Chapter 510: Breaking the Defense, the Show Begins

Bang!

Feng Yue threw the ashtray he brought back from Zhongzhou against the wall. The assistant in the room could only tremble when he saw it.

That ashtray cost 88,000 Daxia coins. When he was in Zhongzhou, Feng Yue would only shake the ashes into it when he smoked.

If there were other guests, it would be another ashtray.

But it was this ashtray that Feng Yue cherished that was smashed by him personally. From this, we can see how angry Feng Yue was at this time.

"Director Feng, calm down. The publicity methods of the movie "Kung Fu" are too despicable. It would be too worthless if he got angry and hurt his body."

Seeing Feng Yue with his hands behind his back and not speaking, the assistant thought for a while and continued:

"Director Feng, I think these are the publicity methods of the "Kung Fu" crew. Otherwise, I will find a paparazzi to buy a tip-off? After suppressing this wave of heat, we will continue to promote it!"

Feng Yue turned his head and looked at his assistant.

"Are you stupid, or are those netizens stupid?"

"Uh..."

The assistant was stunned, not knowing what Feng Yue meant.

But Feng Yue did not continue to answer him, but sat on his desk.

Seeing this, the assistant immediately picked up Feng Yue's empty cup and poured a cup of hot tea.

Feng Yue took the tea, and his face had returned to normal.

"Every time the "Kung Fu" crew has a hot search, there will be revelations that follow and suppress it, and then our publicity will appear."

"Last time we only did it once, and there were doubts. If you do it again, are you really not afraid that the people of the "Kung Fu" crew will seize the opportunity and bite back and become a hot search again?"

The assistant was stunned, and then hesitated: "Impossible? Do they have evidence?"

"Evidence? If it were me, I wouldn't need evidence at all. As long as there is a point of suspicion, I would stir up heated discussions among netizens."

Feng Yue sneered.

"What I can think of, do you think the decision makers of the "Kung Fu" crew can think of?"

The assistant was uncertain. After several publicity confrontations, he also saw the difficulty of the "Kung Fu" crew.

He has been following Feng Yue for quite some time, so he knows Feng Yue's record in Zhongzhou.

Many great directors can make great films, but so what?

In the end, few can defeat Feng Yue's various operation routines and win higher box office just by relying on the quality of the film.

So there is a saying in Zhongzhou:

"You can choose not to watch Feng Yue's movies, but you can't choose not to watch Feng Yue's publicity!"

But the assistant didn't expect that Feng Yue would find it difficult to find an opponent in Zhongzhou, the top place. As a result, he met someone who was equally good at operation and publicity just after leaving Zhongzhou.

How could he let it go?

Seeing that his assistant was still unconvinced, Feng Yue, whose face was covered by the hot steam of tea, suddenly said with admiration:

"This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that as long as we promote "Ancient Martial Arts Master", people will think of the director in "Kung Fu"."

"In other words, as long as we promote it with the words "Ancient Martial Arts Master", it will invisibly attract a lot of traffic to "Kung Fu"!"

The assistant's face, which was originally unconvinced, opened wide after hearing this.

"Then, this, we can't promote it yet?"

"You can promote it, but not directly."

Feng Yue took a sip of tea, leaned back in his chair and continued: "The promotion of Gao Shaojun can begin."

When the assistant heard the three words "Gao Shaojun", his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he looked at Feng Yue with more respect.

…

"Haha, I didn't expect that one day I would be urged to update! But then again, the feeling of being urged to update is really annoying!"

Sun Wen said excitedly to Chen Shuren, who was still making special effects, completely ignoring the dissatisfied faces of the people waiting for Chen Shuren's training.

When Chen Shuren heard what Sun Wen said, he nodded with empathy.

"But you don't have many videos in your hand, right?"

"No..." Sun Wen thought for a while, "How about you make a few more for me? I'll put the video where you published the information aside for a while!"

Chen Shuren's work stagnated, and he turned his head to look at Sun Wen.

"You don't feel sorry for me being scolded at all, right?"

"Hehe, just kidding, just kidding!"

Sun Wen smiled awkwardly.

"By the way, I found the person who leaked your martial arts video. Should I fire him or give him a bonus?"

Chen Shuren shook his head and laughed.

"Forget it, that's it."

"Okay, and, today I suddenly found out that the crew of "Ancient Martial Arts Master" has started to promote their male lead, Gao Shaojun, an actor who has just been promoted to the first line."

