Chapter 102 Political Mission (Subscribe!)
While Lin Feng was filming "Descendants of the Sun", a TV series starring Lin Feng was finally scheduled to be broadcast.
The Journey of Flower will be broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV’s Diamond Exclusive Theater every Tuesday and Wednesday at 2015pm starting from June 6, 9.
It is released in the same schedule and time period as last year's "Gu Jian Qi Tan", which is almost a year apart.
This has made fans very happy. The variety show "Running Man" was recently released, and fans have not seen Lin Feng's new work for a long time.
And to the delight of fans, Lin Feng has more than one drama in his portfolio. The Nirvana in Fire, in which he and Hu Ge starred, will be broadcast simultaneously on Beijing Satellite TV and Dragon TV on September 2015, 9.
Nirvana in Fire was broadcast a little late. Even the subsequent series The Disguiser was scheduled to premiere on Hunan Satellite TV on August 2015, 8.
Next up is the movie "Charlotte's Troubles", a comedy starring Lin Feng, Shen Teng and Ma Li, which is scheduled to be released nationwide on September 2015, 9, during the National Day holiday.
This kind of comedy movie has almost no post-production special effects. As long as the editing and dubbing can keep up, it can be broadcast in less than a month.
The reason why Happy Twist chose the National Day period is that there are no other good periods, and they value Lin Feng's box office appeal more.
Although "Charlotte's Troubles" is Lin Feng's first movie, its box office appeal has not yet been tested.
However, just by looking at the box office appeal of Lu Han and Wu Qian, we can infer that Lin Feng’s movie box office appeal must be good. If we don’t count on him, how can we count on Shen Teng and Ma Li!
Anyway, as long as the box office of the movie exceeds 2100 million yuan, then for "Charlotte's Troubles", which cost only million yuan to produce, it will definitely pay off;
Strictly speaking, "Charlotte's Troubles" is not Lin Feng's first movie, it can only be said to be the first movie to be released.
Lin Feng's first film was last year's "Mr. Six", which was scheduled to be released on December 12 during the Lunar New Year holiday, a schedule that Feng Xiaogang is known for and has already confirmed.
There is also "Detective Chinatown", which Lin Feng just finished filming some time ago. The release date has not yet been determined, and the release date for this year is basically full. It will be released at the earliest at the end of this year or next year.
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During this period of time when Lin Feng was idle, Huanrui's two highly anticipated dramas, "Fragrance of Life" and "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", both failed.
Strictly speaking, it was not a flop, but compared to "Gu Jian Qi Tan", it made too little money and was far from meeting Huanrui's expectations.
Especially for "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", not only Huanrui has high hopes for it, but even the video platform iQiyi has also carried out large-scale promotion, and they also want to use the traffic from "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" to recharge their membership!
As a result, "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" did not make any splash except for the first two episodes. The only thing that went viral was not Yang Yang's "Little Brother Zhang Qiling" hairstyle.
The failure of two consecutive big-budget productions, "In Fragrance" and "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", has basically announced the end of Li Yifeng's acting career at Huanrui.
They are both IPs, but Lin Feng's "Gu Jian Qi Tan" was able to take off, but Li Yifeng's two films both failed.
One of them is a super IP like "The Lost Tomb". Not to mention the senior management of Huanrui, even Jiang Lei, who has always been a good guy, has some opinions about Li Yifeng.
There is no way, this world is so realistic. Small fame depends on promotion, big fame depends on luck!
You have been given what you deserve and praised what you deserve, but you just can’t get up and become famous. That’s the way you can deal with it, everything is fate!
Let's look at Yang Yang. Although he starred in Huanrui's two dramas, "The Four Young Masters" and "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", which both failed, Yang Yang's subsequent works outside were all popular.
First, the youth film "Left Ear" starring Yang Yang was released, and the box office eventually exceeded 5 million yuan. Yang Yang also won more attention from industry insiders and audiences with this film;
Then, the youth idol inspirational drama "Whirlwind Girl" starring him had good ratings, and the finale broke the ratings record of Hunan Satellite TV's "Youth in Progress" weekly drama.
Yang Yang plays the role of Ruobai, the eldest brother of Songbai Dojo in the drama, which has gained him a lot of fans. If there is another hit, Yang Yang will be able to become a top star.
Even Yang Yang's participation in the celebrity siblings' self-guided travel reality show "Flowers and Boys Season 2" was a huge hit.
In particular, the "RV War" episode even beat Lin Feng's "Running Man" in ratings, creating one of the most classic scenes in variety shows;
Yang Yang, who already has a foothold in the entertainment industry, is preparing to follow his agent, Jia Shikai, vice president of Huanrui, to start a new agency.
After all, in Huanrui, Yang Yang is still outshined by Lin Feng. Even if Lin Feng doesn't think highly of Huanrui's resources, Yang Yang may not be able to get them.
It would be better for him to be the "big brother" in Jia Shikai's new agency. Besides, Yang Yang's agency contract was not signed with Huanrui Company, and the vice president Jia Shikai himself was a manipulator. As for Li Yifeng, he can only fend for himself. At least in the past two years, no one dared to ask him to play the leading actor. He would have no problem acting, but it would be a bit difficult to get the leading actor role.
Huanrui has also made it clear that the leading role of "Zhu Xian" will definitely not be given to Li Yifeng.
Feng Shui is also important for film and television dramas, otherwise why do we have to burn incense and pray to Buddha when starting filming? Who would dare to give a third chance to someone who has failed twice in a row?
What’s more, “Zhu Xian” is not an ordinary IP. Huanrui has invested nearly 3 million yuan in it and it really can’t afford to lose this time.
The failure of two consecutive IP investments, "In Fragrance" and "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", also made Huanrui a little suspicious.
Is Huanrui’s so-called secret to success, “IP+traffic+marketing” strategy, still correct?
Even the chairman, Zhong Junyan, was a little shaken, but facing the questions from shareholders and management, she still said firmly:
"There is nothing wrong with our strategy. The Legend of Sword and Fairy has proven it. As for why The Legend of Fragrance and The Lost Tomb failed, they did not meet expectations.
It is because we chose the wrong people, so we must not make the same mistake again in "Zhu Xian" this time.
By the way, regarding the male lead of "Zhu Xian", do you have any opinions? "
The most critical issue at the moment is the selection of the male lead for "Zhu Xian". Huanrui originally planned to choose between Li Yifeng and Yang Yang.
As a result, Li Yifeng failed repeatedly, and Yang Yang became a little famous, but he was ready to leave. Neither of them was suitable anymore.
Then after looking around, I realized it was really hard to choose the male lead for "Zhu Xian". The only suitable one was right next to me, but he didn't want to act in it.
Seeing that no one was talking, Zhong Junyan directly called out, "Mr. Jiang, tell me, who is more suitable to play the male lead in "Zhu Xian"?"
"At the moment, apart from Lin Feng, I really can't think of anyone more suitable, but he..." Jiang Lei could only bite the bullet and say it.
As a result, Jiang Lei was interrupted by Zhong Junyan before he finished speaking. This was what she wanted Jiang Lei to say. After all, everyone knew that Jiang Lei had the best relationship with Lin Feng within Huanrui, and he was indebted to Lin Feng.
"The situation is different now. Huanrui will go public next year, and Zhu Xian can only succeed, not fail.
So, Mr. Jiang, I give you full responsibility. Any conditions are acceptable and everything can be discussed, but you must convince Lin Feng to star in "Zhu Xian". Do you understand? This is a political task!"
"Oh... okay, I'll try my best."
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(End of this chapter)