Chapter 295: Finale and Inexplicable Optimism
Gu Wei becoming a major shareholder is a huge deal for the artists of Jiaxing, but in fact it did not attract much attention in the entertainment industry.
After all, in the eyes of other companies, Jiaxing during this period was just an upgraded version of Da Mimi Studio, and there was nothing else worth paying attention to except Yang Mi.
On July 9, "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" premiered nationwide. Thanks to the fame of director Chen Kaige and the box office appeal of stars such as Wang Baoqiang, Aaron Kwok, and Lin Zhiling, the film achieved a box office of 43.3495 million on the first day.
If an ordinary domestic film achieved this first-day result, it would be quite good.
However, Chen Kaige's movie, coupled with the participation of many big stars, is not so satisfactory.
On Friday the 10th, affected by the upcoming weekend, the film's box office performance improved, closing at 60.2947 million.
However, this day was also the first day of the release of Guo Xiaosi's "Tiny Times 4: The Soul's End".
As the last film in the "Tiny Times" series, on the first day of its release, book fans showed great enthusiasm for watching the movie, helping "Tiny Times 4" win the national box office championship that day, with a box office of 107 million.
This result shocked many filmmakers in the industry, and it also seemed to be a slap in the face to Brother Chen Kai.
After all, the "Tiny Times" series of movies has become a recognized bad movie after the reputation of the first three films, but it can still surpass his movies.
But everyone knows that the box office of fan movies depends entirely on the first few days. Basically, the final box office will be whatever it is in the first 7 days, and there won't be much change.
Movies with good reputations can continue to attract audiences and their box office remains strong even after two or three weeks.
On Saturday, the 11th, the box office of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" rose again, closing at 70.8703 million.
Although [Tiny Times 4] was still the box office champion of the day, its box office declined instead of rising after entering the weekend, with a score of 91.5661 million.
Just when everyone thought that "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" was about to make a comeback, after 3 days of screening, the reputation of this movie gradually fermented, more and more people posted online, and the distributor was unable to control the comments. The reputation of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" collapsed!
[It's profound and incomprehensible, full of knowledge but not decent, straightforward and thoughtless but messy, the house is full but the audience boos.]
[This film once again shows that Brother Chen Kai is a director without any spirit or talent!
Another worthless movie! 】
[Suddenly I discovered that Lin Zhiling had already completed the life practice of the Taoist priest descending the mountain in the poem "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" and reached the heights of Nicolas Cage in his later years.]
I guessed the beginning, but not the ending. I never imagined that "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" would be such a gay film.
I wasn't too disappointed with you even after watching "The Promise," but I was really disappointed this time.
【.】
There are a lot of negative reviews on the Internet. Nearly 80,000 people on Douban gave it a low score of 5.1. You should know that "Tiny Times 4" still has a score of 4.8.
In this round, Brother Chen Kai narrowly defeated Guo Xiaosi.
Of course, if Director Chen knew that he was being compared with Guo Xiaosi, he would definitely think that someone was deliberately smearing him.
After all, his movies are not really bad, it’s just that it will take the audience 10 years to understand them.
Influenced by word of mouth, after holding strong for the last day on Sunday, "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" began to plummet at the box office, just like "Tiny Times 4".
After the second week, the single-day box office had dropped to around 30 million, and was falling in a smooth curve.
This week, in addition to these two movies that have been defined as bad movies, there is another thing that is even more worthy of the audience's expectations.
[Love O2O] is about to come to an end.
This week is the fifth week of the release of "Love O2O". From Monday to Wednesday, the last three days, the TV series will be over.
In the evening, Chen Xue, who had returned home on vacation, sat in the living room, anxiously waiting for the broadcast of "Love O2O" tonight.
She has been following this drama for a month. Tonight is the last two episodes. She is looking forward to it but also feels a little reluctant.
The sweet love between the great god "Xiao Nai" played by Gu Wei and "Bei Weiwei" makes her smile silly every time she watches the show, as if she has eaten countless chocolates and the dopamine in her body is secreted crazily.
Especially when watching the intimate scenes between "Xiao Nai" and "Bei Weiwei", her face flushed and her heart beat faster, as if she had replaced the heroine and was facing "Xiao Nai" directly.
"Xiaoxue, you're staying up late to watch dramas again. You've been doing this since you came back from summer vacation.
Let me tell you, every organ in the human body has its rest period, and after that point, it’s impossible to replenish it even if you want to.”
It has been like this since I came back from vacation. My mother's nagging is endless. Now I have started to teach her some health knowledge.
"Mom, the TV show I'm following ends today, so I'm definitely going to bed early tomorrow."
Chen Xue dealt with it absentmindedly.
Mom glanced at the TV which had already started playing the opening song.
"[Love O2O] Ah, I heard your Aunt Huang talk about this TV series. So don't stay up too late tonight. Go to bed after watching it. If you have nothing to do tomorrow, try to go to bed early~"
"I know, Mom~"
Chen Xue agreed without turning her head.
Seeing this, Mother Chen shook her head helplessly and turned into the bedroom.
In the last two episodes, the plot of "Love O2O" continues to be very sweet, with a kiss on the trip, a kiss at graduation, a kiss in wedding dress, and a final kiss in the internet cafe.
"Xiao Nai" finally graduated from the "Automatic Control Department" and performed the bedroom play scene that thousands of viewers had been looking forward to for a long time with "Wei Wei".
