Chinese Entertainment: Directors Start with the Fairy Sister

There are techniques to proving one's innocence.

If Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli were to post this evidence on their own blogs, it would only give the impression that they have a guilty conscience.

Yang Siwei wasn't stupid either. As the company's publicity director, she naturally had a group of online trolls working under her.

These tasks should naturally be left to the online trolls.

That afternoon, numerous short essays appeared on forums and blogs.

Some claimed to be nurses from the hospital, some claimed to be former teachers in Jiangcheng, and some claimed to be staff members of the police station, all of whom shared their past experiences with Liu Yifei.

From birth to household registration, to schooling, at each stage, from birth certificate registration to school admission certificate, the "gender" column is clearly marked.

The post that received the most likes made countless fans burst into laughter:

"When I was in school, I was Liu Yifei's classmate. Thinking back, I was so naive. The way I wanted to play with this little girl was to bully her with other classmates."

They used to bully her, and now you have to buy tickets to see her!

It also included a movie ticket stub for "You Are the Apple of My Eye".

Liu Yifei even forwarded the post to her blog: "I called the police! Officer, he put grasshoppers in my pencil case when he was in elementary school!"

"Hilarious! Turns out, all the ways people like little girls are the same across the country. I pulled her braids during class—"

"Hahaha, hahaha, I'll let the little plastic snake go~"

"Yesterday I saw someone say that Liu Yifei is a transgender person. I thought to myself, where can you find such a beautiful ladyboy? This isn't Thailand. She has the genetic predisposition..."

"You mean that mad dog? Does he even count as a person?"

"That's fucking shameless! I feel so sorry for Professor Pan Changjiang, how could he collaborate with someone like that!"

"Making money is nothing to be ashamed of, but just because they can collaborate, I declare that I will never watch Pan's movies again."

"I saw that news story you mentioned too. I thought it was true; the way he described it made it sound so convincing..."

...

Following this, Red Starwood, Liu Yifei's agency, issued a statement:

"Song Zude's defamation and slander against our artist Liu Yifei has infringed upon her right to reputation. Our company will take legal action to protect her legitimate rights and interests!"

At this moment, Song Dagou's face turned green!

I've only just thrown out the first punch of my combo, why are Liu Yifei and the others already revealing their trump cards?

They haven't even been on any shows yet to promote their new work!

"You think this is the end of it? Absolutely not!" Song Gou's face twisted in rage. "Someone, contact the media! I'm going to leak this!"

......

The methods used to deal with such negative information are often not important.

For example, proving one's innocence is even a very low-level tactic;

The real test for the publicity team is the time it takes to process the information.

There is a major principle in the industry called the "golden 48 hours for handling public opinion." Any public opinion crisis, such as scandals, rumors, or gossip, must be responded to quickly within 48 hours to fill the information vacuum and prevent rumors from spreading.

Yang Siwei used numerous online trolls to indirectly prove Liu Yifei's "female" identity, aiming to seize the "information vacuum" in netizens' minds within 48 hours—establishing the axiom that Liu Yifei is a woman.

Song Dazui's "transgender scandal" hadn't even really spread before it was directly destroyed by Yang Siwei's online army. Even if he does something else afterward, it won't affect the overall situation of this public opinion war!

Zhao Yanxi had no idea what Song would do next. At 4:30 p.m. that day, he finally landed at Beijing Capital International Airport.

This time he didn't use the VIP channel; he just went through the normal exit.

As one of the two major airports in China with a large number of resident media reporters, Zhao Yanxi was unsurprisingly blocked by a group of reporters carrying long lenses and microphones as soon as she appeared.

"Everyone, everyone, the interview is fine, but please don't block the exit. Can we go to the side?"

"OK!"

"Okay, Director Zhao, don't sneak off!"

...

Zhao Yanxi led a group of media reporters to the side, which also made the airport security personnel who were originally preparing to drive them away and maintain order stop in their tracks.

"Director Zhao, is the film 'Buried Alive,' which was officially nominated for the Berlin International Film Festival, your work?"

"Yes."

"Director Zhao, why did you choose to make a foreign-language film for the film festival? Do you think foreign-language films have a wider audience than Chinese-language films?"

"Of course not," Zhao Yanxi smiled and said, "The only reason I chose a foreign film is because I'm in a hurry!"

"Do you know how long it took me to film 'Buried'?"

"Two months?" a Sina reporter asked tentatively.

"Hehe, where would I find that much time?" Zhao Yanxi said with a laugh. "I just finished filming 'The Return of the Condor Heroes' in the first half of the year, then I filmed 'You Are the Apple of My Eye,' and I still have to do post-production and publicity. Where would I find two months to film 'Buried Alive'!"

"I might as well tell you that when I went to Hollywood in November to release my first foreign language film, I suddenly had an inspiration, which led to the filming of 'Buried'. From preparation to completion, it only took less than 20 days."

"The actual filming time was less than two weeks!"

"Half a month?!"

"Your first foreign language film?"

Reporters quickly noticed the key point in Zhao Yanxi's words and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Director Zhao, is 'Buried' not your first foreign-language film?"

Another reporter, seemingly well-prepared, quickly handed the microphone to Zhao Yanxi: "Director Zhao, as far as I know, both 'Buried Alive' and 'Paranormal Activity' belong to the same studio—Crystal Culture Film Studio."

Is there any special connection between them?

Zhao Yanxi gave the person who asked the question a thumbs up: "Congratulations, you guessed right! 'Paranormal Activity' is the first foreign-language film I shot in Hollywood!"

boom--

A chorus of boos erupted from the group of reporters, expressing shock, horror, astonishment, and a wide range of other reactions.

Although Paranormal Activity is a foreign horror film, its amazing return on investment has attracted the attention of countless industry professionals in China.

Although it has not disclosed its exact production cost, industry insiders estimate that the production cost will not exceed 200 million.

Even with a budget of $200 million, the film grossed over $1.6 million worldwide, a return on investment that is truly rare in China.

Although it was not released in the country, the domestic film and television industry has not diminished its attention to it!

"Director Zhao, but the director of 'Paranormal Activity' is Tom Z, not..."

Before the other person could finish speaking, Zhao Yanxi said with a smile, "Tom is just an English name my high school English teacher gave me. Isn't the letter 'Z' enough to explain things?"

"Alright, I've answered some questions for everyone, so you should let me go now, right?"

"Please make way, everyone!"

The reporters were naturally unwilling to let Zhao Yanxi off the hook, but Zhao Yanxi was a martial arts master, and the combination of her two lifetimes' physiques and souls was something that these ordinary reporters could not stop.

Faced with Zhao Yanxi's shoving, the group of reporters felt as if they were trying to stop a rampaging wild boar.

It's unstoppable, absolutely unstoppable!

Once in the car, Yang Siwei and driver Lao Li came to pick her up from the airport.

Seeing the group of reporters chasing after Zhao Yanxi, he instructed Lao Li to drive while asking curiously, "Boss, what explosive topic did you mention that made them so persistent?"

"It's nothing, just letting them know that I directed Paranormal Activity."

"What's the big deal? It's just a movie..." Yang Siwei stopped mid-sentence, then looked at Zhao Yanxi in shock: "Boss, did I hear that right? What did you say?"

"That globally popular horror film, 'Paranormal Activity'?! You directed it?!"