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Chapter 266: Preview, Xu Kong's full confidence
After hearing Shang Yuxin's words, Zhu Yu was no longer surprised.

After all, as the manager of the artist department, you often encounter situations where the agents and the artists under your management have different opinions.

For example, the two commercial activities this time were indeed very popular within Fengge. Even many first-line employees took the initiative to express their willingness to take the role.

As for Shang Yuxin, it was the other party's agent who took the initiative to take over the event.

However, it was obvious that Shang Yuxin had not been consulted before taking the offer, which led to the fact that Shang Yuxin herself was actually unwilling to do so.

Of course, in Zhu Yu's opinion, Shang Yuxin taking on these two activities will not actually have much impact.

After all, there is still some time before the official release of "Sweet Honey".

Most of the publicity is concentrated online.

There is no need for Shang Yuxin to go to the scene in person.

There is no conflict in timing for roadshows that may be held after the film's release.

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However, since Shang Yuxin mentioned it herself, given her current status, she is indeed qualified to decide her own announcement schedule.

He is no longer the newcomer who is led by his agent and has to follow the arrangements of the agent and the company.

"Are you sure you don't want to answer it?"

"These two businesses are quite popular..."

Zhu Yu gave a kind reminder.

It is not time to sign the official contract yet. If we change people, it will cause more trouble but it will not be a big deal.

And there must be many people within Fengge who are willing to accept it.

Shang Yuxin nodded with certainty.

"Please help me push it, Manager Zhu. I'm sorry to trouble you."

Shang Yuxin had obviously thought it over carefully and nodded without hesitation.

Of course, her agent didn't come with her this time, probably because he was dissatisfied.

Indeed, since Shang Yuxin took on the role in "Sweet Honey", she has postponed almost all the business plans she had planned.

It was understandable that they did it for the sake of filming, but the movie had already been completed and was about to be released.

Even if it is to cooperate with publicity and promotion, it will not completely give up some of its original announcements and business activities.

The most important thing is that as an agent, the amount of business is related to one's direct income.

If it weren't for the fact that Shang Yuxin still has a very high commercial value, and her new movie seems to be quite popular even before it's released, she would have probably been unable to bear it and got angry.

After all, it is not ruled out that some agents and artists have feelings for each other because they have worked together for a long time.

But most of them are more realistic. They care about the career and development of artists. The main reason is that this aspect is directly linked to their own income.

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Although in fact Xu Kong also felt that Shang Yuxin did not need to delay the other party's normal business activities because of the promotion of "Sweet Honey".

But at this time, he still did not try to persuade or stop Shang Yuxin from making the decision.

In the final analysis, although his relationship with Shang Yuxin is different from before, Xu Kong has no intention of interfering in various matters in his career.

At least he would not take the initiative to give so-called advice before the other party speaks.

Except in some special occasions, he might act like the other person's father, but normally, Xu Kong is not the type of person who has a very fatherly personality.

Including Su Zhi's personal studio, Xu Kong helped a lot.

But when it comes to operations or some decisions, Su Zhi herself is still the one who makes the decision.

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"Is there anything else?"

Looking at Shang Yuxin, who still seemed reluctant to leave after she finished speaking, Zhu Yu asked without thinking much.

Even though she already has children, she is actually quite slow when it comes to relationships.

Compared with commercial green tea, it is even more obvious.

Because Shang Yuxin actually began to doubt their relationship when she saw Xu Kong in the other person's office.

The main thing is that Zhu Yu is the manager of the company and Xu Kong’s agent.

Even though she is a married woman, she is indeed quite pretty.

Based on her understanding of Xu Kong, he would not be the type to take action upon seeing such a beautiful woman.

But they had been together for such a long time, and Xu Kong often went to the other's office.

It is absolutely impossible to say that there is nothing.

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"It's okay. Manager Zhu and... Director Xu, I'll be leaving first..."

Shang Yuxin spoke, and before leaving, she looked at Xu Kong meaningfully.

Of course, Xu Kong also noticed it, but he pretended not to see it.

Although the two of them being together did not feel like an awkward situation for him.

