In October, the film market seemed a bit dull compared to the summer season.
"Passing By Your World", starring Deng Chao, grossed 800 million yuan at the box office, taking first place in the National Day holiday, and making Deng even more famous.
The four major Mesozoic young actors who were once ranked alongside each other on the Internet and even in the circle are Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, Liu Huohua, and Deng Chao.
Liu Huohua is a relatively special one among the few. He has taken the route of being a powerful actor and won the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse awards for Best Actor early on. Although his box office performance has been mediocre in the past two years, he has maintained his reputation for his acting skills with "The Banquet" and "The Wife and the Murderer".
When evaluating an actor's achievements, no matter when, awards and acting skills are always important.
So even though Liu Huohua's statistics have been mediocre in recent years, his position is still stable. He can't rush to the first place, nor can he be at the bottom.
Compared to Liu Huohua, who has a stable position but lacks ambition, Huang Xiaoming and Chen Kun are actually the ones vying for the top spot among the four young freshmen.
Huang Xiaoming had the first-mover advantage, and with the national recognition and popularity brought by the TV series, he once had the upper hand.
But with the emergence of the "Painted Skin" series, Chen Kun's rise was unstoppable and he seemed to be replacing the previous star.
There is a lot of controversy online and in the circle about who of the two is the leader among the four young actors of the Mesozoic era.
Chen Kun’s shortcomings are that his output is too low, he has had some failures, and he is relatively low-key in his daily life.
Huang Xiaoming's output is quite high, but most of them are bad movies and TV series. If it were just that, I would just pass them by, but sometimes he will produce a masterpiece.
For example, the film "Chinese Partners" a few years ago won the three major mainland film awards, including the Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers and Huabiao awards.
Although Chen Kun won the Huabiao and Hundred Flowers awards for "The Legend of Mi Yue" and "Painted Skin", he did not win the most important Golden Rooster award, so he was not confident enough to face Huang Xiaoming.
What’s more important is that Huang Xiaoming has always been active in the entertainment industry. The quality of his TV, movies and variety shows is poor, but he has received a lot of exposure.
In addition, he has a wife who is a popular young actress. Although Yang Tianbao will no longer have "Running Man" in his life, his resources are not bad. Although he is not as good as the 85 flowers, he is still considered to be a relatively popular second-tier actress.
Although Li Jiahang stole some of the limelight from last year's expensive wedding of the century, it still made the two of them one of the most dazzling celebrity couples in the entertainment industry.
With this advantage, even though Chen Kun had a movie called "Mojin: The Lost Legend" which grossed over 1 billion last year, he was not able to surpass Huang Xiaoming.
Yang Tianbao's popularity and fame also soared, and he was looking for opportunities to become a first-tier star.
In comparison, Deng Chao was actually the youngest among the group, so it couldn't be said that he was just making up the numbers, but at that time there were indeed people like Tong Dawei and Lu Yi competing with him.
He was able to grab this position, but it still depends on his old company Huayi and the scandal with Sun Niangniang.
That’s right, Huang Xiaoming drags his wife along to maintain exposure and popularity. Maybe he learned this from Deng Chao, or he may be imitating Boss Wei, who is the expert in this area.
But after Deng Chao left Huayi, his development was not particularly good, so much so that some people jokingly said that he relied on his wife.
This can be seen from "Chinese Partners" that Deng Chao clearly played a supporting role to Huang Xiaoming, his former rival for the top spot in Huayi.
During this period, Deng Chao was still a top star, but he was indeed far behind Huang and Chen.
However, in 2014, in addition to Guangxian, Deng Chao also joined hands with Boss Wei, and together with his wife Sun Niangniang, the couple developed deeply in the Shanghai circle.
After that, Deng Chao's career began to soar. "Running Man" and "Breakup Guru" were all reruns of old tunes, but the most significant one was "The Mermaid" at the beginning of the year.
In the entire Chinese film industry, he is the only male lead in a movie that has grossed 3 billion yuan, something that even Boss Wei has not been able to achieve.
If Deng Chao had only joined the competition before, after "The Mermaid", the position of the top Mesozoic young actor that Chen and Huang had been competing for for many years was about to change hands.
This is not an exaggeration. Most of the 800 million+ box office of "Passing by Your World" was due to Deng Chao, which is recognized by almost everyone.
If last year was known as the [Wei Yang Year], this year can actually barely be called the [Deng Chaon Year].
In other words, everyone knew that Stephen Chow was the key to "The Mermaid", otherwise someone might have compared him with Boss Wei.
There's nothing we can do about it, since Boss Wei only has one movie this year, "Wushuang", and he's somewhat unable to control the situation.
Deng Chao’s outstanding performance made even Blue Whale a little restless and they wanted to cooperate with him on a project.
Boss Wei didn't stop it, but he did set an investment cap.
Others only see the glory of Deng Chao, but Wei Yang knows that the glory of Deng Chao is different from his own.
