Unboxing, Director!

Chapter 115: Just Want Revenge
After "Full House" entered the filming stage, the overall popularity declined very slowly in the first few days.

The main reason is that the protagonist is so popular that there are always many fans watching around the filming location. Some fans even dared to break into the set, which affected the filming process for a time.

In order to restore order, Lu Jiang had no choice but to ask Xiamen for help. They drew a circle around the villa on the set and implemented temporary martial law.

Fortunately, the area around the villa is not very busy at the moment and there are not many people, so it will not cause much impact.

If it happened somewhere else, the media would definitely make a fuss about this. If it happened in the Internet age a decade later when people are disenchanted with celebrities, Lu Jiang would be criticized to death by netizens.

After the implementation of temporary martial law, social sentiment gradually returned to normal, and the entire crew finally entered the normal filming stage.

The overall filming went smoothly, with most of the scenes featuring Lu Jiang and Fan Binbin.

They were fighting and bickering, just like they were before they established a relationship, so it was basically not difficult to act out.

The same goes for the other actors. Dong Xuan's role requires some acting skills, but she has done well in her studies and is also very hardworking, so after adapting for the first few days, she quickly got into the state.

Not to mention Qiao Zhenyu, the warm-hearted second male lead, who doesn't need any acting skills at all, he just needs to be handsome, smile, and be a vase.

The third male and the third female are the two ghost friends of the heroine.

The third female lead this time was the "niece" of the investor of "The Emperor of Han Dynasty". There was no other choice, as there were only a few speaking roles in the whole drama, so she was chosen as the lucky one. After the investor of "The Emperor of Han Dynasty" learned about it, he was very grateful and expressed his willingness to cooperate more deeply next time.
The third male lead is Deng Chao’s classmate Su Zilong, who later became more active in the drama circle.

So his acting skills are pretty good, and he has no problem being a funny "henchman".

The rest of the main roles are played by elderly actors, who are paid well and have excellent professional ethics.

So after a few days of running-in for all the actors, the crew entered the efficient filming stage.

The two-month planning cycle can probably be shortened by one or two weeks.

"Full House" continues to film, and the heat has gradually calmed down, but it is also frequently hot on the social front.

As April begins, the hottest topic in the film and television industry is undoubtedly the recently aired "The Mansion Gate".

This TV series, directed by Guo Baochang and starring well-known actors such as Chen Baoguo, Siqin Gaowa, Liu Peiqi, He Saifei, Jiang Wenli, and with guest appearances by well-known names such as Lao Mouzi, Chen Dadao, Zhang Fengyi, Li Xuejian, and Jiang Wen, has received a lot of attention early on.

The drama is also seen as a heavy blow from CCTV against the rise of satellite TV.

"The Mansion Gate" lived up to expectations and achieved a viewership rating of nearly 9.0 at the start.

The leaders of CCTV were all smiling and felt that CCTV's TV dramas would be very successful this year.

Because in addition to "The Mansion Gate", the drama "My Fair Princess" in which it participated in the production was first broadcast in Taiwan in early April, and its ratings broke records, and it is likely to reproduce the glory of "My Fair Princess".

Since "Return of the Condor Heroes 99" in 2, Qiong Yao is coming back with "Romance in the Rain"!
Countless media have begun to preview that the drama will be aired on CCTV as early as August.

CCTV is determined to strike a heavy blow against the rising satellite TV stations.

It is conceivable how strong the publicity and promotion momentum of "Romance in the Rain" will be by then.

While everyone was discussing "My Fair Princess", an internal debate also broke out on "Full House".

The series has just started filming and the Macau channel has already started arranging the broadcast time.

Their attitude is simple: it’s best to film and broadcast at the same time.

Now the entire Macau TV station is counting on this drama to make a fortune.

There’s no other way. They used to broadcast other people’s dramas and collaborated on “Meteor Garden”. After tasting the sweetness, they got used to eating steamed buns and their appetite was developed.

Now that he has his own drama that is about to become a hit, he must make a lot of money, no, he must be proud of himself again.

However, the four mainland TV stations that have confirmed the first broadcast have different opinions.

Satellite dishes cannot be eliminated. If you broadcast it in advance, the pirated version in mainland China will definitely be leaked out immediately. What should we do then?
The Macau channel also has something to say, saying that I am from Macau, a special administrative region, and what is it to you!
Furthermore, if I broadcast it early, those Southeast Asian countries can also broadcast it early. This is about "export", you have to understand it clearly!

This matter soon involved radio and television.

The request is very simple. You are responsible for coordinating. At least the Macau channel cannot broadcast it so early. In addition, you also have to shorten the review and licensing time for "Full House".

If this happened in any other drama, the radio and television authorities would probably not pay any attention to it. They might even be unhappy and deliberately block you for a while.

Who do you think you are? How dare you put yourself over my head just by bringing in Macau TV?
But the situation is different now. "Full House" is a project that has attracted attention from the entire mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, East Asia and Southeast Asia.

