Chapter 615: Drama King Zhou Yi VS Drama King Jiang Wen

"Breaking News! Guo Tianwang Zhou Yi Joins Cheng Long's New Film!"

"Zhou Yi's Big Screen Debut? Cheng Long's New Film's Killer Move?!"

"Confirmed by Jiang Wen: Zhou Yi's Joining is Real!"

"Looking Ahead to 2004: The Warner Twins' Civil War?!"

"..."

If the production team had previously kept Zhou Yi's joining a secret, then with Jiang Wen's "slip of the tongue" serving as corroboration, this news instantly spread across all of Hong Kong and even the entire nation at the speed of a typhoon passing through.

The spirits of the vast number of investors eager to find Zhou Yi's joining instantly soared;

Countless die-hard Zhou Yi fans were likewise filled with joy and excitement.

"My goodness, only Big Brother Cheng Long has that kind of clout; the first movie he filmed upon returning home actually managed to get Zhou Yi to come over. Before, hardly any reporters covered this area, and the few related speculations no one could believe."

"Nonsense, because no one believed Zhou Yi would actually agree to act in a movie. Look at how many news stories over the years said they wanted to hire Zhou Yi to act; even Jin Yong's favor Zhou Yi didn't grant. Who could have thought Zhou Yi would actually be persuaded this time."

"Explain in detail how Zhou Yi didn't grant Jin Yong's favor."

"Zhang Dahu Zi Zhang originally wanted to invite Zhou Yi to star in 'Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils', the one that just aired yesterday. Jin Yong even came out to endorse it, saying Zhou Yi best fit the image of the elegant Young Master Duan Yu in his heart, but Zhou Yi didn't even pay attention, continuing to sing his own songs instead."

"?"

"Is Zhou Yi that fierce? That was a Jin Yong drama, that was Jin Yong."

"Not strange; after all, he is the famous Jin Pants. Ignoring him is normal; see Zhou Yi's fourth album for the reason."

"What's the situation?"

"Better to make a few more pairs of pants to wear than to build atomic bombs. Later, seeing his influence was great, they thought of making an example to recruit him; anyway, the atomic bomb had already been made."

"???"

"..."

Many young netizens who hadn't experienced that era fully exercised the spirit of the internet after verifying, uploading some solid black material dug up from the past to the web—

Geese leave traces when they fly; in the 1960s, there was no internet in the country. Feuds were conducted by publishing newspapers, and many people in Hong Kong could easily find those newspapers with large circulation from back then.

'Ta Kung Pao', which once fought a war with Jin Yong's 'Ming Pao' for a year and two months and bitterly denounced him as a traitor to the country, even has a 'Ta Kung Net' nowadays, making it even simpler to check past historical reports.

Zhang Dahu Zi Zhang was stunned.

"Hey buddy, arguing online is one thing, but what are you guys doing digging up decades-old accounts? You've already surrendered, yet you won't let go."

"Where's Warner?"

"Where's Zhou Yi?"

"Why don't you come out and manage your lawless fans?"

"This matter was settled long ago; bringing it up again is a bit much, isn't it? Buddy, my 'Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils' just started airing; don't mess with us, okay?"

Fearing the flames of war would reach him, Zhang Dahu Zi Zhang could only grit his teeth, painfully spending a huge sum of money to find the industry's famous independent PR company—Zhiyu Zhile.

"Buddy, here to pay the protection fee."

"Regardless of whether you were muddying the waters or stirring up trouble, the bottom line is: stop the smearing, stop the smearing. The person surrendered decades ago; making many friends is the right way."

"Is there an unexpected gain here?"

In the hotel restaurant, Zhou Yi, biting on a toothpick, straightened up upon hearing this, his tone full of schadenfreude.

"They paid 5 million to cover the whole year; they are rich."

Cheng Hao, on the other end of the phone, clearly couldn't hide his smile either, explaining the reason in detail: "They obviously pay more attention to online public opinion direction than others, but Wang Xiaoyu and the others did indeed receive orders to smear the drama 'Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'..."

As a public opinion war bandit extremely skilled in hype, Zhang Dahu Zi Zhang obviously knew he was blocking many people's paths, so he simply took this opportunity to find Cheng Hao to open an annual membership.

Don't talk about independent PR; that's all nonsense, a signboard for outsiders to see.

In the eyes of their group who have connections, it is crystal clear who stands behind Wang Xiaoyu.

Zhou Yi couldn't get his hands into traditional channels, but in online channels, Guoyi under Zhou Yi was the first to eat the crab, and ate until the basin was full.

"The little girl playing Wang Yuyan inside had her company specifically open a separate order, asking Wang Xiaoyu and the others to create momentum and help praise her, like 'Most Beautiful Wang Yuyan' to attract fans. They were quite generous, spending 2 million directly."

Zhou Yi laughed.

It seems the reputation is indeed widespread.

"But speaking of which, you really need to manage your fan base. If they are too lawless, it will easily cause trouble; then it will be what you used to like to say: fans' behavior, idol pays the price."

"Rest assured, Qian Jiang is watching over this. Once something touching the red line happens, we will act immediately to stop it."

Organizing a fan circle with strong cohesion means it is easy for things to go wrong, but his current achievements are sufficient to support the existence of this fan circle. Before a second person can reach his achievements, there won't be too much danger on the front line.

Just be careful not to create something as terrible as Liu Dehua's fans, where parents sold houses and fathers sold kidneys to provide funding for their own star-chasing.

