Chapter 206 Watch Noon on TV and Arclight on the Internet.
In addition to publicity, the most important part of the movie premiere is watching the movie.
Meng Bai had read the script of "Gardenia Blossoms" before, and his evaluation was "bad" based on the plot alone.
But after watching the whole movie today, he realized that he had given it too early.
It should be said that it was "very bad".
At the beginning, four girls appeared, then tore each other apart, and then reconciled and became besties, which made people think of "Tiny Times".
But in fact, this movie is not as good as "Tiny Times". At least
the actresses of other people's movies are good-looking, and they can also output a few stalks like "Love without material is like a pile of loose sand" and "Lin Xiao, you are really advanced in scolding people now".
"Gardenia Blossoms" has nothing.
And the girls' photos are not good-looking. Anyway, Meng Bai thinks Song Zhi looks rustic in the movie.
As the ending song of the movie sounded, the premiere was also declared over.
Limited by the large number of people at the scene, Song Zhi, who was separated for a whole scene, finally got close to Meng Bai.
As soon as they met, they let out a long breath.
"Hu——"
"Are you tired?" Meng Bai asked.
"Not bad." Song Zhi smiled, and then said excitedly: "Recently, there have been many invitations to programs and roles, and the schedule is too busy."
In addition to the income of a hit drama, the biggest use is to promote people.
Although the role of "Yu Manli" can only be regarded as the third or fourth female lead, it is very popular.
There was a character popularity vote ranking under the Weibo topic, and the number of votes supporting "Cheng Jinyun" and supporting "Yu Manli" was almost the same.
This is because Li Qin has her own fans' popularity.
Therefore, it is conceivable how much the role of "Yu Manli" has brought to Song Zhi.
Just half a month ago, she was still an 18th-tier actor who could not get a play in a year.
In less than 20 days, her popularity is now at least at the level of a third-tier actor.
Not only popularity, these days, she was called by name for the first time, had fans to pick her up for the first time, and felt the feeling of a full schedule for the first time.
It can be said that after four or five years in the industry, this is the first time she really feels that she is a star.
She is still in the excitement of just becoming famous. She is exhausted from the daily schedule, but she is in a very cheerful spirit.
Today is the only day she can take a break. The reason on the surface is that the movie is released, but in fact, she wants to see Meng Bai.
She has more than just feelings now, but also more gratitude.
She became popular because she starred in "The Pretender", and she was able to star in it because of Meng Bai's recommendation.
For artists, popularity is like an extremely tempting addiction.
If you haven't experienced it, you don't feel it.
But once you have experienced it, few people can get rid of it.
Song Zhi is not the girl she was in college. Now she has to consider both feelings and reality.
It just so happens that Meng Bai's two standards are far beyond her standards.
If there is any "favorability" system now, you can see that this girl's current favorability is already in an "explosive" state that exceeds the upper limit.
At this time, let alone asking her to pose in any pose, even if Meng Bai makes some more excessive requests, she will agree without hesitation.
She doesn't even need to mention it, she takes the initiative.
After the premiere, the two of them went back to the apartment in two cars.
Meng Bai was about to go upstairs, but Song Zhi sent him a WeChat message asking him to wait in the car.
"Bang."
The car door closed. Meng Bai looked at Song Zhi who got in the car and asked, "Why are you not going upstairs and letting me wait for you in the car? Where else are you going?"
"Nowhere."
Song Zhi said, and then crossed the car's center console and sat directly on him.
Meng Bai reached out and held her in his arms. Because of the height difference, they could just see each other.
"What are you going to do?"
"Didn't you say last time that the car's shock absorption is very good? I want to see how good it is."
Song Zhi had a bright smile on his face, hugged Meng Bai's neck, and whispered in his ear.
Meng Bai raised his eyebrows. He would naturally not refuse such a request.
"The driver's seat is too narrow here. It's more spacious in the back."
"You can't see it from the outside, right?"
"Don't worry, there is a reflective film. Even if you lie on the glass, you can't see inside."
In an empty corner of the parking lot, a Porsche Cayenne trembled gently, showing its excellent air suspension system.
...
Song Zhi and Meng Bai stayed for only one day before they had to go to the roadshow for "Gardenia Blossoms".
Although she was only a minor supporting role, she has become very popular recently due to the hit of "The Pretender", so naturally she couldn't escape the task of publicity.
However, after watching the finished film, she was a little worried about the quality of the film.
"Don't worry, your character's appearance time is less than ten minutes in total, so it doesn't matter to you whether it's good or bad in the end."
Meng Bai comforted her, "And even if the ratings are bad, the box office results should be good."
"Why?" Song Zhi didn't quite understand this logical relationship.
"Because the audience's enthusiasm for youth films has not subsided, coupled with the traffic of Teacher He and the leading actors, it is still no problem to support a low-budget movie."
The facts are just as Meng Bai said.
The box office of "Gardenia Blossoms" reached 250 million in the first weekend. Although it fell off a cliff afterwards, the final total box office is estimated to reach 400 million.
According to the production cost of 50 million, the producers can be said to have made a lot of money.
However, the reputation is very bad. The score of 4.6 is almost at the bottom of the similar youth films that have been known for being "bad" in the past two years.
It is estimated that He Jiong's title of "director" is only this time.