Especially in East Asia and Southeast Asia, its attention is even higher than the current "My Fair Princess".

Since it involves "export" and is a co-production project between Macau and the Mainland, it naturally needs to be handled specially.

Therefore, the radio and television authorities attach great importance to it.

Finally, a decision was made after several days of discussion.

Macau Channel cannot broadcast “Full House” before all episodes are completed.

As for the mainland, if the drama does not contain sensitive plots, the review time will be shortened as soon as possible.

This time actually passes very quickly.

Because "Full House" was filmed in sequence.

The entire post-production team of Dawn Film and Television already has more than 20 people, and they can produce one episode after finishing filming one, greatly shortening the overall production time.

Therefore, the series is expected to be completed in mid-June and completely finished before August, and will be broadcast on Macau TV at that time.

If the mainland review goes smoothly, it may be broadcast in mid-August, no later than a few weeks.

Both parties were very satisfied with this result.

In this regard, Lu Jiang could only thank Situ Zhaodun for introducing this approach to Macau.

The youngest son who has returned home after a long absence still has the most face!
But here is the problem.

If it is broadcast in mainland China in August, it will most likely coincide with "Romance in the Rain"!

If these two dramas were to be broadcast together, they would definitely be a hot topic.

Fan Binbin and Qiong Yao.

Fan Binbin and Xiaoyanzi, etc.

No one cares whether these two dramas are suitable for comparison.

No one cares whether the schedule is a coincidence or not.

Everyone just knows that there is money to be made by hyping this topic.

So it would be fine if he can win, but if he can't, Fan Binbin will probably face another wave of ridicule, and Lu Jiang will be dragged into it as well.

And if the two dramas really were to compete, who would win?

Lu Jiang knew it without even thinking about it.

If they were really broadcast in the same time period, in mainland China, "Full House" would basically not be able to beat "My Fair Princess".

Putting aside other things, the fact that it is a CCTV drama makes it a sure win.

This drama has become a hit in Taiwan, and CCTV is determined to revive its popularity. So what if you four satellite TV stations are broadcasting it simultaneously?

Fortunately, satellite TV stations are not stupid and will not really confront CCTV.

Lu Jiang himself is not so stupid as to take the initiative to go against CCTV.

Therefore, there will be no head-on clash between the two dramas.

But even so, Fan Binbin will probably be compared by the media in the future.

Although Fan Binbin is aware of this truth, she still feels somewhat powerless in the face of the powerful "Romance in the Rain".

Lu Jiang didn't have these emotions.

In mainland China or the entire Chinese-speaking world, it is indeed difficult for "Full House" to surpass "My Fair Princess".

But "Full House" is not only targeting the Chinese-speaking regions.

The results are multi-dimensional, and it is still unknown who will win or lose in the end.
While Lu Jiang was comforting Fan Binbin, the Taiwanese side was also engaged in a heated discussion about Lu Jiang. However, these people were not Qiong Yao and others, but the Taiwanese Golden Melody Awards.

Li Kuncheng, convener of the jury of this year's Golden Melody Awards, was very anxious at this time.

This year's Golden Melody Awards judges encountered unprecedented difficulties.

The problem lies with Lu Jiang.

The nomination period for this year's Golden Melody Awards is approaching.

However, the entire judging committee was undecided about whether to nominate Lu Jiang and ultimately give him the award.

The reason is also very simple.

Lu Jiang’s performance of “Beautiful Rivers and Mountains” last year is here. From its release in July last year to the end of last year, although the total sales in Asia were less than 7 million, it was still the number one in the Chinese music scene.

From a broad perspective, Lu Jiang has greatly stimulated the declining physical record industry.

Is it acceptable that people who have made such outstanding contributions don’t receive awards?

By then, the winners will probably be scolded to death, and the Golden Melody Awards will have no chance of gaining a foothold in mainland China.

But if it is given to Lu Jiang, who will bear the pressure from the authorities?

After all, "Beautiful Countryside" is not an ordinary album. Since last year, it has been considered "sensitive".

Also, if you give them nominations and finally give them a few awards, if you give them too many, what will happen to other Taiwanese singers? If you give them too few, it won't be appropriate either. Putting aside other things, just say that you gave so many nominations, but in the end only gave them a few individual awards. People were not willing to come in the first place, so wouldn't that be deceiving them?

A new round of argument broke out in the conference room regarding this matter.

Some people said that they could put pressure on Warner to ask him to withdraw voluntarily, or to remove him for not being a Taiwanese singer.

But someone soon refuted it, saying that this was digging one's own grave!
They believe that they should not pay attention to the above and should stick to the principle of focusing on music.

But he was soon scolded by other people for being spineless. They said Lu Jiang didn't come last time and he needed to be taught a lesson.

Some people think that not admitting it is spineless.

Then the topic started to deviate to zz.

Li Kuncheng was speechless at this moment.

Before Lu Jiang, there was no mainland male singer who was so outstanding, and cross-strait relations were also good, so there were no such problems.

