Chapter 360 Pusher
Chu Ge looked at Xie Wenyuan. He remembered that Xie Wenyuan had said something similar before, including the idea that everyone was justified in making money. Looking back now, he didn't know whether it was Xie Wenyuan's own idea or the idea that was infected by his boss.
The biggest difference between the two is the last paragraph.
"If I don't try, who will?"
The momentum of "who else but me" was overwhelming, and Chu Ge seemed to be able to feel the wars and battles, and the ups and downs of his life that he had experienced.
Chu Ge, who was chatting without any pressure, felt a little pressure after hearing these words. It was a sense of mission: "Mr. Tang, I don't know if my book can live up to what you said. The results are another matter. As for the so-called cultural connotation, I don't think I can reach that level..."
Tang Jinyan waved his hand: "I don't want cultural depth. To be honest, I don't want someone with real depth. That means the market will definitely not accept it."
Chu Ge: “…”
"I mainly mean diversity and representation. We can't have princesses everywhere every day, making Koreans think that's all we had in ancient times. Xianxia has always been one of our country's representative cultures. Many early filmmakers tried to promote Shushan, but they suffered a lot of losses. It was probably because of this dream."
Chu Ge said: "I have heard of it... I suffered a huge loss in the past."
"Yes." Tang Jinyan smiled and said, "On the other hand, culture is subtle. Take the title of your book and the name of the protagonist for example. Koreans can't feel the allusions and it's missing the flavor. But if they like the work, they may look for the allusions and the meaning. This degree is just right. Forcing it would be ugly."
Chu Ge nodded. The other party's thoughts were very clear and calm.
Tang Jinyan smiled and said, "I want to try again, but I can't take all the immortal heroes. As I said just now, there is output only when there is a market. I can not make money, but even if I lose money to gain publicity, people must listen to me. It's that simple. So I asked Lao Xie to screen the immortal hero IPs, and yours happened to come across. After inspection, it seems to be a good fit. This is called fate. I believe in this, and I hope that this fate can go a step further and be qualified to be called a meeting of the wind and clouds."
Chu Ge couldn't help but laugh: "Boss Tang actually believes in fate."
"Why don't you believe me?" Tang Jinyan smiled slightly: "I haven't seen the scrutiny you two gave me when you walked in for at least ten years... This is called 'being a big shot'. You are the protagonist in your field, so you can stir up the storm. Even if this project fails, I have the confidence to work with you to start again."
The couple looked at each other and had the same four words in their minds: "He's a big shot."
Tang Jinyan continued, "Let's get back to the specifics. I have been working in the Korean entertainment industry for many years and have ample channels. Distribution and promotion are not a problem. The only problem is how to arouse people's interest instead of forcing it under their noses, otherwise it will cause resistance and be ugly. It was Old Xie who suggested using the author being a cultivator as a gimmick. I think it makes sense. Mr. Chu is a man of letters. Are you willing to put on such a show?"
Chu Ge twitched his cheeks: "I don't have any literary character. Maybe I'm embarrassed to do this in my country, but I don't have any psychological barriers when I come to Korea."
Tang Jinyan clapped his hands and laughed: "Okay, then we will announce the time of the animation press conference... Well, Mr. Chu has been very tired, so you should take a rest today. How about we set it for tomorrow morning?"
"..."It's already past 12 o'clock in the evening, which is tomorrow. Do you still want to release it in the middle of the night... Chu Ge finally understood why this project always makes people feel that the progress is very fast. With such a workaholic boss, isn't it fast?
Xie Wenyuan beside him couldn't help but ask, "Brother Jiu, you stayed up so late today too, isn't your sister-in-law complaining?"
"What's the point of talking about serious matters? We're not here to drink and chat. On the contrary, Yunlin wanted to accompany me to meet guests, but I sent her back to sleep."
“…No wonder he’s sitting here alone.”
Tang Jinyan seemed not to want to talk about personal topics anymore, and quickly returned to the main topic: "If Mr. Chu has no objection, how should we perform tomorrow? Let's make a plan first?"
Chu Ge was quite speechless: "Actually, there is no need to act. Just do your press conference as usual. When it is my turn to perform, I will naturally perform."
This time Tang Jinyan was stunned for a moment: "You can simulate magic at will? Don't make a fool of yourself..."
Chugo snapped his fingers, and flames rose from his fingertips: "This is easy."
Tang Jinyan stared at the flames in a trance, and suddenly asked, "If this is real kung fu... can you fly?"
"meeting."
Tang Jinyan was not surprised at all. He nodded and said directly, "Then let's reschedule the press conference and change our promotion method."
