Chapter 162 [New Kung Fu Superstar] (Part 2)
The attitude of dividing into two camps from the media is different. From the public's investigation, it is almost completely inverted! Almost all the audiences under investigation cheered, hoping to see "Chan"'s heroic figure on the big screen.
Soon, people almost forgot my identity as the boss of a film company and almost began to comment on me as a movie star.
Some people think I'm not sexy enough and should ask a stylist to make some adjustments. Some people think I can shoot some advertisements first. Some people even think that although I'm already handsome, I still suggest that I have plastic surgery to make my face more perfect.
These discussions followed one after another, immediately making this topic hot. And when facing batches of media interviewed, I always avoided talking about this topic.
I said the diplomatic rhetoric that had been designed to the media over and over again: "Director Cameron has indeed suggested to me about this issue, but I am still considering it and no decision has been made."
I waited for four days, and after this topic was already hot and attracted enough attention...
And at this moment, Yang Wei made strategic promotional adjustments!!
At the beginning of the previous report of the Luoshanji Times, which was inconspicuous, Lei Xiaohu was pulled into the public's sight!
"Our Robin!"
This is the title of this report!
Robin is the assistant of Batman in the comic story. Later, the meaning of this noun was gradually extended to the close assistant and comrades under all heroes.
Later, a few photos were used in this report, some of which were the appearance of Lei Xiaohu and I hugging each other and hanging in the air, while others were the characteristics of Lei Xiaohu. Finally, there were some oral descriptions of Lei Xiaohu in some of the hostages who were rescued:
"Oh, he kicked the terrorist out with one kick. God, he is as strong as a leopard!" - a female star dictated.
"His fist is so fast that it's invisible!" - Old Bruce dictated.
"This young man is very handsome, and he smiles charmingly, and a little shy. But his kung fu is really good. I saw him knocking down two terrorists with his own eyes. God, he was so cool at that moment." - Jessica.
Starting from this report, then newspapers such as USA Today also began to report information about the hero's assistant "Robin".
Twenty years old (In order not to leave a feeling of being too young in people's hearts, we falsely report that his age is one year old and becomes twenty years old. After all, from an intuitive perspective, there is still a big gap in feeling in the teenagers and twenty years old.)
Since I was a child, my father was a Chinese martial arts master. He was young, handsome, and extraordinary. He also had a charming body (That was also something that made Lei Xiaohu resentful for a long time. In order to build momentum for him, when the media came to interview, I specially ordered him to take off his shirt and punch in the gym, and then let the media shoot all this scene! Sure enough, such a young man with a strong body of defending muscles, coupled with his special background and handsome face immediately caused countless women to scream and cheer.)
Then, we invited a professional stylist to come at a high price and designed a few very helpful styles for Lei Xiaohu, such as naked and taking a set of wild and sexy photos... and another set of styles for his kung fu...
And the last one was finally put on the cover by "People"!
In the photo, Lei Xiaohu has a little beard, his head is wet, and his face is wild and unruly. His eyes are sharp and his upper body is still selling muscles. At the request of the stylist, he made a tough guy posture in a very classic action movie, and at the same time he held his thumb with one hand and pointed at himself.
On this picture, a line of text is attached to the cover:
"i’m tiger!!" (I am a tiger).
And this title just matches his name: Lei Xiaohu!
Such a publicity immediately left a deep impression on the little tiger in the minds of countless people - in fact, after Lei Xiaohu became famous, he has never called it "tiger".
Many reports explain in detail that during that time, Lei Xiaohu had personally killed several terrorists (and was deliberately exaggerated a little.)
After everything was already very strong, and Lei Xiaohu had been basically accepted by the public, there were also many fans who had a very good impression of him (most of them were women).
When Lei Xiaohu's popularity rose to a certain level, we finally threw a bombshell!
"Billy Hills Films announced that Tiger will play the leading role in "The Great Robbery"!"
"Batman is not here, we still have Robin!"
"The most handsome, wildest and most legendary oriental boy!tiger!"
"Oriental tiger will perform legend!"
Among the reports, Lei Xiaohu was successfully packaged by Yang Wei and I and pushed it into the public's sight, dazzling!
