Chapter 222 Xu Ji’s new drama uses two directors at the same time
In Rongcheng, Xu Ji has been preparing various plans for the company for the past week.
It’s even specific to every artist of Tongji Entertainment.
Others may not be able to understand why "Soldier Assault" went from being unpopular when it first aired to becoming so popular now.
But Xu Ji imagined from beginning to end that this drama would not have any repercussions.
After all, in my memory, this drama had a phenomenal impact in another world.
Of course, the changes in things now can be considered phenomenal.
It even reached the level of the original Fairy Sword Three.
Moreover, "Soldier Assault" has attracted many middle-aged and elderly viewers compared to Sword and Sword III.
It is really suitable for all ages.
It is not uncommon for three generations of the whole family to sit together in front of the TV and watch dramas.
Of course, the impact of "Soldier Assault" is more than just this.
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"Minister Hu, this is incredible!"
"The number of people signing up for our military recruitment plan this quarter has increased more than seven to eight times!"
Even though he liked Xu Ji's story "Soldier Assault", he was still shocked to death when he heard such news.
Hu Lan also knows very well that there are so many people signing up to join the army, which must be directly related to the drama "Soldier Assault".
Even in the army, Hu Lan can clearly feel how popular "Soldier Assault" has become.
Hu Lan also said to herself at this time:
"What kind of recruitment propaganda film?"
"This is the best recruitment video!"
There are so many people signing up to join the army because "Soldier Assault" depicts various aspects of the army that make people yearn for it.
This is true not only in the military region where Hu Lan is located, but also throughout the country.
The publicity of "Soldier Assault" has set off a huge craze among young people across the country to join the army.
Xu Ji can be regarded as fulfilling the original intention of Hu Lan and Duan Shengyu to find him.
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In addition, the actors in the play also became popular.
Especially Liu Baofeng, who plays Xu Sanduo.
He joined Tongji Entertainment after the filming of "Soldier Assault" was completed. However, due to post-production, he no longer has to be an extra, but he is still a small and transparent existence in Chengdu.
Especially compared to other actors in Tongji Entertainment, he is even more inconspicuous.
Not only is he not famous, but his looks are not as good as others.
Ji Yiyang, An Cailing, She Yue and others are all standard handsome men and beautiful women.
In terms of acting skills, there are many actors who have been trained in hanging and beating. Not to mention actors of similar age, their appearance is also very capable.
In addition, Tongji Entertainment had no new filming plans during this period, and Liu Baofeng once again entered the dilemma of having nothing to film after returning.
Until the broadcast of "Soldier Assault", when I saw that my number of fans, which was originally 0, suddenly increased to more than 3 million, I felt as if I was living in a dream.
At the same time, Youman also contacted him, and the company received many roles and scripts.
There are many well-known directors among them, and they are also working with top-notch actors.
What really made Liu Baofeng realize how popular he is now was when he went to the supermarket to buy food like before.
A group of passers-by gathered around, shouting the name "Xu Sanduo".
But also because of this, Liu Baofeng was not very adaptable.
This unreal feeling also made him feel a little confused.
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Of course, in addition to Liu Baofeng, some other actors have also received a lot of traffic, including Ji Yiyang.
If another actor were to play the role of Cheng Cai in it, it might attract a lot of infamy.
But after all, Ji Yiyang has accumulated a lot of popularity with the two previous fairy swords.
On the contrary, it made some viewers pay attention to the improvement of Ji Yiyang's acting skills.
The role of Cheng Cai is very complex and difficult to play well.
In addition, Ji Yiyang’s previous roles of Li Xiaoyao and Jingtian were too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Therefore, being able to attract most of the attention without showing any drama is enough to prove the progress of the other party's acting skills.
Ji Yiyang is actually quite a special being.
A top actor like him, who has become so popular thanks to two popular dramas, would definitely not be put into other companies and take risks so quickly to transform him.
The best thing to do is to take advantage of this opportunity to maximize business value.
It is even more impossible to consider a play that is not the protagonist.
But it was different at Tongji Entertainment. Xu Ji had no intention of intervening in the development of Ji Yiyang and others.
