At 2 pm on November 18, Lu Chen and his party arrived at Xiangjiang International Airport.
Just like the first time he came to Xiangjiang, Lu Chen kept a low profile and did not explain his itinerary on his blog. Only a few people in the studio knew his whereabouts.
But what Lu Chen didn't expect was that as soon as he walked out of the passenger aisle, a dozen reporters holding cameras and microphones suddenly appeared from the crowd waiting outside to pick him up, and they immediately surrounded him.
"Mr. Lu Chen, can I interview you?"
"Lu Chen, what is your relationship with Liu Gangsheng and Liu Tianwang?"
"Mr. Lu Chen, what do you think of Chen Yuanchen's evaluation of your musical works?"
"Mr. Lu Chen, some people say that by coming to Hong Kong to make movies, you are robbing your peers in Hong Kong of opportunities."
"What do you think of this?"
The flashlights frequently flashed with dazzling light, and microphones bundled with the logos of different media rushed out in front of them. Passengers around them looked at them with curiosity or surprise.
There were also inquiries and questions that came like a storm.
Lu Chen was a little confused for a moment.
What's going on? When will he be able to enjoy the treatment of a popular star in Xiangjiang?
This is a bit unscientific!
However, Lu Chen is not an ordinary person after all. Faced with sudden unexpected situations, he can still remain calm and calm. He calmly reached out to block several microphones that were about to hit his face, and said: "Please give way,
This is a public passage, thank you!"
And behind Lu Chen, there was a whole team of people.
This team was brought back from the capital by Lu Chen. The 10 men and 2 women were all young. They had recently retired from the army and were in their prime of life. They had received professional training.
So when they saw Lu Chen surrounded by people, they quickly stepped forward without thinking and blocked the paparazzi at the first opportunity, creating a safety isolation zone for Lu Chen, allowing him to quickly get out of the embarrassing situation.
The paparazzi did not expect that there would be so many security personnel around Lu Chen. How could they be such elite opponents? The original situation of forcing the palace collapsed instantly, and a reporter fell to the ground in embarrassment in the crowd.
Airport security personnel arrived at the scene in time and stopped those who tried to harass the paparazzi.
Therefore, Lu Chen escaped smoothly and sat in the business car waiting outside.
There were so many people returning to Hong Kong this time that the studio arranged to hire a medium-sized bus, and the person responsible for picking them up was Lu Chen's assistant in Hong Kong, Li Zhen.
Li Zhen saw the chaotic scene just now, and she said sheepishly: "Young Master Lu, I'm so sorry, I didn't expect there to be so many paparazzi."
Lu Chen waved his hands to show that he didn't care. What he was wondering was why these paparazzi were surrounding him.
What about Chen Yuanchen and how he snatches the opportunity from his colleagues in Xiangjiang? It’s simply inexplicable!
Li Zhen can explain this.
It turns out that the source of the turmoil was the Cantonese song "The Love of My Life" that he sang in Lan Kwai Fong last time.
After this song was posted on the Internet, it quickly became popular in Hong Kong and was liked by many young people in Hong Kong. Many local singers even imitated the song and sang it, and even the corresponding track appeared in kyv.
Today's Hong Kong pop music scene is no longer as prosperous as it was in the 1980s and 1990s. Especially in recent years, there have been fewer and fewer original Cantonese songs. The market is flooded with a large number of covers and imitations of European, American, Japanese and Korean songs. Young singers
The mentality is becoming more and more impetuous, and people who concentrate on making music are about to become rare animals.
This phenomenon has many similarities with the mainland's pop music scene, but compared to the abundance of domestic talents, the original musicians in Xiangjiang have withered even more severely, and there are only a handful of rising stars.
The market environment is bad, and those fans who really love Cantonese songs are naturally very dissatisfied. On music forums and blogs in Hong Kong, nostalgic hits and comments criticizing the phenomenon abound.
So now that I suddenly heard such an excellent piece that can be called a classic, many fans and even people in the industry were surprised. It is completely reasonable that it became popular so quickly.
But for Hong Kong local musicians, this is a bit embarrassing.
Because of the composition, Lu Chen, who plays and sings this song, is not only from the mainland, but he is not from Guangdong and Guangdong.
Moreover, there were two people who created enough hatred for Lu Chen.
One of them is the well-known commentator ID [Three Bowls of Drinks] on the [Popular Music] and [Film and TV Talk] sections of Hong Kong BBS. In the original video post of "The Love of My Life", he sparred with the crowd and introduced Hong Kong's local music.
People ridiculed it all over, which inevitably touched the fragile minds of some Hong Kong people.
The other one is the well-known Hong Kong blogger "South China Sea Madman". His review blog post about "The Love of My Life" really pushed Lu Chen to the forefront.
Lu Chen was aware of this matter, and he even posted a blog post to respond to it, which earned him a thumbs-up from Liu Tianwang.
He thought the situation would calm down and returned to the capital a few days later.
However, the development of things was far beyond expectations. The war caused by the "South China Sea Madman" did not completely extinguish, but spread more and more. Many people in the pop music world were involved and became very popular on the Internet.
A few days ago, the famous columnist and music film and television critic Chen Yuanchen published an article in the column of "Hong Kong City Daily". He believed that there is no need for musicians in Hong Kong to look down on themselves. Lu Chen's Cantonese work cannot prove anything, "
"The Love of My Life" is not a classic worthy of bragging, and it is suspected of being deliberately hyped, and it is suspected that there are Internet promoters.
"Hong Kong City Daily" is one of the most widely circulated Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong. This opinion piece by Chen Yuanchen caused quite a stir and added fuel to the debate on the Internet.
By this time, Lu Chen, who was originally not well-known in Xiangjiang, was really famous, and his past experiences were soon revealed, including the fact that he came to Xiangjiang to film a movie.
This inevitably touched the hearts of people in another circle, and rumors began to spread that people from the mainland were taking advantage of the Hong Kong government's support policies to seize opportunities from locals, calling for changes in the policy terms.
Because of the preparations for the filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story", the work at Xiangjiang Studio was very busy, and Li Zhen was no exception, so the information she learned was limited, and she only knew so much.
She said apologetically: "Master Lu, I'm really sorry. I should have reported these things to you earlier."
Lu Chen finally understood the cause and effect, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Why don't you stop farming when you hear the cries of the crickets? We are doing our own thing, and we don't need to pay too much attention to these things."
His foundation is in China. Xiangjiang is just a platform to enter the film industry. It would be too stupid to get involved in gossip and disputes, which would involve energy and waste time.
And the sparrow knows the ambition of the swan! ——