Huayu, can you be called the best actor if you don’t indulge yourself?

Chapter 539 Premiere

September 15th.

morning.

Conference Center Hotel.

At this moment, Li Luo was not wearing a mask and was sitting in the hotel lobby in casual clothes. Although the front desk staff were eager to take a photo with him, they could only give up the idea of ​​going up to take a photo when they saw the manager's stern face.

Didn't have to wait long.

The sound of hurried footsteps rang out.

With a long sigh, the visitor sat down wearily beside him.

"Drink tea."

Li Luo picked up the teapot.

"Thank you."

After nodding his thanks, Chen Jiashang grabbed the slightly hot tea and gulped it down his throat.

"Give me a drink too."

Wang Changtian walked over, patting his forehead.

After confirming that all preparations were in order at the premiere yesterday afternoon, they returned to the hotel to have a meeting with the main cast and crew. After the meeting, a series of drinking parties followed.

Film crew members, publicity and distribution personnel, and staff of the "Premiere" program.

They actually set up several tables.

It wouldn't be appropriate not to have a few drinks on such an occasion.

After drinking, there were all sorts of meetings and coordination matters. Everyone was busy until three or four in the morning before they could finally rest. Now, in the morning, they still have to busy themselves welcoming all the guests who have arrived today.

While the three of them were chatting, Lin Yue, the Wang brothers, and Guangxian's publicity staff arrived one after another.

As a co-producer.

Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei are required to attend.

After all, they had invested 13 million yuan and sold 2 million shares of Huayi shares to Li Luo at a low price. Including the current publicity and marketing expenses, they also had to pay out in proportion.

The film has finally achieved success, so how could they possibly miss the opportunity to appear on screen?

Caring about box office numbers is one thing.

To them.

The most important thing is to demonstrate presence in such large projects, give shareholders greater confidence, and thus push the company's stock price higher when it goes public. This is a major event that relates to core interests.

Take a sip of tea.

Seeing Li Luo's smiling face, Wang Zhongjun suddenly felt a headache coming on.

He doesn't believe the other party didn't receive the message regarding what happened at yesterday's premiere of "The Equation of Love and Death".

He was caught in a dilemma.

Even though he is the head of Huayi Brothers and controls all the resources that his artists rely on for survival, Zhou Xun is not some minor actress who can be summoned and dismissed at will. Everyone would carefully protect such a cash cow.

It's not like the Hong Kong TVB of the 80s and 90s.

They can ban you whenever they want.

If someone is unhappy with their job, they can simply switch employers. The domestic market is both very small and very large; you can find work anywhere.

If he could truly control everything, he would have killed Wang Jinghua immediately.

But things have come to this point.

They're doing really well.

The situation is the same now. For the sake of the company's interests, he has no way to express any dissatisfaction with Zhou Xun, since she did not publicly hurl insults at him.

As for Li Luo...

We need to find a way to ease the tension.

Just as he was thinking about what to say, a hotel shuttle bus slowly pulled up outside the lobby.

See this situation.

Everyone stood up and went out to greet them.

The car door opened, and Zhang Liangyin excitedly jumped out of the car.

"Welcome, Liang Yin."

Li Luo smiled and shook hands with the other party, then introduced them to the side, saying, "No need for introductions, Mr. and Mrs. Wang. Director Chen, you know them. This is Mr. Wang from Guangxian Media. Thank you very much for Liang Yin's help with the performance!"

"It should."

With a happy smile, Princess Dolphin quickly shook hands with the others.

Putting aside personal relationships...

How could such an occasion be complete without her presence? Singing the theme song for a movie is a fantastic opportunity for a singer to showcase their talent, not to mention that "Painting Heart" is currently enjoying immense popularity, giving Zhang Liangyin a significant boost in fame.

This Sichuan girl.

I'm in an exceptionally good mood right now.

Being able to produce a highly popular single before leaving Huayi Brothers is undoubtedly good news for her.

The song "Painting Heart".

It's absolutely wildly popular right now.

In just one week since its release, it has already climbed into the top 100 of Baidu's song chart.

Looking at the current situation.