Now that Lu Jiang has appeared and we have encountered this period, it is really difficult to deal with.

If handled improperly, the foundation of the entire Golden Melody Awards will be shaken.

Claiming fairness and justice, and aiming to become an Asian benchmark award, it has become a child's play.
But if you really do it, the Golden Melody Awards are from Taiwan after all.
Li Kuncheng shook his head helplessly, and finally could only adopt a delaying tactic: postpone the nomination date for three days.

Everyone agreed with this.

But delaying the war is not a long-term solution.

What happens if it's postponed?
Amidst the noise and clamor, on April 4, under the manipulation of Li Kuncheng, the jury of this year's Golden Melody Awards finally came up with a plan.

Since they are afraid of putting pressure on Lu Jiang by awarding him the award, they also want to establish themselves in the mainland market.

It would be better to just give Lu Jiang a bunch of nominations. If he doesn't come, just give him a few awards like last year. Lu Jiang didn't come last year anyway, so doing this might be able to counter-market Lu Jiang's arrogance.

Then the key marketing target of this Golden Melody Awards was changed to Yehenara.

Yehenara is also a mainland singer and can play a certain substitute role.

Besides, don’t Warner EMI and Sony both want to sign Yehenara? All four parties will definitely be very satisfied with this assist.

In this way, the Golden Melody Awards can achieve its goals without offending any parties.

After the plan was finalized, Yehenara received a call soon and was very happy after learning about the plan.

After all, it is the Golden Melody Awards.

Relatively speaking, it is the most valuable award in the entire Chinese music scene.

If they can win the award and become a key marketing target, it will naturally bring many benefits to Yehenara.

Yehenara did not hesitate and expressed her willingness to cooperate actively.

So the next day, the Golden Melody Awards nominations were announced.

Lu Jiang was nominated for a total of seven awards including "Best Pop Music Album Award", "Best Composer Award", "Best Music Video Award", "Best Lyricist Award", "Best Arranger Award", "Best Album Producer Award" and "Best Mandarin Male Singer Award".

There are a total of 11 awards at the Golden Melody Awards this year. Lu Jiang is shortlisted for all of the four categories except for newcomer, female singer, band, and duet group.

At the same time, Yehenara was shortlisted for five awards.

As soon as the list of winners was announced, with the cooperation of various media, these two mainland singers, one male and one female, immediately became the focus of all media outlets across Taiwan Straits and Hong Kong.

During this period, everything from Hong Kong and Taiwan was still popular.

So even though the Golden Melody Awards tried several times before, they failed to open a window for Lu Jiang.

But now that the other party has shown such an open and professional attitude, coupled with marketing from various media, the popularity of the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards in the mainland has increased rapidly for a while.

This made Lu Jiang seem to be in a difficult situation.

Everyone thinks this award is good and you deserve it.

But what if I really go, and I get a lot of nominations but few awards, or only an encouragement award, or even no award at all?
As a result, the Golden Melody Awards will at most be subject to some criticism, but such criticism will soon be eliminated.

Because awards are inherently subjective.

Between a professional jury and a singer, the public will naturally side with the jury, unless the jury has low credibility or the singer's work is truly unique.

Now, the credibility of the Golden Melody Awards has at least not been severely damaged. It has been relatively stable over the years. Unlike other awards, its initial image carries gold content.

The quality of "Beautiful Country" is not really outstanding.

So if you really go there this time, the other party will really make fun of you, and you will suffer in the end and have no place to complain.

Anyway, Lu Jiang didn't believe that the other party would really let go of the past.

But if I don't go, their marketing has already taken off and everyone thinks this award is good and authoritative.

As a singer, we were already at a disadvantage. The simple title of "arrogant" was thrown at us, and the mainland media, which only believed in the outside world, hyped it up. In the end, Lu Jiang was the one who suffered.

So what to do?
Warner's Zhou Jianhui also had to admit: "Li Kuncheng does have some tricks up his sleeve."

Then he asked Lu Jiang: "Are you going?"

Lu Jiang's expression remained calm.

As for the Golden Melody Awards, it's not that he really doesn't need this award. The Golden Melody Awards are indeed of relatively high value and have made great contributions to the Chinese music scene. It is true that there are many benefits to winning the award.

But since they and the local authorities repeatedly played the good cop and the bad cop to restrict his development on the island, Lu Jiang sentenced them to death.

And now he really doesn't care much about the income brought by the Golden Melody Awards.

So since he has been sentenced to death, there is naturally no reason to lick his ass and risk being humiliated.

As for how to overcome this "crisis", it's very simple. The "guide" Yehenara is the breakthrough point.

It has been said that a gentleman takes revenge from morning to night. I didn’t take revenge properly the previous times, so this time the opportunity is just right!

He then asked, "Yehenala, do you really have to sign?"

Zhou Jianhui: "It doesn't necessarily have to be what you want to do?!"

"Nothing, I just wanted to get revenge and give you a heads up."

(End of this chapter)