Chinese entertainment starts with Hong Shixian

Chapter 398 Si Teng's Copyright Secured (Bonus Chapter Tomorrow)
Qi Hui first opened the email sent by Xiao Yang, which contained the data file for "Glorious Era".

"The Glorious Era" premiered on two channels, one on Beijing TV and the other on Jiangsu TV.

Like the capital, Nanjing is also a capital city!

The viewership rating for Beijing TV was 2.01%, and for Jiangsu TV it was 2.17%.
The highest single-episode viewership rating was 2.51%.
Especially in the later stages of the TV series, it experienced a surge in viewership.

In the national viewership ratings, Jiangsu Satellite TV and Beijing Satellite TV took the top two spots, with a combined viewership share exceeding 11.4%.
It is really far ahead!
The premiere has ended, and the second round of rebroadcasts will begin next.

Hunan TV and Shandong TV both acquired the second-run rebroadcast rights for 50 yuan per episode.

It's normal for it to be cheaper since it's a second-run rebroadcast.

In addition to television rebroadcasts, Tencent and Youku have also requested online rebroadcasting rights.

In addition to the initial broadcast rights purchased by Beijing TV, Jiangsu TV, and iQiyi, as well as the corresponding advertising revenue sharing.

"Glorious Era" has already achieved profitability, with total revenue exceeding 300 million yuan, making a considerable profit this time.

Yixin's cash flow, which had been declining all year, has rebounded.

Although there is no risk of the cash flow drying up, it is still a bit unsettling to see it keep declining.

Hua Yi and Wang Jinghua kept asking when Qi Hui would make another film.
Movies and TV series are both acceptable.

Then, both sides discovered a movie script submitted by Yixin Pictures for review.

Now, not only Huayi Brothers and Wang Jinghua, but other film companies also plan to participate in the investment.

Faced with some enthusiastic colleagues, Xiao Yang could only explain to them one by one that filming was definitely going to happen, but the project had not yet started.

The boss is currently filming "Wolf Warrior" in the south!

Many colleagues were surprised: Wolf Warrior? What movie is that?
After learning about it, their colleagues all had some doubts.

Why is this movie all men? Why is it all fighting and killing?
Isn't there any love or anything like that?
If there's no love, no romance, is this movie even watchable?

There are actually investors? Qi Hui's Yixin Pictures actually invested a whopping 40 million?

Some of his colleagues remained silent, while others were indifferent.

The most popular themes in the market right now are romance and youth themes.

Who would watch this kind of fighting and killing male-dominated drama?
It is well known that women's spending power > the elderly > children > dogs.

The men were placed after the dogs.

The others were slightly surprised and hesitant, but didn't think much of it.

This kind of military war drama is as niche as science fiction movies. Anyone can vote for it if they want, but I'm not going to!
Qi Hui's new script is quite interesting.

It's said to be a sweet love story of a young couple, full of gimmicks and sure to make a fortune.

This is a huge undertaking!
In the email, Xiao Yang also sent a contract document, which was the copyright contract for "Si Teng".

Xiao Yang has already secured the copyright for "Si Teng".

This made Qi Hui feel much more at ease; as long as he got it, that was enough.

Once "The Vanished She" is finished filming, "Si Teng" can begin production.

On Douban, 1.4 people gave "The Glorious Era" a score of 7.6, which is not very high and cannot compare to those masterpieces with scores of nine points or more.

However, it's still pretty good.

Qi Hui scrolled through the comments, his expression turning somewhat strange.

The main dissatisfaction among viewers is with the character Qi Lala. Some people think Qi Lala is great, witty, brave, and willing to sacrifice herself; others think the character is unnecessary and could be completely removed.

Actually, Qi Hui had already revised Qi Lala's scenes... but not completely, retaining some parts.

He was very busy at the time, having to write scripts, play Gu Qingming in "Battle of Changsha", and spend time with Jing Tian. He didn't have much time to write a good script for Qi Lala.

Besides, the role of Qi Lala was taken by Dong Zijian... cough cough, that's what Qi Hui thought. It's not like we're building an atomic bomb, so it's good enough.

In TV dramas, there are always a few characters that aren't very likable.

That's almost it.

Of course, "Glorious Times" still received a lot of positive reviews.

"Those who entered through the Black Bell fragment are now trapped and unable to leave."

