This star is too fierce

Chapter 354, a murder caused by a steamed bun

Because Chen Kaige did a lot of marketing and publicity before the release, he carried out all-round and no-dead publicity through newspapers, magazines, the Internet, TV and other means, which almost let the people of the whole country know about the movie "The Promise". , The national box office reached 800 million, directly breaking the record of 210 million in "Hero".

On the 25th, the box office of "The Promise" premiered as high as 2115 million, breaking the record of "Mythology" at the premiere of 1900 million.

Two days later, the single-day box office of "The Promise" hit 2 million, breaking the single-day box office record of "Kung Fu" 2500 million.

The box office of "The Promise" keeps breaking records, but the word-of-mouth is not optimistic. According to reports, a media reporter conducted a questionnaire survey on 100 audiences in the cinema, and found that 56% of the audience did not like it, 32% of the audience thought it was very average, and only 12% viewers like it.

On the 28th, an unknown freelancer, under the overwhelming advertising of "The Promise", could not resist the temptation after all, and walked into the cinema to see the elegance of domestic blockbusters.

Two hours later, Hu Ge walked out of the movie theater. At this moment, he just felt that it was not very good.

After returning home, a strong urge suddenly rushed into his heart. He wanted to modify this "Oriental Fantasy Epic" blockbuster with an investment of more than 3 million by himself.

So, he spent two days writing the script, and then went full steam ahead to make the video.

Hu Ge first used "Today's Statement" as a template to introduce the plot, and then began to use golden sentences frequently, such as "circle circle entertainment city", "Captain Sanada", "three orders and five applications are not allowed to default on the wages of migrant workers"... these lines A sentence is more funny than a sentence, and a sentence is more creative than a sentence.

At the same time, he also used elements such as RAP, Tanmei, and advertisements to spoof and deconstruct "The Promise" in all directions.

In the end, he rushed to finish the project on the first day of 2006. Because he made this video just for fun, he deliberately added FBI WARNING. This thing is for personal appreciation only, and dissemination is strictly prohibited.

But because the video was too funny, my friend ignored the opening subtitles and secretly posted the video online.

Then, "A Murder Caused by a Steamed Bun" became popular, and the search volume and playback volume rose sharply.

A few days later, this less than 20-minute video swept the entire Internet like a virus, almost everyone was discussing this video, and the search ranking rose sharply, even surpassing "The Promise".

Subsequently, the dissatisfaction and criticism of the audience increased.

[Tomato Killer]: Whether in terms of realism or freehand brushwork, the audience in front of the screen is at a loss as to what to do, just like the abrupt steamed buns that appear from time to time in the film.

[Time is the antidote]: I just want to ask, does anyone understand?
[Rain Curtain in Dispersed Shadows]: The core quality of the film will not be improved because of the director's seniority and speaking skills. Even after ten years and more experience, I will still say that "The Promise" is not a good film.

【Wind Down the Mountain】: Pointless romance, pointless fighting, pointless frivolity, full of vulgar stupidity and special effects that no longer have anything special.

[A Fairy Meat]: The exaggerated performance can be forgiven, but the incoherence of the plot cannot be forgiven.

[Pink Forest]: The art costume design and photography are remarkable, and some bold ideas and ideas were made, but the execution was too poor.

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At this time, Chen Kaige, who was preparing for the Berlin International Film Festival in February, said to media reporters: "We have sued him, we must sue, and this issue must be resolved to the end." Then he said A sentence with great lethality: "One cannot be so shameless!"

Facing Chen Kai's reaction, netizens were dumbfounded. No one thought that a spoof video would directly break the defense of the fifth generation director.

"This..." Lu Bu looked at the report in the newspaper and didn't know what to say.

"Director Chen is afraid that he will encounter the biggest Waterloo in his career as a director." Yu Feihong sighed.

Although "The Promise" got a box office of 1.5 million in half a month, but under the collapse of word of mouth, there is a high probability that the box office will not exceed 2 million, and it is safe to rush to grandma's house.

"The filming was indeed unsatisfactory." Lu Bu commented tactfully.

Movies are originally an interaction between the director and the audience through the screen. In the process of this interaction, both the director and the audience came prepared.

But for "The Promise", there is a big difference between the two sides' preparedness.

