Chapter 59 Boot Meeting

  After the protagonist was set, Yu Qiyuan fully demonstrated his attitude of being swift and decisive. Within three days, he had finalized all the major supporting roles, which numbered over a hundred. This feat can be described as nothing short of miraculous. As a result, the audition time was extended from 8:00-18:00 to 7:00-20:00. Fortunately, Su Zhechen didn't need to participate in the selection process for major supporting roles at all.

  However, Yu Qiyuan is really ruthless and impartial. Generally speaking, every drama team has some actors who enter the team through connections, after all, China is a society that values relationships. But Yu Qiyuan was really heartless and refused to let anyone in, including CCTV's high-ranking officials.

  To quote Yu Qiyuan, every supporting role has to go through his selection process. Therefore, when the open casting call for "Journey to the West" was announced, with over a hundred roles available, it caused quite a stir in China. Countless aspiring actors and star wannabes flocked to audition, but of course, they had to go through the initial screening first. Otherwise, all sorts of weirdos would show up, which would be a waste of time.

  But Su Shichen didn't go to the audition, after all. What's his level now? He's the deputy director and screenwriter of the crew. Although he can't compare with Rong Zhen in terms of seniority, his power far exceeds Rong Zhen's. Take this audition for example, all the characters in the play were set by him, which means that any actor who wants to play a role must be approved by Su Shichen, just like Qu Li泉 was directly rejected by Su Shichen.

  But such a sensational sea election audition has also settled after a week.

  All actors are in place, and the script is also ready. Yu Qiyuan made a decision, and three days later, a launch conference was held.

  Actually, the boot meeting is just a gimmick, and at the same time, let the actors of the crew show up, so that they can get familiar with the media. The opening ceremony of "New Journey to the West" was much more grand, at least three days were needed for preparation.

  Su Shilei finally completed the script after great difficulty, so it was only natural that he wanted to take a rest, having worked hard for such a long time.

  The first day was spent lounging around in the house, watching movies and listening to music.

  Longyun.com has already posted on its homepage the news of Su Renshan's new book release.

  "Author Tian En of 'Ordinary Person Cultivating Truth' has a new book 'Dou Po Cang Qiong' coming soon, looking forward to your participation in the text interview."

  An extremely large banner, as soon as you enter the website, you can see it. This kind of benefit has only been enjoyed by Su Shilei alone.

  The other three major websites have many big shots, but it's precisely because there are too many big shots. If every big shot opens a new book with this kind of benefit, it would be too frequent and may cause reader backlash.

  And other small websites, although they also have their own big gods, but the influence is not as good as Su Release Morning, and can't match this level of advertising.

  Su Shi's "Morning Release" has become a classic, and many netizens have commented that if you didn't read "Ordinary Person's Cultivation Story" in 2012, then you can't be considered a qualified bookworm.

  Although this statement is somewhat exaggerated, it also fully demonstrates Su Rixing's status as a great god.

  It's hard not to sigh, thinking about the previous life on earth, no matter how it was written, it was always a street of losers, but this life is so simple and just one book sealed the deal, indeed standing on the shoulders of giants makes you see further.

  Su Yuechen is not yet considered a top god, but his popularity is higher than that of an average top god. There are authors who have become gods through their books, but almost no one has become a top god. Even the potato from the previous life's earth, before writing "Doupo Cangqiong", had written "Magic Sword Saint: Foreign Realm Conquest" and was crowned the new king of the novel world.

  Su Yu Chen is the same, unable to become a supreme god with just one book, but his popularity has even surpassed that of the supreme god. The reason is simple: because "Living with My Sister" and "First Intimate Contact" brought in a large number of pure love readers, although these readers do not read "Ordinary Person's Cultivation Transmission", this is genuine and valuable popularity.

  According to the schedule arranged by Longyun.com, the text interview was two days after the launch conference, and there was still plenty of time. As for the website having already taken the name "Doupo Cangqiong", they were not worried about others taking the name.

  Longyun Network spared no effort in supporting Su Shichen, actually just wanting to push out a spokesperson.

  In fact, Su Release Morning's rise also brought many benefits to Longyun Network. On the hardware side, traffic clicks and rewards are not mentioned, but on the software side, for example, when editors went to other websites to poach people, authors asked what website they were editing, and the editor replied that it was Longyun Network. Most authors would say they didn't know, and even if they pulled out Linghang Technology, they would still refuse. This phenomenon was particularly evident when pulling in small gods.

  In three stations, the small god has actually made a lot of money, although the ability to absorb gold is not as good as that of the great god and the supreme god, but in fact, there is no shortage of money.

  But now it's different, we can use Su Release Morning's name, the editor can say that although our website is not well-known, but recently popular Tian En, his "Ordinary People Cultivate True Transmission" was dug up by our website.

  This will greatly increase the chances of success, and small and medium-sized gods have a good ability to absorb gold. What they lack is fame and the opportunity to become a great god.

  Su Release Morning can be said to have become a god on Longyun Network, in other words, Longyun Network has the ability to create gods.

