Fooling Huayu for Thirty Years

Chapter 729 of "Palace" will be broadcast, where the mistress meets Liu Shishi.
"5 million! 5 million!"

"My God! The momentum of 'Let the Bullets Fly' is too strong!"

"The National Day holiday is over now, it should be about time."

"That film, 'The Orphan of Zhao,' did break 100 million yuan, but it's really hard to be satisfied with."

"Wait, didn't you guys notice? The movie 'Under the Hawthorn Tree' has also surpassed 100 million yuan!"

"Wow, this National Day holiday film season is really amazing."

The National Day holiday is over, and the National Day film season is pretty much over.

The movie "Let the Bullets Fly" also stood out from the crowd, with no rivals able to threaten it.

It's definitely number one!
However, as the holiday ended, the momentum of box office growth slowed down. Looking at the details, the latter half of the holiday saw a significant drop in box office growth, which is normal.

Regardless, for a domestic film to break 500 million yuan is an absolutely amazing achievement!

The official account of "Let the Bullets Fly" kept releasing thank-you posters and celebration posters.

Netizens especially love this movie, and some have even become fans of the film, truly entering a state of frenzy.

In short, it's incredibly awesome!
very good!

Naturally, many netizens have already noticed that there seems to be a lot to analyze in this movie.

That's right. Some movies are the kind that become more memorable the more you watch them, and the more you can appreciate their deeper meaning.
Next, according to Ma Xun's plan, it will enter a long period of box office growth, and Ma Xun himself doesn't know how high it will ultimately reach.
However, in the original timeline, the movie's final box office was around 700 million. Ma Xun remembers that some people said it was over 600 million, and some said it was 700 million. This is normal, since box office statistics are always inflated. But in any case, the future is definitely full of hope.

Therefore, Ma Xun basically handed over the film "Let the Bullets Fly" to Jiang Wen and his team to handle, and he certainly didn't care about the details.

However, in the original timeline, the two brothers, Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu, had a falling out because of this movie. Simply put, Jiang Wen paid his brother less than he deserved.

You've made hundreds of millions at the box office, you've earned so much, and you're the older brother, yet you only give your younger brother a few tens of thousands of yuan in salary?
Jiang Wu said this, so he must have been forced into a corner, otherwise he wouldn't have said it.

But after all, this is a problem between the brothers. Ma Xun is an outsider, so it's really not appropriate for him to interfere. He should just let them handle it themselves. If they still end up on bad terms, there's nothing Ma Xun can do.

This small detail probably reflects Jiang Wen's character flaws; he's bound to be poor at handling things. After all, no one is perfect.

Since things have come to this, Ma Xun should probably focus on other things.
It's now October, the golden autumn season, and the TV drama market has reached a crucial period.

Many TV stations are now putting on big shows to kick off the year, followed by summer dramas and so on.

The TV drama market is highly volatile and competitive.

But what if by October this year the situation is even worse than last year?
Of course we're in a hurry!

Of course, everyone knows the current situation of TV dramas. In terms of ratings, they are declining every year. Therefore, it would be a bit too much for TV stations to only look at ratings when evaluating TV dramas.

This is considered an amateurish approach. So, let's look at it from another angle: the revenue generated by the advertising.

It's important to note that we're not ignoring viewership ratings; they are definitely a major factor in KPI assessments. However, advertising revenue carries a slightly larger share.

Otherwise, it would indeed feel like forcing someone to do something against their will. Of course, some leaders use ratings to engage in power struggles, such as forcing a certain program to continuously increase its ratings while adjusting the program time, placing a program with high ratings in a less popular time slot. Such things happen quite often.

That guy, Da Bing, he'd experienced that before, and there was that "Laughing Meeting Room" thing... Some so-called leaders really deserve to be scolded.

The "Happy Meeting Room" program didn't actually pay those young people much money; it was just Qiao Shan and his team working purely out of love, yet it still generated such high ratings. As a result, the leader insisted on adjusting the program's schedule.

So, some TV stations later completely failed, and they deserved it!

Okay, enough about that. Right now, a TV station is facing some minor issues.

"Mr. Ma, to be honest, lately, with the TV station... sigh, I'm under a lot of pressure."

The TV station leader who was complaining to Ma Xun was none other than Director Wang of Beijing TV.

That's right, he got promoted, from deputy director to director.

However, after taking office, he truly felt like he was walking on thin ice.

Ma Xun laughed and asked, "Brother Wang, is it because of that Guo-surname crosstalk performer?"

That comment was perfectly timed. There must have been something that Director Wang had done for Guo Degang. The rumors about them being on the Beijing TV Spring Festival Gala were quite rampant, especially in Beijing.

It's important to understand that Beijing is still a society where personal connections matter, and many people have established social networks. After Guo Degang became famous, his connections grew even more, and Wang's actions gave people a sense of authority, which naturally led to him being criticized even more.