The ranking will continue to rise.

The only ones who might feel regretful about this are Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei, since the song copyright is firmly held by Xinghuo Film and Television, and no matter how popular the song is, it has nothing to do with them.

Where is the venue?

After exchanging greetings, Zhang Liang looked at Li Luo eagerly.

As a performing singer.

She had to go there in advance to get used to the sound system, otherwise she would ruin her reputation if she didn't sing well during the live broadcast that night. She also couldn't allow herself to make any mistakes while promoting Brother Luo.

At Wang Changtian's signal, Guangxian employees quickly led Zhang Liangyin to the performance venue.

Hotel and conference venue.

They are all located in the International Conference Center.

Less than a minute after taking the shuttle bus, guests departed from here tonight to board the star-studded red carpet for "Painted Skin" after the premiere began.

The appearance of Zhang Liangyin.

This marks the official start of the arrival of today's guests.

With the intention of promoting their idols, Wang Zhonglei invited Jing Boran and Fu Xinbo, two members of the BOBO duo, to appear and sing a couple of songs to support them.

The first thing I did after getting off the bus.

Both of them hurriedly shook hands with Li Luo and greeted him.

Congratulations.

And it was even more incessant.

Meanwhile, Li Luo...

At his invitation, Ning Hao, Guo Tao, Huang Bo, Wang Xun, and Wang Ou arrived one after another.

The first step is to give them more exposure opportunities.

I'll also help out and show my support.

As for Zhao Mosheng, who was currently in the spotlight, Li Luo did not invite her over. Although it would certainly attract more attention, the issue of priorities had to be considered in this kind of situation.

I can't steal the spotlight from Fan Bingbing and Gao Yuanyuan.

The continuous arrival of guests made the hotel lobby even noisier.

That's not all.

Several more cars roared in.

“Alo”.

As the director called out loudly, Li Luo quickly went to meet him.

“Ah Liu.”

With a broad smile, Chen Jiashang put his hand on the bespectacled man's shoulder and introduced him: "This is Mr. Li Luo, the producer and male lead of 'Painted Skin,' and also the boss of Xinghuo Film and Television Company. This is Director Liu Weiqiang."

"Hello, Director Liu."

After the other party finished introducing themselves, Li Luo smiled and shook their hand.

This name is not simple.

The entire "Young and Dangerous" series was created by him. Later, he also made the film versions of "Storm Riders", "Chinese Hero", and the "Infernal Affairs" series. Even "Initial D" starring Jay Chou was his work.

He is a very talented commercial director.

"Mr. Li."

Liu Weiqiang, also beaming, firmly grasped Li Luo's hand: "I've long admired your name. Congratulations on the upcoming release of your new film. I wish 'Painted Skin' great box office success!"

I have indeed long admired your reputation.

When "SPL" suddenly appeared, he looked at the young face printed on the poster in astonishment, wondering how a mainland actor could suddenly appear and fight back against Jay Chou.

"Thank you, Director Liu."

Li Luo nodded in thanks.

During Chen Jiashang's introduction, he smiled and greeted Wen Jun, the former chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards, and Wu Siyuan, the former chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards.

These are all industry leaders.

The latter, in particular.

Although not well-known.

He is definitely a big shot. Wu Siyuan can be said to be Xu Ke's master, that is, Chen Jiashang's grandmaster. He can be said to have been a mentor to people like Fang Long, Andy Lau, and Zhou Xingchi.

Hendrik Willem Van Loon's most famous film, "Drunken Master," was produced by the other party.

Andy Lau was sidelined by TVB back then.

Wu Siyuan personally negotiated with TVB and got him the lead role in the highly acclaimed "The Unwritten Law," which allowed Andy Lau to successfully rise to prominence in the film industry.

As for Zhou Xingchi.

Although the King of Comedy was already somewhat famous before 1990, it was the film "All for the Winner" produced by Ng Sze-yuen that truly made him a household name, turning him from "Sing Jai" (Little Star) into "Master Star".

The actors' efforts are certainly indispensable in this process.

But it's perfectly fine to say I'm grateful for your recognition.

