Chapter 160 The Greatest Principle is No Principle

This time, "Running Man Season 10" will not be aired until October 30th, and the recording time has been postponed for quite some time.

It just happened to coincide with Lin Feng's filming of "Better Days" and Yang Ying's wedding. It was quite a coincidence.

After the running-in and exploration in the first two seasons, the entire Running Man team has formed a work system with orderly command, reasonable division of labor, and tacit cooperation.

No matter the division of labor within the Running Man team, whether it is responsible for hosting, being funny, or being cool, everyone has their own responsibilities.

And it includes the behind-the-scenes work team, some focus on the scene, some focus on the script, and some are responsible for coordination.
So now the recording of "Running Man Season 3" is going very smoothly, and everyone is laughing and talking when they meet.

"Welcome our bride, baby. You just got married and didn't even have a honeymoon yet, but you're already running around with a bunch of grown men like us. You must have worked so hard!"

"Welcome our handsome Lin Feng. Why does Lin Feng look more handsome than before? Is it because the box office of "Charlotte's Troubles" has exceeded 10 billion?"

"Brother Chao, you are remembering it wrongly now. The box office of our "Charlotte's Troubles" has exceeded 15 billion!" Lin Feng boasted exaggeratedly, and also used this opportunity to promote "Charlotte's Troubles".

"Ah! It's already so high, can you give us a few hundred million? We don't even have a movie with a box office of over 10 billion yet!"

It seems to be true. The 7 stars of Running Man have also starred in many movies, but none of them have grossed over 10 billion yuan.

However, the Mermaid starring Deng Chao set a record of 34 billion box office next Spring Festival, setting a new Chinese film box office record.
Li Chen and Chen He were even more exaggerated as they massaged Lin Feng's shoulders one by one, "Brother Feng, are you still in need of a younger brother? Next time you shoot a movie, take us with you!"

"Okay, okay. It's just that my back still hurts a little. I don't know what's going on." Lin Feng turned around deliberately.

After these two seasons of Running Man and the collaboration on "Charlotte's Troubles", Lin Feng's comedic talent has really improved a lot, and now even his words are full of jokes.

"You guys disperse, it's my turn this time. I also need the support of the male god who made 15 billion at the box office." Zheng Kai also joined in.

During the fight, not only did they promote the movie, but the show also had an effect. Finally, Lin Feng took a sip of Anmuxi and said, "No, I have to drink a sip of Anmuxi to calm my nerves."

So the entire recording of "Running Man Season 3" went very smoothly, and we made the money easily while having fun.

After the recording of the first two episodes of Running Man was completed, Deng Chao also privately contacted Lin Feng. He mainly wanted to invite Lin Feng to star in "Passing By Your World".

It was just because Lin Feng had refused before, that Deng Chao did not directly mention the matter of "Passing By Your World" at the beginning.
Instead, he took the initiative to praise Lin Feng for participating in Stephen Chow's movie "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back". He also wanted to share with Lin Feng his experience of working with Stephen Chow.
After all, he had just finished working with Stephen Chow on "The Mermaid," which will be released tomorrow during the 2016 Spring Festival.

"Lin Feng, did I forget to congratulate you on your new movie Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2, which you will be working on with Stephen Chow? When are you going to start filming?"

Deng Chao still remembers the first time he and Lin Feng recorded "Running Man Season 1".
Although he is a newly rising top star who has ushered in the "traffic era", he is still a pure newcomer in the circle and has no status. The program team chose to pay more attention to his traffic;
By the time of "Running Man Season 2", Lin Feng had already firmly established himself as a top star and was still a force to be reckoned with. The "traffic era" had completely arrived.
Now, when we are recording "Running Man Season 3", several TV series and movies have become big hits.
In particular, the box office of "Charlotte's Troubles" has exceeded 15 billion, and now it has surpassed the box office of "Lost in Hong Kong", ranking second in the annual movie box office, which has greatly improved Lin Feng's status.
Otherwise, Lin Feng would be able to get the agreed salary of 4000 million like Deng Chao in "Running Man".

"Brother Chao, let me explain to you first. In fact, the rumors about me and Zhou Xingxing working together on a new movie are all false. We never had such a thing."

What surprised Deng Chao was that Lin Feng actually rejected the invitation from Stephen Chow to star in his new movie. This was really unbelievable.

Deng Chao really wanted to share his experience of working with Stephen Chow, which was to say more nice things and coax him more, but in the end he refused to come because it was not necessary.

"What's going on? Zhou Xingxing is so sincere and has come to my house in person, so he definitely won't refuse. So why didn't they come to an agreement?"

