Extracting skills from movies

Chapter 664 Making insinuations
After all, a global spokesperson must have influence and appeal on a global scale.

Du Sheng’s foundation is not that strong yet.

But there are still a few brands that saw Du Sheng's potential and readily agreed to his request.

Among these brands, there are luxury cars like Mercedes-Benz, technology pioneers like Samsung computers, and Facebook, which has become extremely popular in the past two years.

These endorsements brought Du Sheng about $4000 million in revenue.

Although it is much less than taking over the entire business, the benefits it brings cannot be measured in money.

Through these brands, Du Sheng can further stand out on the international stage and enhance his popularity and influence.

For him, this is much more meaningful than simply making money.

The promotion in North America has come to a temporary end, and Jackie Chan has left early.

Li Yixin and Wang Jinhua are still busy with endorsement matters.

Due to time constraints, Du Sheng also took Fan Bingbing and others on the journey back home.

"Ah Sheng, you mentioned two movies before, have you decided on the cast?"

After taking her seat in the first-class cabin, Fan Bingbing turned sideways, a hint of excitement flashing in her charming eyes.

After witnessing Du Sheng's influence in the Lighthouse Country these days, she was shocked.

Before she knew it, Du Sheng had not only surpassed her in every aspect, but her international popularity had also become unstoppable.

In addition, I have filmed four dramas in the past two years. Although I am the leading actor in all of them, I will get tired of them after filming too many.

Just recently, she casually mentioned it to Du Sheng.

The man was indeed interested in it, and soon he picked out two film crews that were in preparation.

One is "Lust, Caution" by internationally renowned director Li An. It is rumored that Focus Features is currently casting for the film.

The other one is "Apple", which is also a feature film and in which Star Media participated in the investment.

"I asked Director Li not long ago, and he said that Lust, Caution does have Kueh performances performed by him personally."

Du Sheng knew which one she cared about and shrugged with some regret:

"Also, the heroine of this play is rather innocent, which conflicts with your acting style..."

The main investors of this film are Jiang Zhiqiang's Emperor Entertainment Group and Focus Features of Lighthouse.

Since Du Sheng had previously collaborated with Emperor Entertainment Group on "House of Flying Daggers", he had some influence and it was not a problem for him to get an audition for a female role.

However, Fan Bingbing has always been deeply rooted in people's hearts with her "most beautiful" image and strong personality, and the three-dimensionality of her facial features does not match the temperament of a cold and fair-skinned female student in the Republic of China.

In addition, this play has a lot of rice cake scenes, and in principle he doesn't want women to star in it.

As for Du Sheng personally playing the leading male role?
Jiang Zhiqiang did invite him, and director Li An also hinted at it the day before yesterday.

Not surprisingly, they all took a fancy to his current international popularity and influence.

Moreover, his image and temperament are quite consistent with the character of the male protagonist.

If we take into account the foresight, this movie won the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival in its previous life...

If you don't care about so many things, it would be nice to win some awards for starring in this drama.

The problem is that the male protagonist of "Lust, Caution" is a perverted rapist, and the film also involves many boat scenes.

Taking into consideration that she was an idol and the influence of public opinion, Du Sheng could only decline the offer.

After all, when Liang Chaowei played the role in his previous life, he suffered a wave of backlash.

It's a bit of a loss.

As a result, Fan Bingbing naturally 'missed the opportunity'.

She was open-minded about this and said:

“I didn’t have high expectations, so if it’s gone, it’s gone.

Isn’t “Apple” also a similar drama? The heroine is even older.”

Seeing her optimistic attitude, Du Sheng smiled and said:

"Since you are interested, it will be easy. I will urge you to get the project started as soon as possible after I return."

This movie was proposed by Fang Li, the producer of Laolei Pictures, who approached us for collaboration.

The other party was optimistic about Star Media's distribution and investment channels, while we were attracted by their adaptation and the connections behind them, and the fact that they could also let their artists perform, so it was a perfect match.

After all, the budget investment is only about 10 million yuan, and it is divided into three parts, so there is no pressure.

And if Du Sheng remembered correctly, this movie in the previous life was starred by Fan Bingbing, Tong David, and Liang Jiahui.
These people are currently working at Star Media, so it can be said that they stumbled upon the right deal by accident.

Of course, the main reason why he let Fan Bingbing perform was to win awards.

This type of drama is always the judges' favorite.

In her previous life, she won two major film festival awards with this.

However, in order to maximize benefits, Du Sheng felt that the script, plot, character creation and other aspects needed to be changed.

For example, its main theme is to try to reflect the human nature and class conflicts in the process of urbanization through the experience of foot washer Liu Pingguo.

The starting point is good, but the film has obvious flaws in character creation, narrative techniques and theme expression, resulting in insufficient ups and downs.

In addition, in order to save money, the previous film used handheld photography, which resulted in camera shaking and out-of-focus images.

There is also the issue of the ending, which also needs to be changed.

