Chapter 295: Why don't we compile a play to act as roadshow promotion!

This discussion meeting was specifically held in the tea room set by Director Zhong.

Zhong Zhong Wentai said: "Originally I wanted to hold it in the studio, but my wife felt the atmosphere of the studio was too serious and would make you young people feel restrained, so I changed it to a more relaxed tea room."

These words of his could be considered setting the tone for this meeting; he didn't want it to be too serious.

Since that was the case, Jin Li also went with the flow and said: "It just happened to be a coincidence; I came back from abroad and brought you some gifts; I'll distribute them to you all at once this time, and I'm too lazy to mail them one by one."

Hearing this, Xu Xu Wenwen couldn't help but have a change in expression and asked: "Are you going abroad to shoot a magazine? Did all the actors of *And Then There Were None* go?"

Director Zhong Zhong Wentai listened and also asked curiously: "What kind of opportunity did you get? I heard the overseas copyright has already been sold."

The smile on Jin Li's face didn't change, but she was deliberating in her heart how to reply.

Not long after they flew to Country Y, domestic media broke the news.

It was said that *And Then There Were None* was already preparing to go overseas, and this time the entire crew was invited by a magazine in Country Y and ran to Country Y to shoot the magazine.

The overseas distribution copyright was suspected to have been sold, so let everyone wait and see!

The revelation was well-founded, and it wasn't just one outlet breaking the news, but many outlets following along.

It simply shaped a scene where the overseas copyright sales of *And Then There Were None* were very prosperous.

Even until now, it hadn't been announced which country it was sold to, but netizens had firmly believed that the overseas copyright of this show had already been sold.

It had to be said that this was a beautiful misunderstanding.

Jin Li felt that the move Sui Sui Lingfang made was purely speculative behavior, just like stock speculation; what was being speculated was an expectation.

What, this company can't reach it now?

It doesn't matter; its future expectation can reach the top level in this direction, so it can be speculated in advance now!

By speculating the stock price high, one can find fellow villagers to take over!

But it had to be said that domestic audiences were very fond of this kind of speculation, and it was also thanks to this wave of heat that *And Then There Were None* was able to sit firmly in the second place throne at that time.

The third place tried to take the top spot several times later, but none succeeded.

As for getting to first place later, that was *Leisurely Slow Life* exerting force again.

However, it was better for the insiders to know the details, so it was not convenient to tell outsiders.

Jin Li didn't intend to lie and only said: "I don't know much about this aspect; it was all operated by the director and the company. However, being able to receive an invitation from a Country Y magazine was a coincidence."

"After we arrived in Country Y, we learned that an editor from the magazine had come to China on a business trip and felt that *And Then There Were None* was quite good."

"After he returned to the country, he proposed to the editor-in-chief to do an interview. The editor-in-chief learned about this show on the internet and finally decided to send us an invitation."

Director Zhong Zhong Wentai couldn't help but say: "Your luck is quite good."

Xu Xu Wenwen couldn't help but say: "Every show Jin Li films, the luck is quite good."

Zhong Zhong Wentai relaxed his eyebrows, and the stone that had been pressing in his heart for many days was slightly put down; Jin Li was the female lead in this show of his, perhaps the luck would also be quite good?

He called everyone over this time to chat about promotion.

Zhong Dao said: "I have already outsourced the promotion on the internet to a company; at that time, they will invest in various video fields and social platforms to show the most exciting parts to netizens; you don't need to worry about this point."

"What I want to ask you is, what ideas do you have for the roadshow? Do you want to participate in the stage activities?"

The actors looked at each other, and for a while, no one spoke.

Including Jin Li, she didn't know why Director Zhong would ask this.

It was very normal for stars to participate in roadshows and run promotional activities for movies now; she thought Director Zhong called them over to ask what ideas they had for the roadshow and what form they wanted to unfold it in.

She didn't expect him to ask directly if they wanted to participate in the roadshow.

This...

Would the treatment be upgraded a bit too high?

Seeing them with full faces of solemnity, as if thinking of something, Director Zhong couldn't help but laugh: "It's my fault; you are all new actors I selected and haven't cooperated with me before, so you don't understand my cooperation habits."

"The films I shoot basically don't participate in any roadshow promotion."