Brother Chen Kai hopes to show the audience a different "self" and a different movie. The audience is also looking forward to it, but the presentation form of "The Promise" is really too abrupt.

Although "Hero" does not follow history, there is a historical background, and the audience is very familiar with this history, which makes it easier for the audience to enter the story content set by the director.

"The Promise" does not have a historical background familiar to the audience. It only explains to the audience the background of the following story through a series of subtitles at the beginning, and the background of this story is very weak, with neither myths and legends nor historical basis, which leads to The audience didn't resonate with the director's creation.

"It's a good thing you didn't go to act." Yu Feihong said very fortunately.

"I can't help it. I didn't have much interest when I saw the script at the time." Lu Bu spread his hands and said.

So far, the 2005 mainland movie box office championship competition has basically settled, and "Mythology" has won 2.35 million.

The good news doesn't stop there.

After the rehearsal for the third Spring Festival Gala, Lu Bu and Zhou Jielun's show, as well as Tong Yaya's show, were definitely on the show.

This is what the chief director Lang Kun said.

At the same time, "Baby Project" released the ultimate trailer and poster.

As the first blockbuster film released in 2006, it naturally attracted widespread attention and discussion.

"Judging from the trailer, there are quite a lot of laughs.

"This is Lu Bu's first time playing a funny role. I'm looking forward to it."

"But if Lu Bu doesn't fight, it's less interesting."

"Did the ax in "Kung Fu" help Big Brother Chen? But there are many things to watch."

"The cast is no worse than "Myth". Can it create a box office myth again?"

"It's so easy to explode, let's break through [-] million first."

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On the afternoon of January 1, Chen Musheng brought the main creators of "Baby Project" to Yanjing to promote the film.

Cheng Long, Xu Guanwen, Gao Yuanyuan, Ah Sa and other leading actors were all present, but Lu Bu was missing.

However, at the premiere ceremony held the next day, Lu Bu rushed over from Hengdian.

Chengcang's appeal, coupled with Lu Bu's connections, stars from all walks of life came to join in the show. Naturally, all the artists from Mengjiang Studio will not be absent, and Han Hong, Zhao Wenzhuo, and his girlfriend Zhang Danlu, Zhao Benshan, Chen Ming, Lin Yilun, Cao Ying and so on.

From "Kung Fu" to "Mythology" and then to "Baby Project", Lu Bu successfully completed his transformation in three years and gained a foothold in the film industry. He also said that he will continue to bring different surprises to movie fans. But this does not conflict with his filming of TV series.

Cheng Long also revealed a big news, that is, his next plan is to put him, Lu Bu and Li Lianjie together in a movie. As for whether it is the previously reported movie version of "Journey to the West", it is temporarily kept secret, but the three of them This cooperation is undoubtedly exciting.

At the viewing meeting in the afternoon, dozens of media reporters who participated generally had a good evaluation of the film, thinking that "Baby Project" is very suitable for the whole family to watch.

This news fell to Brother Chen Kai's ears, which was not so pleasant.

Today happened to be the day when "The Promise" was released. After January, the box office was fixed at 1.75 million.

Although it broke a number of box office records in a row, including box office records, first-day box office records, single-day box office records, and first-weekend box office records, etc., the word-of-mouth rating was only 5.4 on Douban, and it was nothing. , at least a loss of 2 million.

This also made Chen Kaige say angrily: "No one will be able to understand "The Promise" within five years!"

At this time, Lu Bu and Tong Yaya finished their last Spring Festival Gala rehearsal and returned to the small courtyard.

"Is five years enough?" Xia Yu asked with a smile.

"Be cautious in your words and deeds!" Yuan Wei glared at him, even if everyone here is his own, he can't talk nonsense.

"It's not impossible. Master Xing's "A Chinese Journey to the West" was criticized when it was released, but now the word-of-mouth has reversed and it has been named a masterpiece." Hu Jing analyzed.

"The two can't be compared. Although the plot of "A Chinese Journey to the West" is wild and unconstrained, and the relationship between the characters is chaotic and exaggerated, but behind this seemingly frivolous and vulgar, there are actually many philosophies of life implied, which are not available in "The Promise" .” Gao Yuanyuan followed.

"I don't think so." Xu Wei shook his head.

"Director Chen's last stubbornness." Zhang Liangying said with a smile.

