China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 158 National Satellite TV Ratings Champion and Two Signed Artists

At the end of September, "Youth Bao Qingtian" aired to 9 episodes.

The national average ratings of Beijing Satellite TV and Shanghai Satellite TV have both exceeded 10, Beijing TV has even reached 16.4, and Shanghai TV is around 14.5.

The regional ratings of the two TV stations also approached the 50 mark at one point, almost harvesting more than half of the TV ratings in the two places.

The combined market share of the two machines has also risen from 25% to 34% now.

The TV series aired this year, apart from CCTV's opening drama "Journey to the West Continued" at the beginning of the year, belong to "Youth Bao Qingtian".

Although "ranking second", it is already a very remarkable achievement.

Nowadays, CCTV is too fierce, with a very high ratings base. More than 98% of the TVs in the country are equipped with CCTV. As long as a high-quality TV station is produced, the satellite TV station will almost be pulled up and beaten.

Over the years, we have been talking about the rise of Beijing, Lu, and Hunan, but in fact, there are only a few TV series from these companies, which can be compared with CCTV.

It is precisely because they can compete with CCTV's major dramas in ratings that these dramas became famous and wrote legends.

From 1996 to 1999, TV stations in major provinces successively went on the air, and now basically most of the TV stations in the provinces have their own satellite TV.

Competition among TV stations is more intense, but CCTV still maintains its dominance.

98年《水浒传》、99年《雍正王朝》、00年《西游记续传》，除了99年出了一个变态的《还珠格格2》，其余全部拿下了年度收视冠军。

Although "Huan Zhu Ge Ge 1" is popular enough and has a high degree of topicality, in terms of statistics, "Water Margin" still dominates.

However, the statistics for this year have not yet been revised, and the specific statistics are unknown, but both the official and the media admit that "Water Margin" has higher ratings.

And in the past three years, apart from the "My Fair Princess" series, "Youth Bao Qingtian" is the only drama that threatens CCTV's annual ratings crown.

The rest of "Brilliant Spring Pig Bajie", "Never Rest in Eyes", "Private Interviews with Kangxi Weifu" and "Daming Palace Ci" have worse data.

Many provincial TV stations and media regret that "Youth Bao Qingtian" failed to overthrow CCTV.

You must know that this time it is the joint venture of two first-tier provinces and Taiwan in Shanghai + Beijing, and it is such a rare opportunity to catch up with a phenomenon-level blockbuster.

CCTV was also taken aback. It did not expect that a TV series with a joking and reasoning nature would almost overtake "Journey to the West".

Last year's "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", this year's "Youth Bao Qingtian", XYZ and Cao Xuan's popularity also let CCTV understand the strong rise of local satellite TV and new generation actors in more detail.

Fortunately, CCTV is not unprepared. At present, two of the most popular new generation artists in the mainland have been successfully "recruited".

Most of the starring roles in "Han Zhu Ge Ge" were filmed in "Love in the Rain", and Cao Xuan and Zhang Dahuzi collaborated in Jin Yong's "Swordsman".

CCTV has participated in the production of these two dramas, and there are other TV dramas that have participated in the production and have been confirmed to be purchased-Chen Daoming's "Kangxi Dynasty", Chen Baoguo's "The Mansion Gate", and Tang Guoqiang's "Long March".

I have all the popular idols of the new generation, veteran mainland celebrities, Jin Yong martial arts, Qiong Yao romance, history, main theme, and dramas of the times. CCTV really wants to ask——

Who else? !

Leaving aside next year's battle between CCTV and local provincial TV stations, "Youth Bao Qingtian" is indeed a hit.

If you can't win the annual ratings champion, you can win an annual satellite TV ratings champion.

This title is also very normal. CCTV has the only ratings. If they are counted together, it is difficult for satellite TV dramas to win the annual championship, so they came out and made a satellite TV annual championship, which is also a great honor.

For the rest, the annual champions of various David TVs are broken down, such as the annual ratings champions of Beijing/Modu/Hui Province Satellite TV, mainly for the purpose of publicity by TV stations and film producers, and then to facilitate advertising and selling dramas.

