Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 322 "The Masterpiece" "Day and Night"

Compared to her calmness when she came, Tong Liya left in a hurry.

After filming the last guest scene in the morning, I left Blue Island directly.

Even when saying goodbye to Meng Bai, he just sent a WeChat message.

It looks like he is running away from something.

However, Meng Bai didn't have much energy to think about his sister's situation.

The promotion period of "Wolf Warrior 2" ended and Wu Jing returned to Blue Island.

Oriental Movie Metropolis, in front of the science fiction studio.

Wu Jing got out of the car and walked towards the studio with a bold step. However, as soon as he got closer, his steps slowed down involuntarily.

At the entrance of the large studio, there were more than a dozen people standing in two rows. They were all the main creative staff of "The Wandering Earth".

Standing in the front were Meng Bai, Guo Fan and Gong Geer.

These people obviously also saw Wu Jing standing not far away, who hesitated for a long time and did not dare to come over.

Meng Bai waved at him, and then said loudly: "Walking towards us now is the champion of the domestic film box office list, the first director and actor of the Chinese-language film with a box office of 50 billion, the number one in the mainland film box office list, the winner of the "Bell" achievement, and the last investor of "The Wandering Earth" - Wu Jing! Applause."

"it is good!"

There was a round of applause.

"Fuck, you guys can really..."

Wu Jing covered his face and walked closer, raised his thumb and gestured to everyone, and scolded with a smile: "No need to ask, this fancy work must have been done by Meng Bai."

Everyone laughed, confirming his guess.

Meng Bai walked over slowly and said, "I was thinking of saying 60 billion, but it's a pity that you came back two days earlier, Brother Jing."

Wu Jing walked into the studio's director team, sat down, and said with emotion: "Don't even think about 60 billion, it's definitely not going to be reached."

"Hasn't it been confirmed that the film will be postponed? With an extra month, we should be able to give it a try, right?" said Guo Fan on the side.

Wu Jing shook his head: "We know our own business. The summer season is almost over, and the box office potential has been almost fully tapped. The results are basically set. Even if it is postponed, there will not be many more tickets."

After saying that, he sighed and said, "In fact, for me, this postponement is really unnecessary. It should be withdrawn normally, so that the viewing potential can be preserved for the next one."

As the biggest "king bomb" of this summer's movie season, "Wolf Warrior 2" not only triggered a "patriotic stance" debate covering the entire Internet, but its own performance is also constantly setting new records.

Faced with this opportunity, many people hope that its data can look better.

Therefore, whether the film will be postponed in the end is obviously not something Wu Jing can decide on his own.

"Okay, don't think too much about these things." Meng Bai said: "Thanks to Brother Jing's efforts, we can also eat meat."

"That's true, thank you Director Wu!" Guo Fan on the side also said.

As of now, the total box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" is close to 54 billion.

Excluding film taxes, development funds, and theater chain shares, the remaining shareable box office is approximately 21 billion.

Because the "guaranteed issuance" method is adopted, the issuer who bears higher risks will also receive a higher proportion of the issuance fee.

The total revenue left to the producer is about 16 billion.

The total cost of "Wolf Warrior 2" is 1.5 million yuan, and ArcLight invested 2000 million yuan, accounting for a little over 13.3%.

In other words, the actual profit that can be obtained in the end is more than 2 million.

Two hundred million!

In one year, ten times the harvest!
Logically speaking, a rate of return higher than this can basically only be found in the Criminal Law.

In other words, ArcLight has not yet been listed, otherwise just releasing this news would be worth five daily limit increases.

In fact, this is indeed the case for Beijing North Culture, the publisher.

In the month since the movie was released, the stock price has risen by more than half. The management cashed out and easily reaped more than a billion in profits.

However, it is not completely useless for Arc Light.

The value of the brand and the company's goodwill are all linked to bank credit.

Previously, China Literature Group offered 150 billion yuan to acquire ArcLight, and the price was somewhat overestimated at the time.

But if it were now, Cheng Wu's attitude would probably be three points softer.

The same goes for Guo Fan. "Wolf Warrior 2" was a box office hit, and Wu Jing's personal income was almost million.

The investment that was promised previously was directly transferred into the crew's account.

It can be said that everyone is happy in this wave.

The only unhappy things may be the other movies released during the summer season.

Under the shadow of the popularity of "Wolf Warrior 2", it hardly made any splash and flopped silently.

Ni Ni also sent a WeChat message to Meng Bai saying that it was a good thing that her movie was released before "Wolf Warrior 2".

This girl is still continuing her "follow the trend" route. After the hit movie "The Return of the Great Sage" two years ago, she immediately took on "The Monkey King 2".

It's a big IP, with Eddie Peng as the male lead, and was originally expected to make a lot of money at the box office during the summer vacation.

The planning was very good, and the movie earned more than 8 million yuan in box office revenue in just 5 days.

Then, Wolf Warrior 2 came.

In the end, the total box office of this movie just exceeded 6 million, so at least it did not lose money.

