Chapter 762
Just when the shooting of "Red Sorghum" had just started, that is, when Li Qian was still catching Qin Jingjing's repeated tutoring and a large number of special approvals, "Princess Returning the Pearl" had already entered the closing stage.
Of course, there is nothing to tell about the story, one ring after another, one fork after another, in short, it is completely arresting.
Of course, there is nothing to say about the ratings. After 15 episodes, it has steadily exceeded 60%, and almost every episode is setting a new high. Needless to say, "The Age of Youth" has long been suppressed and cannot hold its head up. Come on, it has even fallen below 9% at present, and the other national David TV, large and small TV stations combined, only have less than 30% ratings left!
It can definitely be called a play that dominates the world!
It can be said that from the sudden emergence of "Legend of the White Snake", to the rivalry between "Meteor Garden" and "Feng Shen Bang", and now "Princess Returning the Pearl" completely dominates, Hunan Satellite TV is in the TV station. The most important TV drama time at 8:00 p.m. successfully completed the triple jump!
Rise! Stand firm! Takeover!
This time, Huaxia TV station obviously lost in disgrace!
However, under the strong suppression of "Princess Returning the Pearl", "The Age of Youth" can still get more than 8% of the ratings, and it can grab more than 4% in the current 8:00 p.m. Even if the viewership ratings are "hit", there is really no way to ask for anything more!
Although I haven't played "Princess Returning the Pearl", the quality of "The Age of Youth" and Lu Ruoying's personal guidance ability have been praised to a considerable extent!
Even, not only inside the TV station, but also in many newspapers, there were relevant comments repeatedly "defending" and "complaining" for Lu Ruoying!
The so-called "defense" means that everyone said that if it hadn't happened to meet "Princess Returning the Pearl", if it hadn't been for "The Age of Youth" was given an "impossible task" to compete with Li Qian's "Returning the Pearl". If "Princess" fights against it, with the quality and standard of "Positive Youth", it will definitely be a hit drama that crushes all TV dramas of the same period! What's more, it will make Lu Ruoying look down upon the world!
And the so-called "grievance" means that you let Lu Ruoying fight against Li Qian, which is unfair to Lu Ruoying!
Because as we all know, even if Li Qian is only in charge of screenwriting, he is shooting a youth romance drama, which can compete with Huaxia TV's huge investment in ancient costume myth drama "Fengshen Bang". Lu Ruoying launched it, and it was a customized drama with a delineated theme, and this theme was not Lu Ruoying's best genre. Of course, it was very unfair to Lu Ruoying!
However, no matter what, it is an iron fact that all TV dramas in the same period have been completely crushed by "Princess Returning the Pearl"! The only thing that will let the major TV stations breathe a sigh of relief, and also makes Tan Dezhang a little regretful is: "Princess Returning the Pearl" is such a good drama, there are only 24 episodes!
Twenty-four episodes, it's over in twelve days!
Full budget, two and a half weeks!
Of course, complaints are complaints. HUNAN Satellite TV released an announcement in advance before the TV series ended. After the first broadcast, HUNAN Satellite TV will directly enter the second round of broadcasting!
This announcement made the other three TV stations who bought the second round of broadcasting rights feel itchy at all, but there was nothing they could do about it—he just wanted to keep competing with you for the second round of ratings so shamelessly, so what can you do!
Moreover, for Tan Dezhang, although complaining is really complaining, but being proud is also really proud!
It's only been two years, since "Legend of the New White Snake" has been going all the way, because it has formed a strategic partnership with Minghu Culture, and even the Tan family took the initiative to sell a part of the equity to Minghu Culture. Directly get the premiere rights of the TV series produced by Minghu Culture!
A little more than two years, one crushing-level hit drama a year, plus two seasons of "Super Girl" is extremely popular, and "Happy Camp" has formed a counterbalance to China TV's traditional advantage in Sunday variety shows. Challenge, the current positioning of HUNAN Satellite TV is very clear!
Rejuvenation! Youth route! love wind! Inspirational style!
These suggestions that Li Qian put forward at the beginning have gradually taken shape with this wave of heavy punches! And with these established styles, as well as related representative works and representative programs, HUNAN Satellite TV has completely risen during the two years under his leadership!
Although in terms of size and influence, there is still an almost irreversible disadvantage from China TV, a national-level TV station, but in terms of influence on the younger generation, and compared with all other satellite TV stations of the same level, HUNAN Satellite TV has already firmly established its position as the boss!
And his own position within Hunan Satellite TV is already as stable as Mount Tai!
Of course, the sense of crisis is not without it!