"For one thing, the films I shoot are all art films, and wanting to participate in roadshows is very difficult; my films are generally spiritual exchanges with the audience."

"And during the filming process, it is actually quite boring and dull; not so many exciting things happened, and there won't be any danger, so there is nothing worth sharing with the audience."

Jin Li understood a bit after hearing him finish.

In terms of plot, art films are indeed not as easy to operate as commercial films.

It should be known that art films generally don't send knives, but once they do, they are absolutely the kind that can pierce the heart and lungs and make people feel painful.

This kind of fragment is not easy to play in the roadshow scene.

Otherwise, the scene wouldn't be happy, but depressing.

Zhong Zhong Wentai waited for everyone to react and continued: "But the plot of *Dream Builder* is different from the art films I filmed in the past; this is a character biography, plus *And Then There Were None* recently exploded as an art film."

Speaking of this, he specifically looked at Jin Li.

Not only her, but other actors also raised their heads to look at Jin Li.

Jin Li nodded calmly to them.

Zhong Zhong Wentai: "Because of the sudden rise of *And Then There Were None*, my wife gave me a suggestion to let me listen more to the opinions of young people and not just think about the old set."

"So I am asking you, do you want to participate in the roadshow? If you want to participate, what kind of process would you feel is appropriate? If you don't participate, are there any other promotional methods you want to try?"

Afraid that everyone would have pressure, Director Zhong added another sentence: "Everyone is a young person; communicate ideas with each other, just talk casually, and I won't be angry."

Since Director Zhong was so sincere, and the promotional method of self-media didn't need actors to worry, now what they were worried about was just the roadshow... someone spoke up immediately.

It was Xu Xu Wenwen.

She said very straightforwardly: "The roadshow must be held; there is no movie that doesn't hold a roadshow now, and this is also to maintain the connection between the movie and the fans."

"Taking myself as an example, although I don't like to join in the fun and won't participate in the roadshow scene, if I like a show very much, I will look for the behind-the-scenes of that show."

"Including the press conference scene, roadshow scene, crew live stream, program interview... watching these is my love derived from this show, and this will also make me have more emotional sustenance."

"At the same time, as long as it is operated well, perhaps a *Dream Builder* series can be developed from this."

"If the heat is enough, Director Zhong can perhaps specifically film related character biographies, such as *Dream Builder 2*, *Dream Builder 3*, and so on."

These words were immediately agreed upon by other young actors, and Jin Li said: "I also feel that holding a roadshow is very necessary."

Director Zhong was thoughtful.

He asked: "Then how do you want to hold it? Still follow the traditional roadshow process?"

In this regard, other actors didn't have much experience, and those with experience didn't think about how to innovate.

What is a traditional roadshow like?

Arrange a host, conduct hosting according to links, a round of interviews, a round of interaction with fans, a round of performance programs...

Jin Li had participated in the roadshow of *Dream Builder*, and it was quite fresh at the beginning.

But later, after participating in several sessions, she felt a bit boring.

Because the questions were basically repeated; whether it was the host's questions or the questions fans wanted to know, they were all those back and forth.

And in the roadshow scene, many times the director and actors would describe the mental journey of filming this show, commonly known as "selling misery."

Admittedly, every movie can be filmed very easily, but for actors and directors, repeatedly saying these things always feels a bit uncomfortable.

It's not that everyone likes to sell misery!

But these things don't feel fresh to fans.

Very simple, after all, the locations of each roadshow are different, and the fans participating are all different.

Every sentence they say, every question they answer, is fresh to fans in different sessions.

Even if these words have been repeated many times by crew members.

So Jin Li put forward an idea: "The roadshow questions, we can hold them in the cinema, just before each session is about to start, do a flash-mob style roadshow."

"And for the real roadshow, why don't we combine the content of *Dream Builder* and compile a short play?"

"A play?" Zhong Zhong Wentai was a bit moved, "An hour-long play?"

Roadshow promotion is generally an hour or longer.

Jin Li said: "This is just an idea of mine, because after the audience watches the roadshow, if they are interested in this show, they will walk into the cinema to watch it."

"Then the plot of the play we compile is best to be different from the movie, so as not to let the audience watch it again and again."

"Director, we filmed *Dream Builder* for such a long time and edited so many frames, but the final finished film is only 100 minutes."