For example, instead of highlighting class oppression through ideological awakening, the story is changed to being completely deceived by black intermediaries and focusing on the plight of individuals in the tide of the times, which can obviously play a more sublimating role.

It can also make you more morally judged and persuasive when awarding prizes.

"It's a pity that you don't have time, otherwise we could work together and our chances of winning the prize would be even greater."

Fan Bingbing leaned in Du Sheng's arms and said with some regret.

But she also knew that the man had been away for too long this time, and there would be a lot of things waiting to be dealt with when he returned.

For example, the fighting show "Kung Fu", this time they defeated Tyson and returned triumphantly, and the driving effect is definitely great.

As long as Du Sheng maintains a certain presence in the program and even continues to guide the students as always, perhaps it will be able to attract a large number of international boxers to join.

There is also the cross-strait main theme blockbuster "The Man from Lone Ranger" starring him and Liu Yifei, which is about to start shooting.

This film received high attention from the Cultural Affairs Bureau when it was launched. As long as it is of a high enough standard, it is expected to win many awards.

And with Du Sheng's appeal, the box office is likely to be guaranteed.

So this is the next key project of Star Media.

In addition, Du Sheng also has to handle matters related to subsidiaries such as records, cars, endorsements, and YY.

After all, Fan Bingbing is now the top lady of Star Media. She has a good relationship with Du Sheng and she still has a sense of the overall situation.

The return flight took at least ten hours. After chatting for a while, she felt sleepy and fell asleep next to Du Sheng.

Thanks to Taylor, Scarlett and Fan Bingbing's rotation of care during this period, Du Sheng did not feel tired physically and mentally.

After collecting his thoughts, he glanced at his reputation value.

[Reputation value]: 2286398
Since many popularity-related events have occurred during this period, such as the NBA's "court incident", movie releases and promotions, and Ultimate Fighter, it suddenly soared from more than 30 to nearly 200 million!
Now that we have more than enough, there is no need to be so frugal.

Du Sheng's eyes swept across the skill bar, focusing on several main skills.

《Bajiquan lv3/purple (66188/256000)》

《Special physique: LV3/purple (65002/256000)》

"Dragon Elephant Prajnaparamita: (Eighth Level/Purple) (6561000/13122000)"

"Nine Yang Magic Skill (Fifth Level/Purple) (2155398/4096000)"

"The Secret of Immortality (Fourth Level/Purple) (256000/1024000)"

Bajiquan is enough, and there is no opponent in close combat, so I will skip it for now. The next level of Special Physique is to greatly enhance the physique, improve physical strength and endurance, and strengthen the ligaments and tendons of the knee joints, ankle joints, etc.

It would be ok to add some breakthroughs, but what Du Sheng values ​​most is immunity to infectious diseases.

Furthermore, other main skills also have additional improvements based on these data.

Unless the reputation value overflows, it can be postponed.

It takes more than 10 million to break through to the ninth level of "Dragon Elephant", so let's ignore it for now.

After "Nine Suns" breaks through to the sixth level, in addition to strengthening all aspects of the body, it also comes with a practical skill called "Gecko Dragon".

This skill is similar to that of Spider-Man, and he can walk on flat ground even at a 70-degree angle.

It just so happens that my reputation is high enough, so you can use it as a reference.

It only takes a few hundred thousand to break through "The Secret of Immortality", and after the fifth level, you will officially enter the critical area.

[Fifth level: Building foundation and cultivating essence

Characteristics of the exercise: Use Taoist breathing techniques to reshape meridians and stimulate human potential.

Core Ability: Internal force flows through the eight extraordinary meridians like a stream, and the defense of the five internal organs is increased by 10%]

Anyone with a bit of vision can see how big the enhancement of this layer is!
Let’s not talk about the aspect of reshaping the meridians for now. After all, the seventh level of “Dragon Elephant” has been tempered and strengthened once.

This is also the reason why Du Sheng wanted to upgrade "Dragon Elephant" first.

After all, once reshaped and strengthened, the cumulative effect is definitely much greater than one plus one.

In addition, this layer can stimulate human potential!
According to previous knowledge, any martial arts that have this effect often represent infinite value.

What's more, it can purify the eight extraordinary meridians and enhance the toughness of the internal organs.

This effect is really amazing!
“Which one should I add first?”

Du Sheng glanced back and forth between "Nine Yang" and "The Secret of Immortality".

The current reputation value seems to be quite a lot, but after adding one, the other one cannot be broken through for the time being.

He thought about it carefully and found that his popularity and public opinion were pretty good at the moment, with an average of 8 reputation points earned every day.

In fact, it won’t take long before both main skills can be broken through.

Considering that 'Gecko Dragon' is not available for the time being, and both skills can strengthen the body, it doesn't matter if 'Nine Suns' is released a few days later.

So I just filled up the "Eternal Life Secret" to see the effect.

Because if he remembered correctly, in the original book, after learning the first six levels, Kankan created her own "Heavenly Demon Strategy", forming a Tai Chi closed loop of good and evil techniques.

