Chapter 55 Chapter 55
The drama they filmed seems to be quite popular.
A week after the release of "Mountain Soul", Ning Su clearly felt that all aspects of his life had changed.
First of all, Xiao Du is getting busier and busier.
As Ning Su's only assistant, an actual employee of the investment company founded by the Monster Bureau, and occasionally having to manage the employees who do miscellaneous work at the Caiyao Station, Xiao Du is so busy that he is about to vomit.
Numerous invitations, advertising collaborations, and filming requests, the huge workload all came to him. Even his mobile phone, which he had just used for a year, was damaged and unfortunately went offline.
"Just buy a new one, the bureau will reimburse you. Come on, Xiao Du."
Director Lu felt deeply sympathetic towards Xiao Du's situation and at the same time, he also made corresponding compensation: "You go ahead and do your work. After you finish this period of work, you will be given a day off."
Vacation is definitely the best carrot that companies can give to workers to keep them alive.
However, the moves that worked for others didn't work for Xiao Du. Xiao Du, who was almost exhausted and unconscious, said faintly: "Director Lu, it's not that I don't want to take a day off, it's just that I can't leave."
This work is currently in charge of him alone, and he has never taken a break since the beginning. Even if the leader approves a vacation, he will still be unable to leave if there is no one to take over.
"Ah, this." Director Lu was also confused.
"...Then you do it first, and the bureau will think of a solution."
Xiao Du didn't take his leader's empty promises to heart - as long as he was not dying from work, he had to keep working.
What's more, he was willing to take this job, and it was not arranged by his leader, so there was no extra emotional friction in doing it.
With this, I will be much happier than other office workers.
However, Xiao Du still underestimated the care and love that Director Lu and others had for him. The next day, he received labor protection supplies sent by Director Yao.
"What's this?"
"Yuehua, I specially found a compilation monster and diluted it twenty times."
Xiao Du: “?”
It's not that I haven't heard of Yuehua. When Ning Su hadn't yet joined the Monster Bureau, Director Tan recruited extra monsters to help, and the settlement currency given at that time was Yuehua.
At that time, he personally delivered Yuehua to Ning Su.
But who knew that after going around in circles, he also received Yuehua.
"Wait, you guys are not trying to turn me into a monster?!" Xiao Du said in horror.
Compared with humans, monsters can replenish their energy at night by absorbing moonlight. In exaggerated cases, they can even go without sleep for a month.
To use a popular term on the Internet, this is a natural working saint.
However, even if he worked in the Monster Bureau, he had no intention of changing his species.
"…What are you thinking about? Is it that easy to turn into a monster?" Director Lu pretended to deny it.
At least you have to have the blood of the demon clan, and this blood cannot be too thin. Otherwise, even if the demon bureau wants to manipulate it, there is nothing they can do.
In his words, Director Lu inadvertently revealed the possibility that Director Yao had considered this approach.
"...6." After a moment's silence, Xiao Du finally uttered a sarcastic remark.
Fortunately, Director Lu finally stopped beating around the bush and told him the effect of the diluted moonlight: "It can make you refreshed and is good for your health."
The Yao Bureau still attaches great importance to its core members.
"Thank you for the organization's care." Xiao Du said.
After trying for a long time, there was no way to help reduce the workload, so the tolerance of office workers increased.
What's the difference between this method and abuse?
While complaining, Xiao Du drank Yuehua and felt that he was full of energy again. Then he willingly threw himself into the arms of working.
The Monster Bureau has managed to secure a capable general like Xiao Du, and Xiao Du has indeed helped with a lot of work, but as the male lead of the movie, Ning Su still cannot sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor.
For example, with the release of the movie, taking advantage of the recent momentum, as the male lead, he needs to go to major cities to promote it.
Therefore, after taking leave for filming last time, he took leave again for the promotion of the movie.
"What are you talking about, kid? This is not asking for leave. You are clearly going to work." The director said gently when approving Ning Su's leave note.
Ning Su even saw gentle encouragement in the eyes of the old man in the Zhongshan suit.
