Chapter 250 Youyou’s new massage program
When Youyou first started wearing it, it appeared to be a maid outfit, but in fact, the clothes had very little fabric.
Strictly speaking, it can even be considered as traveling lightly.
Later, as expected, this set of shirts completely turned into the so-called battle-damaged version.
But I have to say that after not seeing each other for a while, Youyou did learn a lot of new things.
Especially the new unlocked bathroom scene, the foam-covered massage experience, was a very novel experience even for the well-informed Xu Kong.
However, for this project, Xu Kong felt that if it were replaced by Su Zhi, it might be a completely new experience.
After all, although Youyou is not very old, her development is quite good, but compared to Su Zhi, she is still far behind.
However, both of them are already extremely talented. The cute little Shang Green Tea would probably feel inferior if she was honest with them.
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As time goes by, the Spring Festival is getting closer.
Most of the time, Xu Kong still managed three points and one line. Fortunately, it was Youyou. If it had been Su Zhi, he might have really struggled.
After all, compared with Su Zhi, physical fitness and talent are still more important. Even if Youyou has worked very hard and has quite good learning ability, she is still far behind compared to Su Zhi.
At least for Xu Kong, there was almost no pressure to deal with it.
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As the Spring Festival approaches, Fengge Company has gradually entered the stage of annual vacation.
There are far fewer people visible to the naked eye at the headquarters.
"Director Xu, do you plan to release this movie in the summer season?"
For Yan Rui, although Feng Ge is the distributor of Xu Kong's movie, he, as the department manager, can't actually decide too many things.
The main reason is that Xu Kong is indeed very different from other directors in the company.
On the one hand, Xu Kong is one of the investors. On the other hand, in the two previous dramas, Xu Kong also had some say in decisions.
In comparison, Feng Ge is more like a profit-sharing investor.
So under such circumstances, Yan Rui could only pay attention to the progress of the movie from time to time.
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"March or April, probably not until summer."
Xu Kong answered.
Although he is very busy during this period due to the Spring Festival Gala, the post-production of "Sweet Honey" is still progressing slowly.
Production should be completed soon after the new year, and strictly speaking, this movie is not a particularly purely commercial film.
So the schedule requirements are not that high.
Therefore, there is no need to deliberately pursue popular time slots such as summer slots, which are too competitive.
"Is it also released at the same time overseas?"
Yan Rui knew that Xu Kong's new movie would not only be released in China this time, but also that he had won an award with Kimchi before, and how much Xu Kong and the film were attached to it, so he obviously still had certain expectations for the overseas market.
For Feng Ge, Yan Rui is relatively familiar with it. At present, not only them, but most domestic companies, let alone the European and American markets, even the surrounding overseas markets such as kimchi, have almost no achievements.
Therefore, in Yan Rui's eyes, it is actually more important for Xu Kong to successfully develop overseas markets.
And he also knows some news, that is, Xu Kong's popularity among Kimchi is actually quite high.
Because of Xu Kong, even the copyrights of two dramas such as "The Silent Truth" and "Fairy Sword" were successfully sold, and both of them unexpectedly became quite popular.
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"It will also be released simultaneously overseas."
Xu Kong opened his mouth to answer.
There is no way, the specific situation of the previous life is there, so for Xu Kong, the overseas market is the most important.
Especially Kimchi, which contributed the most box office to "Sweet Honey" in its previous life.
On the contrary, it is much better than the local box office performance in Hong Kong City.
So to be on the safe side, "Sweet Honey" definitely still needs to pay attention to overseas markets.
But it’s not necessarily certain. After all, there are actually two worlds, and with various variables, the domestic box office performance is really uncertain.
In particular, the factors of the times will definitely affect a lot.
In addition, there is Xu Kong's current popularity and traffic, plus the reputation accumulated from previous dramas such as "The Silent Truth" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy".
The box office is unlikely to be as exaggeratedly low as in the previous film.
"Sweet Honey" itself is a work with many commercial elements.
It's just that the script and overall style make it more like an art film.
Of course, that's not to say this is bad.
