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Chapter 617 Are you kidding me, buddy?
Bai Liang's trip required him to attend several events, with schedules almost every day, so he took more than a week off.

Of course, being able to take such a long leave from a film crew like "The Battle at Lake Changjin" with such a tight shooting schedule is not due to any favors or privileges, but rather to one's "ability".

In Chen Kaige's words: It's like seeing a ghost!
Only directors or crew coordinators know how troublesome it is to direct large-scale filming.

It's common for them to be in all sorts of states.

So there's a reason why directors often yell until their voices are hoarse, they're furious, and their mouths are bubbling with anger.

However, nothing unexpected happened while Bai Liang was filming those troublesome and time-consuming scenes.

The extras were incredibly professional, obeying orders flawlessly; the scene direction and prop preparation were impeccable. Even the weather seemed to be on their side.

Scenes that were originally planned to take several days to film can be completed in a day or even half a day.

It's even smoother than Dove chocolate!

Once or twice, it can be considered a coincidence, but it's a bit too outrageous to happen every time.

A wave of déjà vu, described as "when the time is right, all the world lends a hand," was forcefully thrown at everyone's faces.

When Bai Liang first returned to the film crew, everyone used to tease him and call him "Movie King," but now they all call him "Great Immortal."

That's how it is on set. Some people actually believe in certain things. Otherwise, what are they praying to the gods for at the start of filming? They just hope the filming goes smoothly, but the way things went, like Bai Liang's monstrous performance, has truly opened everyone's eyes.

Many people who weren't frequent internet surfers in the past didn't understand how Bai Liang got his nickname "Great Immortal Bai".

Now everyone knows more than the last.

This is absolutely insane! What else should we call a sage but a master?
There are only wrong names, no wrong nicknames!
Of course, those who have worked with Bai Liang before naturally have a deeper understanding of this point.

For example, Wu Jing.

He went to Africa to film with Bai Liang and had a deep understanding of the place. The more dangerous and troublesome the place, the more valuable Bai Daxian's skills become!

However, his claim that Bai Liang rushed around to support the girls is pure fabrication.

Where are there so many venues to support?
There are only a few of them.
"Brother Bai, while you're there to support us, you should also check if these movies pose any threat to us."

After Bai Liang left the film crew, he received a call from Yanzi.

The conversation on the phone was quite direct: "Better Days" is still the box office champion this year, with a box office of over 3 billion yuan, taking the lead.

"My People, My Homeland," released during the National Day holiday, ranked second with a box office of over 2.8 billion yuan.

After that came "The Eight Hundred" and "Jiang Ziya," and there was a gap after that, with none of them even reaching the billion-dollar mark.

Overall, the film market has shrunk this year due to the impact of the pandemic.

2020 is almost over, and there are only more than 20 movies that have grossed over 100 million yuan at the box office.

Overall box office revenue plummeted by two-thirds compared to last year.

Of course, this is mainly because cinemas were closed for a period of time. In fact, the market did recover after "Better Days" fired the first shot.

Even so, the film and television industry downturn continues to affect the entire sector.

Simply put, there's less money, fewer projects, and many actors who used to be able to get roles are now staying home without work.
Of course, this has little to do with the leaders.

The people with the most box office appeal in the industry are actually busier.

However, as the year draws to a close, there aren't any films starring actors with top-tier box office appeal being released.

Yanzi simply still had this matter on her mind.

If they're really that good, why not release it during the Spring Festival season?
"Detective Chinatown 3", "Hi Mom", "A Writer's Odyssey" and other movies are all crammed into the Spring Festival release window.

She starred in "A Writer's Odyssey" and was the female lead's best friend. It was already planned that Bai Liang would go to her promotional event to support her and help with the publicity.

It's clear that our Honey Sister has a lot of confidence in the movie~
She seemed to have the air of someone who thought, "Even if I'm a box office champion, I can still get a piece of the action."

Of course, when it comes to her main competitors, her eyes are definitely on "Detective Chinatown 3".

As for films like "Hi Mom," how much substance do they actually have?
Shen Teng's box office appeal is undeniable, but because of this, he is now often used to commit "movie fraud".

