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Chapter 541 The 30 Billion Box Office Milestone
"Huh? It's already 30 billion?"

Upon hearing this number, Bai Liang scratched his head; he hadn't really calculated it carefully before.

Perhaps it's because he hasn't had a movie released for a while, almost half a year, so he hasn't really paid much attention to this stuff.

He hasn't even filmed a movie this year yet; his first film, "The Battle at Lake Changjin," won't start filming until the end of the year.

This is mainly because there haven't been any reliable projects lately. The double blow of taxation and the pandemic has made the film industry one of the hardest-hit sectors in the entertainment industry.

Although actors of Bai Liang's caliber still have no shortage of scripts, the overall quality is indeed declining.

Swallows wouldn't even look down on those rotten fish and shrimps; they wouldn't let him catch anything.

However, it shouldn't create any gaps in Bai Liang's film career.

This year we have "Better Days" released, and next year we will have "The Battle at Lake Changjin". There are film productions every year, so how can it be called a gap?

However, it was slightly less efficient than Bai Liang's previous work.

However, the slight decrease in the number of films has clearly not affected Bai Liang's continued rise in personal box office earnings.

"That's right, senior, I just calculated it for you! It's exactly 30 billion!" Dudu's face turned a little red, not from shyness, but from excitement.

In her view, she had also contributed to her senior's 30 billion yuan box office success!

Hmm, let's just say she deserves some credit.
Great!
Although Bai Liang wasn't particularly excited, he couldn't possibly spoil Dudu's fun when Dudu was so excited.

He reached out and brought over two glasses of champagne, handing her one.

"Come on, let's celebrate!"

After clinking glasses, Bai Liang thought for a moment, "Three hundred billion? Then it should be four hundred billion soon."

If he remembers correctly, "The Battle at Lake Changjin" was filmed in one go and then edited into two parts, to be released during the National Day holiday and the Spring Festival respectively.

In the original timeline, these two films together would have grossed nearly 10 billion.

Just as Chen Duling was sipping her champagne and enjoying herself with Bai Liang, Zhou Ye, who had just been pulled away by Li Bingbing, also came over excitedly.

"Brother, you've grossed 30 billion at the box office!"

It seems that upon hearing this news, she temporarily forgot about her "breakup" with Chen Duling.

The grumpy puppy has turned into a happy puppy again.

"It's all thanks to you~" Bai Liang naturally gave the girl plenty of emotional value, and also didn't forget to get her a glass of champagne.

"No, I only benefited from my brother's fame."

Zhou Ye, who was initially a little embarrassed by these words and had started grinning foolishly, suddenly sensed an unfriendly gaze. Turning her head, she saw Chen Duling glaring at her.

snort!
After exchanging glances for two seconds, the two turned their heads away at the same time, as if by unspoken agreement.

This tiny two-person chaotic scene was so small that even Yanzi didn't take it too seriously, let alone Bai Liang.

Having witnessed the grand scenes before, this is nothing to them now.

Moreover, what these two called a "feud" was actually just them ignoring each other.

It has no lethality whatsoever.

So Yanzi, who had come up to Bai Liang, greeted them both with a smile and then pulled Bai Liang away to chat with some people in the industry.

The two girls were left staring at each other, with no concern whatsoever that they would start fighting.

If it were Reba and Nazha, Yanzi would probably have to find someone to keep an eye on them, otherwise she really wouldn't feel at ease.

As for those two, they can play by themselves.
As expected, the much-anticipated discord and feud didn't happen at all. The two simply glared at each other a few times and then parted ways abruptly.

Even tearing it apart doesn't make sense.

By this time, news of Bai Liang's personal box office exceeding 30 billion had already spread at the celebration banquet, and a bunch of people used this as an excuse to come and congratulate him and try to get close to him.

Now Chen Duling and Zhou Ye didn't even have a chance to squeeze next to Bai Liang.

News of the victory celebration was slow to arrive.

This matter had already been trending on social media before Zhou Ye and Chen Duling figured it out.

Although Bai Liang himself doesn't pay attention to it, his fans are very keen on it.

Fans of various popular celebrities love to compile lists of how many top magazines their idols have appeared in and how many high-end luxury endorsements they have secured, and compare them with each other.

Such things as "My brother is better than yours" or "My brother's stats are higher than yours".

Occasionally, we also compare the data of the works.

Bai Liang's fans initially wanted to get involved, because as fans, the more awesome their idol is, the more they can get into the excitement.

