Unlike the media's attitude of being divided into two camps, from the survey of the public, it is almost a complete change of attitude! Almost all the audience surveyed were cheering, hoping to see the heroic appearance of "Chen" on the big screen.
Soon, people almost forgot that I was the boss of the movie company, and almost started to judge me as a movie star.
Someone thought I wasn't sexy enough and should ask a stylist to make some adjustments. Someone thought I could go and shoot some commercials first. Some people even suggested that although I was already considered handsome, they still suggested that I undergo plastic surgery to make my face more perfect.
Wave after wave of these discussions immediately heated up the topic. And I, when facing batch after batch of media interviews, always avoided talking about this topic.
I said the diplomatic rhetoric that I had already designed to the media's microphone over and over again: "Director Cameron did suggest to me about this issue, but I am still considering it, and nothing has been decided yet. "
After waiting for four full days, after this topic has been heated up and attracted enough attention...
And at this moment, Yang Wei made strategic adjustments in publicity! !
At the beginning of an inconspicuous report in the Los Angeles Times, Lei Xiaohu was brought into the public eye!
"Our Robin!"
That's the title of this report!
Robin is Batman's assistant in the comics. Later, the meaning of this noun was gradually extended to the close assistants and comrades-in-arms of all heroes.
Later, several photos were used in this report, some of which were me and Lei Xiaohu hanging together in mid-air, and some of Lei Xiaohu's characteristics. Finally, some rescued hostages dictated the description about Lei Xiaohu: "Oh, he kicked that terrorist out with one kick, God, he is as strong as a leopard!" -A certain actress dictated.
"His fists are so fast you can't see them!" -Old Bruce dictates.
"This young man is very handsome, has a charming smile, and is a little bit shy. But his kung fu is really good. I saw him take down two terrorists. God, he was so cool in that moment." - Jay Sika.
Starting from this report, newspapers such as "USA Today" also began to report on the hero's assistant "Robin".
Twenty years old (in order not to make him feel too young in people's minds, we falsified his age by one year and turned it into twenty years old. After all, intuitively, teens and twenties , there is still a big gap in feeling.)
He has practiced Chinese Kungfu since he was a child, and his father is a Chinese martial arts master. Young, handsome and talented. At the same time, he has a charming physique (about this point, Lei Xiaohu has been complaining for a long time. In order to build momentum for him, when the media came to interview him, I specially ordered him to take off his shirt, punch him in the gym, and then let the media put All this scene was filmed! Sure enough, such a muscular young man with a special background and a handsome face immediately aroused the screams and cheers of countless women.)
Afterwards, we hired a professional stylist at a high price, and designed several very helpful looks for Lei Xiaohu, such as topless, and took a set of wild and sexy photos... Another set is his kung fu look...
And the last one was finally put on the cover by "People"!
In the photo, Lei Xiaohu has a slight beard, his head is wet, his face is wild and unruly, his eyes are sharp, his upper body is still muscular, and at the request of the stylist, he made a very classic Tough guy pose in an action movie while pointing at himself with a thumb in one hand.
On this picture, there is a line of text on the cover:
"I'm tiger!!" (I'm a tiger).
And this title also coincided with his name: Lei Xiaohu!
Such a publicity immediately left a deep impression on the little tiger in the minds of countless people—in fact, after Lei Xiaohu became famous, he has never been called "TIGER" by fans.
And many reports have explained in detail that during that time, Lei Xiaohu had killed several terrorists with his own hands (and it was deliberately exaggerated.)
After all the promotional atmosphere has become very strong, and Lei Xiaohu has been basically accepted by the public, at the same time, there are many fans who are very fond of him (most of them are women).
When Lei Xiaohu's popularity rose to a certain level, we finally dropped a blockbuster!
"Billy Hill Films announced: TIGER will play the leading role in "The Great Heist"!"
"Batman is not coming, we still have Robin!"
"The most handsome, wildest and most legendary oriental boy! TIGER!"
"Oriental TIGER will perform the legend!"
In one report after another, Lei Xiaohu was successfully packaged by me and Yang Wei and pushed into the eyes of the public, dazzling!
