Chapter 697 Push It Down and Start Over

After conveying the two suggestions to Long Wu, he obviously began to hesitate.

Because the changes were too big, Xin Linli's suggestion was to repackage and promote the entire play, with two specific points.

First, don't put a large group of stars who are actually guest stars in the list of leading actors, and directly promote the male lead Xiang Zuo.

From the content point of view, this play is completely starring Xiang Zuo; from the original purpose of filming, it is nothing more than Long Wu spending money to promote his son.

In this case, why bother to hide and deceive the audience into entering the theater?

The audience is not blind. After watching a movie, the final result can only be that the audience feels cheated and curses. Not to mention ruining the reputation and credibility accumulated by Huaxiaxing over the years, it is likely to make the audience transfer their anger to Xiang Zuo himself, which not only fails to promote him, but also pits him.

Again, the audience can tolerate an actor with poor acting skills as long as he has a positive image and works hard enough.

Many young actors who have almost no acting skills but are still popular are examples.

But the audience will not tolerate deception and bad negative news. In Japan and South Korea, where the entertainment industry is well developed, once the bad behavior of deceiving fans and serious negative news are exposed, the popularity of popular artists will inevitably plummet, and the entertainment company will choose to freeze them.

If you want to promote, you should promote them openly. Huaxiaxing has made countless male and female stars popular in recent years, including Xiang Zuo. It is natural for the father to spend money to promote his son, and the audience can fully accept it.

But you can't be a bitch and set up a memorial archway at the same time, which is to make fun of the audience.

At the same time, you can openly strengthen the publicity of Xiang Zuo himself.

Su Ming also knows a little about Xiang Zuo's experience. He could have enjoyed a ready-made comfortable life under the protection of his parents, living a life of luxury, or using Long Wu's connections to open a few companies and flirt with small stars. But he chose to pursue his own ideals, starting from the bottom of the set, starting from a minor role, and chose the rarest and most difficult martial arts in the industry. After more than ten years, he was covered with scars and made enough efforts.

This is a completely sunny image full of positive energy, not to mention that his image and reputation are not bad. With the background and strength of Huaxia Star, a little publicity will make him very popular.

Of course, there is a price to pay for doing this. Once a group of big names are excluded from the list of leading actors, overseas distribution will be greatly affected, especially in Asia. Indeed, many countries buy movies, and the first thing they look at is who is the leading actor and which famous actors are there.

The fan effect exists everywhere. Xiang Zuo may still have a certain degree of popularity in Hong Kong and the mainland, but almost no one knows him in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan and South Korea.

In addition, Long Wu needs to communicate with those first-line big names who help guest star out of "friendship". After all, they are competing for low pay, turning down other schedules, and even risking starring in bad movies. In addition to their personal relationship with Long Wu's family, they are more or less for the reputation of "leading actor".

Originally in the list of leading actors, the order of the actors was suddenly changed, and those big names will inevitably have other ideas.

The first suggestion is relatively easy to implement. After all, Long Wu's real purpose in filming Legend of the Gods was not to make money. With the continuous expansion of the mainland market, the overseas distribution in Asia is no longer a large part of the total film revenue that cannot be ignored; and those big-name actors, since they can come to help, must have a deep relationship with Long Wu's family. For example, Jet Li is a close friend of Long Wu. The ups and downs between the two families cannot be explained in a few words. Actors with such a deep relationship as him don't even need to explain anything.

And the second suggestion gave Long Wu a headache.

Change the name, don't use the name Legend of the Gods, and try to avoid linking it with the Investiture of the Gods in the publicity, and dilute the color of the Investiture of the Gods.

For example, it can be called "The Rise of the Winged Tribe of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties" or "The Last Winged Man", even if it is the most vulgar name "The Battle of Good and Evil", it is better than Legend of the Gods.

Xin Linli said it very thoroughly before. If this Legend of the Gods is regarded as a domestic fantasy drama, it is at least qualified.

Although the plot is simple, it is very easy to understand and accept, and the main line is very clear;

The highly publicized special effects, although there are various minor problems, such as the tacky gold all over the screen, but in general, the special effects technology is passable, and many plots can even be said to be amazing;

As for the acting... please, just look at the people in the cast, most of them don't seem to be famous for their acting skills... Since the audience buys tickets to watch it, they don't care about their acting skills.

These are its advantages.

But once it is linked to the Investiture of the Gods, all of this becomes a slot.

Disrespect for history, disrespect for the original work, disrespect for national culture and classics... These few points can be scolded to death. Even the least important acting has become a big problem. The audience can tolerate a god covered in gold, but absolutely cannot accept a Yang Jian who looks like a fool...

Tear it all down, invest a lot of resources, and re-promote it.

It can be said that many characters and plots were created based on the Investiture of the Gods, and some are even characters in the Investiture of the Gods... But don't say that this is the Investiture of the Gods.

That's called fraud!

Another benefit of re-promoting is that it can attract attention and spark topics, and at the same time make people feel that Huaxiaxing is sincere, but just made a mistake before.

Of course, there are also difficulties.

Not using the signboard of Fengshen Yanyi will definitely lead to a weakening of attraction; re-promoting requires a lot of publicity funds;

In contrast, the dubbing and lines of some characters in the movie must be modified, which is the simplest one.

"Wow, this makes it difficult for me to choose." Long Wu said on the other end of the phone.

Su Ming thought for a while and said: "Brother Shi, this matter is strictly speaking your family affair. Even if we are friends, I can't get involved too much. But since you asked me for my opinion, I won't hide it. I think this is the best choice. Whether it makes money in the end or not, it will not have a negative impact on Xiang Zuo. How to choose, Brother Shi, you decide. No matter what, I support you."

"Your words enlightened me. The key is not to have a negative impact on Xiang Zuo. No matter what the final result is, my whole family will be grateful."

Long Wu suddenly smiled and said: "The person in the game is confused. I am a person in the game. What's more, the development has been too fast in recent years. I seem to be out of date now. I don't know what to do for a while. Can I take your suggestion out and let other people in the circle in Hong Kong discuss it together?"

"Of course." Su Ming said.