Chapter 178 Answering the Reporter's Question(52K)(1/2)
Chapter 178 Answering reporters’ questions (52K)
Author: Stupid Old Chive
Chapter 178 Answering reporters’ questions (5.2K)
The next day.
At 9:20 in the morning, Wu Nianzu and Cai Yinong led dozens of people to stand in a solemn manner.
In front of them, there was a long table filled with delicious fruits and fruits, roasted suckling pigs, etc., and in the center of the table were three incense jars.
As time came, Wu Nianzu held three incense sticks in his hand and stepped forward, bowed three times, and inserted the incense in his hand into the incense altar.
After him, producer Cai Yinong, director Ma Chucheng, crew creators, actors and others came forward to burn incense and worship in turn.
This is the opening ceremony of "My Savage Girlfriend". Wu Nianzu led everyone to burn incense and worship the gods on a good time.
The opening ceremony of worshiping gods was aroused on the Hong Kong Island. It first originated from the opera troupe, and most of the worshipers were Guan Erye and Wong Tai Sin. After it was introduced to the mainland, the worshipers became diverse, including Jade Emperor, Tathagata Buddha, and Guanyin Bodhisattva, all of whom were regular visitors, and even worshiped the Buddha Sun Wukong.
Some people say that this is feudal superstition, but it really cannot be abolished. The large crew will be more grand and the small crew will be simple, but basically there will be a start-up ceremony because it will give the crew a calming effect.
Especially most of the crew of the "My Savage Girlfriend" come from Hong Kong Island. If you don't do this program, some people in the crew will even quit directly.
Although Hong Kong Island is so in line with Western society, it is actually quite conservative in some aspects and believes in the gods.
Some things happen during the shooting of a movie.
There are many difficult factors in each link, from whether the investment can be successfully completed, whether the budget will be overspent, whether the shooting can be completed as scheduled, whether the equipment will be malfunctioned, whether the actors will be intact, whether the negative film will be released as scheduled in the later stage, whether the schedule and box office can meet expectations.
Therefore, the film and television industry has a future that is unpredictable. Many people hope to seek help from the gods in the dark to make everything go smoothly.
In fact, it is not just the film and television industry. To put it bluntly, building buildings, building roads, building bridges and other projects. When starting to start landing, it often worships all kinds of gods, and even pays more attention to this than the film and television industry.
After all, if an accident occurs in a major project, the funding will be no small amount.
Wu Nianzu also followed the public's wishes, raised his head three feet away, worshiped all over the world, and was blessed by the gods.
After everyone had incense, Wu Nianzu walked to another place under the guidance and, under the attention of everyone in the audience, opened the red velvet cloth covering the camera.
"My Savage Girlfriend, officially started filming!" Wu Nianzu showed a bright smile.
All kinds of photoshoots sounded, and the media present recorded the scene when the crew of "My Savage Girlfriend" officially started.
The incense burning ceremony just now was not allowed to take photos, otherwise it would be regarded as disrespect for the gods, and the media also understood the rules. It was not until now that they took photos of Wu Nianzu.
As the only big-name star in the crew, all media attention can be said to be focused on Wu Nianzu, and the publicity gimmicks and the burden of box office are also pressed on Wu Nianzu.
Afterwards, Cai Yinong and director Ma Chucheng personally handed out red envelopes. This was also a part of the opening ceremony of the crew. Everyone present had red envelopes. In fact, each of them was not much money, 100 yuan was just a good lottery.
Generally, more famous crews can’t film anything on the opening ceremony.
Because you have to accept media access after the opening ceremony, this movie is considered an important promotional node.
After the opening ceremony, Wu Nianzu, Zhang Baizhi, Cai Yinong, and Ma Chucheng moved to the prepared conference hall and accepted an interview with the media.
"Wu Sheng, what is your movie about and what is the original intention of the creation?"
"A romantic and warm love story that can bring joy to the audience."
Wu Nianzu smiled and continued:
"As for the original intention of creation, my last movie "Made in Hong Kong Island", many fans and movie fans complained that it was too cruel, which made them feel distressed.
As a compensation for fans and movie fans, I hope to bring a happy and warm story to heal them this time, so I have this "My Savage Girlfriend".
The reporters below started writing and remembering.
"Wu Sheng, the script of this movie is written by you, and you also work as a part-time director and starring role. Can you guarantee your acting skills when you have multiple positions?"
"It is precisely because the script is made by myself that the whole story is in my mind. I believe that I can interpret the male lead in place. I also hope that with the efforts and help of Director Ma and the crew, I can bring you a good movie."
Wu Nianzu did not shy away from the fact that this movie was dominated by him as the core.
"It is precisely because the script of "My Savage Girlfriend" is very touching that I took over the position of director without hesitation, and I am also very grateful to Zulong for his trust in me.
As the initiator, creator and starring of this movie, Wu Sheng is undoubtedly the core character of "My Savage Girlfriend". I will do my best to cooperate with Wu Sheng in the next filming process and bring you a good work."
Director Ma Chucheng has a humble attitude and does not have the director's so-called "king of the crew" at all.
However, these media were not surprised. It was obvious that a new director who wanted to become a leader would definitely be obedient. However, the future directorial career depends on whether he was betting on the right treasure this time.
"Wu Sheng, it is rumored that the crew of "My Savage Girlfriend" paid you 10 million yuan. Do you think you have the market appeal that matches it?"
In Hong Kong Island, the only ones who can pay more than 10 million yuan in the film pay of Cheng Long, Zhou Xingxing and Zhou Runfa, who are known as the two-week one-day journey. Even Liu Dehua, the four kings of heaven, has been crazily taking movies in recent years to pay back their debts, and the salary he signed with Yongsheng is 4 million yuan.
