Wang Chi was interviewed on the live streaming platform on the night of the movie's release.
The host asked some questions about the movie, implicitly asking what he expected the box office to be.
Wang Chi said: "Well...it's probably over several billion."
Host: "Director Wang is still relatively conservative about the box office. You know, the box office of his last suspense film has exceeded 10 billion..."
Wang Chi smiled and said nothing more. When he criticized actors on set for their poor acting skills, he could curse them out loud, but when he was interviewed behind the camera, he was more cautious in what he said.
The live broadcast platform's interview with Wang Chi shifted from the box office to the evaluation of the actor.
"What do you think of the acting of the main actors in "The Ruthless Way"? Does it meet your expectations?"
"Of course, Haohan's acting is very good, and there is no need to say much about Bailing..." Wang Chi spoke in a set of routine words, full of compliments, and spoke them to the live camera.
Most of the audience in the live broadcast room are fans of the actors. When they hear Wang Chi praising them, they naturally follow suit and flatter him.
The host suddenly asked, "What do you think of Chao Juan's acting skills, who is attracting much attention today?"
Wang Chi was stunned for a moment.
He pondered for a moment and said, "When evaluating her, we cannot simply judge her from the perspective of her acting skills."
The host was puzzled: "Why do you say that?"
"She was born for this role," Wang Chi said with emotion, as if he was remembering the first time he met Chao Juan. "As long as she puts on the costume and stands there, she looks like she walked out of the world of The Ruthless Way."
Host: "Does that mean Chao Juan's acting skills have been refined to the point where he has become one with the character?"
Wang Chi laughed and said, "I chose her because she is good-looking and has the same temperament as mine."
"And at the beginning, I didn't expect that she would have good acting skills."
"Everyone knows me. If your acting skills are not up to par, don't even think about joining my crew. The actors I choose are at least good at acting."
"However, at first, because I couldn't find a suitable 'Hua Rongying', I lowered my requirements for acting skills, as long as the appearance was suitable."
Wang Chi: "This role is not easy to choose. She needs to have good looks and a cool temperament. To be honest, there are many good-looking people in the entertainment industry, but there are only a handful of people as good-looking as her, and even more so a cool temperament. I have seen many actresses who interviewed for this role mistake facial paralysis for a cold temperament and kept a stiff face...
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"But she's different."
"You'll feel that her coldness is natural and there's nothing wrong with it."
"If you want to say this is acting, then yes, but I think it is the mutual achievement between this role and her."
Wang Chi thought about it, and said solemnly under the live camera: "I have read many movie reviews from friends. Most of them praised my good directing, Haohan Bo Ling's good acting, and the movie was good. A small part... just praised Chao Juan's face and her acting skills."
"I think this should be enough to prove that Chao Juan's acting in "The Ruthless Road" is very good."
Host: "Director Wang's movies are really sold out. I thought I still had time to buy tickets, but it turns out that there are no seats left in the cinemas near my home or my company..."
Wang Chi laughed: "If you still can't get one, tell my assistant and ask him to send you two."
In the second half of the live broadcast, Wang Chi promoted "The Ruthless Way" a lot.
The box office on that day was also very encouraging, exceeding 100 million in 4 hours and reaching 367 million in a single day, breaking the highest single-day box office record of Wang Chi's previous suspense film.
The movie "Ruthless" has a huge fan base even before it is released.
First of all, half of them are fans of celebrities. Whether it is Chen Haohan or Xu Bailing, both of them have a large number of fans and high purchasing power; secondly, there are book fans. Like Lin Shen, they are loyal fans of the novel "The Ruthless Road" and have great expectations for the upcoming movie; then, there are fans of Wang Chi himself. Wang Chi's movies are of high quality, and he himself can be called the "Midnight Touch" in the domestic director circle. The plots and pictures of the dramas he directed are exquisite, and the audiences also know this "national director".
Since Wang Chi established the reputation of "Midnight's Touch" and "national director", his films have, to some extent, been a guarantee of high quality.
Compared with those shoddy comedy films, romantic movies and children's animation films during the Lunar New Year period, "Ruthless" released at the end of March was a great comfort to the audience who were tortured by movies with a score of no more than six points during the Lunar New Year period.
Like Wang Chi's previous films, this movie's box office is rising steadily.
With few good movies to watch at the beginning of the year, this commercial film, which far exceeded the passing line in terms of plot, characters and excitement, became an instant hit.
