Volume 1 Chapter 82 Propaganda Tour

  That afternoon, Lin Xiao and Chen Jialin boarded a plane bound for Shenyang.

  The top ten cities are Shenyang, Beijing, Tianjin, Nanjing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing and Wuhan. Geographically, they went to Shenyang first.

  Lin Xiao felt the taste of having fans for the first time, although it was a small number.

  When they got off the plane at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, a local production unit immediately sent a car to pick them up. As they drove past the airport entrance, they found that dozens of fans had gathered at the gate.

  There aren't many people, probably just over twenty.

  "Movie fans on the mainland are still too harsh on their stars." Gong Xuehua sighed, looking a bit melancholy. "I once saw Tony Leung promoting in Shanghai, and the fan turnout was overwhelming."

  Li Hongtao also said with a bit of resentment, "Can't blame others, can only say that our own propaganda campaign didn't do well. Now the ones causing a stir are all Hong Kong and Taiwan movie and music stars. If we talk about status, is Teacher Chen worse than Tony Leung? But the fans who came were so few."

  Lin Xiao also nodded secretly, this era's mainland is still relatively closed off. The new generation of Sun Li, Huang Bo, Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, Wen Zhang, Yang Ming, Fan Bingbing and others are just starting to make a name for themselves, and many haven't even debuted yet. With underdeveloped publicity, it can't compare to Hong Kong, once known as the "Hollywood of the East".

  "Don't worry, it'll get better in a few years, isn't that what they say about entering the world?" He said with a smile.

  "Ah, I hope it gets better eventually." Gong Xuehua said with a sigh "Making money is making money, who doesn't want to enjoy the taste of being pampered. With the same status, but only having such a sparse number of fans, it's really disheartening."

  Lin Xiao didn't say a word, he knew that in 4 or 5 years, mainland TV dramas would rise to prominence and dominate Asia. At that time, Huang Bo, Huang Xiaoming, Liu Ye and others would be treated as superstars, no less than the Hong Kong and Taiwan movie stars of today. He still remembered that after "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was broadcast, Sun Li had caused a sensation with thousands of people gathering in the streets.

  And this batch of people, all rose to fame between 2000-2004. This seemingly dull and unremarkable era was actually the preliminary stage for the future new generation's kings!

  He glanced out of the window and suddenly smiled.

  Among just twenty people, four were dressed up as him in the stylish cover makeup, holding high signs and waiting in the cold wind.

  He suddenly felt a warmth, but he couldn't get off the bus.

  "Really? Little Lin, you actually have a fan now." Li Hongtao also smiled "Good start."

  "Haha, I also want to have my own fans." Gong Xuehua said with a smile "However, Little Lin, you need to be careful. The trend you're leading now can be called 'brief novelty'. This kind of fad comes and goes quickly. If you don't seize the opportunity to make a name for yourself, I'm afraid that within half a year, audiences will forget about you."

  "Gong Xuehua, so we don't have to worry about this anymore, Shaolin Football is waiting for him." Li Hongtao burst out laughing.

  They checked into the Tianhe Hotel in Shenyang and the press conference was scheduled for 8 o'clock that evening.

  He arrived in Shenyang and gave Qin Xin a call, but it was unreachable.

  "What's going on?" He was somewhat perplexed.

  However, what's more important now is to rest his mind. He forced himself to go to bed and sleep, but unexpectedly slept exceptionally well until Cami's phone call woke him up at 5 pm.

  "I was worried you wouldn't be able to get up, so I specifically called you. The 8 o'clock promotional meeting is now and you should try on the clothes."

  Lin Xiao yawned, "It's okay, I just arrived and had dinner with the organizers on this side. Then Director Chen took us to talk about several important TV stations, newspapers, and magazines in Shenyang, which ones need special attention and which ones can be passed over. It was a bit busier than expected."

  This is a big truth, he's not Doraemon, in his previous life, he didn't have such an opportunity, envying others' things fell on himself, only then did he know that as people drink water, they know the cold and warmth themselves.

  "Go ahead and rest well." Cami simply reminded him before hanging up the phone.

  At 8 o'clock, when they entered the venue ahead of time, they found that there were just as many people, and even many of them came to Shenyang on purpose after watching the live broadcast in the morning.

  Lin Xiao once again became the focus of the crew, with an interview degree that even exceeded Chen Dao Ming. However, he pushed everything away, saying to wait for the news until a few days later at the Shaolin Soccer press conference.

  Chen Jialin had some reservations about this, but as soon as Lin Xiao finished, he found him and indicated that for the next promotion, he would be "physically unwell" and unable to speak.

  This led to the next few cities, where journalists cried out in distress.

  In the following cities, except for Shanghai and Guangzhou, the number of film enthusiasts in other cities is not much different from Shenyang. In Shanghai and Guangzhou, they received a relatively warm welcome.

  Lin Xiao was the first time after rebirth to see more than 100 film fans spontaneously coming to the airport to welcome him in China, most of whom were young people aged 24 and 25 who were influenced by older generation movie stars. Among them, there were also some people who came specifically to welcome him.

  Of course, neither of them greeted each other.

  "Nowadays' movie fans will become die-hard fans in the future." Lin Xiao couldn't help but say from the bottom of his heart at Chengdu Airport.

