Chapter 377 First Weibo Hot Spot
[The new drama "Mother's Way" was filmed in 2016, and the contract was signed with the TV station in 2017, but it has not been broadcast yet. I specifically went to the director to understand the situation. The other party took it very seriously, but there was still no follow-up. After asking for a long time, I learned that I had gone to the wrong door and was looking for the director of the satellite TV station. ]
[The new director of the satellite TV station has set a new rule. If you don't spend money to buy ratings, the drama will definitely not be broadcast, and he even pointed out where to buy it. With the introduction of the director's trusted film purchasing director, I met the "god" who can handle the ratings. ]
[The "god" was very enthusiastic and said that he had been waiting for me for several months, saying that if he had asked him earlier, the drama would have been broadcast earlier. He offered 900,000 per episode for our new drama, and 80 episodes would be 72 million. However, the purchase price of this drama was only 1.2 million per episode, which means that 70% of the money was paid as "protection fee"...]
The text sent by Guo Jingyu was very long, and Meng Bai flipped through it for a long time before reading it.
It can be seen that he really turned the tables this time. He exposed the industry's unspoken rules of "buying ratings" by telling his own experience, and described the people involved in detail.
Although he did not directly name names, even ordinary viewers outside the circle can immediately find out who it is by searching the Internet.
This Weibo post was posted in the early hours of yesterday morning. In just a few hours, it has become a hot search, and the popularity is still growing.
There are already tens of thousands of comments from netizens under the Weibo post, either expressing "support for Director Guo" or asking the relevant departments to thoroughly investigate the shady dealings in the film and television industry.
The "tax storm" caused by the "contract incident" some time ago has not yet ended, and now there is another "ratings fraud", which has activated the emotions of a large number of netizens.
Looking at the time, Meng Bai called Guo Jingyu.
"Mr. Meng, why did you think of calling me so early in the morning?" Guo Jingyu's voice with obvious fatigue came from the phone.
"Good morning, Director Guo." Meng Bai said with a smile: "I just saw the letter of challenge you posted on Weibo. It was so passionate that I couldn't help but shout out in joy!"
"Hahaha..."
Guo Jingyu smiled bitterly, then sighed and said indignantly: "If these people hadn't gone too far, no one would want to go this far."
As he spoke, he told Meng Bai more details about what happened.
In short, because of the broadcast of the new drama "Mother's Way", Guo Jingyu met the "great god" mentioned in the long Weibo article after several introductions. The "great god" offered a fee of 900,000 per episode and asked him to buy ratings, otherwise he would not broadcast it.
Guo Jingyu was straightforward and naturally refused to give in. But after all, they were all in the same circle, and they would meet each other sooner or later, so he didn't intend to tear his face with the other party.
After the two sides met, he first begged the "great god" not to buy ratings and believe in the performance of this drama, but was rejected. Then he retreated to the second best, hoping to cancel the cooperation and return the film, but was still rejected.
After repeated concessions failed, Guo Jingyu finally couldn't help but turn his face. In the hotel lounge where "Da Shen" lived, he smashed a bottle in front of everyone, hoping that the hotel would call the police and then report the situation to the police.
Unfortunately, "Da Shen" was well prepared and had someone carry him away directly. Moreover, this hotel is also a long-term cooperative unit of the satellite TV station, so it concealed the matter directly and did not call the police.
However, perhaps because of the fear that the matter would get out of hand, the next day, a deputy director of the cooperative satellite TV "Lizhi TV" came forward to mediate and promised him that the drama would definitely be broadcast normally.
As the boss of a film and television company, Guo Jingyu naturally did not want to fall out with the TV station. Since the other party agreed to take a step back, he didn't say anything else.
Originally, the matter was over here, but unexpectedly, less than half a month before the scheduled broadcast time, the other party had another moth.
The drama "Mother's Way" was sold to Lizhi TV and Beijing North Satellite TV at the same time, and both sides started broadcasting at the same time. But what people didn't expect was that the new satellite TV director of Lizhi TV found Beijing North Satellite TV and hoped that Beijing North Satellite TV would cancel the broadcast of the drama on the condition of sacrificing the interests of its own TV station.
