Huayu 2007, Cultivation Superstar

Chapter 136 "Lying" debuted at number one on the MTV charts!

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After attending the "Eastern Billboard" awards ceremony, Lu Feng went straight to the cast of "Night Club".

Before filming began, director Yang Daqing held a very solemn script reading session.

Several main characters are here.

Especially Teacher Jia Bing, who was doing well in the folk art circle, was specially invited to play the soul of this movie.

After he got the script, he felt that this role was tailor-made for him.
——It’s a pity that this is your wedding with him, and I am just Jia Bing.

When Jia Bing saw this line of lyrics, he felt his DNA move and couldn't help but want to hum it out on the spot.

"Director, before we begin, I have a small suggestion."

"Lu Feng, you say."

Xu Zheng, the producer and the male lead, didn't say a word. How dare Lu Feng, the second male lead and the one with the most resources, offer suggestions?

Director Yang Daqing was suddenly speechless.

But this project was heavily invested by Mr. Wang from Shanghai Film Group, and he was very clear about the relationship between Lu Feng and Mr. Wang.

As long as Lu Feng doesn't jump up and slap him in the face, he can tolerate other small things to give Mr. Wang face.

"Director, can we change the name of our movie? It could be 'Crazy Supermarket' or '24 Hour Convenience Store', anything will do."

"After all, this is a comedy. Filming will start in April. If all goes well, it will be released during the National Day holiday. It can be considered a family-friendly project."

What Lu Feng meant was that this comedy is obviously suitable for the whole family, but you gave it a lewd title. Doesn't that mean you are rejecting most of the audience?
If someone asks you, what are the better movies to watch during the National Day holiday?
Do you dare to recommend "Night Club" in public?
People who don’t know you would think you were watching some messed up movie.

The publicity department was also embarrassed to promote this movie in a big way.

besides……

Lu Feng also has to consider himself.

Because, he has gathered a lot of young female fans by relying on "The Guest" and writing dog-licking novels for Ling Yiyao.

All of his fans could have been converted into box office revenue.

However, the name of your movie is "Night Club". Girls there are shy and may not come to the cinema. It's the same if they watch pirated copies at home.

How many people will be dissuaded because of this crappy name?
"Brother Xu Zheng, what do you think?"

Although the director is Yang Daqing, the person with the most say in the crew is Xu Zheng, because Xu Zheng works as a producer.

He brought in all the investment.

Shanghai Film Group, half of it is considering his face, and the other half is considering Lu Feng's face.

Director Yang Daqing, a new director, how could he have any face?
Therefore, as long as Xu Zheng stands on Lu Feng's side, the crappy name of this movie will be changed!
Xu Zheng was a little embarrassed.

But what he was thinking was similar to Lu Feng's.

At first glance, the name "Night Club" is indeed quite eye-catching. Without any publicity, it can attract some old perverts to go to the cinema to consume.

But this is because there was not enough investment in the film before.

Not to mention publicity and promotion.

With a total of 200 million, it is not enough to do anything.

But it's different now.

As we all know, there is a mysterious person backing Lu Feng.

Last night, Uncle Biao, the boss of Jiuyutianxia, ​​came and invited Xu Zheng, Lu Feng and Liu Shishi to have dinner together.

The project was discussed during the dinner.

Uncle Biao meant that if the project was short of money, he could ask Lu Feng to make a phone call and the money would be transferred to his account at any time if it was less than 500 million.

After hearing this, Xu Zheng was so excited that he drank three cups in a row.

If you have money, you can show off!

Not to mention 500 million, he would be satisfied if he could get another 100 million to use for publicity.

"change!"

Without any hesitation, Xu Zheng also felt that he should change the name to a more legitimate one.

Making movies is an art.

Why can't we be open and aboveboard?

Is it worthy of my acting skills to choose such a vulgar name?
"Okay, let's discuss it later."

When it came to changing the name of the movie for the leading male character, director Yang Daqing didn't even bother to take a second look.

But, these are two wealthy sponsors.

What else can Director Yang Daqing do?
I had no choice but to agree.

Anyway, it’s just a movie title and doesn’t affect the content.

"As for the rest, I have no opinion."

"In that case, let's start today's script reading."

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The script reading session lasted for a whole day.

Director Yang Daqing had some idea about the acting skills and line delivery of the others before they came. He was just worried that Lu Feng, the resourceful guy sent in by the investors, would fail to perform well.
After the script reading session, Director Yang Daqing finally felt relieved.

