Chapter 409: The sickly and masochistic junior sister!
If there is any field in the film and television entertainment industry that is related to industrialization, it is definitely the artist management.
All management companies, whether they are mainly actors, singers or idols, are constantly summarizing the experience of those popular stars, and then trying to arrange it on newcomers, in an attempt to mass-produce popular artists. At
the beginning of 2017, the remake of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was broadcast. Li Yitong broke through the siege with the role of "Tong Ronger" and successfully became popular.
The situation faced by "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" at the beginning of this year is almost the same. The performance of the drama itself is average, and the male lead is not outstanding, but the female lead has attracted much attention.
However, this time the female lead has become two.
Although Chen Yuqi, who plays "Zhao Min", is also a professional, she became a Hengpiao after graduation. Later, when filming "A Chinese Odyssey 3", she was spotted by Tang Yan and signed to her studio.
For Chen Yuqi, the good news is that she is the only artist under the boss, so he is willing to use his connections to provide her with resources. The bad news is that his boss is the last one among the female stars who became popular at the same time.
Take the most famous "Tang Poet Immortal" for example, Yang Mi turned over and became a good friend of capital, Liu Shishi made a fortune quietly, and although Liu Yifei's movies in recent years have been very flops, she has taken the "international route" and her shelf is still there.
In comparison, Tang Yan is a bit lame. She has filmed many big IPs, such as "Silent Separation", "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", "Nine-story Demon Tower" and "The Princess Weiyoung", and the reputations are worse than one. It's not easy to have a relatively good performance in "Diamond Lover", but it was stolen by the second female Rilakkuma.
In addition, she herself is not very ambitious, so as an artist under her, there are resources, but whether you can become popular later depends on your own performance.
Just like this time in "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", although Chen Yuqi's popularity is not as good as Zhu Xudan, the popularity of the roles played by the two is actually similar at the beginning.
It's just that Zhu Xudan is backed by Taiyang Chuanhe, and the company hopes that she can replicate the effect of the previous "Tong Ronger", so a lot of publicity resources have been invested. After the show was broadcast overseas, it even bought the hot search to the next door kimchi family.
For a time, the Internet was full of various marketing soft articles praising the "new version of Zhou Zhiruo", as well as various press releases such as "overseas fans obsessed with beauty", and the topic was directly maxed out.
Therefore, by the end of the broadcast of the entire show, the popularity of "Zhou Zhiruo" was almost an order of magnitude higher than that of "Zhao Min".
However, although Taiyang Chuanhe's publicity and promotion efforts are sufficient, it still failed to reach the grand occasion of "Tong Ronger" at the beginning. One is that "Zhou Zhiruo" itself is indeed a little worse than "Huang Rong", and the other is that there was another actor who was more outstanding in the role of "Zhou Zhiruo".
Even if it is marketing hype, Zhu Xudan's agency team is really embarrassed to say that she is better than Gao Yuanyuan's version.
Although the goal was not fully achieved, the girl's popularity is indeed much higher than before, and she can be regarded as a second-tier echelon among the "90s flowers". She went to South Korea for several trips and promotions two days ago and just came back yesterday.
"The process of making movies is long, the effect is slow, and there are hard indicators such as box office. If you want to increase popularity, it's really better to do TV series or web series." Meng Bai suggested.
"But making movies is amazing, and the status is growing fast." Zhu Xudan leaned on Meng Bai's arms and said coquettishly: "Brother~~If there is a suitable movie role, please consider me."
Feeling the soft jade in his arms, Meng Bai did not force the girl's choice: "Okay, then it's a deal. If the box office of "The Wandering Earth" can exceed 5 billion, I will give you a movie heroine."
"Hehe, I know you are the best, mua~"
Zhu Xudan leaned over and kissed him, and then casually said: "In fact, it doesn't need to be a particularly large production like "The Wandering Earth". I will be very satisfied if I can have a box office of 20 to 30 billion."
"..."
Meng Bai almost choked in one breath: "Girl, you are really bold, and you still say '20 to 30 billion box office', which is called an understatement."
Although the box office records of the mainland market have been repeatedly refreshed in recent years, and the upper limit has been raised to more than 5 billion, to be honest, up to now, there are only 33 domestic films with a box office of more than 1 billion.
This is also including the three movies in this year's Spring Festival.
