When the two episodes of "Friends" in which Li Zhibai guest-starred were aired, the average episode ratings exceeded 3%, which aroused the attention of the entire industry.
Originally, everyone thought that this score might not be broken until the last episode of this season.
After all, in this era, it is simply unbelievable for the average ratings to exceed 3%.
The startup rate is too low.
To achieve such a result, it can only be achieved by asking those viewers who do not watch TV to turn on the TV at home again.
Looking at the past ten years, when the ratings were at their peak, it was also a phenomenal anti-corruption drama six or seven years ago. It soared to more than 5%. That was a miracle that has never been replicated again.
With a score of 3%, it can be said that in the past five years, it has been invincible in the world.
Why?
Why are the ratings of "Friends" so high?
Such a simple sitcom has no depth and no artistic value. Even the performances of the actors are very simple. It is a simple performance that does not require any acting skills at all.
But it achieved such terrifying ratings.
The fact that Lu Yanhe will attend the Blue Ribbon Award Ceremony has shocked the industry, but it is not as shocking as the 3% ratings.
It’s too exaggerated.
According to this progress, is it possible for the final episode of "Friends" to hit the 4% ratings?
Solo broadcast.
The ratings success of "Friends" has made TV stations realize once again that in this era, you can still create ratings miracles, as long as you can call the audience back in front of the TV.
This is not the same as a magazine.
Some people may want to read magazines, but they can’t buy them. Compared with the newsstands and bookstores that could be seen everywhere in the past, if they want to buy a magazine now, they may need to go to a special place to buy it, which directly cuts off the revival of the paper media era——
"Jump Up" was successful because its sales channel was that of a physical book, not a magazine.
Now the TV still has the basic disk.
Basically, everyone still has a TV in their home, but they are not used or turned on very much.
If one day, when everyone renovates their new homes, they eliminate TV sets on a large scale, that will be the end of the TV station.
The success of "Friends" has brought more silent humiliation to Beijing and Taiwan.
The series that they made failed in their hands was brought back to life in the hands of Bai Jingnian and Lu Yanhe.
The value of this drama is far more than what has been shown before. Based on the current enthusiasm of the audience for this drama, it is completely foreseeable that this series will continue to be produced for several years.
The advertising fees that Yuehutai earned during the two months when the show "Friends" was aired alone could support the revenue of the past quarter - it sounds exaggerated, but in this era, a movie It is a TV series with an average episode rating of more than 2%, and it is also a phenomenal hit. The advertising costs are so exaggerated.
The most obvious sign is that "Friends" is broadcast at 8 o'clock every Friday and Saturday night and ends in half an hour. The ratings of variety shows received after 8:30 have also increased, and even the program The hosts all said with a smile on the show that thanks to "Friends", their bonuses have increased in the past two months.
Yuehutai is also very strong and reacts very quickly.
They bought a drama starring Lu Yanhe, Yan Liang, Wen Minglan, Yin Xincheng, Zhan Yun, and Bai Jin, and broadcast it during the usual daytime hours, or late at night on Fridays and Saturdays——
Paradoxically, the ratings are pretty good, with a rating of close to 0.2% in the middle of the night.
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"The ratings results are so good. I feel that there is a lot of pressure on the next season. With such good results, it will be really difficult to surpass them in the future." Lu Yanhe said.
"You should say that "Friends" has achieved such good results. As long as we don't shoot blindly in the future, the results will never be worse." Chen Ziyan smiled, "Do you know how many people came to me and said they would like to star in the next season? A cameo role? Everyone wants to appear on "Friends."
< br>Lu Yanhe: "But I found that inviting big stars to guest star can really help increase the ratings."
In these two episodes, he was not there, Li Zhibai came to guest star in these two episodes, no matter the topic Both sex and enthusiasm are very high, and Li Zhibai's appearance set off another round of discussion on the Internet.
Chen Ziyan: "Many people say that the actual appeal of celebrities is not that great. That is because many people do not know how to use celebrities now. If you want to say how much appeal a person can have with just one name, it is indeed very difficult. It’s difficult. Those who can sell tens of millions at the box office with just one name belong to top stars. However, if the stars are put into the right projects, one plus one will break out. The second is even the effect of 456. Li Zhibai's cameo appearance is very topical. His age and image are not inconsistent with "Friends", and his relationship with you and Yan Liang has been known to everyone for a long time. I understand, you can’t appear because of something, and he’s just a substitute. Your fans will support it, and so will his fans.”
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"The most important thing is that everyone has long called for Li Zhibai to guest star in the "Friends" series. This also satisfies the wishes of many viewers." Chen Ziyan said, "We can really plan carefully in the future. , to see which characters can invite some big names to guest star, so that from time to time, there can be some fresh topics on the basic screen, helping "Friends" continue to break through. You know many popular American dramas, Not just big stars, but also sports stars, popular writers, top supermodels, famous public figures... you can consider it."
"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded, then smiled, "Let's go. In the first season, I am going to arrange for Li Lili to work in the fashion section of "Jump Up" magazine."