"Um?"
"Go somewhere, a bar or the suburbs, where you're more likely to get harassed in the middle of the night, beat someone up, run away, and be 'accidentally' photographed and posted online, where it'll be hotly discussed for a day."
Chu Ge: "... Will someone cause trouble if we go there? Will we go and provoke them ourselves? Or will Mr. Tang send someone to act with us?"
Tang Jinyan pointed at his nose and said, "No need to send anyone to follow you. Just go wherever you want. If I ask someone to cause trouble, then naturally someone will cause trouble."
"Anywhere?"
“As long as it’s in Korea.”
"…We are not familiar with it, please point out a place."
Tang Jinyan sighed with some nostalgia: "It used to be better to go to Qingliangli for this kind of thing. Now it has been demolished and turned into a commercial area. I made money but my youth is gone... How about this, let's go to Qingtandong."
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They are all people who are engaged in entertainment and writing novels, so the scripts for the plays are quite dramatic when they are implemented.
The script turned into a story of a hero saving a beauty. On the balcony of the bar, the Chugo couple rescued a young girl who was dragged to the balcony and molested. A group of yellow-haired killers were beaten to the ground.
From the young girls to the blond guys, they were all real hooligans playing in the bar. It was so realistic that Chu Ge didn't know why, if he just walked into a bar, the hooligans inside would obediently cooperate in the acting. It felt like the whole of South Korea were actors following a single order. It was simply unreal.
This is not important anymore, what’s important is that this one is a show!
For example, it is inevitable to miss a few special effects of lightning and thunder, and a few scenes of the majestic demeanor of a golden rooster standing on one leg on the railing.
In the end, the Shamatte rolled on the ground groaning. The girl asked a series of Korean questions with stars in her eyes, and Chu Ge shook his head to indicate that he didn't understand.
The girl changed to broken Chinese: "Are you gods?"
Chu Ge was a little nervous: "There are no gods in the world, don't tell anyone nonsense, we are leaving."
After saying that, he pulled Qiu Wuji off the balcony and disappeared in a flash - the balcony was ten stories high.
The entire process was captured by the bar’s surveillance cameras, and the final “jumping off the building” part was filmed by the girl’s own mobile phone. It was seamless and extremely “real”.
At first, the people at Datang Company thought that they could make it more realistic - because your beauty, Qiu Wuji, is simply blinding, and just sitting there is the fuse that triggers teasing, and then it's natural for the boyfriend to beat someone up.
Unfortunately, this real proposal was directly rejected by Chu Ge, with only one reason: "If you really tease her, I'm afraid I can't continue the performance. Don't blame me if you are beaten to death by me."
In the end, it can only be portrayed as a hero saving a beauty, which is cliché and embarrassing.
But it doesn’t matter that the plot is clichéd, the real “immortal scenes” are enough to offset any disdain for the story.
Especially considering the touching resolution of the surveillance video, I'm afraid few people would believe that the lightning and thunder were special effects.
The online pusher took two steps. First, the girl posted a post titled "I Met a God!" She took a photo of herself jumping off a ten-story building and posted it. Of course, no one believed it and everyone was mocking her.
Not long after, the bar’s surveillance footage was released to provide evidence for the girl.
This time, some people really believed it. Someone "spontaneously" edited the two clips together and spread it everywhere: "There really are gods!"
With the support of Datang Capital, the video went viral within minutes and the controversy spread all over the Internet.
"Superman?"
"His is in Chinese, Chinese gods and immortals."
“It’s so fake.”
User A comes on stage: "I have studied it. There is no trace of synthesis in the video. It is real."
"No way? Are you sure this isn't some entertainment company making a joke?"
User B: "The video seems to be fine..."
Marine C: "I just read a translated Chinese comic a few days ago called "The Sky of Chu is Boundless", which is about cultivating immortals. I thought it was made up, but it seems to be true?"
Netizen D: "I know that comic. It's very popular in China and has an animation made."
“Do Chinese people really believe this?”
"But it seems to be true! Why would they believe it so much if it weren't true?"
"That's right, our nine-tailed fox must also exist, otherwise why are there so many legends about it?"
"I heard that their fairy tales also have many nine-tailed foxes."
"Of course that's what we passed down!"
"So the witchcraft is really real?"
Well, this time it’s no longer just the water army. The water army is looking at these netizens who are becoming more and more convinced, and they are powerless to complain.
Chu Ge was watching the machine translation in the hotel and was also powerless to complain.
The Koreans are awesome.
(End of this chapter)
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