But if possible, Xu Kong certainly didn't want Shang Yuxin to really make everything clear right away.

Shang Yuxin didn't know if she had gotten used to it, or if she already knew about the existence of Song Youyou and even Su Zhi, so apart from a little surprise, she didn't feel much inside.

After all, Xu Kong's words were indeed delivered to her by herself.

Even before, Xu Kong had rejected her so many times.

Since it was a voluntary agreement, Shang Yuxin took everything in stride.

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In the following period of time, Xu Kong was still busy with various things before the release of "Sweet Honey".

He even took Shang Yuxin and actor Guan Hua to participate in two variety shows on Mango TV in order to promote his new movie.

On the other hand, on the "Singer" side, Xu Kong, as expected, missed another episode due to schedule issues.

Of course, although Xu Kong did not attend, his influence is still there.

It’s mainly about the rise of Chinese style.

Recently, the number of Chinese-style songs has indeed begun to flood the Chinese music scene.

It's true that compared to the batch of new songs that popped up like mushrooms after a rain when the Spring Festival Gala ended, the average quality of the songs and the level of the singers this time have improved a lot.

In addition to several new Chinese-style songs, which Xu Kong thinks are of quite good quality.

Of course, compared to the two songs "Blue and White Porcelain" and "Dongfeng Po", there is still a big gap.

But this is already news worthy of attention.

Obviously, under the influence of Xu Kong, the emergence of Huaxia Feng greatly shortened the normal process of exploration and development.

It is estimated that in the next few years, there is a high probability that many popular Chinese-style songs will appear.

This is what Xu Kong is looking forward to seeing.

As for himself, the title of the pioneer of Chinese style is enough to be written into the history of the development of modern Chinese music. He is not worried about being surpassed by latecomers.

Moreover, the two classic songs "Blue and White Porcelain" and "Dongfeng Po" are not so easy to surpass.

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"From the various materials and publicity released so far, Xu Kong's new movie is indeed quite exciting."

"The filters and composition of the entire film are like an art film, but its investment and publicity follow the model of a commercial film..." Yiguo's new film prediction program has always had quite good traffic.

This is one of the main columns of her film and television self-media, which has enabled her to become one of the top few in terms of the number of fans on the entire Internet.

However, it must be said that the current domestic film market does seem to be on a downward trend.

Not to mention that the overall box office growth last year was too slow, the most important thing was the Spring Festival period that just ended some time ago, which is one of the most popular periods in the year with the highest box office contribution.

For many years in a row, almost all the box office champions were films released during the Spring Festival.

But the highest box office during this year's Spring Festival was just over 3 billion.

It is true that some performances were not satisfactory.

According to the schedule, the next few months will be a cold period for the market, and the number and quality of released movies will be almost the lowest in the year.

Yiguo originally focused all his energy on TV dramas.

Especially the suspense theater on the Penguin side, although it relied on Xu Kong's "The Silent Truth", the overall level of this project was raised a bit too high.

The performance of some subsequent dramas did not meet the audience's expectations at all.

But overall, there is indeed a feeling that it can compete with the other two major platforms.

If nothing unexpected happens this year, according to the information she has received so far, the three major film and television platforms are expected to broadcast nearly a dozen suspense dramas in total.

As platforms compete with each other, the biggest beneficiaries are naturally their film and television self-media and the audience.

The audience has high-quality suspense dramas to watch, and Yiguo doesn’t have to worry about a lack of material.

What Yiguo didn't expect was that Xu Kong's movie, which had already attracted a lot of attention, would choose to be released in April, a period when the market was quite sluggish.

She originally predicted that the other party would choose a popular time period like the summer season.

After all, considering the cast and investment scale, it is fully qualified to compete with other rivals during the summer season.

It can only be said that not only some professionals in the industry, but even film and television self-media like Yiguo can’t figure out why.

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But this is not the most important thing. For Yiguo, it is certainly impossible for her to miss Xu Kong’s first movie.

The new film predicts that this traditional program will definitely be made.

There was even a separate episode dedicated to Xu Kong's movie.

In addition to Xu Kong's already high popularity, there is no way he can miss this wave of traffic.

