This star is too fierce

Chapter 317, "The Promise": None of them are my opponents!
July, hot July, busy July.

Halfway through 2005, the China Film Theater Association announced that the annual output of domestic films will once again set a new record and is expected to reach 260.

Due to the sluggish Hong Kong film market, many directors who have moved to the mainland film market also have their own unique tricks in order to cater to the tastes of the audience.

In order to cater for the comedy tastes of the northern and southern audiences, Wei Jiahui will focus more on physical humor and abandon verbal humor in "Himalaya Star";

"Bodhi Patriarch" Liu Zhenwei is full of feelings, and brings "A Chinese Journey to the West" companion chapter "The Great Sage of Love";
Xu Krypton chose the most popular large-scale costume martial arts movie in the mainland in recent years, and gathered superstars such as Zhang Guorong and Lai Ming to shoot "Seven Swords"...

However, "Himalayan Star" only got 1560 million Hong Kong box office and 1200 million mainland box office; "The Great Sage" was slightly better with 828 million Hong Kong box office and 4900 million mainland box office; both lost the qualification to compete for the annual championship.

On the 8th, Xu Krypton announced that "Seven Swords" will be released on National Day.

Old Monster Xu is full of confidence this time, and he is not afraid to adapt the superhero blockbuster "Fantastic Four" brought by [-]th Century Fox Film Company, which is adapted from Marvel's comic of the same name. Fantasy drama "Children's Dream".

Seeing this news, Brother Chen Kai smiled.

"Why do you feel that smile..." Chen Hong put down the newspaper, looked at him and said, "A little 'disdainful'?"

"Is it so obvious?" Chen Kai raised his legs and said, "It's not disdain, it's more of a pity and a pity, knowing that "The Promise" is scheduled for December 12th, but they dare not fight me head-on. "

"It's normal, it's all about making money, there's no need to fight to the death." Chen Hong analyzed.

"It's not that I'm arrogant. No matter when "Mythology" and "Seven Swords" are released, they are not my opponents." Brother Chen Kai has a hundred times more confidence than Xu Krypton and Tang Jili, and has already regarded the title of the year as something in his pocket.

Moreover, his goal is not just an annual crown, but the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

He wants to prove that he can make a film that surpasses "Farewell My Concubine", so as to clear away all doubts from the outside world!

"I don't know much about "Seven Swords", but you should pay attention to "Mythology". That Lv Bu is not just popular recently, he has already become popular abroad." Chen Hong reminded.

"It doesn't matter, Xie Tingfeng and Zhang Bozhi are also very popular. Besides, one or two superstars and celebrities may pull up a box office of 2000 to [-] million, but they will definitely not be able to afford a box office of hundreds of millions. In the end, the quality of the film itself must be excellent. .” Chen Kai talked eloquently.

That's the truth.

The box office of a movie must not be supported by fans in the end. Fans can only guarantee a part of the box office, but they cannot create high box office.

Only when the quality of the movie is good, word-of-mouth is fermented, and passers-by go to the cinema to watch it, can it support a high box office.

"Have you arranged the movie promotion yet?" Chen Hong asked.

"Well, isn't it popular to be on variety shows now? I contacted "Lu Yu You Dating" and "Happy Camp", and then speculated on the love affair between Xie Tingfeng and Zhang Bozhi. The popularity is basically enough." Chen Kai replied.

From a market perspective, there are only two parameters that determine the final box office performance of a movie, one is pre-screening popularity, and the other is word-of-mouth.

Among them, the pre-screening popularity determines the opening performance of the film, and the word-of-mouth of the film determines the stamina coefficient of the film.

If a film has been filmed and post-production completed, the word-of-mouth aspect has basically been fixed and cannot be changed. Therefore, during the film's announcement stage, the only thing that can be changed is the pre-screening popularity of the film.

As for the pre-heating of the film, everyone’s methods are similar. You can release trailers and stills, you can adjust some gossip and off-screen topics, and you can also take a slant, but you can’t blur the focus and make people lose interest in the film itself.

The promotion arrangement of "Mythology" in the mainland is also mainly based on variety shows. At the end of July, it will appear on "Happy Camp", "The Age Show" and "The Same Song".

Then, between the beginning of August and the Qixi Festival, Lu Bu held fan meetings in Yanjing, Hangzhou, and Chongqing. This was the last warm-up event before the release.

