This top guy only treats celebrities as his job

To be honest, the ratings of TV stations nowadays are not very good, so many dramas don’t really care about the TV stations.

Only an old-school director like Zu Ming might actually take the TV station seriously.

It is precisely because of this that when Zu Ming knew that the TV station did not like it, he felt the need to make changes.

But times have changed.

Nowadays TV stations are no longer that important. You can see many dramas that are first broadcast online and then on TV.

Lin Xing also mentioned this when he talked to Zu Ming. He felt that the most important thing was the script and the quality, and he should not neglect his own shortcomings.

The others are far less important.

There is one good thing about Zu Ming, that is, he listens to advice.

When Lin Xing finished speaking, he quickly changed direction and stopped answering the TV station, while doing his best to edit the video.

Then, it’s about promotion and marketing. Lin Xing will do whatever he says to promote and market the product.

Now the promotion has been completed, and it depends on the platform.

Lin Xing smiled and said, "Director Zu, I think it doesn't matter which platform it is. You can broadcast on any platform you want. Of course, I will definitely choose CCTV as the TV station, and the Internet platform is also fine..."

"I talked to CCTV. CCTV-8 was willing to do it, but they were more optimistic about another military drama. CCTV-1 was out of the question. They were not going to give me a chance in the short term..."

Zu Ming thought for a while and said, "If it doesn't work out, let's go with Shanghai and Beijing. After all, we have cooperated before. As for the online broadcasting platform, let's go with Penguin. After all, the cooperation went smoothly."

Lin Xing said: "Okay, this is fine, then we can proceed to the next step of promotion."

In short, the release date of "Soldier Assault" was set a long time ago.

10 month 1 number.

The show will begin airing on Shanghai TV and Beijing TV in prime time on October 10, with two episodes on the first day.

Then Penguin Video started broadcasting four episodes at 10 p.m. on October 1st.

When this news came out, many people were naturally surprised.

"Oh my goodness, I thought it was from CCTV, but it turns out it's not."

"Obviously this drama is not very good, otherwise why wouldn't CCTV accept it?"

"Yes, I think so too. You know, at the beginning, Soldier Assault said it would be broadcast on October 10st."

……

The discussion online is quite intense.

Because "Soldier Assault" has always been scheduled to be broadcast on October 10st, but many people did not expect that this TV series was not scheduled to be broadcast on CCTV.

This shows what?
This means that when Zu Ming first scheduled the show for October 10, the broadcast platform for the TV series had not yet been decided.

This is true self-confidence.

Zu Ming was absolutely confident about "Soldier Assault", but when the time came, CCTV probably didn't want it anymore. That's why the TV series was scheduled to be broadcast on Shanghai TV and Beijing TV.

Then it is reasonable for everyone to be suspicious.

No matter from which aspect, CCTV 1 and CCTV 8 are unwilling to accept "Soldier Assault", which can only prove one thing, this TV series is not good, otherwise why would CCTV be unwilling to accept it? ?

So everyone thinks that the fact that this drama has not been scheduled on CCTV only means that the quality of the drama is not good.

Of course, many people think that it’s better to just take the mule or horse out for a walk, because there is only half a month left until October 10st.

At the same time, the promotion of "Soldier Assault" has never stopped.

We had said before that we would select 1000 viewers to watch the show, and we have already selected them.

Next, the official V of "Soldier Assault" explained the situation, that is, "Soldier Assault" will hold a film screening in the imperial capital, and the 1000 viewers will be divided into three groups to watch the film.

分别定在9月20号、9月21号、9月22号这三天。

At the same time, many selected audience members also shared their feelings.

"Just watch it in the cinema for these three days, and ask everyone to sign a confidentiality agreement. After watching it, you can ask the audience to give some opinions, and then we have a week to make adjustments..."

Lin Xing smiled and said, "I think we can still communicate with the audience face to face. If it were another director, I might worry whether it would be too late to make adjustments in a week, but I am completely confident with you, Director Zu."

This is true.