There are about 500 to 600 domestic films released every year, not counting documentaries, cartoons and the like. On average, there are only four or five movies that can make over 1 billion yuan per year.
This is why Meng Bai didn't pay much attention to the film market before - the market is too small, and high-quality resources are basically concentrated in the hands of the top companies.
Arclight can produce four or five hit web dramas a year, but it is a very good result to produce one hit movie.
Zhu Xudan certainly understands this. For a small actor like her who has no appeal at all, let alone 200 to 300 million box office, even if it is 200 to 300 million box office, as long as it doesn't lose money, it is a great success.
So she was just joking, and her main purpose was to tease Meng Bai.
"That little girl Mai Mai has 5 billion, and I only want 2 billion, isn't that easy."
Zhu Xudan had a sly smile in her eyes, and her face was full of "I'm just talking nonsense, if you have the guts, teach me a lesson" expression: "I know, you also have feelings for that little girl, so..."
"What nonsense!" Meng Bai interrupted the girl and glared at her, "The little girl is not yet an adult."
"Oh - so it's for training, then you want to wait for her... Oh!"
Zhu Xudan was halfway through her words when Meng Bai grabbed her and put her face down on his legs. Then, Meng Bai raised his palm high, and then slapped it down heavily.
"Pa!"
"Pa!"
"Pa!"
Three crisp sounds echoed in the room, Meng Bai pressed the other party: "Junior sister, you really can't rest assured if you don't get a lesson for a day, right?"
Feeling the bursts of pain, Zhu Xudan bit her lips tightly, but her eyes couldn't help but reveal a bit of warmth. She twisted her legs together subconsciously, turned her head with a flushed face and looked at Meng Bai, and said in a soft voice: "Yes, yes, I just can't feel at ease unless I am taught a lesson... Then Senior Brother, come and teach me a lesson every day!"
Meng Bai looked at her changing expression and was a little surprised. He tried to pat her twice more. Sure enough, this time her expression changed more obviously.
Tsk tsk, I didn't realize that. He had always thought that this little sister seemed a bit yandere, but now it seems that she has some masochistic tendencies!
Thinking of this, Meng Bai also felt a little moved.
Just when he was about to pull Zhu Xudan up and try some weird things, he didn't expect that the girl suddenly stood up: "Wait, Senior Brother, I, I'm going to change my clothes first."
"Clothes? What clothes?"
"You'll know when you see them."
Zhu Xudan smiled with a ruddy face, then ran into the inner room with her legs tucked together.
Meng Bai was not in a hurry, so he sat on the sofa and waited for a while. Suddenly, he saw the bedroom door open, and then Zhu Xudan, wearing a white ancient costume and with her hair in a high ponytail, walked out of the room.
"This..." Meng Bai raised his eyebrows, "Is this the dress you wore when you played Zhou Zhiruo?"
"Yes, I asked the costume teacher of the crew to order a new one."
Zhu Xudan walked over gracefully, and was very satisfied with the look Meng Bai gave her: "How is it?"
"Not bad." Meng Bai nodded, and then smiled again, "Sure, junior sister, I've prepared it."
"Of course." Zhu Xudan responded.
But that's not all, she picked up the remote control again, turned on the TV in the living room, and then skillfully found the new version of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" that was currently on the air. Clicking on an episode, it happened to be her part.
"How is it, Senior Brother." Zhu Xudan clung to Meng Bai, looking at him with spring water in her eyes, "Isn't it more atmospheric now?"
Meng Bai took a deep breath, looked at the "Zhou Zhiruo" on the screen, and then looked at the tender little junior sister in his arms - this scene, but this is really a bit exciting.
"I didn't see it, Junior Sister..." Meng Bai lowered his voice, "...it's very exciting."
Zhu Xudan looked up at Meng Bai from bottom to top, with an innocent expression on his face: "Then, Senior Brother, do you like it?"
"Great!"
After saying that, Meng Bai leaned down without hesitation.
In the spacious room, the lines on the screen and the low hums outside the screen complemented each other, interpreting a different melody.
——As
time entered March, the cumulative box office of "The Wandering Earth" has reached 4.82 billion, and it seems that there is a good chance of breaking the 5 billion threshold. But at the same time, the single-day box office of the movie has also dropped to the level of 20 to 30 million, and it is still declining.
