Who said this top flow is crazy! This top flow is awesome!

Chapter 114 The Story of Sister Shang and Four Men
The time it takes to set up a film crew varies depending on its size. If everything goes well, the normal speed is about three to four months.

If it is a large group, it is normal to prepare for half a year or even longer.

"My Love from the Star" is a large crew, and it is directed by Ikeno and Jin Xia personally. The two lacked experience before, but fortunately they have the cooperation and help of their aunt and director Liu's team. However, if they want to start filming, they have to wait at least another month.

During this period, we prepared, prepared, and prepared again.

Because of "Loop", Ikeno has an additional task to cooperate with the promotion of the drama.

Half a month later, Director Zhang notified us that "Loop" had officially passed the review and was already discussing the release date with the Kuying platform.

——The competition in the summer season is particularly fierce. "Loop" has been rated A+ from the beginning. Faced with several S+ films with large investments, it obviously takes a lot of effort to get a suitable schedule.

Of course, these are the games between the film producers and the platforms. For Ikeno, his promotional tasks can begin at this moment.

After confirming that "Cycle" had passed the review and would be aired as early as this month or at the latest next month, the first announcement he chose was "Mushroom House", an S+ slow variety show recently launched by his old friend Mango TV.

This season of "Mushroom House" has fewer permanent guests than before, but heavyweight guests Wen Ma and her son Barcelona have joined. Coupled with the popularity of previous seasons and the reputation of Mr. Huang's reboot of Breaking Bad, it is the top variety show resource in the circle in recent times.

Ikeno hasn't appeared in public for nearly two months since "The Voice of China", so she has to take advantage of this drama promotion to show her face and maintain her popularity.

"How was Mr. Shi's OST recording?"

Ikeno simply packed up his things and asked Xiao Liu.

“…It’s so explosive, it sounds great.”

Xiao Liu originally wanted to say that Teacher Shi’s solo version of the OST was a bit better than Chi Ye’s, but when the words came to his lips, he definitely didn’t dare to say it out loud, and just kept nodding.

"That's good."

Chi Ye glanced at her sideways and said, "Are you also a fan of Teacher Shi?"

"...I will always be your die-hard fan, Brother Chi."

“I don’t need die-hard fans.”

Ikeno shook his head.

"Ah?" Xiao Liu was stunned.

"I want gold dust." Ikeno said with a smile, "Gold ground into dust is still gold, and very valuable."

Xiao Liu: "..."

She helped pull up Ikeno's suitcase and then followed him out.

Ikeno thought for a moment and asked, "Have you finished the list of summer movie competitors I asked you to make?"

"Almost done. This summer, all major platforms have S+ competing for the market. I'll email you the details later."

"Row."

Ikeno got in the car, but what he was thinking about was the "competitors" of "Cycle" this time.

Since 2017, domestic entertainment has entered the era of three major platforms... In recent years, Mango TV has risen and can barely be considered one of the four major platforms.

Behind each of the four major platforms, there is one or even several capital giants and local satellite TV stations, which firmly control the vast majority of the domestic entertainment market and traffic.

From January to December, in order to complete the platform's KPI data, almost everyone on the four major platforms is a rival, everyone is a competitor, and competing with each other has long become a consensus inside and outside the circle.

Fans of each company are more than happy to see this happen, and they always watch the hilarious jokes on the four major platforms during the hottest seasons.

Among the schedules of this year, apart from the first Spring Festival schedule after the beginning of the year, the summer schedule is where the competition is the most intense.

The reason is easy to understand. The students are on vacation and the number of audiences has increased sharply. In the past few years, one or two popular movies in the summer season every year were the most anticipated "big events" both inside and outside the circle.

Vermicelli road is looking forward to its own steamed ascension.

The top stars in the circle are afraid of having more competitors.

In recent years, the overall level of the team has not been very good, but the competition has become more and more inward-looking.

"No one considers us, Cycle, as a rival."

