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Many people didn't expect that "Scary Step By Step" could still be a big hit after the two time-travel dramas "Tang Palace Lock Jade" and "Gong Suo Xin Jade".

Even in terms of popularity alone, it is not inferior to "Tang Palace Lock Jade" at all, and even faintly surpasses it.

"Tang Palace Lock Jade" was popular at the beginning, but the main ones were the actors, and the focus was on Da Mimi, then Hu Ge, and a few supporting roles with outstanding performances.

And "Scary Step by Step" not only won Liu Shishi, made Wu Qilong of the Little Tigers popular, but also made several supporting roles popular, and on the basis of the popularity of the actors, the TV series data, discussions, and word-of-mouth are all very high .

There is one thing to say, before "Scary Step by Step", Yongzheng, except "Yongzheng Dynasty", had a positive image, and other film and television works mostly appeared as conspiratorial figures.

Including "Scary Step by Step", in fact, the role of Yongzheng is also very ruthless, but he loves the heroine, so it has been "whitewashed" to a certain extent.

Yongzheng also counterattacked his father Kangxi, his son Qianlong, and his predecessor Dorgon, and was promoted to the top of the Qing Dynasty. Until 2022, there are still many girls in the Internet who went to the Qing Dynasty to fall in love with him...

Sometimes Cao Xuan didn't understand why Qingchuan was so popular, and other dynasties combined might not be able to match it.

Don't talk about those big issues, just in terms of setting, many heroines were born as slaves in clothes, shouting "Master" one after another, and then became concubines for those elder brothers, and robbed men with a group of women.

How do girls feel when boys substitute "Master" or feel refreshed?

Is the desire to conquer the public car into a private car?

But think about it, maybe I just like the drama of Gongdou tearing up the bullying. It happens that the background is in the Qing Dynasty. Apart from other problems, the plot of a group of women tearing up is really interesting sometimes.

But no matter what, "Scary Step by Step" is a hit, and its popularity in September even caught up with "The Legend of Zhen Huan" in the summer vacation.

During this period, Liu Shishi also became top-notch, and the number of Weibo posts soared by hundreds of thousands, even with an average of two hot searches per day. Boss Cai of the Tang Dynasty laughed from ear to ear.

Tangren's most popular "Legend of Sword and Fairy" series is gone, and the first brother Hu Ge is also in the stars. The development of Tangren is far less than that of the original time and space.

You must know that the overall rise of the Tang people in the original time and space largely depends on the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" series.

On the basis of the popularity of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", the Tang Dynasty established its signature and acquired a group of popular stars such as Hu Ge, and finally created TV series around these artists, and produced many blockbusters.

However, being robbed of luck by Cao Xuan in advance, Tangren now seems to have broken a leg, and his development is quite unsatisfactory.

It is true that they have also produced good works such as "Strange Tales from a New Liaozhai Studio", "The Strange Woman from a Liaozhai Studio" and "Weird Man Yizhimei" in recent years, but there has never been a phenomenon-level representative work that has exploded in the circle.

More importantly, most of these works are dependent on actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and there are not many artists themselves in a dominant position.

Even Liu Shishi, who is currently the best-developed under the Tang Dynasty, is essentially popularized by Fanxing's "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3". In the past few years, the Tang Dynasty has more or less caught up with Liu Tianxian's popularity and improved his reputation.

However, this side effect is very serious, and Liu Tianxian's fans have a high degree of hostility towards him.

If it weren't for the fact that Liu Shishi and Da Mimi had a pretty good relationship, and Da Mimi's fans gave a helping hand based on the principle that a disgusting enemy is a friend, otherwise Tang Ren and Liu Shishi would have been scolded by Tianxian fans to be autistic.

For this reason, Tang Ren has been hooking up with Rong Xinda's Tang Yan before, intending to poach her.

But Tang Yan is more of a bargain, and wants to sell herself for a good price. Of course, she can't come up with a good enough contract and resources, so it is difficult for this first sister Rong Xinda to quit.

After all, she is also the first sister, although Rong Xinda is a bit of a puller, Tang Ren is not too strong, so she doesn't have to mess around.

After Huayi and Huanrui entered the arena, Tang Ren was basically excluded, and Tangyan was more inclined to go to Huayi to hold her thigh or to be Huanrui's first sister.