Tang Jili also considered firing Lu Bu and Jin Xishan's scandal to attract attention, but Lu Bu disagreed. He fired it before going to bed, because it was fake anyway, and it didn't matter. After he went to bed, he fired it again, in case he was caught by someone who cared and found some clues That's it.

At this time, Lu Bu and Yu Feihong were filming the MV on the North Third Ring Road.

This year is a year of successful revival of China's recording industry.

Ten years ago, China's recording industry was booming. In the following ten years, except for lingering, it basically did not do much. It does not mean that there are no good record companies, good singers and good songs. On the whole, it's so sluggish that it's embarrassing to look straight at it.

The development of wireless business and the involvement of capital have made this industry show an unprecedented magnificent scene.

After the reshuffle, some record companies were eliminated, and some new record companies joined in, such as Feile Records, which is the promoter of online songs, and "Mouse Loves Rice" and "Song of Pigs" are flooding Internet songs are driven by it.

Compared with these new companies taking a different approach, the world's four major record companies Universal International, Warner Music, EMI EMI and Sony Music are focusing on new forces in the music scene.

Among them, Sony Music was merged by BMG Boardman and Sony Records. After expanding its scale, it began to concentrate resources on the Chinese market. It has won singers such as Zhou Jielun, Cai Yilin, Wang Leehom, and Yang Chenglin.

And after signing Liu Yifei with a high profile, he found Lu Bu again.

Since I can't sign him anymore, I just cooperate with him, and the goal is the distribution rights and copyright of his album.

Generally speaking, the production of an album includes four steps.

1. Song production, including creation, selection, recording, and MV.

2. Review, copyright, distribution of income, etc. There are many legal and interest issues involved in the release of albums by singers.

3. Propaganda work. After review and approval, the publisher can agree with the media to conduct publicity, and then set the release date and platform of the album, and before that, put the audition audio, main song, MV, etc. Magazines, newspapers, online media and other places have carried out publicity.

4. Finally, the album is on sale.

Different types of albums, different recording plans, different numbers of songs, and different production times. For example, a folk album and a world-class album, from creation, recording, arrangement, post-production to shelf sales, work There is a huge difference in the amount, some take a few weeks, and some may take months or even longer.

Therefore, if a singer does not have a signed company, it is very difficult to release an album.

However, it is a good choice to cooperate with a record company. The profit share is generally [-], and the copyright is calculated separately.

The conditions offered by Sony Music to Lu Bu were only a little bit higher than the average ones, which naturally didn't impress him.

Besides, he has already reached a cooperation with Huangying Entertainment.

Yang Huangying only needs [-]% and is responsible for the distribution of the market outside the mainland, and has no idea of ​​copyright.

Of course, it was also because he was admired by Yang Huangying that he was able to get a contract that was impossible in the industry.

Declined the cooperation invitation from Sony Music and returned to the MV shooting.

As of today, out of the nine songs, only the MVs of "Legend" and "The Wind Blows the Wheat Waves" have not been filmed.

Today's filming is "The Wind Blows the Wheat Waves", and the heroine is Yu Feihong.

This is a simple and romantic song.

It expresses that people in the noisy city nostalgia for the simple and beautiful emotions of the past.

The style of the MV strives for beauty and warmth.

They searched for a lot of places before they found a wheat field that hadn't been harvested as a shooting location.

The field is golden, and the patchwork wheat is gently swaying under the breeze.

Yu Feihong's skirt swayed with the wind, and she flew up and down like a butterfly, running happily in the golden wheat field.

Lu Bu stood on the ridge of the field, looking at her affectionately, with admiration, affection, and appreciation in his eyes.

Yu Feihong was wearing a white pleated dress with airy bangs, which made her look quite sweet, with a strong girlish vibe.

It has to be a big wife, the beauty produced by every move is like bathing in the spring breeze, feeling natural and comfortable.

"Every frame is beautiful."

"What more script is needed, the two of them are already full of story sense when they go there."

"It's the most emotional MV in this period of time."

Photographers, make-up artists, lighting engineers and others lamented that beauty is not only on the face, beauty is not limited to youth, beauty is a whole.

Yu Feihong, who is over 30 years old, has lost his ignorance and youth, his eyes are full of history, but his face has no frost, like a black pearl, exuding a soft luster, restrained and soft.