If the original release time is followed, the performance of the movie will be fixed here. Now that there is an additional two months of delay, no one can say whether it can be rushed through.
The crew had previously held two small celebration parties when the box office broke 3 billion and 4 billion, but everyone wanted to hold a big one. But now the results are stuck before 5 billion, and they always feel that they are short of breath.
In the end, Meng Bai, Guo Fan and China Film and others discussed it together and decided to wait until it breaks through 5 billion before inviting fans and audiences to hold a big celebration meeting.
The box office of the movie needs to be slowly polished, and Meng Bai has also resumed his normal schedule and started his new job in 2019.
Speaking of which, nowadays, in addition to occasionally taking out a few scripts, there are not many specific affairs that require him to come forward in person. Including several film and television projects established by the company, although he is the producer, most of the things are done by the staff below.
Of course, this does not mean that he can do nothing and have fun every day. On the contrary, more issues about the company's development strategy require him to think more seriously.
For example, his top priority at the moment is to split the online drama, TV series and film business system of Arclight.
In the past few years, Arclight's scale was not so large, and with web dramas as the main business, basically all businesses were put together.
But with the rapid expansion of the company's scale, several movies and TV series have been sold out in a row, and it is a bit cumbersome and chaotic to continue to maintain this mixed business state.
So starting this year, Meng Bai decided to split several businesses and operate them independently.
First of all, Arclight's most important and basic web drama project does not need to change and will continue to remain in Arclight Film and Television. At the same time, the company's film and television department is also divided into two groups, one for internal use, mainly responsible for its own main control projects; the second group is responsible for external use, responsible for projects in cooperation with other companies.
This year, Arclight's projects that have been filed are mainly the remaining two "Undocumented Crime" and "Silent Truth" of the "Zijin Chen Trilogy". And those that are ready to be broadcast are "Hunting Crime Picture Book", "The Hidden Corner" and "The Song Youth", a costume detective drama shot in the second half of last year.
These are only part of them that have been confirmed, and there are many unconfirmed projects that are also in preparation. As the field where Arclight started, they will always maintain their current leading position in the web drama market.
As for TV dramas, he authorized all related projects to Tianqi Entertainment. Like "I Like You" given to Bai Lu before, the third spy war drama "The Rebel", and "The Golden Years" which has been approved and is currently being adapted.
As for the remaining film business, he established a new "Arc Film". At the same time, at the suggestion of Gu Fei, he prepared to inject capital into Houyang Zaihong Fund to obtain the controlling rights, and then indirectly hold shares in Ruyi Pictures.
As Gu Fei said, if Hengten Network will restart the acquisition of Ruyi Pictures in the future, this will be a perfect capital operation. Even if there is no acquisition, Ruyi Pictures itself is a good asset target. Taking advantage of the current discount in the film and television industry, there is still money to be made.
In addition to the investment in Ruyi Pictures, Qiming Venture Partners also had a deal to complete the B round of financing for Taiyang Chuanhe together with ByteDance.
"After this round of financing, the current valuation of Taiyang Chuanhe has reached 2.5 billion. At the same time, our shareholding ratio has also been further increased, and the difference with Mr. Yang's shareholding is only about 10%..."
In the office, Gu Fei was reporting on the financing situation.
Meng Bai listened and looked at the brand new office. Previously, because of the good business, Qiming Venture Partners had been working together with the company in Xicheng District of Arclight.
However, with the listing of Pinduoduo, more and more funds in hand, and the wider investment business involved, the original place was a bit inconvenient. So after the beginning of this year, he asked Gu Fei to change the office again and move to the financial center.
In fact, in addition to Qiming Venture Partners, he also wanted to change the location of Arclight Film and Television. The small building in the previous industrial park is now packed with people as the scale expands and the number of people increases.
However, moving is not something that can be moved just by moving. You still need to find a location, pack up and prepare, and find the right time. Fortunately, the two businesses of TV series and movies were separated this year, and many people were taken away. It can be regarded as a temporary relief, and it should be able to last until next year.
Thinking of this, Meng Bai thought that he could wait until next year to move. After all, the real estate prices are at their peak right now, and it might be cheaper if he moves next year.
Well, you still have to be more careful in your life. Otherwise, where would his billions of dollars come from?
(End of this chapter)
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