This star just wants to make more money

Chapter 238: Ecological Change (End)

In the end, the filming of the first season of "Chef" took more than two months and finally came to an end.

Even with the rewards from the system and various experiences from his previous life, Xu Feng found that filming a film or TV series was not that easy.

It's easy to have a story in your mind, but how to present the story on camera, or to let a group of strangers present it, is a test of technical skills.

Fortunately, the TV series did not start off strong but ended weak. The first season ended perfectly, leaving a hook for the second season and receiving numerous praises.

Most importantly, this TV series has created countless memes on the Internet and even has its own exclusive soundtrack.

Any gourmet food, even if it is cooked by a serious chef, will be a lot of fun as long as it is accompanied by this music.

It is a horror suspense drama. It is extremely scary when you watch it, but it can turn into all kinds of fun and jokes after you finish watching it. This is a very rare phenomenon in recent years.

The investor who originally just wanted to build a good relationship with Xu Feng and gave him some money for fun also made a lot of money, which was considered an unexpected gain.

Xu Feng also completely established his image in the entertainment industry.

It really means paying for things.

After confirming this, those companies that had maintained their last bit of reserve and rationality finally dropped their disguises.

After the filming of "The Kitchen Gourmet" was completed and Xu Feng had time to take orders again, various invitations came to him like snowflakes.

Xu Feng looked at the pile of documents in front of him and shook his head: "Tsk, how come the orders exploded all of a sudden?"

Cheng Luan brought another stack of documents over and put them in his hands: "What? Not enough production capacity?"

"What you said..." Xu Feng glanced at Cheng Luan with empty eyes, "Well, it is true that the production capacity is not enough. There are many things to do recently."

Cheng Luan counted on her fingers: "Yes, you have to receive awards, release an album, hold a second concert... and take on new orders. If I'm not mistaken this time, you should be making a movie, right?"

Xu Feng watched the little bird sister count the things to do next, and reminded her with a smile: "Did you forget the most important thing?"

Cheng Luan also smiled: "Do you want me to give you some big rockets? And give you a century-long wedding?"

"I have so many things to do, so I won't take any more orders for now. Let's go traveling first." Xu Feng lay comfortably on the sofa. "I have been busy for so long, and I haven't given myself a day off."

"Okay! The invitation has been sent to Sister Huan. When are we leaving?"

"Tomorrow... never mind, the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll put up a 'Closed' sign on the company's official website."

"..."

……

Time passes day by day.

As the Chinese New Year was approaching, the Internet, which had always been unable to bear the loneliness, finally couldn't stand it anymore, and the voices searching for the "missing person" Xu Feng became louder and louder.

"New Year's Day has passed, where are you, Xu Feng? Can you come out for a moment?!"

"You've been closed for long enough, come out and work soon, where did all the hard work you put in when you first debuted go?"

"I saw someone post a photo before, and it looked like they were on their honeymoon. I was really impressed."

"Don't indulge in women anymore, Dean. Ever since you left, I'm not interested in watching any movies or TV series anymore!"

"It's useless for you to say these things, let me do it!" One of the old fans volunteered, "@Xu Feng, @Meishayuki, good news, your mortal enemy Zhou Yanliu was caught flying leaves in China, she is completely finished now! Dean, after seeing this news, don't you feel like writing poetry and come out to compose a poem?"

"Dancing Group's two consecutive TV series failed. I heard that they lost as much as 700 to 800 million yuan. Now they are planning to make a Spring Festival movie to try to make a comeback. Dean, do you have any comments?"

"To be honest, the money lost by Wudong Group is definitely more than the 700 million or 800 million on paper. They have directly ruined the value of the IPs they have worked so hard to accumulate over the years. The value of these IPs has been ruined by them."

“Yes, who on earth came up with such a stupid idea to put so many good IPs together and then ruin them all at once?”

"The most important thing is that the key characters corresponding to these IPs all died in the plot. Is this crazy?"

"I heard that there was a big conflict between the actors and their team and they wanted to terminate the contract...so they had to be killed, otherwise there would be no way to replace them with new actors."

