Chapter 104: Some Help (Please Subscribe!)

Huanrui took great pains to invite Lin Feng to star in "Zhu Xian", and Jiang Lei also secured many favorable conditions for Lin Feng.
"And your agency contract is five years, right? In the first year of the contract, 30% is the commission, and in the next four years, 20% is the commission.

I have also tried to persuade Mr. Zhong that if you agree to star in "Zhu Xian", the commission will be 10% in the next three years.

Of course, even if you don’t star in “Zhu Xian”, I will still fight for it for you. After all, your agency contract must match your status!”

Jiang Lei's words made Lin Feng a little tempted. Unless Lin Feng went out on his own and set up his own studio,
A 10% share is already the limit for an agency. It is a treatment that only superstars, movie actors and actresses can enjoy. It is really good that Huanrui can proactively propose it in advance.

Lin Feng doesn’t really care about the money. The key is that Huanrui’s attitude is very heartwarming, not to mention that Lin Feng himself is a very grateful person.

Jiang Lei continued, "This is the sincerity of our Huanrui, and we all understand that Huanrui can no longer meet your development needs.

As long as you want to terminate the contract, there are some large agencies that will accept you, and top stars like you will set up your own studio sooner or later.

So we at Huanrui simply do it in one go. As long as you star in "Zhu Xian", you can set up your own real studio in the following three years. We will not put up any obstacles.

Of course, your agency contract must continue to be executed. After all, Huanrui still needs your golden signboard."

Huanrui has done its best, especially Jiang Lei has been really nice to him. Lin Feng didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Brother Jiang, you know I don't care about these things. Money is not the most important thing to me. What I want is absolute freedom.

I just want to shoot what I like, I don’t want to repeat myself, so please give me some time and I’ll think about it.”

This time Lin Feng did not say death. After all, Huanrui's attitude was very sincere, but this was not a reason for him to accept it.

These were the best conditions Huanrui could offer, but they still couldn't impress Lin Feng. Jiang Lei had no other options. In the end, he just risked his pride and said:

"Lin Feng, I have always asked you for personal favors. Please help Huanrui this time for my sake.

Mainly, I don't want to disappoint the 200 to 300 people who worked silently behind the scenes for this play.
They have put in a lot of effort for this drama since the beginning of the year. Many people are counting on the drama "Zhu Xian".
And I am not happy with what you said. I am a fan of "Zhu Xian" and this is the first online novel I read seriously.
Zhang Xiaofan, Lu Xueqi, Biyao, these characters are still vivid in my mind, otherwise I would have asked Huanrui to buy the copyright of "Zhu Xian" in advance.

The 'Zhang Xiaofan' in my mind is you, Lin Feng. If someone else played the role, I would not feel at ease. But if you played the role, I feel at ease.

So, just consider it as me begging you, give me this face, and you can star in "Zhu Xian". " Jiang Lei said at the end, really just using a pleading tone.

If someone else said this, Lin Feng would not take it seriously, but since Jiang Lei said this, Lin Feng had to think more about it.
Jiang Lei was indebted to Lin Feng. It was because of his strong invitation that Lin Feng joined Huanrui in the beginning.
There was also the "A+" agency contract with "absolute autonomy" that Jiang Lei had fought for Lin Feng;

Including "Gu Jian Qi Tan" which made Lin Feng rise overnight, Jiang Lei also helped Lin Feng behind the scenes. It can be said that without Jiang Lei, there would be no Lin Feng today. Moreover, Jiang Lei also contributed a lot to the current "Descendants of the Sun" and "Better Days".

Lin Feng can ignore other people, including Huanrui's senior leaders, but he cannot ignore Jiang Lei's feelings.
Lin Feng thought about it for a moment, and then said, "Brother Jiang, since you said so, I will give you a favor and agree to star in "Zhu Xian", but you have to agree to my two conditions."

"Okay, as long as you perform, we can discuss any conditions." Jiang Lei agreed readily. Not to mention two conditions, three or four conditions are also acceptable.

In fact, the performance of "Zhu Xian" in its previous life was quite good. It became the first TV series in 2016 to exceed 200 billion online views. If other TV series can achieve such results, they will definitely be praised.

It’s just that the IP of “Zhu Xian” is too big, and everyone’s expectations of it are too high. It is far from meeting people’s expectations, and its performance is not as good as that of “Gu Jian Qi Tan” and “Hua Qian Gu”.

The most criticized thing about "Zhu Xian" is that the plot has been changed too much, and many settings are seriously inconsistent with the original work.

In particular, the emotional entanglement between "Biyao" and "Lin Jingyu", "Lu Xueqi" and "Zeng Shushu" was added.
There's nothing wrong with adaptation, but it should at least be consistent with the original design. These messy emotional scenes are useless. This is simply feeding shit!

What will "Fan Xue CP" and "Fan Yao CP" think about this adaptation? It's a direct slap in the face of the fans of the original novel, and even rubs them to the ground!

There is also the setting of the heroine. In fact, the heroine of "Zhu Xian" should be "Lu Xueqi". The author Xiao Ding also explained it later. This is the prototype of his wife.
Even in the later extra-story of "Zhu Xian", "Zhang Xiaofan" was with "Lu Xueqi" and gave birth to a son "Zhang Xiaoding".

For Zhang Xiaofan, Biyao is his passionate first love, which is unforgettable; while Lu Xueqi is his long-lasting companionship, which makes him fall in love with her over time.
As a result, the TV version of "Zhu Xian" directly set the heroine as "Bi Yao". Originally, "Bi Yao" was offline before the halfway point in the book.

The heroine sacrificed herself for the hero, which was supposed to be the most glorious moment of "Zhu Xian". However, the TV version was too watered down. In order to add drama to the supporting roles, many useless side plots were added.

It wasn’t until episode 55 that “Biyao” was taken off the screen, and the entire “Zhu Xian” only has 58 episodes in total, so what’s the next part of the show?
Otherwise, "Zhu Xian" would have been renamed "Qing Yun Zhi". Perhaps they also knew that this drama only borrowed some settings from "Zhu Xian" and had little to do with "Zhu Xian".

Another point is that there are too many product placements in "Zhu Xian". It is easy for the audience to be distracted by the product placement of too many modern advertisements in a fairy tale drama.

Moreover, Huanrui and Hunan Satellite TV overestimated the influence of "Zhu Xian" in the past, and directly opened a new weekly theater for "Zhu Xian", the "Super Exclusive Theater" on Sunday.

In order to replicate the success of "Gu Jian Qi Tan", they launched the "Brick and Stone Exclusive Theater" every Wednesday and Thursday, which was a huge success.
And this "super exclusive theater" only broadcasts two episodes every Sunday night. It takes "Zhu Xian" too seriously. How can it create stickiness with just two episodes a week?

As a result, Hunan Satellite TV’s “Super Exclusive Theater” this Sunday was taken offline just two months after it went online.

The reason why Lin Feng agreed to star in "Zhu Xian" was not only to repay Jiang Lei's favor, but also because "Zhu Xian" could still be saved.
Unlike "Gardenia Blossoms" and "Love in the Stars" which Lin Feng rejected, Lin Feng didn't know how to save them even if he wanted to.

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(End of this chapter)