Who are you calling powerful?.

Chapter 743 Who are you scolding for being talented? I am an idol. [End of the article]

The aftermath of "Chi Le Chuan" lasted longer than expected. At least throughout September, there was no obvious downward trend.

Instead, fans, netizens, and drama buffs have developed countless "creations" based on the drama, keeping its popularity high.

Capital, businesses, scenic spots, etc. have launched various profit-making projects based on the big IP of "Chi Le Chuan", which have been very popular.

Many areas that are usually unrelated to film and television dramas have been involved.

During a political forum in Europe, a leader of a certain country gave a speech and when talking about China, he actually mentioned this hit drama that has been popular among Chinese people recently, and even used the plot as an example.

There are also several theme songs of "Chi Le Chuan", among which "Spring Courtyard Snow" and the one with the same name "Chi Le Chuan" are the most popular.

Especially "Spring Courtyard Snow", which has topped all major music charts and is the most popular background music in the short video field. It is currently mainly used by some ancient emperors, generals and modern heads of state, and even has a certain influence on overseas TikTok.

"Chi Le Chuan" is slightly less popular, but it has also triggered a wave of learning to sing it. Many netizens, including celebrities and internet celebrities, will imitate this song, and it is very popular.

In an interview, the vice president of PPTV personally admitted that "Chi Le Chuan" is the drama with the largest traffic, highest revenue and greatest influence since the establishment of PPTV.

Including Boss Wei's previous "Nirvana in Fire" and "Day and Night", as well as Zhao Liying's "The Journey of Flower" and "Strategy of the Palace", Da Mimi's "Eternal Love", Dilraba Dilmurat's "Love O2O", and the super hit "In the Name of People" are not as good as it.

Even if it is "Joy of Life", unless the trilogy is counted together, any single season of it is inferior to "Chi Le Chuan".

Based on some public data disclosed by PPTV and third-party estimates.

This year, PPTV's total revenue in the second quarter (May to August) is expected to exceed 5 billion, which is definitely a shocking figure in the industry.

You should know that last year the total annual revenue of major video websites was only in the tens of billions, and the second-tier ones were even in the billions.

PPTV had the best data, just barely breaking 300 billion, but it had already broken various records and was praised to the sky by many media outlets.

This year it was even more explosive, with revenue of almost 120 billion in one quarter. Of course, this is the peak season, and revenue will definitely decline in other quarters, but it also made other major platforms drool.

During the same period, the revenue of iQiyi and Youku was barely one-third of PPTV's. That is, Penguin's data was still good thanks to "The Untamed" and many other projects, but it still fell behind by nearly half.

This revenue of approximately 120 billion is certainly not the result of the drama "Chi Le Chuan" alone.

It is the joint effort of TV series, movies, variety shows such as "Dear, Beloved" and "Operation Ice Breaking" and even some other channels and businesses.

But "Chi Le Chuan" definitely played the most important role in it.

What the vice president said about this being the platform with the highest profit since its establishment is by no means an exaggeration. I don’t know how many new users and members “Chi Le Chuan” has attracted to PPTV.

In the context of severe crackdown on piracy, countless people gritted their teeth and spent more than ten or twenty dollars to purchase their first video membership in their life.

Compared with the book revenue of these new members, the greatest wealth that "Chi Le Chuan" brings to PPTV is if these new users can be retained.

In addition to actual revenue, "Chi Le Chuan" also has many positive impacts on the stock market.

In fact, since the beginning of this year, PPTV's stock price has been on an overall downward trend until it began to pick up during the summer vacation. The explosion of "Chi Le Chuan" has also made PPTV's stock market performance continue to rise.

Even though there were two times when the U.S. stock market fell, PPTV was one of the few stocks that rose against the trend. During the period when "Chi Le Chuan" was popular, PPTV's stock price steadily increased by more than 5%, and its peak increase exceeded 20%.

The size of PPTV is over 100 billion RMB, so this fluctuation may not seem big, but it is still tens of billions.

I don’t know how many people have made a fortune and are financially free, and how many people have sold their houses and cars and lost everything.

No matter what, the influence, scope and depth of the drama "Chi Le Chuan" are unprecedented.

Even the official media personally stamped it as the "Chi Le Chuan Phenomenon" and even invited many domestic and foreign experts to discuss it.

After the publicity period, Boss Wei, who had been keeping a low profile, could not resist the invitation from Xinhuanet and CCTV and agreed to a personal interview.

The interview took place at the Blue Whale, with CCTV host Sa Beining acting as the reporter himself, conducting the interview in a style that was half reality show and half interview.