Meng Bai comforted her, saying that the situation was already very good.

If you don’t believe it, take a look at Liu Tianxian’s “Eternal Love”, which is still struggling on the edge of loss.

Although Wolf Warrior 2 is still in theaters due to the postponement, there has been no further news about the dispute after the official decision.

Of course, in the discussion forums of various social platforms below the surface, one can still see debates on topics such as movies, Wu Jing, and patriotism from time to time.

It can also be regarded as a new symbol of simplified Chinese Internet.

But no matter what, the overwhelming popularity of "Wolf Warrior 2" has finally passed.

Other film and television projects that were suppressed during this period have also resumed their respective promotions.

This naturally includes Arclight Films.

The fourth film and television project of the "Green Ivy Detective Universe", "Day and Night Chase", was aired at the end of the summer vacation.

As ArcLight's main project this year, the crew invested twice as much resources in publicity and promotion as other projects in the same series.

In addition, the lead actor is Pan Yueming, who became an overnight sensation last year with "The Lost Tomb", and the plot also continues "Psychological Crime 2", which just aired its finale not long ago.

Thanks to all these effects, when the show was still in the preheating period, nearly 20 viewers on Qiyi TV had already chosen "looking forward to following the show".

Obviously, the arc did not disappoint the fans and audiences.

Less than 12 hours after its first broadcast, the total number of views exceeded 6 million. Three days after its launch, the number of views reached million.

The film has a novel and interesting "identity exchange" setting, movie-level picture quality, ingenious and rigorous story logic, and wonderful performances by leading actors including Pan Yueming.

As soon as Douban released the score, nearly 9.0 users gave it an extremely high score of .

Moreover, as the number of users who rated the scores increased rapidly, the scores did not fluctuate at all.

Obviously, the quality of this drama is recognized by the vast majority of viewers.

On the real-time popularity list of the data platform, "Day and Night" also directly topped the list.

The popularity of the related topics even overshadowed the concurrently popular drama "Nothing Gold Can Stay".

You know, the latter is a costume drama starring "the queen of TV dramas" Sun Li and Chen Xiao, with the ratings of two major TV stations, Dragon TV and Jiangsu TV, both exceeding 2.

Now, it has been surpassed in popularity by a web drama, which has really surprised many people in the industry.

However, what is even more popular than this drama is the male lead Pan Yueming and his "doppelganger-like" acting skills.

【At first I was thinking, one person plays two roles, and has to change identities in the plot, which seems to be very troublesome. But after watching the first two episodes, I felt relieved. From the audience's perspective, these "four people" don't need to be divided at all, they can be seen naturally.】【While watching, I always had a question, that is, they kept changing so many roles, how can the makeup artists ensure that the scars on the faces are consistent every time?】

[It’s like this, Pan Yueming actually has a younger brother named Pan Yuean, and they are both actors, just like Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu. (dog head)]

[In the above, is there a possibility that these two brothers are actually playing the same role and just need to change their clothes? ]

【Thank you, Menggu people! 】

[I think the real amazing thing about Mr. Pan is that if you randomly click on the progress bar and watch for two minutes without knowing who he is, you can definitely tell whether he is the older brother or the younger brother, and it all fits the plot.]

[Teacher Pan has proved very well that there is a fundamental difference between acting with facial paralysis and acting with facial paralysis no matter what.]

【…】

In the previous "The Lost Tomb", Pan Yueming had already become popular again, but he still had some benefits from the role.

This time, he broke out of the circle entirely based on his own strength.

How popular is his role as “Brothers”?

Let me put it this way, the lungfish named "Tiger" that he raised in the plot has become a hot topic, and the entry is called #Has the tiger been eaten today#.

1.2 million views on the topic, 10+ followers
This really makes those traffic stars who have to spend money on marketing every day to get their names on the hot search list ashamed.

It's not just Pan Yueming. Several leading actors with more roles in the drama, such as Wang Taling, Meng Ziyi, Wang Ou, and Gao Ye, all reaped a huge wave of benefits.

Especially the girl Meng Ziyi, as the female character with the most scenes in the whole play, she can be called the invisible "female lead" and she also reaps the biggest benefits.

Although many people scolded her because of her immature acting skills and some of her scenes were not very likable, her popularity did increase.

Compared with other genres, suspense dramas have a higher proportion of male audiences.

The character "Zhou Shutong" has a rather cute and adorable image, which makes her very attractive to male audiences.

What's more, apart from other things, Meng Ziyi, like Meng Bai, has inherited all the advantages of her family in terms of appearance.

After watching the video, many viewers searched for information and found out that she was the "little maid" who followed Lin Yoona and was not suppressed by her in the filming of "The Legend of Zhao Zilong".

In terms of face, she is quite good.

As a result, her number of fans increased several times before the show was even halfway through.

Although she is not as famous as Zhang Tianai who rose from an unknown figure to fame, she is finally no longer an unknown person in the circle.

This made Meng Ziyi very happy.