The first release URL of "The Ruthless" also saw a surge in subscriptions to "The Ruthless". On the day the movie was released, it climbed to the top of the website's subscription gold list.
In the next week or so, or even more than half a month, he remained at the top of the gold list.
It can be said to be a phenomenal popularity.
At the same time, the film's promoters are also holding a lottery on Weibo to give away peripheral products.
There is the "sweet potato" keychain made of heat-shrinkable material that Ding Xuance eats in the TV series "The Ruthless". It is ugly and small in appearance, but it has sold thousands of copies. There is also the same sword as Hua Rongying - of course, it is also a miniature version, made of pure metal, with a blunt tip, and is quite exquisite. There is also a series of beautiful posters.
The official Weibo account of the movie "Ruthless" released various behind-the-scenes footage of the filming in a timely manner.
Among them, Chao Juan's posts are the most popular - there is no doubt that they were released at the urging of Weibo users who automatically turned from passers-by to fans because of her beauty.
Most of the behind-the-scenes footage of "Chao Juan" shows her reciting her lines earnestly before filming began, with her profile looking delicate and cool.
When she appeared, the video seemed to automatically have a soft light filter and intelligent skin smoothing.
Because under this lens, you can see that her face is completely flawless.
On the set, even a natural beauty like Xu Bailing had dark circles under her eyes due to lack of sleep, and sometimes she would get one or two pimples due to anxiety and irritation.
During the filming, Chen Haohan even complained on Weibo that he had developed a few pimples and had to trouble the makeup artist to cover them up.
And morning fatigue——
When the camera got closer, the cameraman whispered to her, "Miss Chao?"
She frowned, then raised her face.
That face, under the close-up lens, is clear and clean, as if it had stepped out of a painting of a lady, and the facial features painted with ink and wash are cool and beautiful. When she is not smiling, her eyebrows and eyes are clearly cold, but when she slightly bends the corners of her mouth, a smile slowly rises in her eyes, and the coldness melts away.
It is a very, very heart-warming beauty.
"What's wrong?" Her voice was also very pleasant, cold and slightly deep.
Some people say that she has the standard "goddess voice".
The cameraman seemed to take a breath and stammered, "No, nothing. I'm filming the crew's daily life and making a behind-the-scenes record."
"Um."
Knowing that nothing was wrong, she lowered her head again and flipped through the script.
The camera didn't move away, quietly capturing her beautiful profile. Her eyelashes were thick and black, like small fans, curled, with a beautiful curve.
Of course she was wearing makeup, but under this kind of death lens, even the large pores behind her makeup could be clearly seen.
But in her case, the so-called "death lens" seems to have turned into a "beautification lens"
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In short, it did not expose any flaws on her face, it only made people feel:
How can she be so beautiful and so good-looking?
After watching the behind-the-scenes footage, countless passers-by raised the following questions:
"Does this kind of divine face really exist?"
"Why is there such a beauty in the entertainment industry, and I just found out about it today?"
“She looks great even under the lens of ARRI Alexa… She is undoubtedly a real beauty.”
After the official Weibo released these tidbits, it also said implicitly: "Regarding the tidbits, we have not done any technical processing."
This? That is to say, the "beauty filter" that seems to exist on Chao Juan is completely supported by her appearance.
"Surprised, so Chao Juan's face is really that good-looking? I thought it was because of the angle Wang Chi took the photo from..."
Wang Chi has always been able to capture the best looks of actors. The actor who played You Xiao in the movie was not the most handsome one in the entire crew, but under his lens, he managed to find the best angle and captured "You Xiao" as extremely dignified and handsome.
After watching the movie, the actor's fans were a little bit incredulous, saying that Wang Chi had an uncanny talent and had made his idol look even better.
After seeing the beauty of "Hua Rongying", many people think that the real Chao Juan is 30% less beautiful than the one in the movie.
But who would have thought that the real Chao Juan was no less capable than the "Hua Rongying" in the movie?
Many passers-by who watched the behind-the-scenes footage understood at this moment what Wang Chi said. When he first saw Chao Juan, he couldn't help but invite him to audition.
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"Ruthless" grossed over 5 billion yuan in just over a week.
The project invested by Chengjia seems to have brought considerable profits.
Pincheng He listened to his brother humming a little tune and said to him happily: "Brother, our family is going to make a lot of money!"
