In September, the finale of Nirvana in Fire was broadcast. The tragic ending of the talented scholar Lin Shu made countless young girls cry.
Wei Yang's bad taste for BE has been criticized again! In recent years, the proportion of happy endings in the dramas he filmed is really not high. "Joy of Life" originally made many viewers happy, but in the next drama, the old habits returned.
And strictly speaking, "Operation Mekong" also has an open ending, and the film does not clearly explain whether the male protagonist Fang Xinwu is dead or not.
In the eyes of some people, Wei Yang starred in one movie and one TV series during the summer vacation, but ended up performing "badly" in both.
But Boss Wei absolutely disagrees with this.
If you want to criticize him for calling "Nirvana in Fire" his "original script", then that's fine, but this obviously has an original novel, and the characters in the original novel died, so he can't let them be resurrected.
There is also "Operation Mekong". Although it is not clearly explained, various signs suggest that the male protagonist is not dead. If you insist on interpreting it as if he is dead, there is nothing he can do.
Besides, even if Fang Xinwu died, he was not the number one screenwriter, so it’s not his fault.
However, regardless of whether Boss Wei has a bad taste or not, the performance of Nirvana in Fire is brilliant.
The average viewership rating was 3.39, ranking first in the year!
The highest daily viewership exceeded 6, and the market share was no less than 20%, which was a groundbreaking event for the declining television platform.
The claim that breaking 3 was a "ratings miracle" that many people had previously claimed not only did not stop, but became more and more intense.
This is not surprising! Nirvana in Fire is starred by Wei Yang and Liu Shishi, two of the most popular actors in the TV industry. There was a lot of hype before and after the show was aired. After the show started, the word of mouth was very good and the momentum was very hot. It is definitely a phenomenal work.
If it was released two years ago, it could compete with "Joy of Life".
It’s not a sure thing that the ratings will break 4, but there is great hope. Maybe it can even catch up with “My Love from the Star” which had a viewership of over 5.
But such a blockbuster, with all the right timing, location and people, ended up not even selling 3.5 copies. How could this not make the industry despair?
Even Wei Yang had mixed feelings, as he became famous and even deified in the era of ratings.
Now that the era is coming to an end, even he, the ratings king, cannot hide his decline and cannot help but feel sad.
"Nirvana in Fire" is already considered a top drama, but it only achieved this viewership rating. His next drama "Day and Night Chase" is a pure web drama and will not be broadcast on satellite TV.
By the time his next new drama is aired on TV, the TV platform will probably be even more degraded. By then, it may even be difficult to break 3.
But no matter what happens in the future, the current ratings of "Nirvana in Fire" are very likely to become the annual ratings champion this year.
Prior to this, Wei Yang had won four consecutive championships in annual ratings from 2011 to 2014 with the series "Eastern Palace" and "Joy of Life". Together with this year's "Nirvana in Fire", it is an unprecedented five consecutive championships.
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Wei Yang's legendary halo reached a new level, and Liu Shishi also benefited from it.
After all, she also starred in the "Joy of Life" trilogy and "Nirvana in Fire", which is also four consecutive championships.
In fact, there was actually talk of three consecutive championships before. After all, there are many people who have starred in the "Joy of Life" trilogy consecutively, and there is even four consecutive championships, such as Di Lieba, who starred in "East Palace" and "Joy of Life" trilogy.
But when you do the math, there are too many people who meet the requirements, so the three or four consecutive championships are worthless.
There is an essential difference between the leading role and the supporting role or even the extra role! Just like some actors, who are lucky enough to play two or three small supporting roles or extra roles in hit movies, dare to claim that the box office has exceeded 10 billion. This is purely self-congratulation, and the public and the industry will not recognize it.
Therefore, if you want to be worthy of this honor, you have to at least be the male or female protagonist or an important supporting role, so as not to be criticized.
And Liu Shishi happens to be the leading lady of these dramas. In the "Joy of Life" series, she is the third, after Wei Yang and Chen Baoguo. In "Langya Bang", she is the second. Even though Wang Kai has more roles, he is still behind her.
Therefore, apart from Wei Yang, Liu Shishi is the most qualified to claim four consecutive championships, coupled with her masterpiece "Startling by Each Step" broadcast in 2011.
The authoritative publication "Mass Television" commented on this:
[If we say that in the small screen market over the past five years, Wei Yang is the only outstanding male star, and among the many female stars, Liu Shishi is the most popular one…]
Zhao Liying is very popular among the people, Liu Tianxian has countless fans, Da Mimi has received amazing exposure, and even all the big and small stars have their own advantages and highlights.
