Chapter 700: Old Woman and Young Handsome Guy, Youku, Tencent, and iQiyi, the Melee Begins!

Chen Fei knew very well how charming "traffic" was, but he never imagined that it would be so terrifying!

After finishing filming for the day, he just returned to the hotel and turned on his computer to find that there was another big news about domestic entertainment.

Xu Jinglei, nicknamed the "eldest princess of Beijing" by the entertainment industry, actually announced a new project after filming the movie "Untouchable":

"The romance film "There's a Place Only We Know" produced by Flowers in Bloom Pictures, written by Wang Shuo, directed and starred by Xu Jinglei, was successfully approved today."

It's just a love movie, and it didn't attract much attention originally, even if Xu Jinglei directed and starred in it.

But what shocked countless people in the industry was that according to the project content, the protagonist of the film was actually Wu Yifan, who had just returned from South Korea.

And this also means that the first project that this young kid who just returned from South Korea participated in was the leading actor in a movie!

The heroine who partners with her is Xu Jinglei herself.

According to reports, the two will have multiple kissing scenes and various intense sex scenes in the film.

When he saw the news reported by the media, Chen Fei soon realized it after experiencing his initial doubts.

Xu Cairen was a socialite in the Beijing circle before, and had "partnered" with countless big shots.

And now, relying on the favor of those big bosses, she herself has become a big boss in the eyes of others.

After getting older and losing her beauty, she always wanted to make up for some of her past regrets, so Wu Yifan naturally became her goal.

There was a kissing scene and a sex scene... This plan was so loud that even Chen Fei, who was far away in Hollywood, could hear it clearly.

The news has already spread in the circle, with phrases such as "old women deserve young meat", "old cows eating young grass", "old trees blooming" and so on.

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""Big Hero Marines" has been withdrawn from theaters. Perhaps because it is an original animation, the North American box office results are quite satisfactory, but there is no problem in returning the money.

Moreover, online on-demand channels are very popular among children. If nothing else, the income from other channels should far exceed the box office income..."

Listening to the report call from Natasha, Chen Fei took advantage of the situation and focused his attention on the domestic theater market.

As the time approaches June, the box office competition for the May period has become fierce.

As soon as "Big Hero 6" was released in China, it grossed 47.52 million at the box office on the first day, making many domestic movies feel numb.

And that "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is also a strong one. Since its launch on the 23rd, the box office has exceeded 400 million, directly leading the entire May schedule.

Before this, everyone had always thought that "My Deskmate" could dominate the popularity of May, but now it seems that this judgment is still too early.

These imported sci-fi special effects blockbusters are really powerful and cannot be compared to ordinary feature films.

It is worth mentioning that Fan Bingbing also played a cameo role in this movie.

It's just that, in terms of resources in Hollywood, she is still far behind Li Bingbin. The latter has entered at least three times, but she can only play some "sideline" roles.

So far, Li Bingbin has been really safe on the line of Deng Wendi, even more stable than Zhang Ziyi.

It's the movie "Return" that made Zhang Yimou miserable.

After the release of "X-Men: Days of Future Past", the daily new box office of "Return" dropped directly from more than 20 million to 13.63 million.

With the release of "Big Hero 6", the daily new box office dropped to around 5 million.

In the next June, there will be three super sci-fi special effects blockbusters: "Edge of Tomorrow", "Maleficent", and "Transformers 4: Resurrection"...

Just by listening to the names, you can tell how scary these science fiction movies are.

Many domestic film producers have begun to panic, especially those films that are preparing to compete in the summer season. They are even crying for their parents.

Originally, everyone thought that most of those imported films would be placed in less important schedules such as August, September, and November to kill each other.

But who would have known that before June even started, three imported films would be airborne!

At this time, many people suddenly began to miss the time when Han Sanping was here.

If it were him, he would definitely throw all these blockbusters together and let them kill each other.

But now that he has resigned, the new chairman of China Film Group clearly has his own ideas and ambitions, and does not pay attention to the protests in the industry.

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On this day, a list of names from across the ocean suddenly appeared in Chen Fei's mailbox, along with video conference invitations from Wang Changtian and Gu Yongqiang.

As soon as Chen Fei joined the video conference, he saw that in addition to the three of them, there were seven or eight other people who were also listening.

"This is Yao Yixi, the director of Running Man. He has previously participated in the production of "Chinese Dream Show", "Where Are We Going, Dad" and other programs. This time he will serve as the general director of "Running Man".

Listening to Gu Yongqiang's introduction, Chen Fei moved his eyes to the young man wearing round-rimmed glasses who looked very young.

"Hello, Director Chen, my name is Yao Yixi. I am 26 years old and have rich experience in variety show production..."

26 years old?

Listening to his introduction, Chen Fei was stunned for a moment unconsciously. He is really young!

Although he was quite surprised by Yao Yiqiang's age, Chen Fei didn't say much because he believed in Gu Yongqiang's ability to select and employ people.