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"Just focus on publicity. The bureau doesn't need you for now, so don't worry about it." Ning Su was personally escorted out the door by the director. After a long time, Ning Su still saw the other person standing at the door.
Just like a parent seeing his child off to school.
"...There are other parents who expect their children to make money like this." Xiao Du complained silently in the car that was taking Ning Su to the airport.
"It's just that our movie is so profitable."
What Xiao Du didn't say was that a few days after the movie was released, several leaders of the Demon Bureau were belatedly informed of the movie's profit-sharing rules.
The leaders of the Demon Bureau also started to become perverted from this time.
According to the proportion, the investors can get about one-third of the money from a movie.
Although the box office needs to pay a total of nearly 8% of the film fund and taxes before the profit sharing, the box office of 300 million in the first week is enough to bring enough profits to the Yao Bureau after paying taxes and sharing the profits.
"According to the formula, our Monster Bureau should be able to get 20 million."
After estimating the final box office, deducting various taxes that need to be paid, splitting the revenue with the distributor, cinema chains and theaters, and then calculating based on one’s own investment ratio -
The result of the calculation is a clear 20 million.
"That's 20 million!"
It is no wonder that the leaders of the Monster Bureau are blinded by money. In fact, in addition to the need to build the Vegetable Monster Station, the Monster Bureau itself has a huge debt.
In addition, there are daily expenses.
Previously, it was hard to say whether the reason why the Yao Bureau had low work efficiency was not due to lack of money. Now, with this money coming in, after paying off the debts, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Based on this reason, how could the Demon Bureau not let Ning Su go out to work?
What's more, in Xiao Du's opinion, the money brought by the successful release of the movie is actually only a small part. The impact brought by the movie is more than imagined.
Take finding jobs for the little demons as an example.
Not to mention that this movie has opened up job channels for young people in the film industry, just the extra popularity of the self-media industry has created many jobs for young people.
With the release of the movie, the subject of animals became popular, and many short plays also started to make animal themes.
TV series like "My Cat Became a Big Boss", "The Doomsday Is Coming and My Dog Has Mutated", and "What Should I Do If a Kitten Comes to Me and Acts Cute Every Day" have all become popular TV series.
The protagonists of these skits are all animals, and they have a lot of tricks that require certain acting skills.
In addition, the short drama track requires following the trend and producing finished products in a short period of time, so the young actors quickly stood out.
Especially those little demons who have some shooting experience.
"These little demons are really popular recently."
If Ning Su's popularity comes from the movie and the audience's empathy for the characters in the drama, then these little demons who shoot short dramas have become popular entirely because of their scarcity.
After filming "Mountain Soul", many of the young actors directly joined the crew of a short drama and filmed several short dramas with animals as the theme.
Because it happened to coincide with the huge hit of the movie "Mountain Soul", the short drama itself also became a hit.
Take a cat demon named Douding as an example. As the soul star of the play "Cat Boss", he instantly became the highest-paid animal actor and had countless fans online.
Of course, after this period of market baptism, many young companies have entered this track. Douding can stand out from them, naturally it has its own abilities.
After signing its agency contract with the Monster Bureau Company, it began to actively introduce jobs to other monsters.
Over time, the young people who entered this industry also admired it.
Having been in the film and television industry for a long time and having learned a lot of rules, Douding also came up with the idea of establishing a Little Demon Actors Guild.
"That's great." Ning Su listened with great interest.
As the guide of the little demons, Ning Su had the same idea at the beginning - he would find a way for the little demons and lead them for a while, and the rest of the way would have to be walked by themselves.
The fact that some young demons have emerged and taken the lead in establishing their own guilds shows that they have already established a firm foothold in this industry and have formed a healthy development.
This is much better than Ning Su had initially expected.
"Don't be in a hurry." Xiao Du glanced at his good colleague - he was so busy, but he could take time out of his busy schedule to send Ning Su, so it was definitely not just a simple chat.
"They established this guild on one condition."
"What conditions?" Ning Su asked curiously.
"You become the president."