He was at his desk, staring at the news about The Ruthless Way he had searched for on his browser, and answered absentmindedly, "Oh."
Finished Blue: "Why do you look so uninterested?"
"No," Chengpin He smiled, "I'm quite happy."
"The artists in my company have received a lot of notices recently. It looks like they are going to become popular with the movie."
"Oh, Chen Haohan, I watched the movie, it was really good."
As an investor, the Cheng family had already watched the finished film once after it was released, and Chengpin Lan went to see it again with his friends on the day the film was released.
He did not choose to book the entire theater, but instead managed to grab tickets with great difficulty. The entire theater was filled with strangers watching the movie together.
I felt other people's comments on this movie throughout the whole process - the plot was exciting and everyone exclaimed, and when the plot ended, they felt lost.
After leaving the theater, many people said, "I feel like there's going to be a sequel, I really want to watch it!"
These are the most genuine reactions from the audience.
Finished Product Blue: "Come to think of it, the second part of "The Ruthless Way" shouldn't be released this early, right?"
"I don't know. When we invested in this project, we never said there would be a second part."
Finished Product Blue was shocked: "No, it shouldn't be. It should be. According to the subsequent development of this movie, it should be."
The ending scrolling screen of "Ruthless" did not mention whether there would be a second part. But because the ending left a hook, many viewers felt from the bottom of their hearts: This? There must be a second part!
The Cheng family had already put a lot of effort into bidding for this project in the first place, and based on this trend, if there is a second part, I'm afraid the difficulty of their bidding again will increase.
The good feedback of "The Ruthless Way" means that the second part is worth looking forward to. Making money is already a sure thing. Finished product Lan: "No matter what, if there is a next part, our family will also work hard to get it."
Chengpin He smiled: "I know you want to make money."
Finished Blue: "Who doesn't want to make money? Money is the best thing these days."
Pincheng He slid the mouse and saw the report about "Chao Juan", and became a little absent-minded.
The two brothers chatted for a while, and then Chengpinlan mentioned "Chaojuan".
"Brother, I remember you like Chao Juan, right?"
Finished product: "..."
He thought about whether he had told Pincheng Lan that he liked Chao Juan and tried to pursue her. Before he finished his recollection, he heard Pincheng Lan say, "I saw you searching for her news last time."
The meticulous Chengpin Lan had long noticed his brother's special attitude towards Chao Juan.
So after asking this question and seeing his silent attitude, I knew I was right.
"I'm telling you, if you want to chase someone, hurry up," Pincheng Lan encouraged his brother, "My friend and I went to see a movie together, and he fell in love with Chao Juan halfway through the movie."
"He said he wanted to pursue someone and asked me, the investor, to give him the contact information."
"Did you give it?"
"No, I know my brother likes it, why would I give out my contact information casually?"
Finished Blue: "You better hurry up. All those young men in my circle of friends have watched the movie and are talking about wanting to chase after beautiful women."
"..." Chengpin He said coldly, "The price of Chao Juan's watch is more than the pocket money of those people in a year."
Finished Product Blue: "Brother, you are so mean."
Pincheng He's gaze fell on the computer screen, and on the scene in the movie where Hua Rongying had just appeared.
Later, it was called by countless viewers as the top picture of the year with the most beauties gathered.
The cold and beautiful swordsman, wearing a jade crown and with eyes like cold stars, looked at the crowd gently and shallowly.
She has a lofty and indifferent temperament. But she has the most beautiful face, like a white peony in the world.
Many people say that she is like a winter plum, but the winter plum is far from being as beautiful as her.
Chengpin He thought that after the movie was released, just as he had imagined, more people would know about her beauty.
When he heard Chengpin Lan say that many young men wanted to pursue Chao Juan, he felt inexplicable jealousy in his heart, and even sarcastically said that their pocket money was not as much as Chao Juan's watch.
His brother said he was being mean, but that was the truth.
Those young masters are not as good as him. He at least has his own career, while those young masters——
Pincheng He sneered and thought, I live on the money given by my parents and ancestors, and I don't have a career, so what qualifications do I have to think about pursuing a career?
As I thought about it, the smile gradually faded.
He stared at the picture, feeling moved by the stunning beauty, yet sad that he might not be able to achieve the same.
At the same time, he thought that he, an outsider who failed to catch up with Chao Juan, felt embarrassed for others who tried to catch up with Chao Juan...
Will Chao Juan's lover, Yan Yongwang, be jealous of his lover's fame like he is?
