Chapter 430: Help you establish a character
"Sister Jiao, the intranet is full of content ridiculing Xu Xiyu and Lu Qinyao. They are really being sprayed, hahahaha." Assistant Zhang Yujiao's laughter rang in the hotel room.
Hearing this laughter, Zhang Yujiao pretended to be scolded and said: "They were scolded. Why are you so happy? After all, we are all compatriots. We must sympathize. Do you understand sympathize with them?"
"I was wrong, I was wrong." Hearing this, the assistant apologized strangely.
Seeing her like this, Zhang Yujiao finally couldn't stand it any longer and started laughing. While laughing, she said: "Hey, what do you think Xu Xiyu and Lu Qinyao are feeling now?"
"I'm afraid the defense has been broken, right?" the assistant said and couldn't help but laugh.
On the other side, Xu Xiyu, who was judged by his assistant to have broken the defense, did not have any mood swings at this time.
Not only him, but also Lu Qinyao's mood did not fluctuate. However, she did not fluctuate because she believed that Xu Xiyu could handle it well, not that she had any ideas in her heart.
Only Yu Yuyu was young and energetic, and ignored those who were yelling: "What should I do? Brother, why don't you come out and make a statement or something, saying that Netflix has not promoted it, and "The Untouchables" has not started to be released in the movie. Festival release? ”
Hearing this, Xu Xiyu shook his head: "No need."
"Is it possible that you don't do anything and just let these people step on you like this?" Yu Yuyu was anxious, what do you mean it's not necessary?
Seeing that she was getting more and more anxious, Xu Xiyu stood up and walked behind her, pressed her shoulders and pushed her down on the chair, and said with a smile: "Look, why are you anxious.
It’s not that we don’t do anything, but that we have already done what we need to do, and naturally someone will do the rest for us. ”
After saying that, before Yu Yuyu could reply, he asked with an even bigger smile: "You don't think we are alone and helpless, do you?"
"Where are the reinforcements? Who are they, the companies in the mainland that cooperate with us, Cheng Guangzu and Chen Peiduo, or will the government take action?" Yu Yuyu twisted her neck and looked up at Xu Xiyu who was standing behind her.
"No, no, no, neither." Xu Xiyu shook his head.
"Then who are our reinforcements?" Yu Yuyu became even more confused.
Hearing this question, Xu Xiyu did not answer immediately. Instead, he picked up his ID bag, pulled out his ID card from it, pointed to the two words on it and said, "Do you recognize these two words?"< br>
"People?" Yu Yuyu was a little confused.
"Yes!" Xu Xiyu nodded, and then continued: "Now the public opinion on the intranet is raging, and various groups with ulterior motives have fallen into a carnival.
But they forgot one thing. The era when foreign evaluations were more important than the sky has passed. Today, for many people, it doesn’t matter whether foreigners like something or not, as long as they like it.
More importantly, the true faces of these people were exposed too quickly. If they just stared at me, it would be a shame, but if they couldn't say more than three sentences, they would start to rise up the group.
I’m being labeled, labeled, and engaged in PUA. Do you think they are stepping on me? In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that they are not just stepping on me. ”
"So?" Yu Yuyu seemed to understand.
"So, those who feel offended and those who dislike this group of people will naturally stand up for us." Xu Xiyu said and patted Yu Yuyu on the shoulder.
Then he walked around to the front and sat down and continued: "Xiaoyu, you have to remember that we are never fighting alone. As a literary and artistic worker, in this kind of intertwined internal and external matters.
Just polish your own work and leave the rest to the audience. We are not fools, how can we not tell whether it is good or bad?
Oh, our works are not popular outside because our quality is not good; when Hollywood movies come in and crash at the box office, is it because our audiences have poor taste?
They have finished all the nice things to say, and everyone has had enough. Some people have been aloof for too long and always feel that they can influence the audience's thoughts with just a few words. What are you dreaming about? ! ”
At the end, Xu Xiyu couldn't help but laugh.
It was this sneer that seemed to set off the clarion call for public opinion to counterattack.
【What? "New Paradise·Wangxian" has been ignored abroad? I haven't watched it yet, but now I have to support it. 】
["The Intouchables" received bad reviews at the Venice Film Festival? That's even better. The reason for the bad reviews is definitely because it poked someone's lungs. Now I have to support it. 】
What’s more, [Is it because Lu Qinyao and President Xi look too normal? So it’s a warning to foreign filmmakers? After all, the heroines in their current movies are all monsters and monsters]
[Look, what am I talking about? If Ah Dan replaces the two heroines with trans surnames and black people, let alone Venice, there will also be Oscar statuettes (dog heads)]
Comments like this began to appear under relevant news.
The most important thing is that everyone is not just talking about it.
One day passed.
Yu Yuyu, who was paying attention to the public opinion, suddenly exclaimed: "Brother!! Tickets for the drama version of "The Truman Show" and "Wangxian" for 24 shows in a round were sold out in seconds! The news just broke."
Before Xu Xiyu could reply, she heard her say again: "Also, the number of views of "New Paradise·Wangxian" on TengTV has increased by more than 60 million in one day."
On the other side, Zhang Yujiao's assistant also exclaimed: "Sister Jiao, yesterday Taopiaopiao and Maoyan opened reservations for "The Intouchables", and the number of reservations exceeded 10 million in one day."
