After Zhao Zhenghao completed the post-production of "The Departed", his body that had been transformed by the black technology of the "super idol system" also felt a little unbearable, and before the film was released, he gave himself another month off.

In this month, the publicity work of "Departed" was carried out simultaneously in the two most valued box offices, Dragon Country and the United States.

As one of the six major Hollywood production companies, Warner Bros. Pictures has resources in North America that are not comparable to "Zhenghao Studio", nor are they comparable to those small and medium-sized distribution companies that "Zhenghao Studio" has cooperated with before, so there is no need to worry about it.

On the side of the Dragon Kingdom, the "Zhenghao Studio" is naturally in charge.

The distribution department of "Zhenghao Studio", after nearly a year of preparation, has now been a small scale, before this, has released several small-cost literary films, the results are not bad, this time the release of "The Departed", is the first time they undertake such a large-scale distribution work, for them is not only a severe test, but also a rare opportunity to exercise.

Since "Zhenghao Studio" accounts for the majority of the investment in "The Departed", "The Departed" will be released in the name of a co-production in Dragon Country, and there is no need to be subject to the quota of imported films.

Moreover, in view of Zhao Zhenghao's past achievements, as long as the Dragon Kingdom is a famous theater, it will not refuse to screen this "Departed", and all the distribution department of "Zhenghao Studio" has to do is to strive for as many films as possible.

"The Departed" is a pure Hollywood blockbuster, except for the investment of "Zhenghao Studio", and Zhao Zhenghao as the director, screenwriter, and starring, there are no other dragon country elements.

Even in the version released in Dragon Country, the language is still in English, but it is equipped with Dragon Chinese subtitles, one of the purposes of this is to draw a clear distinction from "Infernal Affairs 1", and clearly and unambiguously tell the Dragon Country audience that this is a Hollywood blockbuster, and when watching it, do not take the inherent impression of "Infernal Affairs 1" to examine it.

If the audience of the Dragon Kingdom is in the process of watching the movie, the mentality is to compare it with "Infernal Affairs 1" while watching, then the viewing process must not be pleasant.

Because, as has been repeatedly emphasized above, although "The Departed" is a remake of "Infernal Affairs 1", due to the different story backgrounds, Zhao Zhenghao's way of telling stories in this film and the way of interpretation are obviously different from "Infernal Affairs 1".

"Zhenghao Studio" is also repeatedly emphasizing this point to fans when promoting "Departed", but what the effect will be will not be known until "Departed" is released and the feedback from fans comes out.

Because of the Dragon Kingdom elements in "The Departed", there is nothing else except Zhao Zhenghao, Zhao Zhenghao is not even a Asian actor, and there are several Dragon Kingdom staff in the crew, but they can't help much in the publicity.

Therefore, during the critical period of publicity a week before the release of the film in Dragon Kingdom, as well as the publicity work after the release, Zhao Zhenghao had to carry it alone.

This "Departed" should be the film that Zhao Zhenghao is promoting the most.

Because, "A Chinese Ghost Story" has An Shuyi to help share it; "Journey to the West" has Peng Jieshan, Feng Xiaojing, Yu Yabin to help share it; "Infernal Affairs 1" has Guo Ziping, Wang Bangmin, Wu Hai and others to help share it; "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has Yi Ping, Xiang Yazhen, Xie Xin and others to help share it.

Now, although Zhao Zhenghao's friends in the circle are also shouting for "The Departed" in their respective scarfs or when they are interviewed, the specific work has to be undertaken by Zhao Zhenghao alone.

A week before the release of the film, Zhao Zhenghao intensively participated in a number of entertainment programs, both self-made by "Zhenghao Studio", as well as the ace program of the TV station, and even accepted the invitation of the pillar of Mango Channel - "Happy Camp" for the first time.

This is the first time in more than ten years that Zhao Zhenghao has once again appeared on the stage of "Happy Camp".

The last time I participated in the "Happy Camp", it was when Zhao Zhenghao's predecessor was popular, in order to promote the new TV series, the official TV series ratings failed, which made Zhao Zhenghao's predecessor fall from the peak, and then around him, there were more negative news, and a big stage like "Happy Camp" naturally had nothing to do with him.