“Hahaha! You deserve it.”

"These IPs are really almost rotten recently. It's time to break them down and build them up. Let's wait and see the Spring Festival schedule. I hope they can give us a surprise."

"Instead of expecting them, it's better to expect Xu Feng..."

"Xu Feng is gone!"

"Fortunately, I see that Dancing Group has been promoting their most popular IP, Hero, recently. They have already released three episodes and are about to release the fourth one. I am still looking forward to it."

"Indeed... I remember that Hero 2 was a movie ten years ago. I was so amazed when I saw it then."

"Well, let's see if the Dancing Group can replicate this. I heard that they spent a lot of money this time and hired a new big-name actor. I think it might be possible to bring back the past."

This kind of discussion continued on the Internet for almost three months.

Finally, in mid-January, some sharp-eyed netizens discovered that the word "closing" on the official website of Meisheyong Technology, which had been inactive for a long time, was suddenly cancelled.

Then, a message was posted from their official account: "We are back! By the way, I have two good news for you. One is that the crowdfunding for the second concert will start soon. The second is that we have decided to release an animated film on the theme of Fengshen during the Spring Festival to entertain you. Please look forward to it!"

As soon as this update was published, the comments online went wild.

"Fuck! The dean is resurrected!"

"You two have been playing for a few months, have you had enough? Come back if you're done!"

"Ahhh! There's finally a concert. You know, I was really afraid that you would never hold a concert again in your life. It almost made me die of anxiety."

"Speaking of which, are they all new songs for this concert? No way, doesn't that mean I can't miss any concerts from now on?"

"I don't think it's possible. It's okay to sing brand new songs in the first concert, but it's also possible to sing brand new songs in the second concert. This..."

"Nothing is impossible. Don't forget, he is Xu Feng."

"Instead of watching this, I should watch Xu Feng's new movie... Well, it's an animated movie, which doesn't seem to be my cup of tea."

"You've had so many lessons learned, haven't you learned your lesson yet? The easiest way to judge whether Xu Feng's work can be successful is to see how much investment he has received."

"Okay, okay, concert + Xu Feng's new movie, and Heroes 4, I have something to do this Spring Festival."

"Seeing that Sister Huan is also a music producer, I feel relieved."

"By the way, when are they getting married? I heard that they have already booked a wedding date, right?"

"Tsk, I'm curious. Does this count as being bossy in some way?"

"Why not take a look at Xu Feng receiving awards at the music festival? I guess he'll win all the awards, hahaha!"

"Thinking about how Xu Feng just went up on stage to receive an award and then went down, and then went up on stage for the next award, and the cycle repeats over and over again, I just want to laugh."

"Why not think about which song Xu Feng will use as the award-winning song?"

...Various discussions on the Internet were in full swing because Xu Feng resumed taking orders, and Xu Feng's performance at the award ceremony was indeed as they had expected.

Almost 90% of the awards were won.

As for the song played when receiving the award, Xu Feng showed great respect for the original work and still chose "Nocturne".

As a result, a new wave of memes about "as soon as "Nocturne" starts playing, go on stage to receive the award" was immediately set off on the Internet.

After receiving the award, when walking out of the set, Cheng Luan finally stopped pretending this time, and waited for Xu Feng at the door in a grand yet unconventional manner.

That night, a wedding that made everyone's heart ache was held.

……

A week after the noise, Xu Feng's second concert went on as scheduled.

Just as old fans guessed, Xu Feng used all new songs this time, giving the audience a completely different audio-visual feast.

In other words, every time I watch Xu Feng perform, it is an unprecedented enjoyment that may never be experienced again in the future.

Yes... everyone has realized a problem, Xu Feng may hold concerts in the future, or perhaps many concerts.

But every one of his concerts is a swan song.

Once you miss the live event, you can only find it in other people’s videos.

So netizens kept asking Xu Feng to move to a bigger venue - although the previous venue was big, it was still not big enough.

They asked Xu Feng to find a large venue that could accommodate 10 people.

Even if the fans on the outermost edge can only see a small dot, they all accept it - it is better than missing the live event and only being able to rely on other people’s videos to recall it in the future.

