I really don't want to make bad movies!

【Unworthy? Who are you calling unworthy? You were still in elementary school when Wang Yuan debuted!】

[You think you're a great director just because you made a web series? What are you without Jiang Wen???]

How many film awards do you have that kind of extravagance?

The number of comments surged instantly. Wang Yuan and Ju Jingyi's fans, who had been watching the live stream, wished they could rush into the live stream and tear Xia Ming to pieces!

They copied one bullet comment after another and then frantically pasted them into the chat box.

Although Tencent's servers could handle the surge in users, the host's tablet started to lag.

The screen was flooded with colorful bullet comments, making it impossible for her to see any questions for a moment.

Moreover, Director Xia's words were surprising and different from what was agreed upon during rehearsals.

How am I supposed to respond when you say they're not good enough for them?

The host smiled somewhat awkwardly, glancing slightly towards the backstage area.

She saw her boss cross his arms and nod slightly at her.

What does nodding mean?

"Director Xia, there have been rumors online that you and the lead actors' team are at odds. Based on what you just said, is this not just a rumor?"

The host continued asking questions based on what the audience wanted to hear.

She wasn't sure if the question was sensitive, but it would definitely generate traffic!

"Look at the data."

Upon hearing this question while wearing monitoring headphones, Huang Xuke immediately looked towards the central control panel.

The central control unit's eyes widened: "Twenty-two million!"

He Junyan revealed a sly smile and raised his hand to place on the center console's shoulder: "Promote our own drama series."

The promotional value of a live stream with 20 million viewers simultaneously is immeasurable!

Huang Xuke was about to speak when He Junyan immediately raised his hand to interrupt him: "Hey, Mr. Huang, we agreed that you go first, and it's my turn next."

While the two were still vying for publicity benefits, Xia Ming spoke up again in the studio.

"Yes, they don't deserve it. If these kinds of stars are allowed into the film industry, the domestic film industry will be completely ruined and will never recover!"

"Not only will we never be able to compare to Hollywood, Al Jazeera, or Japan, but we may even be overtaken by the rising power of India."

Have you seen the data on Weibo? Do you know how much box office revenue Wang Yuan's fans have brought you? Box office revenue is what truly drives the development of the film industry!

Which actor didn't start as a newcomer? How can they grow if they aren't given opportunities?

The film industry shouldn't be dictated by directors; it should be decided by us consumers!

The host tried his best to keep his mind focused, carefully choosing his words: "Director Xia, why do you feel that they have had a negative impact on the film industry?"

Xia Ming smiled and waved to the staff member next to him.

Soon, two strong young men carried a monitor to the front of the camera and also carried an ARRI cinema projector onto the stage.

Xia Ming took out an ARRI memory card, inserted it into the projector, and turned on the monitor.

The monitor showed a large, bustling film crew.

Xia Ming returned to his seat: "Let's explain it step by step, no rush."

"This monitor displays all the footage from the filming of Atlantic Rim 2, a full month-long period, recording the state and behavior of everyone on set."

"Everything I'm about to say is supported by video or phone recordings, and there's not a single lie in it."

"First of all, I want to make one concept clear to all viewers watching the live stream: the script is the minimum requirement for the content. A good script can ensure that the film passes the test."

A barrage of approving comments flooded the screen. Xia Ming continued, "The original script for Atlantic Rim 2 wasn't like this."

"Initially, we wanted to film a story about a female scientist who, by learning an alien language, gains the ability to perceive non-linear time, accepts her destiny, and guides the people of the world to unite."

"This was originally an issue that could have shown the world the power of women and also sparked philosophical reflection."

Xia Ming intentionally or unintentionally steered the conversation in a politically correct direction, stirring up the audience's emotions.

"The first draft of the script can be found in the film bureau's filing and review records. The script is called 'Arrival'."

The host reacted quickly, asking, "Then why was the script revised? The story we see is so different from the original one!"

Xia Ming laughed and said, "This brings us to the sin of arrogance of traffic stars. In order to sideline the director, control the crew, and allow their own artists to participate comfortably and receive sky-high salaries, Ju Jingyi's studio gave me a hard time as soon as they arrived."

"Filming was originally scheduled to begin on January 4, but they did not appear on set until January 10."

Can't I be delayed by something?

[A production crew with tens of millions in budget, short of one week's worth?]

[You're going to rewrite the script over something so trivial?]

In the live chat, Ju Jingyi's fans flooded the screen with uniform pink comments, briefly suppressing the comments of other colors.

"If Ju Jingyi was really delayed by something, I can certainly understand."

"But she did it on purpose."

Xia Ming took out his phone and played a recording.

"I asked about their schedule no less than twenty times. Her agent, KIKI, claimed that the studio had business in Japan, but in reality, only the makeup artist was traveling in Japan."

"Afterwards, I checked Ju Jingyi's Weibo and found that her location had been in Jinghai since the filming started, and she posted photos of her daily life every day."

