Chapter 287 Pulling down the altar

Chapter 287 Pulling down the altar

Chapter 287 Pulling down the altar
Zuo Ziyan is still young and doesn’t want to think about the future for now, as it would only cause trouble for herself.

What she meant was simply to wait until there was a chance to let Fan Wumian and her parents interact a little, so as not to appear too rude by ignoring them on weekdays.

This made Fan Wumian feel relieved, for she was afraid that at such a young age, her elders would urge her to get married, which would cause her to get into a lot of trouble.

The one-week overseas filming trip has ended.

Due to an accident in Moscow, I received a sponsorship fee of US$6 in total. In the end, I not only did not spend any money, but I actually made a small profit of tens of thousands of dollars.

Fan Wumian and Zhuang Muxi partnered up to star in a TV series for the first time, which made "The Lonely and Great God" extremely valuable in the eyes of the brand.

More than 9 brands, including LV, Dior, Coco Tree, Wuliangye, Qingdao Beer, and Three Cold Remedies, have paid for product placement in this drama, averaging one per episode.

Fan Wumian asked the screenwriter to find a way to integrate them into the plot as much as possible to avoid affecting the experience of following the drama and to focus on a smooth and fluid experience.

The production budget of the entire TV series was more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars, and the cost was almost recovered just by product placement.

This shows how popular Fan Wumian is in the eyes of advertising sponsors.

These brands that have placed product placements feel that they have the opportunity to make back their advertising dollars with a profit.

Don’t be afraid if you can’t make back the profit. Just target the young people’s market and cultivate potential consumers in advance. It will still be profitable.

Different products have different market positioning.

For example, many luxury goods companies’ sky-high advertising costs make people think that they want to attract more consumers to buy, but in fact, many times, they are purely for enhancing the brand image.

They increase their visibility through extensive advertising, telling ordinary people how expensive, luxurious and classy their products are.

Once you create a high-end image, you will naturally attract high-end customers.

As for whether ordinary people will live frugally and pretend to be rich, these luxury brands don’t care at all.

This is because the sales contributed by one big customer may be equivalent to that of a hundred ordinary consumers. Once their brand image is lowered by ordinary people, it will be detrimental to their continuous profit.

The online live streaming e-commerce industry has not yet taken off, but from some perspectives, Fan Wumian is already helping brands sell goods.

All in all, his total income from advertising endorsements is much higher than the pay he earned from filming.

For senior veterans like Andy Lau, Jacky Lung and Chow Yun-fat, who became famous early and have a high status in the industry, it seems reasonable for them to make more money.

On the other hand, Fan Wumian is not only young and made his debut late, but also comes from a poor family with little background, which makes it easy for him to be envied and hated by his peers.

After more than a year of steady development, troubles are coming late
After taking a flight from Budapest and waiting for more than 4 hours, I finally returned to Yanjing.

Fan Wumian just turned on his mobile phone and found three unread text messages, indicating that Jiang Shixi had called him.

first timing.

He had a hunch that the probability of encountering bad news was high.

With great curiosity, he called his agent Jiang Shixi back and asked curiously, "The plane back to Yanjing just landed, and you came to see me?"

It was a little after 11 o’clock in the evening, Yanjing time.

Jiang Shixi seemed to have fallen asleep earlier, and reported in a mumbling voice:

"Oh, something troublesome happened today. There is a young singer named Zhang Jingxuan. You should know him, right? I don't know what medicine he took, but he privately said that the reason you were able to participate in the Spring Festival Gala was probably because of connections, and your singing skills are not as good as his."

"It would be fine if I just said a few sarcastic remarks at home, but I had to bring it up in front of my friends. Then someone else told reporters in Hong Kong, and many people are discussing this online."

"He is far less popular than you, and he has a large number of fans speaking for you."

I have some impression of Zhang Jingxuan.

He is from the mainland, sang a few popular songs, and has been making his way in the Hong Kong music scene in recent years.

After sitting on the plane for too long, even if I bought a first-class ticket, my back and waist still ached and I couldn't muster up energy.