Yiguo himself is also very interested in Xu Kong's new movie.

Last year, her account made a ranking of the top ten film and television dramas of the year.

As expected, Xu Kong’s two dramas were on the list and directly occupied the first and second positions.

Moreover, this ranking seems to be shady or paid for, but no audience questioned it.

There is no way, besides being a hit in itself, "The Long Season" has a terrifying 9.4 score that is really impossible to ignore.

Even though The Legend of Sword and Fairy has been somewhat controversial, its rating remains stable at around 8.7 while it is still very popular.

Xu Kong's two dramas directly occupied two positions in the top ten of the year.

Considering Xu Kong's age, his idol background, the fact that he directed and acted in his own films, and even wrote his own scripts, it is hard to ignore him.

The current situation is that Xu Kong looks young and has little experience, but in terms of influence and reputation, as an actor and director, he is almost much better than many senior directors in the industry and some first-line actors.

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That’s why Xu Kong’s entry into the film industry this time has attracted so much attention.

In addition to some of Hong Kong’s veteran superstar-level artists in the past.

In Yiguo's opinion, Xu Kong is indeed a young artist who seems to have a real hope of becoming a successful actor in film, television and music since this century.

Including many current online viewers, their expectations for Xu Kong are not just some ordinary movie emperor or singing king or something like that.

Rather, they are similar to the old-school superstars who appeared during the heyday of Hong Kong's entertainment industry in the last century.

Considering Xu Kong's identity as the director, Yiguo really felt that it was not a deliberate exaggeration by Xu Kong's fans or some netizens.

So Yiguo mentioned in his copy of this new film prediction:

"For Xu Kong, the box office of his first movie is not the most important thing."

"The most important thing is word of mouth. As long as the word of mouth is recognized by the audience, it is enough to represent that his purpose of entering the film industry has been achieved."

"Because of the TV series, his commercial value has been proven. As long as his reputation is good and he wins an award, there will be many investors willing to invest in Xu Kong in the film industry. As for the actor, after Xu Kong has proven his ability, almost no one will be able to refuse his invitation."

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After the video recording was finished, Yiguo started to get busy with other things.

Although her number of fans has exceeded 50 million, she is almost the largest self-media blogger in the film and television field.

But in comparison, she herself does not have a very large team, or the kind of person who directly runs a company.

Apart from an assistant to handle business matters, Yiguo has always insisted on doing everything himself regarding the content.

This makes her money-making efficiency indeed lower because there are too many mature teams.

But it is also the most basic thing that Yiguo has insisted on since he started doing this.

"Hey?"

"Well, I'm Yigo..."

After finally taking a break, the phone rang.

Yiguo has dedicated people to coordinate all business matters.

So Yiguo was indeed a little surprised that the other party was able to find her private phone number.

But when he heard the person introducing himself, Yiguo felt relieved.

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After hanging up the phone, Yiguo's expression became contemplative.

It turned out to be a call from Xu Kong’s team.

Invite her to attend the advance screening of "Sweet Honey".

Yiguo really didn't expect this, although she had received many invitations from similar film producers.

But she didn't expect that Xu Kong would take the initiative to invite her this time.

After all, before "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" was broadcast, she was the one who publicly questioned what Xu Kong said about the fairy tale drama.

Although it seems now that Xu Kong's fantasy dramas have indeed become a new genre that is different from ancient idol dramas and traditional martial arts films.

But if it were some other directors, they would definitely hold a grudge because of this incident.

Not to mention inviting her to the live premiere of his film, not prosecuting or specifically targeting her would be considered lenient enough.

Of course, the reason they invited her this time was obviously not to pay her to do publicity, because they didn't mention anything about it at all.

In other words, she was simply invited to attend the premiere, without any restrictions on her personal comments and opinions as a blogger with more than 50 million fans online.

In addition, this time the film will be screened in advance.

What all these things can best illustrate is that Xu Kong obviously has full confidence in his new movie.

This undoubtedly aroused Yiguo's already considerable curiosity, and he was now even more looking forward to seeing the finished film of Xu Kong.

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(End of this chapter)