Even if someone is a film mogul, it's really nothing to me; I just need to sincerely thank them for coming to support me.

What interests Li Luo even more.

She was the woman who came with several bigwigs from the Hong Kong entertainment circle.

Although she was already in her thirties, time hadn't left many marks on her oval face. As she smiled and her eyes crinkled into crescent moons, it was as if that screen image from the past had quietly come to life before her.

Even just one blink can still amaze countless people.

“Alo”.

Chen Jiashang stepped forward and continued, "This is Zhu Yin. I think you should have seen her acting."

"Of course!"

Li Luo smiled and extended his palm, nodding to the other party, saying, "Of course I've seen such a popular drama as Xiao Shiyi Lang. It's a pleasure to meet Miss Zhu, no, it's the most beautiful woman in the world, Shen Bijun."

"Thank you, Hero Zhang Wuji."

Zhu Yin reacted quickly, smiling as she took his hand: "Actually, it's okay if you say Journey to the West. In your eyes, I am actually Fairy Zixia, right?"

She certainly noticed the fleeting glimpse of memory in Li Luo's eyes.

That past event.

In fact, she had already let it go.

I don't feel there's anything I need to avoid.

After speaking, Zhu Yin even winked at Li Luo with a grin, indicating that she had seen through his little scheme.

This way.

Laughter erupted again in the hotel lobby.

Li Luo smiled and shook his head, then quickly led the group into the hotel.

Such a situation.

These events occurred one after another in the lobby.

Reporters carrying long lenses and microphones arrived one after another, and people wearing photographer vests could be seen everywhere.

Liu Yan, who had a cameo role in the movie, also made an excited appearance. However, she was not the host tonight. Although she really wanted to host the show, Wang Changtian took the initiative to reject her.

It's certainly a good thing that artists from their own company can host on this stage, but CCTV's viewership is clearly more important now.

Again.

I finally managed to get this job.

He didn't want Li Luo to think that he was putting personal interests before public ones.

As if on cue, the two hosts of the "Premiere" program arrived together in the blink of an eye.

Although the script for the event was prepared well in advance, the two still checked the process with Wang Changtian before quickly heading to the venue to familiarize themselves with the stage setup. This kind of work could earn them a big bonus.

Although it's called a program on the station, it's actually more like doing private work.

As long as the official business is handled reasonably well, that's fine.

Private matters
This certainly needs to be handled with care.

As another bus slowly pulled up to the hotel, fifty lucky movie fans who had received invitations excitedly stepped off the bus. By this time, the number of guests arriving at the hotel was far more than a hundred.

all of these.

All of these activities severely test the organizer's coordination capabilities.

Fortunately, this wasn't the first time Guangxian Media had handled film distribution, and they had everything arranged in an orderly manner.

The heat of summer.

It was gradually carried away by the evening breeze.

As lights were turned on one by one, the red carpet laid out outside the Guangdong Provincial Conference Hall in the conference center was quickly lit up, and hundreds of security personnel were scattered on both sides of the dozens of meters long red carpet, ready to go.

Dozens of reporters arrived by shuttle bus and quickly set up their dining utensils opposite the signature wall.

Bite down on the toothpick.

Zhao Jun excitedly debugged the machine.

The movie "Painted Skin" has been highly anticipated. Although the production team behind the scenes is still from Hong Kong, the cast of actors from all mainland China is extremely rare. He can't wait to see the large-scale public release.

This applies not only to mainland filmmakers.

This will also boost the morale of those working in the mainland film and television industry.

Taking the camera from his assistant, Zhao Jun's attention fell on the large poster on the autograph wall opposite him. He took a deep breath, steadily aimed the lens at the poster, and snapped a photo.

The spotlight flashed.

Make that smile in the middle of the poster even more vibrant.

Up there.

Li Luo is firmly in the center position.

The wide ancient robes draped naturally over his body, and an exquisite hairpin pierced through the top of his head, creating a handsome appearance that had never been seen in any film or television drama before.

Two beautiful women stood to his left and right behind him.