I did follow the list at first, but then I realized that your idol is nowhere near as good as our great immortal!

There is also a hierarchy of contempt within the fan community.

Although Bai Liang himself doesn't act like a big shot, his fans love to see him "act like a big shot."

To differentiate themselves from other top celebrities, they didn't count these "common" statistics, but instead chose to tally up Bai Liang's accumulated box office earnings from numerous hit dramas and movies.

It's really high-class.

Because many so-called top stars rise to fame by relying on a single hit drama.

Just like Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo.

But Bai Liang can almost "mass produce" this kind of thing. Every drama he stars in is a hit. Every year at the end of the year, when various self-media outlets list which dramas have the highest influence and the best data, his dramas are almost always in the top three, and he has more than one!
Some of their early works were a letdown.

A sense of superiority is very important to fan groups.

Not content with just listing the most popular dramas, they also want to list the kings of dramas.
There's no way around it, my own Giegie is just too amazing!
Let them take stock of whatever they can produce.

From a certain perspective, Bai Liang is essentially providing emotional value to his fan base, a "collection of rich women."

This is just the TV series; his fans have an even bigger blast with the movies.

They're incredibly good at calculating; typical box office figures are calculated to two decimal places, and some rankings don't even include decimals.

But these fans wanted to calculate every single dollar and add it in.

Bai Liang's fan page is filled with this kind of content. During the release of "Better Days," the fan page was constantly updated with data related to this.

So almost as soon as the movie's box office broke records and its cumulative total reached 30 billion, fans started celebrating!
It was on time, almost without a minute's delay.

The massive fan base and the resulting traffic immediately propelled the related topic to the top of the trending searches.

"Holy crap, this guy has already made 30 billion in box office revenue? He's only been in the industry for five years, right?"

"It'll be six years in just a few months, but this is really outrageous. How much has he pulled ahead of the second place?"

"Shen Teng, Wu Jing, Deng Chao, and Huang Bo have all grossed over 10 billion yuan, but none of them have reached 20 billion yet. Bai Daxian has already raised the ceiling to 30 billion yuan, that's outrageous!"

"Huang Bo barely surpassed 10 billion, just barely making it in the top tier, but he's already the fifth highest-grossing actor in China. The first place is actually three times his amount."

"Wang Baoqiang seems to be close to 10 billion as well. He's just a little short of 10 billion. The Chinatown series during the Spring Festival will definitely help him surpass 10 billion at the box office."

"Zhang Yi should be faster than him; he has a movie coming out soon."

"No, Du Jiang's box office seems to have exceeded 10 billion as well. But this guy mostly plays supporting roles."

"The more I look at it, the more I realize that Master Bai is too exaggerated. Among these people, he has actually made relatively few movies."

"Fun fact: Bai Liang's lowest-grossing film was Han Han's 'Duckweed,' but it was still the third or fourth highest-grossing film that year. Oh, by the way, the number one that year was 'Wolf Warrior 2,' which also starred Bai Liang."

"I see now, you guys are all Da Xian's fans, pretending to be casual observers and praising him. Isn't this all stuff he talks about in his supertopic? You keep repeating the same things over and over all day long."

"Hey, I've been spotted~ sticking out tongue.jpg"

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The milestone of 30 billion in box office revenue has ignited the discussion tonight and added a different dimension to the celebration banquet!

It's hard to say it wasn't intentional.
Yanzi: Even fans can do the math, so why shouldn't I?

She definitely timed the celebration banquet perfectly.

Her husband, Xiaobai, doesn't care whether the movie's box office can break 3 billion, but Yanzi does care a lot.

Two billion and three billion may seem like a small difference, but from a certain perspective, they represent two different levels.

Otherwise, "Duckweed" wouldn't be Bai Liang's only film with a box office of less than 2 billion yuan, and it wouldn't be brought up so often.

I feel a little guilty towards Han Han.

It's as if I hired Bai Liang to act, but ended up creating a "black history" for him.

However, apart from some films with particularly large investments, a box office of 1.7 billion yuan is a very good and exaggerated achievement for any other movie.

However, this seems to be a bit of a "hindrance" when applied to Bai Liang, a monster.

Seeing that the potential of the movie "Better Days" had been exhausted and all the previous hype had faded, and everything was starting to cool down, Yanzi naturally wanted to find a way to generate more buzz.