Ning Su, who was still happy that the little demons could be self-reliant a second ago: "..."
You little demons, are you a little too clingy?
Both the movie and he seem to be quite popular recently.
When Ning Su was sent to the airport and then rushed to another city to attend a fan meeting, he saw the densely packed crowds below the stage and this thought suddenly popped into his mind.
As the leading actor, Ning Su encountered extraordinary courtesy from the audience when he went on stage.
There was thunderous applause when he took the stage.
"Thank you everyone." After being stunned for a moment, Ning Su smiled, picked up the microphone and greeted the audience.
"Oh, Lord Ning! I see Lord Ning."
After being warmly welcomed, Ning Su originally planned to say a few polite words, but before he opened his mouth, he saw the little demons mixed in the crowd.
Although these little monsters have transformed, and those that cannot transform have used sleight of hand, Ning Su still felt worried about them when they appeared in crowded places like this.
If you are discovered, you will have to go to the monster bureau to eat the consequences.
“Thank you for supporting Mountain Soul. I am very happy to meet you all in a strange city. Thank you.”
Because he was frightened by the little demons, Ning Su swallowed the long speech he had originally prepared. He only said a few brief words and put down the microphone.
"Wow - he's so handsome, so quiet."
"Talking less is the best medical beauty for men. No nonsense, love love."
"That's great. It didn't ruin the character of the main character in the show."
The two human girls sitting in the front row of the fan club were whispering. Their discussion was not loud, but Ning Su's hearing was unexpectedly good.
After listening to their comments, Ning Su fell silent.
Thank you so much. I was just a little bit away from being labeled greasy and talkative.
Having said that, there were many "surprises" at the beginning of the meeting, but the subsequent process was quite smooth.
Under the guidance of the host, all the actors who came to the roadshow talked about interesting things in the crew.
Ning Su was talking about being discovered by the director during the casting and thus getting the opportunity to act in a movie.
Except for him, everyone else chose the Grand Canyon tour.
The host was originally worried that he had no topic to talk about. When he heard the answer, his eyes suddenly lit up and he asked, "Oh? I wonder what interesting things happened in the Grand Canyon?"
"We encountered a tiger at that time." The person who said this was obviously Su Yin, the supporting actor.
Thanks to this movie, he has been receiving many film offers during this period. In the words of his fans, he has reached a new level.
If the movie was going on a roadshow, he wouldn't have to travel the same route as Ning Su, but he didn't want to and insisted on going with Ning Su.
"When the filming is finished, everyone will go their separate ways. This is the last chance for us to work together."
When the agent raised questions, Su Yin was confident.
After hearing what he said, even the agent, who knew that the two had a good relationship, choked up.
My dear, you were not a pure love warrior before! What made you become like this?
Logically speaking, the male lead and the supporting actor will naturally be compared, not to mention that the actor who plays the supporting actor is much more popular than the male lead, so there will be no shortage of people watching the show online.
However, the relationship between the male lead and the supporting male character in this drama is actually quite good!
This kind of goodness is not a fake relationship, but a goodness that has been found by the onlookers through magnifying glasses and unable to find any counterexamples.
What's more, some bored onlookers even dug out Su Yin's secondary account.
Su Yin specially registered a small account, not for any other reason, but to work hard to fight against the black community in Ning Su.
Seeing this, Lezi almost collapsed.
Look at you, you are a popular young actor, but someone snatched your male lead away from you, and you still flatter him like this, do you have any self-respect?
Su Yin didn't care about all that. Ever since Ning Su rescued him from the tiger monster, he had planned to be friends with the other party for life.
As the saying goes, God loves simple people.
Su Yin's personality is considered naive by some fans who admire him, but in the eyes of some directors and producers, it is a definite plus.
"Good acting skills, young, good personality, pretty good."
Not all directors are like Director Gu, who has 100% control over the crew. Many crews still have some "princes" and "princesses" stuffed in by the investors.
For these people with connections, they naturally don't want the protagonist of this drama to be a strong actor. After discovering that Su Yin has a good personality, they are all willing to work with him.