For example... Although he has already confirmed with Li Qian face to face, if the price is okay, the premiere rights of the second part of "Princess Returning the Pearl" will still be on HUNAN Satellite TV, but Minghu Culture has already completed it. "Full House", a youth romance drama, is said to be a love light comedy similar in style to "My Sassy Girlfriend", and two other dramas that will be launched soon in the plan, "Youth Bao Qingtian", and "Love Love" "Deep Rain", when Tan Dezhang asked, neither Qi Jie nor Li Qian insisted on giving an accurate answer!
Among them, the latter two, according to Tan Dezhang's understanding, should be Minghu Culture's works that maximize the popularity of the actors in "Princess Returning the Pearl". The movie sold 150 million at the box office, but just half a year ago, a drama like "Full House" was said to be written by Li Qian himself, and he was unwilling to give up no matter what!
It's just...he had a vague premonition in his heart that this drama might not be something that he could just spend money on! Because of the successful examples of the previous three dramas, once I don't get the right of first refusal from Li Qian, to be honest, other TV stations will grab the first broadcast right even if they sell their iron!
No way, this is the consequence of relying too much on Minghu culture!
Before rising, completely believing in Li Qian's personal ability and the label "Minghu Culture Produced" is of course a wise move that has been proven by facts, but now...Tan Dezhang guessed, probably Li Qian already has a new idea. The idea of continuing to support a TV station was up.
In this regard, Tan Dezhang was very helpless.
In fact, as a person who has received a profound family education since he was a child, even after "The Legend of the New White Snake" hit the air, Tan Dezhang was already guarding against the problem that he and the TV station were too dependent on Minghu culture and Li Qian. But helplessly, although I have also invested in many TV dramas in the past two years, those carefully selected stories and directors, despite their hard work, the final products usually compete with other TV stations for the 5%-8% grade. The audience ratings of the TV series can still be used, but if you want to play your cards hard and directly compete with Huaxia TV, it is simply not enough!
Still the same sentence, even now, Huaxia TV's TV drama production center is still an insurmountable mountain in the domestic TV drama production industry, and it is a Taishan Beidou-level existence!
In the whole of China, only Li Qian can win every shot!
Others, even Jiang Meicheng's romantic dramas and Lu Huanzhang's youth dramas, which he spent a lot of money on, can only win occasionally. Falling directly back to within 10%, I am ashamed!
Therefore, "Princess Returning the Pearl" won another big victory, making China TV's "Positive Youth Era" unable to find its way. For Tan Dezhang, it was a joy and a worry.
And just when the finale of the twenty-fourth episode of "Princess Returning the Pearl" finally won an astonishing 71.3% of the ratings, it completely confirmed the name of the drama. After the successful completion of the first broadcast, the second round was broadcast in four domestic provinces. At the same time when the first-tier satellite TV started to form a joint screen-dominating hit again, the summer film schedule of domestic movies is also approaching the final stage step by step.
However, what is different from previous years is that this year's closing stage, domestic movie surprises are frequently reported!
The first is "Across the World"!
At first glance, this work made Li Qian feel amazing, not only in the first week of its release, but also under the premise that it is obviously weaker than "Sword Immortal" and "Assassin Qin" by more than one rank in terms of publicity, actor status, etc. , won the box office of 49.52 million against the sky, directly kicked down "Assassin", which was trying to continue to dominate the weekly box office rankings, and directly parachuted to the championship! Even in the second week of its release, relying on its excellent reputation, amidst the unsatisfactory domestic films throughout the summer, it unexpectedly won a box office of 45.88 million with a drop of 8%. , continue to dominate the box office charts!
It was even praised by many film critics and many online film critics as "the only good-looking domestic film in summer"! There are quite a few people who either compare "Across the World" with "My Sassy Girlfriend", or compare director Wu Han with Zhao Meicheng!
Even the frontier defense, which was not qualified for the first line in the first place, but was only accurate, and has been going downhill in recent years, has turned around in one fell swoop with this movie!
As for Fu Hongxue... In other words, the strong foundation of popularity accumulated by Daji in last year's "Feng Shen Bang" completely exploded here in "Across the World"!
At that time, among the actresses in China, if they only talked about their popularity, only He Yingyu, who became popular with "My Sassy Girlfriend", kept high exposure one after another, and with her "Princess Returning Pearl" The Empress Empress, who completed her self-cultivation in one fell swoop, talked to three or five people who could compete with her in an all-round way without falling behind. When this popularity has not really landed, it looks like it is even weaker by three points!
Of course, although the box office of the famous female director Zhang Zifang's "Reunion" is a bit inconspicuous in comparison, the niche style she has consistently adhered to for many years and the consistent stable audience have made her film popular in the world. After the release, a certain degree of popularity was formed.