Lu Bu, who is in his prime, is neither green nor immature, his eyes are firm and warm, exuding the ultimate charm from the inside out, calm and graceful, with outstanding temperament, which is very fascinating.

The MV is mainly for promoting the production of songs, focusing on the artistic conception of the music.

A good MV can add a lot to a song, and the audio-visual combination will make the listener feel more comfortable and understand the story of the song.

Although the styles of these nine MVs shot by Yu Feihong are different, they follow the same route. The plot, performance, and pictures all reflect the emotions expressed in the songs.

However, because the transition took a lot of time, the MV for "The Wind Blows the Wheat Waves" took a total of two days to complete.

After that came "Legend", which is Yu Feihong's favorite song.

In March 2002, on the plane flying back to Yanjing in Shenzhen, Lu Gengxu and Li Jian held the trophy they had just received and looked at each other silently. During the more than a year since the establishment of Shuimunianhua, the differences in music between the two getting bigger.

When talking about this topic again, Lu Gengxu was young and energetic, and said some angry words: "If you are like this, keep making the music you like and want, you might as well leave."

Li Jian was stunned for a moment, but also felt that it was okay to make his own music, so he replied: "You and I have different music concepts, so both of us will suffer, so I will leave."

After getting off the plane, Li Jian withdrew from Shuimunianhua and left the group name and all the songs to Lu Gengxu.

In the winter of that year, Li Jian lived in a cold courtyard in Yanjing and watched many movies and books.

When he read Zweig's "Letter from an Unknown Woman", he was very impressed, and felt that the heroine was a legend in that era and in the life of the hero.

There is someone you love forever, but she never comes to you, she tortures you forever, and then there is this melody.

Two years later, at the end of 2004, through the introduction of Li Yanxi, Zhao Xueping and Li Jian bought the song, and asked Liu Bing, a famous mainland music lyricist, to fill in the lyrics.

Lu Bu's appreciation level is online, and he knows that this song is a good song.

He is very happy to be able to sing such a song.

During the recording, Li Jian and Liu Bing were even invited to the scene to guide his singing.

On the evening of July 7th, the MV of "Legend" was completed.

Lu Bu paid for it out of his own pocket, and treated all the people involved in the filming to a meal.

I have been busy for more than half a month, so I have to reward myself.

At the dinner table, Tong Yaya carefully revealed that Lu Bu planned a dance for her.

This made Liu Yifei jealous, he gritted his teeth with hatred, and thought to himself, when he releases an album, ask Lu Bu to shoot the MV and design various plots, he must be envious of Tong Yaya.

How can Lu Bu see through the small thoughts of these little girls.

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The next morning, Lu Bu went to the PZH National Shooting and Archery Training Base, where the public trials of the National Games archery event were held.

This sport is not a popular sport, and very few people pay attention to it.

Since the performance of the national archery team is relatively low, the domestic audience will only take a few glances at competitions such as the Olympics.

It is said to be an open selection competition, but in fact there are requirements for the participants. First, they must hold a registration certificate issued by the State Sports General Administration, and then register by sports associations across the country.

During the three-day competition, there will be 64 male and female athletes each obtaining seats in the National Games.

Sichuan, half of Lu Bu's hometown, is considered a home game.

I met with Yu Zhaoxian, and then went to meet the coach and players of the Sichuan team.

"he is?"

"It's him!"

"Aren't you kidding, the star is here to participate in the competition?"

"I've only heard of athletes going to the entertainment industry after retiring, but I haven't heard of the reverse."

"[-]% of them are here to play, or to hype the heat."

"Who knows."

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Lu Bu was recognized, and the athletes talked a lot.

It is said that celebrities eat their youth, and athletes also eat their youth. As they grow older, their speed and physical strength can't keep up, and they can't play for the country. In their 20s, it's a good time, so it's time to Facing retirement.

And after retiring, some are still engaged in the jobs they like in the sports industry, some will choose to get married and have children, some will choose to go to school for further study, and some people will choose to enter the entertainment industry.

Liu Xuan is one of the more representative ones. Not only are his gymnastic skills very good, but he is also beautiful. He officially announced his retirement in 2001 and entered the entertainment industry. He also worked very hard and starred in many film and television works, such as "I and My Father", "Run Out of the Sky" and so on.

Like Lu Bu, who has already made a name for himself in the entertainment circle, and then entered the sports world, I don't know if there will be anyone who will come later, and there must be no ancients before.

(End of this chapter)