Moreover, he had also specifically ordered before that he would use the opportunity of recording "Running Brothers" to cultivate his own self-produced variety show team for Youku.

Young people are definitely easier to cultivate than older people.

After briefly getting to know the members of the production team, the next time was Yao Yixi's consideration about the program and the guest list.

"This time, our selection of permanent guests is mainly focused on first-line actors and celebrities. Deng Chao is currently the first choice. He is very fun-loving and often engages in self-destructive behavior, which is very suitable. Our selection requirements.

Then came Chen He, who had appeared in "Love Apartment". He also had a strong sense of variety, and in the initial audition, he and Deng Chao worked very well together.

Wang Baoqiang has very few skills and is honest and honest, which will create a great sense of contrast. This is also one of the first choices..."

Listening to Yao Yixi's analysis, Chen Fei would nod his head from time to time to express his approval.

In addition to human relationships, the most important thing when selecting artists for reality shows is "suitability."

Especially as an outdoor reality show, it must be effective enough. If it is awkward the whole time, then this show will be completely scrapped before long.

"Huayi strongly recommends their artist Li Chen, thinking that he fits the character of the original 'Kim Jong Kook' very well. He is powerful and strong..."

"Li Chen?" Chen Fei suddenly frowned and interrupted: "Is this guy a member of the Sword Sword Cult?"

Wang Changtian, who was also participating in the video conference, couldn't hold it back and became happy on the spot: "Pfft, do you still remember this? Huayi almost deleted all relevant topics about this matter."

"Oh, the Internet has no memory, but that doesn't mean I have no memory."

Chen Fei sneered and ordered: "Replace this Li Chen for me. It's not like there are no muscle stars in the entertainment industry. There are many more famous than him."

"OK."

Yao Yixi picked up the pen and silently put a cross above the word "Li Chen" in the list.

At this time, Gu Yongqiang suddenly said: "Xiangjiang has also recommended many people to come."

"I'd like to reiterate that it's not impossible to choose people from Xiangjiang and Wanwan, but we don't want people with crooked butts, people who don't speak Mandarin well, and people who are big names. We only choose the suitable and right people. Humanity and sophistication can be postponed later. , whoever is dissatisfied can come to me, and I will endorse this variety show.”

This domineering speech made the entire production team members excited and secretly sighed that they finally followed the right boss.

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As soon as I close my eyes and open them again, the last day of May comes quietly.

Amid much anticipation, the suspenseful crime web drama "White Night" starring Pan Yueming and Wan Qian has officially launched on the Youku app.

For the vast majority of viewers, the term "online drama" is still quite "fresh".

Web drama, also known as online drama, refers to a form of TV drama that is disseminated and broadcast through the Internet.

Its origins can be traced back to 2000, when the first online drama "Primary Colors" appeared in China, which also marked the official birth of online dramas.

Subsequently, with the online broadcast of "Hip Hop Quartet" on Youku.com and "Mr. Lei" on Tudou.com, online dramas began to be professionally operated by the platforms.

In 2010, Tudou invested in the production and broadcast of the love idol drama "Welcome to Love". Although the investment scale was small, it showed the development trend of online dramas.

Immediately afterwards, "joke dramas" became the mainstream of the market, such as "Diaosi Man", "Never Expected", etc. These dramas were short and concise with discontinuous plots, but because of their down-to-earth plots and actors, they were favored by young people. Popular among netizens.

Subsequently, video websites began to increase investment, and the production level and quality of online dramas gradually began to improve.

In 2014, as major platforms increased their investment in online dramas, especially self-made dramas, the "first year of self-made online dramas" has officially arrived.

iQiyi launched "Psychological Crime" with a single episode production cost of 3 million, which succeeded "Soul Ferry" launched last year, and has won the favor of a large number of fans.

Tencent Video has launched "Dark One" and it will be launched on June 10 this year.

On Youku's side, "White Night" is the starting point, which happens to be sandwiched between "Psychological Crime" and "The Dark One".

The situation is now very clear, these three dramas will officially start their tit-for-tat in this summer season!

Many people in the industry have set their sights on these three dramas, silently watching their results and analyzing who will come out on top.

The first season of "Psychological Crime", which was first launched, has reached 250 million views since its launch, and has received a rating of 7.6 on Douban and 8.1 on Maoyan Movies.

Now, its competitor "White Night Chase" is officially launched, and it is unknown how many views it will receive.

At the same time, at the same time that "White Night" was premiered on Youku, "Beauty Like a Picturesque" starring Dong Bailian was also officially broadcast on Zhejiang Satellite TV.

Surprisingly, Zhejiang Satellite TV announced on the day of broadcast:

"The show has been edited from the original 50 episodes to less than 30. The drastic cuts were mainly affected by the Yu Zheng plagiarism scandal. We did not want to get into a plagiarism scandal, so we deleted lines and lines that may cause controversy. plot."

Perhaps in order to gain popularity, "Beauty as a Picturesque" was played exactly one hour earlier than "White Night".

