Chapter 137: What a bullshit ancient puppet, I was filming a fairy!
"Ten, nine, eight, seven"
As the guest performers at the midnight show, Xu Kong and Hua Hongjuan were naturally left on the stage to count down to the New Year with the host.
"Three, two, one"
"Happy New Year!"
The screen was flooded with the same barrage.
The zero o'clock bell rang.
This also means that the New Year’s Eve party is coming to an end.
Of course, there are two closing dance programs to follow.
However, the ratings of major TV stations have begun to fall at this moment.
But Beijing TV Station still maintains its first position.
And in just a few minutes, the song "A Bridge of Fate" by Xu Kong and Hua Hongjuan has successfully reached the second most searched spot.
The first is the conspicuous #HappyNewYear entry.
Beijing TV Station is definitely the biggest winner this time.
The popularity, ratings and other various data have almost become the highest among all TV stations this year.
Moreover, the ratings of 3.00 points also set a new record for the local channel New Year's Eve party in the past few years since the official channel moved the New Year's Day party to the 1st.
"Brother Xu Kong, Happy New Year~"
Just after Xu Kong stepped down, Song Youyou ran out from nowhere and said to him with a smile.
"Happy New Year."
Xu Kong also smiled and replied.
Song Youyou glanced around and found that no one was staring at the two of them, and quickly kissed Xu Kong's lips.
"I told Sister Hong that we can go back later."
"Waiting for you together."
Song Youyou mentioned it nonchalantly.
But his inner thoughts have long been exposed.
"Then you can go back with me later."
"Hmm~"
Song Youyou nodded quickly.
Excusing himself to go to the bathroom, Xu Kong took out his mobile phone in the bathroom.
There are messages from many people on it.
Zhu Yu: "In the new year, I wish you success in your career and good health."
It can be seen that this message was obviously sent in bulk.
Mr. Yu: "I saw your performance at the party. The new song is very nice. I wish you all the best in the new year."
This is from Yu Yaqing. Xu Kong has been too busy during this period, so he has not had much contact with Mr. Yu since the last time they met at an event in Hangzhou.
The last one was from Su Zhi.
Nothing too complicated, just four simple words "Happy New Year".
But it was sent at exactly zero o'clock.
Xu Kong knew that the other party would have to attend the official New Year's Day party tomorrow. According to Su Zhi's habit of going to bed early, it was indeed not easy to stay up until twelve o'clock in the morning.
After replying the messages one by one, Xu Kong entered the toilet.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he came out, he met Shang Yuxin.
The atmosphere was a little awkward, because a few days ago, something happened in almost the same location that only the two of them knew about.
The moment she saw Xu Kong, Shang Yuxin was obviously frightened and took half a step back.
"I came here to use the toilet."
Shang Yuxin seemed to be afraid that Xu Kong would misunderstand, so she quickly explained.
Xu Kong replied with a smile: "I know, what else can you do if you don't go to the toilet here?"
As if she had thought of something, Shang Yuxin said nothing to Xu Kong and walked quickly towards the women's bathroom opposite.
"Wait."
Shang Yuxin was frightened by the sudden opening of her mouth, stopped in her tracks, and froze in place.
Then he turned back to look at him stiffly.
Xu Kong was a little speechless. He was so courageous before, how could he be frightened just once?
It felt like he would eat her.
"Happy New Year."
What surprised Shang Yuxin was that after Xu Kong called her, he smiled and said these four words.
It took her a moment to react.
Then he hesitated and said:
"You too, Happy New Year."
On the first day of the new year, Xu Kong did not choose to rush back to the crew to start working, but directly took another two days off.
Mainly because of the stage rehearsals during this period, he was really exhausted.
Still need to make a good adjustment before starting shooting again.
Anyway, there is only a small plot left in Fairy Sword, and it will be completed in at most half a month.
It has far exceeded the originally expected shooting period, but I am not in a hurry for a few days.
Xu Kong, who was leaning on the head of the bed, suddenly trembled and sat up.
Youyou got out of the quilt, licked her lips, and relaxed against Xu Kong's body.
"Do you want breakfast?"
Xu Kong asked.
Song Youyou nodded.
Staring at Xu Kong with an aggrieved expression.
“Not full~”
"Then me."
Before Xu Kong finished speaking, the other party got back in again.
Seeing this, Xu Kong realized that the other party seemed to have misunderstood what he meant, and quickly pulled him out.
Youyou still had a reluctant expression on her face.