On the way to the airport, Ikeno looked at the "competition list" for this summer's movie season compiled by his team on his tablet.

They are all "old acquaintances".

The spy war drama "Deep Sea" is rated S+ and is broadcast on Kiwi platform.

Starring: Chu Hanzhou, Shi Jinwei (the above ranking is arranged by birthday, in no particular order)!
"Meng Xi Yuan" (originally named The Empress), adapted from a major female IP, is rated S+ and is broadcast on Penguin Video.

Starring: Shang Youshu, Jiang Cheng, as well as Prince Peach, Prince Cool, and Prince Mang.

Finally, there is the current idol drama "Waiting for the Monsoon to Blow", starring Ji Heming, who was hit by a "concubine selection" storm some time ago but was finally proven to be "false rumor" and Yuena tried its best to protect him, and the quasi-first-line actress who has quietly paid back taxes and whose father is a deadbeat.

The rating is also S+, and the broadcast platform is Kuying.

These three S+ series are the big dramas launched by the three major platforms to compete with each other this year. They are also the works that became popular before they were broadcast and attracted the most attention from the outside world.

There are still many second- and third-tier new dramas waiting to be launched by hot stars, such as "Loop", but their attention is not as good as these three, and they belong to the second or even third tier.

Ikeno was very dissatisfied with this situation.

He felt that he should do something...such as trying to scam someone and forcibly bundle these three S+.

By doing this, saving on publicity and promotion costs is secondary. More importantly, it will give the audience an impression - it turns out that "Loop" is also S+!
Of course... It’s a common practice in the circle, not just in dramas and movies, but even the so-called four little beauties, four little fresh meats, the double explosions and double top stars, the four mistresses and young ladies... aren’t they all bundled together in this way?
What's with all the rivalry? It's all for the hype and the buzz.

"Ask the publicity team to help me come up with some dirty tricks, and I'll try to scam them."

Ikeno had an idea in mind and spoke frankly.

Xiao Liu: "...Okay, I understand."

The two of them were silent all the way until they arrived at the airport. Chi Ye ended his conversation with Mr. Lafayette and turned around, thinking of something: "Oh, by the way, Shang Jie and Qian Zi...they are also running announcements now, right?"

"Well, Sister Shang is in the Mushroom House right now... I'm not sure where Shi Jinwei is."

Xiao Liu paused, then couldn't help but say, "I heard... a fight has already started."

"what?"

Chiye was stunned.

Fighting?

……

The crew of Shang Youshu's "Dream of Xiyuan" got into a fight.

"Play before broadcasting."

Here I would like to talk about the problems with the original work of "Meng Xi Yuan".

The original novel of the drama "Meng Xi Yuan" was adapted from the top IP of a certain female-oriented website. The original novel is not called "Meng Xi Yuan", but "The Female Emperor".

As the name suggests, this is the most popular ancient idol drama with a female lead in the past decade.

But if it was just an ordinary ancient idol drama, even if it was S+, it would definitely not attract so much attention.

"Dream of Xiyuan" has its own unique features as it has been able to "hit the mark before it is aired" and attracted attention from both outside and inside the circle.

Its uniqueness is that it has four male protagonists!
Yes, one female lead, four male leads, no second, third, or fourth male lead, only the male protagonists!

Anyway, that’s what the four male protagonists said during their promotions.

Even the main cast of "Dream of Xiyuan" is:

【Starring: Shang Youshu, Jiang Cheng】

【Special starring: Peach Prince, Cool Prince】

[Strong starring: Prince Mang]

Look, we are not just supporting roles, we are all leading actors.

There are four male protagonists but only one female protagonist, who is no less popular than Sheng Nian, the most popular of the four young actresses, Shang Youshu. The four princes, on the other hand, are all obscure and waiting to become the next big thing.

Even the so-called "male lead", the goose prince Jiang Cheng, although he dreams of being a top star, he is now just a second-tier star.