"My idea is, can we put some content that cannot appear in the movie on the roadshow to express, so I thought of a play."

Xu Xu Wenwen thought and said: "Your idea is quite special, and I also like it very much."

Others also said: "A play? It sounds quite good."

"I feel we can try it, try the water first."

"Using the form of a play to put on the roadshow for promotion is much more interesting than interviews."

Seeing that everyone was interested, Zhong Zhong Wentai smiled and said: "Since that's the case, let's try a play; just right, I have never been a play director, so I can satisfy my addiction this time."

"But you have to think clearly; using a play for promotion is much harder than ordinary roadshows; every performance is an hour, and you will also face many tests."

"Even if this play is compiled relatively hastily, I will not lower the quality; if you don't pass, I won't let you go on stage!"

All the actors felt tight in their hearts, feeling a bit scared for a while.

Jin Li spoke at this time, her gaze bright and full of confidence: "Director, don't underestimate us; the movie is about to be released, even for the sake of box office results, we will fight!"

"Besides, we are acting the content of *Dream Builder*; this show was filmed last year, and everyone has received your guidance. We could film it before, and we can still film it now!"

Driven by Jin Li, others were no longer afraid and were full of energy.

After the meeting, Zhong Zhong Wentai called Jin Li to stay and discussed the movie promotional song with her.

"I have listened to all the song samples sung by your teammate Xi Sister Meng Ze, and they are all very good, but the one I am most interested in is *As You Wish*."

"I plan to use *As You Wish* as the movie promotional song for *Dream Builder*; although this song was handed over to your teammate to sing, as the lead actor of this show, you also have to learn to sing it."

"In some promotional interviews, your performance might be needed, so you also have to go to the recording studio to record your version."

Jin Li nodded and agreed: "Actually, I have thought about singing this song personally; if it is just recording in the recording studio, I don't fear it at all, but if it is live singing, there will be some pressure."

"But singing occasionally is no problem; I am just worried about singing too frequently; that way I won't be able to hold on."

Zhong Zhong Wentai said "Hmm": "Just singing in some occasions, it won't be many times."

Jin Li: "Fine, I will go record it now."

Zhong Zhong Wentai said: "No need to be so anxious; finish the things on your hands first; anyway, promotion hasn't started yet."

He also remembered that Jin Li had a show airing, maybe she also had to run promotion.

Recording a song is not a big problem; even if it is recorded after *Dream Builder* goes online, it doesn't matter.

Hearing this, Jin Li smiled.

She said with a smile: "It's okay, Director, I am very idle!"

Only then did Zhong Zhong Wentai remember that Jin Li, as a popular star, indeed had very few announcements in the entertainment industry.

And he had been busy with many things recently, busy haggling with cinemas about release dates, daily scheduling, promotion before release, promotion after release...

For a moment, Zhong Zhong Wentai was a bit envious of Jin Li's freedom.

But from another aspect, Zhong Zhong Wentai was very optimistic about Jin Li.

Such an actor is absolutely a good actor, because time is sufficient, she can devote herself wholeheartedly to one thing and will not be distracted by extra announcements.

Zhong Zhong Wentai said immediately: "You are the female lead, and the play will definitely be unfolded with you; the scenes you bear in it are very heavy."

"Since you are idle recently, then learn the performance method of the play; this is still very different from screen performance; find the state of filming *Dream Builder* before."

"The scenes of others are not heavy, I won't stare at them, I will specifically stare at you."

Jin Li: "... Is it too late to take back the sentence about being idle now?"

Director Zhong Zhong Wentai said with a smile that was not a smile: "What do you think?"

Jin Li turned around and left immediately, "I'm going to study now!"

Leaving in a rush, not wanting to stay for a second, fearing that she would be given tasks by Director Zhong again.

Jin Li returned to Chenxi Entertainment, talked about the meeting discussion, and by the way, let Sister Fang call Sister Meng Meng over.

Since the movie promotional song had been chosen, let's record it quickly.

She also had to record her version quickly, just record with Sister Meng Meng, so Sister Meng Meng could bring her along.

An excellent singer can infect people in terms of emotion.

Once the emotion is in place, singing can also be in place quickly.

As for the skills needed for singing, isn't that waiting for Sister Meng Meng to guide her?

Jin Li thought very happily. ===== CHAPTER 296 =====