But now Boss Cai doesn't really need Tang Yan anymore, "Scary Step by Step" became an instant hit, and the first sister cultivated by her family is better than job-hopping.

Tang Ren concentrated resources to push Liu Shishi to the top, hoping that she would gain a firm foothold, and then come back to support other Tang Ren artists.

Liu Shishi rose strongly and became another popular floret of 85 Flowers.

Da Mimi and Liu Tianxian accepted it well. To be honest, the two sides are really not in the same dimension now.

Apart from each other, the opponents of the two of them have already become the four-dan double soldiers and the gang of Hong Kong and Taiwan frontlines. As for Liu Shishi, it is not enough to pose a threat to the two of them for the time being.

The only current connection between the three is that because Liu Shishi was dubbed "Little Liu Tianxian" by the outside world, the fans of both sides were dissatisfied, and they faced each other from time to time, and then the big honey fans followed to disrupt the situation.

Xianmi took it lightly, but the ones who were really looking forward to Liu Shishi were the group of Xiaohua who were active in the TV series 85.

Zhao Xiaodao, Guo Zhenni, and Lan Xi from Fanxing's side, Rong Xinda's first sister Tangyan who hooked up with Huanrui, and a certain unmentionable actress who just collaborated with a dead girl.

Then count Wang Luodan, Huang Shengyi and several 80s who are still in the TV field, as well as the Taiwanese florets who went north, such as An Yixuan, Lin Yichen, Chen Qiaoen and so on.

They are similar in fame and status, and they are also the female lead candidates given priority by major TV drama studios.

Liu Shishi became famous overnight, and her popularity skyrocketed, and she even ranked in the forefront among these little flowers. Naturally, they were the main competitors in their eyes.

Even faintly became a thorn in the first sight.

The reason is that on the one hand, she is popular, and on the other hand, the company behind it is just like that. Tang Ren's deterrence in the industry is the same thing, but anyone who has a little backing is not afraid.

In contrast, people like Zhao Xiaodao and Guo Zhenni will not be targeted in large numbers because they are protected by Fanxing.

If you mess with them, Fanxing will fuck you.

Moreover, most of the time, they mainly acted in Fanxing's internal dramas. Relatively speaking, there were not many film and television resources outside. Although the competition in other aspects was still very high, at least they left room and did not push people to a dead end.

The backing is strong, and they cannot be provoked. Sometimes the conflict of film and television resources is not so strong, and it is impossible for the group of Xiaohua to provoke Zhao Xiaodao and the others when they are free.

But Liu Shishi is different. The Tang people have limited resources, and they still have to recruit newcomers. If Liu Shishi wants to continue to develop, he must have external resources.

The plate is so big, and another powerful opponent comes to grab it, and it is hard not to feel hostile to anyone.

What's more, Liu Shishi and Liu Tianxian are very similar. You must know that Liu Tianxian entered the film industry. Although he did not completely reject the TV series, the conditions were extremely harsh and the price was shocking.

At the beginning of the year, there was a Republic of China drama, and the boss spent nearly 4000 million to sign Liu Tianxian.

At that time, Liu Tianxian's role in this drama was about 25 episodes. If the contract was reached, Liu Tianxian's salary would be about 150 million per episode. This is a super high price in the entertainment industry in 2011.

You know, after Mr. Zhou's performance in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", he became very popular, and now the TV drama's remuneration offer is only 100 million per episode, and there is still talk about specific contact.

But even so, it was chased and scolded by the media and people in the industry as outrageous, which triggered social discussions about star salary.

It was precisely because the price of this crew was too scary, completely contrary to the market, that Fanxing specially sent someone to inquire, and found that the background of the crew was a bit wrong.

The invested company was established just last year, and the parent company behind the company is a financial institution that raises funds.

This is very suspicious, and it is even possible that Liu Tianxian was used as a cover for the game.

The operation process is not complicated, first set up a show crew, and then offer a sky-high contract to attract actors to join, the price paid may be a deposit of several million, or even the deposit may not be given, and they will find excuses to procrastinate.

The star is reluctant to part with the sky-high price contract, and since he did not participate in the specific shooting, there is no real loss, and he will not be too tight.

In a similar way, a few more stars are tricked into forming a luxury lineup, and then use these lineups to find small and medium-sized investors who want to make money to raise funds.

