China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 286 Strong Influence
On the night when "Si Teng" was launched, Jing Tian called Hao Hao to her home to accompany her. Jing Tian prepared drinks and snacks, and the TV was turned on early in Beijing Satellite TV. The two curled up on the sofa and chatted while eating snacks.

She usually doesn't eat snacks very much, but today is special, she is under a lot of pressure when "Si Teng" premieres.

In the first year of joining Nortel, Jing Tian signed a contract with a brokerage company called "Bright Star". This company has signed a total of two artists, one is Jing Tian, ​​and the other is Hao Hao. An artist from the same company and a best friend, Hao Hao can usually play a supporting role in a film and television drama in which Jing Tian participates.

Jing Tian called Hao Hao here today in order to chat with his best friend and relieve the pressure in his heart, so although the TV was on, neither of them paid attention to the TV.

As for why Jingtian feels so stressed, it's a bit funny to say, because she has become popular recently.

That’s right, Jing Tian has become popular recently. Since she entered the entertainment circle, her resources have always been top-notch. The song production of her first album was produced by Wang Hao’s royal producer Zhang Yadong. The MV director is Ning Hao, who is known as the “ghost director”. The first play is the heroine, and the partners in the next series of works are all popular actors.

"A Woman's Epic", partner Liu Ye Zhao Buffett, "The Story of Grandson" partner Zhang Fengyi, "My Beautiful Boss" partner He Rundong, "Warring States" partner Sun Honglei and Kim Hee-sun, who is known as the most beautiful woman in Korea.

As a result, even with such hard work, the company behind it still failed to promote Hongjingtian, and even "Warring States" left a psychological shadow on Sun Honglei, and directly refunded the film salary and disregarded the relationship with the movie.

Jing Tian wasn't popular at all, but recently "Si Teng" was about to be released, but Jing Tian suddenly became popular ahead of schedule.

The reason for the sudden popularity is a bit funny, because some netizens broke the news that the company behind Jingtian found Li Mu, and asked Li Mu to hold a handful of Jingtian. As a result, director Li Mu agreed. I heard that director Li Mu had browsed Jingtian. After working on previous works, I was so worried that I didn't sleep well for three days and three nights.

Director Li Mu, who has always given people the impression of being omnipotent since his debut, was also numb when facing Jing Tian, ​​but the numbness belongs to Mazhu, since he agreed to it, he should still be praised, and besides, the two of them are still like fellow A relationship exists.

In short, there are people with nose and eyes, and even the details of Li Mu's insomnia at night. I don't know who else besides Liu Yifei can know about Li Mu's insomnia.

In the end, Director Li Mu selected thousands of choices and arranged a play called "Si Teng" for Jing Tian.

As soon as the news came out, wouldn't Jingtian become popular?

Who is Li Mu?Who is Jing Tian?Li Mu personally ended up praising Jingtian, who claims to be popular no matter how he praises, and has an amazing background?
The attention of netizens exploded all of a sudden, and there were all kinds of jokes on the Internet.

"A great director Li Mu who claims to have no unpopular actor, and Jing Tian, ​​an actor with a mysterious background who is absolutely unpopular. When these two meet together, who will win?"

It's even a bit philosophical.

On this topic, there have been several hot searches recently, such as "Jing Tian who is not popular", "Who is Jing Tian?", "Jing Tian and Li Mu", "Jing Tian and Cheng Long", etc. .

As for why Jing Tian and Cheng Long are on the hot search together, isn’t it because some netizens discovered that Jing Tian is also the heroine of Brother Cheng Long’s new movie "Police Story 2013" that has not yet been released?
Where is this Jingtian sacred? After the disaster of "Warring States", the resources are getting better and better, and now even Li Mu and Cheng Long come out to escort them?

"If you don't get popular this time, then you don't have this fate, this Jingtian girl should accept her fate!"

Jing Tian didn't expect that the new drama co-operated with Hua Shang would cause such a big response before it was released, and it was unavoidable to be under great pressure for a while, especially the comments like "Let's leave the circle if Li Mu is not popular". Make her feel anxious.

