228: "Empresses in the Palace" has officially started filming!

As the saying goes, even negative fame is still fame. Although online reviews of Cai Xukun were basically just memes...

However, traffic is money. If you can make money, negative fame isn't something to be ashamed of.

So, planning ahead is fine, but the difficulty might be even harder than filming a movie. After all, Cai Xukun's explosive popularity was a result of meeting the right circumstances at that specific point in time.

Yang Mi nodded after hearing Chen Le's words.

She felt that this approach was also acceptable.

It wouldn't require too much of her energy.

“Alright, let's do as you say, Old Chen,” Yang Mi said with a smile.

Anyway, she didn't know how to handle it right now, so she might as well try. If it actually worked, it would be a win.

Yang Mi wasn't good at cultivating these idol stars, but there were plenty of people in the entertainment industry who were. She just needed to poach the talented ones.

Especially later on, when short videos became popular, the importance of traffic would be even greater.

That would be the real window of opportunity.

Ordinary people could also take off using the traffic from short videos, rather than only having the path of becoming a celebrity.

Of course, playing with traffic carried significant risks, so Chen Le didn't bother with it. The risk was high, and whether it would yield a return was another story. It wasn't as straightforward as filming movies, and the risk wasn't that high.

Idols and influencers had to worry about their reputations collapsing, but as a director, he didn't need to worry. A movie either worked or it didn't.

“Alright, go tell your manager. He should know what to do,” Chen Le nodded.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Director Xu Gang and his directing team arrived at the film studio location.

The actors of the legend of zhen huan also arrived here. As November approached, the weather was turning cold.

Of course, compared to Yanjing, the temperature in the film studio location was still relatively high.

Although it was only ten to twenty degrees, it was still a few degrees higher than the temperature in Yanjing.

They came here early to familiarize themselves with the environment.

Official filming would start in a few days. At that time, Chen Le and Yang Mi would also come over.

The reason Chen Le was coming was naturally to guide Director Xu Gang on how to film and tell him what kind of effects he wanted to achieve.

After all, every director's filming techniques and visual effects are different. Chen Le didn't want the final tv series produced by Director Xu Gang to have too large a gap from the version in his previous life; that would be problematic.

Many small details are the key to whether a show can become a hit. If it could be restored as much as possible, he naturally wanted to do so.

Inside the Hengdian World Studios, there was a magnificent palace complex. Although it was a replica, its scale was not small, making it perfect for filming palace dramas.

The vast majority of palace dramas are filmed here. After all, the Forbidden City in Yanjing is a national cultural relic; it's certainly impossible to film there freely. If they damaged even a little bit, the Film Crew wouldn't be able to afford the compensation.

At this time, Sun Li, Chen Jianbin, Cai Shaofen, Jiang Xin, and other main actors of the legend of zhen huan had already been waiting here for a long while.

Seeing Director Xu Gang's arrival, several people smiled and greeted him.

“Hello, Director Xu!”

Hearing them greet him, a smile appeared on Director Xu Gang's face as he greeted them one by one.

This feeling of being respected was truly nice; now Director Xu Gang was also a famous director.

Of course, he also knew who had brought him his current fame.

Regarding Chen Le, besides thanking his good brother from the bottom of his heart, he also wanted to properly complete the tasks Chen Le had entrusted to him.

After all, the better Chen Le did, the better he would do.

He didn't have any grand ambitions. Being able to become a well-known director, earn some money, achieve financial freedom, and live without worries was enough for him.

“Director Xu, you said Director Chen would come in a few days. Is that true?” Chen Jianbin asked with a smile.

He really wanted to meet Chen Le, who was publicly recognized in the industry as a young genius director.

For a director of Chen Le's age, having one decent work would already be considered good.

But for someone like Chen Le, whose box office surpassed one billion, and with two consecutive films doing so, this was something never before seen in the history of Chinese cinema.

It could be said to be unprecedented and likely never to be repeated.

“It's true. But it will be a few more days; he'll come the day before filming starts.” Hearing Chen Jianbin's words, Director Xu Gang answered him with a smile.

“Haha, that’s great. I’ve heard of Director Chen’s great name for a long time, but unfortunately, I haven’t had the chance to meet him,” Chen Jianbin continued with a smile on his face.

At this time, Sun Li, Cai Shaofen, and Jiang Xin also walked over.

Hearing the two discussing Chen Le, they were equally curious.

After all, this person had been a very famous director over the past two years.

They came here partly because of the reputation of Morning Star Film and Television and Chen Le, because this was equivalent to building a relationship with Morning Star and Chen Le.

Now that Chen Le was coming, their goal was directly achieved.

Although they all had some small achievements and a few were even relatively well-known actors, they were still not enough compared to Chen Le.

Chen Le had launched several newcomers with two movies, and they were very envious watching that.

They had struggled for so many years, yet Wang Baoqiang, Shen Teng, and Ma Li had caught up with or even surpassed them with just one movie.

Now that there was an opportunity to take a step further, they naturally had to seize it.

If nothing else, just getting some scraps from him would be enough.

Director Xu Gang chatted with them. Although several of them were asking about Chen Le, he didn't have any other thoughts in his heart.

His current fame was still far behind. He had only filmed two works in total: one was the unexpectedly series, and the other was living buddha ji gong.

Before graduating, he never would have imagined he could become a director and film a tv series in such a short time, let alone a hit series.

All of this was thanks to Chen Le.

Soon, two more days passed. During these two days, Director Xu Gang took Chen Jianbin and the others to familiarize themselves with the location and get to know each other.

At eleven in the morning, Director Xu Gang, Chen Jianbin, and other main members of the the legend of zhen huan cast were waiting for the arrival of Chen Le and Yang Mi at the airport exit.

Soon, they saw Chen Le and Yang Mi's figures.

Director Xu Gang recognized Chen Le at a glance. Yang Mi next to him wasn't wearing a mask, so Director Xu Gang also recognized her at a glance.

After all, this was the film studio location; there was no need to worry about being recognized and blocked here because there were more actors and celebrities in the film studio location than local residents.

They had long since become accustomed to it.

Chen Jianbin, Sun Li, and Cai Shaofen also recognized Yang Mi. Although Yang Mi had become popular in recent years, her fame was not lower than theirs at all, and was even higher.

tv series like chinese paladin 3 and Palace had directly made Yang Mi explode in popularity. Later, she filmed many tv series, movies, and appeared on many variety shows. Her fame was higher than all of Chen Jianbin and the others combined.

Of course, it would be different after the legend of zhen huan aired.

The massive success of this tv series would directly make lead actors like Chen Jianbin popular along with it.

It could be considered an important turning point in their acting careers.