The final result was that when the TV series was officially broadcast, the ratings soared to 0.606, with a market share of 1.778, ranking third in the same period!

Satellite TV was already happy, but on the other hand, the heroine Dong Jie suffered.

Countless netizens went to her personal Weibo account and started trolling her mercilessly.

"No way, Dong Bailianhua, do you want to make the photo so ugly? With bangs, a "watermelon head", and even pretending to be cute, it almost made me vomit."

"I'm over 30, I'm already a mother of a child, and I'm still acting like a girl pretending to be young. It's really eye-opening for me."

"Haha, I suddenly remembered that when we were filming this movie, Du Chun said in front of the media that what he was most worried about was the fear of having a scandal with Dong Bailianhua. I shouldn't be afraid now, right?"

"This drama really entertained me. The plot is plagiarized in various ways. The male protagonist is the leader of the Knife Sect, and the female protagonist cheated on her during marriage. She also hooked up with three men in the drama. Oh, it's really weird."

"What do Zhejiang Satellite TV think? Hurry up and get off the air. This kind of drama is really disgusting."

With the broadcast of the TV series, there was a lot of criticism on the Internet, and the topics about "Sword Sword Cult" and "Dong Bailianhua" were once again heated up, which is ridiculous.

Moreover, Yu Zheng's plagiarism incident was also mixed in, which added to the fire and made the scolding even more intense!

However, what is surprising is that the more fierce the criticism from "Beautiful Beauty", the more and more praises received from "White Night".

When the two episodes on the first day were released by Youku, the number of views began to skyrocket.

Many viewers who watched the first two episodes of the show excitedly logged into the Maoyan platform, gave extremely high opening ratings, and described their thoughts after watching the show in the comment area.

"I declare that this will be the most awesome drama this year. The plot structure is very compact. Pan Yueming even performed the role of four people by himself. It was so explosive!"

"The subject matter is very novel. It is not uncommon for one person to play two roles in the script. This has been done since the 1990s. The key is that one is in the day and the other is in the night. This is very rare. I was nervous throughout the whole process when I would be exposed. , what should I do if it’s exposed?”

"As an aside, doesn't the protagonist need to sleep? Is this the biggest bug?"

"They are the same couple. Take a look at Pan Yueming's acting skills. They are so awesome. Look at Dong Bailianhua. It's like they are just playing. People in their 30s are still pretending to be young. It's interesting. ?"

"Personally, I feel that this drama is better than "Psychological Crime". Every actor's acting skills are online, and there are no unreasonable plots. This is already very good."

"I'm looking forward to Tencent Video's "Dark One". The three major video broadcast websites have all launched their own web dramas during the summer vacation. I don't know which one will have the last laugh?"

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With the praise and praise all over the sky, when the time officially turned to June, the playback data of "White Night Chase" was eagerly reported by Youku:

""White Night" exceeded 25 million views in just 4 hours after it was released, and successfully exceeded 50 million views in half a day after it was released, far exceeding all types of online dramas at the same time!"

As the playback results of the series were announced, various media immediately took action, and relevant reports spread to the entire network in just half a day.

"Following "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "Gong Lock Heart Jade" and "Bu Bu Jing Xin", Feiyue Film and Television once again launched a high-quality online drama "White Night Chase", and the premiere data has exploded!"

"Following "White Night", there will be dramas such as "A Thousand Bones of Flowers", "Red Sorghum", "Nirvana in Fire", etc. Feiyue Film and Television may once again usher in an era of TV dramas dominating the screen!"

"The recording team of the variety show "Running Man" stated that the first season recording list will include the participation of the main creative members of the "White Night" crew."

"One person plays two roles. Pan Yueming once again gave the industry a huge surprise after his trough period. Taking this opportunity, he will also officially move towards the peak of his acting career!"

"It is reported that Pan Yueming will guest star in the comedy film "Detective Chinatown" during the upcoming National Day schedule. We are looking forward to his wonderful performance in this film."

"Actor Wan Qian gave us a huge surprise. We look forward to her wonderful performance in the follow-up film "Beijing Meets Seattle: Love Letter"."

Just refresh an entertainment news website, and if you look around, almost all of them have news about "White Night".

Youku and Feiyue Films have invested a huge amount of promotional resources for this web series, just to make it an instant hit!

Fortunately, the quality of the series did not disappoint.

"In just two days, the playback volume and membership recharge data have skyrocketed. In another week at most, the data of "Psychological Crime" will be overtaken by us."

On the other end of the phone, Gu Yongqiang couldn't hide his joy.

The results of "White Night Chase" made him see the broad prospects of self-made online dramas. If he can firmly control the quality and promote quantity, it will not be difficult to suppress iQiyi and Tencent Video.

Chen Fei was not proud of this, but instead became more cautious.

"As long as we keep going on the current route, we will be invincible and try to avoid those operations that harm the audience and guide recharge consumption.

What we want is the number of users. Only if there are enough users to download Youku and watch movies through our platform, our profits will be endless.

Remember, don't dig your own grave!"

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