It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Chapter 700: Old woman and young hunk, Youku, Tencent, iQiyi, the melee begins!

Chen Fei knew very well how great the appeal of "traffic" was, but he never imagined that it would be so terrifying!

After finishing the filming of the day's scenes, he just returned to the hotel and turned on his computer to find that there was big news in the domestic entertainment industry again.

Xu Jinglei, who is nicknamed "the eldest princess of Beijing Circle" by the entertainment circle, announced a new project after filming the movie "The Intouchables":

"The romantic film "There Is a Place Only We Know", produced by Flowers in Bloom Films, written by Wang Shuo, and directed and acted by Xu Jinglei, was successfully approved today."

It's just a love movie and it wouldn't have attracted much attention, even if Xu Jinglei directed and acted in it herself.

But what shocked countless people in the industry was that, according to the project content, the protagonist of this movie was actually Wu Yifan, who had just returned from South Korea.

This also means that the young actor who just returned from South Korea will be starring in a movie as the male lead in his first project!

His partner is Xu Jinglei herself.

It is revealed that the two will have multiple kissing scenes and various intense sex scenes in the play.

When Chen Fei saw the subsequent news reports in the media, he soon realized the truth after his initial confusion.

Xu Cairen used to be a socialite in the Beijing circle, and she had "partnered" with countless bigwigs.

And now, relying on the favor of those big guys, she herself has become a big guy in the eyes of others.

As she grew older and less attractive, she always wanted to make up for some of her past regrets, so Wu Yifan naturally became her target.

There were kissing scenes and sex scenes... The plan was so loud that even Chen Fei, who was far away in Hollywood, could hear it clearly.

The rumors had already spread in the circle, such as "old woman with young hunk", "old cow eating young grass", "old tree blooming" and so on.

……

“Big Hero 6 has been pulled from theaters. Perhaps because it is an original anime, the North American box office performance is just average, but there is no problem in making back the investment.

Moreover, online on-demand channels are very popular among children. If nothing unexpected happens, the revenue from other channels should far exceed the box office revenue..."

Listening to Natasha's report call, Chen Fei turned his attention to the domestic cinema market.

As time approaches June, the box office competition for the May period has become increasingly fierce.

As soon as "Big Hero 4752" was released in China, it earned million on the first day, which made many domestic films feel scared.

And "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is also a huge hit. Since its release on the 23rd, its box office has exceeded 4 million yuan so far, directly leading the entire May schedule.

Before this, everyone thought that "You Are the One" would be the most popular in May, but now it seems that it is too early to make this judgment.

These imported science fiction special effects blockbusters are really amazing, and ordinary feature films can't compare to them.

It is worth mentioning that Fan Bingbing also played a cameo role in this movie.

However, when it comes to resources in Hollywood, she is still far behind Li Bingbin. The latter has at least made it to the top three, but she can only play some "scraps" type roles.

So far, Li Bingbin has been very steady in his relationship with Deng Wendi, even more steady than Zhang Ziyi.

It was the movie "Coming Home" that made Zhang Yimou suffer.

After the release of "X-Men: Days of Future Past", the daily box office of "Coming Home" dropped directly from more than 2000 million to 1363 million.

With the release of "Big Hero 500", the daily box office revenue dropped to around million.

In the coming June, there are three super science fiction special effects blockbusters, "Edge of Tomorrow", "Maleficent", and "Transformers 6: Resurgence"...

Just by listening to the names, you can tell how scary these science fiction films are.

A number of domestic film producers have begun to get scared, especially those preparing to release movies in the summer season, which have been made to cry for help.

Originally, everyone thought that most imported films would be released in less important schedules such as August, September and November to compete with each other.

But who would have thought that before June even started, three imported films would suddenly be released!
At this time, many people suddenly began to miss the time when Han Sanping was there.

If it were him, he would definitely throw all these big pieces together and let them kill each other.

But now he has retired, and the new chairman of China Film Group Corporation obviously has his own ideas and ambitions, and is paying no attention to the protests in the industry.

……

On this day, a list from across the ocean suddenly appeared in Chen Fei's mailbox, along with a video conference invitation from Wang Changtian and Gu Yongqiang.

As soon as Chen Fei joined the video conference, he saw that in addition to the three of them, there were seven or eight other people listening in.

"This is the director of Running Man, Yao Yiji. He has previously participated in the production of programs such as China Dream Show and Where Are We Going, Dad? This time he will serve as the chief director of Running Man."

Listening to Gu Yongqiang's introduction, Chen Fei shifted his gaze to the young man who was wearing round-frame glasses and looked very young.

"Hello, Director Chen. My name is Yao Yiji. I'm 26 years old and have extensive experience in variety show production..."