And all of this, in an interview I planned, Lei Xiaohu used an exaggerated and extremely handsome roundabout kick in front of many reporters and cameras, and after kicking a cowhide sandbag with one kick... I was shocked All the reporters on the spot! Even at the end, the few female reporters who came to interview him looked at him with a different look!
The news got out, and it was broadcast with the footage of him kicking the sandbags...
Afterwards, let nature take its course!
Especially the roundabout kick to explode the sandbags is so handsome! And the terrifying strength contained in it is indeed shocking! This picture was also posted on the Internet. For a while, Lei Xiaohu became a new idol, especially praised by many fans who are obsessed with Chinese Kung Fu!
Later, a lot of people appeared who were eager to imitate everything Lei Xiaohu did! His clothes, his hairstyle, his demeanor—of course, the most important thing is that move he kicked the blaster!
The media is indeed a terrifying tool. It uses a power close to that of God to quickly create a superstar!
However, Yang Wei also brought me a piece of not-so-good news: "It's almost over. The media's connivance with us is probably coming to an end. They have helped us too much. Recently, when I asked the media for help, It is already obvious that they are not as willing to cooperate actively as before." Yang smiled: "I said before, favors will always be repaid."
I sighed: "Fortunately, our work is almost done, isn't it?"
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"I'm very satisfied with him." James Cameron announced to the media at the opening conference of the film "The Great Heist": "Ray is a miracle boy I have ever seen. He is a veritable tiger! At the same time, he Still charming and sexy. He's the best action superstar I can think of."
Countless shots with flashes were aimed at James and Lei Xiaohu sitting on it, as well as various actors and stars.
The only last doubt about this matter is that no matter how high we praise Lei Xiaohu, he can't act after all! He's a complete rookie! A rookie among rookies! When facing the camera, I'm afraid he doesn't even know the most basic positioning... He has no acting skills!
However, James Cameron is indeed a genius director who is very good at training actors with "no acting skills"!
Check out his classics! !
The first two parts of "Terminator" cooperated with Schwarzenegger.
Episode 2 of "First Blood" (the second episode of the famous Rambo), with Stallone!
From the perspective of acting skills, Schwarzenegger or Stallone... do these people have acting skills? They are nothing more than pure action stars who show off their muscles and size. But James has the ability to train these muscular men into superstars!
Therefore, it seems that finding him as the director is very suitable for Lei Xiaohu.
The last trouble is the elder brother.
Originally, the elder brother's expectation for his only son was to be a good man and practice martial arts well. In the future, his son will inherit his father's career and inherit the martial arts gym. Eldest brother never thought of letting Zi's son become a movie star!
Facing the conservative elder brother, the task of persuading him naturally fell on me. Lei Xiaohu himself would never dare to tell his father. (It's easy to trick Lei Xiaohu into boarding the pirate ship, because this kid is originally a movie fan and likes movies.)
However, it was surprisingly easy for me to convince the elder brother, because Yang Wei gave me an idea!
"Brother, Xiaohu is not a pure actor when he goes to act in a movie. The audience can learn more about Chinese Kungfu through his performance on the screen! You can take this opportunity to promote our Chinese martial arts! Think about it, you open a martial arts gym , even if you are exhausted, you will only teach dozens of apprentices to learn martial arts in your life, and the most you will be affected is a street near you. However, it will be different when you go to the movies! The broadcast of movies covers a wide range! As long as the movies 1% of the audience base fell in love with Chinese martial arts because of Lei Xiaohu's movies... This achievement is probably something you can't compare to in a small martial arts gym teaching apprentices for a lifetime!"
Very high-sounding reason, isn't it? So the elder brother was quickly persuaded.
Before the filming started, there was actually a piece of good news!
Our director Cameron actually made some revisions to the script. Because I promised him before, he has the right to modify the script independently. As a result, this guy actually modified one-third of the plot of the script!
But what surprised us is that after he revised the script, the plot was more compact and exciting, but according to the scenes and cost budget of the revised script, it was actually reduced a lot!
According to the new script budget, the movie that was originally planned to cost 140 million can be controlled to around 100 million!
"Has this Cameron changed his temper?" I couldn't help thinking.