Actor: My Entertainment Era

Who is the last superstar in China’s traditional TV media era?

Zhang Yuanjun thought that there were two of them, and one was his wife. This was really not a boast.

Liu Yifei is the only actor of the entire 85 generation who has perfectly hit the domestic TV promotion bonus twice.

One time was from 03 to 05, when TV sets were rolled out in the majority of third- and fourth-tier cities, and the other time was after 08 when home appliances were brought to the countryside.

Bai Xiuzhu - Wang Yuyan - Zhao Ling'er - Xiao Longnv, the four characters almost covered the main movie-watching crowd at that time.

Shi Tangmi and others only received the dividends after 08.

Looking back on Liu Yifei's popularity, it can be said that she is as bright as a superstar.

Another superstar became famous earlier than Liu Yifei and became more popular than Liu Yifei, that is Zhao Yanzi.

I have to admit that the two roles of Xiao Yanzi and Yi Ping gave Zhao Yanzi too much.

To put it bluntly, she can play these two roles for the rest of her life.

Zhao Yanzi's popularity at that time was really overwhelming.

After Zhao Yanzi and Liu Yifei, China’s Internet began to take off, and traditional TV media went into decline.

A large amount of hot money has entered the film and television industry, and the era of television is gone forever.

Liu Yifei's popularity on TV, coupled with a little help from her husband, allowed her to successfully transition to the big screen, making her the most box-office-charging actress in the country.

Zhao Yanzi's transition from television to movies was not smooth, and for a while she was even criticized as a box office poison.

Even, she didn't win the box office.

The success of "Painted Skin" was not her fault.

However, don’t deny her popularity just because of this!

As a big-screen actor, she was not particularly successful, so she transformed again, this time as a director.

I want to make another film and become the director with the greatest say in the film and television industry.

To this end, he also went back to school to study for a master's degree in directing.

This year, she will meet the audience with her graduation work, which is also her directorial debut.

"To our dying youth".

The movie did not back down just because "Iron Man 3" was scheduled to be released on May Day, but if a small-budget production wants to beat Iron Man, the outside world is not optimistic about its performance.

But no one expected that "Youth" would gross 4770 million at the box office on its first day, easily surpassing the 3500 million earned by "囧" and setting a new first-day box office record for 2D Chinese films.

The score of 1 million in three days on the first weekend shocked everyone.

"'Youth' is so popular, 500 million is absolutely no problem! It's sold like crazy, even more powerful than 'Lost in Thailand'." Many theater managers have this feeling.

Film critics say this is because "Little Swallow" has accumulated good popularity for more than ten years and finally converted it into real money in the director's works.

So why didn't her fans support her movies before?

Times have changed, youth films have become more popular, and "To Youth" has done a good job in all aspects of the film.

One of the main movie-watching groups of "To Youth" is college students who are about to graduate.

It's the end of April, I've finished writing my thesis, I've almost found a job, and I'm just waiting to get my diploma. Although I don't have two dollars in my pocket, I still have money to buy a movie ticket.

Of course, those who want to relive their youthful years after graduation are also the audience of this drama.

Sorry, Zhang Yuanjun is not interested in "To Youth". Instead of watching "To Youth", it is better to watch "Chinese Partner".

So, he actually came to the China Film Screening Hall to watch the movie in advance today.

Director Chen Kexin did not come to today's movie screening, but the three leading actors came, as well as several producers.

In fact, today's movie screening is open to the media and film critics, so Zhang Yuanjun is free riding.

But Zhang Yuanjun came to watch the film in advance, which was unexpected by the film crew, the media and film critics present.

"Xiao Ming said I invited you two days ago, but I thought you wouldn't come," said Zhao Haicheng, the producer of "China Partner".

Zhang Yuanjun smiled and said: "There are free movies, free snacks, why don't I come." Mr. Zhao smiled and said: "If you are here for this, then I will look for you every day from now on."