《Eternal Life Secret (Fifth Level/Purple) (256000→1024000/4096000)》

As the thought came to my mind, my whole body felt like it was reborn.

Du Sheng seemed to be able to hear the crisp sound of metal hitting stone in his own bones, and the faint sound of dragon roar when his blood flowed.

In particular, the sound of the heartbeat is like the beating of a drum, which can be vaguely felt in the eardrum.

In addition, I don’t know if the potential has been tapped, but the binoculars can see the surface structure of objects, such as the metal texture of the cabin.

Especially in the dark, it feels like seeing things as if they were in daylight.

The taste is a bit different too.

For example, when you take a sip of mineral water, you can actually taste the mineral components of the water.

If someone had poisoned it, you would probably be able to detect a slight bitter taste.

Of course, there are other features that have not yet been revealed and will only become apparent in the future.

After all, since this level is called building the foundation and nourishing the essence, the meridians, breathing, etc. are the ones that benefit the most.

According to Du Sheng's guess, there will probably be the following types in the future.

For example, it resonates with the vital energy of heaven and earth, and the baptism of moonlight entering the body allows the yin and yang energies to reach a balance.

It also develops a natural resistance to poison and witchcraft, making it truly immune to all poisons.

Even the internal force may contain "Yi Wood Vitality", which can accelerate the growth of plants when in contact with them...

Of course, these high probabilities will only emerge if breakthroughs continue.

It is like the next layer (the sixth layer) is the initial formation of the Zhoutian cycle, which can form a small Zhoutian cycle, harmonize yin and yang, and lay the foundation for the bones.

With mutual support, everything is possible.

Seeing that there was still about 150 million reputation points, Du Sheng thought about it and added it all to "Nine Yang".

《Nine Yang Magic Skill (Fifth Level/Purple) (2155398→3573796/4096000)》

I am only a few hundred thousand away from a breakthrough. According to the current increase in reputation value, it will take no more than half a month at the latest.

Calculating the time, it has been more than half a year since the comprehensive evaluation broke through D+. Now my physique, identity, power, and status have all changed a lot.
If these two main skills are upgraded, it is estimated that they can be promoted to C level.

By that time, I should be able to draw a lot of good things.

.........

Interstellar Media, Director’s Office.

"The finance department has completed the settlement, and the mid-year meeting for the first half of the year is scheduled for the end of the month. Is that ok?"

Taking advantage of Du Sheng's rare return to the company, Wang Jinhua and Zhong Zhen simply pulled him in for a small meeting.

"That's fine. You guys make the specific arrangements, and try to let me know if you need my cooperation."

Du Sheng has basically become a hands-off boss now. Apart from guiding the general direction of the company's affairs, he has basically left everything else to them.

So there is little disagreement about these things.

"This mid-year meeting was quite grand. In addition to the heads of various subsidiaries, Mango TV, Phoenix TV, etc. also attended..."

Although Wang Jinhua knew that Du Sheng must be very busy since he had just returned, she still briefly introduced the process.

Zhong Zhen also mentioned the current project.

For example, Miracle Cinemas has expanded to 348 theaters, and is expected to reach 400 by the end of the year. It is even expected to enter the profit range next year driven by Agile Real Estate and shopping malls.

And Miracle Records too.

Du Sheng released his third Mandarin EP album some time ago. Although it didn't make much of a hit on the charts, its performance was still outstanding.

The three major operators are strengthening their cooperation with emerging music websites such as QQ Music and NetEase Cloud Music, and their revenues are firmly at the top of the list.

If we only consider the domestic situation, even Mr. Zhou, the Asian superstar who is known as the strongest on the planet, currently finds it difficult to compare with him.

Apart from other things, last month Du Sheng promoted the impromptu modified version of "Brother Is Just a Legend" for Miracle Auto, which has been repeatedly suppressed by Zhou's album on various charts.

This made Zhou's fans very angry, and they would go after Du Sheng and attack her whenever they got the chance.

In addition, Girls' Generation has been releasing singles one after another and is planning to start their second tour this year.

This is also another major revenue point for Miracle Records.

However, the biggest unexpected gain was the group of people who came from "Voice of the East".

For example, the first champion, runner-up and third place winners Zhang Jie, Chen Chusheng, Deng Ziqi, Zhang Jingying and others have all released personal albums to varying degrees.

Moreover, thanks to the strong promotion and publicity capabilities of Star Media, as well as the songs promoted by Du Sheng, the popularity has been greatly improved compared to the previous life.

In terms of personal fans, they have accumulated at least 500 million fans on Renren, Tieba, Blog and other platforms across the entire network.

In terms of fame and popularity, at worst he is on the verge of being second-tier.

This year's champions, runners-up and third-place winners Xu Chong, Shang Wenjie, Chen Rui, Xu Fei and others are not as well-known as the former due to factors such as time fermentation and promotion scheduling, but their prospects are visible.

It can be said that Miracle Records is also thriving in this area and Du Sheng does not need to worry too much.

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(End of this chapter)