Chapter 326: Reality slaps in the face and harsh words, setting up a video website
What is a movie with a mission nature?
Generally, they are promoted by the Central Propaganda Department, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and other departments with extensive resources and backgrounds. The China Film Group is responsible for the execution of films with political nature.
Then departments at all levels will follow suit and vigorously promote and publicize.
The two main theme movies "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" and "The Founding of the Party" are included in this list.
Since the theme is the main theme, the box office data must be good, otherwise where will the leader’s face be put?
When "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" was released, the ticket price was as high as 100, but it was able to sell out the venue without bloating the audience's wallets.
But governments and work units at all levels in various places reserve the venue, and many brothers in the system are blessed.
The ticket prices for this year's "The Great Cause of the Founding of the Party" are not that exaggerated, but the film schedules of major theaters will undoubtedly take some care.
“The unit rents the venue to watch the excitement.”
"Mr. Zhou played by Zhou Yutang is quite touching."
"Middle-aged Wang Tiecheng and old Sun Weimin, Zhou Yutang plays the young Mr. Zhou. Their ages are suitable, and they are elegant and elegant, but without losing their heroic spirit."
“Much better than Shoe Dong’s performance.”
After the film’s premiere, Zhou Yutang only participated in a few promotional stops here in the capital.
In fact, the plot is just like that, but his role as Mr. Zhou unexpectedly received a lot of praise.
His hair is combed back, his eyebrows are thick, and his eyes are bright. Even though he is behind bars, he is neither humble nor arrogant.
That kind of appearance and bearing is truly extraordinary.
The National Day holiday is coming, a seven-day long holiday, which is a carnival for workers.
As for the film market, a wave of movie viewing craze has also come. After "The Founding of the Party", Juli Pictures' "The Legend of White Snake" was released one after another.
"Shocking! Hollywood superstar Keanu Reeves, who is world-famous for "The Matrix", appeared at a movie theater in Beijing to buy tickets to watch "The Legend of White Snake"."
"Huang Shengyi Linfeng inspired hundreds of movie fans to sing the movie theme song "Promise"."
"Powerful special effects, beautiful pictures, hilarious, moved to tears, definitely worth watching.
In order to hit the National Day Now, Mr. Yang has really spent a lot of money this time.
A huge amount of press releases and all kinds of marketing, as if they were free of charge.
However, White Snake's first-day box office was not as good as it was.
Although the film schedule is not low, the attendance rate is worrying, and the box office revenue on the first day was 14.8 million.
“That’s it?”
Professionals like Han Sanping would not laugh under normal circumstances.
But after seeing the box office of "The Legend of White Snake", I was overjoyed and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Before this, he was still quite worried. After all, this magical blockbuster was so popular that it shocked foreigners in Venice and made them cry after watching it.
"The Great Cause of the Founding of the Party", a mission-driven film controlled by China Film Group Corporation, was also released at the same time.
If it happens, the box office performance is ugly, which would be a bit embarrassing.
Now it seems that there is no need to have such concerns.
The so-called magic blockbuster is a joke.
"Mr. Han, you are laughing so hard, be careful of being fished away by a fisherman."
Zhou Yutang was chatting with him about the special effects company. Seeing Han Sanping's face, he also felt a little funny and joked.
I think of Mr. Yang, when we were doing publicity work, we even roped him in to hype it up.
I was probably dumbfounded when the box office came out on the first day.
But Zhou Yutang still underestimated the hardness of Mr. Yang’s mouth.
After the box office came out on the first day, Young Master Yang did not lose his mentality. He still expressed confidently on Weibo: "It's not a big problem. The overseas copyright was sold for 20 million US dollars and the box office is only 180 million. We will do it." Can make money back.”
This guy just opens his mouth.
Zhou Yutang was also convinced.
Twenty million US dollars.
What is this concept?
In recent years, no domestic film copyright has exceeded US$10 million.
Those foreigners are not taken advantage of.
Mr. Yang’s iron mouth and sharp tongue mainly focus on toughness.
Unfortunately, reality slapped him so hard that his face was swollen.
Following the box office on the first day, the National Day holiday performance was still sluggish, with only 52.1 million box office in the first weekend.
Looking at "The Great Cause of Party Building", the organizational tasks are passed down from level to level, and everyone adds fuel to the fire. The first week's box office just came out, 255 million.
It is exactly a fraction of the box office of this main theme movie.
This time Mr. Yang will not talk about hitting the 1 billion box office.
He is not a fool.
The total box office for this single week is not even as high as that of "A League of Thieves" in one day.
This is the single-week box office during the Golden National Day period, which can be said to be extremely impressive.
"Brother Ming, why do you have dark circles under your eyes?"
When he saw Tian Ming again in his office, Zhou Yutang was shocked.
This brother seems to have not slept well for a few days, his expression is a little pale, and the dark circles under his eyes are obvious
"Is there any?"
Tian Ming crossed his legs indifferently: "I don't feel anything."
"Are you really okay? Do you want me to introduce you to an expert?"
"No need, my health is very good."
"Sister-in-law didn't come with you this time? "
"What is it like for a man to do his business and take a woman with him?"
Tian Ming lowered his crossed legs and asked urgently: "Yu Tang, your movie "Wei". "Sheng", why haven't you turned it on yet? When will Xiaojie join the group?"
"It will probably take some time."
Zhou Yutang noticed that Tian Ming's expression was a little disappointed, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. Several important roles in the workplace drama "Misheng" controlled by Jiangdong Entertainment Company have basically been decided.
There is also a supporting role of a female manager of a foreign trade company, and Zhou Yutang was given to Zhu Jie.
This circle is not limited to people like him and Yang Mi who are dedicated to progress.
