Chapter 460 President Meng is our eternal sun!
"Zhang Wansen, it's snowing..."
With the end of Lin Beixing's last line, "Twinkle Twinkle Star", which has dominated the top of the popular online drama list for more than half a month, finally ushered in the finale.
In the last flashback, Lin Beixing finally changed the future and saved Zhang Wansen, and at the same time completely returned to her original timeline. She started her normal life again with the beautiful memory of Zhang Wansen in another world.
Spring comes and autumn goes, and heavy snow falls in winter. Lin Beixing walked on the street and looked at the snowflakes, and thought of Zhang Wansen again. Just when she was thinking about him alone, a familiar figure stood behind her with an umbrella...
Unlike the "BE" and "HE" predicted by many viewers, the script adopted an open ending at the end of the story. It did not clearly state why the male protagonist appeared, leaving the audience with ambiguous imagination.
[No, that's it? Did Zhang Wansen come back in the end? ]
[It should be back. The shoulder width and head-to-body ratio of that back figure are obviously Qu Chuxiao. 】
【Be content, everyone. In this plot that has set the BE atmosphere from the beginning
, it is still possible to keep the current ending. President Meng has taken good care of everyone.
( In memory of my Fang Mu who is still missing) 】 【Ah ... 】 【……】 For the ending of Twinkle Twinkle Star, the audience who followed it with real feelings from the beginning can be said to love and hate it. But as someone said, it was good that there was no be ending of eternal separation in the end. After all, President Meng has a "criminal record" in terms of manipulating the audience's mentality. With the end of the drama, the phrase "Zhang Wansen, it's snowing" has become a new meme during this period. As long as there are elements such as "snowing" or "snow scene" in the video on the Internet, you can see someone brushing this sentence. However, the ability of netizens to make abstractions should not be underestimated. The names in this meme quickly evolved into some wonderful combinations. For example, "Zhang Zuolin, it's snowing", "Zhang Juzheng, it's snowing" or "Zhang Huaimin, it's snowing". Anyway, many netizens with the surname Zhang have been "harassed" by their friends several times during this period. How to say it, "Geng Xiaogui" is indeed annoying, but it also proves that the performance of Twinkle Twinkle Star is really hot. The final peak popularity value of the whole drama exceeded 12,000, and the cumulative number of views counted by the data platform exceeded 5 billion. The number of views of related topics on Weibo has exceeded 2 billion, and the number of discussions has exceeded 1 million. This kind of data would have been at the forefront of the hot searches in the past. However, Weibo was recently interviewed for "too entertaining" and temporarily removed all the hot search lists, so it is not seen this time. The biggest beneficiary of the drama is Qu Chuxiao, who has successfully recovered from last year's somewhat outdated state, and the momentum is even stronger. Chen Zhixi also took advantage of the opportunity and announced that he would play the male lead in the movie "Send You a Little Red Flower", which can be regarded as riding on the popularity. The second largest beneficiary is Heng Video, which has increased its number of paying users by nearly 10 million thanks to this hit drama and this special season. Although it cannot be compared with the previous three major platforms and Mango TV, it has surpassed the "outdated" old streaming media platforms such as Leshi.com and Sohu Video. The stock price of Hengten Network has also risen continuously. Evergrande has seen good results and directly promoted it offline through its real estate and communities. Although it has attracted many complaints from ordinary residents, the platform's popularity has indeed been promoted. As for the heroine Meng Ziyi, who is the core of the whole play, she is the one with the smallest increase in popularity. First of all, the audience of this drama is mainly girls, and the inherent attention to the heroine actor will be less. Moreover, because of the attacks of black fans before, many passers-by still have the impression of her as a "resource coffee". As the saying goes, first impressions, although many drama fans also admit that she played the role of "Lin Beixing" well, they still hesitate when facing real people. But everyone doesn't have any bad feelings, it can be regarded as a tie. If there can be another hit role with similar results, or any other work, the popularity will go up immediately. It's hard to say what others think of this result, anyway, Meng Ziyi herself is very satisfied. "Uncle, let me tell you, I've been surfing the Internet for short videos and so on recently, and I can't see those who scold me." Meng Ziyi's cheerful voice came from the opposite side of the phone. Meng Bai smiled silently, but said, "Is it possible that big data thinks you don't like this kind of content, so it gives you an information cocoon and prevents you from seeing it?" "Ah?" Meng Ziyi responded blankly, "Is that so? That's okay, I'll just pretend it doesn't exist if I can't see it." "Okay, girl, I really like your attitude." "Tsk, don't think I don't know, little uncle, you're just kidding me." Meng Ziyi snorted, "By the way, when will our "Eastern Palace" be filmed? I haven't had anything to do recently, and I've almost torn the script and the original novel apart." "Don't just read it." Meng Bai said, "Wait a little longer. I received news that the current level one status should be lifted next month, and we can relax a little. The crew has been preparing recently, and you should be ready at any time. When we get the news, we'll start filming." "Don't worry, I've prepared enough. It's just that the horse farm has been closed during this period, and I haven't practiced much. I don't know if my skills have declined." "It's okay, the crew will give you a few days of adaptive training to find your form." "Okay, then I'll wait."