After Zhao Zhenghao crossed over, replaced him, regained his strength, and climbed the peak again, the "Happy Camp" seemed to have re-invited him, but Zhao Zhenghao refused.

After that, whether it was to promote a new album or a new movie, Zhao Zhenghao never appeared on the stage of "Happy Camp" in person, even if he went to "Happy Camp" to promote, he let others go, and he himself shirked it for various reasons.

Zhao Zhenghao didn't go, and others couldn't say anything about him, because he did have a reason not to appear on the stage of "Happy Camp" - the "Challenger Alliance" and "The Voice of the Dragon Country" that were planned and popular by him, but the programs broadcast by Mango Channel at the same time were suppressed enough, and the "Happy Camp" was deeply affected.

Mango Channel's status as the "boss of satellite TV" is now under the fierce impact of Dongfang TV, and Zhao Zhenghao has made a lot of contributions.

If Zhao Zhenghao participates in the "Happy Camp", it will be a kind of "capital enemy" behavior!

However, even under the impact of the new variety shows launched by "Zhenghao Studio" one after another, it has been on the air for more than 20 years, and it can be called an evergreen "happy camp" of entertainment programs, and it is still a benchmark in the industry, with unparalleled status and influence that cannot be underestimated.

This time, Zhao Zhenghao accepted the invitation of the "Happy Camp", which was also the result of many coincidences, and one of the most important reasons was that at a dinner before this, he happened to meet the "first brother" of Mango Channel, the big man in the host of the Dragon Country entertainment program, Qiao Qing, the host of the "Happy Camp" with excellent popularity and friends all over the world.

Qiao Qing knew that Zhao Zhenghao was busy with the promotion of "Departed" recently, so he invited him to participate in the "Happy Camp".

Qiao Qing is also one of Zhao Zhenghao's Bole, when Zhao Zhenghao participated in the third season of Mango Channel's "Super Idol", entered the top ten of the year, and was invited to participate in the "Happy Camp", Qiao Qing was very interested in him and recommended him to the audience in the show.

Although Qiao Qing's actions at that time and his keenness felt that the audience should be more interested in Zhao Zhenghao's peerless beauty, the fundamental purpose was still for the effect of the show, but that issue of "Happy Camp" helped Zhao Zhenghao a lot to increase his popularity, and it was one of the elements that he was able to finally win the third place in the third season of "Super Idol".

Therefore, although I was hurt by the snobbery of "Happy Camp" later, I was reluctant to go to this show again, but the relationship with Qiao Qing has been maintained, and when I am usually fine, although I can't remember to contact each other, but when I meet in other activities, I will warmly say a few words of greeting.

Now Qiao Qing sent him an invitation in person, and it just so happened that he also had the task of promoting "The Departed", although whether or not to participate in the "Happy Camp" would not have a fundamental impact on Zhao Zhenghao's promotion of "The Departed", but it would not hurt to participate.

As for some grievances with the "Happy Camp", for the current Zhao Zhenghao, they are all things that can be laughed at, and they are not worth paying attention to.

The main audience of "Happy Camp" is young teenagers under the age of 20 or even 18, and Zhao Zhenghao's influence at this age is lacking.

When Zhao Zhenghao's predecessor first debuted, the fans who gathered together were naturally fifteen, sixteen, sixteen or seventeen-year-olds, but as Zhao Zhenghao grew up, his fans also grew up, and now his fan base is mainly in the range of twenty-five to thirty-somethings.

The young people in this range are the age group with the strongest spending power, so Zhao Zhenghao's albums, movies, sales, and box office, with their help, can repeatedly set records.

Zhao Zhenghao, who is in his thirties, is now in the most attractive stage of his life, but to be honest, the attraction to teenage children is no longer as good as those hairy boys in their early twenties.

In addition, Zhao Zhenghao has not deliberately managed his fan base in recent years, which makes his influence lag slightly behind in the group of teenagers.

This issue of "Happy Camp" can be regarded as making up for the shortcomings in this regard to a certain extent, so that teenagers and girls in the Dragon Kingdom can truly realize the charm of Zhao Zhenghao and understand this international superstar in the real sense of the word.

