Chapter 140
Xuanyang saw this popular post while petting his cat at home. Dewey forwarded it to him.
: Director, look at this
: Hiss, why do I feel like someone is stirring up trouble? Isn't this meant to sow discord between you and the reconciliation teacher? What will he think when he sees this?
: I guess his team doesn't think we are the ones who are trying to pull him down. Heaven and earth can see clearly. Do you think we should explain?
When Xuan Yang clicked on the post and saw the main text of the Weibo post, he felt his eyes go dark. His palms were sweaty and he no longer cared about the cat. He let it go out and play by itself and then started to read the comments on this Weibo post carefully. Fortunately, most of the comments below seem quite normal.
"??? What confusing remarks! This crew was pulled together by Jie Xichao. Please understand this."
"Blogger, you... just go pick up the manure at the entrance of the village when you have nothing to do. You want to get the best actor award by stealing the script? Can't a good script and a good actor complement each other?"
"It's over. Our brother and sister-in-law are really famous. Some people are picking on them. In this case, welcome passers-by to watch our brother and sister-in-law's love masterpiece "Tao Yan's Summer". I heard that the director Ziweixing and the actors of Ziweixing are a better match [love]"
However, these comments did little to ease the anxiety of the propaganda.
He first used his secondary account to like every comment. Then he dragged the cat over and rubbed his belly unconsciously. While rubbing the cat and making it meow, he thought about whether he should tell Jie Xichao about this.
Just then, the phone vibrated.
He thought it was Dewey, so when he opened it, he almost threw the phone and the cat away.
Xie Xichao: Is it convenient to use voice?
Half a second later, Xuan Yang silently made a voice call. On the other end of the line, Xie Xichao's voice was a little hoarse: "Hey, Director Xuan, excuse me for taking two minutes of your time. I want to tell you something."
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Xie Xichao said it was two minutes, and it was two minutes. He briefly told Xuan Yang about the Weibo incident, saying that some companies in the industry must have found a new angle and were taking advantage of the remaining heat to start making their move. Let there be no psychological pressure in promoting it. His studio's public relations department is already handling it.
He was about to hang up the phone, but Xuan Yang stopped him:
"Um...do you need me to post a Weibo as well?"
When he spoke to Jie Xichao, he always subconsciously used interrogative sentences. A habit left behind when shooting.
It can also be called a shadow.
Xie Xichao on the other end hesitated for a moment and said, "That's fine."
He asked Xuan Yang, "Do you want to let my studio's publicist look at the manuscript before publishing it?"
"Tao Xia" is a makeshift troupe and does not have its own publicity team. Even so, this statement still seems to be a bit of an overstepping of authority. Sensitive people may find it offensive. But the propaganda will only be relieved. So he said sincerely:
"sure."
Xie Xichao: “…”
Xuan Yang vaguely heard him laugh, and then said, "It's okay, just send it directly."
"It's not a big problem." He paused for two seconds, then said, "I have to thank you, Director Xuan, for laying the groundwork before."
He was talking about the fact that before the publicity, every effort was made to promote him in different ways in every interview. Even the fact that he oversaw 32 versions of the script, which seemed embarrassing to outsiders, was publicized openly and honestly.
Although all of these became edible materials later on, they also established a very good character for Jie Xichao. There have been rumors that Jie Xichao might try making movies and writing scripts in the future. With his talent, his achievements might be no worse than those of idols and actors.
Xuan Yang was a little embarrassed: "...it was you who helped the crew a lot."
Hang up the phone. He was no longer anxious. Holding the cat while thinking about how to write a Weibo post.
On the other side, Jie Xichao hung up the phone and bit the mint candy that he had been holding in his mouth for a long time.
He had just finished recording and his voice was still a little hoarse.
After eating the candy, he asked the head of the public relations department who was listening attentively, "Is this okay?"
The latter said happily: "Your CP is going to come out in person, then it must be possible. Hey, baby, your charm is also..."
He liked to talk nonsense when he was happy, but Jie Xizhao blocked his words with a calm look. He silently changed the subject, "I mean, it's a good thing you found out early."