  "What's the use of having a strong backbone if there are too few people. The country really should increase its efforts to package artists. Last year's Korean Wave had such a huge impact on the domestic entertainment industry. If we don't pay attention now, by the time foreign culture has permeated everywhere, who knows how great the cost will be to recover."

  "Yes, in a few more years, who knows what will be the trend." Li Hongtao also expressed pessimism "We can't always let foreigners steal our thunder, Hong Kong and Taiwan are also domestic, but after all, they can't be considered local artists."

  Lin Xiao fell silent, now it's snowy, but after the snow melts, tender green shoots will emerge from the ground.

  Time passed day by day, and Lin Xiao also felt himself becoming more and more mechanical. Every day's schedule was just planes, hotels, and venues.

  Tired to a kind of tedious feeling.

  Finally, after the last stop in Chongqing ended, all the crew members breathed a sigh of relief and boarded the plane back to Beijing.

  When Lin Xiao returned to the airport, he found that Cami was already waiting for him at the airport.

  "Anything?" Lin Xiao asked, now he just wanted to sleep comfortably.

  "After Zhou Dao let you go back, he went to Shengshi Renhe Hotel. It's already the 8th now." Cami sighed "Endure a bit, artists are like this, want to be famous, want to make money, have to use their body to fight. So I always tell you to focus on exercise."

  "It's because you want to make money, right?" Lin Xiao teased.

  "That's for sure." Cami took over without hesitation. "If you don't make a profit, how can I get the company's bonus? Without dividends, I'd be dead! Compared to others in the company, I'm actually doing pretty well. The other agents at my level are crying every day, and not one of their artists is any good."

  Lin Xiao was amused by her and suddenly thought of "Right, how's the company? How's Yongle doing?"

  "You don't have to worry about this anymore. In short, everything is fine, and the final result will be out in these few days." Cami smiled "After getting through this period, just wait for the company to expand its scale. At that time, as a senior, you must take care of the new people well."

  He then asked about Li Hao and He Lanyun's situation, only to find out that the other party was also busy. Lin Xiao's fame had brought attention to Hua Xia, and some companies that didn't think highly of Hua Xia had extended an olive branch, so the company naturally let the remaining three or four people take over.

  He sighed silently in his heart, thinking back to when he had just entered Huaxia and there were a few other newcomers. Unfortunately, even though he had seen them before, he hadn't remembered them. But now, it was still only the few of them left.

  When Hua Xia's training was almost done, someone came over to pick peaches and made Chu Yiming so angry that he almost couldn't help but scold them.

  Cami's car drove directly to Shengshi Renhe. Unexpectedly, it wasn't going to Zhou Xingchun's room, but instead went to a hotel restaurant's private room.

  "Lin, old brother!" As soon as the door was pushed open, Huang Bo came up with a smile and patted his shoulder "Are you exhausted?"

  After some polite conversation, Huang Bo led Lin Xiao into the banquet hall.

  A large round table was already filled with dishes, and sitting around it were another familiar face.

  "Zao Wei? When did you arrive?" He asked with a smile, it had been a long time since they parted ways in Hunan.

  "Just arrived today, tomorrow is Shaolin Football Press Conference, how can I not come?" Zhao smiled and said "You're very popular lately."

  "First eat, first eat. I called Cami and knew you were coming at this time, everyone is waiting for you." Sitting in the middle, Zhou Xingchi spoke with a Cantonese accent, bursting into laughter, all actors gathered together, his dream was about to unfold, how could he not be happy?

  Lin Xiao looked around and smiled slightly, and indeed, the people present were the original members of Shaolin Football.

  "Jiang Bao" He Wen Hui, "Light Skill Water Float" Lin Zi Cong, "Second Shifu" Mo Mei Lin...

  However, after looking around, he found that several heavyweight figures were missing.

  Xie Xian said, Mo Wen said that Wu Mengda did not show up.

  "What are you looking at?" Huang Bo asked from beside him.

  "Nothing." Lin Xiao shook his head "Huang Ge, do you know who the actors in Shaolin Soccer are?"

  Huang Bo also shook his head.

  It seems that this matter can't be asked casually, Zhou Xingchi has not announced the full cast until now, if he hadn't been reborn, it's likely that no one would have known about Mo Wenyu, Xie Xian and Wu Mengda. Thinking of this, Lin Xiao felt at ease eating his meal.

  After an hour of dinner party, Zhou Xingchi invited everyone to sit down in the tea house. Only when they went in did they find that his assistant had been waiting there all along.

  "Put it down, you go out first." Zhou Xingchi nodded to his assistant, who put a large stack of papers on the table and nodded before leaving.

  No one spoke, on a stack of papers, two words "contract" were particularly eye-catching.

  "It's only now that I'm letting everyone see the contract, I'm really sorry about that. But this contract, I've already discussed it with your company. Everyone take a look at the price and important matters, get a sense of it." He then smiled at Zhao "Miss Zhao, you've already seen your contract, right?"

  Zhao smiled and nodded slightly.

  What is domineering? This is called domineering! Zhou Xingchi doesn't care at all that others won't act in his films, he finds all unknown actors. Directly negotiating with the company and it's ok.

  He never thought that someone would be dissatisfied. Nor did he need to talk to them about it. On the other hand, it also marked the beginning of his later being called "weird" personality.

  Lin Xiao suddenly understood why Wu Mengda, Xie Xian and Mo Wenwei hadn't come.