When the interview team from CCTV and Xinhuanet arrived, Boss Wei personally went downstairs to greet them.

He was dressed simply, in a black polo shirt, trousers and leather shoes, typical business casual attire.

Even if the interview is broadcast, and some netizens take a closer look at what Boss Wei is wearing, they will find that his clothes are not particularly expensive.

The shirt cost more than 800 yuan, the trousers were less than 2000 yuan, and the leather shoes were a little more expensive, costing over 4000 yuan. The most expensive thing on his body was the watch on his hand, which was not a high-end brand, only 22 yuan. Although the price was not low, compared with Boss Wei's wealth, it was too low-key.

Although Boss Wei did consider the camera's intention of keeping a low profile by dressing like this, he is not a person who dresses particularly ostentatiously in normal times.

As I have said before, when he looks at clothes, he only cares about their appearance, comfort and how well they are matched. The price and brand don’t matter. He will wear them regardless of whether they cost tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

However, Sa Beining felt a little embarrassed after seeing what Boss Wei did.

In order to interview this big boss, he dressed somewhat formally today. Apart from the watch, the total value of his clothes was nearly 100,000 yuan, but he ended up flirting with a blind man.

Speaking of which, Sa Beining is not that superficial. He doesn't believe in the saying that clothes make people famous. It's just that he is more or less a little bit demonic when facing Boss Wei.

Boss Wei once had some famous quotes, such as "a small goal of 100 million" and "I'm not interested in money".

Not only did he successfully become the king of bullying, but Sa Beining, who was right next to him at the time, also became a classic background board. He was greatly stimulated and was also given a lot of ghost-animal treatment by B station.

This made Sa Beining unconsciously want to upgrade his equipment to avoid being shown off and having no room for resistance.

Boss Wei had no idea what he was thinking. He shook hands and greeted him warmly, and even talked about their past encounter.

At that time, he did think that he would bring some famous scenes to Sa Beining, but he did not expect that it would be so enduring, causing this guy to transform into a funny host. Many people even said that he opened up their Ren and Du meridians.

I made a few jokes, but after all, it was an interview with CCTV and Xinhuanet, so the overall tone should be serious.

Wei Yang took Sa Beining to visit Blue Whale and some departments and projects that attracted much attention from the outside world.

For example, the extremely mysterious and legendary screenwriting department and legal department, and the highly combat-effective publicity department. The main projects are the post-production of "Knowing Your Destiny" and the "Detective Chinatown Detective" series that the outside world is concerned about.

These departments may have appeared in the past or there may have been rumors about them, but this is the first time that Wei Yang has personally introduced them in such a relatively intuitive and detailed manner.

Perhaps Wei Yang and the employees of Blue Whale do not feel deeply about it, but the outside world has a very high filter and curiosity about Blue Whale, a holy place in the Chinese entertainment industry that has produced countless masterpieces and made countless top stars.

The two photographers followed him and did not miss any detail. Sa Beining asked questions here and there, trying to experience the environment and welfare of Blue Whale employees. "This is the fitness area, this is the rest area, this is the entertainment area... There is also a pet area, but it is at the bottom."

Nowadays, large companies and factories all emphasize humane management and improve welfare benefits. At least there are many benefits on the surface. As a leading entertainment company in the industry, Blue Whale naturally cannot do without these.

Even in addition to the configurations that most companies have, Blue Whale also has some special benefits.

For example, artist interactions, exclusive autographed posters, professional-grade cinemas, professional-grade karaoke rooms, classic variety show game areas, Blue Whale series film and television cosplay costumes and props, etc.

If possible, the Blue Whale can be opened to the public and become a semi-professional "scenic spot" for fans.

This can also be considered a recruitment advertisement, promoting the company culture and highlighting Boss Wei's excellent entrepreneurial qualities, so the length is not short. After wandering around for a while, we finally arrived at Boss Wei's office to start a face-to-face interview.

Boss Wei’s office is no secret. He has posted on Weibo and has given other interviews here before.

He really likes interviewing here. Being in his own territory makes him feel more relaxed.

After they took their seats, the interview with Sa Beining officially began. After half a day of interaction, the two had become more relaxed, so the tone of the interview was relatively toned down, more like a casual chat.

"The drama "Chi Le Chuan" is so popular. As far as I am concerned, my parents at home are watching it, my colleagues are watching it, I am watching it myself, and I hear people talking about it when I go out to eat. Before it was broadcast, did you think that this drama would be so popular?"

“I thought it would be popular, but I didn’t think it would be this popular.”