Everyone knows that Zu Ming is a famous quick shooter.

You can even ask Zu Ming to re-edit "Soldier Assault" in a week because Zu Ming is so energetic at work.

Zu Ming was also amused when he heard Lin Xing's words: "Okay, that's it."

September 9th arrived in the blink of an eye, and the audience who came were all ready to watch "Soldier Assault".

This time, the audience will only watch two episodes, and will also watch a carefully edited half-hour trailer.

In fact, people’s concentration is not enough nowadays, and few people can sit in a cinema for two hours. For this reason, no one will bring their mobile phones into the cinema this time.

It’s not to prevent secret photography, but to let everyone say goodbye to their phones for two hours and watch the show well.

In fact, the first group of audiences were very willing to do this.

You have to know that the crew of "Soldier Assault" has done a lot for the audience who come to watch the movie. Their travel expenses, food and accommodation are reimbursed for coming to watch the show, which is equivalent to coming to the capital for a trip.

What else are you dissatisfied with?
After watching the first two episodes of the two-hour "Soldier Assault", and then there was a half-hour long trailer, everyone was a little surprised after watching it.

It is really as the outside world said, or as revealed, there is no female lead.

But after watching these two episodes, everyone felt that the drama was very good.

Next, director Zu Ming, leading actors Lin Xing, Duan Lingfeng, Wan Hongyu, Pan Hai, and Zheng Haoxuan all came on stage one after another. Of course, Zheng Haoxuan's character had not yet appeared in the first two episodes.

"I want to ask Brother Xing, you said before that you were just a supporting role, but I saw that you had quite a few scenes in these two episodes, so will you finish filming halfway?"

An audience member asked Lin Xing directly.

Lin Xing smiled and said, "I won't spoil the plot for you. I can only say that this drama is a whole. It's not like some other dramas that have main and supporting roles. The truth is that this drama is just like a real army, it's a whole..."

"Brother Xing, do you feel any difference in filming the military drama this time?"

Some viewers continued to ask.

Lin Xing said: "I think it's okay. We are all working together to present a good drama to the audience."

“Brother Xing…” “Brother Xing…”

……

Most of the audience at the scene were fans of Lin Xing, so their questions basically revolved around Lin Xing.

However, Lin Xing later turned the topic to the main actors and asked the audience what they thought of the first two episodes.

"I think it's pretty good, very realistic, and actually I forgot about the heroine while watching it."

"I think it's not bad, but the protagonist seems a bit annoying."

“I find it a bit annoying, too.”

……

Obviously, after watching two episodes of "Soldier Assault", everyone felt that the protagonist was a bit annoying because he looked too cowardly and too fleshy.

However, Lin Xing said: "In fact, this is the story of a soldier who gradually became an excellent soldier king. He didn't have any golden fingers, nor any so-called other resources. He relied on himself and the squad leader, company commander, etc. he met. He worked hard every time, holding on to straw, and finally his straw became a towering tree..."

You will understand all this when you look back.

The three-day audience meeting can be said to be quite successful, and the audience also filled out some questionnaires afterwards, which also proved that everyone liked "Soldier Assault".

that's enough.

"From the votes of 1000 viewers, we can see that when watching the first two episodes, everyone didn't care about the heroine. Everyone was more interested in the plot. And maybe because it was an immersive experience, everyone was quite satisfied..."

Zu Ming handed the questionnaire that his assistant had prepared to Lin Xing: "Ah Xing, take a look."

Lin Xing took it and took a look. Basically, through the survey of these 1000 viewers, it can be seen that everyone thinks the first two episodes of "Soldier Assault" are okay. Even if they don't like it, they still feel they can continue watching it.

"This is a good thing. However, this is because everyone is immersing themselves in the drama. In the cinema, there is no way to fast forward or change channels, so everyone can immerse themselves in the drama..."

Lin Xing said: "But when "Soldier Assault" is actually released, it will be a completely different situation. So we can use this as a reference next time, but we can't be too confident. Everything still depends on publicity..."