"It's almost done." Yu Feihong thought that this topic should not be discussed any further.

This was a small gathering in the fierce general's studio years ago, but only a few people came.

The crews of Jiang Wen, Zeng Lai, Zhang Guorong, Wang Baoqiang, and Hu Yan were unable to come because the Spring Festival holiday was not on.

Lu Bu is a special case, he has to go to the Spring Festival Gala.

Eating, drinking, and chatting, everyone let go of their so-called celebrity status, and it was rare to relax like this.

"Brother Xu, is there a new album this year? I can't sleep without your songs." Xia Yu started a new topic.

"Are you talking about brother Xu's song hypnosis?" Hu Jing teased.

"That's not what I meant." Xia Yu quickly denied.

"I understand." Xu Wei smiled, and then said: "I have the idea of ​​releasing a new album this year, but I have only written a few songs until now, and I can't put together an album."

"Didn't you collect songs or ask someone to write them?" Lu Bu asked Feihong Yu.

"It's not about Feihong, it's because I insist on using my own song." Xu Wei explained.

For an original singer like him who came up with all the lyrics, music, and arrangement by himself, it is relatively difficult to release an album.

"Then take your time, a good album is not afraid of being late." Lu Bu thinks there is no need to rush this matter.

"I have an immature idea, you guys can help me with my staff and see if it can work." Xu Wei scratched his head and said.

"No problem, tell me." Lu Bu looked at him and said.

"It's like this, I want to make a cover album..." Xu Wei slowly expressed his thoughts.

It turns out that after his debut, he already had the idea of ​​making a cover album, but he has been suffering from no suitable opportunity.

It happened that the creation encountered a bottleneck, and the original songs were not enough, so I had the opportunity to implement this idea.

When he was studying music in the early days, he often listened to Liu Wenzheng's songs. Inspired by Wang Jingwen's cover of Deng Lijun's songs, he planned to cover Liu Wenzheng's songs.

"Brother Xu, the idea is a good idea. It's just a cover of Liu Wenzheng's song. This is open to discussion." Yu Feihong said.

"Who is Liu Wenzheng?" Lu Bu asked the question that most people present wanted to ask.

"Liu Wen is a singer, actor and host from Baodao Province. He was very popular in the 70s and 80s. He quit the entertainment circle in 91. It's normal that you don't know him, but you may have heard his songs. The most representative one is "Little Rain in March." Xu Wei introduced.

"Is it 'the light rain in March is pattering, pattering, pattering non-stop'?" Lu Bu suddenly realized that it was him.

"His covers of "Orchid Grass", "Walking on a Country Road" and "Grandma's Penghu Bay" are also very classic." Zhang Liangying added.

"I only hear his song, but I don't know him." Tong Yaya stuck out her tongue.

"So what Sister Yu means is that many listeners in the mainland don't know much about Liu Wenzheng and his works. If they cover his songs, it will be detrimental to the sales of the album?" Gao Yuanyuan asked.

"This is just one of the reasons. At the end of last year, I asked the marketing department to do a market research. People want to see what kind of works you have. For Brother Xu, most people want to hear Brother Xu sing his original songs. works." Yu Feihong explained.

"It's because I didn't think it through." Xu Wei sighed.

"Brother Xu, since everyone wants to hear you sing your own original works, then you can cover the songs you wrote yourself." Lu Bu suggested.

"?"

Everyone didn't understand, and his words were a bit confusing.

Cover a song you wrote?Isn't it equivalent to publishing a "best collection"?
Many singers have done this before, and they don’t even need to sing, just use the previous master tape.

Seeing their confused faces, Lu Bu explained: "I mean, cover the songs you wrote for others, such as "Persistence" written for Sister Tian, ​​"Once Upon a Time", "Free Like the Wind" written for me. "

Yu Feihong's eyes lit up, and he said, "That's a good idea."

Xu Wei suddenly felt that another village was brighter than the willows, and immediately said: "It's still the second brother."

Lv Bu laughed, and said, "It's so-so."

It only took a little time to finalize the songs for Xu Wei's original cover album. There are twelve songs in total, including Tian Zhen's "Persistence", Lu Bu's "Once upon a Time You", and "Freedom Like the Wind". , "Sunny" by Lao Lang, "Rainbow" by Ye Bei, "You" by Wang Jingwen...etc.