When it comes to hard results on paper on the small screen, Liu Shishi is the well-deserved and undisputed number one.
In addition to winning the annual ratings championship for several consecutive years, "Nirvana in Fire" also won another honor this year.
That means there is a great chance of winning the annual championship in Hualuo.com's popularity (film and television).
As mentioned earlier, Hualuo.com, as a third party, compiles rankings based on data from major video sites and related platforms and media popularity, namely movies, TV shows and variety shows.
The most popular title every day is the daily title, there is a weekly title every week, a monthly title every month, and naturally there is the most important annual title.
Since the popularity statistics of Hualuo.com were launched in the middle of last year, the data from last year is not very accurate.
For example, the annual champion in 2014 was "The Journey of Flower", but in fact, the data popularity of "Joy of Life 3" was better, but unfortunately the statistics were not started at that time, so it was unfortunately not selected.
But this year's selection is for the whole year, and the value is much more objective and complete than last year.
At the same time, after more than a year online, Hualuo.com has gradually been recognized by the industry and the public for its intuitive and accurate statistical data, and has become a list and reference material recognized by more and more industries and related media.
This has also led to the increasing influence of Hualuo.com's popularity index statistics and rankings. Last year's annual championship could be said to be just for self-entertainment, but this year it has received a lot of attention.
In another two years, with the decline of television platforms, Hualuo.com's annual popularity champion may become one of the most important honors in the film and television industry.
There is no doubt that with over 10 billion views and a peak popularity of over 18,000, breaking the record of Hualuo.com, and winning the daily championship for more than 30 consecutive times, four weekly championships, and one monthly championship, and currently still dominating the charts, "Nirvana in Fire", will be the biggest favorite for this year's film and television championship.
If we roughly regard this annual championship as the highest honor for online broadcasting, then Nirvana in Fire once again becomes the unprecedented double champion of TV and network annual championship! Behind the glory of Nirvana in Fire is the new round of rise of PPTV.
Youku and iQiyi's console plans have completely failed! Although "The Young Marshal" has a good reputation and strong staying power, it cannot effectively block the performance.
Although "The Legend of Hua Xu" retained certain achievements and could even be said to be a hit drama with good statistics, its reputation collapsed and it was later caught up in a scandal storm. The crew members were busy with various things, but the TV series itself became a supporting role.
The only consolation is that although Youku was overtaken by PPTV in the summer season, it has managed to stabilize its position thanks to this drama and its original foundation.
The gap between the two sides is very small, and the second half of the year is bound to be another long tug-of-war.
However, for PPYV, competing with Youku at this time is actually a trivial matter. Taking advantage of the heat of the summer season and striking while the iron is hot to raise funds is the top priority.
The success of the summer strategy has brought PPTV's valuation to a new peak.
This data has almost reached the top. Even if there is still some room for growth, it will not be much. After all, Youku’s current market value is about this.
PPTV can be valued at this price largely due to its strong momentum in the past two years, which makes people feel that it has a bright future, as well as Boss Wei's promise to list it within three years.
If PPTV goes public in the short term, it will not be short of money, so this may be the only time it will raise funds, and the price will naturally not be cheap.
In addition to the so-called "paying a fortune for a good horse", many institutions are optimistic about investing in Wei Yang, the young business tycoon, and are willing to spend a lot of money on him.
It is the combination of various factors that has pushed PPTV to this point.
But the capital market also requires objective logic. Even if they don't talk about it, Wei Yang doesn't want PPTV to become a tool of capital, so he would rather raise less funds than go too far and keep the number within a normal range.
But even so, the valuation of over 24 billion has increased eightfold compared to the 3 billion valuation when Wei Yang took over.
More importantly, after the financing, Wei Yang, who retains about 40% of the shares, will not only remain the largest shareholder of PPTV with absolute voting control, but his shares will also be worth nearly 10 billion yuan.
Currently, the financing is still in the final negotiation stage and there is still a lot of follow-up work to be done. If all goes well, it should be completed before the end of the year.
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In other words, PPTV will have sufficient ammunition next year and can continue to compete with Youku and iQiyi.
Boss Wei instructed the senior management to look forward to the fact that even if they couldn’t get first place, they had to keep the second place…
Compared with the success of "Nirvana in Fire" in terms of the TV series and behind the scenes, "Operation Mekong" seems not worth mentioning.
In fact, this is not the case. "Operation Mekong" has not been completely taken off the screen yet, but the box office has basically reached its peak. The total box office is expected to be between 1.52 billion and 1.56 billion.