Fortunately, Guo Jingyu has been working in the Beijing North film and television circle for so many years, and has a good relationship with Beijing North Satellite TV, so he rejected the other party's request. In addition, he found the deputy director who had come forward to mediate before, and asked the director to come forward in person to escort, and finally let the show be broadcast.
Facts have proved that the performance of this show is indeed good. Although it was criticized by many netizens after the broadcast because the plot values were full of feudal ideas, and the score was only 3 points, the ratings were quite good.
The data of the two channels on the first day of broadcast was 0.7, and it broke one in less than half a month after the broadcast, and it is still growing.
It can only be said that Director Guo still understands the preferences of that group of middle-aged and elderly audiences.
The work was broadcast normally and the results were good. Logically, Guo Jingyu would not have any more ideas. But when he checked other TV series that were broadcast at the same time, he found that the drama produced and produced by the "great god" was actually broadcast at the same time as his own work.
In other words, even if he really spent a lot of money to buy the ratings, the results could not exceed his own project. This matter was just fooling him from the beginning.
Guo Jingyu was so angry that he couldn't take it anymore. The recent drama "Mother's Way" received a lot of negative reviews online, which made him believe that the other party hired a group of Internet trolls to discredit him.
So in a rage, he posted this long picture on Weibo last night, which completely turned the table upside down.
"My ancestors were revolutionary predecessors, and I have red blood flowing in my body. These villains want to use this method to mess with me, so I have to tell them that they have found the wrong person!" Guo Jingyu was furious and spoke in a fierce tone.
Meng Bai was not affected by his emotions, but changed the question: "Director Guo, the 'great god' you mentioned is Liu Xiaofeng, right?"
"Well, how come you know him too?"
"Ha, as expected." Meng Bai snorted and laughed: "I dealt with him once before, and the impression was too 'deep'."
Guo Jingyu suddenly realized: "Oh, that's right, your Hu Guang also appeared in a TV series at the beginning of the year. Ha, how much did he ask you at that time?"
"I'll give you a cheaper price, 500,000 per episode."
"Haha, that's quite a discount."
"We have fewer episodes, who would do it if we had more? They have been doing business for many years, and they emphasize sustainable development."
His tone was full of ridicule, and Guo Jingyu couldn't help laughing out loud.
The "Liu Xiaofeng" they were talking about was not an unknown little person, but the boss of Straw Bear Entertainment.
Speaking of this Straw Bear Entertainment, many people may feel familiar with it. In fact, as early as a few years ago, this company was on the hot search for a long time because of the billion-dollar super premium acquisition by Baofeng Technology.
Liu Xiaofeng has always had a good relationship with Lizhi TV. In recent years, relying on this relationship, Straw Bear Entertainment has developed well. First, it introduced several celebrity shareholders such as Wu Qilong, Liu Shishi and Zhao Liying, and then obtained financing from Alibaba. The valuation was 20 to 30 billion, which can be regarded as a top-ranked film and television company in the industry.
Of course, these are all business on the surface. Behind the scenes, he is actually the key person responsible for communicating and contacting this "ratings black industry chain".
When Arc Light released "Peace Hotel" last year, it had dealt with this Liu Xiaofeng. At that time, the other party confidently stated that as long as money was paid, other first- and second-tier satellite TV stations except CCTV and Mango TV could schedule it at will, and the data was also guaranteed.
Of course, Meng Bai later chose to refuse cooperation and switched to CCTV, and there was no follow-up.
Unexpectedly, after such a long time, I heard this name from Guo Jingyu again.
But think about it, it makes sense, just like what Lao Guo said on Weibo, almost half of the hit dramas that have performed well in the past two years have bought ratings, so they must have dealt with each other.
"What do you mean, Director Guo, what are you going to do next?"
"I don't have any ideas. I just think this matter is too ridiculous. I can't help but expose them and see if I can attract the attention of the higher-ups."
At this point, Guo Jingyu sighed: "Oh, I think it's pretty bad. The ratings problem is talked about in the circle every year, and many people have exposed it. The higher-ups always say that they will make corrections, but in the end there is no change."
Meng Bai has a different opinion: "It was hard to say before, but not necessarily this time. The film and television industry is at the cusp of the storm this year, and the higher-ups have many opinions on the situation of traffic guiding public opinion in recent years. Who knows, there may really be a thorough cleanup."
