Chapter 221 Invitation

Thursday, March 9th.

Five days have passed since the new soundtrack of "Jianghu Fengyun" was released.

Around five o'clock in the afternoon, the main creative team sat in a conference room, and everyone's eyes were focused on the big screen in the room.

The continuously beating and growing red box office numbers in the center of the screen deeply touched the hearts of every member present.

Among them, Dai Guanhai was the most excited.

He is the chief director of the movie "Jianghu Fengyun". He has long coveted the title of director in the Chinese film industry.

Now it seems that this wish is finally going to come true today!
Perhaps seeing Dai Guanhai's excitement, other members of the "Jiang Hu Feng Yun" creative team spoke up:
"According to the current box office growth trend, the box office of our Jianghu Fengyun will exceed 30 billion by this evening!"

"Hahaha, doesn't that mean we can now congratulate Director Dai in advance for becoming the eleventh director in China to have a single movie gross over 30 billion?"

"That's for sure!"

"The acting director is awesome! The acting director is invincible!"

Just as everyone was talking, the numbers on the screen suddenly jumped drastically.

This means that as soon as the new round of screenings for "A Laugh in the Sea" was released, there was a large-scale purchase.

The box office also officially exceeded 30 billion this time!
Cheers rang out in the conference room, and Dai Guanhai personally joined in the cheers.

After a round of cheers, the producer of the movie "Jiang Hu Feng Yun" opened the conversation and said:

"Director, to be honest, when you asked us to start promoting Jiang Hu Feng Yun a few days ago, I really had no hope for your plan.

After all, it's already the end of September, and the box office growth of "Jiang Hu Feng Yun" has basically stagnated. And you told me that changing the theme song can make the box office of this movie exceed 30 billion? Can more than million box office be made up by a song?
At that time, I thought you were blinded by the 30 billion box office title and were daydreaming. But I didn't expect that after changing the song, the box office growth of "Jiang Hu Feng Yun", which had been stagnant, was actually pulled up, and in just five days, the more than million box office was also filled.

To be honest, it still feels like a dream to me. It’s so unreal!”

The producer's words resonated with many people present.

"Producer Fan really spoke my mind!"

"Add me in! I was still a little confused when the online meeting ended that night. I felt like the acting director was just daydreaming. I didn't expect to get slapped in the face now."

"Hahaha, it seems that I am the most foresighted. After listening to Bai Xingjian singing the song "A Laugh in the Sea", I had the same idea as Director Dai."

"Xiao Jie, you have some good judgment on the market."

Everyone expressed their opinions one after another.

Dai Guanhai also smiled and said, "In fact, I just wanted to give it a try at the beginning. After all, the box office of our "Jiang Hu Feng Yun" is almost 28 billion, which can be said to be a great success. I want to continue to fight on this basis. If I succeed, it will be a huge profit. If I fail, it will also be a huge profit. Since it will be a huge profit anyway, I might as well give it a try.

Now I think I didn't spell it wrong.

Of course, the success of "Jianghu Fengyun" in breaking through 30 billion at the box office is not determined by whether I spelled it correctly or not, but more by your full cooperation in the past few days. If it weren't for your overtime work during this period, it would be unknown whether this re-promotion and release could have such an effect.

So you are the biggest contributors!"

Dai Guanhai raised his hands, gave two thumbs up to everyone present, and said loudly:
"This time the overtime pay will be doubled! In addition, everyone will also receive a big bonus!"

Cheers rang out in the room again, and this time, they were much louder than the previous cheers.

……

"Has it exceeded 30 billion today? Congratulations to the director!"

"I just went with the flow, it really didn't play a big role."

"Giving back to our fans? This... there's no need for that. I appreciate the acting director's kindness. Okay, okay, we'll talk about this later."

"Eat? I can't get away, Director Dai. You also know that we have to record "The Voice 2024", so I really can't get away."

"Okay, I'll contact you next time."

At the rehearsal site in the studio of Mango Building, Bai Xingjian was talking on the phone with Dai Guanhai in a corner.

After hanging up the phone, he returned to Feng Shiqi.

"Who is it?" Feng Shiqi asked curiously.

"The director of the movie 'Jiang Hu Feng Yun' is Dai Guanhai." Bai Xingjian told some information about the box office.

Feng Shiqi's clear and bright eyes showed a bit of surprise: "Three billion already? That's a bit fast."