He thought of Yan Yongwang's face and found that he could not imagine Yan Yongwang being jealous.
I was fortunate to have a face-to-face conversation with Yan Yongwang, and it was not a peaceful one. At that time, he had a cold temperament and didn't care about my existence at all, as if as long as he was there, no one could touch Chao Juan.
Of course there was anger, but for Yan Yongwang, the anger was only temporary.
He always maintained a superior attitude, with a familiarity and intimacy with Chao Juan that was unknown to others, and refused all coveters to approach him.
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Chengpin He saved this picture.
His thoughts were wandering, and in the moment of saving, he thought, if Yan Yongwang knew that there were many men like him, who were moved by Chao Juan's face and imagined the beauty of the goddess like some fans.
He will definitely be angry.
Because only men know what dirty thoughts men have in the middle of the night.
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Early April.
Yan Yongwang received an invitation from Wang Chi: "Ms. Chao, there is a variety show..." Because Chao Juan has not signed a contract with any company and is unwilling to sign a contract with any company.
Anyone who wants to invite Chao Juan to the show can only find him through Wang Chi.
Since the movie was released, Yan Yongwang has felt the popularity of the identity of "Chao Juan". He once went to a supermarket near Chao Lingxi's residence to buy things without wearing a mask, but he did not expect to be seen by others. They immediately came up to him and asked if he was "Chao Juan" and if they could give him an autograph.
Chao Lingxi was pushing a small cart in the fresh food area. When she saw her being squeezed by others, she suddenly panicked.
He almost rushed forward, but fortunately Yan Yongwang signaled him with his eyes not to act rashly, so he stood still.
In the supermarket, he signed autographs for people in a polite manner without allowing them to take pictures together. By the time he solved this not-so-small problem, more than ten or twenty minutes had passed.
After that, he never went out without a mask or a hat.
Yan Yongwang's identity as a president is somewhat different from Chao Juan's identity as an actor.
The former often appears with a cold and aloof image, so people who know his character will not act rashly and are mostly scared away by his aura.
The latter, in the movie, is a cold-blooded swordsman and a beautiful senior sister. However, because she is in the protagonist group and has a positive image, even if her face is cold and her voice is indifferent, many people will flock to her, thinking that she will not easily refuse. Not to mention, an actor - in the eyes of ordinary people, isn't it just someone who can come forward to ask for autographs and take photos?
Yan Yongwang really didn't expect that he would become so popular.
It became popular on the entire Internet at an extremely fast speed.
He did not open a Weibo account under the name "Chao Juan". On the day the movie was released, someone created an account pretending to be him and deceived a wave of fans. That night, the fake account had hundreds of thousands of fans. Later, Weibo stepped in and got accurate information from the crew. After knowing that it was a fake account, they blocked the account.
Since the movie was released, the box office has been booming.
Some people predict that this movie may be the best movie in the first half of the year.
Currently, the score is as high as 8.9 in major film review apps.
Many people praised the plot, and even more people commented on "Chao Juan", this fledgling beauty.
She is truly a beauty, with charming features and a cold voice. She seems like a goddess from high above who has descended to earth. One glance at her makes one's heart beat fast.
In real life, she is different from the cold and restrained character in the movie. She seems to be more gentle and lovely.
From the Weibo of Xu Bailing and Chen Haohan, we can see the whereabouts of Chao Juan.
Xu Bailing privately confessed to Chao Juan in his fan group: "She is so cute. She looks cold, but when she smiles, it's like a flower blooming."
And on Weibo, she is even bolder. All of Xu Boling’s fans know that she and Chao Juan are friends, and she is a loyal “Juan Juan fan”.
From time to time, they would say, "Juanjuan is so cute" or "I mentioned in my chat with Juanjuan today..."
"Chen Haohan steals the spotlight again in the photo of Juanjuan and I!!!"
As a popular young actor and a male, Chen Haohan naturally cannot speak as boldly as Xu Boling about Chao Juan.
However, he also commented on several Weibo posts of group photos with the cast and crew: "Junior Sister Juanjuan doesn't have a Weibo account, so I don't know if she can see the photos I posted. I want to say this very seriously. Juanjuan Sister is truly the most beautiful lady in the entertainment industry that I have ever seen."
Some people like Chao Juan, love her appearance, and fall in love with her because of her looks.
Some people resent her appearance and think that such a face... makes people jealous.