He pulled Xu Zheng aside and chatted for a while.

"I didn't expect Lu Feng's line delivery to be quite good. Although I can't tell if his acting is good or not, it shouldn't be a big problem."

"Of course, we came out of the theater, so we still have some skills."

Knowing that Lu Feng was going to film a movie with him, Xu Zheng had already asked someone at school to inquire about Lu Feng's situation.

Although in school, Lu Feng's acting skills can only be considered average, not outstanding.

But, this guy Lu Feng is really troublesome.

Not long after he entered school, he became famous for the song "Guest" and became synonymous with ex-boyfriend on the Internet.

She joined the crew of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Before the TV series was finished, she wrote a novel, which made the name Ling Yiyao famous all over the Internet and made her a virtual loser goddess.

After attending classes for a few days at school, I went to the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe with my girlfriend, listened to a piece of "The Jade Hairpin", and directly wrote a piece of "Looking into the Window". I took two young Kunqu opera actors to the CCTV Lantern Festival Gala.

This is really a lucky star.

Not to mention, Lu Feng has the support of Mr. Wang from Shanghai Film Group, as well as the big boss, Uncle Biao, who spends money lavishly and smokes big cigars.

Even if Lu Feng's acting skills are not so good, Xu Zheng can just teach Lu Feng how to act.

Now, Lu Feng’s acting skills are pretty good, which is equivalent to him going out and casually buying a scratch-off ticket, and as a result, he won a jackpot of 1 yuan.

It was a complete surprise.

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April 4st, April Fool's Day.

"Night Club"......

No, it’s now called “Crazy Supermarket”.

I was able to take advantage of the popularity of "Crazy Stone", which was very popular a few years ago.

Anyway, they are all in the same crazy style.

Maybe, without knowing the real story, the audience might think it is a new film directed by Ning Hao!

Director Yang Daqing was somewhat unwilling.

But he is just a new director.

The most important thing for newcomers is to prove their earning ability to investors. As long as this project is successful, investors will naturally come to invest in the next project.

But if the first project fails, all the rest will be shit.

So, just take advantage of the popularity.

At the beginning, he named it "Night Club", wasn't he also trying to take a shortcut?
"Don't start filming yet. Let's practice our movements and familiarize ourselves with our lines first."

In this era, film cameras were still used, and the investment cost was limited. In order to spend the money wisely, director Yang Daqing required all the actors to move around repeatedly until they were sure that there would be no NGs, and then they would choose to start filming.

Lu Feng has been performing in dramas for more than half a year and has become accustomed to this kind of rehearsal.

On the contrary, the veteran actor Liu Shishi was a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the two of them are not the key to this play, nor are they responsible for the funny parts, so their roles are relatively easy.

Just don't laugh during the filming.

But even so, moving back and forth and concentrating on speaking the lines is quite tiring.

"Lu Feng, you sing so well and just won the Newcomer Gold Award. You have a bright future in the music industry. Why are you trying to be an actor now?"

During the break, Xu Zheng casually chatted with Lu Feng about family matters.

Generally, singers who transition to acting do so after they have achieved a certain status in the music industry, or after they can no longer make it and seek other ways to make a living.

Lu Feng obviously does not fall into either of these two categories.

Xu Zheng felt that Lu Feng sang just for fun. After singing, he basically became a hands-off boss and did not participate in any promotional activities, leaving it to the company to handle.

Being an actor is serious.

Meticulous on the set.

Just now, when Director Yang Daqing was explaining, he was the one who listened most attentively and even took notes word for word in a notebook, just like an elementary school student.

This made Xu Zheng completely confused.

"Brother Xu Zheng, I want to make a movie in my lifetime that gets 1 million people to give me positive reviews!"

With 1 million positive reviews, you can draw an S-level treasure chest!
Lu Feng really wanted to see what was inside the S-level treasure chest.

"Grand ambitions."

After hearing this, Xu Zheng couldn't help but look at Lu Feng differently.

With 1 million positive reviews, that means at least 5 million people have seen this movie. If converted into box office revenue, it would be around 200 billion, right?
Xu Zheng imagined that if the box office of all the movies he made during his lifetime could accumulate to 200 billion, he would be able to say that his life was not in vain.

"Brother Xu Zheng, I remember you used to be in the Magic City Drama Club and even won the Magnolia Award for Drama. How did you end up acting in a TV series?"

Lu Feng’s previous impression of Xu Zheng was that of the brilliant and cheerful Pigsy.

Then, he became the successful scumbag in the embarrassing series.