The "Qingcheng couple" traveled across dimensions and returned to Luoxia Peak to enjoy the beautiful scenery, recreating the classic scene in the novel "Look at Luoxia Peak, the sunset never ends."
Chen Xue placed her little fist on her chin, with an auntie smile on her face, watching the various kissing scenes between "Xiao Nai" and "Wei Wei" on the TV screen.
'I have always been kind to others and done good deeds. This is what I should see!
Wow, this is so sweet.'
After a while, the last episode ended and the ending theme song began playing.
Chen Xue felt empty inside, but extremely excited.
I turned off the TV and went back to my bedroom to prepare for bed. I rolled over and over in bed, my mind still full of scenes from the TV series.
He reached for his phone and started checking Weibo.
Not surprisingly, the top trending search on today’s list is #Love O2O finale#.
Followed by the second place #NazaRedWeddingDress#.
Weibo was completely flooded with discussions about the TV series' finale.
[This is so sweet. Is it because it's the finale and they're giving fans some sweet moments? Nazha's red wedding dress really stunned me!]
[I cried~ This drama has ended, and I am in a drama drought again.
After watching Gu Wei and Nazha, how can I still watch the male and female protagonists of other idol dramas? 】
[I'm ready to watch it again. I never get tired of watching this drama. The male and female protagonists perfectly reproduce the original characters. It's light, funny, healing and pleasing to the eyes~]
[I strongly urge the "Qingcheng couple" to be together. They are so beautiful and a perfect match! ! ]
[I declare that I will be a fan of the "Qingcheng couple" from now on. These two are the absolute best in the entertainment industry!!]
Gu Wei is the chosen Xiao Nai, and Nazha is the most beautiful Bei Weiwei. I hope that the casting of film and television dramas in the future will follow this standard.
[Looks like it'll be hard to find dramas to watch from now on. How many people in the entire entertainment industry can compare to these two in terms of looks?]
【.】
[Love O2O] ended perfectly.
As of the last day of the TV series' broadcast, the ratings reached 3.014, directly securing Blueberry Channel's title of 2015 TV series ratings champion.
Even among the TV series broadcast by all TV stations that year, it was among the top five or even top three.
On the Internet, the Baidu Index of "Love O2O" reached a peak of over 2.19 million, with a total broadcast volume exceeding 12 billion, and it has been ranked first in online broadcast volume for 30 consecutive days.
The highest number of views for a single episode exceeded 700 million, the total number of barrages was close to 800,000, the number of comments exceeded 900,000, and the online rating reached 9.9. These outstanding data are eye-catching and strongly demonstrate the status of "Love O2O" as the "hot drama of the year".
Whether it is the number of online broadcasts, online buzz, media attention, or audience praise, it has become the strongest in the 2015 summer season.
The next day, Gu Wei received calls from the director of the film purchasing department of Blueberry TV and Mr. Sun from Tencent Video in his office.
When it comes to the huge hit of "Love O2O", apart from Gu Wei's "The World of Wei Ming", Blueberry TV and Tencent Video benefited the most.
Now that the TV series has ended, they called to first congratulate each other and secondly to build relationships and facilitate future cooperation.
Whether it is a TV station or a video broadcasting station, their demand for excellent works is endless.
As long as you can continue to provide them with excellent works that attract audiences, increase ratings and online broadcast volume, you will receive their highest courtesy and be regarded as a real boss.
Now Gu Wei plays the role of "big boss", at least he will continue to enjoy this treatment until his work fails.
"Director Wang, you are too polite. Our cooperation is mutually beneficial.
Thank you Director Xiao for your appreciation. Please be sure to convey my gratitude to him.
Okay, I’ll definitely go if I get a chance~”
After hanging up the phone, Gu Wei was a little confused.
He was no stranger to Director Wang from the film purchasing department, as he was the one who handled the entire collaboration with Blueberry TV this time.
However, he hinted that Deputy Director Xiao of Blueberry TV was very optimistic about him, which made Gu Wei confused.
He thought about it carefully and had no recollection of having any intersection with this Director Xiao.
Regardless of anything else, Gu Wei thought about the conversation he had just had with Mr. Sun from Tengxun Video and called Yang Liwen to his office.
"Sister Yang, there is something you need to do now.
Now our company is producing more and more projects, and we are beginning to be short of staff.
I want you to start recruiting relevant staff in the industry now, and at the same time find headhunters to poach people from other companies, a two-pronged approach.
Get the people I want as quickly as possible."
Yang Liwen hesitated for a moment.
"Mr. Gu, our company's current staffing is just right. If we hire more, there won't be enough productions, and people will be left idle."
"Don't worry about that. Mr. Sun from Tengxun Video has discussed cooperation with me before.
I was quite hesitant at that time, but later I discussed it with Mr. Zhao from our company, and Mr. Sun mentioned this matter again today, so I have decided to reach a partial strategic cooperation relationship with Tencent Video.
We provide the manpower and they provide the money, helping them produce a batch of self-produced dramas.
In this way, we trained our talents and they became familiar with the shooting process.
These trained experts will be of great use to me in the future.
The company’s accumulated IP needs to be monetized as quickly as possible. By then, multiple projects may be launched simultaneously, so there will never be a shortage of staff!
Gu Wei explained carefully.
"I understand, Mr. Gu, I'll do it right away!"
Finish writing and go to sleep!
I'm going to the market to buy vegetables tomorrow morning, so tomorrow's update will be a little later!
(End of this chapter)
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