Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 289: Quarterfinals (1)

In the past two days, the box office of "Stone" has indeed increased significantly, and the reason is of course "Super Girl".

The quarterfinals haven't started yet, but Zhang Chen has provided three songs free of charge, and the quality of these three songs is very good.

"Super Girl" is not stupid. Whether or not they can advance affects their fate. Even if you are a big director, if the song you provide is not good, they will definitely not use it.

But the three Super Girls, without exception, chose the song provided by Zhang Chen. What does this mean?
This shows that the songs provided by Zhang Chen are good enough.

But the outside world's speculation is just the opposite. Everyone generally questioned that the three women made such a decision because of Zhang Chen's identity as a director.

Don't want to offend anyone!
It is understandable that a person is good at making movies. There are actually many geniuses in China.

He is good at making movies and writing songs, which is a bit far-fetched.

In novels, this is called the protagonist template. In real life, unless there is a system, it is difficult for a person to achieve results in multiple fields.

Many professionals in the music industry have stepped out to question whether composing music and writing lyrics is that easy. Do you think anyone can do it?
Do you know what professionalism means?
Some people are already preparing to use Zhang Chen as a stepping stone on their road to fame.

You may be a big name in the film industry, but you are nothing in the music industry.

……

At Ciwen Media, Ma Zhongjun was reading related reports in his office.

The media were all saying that the song was written by Zhang Chen himself, but Ma Zhongjun definitely didn't believe it.

What about the liar?
But he is not a pedantic person.

Although the two parties are in a competitive relationship, he still recognizes Zhang Chen's abilities, especially his ability in publicity, which his team can never catch up with.

So their strategy is very simple, whatever you do, I just copy it.

Ciwen Media also tried to invite a few songs and contacted other Super Girls.

You invest in Li Yuchun, Zhang Liangying, and Zhou Bichang, then I will bet on Ye Yiqian, He Jie, and Ji Minjia.

Being able to make it into the top ten in the country at least proves that there is no problem with professional ability.

As for who can make it to the end, it has something to do with luck.

The media became even more excited now, and everyone realized that "Stone" and "Seven Swords" extended the battlefield beyond the movie.

Other private companies looked at this with awe, thinking it was too tragic.

If all future movie promotions are done like this, few film companies can afford the losses.

But Mango TV is happy to see this happen.

The involvement of the two film companies is equivalent to the fusion of the film and music circles, and the exposure has more than increased to a higher level.

……

In Xingchen Entertainment, Zhang Chen was also looking at the box office data.

To be honest, the box office of "Stone" was completely unexpected.

He was thinking of using "Super Girl" to boost the box office of "Stone", but he felt that the effect would only be seen after the quarterfinals were broadcast, and he never expected it to be reflected now.

Why is this so? Of course it’s because those three Super Girls understand the ways of the world.

Zhang Chen, a famous domestic director, provided three songs free of charge, and each of them is a classic. What a great favor.

Not to mention providing songs, even if they don’t provide songs, just by publicly expressing support for you, the singer will receive attention that is unmatched by ordinary people.

Therefore, the three Super Girls consciously mobilized their fans to support the movies of Star Entertainment.

"Stone" was booked out one show after another~
The fans’ logic is very simple: if you support my idol, then I will support your movie.

A ticket is only a few dozen yuan~
Surprisingly, people who have seen the movie have said that it is really good, which is a complete surprise.

It’s like when you buy something and the merchant gives you a gift, and then you find out that the gift is actually an international brand product. Are you surprised and shocked?

I originally responded to my idol's call and went to see a movie as a way to repay my idol's favor, but I didn't expect the movie to be so good.

This creates a positive cycle.

Fans of Li Yuchun, Zhang Liangying, and Zhou Bichang have all become fans of "Stone", and they spontaneously recommend this movie to people around them.

At the same time, fans of three singers supported by Ciwen, including He Jie, were also doing the same thing, but their feelings were completely different.

Everyone was in a good mood after watching the movie "Stone", but everyone felt like they were fed shit on "Seven Swords".

"What did I watch? Why in the whole play, I think the best actor is the villain Sun Honglei..."

Some fans expressed their doubts right after watching it.

"Yiqian, I did what I promised you and supported Seven Swords, but...

Forget it, I'd better watch "Stone" again to refresh my eyes..."

Supporting idols is supporting idols, but fans also don’t want to compromise themselves. Some people expressed their ideas in the forum and immediately received support from a large number of people.

"We are not aiding the enemy, we are just comforting ourselves..."

Some people have found the best explanation for their behavior, and now they don't even have to worry about it psychologically.

Now, fans of Jane Zhang and the other two were overjoyed.

Where does happiness come from? Isn’t it the result of comparison?
The movies recommended by their own idols are so good, while the movies recommended by their rival idols are rubbish, which really makes the fans of these three feel extremely satisfied.

Then, Stone exploded... an abnormal explosion...

In the third week of the movie's release, the box office of "Seven Swords" increased slightly, but the box office of "Stone" showed a very strange upward curve.

Mango TV then officially announced that the national quarterfinals will be held this Friday, and both Xingchen Entertainment and Ciwen Media will send representatives as guests to attend and witness the singer’s growth together.