As for Ekin Cheng, who was hyped for 20 million yuan in film pay, it is impossible to think about it with his brain. Not to mention 20 million, not even 10 million yuan. Just look at his single movie box office, you can tell that it’s nothing more than a boss who can pay him such a high pay?
Wu Nianzu's previous movie only has one movie "Made in Hong Kong". Although the return rate is very high, the total box office in Hong Kong is only over 10 million, and how many of them are award bonuses are difficult to measure.
Now Wu Nianzu's first commercial film has increased his salary to 10 million. If it weren't for Zulong, there would be no film company in the outside world that would have given him such a high salary.
This problem is more acute than before.
At this time, Cai Yinong, as the producer, took over the topic:
"How popular is F4 and how many fans Wu Sheng has in Asia, I don't think I need to explain to you anymore. Just from the sales of the album "Meteor Shower" you can know that as long as your works are good enough, some people are willing to pay for you.
Wu Sheng’s creative talent is well known. Our crew has read the script and is recognized as a good story.
Now we hope to bring such a good story to everyone. I also believe that after the release, the reaction on the market can fully prove whether the ten million yuan paid for Wu Sheng was worth it!”
Wu Nianzu also smiled confidently at the reporter. He wanted to completely establish his status and superstar status in Asia through this movie "My Savage Girlfriend".
"Wu Sheng, this is your second movie, and the heroines of both movies are Miss Zhang Baizhi.
Does this mean that you want her in ten minutes?”
When Zhang Baizhi heard this question, she immediately smiled. She wanted the reporter to ask more questions so that she could confirm Wu Nianzu's girlfriend's name.
"Of course I want Miss Zhang Baizhi in ten minutes!" Wu Nianzu did not avoid it.
"Ms. Zhang Baizhi is an actress with good qualifications and a very spiritual one.
Through the collaboration of the previous movie, I found that the two were acting in a co-star, so when I was looking for the heroine in this movie "My Savage Girlfriend", she was the first person I thought of.
After audition, our director and producer agreed that she was very suitable.
We two will definitely bring you a satisfactory work!"
Wu Nianzu didn't mind whether his words would cause any ambiguity. This is the effect.
There must be a gimmick and explosive point in publicity. Now that he has thrown out this somewhat ambiguous topic himself, it will definitely attract many people's attention to "My Savage Girlfriend".
However, some reporters were still not satisfied and simply asked Zhang Baizhi directly: "Ms. Zhang, are you dating with Mr. Wu Nianzu?"
This made Zhang Baizhi so happy that he blurted out: "Yes!"
The reporters below were in a state of turmoil and sighed that they had not come in vain. Some of them were written this time!
Wu Nianzu touched Zhang Baizhi's legs under the table. She pouted slightly before continuing: "In the movie "My Savage Girlfriend", Brother Zu and I are a happy couple and have been dating."
The reporters below also know that this is a promotional routine, but Wu Nianzu's "rumored girlfriend" is still very attractive to readers.
Zhang Baizhi is now regarded as a potential newcomer by many insiders because of her performance in "Made in Hong Kong Island", but she is not very out of the circle.
This time, Wu Nianzu became popular and labeled her as "suspected girlfriend", which could add a lot of attention to her.
And since it is the love movie of the male and female protagonists starring him and Zhang Baizhi, with such good publicity materials, how could it be that it is not possible to hype CP?
Anyway, he didn't admit anything, so this kind of operation is too common.
Until now, there are still many people in Wanwan who are speculating on the CPs of Wu Nianzu and Jia Jingwen.
Some of the following reporters wrote down all the elements in their notebooks, such as Wu Nianzu's official actress, the ancestor girl, the two of them suspected of falling in love because of the drama, and the girlfriend. In short, how can they attract readers' attention?
Suddenly a reporter raised his hand and asked:
"Wu Sheng, a new boy group H4 appeared in Hong Kong. All of them are handsome men in one of the many, threatening to replace you F4. What do you think about this?"
Wu Nianzu glanced at the reporter and said, "You guy, I'm afraid you weren't the one Lin Jianyue asked me to find me, right?" He used his speech to get traffic openly."
“First of all, I haven’t heard of the combination you mentioned.
Secondly, our F4 can gain the support of fans, and in the final analysis, it depends on the works. So we are not afraid of other people's challenges, and we also welcome other people's challenges. But I hope these challengers will let me know their names through excellent works, rather than such soft and empty words.
Finally, this is the launch conference of "My Savage Girlfriend". Don't deviate from this topic for everyone."
No matter whether you have ulterior motives or not, I won’t mention the name of your combination. Wu Nianzu puts F4 in a superior position and faces other newly born combinations in the manner of a great devil.
The next few people continued to patiently answer many questions from reporters, and in general, they came around "My Savage Girlfriend" and Wu Nianzu.
By the time the entire press conference officially ended, it was already noon.
Cai Yinong smiled and said, "Thank you all for your hard work here to support us. It's time to have a meal, so let's have a rest before leaving!"
The media here also agreed. When they saw the sumptuous meals and a red envelope placed on each seat, they couldn't help but smiled with satisfaction.
This red envelope is not like 100 yuan, at least one-digit extra, commonly known as the pen rebate fee, which is to hope that the media will help you with a few more good words after going back.
The reporters who collect money also understand the rules, which is also one of the important channels for their entertainment journalists to earn extra income. If they really want to collect money and still talk bad things, they will be recorded in small notebooks. Don’t think about the tea and water bills in the future.
After dealing with the media, Wu Nianzu's attention returned to the crew.
Although the start-up ceremony was held in the morning, the crew did not really start filming in the afternoon.
To be continued...