Therefore, after he played a supporting role in "Mountain Soul", more and more crews asked him to play the leading role.
Not long ago, Su Yin's team finalized the next play, and it will take some time to join the crew. This is why Su Yin plans to spend more time with his good friends during this period.
"It was quite dangerous at the time. The tiger was injured and we encountered it. Brother Ning protected me."
As time passed, the tiger demon had long been dealt with, and the mastermind behind the tiger demon's madness had also been found. The accident that happened at that time can now be told as an interesting story.
"Wow, is it so exciting?" The host was also surprised.
Ning Su glared at Su Yin helplessly and said, "There were many staff and police officers nearby at the time, and they quickly took the tiger away."
"But this is also protection." Su Yin blinked.
"What about the others?" the host asked.
"We all got together because we filmed Double Dragon Fight in Grand Canyon."
Twin Dragons, a popular work on the Internet at the time, was even more exciting when put into the movie. After adding the cause and effect, whenever this special effect appeared, people in the cinema would exclaim.
Naturally, this segment also became the highlight of the movie and was given considerable attention by various marketing accounts.
"That's wonderful, isn't it?" The host was worried that the audience would feel left out, so he interacted with the audience.
“Super exciting!”
"Master Ning is super handsome."
Because the cries of the little demons were unusually loud, not only the host but also the other audience members couldn't help but turn their heads to look at them.
After discovering that they were a group of elementary school students, the expressions on the audience's faces became "embarrassed".
Although today is the weekend, do these kids really not have to do their homework at home?
After the exciting press conference, Ning Su couldn't stand it anymore and went to find Director Gu to discuss the matter.
"That won't work. The little demons are young and lively. It's not safe for them to always be mixed in with the crowd."
Director Gu hesitated for a moment and asked, "What do you think?"
"Let's hold two shows."
One was a meeting for humans, and the other was a meeting for the little demons. The latter cooperated with the local demon bureau and did not allow humans to enter.
In this way, the needs of the little demons can be met without the risk of being exposed.
"Okay." Director Gu patted Ning Su's shoulder, "In that case, thank you for your help."
The workload has doubled.
"It doesn't matter." Ning Su naturally didn't care about this.
So, some careful fans discovered that since a certain stop, the fan meeting of "Mountain Soul" was suddenly divided into two sessions.
One is a normal meet-and-greet, and the other is mysterious and only some people can participate.
The crew's different treatment naturally led to many statements and speculations, among which malicious speculations were -
"Have a VIP seat at a fan club? Are you crazy?"
"How much do I need to buy to join this exclusive fan club?"
"Your movie box office is so high, and you're still making extra income. Are you so short of money?"
Faced with online criticism, the film's publicity team remained unexpectedly silent, and only a few people who knew a little about the situation came out to refute the rumors.
"That's not the case. You're overthinking it."
However, because these rumor refutations lacked strength and were vague, they instead aroused the anger of many people.
This kind of scolding continued until the third-to-last fan meeting, but due to management issues of the hotel, it was secretly filmed by a staff member and posted online, where it came to an abrupt end.
“…6.”
"Awesome, a fan meeting."
"As expected of you, Mountain Soul."
In the photos released, the venue was still the same venue for the fan meeting, but the people sitting in the audience were all little idiots.
These elementary school students lowered their heads, holding pens in their hands, as if writing something, scratching their ears and cheeks, and looking extremely painful.
If it weren’t for the poster of "Mountain Soul" on the stage, more people would probably think this was an examination room.
"What are you doing? Answering questions on the spot?"
"Oh my god, your Mountain Soul is too scary."
"I'm already sweating for these little kids."
"They are just chasing a star, what did they do wrong?"
At the Little Demon fan club's special show, after realizing they were being filmed, the staff from the local demon bureau went to negotiate with the hotel to resolve the issue.
Ning Su didn't take this matter to heart, but walked down and observed the little demons' answers.
"I don't mean to make you unhappy, but I just want you to learn a little more common sense."
"Do you agree with me?"