After hanging up the phone, Meng Bai dug out the project preparation materials for "Eastern Palace".
"Eastern Palace" is also adapted from a novel, with an ancient puppet theme. It tells the story of Xizhou Princess Qu Xiaofeng, who accidentally met and saved the fifth prince of Feng Dynasty Li Chengyin, and thus started a sadistic love.
If the open ending of "Twinkle Twinkle Star" can be barely considered sweet, then this drama is a complete tragedy except for the first few episodes.
"Xizhou" in the plot is a fictional place, and the prototype is probably a grassland tribe like Khitan, so the background of the first half of the story also takes place in the desert grassland in the west.
The director found Li Muge, who had worked with him before. Although his rhythm of shooting the plot was a bit scattered in the middle, and he always had a strong desire to perform, it must be said that his lens composition and aesthetics are really much higher than other directors of the same type.
Especially when shooting the heroine, the effect of Ni Ni in "The Forbidden City" was particularly brilliant. Meng Bai also hopes that he can continue to work hard this time and shoot his niece well.
Of course, he also specifically told Li Muge not to play his "PPT" style transition to the underworld again, as the finished product looks too abstract.
As for the male lead, Chen Xingxu was chosen. In addition to "Hunting Crime Picture Book", he also played the boyfriend of the heroine Zhu Huiru, Guo Yu, in "Undocumented Crime", a "scumbag" role who was kind in the early stage and blackened in the later stage, which is a bit similar to "Li Chengyin" this time.
Although Meng Bai did not participate too much in this drama, the main creative team was also carefully selected.
Although they often quarrel with each other, he still cares about his eldest niece.
In addition to "Eastern Palace", several other projects that Arc Light had previously suspended, including "The Beginning" and "Want to See You", have also begun to prepare recently.
As long as the above policies are relaxed, we will immediately start filming.
It's not just Arclight. Many teams in the circle with projects are also preparing.
Of course, those who can do this are basically large companies. For those small and medium-sized film and television companies, it doesn't matter whether they are relaxed or not, because there is no work to do anyway.
It's funny to say that this winter, online platforms have caught up with the bonus trend, but many offline production companies have "died" in the severe cold.
Perhaps it was intensified by this situation. During this period, some small team peers began to appear in the circle. They were quite jealous of Arclight. They said sourly that they had been working for so many years and had never heard of "reviewing and broadcasting" in domestic entertainment.
This statement is actually a bit unfair to Arclight. Not to mention the TV series, but in the field of online dramas, there was no strict review until last year's "New Film and Television Regulations".
In other words, all the online dramas broadcast in the past few years are essentially "reviewing and broadcasting", but they have not said it openly.
Including this time, "Twinkle Twinkle Star" can do this, because it has gone through all the review processes as early as when the project was established, so it can be done in the later stage.
"Do we need to 'talk' to these people?"
Liu Jun asked inquiringly in the office.
"Just do it! Dare to talk about Arc Light behind their backs, they have already found their way to death!"
Meng Bai looked at the somewhat confused Liu Jun and laughed: "Just kidding, just talk to those who have a louder voice, and don't care about the other minor characters."
As the top team in the field of domestic entertainment and film and television, Arc Light has many people who envy and admire it, and even more people who are jealous and jealous.
There are too many small attacks like this every year. If they really come one by one, then Arc Light doesn't have to do anything else.
What's more, they just say a few sour words, and find a few who are happy to "kill the monkey to scare the chickens", and the rest will naturally shut up.