  "Waaah, Tian En Da Da is actually starting a new book! Does this mean that 'Feng Ren' is going to end?! No way, I'm just getting into it!!" - Our Guardian

  " 'Fighting Through the Sky' just sounds more domineering than 'Ordinary Person's Cultivation Story', hoping for even greater innovation from DaDa." —— Still Gilgamesh

  "What kind of book is this new one? Just by hearing its name, we can rule out urban and historical genres. Is it fantasy or martial arts?"

  However, based on my speculation, it should be more likely to be a fantasy novel. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, judging from the name "Doupo Cangqiong"

  Dou, Western Douqi, and Dou Shi are very famous.

  Secondly, Tian En's "Ordinary People Cultivate the Truth" has squeezed into the top five works on the network search list. What's more important is that the traffic of Longyun website is far less than that of three stations, which makes the brilliance of ordinary people even more prominent.

  The main point is that "Ordinary People Cultivating the Truth" has already become a classic on Longyun.com, and despite having poached many small and medium-sized authors, none of them can stand shoulder to shoulder with it. In other words, the achievements of "Ordinary People Cultivating the Truth" in the Xianxia genre are already very good, and there is no need to write another Xianxia novel to disperse the popularity. Even if Tian'en Dada had a momentary lapse of sanity, I think the website would not allow it, so Tian'en Dada's new book should be a different type from "Ordinary People Cultivating the Truth".

  It's also Xuanhuan, many book fans like Xuanhuan but don't like Xiānjiàng, or they like Xiānjiàng but not Xuanhuan. According to Tiān'ēn Dàdà's strength, writing a Xuanhuan novel would definitely be a huge hit too! At that time, the combination of Xuanhuan and Xiānjiàng would be unstoppable, Longyun Network is going to rise to the top!!”—— Yuán Lái Shì Nǐ.

  As it turns out, your analysis is quite accurate, basically you got it right.

  Turned off the computer and had a good rest in the house for a day. Went out for a stroll on the second day, and the third day was officially opened with a boot ceremony.

  This is much more grand than the press conference Zhao held at first, not to mention the size of the venue, just talking about the reporters who attended, it's completely different from the previous one.

  The array of long guns and short cannons made Su Rui Chen, who had some mental preparation, still stunned for a moment. Although it couldn't be described as "people mountain people sea", it was absolutely shoulder-to-shoulder.

  There were absolutely over a hundred journalists present, what a scene.

  On the stage, there was a row of seats. Yu Qiyuan, the director, sat in the middle, while You Teng, the deputy director, sat on Yu Qiyuan's left side. Su Shichen sat on Yu Qiyuan's right side. The three central positions were occupied by Yu Qiyuan, You Teng, and Su Shichen, pushing Rong Zhen to one side, which showed Su Shichen's status in the drama group.

  Only a few main actors who played Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, White Dragon Horse and Tang Sanzang could appear on stage, otherwise the seats for over 100 supporting actors would not be enough.

  "It's a classic, one of the four great works of Chinese literature. Its popularity is immense, to the point where it can be said that even women and children know about it. The stories of 'Havoc in Heaven', 'Three Battles with the White Bone Demon' and 'The True and False Monkey King' have been widely circulated. The old version of 'Journey to the West' created a classic, which is still being broadcast today. The call for a remake has never stopped, and CCTV has responded by starting to plan one."

  "While the director is always the soul of a movie, a TV series, CCTV has been looking for good directors, looking for those who can produce classics. Finally, among many directors, CCTV chose Yu Qiyuan. I believe it's not necessary for me to introduce him, one of the top directors in China, with countless classic works under his belt. I'm sure Director Yu will once again create a classic." Youteng handed over the right to speak to Yu Qiyuan and sat down.

  Yu Qiyuan stood up, his dusty and worn-out leather jacket making him look somewhat out of place in this setting. Even Su Zhan, a bystander, felt a little embarrassed for him. However, Yu Qiyuan himself remained calm and composed. "I've taken on this responsibility after careful consideration of the pressure and criticism that comes with it. After all, the original 'Journey to the West' is a classic that holds memories of two generations' youth. But classics are meant to be surpassed, and I have confidence in our ability to do just that." Yu Qiyuan declared resolutely.

  Yu Qiyuan's words caused a stir, considering the original "Journey to the West" had a viewership rating of 27%, which can be said to be a legendary rating. To know that such a high rating was closely related to the social environment at that time, and now having a rating of 3% is already very good. The current social environment is different from twenty or thirty years ago, with new internet games and various forms of entertainment diverting the audience away from watching TV.

  Of course, this is just one of the reasons. The biggest reason is that there are more programs, and the audience has more choices. The remote control is in the hands of the audience, if you don't like it, they will change the channel, change the program.

  "Excuse me, Director Yu is so confident, does he have some secret weapon?" a reporter asked.

  "My confidence is based on the excellent staff of the crew and the outstanding actors, and most importantly, we also have a screenwriter who is great at telling stories!"