Chapter 350 Brief Discussion While everyone was thinking about something, there was another noise coming from outside. A middle-aged man with a beer belly and holding a baby walked down the stairs in the main living room, followed by a young woman with a helpless look on her face. Seeing the two people coming down the stairs, the guests in the main living room gathered around them. Looking at the situation, Wu Mu knew immediately without anyone telling him that this person must be the owner of this place, the vice president of the Film and Television Association, Qiao Xin, and his daughter. After the guests gathered around the man and greeted him, they all knew better than to argue and left. Yang Rongfa, who was still in the main living room, came up to the middle-aged man with a beer belly, pointed in the direction of Wu Mu and whispered something. Then the middle-aged man with a beer belly looked at Wu Mu and walked towards Wu Mu with his daughter. In the small reception room, everyone stood up immediately. Before Wu Mu came, he didn't take him seriously at all. The bald man with a cotton beret who continued to talk about their topic immediately stopped talking, stood up and waited for the man to come over. "President Qiao, is this your grandson?"

"She's really pretty. Just like your daughter, she will definitely be a handsome guy when she grows up." "Haha, Old Joe, sign your grandson to my company and package him to be a big star when he debuts." "Xiaotong, you're really quick. My son is already 100 days old. My daughter was complaining to me a few days ago that she didn't even have time to go out and play with you now." It turned out to be the owner of this place, Qiao Xin. Many people in the small reception room seemed familiar with this middle-aged man with a beer belly and his daughter, and greeted them warmly. When Qiao Xin arrived, he did not talk to Wu Mu first. Instead, he held his grandson and happily showed him to the big names and directors present, and chatted with them. After a round of greetings, he looked at Wu Mu. His attitude was very kind and friendly. "It must be Wu Mu, you are indeed a handsome man." Wu Mu also knows how to say auspicious words. He looked at the baby sleeping in Qiao Xin's arms, who was indeed quite pretty. "Chairman Qiao, your grandson will definitely be more handsome than me when he grows up." When ordinary people say this, it doesn't have any power, it's just normal. But when Wu Mu said this, Qiao Xin's eyes stayed on Wu Mu's face for half a second and he laughed, "That's great, he can really become a big star." Vice President Qiao Xin was kind, but not very friendly. But her daughter beside her had always kept her eyes on Wu Mu since the beginning. After Qiao Xin finished greeting, he immediately said with some joy, "Hello, Teacher Wu Mu, I am your fan, and I especially like the songs you sing." Afraid Wu Mu wouldn’t believe her, she added, “I follow you on Weibo.” Fearing that this was not enough, she continued, "I also bought the robot dog you sold before." This is very credible. They are real fans and loyal fans at that. Come to think of it, even Wu Mu himself can hardly see his own fan activities online, except for those obvious Korean girl fans, he himself is not sure whether he has any fans or not. But offline, he really seems to have quite a few fans wherever he goes.

