us to sign management contracts with Yan Gou'er, Wen Lian, and Lin Yin. You've brought them up, and you've done them a favor. Should they sign with us? We even need to remind them implicitly that if they don't sign, Shinhwa Entertainment will reconsider whether to continue giving them important roles in the future."
It took Li Zhuo three years to go from a newcomer in the industry to a gold medal agent. Naturally, he not only has good social skills, but also decisive judgment.
In fact, it is correct to think about the problem from her perspective. Since the company has opened an agency business, its primary goal is to train its own artists.
Or give some important roles to other unsigned artists?
That doesn't make sense!
Cheng Cheng shook his head and said, "There's no rush for this right now. You should take care of the things on hand first, and I'll take care of the signing."
"Okay, Mr. Cheng, I'll follow your arrangements." Li Zhuo nodded.
In her opinion, President Cheng is still too gentle. In the entertainment industry, which is like a Colosseum, it is full of intrigues and deceptions. Only by being more ruthless and dirty than everyone else can one gain a foothold in the entertainment industry.
However, Cheng Cheng's gentleness also gave her a sense of security.
If Cheng Cheng resorts to unscrupulous means, she will have to worry about being abandoned in the future.
"By the way, Mr. Cheng," Li Zhuo thought of something else, "Should we invite Qu Jun, Lou Guang and others to the premiere? This is a good opportunity for reconciliation."
Qu Jun, Lou Guang and others are regular guests of "Chasing the Wind, Youngsters". When the original body first appeared on "Chasing the Wind, Youngsters", he had a very good relationship with them on the show, and even formed a "father-son relationship" with Lou Guang. Lou Guang openly called Cheng Cheng "son" on the show.
However, after the original body collapsed, when asked by the media about Cheng Cheng, Qu Jun, Lou Guang and others were very secretive and deliberately avoided the topic and refused to talk about it.
This is actually human nature. After all, in the complex and ever-changing entertainment industry, it is necessary to maintain a certain distance and be cautious, so as not to say too much and get involved in controversies that have nothing to do with oneself.
Furthermore, celebrities are not completely free. What they say and do is restricted by their agencies.
But when Cheng Cheng got into trouble, there wasn’t even a word of comfort or concern. Isn’t that too much?
Cheng Cheng waved his hands and said, "No need! Who do they think they are? They want me to take the initiative to reconcile with them? Sorry, they can die!"
Li Zhuo: "Okay, I understand, Mr. Cheng, who should we invite to the premiere?"
Looking through the entertainment industry, Cheng Cheng found that there was actually no one worth inviting.
Li Yang, Qi Hao and Meng Cai, needless to say, will definitely come; Jiang Nan had already asked in advance, and after this season of "Chasing the Wind, Youngsters" ended, she returned to the peninsula and would not be able to make it back.
Cheng Cheng said: "Please invite Lu Zhuofeng for me."
"Ah?" Li Zhuo's eyes widened. "Invite him?"
Cheng Cheng said, "Provoke him. This old dog, take him out for a walk when you have time, otherwise he will think I have calmed down. Forget it, don't worry about it, I will do it myself."
Li Zhuo didn't understand, but supported: "Do we need to buy trending searches?"
Cheng Cheng: "Buy it, you must buy it, I like the way we work together as a team."
Li Zhuo rolled his eyes at Cheng Cheng: Don't say that, can this be called collusion? This is called husband and wife following each other!
At noon, Cheng Cheng posted a Weibo:
"【Movie premiere invitation】
Dear friends! There are only seven days left before "First Love" will be released. I am really excited. I wonder if you will like it.
As the premiere is about to be held, we would like to specially invite the leader of the Tianxia film industry and the third place in the National Day box office - Director @吕卓峰, to attend our premiere!
I remember when I first entered the film industry, I was still a young man full of curiosity and expectations for everything. Unexpectedly, I received the sincere care of director Lu Zhuofeng immediately. His character, his pursuit of film, and his personal qualities deeply influenced me.
Now, my second movie is about to be released. I heard that Director Lv Zhuofeng has no recent projects, so I sincerely hope to invite him to attend my movie premiere to share this joy and achievement together #FirstLovePremiere##ChengChengInvitesLvZhuoFeng##ChengChengLetGo#"
Netizen: 6!
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(End of this chapter)