"I hope so." Guo Jingyu sighed: "It's better to suffer a short pain than a long pain. Otherwise, if it continues to develop like this in recent years, the film and television industry will really be hopeless."
"Director Guo, don't be so negative. The world will always get better and better."
Meng Bai said with a smile, and reminded: "But brother, you have to be careful recently. Cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. Those people will definitely fight back."
"Haha, don't worry, brother Meng. I'm a stubborn person. If anyone plays dirty with me, I'll overturn their desk."
After hanging up the phone, Meng Bai thought for a while with his phone, and then reopened Weibo.
He clicked on Guo Jingyu's long article again. At this time, the topic of this message has been viewed tens of millions of times, and the number of likes has exceeded one million, ranking at the top of the hot search list.
Meng Bai directly forwarded it with his own account, and also added a paragraph of text.
[Although I have just entered the field of TV dramas, I have already felt the "many difficulties" in the industry. For many years, the industry has been calling for action, but the trend of fraud has become more and more serious. If this continues, it will become an unbearable burden for the industry. Although I am a small person with little influence, I still support Director Guo to expose these evil spirits! ]
[The golden monkey raised his thousand-pound stick, and the jade sky cleared the dust. Today, we cheer for Sun Wukong, only because the evil fog has come again. ]
After writing, he directly confirmed the sending.
When he contacted "Peace Hotel" before, he was unhappy with this group of people. But for the sake of interests, he chose to ignore it in the end.
Now that Guo Jingyu flashed to start a group, he opened his big move close to the face, which can be said to be generous and brave.
I followed to support and help the scene, which can be regarded as making some contributions to the industry.
What's more, Meng Bai believes that this time is likely to be a favorable situation.
The above has been tolerant of the chaos in the film and television industry for a long time. In the past, they were more patient because of the rapid development.
However, as the capital ebbs and the cold winter is coming, the development of the film and television industry has entered a bottleneck and no longer has the momentum of the previous years.
At the same time, a large number of viewers and netizens have long criticized the various chaos in the entertainment industry.
Taking advantage of this time to rectify the chaos and check the entertainment industry can be said to be in line with the will of heaven and the will of the people. Anyway,
if Meng Bai were the leader, he would definitely not miss this opportunity.
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posting on Weibo, Meng Bai continued his work.
Next month, during the National Day holiday, "Detective Chinatown 2" will be released. Before that, there is another "Detective Chinatown" web drama to be broadcast as a warm-up.
Compared with idol dramas and fairy tales that are often 40, 50, 60 or 70 episodes, suspense-themed works are generally smaller in size.
After all, there are not so many emotional entanglements of "you love me, I love him, he loves her", and it is not easy to water the plot.
Despite this, compared with the past works of Arclight, this "Detective Chinatown" web drama is still particularly short and concise.
After a whole season, there are only ten episodes, telling three cases.
The story background of this web drama is a continuation of the setting of the first part of the movie version of "Detective Chinatown".
Although no evidence of "Sinuo"'s involvement in the case was found in the end, Qin Feng still untied some knots after the trip to Bangkok, and his stuttering problem also improved greatly. He was ready to go back to repeat his studies and re-apply for law schools.
At the same time, because the "gold theft case" was solved, Tang Ren's fame increased greatly and he was called "the first detective in Chinatown". With this title and the care of Chief Superintendent Kuntai, Tang Ren's life became more and more moist. By the way, he also accepted an apprentice named Lin Mo.
Similar to Qin Feng, Lin Mo was born different from ordinary people and had a particularly sensitive sense of smell. Born rich, but witnessed his mother being killed in childhood. He remembered the smell of the murderer and wandered around the crime scenes for many years, hoping to find the murderer one day.
Lin Mo is the protagonist of the web drama version of "Detective Chinatown". In addition to the plot itself, his appearance also brought many new settings. For example, the Global Detective Alliance, the CRIMASTER community, and new detective characters such as Q, Kiko, and Noda Hao.
Although the main purpose of this web series is to prepare for the upcoming movie version, it does not mean that the plot can be dealt with casually.
