Drama Guardian

Wang Dong neither agreed to the bet this time, but he did not apologize publicly either.

He entrusted director Wang Qi to be the middleman, and talked to Lu Jianxing to make peace, which means that some things can be done as they are, and don't go too far. Yu Gong, he is the founder of the company. As the president of the company, he also helped a lot.

At the end of the conversation, director Wang Qi sighed, and said helplessly: "I don't understand these things, but Wang Dongfei asked me to call like this..." The implication is that he is also very difficult to be a human being.

However, Lu Jianxing was very face-saving, first he readily agreed, and then asked him about the current filming situation of the crew, whether he encountered any difficulties, and whether he needed to do anything.

Hearing that he was still as amiable as before, Director Wang felt relieved and said with a smile, "There are some difficulties, but we can overcome them."

Lu Jianxing let out an "oh" and suddenly asked, "Is Wang Chengjun about to wrap up?"

"The day after tomorrow," Director Wang said with a smile, not knowing the status of Wang Chengjun's current contract, "Boss Lu knows him too? He's just short of the last scene. This kid is pretty good, a good seed."

"Good seedling, how about you cultivate it well." Lu Jianxing said, "Don't worry about finishing it."

Director Wang was taken aback for a moment, not quite understanding what it meant.

Seeing that he was confused, Lu Jianxing simply pointed out: "I think next week will be suitable for wrapping up. Wednesday and Friday are both good. It's an auspicious day, and everything will be fine."

It was the first time Director Wang heard of such a request, and he couldn't help reminding: "But the contract is until this weekend, and one extra day will result in an extra day's liquidated damages."

Lu Jianxing said: "It's okay, he won't want it."

Lu Jianxing didn't quite believe that he wouldn't want Director Wang. He didn't feel at ease until he hung up the phone and received a call from Wang Chengjun's manager.The meaning there is that Wang Chengjun himself wants to stay in the crew for a few more days to hone his acting skills, and strive to have a good performance in the last big play. I hope the director will take good care of him.

The words are beautiful, and the process is rigorous. I sent a supplementary agreement from the mailbox.

Chen Cai didn't know anything about this at first, but only received a call from Wang Chengjun saying that his play was scheduled for next week.The director meant that he needed to perform well in the last major scene, so he was given a few days to think about it.

Wang Chengjun said foolishly: "It just so happens that I have been resting for the past few days, and my arms and back are sunburned, so I haven't dared to ask for leave."

Chen Cai was taken aback: "The contract I signed for you has holidays, is it because the crew doesn't give it?"

"No, I'm sorry," Wang Chengjun said with a chuckle, "We're filming in the military area. Let's see if they are real soldiers and then look at us... If the gap is too big, I feel ashamed. How dare I ask for leave for such a trivial matter."

Chen Cai also found it funny when she thought about it, and told him: "If you breach the contract, remember to ask for liquidated damages."

Wang Chengjun let out an ah, and then explained: "The company said no more. They also asked me to thank the director for his cultivation."

Chen Cai: "???" What the hell is this?

"But you are half a month late, how can you say no?" Chen Cai said incredulously, "You can't do this to please the director. It's really for the sake of gaining favors. You should let your agent tear him up first, and then you Stand up again and say that you are willing to sacrifice for the sake of the role... Now that no one else has said anything, you just like this, it is equivalent to lowering your self-worth, okay?"

He was in a hurry for a while, but he felt inappropriate after he finished speaking. After all, Wang Chengjun is not his own artist, so it's not good for him to point fingers like this.

Just as Chen Cai was about to round up the scene again, Wang Chengjun over there had a rare cleverness, and immediately said: "Yes, yes, Brother Chen, why don't you come back! You see, I will be bullied even if you are not here."

Chen Cai: "..."

Wang Chengjun: "Director Wang has made an appointment with me for the next play, and the company should give me some face. I will tell them well at that time, let you come back and continue to take me, and we will eat, live, and go to the company together, how great it is. "

"...No need," Chen Cai said with goosebumps from his greasy voice, "Be honest, your manager is pretty good, I was thinking too much just now."

"You didn't think much about it," Wang Chengjun said, "I'm at a disadvantage this time! I've suffered a lot."

"Then eat something," Chen Cai immediately changed her words without principle, and comforted her: "A loss is a blessing."