There are black fans slandering Fan Wumian online all year round, but it never causes much trouble.

However, being smeared by colleagues in the music industry this time is like giving the media a big gift package, which will definitely be exaggerated and eventually become a sensation.

The cold wind on the airport tarmac made my ears and hands hurt. Fan Wumian held up his phone and asked:

"It's the Hong Kong media stirring up trouble again. There seems to be a lot of negative news about me recently. Has the novice protection period passed?"

Jiang Shixi often surfs the Internet and understands the meaning of "newbie protection period". He continues to tell him:

"What you said is true. Last week, someone broke the news that The Promise was returned, and a magazine said that Miramax had a major management change. Your A Quiet Place 2 may also follow in the footsteps."

"This kind of groundless news is simply inexplicable."

“I’m afraid that if there are more than a few people, it will affect the audience’s psychological expectations of A Quiet Place 2 and make them not want to buy tickets to see it after it’s released.”

Waiting for the airport shuttle to arrive.

First-class passengers at mainland airports enjoy limited special treatment.

At foreign airports, you can even drive cars from outside the airport directly onto the apron, so there’s no need to wait for a car in the cold winter wind.

Fan Wumian continued:
"Anyway, I feel something is not right. It's like someone is trying to pull me down from the altar by giving me a blow every now and then."

Hear this.

Jiang Shixi raised his voice and asked hurriedly, "Boss, have you heard about this? Who is behind this?"

"No, I had tea with Stephen Chow last time and he mentioned that the Hong Kong entertainment industry is very complicated, like a spider web, and the market is controlled by several large companies. If artists don't cooperate with them, they won't have a good life. Although the market can accommodate many people, these investors are only busy dividing it up among themselves."

Ever since he became famous, Fan Wumian guessed that trouble would come to him sooner or later, so he thought about lowering the heat some time ago.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. Instead of keeping a low profile, he became even more popular. Film and television companies were afraid that he would take away their market share, record companies complained about him being an independent musician, and even many artists wanted to find an opportunity to step on Fan Wumian to get to the top.

In this situation.

Whenever he encounters any trouble, it is easily hyped up and eventually becomes a bullet to attack Fan Wumian.

The same is true for Stephen Chow.

When it comes to the ways of the world, it’s obvious that Stephen Chow understood it in the past, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to get so many roles.

As he got older, he got tired of the showmanship and intrigue in the entertainment industry and chose to live his own life behind closed doors. Even when he encountered negative news, he didn't care.

"Kung Fu", which was released last year, was a co-production between Columbia Pictures and Huayi Brothers. It did not help the bosses of Hong Kong entertainment to make money, and they were criticized a lot afterwards and were surrounded by all kinds of negative news.

If you want to make a living in the entertainment industry, you must first have a big heart.

Fan Wumian asked again:
"What did Zhang Jingxuan say? Has he contacted our company?"

"No, Ji Qiao called me. I think they are communicating. She is going to prepare several PR plans in advance. She couldn't contact you before, so she wants to wait until she gets your opinion before making a decision. I estimate that this news will ferment overnight and will spread to the mainland tomorrow."

"Boss, how do you think we should respond?"

Fan Wumian was so cold that he sneezed:

"Let's wait and see. If he publicly admits his mistake and apologizes, I'll just ignore it. If he wants to hype me up, I'll sue him. I'll use the fact that my record sales have been affected as an excuse. I'll set a higher amount for the claim so that I won't be treated as a pushover."

Think about it for a moment.

He said to Jiang Shixi through the phone:

"Maybe I don't need to clarify it myself, the director in charge of the Spring Festival Gala will help me refute it first. Anyway, I'm afraid no mainland TV station will dare to let Zhang Jingxuan appear on the show in the future."

"Also, my English album will be released tomorrow, but today there was some negative news saying that my singing skills are not good enough."

"It's such a coincidence that it's hard not to think too much about it."

Invisibly, I have offended so many people that I don’t know where to start.