After all, "Sweet Honey" was the biggest winner sweeping all major domestic awards that year.
But similarly, if the box office hadn't received a huge boost from overseas markets, losses would have been almost certain.
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"This movie probably won't be that high at the box office."
Xu Kong rarely took the initiative to speak.
The main reason is that after all, the investment is the resources provided by Feng Ge, so some reminders are still needed in advance. The main reason is to lower the psychological expectations.
Yan Rui didn't have much reaction when he heard Xu Kong's words.
After all, this is only Xu Kong's first movie. In fact, even if the box office is not that high, it is still acceptable.
Even if it weren't for Xu Kong's special nature, from his professional perspective as the manager of the film and television department, it would still be worth investing in Xu Kong.
Given Xu Kong's age and previous achievements, even an occasional defeat is acceptable.
Just when Yan Rui wanted to comfort Xu Kong and let him relax, he suddenly heard the other person say again:
"The approximate box office I estimate is only about 2 billion..."
Yan Rui:......
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He could tell that Xu Kong was quite serious and serious when he said this.
Yan Rui also believes that this box office is definitely Xu Kong's true thoughts at this time.
But what he really wanted to say in his heart was, two billion!
It's not 20 million. Whoever film director's first movie will have a box office of 2 billion can definitely be called a genius director.
But in Xu Kong's case, such results can only be regarded as less than ideal.
"Director Xu, just be happy."
Yan Rui couldn't help but say something in his heart.
There was no further rebuttal.
The investment in "Sweet Honey" itself is not very large, especially when all kinds of big-investment and big-production movies like this are common.
If it can get a box office like the two billion that Xu Kong said, it will definitely be quite successful in terms of commercial return.
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There is certainly no need to worry too much about the subsequent release and commercial operations of "Sweet Honey".
Moreover, Xu Kong is not a professional. This aspect of work must be left directly to Feng Ge, so there is a high probability that there is nothing that requires him to spend too much energy.
Compared with the movie, what is more important at the moment is the Spring Festival Gala that is about to start.
Not to mention, even in the last life, Xu Kong had the opportunity to attend the Spring Festival Gala, but in the end he still failed to grasp it.
The main problem was with his voice, and the Spring Festival Gala was a live broadcast. He was famous enough at the time, and there were people who helped write the songs, but his voice was completely flawed, and there was no way to remedy it.
With the new opportunity in this life, Xu Kong is relatively calm inside.
But thinking about the Spring Festival Gala that I am about to attend, I still feel a little excited.
The live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala, let alone mistakes, even the duration of the program was measured to the second.
That's why there is such intense rehearsal and rehearsal. Originally, Xu Kong sang this song for the first time in this life, but now less than half a month has passed, and it is already the song he has sung the most in this life.
Although it was not a public performance, it still made Xu Kong feel like he was about to vomit.
Fortunately, the Spring Festival Gala is just a few days away, and there is only one last big rehearsal left.
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Five days before New Year's Eve, Xu Kong could no longer communicate with Youyou in depth.
Song Quanfu and Lin Hong returned to the capital almost in tandem.
Fortunately, they both came back at noon, and Xu Kong was in the official Spring Festival Gala studio.
If it was night or morning, and Xu Kong was around, it would be completely unclear.
Even though Song Quanfu had a very good attitude towards Xu Kong before, when it comes to that situation, no one can guarantee whether Song Quanfu will let Xu Kong leave the Song family properly.
"Brother Xu Kong, we may not be able to meet each other recently..."
Song Youyou didn't feel like surviving the disaster at all.
Instead, I regretted that I and Xu Kong didn't have many opportunities to meet each other in the future.
Song Quanfu was fine, mainly Linhong. After returning from overseas this time, she had obviously returned to the supervision mode of Song Youyou.
It can be said that the free time before can never be returned for the time being.
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"How's it going?"
In the Song family, Song Quanfu was chatting with Lin Hong at this time.
Lin Hong shook her head helplessly.
"It's not easy to deal with. Those guys are very greedy and the conditions are almost impossible to negotiate."