"Of course not. After all, it was the two of us who performed 'A Laugh in the Sea'." Bai Xingjian said proudly without being modest.

"That is."

The same is true for Feng Shiqi.

The two people's joyful appearance attracted the attention of the staff around them.

Due to the new rules set by the program team, other singers were not allowed to watch during the rehearsal stage, so after Bai Xingjian and Feng Shiqi finished rehearsing, they began to exchange venues with another singer who came to rehearse.

The visitor was none other than Jessica, the American singer who ranked second last week.

After she briefly greeted the two of them in Chinese, she walked towards the studio with her team members with great confidence.

On the other side, in a nanny car rushed to Mango Building.

Ding Xin's assistant Zhang Kui asked her, "Sister Xin, why don't we continue to ask Bai Xingjian to sing this time? If we don't ask Bai Xingjian to sing, with the level of song selection of the program team, we probably won't be able to hold on for too long."

Ding Xin rolled her eyes. "It's great to be invited to sing a song once. Do you expect me to sing Bai Xingjian's new songs every week? Although it does feel great to sing new songs, Bai Xingjian is not our exclusive composer or lyricist. I'd feel embarrassed if he asked me to do it more than once."

Just as the two people said in their conversation, Ding Xin did not ask Bai Xingjian to sing this week.

"Besides, according to the program team's upcoming competition system, I don't think I can stay on the show for too long. There's no need to struggle any more."

Ding Xin said so.

In fact, after singing "Mo" last week, she had the idea of ​​withdrawing from the competition.

Although I have never won first place in "The Voice of China 2024", it is already a very lucky thing to get a song that suits me.

Therefore, it can be said that Ding Xin has no regrets on the show "The Voice of China 2024". She does not pursue rankings or anything like that. What she cares about most is leaving a stage that the audience likes and having a song she likes.

"Too."

After hearing what Ding Xin said, Zhang Kui sighed and said nothing more.

While the singers of "The Voice of China 2024" were rehearsing, the good news that the box office of the movie "Jiang Hu Feng Yun" had exceeded 30 billion was announced by the creative team on Weibo.

At the same time, the China Film Association also released a congratulatory poster, congratulating "Jianghu Fengyun" for becoming the 21st film in domestic film history to exceed 30 billion box office, and congratulating Dai Guanhai for becoming the 30th director in domestic film history to have a single film box office exceeding billion.

After these announcements came out, many netizens were shocked.

"Ah? Are you guys serious about this?"

"No, Bai Xingjian just sang a song, but he really raised the box office of Jianghu Fengyun to 30 billion???"

"Wu Cao! So awesome!"

"The film industry is not big, this is simply creating a legend!" "Isn't this unprecedented?"

"Is this the strength of Bai Xingjian's fans? Too scary!"

“Rather than saying it’s the influence of Bai Xingjian’s fans, it’s more like the influence of Fenghuang Yufei’s fans.”

"That's it!"

“Not much to say, ‘A Laugh in the Ocean’ is awesome!!!”

The heated discussions among netizens directly pushed the related Weibo posts to the top of the hot search list.

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In a chat group of the Film Association.

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"Have you seen it? Dai Guanhai's movie Jiang Hu Feng Yun has actually made over 30 billion at the box office!"

"I see, I see, the 21st episode! Number 30! The billion club has a new member!"

"Damn it, it's probably going to be his turn to be arrogant again."

"Fuck! This kid finally got what he wanted!"

"I can only say that his luck is damn good! He just changed a song, but the box office of such a stagnant business suddenly increased dramatically. It's unheard of."

"I've learned something. The influence of popular stars is indeed amazing!"

"Why do you think those people would specifically target popular stars to make movies?"

"In that case, I'll ask Bai Xingjian to compose the music for my next movie. Not just the theme song, but all the music!"

"Let Bai Xingjian match you. Are you worthy?"

Looking at these chat records, the corners of someone's mouth in front of the screen are almost grinning from ear to ear.

"Bai Xingjian's song has such a great influence. If I use his song and add a diva, wouldn't my movie's popularity be maxed out in no time?"

The man in front of the screen said this, exited the chat group and started sending group messages.

Now that the time has come, it's time for them to step up the promotion of their films.