It just so happens that most of the teenagers at this age have not watched "Infernal Affairs 1" - when "Infernal Affairs 1" was released, they were younger and not interested in this type of movie - they have no inherent impression of "The Departed", and their reaction after entering the cinema to see "The Departed" is the most real reaction of Dragon Kingdom fans.

Judging from their feedback, this "Departed" is still quite successful.

On the evening of December 24, 2020, Christmas Eve, the world premiere of "The Departed" was held at the same time in the capital of Dragon Kingdom and Los Angeles, USA.

Sitting in the capital of the Dragon Kingdom, it is naturally Zhao Zhenghao, although he is the only main member of the crew who attended the world premiere of "Departed" held here, but just one Zhao Zhenghao can support the entire premiere.

In the United States, led by Rodri and Felipe, Warner Bros. Pictures spread the hero post widely, and invited many heavyweight guests to cheer on the scene.

On the side of Longguo, Zhao Zhenghao did not send an invitation letter to the outside world at all, and only relied on the ticket under the "Zhenghao Studio" to make the premiere scene starry enough, as for Peng Jieshan, Min Lan, Yi Ping, Guo Ziping, Liu Runze, Ju Qinghao, Cao Ningyuan and other kings and queens, actors and actresses, they all came uninvited.

Before the premiere, "The Departed" did not hold an internal test screening in accordance with the practice in the circle, so, except for a very few people, before that, they had seen the finished film of "The Departed", including many crew members, the premiere was the first time they saw the true face of "The Departed".

At the beginning of the film, there are several old black and white pictures, which record the next place where the story takes place - Boston, USA in the seventies and eighties of the last century, with social chaos, gangs rampant, and murders on the streets.

Then the picture turns, and it begins to have colors, and the first actor to make an official appearance in the film is Rodri, who plays the villain Frank, who at this time is still a newly debuted pony boy, and in a scuffle, he shoots and kills an innocent woman passing by, and this woman is the girlfriend of Quinnan, the future police serious crime detective.

This plot, which was not in the original "The Departed", was added by Zhao Zhenghao's own interpretation, and the reason why this scene was added was to explain the reason why Kunnan and Frank were enemies all their lives in "The Departed".

In "The Departed", Kunnan was finally killed by Frank's horses, and in "Infernal Affairs 1", Officer Huang was killed by Han Chen's horses, which seems more abrupt and unreasonable, because killing the police, anywhere, is an intolerable thing, although the underworld is opposed to the police, but he does not dare to be arrogant to the point of killing the police casually.

Zhao Zhenghao didn't take this problem into account when he filmed "Infernal Affairs 1" before, but later when he opened the fan comments, he saw that some fans had questions about it, so when he was filming "The Departed", he used his own understanding to make up for this bug.

Moreover, because the adaptation of "The Departed" weakened the relationship between the police detective Quinnan and the police undercover Billy, Kunnan was finally killed in order to keep Billy's identity secret, which seems more abrupt than "Infernal Affairs 1", especially when this story takes place in the United States, which advocates the supremacy of the individual.

In "Infernal Affairs 1", after all, Chen Yongren was cultivated by Officer Huang, the two have worked together for nearly ten years, and they have cultivated enough feelings, Officer Huang is also a brother and father to Chen Yongren, and Officer Huang has a certain amount of guilt towards Chen Yongren, so it is understandable that he was killed in the end in order to keep Chen Yongren's identity.

The relationship between the old police officer Kunnan and the police undercover Billy in "The Departed" is just a simple working relationship, although before Kunnan was killed, he once revealed the guilt of single-handedly bringing Billy into danger, but it is difficult to say whether this guilt can make him willing to die in order to keep Billy's identity.

If Zhao Zhenghao didn't add this scene, there would be bugs in this plot.

After adding this scene, Quinnan and Frank are not only opposite in identity, but also have a hatred of killing their wives in their private feelings, so it is understandable why Quinnan is obsessed with bringing Frank to justice, and in order to achieve this goal, he will do whatever it takes, and finally develop to send undercover agents to Frank's subordinates.

And the reason why Frank finally gave the order to his horse boy to kill Kunnan can also be understood as the fact that he has reached the limit of his patience with Kunnan who has been entangled with him for decades, and he is proud of the success of sending undercover agents to the police station, and he is desperate and crazy.