Yan Yongwang once used his Weibo account to search for news related to Chao Juan.
Many people praised her beauty and acting skills, and felt that this sister must act more to live up to such a beautiful face.
Some people also maliciously speculated whether her "rich woman" persona was supported by a financial sponsor.
She said, "She is so young and has such expensive watches and clothes, and I have never heard of anyone with the last name Chao in the socialite circle of the capital... She must be a mistress."
Yan Yongwang calmly passed over this line. Although he was shocked by these malicious remarks, he was not very moved.
There's nothing strange about it. There are so many people in this world, there are good people and bad people.
This level of malice is really nothing to him.
Chao Lingxi was angry after seeing these comments.
Normally, he is a non-competitive person - at least that's the case in front of Yan Yongwang. He is quite Buddhist and doesn't care much about other things.
But his weak spot was that his daughter was being maliciously speculated about, and he really couldn't stand it.
So he responded to those who made malicious speculations on his own Weibo account [Chaojiadayang].
Yan Yongwang watched it once and advised him not to take it seriously.
"Nothing. I'm not angry."
“But I feel angry.”
Chao Lingxi looked at him solemnly, "You know what? I was very angry when I saw it."
His lacquered eyes were filled with anger. He walked around twice, feeling very aggrieved: "How can you not be angry?
These people's comments are disgusting!"
Yan Yongwang drank the ginger milk that Chao Lingxi made for him leisurely. It tasted okay. Although he didn't like the taste of ginger very much, the one made by Chao Lingxi was actually quite tasty.
"I have sued several people who slandered me before."
Chao Lingxi stopped and looked at him.
"Well, the person who was slandered was me as 'Yan Yongwang'. The words used were no cleaner than what you see now. When my legal team found those people who slandered me, they found that they -"
"What?"
"They are the lowest class of people in this society," Yan Yongwang recalled the pictures that the lawyers had sent back at the time. Those people - all men, were angry that the wealth was in the hands of people like him, while they could only live in dilapidated villages in the city. No woman was willing to marry them. But in fact, they had the opportunity to break free from that situation, but because of laziness, they spent all their money and ended up spreading malicious messages on the Internet. "I will just point out one person, an only child in the family. His sisters dropped out of school and worked part-time just to support his education."
"But in the end, his nature made him not ambitious, and he cheated in school, so he was expelled."
"All the money his parents and sisters gave him was squandered on games..."
"In the end, he had no money and was unwilling to find a proper job. He just became a keyboard warrior on the Internet, slandering me for having many lovers and participating in group sex." In fact, it was even more disgusting, but for the sake of Lingxi's ears, he didn't say more.
The veins on Lingxi's forehead were throbbing. "This guy is sick!"
"Yes, I think he's sick, too," Yan Yongwang shrugged. "He strikes hard on the Internet but is submissive in real life. That's the kind of person he is."
When the legal team found the man, he burst into tears and felt extremely remorseful. He begged people not to sue him because he had no money to pay compensation.
After seeing this example, Yan Yongwang no longer cares about those who spread malicious intent on the Internet.
He felt that it was unnecessary, because he could have used his energy on work, creating more jobs, and making more people trust him as the president of Yan Corporation. His value was not comparable to those people.
Therefore, he also had the same attitude towards the malicious slander suffered by Chao Juan.
However - seeing Chao Lingxi's angry look, he thought to himself that it was to prevent him from arguing with others on Weibo every day.
He still has to find a way to solve it.
So, not long after, Yan Yongwang contacted his legal team and gave them a task.
"Sue those who defame Chao Juan."
This was not the first time that the legal team had received this task. Previously, they had received instructions from Yan Yongwang to "sue those who slandered Chen He."
Chen He was his secretary, and as his boss he was being slandered and maliciously attacked, it was most appropriate for him to step in. After all, in the entire capital, no one had a more powerful legal team than him.
This time, the lawyers received the task and privately asked in a group: "What is the relationship between the boss and Chao Juan?"
"I don't know, but looking at this posture, they must have a very close relationship!"
For a moment, the lawyers were full of suspicion, but they did not dare to ask Yan Yongwang in person what his relationship with Chao Juan was.
I can only figure out in my mind a few things about President Yan and the famous actress.
The author has something to say: About Mr. Yan and the famous actress Chao Juan.
The lawyers started to guess in their minds earlier than Chen He: What is the relationship?
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