Huayu has been doing one good deed a day since 2001

Chapter 15 Fortunately I am not from Beijing Film Academy
November 11th is the beginning of winter.

In an internal screening room, the final edited version of The Shallows, which only had dubbing but no soundtrack, was shown. Pang Bing was extremely excited, and Li Bingbing, Li Xiaolu, Ren Quan, Hu Jun and others who had taken the opportunity to come over to watch were all applauding loudly.

A Rong, Er Dongsheng, Hua Ge, including Joey Wong, and two foreign film producers from Taiwan and South Korea were all applauding.

This version of The Shallows is much better than the original. If the original is 7.2 points, this version is at least 7.9 to 8.1, which is the viewing experience brought about by the improvement of Pang Bing's acting skills.

This is not only of excellent quality, but also a beautiful, eye-catching and exciting popcorn blockbuster.

Amidst thunderous applause, Li Wenyu walked over to Brother Rong and said with a smile, "Brother Rong, I'll leave the music and Cantonese dubbing to you. You've also been observing the effects of viral marketing. Just go online and look at common forums and websites, and you'll find that the mysterious number 12-22-08 has already attracted a lot of attention."

"Talk to the film distributors in Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand yourself. I think the popularity of this mysterious number will increase several times in a few days. If Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Korea don't give us a 3000 million buyout fee, we'll be at a loss."

The mysterious viral marketing only lasted for a week, but the paid water army only needed to repeat it every day, constantly posting numbers, or posting numbers under other people's comments, or even posting numbers under news.

As the news spread, it became more and more popular, and there were countless rumors about the end of the world in 2012.

Humans are all curious, and once a trend is established, it becomes a force. Otherwise, ordinary blockbusters like Cloverfield would not have grossed 1.7 million US dollars or more than billion Hong Kong dollars at the box office.

Without mysterious viral marketing it would make at least half as much.

Zhang Guorong didn't know much about the internet, and he didn't have someone to report to him. He could only sigh and say, "Go back to Beijing and arrange for mainland Chinese internet trolls. I'll give you 100 million RMB first. If it's not enough, call me."

Hiring 100 trolls in Hong Kong, each earning 300 a day for a month, would cost a starting price of 90. Even if more trolls were needed later, the cost wouldn't even reach 800 million, with the bulk of that going to the special effects.

Even if it continues until December, it still isn't a lot of money.

At the same time, mainland water armies were much cheaper. If you wanted to go to an Internet cafe for fun, many people would agree to do so if you paid them ten yuan a day. It would just be a matter of posting dozens of digital messages a day.

From Tianya, NetEase to Sohu, Rongshuxia, Peking University BBS, etc., any place where you can post, reply and interact will be flooded with clusters.

Li Wenyu nodded. "Then I'll go back first. School starts at the end of August, and it's already November. I really need to report to the teacher and inform the school leaders in advance, otherwise they won't know if you take me to Berlin or Cannes next year."

Zhang Guorong's smile became more stable. "By the way, Bingbing is going back with you? I've already got the book that Ruan Sheng put together. It only has the outline, but it's also about healing and moving on. It's the same shadow and pain that the male protagonist in the play has to walk out of, but it's not as profound as the female protagonist's."

"The script is called 'Unforgettable'. Take it back and show it to Bingbing. I might not be in it, but with Bingbing's current acting skills, it would be a big boost for her if she does well in this kind of award-winning film."

Li Wenyu, "..."

This was not the first nor the only time that Ah Zhi won the Best Actress trophy at the Hong Kong Film Awards... That's right, it was originally in 2003, and Zhang Guorong herself signed contracts with those famous screenwriters.

Old Li is still working on "Let Me Embrace Happiness", so the fact that screenwriter Ruan came up with the inspiration and gave it to Brother Rong in advance can only be considered as being in advance.

To be more precise, screenwriter Ruan may not have had this idea two years ago, but it takes time to write down the idea and fill in more than 90% of the finished product, and it may also be replaced by other projects.