"It wasn't until I suggested revising the script that their studio immediately rushed to the set."

Xia Ming paused, then said in a deep voice, "This is the biggest disaster these popular celebrities have brought to the film industry: suppressing creative rights."

"Ju Jingyi's studio wouldn't allow me to delete even a single second of the female lead's scenes, but in the early stages, they refused to participate and even refused to act in the scenes with their husband, completely ruining the original script's love story."

"Furthermore, the original female lead was supposed to be a great female scientist, but Ju Jingyi didn't allow the production team's makeup artists to participate, and instead used her own personal makeup artist to create a classic idol drama sweet girl makeup look. I ask you, is this reasonable?"

At this moment, the monitor behind them began playing footage of KIKI forcefully reprimanding all the staff on set.

Guo Hong wanted to discuss it with her, but she brought up Yi Yangqianxi's name to put him down.

This made the comments section explode even more wildly!

The spark that ignited the third battle – which of the three boys is the most powerful?

The live stream room instantly turned into a battlefield, and Weibo immediately opened up a new battlefield as well.

#Ju Jingyi's remarks#

#Wang Yuan, Yi Yangqianxi#

#HelloDirector#

The related terms instantly surged to the top of Weibo's trending topics, only to be quickly taken down, only to reappear with a different term, and the cycle repeated itself.

In the studio, the host froze for more than ten seconds, blinking and unsure of what to say.

That's some serious news, she can't handle it!

It's normal for people in the same circle to gossip about each other behind their backs, but when these things are discussed openly, the nature of the matter changes completely!

Xia Ming continued playing footage of Ju Jingyi and her agent's actions on set.

"The second major disaster is the disruption to the professionalism of the work."

"The members of their studio are clearly not professionals, but they seriously interfere with every aspect, from the camera to the lighting to the scheduling, all so that the actors can maintain their appearance in front of the camera."

"Not just Ju Jingyi's studio, but also you, Wang Yuan!"

The monitor screen switched to showing Guo Hong and Wang Yuan controlling the film crew's camera work.

Xia Ming recounted the acts of the two celebrity studios in forcibly interfering with artistic creation on set, while simultaneously playing the corresponding footage on the monitor.

With the ARRI cinema projector's 4K resolution, even the pores of the two stars and their agent are clearly visible.

The crew members, and even the director Xia Ming, were all manipulated by them.

The lighting and tracks that took several hours to set up, and the camera angles that were adjusted hundreds of times, were all ruined by a single sentence from the celebrity's agent.

Then it was replaced with a low-quality, flat shot that was very considerate of their own artists.

In fact, a normal film crew would hardly be able to film so many behind-the-scenes shots from different angles.

But the cinematographers and assistants on the Arrival set were all terrible.

During the test runs, they would shoot a lot of unusable footage because they couldn't control the camera truck's angle properly.

Another credit should be given to Yang Xianghua.

When selecting equipment, Yang Xianghua may have chosen three ARRI cinema projectors to facilitate embezzlement.

On the first day of filming, the second main cameraman, Huang Xu, didn't have a memory card inserted, but there were still two cameras running, which gave Xia Ming the perfect opportunity to expose the corpse.

Xia Ming also thoughtfully played the footage of the changed camera on the computer, creating a stark contrast with the original test footage.

Even Xia Ming's test shot angle completely outclassed the shots chosen by those two celebrities!

The interview was filled with juicy revelations, and executives from both platforms couldn't help but smile.

Not only did I hear some interesting gossip, but I also saw a massive influx of traffic!

Suddenly, a staff member rushed in and handed Huang Xuke a cell phone.

"Mr. Huang, it's your phone."

Huang Xuke frowned, and instead of immediately taking the phone from his hand, he took out his own phone, which showed four missed calls.

Because of work requirements, he put his phone on silent.

They specifically called other staff members in the studio to find him and explained that the situation was urgent.

Huang Xuke pressed the call button, and after listening for only a few seconds, he immediately frowned.

"A shareholder approached my boss and asked me to cut off the live stream."

He Junyan pointed to the data on the central control computer, "Thirty million simultaneous connections, let's see who dares to cut it off."

Huang Xuke covered the receiver, frowned, and said, "It should be someone from Ju Jingyi's studio."

He Junyan scoffed and said, "I don't care what kind of shareholder you are. If you're so great, hire a hacker to hack our Tencent servers. Otherwise, get lost."

Huang Xuke also laughed. Fortunately, this was a joint interview live broadcast, and he was not afraid of any pressure from his superiors.

He cleared his throat and said tactfully into the phone, "Oh dear, I'm just the executive vice president of the short video section, only in charge of planning this project. What right do I have to cut off the live stream?"

"Did you see the penguin logo in the upper right corner of the live stream? This is Tencent's territory. They have too much power; how can I possibly control them!"

The voice on the phone gradually increased in volume, but Huang Xuke ignored it, continuing to evade the question.

In the studio, Xia Ming had already shown all the footage that Xiao Bai had filmed.

