Chapter 556 Best Actor!

When the two episodes of "Friends" in which Li Zhibai guest-starred were aired, the average episode ratings exceeded 3%, which aroused the attention of the entire industry.

Originally, everyone thought that this score might not be broken until the last episode of this season.

After all, in this era, it is simply unbelievable for the average ratings to exceed 3%.

The activation rate is too low.

To achieve such a result, it can only be achieved by asking viewers who do not watch TV to turn on the TV at home again.

Looking at the past ten years, when the ratings were at their peak, it was also a phenomenal anti-corruption drama six or seven years ago. It soared to more than 5%. That was a miracle that has never been replicated again.

With a score of 3%, it can be said that in the past five years, it has been invincible in the world.

Why?

Why are the ratings of "Friends" so high?

Such a simple sitcom has no depth and no artistic value. Even the performances of the actors are very simple. It is the kind of simple performance content that does not require acting skills at all.

But it achieved such terrifying ratings.

The fact that Lu Yanhe will attend the Blue Ribbon Award Ceremony has shocked the industry, but it is not as shocking as the 3% ratings.

It's really an exaggeration.

According to this progress, is it possible for the final episode of "Friends" to hit the 4% ratings?

Solo broadcast.

The ratings success of "Friends" has made TV stations realize once again that in this era, you can still create ratings miracles, as long as you can call the audience back in front of the TV.

This is not the same as a magazine.

Some people may want to read magazines, but they can’t buy them. Compared with the newsstands and bookstores that could be found everywhere in the past, if they want to buy a magazine now, they may need to go to a special place to buy it, which directly cuts off the revival of the paper media era from the channel——

"Jump Up" was successful because its sales channel was that of a physical book, not a magazine.

Now the TV still has the basic disk.

Basically, everyone still has a TV in their home, but they are not used or turned on very much.

If one day, when everyone renovates their new homes, they eliminate TV sets on a large scale, that will be the end of the TV station.

The success of "Friends" has brought more silent humiliation to Beijing and Taiwan.

The series that they made failed in their hands was brought back to life in the hands of Bai Jingnian and Lu Yanhe.

The value of this drama is far more than what has been shown before. Based on the current enthusiasm of the audience for this drama, it is completely foreseeable that this series can continue to be produced for several years.

The advertising fees that Yuehutai earned during the two months when the show "Friends" was aired alone could support the revenue of the past quarter - it sounds exaggerated, but in this era, a movie It is a TV series with an average episode rating of more than 2%, and it is also a phenomenal hit. The advertising costs are so exaggerated.

The most obvious sign is that "Friends" is broadcast at 8 o'clock every Friday and Saturday night and ends in half an hour. The ratings of variety shows received after 8:30 have risen accordingly, and even the hosts of the shows are on the show. Li laughed and said that thanks to "Friends", their bonuses have increased in the past two months.

Yuehu Terrace is also very strong and reacts very quickly.

They bought dramas starring Lu Yanhe, Yan Liang, Wen Minglan, Yin Xincheng, Zhan Yun, and Bai Jin, and broadcast them during the usual daytime hours, or late at night on Fridays and Saturdays——

Paradoxically, the ratings were pretty good, with a rating of close to 0.2% in the middle of the night.

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"The ratings results are so good. I feel that there is a lot of pressure on the next season. With such good results, it will be really difficult to surpass them in the future." Lu Yanhe said.

"You should say that "Friends" has achieved such good results. As long as we don't shoot blindly, the results will never be worse." Chen Ziyan smiled, "Do you know how many people have approached me and said they are willing to play a guest role in the next season? Everyone. Everyone wants to appear on "Friends."

Lu Yanhe: "But I found that inviting big stars to guest stars can really help increase ratings."

In these two episodes, he was absent, and Li Zhibai guest-starred in these two episodes. Both the topic and popularity were very high. Li Zhibai's appearance set off another round of discussion on the Internet.

Chen Ziyan: "Many people say that the actual appeal of celebrities is not that great. That is because many people do not know how to use celebrities now. If you want to say how much appeal a person can have with just one name, it is indeed very difficult. It’s difficult. If you can sell tens of millions of dollars at the box office with just one name, you are considered a top star. But if you put the star in the right project, it will become a hit. The effect of one plus one is greater than two, or even four, five, six. Li Zhibai comes as a guest star, which is very topical. His age and image are not inconsistent with "Friends", and he is similar to you and Yan Liang. As for the relationship, everyone already knows that if you have something to do and you can’t appear, his guest appearance is actually a substitute. Your fans will support it, and his fans will also support it.”

Lu Yanhe nodded.

"The most important thing is that everyone has long called for Li Zhibai to guest star in the "Friends" series. This also satisfies the wishes of many viewers." Chen Ziyan said, "We can really plan carefully later to see which characters can be Invite some big names to make guest appearances, so , on the basics, there are some fresh topics from time to time, which help "Friends" continue to break out of the circle. You know that many popular American dramas not only invite big stars to guest star, but also sports stars, popular writers, top supermodels, and famous celebrities. Public figures...you can think about it."