Chen Shuren nodded: "I know, I will pay attention to it later, let's do it for now, I have to be busy."

Sun Wen looked at the resentful eyes of Liu Anyuan and others behind him, and hurriedly stood up.

"Haha, Liu, you are busy, you are busy."

After that, Sun Wen left.

That afternoon, Sun Wen released the last behind-the-scenes video edited by Chen Shuren.

And the answer that netizens have been waiting for for a long time, who is Mu Linsen and who is Mu Yichengzhou, finally came out.

But after they saw it, they all cursed.

"Fuck, Brother Shu is a liar!"

"What the hell, I asked who is Mu Linsen, why does Brother Shu say there is no Mu Linsen now?"

"Yeah, I waited for two days for such an answer?"

Just when a group of netizens were furious and leaving crazy messages on Chen Shuren's account and Sun Wen's account, someone suddenly took a screenshot of the message Chen Shuren had sent before.

"Well, maybe Brother Shu didn't lie to us... Look at what he said at that time, 'I want to know if Mulinsen and Muzhichengzhou are Tang Yingcheng and Meng Changfeng.' In this sentence, Brother Shu did not acknowledge them at all. It’s just what we guessed!”

"What the hell, are you playing a word game? You've kept me appetized for two days? OK, OK, let's see if I can watch your movie!"

"I don't believe it, Mulinsen must be among the two!"

…

While netizens were making noise, Chen Shuangxue was sitting in Wan Shichang's office drinking tea at Wangu Publishing House.

"I never thought that Mulinsen would be your brother."

Wan Shichang looked at Chen Shuangxue with a sigh on his face.

He had always thought that the success of Eternal Publishing House today was due to the coincidence of Chen Shuangxue's signing in Mulinsen.

But now he understands that there is no chance at all, some are just deliberate arrangements.

"Well, I only found out recently."

Chen Shuangxue smiled bitterly.

"Okay, I will block Mulinsen's file. Since he doesn't want to show up, then let's not show it."

"Thank you, President."

Chen Shuangxue left Wan Shichang's office, returned to her own office, turned on her computer, logged into her account on Wangu Literature Network, and posted a message.

The content of the message was very simple, denying that Mulinsen was Tang Yingcheng or Meng Changfeng.

No matter how netizens asked after that, Wangu Literature Network kept silent.

In this way, the matter about Mulinsen and the settled matter ended in an anticlimactic manner.

But things about "Kung Fu" are still going on.

After several days of publicity, "Kung Fu" and "The Grandmaster" took turns to be hot searches, and netizens gradually understood that the two movies may compete at the same time.

Those who were aroused began to watch the excitement.

In the following days, the promotion of "Kung Fu" continued, but it was tepid, keeping the popularity at a constant or even low temperature.

As for the reason, it is still because of Feng Yue’s propaganda.

Gao Shaojun, as the male protagonist of "The Grandmaster of Ancient Martial Arts", has been stealing the show these days.

This man, who was originally a 170-pound fat man, became a first-line actor because of his unique kung fu comedy performance style.

Originally, when he was in Yongzhou, Gao Shaojun was just a second-tier actor, but after moving to Hezhou, Gao Shaojun suddenly ushered in spring.

Kung fu comedies, which are not very popular among Yongzhou people, are quite popular in other states. Gao Shaojun took advantage of this opportunity and rose to the forefront in more than a year.

This time, "The Grandmaster of Ancient Martial Arts" suddenly revealed that Gao Shaojun visited famous teachers for this movie and not only learned real ancient martial arts, but also lost all his body fat.

In some movie posters released by "The Grandmaster", Gao Shaojun's current appearance shocked many people.

According to the crew, Gao Shaojun lost 50 pounds for this movie and now only weighs 120 pounds!

This makes many people very interested, especially those who have been losing weight all year round but only rely on not pooping to maintain their weight.

Many people are discussing whether Guwu can really lose weight?

The crew of "The Grandmaster of Ancient Martial Arts" also took the opportunity to guide netizens to explore this secret in the movie.

Because in the movie, it is about Gao Shaojun’s transformation from 170 pounds to 120 pounds.

Needless to say, the effect of this method is remarkable!

Many people want to see how he relied on Gu Wu to lose weight, and what kind of determination he had to support him in losing so much weight in three or four months.

For a time, ancient martial arts and weight loss were suddenly connected.

Many ancient martial arts schools also took the opportunity to gain popularity.

Some videos of martial arts training in ancient martial arts gyms have been posted.