Chen Ziyan looked at him in surprise and smiled, "You are carrying personal information."
"Can't you let me bring in all this private stuff?" Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "And why not? Well, I'll ask Siqi and the others to make a cameo when the time comes."
"Then the topic should be It exploded," Chen Ziyan said decisively.
In the original "Friends", Rachel went to a company to do clothing-related work.
Lu Yanhe just changed this company into the fashion section of "Jump Up".
"Friends" has become a must-watch TV series for many young people today, and has even become a guide to urban life for many people.
Lu Yanhe feels that the sales of "Jump Up" have stagnated for a long time and have not increased. Although in this era, it is a miraculous achievement that sales have not declined, but he still hopes that "Jump Up" can continue to grow. Head further.
Cannot be satisfied with the status quo.
Once you start to be satisfied and get used to it, it will start to go downhill.
Just use "Friends" to boost "Jump Up".
“Who are you going to find as representatives of young actors for the Blue Ribbon tribute to old artists?”
Chen Ziyan asked about it.
This is also something they need to determine as soon as possible recently.
The award ceremony will be in ten days.
Lu Yanhe said: "Da Shan must be one of them."
Wang Dashan, who was spotted by him and starred in "The Lost Road", was invited by Lu Yanhe to participate in "The Birth of an Actor" During the recording, he agreed without hesitation, not caring at all that this was a variety show, and as a star of a movie with a box office of over 700 million, he had to compete with other people, without even asking about remuneration.
This moved Lu Yanhe very much.
Again, except for himself who knew that the program "The Birth of an Actor" could actually become very popular, others had seen such a program for the first time and were unknown. They are taking a lot of risks.
Even if the show is very popular, no one knows whether they will be liked or disliked on this show.
There are so many celebrities who have failed in popular shows.
The contestants who will participate in the show "The Birth of an Actor" include, in addition to Wang Dashan, Cheng Hai and Liu Zhiyin, both of whom Lu Yanhe will definitely choose.
In addition to these three people, he discussed with Chen Ziyan and quickly selected the fourth one.
When it came time to choose who was the last one, I had a hard time.
Because there are too many choices.
Chen Ziyan said: "Let's do a priority ranking. I'll randomly pick two people to PK, and you choose one of them. Whoever stays until the end is the one you choose."
Lu Yanhe nodded, "Okay."
"Furthermore, this is just our preliminary idea, and people may not have the schedule to be able to participate." Chen Ziyan said, "Both Wang Dashan and Liu Zhiyin are quite popular, especially Liu Zhiyin, who is a popular idol star and her schedule is not as easy as yours. She also has I really don’t have time to participate.”
Lu Yanhe said: “Well, I know, let’s ask first.”
Of course it would be best if Liu Zhiyin can participate.
Although she is not a serious actress, she has not started acting seriously yet.
But she is obviously interested in acting and may still pursue this path in the future.
Of course, in recent years, Ryu Ji-eum has definitely been focusing on the idol career, and acting is just a side job.
Just trying.
Then, when I called each one, no one directly said that they couldn't do it. They all said that they would coordinate the time immediately and they would reply today.
Chen Ziyan laughed and said, "Don't you still recognize your current appeal?"
Lu Yanhe: "Everyone gives you face."
Chen Ziyan: "Excessive modesty is a kind of arrogance." Lu Yanhe glanced at Chen Ziyan helplessly.
At this time, their cell phones suddenly rang together.
This coincidence made the two of them look at each other in their first reaction.
Lu Yanhe originally thought that something bad had happened to cause this situation to occur.
Who knows, as soon as the call was connected, Lu Yanhe heard the person on the other end of the phone say excitedly: "Teacher Jiang Jun won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series!"
Where was Lu Yanhe? For a moment, I was confused.
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Whether it is the Emmy Awards or the Golden Globe Awards, because of streaming media and because of the diversity trend in Hollywood, in recent years, Asians have been awarded almost every year. Actors winning awards at these awards, including Oscars -
This was almost unimaginable ten years ago.
However, it has never happened before for an actor in a Chinese drama to win an award.
Looking deeply at the reasons behind this, there is actually a crucial thing, that is, Chinese-language dramas have not yet been integrated into the global streaming media matrix.
Therefore, the influence of Chinese dramas has always been limited.
This time, because of Maxine's strong promotion and the protection of the parent company, "Squid Game" entered the Golden Globe Awards.
However, no one thought that they would actually win the award.
Even the original star Lee Jung Jae won the Emmy Award for Best Actor, not the Golden Globe Award.
The Golden Globe Awards still prefer to be given to familiar faces.
Lu Yanhe: "That's great, congratulations to Teacher Jiang!"
The person who called was Yao Yuanzhi, the director of "Squid Game".
Yao Yuanzhi is at the scene.
He was very emotional.
"Teacher Jiang is on stage and he is going to give an acceptance speech!"
Yao Yuanzhi did not hang up the phone.
