Chapter 63
Fang Chen received the studio's notification while he was having dinner. He checked Weibo and sighed, "Even this kind of thing could be written into a brilliant piece. I'm impressed by these marketing accounts."
He Tong also took out his phone and looked at it. He asked curiously, "Is that person on the same flight with us? Didn't we book all the first-class seats?"
Fang Chen shrugged. "Unless he's flying economy class. Just looking at those two words, it's almost certain that this is a press release from the team over there trying to capitalize on our popularity. Even though Zhou Siqi has become incredibly popular in the past two years, he can't even compare to your level of popularity and national recognition."
Lingling interrupted, "Zhou Siqi posted on Weibo this morning. He was still in City C at the time."
He Tong raised his eyebrows and asked Xiao Zheng, "Xiao Zheng, do you still have our plane tickets?"
Xiao Zheng put down his chopsticks and dug into his pocket: "It's here."
He Tong then said to Fang Chen, "Contact the studio to prepare marketing accounts and internet trolls. I don't mind giving them a little more attention, as long as they're thick-skinned enough to take it."
Afterwards, he took a photo of the plane ticket and posted it on Weibo.
Tongze fans were trying to get "We don't chase the schedule, no appointments" to become a hot comment under the previous trending search. At this moment, they received the news and quickly clicked on He Tong's homepage to see the latest new post.
@贺同V: Enjoying food that's very different from Yancheng's. Airline tickets.jpg Dining table.jpg Fans immediately put their other side's affairs behind them and began to chat about local delicacies in the following comments.
Not long after, the hot search #Zhou Siqi fans pick him up at the airport, Ye and Ze He took a low-key detour# was removed, and a new entry suddenly appeared - #Xingchen Entertainment calls on fans to be rational in chasing stars#.
The pinned post is an initiative issued by Xingchen’s official Weibo account, calling on fans not to follow schedules, not to pick up or drop off guests at the airport, not to cause trouble to passers-by, and to pursue their idols rationally.
In fact, this has always been Star Entertainment's principle of operation. Star Entertainment has always been very protective of the privacy and schedules of its artists. Only occasionally do some smaller artists resort to shady methods to buy professional fans for publicity, but even then, they never dare to resort to airport pick-ups.
The comments under this Weibo post are all from fans of the artists from Star Entertainment, expressing their support for the call to stop following the schedule.
After a careful search, bystanders were surprised to find that Xingchen’s artists had never had any incidents of hindering normal passengers when sending or picking up passengers at the airport.
However, compared to the standard top blog, the more attractive one is the popular one below
@圈内潜行V: On the same plane? Ye Yuze and He Tong must be enjoying the popularity.
Below are three images. The first is a screenshot from He Tong's Weibo post, with the flight ticket circled in red. The second is a zoomed-in image of the flight ticket, with the departure point, Yancheng, circled in red. The third is a screenshot from Zhou Siqi's Weibo post, with the location, City C, and its landmarks circled in red.
The civets who found the big melon were jumping up and down in the comments with joy.
When I saw that previous trending search, I felt the tag wasn't right. It made it sound like Ye and He weren't as good as that guy. And he's "keeping a low profile," who is he? The name zsq is pretty common. Is he a popular figure? But I can't quite put my finger on him, and I have no recollection of his work. I checked Baidu and found out zsq used to be a print model. He's been in two dramas that didn't make much of a splash, and appeared in three relatively unknown variety shows. Is he famous? [Confused] Don't ask. If you ask, the answer is, "Brother is a good person and works hard. How can you smear him?" Then don't buy trending searches and piggyback on other people's popularity to bring yourself bad luck. He was so jealous of "The Bladeless"'s 4.8 billion box office and "Those People Around Me"'s 3.5 ratings that he'd be upset if he didn't. He even boasted about fans picking him up at the airport. Luckily, nothing happened. If there had been a stampede or something, I wouldn't have imagined it. I've encountered fans picking him up at the airport before. It was so annoying. There were so many people everywhere! Who would believe it took me over half an hour to drive my car out of the parking lot? [I did experience an airport drop-off, and the baggage check-in counter was completely packed, causing everyone to wait for a long time and almost miss their flight!] This trending search remained high during the evening rush hour, and online influencers were everywhere, spreading the message that "Zhou Siqi's team encourages fans to pick up the airport to show off," sparking a heated discussion. In the end, Zhou Siqi's studio was forced to come out and state that they would strengthen fan guidance in the future and apologized for the inconvenience caused by fans picking up the airport.
Passersby who had been eating melons all night immediately rushed in to laugh.
[Another one, riding on Tongze's popularity and being mocked by the entire internet. Hilarious.]
【For popularity, face is nothing. 】
Don't be afraid, brother. We are here to protect you!
[This shows that the fans of this generation are not good enough and the data is not enough, which forced the brother to take the initiative to come out and make his presence felt. [Erha]] Even if he was quickly brushed off by fans and water armies, it was enough to make passers-by laugh.
◆◇◆
He Tong no longer paid attention to the online commotion. After a night's rest, he went to attend the crew's first unit reading session the next day.
The final name of this web drama is "Dream Travel", which is composed of one character from each of the names of the two protagonists. It is said that Liu Yuci drew the name by lot from several pending names.
He Tong and Ye Yuze met Fu Ping at the reading party. He will play the victim in the first unit and is also the protagonist of the unit.
The other actor who plays the murderer is a young actor under Xingchen who has developed well in recent years and is currently trying to make a breakthrough in his acting skills.
Chen Zheng's role will not appear until the second unit, and he has not joined the crew yet.
A reading session consists of four actors, a director, an assistant director, and a crew.