Wang Chengjun was very wronged, he really liked to follow Chen Cai, and he could chat and feel safe. When he was little and transparent, Chen Cai protected herself like an old hen. Director Wang also praised him, and the producer also liked him. He was thinking of making a name for himself and making Chen Cai look good, but he suddenly lost his chance.

It is too difficult to repay a favor.Wang Chengjun sighed, and thought again, during this period of time in the crew, he was almost isolated from the world, and he didn't know what happened before.After the filming is finished, I live with Brother Chen every day, so I must cultivate more relationships and strive for it.

He made up his mind here, cheered up again, and started counting the days to finish.

-

The box office of "Fantastic Rabbit" reached 1.2 million on the first day, almost exceeding everyone's expectations.

Director Ouyang of Dongshi Media issued a statement that afternoon, reprimanding Tianyi for unfair competition and maliciously crowding out the filming.After some reprimands, the director said that "Code A" was his hard work, and the company's huge investment was also to promote the development of the entire film industry.It is really disappointing for all filmmakers to be subjected to vicious competition at the capital level.

After the director posted it, Dongshi Media's official Weibo forwarded it.Immediately afterwards, two other blockbuster movies released at the same time danced along, implying that Tianyi Media had an unspeakable cooperative relationship with several major theaters behind the scenes, aiming to crack down on the movies of the same period and leverage the box office of the previous few days.Now it's not just Code A, they're victims too.

These remarks were spliced ​​up one after another, and the amount of information was huge. It happened that Friday was approaching the holiday. When this incident happened, there was an uproar on the Internet immediately.

The matter fermented quickly, in addition to the netizens who love to watch the excitement, there are also trolls who started to slander wildly to disrupt the situation.Part of this part of the troll leads the topic on the Internet to spread various rumors, and the other part concentrates on major platforms and websites and begins to give "Magic Rabbit" a bad review.

Although Tianyi's public relations started to act early, but the other party obviously put in a lot of effort in recruiting the navy, and cooperated with many celebrities to stand on the street for publicity, so the counterattack here had little effect.When it was time to get off work, the ratings of "Magic Rabbit" also began to drop continuously.

Chen Cai didn't care much about the box office at first, but now she also felt that the people from Dongshi Media had gone too far.He was thinking about whether to introduce the PR company he knew to Lu Jianxing, or if he couldn't hack it back, he heard Allen from the Propaganda Department call him for help.

Allen said: "Mr. Lu is going to accept an exclusive interview. The reporter is already on his way here. The colleagues in the reception room haven't finished setting up yet. Can Brother Chen come with me to help?"

Chen Cai: "?!" Interview?

He readily agreed, and went downstairs to confirm with someone first: "Which President Lu is it?"

"President Dalu, the face of our company." Seeing that he didn't understand the situation, Allen said with a smile, "Speaking of which, President Lu hasn't been interviewed for a year, and our boss wanted to contact Caijing two days ago. I can't catch up with the October issue, so I will give an exclusive interview to Mr. Lu. I didn't expect that good things didn't come, and this kind of thing popped up beforehand."

Chen Cai had almost forgotten that Lu Jianxing was a magazine maniac. He accepted interviews and appeared in publications every year, more diligently than his artists.

But this time it is also a crisis public relations, so I don't know if it will work so rashly.

He was worried and asked Allen: "What are you preparing now? Do you want to prepare a speech?"

"No," Allen walked towards the reception room together with a foam board, and reminded in a low voice, "It's for the lights."

In the reception room, Lu Jianxing had already prepared his suit and leather shoes, and his hair seemed to be done.When Chen Cai came in, he was directing people to work with his back to the door.And in his place, there was a substitute with a skin color similar to his.

Chen Cai: "..." There is still a replacement...

How can this posture be a temporary interview? This is to set up a studio to take hard photos, right?

Lu Jianxing hadn't noticed anyone coming, so he looked at him seriously from the front: "Close the curtains at the back, or you won't look good. Where's the main light? Put it here, add high-temperature filter paper..." Lu Jian commanded After the person put it away, he looked at the expression of "Guangti", he seemed dissatisfied, and asked next to him, "Where did the plastic foam board go?"

Allen hurried over and said, "Here's the foam board, Mr. Lu."