Fan Wumian only vaguely felt that something was not right recently.

For example, more than half a month ago.

Suddenly, news broke out that he had bought the copyright of "Damn Tenderness" and had earned 30 to 40 million RMB by selling ringtones from this song, but he only gave the original author a few tens of thousands of RMB, and the other party was still singing in bars.

It was originally a transaction in which both money and goods were exchanged, but now it seemed as if Fan Wumian was bullying others by taking advantage of his power.

These negative news were not serious, but they appeared in newspapers one after another, which was quite a headache. They were like a blunt knife cutting flesh, pulling him down step by step.

The business world is like a battlefield, with billions of profits involved, so it is normal to be besieged and targeted.

After a brief chat, Jiang Shixi went to sleep and rest first.

Putting the phone back in his pocket, Fan Wumian kept a little distance from Zhuang Muxi and asked her:
"Are you hungry? Come to my place to rest tonight. Then you can drive directly into the garage without having to worry about being photographed."

Nod slightly.

Wearing only a pair of sneakers and thin socks, Zhuang Muxi stamped his feet and said with a smile:
"It's almost finished. I haven't been back to school for a long time. Last time I won the second place in the Warsaw Chopin Piano Competition. My teacher asked me to perform publicly in front of my freshmen. I hope she has forgotten about it."

"Hey, the car finally arrived."

Fan Wumian pointed at the lights in the distance and said, then looked at Zhuang Muxi and said:
"Hearing you mention that, I think I should also take some time to go back to school. Without the excuse of filming, the Spring Festival Gala doesn't rehearse every day. It's a bit unreasonable to stay away from class all the time."

Blow hot air into your palms.

Zhuang Muxi asked him quietly, "I heard you were on the phone, are you okay? Are you having troubles again?"

"It's just a small problem. Some companies have been making money in the mainland. They seem to have gotten comfortable in recent years and have tacitly accepted that this market is their territory. I have to beat them up a few more times before I can gain a firm foothold."

These words seemed incoherent and Zhuang Muxi couldn't figure out the key point for a moment.

The mainland entertainment industry is currently undergoing a reshuffle.

Occasionally, a few well-known artists emerge and are easily called "grassroots artists who are not up to par."

In the past, many mainland artists tried to cling to Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment companies around this time. It can only be said that the afterglow of Hong Kong entertainment is still there.

The situation was not reversed until mainland capital began to flow into the entertainment industry. Coal bosses stepped onto the entertainment industry stage, starting a new trend known as the "black gold era."

Among the top 10 movies in the mainland box office last year, except for Hollywood movies such as "The Lord of the Rings 3", "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Spider-Man 2", the rest of "House of Flying Daggers", "A World Without Thieves" and "New Police Stories" were all produced by Hong Kong Entertainment Capital.

The same goes for this year's relatively high-grossing films such as "A Chinese Odyssey", "Initial D", "The Myth", and "Hancheng Guide".

Fan Wumian does not have much conflict with the mainland entertainment circle, and there are not many disputes over interests.

Look around.

If there really was someone stabbing him in the back recently, he felt that there was a greater possibility that he would be targeted by Hong Kong and Taiwan, because they had indeed taken away the jobs of other colleagues.

It was not until he got on the shuttle bus that Fan Wumian saw an unread text message.

Ji Qiao sent it at around 8pm, and it said
——"Zhang Jingxuan signed a contract with Hong Kong City ACG Records, which is owned by Singapore Tianwu Film Company. They were just established at the beginning of the year and spent 2400 million Hong Kong dollars to shoot a movie called "Sakura Gakuen", which was released at the same time as "Crazy Stone"."

After reading it, Fan Wumian suddenly understood.

Although it has not been completely confirmed, considering these coincidences, the possibility of being targeted by the other party is extremely high.

Buying hot searches to suppress competitors is a common practice in the film and television industry and is not worth making a fuss about.

He just thought that once he figured out who his opponent was, the rest would be easy. He would no longer be like a headless fly, constantly being tricked and confused.
(End of this chapter)