Boss Wei’s movies have good box office performance, but their reputation is also solid. Even if a few may not approve of them, the vast majority still think that Wei Yang’s products are reliable.
Therefore, his box office data has been rising steadily and his reputation has become more and more famous, which has been a very healthy development trend.
Deng Chao is different. His movies have good box office data, but poor reputation.
"The Breakup Master", which gained momentum from the very beginning, was largely based on the popularity accumulated by "Running Man", and the reputation of the movie can only be described as average.
In the subsequent film "Bad Angels", the couple acted together, but the film was so bad that it was unbearable to watch.
The following "The Mermaid", although it broke box office records, actually received polarized reviews and was full of controversy. Even the blue whale was criticized, let alone Deng Chao.
The same is true of the current "Passing By Your World".
The film was criticized for being "fake, artificial, and empty", and full of disgusting affectation. It only scored 5.3 points on Douban. The only positive comment in the entire film was on Xiao Yueyue, who played the crossover car chase role.
There is no doubt that this is a disappointing movie. Countless audiences who came for Deng Chao had their goodwill and expectations consumed again.
To put it bluntly, behind the impressive box office results is the fact that Deng Chao has been overdrawing his reputation, popularity and appeal time and time again.
Everyone knows the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. If you betray the audience’s trust time and again, you will definitely suffer in the future.
Boss Wei believed that Deng Chao still had some background and resources, and that general projects could still be profitable, but forget about investing too much in projects, as there was a risk of losing money.
Another movie worth mentioning in October is Guo Xiaosi's "Jade Dynasty".
This time this guy is not as lucky as in "Tiny Times".
They got a bunch of top stars together, but they ended up using headgear to play with some real-life CG technology, trying to make a Chinese version of "Avatar", but the box office was less than 300 million.
You know, the production cost of "Jade Dynasty" is nearly 200 million yuan, not counting the publicity and promotion, it will cost at least 500 to 600 million yuan to make back the investment.
The loss is huge!
No matter how badly the "Tiny Times" series was criticized before, at least the project was profitable. Now it is losing money and is still being criticized. Xiao Si is so angry that he is staging a famous scene of moral kidnapping.
"Is it because my name is Guo Jingming that everything I do is wrong? Is it only when I die that you will stop criticizing "Jade Dynasty"?"
It is worth mentioning that the largest producer of "Jade Dynasty" is LeTV. The failure of the movie made the already struggling LeTV even worse.
When Boss Jia goes abroad in the future, it is hard to say whether Guo Xiaosi will help him or not...
As the industry leader, Blue Whale also released a movie in October.
But the Douban score is as high as 8.3 points, which ranks among the top among all movies this year.
Donkey Deshui
This year's dark horse and surprise work in the Chinese film industry, an unknown new director, with a few unknown drama actors, staged a dark fable, and also added a layer of gold paint to the golden signboard of Blue Whale.
"Love O2O" was extremely popular and dominated the small screen market throughout October. It was even comparable to "Strategy of the Ming Palace" at one point, but Wei Yang did not say a word on his Weibo.
But when the box office of "Duds" exceeded 100 million yuan, he specially posted a long Weibo article to promote it.
It’s not because the latter is more important than the former, but because Blue Whale has no shortage of hit products now. What it lacks is this kind of highly acclaimed masterpiece that can further enhance Blue Whale’s foundation and reputation as the industry leader.
As the helmsman of Blue Whale, Boss Wei now focuses more on the overall situation.
This is also one of the reasons why he shot a series of films such as "Day and Night", "Wushuang", and "Dying to Survive" which have gained more reputation than commercial success.
To put it more bluntly, movies like "The Mermaid" and "Lost in Hong Kong" made Blue Whale a lot of money, but its reputation was affected. Increasing the foundation is one aspect, and Boss Wei also wants to reverse its reputation.
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The vision of other people in Blue Whale is not as big as that of Boss Wei.
"Duds" is just a bonus, and "Love O2O" is the real treasure that everyone cares about. It is not an exaggeration to say that this drama is comparable to "Strategy of the Palace". Even on the Internet, some data may be even better than it.
Especially the popularity surrounding the two leading actors has exploded.
Since the end of October, when the TV series was broadcast too much and broke out completely, Rouba and Zhang Ruoyun have never fallen out of the top three in the artist-related popularity index, especially the former, who has always maintained the first place.
Whether it's Chen Chichi announcing the birth of her child, or Zhang Liangying marrying her agent despite public opinion and pressure from all sides, or Zhang Yuqi getting married quickly after her resurgence in popularity with "The Mermaid", or the latest developments of the major celebrities...
No matter who it is or what it is, from late October to mid-November, for more than half a month, Rouba has always been the most popular.
This treatment, which was previously only enjoyed by top stars and those born after 1985, has finally been enjoyed by a post-90s generation.
The dust has finally settled on the No. 1 flower in the 90s, which was already basically undisputed. At least Shuangzi and Nazha, who are the closest to them, are not a threat in the short term.
