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Chapter 667 [Sweet Honey] Fire

At night, in the hotel room.

Gu Wei was sitting in front of his laptop, reading emails from the company and dealing with some work matters, when the doorbell in his room suddenly rang.

He glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the screen and found that it was almost 19:, so he knew that Zhou Xi should be here.

Sure enough, Gu Wei got up and opened the door, and Zhou Ming stood outside the door looking pretty in a little white dress.

She put her arms across her chest, holding a pile of snacks, her black hair cascading down her shoulders, her fair face with delicate features, and she smiled sweetly when she saw Gu Wei open the door.

"You have brought so much food. Are you not afraid of gaining weight if you eat snacks at night?"

Gu Wei said and let her in.

"Anyway, the filming is about to be completed. I don't know when the next movie will be. If you are fat, you will be fat."

"Haha~
Although I never interfere in the specific affairs of the brokerage company, judging from the company's past arrangements, you will not be idle in the future.

Your current agent should still be Mr. Yang, right? "

Walking to the living room, Zhou Ming scattered the snacks he was holding on the sofa.

"Yes, it's Mr. Yang. She was the first to sign me into the company."

"Yang Liwen is responsible for the specific affairs of the brokerage company, and she has formed a specific process for bringing in new people.

First of all, arrange some supporting roles in film and television dramas, the third or second female, it is best if they can appear in popular dramas.

After you become familiar and have some fan base, you can then arrange the protagonist of a low-cost idol drama. At the same time, the company will also conduct marketing based on the artist's personal characteristics.

With such a set of procedures, if you are lucky, it will not be difficult to achieve a third- or fourth-tier reputation.

If a character or TV series becomes a hit, it is possible to become a second-tier star."

"Am I at the stage of getting familiar with each other now?" Zhou Ming sat on the sofa and looked at Gu Wei with his big eyes.

“Actually, you can refer to Meng Ziyi’s popularity process in the company.

Like you, she also signed a contract with the company when she was a student at Beijing Film Academy, and it was always under Mr. Yang's name at first.

In the past two years, because of her studies, the company arranged for her to play supporting roles in TV series.

Like the school beauty in "A Little Smile Is Allure", and the role of my ex-girlfriend in "You Are My Glory".
Ziyi is relatively lucky. Although these two roles are soy sauce, the drama was a hit, so they left some impressions on the audience.

Later, the company was preparing to film "The Legend of Chu Qiao", and the female character Chun she played completely made her popular.

Coupled with her outstanding performance in "Flowers and Youth 3", even though she has not played the leading female role in a film or TV series, her popularity is already not inferior to the more popular second-tier stars in the circle."

Gu Wei said and sat down, picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.

"I know this, I have a good relationship with Sister Ziyi.

Therefore, the movie "East Palace" that the company is preparing for the second half of the year is to praise her! Right? "

"Almost~
In fact, even if there are no dramas produced by the company itself, Meng Ziyi has begun to receive female protagonist roles one after another.

At the beginning of the year, there was a costume drama "Beauty Without Borders" produced by Youku, and she was cast to play the heroine.

After all, the fame has arrived, and with the support of the company, from now on we will be the new generation of little flowers born in 95."

The two of them were chatting, and the opening song of "Sweet Honey Ashes Like Frost" played on the TV.

This drama is broadcast exclusively on Lychee Channel, starting at 19:35 every night, with two consecutive episodes. On the Internet, iQiyi, Youku, and Tengxun broadcast it at the same time.

[Xiangmi] has very high ratings, online views, and discussions. It can be said to be the most popular TV series in China since August.

Although "Story of Yanxi Palace", which became a hit last month, is also a hit, its performance in all aspects is not as good as "Xiangmi".

This is mainly because "Story of Yanxi Palace" is currently only broadcast online and has not yet been shown on TV.

According to Gu Wei's understanding, this drama is based on the Internet-first backstage model. After it was aired on iQiyi, word-of-mouth popularity was very high, and it is planned to be broadcast on Blueberry Channel in September.

One is a star and the other is not. It is normal that "Story of Yanxi Palace" cannot beat "Xiangmi" in terms of popularity.

It was not the first time for Gu Wei to watch this drama. He had already watched it after the editing of the TV series was completed, but it was for work. He probably watched the final effect of the ancient puppet fairy drama produced by the company, so as to sell the copyright. .

Looking at it now with a relaxed mind, it feels different.

Zhou Ming stared at the TV screen, opened a bag of potato chips, and handed Gu Wei a bag of shrimp crackers.

The two of them ate and watched, and from time to time they would discuss a few words about the plot and the actors' acting skills.

"Sister Yang Zi's performance is really good. She perfectly interprets Jin Mi's innocent and innocent character. I, a girl, liked it after watching it."

Zhou Ming threw a potato chip into his mouth and spoke while eating, his words a little unclear.

At this time, the male protagonist Feng Xu appeared on the TV.