Some of the movies he's in look like the male lead on the posters, but when you go into the theater, he might not even have ten minutes of screen time. Some are even worse, they lure the audience into the theater with a single, deceptive tactic.

Clearly, Da Mimi feels that the movie "Hi Mom" ​​seems to have a similar feel, since it looks like a movie with two female leads, and Shen Teng probably just had a minor role again.

Anyway, she's not afraid!
"A Writer's Odyssey" is a blockbuster, with special effects galore that will surely thrill audiences!
On a brighter note, this might just be another "The Wandering Earth" during the Spring Festival season!
She poured out all her thoughts to Bai Liang, as if she were about to prove herself to him.

She's in her thirties and still so energetic. She truly lives up to her reputation!
Perhaps she realized that she was finding it increasingly difficult to maintain that older sisterly tone with Bai Liang.
She used to be condescending and always wanted to be on top when doing things. She would say all sorts of flirtatious things like, "Little brother, you're being naughty~" or "I love you and I'd give you my life."

What started as "Brother, spare me!" gradually evolved into the phrase.

She's using more and more cutesy gestures these days!
It's not that she found the feeling unpleasant; in fact, she quite enjoyed it.
But even our dear sister has her pride!

It's fine to act cute, but you can't just act cute all the time, right?

Bai Liang was quite supportive of her idea and even took practical steps to offer her some assistance.

So I asked her if she wanted to come see me before the movie was released.

The subtext is roughly: Come on, let me bless you~ The longer the time, the better the effect.

As a result, Yang Mi regretfully said that she was really busy right now and simply couldn't go to the film set to accompany Bai Liang.
Finally, whether to appease Bai Liang or to express her confidence, she actually said, "After the movie becomes a huge hit, I'll set aside a whole month to squeeze you dry!"

What's the difference between saying this and saying "After this war, I'll go back and get married"?
There are practically flags everywhere!
"What's the situation with Tian Tian?"

"Brother Xiaobai, I asked around, and Sister Tiantian is being held back on set."

"What the hell?"

Bai Liang stood in the wind, phone in hand, looking bewildered. One of the purposes of his "break" from the film set was actually to get on more trending topics with Da Tian Tian.

This is to generate buzz for the upcoming broadcast of "Sito".

Although the two had caused quite a stir before because of the "child incident," the matter was too outrageous and lacked evidence. Because Da Tian Tian kept doing the splits to clarify, it has lost its appeal.

In addition, Bai Liang won the Best Actor award, and Huang Xiaoming and Yang Tianbao caused another stir, attracting a lot of attention.
In short, Da Tiantian really needs to hurry up and jump back to Bai Liang's side to attract more attention.

In plain terms: it's a publicity stunt! So Wu Jing is spreading rumors~ Bai Liang wasn't rushing to attend events to support the girls; he was planning to bring the girls along to support them. How can that be the same?

However, a small accident has occurred.

Da Tian Tian has also been filming a drama recently. The original plan was for her and Bai Liang to work together to finish the project, and for them to squeeze out some time to "date" and appear on shows, which would be their last joint promotion before the show airs.

Bai Liang had naturally handled his preparations perfectly, making the production crew willingly and satisfied to release him.

But Da Tian Tian's side dropped the ball.

To put it simply, it's because of the food.

She really wanted to fly to Bai Liang's side immediately, but she couldn't abandon the entire crew. So she's still working overtime and can't make it over for the time being.

"Hey? Why are you all alone?"

At the premiere of the movie "If the Voice Doesn't Remember", Wang Yanlin, who came out with a smile to greet Bai Liang, found it a bit strange that the guy was all alone.

Didn't you say you were bringing a girl with you? Did you suddenly have a fight and "break up"?

"Call out, Brother Xiaobai!"

Just then, a voice came from not far away; judging from the panting, it was someone jogging over.

The two of them turned their gazes at the same time, and then they both started to lose their composure.

Isn't Seven here?

This is the female lead of the movie, and Zhang Ruonan, whom Bai Liang had a brief encounter with before.

After laughing, Wang Yanlin's expression turned puzzled when she appeared.

After all, Bai Liang has a bad reputation, and it's not surprising that he's had affairs with female celebrities. But I've never heard of this one. When did she start flirting with him?
Bai Liang: I don't know either~
Oh right, it seems there was a movie premiere where Zhang Ruonan and her mother seemed to be having a good chat. That's about it; they didn't really have any special relationship.