"Well, Brother Chao, I told you, you can tell anyone, it was actually me who rejected Zhou Xingxing, but now the rumors are spreading, and I didn't dare to deny it. Besides, I am ignorant."

"Ah! You refused, Zhou Xingxing?!" Deng Chao exclaimed, his mouth was so big that even a goose egg could fit in it.

Deng Chao really couldn't believe that there was someone in the entire entertainment industry who dared to reject Stephen Chow. He still remembered the moment he received Stephen Chow's invitation to star in the movie "The Mermaid".

He really jumped for joy. He didn't care about the salary or the quality of the script. He just wanted the title of "the leading actor in Stephen Chow's movie".
Deng Chao agreed without thinking twice, and in order to be able to star in Stephen Chow's movie, he also made many concessions in terms of pay and other aspects.

As a result, even though Stephen Chow personally offered him the role of the male lead, an investment of 4 million yuan, and Xu Ke as the director, Lin Feng actually refused them all.

A person who is very principled, has ideas and plans. This is amazing and it is really difficult for ordinary people to do it.

Lin Feng even dared to refuse the male lead in Stephen Chow's movie. Deng Chao didn't think his script of "Passing By Your World" was that good, and he was only the second male lead.
Besides, Lin Feng had already refused once, so Deng Chao didn't even say a word. He just chatted with Lin Feng casually for a few words and then left.

"If there is a chance, we two brothers can work together. If there is a good script, I will find you. If not, I will leave first."

Deng Chao suddenly felt that Lin Feng was very capable, at least he himself could not do it. He felt that Lin Feng would achieve greater success in the future. Of course, Lin Feng was already very capable now.

Lin Feng didn't think anything of it. He just refused because he knew that Stephen Chow's movie was not as good as he had imagined. That was all.

In fact, Lin Feng has no ideas or principles, especially when it comes to principles. His biggest principle is to have no principles.
Lin Feng once swore to keep his lower body under control, but now he has more and more girlfriends.
Lin Feng once vowed not to date a woman older than himself, but now every one of his girlfriends is older than him.
Including Dilraba Dilmurat and Guli Nazha, who were born in the same year as him, were all born in 92, but Lin Feng was born in December, the youngest month of birth.

Well, Lin Feng swore that "Descendants of the Sun" would be his last TV series, but now he has accepted "Zhu Xian".
Although it was more of a way to repay a favor, Lin Feng was no longer opposed to the TV series.

At least in terms of principles, Lin Feng is the most unprincipled person now, but he can change at any time. ***
After working at a high intensity for a period of time, Lin Feng thought he would go home and have a good rest for two days before attending the 65th anniversary celebration of the Film Academy.

As a result, Jiang Lei brought Huanrui Chairman Zhong Junyan to the site in person this time. They had two main tasks this time.

On the one hand, he discussed the filming of "Zhu Xian" with Lin Feng, and on the other hand, he discussed the subsequent copyright and broadcasting matters of "Descendants of the Sun".

After all, Lin Feng has the copyrights for these two dramas and is also the producer, although it is just a nominal title, the real work is done by Jiang Lei.
However, these two dramas are Lin Feng's works, especially "Descendants of the Sun". Many things need his approval. Even Huanrui respects him.
After all, Lin Feng is now the biggest living Bodhisattva of Huanrui. 110% of the artists’ income comes from Lin Feng, while other artists lose money. Whether it is fame or money, they all depend on Lin Feng.

As soon as they met, Jiang Lei and his team first reported to Lin Feng about the preparations for "Zhu Xian". They really reported to their leaders.
"Currently, the preparations for Zhu Xian are nearing completion, and filming will begin in November. It will take about four months to film two seasons at a time..."

Jiang Lei spoke in a very logical and coherent manner, and reported all the work in great detail, so Lin Feng felt relieved.

So after Jiang Lei finished speaking, Lin Feng also made tea and personally poured two cups of tea for Jiang Lei and Zhong Junyan.
"Brother Jiang, try my tea. This is new tea this year. I brought it back two days ago. You are so lucky today. I don't let ordinary people drink it.

As for work, I trust you to do it. I am ready and waiting for your instructions at any time. I plan to take a break after finishing filming "Zhu Xian".

"There's nothing going on right now, just a little thing, that is, the official release of the makeup photos of you and Zhao Liying for "Zhu Xian",
The other members have not been announced yet, they will be announced in the near future, there is nothing special about other actors,
The key is the actress Yang Zi who plays the other heroine 'Lu Xueqi'. I am worried that this will cause dissatisfaction among many netizens. After all, when the casting was being done, netizens were not very optimistic about Yang Zi.
I'm worried that once the final makeup photos are released, it will easily cause a storm of public opinion, and I hope that when the time comes you can come forward and say a few good words for her to calm down the public opinion."

