Chapter 312 Super Ability to Lead Drama
Entering September also means that the summer season of 2015 is completely over.
To say that the most popular movie this summer is definitely "Monster Hunt".
The most popular actor is definitely Gu Weiwu.
"A Little Smile Is Alluring", hailed by the audience as the masterpiece of campus youth TV series, and "Monster Hunt", which won the first box office in film history, are blooming on both the small screen and the big screen. TV series, A double harvest for the movie.
Regardless of popularity or actual results, Gu Wei is far ahead.
Bai Lily, who worked with Gu Wei on "Monster Hunt", also gained a lot during the summer season.
In the two months of July and August, she successively had [Monster Hunting] and [Get Out! Three movies: "Tumor King" and "City in Love" were released.
Not to mention [Monster Hunt], the next two movies released in August, [Get Out! "Tumor King" is a chick flick with the male idol group Wu Yan.
I have to say that Bai Lily’s status in the film industry is really high now, [Get out! "Tumor King" she beat the male lead Wu Wu to compete at the box office, and the final results were not bad, with a score of 500 million.
Although it is not as exaggerated as "Monster Hunt" with Gu Wei, it truly proves her status and box office appeal in the field of chick flicks.
As for [City in Love], it is a platter movie that tells the love stories of five couples.
Bai Baihe is only one of the heroines, the other four are Yang Mi, Jiang Shuying, Jiang Yiyan, and Zhang Rongrong.
Logically speaking, this movie has a movie star like Bai Baihe who can carry the box office, and a very popular 85 flower like Dami Mi. The other three female stars are also great beauties, and they are very popular. Released during the Chinese Valentine's Day, it has all the conditions for a box office hit.
However, as mentioned before, whether a work can be popular in the entertainment industry is often a mystery.
A film and television work that is not well-produced may become an inexplicable hit; and a drama that is prepared to be a hit may also fail miserably.
[City in Love] is the latter.
No one expected that this love movie, which was favored by everyone, would only gross over 50 million at the box office.
Now you are in 2015, not 10 years ago. There are domestic films with box office of hundreds of millions, one billion or even two billion. Movies with 50 million can only be said to be no more expensive.
The investors lost all their money, and the money received was not even enough to pay the actors.
Bai Lily also suffered some blows, which slightly slowed down her rising momentum.
As for Da Mi Mi, she has gotten used to the fact that her movie is on the street, and she doesn’t have much reaction.
I'm just looking forward to filming "I Am a Witness" and "Xiu Chun Dao 2" that have already been filmed.
Especially "Xiu Chun Dao 2", which she collaborated with Gu Wei, is regarded by her as her turnaround in the film industry.
There is another female star who is very popular in the summer film industry, and has been compared with Bai Baihe by the media and audiences.
That is Wang Luodan, who is very similar to her in appearance and temperament.
Since both of them became famous, Bai Baihe and Wang Luodan have been compared.
It must be said that in the entertainment industry, if two celebrities are of similar age and type, they will inevitably become enemies.
Because there are only so many good resources, what is suitable for you must be suitable for me. Under mutual competition, even if we are friends in the first place, it is inevitable that we will part ways due to interests in the end.
Just like the Fairy Sword sisters, no matter how good the relationship between them is when they start filming, after everyone becomes famous, they will inevitably turn against each other due to their interests.
The so-called friendship is very fragile in the face of real money and career development.
There are also three little ones later. They are all of the same age and have similar styles. When they were not famous at first, they relied on the team to keep warm.
After becoming famous, even if there is no conflict between each other, the teams behind them will continue to have conflicts when competing for endorsements and film and television resources for the artists. Over time, the teams will naturally break up.
If two people are not only similar in age and style, but also somewhat similar in appearance, then needless to say, they are mortal enemies!
This is the case with Bai Baihe and Wang Luodan.
Although both of them have stated in interviews that they will only do their best and don't care who the audience compares them to.
But this is just a nice word for face.
The secret competition between the two has never stopped.
It wasn’t until Bai Lily’s One Finger Zen incident happened later that a reporter interviewed Wang Luodan, and she couldn’t control her joy at all.
It felt like a big piece of pie falling from the sky, and her expression seemed to tell the audience:
‘What a shame, I won’t act anymore! ’
Of course, the two of them are still in a life-and-death contest.
Wang Luodan also has three movies released in the two months of summer, including "Broken Wind", "Otaku Detective Guixiang", and "Scorching Sun".