In the end, he became one of the male protagonists in Hai Tian Sheng Yan.

"Your question is very sharp."

Xu Zheng chuckled dryly, not sure if he was being self-deprecating or reminiscing about the past. He spoke slowly, "I remember it was 1998, when I won the Magnolia Award for Best Actor for the play 'The Color of Stocks.'" "Back then, my base salary was 1000 yuan, and I'd get an extra 200 yuan per play. I was pretty happy because if I performed 10 shows a month, I'd earn 3000 yuan."

"After all, at that time, the housing prices in JA District were only a little over 2000. If I worked hard, I could buy a 100-square-meter house in JA District in three years."

Lu Feng nodded: "This income is indeed acceptable."

Xu Zheng smiled and looked at Lu Feng and continued, "Then do you know how much my junior sister, Li Binbin, earned when she filmed a commercial in 2000?"

Lu Feng had never really understood the situation, so he casually replied, “10?”

“It’s 200 million!”

Xu Zheng burst into laughter, feeling that he was a joke at that time.

I would be satisfied with 3000 a month.

He's just a little punk.

The vision is indeed not good enough.

After a while, Xu Zheng put away his smile and turned to look at Lu Feng: "I heard that you also want to join the Magic City Repertory Theatre in the future. Listen to my advice, senior brother, don't be too naive, you won't be able to endure it."

If you don’t have money, you definitely won’t be able to hold on.

But just because you join the Shanghai Repertory Theatre doesn’t mean you can’t make movies outside.

The two do not conflict at all.

Lu Feng's current situation is completely different from Xu Zheng's situation at that time.

So, he can definitely endure it.

Because, he is not doing this to make money, but to improve his acting skills... Once he reaches S-level, he will be invincible!

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Through chatting with Xu Zheng, Lu Feng learned a lot about Xu Zheng's past.

For example, he was cast in "The Legend of the White Snake" not because the director had a keen eye for talent and thought his image was suitable and his acting skills were explosive.

It was because the project was short of money at the time and early investors were not optimistic about the project.

The project almost died.

The director was forced into a corner and announced, "Whoever can attract investment will be given the leading role."

So, Xu Zheng took all his savings from acting in dramas, found the director, slapped his passbook on the table, and forced himself to become the financial backer of the project.

Do you think he played Zhu Bajie based on his real abilities?
In fact, he is no different from Lu Feng today, and he also relies on money to pave the way.

Of course, the TV series became popular later, and people were singing "Good spring time is worse than a dream" everywhere... Everyone said that Xu Zheng was talented, he played Zhu Bajie very well, and the director had a good eye for talent.

But if this project fails, it will be a classic example of how actors in the entertainment industry need to guard against fraud.

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"Lu Feng, your hair is so thick. What shampoo do you use? Please introduce it to me. Going bald before I'm old is the biggest pain in my life."

"Brother, I use Overlord."

"Teacher Xu Zheng, don't listen to him... He's talking nonsense again. He's clearly using a Japanese anti-hair loss shampoo."

"What? Lu Feng, you're already taking precautions against hair loss when you're less than 20? Your awareness of prevention is too strong, isn't it?"

The overall atmosphere on the set was good.

After all, it was a comedy, so everyone turned into a funny person. When they chatted, they were very frivolous. After a while, they started making all kinds of jokes.

Liu Shishi, although she was the heroine brought in by Lu Feng, was not discriminated against by the crew.

Mainly in the entire crew, only Xu Zheng is considered a relatively famous actor, and the others are from the folk art circle or the drama circle.

We are all employees within the system, and we emphasize cooperation and division of labor. There is no such thing as suppressing the ranking.

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It's been a week since it was turned on.

The filming is going very smoothly. If it continues like this, we will definitely be able to wrap it up within a month.

As Lu Feng said, this movie can be released during the National Day holiday as a family-friendly project.

It’s best to watch it with children.

At least three tickets for a family.

Director Yang Daqing has already started dreaming that after the movie is released, he will earn tens of millions at the box office and become a new big movie director.

When it comes to shooting the next movie, investors are constantly coming to us.

You can't blame him for daydreaming.

This is mainly because the MV for the song "Lie" shot by Lu Feng a while ago was released out of nowhere and directly landed at number one on the music video charts.

It’s not that Lu Feng is so strong that he can crush Jay Chou and JJ Lin.

This is because many famous musicians release their albums in the second half of the year.

As for the songs released in the second half of last year, it has been almost half a year now and the popularity has almost faded.