However, the performance is still outstanding despite such poor reviews, which also shows that the popularity of youth themes is still there.
In fact, it is quite good to start broadcasting "The Best of Us" at this time.
It's a pity that Xiaotangren was too meticulous in shooting and production.
It started shooting at about the same time as "Forensic Qin Ming". Now the drama on Arc Light has been broadcasted, and they have just completed the post-production.
Meng Bai called Zhu Zhenhua and asked him. According to the current progress, it will have to wait until November to start broadcasting.
They have to wait, but Tangren's previous "Wuxin the Monster Killer" was broadcast after "Forensic Qin Ming" and "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" were finished.
The results are not bad, with more than 700 million views, which can be ranked in the top five among all the online dramas of the year.
The only embarrassing thing is that because "Forensic Qin Ming" was popular before, Zhang Ruoyun, who played the second male lead in this drama, overshadowed all the other leading actors.
In addition, his plot line itself is also exciting, which led many viewers to go to the "sub-line", but the male and female protagonists did not pay much attention.
Jin Chen has been "complaining" to her good friend Li Yitong during this period. She finally played a female lead, but the popularity was almost snatched away.
——In
October, "The Pretender" ushered in the finale.
Although the plot of the second half was modified many times during the filming, fortunately it was always under the control of Meng Bai, and there were no major complaints.
As a popular drama that became popular at the beginning, it is rare to guarantee "high opening and high end".
The ratings of the last episode successfully "broke 3", and the average ratings of the whole drama were as high as 2.2.
The average ratings of 2.2 are also among the best among all TV dramas throughout the year.
The only three dramas that ranked ahead of "The Disguiser" were "The Empress of China", "The Legend of Miyue" and "The Journey of Flower".
As for "Nirvana in Fire", another drama of Noon Sunshine, although it was launched after the popularity of "The Disguiser", the ratings were average.
The data of the two satellite TV stations combined was just over 1.
However, the popularity of this drama on the Internet is very high, and netizens are brushing all kinds of "Langya Talent", "Golden Composition" and "Chinese Aesthetics".
The score is as high as 9.3 points, which is the best reputation among domestic TV dramas this year.
With two hit dramas in one year, Noon Sunshine's reputation has been completely established.
A saying gradually began to circulate among the audience group-
watch Noon on TV and watch Arclight on the Internet.
There are even many people who have discussed online that if Kong Sheng, the best director of Noon Sunshine, and Meng Bai, the best screenwriter of Arclight Film and Television, work together, the drama they shoot will be so cool that it will fly.
It is not clear whether other people believe this, but Tencent seems to have really listened to it.
It just so happened that the project of "Ghost Blowing the Light" recently started to select a director, so the wealthy Penguin really discussed with Arc Light whether to cooperate with Noon Sunshine again.
Meng Bai's answer to this was that there was no problem with cooperation, but first of all, a problem had to be solved-
who should listen to this project?
Obviously, Meng Bai today will definitely not follow the rhythm of Noon Sunshine.
Will Kong Sheng follow the arrangement of Arc Light Film and Television?
If this veteran director could really accept the arrangements of others, he would not have withdrawn from Shanying.
The attitudes of both sides were very firm, and Tencent could only give up the idea of "1+1" cooperation in the end.
Since Kong Sheng is not okay, the director has to be found again.
Although Wu Bai and Wang Wei are also doing suspense, they are mainly small scenes such as cities and criminal investigations.
But as a masterpiece of imagination, "Ghost Blowing the Light" needs a director who can shoot big scenes beautifully.
Kunlun iceberg, nine-story demon tower, long river sunset, desert sand, thousands of miles of grassland...
If you want to reproduce these magnificent scenes in the book, you have to spend money on special effects and the director's lens aesthetics.
Since your own director can't shoot it, find one from outside.
In early October, Tencent Video officially announced that it would cooperate with Arc Light Film and Television to develop the "Ghost Blowing Light" series of web dramas.
At the same time, in the industry, both sides began to invite and recruit suitable directors.
Just like actors have to audition, many projects will also have "auditions" when recruiting directors.
Of course, the "audition" here is not to look at the director himself, but his previous works or shots.
Meng Bai's selection criteria for Tencent is that there must be at least 15 minutes of finished shooting footage.
"Leave the plot rhythm to me. What the director has to do is to shoot the scenes written in the script."
Tencent, Arc Light, "Ghost Blowing Light", these three names are attractive enough to come out alone, not to mention that they are still together now.
Those famous directors who have been famous for many years certainly don't care, but for many young directors or second- and third-tier directors who are limited by their qualifications, it is a rare opportunity.
In just one week, Meng Bai received more than 30 materials.
And these are the ones that Tencent has already screened once.
A rough look shows that there are some directors who are not famous or have representative works before.
Meng Bai looked at the pile of materials sent by Tencent and couldn't help sighing.
The directors picked actors, each one younger and more beautiful.
I chose the directors, and they were all greasy uncles.
But I had to watch it anyway, because it was mainly about how the filming was done, not what the director looked like.
After watching for two days, Meng Bai temporarily stopped this work and flew to Shanghai.
Huang Xiaoming and AB's wedding was held in mid-October, and most of the people in the entertainment and business circles were invited.
Naturally, Meng Bai was also included.
(End of this chapter)
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