Basically, they are stuck around the time of White Lily’s three movies.
But if it was a box office comparison, she would lose miserably. Not to mention comparing with "Monster Hunt", just "Get Out!" "Tumor King" has a box office of 500 million, which is more than her three movies combined.
In particular, Wang Luo's "Otaku Detective Guixiang", which had a single hit at the box office, lost both in box office and word-of-mouth. The final box office was less than 50 million, and it was a complete flop.
Only [Scorching Sun] helped her win back the victory with its strong reputation, but the most outstanding actors in this drama are the two male protagonists Deng Chao and Duan Yihong.
Wang Luodan, the heroine, does not have many roles and proportions, not to mention the side effects.
In general, the two female stars who were ridiculed by everyone in the summer film and television circles for "sharing the same face" ended with Lily Bai winning the title of "Box Office Queen" and completely overwhelming the other.
“Okay, Mr. Hou, don’t worry, I will finish the filming very quickly, and it will definitely not delay the promotion work of [Nirvana in Fire].
For online promotion, you can send the materials to my agency, and the domestic team will work with the crew on online promotion.
Don’t worry, I have confidence in the quality of the TV series, and I will definitely take care of the promotion.”
During a break in filming, Gu Wei received a call from Mr. Hou of [Noon Sunshine] I called him to confirm the time to return to China, because [Nirvana in Fire] will be launched at the end of September.
Although this drama was very popular in the original time and space, its reputation, ratings, and broadcast volume were all those before 2015. There are several people.
But in fact, [Langya List] was not very good when it was first launched.
In the case of dual-channel broadcast in Beijing and Shanghai, the ratings ranked behind fifth in the same period.
Later, as the TV series slowly aired, it started low and then moved high. It suddenly emerged due to its high reputation.
In the second half of the broadcast, the ratings of both channels have exceeded 1, and the ratings of the same period also occupied the first and second place.
It is even more popular on the Internet, and the number of online broadcasts has been rising.
The reason is still the relationship between actors.
[Noon Sunshine] Although it is very good at producing main dramas, the most popular TV dramas in the current TV drama market are fairy tales and idol dramas.
The male protagonist of the original version, Brother Hu, was at a low point in his career at that time. He failed to enter the big screen, and the small screen has been eating up the capital of "Sword and Fairy".
After the car accident, he disappeared from the circle for a while due to recuperation, causing his popularity to plummet.
After getting married, the heroine Liu Tao has been paying off her husband's debts. She has appeared in many bad dramas, and her reputation and popularity are not as good as before.
Although the other supporting characters are good in terms of acting skills, they are not famous.
That’s why no one paid much attention to [Nirvana in Fire] when it was first released, and its ratings were not worthy of its excellent production.
Until later, it relied on word-of-mouth to counterattack and became a hit drama widely welcomed by the audience.
Brother Hu and Liu Tao returned to the top with the help of [Nirvana in Fire], and other supporting actors also reaped part of the dividends. But that's different now.
Because of the starring roles of Gu Wei and Tang Yan, the current "Nirvana in Fire" has attracted widespread attention from the audience before it even aired.
Especially fans of Gu Wei have been looking forward to this TV series for a long time.
The selling price of Gu Wei’s version of [Nirvana in Fire] is also very high. The first round of simultaneous broadcast in Beijing and Shanghai cost 2 million for each single episode, totaling 216 million.
The exclusive online broadcast rights were purchased by Tengxun Video for a package price of 150 million.
Excluding the cost, the entire drama brought more than 200 million in profits to [Noonday Sunshine], and of course Gu Wei’s 20% investment share in [Wei Tianxia].
This kind of revenue allowed Hou Hongliang to truly see Gu Wei’s ability to lead dramas.
The TV series has not yet been released. TV stations and video websites are just optimistic about Gu Wei's starring role and have invested huge funds to purchase it.
This situation is something [Noon Sunshine] has never encountered before.
Because although everyone knows that the quality of the TV series they produce must be good, good quality does not mean that everyone likes to watch it.
How much money the broadcast platform is willing to spend, and how much profit watching the TV series can bring them.
The most important one is advertising investment.
The reason why the current TV series starring Gu Wei is selling so well is entirely because after the TV station spent huge sums of money to buy it, it can immediately make up for it through advertising and investment, and it will also make a lot of money.
Of course the TV station is willing to do such a good deed.
Similarly, what video websites value is the increase in members and advertising revenue when the number of views is huge.