"Brother Xian is also very handsome, and I have no choice in his acting skills, but I always feel that he is a little inferior in costume and appearance." As she said this, she turned to look at Gu Wei beside her, whose handsome profile was close to the ruler. It made her heart skip a beat.

"I don't know if it's due to the influence of [Dear Love], but I always feel that it would be more suitable for you to play Feng Xu if it were Brother Wei."

"I don't have time. When [Xiangmi] was launched, I was filming [Wolf Warrior 2]. After finishing filming, I joined the crew of [You Are My Glory].

Unless it's a drama, otherwise." Gu Wei shook his head.

The two chatted, and today's first episode ended quickly.

There was an advertisement playing on the TV. Zhou Ming yawned and leaned back on the sofa.

At the beginning of the second episode, Zhou Ming, who had finished eating a bag of potato chips, was about to reach out for something to eat.

She glanced slightly at Gu Wei beside her and found that his attention was focused on the TV opposite, and she had some thoughts in her mind.

Instead of getting snacks, he slowly leaned over, crossed one leg on the sofa, and leaned against Gu Wei next to him.

Seeing that Gu Wei didn't respond, she boldly hugged one of his arms, then reached out to eat shrimp crackers from the snack bag in Gu Wei's hand.

Of course, Gu Wei felt something when such a big person was leaning against him. He turned to look at her, and Zhou Ming responded with a sweet smile.

Gu Wei touched her head with his other hand and continued to watch TV without paying much attention.

End of episode two.

Zhou Ming reluctantly let go of Gu Wei's arm, straightened up and stretched out.

"It's getting late, go back and rest.

Although you are about to finish filming, there are still a few final scenes tomorrow."

Zhou Ming hesitated a little, but nodded and said goodbye to Gu Wei with a smile.

"Then I'll come over tomorrow night
Good night~Brother Wei"

"Good night~"

Gu Wei sent Zhou Ming out of the room, looked at her jumping away, and shook his head slightly.

"Sweet Honey Ashes Like Frost", which premiered on August 8, can be said to be a hit. Lychee TV is an exclusive broadcast, and the ratings easily exceeded 2 on the first day of its premiere, becoming the number one TV drama in the same time period.

Later, as the series was broadcast, the ratings gradually increased.

Lychee Terrace finally got a break this time.

In the past, Mango Channel and Blueberry Channel competed for the ratings championship. This time, Lychee Channel, which spent a lot of money to buy the first-round exclusive rights to "Xiangmi", finally experienced the feeling of broadcasting a hit drama.

At the same time, Mango Channel is broadcasting Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong's love story "Sweet Crit", Blueberry Channel is broadcasting Yang Mi and Ruan Jingtian's "Fuyao", Beijing TV is broadcasting the TV series "Partners", and Central Television is broadcasting suspense Crime drama [Execution Sword].

The CSM52 city ratings of these TV series are all below 1, far lower than "Sweet Honey Ashes Like Frost".

On the network side, on the first day when "Xiangmi" was launched, the number of views across the entire network exceeded 12 million in 24 hours and million in hours, breaking the play record of "Story of Yanxi Palace".

One week after its release, the single-day online playback volume of "Sweet Honey as Ashes as Frost" increased to 3 million, and exceeded 8 million for 3 consecutive days, firmly occupying the online daily playback champion.

As of August 8, the cumulative broadcast volume of TV series across the entire network has successfully exceeded the 18 billion mark, reaching 40 billion.

This year's summer season, there are actually quite a few popular TV series that are highly anticipated.

On August 8, after [Xiangmi] was launched.

On the 7th, "Martial Arts" starring Yang Yang and Li Qin and adapted from the popular novel was launched on Dragon TV and Youku Video.

On the 14th, "Tiansheng Changge" starring Ni Ni and Chen Kun was launched at the Golden Eagle Theater on Mango Channel.

On the 20th, the historical costume drama "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" starring Zhou Xun and Huo Jianhua was broadcast on Tengxun Video.

However, these TV series with big IP, big production, and big-name stars are not satisfactory in terms of ratings, online broadcast volume and popularity.

The performance in all aspects is far inferior to the popular [Xiangmi].

It can be said that this summer, there are only one and a half hits in TV dramas, one is "Sweet Honey as Ashes as Frost", and the other half is "Story of Yanxi Palace".

At 19: in the evening, the news broadcast ended, and Zhang Qiaoyun couldn't wait to switch the TV to Lychee Channel.

She is a sophomore student at Beijing University of Science and Technology and is currently at home during the summer vacation.

At the beginning of the year, she fell in love with Yang Zi, who played Tong Nian, because of the movie "Dear Love". When "Xiangmi" was released, she started chasing him as soon as possible and couldn't stop watching it.

I'm at the TV on time every night, waiting to watch those two episodes.

Originally, according to Zhang Qiaoyun's family's living habits, her parents would watch Focus Interview after watching the news broadcast in the evening. Now because she wants to watch a drama, the time after 7: is given to her.