Four weeks after its release, the total box office has exceeded the 50 million mark!
Although it is possible that the total box office of this movie may not be as high as that of those blockbusters in a week, but such a warm, delicate and warm style work can be sold one after another in such a hot summer movie. Surviving the fierce competition in the release, and achieving better box office results than her previous films, is already a great affirmation for her!
This basically means that as long as the quality of Zhang Zifang's film production can remain stable as always, even if she just eats her old audience, she can ignore the schedule!
This is very rare!
Even if it is as strong as Liu Chengzhang, Qin Wei, Du Weiyun, and Zhao Meicheng, no one dares to ignore the issue of schedule selection—if the schedule selection is weak, the competition will certainly become smaller, but the total box office is limited, and the box office cannot be sold out. It's too intense, and it will be even worse if it is suppressed by other films!
Therefore, Wu Han has completed a magnificent transformation, and the box office is close to 100 million in two weeks of release. It is a foregone conclusion. Zhang Zifang actually survived the summer vacation. Although it is hard to say that it is a big hit, a small profit is also a foregone conclusion!
This is naturally a great joy for domestic films!
Moreover, just as Wu Han was promoted to the ranks of great directors in one fell swoop, "Across the World" surprisingly won a box office of 95.4 million in two weeks after its release, directly approaching the 100 million yuan mark, and he will also be promoted to the "100 million yuan directors club" next week. "At the same time, under the excellent situation that even the word-of-mouth is also flying at the box office, "The Assassin", which has been a hit before, also won 41.62 million and 29.45 million in its third and fourth weeks. The box office, the total box office has successfully reached 196.05 million, only one step away from the 200 million club!
Undoubtedly, although "Assassins" also has a slow pace of bad reviews and word-of-mouth, because the overall quality is still quite high, even though its investment is as high as 70 million, it is definitely a breakthrough for Du Weiyun. It's recorded, but it's no longer a problem for this movie to make money back and make money.
Moreover, it will also allow Du Weiyun to enter the "200 million directors club" for the first time!
You know, so far, there are only two people in the "200 million directors club" in China, that is, Liu Chengzhang and Zhao Meicheng, and he will become the third person!
The name of a great director will truly be deserved!
When receiving these box office information after filming, Li Qian couldn't help but think: Qin Wei, who is still filming "The Gate of Life and Death" at this time, must be more eager in his heart?
After all, the transformation of old rival and old friend Du Weiyun has been a great success!
What about the 200 million Directors Club!
Even Du Weiyun went in, how could Qin Wei, who is the number one director in China, be willing to be absent!
Of course, joining the "200 Million Directors Club" doesn't mean anything!
For example... Liu Chengzhang!
Since the box office of "Sword Immortal" was cut in half, he has not appeared in public for a long time.
It is said that he went to a small villa he bought in Hainan to contemplate behind closed doors.
And when it came to the eighth week of its release, it was about to be completely released. Even "Sword Immortal", which had been taken offline by many theaters before, in its seventh and eighth weeks, it was respectively Harvested 6.12 million and 3.73 million box office, and raised his total box office to 253.94 million with difficulty.
For its total investment of more than 100 million yuan, it is completely impossible to achieve a return on the box office of theaters alone.
Of course, if you don't look at the cost and just look at the box office, its box office of more than 250 million yuan is still beyond the reach of most domestic directors!
In fact, when interviewed again last week, Hu Fei, the producer of "Sword Immortal" and the chairman of Huafei Film and Television, once commented with a smile: "Some people have repeatedly said that Lao Liu's film has failed! Every time Hearing someone say that, I really can’t laugh or cry, not to mention that this movie is close to paying back, and not to mention that this movie actually has many successes! Speaking of investment, many people think that spending money is the easiest , but tell me, if I invest more than 100 million yuan in you, what you make must not be as good as Lao Liu! Directors in China today, I invest more than 100 million yuan in him, in my opinion , I have the courage and ability to say that I will do no worse than Liu Chengzhang. If I say more, I won’t even get a slap in the face! Lao Liu’s "Sword Immortal" must have shortcomings. It’s the first time, try it, but if you change it I brought in other directors, especially those who spoke sour words, Lao Liu gave me back 250 million box office, if I changed them, 100 million would be enough!"
These remarks were reported and directly triggered a big discussion in the entire film industry.
At this stage, these domestic directors, can they play with the big investment of the Hollywood model? Can the current domestic film production model accommodate this kind of film with an investment of 70 to 80 million yuan? Is it a good thing to blindly pursue high investment? As far as the domestic film industry is concerned, Qiliye? Disadvantage?