“I mean, there is a breakfast shop downstairs in the community”
Xu Kong explained with a black line.
Then Song Youyou reacted.
"Then I'll buy it!"
Xu Kong also got out of bed and opened the curtains in the room, and unexpectedly discovered that the sun was shining in the capital today.
"Let's go together and take a walk."
Song Youyou was stunned for a moment.
He said with some hesitation: "But we haven't finished our morning work yet."
Seeing this, Xu Kong sighed helplessly.
"Let's go later."
Song Youyou went out after her morning exercise, looking refreshed and in much better spirits.
Xu Kong was thankful that he had persisted in exercising throughout his life.
And indeed youth is capital.
Otherwise, I would probably have to be sluggish all day long.
During the period, the two of them went back to Fengge's headquarters, but since it was New Year's Day, most of the staff were on holiday.
The building of Fengge Artists Department is unusually deserted.
Zhu Yu was also on vacation. Xu Kong looked at the friend's circle of friends and seemed to have taken Zhu Min to an amusement park. Not wanting to disturb Zhu Yu anymore, Xu Kong sorted out some recent emails and so on.
Most of them are invitations for business cooperation.
Because of filming, the mailbox of Xu Kong Studio is mostly managed by Zhu Yu.
Guo Zihao is responsible for handling some chores in the studio.
But Xu Kong hadn't seen that guy for a few days.
I don't know what to do.
But listening to the gossip from other people in his personal studio, it seems that he and Zhu Yu's assistant have hope again, and they even celebrated New Year's Eve together yesterday.
The excitement of the New Year’s Eve party continues until the first day of the New Year.
Xu Kong and Hua Hongjuan’s stage video has been viewed more than 80 million times online after it became a hot search.
There must be new songs at so many New Year’s Eve parties this year.
But the song that gained the most popularity, once again occupying the top spot on a bunch of lists on the two major music platforms, is still the song "A Bridge of Fate" by Xu Kong and Hua Hongjuan.
And in terms of data and popularity, it almost crushes other new songs from the party.
Of course, the second one is also Xu Kong's song, "Always Quiet" sung by Shang Yuxin at the party.
And the trailer of Fairy Sword at the party also aroused considerable discussion.
Many film and television bloggers have begun to analyze Xu Kong's new drama based on the promotional video.
It was Yiguo who started this craze.
As a film and television self-media with more than 50 million fans on the entire network.
To a certain extent, she also controls the direction of domestic entertainment, film and television.
She did not accept Xu Kong's promotion fee, which was not in line with her long-standing rules.
But when the drama "Want to See You" came out, Yiguo paid far more attention to Xu Kong than anyone else.
However, it has been about three or four months since "Want to See You" aired, and there is still very little news about Xu Kong's new drama.
Although people are searching for it every day, the popularity has even remained high for a long time.
But everyone's focus is on Xu Kong's music, and few people pay attention to Xu Kong's second new drama that he wrote, directed, and starred in.
Yiguo is naturally different. Although she also likes many songs written by Xu Kong, compared to music, she also feels that Xu Kong has a very high talent in film and television.
Whether it's as an actor, director, or screenwriter.
"Want to See You" is a very spiritual work.
And as a fairly complete newcomer, Xu Kong's completion level for this first drama is so high that it's a bit shocking.
"If your guess is correct, Xu Kong's new play this time should be an ancient puppet show."
"This is indeed something I didn't expect. According to Xu Kong's talent in writing the script of "Want to See You", it is the best choice to continue focusing on suspense themes."
"Even if it goes well, I am very optimistic that Xu Kong can become a leading presence in the domestic suspense drama market in the future."
In Yiguo's analysis video, Xu Kong was highly praised.
He even bluntly said that Xu Kong is the most agile and talented young director under the age of 30.
And the advantage is also obvious, that is Xu Kong's own screenwriting ability.
But this time he suddenly chose to film an ancient puppet show, which was really something that Yiguo couldn't understand.
"I don't know if it's because of Feng Ge's subject matter requirements, or because Xu Kong himself is too eager for quick success."
"There is no denying that in the current domestic market, ancient puppet dramas are indeed very profitable, and with Xu Kong's costume appearance, the new drama's broadcast popularity and data cannot be bad."
"But I still feel a little pity. If I were Xu Kong, I would definitely choose to stick to the reputation and publicity that I have accumulated through "Want to See You"
Yiguo's conclusions and speculations actually seemed a bit too arbitrary.