At this time, Xia Yu, the "topic king", said again: "Abu, what about you, are you going to release an album this year?"

Speaking of this, Yu Feihong was the most excited. She liked listening to Lu Bu's singing the most, and was more interested in Lu Bu's movies and TV series. At this moment, she was staring straight at Lu Bu.

The others also looked at Lu Bu with anticipation.

However, Lu Bu didn't have this idea, and said: "Let's rest for a while, and discuss this matter later."

Hearing this, everyone was slightly disappointed, but there was nothing they could do.

Just as Xia Yu stopped, Ren Huang continued, turned to Zhang Liangying, and said, "Where is Liangying, I like your singing so much, when will the album be released? I'll be the first to buy it."

Zhang Liangying just joined the fierce generals studio not long ago, and she was relatively cautious when she was not familiar with them. Faced with this problem, she only said: "I will work hard."

Yu Feihong immediately said: "Liang Ying's first music album is already in preparation, and it is expected to be released in the second half of the year."

Lu Bu followed, "During the rehearsal for the Spring Festival Gala, I chatted with Jie Lun and JJ. If there are suitable songs, I'll give you one or two."

Zhang Liangying was stunned.

Jie Lun's song!
Lin Junjie's song!

This is something she can't even imagine.

"Thank you Brother Lu, thank you Sister Yu."

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On New Year's Eve, the streets and alleys of Yanjing are decorated with lanterns and festoons, creating a strong festive atmosphere.

Yu Feihong went back to Hangzhou, Hu Jing went back to Chuxiong, Gao Yuanyuan went back home... Anyway, each of them went back to their respective homes, and each went to his own mother.

On the day when they were supposed to be reunited, Lu Bu was alone again.

After the Spring Festival Gala, he went straight back to Hengdian to film.

Once you get used to it, it doesn't matter if you're alone.

"Little Lu, I really like your character more and more. When you have time someday, write me the subscript." Uncle Wang couldn't put it down for the couplets written by Lu Bu.

"It's easy to talk about." Lu Bu smiled lightly.

"Don't start the fire at night, come home for dinner, I will ask my wife to cook you an authentic Yanjing New Year's Eve dinner." Seeing that he was alone, Uncle Wang sent a sincere invitation.

"Thank you for your kindness. I have a program tonight." Lu Bu declined politely.

"What show? You don't even have New Year's Eve dinner?" Uncle Wang asked.

"CCTV Spring Festival Gala." Lu Bu replied.

"Ah!" Uncle Wang was stunned, and then he said cheerfully: "Yes, in fact, you should have been on the stage a long time ago. When will you be on stage, my wife and I will watch together."

"Around 10:30." Lu Bu replied.

The old and the young chatted for a while, and Uncle Wang left happily with the couplets. Lu Bu also took his backpack and went to the CCTV building.

Today, there are many more people backstage in the studio than in rehearsals.

Because rehearsals are divided into batches, and they leave after rehearsals.

Now all the people who participated in the Spring Festival Gala are all crowded here.

Old and young, men and women, there was a lot of voices.

You have to queue for makeup, and you have to queue for the toilet.

Not to mention the place to sit, it would be nice to have a place to stand.

"Hello Brother Lu!"

"Hello second brother!"

"Brother Xiaoyao, hello!"

Although it was the first time for Lu Bu to attend the Spring Festival Gala, his popularity and popularity are high, and he has become the object of everyone's star chasing.

This year's Spring Festival Gala, compared to previous years, has a lot more singers of the younger generation, such as Lu Bu, Zhou Jielun, Lin Junjie, Xie Tingfeng, Gillian Sa, Shuimunianhua, etc., while the older generation of singers include Yu Chengqing, Dai Yu Qiang, Song Zuying, Wu Rina, Cai Guoqing, Yan Weiwen and so on.

As for comedians, they are basically old faces, Zhao Benshan, Song Dandan, Huang Hong, Gong Hanlin, Lin Yongjian, Niu Qun, Guo Donglin, Feng Gong, Cai Ming, Guo Da and so on.

The overall quality of stars is neither high nor low.

After going through the doors of several big names, Lu Bu went to Zhou Jielun and Lin Junjie, and found a place to sit and rest in the background.

After a while, Tong Yaya ran over.

(End of this chapter)