For example, last year's "The True Colors of Criminal Police" won the 1999 Anhui Province and Taiwan's annual ratings champion.

With the title of "King of Taiwanese Drama in Hui Province", the price of the film studio can be raised, and the TV station that won the second round of broadcasting rights can also fool advertisers into spending money.

Therefore, Chen Yong also started marketing "Youth Bao Qingtian" for a series of titles such as the annual champion of satellite TV, the annual champion of Jingtai, the annual champion of Magic City, and the annual sub-ranking of the national total ratings.

He did it to sell money and create momentum for the second film, but he helped Cao Xuan invisibly.

The status of an artist comes from fame and influence, but there is no way to specify this aspect. It is difficult to have a clear concept, so the best way is to refer to various data.

Singers look at album sales, chart rankings, and concert scale, while actors look at the box office, ratings, and awards of participating films and TV shows.

In addition, plus the artist's media exposure and music invitation fees, film remuneration, announcement fees, commercial performances, endorsements and other income, finally come to a comprehensive calculation.

He is also the king of Chinese, the reason why Cao Xuan is so strong in the music scene is because his albums sell a lot, and he won the annual album sales title for two consecutive years.

Still the same sentence, in the pop music world, sales are king.

This principle can also be applied to the film and television industry, at least it can be applied to the current TV drama field——

Ratings are king.

Whoever has a high ratings will become popular, and everyone rushes to spend money to hire him to make a TV series, and the media also follow suit, exposing wildly.

Cao Xuan used to be popular in the music scene, but in the film and television industry, the most popular mainland male artists of the new generation should be Lu Yi and Zhou Jie, and Huang Lei, Li Yapeng and others are slightly inferior.

But now that "Youth Bao Qingtian" is a big hit, Cao Xuan took the momentum to enter the film and television industry, and the double bonus of music + film and television directly pushed Lu Yi and Zhou Jie down.

The media is happy, everyone can't wait to become Cao Xuan's career fans and blow Cao Xuan into the sky.

Don't get me wrong, they don't worship Cao Xuan, but they want to praise Cao Xuan first, and then encourage Xie Feng, Ren Xianqi, Lu Yi, Zhou Jie and others to go up.

It doesn't matter whether they can pull it down or not, anyway, they have no shortage of pages. There will be a wave of writing about the battle in the music world, and another wave of writing about the fighting between the young students of the new generation.

There are also stinky and shameless gossip reporters who, in order to gain attention, directly counted the ratings of "Journey to the West Continued" on Cao Xuan's head.

"Shocked, the king of music turned to film and television, and his works won the first and second places in the country's annual total ratings"

How should I put it, the reporter is not completely wrong, after all, Cao Xuan did participate in "Journey to the West Continued", and this year's top-rated drama also has a part of his credit.

But Cao Xuan was only a cameo after all, and the scene in the TV series was only a few minutes, not to mention the leading role, not even the main supporting role.

So it seems far-fetched to count "Journey to the West Continued" on him.

If you can't find an actor, just show your face in "Wolf Warrior 2" and "Hello Li Huanying" and say that you are an actor with a box office of tens of billions.

Cao Xuan personally believes that in addition to the leading role, at least a supporting role with a certain amount of weight is eligible to share the honor.

If Cao Xuan played the Golden-winged Roc by himself, it would be almost acceptable, but the key point is that he played the humanoid Roc, with too little effort, so there is no need to be cheeky and forceful, and Cao Xuan is not short of this honor.

Therefore, for the role of Golden Winged Roc in "The Continued Journey to the West", Cao Xuan was interviewed several times, all of which declared to the media that he was a cameo, and the actor who stuck the headgear was someone else.

In case the sixth teacher asks for credit and has no substitute in the future, he will be picked out, and he will follow suit.

Including Cheng Long, who had been marketing without doubles in the early days, saying that he would do all the filming by himself. Later, when Qian Jiale and other Cheng Jiaban and others were picked out, he changed his claim that he only participated in some dangerous actions.

