Chapter 295 The Battle
When I entered the door, I saw Ms. Wang Yanping sitting on the sofa peeling peanuts.
Xiao Yunmiao squatted on the coffee table, watching her throw the peanut kernels into the basin, and fish them out with her paws from time to time.
"Mom, I'm back."
Liu Qianqian greeted cautiously, "Hello, aunt, I am Liu Qianqian."
"Ah, it's Sissi. I've heard Xiaofeng talking about you a long time ago."
Mother Chen stood up quickly and asked with concern, "You guys didn't eat much in the morning, okay? I'll make something for you." Food.”
“Auntie, no need, we’ve all eaten.”
Wang Yanping took Liu Qianqian’s hand and couldn’t help but admire her, she is such a handsome girl.
She praised Sissi until she blushed.
"Mom, say a few more words, Sissi likes to hear this."
"Don't slander me, why do I like hearing this?" Liu Qianqian was furious in an instant.
"I see you must be very happy, otherwise you wouldn't act so restrained."
"Chen Linfeng!" Liu Qianqian was anxious, "When you went to my house, I didn't give you anything You're causing trouble!"
Wang Yanping looked at a young couple bickering with a smile and found it very interesting.
Xiaoyunmiao took the initiative to walk towards Chen Linfeng and rubbed his hand, which meant that he wanted him to smooth her hair.
Chen Linfeng followed the cat owner's wishes, stroked its head, and stopped teasing Qian Qian.
The two had lunch at home and then left.
It's not that Qian Qian has something wrong, but that Chen Linfeng is pressed for time. He has to go back to Yanjing to see Jiang Wu to check and accept his final fitness and weight gain results, and will soon start the promotion of his new book.
This is the last book in the series of novels. Disney wants to boost sales in order to build up its reputation as a film adaptation.
Chen Shantong went home at night and saw his wife singing and cooking at home, in a good mood.
"Is Xiaofeng back today?"
"Yes, he also brought the girl named Sissy with him."
"Oh, you saw it What do you think?”
“It’s good. I was a little nervous at first, but then we started chatting. It’s obvious that I have a good temper and a good relationship with Xiaofeng.” Wang Yanping expressed that she was very satisfied.
"As long as you think it's good."
Chen Shantong looked around and found that Xiao Yunmiao was missing.
He laughed angrily, "This kid even caught the cat."
The next day, Chen Linfeng received brothers Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu at home.
Jiang Wen looked around at the furnishings in the villa and praised, "Your house is nice, especially the bookshelf inside. It's quite tasteful."
Chen Linfeng poured a cup of tea for the two of them, "Yeah, I also think my bookshelf is good, but there are still a few trophies."
"You said you were fat and you were breathless."
"Haha, Brother Jiang is so easy to flatter me, why don't I take over."
Just kidding.
Chen Linfeng looked carefully at Jiang Wu's current appearance.
The upper body is visibly enlarged, and as soon as he stands up, he immediately gives off a sense of threat.
Jiang Wu followed Chen Linfeng's request and made a chest-crossing movement. The muscles of his arms bulged out clearly without any effort.
The upper arm is almost as thick as his thigh.
Chen Linfeng squeezed it with his hands and found that they were real muscles.
“Brother Wu, you have practiced really well, and you completely fit the image in my mind.”
This comparison is of course with Ma Dongxi from the Bang Kingdom in his previous life. Even because Jiang Wu is taller, the effect is even better.
Jiang Wu couldn't help but grinned when he heard this.
"Don't shave this beard completely, just trim it a little. It depends on the stylist."
"Okay, I will definitely not keep the beard."
Chen Linfeng and Jiang Wu agreed to start filming at the end of April, and will hear the news on the specific time.
After talking about Jiang Wu's side, Jiang Wen talked about "Let the Bullets Fly".
"You said you wanted to play a role before, and I thought about it, but..."
Jiang Wen was a little embarrassed when he said this.
“What’s wrong, there is no role suitable for me?”