"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded, then smiled, "Next season, I am going to arrange for Li Lili to work in the fashion section of "Jump Up" magazine."

Chen Ziyan looked at him in surprise and smiled, "You are carrying private goods."

"Can't you let me bring in all this private stuff?" Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "And, why not? Well, I'll ask Siqi and the others to make a guest appearance when the time comes."

"That topic is going to explode." Chen Ziyan made a decisive judgment.

In the original "Friends", Rachel went to a company to do clothing-related work.

Lu Yanhe just replaced this company with the fashion section of "Jump Up".

"Friends" has become a must-watch TV series for many young people today, and has even become a guide to urban life for many people.

Lu Yanhe feels that the sales of "Jump Up" have stagnated for a long time and have not increased. Although in this era, it is a miraculous achievement that sales have not declined, but he still hopes that "Jump Up" can continue to grow. Head further.

Can't be satisfied with the status quo.

Once you start to be satisfied and get used to it, it will start to go downhill.

Just use "Friends" to give "Jump Up" a boost.

"For the Blue Ribbon tribute to old artists, who are you going to find to represent the young actors?"

Chen Ziyan asked about it.

This is also something they need to determine as soon as possible recently.

The awards ceremony is just ten days away.

Lu Yanhe said: "Dashan must be one of them."

Wang Dashan, who was attracted by him and starred in "The Lost Road", was invited by Lu Yanhe to participate in the recording of "The Birth of an Actor". He agreed without hesitation, not caring at all that this was a variety show, and he As a leading actor in a movie with a box office of over 700 million, he still has to compete with others without even asking for remuneration.

This moved Lu Yanhe very much.

Again, except for him who knew that the show "The Birth of an Actor" could actually become very popular, everyone else had seen this kind of program for the first time and it was unknown. They had to take a big risk. risky.

Even if the show is very popular, no one knows whether they will be liked or disliked on this show.

There are so many celebrities who have failed in popular shows.

The contestants who came to participate in the show "The Birth of an Actor" include, in addition to Wang Dashan, Cheng Hai and Liu Zhiyin, both of whom Lu Yanhe will definitely choose.

In addition to these three people, he discussed with Chen Ziyan and quickly selected the fourth one.

When it came time to choose who was the last one, I had a hard time.

Because there are too many choices.

Chen Ziyan said: "In this way, let's do a priority ranking. I will pick two people to PK at random. You choose one of them. You will choose whoever stays until the end."

Lu Yanhe nodded, "Okay."

"Furthermore, this is just our preliminary idea, and people may not have the schedule to be able to participate." Chen Ziyan said, "Wang Dashan and Liu Zhiyin are both quite popular, especially Liu Zhiyin, who is a popular idol star and her schedule is not as easy as yours. She also has I really don’t have time to attend.”

Lu Yanhe said: "Well, I know, let's ask first."

It would of course be best if Ryu Ji-yin could participate.

Although she is not a serious actress, she has not started acting seriously yet.

But she is obviously interested in acting and may still pursue this path in the future.

Of course, in recent years, Ryu Ji-eum has definitely been focusing on the idol career, and acting is just a side job.

Just trying.

Then, when I called them one after another, no one directly said that they couldn't do it. They all said that they would coordinate the time immediately and would get a reply today.

Chen Ziyan laughed and said, "Don't you still recognize your current appeal?"

Lu Yanhe: "Everyone, give me some face."

Chen Ziyan: "Excessive modesty is a kind of arrogance."

Lu Yanhe glanced at Chen Ziyan helplessly.

At this time, their cell phones suddenly rang together.

This coincidence made the two of them look at each other first, looking at each other in confusion.

Lu Yanhe originally thought that something bad had happened to cause this situation.

Who knows, as soon as the call was connected, Lu Yanhe heard the person on the other end of the phone say excitedly: "Teacher Jiang Jun won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series!"

Lu Yanhe was stunned at that moment.

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Whether it’s the Emmy Awards or the Golden Globe Awards, because of streaming media and because of the diversity trend in Hollywood, in recent years, Asian actors have won awards at these awards almost every year, including the Oscar——

This was almost unimaginable ten years ago.

However, it has never happened before for an actor in a Chinese drama to win an award.

Looking into the reasons behind this, there is actually a crucial thing, that is, Chinese-language dramas have not yet been integrated into the global streaming media matrix.

Therefore, the influence of Chinese dramas has always been limited.

This time, thanks to Maxine’s push and the support of its parent company, “Squidward Game” entered the Golden Globe Awards.

However, no one thought that they would actually win the award.

Even the original star Lee Jung Jae won the Emmy Award for Best Actor, not the Golden Globe Award.

The Golden Globe Awards still prefer to be given to familiar faces.

Lu Yanhe: "That's great, congratulations to Teacher Jiang!"

The person who called was Yao Yuanzhi, the director of "Squid Game".

Yao Yuanzhi was at the scene.

He was very emotional.

"Teacher Jiang is on stage and he is going to give an acceptance speech!"