Hearing this, Zhang Yujiao did not reply, because she saw an even more exaggerated thing, that is, the daily box office of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was increased from 60 to 70 million to more than 100 million.
"Are you crazy?! No, Xu Xiyu has so many stupid fans in China? No wonder they are all trying to make money, it's so easy to make money!" Zhang Yujiao was a little disbelieving and a little sour.
Sensing the sourness in her tone, the assistant quickly said: "Sister Jiao, after all, it is a fact that "New Paradise·Wangxian" and "Untouchable" are not popular abroad. No matter how big a stir they make in China, Come on, what’s the use? No matter how big the battle for self-promotion is, it’s just self-promotion, but it’s still not recognized by the mainstream world.”
Hearing this, Zhang Yujiao felt much more comfortable indeed.
Yes, what's the use of having such a big self-promotion battle? Can't it just be done in China?
That's right, in the two people's minds, things recognized by the domestic audience do not count. This has nothing to do with whether they have brains or not. It is a long-standing thinking pattern that can be justified in their logic.
Ever since, Zhang Yujiao chuckled, picked up an invitation letter and looked at it: ""Night without Dawn" will premiere at the Cinema Palace at 4pm. Do you think Xu Xiyu and the others have received the invitation letter?"
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"I must have received it," the assistant said without hesitation.
"Director Lu's reputation abroad is still well-known. France has invested in his filming for a long time. There will definitely be many people from the foreign film industry coming to support him later." Zhang Yujiao said and her smile deepened.
"Then Xu Xiyu must be sour? He is new here and can't invite many people. "The Intouchables" premieres at 7pm. Don't make it deserted and the red carpet is full of Chinese actors, right?" The assistant was happy when he heard this. .
"Not necessarily. Maybe Jeffrey from Warner Bros. can help him recruit some foreign artists to support him." Zhang Yujiao shrugged.
"Hey, you said we met Director Lu later. Would Xu Xiyu ask you to help call a few good friends to come over to support the scene?" The assistant suddenly thought of a possibility.
When Zhang Yujiao heard this, she blinked her eyes a few times, then covered her mouth and smiled: "If he asks me, I will help."
"Real or false?"
"Really." Zhang Yujiao nodded affirmatively.
It doesn't matter what happens in private. The film reading process is completely confidential and no electronic devices are allowed, so no one knows what is said in it.
Even if other judges spread his words outside, he can deny it.
But on the surface, we still have to worry about some compatriot friendship with Xu Xiyu, otherwise it will be difficult to explain in China.
Moreover, calling people to help Xu Xiyu seem to be helping him, but in fact it is himself who gains prestige. Can he call people to come without showing that he has a lot of connections?
In this way, Xu Xiyu owed a favor and promoted his influence, killing two birds with one stone.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yujiao's eyes turned to the invitation letter for "Dawn Without Night" again, and she began to look forward to meeting Xu Xiyu later.
Xu Xiyu on the other side was looking at Cheng Yunqing in surprise and said: "You mean, you help me invite all the European and American artists at this film festival?"
"Not all, maybe 80%, at least 80%." Cheng Yunqing shrugged.
"Wait a minute, can you tell me how you did it?" Xu Xiyu was really shocked, aren't these sisters too fierce?
Hearing this, Cheng Yunqing smiled and said: "Do you know where the world's largest luxury goods consumer market is? It is our country, accounting for 30% last year. Do you know what this concept is?
Then do you know what the sales strategy of luxury goods is? It can be summed up in one sentence, which is called "What is good for the top is effective for the bottom." Your sister and I are the top.
I went to the Greater China managers of Gucci and PRADA and told them that if they didn’t do this for me. Then there are the wardrobes and bodies of me, Weiwei and my friends who have a lot of money.
Nothing from their brand will appear again. It made me anxious, so I teamed up with my friends to wear their brand of toys for dogs.
After wearing it for ten days and a half, I want to see who among the people who know us has the nerve to buy it. It's not like they asked them to invite people to come and support them. These people are already in Venice, so what can they do if they drop by? ! ”
"Holy shit, are you so domineering?" Xu Xiyu stared. He actually knew that Cheng Yunqing went this way, but he didn't expect it to be used like this.
"Otherwise, do you know how much money we spend on these two brands every year? Do you know how many people we have driven to follow the trend in consumption?
We spend money, and we are the boss. Luxury goods are different from movies. The evaluation power of movies lies in the grassroots market, while the evaluation power of luxury goods lies in the high-level market. "Cheng Yunqing did not deliberately show off when he spoke.
But there is a kind of self-confidence from high-ranking officials, or "arrogance" and "confidence". And for the first time, Xu Xiyu clearly felt the difference between Cheng Yunqing and Hu Ningtian.
If it were him, he would never do this, because in his concept, those luxury brands would never accept this anger, but they did.
Seeing Xu Xiyu stunned, Cheng Yunqing suddenly smiled and said: "Hey, do you know why I only invite female artists?"
"Because "The Intouchables" is a movie with two female protagonists, or because you are consuming women's products, so..." Xu Xiyu came back to her senses and made a random guess.
"This is one of the reasons. The more important reason is to help you establish your character."
"Character design?" Xu Xiyu didn't react for a while.
Lu Qinyao, who had been listening quietly and not interrupting, couldn't help but burst out laughing when she heard this.
When she smiled, Cheng Yunqing and Yu Yuyu also laughed, and their laughter became louder and louder.
(End of chapter)