"Well, stick it on the wall and shine the auxiliary light at a 40-degree angle. Then, is the facial features more three-dimensional now?"

"Yes, Mr. Lu," Chen Cai suddenly appeared from the side, and deliberately said, "Wow, this handsome guy has even better facial features!"

"!!" Lu Jianxing was startled, turned around and saw him.

Chen Cai stuck out her tongue at him quietly while no one was paying attention, and went to work with a smile.Lu Jianxing couldn't get angry in front of the group, so he could only continue to pretend that he didn't know him.

I have been busy for ten minutes, and there are eight or nine lamps of different sizes and wattages in the reception room, several sheets of white cardboard and foam boards, as well as green plants temporarily brought in from outside, and paintings picked from the office to pretend to be attractive. Frame... The final result was really professional. Lu Jianxing sat down in his seat and saw through the camera that there were no dead ends in 360 degrees.

Allen and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after the arrangements were made, they went out to start preparing for other tasks.

Chen Cai deliberately dawdled aside, and waited for Lu Jianxing to close the door of the reception room before he couldn't help laughing.

Lu Jianxing glanced at him, blushing a little: "Why are you laughing?"

Chen Cai felt that his idol burden was too cute, she quickly shook her head and said, "I'm not laughing, I admire you, you love your job and work hard, and you cherish your image."

Lu Jianxing snorted softly, looked back at the door, turned around and quickly kissed Chen Cai on the cheek.

He's going to be interviewed later, so the staff put some makeup on him.Right after the kiss, Chen Cai had a little more light-colored lip marks on her face.

Lu Jianxing was startled, and hurriedly reached out to wipe it off for him.

"I'm going to be interviewing for a while and ask about filming." Chen Cai suddenly felt that the people in the room were sweating, so she hurriedly changed the subject and asked, "Are you nervous? If you don't answer well, you might be blackmailed."

"Don't be nervous," Lu Jianxing looked at the time and asked in surprise, "Why aren't you off work?"

Chen Cai said sweetly: "Isn't this waiting for you? Otherwise, who will eat when I go back and cook by myself?"

"Wang Chengjun eats," Lu Jianxing looked at him, "Wang Chengjun eats handsomely after eating, anyway, there are so many little wolf dogs, I can't be ranked high."

"..." Chen Cai realized that he was really stingy, and couldn't help laughing, "Wang Chengjun is on the set, how do you eat... Oh, that's not right!" Chen Cai's mind turned quickly, and she immediately realized, "Did you let How many days will Wang Chengjun stay on the set?"

"Yeah," Lu Jianxing said angrily, "Don't come back, just stay there."

Chen Cai: "..."

"You live with him, so you don't look for me very much. What if you move to another place in the future? Do I have to submit an application first to meet you, and it will be approved once a month?"

"Impossible, it won't take a month," Chen Cai quickly waved her hand, teasing him, "I'll be a desert in a month."

Lu Jianxing: "...I'm not the only one who will rain."

Chen Cai: "..."

The two were arguing quietly here when they heard someone talking outside.

Chen Cai sounded like a reporter had arrived, so she stopped quickly, and was about to open the door quietly to go out when Lu Jianxing pulled her away.

"Aren't you going to wait for me?" Lu Jianxing whispered, "Wait for me outside, don't go first."

Chen Cai was also worried about him, and hurriedly whispered: "I know, I know. I'll wait for you."

He opened the door for people outside and hid behind the door.After the reporters, photographers and other staff came in, they took advantage of the chaos and slipped out.

-

The reporter who came to interview this time was a reporter from New Entertainment. The two parties had already had a preliminary communication on the phone before, so the interview went very smoothly.It wasn't until he brought up the accusation of Dongshi Media that Lu Jianxing's speech slowed down a little.

He frowned slightly, with a helpless expression, and sincerely said to the camera: "I am very sorry that "Code Name A" failed at the box office. Director Ouyang's expectations for this work and the investment he brought in are indeed extraordinary. High. Now the box office is not ideal. Apart from being anxious as a filmmaker, he is also angry as an investor. I can understand this, but this should not be a reason for him to attack other people’s works.”

The reporter was slightly taken aback, thinking that this person was bad enough, and he came up and named him because he was looking for money.She was amused in her heart, and asked with a serious face: "Director Ouyang means that he is speaking for the development of the entire film industry."