Ma Xun had no interest in who was right or wrong in this matter; he only wanted to profit from it. Moreover, Ma Xun actually understood that Director Wang's worries weren't actually about this issue.

really.

“Oh dear, Brother Ma, you’ve got it all wrong. My relationship with that Guo guy is just a minor matter. From our TV station’s perspective, let him do whatever he wants. We don’t need to pay any attention to him.”

What's really putting pressure on me right now is the sluggish state of the television drama market.

Huh? Is the TV drama market really in a slump?
It's not that your Beijing TV station didn't perform well earlier this year?

Ma Xun really wanted to laugh when he heard this. Although the ratings had indeed declined, the advertising revenue had been increasing year after year. As for the issue of ratings, it was actually quite simple.

That's because there are so many entertainment options and media channels now. Back then, there was no internet, and your TV stations were incredibly powerful.

The internet in China is developing rapidly. Eventually, television stations clearly couldn't compete with the internet. However, back then, it wasn't the kind of portal websites that netizens can see now.

In the future, it'll be all about mobile phones, right? Clients, streaming media, all sorts of new gadgets—that's what's truly amazing.

Many websites are actually failing, such as the currently very successful Sogou and 163. Even Xinglang is only barely surviving because of Weibo.

Of course, Ma Xun would never talk about these things; he knew what he should say now.

"Brother Wang, bring up the drama we agreed on before, 'Palace'."

Ma Xun directly brought up the project that had been agreed upon before.

Director Wang has been waiting for this, but he still has some concerns.

"Brother Ma, thank you so much! You really saved me from a terrible situation. But when we watched this play before, we always felt... you know what I mean."

What does he mean?
Ma Xun understood perfectly. "Palace" is a time-travel drama. Although there are quite a few time-travel dramas nowadays, there are very few like "Palace". To put it simply, this drama makes some major changes to history. Although the fourth prince won in the end, don't forget that the eighth prince traveled through time, right?

This put a lot of pressure on Director Wang, since making such a change would indeed be too far removed from history.

So, does that mean that Director Wang hopes the drama "Palace" will end in tragedy?
Because if that eighth brother hadn't traveled through time, wouldn't it have been a tragedy?

Ma Xun laughed it off and said, "How about this? I'll redesign a short ending for this show, and I guarantee you won't feel so much pressure then."

Director Wang was very pleased to hear this, "Great! But..."

Are there any other concerns?
Ma Xun knew exactly what Director Wang was worried about: he was afraid the show wouldn't get good ratings. That was easy to solve.

"I guarantee that our production will surpass the new version of 'Dream of the Red Chamber'!"

Goodness! Ma Xun, you're really bold!

It's worth noting that this new version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" aired in June of this year, and it was a major production for Beijing TV.

It broke!

The play was heavily criticized, and many rumors circulated online, saying that the girls in "Dream of the Red Chamber" were all given away...

We can't go into too much detail, but the information circulating online is quite detailed and convincing.

Now that Ma Xun has said this, isn't Master Wang angry?

He was very happy!
"That's great! With you saying that, I feel much more at ease!"

what happened?

It's very simple, because the new Dream of the Red Chamber was mainly overseen by Director Wang's predecessor.

To put it bluntly, the more tragic this drama is, the better. The good news is that it is indeed quite tragic, but since you, Director Wang, are here, you have to produce some results!

Director Wang's mindset was that he wanted to bet on "Palace," but he was also afraid of something going wrong. That's just how he is.

Ma Xun saw through it all, so he handled the situation perfectly.

Anyway, Ma Xun had enough confidence.

The two agreed that the drama "Palace" would be broadcast soon!

However, there is still a small problem.

……

"Get ready, your 'Palace' drama is about to air!"

"Really?! That's great, Uncle!"

Ma Xun naturally told Yang Mi the news, and our little Mi was overjoyed to hear it.

Of course, this was arranged over the phone. The mistress is now planning to go to the light source to give the uncle a little surprise.

Hmm... Xiao Mi recently became the spokesperson for a stocking brand.

These stockings are all about youthfulness and sexiness, featuring a unique fishnet pattern. As for the rest... well, they're pretty sexy overall.

Xiao Mi is not only known as Da Mi Mi, but she also has amazing legs. Although they are not long, they are slender and fair.

In short, this time we need to figure out how to handle the older man.

Xiao Mi's plan was good, but after arriving at the light and even going up to Ma Xun's office...

“Mr. Ma… she…”

Unexpectedly, there are already beautiful women here, and one of them is even someone I know.

Master Liu!
"Hello, Sister Honey." Liu Shishi greeted Xiao Mi directly when she saw her, quite generously.

Of course they knew each other before; it was Miss Tang and Long Kui.

But something seems off about this situation.

Longkui's smile at the older man... was quite alluring!

The mistress had to come up with a plan... She simply and boldly showed off her beautiful legs encased in stockings!
(End of this chapter)