In addition to appearing on promotional shows, this girl's favorite thing to do recently is to use her mobile phone to search for topics about "Day and Night Chase" on various online platforms every day.

Then, whenever someone praises her, she will give a thumbs up.

By the way, she also calls her "little uncle" almost every day, under the pretext of expressing gratitude, but in fact she just wants to show off how many fans she has gained that day.

If it weren't for her sweet talk and the short time, Meng Bai really wanted to block her.

But no matter how much I think about it, I can't forget the important things.

Before Meng Ziyi graduated, he asked Meng Bai if he could sign a contract with him.

But I was dissuaded at that time.

It was not until recently that Meng Bai took the initiative to call her and asked her to come over to discuss the signing of the contract.

Meng Ziyi then understood that her uncle had rejected her before because he wanted to wait until "Day and Night Chase" was broadcast to bring her a wave of popularity.

This way, you can get better terms when signing the contract.

"As expected, I knew that you, little uncle, are the best to me. Love you!"

Seeing that the treatment in the contract far exceeded that of a newcomer, Meng Ziyi could not help but stand up, and then happily hugged Meng Bai from the side.

The overflowing scent of a young girl hit him in the face. Meng Bai subconsciously took a deep breath and felt a fragrance lingering around him.

This scent is very unique, not like perfume, but more like it emanates from the soul.

"Alright, alright, just hold me for a while."

Meng Bai shook his head: "It's summer, and you don't feel hot at all."

"No, I feel your skin is cool, it's quite comfortable."

"That's because the air conditioner was on." Meng Bai said, "Take a look at the contract and sign it after you've reviewed it."

Meng Ziyi took the pen and swiped a few times: "Signed."

"Will you sign after you've finished reading it?" Meng Bai asked.

"It's okay, I believe in you, uncle." Meng Ziyi said nonchalantly.

"No, you're still relying on me."

Meng Bai snorted and laughed, but didn't say anything else.

Meng Ziyi's agency contract is still with Taiyang Chuanhe.

All in all, Taiyang Chuanhe now has quite a few "Arc Light" artists. The only problem is that the proportion of female actors is too large.

As for the male actors, the middle-aged ones are Wang Taling and Wang Yang who is still in the negotiation stage. The only young ones are Zhang Ruoyun and Bai Yu.

There is no way around it. The "Arc Light" artists are a group of their own in Taiyang Chuanhe, and they mainly rely on Meng Bai to "randomly grab" them based on their liking during project collaborations.

As a standard and normal man, he is naturally more interested in girls.

It seems that I have to pay more attention to male actors in the future.

In fact, there are two good choices recently. One is Qu Chuxiao, who plays the male lead in "The Wandering Earth", and the other is Lin Yi, who plays the male lead "Changsheng" in "Soul Ferry: Huangquan".

Qu Chuxiao is Meng Bai's junior at the Central Academy of Drama. His style is quite unique, which is a "hard-school style" that is rare among male actors nowadays.

As for Lin Yi, he is a newcomer. He had previously auditioned for the TV series Hello, Old Times by Xiaotangren Culture, but was not selected.

His image is pretty good, but unfortunately, he signed with Tangren when he was a freshman.

Meng Bai didn't care. There were so many actors, so he just had to pay attention to them.

……

The leading actors of "Day and Night" became very famous, not to mention the drama itself.

The playback data in the background of Qiyi TV can show that on every update day, the website traffic doubles compared to the usual daily average.

Not only that, the most important indicator of whether a drama is truly popular or not is still the amount of advertising.

Starting from the second week of the broadcast of "Day and Night", there were as many as 15 commercials during the show, including the most popular Internet finance and consulting applications.

Even Huang Zheng called Meng Bai and asked if he could have a marketing collaboration with Pinduoduo.

This kind of request for money will definitely not be rejected by either the producer or the platform.

So Qiyi TV and Pinduoduo joined forces and launched a marketing plan of "Never go to Pinduoduo to search for "Day and Night Chase".

Audiences attracted by curiosity only need to search the keyword "Day and Night Chase" on Pinduoduo, and a WeChat call request from Pan Yueming based on H5 technology will automatically pop up.

Once the user clicks to connect, they will receive the pre-recorded video.

This is a pretty simple little activity, but because of the popularity of the series, it brought in quite good traffic benefits.

It can be said that the "Day and Night Chase" in this period has more or less some shadows of the previous "Wolf Warrior 2".

As long as it is a relevant topic, the number of views is not low.

Although it is only the middle of the year, many people already believe that "Day and Night Chase" is the "No. 1 Online Drama of the Year".

Not only that, many viewers directly called this drama the "masterpiece" among all the online drama projects in the "Green Ivy Detective Universe" series!
But greater gains are yet to come.

On Qiyi TV's side, Dai Ying, who is in charge of the online drama section, contacted Meng Bai and said that the American streaming giant Netflix was interested in purchasing "Day and Night".

If the deal goes through, the drama will be available on Netflix and broadcast in 190 countries around the world.

(End of this chapter)