The crew was real, the contract was real, and the stars were real, too, and if they bluffed with sweet words, many people would pay in a daze.

At that time, as soon as the money is in hand, they will run away directly. Investors want to cry but have no tears. Celebrities have nothing to do, and their reputation may even be affected.

This is still a low-end gameplay, and it is a bit more high-end. People even filmed the show, and then the Huyou platform took over. It sold a large sum of money but lost money on the books, and investors had to bear it themselves.

Even more high-end, in addition to filming dramas, they also take on some other gray business, which is difficult to elaborate on.

Anyway, the entertainment industry has flourished in the past two years, and a lot of hot money has poured into it, but except for a very small number of people who can make money, most of them have become leeks.

In 2011, it was relatively rare. In the next few years, the entertainment industry will be more prosperous, and there will be more and more explosive projects. A random search will bring up countless blood and tears.

Later, the film and television industry was in a cold winter, although there were many reasons such as strict control, economic downturn and epidemic, but also because many retail investors were unwilling to follow suit.

Not only can I see the downturn in the industry, but I'm also afraid. There are too many routines, and it's all hard work...

Without external investment, small companies are directly indifferent, and medium-sized companies have limited funds, so they dare not toss easily.

Only big companies and big platforms can sustain it, but even so, they are constantly shrinking their expenditures, becoming more and more cautious, and dare not spend money as unscrupulously as before.

Fanxing knew this trick, and even Guolan was tricked before, even though there was no real evidence, she still declined.

They even found out through other channels, hoping that the industry will not be fooled.

Sure enough, the project was tossed for half a year later, but there was no progress, so it fell silent. Only a few poor people who were recruited posted a post on the Internet to sue the crew.

But even though it's a scam, it can be seen how useful Liu Tianxian's signboard is.

Leaving aside those suspicious crews, regular crews bid at least 60 to 80 for a single episode, and a few are even willing to pay as much as 100 million, which is definitely one of the ceilings in the field of TV dramas.

Even Da Mimi's price is very generous, and a conservative episode costs more than 50. Even if it is not as good as Liu Tianxian, it is not too far behind.

It's just that the two are now focusing on movies, not a very special project, so it's hard to make them fall in love.

Da Mimi may hesitate in the face of the sky-high salary, but Liu Tianxian was born in a wealthy family, and he is relatively indifferent to money, and he can't just spend money to move.

She doesn't take on TV dramas, and it's hard to bend for money even if she has enough big honeys to compete with her, otherwise she will be "self-willed and depraved".

So I don't blame Da Mimi for hating Liu Tianxian, because of her, Da Mimi has at least pushed out tens of millions.

Liu Tianxian didn't accept TV dramas, and many crews couldn't do anything about it, but now there is a turning point.

Liu Shishi, who looks like and is popular, seems to many people to be the best candidate to replace Liu Tianxian.

It is true that the two have different temperaments and play styles, but actors are strong at shaping and simulating characters, which is not a problem.

The only problem is whether Liu Shishi, who has started to get rid of the position of "Little Liu Tianxian", is willing to continue to live in Liu Tianxian's shadow, or choose to walk his own unique path.

But no matter how she chooses, conflicts with other actresses are certain.

A few years ago, many media outlets withdrew from the new four female roles, preparing to take over the four female roles.

But after this period of time, anyone with a discerning eye can see that, apart from Da Mimi and Liu Tianxian, the new four female roles are in full swing, Wang Luodan and Huang Shengyi have obviously fallen behind.

The former TV series are acceptable, but they have not formed a monopoly posture. There are even very few out-of-circle works, and there is almost no improvement in movies.

Not to mention Huang Shengyi, after "The Match of the Immortals", there are no works that can be achieved. The lack of resources makes it hard to imagine that she can be tied with Xianmi.

This year I managed to get a "Legend of the White Snake", with Li Lianjie, Wen Zhang and others as partners.

It was released in mid-September, and the box office was not bad, about 9 million, but the cost of the film studio also claimed to have invested 1.8 million. I don’t know how much it is worth, but the income is definitely not very satisfactory, and the word-of-mouth is also poor. Mtime.com’s score is less than 1.8 points.

So much so that Li Lianjie half complained and half blamed the blame during the interview, saying that he was tricked into coming here. He was originally a guest star, but somehow became the leading role.

