Chapter 317 Transformation After finally finishing filming this group battle scene, Xu Kun had to give the crew a day off to let everyone relax. He also locked the door and slept soundly until he was woken up by a phone call from Liu Haibo around noon. Lao Liu called just to complain. After the hit of "My Sassy Girl" at the beginning of the year, Yahuan Film and Television paid more and more attention to him. It just so happened that the signature series "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan" had not had a sequel for two years. So Huan Ya wanted Liu Haibo to take over the filming of "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan 4". At that time, Liu Haibo was both nervous and excited - although the ratings of "Iron 3" were not as good as "My Sassy Girl", the popularity of this series was something that "My Sassy Girl" could not even catch up with. As for being nervous. The matter between Su Youpeng and Lu Xing had already made him extremely anxious. If he were to face off against the iron triangle of Zhang Guoli, Wang Gang, and Zhang Tielin... Although he had some PTSD, he still couldn't bear to give up the popularity of "Iron 4", so he cooperated with Asia Ring Pictures to actively promote the preparation work. After several months of hard work, it ultimately failed.
Zhang Guoli felt that the script of "Iron 4" was too bad, so he resolutely rejected Asia Pacific Pictures and turned around to take on "Golden Wedding" - the drama that Huayi wanted to arrange for Zhao Liying. This is not the most depressing thing for Liu Haibo. What really makes Liu Haibo depressed is that there seems to be some problems within Asia Pacific Pictures. Apart from "Iron 4", there are no other projects to operate. "Isn't this just a waste of time?!" Liu Haibo said angrily: "I originally took on the role of The Princess Weiyoung because of her experience in The Princess Weiyoung, so I reluctantly accepted the role, but in the end it turned out like this!" Xu Kun praised: "It has to be you, Brother Liu. I think you have already used the phrase 'reluctantly' to the same degree as Lao Mouzi." "Don't be so joking, let's talk serious stuff." Liu Haibo said, "There are quite a few scripts coming to me now, but most of them are similar to "The Princess". I always feel that they are not very reliable. You have always had a good eye, so please help analyze them." "Hmm~" Xu Kun thought for a moment and asked, "Do you still remember the market analysis that Beijing Satellite TV made back then?" "Are you talking about the decline of period dramas?" Liu Haibo pondered for a moment and said, "Indeed, this trend has already occurred. In the past two years, more than half of the top ten dramas in terms of ratings were costume dramas, but now they only account for one-third, and there are always many big productions that are direct failures. Didn’t the TV series “Legendary Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang” flop recently? Oh, and there’s also Taiwan’s “The Prince Who Turns into a Frog”, which was compared to your “Boss”, but it lost miserably in the ratings.” "The Legendary Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang" was broadcast on CCTV earlier than originally scheduled, and was once very popular because of its strong cast. Unfortunately, although this drama is a big-budget production, its core focus has gone astray and it is completely designed to be a melodrama. Compared with Xu Kun's "Zhu Yuanzhang", although it has a larger investment, it is petty everywhere. There are even arguments online that Xu Kun is better than Chen Baoguo. The performance of "The Prince Who Turns into a Frog" was not that good to begin with, and the reason why the original Sora became popular was mainly because of the bonus of being the "originator of domineering CEOs." Now this track has been directly contracted by Xu Kun in mainland China, and the subsequent "Lost on Journey" has brought TV dramas to a height that it should not have been. "The Prince Who Turns into a Frog" is choosing to be released at this time, which is simply courting death. "We're talking about the general trend, why are you bringing up 'The Prince Who Turns into a Frog'?" Xu Kun got back to the point and said, "Brother Liu, I think you should take advantage of your current fame and switch to modern dramas."