Gao Yuanyuan's overall makeup and styling were dignified and elegant, while Fan Bingbing was naturally stunningly beautiful, yet possessed an indescribable purity.

Extending further.

On the left is a female sorceress who looks rather quirky.

Ding Haifeng stood sideways on the right.

His imposing figure, clad in armor and wielding a crescent-shaped blade, exuded a menacing aura.

Jia Nailiang's hair was styled in a frosty manner, and scales appeared on his forehead. He stood expressionlessly behind the sorceress Yang Mi.

The entire creative team posed in a V-shape.

They were all staring at the camera.

Such a scene delivers the greatest visual impact.

Zhao Jun put down his camera and looked excitedly at the remaining information above the poster. The two large characters "Painted Skin" were made into a bamboo-like effect, with bamboo leaves winding around to the side and transforming into a line of slightly smaller text.

Although the font is small, the tone is very arrogant.

China's first epic new fantasy film set in the East.

Below that is the production information: Producer and Director: Chen Jiashang.

Producer:
Li Luo, Wang Zhongjun, and Chen Jiashang.

Production Company:

Xinghuo Film & Television Co., Ltd., Huayi Brothers Media Co., Ltd., and Creation Flea Production Co., Ltd.

Issuer:
Guangxian Media Co., Ltd.

Media support: Sina Entertainment, Tencent Entertainment, Sohu Entertainment.
The background of these production images is a mountain forest and bamboo village, with fire and smoke rising into the sky in the distance, and soldiers the size of ants charging in groups of three or five, which makes people feel excited just looking at it.

He swallowed excitedly.

Zhao Jun planned to take another proper photo.

But then the sound of thunderous footsteps caught his attention, and he looked up in surprise.

"Slow down, slow down."

"Everyone, please don't run! Be careful!"

Thousands of people came into view, and the dense crowd of fans, barely able to contain their excitement, quickly spread toward the red carpet as staff shouted encouragement.

These people held various posters in their hands, and support signs for Luo, Bingbing, and Yuanyuan surged like waves.

The character "洛" is among them.

They account for the vast majority.

Bingbing and Yuanyuan are equally matched.

"Gudu."

The sound of swallowing saliva could be heard.

"Brother Luo's popularity is truly undeniable."

"No."

"He Yichen is so popular! Just based on that alone, I wonder how many fans it will attract to the cinema. Brother Luo's movie is going to be a hit!"

"nonsense!!!"

"I think 100 million is the minimum, but I don't know if it can exceed 200 million."

"There should be a chance, right?"

"Ah."

"It depends on the quality of the movie."

The surging crowd of fans prompted reporters to raise their cameras to take pictures, and a variety of excited discussions ensued.

hotel.

Lin Yue, Liu Wan, Zhao Xuejing, and the others stood quietly outside the door.

With a soft click.

The door opens.

Leather shoes, dress pants, and a white shirt.

Despite her very simple attire, she managed to make several women's eyes light up.

They nodded to each other.

Li Luo walked out of the room with a smile.

The footsteps were chaotic, and the group led by him quickly crossed the corridor and rushed into the rest room at the end.

"Brother Luo!"

Fan Bingbing, dressed in a black dress, stood up.

The earrings sway lightly.

"Brother Luo!!"

The white evening gown hugged her graceful figure, with the shoulder straps draped naturally, making Gao Yuanyuan look both innocent and sexy.

"Brother Luo!!!"

Yang Mi's short skirt was neat and tidy, highlighting her enviable curves.

Amidst shouts of "Brother Luo," Ding Haifeng, Jia Nailiang, and the others stood up one after another. These guys were all dressed smartly, trying to bring out their best.

These actors in front of me.

It exudes an aura as sharp as a sword.

His eyes were filled with various desires: a desire for success and fame, a desire for the spotlight, a desire to take an incredibly firm step in his career.

And all this.

They all surged towards Li Luo.

"Everyone."

Li Luo smiled, revealing his pearly white teeth, and met the intense gazes: "How about we take over the entire film market next?"

"it is good!!!"

The thunderous response almost shattered the ceiling.

(End of this chapter)