The anxiety was because she felt that what the netizens said made sense. If even Li Mu and Cheng Long couldn't be popular, it meant that she really didn't have a chance to be popular!
"You, don't think too much, "Si Teng" is a drama that director Li Mu personally chose for you, it's true, but after all, it wasn't directed by Li himself, even if the response this time is not so good, it doesn't count that the netizens shouted so much. Director Li Mu is not popular either."

"Did director Li Mu personally help choose the drama before, and the response was not good?"

"This... well..."

"Look... I knew it!"

"What do you know? I only know that if you can act in a drama personally selected by Director Li Mu this time, next time you can act in a drama directed by Director Li himself, and next time you can act in a movie directed by Director Li himself, even if you fail once , It will definitely succeed after a few more times in the future.”

"Come more times? I'm not Liu Yifei, why should I be asked to come more times?"

"Hey, by the way, aren't you and Director Li from the same hometown? You haven't seen him before he became famous? You said you, a rich flower in the world, is beautiful and glamorous, and he is a genius in heaven, handsome and beautiful. If we had met a few years earlier, maybe Liu Yifei would have been fine. Didn’t he have a famous saying? It’s called ‘If you have something to choose from, if you don’t have money, choose Jingtian.’ It means you still love her On point."

"Actually, the two of us met a long time ago."

"Have you seen it? Tell me!"

"Isn't his father the deputy director of the Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses before? I saw him when I went to the museum, and he asked me for my contact information. I didn't give it to him at the time. It's been many years. Now that I think about it, he was right. I just don’t know if he still remembers.”

Hao Hao patted his thigh: "Look! I'll just say it! It's a pity!"

The two chatted for a long time before going to bed, but how could it be so easy to fall asleep if they had something on their minds?In the middle of the night, Jing Tian couldn't sleep, so he went to the toilet. It was [-]:[-] in the morning. After returning from the toilet, it took a long time for Jing Tian to finally fall asleep.

In the morning, Jing Tian and Hao Hao got up.

Jing Tian was washing his face when a phone call came in, and Hao Hao answered it for him. He was the manager of the two, and the purpose was to tell Jing Tian the data of "Si Teng" last night.

After knowing the data, Hao Hao shouted to Jingtian: "It's the ratings of the premiere broadcast last night, I'll report it to you."

Jing Tian poked his head out: "Don't say it yet, wait for me to come out."

She was nervous, looking forward to and afraid of the grades, but the ugly daughter-in-law would see her in-laws sooner or later, no matter how much she deliberately dawdled, her face would always be washed.

Come out of the bathroom, sit next to your best friend, and take a deep breath: "Okay, let's talk!"

Hao Haochi smiled: "It makes you nervous. Even if you don't believe in yourself, you should also trust Director Li Mu and Hua Shang, right? Just now the company's agent called to inform you that "Si Teng" premiered on Beijing Satellite TV The audience rating was 1.3%, Chongqing TV’s audience rating was 1.19%, and iQiyi’s hits exceeded 1000 million last night.”

Jing Tian was dumbfounded: "Is this result considered good or not?"

Hao Hao rolled his eyes: "I said Miss Jing, Yu Zheng's "Beauty's Scheming" is popular, right? Huashang Wumei, Yang Mi, one of the new four small female roles, also starred, and Lin Xinru, the most popular in the region It was broadcast on Mango TV, but the final average audience rating was 1.3%.”

Jing Tian realized that the response to this new drama was good: "How do you remember it so clearly? You even know the ratings of the drama two years ago."

Hao Hao explained: "Sister, I don't know. It was just said by the agent on the phone. She also said that last year's "Kintaro's Happy Life" was the champion of the provincial satellite TV prime time ratings, and the average ratings were only 1.25%. , so my big girl from Xijing, you are really popular this time."

Jing Tian was finally convinced that the response to this new drama was very good: "It seems that the results seem to be good, but I don't know how the reputation is?"

