Chapter 335: "Flowering Journey" Drama Promotion Video
The next day, inside the Huashang Times Hotel, Zhou Xiao sat on the carpet in front of the French window, previewing the video she had edited for the production of "Flower Walk."
Unlike previous promotional events, where the main cast simply interacted in front of the studio, this time the final product featured clips from the show. Furthermore, the footage was chosen after Tong Yin took her to the post-production site the next morning, where they discussed and selected the final cuts.
The edited videos played one by one, each clip less than three minutes long, perfectly suited for viewers accustomed to watching short video platforms. This was a deliberate adjustment Zhou Xiao made after learning about the platform the video would be released on. Because of the plot, this was also a more appropriate length.
The reason for catering to the short video platform's trends is that the previous drama promotions reaped the benefits. This is also why "Flower Walk" was criticized after its press conference for using loans to attract investment. Thanks to these previous marketing tactics, this A-rated drama stood out from the crowd of S-rated dramas, garnering extremely high audience expectations.
When the scene on the screen finally froze on Ren Hongzhe gracefully accepting the golden abacus thrown by Chang Ying, Zhou Xiao was very satisfied. The next second, she turned off the video and sent the compressed video file and the edited photos to Tong Yin's email.
Because the file was quite large, Zhou Xiao stood up from the carpet while watching the screen show that it was buffering. He supported himself on the round table next to him with one hand.
A subtle, crisp sound echoed through the air, the sound produced by her stretching her muscles. Zhou Xiao hammered his left hand on his waist, and only after he stood up did he grit his teeth and feel the numbness and soreness.
At this moment, she seemed to hear Ms. Zheng's nagging again. On one hand, she scolded her for sitting on the carpet instead of the sofa, and on the other hand, she kept asking her how she was feeling.
He relaxed his body and lay down on the sofa at the back. When he felt ready, Zhou Xiao slowly turned around and looked at the computer to see if the email had been sent successfully.
The buffer symbol on the screen was spinning at a constant speed. Just as Zhou Xiao was about to lie back down, the next moment, the screen displayed a huge "Successfully sent"!
"Ah, now I really understand why post-production is so exhausting," Zhou Xiao muttered to herself as she slumped down on the sofa, feeling relaxed. She finally understood why, when she and Tong Yin went to the studio, every post-production person looked so indifferent to the world. Although the salary was high, it was truly exhausting!
For Zhou Xiao, the editing of the promotional video was fine. But the key point is that "Flowering Journey" was retouched frame by frame in post-production. Because of the remake, Director Fang was brought back to control the direction of the early plot.
Although there are no more reshoots, the number of episodes has been changed from 46 to 41, which is enough to show how much content has been deleted. It is also because of this deletion that the content of the series has also been streamlined.
Zhou Xiao quickly reviewed the remastered plot and was truly impressed by Director Fang's skill. It was clearly the same master tape, but after her guidance and adjustments, the difference was immediately noticeable. While the film was adjusted, it also meant that the early frame-by-frame retouching had to be restarted.
The video Zhou Xiao received was the half that had been retouched by the post-production technicians with their full coding skills. The other half still needed to be fine-tuned by her before being sent to a professional post-production technician's studio for further adjustments.
But Zhou Xiao grinned contentedly, sniffing the pillow's delicate fragrance. She had finally finished! As for whether it would be sent back for revisions, Zhou Xiao said that could be a matter for tomorrow.
Zhou Xiao was completely free for a moment, and something seemed to occur to her. She opened her messaging app, and after searching for a while, she saw the message Hui Anxin and the others had sent her yesterday.
Because she had previously announced that she would be busy over the next two days, neither Hui Anxin nor the magazine staff bothered her. However, Zhou Xiao still received notifications from both sides, including a lengthy thank-you letter from her agent, Tang Zhao.
Because Zhou Xiao's film had attracted the attention of local newspapers, Hui Anxin was also invited for an interview. Tang Zhao quickly extracted the reason from the newspaper. Although she knew they were purely seeking publicity, it was a mutually beneficial situation for them.
Because of this, when Tang Zhao heard the other party say there were funding issues, he immediately made up his mind. Go! Even if it means losing money, I have to let Hui Anxin appear in print media for once.
For the modeling industry, although it was reported in the newspaper, the meaning behind it is naturally very different.
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Bingin city at night.
Inside the still-lit office building, Zhai Ningle felt her heart beating as she waited for the call to pick up. An unknown amount of time passed, and by the time she was considering whether to hang up and retry the call, someone on the other end had already picked up.
"Hey, hello..."
After a while, when Ai Wei ran back from outside, he saw his colleague with a frown on his face. He was looking at the phone on the desk, his brow furrowed even more deeply.
"What's wrong?" Ai Wei raised an eyebrow, as if he had thought of something, and said with a slightly unhappy expression, "Don't they agree? Is it a funding issue?"
"I told my boss from the beginning that this amount can only cover the travel expenses of two or three people," he said helplessly. "With this amount of funds, it's already the best we can do for a phone interview."
"The magazine has agreed," Zhai Ningle continued. "As for the celebrity, Hui Anxin's agent has also arrived and said he can fly over tonight."
"Oh, I see. The photography teacher is still missing, right?" Ai Wei immediately understood the key words in the two names Zhai Ningle said: one person was missing.
"Yes, and both the leaders on both sides told me that Teacher Zhou Xiao will be very busy these two days." Zhai Ningle responded with a bitter face. She really wanted to invite Zhou Xiao to come!
"Then let's ask the leaders tomorrow," Ai Wei said after a moment of deep thought. "Did they get Teacher Zhou Xiao's contact information?"
Zhai Ningle nodded and said, "I asked Teacher Qi to give me Teacher Zhou's business card, and I have already applied to be his friend." But what she didn't know was that Zhou Xiao was fully immersed in video editing at the moment and didn't pay any attention to the new friend request.