And all of this, in an interview I planned, Lei Xiaohu used an exaggerated and handsome round kick in front of several reporters and cameras, and then kicked a cowhide sandbag with one kick... and shocked all the reporters on the spot! Even in the end, even the female reporters who came to interview looked at him clearly showed different strange expressions!
This news spread and was broadcast in conjunction with the scene of him kicking the sandbag...
Let the next thing be done!
Especially the action of kicking the sandbag in the roundabout way is so handsome! And the terrifying strength contained in it is indeed shocking! This scene was also brought to the Internet. For a time, Lei Xiaohu became a new idol, especially by many movie fans who are obsessed with Chinese Kung Fu!
Later, many people were keen to imitate everything Lei Xiaohu had! He was wearing lichen, his hairstyle, his expression - of course, the most important thing was his move to kick the Killing Bo!
The media is indeed a terrifying tool. It uses a power that is almost God to create a superstar quickly!
However, Yang Wei also brought me some not very good news:
"It's almost done, the media's indulgence on us is probably about to end. They have helped us too much. Recently, when I asked the media for help, I clearly felt that they were not as willing to cooperate as the one they used to do." Yang smiled and said, "I said that there will always be a time to repay favors."
I sighed: "Fortunately, our work is almost done, right?"
"I'm very satisfied with him." James Cameron announced to the media at the launch conference of the movie "The Great Robbery": "Ray is a miracle boy I've ever seen. He is a real tiger! At the same time, he is also very charming and sexy. He is the best action superstar in my heart."
Countless cameras with flashes were aimed at James, Lei Xiaohu, sitting on them, as well as the actors and stars.
The only doubt in the end of this matter is that even if we praise Lei Xiaohu no matter how high he is, he can't act after all! He is a complete newcomer! A rookie among the rookies! When facing the camera, he probably doesn't even know the most basic moves... he has no acting skills!
However, James Cameron is indeed a talented director who is good at training actors who have "no acting skills"!
Check out his classic works!!
The first two films of "Terminator" were collaborated with Schwarzenegger.
"The First Drop of Blood" Episode 2 (the famous Blue Wave episode 2). Work with Stallone!
From the perspective of acting, do Schwarzenegger or Stallone... have acting skills? They are just pure action stars who show off their muscles and bigs. But James is the ability to train these muscle men into superstars!
So, it seems that it is very suitable for Lei Xiaohu to find him to direct.
The last trouble is the eldest brother.
Originally, the eldest brother’s expectation for this only son was to be a good person and practice martial arts well. In the future, the son would just inherit his father’s business and inherit the martial arts school. The eldest brother never thought of letting his son become a movie star!
Facing the conservative senior brother, the task of persuading him naturally fell on me. Lei Xiaohu himself would never dare to tell him. (It is easy to trick Lei Xiaohu into getting on the pirate ship, because this kid was originally a movie fan and liked movies.)
However, it was surprisingly easy for me to convince the elder brother. Because Yang Wei gave me an idea!
"Senior brother. Xiaohu is not a pure actor when he goes to act in a movie. The audience can understand Chinese Kung Fu better through his performance on the screen! You can take this opportunity to promote our Chinese martial arts! You think that even if you are exhausted, you will only teach dozens of apprentices to learn martial arts in your life, and the influence is at most a street near you. However, it is different when you are on the movie! The coverage of the movie is very wide! As long as one percent of the movie's audience base falls in love with Chinese martial arts because of Lei Xiaohu's movies... This achievement is probably something you can't compare to when you stay in a small martial arts hall and teach your apprentices in your life!"
It's a very high-sounding reason, isn't it? So the eldest brother was quickly convinced.
Before the filming started, there was actually good news!
Our director Cameron actually made some modifications to the script. Because I promised him before, he had the right to modify the script independently. As a result, this guy actually changed one-third of the plot of the script!
But what surprised us was that the plot of the revised script was more compact and exciting, but based on the scene and cost budget of the modified script, it was reduced a lot!
The original plan to make a movie that can be made for 140 million yuan can probably be controlled at about 100 million yuan according to the new script budget!
Chapter completed!