Hao Hao's eyes widened: "The grades seem to be good? Big sister, this is a two-stage break of 1, and the margin is not small. Don't you seem to have good grades this time? It's a fire, a fire!"

Jing Tian turned to get his notebook: "Let's see how netizens scold me this time."

I have been scolded a lot, and I don’t even believe that anyone would praise me

Hao Hao was also very interested: "I guess this time there must be a lot of people praising you."

After the notebook was brought, the two looked at it together. The first thing Jing Tian opened was Douban. Huashang Media's Maoyan also had a rating system, but at this stage, Douban's ratings and comments are still more important in the circle.

The score of "Si Teng" has come out, 7.5 points, a score that is not too high but quite good, of course, according to the usual practice, the score may drop a little later, but Douban's score of 7.5 points is still a good score up.

"My Beautiful Boss" scored 4.9 on Douban, "Warring States" scored 3.9 on Douban, and "Si Teng" 7.5. Comparing with previous works can better explain the problem.

Look at the comments of netizens:

"Facts have proved that Li Mu, who is popular with everyone, meets Jing Tian, ​​who is not popular with anyone, Li Musheng! It is said that the ratings of "Si Teng" have exploded!"

"After watching "Si Teng", the Jingtian is so beautiful. It is worthy of Li Mu's hand-picked "Nothing is so beautiful, choose her big Jingtian". It is really beautiful. The first two episodes of "Si Teng" are not enough to watch, so I watched this again The girl’s previous work, rub it! I almost lost half my life!”

"Fans of the original work expressed their satisfaction, and they are basically faithful to the original work. In addition, Jing Tian is indeed a 'rich and noble flower in the world', and the appearance in the play is so beautiful!"

"The first two episodes were very good. Surprisingly, Jing Tian is really suitable for this role. What else can I say? Director Li Mu has invincible vision!"

Looking at the netizens' comments, Jing Tian hugged Hao Hao: "I really felt that I had no chance to be popular before. Many people on the Internet said so. I didn't expect to find director Li Mu to shoot a Huashang drama and it became popular." If I knew it earlier, I should have asked Director Li earlier."

Hao Hao joked: "Didn't you just say that Director Li asked for your contact information before he became rich? If you want me to say that the biggest mistake you made in your life was ignoring Director Li at that time, or you might be an international superstar now."

Jing Tian laughed and said: "So what if I gave it back then? Didn't you listen to his comment? I can only be ranked third at most, and he can choose me Jing Tian only if he has to be 'Nothing but No Yuan'."

Hao Hao went to grab Jing Tian and said with a smile: "San first occupied the position, so there is no such thing as one and two. Director Li is quite dedicated."

Jing Tian counterattacked with a smile, and the more he listened, the more wrong he said: "San, take the seat first? That's really awkward for you to say, as if I'm Xiaosan."

……

In the next few days, "Si Teng" continued to ferment, and its ratings in Beijing and Chongqing Satellite TV continued to rise all the way. Jingtian was really popular this time.

And with Jingtian's sudden rise to popularity, Li Mu's reputation also ushered in a surge. After all, his vision is invincible, and it also proved the saying that "there is no one who is not popular with Li Mu".

Compared with the global box office record of hundreds of millions of billions of dollars at every turn, the reputation of "no one who is not popular" is actually of little use to Li Mu. He is really not a big deal, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is not worth mentioning.

But for actors, especially for actresses who want to be popular and crazy, Li Mu's reputation of "no one who can't be popular" is too attractive.

In the recent period, Li Mu clearly felt that there were more female stars who hinted that he could turn off the lights at night to study the script, and some of them were quite prestigious in the circle.

Some even sent pictures and videos directly to Li Mu's mobile phone to recommend how versatile they are, which made Li Mu change the unlocking password of the mobile phone as a last resort.

It would be bad if Liu Yifei saw it.

It seemed even worse to be seen by Liu Xiaoli.

