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Chapter 250 Youyou's new massage program

When Youyou first started out, it was apparently a maid outfit, but in reality the clothes had very little fabric.

Strictly speaking, it can even be considered as a light-travel campaign.

Later on, as expected, this set of battle uniform completely turned into a so-called battle-damaged version.

But I have to say that after not seeing each other for a while, Youyou has indeed learned a lot of new things.

Especially the new unlocked bathroom scene, the foam-covered massage experience is a very novel experience even for the knowledgeable Xu Kong.

However, Xu Kong feels that if Su Zhi were to take over this project, it would probably be a completely new experience.

After all, although Youyou is not very old and has developed quite well, she is still far behind Su Zhi.

However, both of them are already gifted. If the cute and petite Shang Lucha were to be honest with them, she would probably feel inferior.

……

As time goes by, the Spring Festival is getting closer.

Xu Kong still spends most of his time going back and forth between the three points. Fortunately, it was Youyou. If it was Su Zhi, he might really be unable to cope with it.

After all, compared with Su Zhi, physique and talent are still more important. Even though Youyou has worked very hard and has a pretty good learning ability, she is still a lot worse than Su Zhi.

At least for Xu Kong, dealing with it was almost not stressful at all.

……

As the Spring Festival approaches, Fengge Company has gradually entered the stage of annual holidays.

There are much fewer people visible at the headquarters.

"Director Xu, are you planning to release this movie during the summer?"

For Yan Rui, although Fengge is the distributor of Xu Kong's film, he, as a department manager, cannot actually decide too many things.

The main reason is that Xu Kong is indeed very different from other directors in the company.

On the one hand, Xu Kong is one of the investors, and on the other hand, in the previous two dramas, Xu Kong also had some say in the decisions.

In comparison, Fengge is more like an investor who only profits from the profits.

So under this circumstance, Yan Rui could only pay attention to the progress of the movie from time to time.

……

"Maybe in March or April. It shouldn't be until the summer vacation."

Xu Kong opened his mouth and answered.

Although he has been very busy with the Spring Festival Gala recently, the post-production of "Sweet Honey" is still progressing slowly.

It should be completed soon after the new year, and strictly speaking, this movie is not a particularly pure commercial film.

Therefore, the requirements for the release date are not that high.

Therefore, there is no need to deliberately pursue popular time periods such as the summer season where competition is too fierce.

“Will it be released overseas at the same time?”

Yan Rui knew that Xu Kong's new movie would not only be released in China this time, but also because it had won awards in Korea before, and Xu Kong attached great importance to that country, so it was obvious that he still had certain expectations for the overseas market.

To Feng Ge, Yan Rui is relatively familiar with him. At present, it is not just them. Most domestic companies have hardly made any achievements in the European and American markets, let alone the surrounding overseas markets such as kimchi.

So in Yan Rui's eyes, Xu Kong's ability to successfully expand overseas markets is actually a more important thing.

He also knew some news, that is, Xu Kong is currently quite popular among Koreans.

Because of Xu Kong, even the copyrights of two dramas like "The Silent Truth" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy" were successfully sold, and both became unexpectedly popular.

……

“It will also be released simultaneously overseas.”

Xu Kong answered.

There is no way. The specific situation in the previous life is there, so for Xu Kong, the overseas market is the most important.

Especially the Korean market, which contributed the most box office to "Sweet Honey" in the previous life.

On the contrary, its box office performance is much better than that in Hong Kong.

So to be on the safe side, "Comrades: Almost a Love Story" must still pay attention to the overseas market.

But it is not certain. After all, they are actually two different worlds, and with various variables, it is really hard to predict the domestic box office performance.

Especially the factor of the times, it will definitely have a lot of impact.

In addition, there is Xu Kong’s current popularity and traffic, plus the reputation accumulated from the previous dramas "The Silent Truth" and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

The box office is unlikely to be as dramatically low as in the previous life.

"Sweet Honey" itself is a work with many commercial elements.

It’s just because of the script and the overall style that it feels more like an art film.

Of course, this is not to say that this is a bad thing.