"Honestly." The more he thought about it, the more scared he felt. "If you hadn't reminded us, we definitely wouldn't have been able to handle it so promptly. What kind of person would complain at three in the morning?"
"Okay, let's stop talking about this." He said, "I think the trend has been controlled now. Once the promotion director posts on Weibo, we will continue to heat up the situation and try to treat this as free attention from the other party."
Jie Xichao paused, wanted to say something, but finally swallowed his words back.
The person in charge left happily. He stood in the corridor for a while, enjoying the breeze, and only returned to the studio after the taste of the mint candy had completely dissolved in his mouth.
Less than five minutes after he returned to the studio, the promotional Weibo post was published.
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Xuan Yang is an emotional person, which Jie Xichao discovered as early as when he read his script.
Emotional people are suitable for artistic creation. But sensitivity and introversion that exist at the same time are often more like shortcomings and weaknesses. Xuan Yang is such a person who is both emotional and introverted. According to him, he had few friends except Dewey since he was a child.
When "Tao Xia" was being filmed, Xie Xichao once speculated whether the prototype of this script was himself. He picked an opportunity to hint at it, but fortunately it wasn't true.
This is just a little genius who is a little lonely and introverted. The little genius has his own extra-special fantasy world. They also value friendship and loyalty.
He said he would post on Weibo, but when he actually posted it, he used the headlines article.
In order to clarify the situation for Xie Xichao, he wrote a long article.
Probably because I wanted to publish it quickly, this long article was worded very hastily and contains typos. 80% is praising Jie Xichao’s contribution to the crew. 20% expressed gratitude.
At the end of the long article, he wrote the following with true feelings: "I don't know how to thank him. It seems that saying a lot would be an understatement. I only know that when I was closest to giving up, he led me out of the haze. If we were to say who was relying on whom, it was because of him that I became the best director of the Xingshuo Award."
The hot comments below are very real.
"Brother, you love me so much..."
"I'm just a passerby, here to watch the show. As I read on, I forgot the original intention of clicking on this long article. The more I read these black words, the pinker they become. Is this your film and television industry? I'm shocked."
"Director, I know you are anxious, but don't worry, we all have brains hhh and we won't be led astray. But Director Xuan, you are so cute! Thank you for speaking up for our Chao Chao! You two are not trying to take advantage of each other, you just make each other successful."
“Ahhh! Who understands! It has nothing to do with CP. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a scene where everyone works together to realize their dreams. Even the main creative team didn’t think highly of this drama at the beginning. Now there’s an award-winning actor and a best director. How can this not be a passionate and exciting script? My eyes are wrinkled.”
True feelings are always the things that resonate the most. As soon as this long article was published, the public opinion, which had already been controlled, was now almost all one-sided with people being moved and supporting the couple. The contingency plan prepared by Xie Xichao's team was not even used.
However, just when everyone thought that the matter was over, Yuan Bo suddenly posted two more Weibo posts.
[There are so many people.jpg I am really famous hahaha, Jie Xichao’s fans are really strong. But fans, directors, I never said that Jie Xichao was a useless vase, I just said that he won the Best Actor award [with a good script] and [a good character]. No one would say that 80 points for acting skills + 100 points for character setting is not excellent, but only 100 points for acting skills + 100 points for character setting can be called a god. Do you understand the difference? I just think he's overhyped.]
[I won’t reply anymore. It can be seen that Jie Xichao is a good person and his team is also very powerful. Amateurs like us can’t stand the internet attack, so let’s just slip away and let time prove everything. Anyway, marketing experts who are unworthy of their positions will suffer backlash sooner or later, just wait and see]
After typing these words and making sure that he had been seen, he immediately deleted his account.
The heat of this incident had not yet died down, and now, the public opinion that had almost died down has been heated up again. For a while, #解夕朝80分像像表演艺术 once again stayed on the rising list and was about to return to the hot search.
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Almost at the first moment when the new Weibo post appeared, a loud earth-shaking noise was heard in the studio.
The trash can was kicked over to the ground, accompanied by a gnashing of teeth saying "You're an idiot who will leave no descendants", and everyone watched the head of the public relations department stand up and kick over the second trash can as if to vent his anger.