Lufeng focuses on off-peak travel.

A single was released in April, and a MV with a rich plot was carefully produced.

In this month, Lu Feng has no rivals at all.

In addition, the MV of the song "Lie" is clearly a prequel to the song "Guest".

This made the original fans of "The Guest" extremely excited, and they shared it with each other in the QQ group, and it spread like a virus.

In three days, word of mouth spread completely.

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"Lying"——[I wish you to be a happy bride, please forget my worries]

《Guest》——[He is so lucky to have met you. I hope he will love you more than I do.]

My Girlfriend of 10 Years——[If I die, please don’t tell Ling Yiyao. If I live, I will definitely marry Ling Yiyao]

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The dog-licking three-hit combo is launched.

Take another look at the MV, Lu Feng’s face as gentle as jade, his melancholy expression, and his figure playing the piano like a prince.

Which girl can bear it?

Although there was no Weibo in that era, the print media would not report such situations.

But in the QQ group, Lu Feng’s various emoticons and screenshots have almost swept the entire Internet in the past few days.

Not to mention the girls, even director Yang Daqing felt that it was a waste for Lu Feng to shoot a comedy movie instead of an idol drama.

Someone like Lu Feng, with his image as a bootlicker ex-boyfriend, should be filming a romantic drama.

It would be best if he had congenital leukemia. Before he died, he hugged the heroine and danced a romantic waltz. Then, at the moment when the heavy snow fell, his body slowly stiffened, and he fell in the heroine's arms and died peacefully.

Before closing my eyes, I stumbled over and said one last time: "Don't be sad, there will be an angel who will love you for me."

That would be a lore kill.

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"Lu Feng, don't go back tonight... You understand me. I will never pretend to be anything to you."

Because the plot of the movie takes place in the middle of the night, the crew often works overtime at night. Lu Feng occasionally stays in a nearby hotel and does not return to school every day.

A few days ago, Nazha went back.

Reba now lives with Zhao Ruoyao.

Zhao Ruoyao complained bitterly because Reba was a workaholic and was particularly interested in the job of an agent.

Ask Zhao Ruoyao to report on his work every day...

Li Xiaoqin is about to take the college entrance examination and has been cramming for academic subjects recently. She can't take care of Lu Feng for the time being.

So, this is Liu Shishi’s best chance!

These days, after watching the MV of "Lie", Liu Shishi couldn't help it anymore.

Why does Lu Feng sing such sad songs every day?

In the MV, Lu Feng showed how much he couldn't bear to part with Nazha, which made Liu Shishi even more jealous.

It’s obvious that he and Nazha didn’t have any unforgettable love, but Lu Feng’s singing was so heartbreaking... It made it seem like the real thing.

"I've already told you, no socializing during working hours."

Dating with a female star also depends on the occasion. Lu Feng never messes around on the set, so as not to affect the overall working atmosphere and mess up the project.

the most important is--

Just now, he heard a familiar sound of mechanical rotation.

[System prompt: The player's performance in the music video for the song "Lie" has received 100 million positive reviews. Do you want to start a lucky draw?]

The 1000 million points he earned from CCTV's Lantern Festival Gala allowed him to draw a medal for a handsome man in ancient costume.

Lu Feng is now very interested in the lottery.

100 million points, although not a lot, is not a small amount either. It should be more than enough to draw a B-level treasure chest.

However, before leaving, Lu Feng pulled Liu Shishi into his car and gave her a long French kiss.

"Lu Feng, don't leave tonight. Bring a bouquet of roses. I'll wait for you in the room."

Liu Shishi heard from somewhere that Lu Feng had not yet done anything to Li Xiaoqin, and she was very happy.

As long as she captures Lu Feng, she will be Lu Feng’s first woman!
It will definitely be something Lu Feng will remember for the rest of his life.

"Don't worry, you're mine, you can't run away. However, I want to stay in Chinese Paladin 3 and wait for the day when Long Kui sacrifices her sword for her brother and jumps into the furnace."

Although Liu Shishi is very beautiful now, she still doesn’t have enough halo.

A good meal is not afraid of being late.

When Master Liu grows to be the most beautiful, Lu Feng will come on the moon and capture this white jade beauty without Master Liu reminding him.

Liu Shishi pondered in her mind.

"Chinese Paladin III" started filming in August.

After joining the crew, Lu Feng is unlikely to leave easily.

With this calculation... she should be able to take down Lu Feng before Li Xiaoqin.

This time, the advantage is on my side!

(End of this chapter)