On the contrary, I support them to make breakthroughs in acting, because this will give them more choices when choosing roles.
Although transformation is risky, many people in the industry believe that Ji Yiyang's transformation has a high chance of success.
After all, with a director like Xu Ji behind him, there is no shortage of good roles suitable for him.
The only key is whether Ji Yiyang can seize the opportunity.
Compared with when he first appeared in "The Best of Us", Ji Yiyang's acting skills have indeed improved a lot.
But some of the characters in the Xuji Project are still not ready.
And Ran Bai, another actor in the company, has indeed made a complete transformation.
Now he is recognized by both the industry and the audience as a leading actor among young actors.
After all, the other party’s acting skills were not bad from the beginning.
The male protagonist in "Mountains and Seas" has also proven himself.
The role of Xu Changqing in Sword and Sword II made Ran Bai popular.
"The Silent Truth" presented another almost perfect performance.
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During this period, many people in the company were paying attention to Xu Ji's actions.
Although Xu Ji doesn't take care of things in Tongji Entertainment, in many cases his power is not as big as that of Youman.
But there is no doubt that he is the backbone of the entire Tongji Entertainment.
People like Ji Yiyang, She Yue and others actually have no shortage of acting roles now.
But they are still waiting for Xu Ji's action. They know very well that being able to join the company's own crew is very different from other crews.
Especially following Xu Ji means another chance to be led by Xu Ji.
It is also the fastest way to improve your acting skills.
Not long after, when "Soldier Assault" was still on the air, Xu Ji called over all the company's currently contracted actors and core crew members such as Pang Er.
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There are currently seven actors contracted by Tongji Entertainment.
The male and female protagonists Ji Yiyang and She Yue joined from Xu Ji's first film "The Best of Us".
Now he has become a first-line actor, and his popularity and traffic can definitely be regarded as the top among the current top stars.
The third person to join is Ji Yiyang’s cousin An Cailing.
The other party was once a first-line idol in Phoenix Entertainment and had a lot of fans.
But after joining Tongji Entertainment, he changed his development path. During this period, he participated in two films of Fairy Sword and the role of Zhang Xiaoqian in "The Silent Truth".
Although his current acting skills can only be regarded as pretty good among actors of his age.
But he also successfully got rid of the original label of traffic idol, had his own masterpiece, and became a real actor from a vase.
Then there are Ran Bai and Zhu Zinan, who were originally looking for opportunities in small companies. After joining Tongji Entertainment, they reached the peak of their careers.
For her role as a splash in "Mountains and Seas", Zhu Zinan won the Peony Award for Best Actress.
Later, Zixuan in Sword and Sword II gained her a lot of fans, and her popularity and traffic also caught up.
The same goes for Ran Bai, although he did not leave an impression on many viewers in "Mountains and Seas".
However, the follow-up films Sword and Sword II and "The Silent Truth" also allowed Ran Bai to catch up with the previous four people and enter the ranks of first-line actors in the latest official actor list.
There is also Liu Baofeng, who was selected by Xu Ji from among the group performers in Hengcheng.
Although he had been unknown before, with the explosion of "Soldier Assault" this time, Liu Baofeng finally knows what it feels like to become famous overnight.
Despite the fact that Tongji Entertainment only has a small number of actors, it is not as good as the three major entertainment companies, and it cannot even keep up with some ordinary entertainment companies.
But in terms of the overall number of contracted actors, it is definitely rare in the entertainment industry.
The combined number of fans of these few people now even exceeds the sum of all the artists of some first-class companies.
Except for Liu Baofeng, the other five people have tens of millions of followers on Weibo.
Take one out at random, and if you put it in some companies, it will still be the top brother.
Of course, there are some exceptions to this last one.
Wanrongli was once famous.
But at the peak of his career, he fell directly into the bottom due to drinking, beating people and other dirty things.
As one of the top three people in Smallpox Entertainment, he has disappeared from the audience’s sight for a long time.
In the eyes of some other colleagues, his career as an actor has almost no chance of a comeback.
Later, after Wanrongli terminated his contract with Tianhua Entertainment, he came to Chengdu and contacted Tongji Entertainment countless times.