Naturally, it is indispensable to chat with the media and film critics.

"I've been busy preparing for a new play recently."

"How dare we refuse your interview? We're scared to death of you typing on the keyboard."

"Yifei is in the United States and is working on two dramas in a row. She is very busy."

"You're a little fatter than before. You haven't eaten less during this time."

After chatting, Zhang Yuanjun sat down and waited to watch the movie.

"Chinese Partner" can't be considered a bad movie in any case. Zhang Yuanjun is an actor. From a performance perspective, the actors in "Chinese Partner" all performed very well, especially Huang Xiaoming, who wasted his time from "The Wind". It has been 4 years now, and I finally have another good role.

When the subtitles came out, Zhang Yuanjun said to Zhang Xiaobei next to him: "The irony is buried well, Xiao Ming did a good job."

Zhang Xiaobei nodded and agreed with Zhang Yuanjun: "Tong Dawei's performance is slightly lacking, but he has the least role among the three brothers. If he had more screen time, this character would not be so shallow."

After the subtitles were played, the lights in the screening room came on.

This kind of movie viewing party held within the film company is not something you can just leave after watching the movie and eating snacks. The producer will ask you to give your opinions and exchange ideas.

Zhang Yuanjun chatted directly with producer Zhao Haicheng and the three leading actors.

First of all, of course, I have to praise Huang Xiaoming. Zhang Yuanjun went straight to the big move: "The role of Cheng Dongqing is enough to win the best actor."

Although Huang Xiaoming dominated the world with his handsome face in his early years, as an orthodox academic, he was very concerned about other people's evaluation of his acting skills.

In recent years, his acting skills have been questioned, which made him very anxious.

He was very excited now when he heard Zhang Yuanjun's first sentence after watching the film was that he praised his performance for being so good that he could win the Best Actor Award.

"At first I liked Meng Xiaojun, but later I chose Cheng Dongqing." Huang Xiaoming said.

"Thankfully you didn't choose Meng Xiaojun." Deng Chao on the side said, "I didn't like Cheng Dongqing from the beginning and wanted to play Meng Xiaojun."

Zhang Yuanjun continued to praise Huang Xiaoming for giving him confidence: "The soil is really soil, but it is also really good."

Huang Xiaoming smiled even more happily, and Zhao Haicheng intervened at the right time: "It will premiere at that time, can you come?"

"When are you premiering?"

"On the afternoon of the 13th, at Tsinghua University."

"I really don't have time on the 13th," Zhang Yuanjun declined the invitation. "We put on makeup and lined up that day."

"Okay, it's important that you rehearse."

Zhang Yuanjun then went over to save his face: "If there is any material on Weibo that you would like me to forward, just ask."

If non-creative artists repost promotional materials, unless they have particularly good personal connections and repost voluntarily, there is usually a charge.

Zhang Yuanjun charges six figures for a promotional Weibo post, and it doesn’t start with 1, and he doesn’t post everything.

It's great that Zhang Yuanjun can sell "Partners", so of course Zhao Haicheng will continue: "I'll trouble you then."

"If the film is good, it should be seen by more audiences." After saying this, Zhang Yuanjun smiled, looked at Huang Xiaoming and said, "But in the future, if there are good characters like Cheng Dongqing, they can come to me."

Huang Xiaoming also laughed: "Ask the director to change the actors' subtitles."

Everyone laughed.

Zhang Yuanjun suddenly remembered something and asked Zhao Haicheng: "Mr. Zhao, who was the young actor who played Meng Xiaojun's wife when she was a child in the movie just now?"

"My name is Zhao Zimu, what's wrong?" There were not many young actors in "Partners", and Zhao Haicheng remembered it clearly.

"Yifei is short of a young actor of this age. I think that girl is pretty good."

"That's easy to talk about. I'll ask someone to contact you and bring him over to see you." This doesn't matter.

After the post-screening exchange ended, Zhang Yuanjun went home without saying anything. (End of chapter)