This is completely slapping a swollen face to pretend to be fat. Those classic shots have proved that Cheng Long is desperate, and the audience will not be harsh, insisting on seeking perfection, and finally fall into the ground.

With these two examples, Cao Xuan pays great attention to this aspect, he will get as many names as he puts in, and he will never take the credit of others.

This also allowed him to leave an image of humility and love to support others in the eyes of many people.

But regardless of whether "Journey to the West Continued" is Cao Xuan's head or not, the popularity of "Youth Bao Qingtian" also made his current popularity rise to a new level.

In the eyes of the media, Cao Xuan is now equivalent to a hot password.

Crazy career provides material, and there is no shortage of gossip. Even they are looking forward to Cao Xuan's continued popularity. The past two years have been too comfortable, and they are reluctant to part with Cao Xuanliang.

The success of "Youth Bao Qingtian" not only brought Cao Xuan his own fame, but also benefited Fanxing under him a lot.

Not to mention, tens of millions of pre-tax profits + joint production of popular TV series, Fanxing has become a different company from the previous grass-roots team, and has successfully transformed into a regular film and television company.

In addition, the first round of broadcasting rights of "Journey to the West" sold well, and the first two works both got off to a good start, which also boosted the morale of these employees who had just joined Fanxing.

In the past two days, several directors and screenwriters have worked harder and are preparing to do a big job next year.

In addition, the artist management department supported by Cao Xuan alone finally has a new business.

Fanxing's first sister, Hu Jing, finally became popular.

The TV series "Youth Bao Qingtian" has two female protagonists, and the character design of the second female Pang Feiyan is better than that of the female protagonist Chu Chu.

Unruly and self-willed, but kind-hearted, mixed between his father and friends, he has a relatively rich and complex scene, and he and Gongsun Ce form a happy enemy CP.

To be honest, the emotional drama between the male and female protagonists Bao Zheng and Chu Chu in "Youth Bao Qingtian" is relatively flat, at least not as attractive as the male and female two. Many audiences are slamming Gongsun Ce and Pang Feiyan.

Because of Pang Feiyan's outstanding role, Hu Jing became famous in one fell swoop and became another rising star in Class 96 of Chinese Opera.

Manager Jiang finally found the sense of accomplishment in cultivating an artist.

Even though she is Cao Xuan's agent, Cao Xuan is too independent and is also the boss. How his career develops is Cao Xuan himself. Jiang Yue only plays a supporting role, and the leading role helps Cao Xuan handle logistics and business negotiations.

So in front of Cao Xuan, Jiang Yue never thought of herself as a manager, but as a subordinate and deputy.

Hu Jing was different. Although "Young Bao Qingtian" and "Journey to the West" were directed by Cao Xuan, other aspects were arranged by Jiang Yue.

Including accepting "Daming Palace Ci" and several supporting roles in the follow-up, how to deal with the media, and appearing on two variety shows alone.

Anyway, in Jiang Yue's view, Hu Jing brought Hu Jing out bit by bit with her own hands, and she felt a sense of accomplishment.

It's a pity that Hu Jing can be regarded as Fanxing's half boss wife, and her independence is not low.

After "Youth Bao Qingtian" became popular, Hu Jing also came to see many film appointments, but she was unwilling to accept them randomly.

At present, I only listen to Cao Xuan's words, get in touch with the crew of "Wulin Wai Shi", and explore the role of Zhu Qiqi. Other than that, I just wait for Fan Xing's own production of "Love Through Time and Space".

For a newcomer on the rise, Hu Jing's acting frequency is a bit low.

For example, Li Bingbing and Fan Bingbing, who are slightly more famous than her, are frantically accepting plays, regardless of whether the plays are good or bad, they should first increase their volume so that they can brush their faces.

But Jiang Yue understood Hu Jing's choice very well.

After all, Hu Jing is Fanxing's proprietress, she can choose any play in her own company, but there is absolutely no shortage of plays, so there is no need to be so hungry.