Many people interpreted it as a joke, and many people said that he had something to say and took the opportunity to express their dissatisfaction.

But no matter what the idea was, after this movie, Huang Shengyi was considered half useless, and since then he has never received top-level resources, and was even reduced to the point where he was apprenticed to Lao Zhao and filmed a romantic drama with Song Xiaobao.

There is no intention to belittle Lao Zhao and the others here, but the connection between the two parties is indeed somewhat inconsistent, and it is embarrassing.

After all, Huang Shengyi was one of the most popular new stars in a certain period of time. When "Kung Fu" first became popular, the star girl's momentum was close to that of the four little Huadan.

The starting point is high and the conditions are good. It is no exaggeration to say that she was definitely a good seed who had the opportunity to hit the top actresses in the industry, but she made a wrong step.

After the development of Wang and Huang suffered setbacks, many media now no longer mention the new four female roles.

Because the latter two are too incomparable, the current situation is that [Xianmi Zhengfeng] is the only one, and other Xiaohua competes for the top position.

Some media are looking forward to the emergence of the third pole, while some media believe that with the current level and achievements of Xian and Mi, it is difficult for this batch of florets to match in a short time.

Instead of doing the third pole, it is better to list Xianmi separately, and then according to the performance of several other new-generation florets, form a four-star third-generation order.

At present, there are supporters for both theories, and the voices of the Xinxin Four Xiaohuadan are even higher.

However, some people think that the two are not in conflict, and at the same time as forming the new four small female roles, you can still see who is the third pole. This way, it is even more interesting.

As for the so-called third version of the Four Little Stars, Fanxing Zhao Xiaodao, Guo Zhenni, Lan Xi, and Zhang Li are all popular candidates, and the former two are the most promising.

But now, Liu Shishi has also become a popular candidate, and there is even a faint tendency to catch up from behind.

Zhao Xiaodao, who was watching Xianmi fighting to eat melons, didn't expect that the fire would suddenly burn her.

To be honest, although she also competes with Guo Zhenni, the latter even has better statistics.

But Guo Zhenni is too low-key and doesn't like to participate in any activities. Apart from filming, she is filming, so there is too little exposure.

If it wasn't for Fan Xing's backing and the constant publicity for her, coupled with hard power and experience, Guo Zhenni might really become a treasure in the sea.

Also because of this, although Guo Zhenni has better grades and resumes, her fame and popularity are inferior to Zhao Xiaodao.

This girl never refuses anyone from filming, variety shows, events, marketing, and press releases. With the momentum of several blockbusters, she catches up step by step and becomes the most popular star under the fairy honey.

Zhao Xiaodao, who wholeheartedly aims at fairy honey, has always regarded the position of the head of the new four little female roles as his bag.

Only Tangyan and Guo Zhenni were vigilant. They never expected that Liu Shishi would appear suddenly, and a drama would be so popular that it seemed to be top-notch.

Zhao Xiaodao was stunned. After all, the same generation who had this momentum before were only Xianmi and Xianmi, and she herself hadn't starred in a big hit yet.

Fortunately, Liu Rui was still stable, and immediately called a team to collect information and analyze Liu Shishi.

The conclusion is that although this person is very popular and poses a great short-term threat, it is hard to say if the battle line is stretched.

Zhao Xiaodao's advantage is the stars, which can continuously provide her with resources and exposure.

What does Liu Shishi's Tang people have?
To put it bluntly, Liu Shishi's follow-up not only has few resources, but also has a low fault tolerance rate.

Zhao Xiaodao invested in two dramas, as long as the popularity is still there, there is a high probability that Fanxing will continue to praise them.

If Liu Shishi plays two dramas in a row, the people of Tang just want to praise them, but they have more than enough energy, and the outside world may feel hesitant when looking at her performance.

So things are very simple, make use of strengths and avoid weaknesses, Zhao Xiaodao stretches the long-term line, and slowly piles up resources to kill her...

The reason for the Xianmi war is that they are Fanxing's own people, and the resource advantage is not obvious, so they can only compete in other aspects, but against outsiders, Zhao Xiaodao's tie is a shame for Fanxing's leading position.

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The field of TV dramas is surging because of the rise of "Scary Step by Step" and Liu Shishi, but in the movie circle, the C position is still "Now You See Me".