Due to some sensitive reasons, the live broadcast of this year’s Golden Globe Awards is not available in China because there are no channels.
At this moment, Lu Yanhe became quiet.
Over there, he saw that Chen Ziyan had hung up the phone.
So, Lu Yanhe said: "Director, I'm with Sister Ziyan, I'm letting the public view go."
He turned on the public view on his mobile phone.
"...Thank you, thank you! Sorry, my English level is limited. I can only say thank you, hello, and I am Jiang Jun."
In this sentence, Jiang Jun It was said in English.
As soon as you hear it, you can tell that it has been practiced for a long time.
"Fortunately, Yuqian came with me. Yuqian, please be my translator."
Jiang Jun invited Jiang Yuqian.
Jiang Yuqian showed a surprised expression.
Jiang Jun waved and signaled Jiang Yuqian to come on stage.
Everyone looked at Jiang Yuqian.
At this moment, the camera was also focused on Jiang Yuqian.
Jiang Yuqian laughed, stood up, and walked towards the stage.
Five minutes before this, she had just lost in her own unit and did not win the Best Actress.
Many people didn’t understand Jiang Jun’s Chinese sentence just now and didn’t know what was going on now.
Jiang Yuqian came on stage, stood next to Jiang Jun, and explained in English: "Jiang Jun asked me to be his translator. I don't know if he wanted to comfort me - after all, I didn't go on stage to receive the award just now. He is really a good man, right? It's a pity that he is already married, and he and his wife are happily married."
The whole audience laughed and applauded.
Jiang Jun didn't know what Jiang Yuqian said, but when he saw the reaction from the audience, he knew that Jiang Yuqian was right.
Jiang Yuqian signaled to Jiang Jun that he could speak.
Jiang Jun: "If I said at this age that I feel like I am in a dream, would it make people laugh?"
Translated by Jiang Yuqian.
The laughter started again.
“But I really feel this way, because this is the first Best Actor trophy I have won since acting, right here, at the Golden Globe Awards.”
Jiang Jun's tone was a little excited and loud.
This time I received applause of congratulations and encouragement.
"There are really too many people to thank, everyone in front of and behind the scenes. Really, only by participating in the production of a good show can we know that the industry we are in is not an industry fought alone, but with each other." The industry of success.”
After Jiang Yuqian translated this sentence, many people in the audience looked serious.
These words certainly resonate with those who are serious about filming and love this industry.
“Sometimes, I really thought that maybe as an actor, I would end up in obscurity. Because I had an illness, and although I was cured, not many people came to me for filming. , after that, it got worse. At the age of forty, I ushered in the winter of my acting career."
There were some tears in his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"But I never thought about giving up, and there were people who didn't give up on me. A young man named Lu Yanhe told me when I was working with him on "The Seventeenth Floor" that when I got better, there would be a script for me to play the male lead. I was shocked, I thought he was joking, I even thought he was invited by my wife to tell a white lie to encourage me to overcome the disease."
Jiang Yuqian stood beside her, feeling emotional. It sounds sour.
As an actor, she understands Jiang Jun's feelings very well.
"As a result, he really came to me with this script, which is "The Squid Game"."
At this moment, the applause was extremely warm.
Jiang Jun took a deep breath and raised the trophy in his hand.
"He recently has a movie that will be released in the United States soon, called "The Mist". He was supposed to attend the award ceremony with us tonight, but because he is still filming, many of you like it. "Friends" so couldn't come over. I wanted him to know that I was grateful for him. A lot of people questioned me coming over. When he played the leading role, he never wavered from this idea. "
"Finally, thank you to the Golden Globe Awards. You gave me a glorious night. I will take this award and continue to work hard. I’m going to act. Thank you!”
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China’s first Golden Globe Award winner.
Who would have thought.
Three years ago, he was still the uncrowned king in the hearts of people in the industry, with superb acting skills, but he never had the chance to play a leading role.
Three years later, he experienced a serious illness and the trough of his acting career. Then, this summer, he became globally popular with "Squid Game" and won the Golden Globe on this winter night. award.
Lu Yanhe immediately posted on Weibo:
——Thank you Director Yao Yuanzhi for calling me at the scene, so I heard Teacher Jiang’s acceptance speech for the first time. I feel proud and excited for him for thousands of miles, which is great. Finally, the uncrowned king wears the crown that should have been his long ago. Thank you also, Teacher Jiang, for believing in me from beginning to end. This must be a good script, a good drama, and a masterpiece. I did it, and so did Teacher Jiang. Congratulations to the crew of "Squidward Game" and see you in season 2! (Sister Yuqian, you are always the best heroine in my heart! Hurry up and finish filming "Telephone". Another script I wrote for you will be completed soon!)
That night, Director Shen Tailin of Beijing Radio Station looked at Lu Yanhe's Weibo post congratulating Jiang Jun and was silent for a long, long time.
He suddenly remembered what Hu Siwei had said in the stage before:
Originally, this all belongs to us.
Why did they end up going to someone else? (End of this chapter)