Perfect Superstar

Despise the enemy strategically, and pay attention to the enemy tactically.

Although Lu Chen has strong confidence in the filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story" he led, he will never underestimate any opponent because of this, especially a highly competitive film of the same type as "Painted Skin".

"Painted Skin" is a major investment made by Huaguan Films in Hong Kong. This film adapted from "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" claims to have a total investment of over 100 million yuan. The post-production special effects production was signed to Xiangjiang's new visual film.

New Vision Films is a well-known special effects production company in Hong Kong. Its founder has worked in a large Hollywood special effects company for ten years and has accumulated rich experience. He returned to Hong Kong to start a business and recruited a large number of professionals. He participated in the production of many It is a blockbuster film in Xiangjiang and the mainland, and has a good reputation in the industry.

Ding Tai, the director of "Painted Skin", has two Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director.

Arima Films and Star Arts Entertainment have joined forces to put up such a big battle and invested so much money in "Painted Skin". Naturally, Cui Xingxian will not allow failure, and he is bound to win the spot in the green channel.

He mobilized many people to come to Xiangjiang to make movies, of course, not only for Xiangjiang's film support policy, but also to expand Xiangjiang's film market, and at the same time radiate Baodao and Southeast Asia.

This is an important part of Arima Films' plan to go south.

Under such circumstances, Lu Chen's "A Chinese Ghost Story" naturally became a rather conspicuous stumbling block. It would be fine if Lu Chen was just an unknown newcomer. Cui Xingxian wouldn't care at all, just crush it with his works. .

However, Lu Chen is now a hot new star in the country. The great success of the two TV series has made him a well-known existence in the film and television circle, and Cui Xingxian cannot help but ignore it.

The most important thing is that in Lu Chen's second TV series "Full House", he used a weak enemy to defeat a strong opponent with incomparable beauty, which almost discredited Shonan Satellite TV.

When "Full House" premiered, it was Shonan Satellite TV's annual drama "The Boundless Sea of ​​Love" that competed head-on with it. As a result, the latter was forced to change the broadcast time to avoid the edge.

With such vivid examples in the past, Cui Xingxian took Lu Chen as the number one threat for granted. Even if "A Chinese Ghost Story" was much weaker than "Painted Skin" in terms of investment scale and cast, he did not dare to take it lightly.

If it repeats the mistakes of "The Boundless Sea of ​​Love", Cui Xingxian will be in big trouble. TV can change the broadcast time, but it is impossible to change the movie after it is released. One failure is the result of complete failure!

It was because of Cui Xingxian's emphasis on Lu Chen, coupled with his personal emotional factors, that Honghua harassed "A Chinese Ghost Story" incident.

Although Cui Xingxian's outstretched minions were cut off cleanly, he obviously will not let it go, if he does not do it in the dark, then let it be clear. Now Arima Films and Star Arts Entertainment have recognized "A Chinese Ghost Story" as their number one opponent Let's look at it and arrange a corresponding publicity plan.

The root cause of Jiang Wei's provocation against Lu Chen is here.

Ye Xuan had a little understanding of such complicated inside stories, but he didn't intend to get involved in them. He changed the subject tactfully and chatted with Lu Chen about the theme of this salon.

Since its inception, the Bell Tower Music Salon has successfully held hundreds of shows. Almost all the big names in the Hong Kong pop music scene have participated, so it has a great influence in the industry.

As usual, each music salon has a discussion theme, which can be broad or focused, such as the development trend of Chinese pop music, or the style evolution of Cantonese love songs.

The free and relaxed discussion atmosphere is exactly the characteristic of the Bell Tower Music Salon.

And the theme of today's music salon is a bit big - the past, present and future of Xiangjiang pop music!

To be honest, such a big topic is enough to write a thick collection of essays,

Xiangjiang pop music, as the founder of Chinese pop music, really has too much to say.

Of course, Ye Xuan knew that this topic was too big, and he couldn't explain it clearly for a while, so he didn't talk about the past and future of Xiangjiang pop music, but only talked about the present, expressing that he wanted to hear Lu Chen's opinion.

Even outsiders can clearly see the dilemma Xiangjiang Pop Music is facing now, but it is undoubtedly very difficult to break the situation in the middle of the situation.

As the saying goes, those who are obsessed with the authorities are clear to the onlookers, perhaps an outstanding musician from the mainland like Lu Chen may be able to give some useful advice.

Perhaps it was this topic that interested the guests at the salon, so many people soon gathered around, either sincerely out of good intentions, or ready to criticize not so kindly.

Although most of the insiders present met Lu Chen for the first time, they basically knew Lu Chen's background.

This young artist from the mainland has been very popular in Xiangjiang recently.

Faced with all kinds of gazes from around, Lu Chen was a little speechless.

Ye Xuan asked him a big topic. If he really talked about it, he wouldn't be able to finish it for a few days and nights.

Pop music in Xiangjiang started in the mid-to-late 1970s. Covers of Japanese songs began to be popular in the Hong Kong music scene. Like Hong Kong's economic status, it entered a period of rapid growth. It is common for popular singers to release two or three films a year.

Due to the lack of local songwriters, "Japanese Cantonese lyrics" became a trend, and a group of pop stars emerged who became famous by singing covers until the 1980s.

Xiangjiang in the 1980s was naive and bright, and had a dream of a bright future. The times are rushing forward, and everything is nothing to worry about.

In the mid-to-late 1980s, Xiangjiang people began to emphasize "sensual consumption". Everyone pursued a unique personal style and tried to get rid of single consumption to show personal taste.

This social trend of thought has brought new demands, including popular music. The cover of "Japanese Songs and Cantonese Ci" can no longer meet the appreciation needs of the majority of fans. Record companies have begun to pay attention to originality and recruited a large number of professional songwriters.

As a result, Xiangjiang's pop music has entered a new period of development. Good songs and classics have emerged one after another, and a large number of them have been imported to the mainland, which has had a huge impact on the pop music in the mainland.

The 1990s was the golden age of pop music in Xiangjiang. The kings and queens of the music scene were all leading the way, and the lyrics and music were emerging in endlessly.

However, in the new century, Xiangjiang's pop music gradually failed to keep up with the times, the kings and queens gradually aged, and the inspiration of songwriters was exhausted. The new generation of singers and artists learned from Japanese and Korean stars and embarked on the idol route.

History seems to be reincarnated. In today's Xiangjiang pop music scene, imitation and copying are popular, but the targets of imitation and cover have increased from Japan to Europe, America, Japan and South Korea. Singers have long stopped making money by selling albums.

Celebrity singers selling their faces and being handsome are the mainstream, and the major entertainment and media companies have their own interests, so why would they abandon this good way of making money?

As for Xiangjiang's pop music scene, who cares about life and death!

The dilemma is, how difficult it is to break the situation, the status quo of the pop music scene in Xiangjiang has many similarities with those in the mainland, how can Lu Chen have the ability to speak out against Fang Qiu to break the dilemma?

But if he didn't say anything, or just said something in general, he would be underestimated.

After thinking about it, Lu Chen still decided to say something.

---------------(To be continued.)

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