Chapter 551: The Bordered Female Lead, Boss Li.
As soon as Meng Bai’s Weibo post about the “100,000 yuan reward” was sent out, it immediately became the biggest news of the Spring Festival.
Especially when the first audience who successfully reported and received the reward appeared, netizens immediately burst into great enthusiasm.
In just one day, the single-screen box office data of “The Wandering Earth 2” rose sharply. Especially those audiences who originally planned to go to the cinema but did not have a specific choice, almost all bought tickets for “The Wandering Earth 2”.
If there is no accident, just treat it as watching a good quality movie. If you happen to catch it, that’s 100,000 yuan!
This situation also has an immediate effect on the box office results of several movies. The single-day box office of “The Wandering Earth 2” returned to the 400 million range, “Nameless” also rose slightly, and the two animations “Boonie Bears” and “Deep Sea” remained unchanged...
Only “Man Jiang Hong”, after rising against the trend the day before, immediately turned around and dived down - before, it was the distributor’s review, and the cinema still had loopholes to exploit. Now it has become a national supervision. No cinema owner will go against the wind at this time.
Once someone reports it, being blacklisted by Arclight is still a light punishment, the key is that this is really illegal.
Meng Bai's bounty defeated the means of the rival distributor, and Wanda Cinemas adjusted the screening schedule of "Man Jiang Hong" as a counterattack.
Coupled with the dissatisfaction of many viewers with "Man Jiang Hong" using the "Yue Fei" IP and doubts about the plot, the single-day box office of the movie directly dropped to 300 million.
With its vital interests damaged, Huanxi Media, as the producer, naturally will not sit idly by. Although it is difficult to say anything openly, the means in private have never stopped.
Ruyi will naturally not show weakness. When the enemy comes, they will fight back. No matter what tricks the opponent uses, they will follow up head-on.
So in the following release period, Huanxi accused Ruyi of "abusing its dominant market position", and Ruyi hit back at Huanxi for inflating the box office and falsifying the filming costs;
The "Man Jiang Hong" trolls slept in the theater for three hours out of boredom in "The Wandering Earth 2", and the fans of "The Wandering Earth 2" started to criticize "Man Jiang Hong" for making "Qin Hui recite poems" a mess.
The confrontation between the two attracted the attention of most of the audience, and the box office gradually increased with the popularity, breaking through 4 billion one after another.
By the end of the first release period, "The Wandering Earth 2" surpassed "Man Jiang Hong" with a score of 4.5 billion, which was 4 billion.
Although both films have obtained permission for key extension, judging from the current data of the two, it is impossible to reverse it even if some tricks are used.
So even though both movies have not been released yet, "The Wandering Earth 2" has already locked in the box office champion of the 2023 Spring Festival.
Taking advantage of the popularity brought by "The Wandering Earth 2" during the Spring Festival, the arc version of "The Three-Body Problem", which has been long awaited by countless fans of the original novel, was broadcast simultaneously on CCTV, Tencent Video and Pumpkin Video (formerly Heng Video).
With excellent production standards, perfect casting, and almost one-to-one reproduction of the plot, it was praised by many "Three-Body Fans" as "having that flavor" just after two episodes were updated!
When the young and old versions of Ye Wenjie appeared respectively, and the Red Bank Base plot was preserved as much as possible, countless viewers shouted that it was awesome.
The first-day ratings were 1.32%, the website popularity exceeded 9,000, the first-week single-episode playback volume exceeded 420 million, the Douban score was 9.0, and the Yunhe real-time popularity list was ranked first...
No matter from which angle, this is definitely the first hit drama of the year.
But what people didn't expect was that the performance of "The Three-Body Problem" was blown up by another drama launched at the same time before the whole drama was broadcast.
The name of this newly launched drama is "Kuangbi".
If "The Three-Body Problem" is a "niche masterpiece", then "Kuang Biu" is a national hit that truly connects online and offline.
"Yue Sheng sells fish" has been played by countless audiences, and Zhang Songwen, who plays Gao Qiqiang, has become a top star overnight from a third-tier artist.
It's not just him, almost all the actors in this drama have risen from the leading role to the supporting role. Like Chen Yao, who just gained popularity with "Xiao Yu Hu" not long ago, this time he relied on the mature and intellectual "Gao Qilan" to complete the transformation, not only improving his status, but also broadening his acting range.
Of course, there are still some that have little effect on improvement.
For example, Zhang Yi, who plays the male lead, is already a first-tier celebrity, and the big hit of the TV series has a small bonus for him. In addition, he just had a fight with Hu Guang in "Man Jiang Hong", and now he wants to be more low-key and not offend both sides.
Another one is Li Yitong. Although the girl plays the role of "Meng Yu", who is the female lead, she does not have many scenes in the play, and her role is not very crucial. In the later stage, she even stands on the side of the villain, which makes the audience have a mediocre impression. Although she has also reaped a wave of dividends, it is still a bit lacking compared to a normal female lead in a hit drama.
This is not the first time she has played such a role. Previously, Lin Wan'er in "Joy of Life" also only occupied a position, but had no practical effect.
Many fans of the rival company gave her a nickname, called "Professional female lead in the border".
"It seems that you are quite satisfied with this title?"
In the large flat in Sanlitun, Meng Bai looked at Li Yitong who was lying on him with a comfortable look on his face, and said jokingly.
"What's there to be dissatisfied about? I think it's pretty good."
Li Yitong took his arm and stroked her face: "I'm just your 'border heroine', huh?"
Meng Bai grinned, suddenly raised his hand and lifted her up, letting her sit face to face in front of him.
"What are you doing?"
"Border heroine..." Meng Bai looked at his girlfriend's bright eyes, "but the one you said is a noun, and mine is a verb."
They are both old married couples, so Li Yitong naturally understood what he meant in seconds.
...
After a long time, a period of time that cannot be described.
Li Yitong curled up lazily in Meng Bai's arms like a kitten, with sweat on her forehead.
After a long pause, until she felt her spirits had recovered a little, she spoke: "Is there going to be a premiere for "All or Nothing" next month?"
"Yes." Meng Bai looked down at her, "Why, are you going?"
"Ziyi invited me last time, and as her aunt, I have to support her."
Meng Bai narrowed his eyes when he heard this: "Did she invite you too?"
"Yes, wait, you just said 'also' invite me..."
Li Yitong sat up straight, stared at him and said: "She wouldn't have found... that other person?"
"..."
Meng Bai didn't say anything, but his face showed that it was true.
Li Yitong was speechless. She didn't expect Meng Ziyi to send invitations to both sides. But then again, with that girl's brain, she could indeed do such a thing.
Meng Bai looked at the face of the girl in his arms and said hesitantly, "Or... you won't go?"
"Why not?" Li Yitong said sarcastically, "When President Meng comes out, he will be surrounded by girls, so domineering!"
"Yeah, it sounds quite domineering."
"..."
Li Yitong glanced at him, you really dare to agree!
"Haha, just kidding." Meng Bai laughed dryly, "Okay, since you want to go, then go... But let me make it clear first, you have to be obedient when you go and don't be capricious."
"Oh, President Meng, are you worried about me? Don't worry, as long as certain people don't provoke me, I won't bother with her."
"Hey, what's there to bother about. We are all friends. We can sit down and talk about anything."
"Tsk, I don't care."
Li Yitong snorted, then got up and walked towards the bathroom, "I have an appointment with Xiaotian for dinner, President Meng should sleep alone tonight, hehe."
(End of this chapter)
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