That evening, the creative team of the film "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio: Painted Skin" released a movie trailer featuring Lin Qingying singing "Painted Heart", and the related Weibo post naturally mentioned Bai Xingjian.

Once this Weibo post was published, it caused a wave of waves on the Internet.

"The song written by Bai Xingjian is used as the theme song?! Queen Lin sings it?! What kind of godly group is this?!"

"Aaaaah! Double-cook ecstasy!"

“Is this a dream of returning to “The New Era of Heavenly Group”?”

“My song is awesome!”

"It's so nice! The director team is so cunning that they only played a short clip of such a beautiful song!"

"Just for this song, this movie is a must-see!"

"+1+1!"

The two movies that sparked heated discussions among the public on Weibo both revolved around Bai Xingjian, which made people feel the terrifying influence of Bai Xingjian.

Linjiang City, a luxury hotel not far from Mango Building.

Jessica was holding a tablet and looking through some of Bai Xingjian's experiences, with smacking sounds coming from her mouth from time to time.

The same is true for her assistant, and the two of them occasionally chat with each other.

"Is Bai Xingjian really a creative genius? He releases new songs so frequently."

"Absolutely. It's no exaggeration to call him a genius. His creative ability is probably on the same level as yours, but his singing skills are probably still a little behind yours."

"Really? But Bai Xingjian is not just one person. Fenghuang Yufei is a group. He also has Feng Shiqi. Although I haven't seen her live performance, judging from these singing videos, she is not an ordinary person."

"She is not simple, and you are even more so! What do you say in tomorrow's live broadcast?"

"There's nothing much to say. Among all the Chinese singers, Fenghuang Yufei is probably the only one who poses a big threat to me. The others are just average."

"Hahaha, if that's the case then I'm relieved. The longer we stay on 'The Voice 2024', the more money we'll make!"

……

Friday, September 9st.

At the Mango Radio Building, there is still half an hour left before the live broadcast of "The Voice of China 2024". Chinese and foreign singers are making final preparations in their respective preparation rooms.

It was called preparation, but in fact it was just chatting, and some people even distributed concert tickets.

Gu Zetao, dressed in trendy clothes, was holding tickets for the Yita concert in his hand and handing them to Fenghuang Yufei, Feiniao Yuyu, Liao Bei and Ding Xin, with each person getting three to five tickets.

"You can come and watch the concert next month during the National Day holiday if you have time. If you don't have enough tickets, you can ask me for more."

Gu Zetao said with a smile.

"That's really thoughtful, Xiao Gu! My little girl has been whispering in my ear since she heard that you were going to hold a concert a few days ago. It's really annoying.

I hadn't thought about this tonight, but you've already prepared the tickets. I have to go and show my support!"

Liao Bei patted Gu Zetao on the shoulder. Her daughter had just turned 20, which was a great time to chase stars.

"Really? That's great!"

Hearing this, Gu Zetao was also surprised.

The tickets for tonight are really a good choice!
After chatting with Ding Xin, Su Ning, Qiao Xi and others for a while, Gu Zetao turned the conversation to Bai Xingjian and Feng Shiqi and joked:
"Would you two be interested in coming to my concert to support me and be special guests? Could you please support me? The box office of the movie "Jiang Hu Feng Yun" has been rising recently, and I'm itching to do it!"

Although the words were said in a joking tone, Gu Zetao was sincerely inviting Fenghuang Yufei.

Obviously everyone present knew that the box office of "Jianghu Fengyun" exceeded 30 billion and some of the reasons behind it.

Su Ning and Qiao Xi were the first to speak up: "What a pity! If our concert hadn't been over, we would have definitely invited you two to sing at the concert."

Ding Xin and Liao Bei said: "If we weren't too old, we would definitely hold more concerts so that you can go and have fun together."

Feng Shiqi looked at Bai Xingjian, meaning that you are the one who makes the decision.

Bai Xingjian smiled at Gu Zetao and said, "Brother Tao's concert still needs us to attend? I guess your tickets will be sold out in seconds once they are online, right?"

Although these words may sound like exaggeration, they are indeed describing the facts.

This concert of Gu Zetao is his first concert after leaving the band and returning to China. His fans have been waiting for it for a long time, and the tickets were sold out in seconds when they went online.

As for inviting Fenghuang Yufei, it was the idea of ​​Gu Zetao's agent Li Xuan.

(End of this chapter)