And when Lu Lingxi asked Li Qian with these questions, Li Qian thought for a long time before answering her, "Hu Fei is right!"
This answer once made Lu Lingxi so depressed that he was speechless.
But after going back, she thought about it carefully for several days, thinking over and over again. One day during the filming break, she found Li Qian again and said, "I understand what you mean. What Hu Fei said is indeed correct!"
Then, she asked again: "In your opinion, when will the domestic film industry be able to play big productions with an investment of over 100 million in a real sense?"
This time, Li Qian didn't even think about it, and answered her directly: "The National Film Bureau and the Film Industry Association will have a meeting in December this year to discuss the issue of movie ticket price increases, and the invitation letter has been sent to the company. Come with me, take a look, and you will understand!"
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Qingzhou Prefecture, the crew of "Red Sorghum".
Kang Mingming looked up at Li Qian, "Uncle, my mother won't buy me ice cream."
When Li Qian saw him, he squatted down with a smile, "Why didn't your mother buy it?"
Kang Mingming said: "My mother said that I already ate a box today."
"Then you want uncle to buy it for you?" Li Qian asked.
The little guy nodded.
Li Qian thought for a while, "Is it okay after filming? Uncle secretly took you to eat."
Just as the little guy was about to nod, a devil's voice sounded behind him, "Don't even think about it! Kang Mingming, what are you doing? Are you looking for someone to buy you ice cream again? Did you have a bad stomach like that last time, forgot? "
Li Qian raised his eyelids, glanced at Ming Xiaojing, then looked down at Kang Mingming.
Kang Mingming shrugged handsomely and curled his lips.
Like a little grown-up.
Li Qian couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand, and clenched it into a fist. Kang Mingming looked at him, stretched out his fist, and bumped into him. Li Qian smiled and said, "Uncle will secretly ask someone to buy it for you later, we won't let your mother see it!"
"Come on!"
The little guy replied in a similar manner.
Ming Xiaojing hugged his shoulders helplessly, "Is that why you are an uncle?"
Li Qian stood up and said with a smile: "He is very honest. He will tell me that he has already eaten a box today, but he still wants to eat it. I think this is very worthy of encouragement."
Ming Xiaojing looked sideways.
Li Qian boasted that her son was honest, of course she was honored, but she was still unconvinced, and said: "Just wait and see how I spoil your son!"
Li Qian laughed out loud.
Ming Xiaojing rolled his eyes, stretched out his hand to grab Kang Mingming's hand and turned around to leave, but Kang Mingming suddenly turned around, turned his head, and continued to look up at Li Qian seriously, "Uncle, my mother said that the costume you gave me It’s called a fart, I think it will reveal my nakedness if I wear it, will you size it up for me?”
Li Qian was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, a little dumbfounded, when he looked at Ming Xiaojing, he saw that she couldn't help but look at Li Qian with a provocative expression.
This question really needs to be thought about carefully before answering.
"Uh... Uncle... I can't code for you!" Then, he said patiently: "Obviously, your parents are both actors, and they are both good actors. You must understand what art is, right..."
Before Li Qian finished speaking, Kang Mingming said, "Then you have to raise my money!"
Li Qian froze for a moment.
I suddenly felt that the boat of friendship just now had capsized.
The little guy continued: "But I can't give it to my mother, I have to give it to me! This is the first time I have exposed my **** in front of the camera so it is very expensive!"
Li Qian was speechless.
After thinking for a while, he glanced at Ming Xiaojing who was smiling but not smiling, nodded, and said, "How much more?"
Kang Mingming looked confused, tilted his head and thought for a moment, then stretched out a finger, and said, "For the sake of being my uncle, I'll give you a half discount, one thousand yuan! Remember, it's for me, Not for my mother!"
Li Qian took a deep breath and nodded, "Okay! It's a deal!"
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When the two of them left, Lu Lingxi couldn't help laughing.
Li Qian looked at her, shrugged, shook his head helplessly and strangely, and sighed: "This must not be taught by Lao Kang. Like mother, like son!"
At this moment, he couldn't help but suddenly thought of Li Shesheng's handsome face bubbling in his sleep.
Sighing faintly, looking up at the sky, he muttered, "Sorghum will always be cooked!"
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People come and go in the crew.
The filming had just started for more than a dozen days. First, Yu Bojun came to visit, and then Ming Xiaojing brought his son Kang Mingming to kill him—the little guy had long been set to play the role of Jiuer's son in the movie.
And what he will see is destined to be a performance that will affect his life from now on.
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