Didn't you say that we would lose money after filming?

Chapter 46 I Can't Wear This Melon-Shaped Hat

"I don't know! I wanted to ask you." Tang Ying looked confused.

Why was she trying so hard? The money had just passed through the finance department and was transferred to the crew's account not long ago.

She was still thinking about doing something big, so she could use a little more. After all, publicity and investment are very expensive, and every point needs red money to open up.

But we just planned it and haven’t even started working on it yet, and it’s already gone viral online? It’s even trending on the hot search list?

What the hell is going on?

"This data is very wrong. The direction of public opinion is a bit deliberate, and it is leading in one direction." Xia Yuan flipped through the information on his phone and frowned and said, "It is very likely that we have been tricked."

"Do you have any idea?" Tang Ying asked with a frown.

"Good question!" Xia Yuan clenched his fists and clapped his hands.

Tang Ying's eyes lit up.

But the next moment, Xia Yuan changed the subject: "No."

Tang Ying: “.”

"Have you ever offended anyone?" Tang Ying continued to ask.

"Good question! I don't know either." Xia Yuan continued to answer.

But just when Tang Ying was about to explode, he added: "But there probably isn't."

As a director, he must be very unhappy when people say this about his work, and the most crucial point is that such public opinion environment is very unfavorable to their new movie.

But the key point is that they have never offended anyone. Xia Yuan thought about it for a long time and found that he had no idea about who he had offended.

After all, he had just entered this circle and had just finished filming his first work. Where did he get his social connections in the circle?

Moreover, he instinctively didn't want to mingle or engage in meaningless socializing. After all, four years in college had given him a glimpse of the relationship between him and his classmates. There was an invisible barrier that was difficult to break.

So who is willing to spend such a huge price to suppress them? You know, guiding public opinion is the most expensive thing. Not to mention other things, just being on the hot search for a day will start at millions, and it is often charged by the hour.

Could it be that.
He turned his gaze to Tang Ying.

He definitely had never provoked anyone casually. He had always been known to be honest and introverted, and he couldn't say anything too dirty. But the same couldn't be said about his senior sister.

You have to know that the second generation of rich people are exposed to much more than ordinary people due to their growing environment and process, so naturally there will be many people who have friction or even hatred with them for various reasons.

There will be more enemies accordingly.

So it might have come from my senior schoolmate.

But when he looked at Tang Ying, how could Tang Ying not know what he was thinking?
So he just glanced at Xia Yuan and replied calmly: "Don't look at me. It has always been said that others have offended me, and it is not true that I have offended others."

Xia Yuan: “.”

The sudden sense of disparity in the world and the clash between classes made him fall into silence.

"Feel sorry."

He is too shallow and cannot understand the awesomeness of Mr. Gou.

But in the final analysis, it's not just Xia Yuan, Tang Ying is also quite dissatisfied with her feelings about this matter.

Because other people have done everything, there is no point in losing money.

I had just prepared a large amount of funds and was planning to take a small loss, but in the blink of an eye, it was snatched away by someone.

Isn't this a personnel matter?

Moreover, the curses were too harsh, and it was obvious that they were meant to torture them to death.

If she does the promotion herself, she will at most be promoting the movie, but there is no way she can direct public opinion towards the person. These are two different concepts.

She just wants to lose money, not to trick anyone. It's enough to lower the expectations for the movie.

Now, both she and Xia Yuan have their own unhappy points in their hearts.

However, they have not yet reached a suitable conclusion as to who is behind this.

But at this moment, there was an urgent knock on Xia Yuan's office door.

Boom boom boom!
There was an urgent knock on the door, interrupting their thoughts.

"What's going on? Who is it?" Xia Yuan asked with a frown.

"I'm Xiao Liu, Director Xia, something happened!"

The female voice outside the door sounded a little anxious. It was Xia Yuan's assistant Xiao Liu.

problem occurs?
Xia Yuan was stunned, and immediately said, "Come in."

The door opened, and it was Xiao Liu. After she came in, she nodded to Tang Ying and said hello: "Hello, Mr. Tang."

Then he looked at Xia Yuan: "Director Xia!"

"What's going on?" Xia Yuan asked.

"At the entrance of the set, there was a conflict between the security guards and some secret photographers. There have been some paparazzi sneaking around the set during this period, trying to sneak in many times, and they were seen in many corners.

Then the security people discussed it and planned to catch him in the act and find a way to stop him. Just now, they stopped him, but he denied it and called a lot of people over. Now he is accusing us of slander and making trouble. He wants to expose us. Then some security guards couldn't help but take action. Now there is a commotion outside. "

"Is there such a thing?" Xia Yuan's brows were so furrowed that he was about to kill a fly. But it wasn't over yet, and soon, the office door rang again.