“No, it’s just that this role is not the protagonist. I don’t know if you are willing. After all, brother, your current situation is different from the original one. The gap between us was too great when we made the agreement, so it was hard for you to play a supporting role.”
The supporting role given by Jiang Wen is the role of Lao Qi.
Lao Liu is not good. This character Jiang Wen has an idea in his heart and has to be based on his appearance. Xiao Chen is not suitable.
When Chen Linfeng thought about the appearance of Zhang Mo he chose in his previous life, it became clear that he was indeed very similar to that person in history.
He had no intention of intervening in Jiang Wen's casting, or in other words, it was useless to interfere.
Does this person seem to be a master who listens to others’ orders? It’s good that he doesn’t interfere with others.
"It really doesn't work. I can make a cameo. Brother Jiang, if you don't mention it, this matter will become a problem by then."
Indeed, if his status is obviously lower than that of Ge You or Zhou Runfa, then playing a supporting role is not an option. It doesn't matter, but now it's the other way around, so you can't play supporting roles at will.
Otherwise it would be like carrying a sedan chair.
Although you can ignore this kind of thing when you encounter good works, it is something hyped up by the media. There was no such thing in the past.
It’s just that times have changed after all, especially since he is still a director.
In the past, it was rare for great directors to play supporting roles under other directors. For example, Jiang Wen, who played Guan Yunchang before, was also the same star as the protagonist. Anyway, they are very particular.
Chen Linfeng has no intention of going against public opinion, nor does he want to let others take advantage of him, so he might as well make a guest appearance like Feng Xiaogang.
"Then what guest role will Brother Jiang arrange for me? The pastor?"
"Ahem, this character may have gone out." Jiang Wen blushed rarely, thinking that this matter can be done Inauthentic.
Of course Chen Linfeng knew this, his past life was a widely circulated story.
He said this just to tease Jiang Wen.
"Then I really don't know if there are any other suitable roles that I can play a guest role in."
"How about this, I can add some plot and arrange it for you?"< br>
"Oh? How do you say it?" Chen Linfeng was interested. This was tantamount to changing history.
"Well, doesn't Zhang Mazi envy Huang Silang for having a stand-in? I'll arrange for Zhang Mazi's brother to find a stand-in for him later. How about you play the stand-in?" Chen Linfeng opened his eyes wide, "I'll play the stand-in. Your substitute? Can you transform me into someone like you?"
Jiang Wen looked at each other like a fool, "With our looks, there are limits to what a makeup artist can do."
He snapped his fingers, "We all know that we don't look alike. When you show up, won't the humorous effect come out?
Then I will say, "Can you be my substitute? You look like a professor." Then you say you are really a professor. I let you go in the end, how about it?"
Jiang Wu was listening to the conversation between the two and drinking tea, and almost burst into tears when he heard this.
"Ahem, brother, you are so shameless. Aren't you just riding on the popularity of "Star You"?"
Jiang Wen didn't blush at all, "Professor Chen lived from the Ming Dynasty to modern times, how do you know He's never seen Zhang Mazi?"
"Hey, it's interesting." Chen Linfeng touched his chin, feeling quite amused.
As for the popularity, after "Let the Bullets Fly" comes out, everyone will just try to gain popularity from each other.
If you let the students learn it in future generations, it will be a great name.
"It's a bit interesting, I think so." Jiang Wen drank tea proudly.
……
The promotional activities for the new book release will start in China.
Now is different from the past. Book signings and other activities must never be held. If you dare to try, you will die.
Fans can really tire you out.
At Chen Linfeng's stage, the traditional way of promoting published books is no longer very applicable.
For example, if you ask a big boss to write recommendations for literary publications, newspapers, etc., it may be more efficient and convenient than him casually posting a blog post on his blog, and then netizens forward it from person to person.
Of course, a little is useful. Various magazines and newspapers, including their own websites, are still promoting it.
Even with the slogan, he continued to ask Yu Hua for help.
"You have more cards than me now, and you still need me to recommend you. I want you to recommend me."
"From what you said, Teacher Yu is too humble."