There are at least a dozen girls who chat happily with Bai Liang's mother now. Just a few days ago, Dilraba even had dinner with Bai Liang's mother.
"What did you just say?"

After watching Seven run and greeting Zhang Ruonan, Bai Liang looked at Wang Yanlin and asked.

"Why did you come alone? Where's the girl?"

"The young lady isn't here," Bai Liang said, giving Zhang Ruonan a meaningful look.

Although the girl didn't understand what the two of them were talking about and looked very confused, she still blinked her eyes in a cooperative manner, as if to say: Brother Xiaobai is right!

Wang Yanlin:
Dude, are you flirting with me now?
He didn't have a female companion because he was planning to pick one up on the spot? That doesn't seem like a bad idea.

But this is our movie's female lead!
So, are they here to support the event or to cause trouble?

Wang Yanlin shook his head and stopped brainstorming. After all, he wasn't the male lead, and even if Bai Liang did take the female lead away on the spot, it wouldn't matter to him.

"Dude, why are you still playing supporting roles? Are you sure you can handle this?" Bai Liang joked.

Wang Yanlin wasn't embarrassed at all, saying, "Being able to keep playing supporting roles is my skill, okay? The industry isn't doing so well right now!"

"That makes sense. You're quite capable, aren't you? Are you playing the male lead's best friend or his antagonist this time?"

"This time I'm playing the male lead's father."

"What the hell?!" Bai Liang immediately turned his head and looked Wang Yanlin up and down. "Even if you look a bit older, you don't look this old. The male lead should be about the same age as her, and you're playing someone in their forties or fifties?"

Feeling like he'd been attacked for no reason, Wang Yanlin looked helpless: "Foster father... wait, haven't you even looked into the basics of our movie?"

Bai Liang: I've never even heard of this movie before, not in my entire life!

However, such impolite words should definitely not be said.

So he decided to give his good friend a hand and make him happy.

"I'm here to observe our competitors, so you should be secretly happy!"

"Brother Xiaobai, what kind of competitor is it?" Zhang Ruonan asked with a mixture of curiosity and worry.

First, she hadn't heard of any movies starring Bai Liang being released recently. Second, there are very few people left who dare to compete with Bai Liang.

This man has thoroughly crushed a bunch of seemingly formidable opponents.

Many of the accolades he possesses are built upon the "corpses" of his defeated adversaries.

Bai Liang's next words immediately brought smiles to the faces of the two men.

"Let's take a look at this year's box office champion rivals beforehand. If you guys are too strong, I'll hire an online army to target you!"

Wang Yanlin: Dude, you passed!
"The hell is this year's box office champion? He'd be lucky if this movie even got a fifth of Bai Liang's box office."

"Wow!"

Zhang Ruonan was genuinely happy to hear this, even though she knew Bai Liang was talking nonsense, she just really enjoyed listening to it!

Rounding it off, isn't this just Bai Liang trying to coax her?
Although neither of them really believed Bai Liang's explanation, it was a different story for some people.
The director of the movie "If the Voice Doesn't Remember" is Luo Luo, who, like Guo Jingming, is a writer turned professional.

Similarly, one could say that she was hanging out with Guo Jingming.

Besides Enlight Media, which is behind Zhang Ruonan, Guo Jingming's company is also involved in the production of this film.

Bai Liang didn't know much about this information because he really hadn't bothered to learn about these things.

After entering the premiere venue, I didn't see Guo Jingming; perhaps he was blocked by someone.
But he doesn't pay attention to that; others, however, are very interested in him.

Even if he's just chatting with Wang Yanlin and Zhang Ruonan right now, as a public figure of his caliber and fame, let alone chatting, even if he farts, people will be chasing after him to smell it.

Sure enough, when Bai Liang uttered the phrase "competitor for the box office champion," several people in the audience had their eyes light up.

Great topic!
Although everyone knows that Bai Liang's movie is bound to be the box office champion this year, even if a dark horse emerges later, it can't be as dark as this!
But since he said those words, he gave others room to hype and market them.

Any topic that includes the name Bai Liang can attract more than double the traffic.

(End of this chapter)