The name of this sharp-tongued tough guy is Pei Yiman. At the beginning, he was almost carried out by security guards because of his outstanding personality and his high-profile display of love for Jie Xichao during the interview, but in the end it was Jie Xichao himself who kept him.
The reason is simple: the reaction is too fast, the energy is too abundant, and the fighting power is too strong. Xie Xichao actually doesn’t care whether he is called boss or baby, as long as he is useful.
It is indeed useful.
At least when Jie Xichao hinted to him that something might happen, he made several emergency plans overnight. Basically every set can bring people back to health.
But he never expected that this was a combo.
Pei Yiman felt like he was going to vomit blood.
While thinking about the response plan, he was wondering how much his boss would have to say before he could make a profit.
Then he discovered that, regardless of how many times he looked at her, this matter was much more difficult than he had imagined.
This was a premeditated Weibo post, or rather, the previous Weibo post with strong wording was intended to lead them to this outcome.
Contributions can be proven, mutual achievements can be proven. But acting skills vary from person to person.
Even the most famous director would not dare to say who has a perfect acting skill and who has an eighty-point acting skill. So, why does the other party want to approach from this angle?
Because the two roles currently played by Jie Xichao, Jingyin and Tao Yan, are indeed as he said, good characters and good scripts.
This can certainly be used to prove that Jie Xichao has a good eye and good aesthetic sense in choosing scripts. However, it is precisely because the script and the character themselves are so excellent that the possibility of Xi Chao's acting skills carrying the script and the character is directly eliminated. The best he can do is to complement the script and the character and make them successful together.
Obviously, the other party seized on this point and used it to make a fuss.
Pei Yiman was so angry that his teeth were itching. But he knew in his heart that if he were the opponent, he would play the same card.
In essence, Xie Xichao became famous too quickly and too early. Even though everyone knows that he can handle all roles, he has not yet had a work like this to prove it.
For the first time, Pei Yiman felt that he had met his match. But at this moment, he had no time to think about which god was behind this.
He took a deep breath and was about to send a message to Jie Xichao, but the other party's message arrived first.
The note he gave to Jie Xichao was also "baby", followed by a cute emoticon. This macho man will have pink bubbles popping out of his eyes every time his boss sends him a work message.
This time, the other party's tone became unusually gentle under this title.
He said:
I saw the Weibo post. It's okay. Let's leave it at that.
The final word.
Pei Yiman knew that things would turn against themselves when they reached their extremes, and in fact, he could only quit while he was ahead before public opinion turned against him. However, he still sighed softly in his heart.
On the other side, Xie Xichao turned off the screen of his mobile phone.
He had just seen off Hong Wu's assistant Zhai Ziyin. The other party even showed some concern for the hot topic he was focusing on at the moment. Jie Xichao thanked her for her concern and said, "Thank you, sister, but it's not a big problem."
The other party didn't say anything else, just smiled and said meaningfully: "Director Hong asked me to tell you that you are still young, and it's not a bad thing to be suppressed for a while. Especially when you have done nothing wrong."
She said: "Come on, Chao Chao, I'm rooting for you."
The last sentence was very witty, and she had obviously made it up herself. Xie Xichao thanked her again.
After seeing the guests off, he returned to his room. The obedient cat climbed onto Xuanyang's lap and found a place to lie down obediently.
While Xie Xichao was considering whether he should get a cat himself, he opened the bag that Zhai Ziyin had handed him.
First, there was a USB flash drive, which contained a lot of valuable video materials and electronic teaching materials. Then there are some expensive gifts. His old friends Hong Wu and Lu Yong really treated him as a junior. If he guessed correctly, he was now treated the same as Dou Fei in their eyes.
Apart from these, the rest is just a thick stack of scripts.
Before filming "Tao Xia", Xie Xichao officially finalized the schedule with Hong Wu.
The script and production team of the dual male lead that was originally agreed upon, which would be co-starring with Amaterasu Emperor Yu Lin, have finally been polished recently.
At this moment, the script of this criminal investigation drama named "Ghost" is in the hands of Jie Xichao.
He weighed the thickness of the script, took some washed grapes to eat, and turned to the first page of the script amid the purring of the kitten.
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