In the early part of September, the theater market is still full of the aftermath of "Transformers 9" and "Now You See Me".

Even if the two films have been released for more than a month, they are already in the key delay stage, and they still have enough energy to compete with other films.

For example, "The Great Wusheng", directed by Ai Dasong, worked hard to promote it for half a year. When I went to the big S wedding to give a speech, I didn't forget to bring a few words of the movie, and Huang Xiaoming was cheated.

On the day of the wedding, Huang Xiaoming was late because the plane was late. Short and tight, in order to expose the blog, he broke the news to the media that Huang Xiaoming had to go first class, so he delayed the flight and was late.

I don't know if this is true or not, but Huang Xiaoming was really taken aback. If it weren't for the big S wedding with too many big melons, sharing the firepower, Brother Xiaoming would hate him to death.

Frankly speaking, the movie "The Great Takefu" has a good lineup.

Short, big tight and very smart, he invited Fahrenheit's top card Wu Zun, Han Gui and Han Geng, both of whom are popular niche students, plus Da S and Yi Nengjing who are good at movies, as well as Yuen Biao, Yu Rongguang, Liu Qian and many other stars, the lineup is still very good.

Putting it into later generations, it will be popular little fresh meat + popular actress + powerful veteran drama, the standard film and television configuration can no longer be standard.

But it's a pity that the director and screenwriter are not up to standard, and the plot is too bad. The two popular niche students are both singers. They have little popularity and no acting skills.

"The Great Wusheng" only had a little over 2000 million in its first week, and it was not as good as "You Now You See Me", which was released more than a month earlier. The short, big and tight director's dream was completely shattered, and the well-known route was gone forever.

It can be said that in the theater market in the early part of September, movies like "The Great Takeshi" used themselves time and time again to reflect the long-term stamina of "Now You See Me".

Accompanied by relevant good news from North America, Asia, and Europe, Cao Xuan's fans felt a beauty in their hearts.

On September 9th, Cao Xuan returned to China from Europe. On the one hand, the publicity was almost done, and on the other hand, he came back to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

By the time Cao Xuan returned to China, the box office in North America had already approached 1.5 million US dollars.

According to estimates, it is enough to break through 2 million in North America, and the final box office should reach about 1.8 million US dollars. It is not particularly outstanding, but it is also satisfactory enough.

The box office performance in Europe is not bad. Both France and the UK have almost exceeded 2000 million US dollars, and other countries are less, but they can add up to 3000-4000 million US dollars. The total box office of the region should be 8000 million US dollars.
The box office in Asia, excluding China, is similar to that in Europe. This figure is actually lower than expected.

But it is also understandable. After all, apart from China, Japan and South Korea can get high box office in Asia. It is difficult for other countries to break through tens of millions of dollars.

European countries may not be able to compare with Japan and South Korea in single box office, but the economy is better, and the overall cumulative box office is more.

The South American box office is not much, and the cumulative total is less than 2000 million U.S. dollars. On the contrary, Australia exceeded expectations and won more than 2000 million U.S. dollars.

The accumulative total of nearly 4 million US dollars has reached the goal of Warner and Fanxing.

They previously set a global box office of 3.5 to 4 million US dollars, which has already made both parties profitable, let alone a box office in China.

The box office in Taiwan was 714 million US dollars.

Xiangjiang grossed US$334 million.

The box office in the mainland is currently 7.8 million yuan, and all parties estimate that the final box office of "Now You See Me" is 8.2-8.5 million yuan.

According to the exchange rate in 2011, the mainland box office can reach almost 1.3 million U.S. dollars, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, it is 1.4 million U.S. dollars.

Including the box office in other parts of Asia, the cumulative total box office in Asia is about 2.3-2.4 million US dollars, surpassing North America, which is worthy of the name of Cao Xuan's stronghold and basic market.

And "Now You See Me" is expected to reach a cumulative global box office total of 5.4 million US dollars.

Not only broke Cao Xuan's personal annual box office record, but also ranked seventh in this year's global box office rankings, breaking into the top ten for the first time.

Considering that Marvel's masterpiece "Hawkeye" will be released in December, Cao Xuan is looking forward to how much his personal box office can reach this year.

$8 billion?
Or $10 billion?