Chapter 228 Skyrocketing
Towards the end of August.
"The Domineering President Falls in Love with Me" has entered the final finishing period. After all, there are only 25 episodes in total. If the heroine hadn't had to follow the doctor's orders, the filming would have been completed by now.
It can also be seen from this that Tian Youliang is not a 'fully qualified' director. If he encounters a director who truly puts his own interests first, how will he follow the medical advice?
Chen Xuebin has already taken some people to the Northeast to scout locations and make preliminary preparations in advance, but Xu Kun, as the Dinghai Shenzhen, cannot leave the crew yet.
However, he would take half a day every day to go to Beijing and Taiwan to communicate about the broadcast issues of "The Domineering President Falls in Love with Me" - by the time Tian Youliang completed the post-production, he was no longer in the capital.
That's the good thing about TV dramas. As long as you have a good relationship with the TV station, you don't need to put much effort into promoting it.
Although Liu Shishi was somewhat repelled by the title "Little Liu Yifei", Xu Kun still used the title "Little Liu Yifei" when formulating publicity strategies with Beijing and Taiwan.
After all, Liu Yifei is really popular. Recently, in order to clarify the rumors about transgender people, she even appeared on Sabei Ning's "Today's Statement". You can't let such a good publicity stunt go just because the little girl is reluctant.
Speaking of Liu Shishi, she is still struggling with Xu Kun's suggestion of "minor plastic surgery". Firstly, little girls have a natural fear of going under the knife. Secondly, these days they are still promoting the theory that celebrity plastic surgery is sinful. Everyone in later generations has become accustomed to it.
In this regard, Hong Kong and Taiwan are clearly one position ahead.
Ever since Lin Chiling fell off a horse in Dalian and was kicked in the chest in July, the news that her saline bag in her chest was kicked out has been highly hyped.
This was originally a scandal, but Wanwan Capital and Lin Chiling turned it into a marketing campaign.
Lin Zhiling's recent remarks made Xu even more astonished:
"Maybe I was too non-stop before, so I got kicked by the horse. My breasts are completely fine. Now she has woken up and needs to start working like me."
These girls are too coy.
Xu Kun was obviously reading a magazine, but he actually read the Wanwan accent.
"Zhu Yuanzhang~!"
While I was flipping through the magazine, I heard someone shouting.
Xu Kun looked around and saw an old man with his camisole rolled up to his armpits.
Xu Kun stood up, smiled and waved, then pointed to the shooting scene, and finally put his hands together in a please gesture.
The old man was quite fashionable. He immediately said "OK" and left happily.
After "Zhu Yuanzhang" became popular, in addition to bringing career bonuses to Xu Kun, the most important thing is that the fans have changed from younger to all ages.
Now when he is filming in parks and other places, he is always recognized by grandparents, uncles and aunts - and occasionally he meets folk historians who ask him to discuss the fallacies in "Zhu Yuanzhang".
As soon as he said goodbye to the old man, Baoqiang rushed back with a digital camera. In order to better integrate into the character, he went to a nearby dairy farmer base to experience life.
After ten days, it looks darker than before, and it also smells like milk.
"Don't tell me, the taste is much richer than what we usually drink."
Xu Kun sniffed and asked casually: "What brand is the milk from this farm?"
Bao Qiang said with a naive smile: "It said it was for feeding three deer, I didn't ask about it carefully, but it's really delicious."
Xu Kun: "..."
Even in prison, Xu Kun had heard of the three deer's "famous reputation", but because he didn't pay attention to it, he really forgot about it.
Report, must report!
When ordinary people report, they write letters to relevant departments. When Xu Kun reported something, he reported it to the deputy director of Beijing TV Station in charge of news.
This efficiency goes without saying. In mid-September, the Three Deer incident was exposed, causing a bloody storm in the domestic dairy industry three years in advance. However, Xu Kun was only responsible for igniting the fire, and he paid no attention to the rest.
Moreover, they are not in the capital, but have arrived in a small city in the northeastern border - most of the bad experiences on the road will be filmed here. As for the urban drama, Xu Kun plans to go south to shoot in November.
Along with Xu Kun, in addition to Bao Qiang and others, there was also a senior film deputy director hired by Xu Kun through Ge You's relationship.
After all, movies and TV series are different. Besides, he has never even worked on a TV series. Without a skilled person to help him, Xu Kun himself would not know what to do.
So during the initial period of filming, Xu Kun mainly studied with the assistant director, and was responsible for the errands of welcoming and delivering the film.
Although this drama only has two leading actors, it uses many guest actors. The male actors are basically hired big names, and the female actors are selected from the Shuang Feiyan sisters.
For example, the "liar" who raised a bunch of orphans was played by Hao Lei, and the three beauties who took the initiative to chat up the handsome boy "Dawei" on the train were played by Li Xiaolu, Jiang Yiyan, and Xiong Naijin respectively.
Speaking of this ‘greatness’.
Originally, Xu Kun thought about putting some makeup on Shen Teng, letting him play two roles in the movie, and playing a joke about mistaken brother. Later, he found that this joke didn't fit in well, so he gave up.
The last person to play the role of 'Dawei' was Wang Kai who was grade 03 in Chinese drama.
The young man is a complete newcomer and has no works, but he is good at being easy and obedient and handsome enough - anyway, in this movie, he does not need to contribute any acting skills.
At first, Xu Kun wanted to act as closely as possible to Baldy Xu's original version, but later he discovered that he was quite different from Bald Xu in terms of "sexy and lustful".
In the end, I had to revise the script again to make the character closer to Meng Hao in the TV series and Xu Kun in reality.
As a result, the contrast between the characters' personalities is slightly less than three points. Fortunately, Xu Kun himself is more like a successful person, and he can barely regain the balance in terms of identity contrast.
If Bald Xu's performance counts as a ten-point performance, Xu Kun would probably score 8.7 to 8.8.
However, Bao Qiang's performance is more flavorful than the original version.
Although the original version was filmed in 2009, Baoqiang had not been systematically exposed to comedy during this period, but now he has just been working in "Wulin Gaiden" for more than half a year.
In addition, his level of care this time is no less than that of "The Blind Shaft" back then, so his performance surpassed the original version and made many of the laughs more rounded.
Fortunately, Xu Kun is used to working with Bao Qiang, and their tacit understanding is off the charts, so even if his performance is slightly inferior, he can still support Bao Qiang's burden.
And the guest appearances by many big names are even better than the original version.
For example, the hotel owner played by Uncle Benshan, the hotel catcher played by Fan Wei, the ‘female liar’ played by Hao Lei...
So in the final film, Xu Kun was quite satisfied with everything else except himself.
And it was already mid-December.
There is still half a month until "The Boss Falls in Love with Me" is released, and there are still two months until "The Road Is Lost" is released.
Mainland China's first major drama + spin-off movie + fan-oriented movie + Valentine's Day schedule. If this combination can be as popular as expected, it will not just be a matter of one TV series or one movie, but will create a new era in the Mainland. A new mode, a new schedule activated.
If this set of things can work, Xu's status will skyrocket.
It would not be an exaggeration to be called the ancestor of the clan in the future!
However, considering the future reputation of the "Ba Boss" drama and fan movies, being the ancestor may not necessarily be a good thing.
(End of chapter)