The masks of pain of the little demons.
Although I know that Lord Ning means well, and I also know that the "One Hundred Questions on Common Sense for Little Demons" in front of me are questions that Lord Ning has painstakingly made himself, but, is it necessary to take the test?
They really just want to chase stars.
When the time came, Ning Su collected the papers, and as expected, these little demons only answered a few questions correctly.
Compared with human children who receive a complete nine years of compulsory education, the little demons receive too little education since childhood.
In addition to the unclear understanding of some common sense of human society, the understanding of the demon world is also vague.
To use a popular term, it means "living by your feelings."
But how can this be done?
Ning Su frowned at the test paper and raised his head. The little demons immediately bent their waists, shrank their shoulders, and gave Ning Su a flattering smile.
Ning Su was amused and said unhappily, "Alright, I know you didn't answer the questions well, go back and study hard."
"yes."
Below are the bustling responses from the little demons.
Ning Su stopped worrying about the exam and changed the subject: "Come and line up to receive the gifts."
The little demons' eyes lit up.
Yes, the little fairies who attend the fan club can not only cheer for Ning Su, but also get counter-support from Lord Ning!
"What did you get?"
After a while, Xiao Yao left the fan club, carrying her gift bag, and curiously communicated with her friends.
“It seems like there’s quite a lot of stuff.”
Take out one——
Popular science book.
Take another one——
The teaching materials and exercises of "One Hundred Questions of Little Demon".
besides--
A small bottle of Yuehua and a big gift pack of snacks exclusively for Xiaoyao!
Oh my god!
Isn’t Lord Ning too generous?
If the suffering I endured today is one point, then the reward from Ning Su is one hundred points.
"Yuehua, this is so expensive."
The little demons were not ignorant of the market, but they also knew that this was a good thing. Following Ning Su's suggestion, they quickly consumed the moonlight.
The effect of the moonlight was immediate and soon, some accumulated illnesses were cured, and the cultivation of many little demons was also improved.
“Isn’t it too expensive to give them these?”
Xiao Du asked with some curiosity.
Although the Moonlight distributed to the little demons is in small mini bottles, distributing them to every city and distributing them to so many little demons is undoubtedly a huge expense.
The Yao Bureau would not provide this expense, so Ning Su had to buy it with his own money.
Although the Monster Bureau offered a friendly price, Ning Su’s salary might not be able to support it with such a large amount of money.
"It's okay, you can make more money."
Xiao Du hesitated to speak.
In his opinion, the reason why "Mountain Soul" was filmed was because the bureau was really short of money, and the huge success of "Mountain Soul" was also an accident.
But even for a superstar, it is impossible for every drama he stars in to be a hit.
What's more, with the end of the movie "Mountain Soul", if Ning Su does not plan to take on new work, he will disappear more and more from the audience's sight due to lack of exposure.
Without attention, there will naturally be no money.
However, Xiao Du soon found out that he was worrying too early - on the day this special fan meeting was posted online, he unexpectedly received an invitation.
"Shooting a commercial?"
"Yes, a public service announcement." Although it is a public service announcement, since it is sponsored by a certain group, the celebrities invited are all big names and they are paid a lot of money.
Due to its high social value and social benefits, this advertisement has always been a hot commodity in the entertainment industry and only superstars will invite it.
Ning Su, who has only filmed one movie, is naturally not on the list.
Of course, there are exceptions to everything - at least this time, the reason why the advertisement invited Ning Su was because they saw the discussion about the fan club on the Internet.
"We learned that Mr. Ning has a special influence on the student community, so we invited him."
...student groups.
At this point in the topic, Ning Su and Xiao Du both fell silent.
As their influence was not within the student group, Ning Su and Xiao Du were very moved but still refused.
However, the next day, the civil affairs department came and they still talked about the advertisement.
When Ning Su refused, the other party smiled and said, "Don't be modest. Look, this is the latest survey."
In a nationwide survey of primary and secondary school students, Ning Su's name ranked first among the most popular stars/actors.
Leaving the second one far behind.
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