Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 71 Smile Pasta Crew
In March, the album "Fahrenheit" began to enter Singapore, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian markets through the channels of EMI Records.

At this time, Taiwanese music was at its peak and was considered the center of the Chinese music scene.

Most of the records that are popular in Taiwan will have impressive sales once they enter these markets.

The same is true for the album "Fahrenheit".

"Fahrenheit" was officially released in Singapore, Hong Kong and other places on Friday, March 3th.

In the first week of its release, the album sold 13,000 copies in Singapore and 17,000 copies in Hong Kong.

It is sad to say that the Hong Kong record market in the 1990s was still able to compete with Taiwan, with many record sales reaching hundreds of thousands.

But after entering the new century, Hong Kong's record market has shrunk to less than one-tenth of Taiwan's.

All I can say is that every generation has its own talented people, each of whom leads the trend for hundreds of years...

The sales figures for Fahrenheit in places like Singapore and Hong Kong appear to be very small.

In fact, this is now the norm in both places.

At present, annual record sales of over 50,000 in these two markets are already something to brag about.

Therefore, Fahrenheit's album won the second and third place in the two places respectively.

According to the original plan, Huayan was going to arrange for Fahrenheit to promote in Singapore and Hong Kong.

But because Komi's "Oriental Juliet" had been suspended for quite some time and Wu Chao was about to join the crew of "Smiling Pasta", Huayan temporarily cancelled Fahrenheit's Southeast Asian promotion plan and decided to make other arrangements after the album was released in mainland China and achieved good results.

Without the album promotion plan, Wu Chao also focused his attention on "Smile Pasta".

On March 3, he went to Sanlih Television to participate in the photo shoot for the series "Smile Pasta".

This can actually be considered a meeting with the main creators of the play.

In addition to Wu Zhuo, other main actors such as Cyndi Wang as well as the crew's director, producer and others will be present.

In a conference room of Sanli Television, Wu Chao first met Ding Yangguo, another director of the play.

Shen Yi introduced him: "Director Ding was also an actor before and has rich acting experience. If you have any problems with your acting skills, you can ask him for advice in the future."

Somehow, Wu Zhuo always felt that Shen Yi was in Yin Yang Ding Yang Kingdom.

The other party is obviously also the director of this play, but Shen Yi does not mention his directing ability. Instead, she praises his acting skills. Is this a way of pretending that the other party cannot be a director?
However, although Shen Yi did not mention the other party's directing ability, it does not mean that Wu Chaozhen can look down on the other party.

In fact, Ding Yangguo’s ability is definitely very impressive as he was chosen to co-direct "Smiling Pasta" with Shen Yi.

Before coming, Wu Zhuo made a special effort to learn about and investigate.

Ding Yangguo is not only an actor, but also a well-known martial arts instructor in Taiwan.

He participated in the popular TV series "Justice Bao" in the 1990s and served as a martial arts instructor.

As a director, he has produced many works in recent years, including "My Fair Princess 3", "Hua Gu Zi" and "Top of the Forbidden City".

Oh! He also co-directed the film “Legend of Xue Rengui” which was filmed last year and has not yet been aired.

"Hello Wu Zhuo, please take care of me in the future!"

Ding Yangguo glanced at Shen Yi and showed no dissatisfaction with his words. Instead, he smiled and reached out to Wu Zhuo.

"Hello, Director Ding, I should be the one asking you to take care of me."

Wu Chao finally understood that this crew might not be peaceful.

Yes, there are two directors in a crew. Although they may be responsible for different parts, it would be a surprise if there was no power struggle between them.

"This is Gino Cai Shangfu, he plays your younger brother in the play, and this is Zhao Xiaoqiao..."

There were other actors in the conference room, all from Sanli.

Cai Shangfu and Zhao Xiaoqiao both came from groups.

Cai Shangfu's band is called Kone, and he debuted in 2003. His band's songs are not very popular, but the song "Top of the Forbidden City" starring him is very popular in later generations. The protagonist who said, "Stop fighting", and then started a dance battle in the rain after a disagreement was Cai Shangfu.

As for Zhao Xiaoqiao, she herself is not very well-known, but the group Seven Golden Flowers she belongs to is very popular, and Chen Qiaoen is a member of this group.

"Hello, I'm Wu Zhuo, you can call me Ah Zhuo, or Abel!"

Wu Zhuo greeted everyone present one by one.

He could see that some of the Sanli actors were actually not very fond of him.

It’s normal to think about it.

This drama was produced by Sanli Investment, but Wu Chao himself was not happy about it as he was cast as the leading actor.

Wu Chao didn't care about this at all.

That's what the entertainment industry is like.

Big fish eat small fish, and the premise of everything is popularity and influence.

If you are popular, you are superman.

If you are not popular, you are a loser.

This is perfectly reflected in his competition for the role of He Qun this time.

When his popularity was average, Sanli was dismissive of him. Even though he used various connections, Sanli still wanted to use Zhang Dongliang as the protagonist.

But when Fahrenheit's record sales exploded, his personal popularity index soared and surpassed that of Nicholas Tse.

With almost no hesitation, Sanli immediately appointed him as the protagonist.

In a word, in this industry, popularity and influence are king.

……

The makeup photos for idol dramas are not as troublesome as those for costume dramas.

The makeup photos for costume dramas will have specially customized costumes based on the actors' body shapes, but for idol dramas, the actors can basically just wear their own costumes.

Oh! Wu Zhuo's outfit is not that casual.

The character He Qun he plays in the drama is an idol singer, so he still has to have the most basic brand-name clothing.

We can’t let Wu Zhuo wear street goods and become an idol!

Therefore, Wu Zhuo needed to try on several sets of clothes.

After he finished trying on clothes and came out, Cyndi Wang hurried over.

"It doesn't matter whether you try it or not. You're the type who looks good in anything!"

Wang Xinling, who was chatting with the director, saw Wu Chao coming out and couldn't help but smile and speak.

“It’s mainly a question of whether it fits!”

Wu Zhuo straightened his clothes and sat down next to her. "You seem to be very busy recently? I asked you to attend Fahrenheit's celebration party the day before yesterday, but you didn't come."

"Ah..." Hearing this, Wang Xinling couldn't help but sigh, "I have some problems in my relationship, and I have been dealing with it recently."

Hearing this, Wu Zhuo immediately remembered what happened to Wang Xinling in his previous life.

That thing seems to have happened this year.

He wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he didn't know how to start.

As an outsider, he can't just say, "Your boyfriend is not worth dating" in this kind of situation!

Finally, he could only say: "You have to be careful and keep your love life from the public..."

(End of this chapter)