This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 513: Not a single one who can fight.

Meanwhile, in the group chat of the main creators of the New Year's Day films.

The director or producer of films such as "Breakup Train," "Beast Age," "Red Lion Boy," and several others are involved.

In the group chat, a group of people with movie titles were making comments.

"What do you mean by this? You've given all the screenings to Wong Fei-hung, what are we supposed to do?"

"Huang Feihong is engaging in malicious competition. If I get so many more screenings, my box office will be higher than his!"

"Lu Ran's actions have severely damaged the market environment!"

This group chat was created by everyone after the movie's press conference at the theater. Because Lu Ran left early, no one invited him.

In fact, even if Lu Ran hadn't left, everyone would have created a new group chat and wouldn't have invited him.

In the group chat, the people from the cinema chain didn't say a word.

Their commotion with the cinemas in this group was purely to vent their frustrations.

Even the theater staff in this group can't make decisions about something this big.

Zhang He, the director of "Red Lion Boy," also emerged.

"The movie 'Huang Feihong' has drained all the viewership, which is detrimental to the entire industry."

Zhang He is in the worst situation right now.

"Red Lion Boy" has yet to break 100 million yuan in total box office revenue, which means it's going to lose money.

The movie received a barrage of negative reviews after its official release.

As soon as a film critic gives a bad review, they report the video.

Even so, it's impossible to report and remove all videos.

The funniest thing is that the animated film "The Big Grizzly Bear" has already grossed over 100 million yuan at the box office.

Zhang tagged the director of "The Big Grizzly Bear".

"Director Chen, say something, isn't this the right thing to do?"

A short while later, Chen Xinghuai, the director of "The Big Grizzly Bear," popped up in the group chat.

"Sorry everyone, I'm going to be working on the big movie for next year, and I'll be going into seclusion. I won't be checking group messages anymore. I'm leaving the group now, and I wish you all great box office success."

Chen Xinghuai sent a red envelope and then left the group.

Chen Xinghuai had already seen the complaints from these people in the group chat, and he simply couldn't stand it anymore.

Zhang He also tagged him.

Chen Xinghuai simply left the group.

After leaving the group, he went directly to Yang Guang.

"Yang Guang, ask Lu Ran if he can send me his WeChat."

At this moment, in the Liaoyuan Studio, Lu Ran was working with a group of studio employees on "Fog Hill of Five Elements".

He finished all the most difficult parts, the ink wash painting style, which Yang Guang and his team really couldn't do.

Now it's just the final integration and a small part of the special effects work.

There is strength in numbers.

Yang Guang looked at Lu Ran after seeing the message.

"Director Lu, Chen Xinghuai wants to add you on WeChat. He's the director of Big Grizzly Bear. Will you add him?"

"Come on, see what he's doing."

Yang Guang nodded and pushed Lu Ran's WeChat to Chen Xinghuai.

After Chen Xinghuai added Lu Ran as a friend, he sent her the chat history of Zhang He and others complaining in the group chat.

Sending out such chat logs carries risks.

Chen Xinghuai dared to post this because the person on the other end was Lu Ran.

Just like in the movie "Once Upon a Time in China," when the prison guards saw that Wong Fei-hung had been arrested, they immediately let him go, because they believed that Wong Fei-hung was innocent.

Chen Xinghuai also believed that Lu Ran would never betray him.

"Lu Ran, see for yourself, I've already left the group."

Lu Ran browsed through the chat history.

Seeing these people's ugly faces, Lu Ran couldn't help but laugh. What does it mean to disrupt the market environment? What does it mean for a movie to drain all the viewership?
We really need to look for the reasons within ourselves.

Last year's New Year's Day box office was higher than this year's, but look at this year, the total box office for the New Year's Day period has decreased compared to last year.

Why blame him for the market contraction?

"Ignore them," Lu Ran replied to Chen Xinghuai.

The two chatted casually for a few more minutes.

Chen Xinghuai's animation company is also very strong in the industry, has a longer history, and a rich foundation. We can exchange ideas in the future.

After talking with Chen Xinghuai, Lu Ran picked up his phone and posted a Weibo post.

The content on Weibo is very simple, just one emoji.

The emoji is a panda head emoji, with just one sentence below it.

"There's not a single one that can fight."

After posting on Weibo, Lu Ran put down his phone and continued working.

After seeing his Weibo post, netizens flooded the comments section with messages.

"Master Huang, you're getting too cocky. Don't be arrogant."

"Don't tell the truth."

"Master Huang, so what if you can fight? Believe me, we'll ostracize you from our circle right away!"

Netizens flooded the comments section with sarcastic remarks, even tagging the official accounts of other movies.

The directors of these movies were so angry when they saw them that their mouths twisted in disbelief.

Seeing this situation, "Red Lion Boy" took the lead in launching a new round of marketing.

Zhang He repeatedly appeared in public, tearfully saying, "The Red Lion Boys have poured our team's heart and soul into this project! To authentically recreate the intangible cultural heritage of lion dancing, we traveled all over Guangdong's villages, visited master craftsmen, and recorded traditional techniques. Every frame and every movement carries our reverence for Lingnan culture. But now, our hard work has been betrayed by the market. Just like the difficulties the Lion Boys faced in pursuing their dreams, haven't we also been giving our all for the preservation of culture?"

As a result, not long after he posted his video trying to gain sympathy, netizens posted photoshopped pictures of him in the comments section.

This photo was created by netizens who imitated Lu Ran, photoshopping Zhang Heye to have slanted, narrow eyes.

"You were let down by the market, and you didn't respect the market either."

"Does passing on tradition mean passing on squinty eyes?"

"Don't try to play the victim like an actor; your acting skills are really inferior to theirs."

"The lion dance performance at the beginning of the Huang Feihong segment was also quite good."

Zhang never expected that his attempt to play the victim would backfire and create problems.

You used to get away with playing the victim?

Are netizens getting smarter these days?
Those few photos alone kept Zhang He awake night after night.

In the blink of an eye, a week has passed.

The three episodes of "Fog Hill of Five Elements" have been completed, and the voice acting work for the characters has also begun.

Lu Ran hired only professional voice actors in the industry.

These actors may not be famous, but their talent is undeniable.

Lu Ran didn't release any information about his production of "Fog Hill of Five Elements" at all; he planned to give netizens a surprise instead.

In the afternoon, Sun Kai, the operations manager of Douyin, called Lu Ran.

"Wow, I'm so happy to wish you a Happy New Year in advance!"

Sun Kai's tone was very excited.

Lu Ran and Sun Kai have also collaborated many times.

It is precisely because of his collaboration with Lu Ran that Sun Kai is now very secure in his position and has a high probability of being promoted.

"Happy Chinese New Year, Brother Sun! Wishing you prosperity!"

Sun Kai laughed and said, "I'm here to give you money. Douyin is having a big promotional event this Spring Festival, with all the apps under the group participating. I'd like to invite you to be the spokesperson for our Douyin Spring Festival event. I won't beat around the bush with the spokesperson fee, it's 30 million, just for the Spring Festival period."

Lu Ran twitched when he heard the number 30 million.

No wonder those popular celebrities love signing endorsement deals and are too lazy to act.

Earning money through endorsements is much faster than acting.

(End of this chapter)