Chapter 386 Official Opening
As Meng Bai said before, as a behind-the-scenes worker and entertainment capitalist, public opinion is not useless to him, but it is indeed not very useful.
Therefore, if it is just to clarify the rumors, it is enough for the official, Arc Light Film and Television, and the girls' own teams to come forward to refute the rumors.
The reason why so much effort was made to arrange a press conference is to take this opportunity to pull out all the "black interest chains" hidden behind.
This is not just his idea, but also what the top management hopes for. After all, only by making things bigger can the official have a reason to make drastic changes.
For Meng Bai, this is also an opportunity to solve all hidden dangers.
As long as the "scandal incident" is completely pushed to the "interest dispute" and the public believes that the "fake" hidden behind deliberately slanders for their own interests, then even if similar things happen again in the future, there is no need for Arc Light to come forward, and the fans will throw all kinds of "rumor refutation" in the other party's face.
"Mr. Meng, you said that you were slandered and framed this time because you touched upon the black profit chain in the film and television industry. Can you give us more details?"
Among the media in the audience, a man with an orange painted on his microphone sign raised his hand to ask a question. Reporters from other media nearby took a look at him and recognized him as someone from Orange Entertainment.
The one who raised his hand to ask a question was naturally Xiao Lin, who had been working with Arc Light for a long time. He was also the only media reporter who had communicated with the organizer in advance at today's press conference.
What Meng Bai wanted him to do was very simple, which was to stand up at the right time and direct the rhythm of the entire press conference to the matter of "ratings fraud." This not only diverted the public's attention, but also made everyone not want to pay attention to the previous clarification content, thereby creating a sense of established facts.
After exchanging a glance with Xiao Lin, Meng Bai nodded slightly, then said loudly: "Of course, since I am standing here today to tell the story, I want to let the public know how these termites hidden in the shadows of our film and television industry are destroying the industry bit by bit."
As he spoke, he stood up and walked to the side. The LED screen behind him showed the PPT that the Arc Light Administration Department had worked overtime last night. The first picture at the beginning was a screenshot of Guo Jingyu and his own Weibo.
"Many people should have seen these two Weibo posts. Less than a month ago, Director Guo Jingyu exposed on Weibo that a TV station asked the film company to buy 'ratings' because of the broadcast problem of his new drama. After that, many of our colleagues in the film and television industry have voiced their support for Director Guo, including myself." "
However, not long after this exposure and voice, a large number of smear articles were circulated on the Internet. These articles, under the guise of 'exposing' the personal privacy of our artists, are mixed with a lot of imaginary, fabricated and smearing remarks about Arc Light Films and myself."
Meng Bai looked at the many cameras in the audience and raised his voice, "Why is this so? It's very simple, it's because I once proposed at a meeting of relevant departments some time ago that the issue of 'ratings fraud' could be strictly investigated to eliminate the poison in the film and television industry."
"For a long time, 'ratings fraud' has been a well-known problem in the industry, but no one dares to mention it. Many film and television production companies are restricted by the broadcast opportunities and payment of TV stations, and have to succumb to these 'black chains'."
"In the past two years, many viewers have complained about why the cost of TV dramas has been rising and the number of episodes has been getting longer, but the quality of the plots has been declining. Many people attributed it to the fact that the pay of the leading actors is too high, taking away most of the production costs. Of course, this is naturally one aspect. But at the same time, in many unknown corners, there are other people who are secretly gnawing at the funds of the crew."
Meng Bai frowned and made a heartbroken expression: "Take our Arc Light's first drama "Peace Hotel" as an example. At the beginning, we contacted several satellite TV stations, and almost every one of them directly stated that they wanted to spend money to buy ratings. Otherwise, the TV series would not be broadcast, and even if it was broadcast, the results would be so bad that the final payment would not be received."
"A drama costs more than one million, and it costs 600,000 or 700,000 to buy ratings. Most of the profits are divided up, and the situation is getting worse. In order to ensure that they do not lose money, the film company can only continue to cut back on production costs. This is one of the reasons for the decline in the quality of TV dramas."
Meng Bai said, while observing the netizens' barrage on the screen of the opposite live broadcast room with a natural expression.