Liu Yuci introduced the person and then said seriously to Ye He and the others, "Originally, the lead role of the unit was decided to be played by another actor, but unfortunately, he had an accident and broke his leg on the previous set, so he couldn't make it to our part. Later, I asked Xiao Fu to audition for the role, and I felt that he was very talented and could handle the role."
Although director Liu Yuci's plays are all imaginative and bizarre, she herself is actually a very serious person.
He Tong smiled gently and said, "Director Liu, we are naturally confident in the people you have chosen."
Liu Yuci nodded, opened the script and began to preside over the reading.
A reading is essentially a pre-shooting communication. Typically, the actors read through the script emotionally, reflecting on their own understanding. If their emotions differ from those of the director or screenwriter, they discuss and reach a consensus. If an actor has any ambiguity in the script, they can also raise it during this period and listen to the screenwriter's analysis.
This web drama is a low-budget drama excluding the actors' salaries, so there are not many actors in each unit. There are only these four people in the first unit, and the lines of other extras will be read by the assistant director.
He Tong plays a third-rate online writer who's just getting by. He acts lazy most of the time, even deliberately adding some liaisons when reading his lines, but strangely enough, his sentences aren't inaudible.
Ye Yuze's cat demon is unfamiliar with the human world, but he's diligent and eager to learn. He uses a cool, cool voice and speaks slowly, pronouncing each word clearly. Sometimes he adds a "meow" sound at the end of a sentence, creating a cute contrast.
Just by listening to them recite their lines, vivid characters seemed to appear before everyone's eyes.
Liu Yuci nodded repeatedly as he listened, and the assistant director and screenwriter were full of praise.
The five-episode series wasn't long, and the first unit was rehearsed in just one day. Liu Yuci focused on analyzing several plot twists and character psychological changes before announcing that filming would officially begin tomorrow.
After the meeting, Liu Yuci signaled He Tong and Ye Yuze to stay for a while.
After everyone else left, her assistant came in with a bag. Liu Yuci placed the bag on the table and opened it. A pitch-black Chinese domestic cat with golden eyes gracefully stepped out.
It first rubbed Liu Yuci's hand, then paced slowly on the table, looked at He Tong curiously, then at Ye Yuze, and walked up to them and sniffed.
He Tong was a little surprised: "Director Liu, it is..."
Liu Yuci smiled, a rare moment. "Its name is Xiao Meng, and it's my cat. Every time I go on set to film, I try to bring it with me."
At this time, the black cat Xiao Meng sat down in front of Ye Yuze, raised its tail and patted his hand gently.
Liu Yuci: "It wants you to touch it."
Ye Yuze raised his hand and gently touched the black cat's head. The black cat showed an expression of enjoyment, rubbing against his palm and making a soft "meow".
He Tong watched the interaction between the man and the cat with curiosity, and sighed: "It's rare to see a Chinese rural cat so willing to get close to strangers."
Liu Yuci smiled and said, "He's been around me and met a lot of people. He's quite brave and not afraid of strangers at all. He'll also be participating in the filming this time, and he's the prototype for the character Yu Ze. If you don't mind, I'd like him to stay with you for a while and get closer to you."
He Tong and Ye Yuze exchanged a glance. He Tong tilted his head to look at his brother Ye, and saw Ye Yuze nodded slightly.
He Tong spoke on behalf of the group: "We don't mind. But will it be willing?"
"As long as there's a nest and litter box he's familiar with, it'll be fine. I'd just need your assistant to work with mine and have her go in and change the water and litter."
The assistant next to him quickly said, "Just go in once a day in the morning. I'll take it back to my room when we're shooting."
"That's no problem. You can ask Xiao Zheng or Ling Ling." He Tong looked at the black cat, which had already turned its belly up and was being rubbed by Ye Yuze, and couldn't help but laugh. "Then let's take it back now?"
Liu Yuci stood up and said, "Let's go back together. By the way, let my assistant send Xiao Meng's things to your room."
This Chinese native cat is really not afraid of strangers. When it arrived at the new place, it jumped out of Ye Yuze's arms, patrolled the small living room and bedroom, then jumped lightly to the end of the bed, curled up and lay down.
The assistant who came with him to deliver the item said embarrassedly, "Well, sometimes he doesn't want to sleep in his nest and likes to jump onto the bed to sleep..."
He Tong said nonchalantly, "It's okay, just let it be."
The assistant put everything in place, and He Tong asked her a few questions about feeding the cat and how to clean the cat litter.
The assistant quickly said, "If it poops at night, just call me over..."
He Tong waved his hand: "It's too much trouble at night. It's not a big deal. I can do it."
After he figured things out and sent the assistant away, he returned to the bedroom and saw that the cat had moved to Ye Yuze's legs and was sleeping.
Ye Yuze leaned against the head of the bed, looking at his phone in one hand and stroking the cat with the other.
He Tong smiled, took out his phone and took a picture. Then he leaned over and touched the black cat's soft fur.
"Brother, if you like, we can also raise one."
Ye Yuze looked up at him and said, "They say cats and dogs don't get along. Can you tolerate them?"
He Tong blinked in confusion.
Ye Yuze chuckled: "For example, if the cat insisted on sleeping in our bed every night..."
Thinking of the unspoken meaning in these words, He Tong suddenly felt that the kitten sleeping soundly on Ye Yuze's legs was a bit annoying.
Ye Yuze raised his hand and patted his head gently: "Cats can be raised in the cloud, and it's enough for me to raise you."
He Tong took the opportunity to rub against him: "Yes, it's enough to support me!"
The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel "twilight" for the nutrient solution~~
Thanks to the little angel "Lingyue Qianxun" for the nutrient solution~~
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