After Li Wenyu thanked him profusely, he quickly left with Bingbing and headed to the airport to fly back to Beijing. Wang Jinghua also brought Li Bingbing along on the way. The other Bingbing was stunned and said, "Director Li, does viral marketing really have the potential to make The Shallows a hit in mainland China?"

"This this……"

From the time he started to engage in Hong Kong Island water army on the 31st until now, Li Wenyu has not concealed anything from Pang Bing. She is aware of it, and after knowing it, she occasionally shows off to Li Bingbing and Li Xiaolu.

At this stage, serious celebrity actors really don’t understand these weird operations.

Li Wenyu laughed and said, "You should spend more time understanding the Blair Witch character. It's just that it's easy for Blair Witch to scam people once with marketing, but it's hard to do it again." "The Shallows was filmed beautifully, and Bingbing's acting is up to par, so it won't cause too much backlash. The next step is to reveal that it's Rong's new film's gimmick that's attracting fans."

Fat Bingle was grinning from ear to ear. "If I really want to get 30 or 40 million, can I alone rival all those big names like Uncle Ge, Rosamund Kwan, and Donald? Then, next time someone wants me to be the female lead, how much will I be paid?"

Before the big movie was released, Pang Bing felt that the other party could make 30 to 40 million yuan. It was Lao Feng's past performance that supported this prediction.

Li Wenyu directly slapped the script on her thigh.

Fat Bing was stunned. "Can't forget?"

Li Wenyu nodded. "It's at the outline level. Brother Rong said your acting skills are up to par. I don't expect it to be a box office hit, but there's a chance it could be nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. The Shallows was a popcorn blockbuster, but this is the real award-winning masterpiece."

Fat Bing took a deep breath and quickly looked at Li Bingbing, his eyes almost flying with pride.

She quickly smiled sweetly and said, "My acting skills are not that exaggerated. It's all thanks to your good training, Brother Yu. I'm not exaggerating. I feel like after two or three months of polishing in your hands, I feel like I've had an epiphany."

This is not just Pang Bing’s exaggeration.

Wang Jinghua was stunned and said, "Indeed, we just discussed this project in August. Your current acting skills are completely different from Jinsuo and Xing'er in Xiao Li Feidao."

Fat Bing has been involved in a lot of TV dramas, movies...

This is not the first one. The first one is Huang Baiming's Brotherhood. I stayed in the crew of Brotherhood for more than a week and just understood the difference between filming TV and filming movies.

I came to Shark Beach and was personally guided by Li Wenyu.

For more than two months, most of the time, Pang Bing was the only one shooting during the day, and at night, Li Wenyu and I basically got together to watch her failed and poorly shot shots over and over again, discuss and explain them, and then talk about the play and learn from it.

It is equivalent to attending a special training course for more than two months.

Now Wang Jinghua and Li Bingbing are following closely, just to get a first-hand look at the water army's operations.

In this situation, Li Bingbing was completely defeated. "Fortunately, I'm not from Beijing Film Academy."

Several people looked at her. Li Bingbing shrugged. "Such a good script, such a good project with two superstars and Sister Xian as supporting actors, and such novel online promotion. Director Li, if you were from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, you would choose a leading actress from the Beijing Film Academy or the Central Academy of Drama."

"You'll definitely be criticized by teachers and students. Of course, that doesn't stop them from praising you and fawning over you at the same time, but some people will definitely have a lot of fun."

As we all know, there are four Dans, two Bings and two Beijing Film Academy beauties!
Li Wenyu didn't care about this topic. Old Xu had a good record, and Yan Zi was even more of a rare flower. As long as there was a choice, he would never choose those two.

The next moment he smiled and said, "Read the script carefully. The actor who plays opposite you in Unforgettable is either Brother Rong or a senior veteran actor. Don't be shy."

If it really doesn't work, he is considering whether to add a few more points to Pang Bing's attributes that have just accumulated to 8 points.

The reborn old fox takes love lightly and casually, and meets Fat Bing, who is 20 years old and has not evolved yet. When the other party has relatives coming to visit, he dances to help him celebrate.

It won’t be a loss if you cultivate them vigorously.

(End of this chapter)