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Chapter 545 Teacher Zhang, You're Famous
For a moment, Zhang Songwen felt that all this was not real.

Li Yu actually said that the character of Gao Qiqiang can be compared with Qi Tongwei and Gao Yuliang.

Zhang Songwen knew how popular those two characters were.

There are a lot of people using progress and plant memes on Station A and short video platforms.

It has been played for several years and people still enjoy it.

There are also many up-loaders who over-interpret the plot of the TV series.

Although Zhang Songwen was already unexpected enough, what Li Yu said was actually a bit conservative.

There are too many god-level characters in "In the Name", which makes it impossible for traffic to be concentrated on one or two people.

Even a first- or third-level actor like Mr. Hou, who made a guest appearance as Guo Jia, attracted a wave of traffic with his own strength.

In addition, Xu Yajun and Zhang Zhijian are getting older, and it's true that their characters are very popular, so it's also right to make them popular again.

However, given their age, it is difficult for them to play the leading role even after becoming popular again, and they can only play supporting roles.

Zhang Songwen is different. There are not so many big names in Kuangbiao competing with him for traffic.

He can take advantage of the skyrocketing traffic.

He is only forty years old. For a young hunk who makes a living by his looks, his prime is already over at this age.

For talented actors who make a living by their hard work, the age between thirty and fifty is just right.

Representative figures of the powerful school, such as Zhang Yi and Yan Wang, only became famous when they were almost 40 years old.

After becoming famous, their careers reached their peak.

After the storm, Zhang Songwen not only acted in movies, but also played the leading role in subsequent film and television works.

But unfortunately, after Kuang Biao, Zhang Songwen has not yet produced any good work comparable to Kuang Biao to further consolidate his position.

Even his acting skills have been questioned.

Some people say that apart from Gao Qiqiang, he is almost the same in all other roles.

Some people say that his acting is too exaggerated. His acting skills are pretty good, but they are over-hyped.

This has a lot to do with the role.

The character of Gao Qiqiang has some similarities with Zhang Songwen's early experiences.

Zhang Songwen was born in a rural area in Guangdong Province. He lost his mother's love in junior high school and his fate was very tortuous.

After graduating from high school, he worked as a printer, beverage salesman, air conditioning installer, hotel waiter, restaurant manager, and tour guide.

In pursuit of his dream, he was admitted to the vocational school of Beijing Film Academy, and then was rejected by countless film crews one after another.

He himself is Gao Qiqiang, who has not been defeated and turned evil by fate.

He can understand Gao Qiqiang's state of mind, so he can perform Gao Qiqiang's strong character.

If he were to play another role that was not as well suited to his own personality, his acting skills might be compromised.

This is normal, some actors are particularly suitable for a certain role.

Like Da Tiantian, no one else can play Si Teng, who is both graceful and noble and silly.

However, whether Gao Qiqiang’s acting skills will be questioned in the future has nothing to do with Li Yu.

He just needs to know that there is absolutely no problem with Zhang Songwen's performance in the storm.

He himself has not considered whether he will cooperate with Zhang Songwen again in the future.

...A few days later, a short video of Zhang Songwen playing Gao Qiqiang was uploaded to the Internet.

At the beginning of the video, brothers Tang Xiaolong and Tang Xiaohu were aggressive. Not only did they complain that the TV bought by Gao Qiqiang was too small, they also smashed the TV that Gao Qiqiang spent seven or eight thousand yuan to buy.

Gao Qiqiang could no longer bear it and chose to fight back, but was beaten up by the other party and was blamed for the incident.

On New Year’s Eve, I could only eat dumplings in the detention center and was bullied everywhere.

After turning evil, the famous scene where he uses Sun Tzu's Art of War to show off his skills, coupled with the explosive war song, is really eye-catching.

A video that is less than three minutes long has become so popular.

Of course, the public relations department of Hualiu Company is also working behind the scenes.

However, the public relations department of Hualiu Company only guided some public opinions.

The plot of Gao Qiqiang's counterattack is exciting enough in itself. The public relations department took the lead and made the video a small hit. After netizens participated in the forwarding and discussion, it quickly became popular on the Internet.

"It's so real. This fishmonger doesn't seem to be acting. Anyone who has helped their family buy groceries when they were young will remember a kind uncle or aunt saying, "Hey, kid, you don't have to give me the two cents."

"The way he butchers fish is so skillful, did the director pull him over from RT-Mart to act here? His technique really looks like that of a master who has been butchering fish at RT-Mart for ten years."

"The control of his eyes and micro-expressions is really amazing, especially the scene where he sits on the rooftop alone. There is no dialogue but it is very touching."

"I checked and found out that the actor who plays the role of Mai Yuqiang is Zhang Songwen? Who is this Zhang Songwen? He is so awesome! If Mr. Zhao saw him, wouldn't he immediately find someone to kick him out?"

That little video received a very good positive response on the Internet.

That day, Zhang Songwen got up early to read the script.

He planned to study the scene he was going to perform today before going to the set for filming.

His assistant walked into his room for breakfast and said happily, "Teacher Zhang, congratulations, you are famous."

"I'm famous? Did I not hear clearly or did you not explain it clearly?" Zhang Songwen felt like he heard a very cold joke early in the morning.

He has been in the industry for so many years and has acted in so many dramas but he is still not popular. There have been no works in which he has participated broadcasted recently. How come he became popular?

"Teacher Zhang, I didn't lie to you, you are really famous. If you don't believe me, just look at Station A. In less than ten hours, the number of views of your video "Mai Yu Qiang" exceeded 10 million.

There are so many comments that they can’t even fit into a video of several minutes, and there are tens of thousands of comments below.

On Weibo, your video is also very popular and has attracted countless discussions. "

The assistant handed her cell phone to Zhang Songwen to look at.

Zhang Songwen took the phone with some doubt and took a look at the comments people had left on his video at Station A.

Then, the assistant helped him switch to Weibo and let him see the comments of Weibo users.

Five minutes later, Zhang Songwen came to a conclusion, is he really famous?
Is he really not dreaming? He has worked so hard for so many years but still hasn't become popular, but Li Yu made him famous with just a video of just a few minutes?
Happiness came so suddenly, so suddenly that Zhang Songwen could hardly accept it for a while.

From having breakfast to leaving for the set to film, his brain seemed to be shutting down all the way.

When he arrived at the set, he was surprised to find that some staff members and young actors who had ignored him before now took the initiative to greet him and called him Teacher Zhang.

"Teacher Zhang, good morning. Your performance was so good. I watched the video three times last night."

"Teacher Zhang, you are famous before your show even airs. Our show hasn't even aired yet, but you've already become famous."

Gao Qiqiang was a little uncomfortable with people's enthusiasm.

Once a person becomes famous, everyone around him becomes a good person. There always has to be a process of adaptation.

(End of this chapter)