Even if Rouba were to continue to be a 90-level flower, it would be a bit of a bully. Even if she were to be an 85-level flower, there would be few people who could suppress her.
Whether you admit it or not, the "variety show star" who was previously ridiculed by some people has suddenly become one of the most popular first-line actresses after this drama and the accumulation of many previous works.
Not convinced?
With 75 million Weibo followers, he ranks seventh on the overall list. Even though some of the numbers are inevitably exaggerated, he is still the most popular star on this social platform.
You have to know that Boss Wei has only over 80 million fans, and the only actresses ranked ahead of her are Zhao, Fan Xiaopang and Xie Na.
And there’s something fishy going on with Xie Na, because she surpassed Boss Wei at the beginning of the year and is currently ranked first with nearly 85 million fans.
Come to think of it, Wei Yang didn’t know what Xie was thinking?
Although he has been less active on Weibo in the past two years and his team does not deliberately compile data, the foundation laid over the years is here. Since the birth of Weibo, Wei Yang has remained at the top for several years.
Isn’t the title of the King of Weibo earned for nothing?
Not only is there help from Weibo officials, but Boss Wei also has a very strong appeal on Weibo. So far, a considerable number of Weibo users were attracted by Boss Wei.
Boss Wei is not so arrogant as to say that he has the most active fans on Weibo, but he does not think Xie Na can surpass him.
Even if it is really possible to surpass him, it is best not to do so. Boss Wei's status, fans and long-term influence on Weibo all indicate that anyone who wants to "step on him to get to the top" will face countless doubts.
If Fan Xiaopang, a certain Zhao, Mr. He, and Chen Kun surpassed them, although they still couldn't dominate the situation, at least there would be something to talk about.
But it was Xie Na who was quite controversial...
How should I put it, if this idea came from the team behind the scenes, then they should all be launched. If she insists on doing so, then the team behind the scenes should also look for the next buyer.
Xie Na was attacked badly and ridiculed in various ways, but she couldn't cut her own statistics. She could only bite the bullet and continue, or wait and see whether Boss Wei or some kind-hearted person would surpass her one day.
Boss Wei doesn't have the leisure to do so. Given his status, it doesn't matter whether his Weibo followers are 100 million or 80 million. So he just lets the account grow on its own, and he will get as many followers as he can.
However, for top-tier actresses on the rise like Rouba, Weibo fans are still a very important bargaining chip.
Rouba was able to gather over 70 million followers thanks to the national variety show “Running Man”. Now “Love O2O” has given her another breakthrough, and she may become the “Weibo Queen” in the future.
At least at next year's Weibo Night, Rouba will be the most powerful conqueror of Weibo Queen.
If Liu Shishi, Zhao Liying, Da Mimi and other award winners do not participate in the competition, it is very likely that the outcome will be a foregone conclusion. At least Tang Yan and Nazha do not seem to be as strong as her at the moment.
Not only at Weibo Night, but also at the end-of-year Starry Night Ceremony, she and Da Mimi will be Zhao Liying's biggest rivals for winning the Golden Star Trophy.
The Starry Awards is an online award that focuses more on the small screen's achievements on the Internet, so "Love O2O", which is extremely popular on the online platform, has certain advantages.
Although the TV series successfully broke the 2% viewership rating, it is unlikely to win any awards at the Golden Eagle or Magnolia Awards in the future due to its subject matter.
But the accumulated popularity and exposure have given her the upper hand in the competition for the next Golden Eagle Goddess.
The value of the Golden Eagle Goddess has been mentioned many times before. To put it roughly, whoever wins it will become the next most popular actress.
Moreover, considering that the Golden Eagle Goddess tends to be a young actress, even if Tang Yan makes some breakthroughs later, she is still at a disadvantage in this regard.
You should know that Liu Tianxian was only 19 years old when she became the Golden Eagle Goddess, Saozi Lu was 27 years old, Wang Luodan was 26 years old, Liu Shishi was 25 years old, and Zhao Liying was 27 years old.
Da Mimi, who was crowned the Golden Eagle Goddess this year, was the oldest, having just turned 30 a month ago.
The next Golden Eagle Awards will be in 2018. Tang Yan will be 35 years old then, while Rouba will only be 26 years old.
Unless Tang Yan becomes unstoppable in the next two years, I'm afraid the Golden Eagle Award, which is intended to set a benchmark for young and popular female stars, will choose the younger Rouba.
Even if Rouba fails later, the resurgent Nazar and Sister Shuangzi, who has been running along, have a better chance than Tang Yan.
Suddenly, many people realized that the 85 flowers have also grown old.
Tang Yan and Da Mimi are already in their thirties, and Liu Shishi, Liu Tianxian and Zhao Liying are also about to cross the 30-year-old mark.
The 90s flowers, led by Dilraba Dilmurat, took the stage one after another, and the outstanding ones even appeared in the center of the stage.
Youth is the greatest asset!
Many people can’t wait to see the 90s flowers replace the 85s flowers and become the most dazzling presence in the entertainment industry…
(End of this chapter)