Without exception, there is not a single fat person practicing ancient martial arts!

This directly caused many people to take advantage of it.

In this way, the movie "The Grandmaster of Ancient Martial Arts" suddenly changed its nature in the eyes of many people.

From martial arts films, they have become inspirational martial arts films and martial arts weight loss films.

In this way, when people mention "The Grandmaster of Ancient Martial Arts" again, they will no longer think of the director of "The Grandmaster of Ancient Martial Arts".

…

In Jingzhou, Sun Wen, who had just bid farewell to Liu Anyuan's team, looked at Chen Shuren and said:

"We really don't promote you? Look at "The Grandmaster of Ancient Martial Arts". It can even promote a martial arts movie as a weight loss movie!"

Chen Shuren smiled and shook his head.

"It's not necessary. The publicity for "Kung Fu" is enough. Any more would be too much."

But Sun Wen was still a little unwilling to see the popularity of "The Grandmaster of Ancient Martial Arts" every day.

"Shu, if you don't want to show off, how about promoting Mo Xiaoxian? She gained weight from 100 pounds to 140 pounds for the role of housewife. This is about the same as that Gao Shaojun, right?"

"The most important thing is that she is a girl!"

Chen Shuren was stunned when he heard Sun Wen's words.

This was indeed a good publicity point, but Chen Shuren still shook his head.

"Your idea is correct, but I think this kind of thing should not be announced before the movie is broadcast."

“If we don’t advance, how can we promote it?”

Sun Wen was confused.

Chen Shuren said nothing about this.

"Listen to me, this kind of publicity will be better after the broadcast than before the broadcast."

Sun Wen looked at Chen Shuren and finally agreed.

"Okay, since the post-production has been completed, I will submit it for review. After the review, let's see what Yu Gang thinks."

Chen Shuren nodded.

...

In the next few days, the publicity of "Kung Fu" was still the same as before, focusing on a Buddhist style.

After seeing this situation, Feng Yue finally smiled.

"Sure enough, Director Feng, the crew of "Kung Fu" is just a few brushes. After you made this move of Gao Shaojun, they have no way to deal with it!"

Feng Yue's assistant was full of admiration.

He remembered the surprised expressions on the faces of those investors when Gao Shaojun was chosen as the protagonist.

But who would have thought that Gao Shaojun's role would burst out here?

It can only be said that every step Feng Yue took was already calculated.

Feng Yue ignored the assistant's compliments. At this time, he looked out the window with cold light in his eyes.

...

A week later

"Kung Fu" announced that it would be released on May 20th.

The next day, "The Grandmaster" was announced.

It was also May 20th.

After the two pieces of news were announced, many industry insiders who paid attention to the two films felt that the storm was coming.

With one week left before the premiere, the two names that were often seen on the hot searches were "Kung Fu" and "The Grandmaster".

Among them, Gao Shaojun's name even appeared more times than the names of the two movies.

Just when many people were gradually getting tired of the word Gao Shaojun.

May 20th finally came.

…

A movie theater in Yongzhou.

Chu Qiang held two invitations, one of which was "Kung Fu" and the other was "The Grandmaster".

Because of Chen Shuren's set of dragon and tiger leaping fists, Chu Qiang also became very interested in the play "Kung Fu".

So he spent a lot of time and got the invitation to the premiere of "Kung Fu".

Coincidentally, his father was originally going to attend the premiere of "Ancient Martial Arts Master", but because of something unexpected, he couldn't come, and he also gave him the invitation.

By the way, Chu Qiang also planned to watch the movie "Ancient Martial Arts Master".

"It's okay, there is no conflict in time."

Chu Qiang looked at the screening room with the flower basket, put away the invitation letter of "Kung Fu", and then walked over.

"Hello, please show your invitation letter."

Chu Qiang casually put the invitation letter of "Ancient Martial Arts Master" in the other person's hand.

After entering, a glance at the seats showed that there were almost no young people sitting in the seats.

But there were indeed many bigwigs.

Although Chu Qiang didn't care much about the film and television industry, he knew the ancient martial arts industry!

In the first three rows, there were no less than ten famous figures in the ancient martial arts industry.

And his father's invitation letter was in the second row.

After sitting down, the businessmen on both sides of Chu Qiang saw that Chu Qiang was so young, so they knew that he was not here in person, so they didn't communicate.

Chu Qiang was also happy that no one came to find him.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Feng Yue gave a brief thank you, and the premiere of "Ancient Martial Arts Master" began.

... (End of this chapter)