……

In recent years, Hua Shang has not only filmed scripts copied by Li Mu, but now Hua Shang's screenwriting department is full of talents, and several original scripts that at least look very good are produced every year.

Liu Siying and Chen Zhixi selected scripts that they thought had potential and made them into movies and TV series. Many of them have been released over the years. As for the results, there are good and bad ones. The bad ones are only compared to the classics. In fact, the overall Douban score is not Above 7 points.

Basically every month, there are films that Hua Shang casts or participates in, but Li Mu himself pays more attention to those projects that copy his previous life led by him. .

In the second half of this year, the two films to be released that Li Mu is most concerned about, one is of course directed by Li Mu himself, with Lei Jiayin, Cheng Long, Guo Da, Liu Yifei, Zhang Songwen, Reagan Freeman, Michael Caine and others Starring "Now You See Me", the other is "The Richest Man in Xihong City" directed by its director Shen Junsheng, starring Shen Teng, Jin Chen, Zhang Yiming, Chang Yuan, etc.

Now that the domestic Spring Festival file has completely risen, one of the two films must be reserved for release on the first day of the new year.

In terms of investment scale and cast, "Now You See Me" must be bigger, but Li Mu considered "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is more suitable in terms of down-to-earth, and in terms of adapting to the spring family fun schedule, so he finally made a decision: The Spring Festival file will be on "The Richest Man in Xihong City".

The Spring Festival file was given to "The Richest Man", and "The Thief" was about to be brought forward, and the November holiday was a good time, so the final "The Thief" was scheduled for September 28th.

The premiere day happened to be Saturday, and two days after the release, it happened to be the National Day holiday, which was a very good schedule.

However, since the schedule is good, if you like it, other people will naturally like it. According to public information, "Di Renjie: The God of Dragon King" directed by Xu Ke and starring Zhao Youting, Feng Shaofeng, Lin Genxin, and Yang Ying is also popular. The file is scheduled for September 28th.

In fact, Li Mu and Xu Ke have a good relationship. Xu Ke is one of the two producers of Li Mu's first big-budget movie "Assassin". Letting go of the National Day schedule, Xu Ke will not choose to avoid the battle just because Li Mu's fame is in full swing.

It is worth mentioning that September 28 is also the award ceremony of the 29th China Film Golden Rooster Awards. Li Mu did not want to attend due to the film schedule, but the judges of this year's Golden Rooster Awards invited him in every possible way, and Li Mu was not too pleased. Well completely rejected.

Judging from the hints of the judges, this year's Golden Rooster Awards want to give Li Mu an award. "Send You A Little Red Flower" starring Li Mu and Liu Yifei was shortlisted for Best Feature Film, Best Actor and Best Actress respectively. nominate.

Films also shortlisted for important awards include "[-]" directed by Feng Xiaogang, "Shark Shore" directed by Huashang's Guo Fan, the feature film "Xiao Hong" starring actor Song Qi under Huashang, and Huashang's investment film "Huaxia Partnership" People", Huashang Investment Film "Search" and so on.

Looking around, Huashang films actually occupied most of the positions.

From Li Mu's understanding, this year's Golden Rooster Award "Send You A Little Red Flower" will definitely win the grand prize. This is the country's recognition of Li Mu's achievements over the years, but Li Mu still has self-knowledge, knowing that the best actor , he is definitely not comparable to Zhang Guoli in "[-]". In terms of Best Actress, Song Qi, who is also a Huashang artist, is more qualified to win the award than Liu Yifei.

Forcibly awarding yourself an award that is not so important in Li Mu's eyes but will cause controversy is not worth the loss. Li Mu and Liu Yifei have already passed the stage where they need the Golden Rooster Award to prove themselves. Now it is the Golden Rooster Award Li Mu is needed, not Li Mu needs the Golden Rooster Award, so Li Mu tactfully rejected the judges' kindness.

But it seems that this year's Golden Rooster Awards cannot be avoided, so I still have to show up in person.

(End of this chapter)