Even Youman firmly refused from the beginning.
Then, to Youman's surprise, Xu Ji actually signed this person.
He has been staying in Chengdu since then, but in fact he has been in a state of having nothing to do.
This is the first time Xu Ji has come to see him since signing the contract.
"Everyone is here."
Youman looked at the people in the conference room, checked the list given by Xu Ji, and then said.
Scenarios like this are common in other companies.
After all, meetings and the like are routine.
But it’s really rare in Tongji Entertainment.
Xu Ji, the boss of the company, had almost no formal meetings like this in the past year.
This time, even Youman didn’t actually know the specific content of Xu Ji’s meeting.
But it is definitely very important, otherwise Xu Ji would not have directly gathered so many people together.
"Director Xu called us here. Could it be that there is a new drama?"
Ji Yiyang said slightly excitedly.
In fact, he started to envy Ran Bai after watching "The Silent Truth".
A character like Jiang Yang is very attractive to any actor.
But Ji Yiyang didn't think there was anything wrong with Xu Ji's choice.
If it were him, he wouldn't have much confidence that he would be able to perform well.
But this does not mean that Ji Yiyang does not want a role that can hone his acting skills.
"If nothing else, it should be."
She Yue opened her mouth to answer.
She is quite calm.
Although it is really exciting to be able to play Xu Ji's drama.
But if there are no suitable roles this time, She Yue still has some good scripts in hand.
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Seeing that everyone had arrived, Xu Ji coughed twice and cleared his throat. He didn't show off and directly stated the purpose of calling everyone here this time.
"Maybe everyone has guessed it."
"I called you here this time mainly because of some of the company's upcoming plans."
Saying that, Xu Ji took out two folders.
Many people seemed a little excited.
No need to guess, this must be the script written by Director Xu during this period.
"The first is the suspense theater in cooperation with G Station."
"The response to the previous films "The Beginning" and "The Silent Truth" was pretty good."
"We will naturally continue to film suspense-themed dramas."
Xu Ji picked up one of the folders from his hand and asked Youman to hand it to Pang Er who was present.
"Pang Ge is naturally responsible for directing the suspense drama."
Pang Er was not surprised by this. He was more looking forward to what kind of drama Xu Ji would produce this time.
""White Night Chase"?"
Pang Er read out the name on the cover of the script.
"You can take the script back and read it when the time comes. If you have any questions, you can ask me at any time."
Xu Ji said.
Pang Er nodded excitedly.
He has been waiting for Xu Ji's script for quite some time.
During this period, I also urged Xu Ji many times overtly and covertly, and now I finally got it.
"Yang Anran."
Yang Anran was obviously startled when his name was suddenly called by Xu Ji.
In fact, he has been wondering why Xu Ji called him here this time.
After all, it's not like Pang Er followed Xu Ji from the beginning.
I only joined the crew when I was filming Fairy Sword One.
Later, because I was diligent and studious, and indeed had some talent, I gradually moved from three shots to one shot.
When "The Silent Truth" was being filmed, he became the assistant director of the crew and Pang Er's right-hand man.
In terms of ability, it can be regarded as one of the best in Tongji Entertainment.
"Brother Pang told me before, and I also asked some people. I feel that if you continue to be an assistant director, you will be a bit inferior to your talents."
"So this time, do you want to try filming yourself?"
After Xu Ji finished speaking, Yang Anran was stunned.
Before he came, he had no idea that Xu Ji was planning to put himself in charge of the filming of a drama.
In other words, do you really want to become a director?
Pang Er quickly touched Yang Anran beside him with his hand.
Then he thought in a low voice: "What are you thinking about!"
"Hurry up and agree!"
Only then did Yang Anran react.
However, he still asked hesitantly: "Director Xu, can I really do it?"
Yang Anran, like Pang Er back then, is actually still a little unsure of himself.
After all, the two of them joined Tongji Entertainment and officially entered the industry for a long time.
Luckily for Pang Er, he graduated with a degree in directing.
But Yang Anran even photographed weddings before.
"Can you give it a try and I'll know soon?"
Xu Ji said, throwing another script in his hand in front of the other party.