"Then what counts as a development in the movie industry?" Lu Jianxing frowned slightly, "If his movie makes money, the movie industry of the whole country is progressing. If he doesn't make money, then the movie industry of the whole country will regress Is that the case?"

The reporter smiled.

Lu Jianxing shook his head, then put up his airs, and said, "Movies are a popular art, and a large investment does not mean that the work is excellent. Whether it is good or not depends on the audience's experience. Of course, "Magic Rabbit" As our first family animation film, it is still far from being "excellent". We have been watching the feedback from everyone on the Internet, such as the picture quality is not exquisite enough, the fighting can be more intense, and individual shots are cut slightly. Hurry up...these are the things we need to pay attention to when we make it in the future. Now its box office is leading, the main reason is that it has an advantage in genre, and parents will try their best to spend time watching it with their children."

"What about the marketing?" The reporter asked, "Guard Ou questioned the unfair competition of "Fantastic Rabbit". What do you think?"

Lu Jianxing said: "If it is said that 42% of the filming on the first day is unfair competition, then with all due respect, Director Ouyang has never been fair from the very beginning."

Reporter: "..." She glanced at the information, and it was true that most of the director's films were highly rated on the first day.

Although Lu Jianxing was blurring the focus, people generally couldn't see it, and there was no need to dig deeper.

She nodded.

Lu Jianxing continued to talk eloquently: "As for marketing, everyone's strategies are indeed different. In the film market, a famous director like Ou Dao has priority investment rights. Thousands of people, the staff has assistants, assistants and assistants. Marketing is also a big deal, spreading all the channels, TV, Internet, outdoors, you can scan your face everywhere. To hold a press conference, it costs several thousand Ten thousand."

"But we are different. Only we invest in "Fantastic Rabbit", so we spend very little on personnel and concentrate on post-production. The publicity can only be refined marketing, and the rest of the publicity and distribution expenses are paid by us. I didn’t go to press conferences and receptions, but spent all of it on ticket replacement.”

The reporter asked: "Then how much did you invest in the fare reimbursement this time?"

"Originally the investment was not too much." Lu Jianxing practiced Tai Chi, "but now I decided to add some more. You can enjoy the movie at a special price for the first four days, and you don't have to fight for tickets. We Tianyi are willing to give up the profits and earn less money. Party with more families this summer."

Speaking of this sudden pause, he took out a half-meter-high rabbit doll from the side of his seat and said, "And we have jointly launched a lucky draw with major theaters, and the prize is this peripheral product of ours, the little rabbit doll... "

reporter:"……"

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Chen Cai waited outside the reception room for a long time. She thought it would be finished in ten minutes, but she waited for an hour.

An hour later, the reporter came out with the photographer holding a big rabbit doll. Chen Cai had a little friendship with the reporter, so she hurriedly greeted the reporter and stopped by to ask about the situation.

When the reporter turned around and saw that it was him, he immediately laughed and said quietly: "You, Mr. Lu, are amazing."

"What's wrong?" Chen Cai half-jokingly said, "Didn't you dig a hole for our boss!"

"How is it possible, we are all acquaintances." The reporter laughed, "But this time, Mr. Lu is hurt enough, I thought it would be fine to respond with a few words, but in the end he stepped on Director Ou and praised himself. I want to I died from laughing. At the end, I also introduced 10 minutes of animation peripherals."

"..." Chen Cai didn't expect Lu Jianxing to do this trick again, so she thought about it and asked, "Is the video going to be released tonight?"

"Yeah, I'm going to go back and do it now." The reporter said, "The photographer said that the lighting is perfect this time, and even I look much prettier. I just haven't decided on a name yet, so I need to get someone who attracts attention."

Chen Cai thought for a while, then had an idea, and said with a smile, "I do have a name." After he saw the reporter looking over, he blocked it with his hand and said a few words in a low voice.

At [-] o'clock that night, New Entertainment released the video of the exclusive interview with the president of Tianyi Media on time.

Many people looked away at Lu Jianxing's face, and when they looked back at the title, they burst out laughing.

——About this box office battle, Lu Jianxing: Everyone gave up something—we don't want money, and the other party has no shame.