Compared to Lu Xi's anxiety, Lu Chen was much calmer.
Chen Fei Media had developed to this day, and the success or failure of a movie was not enough to shake its foundation. He had the status and reputation he had now, and not many opponents could shake him.
The first movie of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer was of course very important. Its box office would directly affect the profits of the next two movies. It was also the first battle of Lu Chen's great Wuxia IP plan, and he could only succeed.
But Lu Chen didn't think that Young Pugilistic World would be a big threat to The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. Even if the former had a big box office, it would only steal the limelight of the Wuxia movies.
Most importantly, no matter how good the trailer was, no matter how popular the online promotion was, the box office was ultimately contributed by the audience, and it was the audience's reputation that determined the box office!
On this point, Lu Chen had absolute confidence in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
In order to prepare for this new Wuxia movie, he painstakingly built the Lu Family Troupe, spent two years preparing, invested a huge amount of money to build a special effects team, and even made a talent show to find talents.
Young Pugilistic World, or Wanhao Pictures, which invested in this movie, were rich and powerful, but how could they be more prepared than Chen Fei Media?
What's more, the trend of new Wuxia was brought by Lu Chen. As for the shooting of Wuxia movies, he not only had rich memories in the dream world to use, but also had his own unique understanding and ideas.
Lu Chen didn't doubt the ability of Wanhao Pictures, and he also believed that this opponent could make a decent blockbuster.
But Wuxia movies …
Lu Chen smiled and said, "Sister, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer will be finished in two months. Including the post-production, we can't release it until the National Day at the earliest. We don't have a direct conflict with them, so let's not get involved."
"Let Brother Fei appease the fans. We should have a high enough position. There's no need to make a fuss. If they do well in the box office, it's actually good for us. We don't need to fight for this reputation."
Regardless of whether it was the entertainment industry or the film industry, they were all circles of fame and fortune, right and wrong. Open and secret fights were everywhere. Now that Wanhao Pictures had made such a big fuss, it was nothing more than fighting for fame and fortune, and trampling on Chenfei Media along the way.
Lu Chen had no intention of stirring up a dispute at this time. The filming of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer was at a critical stage. It was not worth it to be distracted by this kind of thing.
Perhaps the other party was eager for him to take the field himself!
Under Lu Chen's persuasion, Lu Xi quickly calmed down. She realized that Lu Chen's words were very reasonable.
"Alright then, I'll discuss it with Li Feiyu and try to deal with it as coldly as possible."
Li Feiyu was the only friend Lu Chen met during his time in Beijing. It could be said that the change in Lu Chen's fate had a certain relationship with him. Since Lu Chen became famous and started his career, he had not forgotten this friend.
In the beginning, Li Feiyu served as Lu Chen's assistant and helped with the live broadcast. Later, he was responsible for the public relations and marketing of the studio. Now he was the director of the online publicity department of Chenfei Media. He was responsible for managing matters related to fans, such as Lu Jiajun's support fan group, official Tieba, forum, QQ group and so on.
Lu Chen said, "Well, find another media to arrange an interview for me. We'll also make some noise."
Lu Xi agreed.
He ended the call with Lu Xi. Chen Fei 'er and Mu Xiaochu walked over hand in hand.
Chen Fei 'er asked, "What happened? Why did you call for so long? "
Lu Chen smiled and said, "Sister called. It's nothing big. Let's go back and talk. It's too windy here."
It really wasn't a big deal. Lu Chen set the tone to deal with the situation. On the other side, under the arrangement of Lu Xi, Chenfei Media quickly appeased most of the fans through the support group and did not continue to make the matter bigger.
In the words of Li Feiyu in the official group, it was that Lu Jiajun should have a high profile and not fight with others.
Lu Chen's fans were also mainly young people, but compared to those teenage girls, they were undoubtedly more rational and mature, so everyone was quite cooperative.
Of course, a small number of fans did not listen, but after all, they could not cause much trouble.
As for Wanhao Pictures and Huo Feile, they did not make a big deal out of it. After all, there were too many fans of Lu Chen. If they really offended all of them, then they would boycott the release of "Young Martial World". It would not be worth it.
However, some of Huo Feile's fans saw that Lu Jiajun had given up, so they felt proud and thought that they had won.
The only ones who were disappointed were the media who wanted to see the world in chaos, and a small number of people in the industry who liked to watch the fun.
On June 10th, Lu Chen accepted an interview with "Film Express" on the temporary set of Huashan.
"Film Express" was one of the few professional film newspapers in China. It had been published for nearly 30 years and had a great influence among film fans. It had launched its own website a few years ago, and the official V of Waves blog had more than 5 million fans.
Since "The Smiling, The Proud Martial World" started shooting, the crew refused to be interviewed by the media. The shooting had always been in a state of secrecy, and there had been no important news for a few months.
This time, "Film Express" was contacted by Chenfei Media, and immediately sent their best people to Huashan, trying to dig out the relevant first-hand information about "The Smiling, The Proud Martial World".
At present, the martial arts movies were very popular. At least three movies of the same genre were released during the summer. People in and out of the industry were very concerned about it, especially "The Smiling, The Proud Martial World".
On June 12th, "Film Express" published the full interview with Lu Chen on its latest issue and website, which immediately attracted the attention of many people in the industry and other media.
However, to their disappointment, "Film Express" did not have any eye-catching news. Lu Chen and the crew of "The Smiling, The Proud Martial World" were very low-key. They only said that the shooting was very smooth, and that they could basically guarantee that the movie would be released during the National Day.
As for "Young Man in Pugilistic World" and other competitors, Lu Chen did not comment on them because he did not know them well, and he did not care that the honor of the first new martial arts movie was taken away.
Compared with the bold words released by Lu Chen at the opening ceremony, people in the industry soon said that the shooting of "The Smiling, The Proud Martial World" might have encountered a lot of problems. Under the strong competition of "Young Man in Pugilistic World", he was not very confident, and he might fail in this movie!
Regarding this saying, neither Lu Chen nor Chenfei Media paid attention to it. No matter what the outside world said, they always kept silent.
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