Some artists with special backgrounds really do not have a role to play, nor do they want to be prominent, they just regard this as a job.
Zhou Yutang and Tian Ming have a close relationship, so there is no need for extra polite greetings. They are all talking about the company.
"Have you received the ratings report of "The Voice"? It's better to maintain it. It’s around 4.6%. Occasionally, there are shows that are hot spots and can break five. The average ratings of the second season of "Running Man" are around 5%. The newcomer you brought is called Dilizaha. The reviews from the program team are very good. "
"Brother Ming, it's not Dilizaha."
Zhou Yutang's face darkened and he corrected: "That's Dilireba."
The national popularity of the show Running Man is quite incredible.
Dilraba was just an amateur female college student with no foundation before. After signing a contract with Jiangdong Entertainment, she got the opportunity to be a guest on the Running Man flight. With her bright appearance and lively and cheerful personality, she became an instant star She has attracted many fans, which can be regarded as laying a solid foundation for her future acting career.
I don’t know how many female artists in the industry envy her.
“Sounds about the same.”
Tian Ming raised his tea cup, took a sip, and smacked his mouth: “Yu Tang, the ratings of “Singer” and “The King of Masked Singer” The ratings have also stabilized, but the ratings of "Where Are We Going, Dad Season 2" have dropped a lot this year, with an average rating of only about 3.8%"
Having said this, Tian Ming put down his teacup with a slightly regretful expression.
"Brother Ming, be satisfied, it's good to have such ratings."
Zhou Yutang shook his head slightly and laughed softly.
When the first season of "Where Are We Going, Dad" was aired, the ratings were only at the level of a hit variety show. However, since the sixth episode of the twelve episodes of the first season, each episode has remained at 5 % of the ratings, with a viewership share close to an astonishing 20%, and its popularity is unprecedented.
Countless people in the industry exclaimed that another national variety show was about to be born, but they didn’t expect that the second season would start at a high and then go down. After all, the ratings could not stabilize its position.
This has something to do with the first season’s guests getting off the bus and changing gears.
The cute kids in the first season are so funny.
Now on board for the second season are Huang Lei and his daughter, Lu Yi and his daughter, Wu Zhenyu and his son, Cao Ge and his daughter, and Yang Wei and his son's parent-child guest lineup. There are not many exciting jokes, and the popularity has subsided a little.
“Not bad, it can also bring nine-digit income to the company.”
Tian Ming smiled happily: “Yu Tang, I’m glad I listened to you and cashed out at a high position. I watched "If You Are the One", and I heard that the program's ratings have been falling, and it was asked to make corrections by the superiors, which is very troublesome."
The format of the program "If You Are the One" determines that its upper limit is not high.
When it first came out, it was because the light-up blind date mode was novel and quickly attracted the attention of the audience. However, as the number of dating and marriage programs on local stations increased, the audience gradually developed visual fatigue.
Then there is the Jiangsu Province TV station, which controls the program. In order to increase the ratings, it has relaxed the review.
Many of the terrible male and female guests are from the bottom of the entertainment industry and participate in the show just to become famous.
It directly lowered the quality of the program and caused a lot of negative social news outside the venue. Only then was the higher-ups ordered to stop and make changes.
"Lao Zhou has been a little anxious recently."
"What's wrong?"
"The old station director of Suzhou TV Station is about to retire. His position was almost stable, but suddenly something like this happened Can he not be in a hurry?"
Tian Ming chuckled, obviously knowing a lot of inside information.
“No wonder I call every day and ask, I want to go directly to that outdoor variety show.”
Zhou Yutang rubbed his forehead.
A few days ago, I stayed at the beautiful lady's house in Tsing Yi. When the love was going strong and the storm was raging, I also received a call from Zhou Ningfeng.
"When are you going to do that variety show?"
"Just wait a little longer."
Zhou Yutang tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said with a smile : "Wait until the company goes public, and then join in the hype."
Tian Ming was startled for a moment, then smiled: "I think something is going on."
"Then I'll wait for your good news, Brother Ming."
"It's our good news. News."
The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
With the influx of capital into the film and television industry.
A group of predators are spending money like crazy.
This year Tencent has officially established a 500 million film and television investment fund and is expected to increase investment next year.
Shanda China Film and Television of Shanda Group has also formulated a film and television development plan. China Film and Television is one of the important investors in Xu Ke's movie "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate".
Zhou Yutang has not stopped the pace of development. Promoting the listing of Mingjie Company is one step, and there is also a first-hand arrangement.
“Brother Ming, how’s the conversation going on the video website?”
"What a pity. If we had planned it a few years earlier, we could have taken over Tudou and become the first video website to be listed in the United States."
Tian Mingzai regretted missing the opportunity.
“At that time, I didn’t have that much money to do this.”
Zhou Yutang also shook his head and laughed. Building a video website is very expensive.
Last year, Tudou was in the final stages of sprinting to go public, but was held back by the divorce lawsuit of its boss.
This year Tudou's boss finally settled the divorce case after paying a heavy price, and Tudou barely managed to go public. But sometimes, opportunities are fleeting.
A crisis of confidence in Chinese concept stocks broke out on Wall Street. Tudou’s current market value is only US$700 million, which is a gap of nearly US$2 billion compared with Youku’s US$2.78 billion in the same period.
Not a volume at all.
Many financial media are now making fun of Mr. Wang’s divorce worth US$2 billion.
Zhou Yutang had already formulated the idea of building a video website with Tian Ming.
The first target was Tudou. Tian Ming contacted Mr. Wang, but unfortunately the cooperation failed to be negotiated due to some reasons. Now Youku is preparing to take over Tudou through a share exchange.
"Now, the only option is to activate the alternative."
(End of this chapter)