After all, the trailer for Xu Kong's new drama is just these few minutes.
Even the lines and plot inside are not reflected at all, and they are almost used as the background MV of Shang Yuxin's stage.
But it’s not surprising that Yiguo has such an inherent impression.
Mainly the current domestic ancient puppet dramas, there are many popular ones, and the data are quite good, but the audience's reputation is really hard to describe.
Let's just say that in the past five years, the number of ancient puppet plays produced by various investments in the entire domestic market has reached hundreds.
Almost every year there are ten or twenty ancient puppet plays broadcast.
But on relevant rating websites, even one with a score over 8 points cannot be found.
The 7:00 mark has even been used by many drama producers as a point of word-of-mouth promotion and bragging.
As for Xu Kong's last drama, even though it has been three or four months since it finished airing, its ratings have declined, but it still maintains a score of 9.1 to 9.2.
Yi Guo doesn't think Xu Kong's coming to film the ancient puppet show can really break the curse that the market has always had.
The most important thing is that this thing itself is not a lovable subject.
There are a lot of ancient puppet shows, all kinds of messy settings, martial arts are not like martial arts, and there are many fancy world views, but it is rare that the plot can be slightly self-justifying.
In fact, it is a variant of the so-called love idol drama, and its main audience is still concentrated on female viewers.
The threshold of female audiences is also constantly rising, and they are gradually becoming less interested in some clichéd plots.
However, the script quality of ancient puppet dramas on the market has not only not improved, but has continued to decline.
It’s because the money is so profitable.
The plot is not important at all. Good costumes and popular celebrities are enough to make a lot of money. Do you still care about the quality of the script?
"Sister Guo is a bit too arbitrary. For someone who can write a script like "Want to See You", I don't think Xu Kong is really a complete failure."
"The trailer is more than three minutes long and has no dialogue. It's not even finished filming, so it's a bit too much to pessimize it."
"I'm a fan of "Want to Meet You", but I really don't like Xu Kong's new drama, let alone Xu Kong. Even if it were filmed by famous directors, I still wouldn't watch the ancient puppet show. .”
"I agree with the opinion above, even if I eat shit, I won't watch those ancient puppet shows!"
Yiguo’s video caused a large-scale discussion.
Of course, it's still too early for Fairy Sword to be aired.
Therefore, whether it is propaganda or bad-mouthing, it actually does not play a decisive role.
But it can be seen that almost all online video self-media or film critics are not optimistic about Xu Kong's new drama.
This is especially true after it is determined that it is the style of ancient puppet drama.
Of course, Xu Kong was completely unmoved by these public opinions.
Even after watching some of the views in Yiguo's video, he agreed.
Although the core of the fairy sword is still an ancient puppet, Xu Kong's direction from the beginning was different from those on the market.
First of all, at the very least, Xu Kong would not consider the various outrageous filters and lenses used in ancient puppet shows.
In fact, Xu Kong had a similar feeling in his previous life.
With the development, the investment in Xianxia dramas is getting bigger and bigger, various big-name stars have joined, and the promotion is overwhelming.
But I still don’t want to really spend money on the scenery and special effects of the show.
Even in pursuit of the so-called "immortal", various filter styles are added.
It does seem to have "fairy energy", but it is difficult to have that sense of reality.
In Xu Kong's understanding, the real core of the Xianxia drama is not the Xian, but the word "Xia" at the end.
After all is said and done, the most important thing is still the story and plot, as well as the characters in the story
They can come and go like the wind, and their fairy spirit is floating, but the most fundamental thing is that they still need to be shaped as living people.
So this time, he paid great attention to the quality of all his shooting and shots.
Including skin grinding, filters, etc. If it is not needed for the plot, just don’t use it.
This actually has a risk, that is, it will magnify the actor's various flaws, especially those on the face.
Fortunately, including himself, Song Youyou and Shang Yuxin are all actors with pretty good foundations, so those methods are completely unnecessary.
Of course, since the online discussion was so intense, Xu Kong felt that he shouldn't just let go of such a publicity opportunity.
Soon, Xu Kong's last Weibo post, which was still on Weibo and retweeted Beijing TV's New Year's Eve party a few days ago, was updated again.
Yi Guo didn't pay attention at first, but after clicking in and seeing it, he was stunned.
I saw that Xu Kong’s latest Weibo was quite simple, only writing one sentence:
"What bullshit ancient puppets? I was filming Xianxia!"
(End of chapter)