Chapter Seventy-Four: Hype
"Sesame, you have to come on, I have already passed Director Li's audition." Zhang Ziyi said to Lin Zhimo in the tone of a passer-by.
"What kind of person do you think Director Li is, is he the tyrant type?" Lin Zhimo ignored Zhang Ziyi's ridicule, and instead asked about Li An's surname.
Zhang Ziyi thought for a while and said, "No, I think Director Li is like that kind of strict father type, although he always has a smiling expression, but he is actually quite strict." β
The reason why I ask this is because since he has the king gene, Lin Zhimo is not worried about his acting skills at all. This is not to say that his current acting skills are good enough for any shooting task, but he finds that his acting skills can grow in a very rapid way, and he can adjust to the best in the shortest possible time, regardless of the director's requirements.
Lin Zhimo is worried that the director will not give himself time to adapt, and he needs to follow his requirements directly, and he is not allowed to play by himself.
Therefore, after hearing Zhang Ziyi say this, Lin Zhimo also relieved his heart.
The audition was held in a teahouse.
After Lin Zhimo entered, he saw Li An sitting in a corner, slowly tasting the tea in his hand.
"Hello Director Li, I'm Lin Zhimo." Lin Zhimo hurriedly walked two steps to Li An.
Li An smiled at Lin Zhimo, looked at Lin Zhimo quickly as if he was substantial, and said, "Hello, please take a seat." β
After sitting down, Li An said to Lin Zhimo: "I have seen your performance of Er Kang on Treasure Island, and his acting skills are not bad. However, this time your character is a bandit with a rough and unrestrained surname, which may be a bit different from your previous character. β
Lin Zhimo said confidently: "Director Li, please rest assured, I am an actor, and playing different roles is a necessary cultivation for me, and I think I will contribute my strength to the film." β
Li An had a good impression of this confident actor, and immediately said: "Okay, in that case, you give me a performance ......"
Lin Zhimo immediately became nervous when he heard this, and the real test was coming.
"You once agreed to meet again with a girl you loved, but when you met again a few years later, she told you to break up with you, and you showed your reaction when you heard it." After Li An finished speaking, he stared at Lin Zhimo tightly.
Lin Zhimo closed his eyes, and after a while, he opened his eyes and regarded Li An in front of him as the woman. Lin Zhimo took a long breath, his eyes contained complex emotions, both surprise and reluctance, and more pain, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Just ...... Such? β
βperfectοΌβ Li An secretly praised in his heart, quite satisfied with Lin Zhimo's performance, although it was just a simple expression, but he understood what he just said, and he said to Lin Zhimo: "Okay, I think you need to change the original itinerary for this drama next." β
Lin Zhimo's face was overjoyed and asked, "I passed?" β
Li An stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "I think so." β
Lin Zhimo hurriedly grabbed Li An's hand, shook it twice and said, "Thank you, thank you Director Li, I don't think I will let you down." β
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Just when Lin Zhimo began to prepare for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon through the audition, the second part of Huanzhu Gege also officially began to appear on the TV screen, and under the influence of the first part, the ratings of the second part directly broke the ratings record of the first part on the first day of broadcasting.
After the first part was broadcast, the average viewership in the mainland exceeded 47%, a figure that not only caused a sensation in the industry and at home and abroad, but was also called a savior by some TV station directors. At that time, some people predicted that no TV series would be able to catch up with Huanzhu Gege in 10 years.
Now the ratings of the second part of Huanzhu Gege prove that he is only half right, because this year's "Huanzhu Gege 2" quickly broke the ratings record set by "Huanzhu Gege 1", and the national average rating exceeded 54%, and in Shonan, it even easily exceeded 60%! The highest rating is 65%, a number that no one dares to imagine!
With the hot screening of the second part of Huanzhu Gege, the sales of Lin Zhimo's second album, which had been stagnant, actually showed signs of rising, which made Lin Zhimo very happy.
By the end of July, the sales of Lin Zhimo's second album reached a terrifying 2.8 million copies!
As soon as this figure was revealed, it immediately caused an uproar in the music industry, Lin Zhimo is just a singer who has debuted for two years, this is the second album when it is full, how can there be such a terrible sales?
For a while, rumors about the sales cost of Lin Zhimo's album were rampant, and the quality of the songs in the album was ignored by those people who chose their surnames, and they just stared at the sales of Lin Zhimo's album and Lin Zhimo's age.
Lin Zhimo was very angry at first, and even wanted to participate in a few interviews to show evidence of his sales, but was stopped by Huo Xiwen, because she knew that those who criticized and questioned Lin Zhimo really couldn't see the quality of Lin Zhimo's album? No, they know better than anyone whether Lin Zhimo's album is good or bad, but the reason why they still say this has other purposes.
"Other purposes?" Lin Zhimo asked suspiciously, "I don't see what benefits they can get?" β
Huo Xiwen said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't just look at the behavior in front of you, wait a few more days, no more than half a month at most, and their true colors will be revealed." β
Sure enough, a week later, the expert music critics who had questioned Lin Zhimo's sales began to trumpet how good the album quality of another singer was, and of course, while elevating that singer, Lin Zhimo would inevitably be belittled.
Lin Zhimo only understood why they were lying down for no reason, it turned out that they were just trying to help another singer promote the fame they gained by hyping themselves.
Although he figured out this problem, Lin Zhimo was still angry, after all, what the other party did was too inauthentic.
Huo Xiwen still stopped Lin Zhimo and explained: "This is a tacit unspoken rule in the circle, after all, the other party only questioned your album sales, and did not do anything out of the ordinary, and besides, do you think this is negative news?" β
Lin Zhimo scratched his head: "Isn't this bad news?" Isn't album sales fraud serious? β
Huo Xiwen smiled: "This is not a problem at all, do you think people who like your songs will not buy your album because of your poor sales performance, or will others buy your album if you release real sales results?" It's not, if you like you, you'll still buy it, and if you don't like it, you still won't buy it, so don't pay attention to this kind of album sales, at most, just explain that there is no fraud, on the contrary, the more you pay attention to this matter, the more it shows that you are weak-hearted. β
Lin Zhimo was still a little unconvinced: "Then wouldn't you just let them talk nonsense?" β
Huo Xiwen said: "To a certain extent, they are also advertising for you...... You see, during this time, your album sales have increased by another ten thousand. β
Lin Zhimo sighed and smiled helplessly: "For the sake of this increase in sales of 10,000 copies, I will let them go." β
Huo Xiwen smiled: "It's not that you let them go, it's that you can't do anything about them at all." You see each of them saying that your actual album sales are not that high, but do any of them say what the actual sales should be? β
Lin Zhimo thought about it, and he really didn't.
Huo Xiwen said: "That's right, then how do you fight with them?" People say that your sales are inflated, and an inflated million is also it, and an inflated 100,000 is also it, what can you do with them? β
Lin Zhimo is completely out of line.
Huo Xiwen continued: "And now that sales fraud in the record industry is everyone's default unspoken rule, if you have to put this matter on the table is equivalent to challenging an industry, do you want to do this kind of thing?" β
Lin Zhimo shook his head in fright, and said, "Forget it, this kind of thing should be left to future generations, and I will write my songs with peace of mind." β
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No matter what Lin Zhimo thinks in his heart, after these two albums, he can be said to have officially become the newcomer king of the younger generation of singers, and Lin Zhimo's name began to become louder in the entire land of China.
Huo Xiwen said: "As long as your album still maintains this sales next year, there will definitely be a seat for you in the next Four Heavenly Kings." β
ps: It's a bit of a cardin, Hachi will try to adjust it as much as possible.
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