Chen Linfeng has always given enough face to those who have helped him.
Yu Hua did not refuse. Xiao Chen was a writer he had watched grow up, and he had a different feeling from ordinary friends.
In addition to him, Chen Linfeng also found Liu Cixin.
The two have maintained a good relationship since they met.
Chen Linfeng often communicates with each other at Penguin, mostly about issues of writing techniques.
Liu Cixin is very good at writing grand scenes, and his descriptions of vast, magical and romantic extraordinary settings can always arouse readers' emotions.
Chen Linfeng learned a lot from it.
When "The Three-Body Problem" was released previously, Chen Linfeng helped write recommendations and also vigorously promoted it on his blog to express his appreciation.
This time it was Liu Cixin’s turn to cheer him up.
In addition to these traditional publicity models, Chen Linfeng also adopted some publicity techniques commonly used in the film and television industry.
For example, being on a TV show.
This is a method that few writers have used in the past, or to be precise, there are basically none.
TV stations are not stupid. When inviting writers to appear on programs, whether they can get ratings is a question. Ordinary books are not worth the effort of writers.
Chen Linfeng doesn't need to put in any extra effort. As long as he nods and is willing to appear on camera, not to mention promoting his new book, even if he pays for it, there are many TV stations willing to hire him.
In order to promote his new book, he has participated in variety shows such as CCTV's "Cultural Interviews", Mango Channel's "Happy Camp", and Hebei Province Channel's "Reading".
In general, it is mainly literature-related programs, with some entertainment variety shows with high ratings interspersed.
This form of participating in a TV program with the theme of book promotion is also considered the first of its kind.
Not to mention, it is really useful, especially when paired with Chen Linfeng's wide popularity and audience favorability.
When most people hear about Xiao Chen’s program, they often tune into that station and never leave.
The ratings can suddenly go up.
In this series of book promotion activities, the new books have not been released yet, so I don’t know the effect, but the sales of the old books have increased sharply.
The most important one, "Infinite World", has sold tens of thousands of copies in a short period of time.
Writers in the literary circle are jealous. You know, this sales data can even catch up with the weekly sales of their new books when they were first launched.
That’s it, you have to be a best-selling author.
However, Xiao Chen’s book has been sold for several years.
He already had this potential for feelings, but he had not exploited them well in the past.
A waste of natural resources!
Among fan groups, especially book fans, the news that the idol's new book will be released has spread widely.
That is to say, most of these fans have already bought the novels written by Chen Linfeng in the past, otherwise the sales volume in this short period of time would be far more than tens of thousands.
Chen Linfeng has been able to maintain steady sales growth in the past few years, and it's not just because of the good-looking novels.
Fans have contributed a lot.
They are even in their own circle of friends, Amway Xiao Chen’s new book.
Fortunately, Chen Linfeng wrote novels first and entered the film and television industry later. Otherwise, the sales volume would probably be criticized because fans paid for love rather than the performance of the work.
Nowadays, Xiao Chen’s fan group includes everyone. The composition is so complicated that I can’t tell whether they are book fans or drama fans. There are many people who like both.
In early April, Chen Linfeng began a worldwide promotion campaign for his new book.
From Neon and Bang countries to beautiful countries, Britain, France, Germany, Italy...
We have visited almost all the places where the great powers were.
There are many TV programs, especially in Europe and the United States. Disney is indeed a behemoth in the entertainment field.
Relevant resources are abundant, and national-level variety shows from various European and American countries are featured in turn.
It can be seen that the project "Infinite World" has really become a key project of Disney headquarters.
Otherwise, it would be difficult for Disney Publishing Company alone to explain it.
"The Oprah Show", "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", "The Graham Norton Show", "Sitting on the Couch", "The Today Show"...
This battle is almost the same as promoting the movie That's almost it.
Imagine that "Harry Potter" also experienced this, many times in a row.
Plus the huge exposure the movie brings.
No wonder JK Rowling is so famous. Chen Linfeng’s eyes shined and he felt a little excited.
(End of this chapter)