If it weren't for the gimmick of 30 billion yuan in box office revenue, Yanzi would have been thinking of finding Dilraba or Nezha to manually create some conflict and buzz.

They're definitely a good match.

Of course, the traffic generated by this gimmick alone is probably not enough to help "Better Days" break the 3 billion mark.

Two hundred million in box office revenue may not seem like much, but many movies don't even reach that level from release to end of their run. They usually need some gimmicks to attract viewers.

"Why the hell aren't the nominations for the Hundred Flowers Awards and Huading Awards coming out yet?" Yanzi couldn't help but curse.

"I saw you cursing from afar, what's wrong?" Little Water, the dog, crept up to Swallow and asked curiously.

"Wow, Sister Shui is dressed like a female celebrity today~ No wonder she's the vice president."

"Right?! I think so too." Xiao Shui didn't mince words, accepting all of Yanzi's flattery, then shrugged and muttered:
"Tian Tian said she was coming today, and I was thinking that since she's so pretty, I didn't want to look like a country bumpkin in the photos. So I got my hair and makeup done and borrowed some clothes. But she stood me up! Isn't that so rude of her?"

Hearing this, Yanzi nodded in agreement; it was indeed too much!

A girl has been asked out, so she's washed her hair, put on makeup, dressed up, and even wearing daily disposable contact lenses. Under these circumstances, she'd go through fire and water! Standing someone up is a recipe for a breakup!
However, Xiao Shui clearly has a high tolerance for Da Tian Tian, ​​and she even posted a pitiful video to apologize, so it can be considered that she has barely forgiven her.

Of course, the main reason is that it wasn't a date between the two of them today, so Xiao Shui could still bring this outfit to the celebration party to show off~ Otherwise, she would definitely look better than Da Tian Tian! It would give her a dozen or so free negative trending topics!

After jointly condemning the cricket for "doing all sorts of bad things," Yanzi shared her troubles with Xiaoshui.

"The nominations for the Huading and Hundred Flowers Awards should be announced in the next few days, since these two awards are only a few days apart. The Golden Rooster Awards should be around the same time."

As a media professional in the entertainment industry, Xiao Shui is naturally very familiar with the three major film awards in China.

Every year, the nomination list and the final winners list spark considerable discussion.

Of course, if the winner is a celebrity with high popularity, then there will be even more discussion.

Yanzi sighed: "I'm afraid that in a few more days, the traffic and attention will drop too drastically, and then the theaters will stop showing the film, and it will be unlikely to rise again."

"No way, this movie is a shot in the arm for those cinemas that have been starving for half a year, and there aren't any really great movies coming out right now. Wait, in a few days, 'The Eight Hundred' will be released!" Xiao Shui suddenly realized and said.

The swallow spread its hands, and that's it!
After "Better Days" had been released for some time, some people saw how hot the market was and couldn't resist moving up their release dates to rush in.

These are all mediocre and worthless, and they won't take away much of their screen time.

But "The Eight Hundred" is different!
Produced by Huayi Brothers, directed by Guan Hu, and starring a large number of well-known actors in the industry such as Zhang Yi, Ou Hao, and Wang Qianyuan, this thing is clearly aiming to be this year's box office champion.

Given the current popularity of patriotic themes, how could Yanzi not be worried?
There wasn't much competition, after all, even if "Better Days" got the time-lapse key, it was obvious to everyone that its potential was almost exhausted, so the two films were just released at different times.

But Yanzi wasn't having it! She insisted on making another movie worth 3 billion for her little Bai Ge.

Then "The Eight Hundred" is the "great enemy"!
Even if it's just a few days of competition, they're still formidable opponents!
What's more, her little brother also wants to be this year's box office champion!

Bai Liang: I don't really care.
Swallow: No, you want it!
Bai Liang: Okay then~
After unifying their operational concepts, it was natural to start brainstorming ideas.
Unfortunately, the common but effective method of creating scandals is no longer working for Bai Liang.

After all, the girls had already put in a lot of effort before.

Even casual observers can experience "aesthetic fatigue." Some gossip, repeated over and over, gradually loses its appeal.

Even Chen Duling and Zhou Ye contributed a wave of "severing ties," and the hype surrounding interpersonal relationships in "Better Days" has almost reached its limit.

That's why Yanzi pinned her hopes on a film award nomination, so she could get down to business.

Bai Liang has held the title of "Weibo Best Actor" for several years; it's time for him to contribute something beyond just entertaining people!

(End of this chapter)