So what happens when this combination collides?
The top female star + four princes, the four princes started fighting before the drama was even aired!
Just yesterday, on the night when the poster of "Dream of Xiyuan" was officially announced, Jiang Cheng, who claimed to be the only top male star in "Dream of Xiyuan", secretly issued a press release to criticize the other three princes, saying that they "have poor ability to carry the drama."

He himself asked the team to release his "acting highlights" on the set, where his eyes switched between 15 different emotions in one second. The trending search terms were - #Jiang Cheng single-handedly takes charge of the entire drama "Dream of Xi Yuan" acting highlights#
The second male lead, Prince Tao, was furious. Although he was also a prince, he was different from the other three. He had been in the film industry!

Well... he only played supporting roles and his reputation was not good.

However, just like Jiang Cheng who calls himself a top star, he has always called himself a movie star. This time he filmed "Dream of Xiyuan" just to come down to earth to help alleviate poverty.

So, during an interview the next day, he made a subtle comment: "Traffic actors don't understand acting."

Then I bought the trending search #Textbook-style eye skills crush, switching emotions twenty times in one second#
Just right, five more than the male lead Jiang Cheng!

The remaining two princes' capital is not as good as theirs, but they are not just famous for nothing.

Among the four male princes, Prince Mang is the weakest and directly takes the "bundling" route. He does not compete with the other three princes, but overtakes them on the curve and targets the only female protagonist of "Dream of Xiyuan", Sister Shang.

They played with bundling, interviews, Weibo, and all kinds of crazy hints and sweetness, saying "I have been a fan of my sister since I was a child, and I like my sister the most."

The third male lead, Cool Prince, said nothing, but just used his money to buy negative press releases about the other three and posted pictures comparing their looks.

#Three of the four male protagonists in "Dream of Xiyuan" are ugly#
Ok…

Ikeno looked through the various trending search terms that had dominated the hot search list for two days, and felt that it was a mess, too messy.

This drama now highlights a feature - they are all princes, so who is afraid of whom?
"Sure enough, a fight broke out."

He put down his phone and thought of the fairy girl who once loved eating melons.

"My sister Shang loves eating melons the most. I never thought that one day she would be able to eat her own melon. She must be very happy now, right?"

……

Shang Youshu is not happy at all now. She feels like she is about to die and is being tortured to death by her "four male protagonists".

"Mushroom House", the latest season was recorded in a mountain village in the south.

The crew of "Dream of Xiyuan" is participating in "Mushroom House" as a group this time, and plans to stay for two days. One day has already passed yesterday.

Shang Youshu sat listlessly on the steps of the courtyard. She had never felt that time could be so unbearable.

Now, the latest developments have evolved to the point where the male lead Jiang Cheng's team released a new trailer - a "highlight shot of his professionalism" on the set, where he easily swings the "halberd" he uses in the drama with one hand, and laughs easily: "This gun should weigh about 40 to 50 kilograms."

After the clip was leaked, fans flooded the square with messages such as "The halberd used by Jiang Cheng in "Dream of Xiyuan" is actually real", "Brother is so manly", and "Jiang Cheng easily wielded a 50-jin halberd handle with one hand".

The popularity was so high that the second male lead, Tao Taizi, saw it and immediately followed suit, releasing a video of himself "wielding a 60-jin knife".

When the third and fourth men saw that 60 kilograms had come out, and then looked at their own thin bodies, they decisively gave up this marketing idea.

Then some netizens raised questions:

Trivia: In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Gong's weapon, the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, weighs 82 kilograms, Dian Wei's double halberds weigh a total of 80 kilograms, and the heaviest Lu Bu, who is 9 feet tall, or almost two meters tall, has a Fang Tian Hua Ji that weighs 100 kilograms.

Based on the 1 jin unearthed from the Han Dynasty, it can be roughly concluded that 16 jin in the Han Dynasty is equal to 1 grams today.

In other words, the Green Dragon Crescent Blade now weighs 36.4 kilograms, Dian Wei's double halberds weigh a total of 35.5 kilograms, and the Fang Tian Hua Ji weighs about 44.4 kilograms.