In the "crowdfunding" before the concert, all tickets, including VIP seats, were sold out in an instant.

You can imagine how enthusiastic the fans are.

They have even become accustomed to this payment model.

As long as Xu Feng is paid a lot of money, he will definitely perform well enough to live up to the money.

……

Not long after the concert ended, the Spring Festival arrived.

Because of Xu Feng's return, many people's plans are full during this holiday.

Online, Xu Feng's new animated film "Nezha" and Wudong Group's most powerful IP "Hero 4" have both hit the big screen during the Spring Festival.

Originally, everyone thought that this Spring Festival period would be a feast for the eyes.

After watching "Nezha", many people became more convinced that this animated film is much better than they imagined.

After watching it, everyone gave it rave reviews.

Some experts even boldly predicted that the box office of this animated film will soar to 40 billion or even higher.

The suspense left at the end of the movie also paved the way for the sequel "Nezha 2".

After watching the movies produced by Xu Feng, many people excitedly rated and reviewed the movies.

At the same time, they are preparing to buy movie tickets for "Heroes 4" to see what surprises this old IP with an excellent reputation will bring them.

However, the comments on the social platform surprised many people.

"Nezha is great, man! It's a bit cool... I'm looking forward to the second part. I'm going to buy the movie ticket for Hero 4 now. Does anyone know what this one is like? I'm looking forward to it."

"Uh... I advise you not to buy it. If you can get a refund, do it now."

"what?!"

"what's the situation?"

"Can anyone tell me about it if they've seen it?"

"I've seen it, let me tell you, every frame of the movie 'Hero 4' tells us that the villain in 'Hero 3' is right, and these idiots should be destroyed."

“It’s actually a very good production, but because it stinks so much, everyone wears a mask to watch it.”

"'Hero' said he had experienced World War II and asked me what I had experienced. I said I had experienced 'Hero'. Ugh."

"Hurry up and sign the non-proliferation agreement for Heroes 4. It's so ugly. How dare you call it a big-budget movie? Did you just eat up all the money? What are these newly found actors?"

"Dancing Group... This is one of the few IPs you have that still has a good reputation and people are looking forward to. It's not good to ruin it like this, right?"

"It's over... All the big IPs that Wudong Group could use have gone bad. It feels like they are inevitably going downhill. Well, they are also a bunch of shit in the music industry. I heard that the arrested Zhou Yanliu confessed a lot of very explosive things, which are related to the big director of Wudong Group."

"When I was watching Heroes 4, the lady next to me kept hanging up the phone. Finally, she couldn't stand it anymore and picked up the phone and cursed, 'Stop calling me, I'm watching a movie.' Later, I advised her not to care about the scumbag, but she said it was the anti-fraud center calling her, asking her if she bought the ticket for Heroes 4 because she was defrauded."

"Everyone, I have a good idea. If your relatives force you to get married during the Spring Festival, take them to see Heroes 4. This way, they will take you to see a psychiatrist first, and you won't be forced to get married."

"..."

There are so many negative reviews everywhere.

"Huh? Is it really that bad?"

“This is the traditional entertainment company, it just feeds shit.”

"Look at Xu Feng's... Tsk, I'll spend money on him first from now on."

"I think all entertainment companies should do this and put aside their arrogance... You see, many of our peers are already learning from Xu Feng's model."

"Indeed, when I saw the term 'employment in the entertainment industry' before, I thought it was a bit abstract and ridiculous. Now I see that it is actually a good thing for the entertainment industry ecosystem."

"It's time to get back to the balance between supply and demand."

"Oh, don't talk about that... I just want to know when Xu Feng will take a new order, when he will shoot a new TV series or movie and release a new song?"

"By the way, do you think Xu Feng can make a movie with a box office of over 10 billion in the future?"

“I think it’s a bit difficult.”

"Don't be too ambitious. I think the most urgent thing is to make Nezha 2!"

"..."

"Don't worry, the ecology has changed now."

"As long as you have money and pay Xu Feng enough, you can always look forward to his next work!"

(End of this chapter)