Right now, long dramas are competing with short dramas for audiences. It's impossible for you not to promote them at this time.

Zu Ming said: "I know. Penguin Video wants us to hold a premiere on September 9th and participate in an interview before the premiere..."

"Okay, just tell me the specific time when the time comes..."

Lin Xing smiled and said, "I will definitely participate. I have said before that my next job is to promote "Soldier Assault" well."

"Thank you, Ah Xing. This time, everything for our show really depends on you..."

Zu Ming said with some sigh.

"Director Zu, you're being too polite. If I had participated in your play, I wouldn't be where I am today..."

Lin Xing waved his hand slightly and said.

Zu Ming shook his head and said, "No, no, even if you don't participate in "Sweeping Black Waves", I believe you will definitely be able to make a name for yourself..."

Speaking of which, Zu Ming also felt as if it was a lifetime ago.

When Lin Xing participated in "Sweeping Dark Waves", he was still a new star who became popular again, and his popularity came only because of the collapse of other people's reputation.

Then, after these few years, Lin Xing has become a billionaire movie star.

The success of a drama is luck, the success of a movie is fortune, but if every drama is successful, or even a movie becomes a billion-dollar movie, this is no longer so-called luck.

This is truly strength.

What's more, Lin Xing had already repaid his gratitude in the TV series "Love Is Not Easy", not to mention Lin Xing's support for Zulan.

As for Zu Ming, he had no intention of taking advantage of his seniority and asking Lin Xing to repay him. He truly felt that Lin Xing had helped him a lot over the years.

Take the "Soldier Assault" for example, Lin Xing didn't even ask for any remuneration. He worked diligently during the filming and even helped with publicity many times.

Just based on this point, Zu Ming felt that Lin Xing really helped him a lot.

Of course, Lin Xing doesn’t think so.

"Director Zu, there is no such thing as what should be in this world. You supported me in playing in "Sweeping Black Waves" and even helped me so much during the filming. I have benefited a lot from all of this. Think about the director of another drama I starred in who really disdained me..."

Lin Xing mentioned what happened back then with a smile.

When he played the overbearing president Du Fei in the drama "Just Waiting for You", he couldn't even meet the director Kong Yi. The entire process was filmed by Group B director Qiu Kelai.

That is, they shot a behind-the-scenes footage when the filming was completed, but as soon as the word "Cut" was called, director Kong Yi naturally left.

So, as directors, some directors are too lazy to pay attention to child actors, like Kong Yi and some other directors, but some directors still treat child actors equally and give them some guidance.

This is the gap.

This made Lin Xing understand that this was also a way of dealing with people and things. This incident also made Lin Xing understand that he could never live like the type of person he hated the most. He had to be like Zu Ming.

So, Lin Xing smiled and said, "Master Zu, please don't say thank you or not. It will be a bit awkward between us if we say that again."

"Hahaha, yes, it's me who seems a little hypocritical."

Zu Ming burst into laughter.

As for "Soldier Assault", many viewers on the Internet also gave positive reviews.

"I've watched the first two episodes of Soldiers Assault, and I've also watched the trailer. I can't say anything else, except that this military drama is completely different from previous military dramas."

"Well, I can give you a little spoiler: there is indeed no female lead in the first two episodes, but it didn't affect me at all when I was watching it."

"I don't understand why CCTV doesn't want to buy this drama. I like it very much."

……

During these discussions, Lao Zhong also posted a Weibo post: "I now have the same idea as Lin Xing about "Soldier Assault", that is, this drama may become a phenomenal TV series, and even let everyone know again that there is still a huge market for long dramas.

Of course, it is also possible that the drama is still abandoned by the audience, that is, the audience of short dramas can no longer watch long dramas.

But I am confident about this drama. I believe that long dramas will not die out. I also think that it’s not that short drama audiences are unable to watch long dramas, they just haven’t encountered the right long dramas.

This time, "Soldier Assault" is a good drama. It is a realistic military drama, and it is a real realistic drama. After watching it, you will understand why I say so."

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...(End of chapter)