Jiang Cheng wields a "halberd" weighing over 50 kilograms with one hand, and Prince Tao's halberd weighs at least 60 kilograms... He is truly a reincarnated warrior!
At this moment, the two reincarnated heroes of "Meng Xi Yuan" were working together to carry a bag of food weighing only 50 kilograms.

You ask them why they do this job?

When they got together this morning, Teacher Huang saw the trending search and took the initiative to direct: "Since you are so strong, go move the food. Each bag is less than 100 kilograms. It's not difficult for young men."

So, at this moment, Shang Youshu and others came to the granary.

Jiang Cheng and Prince Tao, two "peerless warriors", found it difficult to move even 50 kilograms together, let alone 100 kilograms of food. What's more, the camera was always facing them, making their faces turn purple.

If Peng Chen was here... he would have probably shit because of overexerting himself.

Shang Youshu recalled the time a few months ago when she was madly watching "The Voice of China" through the screen.

At that time, iced kofta with fried chicken... well... is it okay to eat it once in a while?

What a blessing.

Why did I come here to watch them imitate Peng Chen?
Peng Chen’s “height” is already beyond their reach, don’t they know that?
Hmm… I heard that Ikeno will be coming today. Will he bring any new news?

Thinking of the news he had just received from the program crew, Shang Youshu's depressed mood improved a little, and he continued to stare gloomily at the two warriors arguing in front of him.

"Use your left hand! If you lift it like this, you're taking all the strength away from me!"

Jiang Cheng is rather thin and not that tall... In fact, the four male protagonists of "Dream of Xiyuan" are all thin and ugly.

The "ugly" here is not simply a matter of temperament, but is judged based on the combination of face and figure.

Because these four people are all resource-rich people who are favored by capital, except for Arthur who is still acceptable, none of the other three have good looks and figures.

If you want to talk about their specific appearance, it’s not that they are bad looking, they are just plain ugly.

A typical skinny guy who is the most popular "ugly guy in ancient idol drama" in the domestic entertainment industry.

At this moment, Prince Tao was furious when he saw Jiang Cheng saying this to him: "...You can swing 50 kilograms with one hand, and you're afraid of this little bit of force?"

Jiang Cheng: "Sixty kilograms still need to be unloaded?"

"you……"

The two of them took the live broadcast of the camera into consideration and did not say anything too harsh, but their faces were obviously not looking good.

Click.

The door to the courtyard was pushed open, and Chi Ye walked in carrying a suitcase. He immediately saw the two men with red necks and thick skin in front of him, and exclaimed: "Ah, aren't these the two "reincarnations of fierce generals" who punched Lu Bu and kicked Guan Gong?"

Everyone: "?!"

Shang Youshu's eyes lit up, he stood up, patted his butt, and asked curiously: "You...why are you here?"

"Ok?"

Ikeno was also surprised. He looked back and then at the granary: "Isn't this a mushroom house?"

"No, this is the granary... The mushroom house is still ahead, and we are on a mission now."

Shang Youshu came over and said happily: "Come and join us!"

"Oh?"

Chi Ye turned around, looked at Shang Youshu again, and asked, "They are moving the food, what are you doing?"

"I keep accounts."

"Okay, I'll keep the accounts, and you go help them move."

Shang Youshu: “Ah?”

Chi Ye looked back at the four princes again and couldn't help shaking his head. "Is this... a promotional video for 'Snow White and the Four Dwarfs'?"

Shang Youshu: “…”

Jiang Cheng and several other princes were furious.

But the others were not familiar with Chi Ye, so Jiang Cheng shouted, "Chi Ye, come and help!"

Help me, I'm not a warrior.

Ikeno didn't stay any longer, and just waved his hand and left: "I'll go check in first, otherwise if I exceed the time limit, the production team will deduct my money."

"Bye, keep going."

(End of this chapter)