The next morning, Zhai Ningle and Ai Wei trudged out of their leader's office. They exchanged glances, their leader's words echoing in their minds: "Three highlights, invite two. Just enough to hold the scene together!"
And the key point wasn't even here. They were even thinking of asking them to ask Fashion Pioneer for permission to use the cover image. Zhai Ningle broke out in a sweat when he heard this. The emotional leader was going to take both the spoils and the prize! How could he possibly deserve this...
No wonder he wasn't at all anxious when he heard they hadn't invited a photography teacher yet. It turns out he really just wanted to do interviews and grab some publicity...
Back at their workstations, Zhai Ningle and Ai Wei exchanged a glance. They both felt that not contacting Teacher Zhou Xiao had suddenly become a good thing. They, the employees, knew exactly how their small evening paper fared, but their bosses didn't.
For this reason, when both sides flew to Qiong Province, Zhou Xiao did not receive a second friend request.
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Meanwhile, upon learning of Zhou Xiao's recent achievements, Tong Yin had opened her email early this morning, anticipating new news. However, she hadn't anticipated how quickly the email arrived.
Tong Yin picked up the hot cup of coffee from the table and took a sip. Okay, from now on, just call everyone one by one to come over.
After a while, in the conference room.
Tong Yin thanked the employee who poured her some hot water, then turned her attention back to the screen that had been playing on a loop for who knows how many times.
This was a decision made during an internal meeting of the "Flower Walk" crew. At first, the people in the room were a little confused when they were called over by Tongyin. But after watching the entire video, they all began to think deeply.
The current atmosphere in the conference room is completely opposite to the situation before the last press conference of "Fan Hua Xing".
Tong Yin glanced at a few of them and knew for sure. These people had failed to shift the blame last time, and this time their eyes were erratic, as if they would rather remain silent than take the blame.
She still remembers her initial excitement, imagining how her first drama as a producer would be well-received by the audience. She also spent sleepless nights wondering how she would handle the smear campaigns from other production teams mid-air. But all of this vanished after the initial press conference.
As for now? If smoking hadn't been banned in the room, and everyone was considered prominent, the room might have been filled with smoke by now. Of course, more importantly, she now had greater say in the meeting room.
"How about it? Arrange for the actors to release the video when the time comes..." Before Tong Yin finished speaking, someone in the conference room raised his hand.
At the front of the conference table, Hou Siyuan raised his hand. His brows furrowed. He'd already been quite critical of Tongyin's decision not to invite Jiang Linhe to film the project. He'd only refrained from directly objecting at the time because of the resources he subsequently secured.
But when he heard that every lead actor was now required to post a video, Hou Siyuan couldn't help himself. "The male lead hasn't filmed yet, so why is he posting one?" he thought, and said so, his tone a bit condescending and directive.
"Co-create!" Tong Yin realized that the other party couldn't find fault with the video, so they started to attack her in other ways. As for saying that this was to help Jiang Linhe? That wasn't the case. At most, he was just spreading rumors later to make the other party grateful.
In fact, she had already thought about this. The videos Zhou Xiao edited contained almost all the plot details that each of the main actors could reveal at the moment. Furthermore, the videos also contained many key hints for the subsequent plot.
As someone who had seen the finished film, Tong Yin felt Zhou Xiao's editing was quite sophisticated. She thought if he stopped being a cinematographer, perhaps he could consider the editing direction. Of course, now wasn't the time to bring that up.
"When the drama promotion video is played, arrange for Jiang Linhe to work with them." Tong Yin's gaze returned to the paused screen, and the picture happened to stop on Ren Hongzhe, played by Jiang Linhe.
She pointed upwards and said, "Jiang Linhe's agency has already given me a positive response. They will then tell fans that he won't be available for filming during that time."
Whether he was sick or something else, it all depended on the other party's attitude. In short, she had the final say. The other party's agency also understood why they didn't invite him to film, so they naturally didn't dare to speak too loudly.
Thinking of this, Tong Yin subconsciously rolled her eyes. If Jiang Linhe hadn't been so desperate and made such a small move, would the subsequent incident have been so ugly? He had also directly offended Lu Mengqi, Zhou Xiao, and the Xincheng people.
Just watching the drama "The Unparalleled General" starring Ji Shao, it's clear that the focus of publicity and hype is on Ji Shao. Big productions are often very expensive, and even an artist of Jiang Linhe's caliber wouldn't be able to get a starring role.
After learning about Jiang Linhe's agency's response, Hou Siyuan felt somewhat embarrassed. He glanced at the speechless people in the conference room, touched his nose, and then stopped arguing.
"Boss Tong!" Amidst the silence, a clear voice echoed from the end of the conference table. Everyone subconsciously looked away, but when they saw that it was the team's newly hired screenwriter who took the microphone, they all looked away again.
"I think this promotional video is very well edited!" Shen Ru's face flushed slightly, but her voice was firm. After noticing the other people's subtle attempts to avert their gazes, her eyes darkened for a moment, but then brightened up again. "Then we can give it more traffic and promotion!"
Tong Yin smiled and nodded with satisfaction, "I think so too!" This was the effect she wanted. Whether she agreed or disagreed, the voice had to come out.
Although he was just a newcomer, he was much better than the other veterans who didn't want to take responsibility. Tong Yin thought about this, and suddenly Shen Ru's face felt familiar. She remembered that when she first watched the film, she seemed to have pointed out the difference between the trailer and the wrap-up special.
Tongyin felt they had to bear a great deal of responsibility for the previous miscalculation. Of course, part of the reason was also their own lack of experience and neglect of details.
If there can be a good result this time... She looked thoughtful. Otherwise, how about trying a major change?
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