"This……" Liu Haibo hesitated and said, "I have been shooting martial arts dramas from the beginning, and now I have suddenly switched to modern dramas..." "That's all I'm saying. If there's a suitable martial arts drama, that would be fine too - or you could just try some ancient fantasy dramas, like The Chinese Paladin." "That's fine. I'll think about it first."………… Just when Liu Haibo was considering whether to transform, Xu Kun made a special trip to Shanghai to attend the premiere of "Crazy Stone". Han Sanping and Liu Dehua joined forces to support the premiere, so it was naturally a grand occasion. Xu Kun attended the event with Huo Siyan and Liu Shishi - not to mention, after Liu Shishi had her eye blemishes fixed, her looks became even more outstanding. However, she herself seemed to be not quite used to it. Every time she met someone's eyes, she couldn't help but raise her hand to touch the corners of her eyes. Moreover, she seemed to be somewhat repulsed by Xu Kun. When she walked on the red carpet with her arm around Xu Kun, her body became noticeably stiff. After entering the scene, Xu Kun, as one of the focal points, quickly integrated into the core circle of Han Sanping, Liu Dehua, Ning Hao and others. This was not the first time Xu Kun and Liu Dehua had met. They might have even fought against each other in the same room (actually next door). However, the last time they met, Xu Kun was just a "junior", but this time he became a big director that everyone had to take seriously. In order to get closer to him, Liu Dehua took the initiative to mention Wang Baoqiang, and then exchanged phone numbers with Xu Kun, saying that they could cooperate if there was a chance in the future. Ning Hao also enjoyed the same treatment, but when he saw this scene, he always felt sad, as if he was being NTrated in front of him. However, he had to admit that apart from Han Sanping and investor Liu Dehua, the person who provided the greatest help to "Crazy Stone" was Xu Kun. If it weren't for the huge success of Xu Kun's Lost on Journey, today's scene wouldn't be so grand - when he was negotiating with the cinema chain before, he even raised the ticket prices slightly based on this. Therefore, no matter how jealous Ning Hao felt, he could only greet Xu Kun with a smile, and even had to flatter him against his will. Before the film was broadcast, he took Xu Kun to meet several leading actors. Among them, Huang Bo naturally needed no introduction and even helped introduce other people. Xu Kun knew Xu Zheng and Guo Tao. At one point, Xu Kun thought he had met an old enemy named Liu Ye, but when he met him in person, he discovered that they had the same name. There is also a four-eyed boy named Wang Xun. His squirrel-like appearance reminded Xu Kun of the big gold tooth in "Ghost Blows Out the Light". This novel was recommended to Xu Kun by Pan Yueming. Ever since that good deed, the two gradually became familiar with each other and would exchange a few words online from time to time. After reading this novel, Lao Pan felt that the image of "Hu Bayi" was quite suitable for Xu Kun. He also happened to hear that Xu Kun was looking for scripts, so he recommended the book to Xu Kun. In fact, Xu Kun had heard of tomb-robbing novels before when he was in the call room - but the call room never played TV series or movies of this theme. After reading the novel, Xu Kun found that the plot was indeed unique, but it would be difficult to pass the review if it was filmed. If it was made into a web drama, the investment would be a bit too large. Let’s talk about the premiere. Apart from Huang Bo, the person who was most enthusiastic towards Xu Kun was Xu Zheng - it was not that others were not enthusiastic, but mainly because Director Xu was too famous and they were afraid of being ignored. It is normal that Xu Zheng is interested in "Lost on Journey". After all, Xu Kun imitates Xu Zheng's original image in many things in the movie. Because they stole someone else's famous work - actually Xu Kun remembered it wrong here, Xu Zheng became a director only when filming the sequel. Therefore, Xu Kun's attitude towards Xu Zheng was different from that towards others, and the two of them could be said to have a very pleasant conversation - but deep down, Xu Kun actually didn't like Xu Zheng's petty nature.
In the middle, Xu Kun was called by Han Sanping again and met the leaders of Shanghai Film Studio. Only when the movie officially started to be shown was he finally able to relax for a while. To be honest, the picture of "Crazy Stone" is a bit blurry and the film texture is insufficient. Obviously, the digital equipment used by Ning Hao is not very good, at least it is far worse than the one used by Xu Kun to shoot "Lost on Journey". However, the plot is indeed unique. Even though he had already heard the general plot from Huang Bo and others beforehand, Xu Kun still watched it with great interest. Huang Bo's role as Hei Pi made Xu Kun applaud. (End of this chapter)