Although this box office data is not as good as "Detective Chinatown" and "Monster Hunt", it is not even among the top three of the year, and lags behind "Fast and Furious 7".
But this is because the box office has exploded this year. In fact, "Operation Mekong" ranks third in the total box office list of domestic films, which is an excellent result.
The most important thing is not the box office, but that it is a mainstream movie.
As mentioned before, compared to real money, the soft benefits behind this type of movie are the key.
With the rise of the domestic film market and the strengthening of national strength, the top leaders have been emphasizing the enhancement of national self-esteem and cultural confidence. Therefore, at this time, the rise of domestic films and the promotion of the main theme are the general trend.
Coincidentally, both of them were caught up by Wei Yang!
"Detective Chinatown 3" has won the championship in film history and is now being exported overseas and released in large numbers across Asia. Although the box office is not high, it has some influence.
"Operation Mekong" even set the highest box office record for mainstream commercial films, and can be said to be a benchmark model.
Wei Yang became a big star in the two movies one after the other. Not only did he become a box office success, but he was also "favored by the emperor" and was particularly valued by the relevant departments.
Before joining the crew, Wei Yang made a special trip to Beijing, stayed there for two days, attended meetings, received awards, and obtained approval for a military drama and a police drama, both of which were quite ambitious.
However, the most crucial thing is that Boss Wei won the support of the inspection department, which enabled him to launch the project "In the Name of People" that he had always dreamed of.
He didn't plan to make any changes to this drama, except for the deletion of the yellow-haired actor's scenes, many characters were not changed if possible.
It’s okay for those veteran actors, their acting skills are obvious and it would be a shame to replace them. As for some supporting actresses, even if they don’t perform well, they still have to overcome the difficulties. There is a trick to this.
The same goes for Gao Xiaoqin and Hu Jing. Although she does not have the protection of Cao Tianwang in some third-rate online novels, she is a legitimate Malaysian Datuk's wife in reality.
Although the Malaysian Datuk is not as valuable as rumored, it is just an honorary title.
But it is indeed issued by the official Malaysian government. When it comes to foreign affairs, they are more able to fool people than ordinary people in the country.
In addition, Boss Wei also plans to invite the big Buddha statue from the pastor in "Let the Bullets Fly" this time.
With these three people in place, if we shoot in another province, even if there are prototypes of the characters, their hands won't be able to reach that far.
The key issue now is whether Wei Yang will act in this drama himself.
The crew leaders and relevant units hope that Wei Yang will play the role. After all, he represents ratings and results.
But Wei Yang thinks that the drama "In the Name of People" is not easy to act in.
The male lead, Hou Liangping, is particularly difficult to perform well. The villain Qi Tongwei is a good character, but his age is not quite suitable.
Even for Hou Liangping, Wei Yang's age is not quite suitable. Filming will start next year, and he is not even 30 yet. In the play, Hou Liangping is set to be 40 years old and above. If Wei Yang plays the role, he will have to act older, which does not quite match the other characters in the play.
Of course, Wei Yang has a relatively mature temperament, so it is not difficult for him to play a middle-aged man, and other roles can also be replaced accordingly. This is also the reason why many people support him.
But Wei Yang was not that interested in the drama, so he ignored it for the time being and planned to wait until he finished filming his new movie.
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Wei Yang arrived at the crew to report. Just as he put down his luggage, he heard the doorbell ring. When he opened the door, a familiar figure rushed in.
"Slow down, there are cameras in the corridor."
Wei Yang held Tang Yan's waist, closed the door, responded to her passionate kiss first, and then asked with interest.
"Didn't they say that there would be an event in two days and we would join the group?"
"Give you a surprise!"
Tang Yan said with a smile that this was half of her truth, the other half was that she came early this time as a surprise attack to check on him.
There is no way. This time, Wei Yang’s new movie "Wushuang" has two important female roles. She plays the second female role Wu Xiuqing, who is the male protagonist’s assistant and mistress, and the other one plays the male protagonist’s white moonlight Ruan Wen, who is Fan Xiaopang.
Tang Yan therefore received instructions from Liu Shishi to closely monitor and guard against Wei Yang and Fan Xiaopang from having too close a relationship.
This was a good job. She passed the test of the organization, redeemed herself, and returned to the embrace of the three beauties of the Fairy Sword...
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ps: Due to some reasons, I finished writing it until the early morning last night, so I just put it in the morning. Today's update will be in the evening as usual (this chapter is finished)