On the contrary, as the most special existence in the "Green Ivy Criminal Investigation Universe", the "Tang Detective Series" has returned to the web series system this time, and Arclight has put a lot of thought into it.
In addition to letting Qin Feng and Tang Ren, these movie characters, guest star, many other works of Easter eggs have been added.
For example, "Guan Hongfeng" flashed in the comments of the CRIMASTER community. As a non-police officer, in theory, he can join these strange "foreign organizations" at will.
In the second "Smiley Face" case, because the victim's body was severely damaged and the Bangkok police's technical level was not enough, Lin Mo could only ask Qin Feng to contact Qin Ming, the most outstanding forensic doctor in "Green Ivy City", remotely, and obtained key clues with the help of the other party.
Otherwise, it is said that low-cost projects are also beneficial. Anyway, the investment is low, and the main purpose is not for profit, so Arclight's screenwriter team can arrange many linkages.
The "Green Ivy Series" is only one "Hunting Crime Picture Book" away, and the first phase is over. In order to continue to maintain this "criminal investigation universe", the works starting from the second phase will inevitably have more character linkages.
It is just the right opportunity to observe the audience's response to the linkage, which is also convenient for the plot creation of the subsequent second phase works.
The actor of the male lead Lin Mo is Zhu Yilong. When he was filming the web drama "Detective Chinatown", he was still a less famous third-tier actor.
Unexpectedly, not long ago, a gay web drama "Zhenhun" starring him became a big hit, and almost became a new traffic overnight.
By the way, the other male lead of this drama is Bai Yu.
In this regard, Meng Bai held back his laughter and said that he was happy to hear it. Because the third part of the "Zijin Chen Trilogy" to be filmed later, "Long Night is Hard to See", has been confirmed to be starred by him. This kind
of thing that the starring actor suddenly became popular after the project started is no less lucky than getting a junior college and then "upgrading from junior college to undergraduate" in school.
However, it can also be seen from this that gay dramas have become a new outlet after fairy tales and ancient idols.
According to statistics from ArcLight, in the more than one month since the hit of "Guardian", seven or eight similar dual-male lead dramas have applied for project establishment.
By the way, Meng Bai also thought of "The Untamed" that Meng Ziyi was filming. Estimating the time, it should be finished soon.
This girl has been in the mountains for several months. She sends WeChat messages every day saying that she is bitten by various small insects and it is too hard. After the filming is finished, she must ask her uncle to treat her to a big meal.
Just as he was thinking about how to get rid of this girl, Meng Bai suddenly heard a knock on the office door. After shouting, Hua Yan walked in.
"Boss, the operations department asked me to ask you, the Weibo you posted this morning was forwarded by many other companies and people in the circle. Should ArcLight also forward it?"
"Wait!" Meng Bai looked at her puzzledly: "What do you mean others have forwarded it?"
"Boss, don't you know?"
Hua Yan took out her mobile phone, clicked a few times and handed it to Meng Bai: "Didn't you post this Weibo this morning? Then many people commented and forwarded it below."
Meng Bai took the phone and looked at it. It was indeed the one he forwarded in the morning.
Not only did the number of likes increase by more than 100,000, but even his followers also increased by two or three thousand.
Looking at the comments, most of them were left by ordinary netizens at the beginning, mainly discussing whether this account was Meng Bai.
[The name "Meng Bai" does not necessarily mean that it is the big Meng Bai. Anyway, Weibo names can be obtained at will. ]
[But looking at the tone, it feels like it's real, but why is there no certification? ]
[Are you stupid? This is obviously Meng Bai's own small account. ]
[The case is solved, friends, this is the big Meng Bai! Looking at his fan list, the official account of Arclight Film and Television is mutually related to him. The company can't even know its own boss. ]
[Fuck, it seems to be true! ]
[This is the first time I have seen a living teacher Meng Bai, caught! ]
[……]
At first, netizens still had doubts, until they found the mutual connection of Arclight Film and Television, they initially confirmed it.
And when Guo Jingyu himself left a message under this Weibo to express his gratitude, it was confirmed that this account was the boss of Arclight, Meng Bai.
Soon after, more and more people in the industry began to appear in the comment section, directly making this forwarded Weibo popular.
(End of this chapter)
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