Moreover, the proportion of rich people is not small. He suspects that the system performance card is secretly pushing him to more rich people in order to redeem performance cards. Wu Mu said somewhat tactfully, "It's fine to listen to the songs, but you don't have to buy anything. I don't really need fans to support me." Qiao Xin's daughter didn't care much, "It's okay, it's not expensive, I bought it for my husband, he likes it very much." Well, I heard it all. He is not the one who is taking advantage of me. It doesn't cost much, but people really like it. The performance card cannot brainwash or hypnotize people. At most, it can play a role in pushing and increasing the volume. After Wu Mu gave some tactful advice, he saw that the other person didn't care and didn't say anything more. Qiao Xin's daughter seemed to be a real fan of Wu Mu. After chatting with Wu Mu enthusiastically for a few words, she hesitated, turned around, and introduced Wu Mu to the people in the small reception room. "Teacher Wu Mu, I heard that you rarely attend various gatherings. Let me introduce you to Uncle Tang and the others." This action undoubtedly made everyone in the small reception room feel a little uncomfortable. Your father didn't even introduce him to anyone just now, and you, who is meeting him for the first time and has a husband, are so eager to introduce him to others? People around him looked at Wu Mu strangely. Is this guy so popular with rich ladies? Wu Mu himself also sighed. He had no intention of building friendships with people around him to seek resources. If others wanted to build friendships with him, he would not deliberately push them away. But if they obviously felt that they were of higher status than him and did not seem like they could communicate on an equal footing, he would not bother to approach them. However, since the fans kindly introduced him, Wu Mu would not embarrass anyone. "This is Uncle Tang, Director Tang Wei." "Director Tang." Wu Mu greeted. Tang Wei was the bald man wearing a woolen beret. When Qiao Xin's daughter introduced him, he smiled and said politely, "I know Wu Mu. Xiaotong, you don't need to introduce him. He's very popular in the circle recently. I've even considered asking him to be the second male lead in my next movie." Please let me be the second male lead? It's just polite talk, just listen to it. Wu Mu didn't care. "This is Uncle Xie, Director Xie Chunfang." "Thank you, Director." They are all successful and famous directors of the older generation in China, and are names that cannot be ignored when talking about domestic directors. Xie Chunfang's name contains the word "Fang". He is actually tall and strong. When he stands up, he is half a head taller than Wu Mu. He nodded at Wu Mu kindly and said, "I have seen your performance in Wang Ren's drama. It is very good. We were just talking about the decline in box office and the winter of the industry. What do you think, Wu Mu?" "I don't know much about these things and haven't done any research on them," Wu Mu said modestly. Xie Chunfang didn't care. "It's okay, just chat casually. It just so happens that we can also listen to what the younger stars in our circle think." It seems that this person really wants to listen and is not just making up a topic. Wu Mu thought about it. He really hadn’t given much thought to this question. But after all, he had been a celebrity for half a year, and he had some understanding of it through what he saw and heard every day. Moreover, even outsiders can have some general ideas about why the box office has declined. He organized his words, "I think there are many reasons, the impact of short videos, which is a commonplace, and the audience's time is spent on watching short videos and movie commentary videos. Not to mention the reduction of ticket subsidies and the increase in ticket prices, I personally think the most important reason is that the current capitalization of film operations is too heavy." Wu Mu spoke frankly about his observations and feelings, "Everyone has said so many times that content and story are king, and there is nothing new in what I say. But I think that people in the industry are more or less shouting this slogan, but they don't really take it seriously in actual action." "From the very beginning of a film project, people buy online influencers, buy trending searches, hype up the director and actors, and use all kinds of overwhelming gimmicks and copywriting to promote it. Capitalized operations are too mature and too important. Although this doesn't mean that people don't pay attention to the story when making a movie, when you don't need a good story to sell a high box office and can make money more easily, it's inevitable that you won't pay as much attention to the story."

Capitalized operations too heavy? Everyone couldn't help but look at the bosses of several big companies in the circle who were present. What Wu Mu said is nothing new, I have heard some of it in private. But he was really brave to say it in this situation. Besides, it’s appropriate for you, a top star who often appears on trending searches, to say this. Wu Mu did not think it was inappropriate. In addition to the capital perspective, he also talked about another direction from his own programmer's perspective: "In fact, the film industry may not necessarily become a sunset industry. With the development of AI technology, it will be easier to make movies and special effects in the future, and the threshold will be significantly lowered. More people will participate in the film production industry. Who knows, one day it will be like online novels, where everyone can participate in the production. This will inevitably bring more and better stories to the film industry. From a general perspective, film, as an art form, will never die out, but will only become more and more prosperous." Well, it may not be in the current form by then. Wu Mu's words may not be eye-opening, but they do give rise to some food for thought. At least it proves that he is not a traffic star with an empty mind and no knowledge at all. Lin Xueming looked at Wu Mu a little more. After a brief discussion about the future of the film, Qiao Xin's daughter continued to introduce Wu Mu to the people present. Then they introduced each other. She suddenly found a difficult problem. Wu Mu’s old acquaintance, Geng Wei, the boss of Tianwei Entertainment, also came over. She knew Geng Wei and was also aware of the conflict between Geng Wei and Wu Mu. Everyone else helped to introduce themselves, but Geng Wei skipped the introduction, which made it seem like she had something against Geng Wei. Qiao Xin's daughter looked at Geng Wei, slightly hesitant. - ps: There is one more chapter. These chapters are transition chapters to slow down the previous rhythm. I didn’t mean to make them watery. After some revisions, the last four hundred words were free of charge. (End of this chapter)