This is a win-win situation. As long as it is a TV series starring Gu Weizhu, everyone from the producer to the broadcast platform to the manufacturers who spend huge advertising fees feel that they have made a profit.
The only profit loss may be other TV series in the same period.
Just because the profits from his TV series are so huge, Gu Wei rarely takes on external roles now.
He has his own production company and there is no shortage of scripts. Wouldn’t it be nice to organize and shoot by himself?
When the time comes to win over some broadcast platforms like Tengxun Video and Mango and Lychee, Gu Wei will eat the meat and share some soup with them. Why use his fame to make money for others.
[Nirvana in Fire] was taken at the beginning of last year. At that time, his company's production capabilities were not good enough and the scale could not keep up. Now there is no need to worry about this problem.
In mid-September, the two movies "Monster Hunt" and "Pancake Man" were released after two months of release.
"Monster Hunt" finally achieved a box office result of 2.67 billion, pushing the domestic movie box office record up by more than 200 million.
[Pancake Man] also achieved a good result of 1.14 billion, which is almost the same as the original time and space.
[Anle Pictures], President’s Office.
Jiang Zhiqiang took the movie data sent by his assistant and looked at it carefully with a smile.
"Monster Hunt", which was released for 59 days, has broken more than 200 box office records, large and small. With a box office result of 2.67 billion, it has become the most box office record broken since the Chinese film market began to collect box office statistics in 1994. domestic movies.
Now that the movie is released, it also marks the final box office dust has settled.
Jiang Zhiqiang couldn't be more satisfied with his current results, and he was in a particularly good mood.
After a while, director Xu Chengyi knocked on the door and came in.
"Haha, Lao Xu, sit down~"
Jiang Zhiqiang put down the data sheet in his hand, stood up with a smile and greeted.
Director Xu sat down on the sofa, also smiling.
When I decided to return to China for development, I never thought that I could become the commercial director with the highest box office in China with just one movie.
The surprise came so quickly, completely beyond his expectation.
“Now [Monster Hunt] has been completely finished, and you know the box office results, Lao Xu, you have contributed a lot!”
Jiang Zhiqiang happily praised Director Xu, He felt that he had made the most correct decision by asking Xu Chengyi to return to China.
"I don't dare~ I don't dare~. The success of the movie is the credit of all the production and cast members of the crew. I just fulfilled the duties of a director."
Director Xu said modestly.
“Haha~ You don’t have to be modest, I know it all.
This time the movie is a hit, and you should be the first to do so.
Our friendship for so many years, I will definitely not treat you badly!”
Jiang Zhiqiang patted Director Xu on the shoulder and promised him.
Xu Chengyi smiled and said nothing. He had already prepared for this kind of thing. With the movie selling so well, [Anle Film and Television] made a lot of money. Based on his understanding of Jiang Zhiqiang, the other party Definitely not stingy.
“By the way, Lao Xu.
Since the painting of [Monster Hunt] has been completed, no matter how good the results are, it is all in the past.
How do you feel about filming the sequel? Any ideas? ”
[Monster Hunt] has become such a hit that it would be unreasonable not to make a sequel.
Jiang Zhiqiang has long planned to create a big IP for a series of movies.
If possible, shoot one movie after another, just like a series of movies like [Fast and Furious].
This way it is not a one-time deal, [Monster Hunt] will become a gold mine, bringing [Anle Pictures] a steady stream of income.
After listening to Jiang Zhiqiang's words, Director Xu lowered his head and thought for a moment.
"I also have this idea. I have a story framework in my mind. I will sort it out slowly later and let the screenwriting department enrich it." , but we can make other preparations after the script is released."
Jiang Zhiqiang ordered.
“Understood, Mr. Jiang, I will get it done as soon as possible.”
After talking about business, Jiang Zhiqiang said with a smile on his face:
"By the way, I have already decided to hold a movie celebration party in a few days. I hope you will have a few more drinks then."
"The Gu Wei I remember went to the United States to film, right? Don't you wait for him?"
Director Xu asked doubtfully.
"No way, I have contacted him and he will be back in a few days.
Gu Wei is the biggest contributor to our drama besides you.
How could the celebration party be without our leading actor! "
The publicity and distribution work of [Monster Hunt] is controlled by Jiang Zhiqiang. He is most aware of the benefits that Gu Wei's strong box office appeal will bring to the movie.
When the time comes, he I still have to discuss with Gu Wei about starring in the second part.
(End of this chapter)