……

July 2005, 7, "Super Girl" National Top Eight Competition
The later evaluation of "Super Girl" in 05 is that it is the first phenomenal talent show in China.

What is a phenomenon? It means it is a discussion among the whole nation.

The popularity of "Super Girl" is hard to imagine nowadays. It is no exaggeration to say that "the streets were deserted". At its peak, the ratings even exceeded that of the Spring Festival Gala.

It covers all age groups, and many families watch it together.

Mango TV was also confused at the beginning. They never expected that "Super Girl" would become so popular. It was like opening Pandora's box accidentally.

So it cannot be copied at all.

Many years later, in the cover photo of the ELLE Fashion Festival, Li Yuchun still occupied the C position among the female stars. Many people questioned why she did so, just because she was the champion voted for by 3528308 text messages!
In 05, a text message cost one yuan. Li Yuchun won first place with 352 million votes, Zhou Bichang won second place with 327 million votes, and Zhang Liangying won third place with 135 million votes.

The three giants of Xingchen Entertainment, Zhang Chen, Chen Xi, and Dong Jianqiang, sat in the guest seats respectively, and the three belonged to different fan camps.

Similarly, Ciwen Media also sent three representatives to the fan seats of the singers they supported.

The show started, the host introduced the guests, the camera turned to everyone, and everyone waved.

Mango TV also gave Zhang Chen a special introduction. Wang Han approached him for an interview: "Director Zhang Chen, I'm curious, do big directors also watch our talent show?"

Zhang Chen smiled gracefully: "Of course, it was our Chen Xi who watched it at first, and then we followed suit. I didn't expect it to be quite good."

The camera also turned to Chen Xi, who was smiling and waving to everyone. She still had a sense of unreality.

"I saw you sitting in Jane Zhang's fan group, are you Liangfen?"

"Yes, I'm Liangfen. Among all the Super Girls, I like Jane Zhang's dolphin voice the most."

"But I noticed that Ms. Chen Xi and Manager Dong were not sitting with you..."

"Yeah, we support different contestants. Chen Xi likes Chris Lee, and the boss loves Bibi Zhou. Sometimes when we discuss it in the office, we even quarrel over the three of us..."

Hahaha~
What Zhang Chen said was so interesting that the audience burst into laughter.

"I heard you wrote songs for the three contestants?"

"Yes, originally I only wrote one song for Jane Zhang, but later they found out and said that I had to write one for Chrissie Lee and Bibi Zhou as well. I had no choice but to give them all together..."

The crowd burst into laughter again. They had actually seen this gossip a long time ago, but it felt different to hear it spoken by the person involved in person.

"In fact, I understand that the songs Jingying, Chunchun and Bibi are going to sing today are definitely the three songs that Director Zhang gave them. Several other contestants have also received support from Ciwen Media. These are all original songs, and they are said to be of very good quality. I'm sure everyone is as curious as I am. Let's wait and see..."

Wang Han's summary drew the audience's attention back to the competition itself, and the cameraman once again turned the focus to the Super Girls.

The atmosphere was lively, and the three people sitting in front of the fan group looked at each other.

Everyone passing by thought that they and Mango TV achieved mutual success, but only Zhang Chen knew that they actually got a great advantage.

Later, scholars from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences analyzed in the "Cultural Blue Book" that the total revenue from "Super Girl" in 05 was about 7.66 million yuan.

Horror!
As a platform, Mango TV's direct revenue during the broadcast of the program alone exceeded 7000 million, with 2000 million in sponsorship fees, 3000 million in text message income, and 2000 million in advertising income.

With such popularity, if it weren’t for Zhang Chen’s identity and the fact that he donated three songs, he would definitely have to spend money to use this platform to promote the movie.

But now I don’t spend a penny~
As for whether Ciwen Media didn’t spend any money, I don’t know. Even if it didn’t, it was thanks to Zhang Chen.

At the beginning, one of the ten contestants must be eliminated.

The 10 contestants are divided into two groups to sing. The contestant with the lowest number of votes outside the venue will be selected to compete with the contestants selected by the judges and one of them will be eliminated.

I have to say that Mango TV has really put a lot of effort into the competition system and tried its best to be fair.

The PK is also a PK between the contestant with the lowest number of votes outside the venue and the contestant selected by the judges, which fully delegates power to the audience, which may be the reason why it has become so popular.

At least he didn't treat the audience as fools.

The judges unanimously selected Zhu Yan, and the one with the lowest number of votes outside the venue was Ji Minjia. The two competed, and Zhu Yan was eventually eliminated.

Seeing Ji Minjia win, Ciwen Media breathed a sigh of relief. If the contestant they supported was eliminated at the beginning, it would be extremely embarrassing.

Fortunately, Ji Minjia still has some strength.

On the other hand, everyone at Star Entertainment is full of confidence.

After one person was eliminated, there were only nine contestants left, and according to the competition rules, they were divided into three groups for PK.

Coincidentally, the three people supported by Xingchen Entertainment were in Group 3, which avoided a fight between them in the quarterfinals.

The same is true for Ciwen Media.

Everyone could see that this was definitely a deliberate arrangement by the production team, but no one cared.

All they want is a good show.

As long as it can increase the watchability, the unspoken rules are just unspoken rules.

(End of this chapter)