Judging from the time recorded on camera, it's easy to see that the two studios arrived at the set around 3 or 4 pm almost every day, spent four hours on makeup, filmed for one or two hours, and then left to eat.

The daily working hours are less than three hours, and the number of effective shots is less than five.

Moreover, all the crew members had to treat them like royalty.

The filming location was on a vast plain. Before filming began, the two actors wanted to drink milk tea, so the crew had to drive to the city to buy milk tea and bring it to the set so that they could get into work mode.

Sometimes, if the crew decides to stop filming halfway through, they'll just wrap up.

Everyone on set was their babysitter, making huge investments but receiving no screen time in return.

"The initial budget for the production team was 96 million, but with their pampered filming style, they can only produce two or three shots a day. With daily maintenance costs of 500,000, how many days can 96 million last?"

"I can also show everyone the original footage from 'Arrival' that we filmed."

Xia Ming played footage of the two actors in "Arrival," still showing their unbearable poker faces and cringeworthy lines.

"So, how is this level of performance any different from their performance in 'Atlantic Rim 2'?"

"Am I maliciously smearing them, or are their skills simply terrible, yet they enjoy exorbitant salaries and seriously interfere with the creative process of the production team?"

"Does someone like that even deserve to be called an actor? He doesn't hone his acting skills, doesn't study the script, is lazy and drags everyone down, and relies on his popularity and investment to forcibly interfere with the director's creative process. In the end, he pockets his salary and profit share, leaving a mess of garbage for Chinese films!"

"I'm not speaking from an actor's perspective, but just asking all the working people watching this live stream: if you encountered someone in a project who only cared about enjoying themselves, dragged the whole team down, and yet ended up getting the biggest benefits while you bore the blame, wouldn't you feel even the slightest bit of injustice?"

"I won't draw conclusions for everyone, I'll just ask one question."

Xia Ming delivered a long, impassioned speech, took a deep breath to adjust his breathing, and then projected the finished special effects back onto the screen behind him, speaking each word clearly.

"Is this level of special effects a good fit for these two parasites in the film industry, or not?"

match?

Or are they not worthy?

This question ignited the live stream and the entire internet!

This was a live broadcast watched by 30 million people simultaneously, including a large number of people working in the film and television industry.

Which director hasn't experienced having their creative process interfered with by popular celebrities?

At this moment, these professionals have only one word in their hearts—awesome!

Whether Xia Ming will face suppression from capital after that, or be secretly sabotaged by two celebrity studios, they don't know.

They only know one thing now: those two popular celebrities are finished!

The same principle applies: some things are known to everyone, but when they are put on the table and discussed, the results are completely different!

Self-media outlets sensitive to trending topics have begun posting and updating videos on various online forums, with the content focusing on Director Xia's public attacks on Wang Yuan and Ju Jingyi.

"Expel traffic-driven celebrities and restore peace to the film and television industry!"

A List of Films and TV Dramas Ruined by Ju Jingyi

"Idols are idols; please don't treat movies like cash cows. Audiences aren't fools!"

Xia Ming stood up, bowed deeply to the camera, and said sincerely, "I feel very sorry for those viewers who spent money to go to the cinema to support me."

"All 38 minutes of special effects footage from Atlantic Rim 2 will be uploaded to the iQiyi platform within a month, at which time everyone can watch it for free."

Director Xia, you're so generous! I'm so glad I've always supported you!

Director Xia, so you really didn't want to make a bad movie!

When will "The Swindlers 2" be released? When will "The Swindlers 2" be released? When will "The Swindlers 2" be released?

Each director's interview was allotted five minutes, but Xia Ming's interview had already lasted half an hour.

The host knew it was time to wrap things up, so she looked at the tablet and realized that it had crashed due to too many comments.

Having no other option, she could only choose a formulaic closing question: "Director Xia, thank you so much for accepting our interview and letting us know the behind-the-scenes story of 'Atlantic Rim 2'. Is there anything else you'd like to say to the audience?"

Xia Ming thought for a moment, realizing he hadn't used his trump card yet.

"I appeal to all producers and investors in the film and television industry to reduce the frequency of using talentless but popular celebrities for the sake of the development of the domestic film and television industry."

"I also urge all idols who want to enter the film and television industry to first improve their professional qualities and learn relevant professional knowledge before considering whether they can earn this money."

"at last."

Xia Ming looked at the camera and thought of the publicity Lu Chuan did in front of the film and television media at the entrance of Beijing Film Studio.

He wants to make good movies, and he also wants to make money.

Earn money while standing tall!

For a movie to make money, it can't do without marketing and distribution!

Right now, there's a live stream with 30 million viewers watching simultaneously, and the promotional value is even over 100 million!

He cleared his throat and said in a deep voice, "Pulling out the parasites in the industry is only the first step. If we want the industry to develop, the more important thing is to produce good works."

"My next movie is expected to be released in May or June. I hope everyone will support it!"