After all, "Sweet Honey" was the biggest winner that year, sweeping all major domestic awards.

But at the same time, if the box office had not been boosted by the overseas markets, a loss would have been almost certain.

……

“This movie probably won’t do that much at the box office.”

Xu Kong rarely took the initiative to speak.

The main reason is that after all, the investment is all resources provided by Fengge, so some reminders are still needed in advance, mainly to lower psychological expectations.

Yan Rui didn't react much when he heard Xu Kong's words.

After all, this is only Xu Kong's first movie. In fact, even if the box office is not that high, it is acceptable.

Even if it weren't for Xu Kong's uniqueness, from his professional perspective as a manager of the film and television department, it is worth investing in Xu Kong.

Considering Xu Kong's age and previous achievements, even an occasional failure is acceptable.

Just when Yan Rui wanted to comfort Xu Kong and let him relax, he suddenly heard him speak again:
"My estimated box office revenue is probably around 2 billion..."

Yan Rui: …

……

He could see that Xu Kong was still quite serious and solemn when he said this.

Yan Rui also believed that this box office figure was definitely Xu Kong’s true thought at the moment.

But what he really wanted to say in his heart was, 2 billion!
It's not 20 million. If any film director's first movie can have a box office of 2 billion, he can definitely be called a genius director.

But for Xu Kong, such a result can only be considered unsatisfactory.

"Director Xu, as long as you are happy."

Yan Rui couldn't help but say something in his heart.

There was no further rebuttal.

The investment in "Sweet Honey" itself is not that large, especially in a situation like this where various big-investment and big-production movies are common.

If the box office could reach 2 billion as Xu Kong said, it would definitely be a great success in terms of commercial return.

……

There is definitely no need to worry too much about the subsequent release and commercial operation of "Sweet Honey" for now.

Besides, Xu Kong is not a professional, so this kind of work will definitely be handed over directly to Feng Ge, so there is probably nothing that will require him to consume too much energy.

Compared with the movie, what is more important at the moment is the Spring Festival Gala which is about to begin.

It’s true, even in his previous life, Xu Kong had the opportunity to perform on the Spring Festival Gala, but he ultimately failed to seize it.

The main problem was his voice, and the Spring Festival Gala was broadcast live. He was famous enough at the time and someone helped him write songs, but his voice was a complete flaw and there was no way to remedy it.

With new opportunities in this life, Xu Kong is relatively calm inside.

But thinking about the upcoming performance on the Spring Festival Gala, I can’t help but feel a little excited.

During the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala, not to mention mistakes, even the duration of the program is calculated to the second.

That's why they had such intensive rehearsals and dress rehearsals. Originally, this song was Xu Kong's first singing in this life, but now, less than half a month later, it has become the song he has sung the most times in this life.

Although it was not a public performance, Xu Kong felt like he was about to vomit from singing.

Fortunately, the Spring Festival Gala is only a few days away, and only the final big rehearsal remains.

……

Five days before New Year's Eve, Xu Kong was unable to continue his in-depth communication with Youyou.

Song Quanfu and Lin Hong returned to the capital almost one after the other.

Fortunately, both of them came back at noon, and Xu Kong was in the studio of the official Spring Festival Gala.

If it was at night or in the morning, and if Xu Kong happened to be there, it would be impossible to explain it.

Even though Song Quanfu had been very nice to Xu Kong before, when the situation really came to that point, no one could guarantee that Song Quanfu would let Xu Kong leave the Song family safely.

"Brother Xu Kong, we may not be able to meet in the near future..."

Song Youyou didn't feel like she had survived a disaster at all.

On the contrary, I felt a little regretful that Xu Kong and I didn’t have many opportunities to meet each other afterwards.

Song Quanfu is fine, but Lin Hong is the main problem. After returning from overseas this time, she has obviously returned to the supervision mode of Song Youyou.

It can be said that the free time we had before can’t be returned for the time being.

……

"how is the situation?"

At the Song family, Song Quanfu was chatting with Lin Hong.

Lin Hong shook her head helplessly.