This time, the person who came in was Huo Chunliang.

After entering the office, Huo Chunliang looked at Xia Yuan and Tang Ying with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, Director Xia, President Tang, it's all because of me that I've caused you all trouble. While there's still room for maneuver, I want to quit this role.

As for the film remuneration, I will return it to you."

"What are you talking about, Teacher Huo?" Xia Yuan was confused.

My goodness, Huo Chunliang is going to quit the show?
How come all the troubles suddenly come one after another?

No, Huo Chunliang came looking for me?

Could it be that.
Xia Yuan had some doubts in his mind, and these doubts were soon answered, including the mastermind behind the scenes that they had been unable to figure out before.

"But this matter is most likely caused by me. No, it's not a high probability, but it will only be caused by me." Huo Chunliang took a deep breath and said, "I was implicated in the online incident."

"What exactly happened?" Xia Yuan frowned and asked, "Who did you offend back then?"

He had been curious about this question for a long time, but Huo Chunliang had never mentioned it.

Now is a good time to clear things up.

"Former president of the Hanxia Performing Arts Association, founder of the Film and Television Development Committee, and director of July Film and Television, Ai Qixing." Huo Chunliang took a deep breath and replied.

It's him?

Xia Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

As an insider in the industry, he had naturally heard of this name, and it was even a household name.

Tang Ying narrowed her eyes, with a hint of murderous intent in her eyes.

There are some real big shots in this circle. They are not directors, nor actors, let alone producers or any other obvious workers. None of them.

But these people have greater influence than all those working in the open. If they stomp their feet, the entire entertainment industry will shake three times, because they are the vested interests and the ones in power.

Develop leaders.

This Ai Qixing was such a big shot with a great reputation in the circle, and Xia Yuan had even met him before.

Because when I was in college, the school invited Ai Qixing to give lectures at their school.

The other party even serves as a professor in many professional colleges and universities, and Xinxi is one of them.

He had thought about whether Huo Chunliang had offended anyone, maybe the director, the producer, or the capital, but he never thought that he had offended this kind of person.

So what was the reason for the offense?
Xia Yuan was very confused about this: "Then how did you offend him?"

"The reason is actually very simple. It's just because I refused to act in a play."

Huo Chunliang smiled bitterly for a while.

Refuse to perform?

Just because I refused to act in a play, could the other party retaliate like this?

"At that time, I had just finished filming a drama and was in a free period. Ai Qixing sent someone to find me and asked me to have a talk. He asked me if I would like to act in a drama he was producing. That drama was a palace drama."

As Huo Chunliang slowly explained, this matter that had troubled Xia Yuan and Tang Ying for a long time, and the secret of that year, also slowly gave them an answer.

To put it simply, Ai Qixing, as one of the promoters of Qinggong Opera, also invested a lot of time, energy and cost to vigorously promote pigtail opera!
There are so many dramas about pigtails in China now, and almost all historical dramas are about the Qing Dynasty. There is a reason for this. We can only say that Ai Qixing was definitely one of the people who made great contributions to the creation of such scenes, and he played a great role.

He found Huo Chunliang that year and wanted him to film a drama about pigtails.

It tells the story of Qingting facing a powerful enemy and the soldiers who were not afraid of the strong enemy and fought hard.

But Huo Chunliang's temper was still there, and he refused without even thinking about it. The reason he gave was that he was not used to wearing the melon-shaped hat, nor was he used to having braids.

What he said was very decisive and clear: the play was totally inconsistent with historical facts.

He was at the peak of his career at that time and was quite arrogant.

After being rejected, Ai Qixing didn't say anything and thought the matter was over.

You all know what happened next.

"That girl and I were in a free relationship. Strictly speaking, she was my first love." Huo Chunliang said, "But no one expected..."

After saying this, Huo Chunliang looked a little lonely.

After knowing what happened, Xia Yuan felt bad looking at this man.

As a man, he could understand it very well. He had a successful career and love life, and everything was good. However, who would have thought that everything would change overnight, especially the lover he trusted most, his first love, who pushed him into the abyss and put him in an irretrievable situation.

What followed was twenty years of injustice, with all kinds of dirty water that did not belong to him being thrown at him.

Xia Yuan's heart also became heavy. He said, "It is absolutely impossible to withdraw from the performance. Teacher Huo, you have done nothing wrong. You are innocent and should not be responsible for anything."

It turns out that Huo Chunliang actually experienced all these things back then?

Tang Ying also said, "It's okay, Mr. Huo, we just need to recognize you. You don't need to mention these things to us again. We will take care of the rest."

Anyone could see that there was anger flashing in her eyes.

(End of this chapter)