[I was wondering, many dramas have not been discussed, how come the ratings are so high? I thought I was out of touch with the times. ]
[More than half of the revenue of a drama is taken away. Who would have the heart to make a good work? ]
[What are the relevant departments doing? Usually, they ban anime novels very quickly, but this kind of thing that is really necessary has been dragged on for so many years without any action. ]
[That can't be said. In fact, the relevant investigation actions are carried out every two years, but each time they are not painful or itchy. ]
[Call on the relevant departments to strictly investigate the fraud of ratings, online water army, and box office inflation, so that those traffic stars can show their real data to see whether they are really popular or not! ]
[……]
As Meng Bai expected, the anger of netizens over the poor quality of domestic dramas in recent years has basically been directed out.
He was satisfied with the achievement of the goal, but on the surface, he still looked "impassioned".
"Many audience friends said that they thought the dramas they watched were bad, but they performed very well. Is it their own problem? What I want to say is that everyone should not doubt their own aesthetic standards. A bad drama is a bad drama and it will not change because of its performance, because it is very likely controlled by the people behind the scenes." "
We at Arc Light have only been established for five years. We are still 'juniors' in the film and television industry and even newer in the field of TV dramas. We don't have any connections or relationships. Perhaps it is for this reason that we are targeted by those people in the shadows."
"But I want to say..." Meng Bai raised his arm and made a fist, "We at Arc Light are not afraid of these attacks, nor are we afraid of dirty water. If no one stands up to lift the lid, then we will do it!"
"Here, on behalf of Arc Light Film and Television, I formally call on all colleagues and seniors in the film and television production industry to jointly resist the bad behavior of 'ratings fraud'. I call on the relevant departments to rectify the ratings statistics system and use a more fair and rigorous data platform!"
"I hope that one day, film and television companies can shoot movies with peace of mind, platforms can broadcast smoothly, and audiences can see more wonderful works. I also believe that with the improvement of the country's comprehensive strength and the establishment of cultural confidence, domestic film and television works will one day become the best way for us to export our culture."
"Thank you everyone!"
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The real-time viewing volume of Arclight's "rumor-busting press conference" was very high, but the number of views and popularity of various clips on the Internet afterwards increased by an order of magnitude.
Various big Vs, bloggers, and self-media marketing accounts have edited clips of Meng Bai's speech and played them separately, and almost every one of them can get "100,000+".
On the other hand, because Arclight directly found Li Mu, the police investigation also went smoothly. The day before the National Day holiday, Chaoyang Public Security issued a police report on this incident on its own official account.
[In response to the recent online hot discussion of "Archlight Film and Television was maliciously rumored", the party involved, Beijing Arclight Film and Television Media Co., Ltd., reported to the Chaoyang Branch where it was located on September 27, 2018... At present, the relevant suspects have been brought to justice, and their identities have been confirmed after interrogation and evidence collection. ]
[Li, male, 25 years old, has no fixed job. A month ago, he was hired by someone else to write an irresponsible article about Arc Light Films for 10,000 yuan... Because Li was not the principal offender and had a good attitude of admitting guilt, the party concerned forgave him and gave him a three-day administrative detention and a fine of 2,000 yuan. The other related suspects are still under investigation. 】
The police's notice is obviously much more credible than that of Arclight. Seeing that the rumor maker has indeed been caught, a group of netizens finally believe that there is indeed a force behind the scenes that is discrediting Meng Bai and Arclight Films.
In conjunction with the police's notice, Taiyang Chuanhe also arranged for the management team of the girls involved to release a more detailed explanation of the situation.
However, what these fans care about is that it seems that each company's statement is still different.
Like Yang Chaoyue and Bai Lu, the simplest of them is a very official rumor-refuting announcement, which is the kind of unified announcement released by the company.
In comparison, the content of the announcement of the other three people seems to be a little less blunt.
For example, Li Qin, she released the statement from her own studio. Although it shows that the previous online revelations are rumors, it does not directly deny the relationship with Meng Bai. It just says that the two have worked together for many years, and there will be closer cooperation with Arclight in the future.
Li Yitong is similar to her, but in the statement, she especially introduced that she and Meng Bai are "friends who have known each other for a long time" and "thank Meng Bai very much for bringing herself to the path of an artist."
However, the most straightforward one is Song Zhi. What she posted was not even a template given by the company or the team, but a short essay she wrote herself.
The most important thing is that she directly admitted in the "short essay" that she had a romantic relationship with Meng Bai in college. They did not know each other because of "The Pretender", but they broke up later.