Wei Yang took a sip of the tea poured by his secretary and said, "This drama has received a lot of attention since the beginning of the project. The online reviews have been very positive before it was even aired, so we have certain expectations for the performance of this drama."

"But in the end, the performance of this drama exceeded our expectations. After two days of broadcasting, PPTV CEO Li Ji called me to tell me that the website traffic increased dramatically. In less than 20 episodes, advertisers had already started competing for it."

"Even when I attend some business or related activities, some CEOs and leaders will talk to me about this drama. From the details of the conversation, I can tell that they have really watched the drama, which I have rarely encountered before."

Sa Beining was curious: "Can you tell me who is also following the drama?"

Wei Yang paused for a moment and picked out a few who could say: "Mr. Lei from Xiaomi, Mr. Song from Shandong Province, Vice President Liu from the Fujian Chamber of Commerce, and Deputy Director Zhu from CCTV have also seen it."

Sa Beining also stopped while he was ahead and brought the topic back to "Chi Le Chuan".

"This is also an old question. Everyone is curious about why you have chosen to continue filming. Can you talk about your feelings?"

Wei Yang nodded: "I have answered this before. I have personal interests and vanity in filming. However, in the past two years, I have been somewhat influenced by the audience."

Sa Beining professionally supported the audience: "How do you say that?"

"In fact, everyone can see that in the past two years, I have been busy with work, and there are some family reasons. My acting work has been reduced. In addition, I am getting older and my vanity is not as strong as before. So I really thought about simply not filming and retreating behind the scenes."

"At that time, "Chi Le Chuan" almost became my farewell work. When this drama was popular, I also regretted filming "Do You Know?". It's a rare opportunity to end at the peak of my career."

"But later on, I was still reluctant to give up filming, and seeing that many viewers who liked me were trying to persuade me to stay, and I still had to make up for the loss of Detective Chinatown, I finally changed my mind."

Sa Beining looked relieved: "As a fan of your movies and dramas, this is really the best news I have ever heard. I believe everyone will be very happy too."

We chatted about a few issues, and Wei Yang also talked about some of the impacts of "Chi Le Chuan", including deeper industry changes and the overseas export of domestic film and television culture.

After asking these big and serious questions, Sa Beining began to enter the finishing stage.

"Now let's talk about something more relaxed. I saw earlier that you seemed to have objections to an article that selected you as one of the top ten talented actors born in the 80s?"

"It's not that meaningful. The main reason is that the wording used in the article is a bit inappropriate."

Boss Wei gestured at his face and said, "I don't mind being a talented person, but I think I am more of an idol."

The most important thing is that more than half of the actors nominated are ugly, which makes people think that it is a selection of the top ten ugliest stars. Boss Wei naturally won't agree to it.

Do you understand the value of the top ten handsome men in Asia and the top 100 male gods in the world?

This is just a side note. Many media outlets have listed him as the most handsome man in Asia, or the man that Asian women are most willing to marry. When it comes to appearance, Boss Wei has never admitted defeat in his life.

The word "real" always sounds a bit like an insult!

Boss Wei sent Sa Beining away for an interview, and when he returned home he couldn't help but complain when he met Fan Xiaopang who came to Shanghai to see his children.

Fatty Fan looked at him strangely: "I remember that you wanted everyone to call you a talented actor back then, but now that you've become an award-winning actor, you turn your back on people, right?"

Wei Yang: "..."

The past is the past, and the present is the present. Back then, we were still friends, but now you are a mother...

Fan Xiaopang was speechless, but Zhao Liying, who "accidentally" returned home, turned into Zhao Xiaodao, and her words were precise and heart-wrenching.

"Becoming sensitive about something means you are not confident about it. When you are young and your looks are invincible, you don't care about these things. When you get older, you feel that your looks have declined, so you naturally start to worry about it."

Wei Yang: "..."

Are you stabbing me? Why does it feel like Fatty Fan is in more pain?

Sure enough, the corner of Fan Xiaopang's mouth twitched unconsciously, but she was not a pushover and quickly fought back.

"I feel like there's a lot of tension here. Is Liying also sensitive and insecure?"

Zhao Liying smiled with a fake smile: "There is no such thing as self-confidence, I am just simply sensitive to certain people."

Fatty Fan retorted, "This is a disease. You need to go to the hospital. There are so many children at home. What if they get infected?"

"It doesn't matter. This disease is passed on to the elderly but not to the young."

"It's OK, sister, I don't dislike my sister."

"..."

Wei Yang silently held his forehead with his hand. Well, I will sleep alone with my eldest son tonight...

(End of this chapter)