Lin Hong's overseas trip this time was naturally ordered by Song Quanfu.
However, for so many years, there is a reason why there has been almost no domestic market to squeeze into the overseas market.
Spontaneous xenophobia is on the one hand, but the most important thing is the capital and companies in Europe and the United States, which are all profit-seeking.
And they don't listen to the so-called long-term development at all, and only focus on the benefits that can be obtained.
Under such circumstances, although Feng Ge did have some considerable bargaining chips, but with such a huge appetite from the opponent, and after paying for the manuscript for nearly half a year, he still couldn't find many ways to break the situation.
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"It's okay, don't worry about it for a while..."
Although what Lin Hong brought was not very good news.
But Song Quanfu looked like he didn't care at all.
It seemed that the matter that he had so solemnly handed over to Lin Hong suddenly became less important now.
Lin Hong was also a little surprised at this time.
Mainly because he didn't expect that Song Quanfu would suddenly change his attitude towards overseas markets that he was very concerned about.
"By the way, I just returned to the company yesterday. I heard that the decision to tilt resources towards newcomers was made by you?"
Lin Hong quickly asked her question.
In so many years, she has been responsible for various positions in Fengge.
His understanding of the company is not necessarily unique, but it is definitely one of the leading ones.
So when she returned from abroad this time, she was keenly aware of the differences within Feng Ge.
After inquiring, I learned that the company's resources have begun to be tilted toward newcomers on a large scale.
For Feng Ge, who has been developing for so many years, the most important thing about the company is undoubtedly the talent pool of artists and film and television talents that he has cultivated over the years.
This resource is tilted towards newcomers, which is indeed chilling for the elderly.
Even this decision is a bit stupid.
It's not like what she thought Song Quanfu could do.
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"It's my decision."
Lin Hong, like Xu Kong, believed that Song Quanfu might not know about it.
But at this time, Song Quanfu nodded and acknowledged it.
"Why?"
Lin Hong really couldn't understand it at this time.
"There is no special reason, the main thing is to train new people..."
Song Fuquan's expression didn't change much and he replied very calmly.
After Lin Hong was silent for a while, she resisted the urge to continue asking.
Although Song Quanfu seems to have not managed Feng Ge too much for many years.
But when it comes to the people who know him best, Lin Hong is definitely one of them.
Song Quanfu is not the kind of Buddhist old man he seems on the surface.
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"By the way, over there with Youyou and Xu Kong..."
Linhong changed the topic.
Linhong's attitude towards Song Youyou and Xu Kong has changed a lot compared to before.
But as someone who grew up watching Song Youyou, I was naturally a little unhappy.
Even compared to Song Quanfu, his biological father, he felt more like his cabbage was being taken advantage of.
On the contrary, Song Quanfu himself looked calm at this time and did not take this matter seriously at all.
Said casually:
"Let young people handle their own affairs."
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"Teacher Xu Kong, if there is nothing wrong with you, let's review the script?"
At this time in the Spring Festival Gala studio, one of the well-known official hosts of this year's Spring Festival Gala asked.
"I have no problem."
Xu Kong also nodded and said.
Originally Xu Kong was just a solo program.
Later, the director team simply added a live chat session for him to stay on stage and chat with the host after the performance.
This can be regarded as a good intention from the director team.
After all, the Spring Festival Gala is such a big stage. Although it is only a chat of less than three minutes, for the artist, it is more than just a little bit more exposure.
And not everyone is treated like this.
There was no need for Xu Kong to refuse such kindness.
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There is almost no need to delve deeper on the stage.
Xu Kong's error rate can be considered minimal during all large-scale rehearsals and during regular rehearsals.
I was worried that Xu Kong was too young and inexperienced, and it was his first time attending the Spring Festival Gala, so he would get nervous easily.
But Xu Kong's subsequent performance made the director team obviously feel more relieved.
In the end, under the host's suggestion and Xu Kong's own thoughts, the chat session mainly focused on the new song Xu Kong performed at the Spring Festival Gala.
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(End of chapter)