Arc Light is just powerful, not a local emperor. It's not good to do things too drastically.
Not only that, as the "leader" in the industry, sometimes you have to do something for the entire industry.
For example, the thing he has been busy with recently.
"Has the radio and television responded?" Meng Bai asked.
Liu Jun nodded, with a bit of joy on his face: "Director Nie just asked someone to call me and said that they have studied it during this period and feel that the suggestions we submitted are indeed very reasonable. The resolution has been passed and the official announcement will be issued in a few days."
"Good! Finally, it is worth my running so many times during this period of lockdown." Meng Bai slapped the table and said happily: "Let Li Mu prepare it too. We have spent so much effort, and we must let people know who deserves the credit."
"Okay, then I'll ask him to prepare it."
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In April and May of previous years, the film and television industry is usually very lively, because many awards are registered or announced during this period.
This year is an even-numbered year, and it is also the "big year" of awards. Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers, Feitian, Golden Eagle, Magnolia... All of these will be held this year.
Generally speaking, the first award every year is the Magnolia Award, which is usually around May. However, this year was affected by the flu, so the time was also postponed.
Although the award ceremony was delayed, the registration and announcement of the list are still going on normally.
The first to release the registration announcement was the Feitian Award. The deadline for registration works, types of works, award introductions, etc. are similar to previous years, and everyone basically just glanced at them.
Until the "Scope of Registration Works" column.
[In recent years, online audio-visual works have developed rapidly and become an indispensable part of the film and television industry... After careful consideration by the Feitian Award Executive Committee, starting from the 32nd Feitian Award for TV Dramas in 2020, online drama works will be included in the selection scope, but they need to obtain relevant documents such as TV drama distribution licenses...]
What the hell? Online dramas can participate in the selection of formal awards!
Many online drama practitioners who saw this announcement were surprised.
In fact, the online drama award has been mentioned for several years, and there have always been rumors. But the industry used to believe that even if online dramas were really to be added, they would start with the Golden Eagle Award or the Magnolia Award.
Unexpectedly, the first to stand up and accept online dramas was the highest-standard and most orthodox Feitian.
But soon, "inside news" came out in the circle. It is said that the Feitian Award agreed to include online dramas in the selection. It was a suggestion made by Arclight Film and Television and the five major video platforms to the organizer, Radio and Television. After a long struggle, it was finally negotiated.
At first, some people thought it was a joke, but soon more and more details came out, proving that the news was not false.
Now the big guys in the industry are really moved. After so many years of development, the market of online dramas is getting bigger and bigger, the audience is getting wider and wider, and the quality is getting higher and higher. But every time it is mentioned, it is still at the bottom of the contempt chain.
In the final analysis, it is because the mainstream awards do not recognize online dramas.
In fact, in the past few years, there were also practitioners who wanted to find another way to develop independent online drama awards, such as the "Golden Bone Flower Award" organized by Guduo Media and the "Wenrong Award" organized by Hengdian Film and Television, but they were basically self-entertainment and had no face when they were said out.
Until now, the official award of the Feitian Award has finally recognized online dramas. Regardless of whether there will be emphasis in the future awards, at least the status of online dramas and TV dramas is equal.
In this regard, all the web drama practitioners in the industry have only one idea - President Meng is our eternal sun!
Some time ago, those who were talking behind the scenes disappeared without waiting for Arclight to take any action.
Occasionally, there are a few sour people who say that Arclight is doing this because they are most likely to win the award, so they are so active.
However, as soon as these remarks were made, they were immediately scolded.
"Archlight has a greater chance of winning the award because the works are well shot and there are many hits, so they deserve the award. Besides, anyone who wants to win the award from other companies must have this opportunity first. If you don't even have a chance like before, what's the point of talking!"
With a burst of birdsong and flowers, all those sarcastic people were sprayed back.
But this is not over yet. Just when web drama practitioners were gearing up to sign up for the Feitian Award, the other two major awards, Jinying and Magnolia, also released the latest registration plans, and all opened up the restrictions on web drama registration.
Now everyone is really happy. It is stressful to compete for one award, after all, TV dramas definitely take up the majority. But with three awards, there are more opportunities.
Many online drama teams and companies have proposed to set up an online drama association like the film association and TV drama association, so that everyone can work together.
The president of the association has also been selected, so let Mr. Meng come.
(End of this chapter)
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