Time flies so fast when I'm immersed in watching a drama. In a short time, today's two episodes were finished.

Zhang Qiaoyun still had some unfinished thoughts and took out his pad to log in to Weibo.

[Xiangmi]’s Weibo Super Chat is very lively. Since the TV series was launched, there have been nearly 1 posts and more than 5 million views.

[I really love Yang Zi. Tong Nian in "Dear Beloved" is very cute, and Jin Mi is the positive and optimistic little sunshine. What a great performance! 】

[Whether it is the storyline or the special effects, it is a great costume fairy tale. The actors’ acting skills are also very good, great! 】

【I'm afraid I'm possessed! It’s so sweet to actually give full marks to the domestic cultivator of immortality. It’s the first time in my life that I’m addicted to the protagonist’s CP! The special effects are also visible to the naked eye for only five yuan. Please update 10 episodes a day. Thank you! 】

[I read this novel several times that year and liked it very much. So far, it has basically restored the original work, and the added details are reasonable and interesting.

The progress is very fast, but it is said that there are a lot of episodes. I hope I can hold on to it in the later stage and not give too much drama to the branch lines]

[I really like Phoenix played by Li Xian. He and Yang Zi are very close to each other, very sweet!
But Zhu Yirong’s Runyu is also very handsome, and he didn’t make the second male lead annoying at all, but rather distressed. What should I do? How should I choose? 】

[Children only make choices, of course adults want them all! Haha, just kidding, of course I choose Yang Zi and Li Xian, after all, Jin Mi and Xu Feng are really sweet! 】

【.】

[Xiangmi] became a big hit, and the most direct thing is that it brought very high popularity to the leading actors Yang Zi and Li Xian, as well as the popular male lead Zhu Yirong.

Yang Zi originally rose to the top of the post-90s generation because of "Dear Love" at the beginning of the year, but now the hit "Sweet Honey Ashes Like Frost" has completely solidified her popularity.

The popular celebrity status was once on par with 85 stars such as Yang Mi and Zhao Liying.

After Li Xian became popular because of "The Legend of Chu Qiao", his popularity also reached a higher level and he was officially promoted to the top male star.

The same goes for Zhu Yirong. One film, "The Soul", brought him from obscurity to fame, but after all, that drama was delayed in revamping, and some of it failed to make it to the stage.

Now, the second male lead Runyu in "Xiangmi" has not only given him a star-studded masterpiece, but also won the love of more audiences. It can be said to be an unexpected surprise.

".I have to treat you this time.
Okay, I'll check the time. I'll let you know when I have time. I'll have some good wine and food ready.
I have to feel your sincerity.”

On the set of "Young You", Gu Wei received a call from Yang Zi during a break in filming. The two chatted for a while. He congratulated the other party on the success of the TV series, and Yang Zi thanked him instead.

"Is this Sister Yang Zi?" Zhou Ming asked from the side after Gu Wei hung up the phone.

"Yes, she and Li Xian are attending a fan meeting organized by Tengxun in Tianjin
He said he would treat me to dinner when he had time."

Zhou Ming looked envious.

"This year is considered a lucky year for Sister Zi. She has two hit TV series in succession. Many female stars in the industry envy her."

After speaking, she looked at Gu Wei opposite.

Zhou Ming knows very well what is the fundamental reason why Yang Zi is so popular now.

"Dear Love" was completely brought up by Gu Wei, and the current film "Sweet Honey Ashes Like Frost" was also produced by "Wei Ming Xia", and Gu Wei originally cast Yang Zi as the starring role.

Therefore, the fact that Yang Zi is so popular now is all due to Gu Wei's support.

'There is only one boss in the entertainment industry who can be so loyal and make friends. It is really popular to be his friend.'

Zhou Ming knew very well the relationship between Gu Wei, Li Xian, Yang Zi, and Zhang Yishan, and also knew what kind of opportunities Gu Wei gave others.

"Yang Zi debuted as a child star. Over the years, he has accumulated good popularity with the audience. In addition, his acting skills are good. He has accumulated a lot of experience and will become famous sooner or later."

Gu Wei said with a smile.

The two TV series "Dear Love" and "Sweet Honey" are Yang Zi's masterpieces. It can be said that Yang Zi also played a big role in the popularity of these two TV series.

Jinmen.

After hanging up the phone with Gu Wei, Yang Zi smiled.

As Zhou Ming said, this year is her lucky year. Two hit TV series in succession gave Yang Zi a taste of fame.

Of course, she also knew in her heart who brought all this to her, and she felt even more grateful to Gu Wei as a friend.
"Why are you standing there? Let's go, the interview is about to begin."

Li Xian came over to greet her.

"I just called Gu Wei. Let's get together again when we have some free time. I have to thank him properly."

Li Xian smiled.

"This is what it should be. I remember when we were preparing to film [Xiangmi], Gu Wei directly cast you as the starring role.

Looking at it now, he probably felt that this drama would be a big hit."

(End of this chapter)