"Hahaha, the part where Bai Ling turns into Hei Ling is the most interesting. The beautiful Jing Tian suddenly turned dark!"

"When Qi Hui asked if the evacuation was complete, he was probably trying to pinpoint the location by sound and throwing them towards Bai Ling, right? ○(＾皿＾)っ…" "Poor Bai Ling, nothing good ever comes from meeting Zheng Chaoyang. First, she ate stinky tofu with soy milk, then she bumped her head, then her perfume was ruined, and later she even turned into Black Ling. It's so tragic. Poor Da Tian Tian, ​​she actually ran into such an idiot."

"Haha, now that you mention it, I don't feel sorry for you at all; on the contrary, I find it very funny. It's so interesting."

"It's fun to mistreat your wife for a while, but it's a nightmare to win her back. The more badly Qi Hui bullied Bai Ling in the past, the more humble he was when he apologized later."

"That's true"

"I like 80,000. Sin Yee is so pretty and cute!"

"At first I thought she was the female lead, but I didn't expect her to be just a younger sister."

"Xian Yi is so beautiful, a good person, and she even knows how to help Zheng Chaoyang. It would be great if she were with Zheng Chaoyang!"

"There are so many beautiful women in this drama! Has no one noticed that Qin Zhaodi is the same actress who played Qin Keqing in the new version of Dream of the Red Chamber?"

"Not only that, the head nurse killed by Accountant Wang was actually Lan'er from 'Happy Seven Fairies'."

"There's also Du Shiniang, who played the wife in the clapper talk show; she's Fen Die from the new Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio."

"The madam with the gold scarf, she looks really good in her female spy outfit!"

"Is anyone shipping Zheng Zhaoshan and Qin Zhaodi as a couple? They're so sweet together!"

"These two are so pitiful. The world is at peace now, and Qin Zhaodi just wants to live an ordinary life. Who would have thought that she still couldn't escape spies?"

"Waaaaah, she was pregnant with another child, but she died on her way to her husband."

"If you think about it carefully, this drama is actually very heartbreaking. The couple Zheng Zhaoshan and Qin Zhaodi, Zong Xiangfang who just wants to live, and Xiao Dongxi who was sold to a brothel by his relatives... As soon as you think about it, it feels like the pressure is coming at you."

"Yes, Qi Hui uses comedic elements to soften these tragic fates, making the play interesting, down-to-earth, and easy to watch."

"I like this method because it's watchable, but upon closer reflection, it sends chills down my spine. This damned old society has driven people to become monsters!"

"..."

Qi Hui withdrew his gaze, but felt a pang of regret.

Modern audiences are not interested in suffering; they know about it, but they don't want to understand it in depth.

It's not that Qi Hui wanted to glorify suffering; it's just that that period of history was indeed one of suffering.

Every step forward for our predecessors was fraught with difficulty, like hell.

Forgetting them like this would be too cruel for those seniors.

A few years ago, Kang Honglei, the director of "Soldiers Sortie", became interested in the history of the Chinese Expeditionary Force after reading a book called "The Diaries of Stilwell".

In 07, I took screenwriter Lan Xiaolong to the border of Yunnan Province to gain a deeper understanding of the region.

However, all that remained were dilapidated graves, collapsed tombstones, and inscriptions so blurred they were barely legible.

These are over eight thousand martyrs, lying here silently without even a decent cemetery. This left Kang Honglei deeply disturbed.

Kang Honglei said he really wanted to slap himself twice, because he only found out about such a big thing now.

Along the way, the local people also told them stories about the expeditionary force.

Upon arriving at a hotel in Tengchong, Kang Lan and her companion reached the peak of their emotions and hid in the hotel room, sobbing uncontrollably.

They felt they should do something, at least to let people know about these people's deeds.

Thus, that masterpiece was born: "My Chief and My Regiment".

This show has a great rating and a great reputation, but it's not commercially successful.

Since then, this type of drama has been abandoned by the market and it has become difficult to attract large investments.

In the years that followed, there was never another TV series like "My Chief and My Regiment".

Qi Hui sighed. Peace has come, but so has the ideology.

What is there? Only money...

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Just like the title!

There should be about five or six chapters. Please vote with your monthly tickets, dear readers!

In addition, the essay section of the "Memorial to the Throne" in the earlier chapters was modified by irresistible forces.

Some parts are completely nonsensical, so please bear with me, gentlemen (T_T)
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