Yao Yuanzhi did not hang up the phone.

Due to some sensitive reasons, there is no domestic channel for the live broadcast of this year's Golden Globe Awards.

At this moment, Lu Yanhe became quiet.

Over there, he saw that Chen Ziyan had hung up the phone.

So, Lu Yanhe said: "Director, I'm with Sister Ziyan, let's let it go."

He put his phone on public display.

"...Thank you, thank you! Sorry, my English level is limited. I can only say thank you, hello, and I am Jiang Jun."

Jiang Jun said this sentence in English.

As soon as you hear it, you can tell that it has been practiced for a long time.

"Fortunately, Yuqian came with me. Yuqian, please be my translator."

Jiang Jun invited Jiang Yuqian.

Jiang Yuqian showed a surprised expression.

Jiang Jun waved and signaled Jiang Yuqian to come on stage.

Everyone looked at Jiang Yuqian.

At this moment, the camera was also focused on Jiang Yuqian.

Jiang Yuqian laughed, stood up, and walked towards the stage.

Five minutes before this, she had just lost in her own unit and did not win the Best Actress.

Many people didn't understand Jiang Jun's Chinese sentence just now and didn't know what was going on now.

Jiang Yuqian came on stage, stood next to Jiang Jun, and explained in English: "Jiang Jun asked me to be his translator. I don't know if he wanted to comfort me - after all, I didn't go on stage to receive the award just now. He's a really nice man, right? It's a pity that he is married, and he is happily married to his wife."

The whole audience laughed and clapped.

Jiang Jun didn't know what Jiang Yuqian said, but seeing the reaction from the audience, he knew that Jiang Yuqian was right.

Jiang Yuqian signaled that Jiang Jun could speak.

Jiang Jun: "If I said at my current age that I feel like I'm in a dream, would it make people laugh?"

Translated by Jiang Yuqian.

The laughter started again.

"But I really feel this way, because this is the first Best Actor trophy I have won since acting, right here, at the Golden Globe Awards."

Jiang Jun's tone was a little excited and loud.

This time I received applause of congratulations and encouragement.

"There are really too many people to thank, everyone in front of and behind the scenes. Really, only by participating in the production of a good drama can we know that the industry we are in is not an industry that works alone, but with each other. An industry of achievement.”

When Jiang Yuqian translated this passage, many people in the audience looked serious.

These words certainly resonate with those who are serious about filming and love this industry.

"Sometimes, I really thought that maybe I would end up in obscurity as an actor. Because I had an illness, and although I was cured, not many people approached me for filming. After that, It’s even worse. At the age of forty, I have entered the winter of my acting career.”

There were some tears in his eyes gradually, and he didn't know what he thought of.

"But I never thought about giving up, and there were people who didn't give up on me. A young man named Lu Yanhe told me when I was working with him on "The Seventeenth Floor" that when I got better, there would be a script for me to play the male lead. I was shocked, I thought he was joking, I even thought he was invited by my wife to tell a white lie to encourage me to overcome the disease."

Jiang Yuqian stood beside her, feeling sour.

As an actor herself, she understands Jiang Jun's feelings very well.

"As a result, he really came to me with this script, and this script was "Squid Game."

At this moment, the applause was extremely warm.

Jiang Jun took a deep breath and raised the trophy in his hand.

"He recently has a movie that will be released in the United States soon, called "The Mist." He was supposed to attend tonight's awards ceremony with us, but because he is still filming "Friends," which many of you like, so Unable to come. I hope he knows that I am very grateful to him. When many people questioned me about playing the leading role, he never wavered."

"Finally, thank you to the Golden Globe Awards. You gave me a glorious night. I will take this award and continue to act firmly. Thank you!"

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China's first Golden Globe Award winner.

Who would have thought.

Three years ago, he was still the uncrowned king in the hearts of industry insiders, with superb acting skills, but he never had the chance to play a leading role.

Three years later, he experienced a serious illness and experienced the trough of his acting career. Then, this summer, he became globally popular with "Squidward Game" and won the Golden Globe Award on this winter night.

Lu Yanhe immediately posted on Weibo:

——Thank you Director Yao Yuanzhi for calling me on the spot, so I heard Teacher Jiang's acceptance speech at the first time. I was proud and excited for him even though I was thousands of miles away. It was great. Finally, the uncrowned king wore the crown that should have belonged to him a long time ago. Thank you Teacher Jiang for believing in me from beginning to end. This must be a good script, a good drama, and a masterpiece. I did it, and Teacher Jiang did it too. Congratulations to the crew of "Squid Game", see you in the second season! (Sister Yuqian, you are the best actress in my heart forever! Hurry up and finish filming "Telephone", the other script I wrote for you will be finished soon!)

That night, Director Shen Tailin of Beijing TV looked at Lu Yanhe's Weibo congratulating Jiang Jun and was silent for a long, long time.

He suddenly remembered a sentence that Hu Siwei had said in the station before:

Originally, these all belonged to us.

Why did they all end up with someone else? (End of this chapter)