Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 262 Wu Zhuo the Great King, Jay Chou the Little King
“By the way, let me introduce you to the other members of the crew.

This is Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Sun Li, and Wu Jing..."

Right at the gate, Pang Hong ignored the reporters who were taking pictures around her and began to introduce other actors in the crew to Wu Zhuo.

Wu Chao basically knows all these people.

But we didn't interact much.

So he greeted them one by one politely.

Speaking of which, the outside world’s evaluation of the “Painted Skin” crew is actually not very good.

Especially in Hong Kong and Taiwan, after the project was launched, the drama has been criticized by the media for its poor cast and lack of appeal.

Some media even directly threatened that the play would be a flop.

But the fact is, the cast of this drama is not weak at all.

Needless to say, Wu Zhuo was already a top star in China even before his new album was released.

Whether in terms of online discussion or offline popularity, he is no less popular than first-line movie stars.

Then, among actresses, Zhou Xun is one of the most famous film actresses in mainland China in recent years, and she has appeared in many well-known movies.

Zhao Wei...needless to say, she is a household name with "My Fair Princess" and "Deep Love in the Rain".

Even the supporting actors Wu Jing and Sun Li.

Both of them have very high popularity.

A drama with high ratings that includes Tai Chi Master, Southern Shaolin, etc.

The other one also includes "Jade Guanyin" and "Happiness is Like a Flower".

However, including Wu Chao.

Among them, only Zhou Xun is a regular actor in the movie.

Most of the others started out in TV dramas.

During this period, the class contempt chain in the domestic film and television circles was very strong.

People who act in movies look down on people who act in TV dramas.

It's not just the film industry that looks down on it.

Even the media subconsciously think that TV drama actors cannot carry the box office.

And there are a lot of actors from the TV series in the movie "Painted Skin".

This was naturally criticized by everyone.

Even Wu Zhuo was criticized.

Popularity is popularity.

Music sales are music sales.

It is not easy to convert this popularity into box office revenue.

However, these negative comments and doubts about Wu Zhuo quietly disappeared after the release of his new album.

Not everyone thinks Wu Chao’s drama is a sure win.

But now Wu Zhuo is very popular, and a large number of people are supporting him.

Just say it!
During this period, there are few posts on the Internet that criticize Wu Zhuo.

Whenever there is a post that smears him, there will immediately be a large number of fans who like Wu Chao, or ordinary passers-by who will rush to help Wu Chao resolve the issue.

In a word.

Wu Zhuo is now the trend.

All the supporters are in high spirits, and whoever encounters them will be scolded.

In this situation, even the black fans dare not show up.

And the media.

They are not afraid.

But the mainstream now is to praise Wu Zhuo, and your family may be able to attract attention by belittling Wu Zhuo.

But the bad reputation it carries is not something that an ordinary company can bear.

If everyone pushes the wall down, it will eventually fall!

When the wall is as hard as iron, if you hit it, it will be like an egg hitting a stone!

Therefore, after Wu Zhuo's album was released and achieved dazzling success, he received almost all praise both online and in physical media.

Needless to say, the album has received a lot of praise.

This is simply the hottest thing in the past two weeks.

Any entertainment media that does not publish two articles about Wu Zhuo will probably be criticized by the audience for not keeping up with current affairs.

However, even the hottest news has a time limit.

In recent days, the media has reported everything that should be reported, and now everyone is starting to shift their focus.

Look, Wu Chao is going to attend the press conference of "Painted Skin"!
So, everyone started to shift the topic back to this play.

Still praising. Some media predicted that the box office of Wu Zhuo's film in mainland China would exceed 100 million yuan.

Some people think that the global box office in mainland China will exceed 50 million US dollars.

To be honest, Wu Chao was confused when he saw the news.

He originally wanted to find a troublesome media outlet to show off.

If anyone dares to say that "Painted Skin" will fail at the box office, he will bet with him on the necessary poisonous points of online novels.

As a result, he flipped through a bunch of mainstream media newspapers and didn't find any one saying that he was going to fail.

Everyone is praising it.

Some media outlets even exaggerated the slogan, "Wu Zhuo's new film Painted Skin aims to make 100 million US dollars."

This slogan made Wu Zhuo blush.

One hundred million U.S. dollars, converted into RMB, is more than seven hundred million.

He couldn't even imagine this number.

However, he did remember this media magazine from Shanghai called "Big Events in the Film Industry".

……

After a brief introduction, the group began to enter the hotel.

The press conference will begin soon.

The crew of "Painted Skin" did not invite other big-name artists to help out.

First, save money and don’t waste favors.

There is also.

In the current Chinese entertainment industry, who is more popular than Wu Zhuo?
Half of the top 20 on the music charts are Wu Chao.

Even the championship throne that was occupied by Jay Chou's "Lanting Xu" last week was taken away by "Blue and White Porcelain" this week.

In the first five miles, three positions were occupied by Wu Zhuo.

Music platforms such as QQ Music, Qianqian Jingting, and Kugou.

The average listening data of Wu Zhuo's new album songs on a single platform has exceeded 10 million.

This is just domestic.

Abroad, there are currently 19 countries where Wu Zhuo’s songs have won the championship.

It also appeared on the cover of Time magazine, and its song became the first to appear on the US Billboard chart since the new century.

All these achievements, plus real sales data.

Jay Chou will be the younger brother for the time being.

A few days ago, Hong Kong's "MILK X" put Wu Zhuo and Jay Chou on the same page and mentioned the two kings.

As a result, a bunch of people came out online and said that Wu Zhuo is now the big king and Jay Chou is the small king, and we will see later.

Although there is a sentence "we'll see how the situation is later".

But it is enough to show how popular Wu Zhuo is now.

He is so popular here that inviting others here is just a foil.

Unless someone like Jackie Chan or Jet Li is invited.

But these people are not so easy to invite.

You can’t invite them even if you have money, you need favors.

As for favors, who would be willing to waste them here?

Wu Chao can invite Jackie Chan.

He had previously assisted Jackie Chan in the premiere of "Rush Hour 3".

There is a favor.

Moreover, Jackie Chan has been contacting him more frequently recently.

When he appeared on the cover of Time magazine, Jackie Chan even called to congratulate him.

He also said that if the film company needed help, just let me know.

But will Wu Zhuo use this favor for "Painted Skin"?
Obviously not.

Even though it's selfish.

But in fact, he only appeared in "Painted Skin" as an actor.

The box office of the movie has nothing to do with him anymore.

It doesn't matter how much you earn.

Therefore, he would be a fool to help the investors.

Even if he wanted to use Jackie Chan's favor, he would be his own boss and make his own movies before using it.

It would do him no good to use it now.

(End of this chapter)