Jiang Lei is really a good person. He is capable, responsible, and considers things comprehensively.
When it was announced in the previous life that Yang Zi would play "Lu Xueqi", it really caused dissatisfaction among many netizens. Jiang Lei thought of so much and was really concerned, otherwise why would Lin Feng want to poach him so much.

"Oh, don't worry, I will show up when the time comes. Besides, Yang Zi and I are classmates." Lin Feng agreed readily.

"Oh, yeah, I forgot you were classmates. If you hadn't told me, I really wouldn't have remembered."

If Jiang Lei hadn't told me, he wouldn't have known that he didn't think Lin Feng and Yang Zi were classmates from the bottom of his heart, and he felt that Lin Feng was at a higher level.

After talking about "Zhu Xian", Zhong Junyan also talked about the copyright and broadcasting issues of "Descendants of the Sun".

The post-production of "Descendants of the Sun" is nearing completion. This military idol drama starring Lin Feng and Liu Yifei,
When the filming was going on, many TV stations were vying for the role, but because Lin Feng was filming "Better Days", nothing was decided.

Especially after Lin Feng's successive hits with "The Journey of Flower" and "Nirvana in Fire", the competition for "Descendants of the Sun" became increasingly fierce, and it even felt like a bayonet fight.

Sure enough, the path of "traffic star + super IP" is correct. Although "Descendants of the Sun" is a new IP,

But with the presence of Lin Feng, a "super top star", "Descendants of the Sun" is also very popular, and there have been many visitors to Zhong Junyan's office recently.

So when Zhong Junyan talked about this, it seemed like she was trying to flatter Lin Feng, but it wasn't really flattery, she was just telling the truth.

"Lin Feng, it's time to schedule the broadcast of our "Descendants of the Sun", otherwise I won't be able to stay in the office.
You don’t even know that several TV stations and video platforms almost had a real-life PK in my office just to compete for this drama!”

"Well, Mr. Zhong, what's the situation now? Which TV station and video website are the most suitable?"

"After several rounds of negotiations, we found that the most suitable TV stations are Hunan Satellite TV, Zhejiang Satellite TV, Beijing Satellite TV, Jiangsu Satellite TV, and Dragon TV.
Hunan TV was the exclusive broadcaster and offered the highest price of 500 million per episode.
Then there are Zhejiang Satellite TV and Dragon TV, both with 450 million per episode; and there is the joint broadcast of Beijing Satellite TV and Jiangsu Satellite TV, each with 200 million per episode.

This is the price after several rounds of negotiations. It may increase a little, but the increase is limited. After all, this is already the highest price on the market.
Among so many satellite TV stations, Hunan Satellite TV is actually the most suitable. Not only does it have the highest price, but it also has the best platform. We have also cooperated with it several times.

I suggest you choose Hunan TV. After all, we still want to cooperate with Hunan TV for our future production of Zhu Xian."

Lin Feng did not express his opinion at first, but continued to ask about the situation of the network platform, "What about the network platform?"

"This is really exciting. There is fierce competition among the three major platforms, iQiyi, Tencent, and Youku, as well as second-tier video platforms such as LeTV, Sohu, and PPTV. The price of online copyrights has also risen."

As we all know, video websites rely on three things to attract members: one is phenomenal variety shows; two is self-produced super web dramas; and three is super-top TV dramas that are jointly produced by the Internet and TV stations.

The competition among video websites is very fierce now, and it has entered the stage of real fighting. All of them are burning money like crazy and doing business at a loss.
As the prices of top dramas continue to rise, video websites will purchase them no matter how expensive they are. There is actually only one purpose for doing so: to increase the number of members by relying on top content and super top content.

Moreover, judging from the performance of video websites in attracting new users in recent years, there is currently no faster and more direct way than the "head effect".

In particular, the effect of this kind of super head drama that is linked to the Internet and the TV station is prominent, the stickiness of fans and audiences is increased, and the rate of attracting new members of the website has increased significantly.
This is one of the reasons why video websites are willing to spend a lot of money to buy "Descendants of the Sun".

Having a super star like Lin Feng means that it will be a hit, and Lin Feng has proven it several times in a row.

Instead of waiting and watching, it is better to "burn the boats" and give it a try with the drama "Descendants of the Sun". While increasing traffic, it also challenges the top online video websites.

Therefore, this time the online copyright of "Descendants of the Sun" will definitely set a new historical high.

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(End of this chapter)