In contrast, the most important thing is to firmly grasp Cao Xuan, a potential stock.

Jiang Yue is also a well-known manager in the circle now, and she is well-informed, knowing how popular Cao Xuan is in the eyes of those female artists.

If someone robbed her house and robbed the corner of the wall in order to become famous by frantically accepting dramas, then Hu Jing really lost the watermelon and picked up the sesame seeds.

Jiang Yue and Hu Jing have a good personal relationship. From a friend's point of view, she very much approves of Hu Jing's wise choice, and has secured her position as Fanxing's proprietress.

Therefore, after chatting with Hu Jing, Jiang Yue also followed Hu Jing's idea and declined most of the scripts. Except for "Wulin Outer History", she only accepted some interviews and commercial performances to keep her exposure.

But then again, as Fanxing's deputy general manager in charge of the brokerage business and the company's first manager, neither of the company's two artistes can easily intervene, and Jiang Yue is almost going crazy.

She has repeatedly strongly suggested to Cao Xuan to sign a few artists, whether they are singers or actors, they must be "exploited" by her.

Cao Xuan also met her expectations. In October, Fanxing successively signed two artists.

The first one is Zhang Zijian, Qian Yanqiu's old classmate, who is presumed to be the hero of "Swallow Shuangying".

In order to ensure that there would be no accidents with the actors in the "Swallow Shuangying" series, Fanxing directly signed the actor and paid a breach of contract fee of 10 yuan.

The other person is Gao Yuanyuan, who was recommended by Zhang Yadong, and it is said that he had a falling out with the original company.

Of the music companies that Lao Zhang knew, among the few film and television companies he was familiar with, he trusted Cao Xuan more.

Cao Xuan didn't know why Zhang Yadong believed that he was a person with constant scandals, who played Ximen Qing, and whose surname was Cao, but he really didn't have any serious thoughts about Gao Yuanyuan.

Leaving aside those two in the family, Cao Xuan still has a moral bottom line of [friend's wife, not to be bullied].

Fanxing signed a short contract with Gao Yuanyuan for 2 years. During this period, if she wanted to leave, she had to explain in advance and pay a certain liquidated damages according to the contract, and the two parties could break up peacefully.

For Fanxing, joining Gao Yuanyuan can directly bring a lot of profit to the company.

She is a well-known advertising queen in the capital, and her reputation is not weak, and she is holding a "17-year-old bicycle" by Wang Xiaoshuai in her hand. It will be released next year, and it will be even more popular.

And Cao Xuan did not treat her badly, and gave Gao Yuanyuan a heroine in "Armor Warrior", and other projects with suitable roles will also be given priority.

They are all friends, Cao Xuan will not treat him differently just because of the 2-year short contract, and of course he will not take special care of them, everyone will follow the contract.

After signing two newcomers in a row, Fanxing's artist management department has grown a lot.

Needless to say, Cao Xuan, Hu Jing has half a foot in the ranks of popular florets, and Gao Yuanyuan is a little famous.

Zhang Zijian is not bad either. He has participated in the two masterpieces of Lu Province and Taiwan, "Heroes with White Eyebrows" and "Nineteenth Sister Gan".

Manager Jiang is gearing up and ready to do a big job, especially Gao Yuanyuan, who is pretty and has a good temperament and average acting skills, but he is definitely a good vase. If he becomes popular, he will be the company's cash cow.

She doesn't worry about short-term contracts at all. Artists are not stupid, and they care about the development of the company's business. She will take the initiative to renew the contract without you mentioning it.

Even if Gao Yuanyuan doesn't renew the contract, Jiang Yue is confident to get back the company's cost before the contract is terminated.

Can't squeeze the boss lady, can't squeeze you?

Just when the stars were recruiting, Cao Xuan's new album "Bright Stars" also released its first song on the charts on September 9, which was originally scheduled.

The name of the song is - "The Wind Rises"

　There is another update, before twelve noon
　　
　
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