The news of Lu Yan's guest appearance in "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" has actually been kept secret for the purpose of creating a sensational effect during publicity.
And when Lu Yan promised to attend the premiere event, the news was kept secret again.
Of course, there is no airtight wall in the world.
During this period, there were also some news inquiries, saying that Lu Yan participated in "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons". However, neither Lu Yan nor Zhou Xingxing, nor the publisher Huayi, responded directly to this issue.
At this moment, the sudden appearance really surprised the reporters.
"Mr. Lu Yan, there have been rumors on the Internet that you participated in this film. Is this true?"
"Mr. Lu, what role do you play in this movie? Is it the protagonist? Or is it just a cameo!"
The reporter who asked the second question also felt that the question was wrong. Isn’t it nonsense for wealthy entrepreneurs like Lu Yan to ask them to stay on the set for three or four months and just patronize the filming and not run the company?
Lu Yan replied with a smile: "Of course not the protagonist, just a small guest role in the film, and then come over to help promote it!"
"Director Lu, how did you feel about working with Director Zhou Xingxing? He is known as a tyrant on the set. Did you have any disputes during filming?"
Lu Yan smiled and shook his head, "Of course not. When I was filming, it was basically easy, and Director Zhou was also very kind to me!"
Many reporters were stunned when they heard this, and thought to themselves, isn't it? Could it be that Zhou Xingxing didn't dare to impose strict requirements when he saw that Lu Yan's wealth was too rich?
Thinking about it, it's not impossible. After all, Lu Yan is at the top of the entertainment industry at the moment. Being invited to guest star is already a huge honor. How strict do you want to be?
He then heard Lu Yan say: "I think my acting skills are pretty good. Director Zhou has always praised me for being quite talented, and encouraged me that if I'm not so busy in the future, I can consider switching to filmmaking!"
When the reporters heard this, some of them thought: "Damn it, you are still so immodest. For things like good acting skills, even if others really praise you, you should be praised by others!"
But then I thought about it. Lu Yan had made a cameo appearance as Yun Ting, the governor of Leizhou in "Legend of Sword and Fairy III". Netizens at the time unanimously commented that his acting skills were excellent.
I think Zhou Xingxing's praise is true.
He became interested in the next words again and asked: "Mr. Lu, will you really make a movie in the future? What kind of movie? Is it boxing or kung fu?"
Lu Yan became interested and said nonchalantly: "It's probably this type. I plan to ask Ma Yun to act with me. As you know, he likes Tai Chi. It would be good to invite some Kung Fu superstars to make a short short film."
ha!"
A reporter was excited and suggested: "Director Lu, don't use Kung Fu superstars. Invite domestic entrepreneurs. Mr. Li from Qiandu and Mr. Ma from Penguin. Netizens will definitely buy it!"
Lu Yan smiled: "Hey, your idea is good. You can try to write a script when you go back. If it's good, I can vote for it!"
Everyone laughed loudly after hearing this, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became more lively. The reporters wanted to continue asking questions.
However, Lu Yan knew that he was here to support "Journey to the West and Conquer the Demons", not to ruin the show. He couldn't talk too much about useless things, let alone come up with a more exciting gimmick to take away the hot spots of "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons"
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He told reporters: "Actually, the person I play in the film is the number one expert in the human race, the number one exorcist, and he is even able to compete with the Monkey King, the Monkey King!"
The reporters were stunned for a moment. Damn it, from what you said, the drama must be very serious!
"Mr. Lu, in the end, the character you played has many exciting fight scenes, right? It shouldn't be difficult to shoot, right?"
Lu Yan looked thoughtful and said: "It's not difficult, and it's not very strenuous! Okay, everyone, please support "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons", thank you all!"
After that, he took Ruan Xiaoxiao on his arm and walked into the venue. The reporters were still chasing her and taking pictures.
The staff on site were speechless.
Because just now Lu Yan was only accepting interviews, not going on stage to accept questions from the media audience.
This popularity and traffic are comparable to top superstars!
Entering the event site and reaching the backstage, Zhou Xingxing said in his not very standard Mandarin, "Thank you, Mr. Lu, for coming to support me! Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Wang of Huayi. You guys
We are all in the capital, so we should know each other!"
Huayi in 2012 should be considered its peak period, and it was not as miserable as the following years.
Huayi's stock market value is also close to 100 billion.
But Lu Yan is not bad either. Meituan and China Mobile under his name are also star companies with extremely high valuations.
We are all bosses worth tens of billions, so we can speak arrogantly.
"Hey, Mr. Lu, I've admired you for a long time! Really, I've always heard it mentioned by my friends in the past few years, and now I'm lucky enough to meet you!" Wang Zhonglei shook hands and said politely.
Lu Yan also said: "Mr. Wang, I have long admired your name! You, Huayi, are the leading company in the industry!"
"Hey, Mr. Lu's Meituan and China Mobile are also...!"
After a while of business exchanges, Wang Zhonglei turned his attention to Ruan Xiaoxiao and said, "Hey, these are the siblings. Look at them, they are more dazzling than our Huayi sister!"
Ruan Xiaoxiao hurriedly said: "Mr. Wang is overly complimentary!"
Wang Zhonglei said politely again, talking about the movie promotion, and said: "Hey, Mr. Lu, I heard that you have an information product called "Daily Headlines" under your name, and I want to help promote it!"
Lu Yan said: "My daily headlines are recommended by an algorithm and are not edited. The system will automatically push the information that the audience likes. I believe that during this period, there will be many more netizens browsing "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons"."
Wang Zhonglei does not understand algorithmic recommendation. In fact, at this time, many people in the domestic Internet circle are not particularly clear about "algorithmic recommendation".
"Haha, anyway, with Director Zhou, you, and Huang Fei and the others, the popularity of this film can't be beat!"
Wang Zhonglei chuckled, and then added after a while: "Without the leading actor, the premiere ceremony will be held as usual! Hey, if Director Lu were to play the leading role, the box office would be so high!"
Lu Yan smiled: "It's not that exaggerated!"
Wang Zhonglei smiled: "I just heard what you said to those reporters! But Mr. Ma really likes Tai Chi and movies. Whenever you want to make a short film, if you need me, just ask!
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Lu Yan thought to himself: "How can I help you with a short film? Mr. Ma also needs to have his own film company!"
But he knew that Wang Zhonglei was talking politely, so he also laughed and laughed!
After chatting for a while, the staff invited Lu Yan, Zhou Xingxing, and Huang Fe to sit on the stage and accept interviews from reporters.