Song Zhi was naturally a little scheming and posted this Weibo on purpose. However, she did not dare to make her own decision, so she asked Meng Bai before posting.
After reading it, Meng Bai did not think there was anything wrong. After all, their relationship was known to many classmates and teachers in school. If you have to deny it abruptly, it will easily arouse doubts.
It is better to say it openly, which makes it seem open and aboveboard.
As expected, Song Zhi's fans are not very concerned about their main love experience. After all, actors are not idols, and there is no such thing as a love ban.
There are even many fans who left messages on Weibo, saying that the breakup was "really confusing". Some even urged her, "Why don't you get our brother-in-law back?"
It must be said that Song Zhi's "little essay" was quite effective. Although Li Qin and Li Yitong hated this "green tea bitch", they had already lost the initiative and could not change it, so they could only endure it for now.
Of course, these controversies are all topics among their respective fans. For more ordinary netizens, the most concerned issue is still the "black industry in the film and television industry".
Generally speaking, as an official, the relevant departments are cautious and cannot make mistakes, so they are often very cautious in handling many things, and the speed is not fast.
However, this time the official efficiency was beyond everyone's expectations. The radio and television, which had been prepared for a long time, launched an investigation into the film and television industry almost with thunder.
On October 3, the third day of the National Day holiday, Arc Light Film and Television, together with Huace, Noon Sunshine, Xinli, Lemon Pictures, Huanrui Century, Guangguang, Perfect World and other 22 head film and television production companies, jointly issued a statement to jointly boycott the "black chain of ratings fraud."
On October 8, the first day after the National Day holiday, the relevant departments issued an announcement to the public, responding to the recent hotly debated demands, and officially launched a cleanup operation to crack down on the black industry in the film and television industry.
The efficiency of the official response this time was beyond everyone's expectations. From the Arclight Film and Television press conference to the start of the official action, it took only half a month, and there was also a National Day holiday in it.
At this time, even those ordinary netizens outside the circle can see that this time they must have been prepared for a long time and intend to take real action.
As a connector between the official and the industry, Meng Bai has been very busy during this period, and he didn't even have much energy to pay attention to "Detective Chinatown 2" released during the National Day.
But then again, with the foundation of the first part and the name of the "Green Ivy Criminal Investigation Universe", plus the popular "Detective Chinatown" web drama, the performance of the movie doesn't seem to have much for him to worry about.
And compared to before, the competition in this year's National Day is not fierce. The only ones that can have an impact on "Detective Chinatown 2" are "The Untamed" co-starring Chow Yun-fat and Aaron Kwok, Zhang Guoshi's new work "Shadow", and Happy Twist's comedy "Li Cha's Aunt".
Before the release, "Li Cha's Aunt" was the most anticipated because it was named "Starring Shen Teng". However, after the movie was actually released, the audience found that Shen Teng's two supporting roles were not counted, and at most he was just a "guest appearance".
The deceived audience was very angry, and the quality of the movie itself was not high, so after getting a wave of box office in the first few days, it quickly declined.
Zhang Yimou's "Shadow" still inherited the style of "Lao Mouzi". The color and art of the movie are very high, but the plot is hard to describe. Although it is much better than his previous "The Great Wall", it can only be considered average in general.
The producer of the movie is the former LeTV Pictures, which has been renamed "Le Chuang Entertainment". Sunac originally hoped that this movie could slightly alleviate the decline, but the final result was just a drop in the bucket.
At this point, Sunac's boss Sun had completely given up on saving Leshi, and stopped investing resources, leaving it to fend for itself.
In comparison, the previously not-so-optimistic Hong Kong film "Wushuang" was a small upset. Compared to Hong Kong movies that have been increasingly trapped in their own little world in recent years, although this film is still the same old routine of police and gangster crime, it is a rare narrative from the perspective of the villain, which is also a big innovation.
The box office results are good, with a box office of 600 million in the seven days of the holiday, ranking second in the National Day file.
As for the most popular movie, there is no doubt that "Detective Chinatown 2" won the National Day file championship with a crushing momentum of 2 billion box office.
To be honest, this result was also beyond the expectations of Meng Bai and Chen Sicheng, after all, the total box office of the first part was just over 1 billion.
Before the release, they predicted that the total box office of the second part would be very good if it could exceed 2 billion.
Unexpectedly, this result was achieved in one holiday.
(End of this chapter)
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