That is too terrifying.

"Alright, then, wish you a happy filming."

"Hehe, that must be happy; I've been waiting for this day for a long time."

Dropping the toothpick, Zhou Yi laughed so hard his mouth almost split to the back of his head. After hanging up the phone, he couldn't wait to leave the hotel.

Cai Zuoyan had filming tasks and woke up early to leave for the shoot; only he, the big shot, had the privilege to sleep in naturally and drive slowly to the set.

At this moment, the set had just finished filming the previous shot and was arranging the ending scene setup.

Jiang Wen, with a wig pasted on his head, looked a bit less like a bandit, gesturing at the camera and talking to Cheng Long beside him, while director Chen Musheng sat in a chair without saying a word.

"Ah Yi, you're here."

"Brother Yi."

"Brother Yi."

"Brother Yi..."

Following a string of greetings, Zhou Yi walked into the filming site, pretending to approach Jiang Wen and patting his shoulder: "Old Jiang, I heard you said you wanted to find a stunt double? No way, are you that cowardly?"

"Who did you hear that from?" Jiang Wen glanced at him: "Find him for me."

Zhou Yi put his hands in his sleeves and said with a smile: "Of course, the Hong Kong newspapers; they all say you are afraid."

"Watch less nonsense."

Jiang Wen, who felt this bastard seemed to be gloating, was somewhat at a loss but didn't take it to heart.

He was just making a cameo appearance with only a small part, mostly having scenes opposite Zhou Yi and the child actor playing the male lead's childhood.

"Ah Yi, come on, go get your makeup done and test the vehicle first."

Cheng Long didn't hesitate; after the pleasantries, he prepared to have Zhou Yi change clothes and then sit in the small truck provided by the crew.

As a truck driver, he looked too clean right now.

Under the enthusiastic fussing of the makeup artists, the truck driver version of Zhou Yi, wearing light khaki work clothes, a work cap, a sweat-wiping towel around his neck, and holding a bottle of opened beer, was quickly born on set.

"I don't think it works; we can't shoot it like this here. This still needs to be changed. This shot is a robbery, but if we still need to express father-son emotion, it's best to add..."

In front of the camera, Jiang Wen, still gesturing wildly, grew more confident with every word, while director Chen Musheng remained expressionless.

Cheng Long looked left and right but didn't rush to voice his own opinion.

Since the big brother hadn't spoken, no one else in the crew would dare to step forward; Cai Zuoyan even pulled the costumed Zhou Yi close to whisper in his ear, chatting secretly—

"This Jiang Wen is quite domineering; even for a cameo, he wants to change things according to his own will. He's the type to use courtesy before force, step by step increasing the director's sunk costs, and only then revealing his true intent to change the script. He didn't do this in previous cameos, did he?"

"He usually doesn't change things for cameos; I guess he's going head-to-head with me and taking it a bit seriously."

Zhou Yi casually boasted to himself, then symbolically went to test the vehicle.

"Director, Uncle Long, this truck isn't quite right."

After sitting in the small truck prepared by the crew for two seconds, Zhou Yi, who hadn't even started the engine, quickly got out and headed straight for his destination—

"Hmm?"

"Ah?"

"?"

Cheng Long was the first to feel puzzled.

Chen Musheng, already annoyed by Jiang Wen's entire theory, clearly still didn't dare to neglect Zhou Yi; he stood up from his chair, and his first reaction was to wonder if the props department had caused some trouble.

Jiang Wen, however, sensed a slightly unfriendly atmosphere the instant Zhou Yi spoke, and slowly typed out a question mark.

"This small truck is too small; I'm not used to driving it. You know, Old Jiang, the trucks I drive in my MVs are all those big ones, fully insured semi-trailers; you even helped me find and modify those." With the true intent revealed, Zhou Yi wore a smile on his face, while the smile on Jiang Wen's face vanished in an instant.

Cheng Long was confused: "Big trucks? The few you lent us before?"

Zhou Yi had indeed lent him a few big trucks before, but they weren't for filming this scene.

"It's fine, just change the script a bit, write me as a big truck driver; wouldn't that make the urgent cargo delivery even more reasonable?"

In this era, big truck drivers were all representative figures of speed and recklessness, so Zhou Yi's request to change the script actually seemed quite reasonable.

It's just that...

We have to change the script again.

Chen Musheng's eye corner twitched involuntarily several times, leaving him momentarily speechless and choked up.

No, I know you are big shots and geniuses, but please consider me, the director, okay?

I shoot commercial films; my status isn't as high as yours, but I also have dignity!

The script gets changed just like that?

One script tyrant is one thing, but are both of you script tyrants wanting to change the script?

Are you two sure you're here for a cameo?

Jiang Wen smiled, his sharp gaze piercing Zhou Yi: "You kid, you've been waiting for me here all along, haven't you?"

Zhou Yi smiled, meeting Jiang Wen's gaze with an open look: "Old Jiang, I told you back when we filmed 'In the Name of the Father' that you would regret it."

"Then I must change the script even more; this heavy truck is completely unreasonable."

"It's fine, I can change it too."

"..."

Chen Musheng was numb.

Are you two using my set as a ring to fight a PK?

He was just about to find Cheng Long to talk things over, but he found the latter looking at Zhou Yi and Jiang Wen, his eyes shining brightly.

Zhou Yi VS Jiang Wen, the two script tyrants arguing as if 'In the Name of the Father' was being reenacted...