Chapter 732: Chapter 729: Settling Down and Establishing a Career (5)
Xia Siyu had not sent a ssage to Bo Yan for an entire week.
The two had always been in tacit agreent online, one posting on Weibo, the other on Monts. Both were very busy, Bo Yan was shooting day and night, and to be able to sleep for seven hours a day was already a luxury. Xia Siyu’s situation was even more so, having to cope not only with filming but also with the reporters.
Her side had three scandals in a week, true or not, but it surely piqued the curiosity of onlookers. The number of people around the set visibly increased, including paparazzi and legitimate dia, all drawn by the buzz to capitalize on the heat.
The set crews were clever, since people were going to sneak photos anyway, they simply made it semi-open. Apart from the actual shooting tis when photography was prohibited, people could freely take pictures during breaks. Of course, the set’s LOGO suddenly appeared in every corner. Those in charge of publicity even rushed to order a batch of cups, tables, chairs, towels, pillows, and blankets printed with movie posters and promotional images. They also hung a conspicuous twenty-ter by twenty-ter poster outside the studio where people entered. Any place where accessories that could be photogenic were replaced with rchandise.
All the dia, fans, and bystanders who ca to visit just needed to apply in advance on their official Weibo, and there was a good chance they would be drawn to co for a tour. They would also receive a gift bag when leaving, stuffed with various small rchandise.
Of course, since they were visiting the set, the appearances and costus of the lead actors were also unveiled by the production, rather than being kept secret.
And it must be said, such a publicity strategy indeed opened up the recognition for “Youth 2”. Initially, “Youth 2” didn’t have much investnt, but the visiting journalists, although they couldn’t see the actual filming, judged from the overall atmosphere of the set and the commitnt of the main actors that it t expectations.
“Youth 1”, despite a good box office performance, didn’t have many fans for its lead actors and wasn’t seen as an irreplaceable masterpiece; originally, not many people planned to watch it. But after this round of publicity, it aroused the curiosity of quite a few people. Now that it had gained recognition, and although the rchandise seed costly, compared to other publicity thods, this approach was already quite cheap.
Xia Siyu changed her hotel, which led to a surge in search popularity as it was promoted through Xia Siyu’s presence, and the hotel was quite delighted, declaring that their security was top-notch in protecting guest privacy to the greatest extent. Whether this assurance was reliable was uncertain, but after changing to this hotel, the paparazzi were no longer seen camped out at her door in the hallway.
However, these days, she herself was extrely busy. Filming relentlessly every day, eating at the set, returning to the hotel only to sleep.
Today was Bo Yan’s birthday, and she had been working nonstop for a week. After finishing the afternoon shoot at four o’clock, she got on the RV and imdiately started to remove her makeup and change clothes inside the vehicle. She swapped her fancy costu for sportswear and put on a mask and hat to avoid being recognized. She didn’t even bring her designer bag, temporarily asking Wei Jingjing to buy her an Adidas sports bag to hold her ID and so change of clothes, along with the gift she got for Bo Yan — a rare vintage film reel she had hunted down abroad.
On the way to the airport, she had just boarded the plane when she noticed a familiar person sitting next to her:
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