"It's not easy. Those guys are very greedy and the conditions are almost impossible to negotiate."

Lin Hong's trip overseas this time was naturally at the instruction of Song Quanfu.

However, there is a reason why there has been almost no domestic market to squeeze into the overseas market over the years.

Spontaneous xenophobia is one aspect, but the most important thing is that the capital and companies in Europe and the United States are all profit-driven.

Moreover, they don't care about the so-called long-term development at all, and only care about the benefits that can be obtained in hand.

In this situation, although Feng Ge did have some considerable bargaining chips, with the other party's appetite so huge, after nearly half a year of collecting royalties, he still couldn't find much of a way out.

……

"It's okay, there's no need to rush..."

Although the news Lin Hong brought was not very good.

But Song Quanfu didn't seem to care at all.

It seemed that the matter that he had entrusted to Lin Hong so solemnly at the beginning suddenly became less important.

Lin Hong was also a little surprised at this time.

The main thing is that I didn’t expect Song Quanfu to suddenly change his attitude towards the overseas market, which he cared so much about.

"By the way, I just returned to the company yesterday. I heard that the decision to tilt resources towards newcomers was made by you?"

Lin Hong quickly asked her question.

Over the years, she has held various positions in Fengge.

My understanding of the company is not unique, but it is definitely one of the best.

So when she came back from abroad this time, she was very keenly aware of the differences within Fengge.

After asking, I learned that the company's resources are now beginning to be heavily tilted towards newcomers.

For Fengge, which has been developing for so many years, the most important thing for the company is undoubtedly the reserve of artists and film and television talents that it has cultivated over the years.

The fact that resources are tilted towards newcomers really makes the old people feel disheartened.

Even this decision is a bit stupid.

It didn't seem like what she thought Song Quanfu could do.

……

"It's my decision."

Like Xu Kong, Lin Hong believed that Song Quanfu might not know about this.

But at this time, Song Quanfu just nodded and acknowledged it.

"why?"

Lin Hong was indeed a little confused at this time.

"There is no special reason. The main purpose is to train new people..."

Song Fuquan's expression didn't change much and he replied very calmly.

After being silent for a while, Lin Hong resisted the urge to continue asking.

Although Song Quanfu seems to have not paid much attention to Feng Ge for many years.

But if we talk about the person who knows him best, Lin Hong is definitely one of them.

Song Quanfu is not the Buddhist old man he appears to be.

……

"By the way, Youyou and Xu Kong..."

Lin Hong changed the subject.

Lin Hong's attitude towards Song Youyou and Xu Kong has changed significantly compared to before.

But as someone who has watched Song Youyou grow up, I naturally feel a little unhappy.

Even more than his biological father Song Quanfu, he feels like someone else is taking advantage of his own cabbage.

On the contrary, Song Quanfu himself looked calm at this time and did not take the matter seriously at all.

Said casually:
"Let young people handle their own affairs."

……

"Teacher Xu Kong, if you don't have any questions, let's go over the script?"

At this moment in the Spring Festival Gala studio, one of the well-known official hosts of this year's Spring Festival Gala asked a question.

"I don't have any problem with that."

Xu Kong also nodded and said.

Originally, Xu Kong's performance was just a solo.

Later, the director team simply added a segment where he stayed on the stage and had a live chat with the host after the performance.

This is a kindness from the director team.

After all, the Spring Festival Gala is such a big stage, and even though it’s just a chat of less than three minutes, for the artists, the exposure is much more than a little bit.

And not everyone is treated this way.

There was no need for Xu Kong to refuse such kindness.

……

There is almost no need to go into details on the stage.

Xu Kong's error rate during all large-scale rehearsals and regular rehearsals is the lowest.

I was worried before that Xu Kong was too young and inexperienced, and it was his first time on the Spring Festival Gala, so he would be easily nervous.

But Xu Kong's subsequent performance made the director team obviously feel much more relieved.

In the end, under the host's suggestion and Xu Kong's own ideas, the conversation mainly revolved around the new song that Xu Kong would perform in this Spring Festival Gala.

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(End of this chapter)