26 years old?
Listening to his introduction, Fade Chen was stunned for a moment. He looks really young!
Although he was quite surprised by Yao Yizhi's age, Chen Fei did not say much because he believed in Gu Yongqiang's ability to select and employ people.

He had also specifically instructed that the opportunity of recording "Running Man" should be used to cultivate Youku's own variety show team.

Young people are definitely easier to train than older ones.

After briefly getting to know the members of the production team, Yao Yiji then began to think about the program and guest list.

"This time, our selection of permanent guests is mainly concentrated in the category of first-line actors and stars. Deng Chao is currently the first choice. He is a person who can have fun and often makes fun of himself, which meets our selection requirements.

Next was Chen He, who had appeared in "Love Apartment". He also had a strong sense of variety shows, and in the initial auditions, he and Deng Chao worked together very well.

Wang Baoqiang has few skills and is honest and simple, which will create a great contrast, and this is also one of the choices..."

Listening to Yao Yizhi's analysis, Chen Fei nodded from time to time to show his approval.

In addition to considering personal connections, the most important factor in selecting artists for reality shows is "suitability."

Especially as an outdoor reality show, it must produce good enough effects. If it is just awkward throughout the whole process, then the show will be completely ruined in a short time.

"Huayi is strongly recommending their artist Li Chen, believing that he fits the character of the original 'Kim Jong Kook', strong and muscular..."

"Li Chen?" Fade Chen suddenly frowned and interrupted, "Is this guy from the Stab Cult?"

Wang Changtian, who was also participating in the video conference, couldn't help but laugh on the spot: "Pfft, you still remember this? Huayi has almost deleted all the topics related to this matter."

"Heh, just because the Internet has no memory doesn't mean I have no memory."

Chen Fei sneered and ordered: "Replace this Li Chen for me. There are many muscular stars in the entertainment industry who are more famous than him."

"Ok."

Yao Yiji picked up the pen and silently put a cross above the word "Li Chen" on the list.

At this time, Gu Yongqiang suddenly said: "Xiangjiang also recommended a lot of people to come here."

"I reiterate that it's not that people from Hong Kong and Taiwan are not off-limits, but those with crooked butts, those who don't speak Mandarin well, and those who act like big shots are not allowed. We only choose the right and suitable ones. Social conventions can be put aside. If anyone is not satisfied, let them come to me. I will endorse this variety show."

This domineering speech made the entire production team excited, and they secretly sighed that they finally followed the right boss. …

In the blink of an eye, the last day of May has arrived quietly.

After much anticipation, the suspenseful crime web drama "Day and Night Chase" starring Pan Yueming and Wan Qian has officially been launched on the Youku app.

For the vast majority of viewers, the term "web drama" is still quite "fresh".

Web drama, also known as online drama, refers to a form of TV drama that is spread and broadcast through the Internet.

Its origin can be traced back to 2000, when the first online drama “Original Colors” appeared in China, which also marked the official birth of online dramas.

Subsequently, with the launch of Youku's "Hip Hop Quartet" and Tudou's "Mr. Lei" online, online dramas began to be professionally operated by the platforms.

In 2010, Tudou invested in and produced the romantic idol drama "Welcome Love". Although the investment scale was small, it indicated the development trend of online dramas.

Soon after, "joke dramas" became the mainstream of the market, such as "Diaosi Nanren" and "Wanwan Expected". These dramas are short and concise, with discontinuous plots, but they are sought after by young netizens because of their down-to-earth plots and actors.

Subsequently, video websites began to increase their investment, and the production level and quality of online dramas gradually began to improve.

In 2014, as major platforms increased their investment in online dramas, especially self-produced dramas, the "first year of self-produced online dramas" has officially arrived.

IQiyi launched "Psychological Crime", with a single episode production cost of 300 million, which was the successor to "Soul Ferry" launched last year and won a large number of fans.

Tencent Video has launched "The Darker Side", which will be launched on June 6 this year.

Youku started with "Day and Night" and it was sandwiched between "Criminal Mind" and "The Darker Side".

The situation is now very clear. These three dramas will officially start competing against each other in this summer season!

Many people in the industry have their eyes on these three dramas, quietly watching their performance and analyzing who will come out on top.

The first season of "Criminal Mind" has been viewed 2.5 million times since its launch, and has received a score of 7.6 on Douban and 8.1 on Maoyan Movie.

Now, its competitor "Day and Night Chase" has officially been launched, and it is unknown how many views it will receive.

At the same time, when "Day and Night" premiered on Youku, "Beauty Like a Painting" starring Dong Bailian was also officially broadcast on Zhejiang Satellite TV.

Surprisingly, Zhejiang Satellite TV announced on the day of the broadcast:

"The series has been edited from 50 episodes to less than 30, and the drastic cuts were mainly due to the Yu Zheng plagiarism controversy. They did not want to get involved in the plagiarism scandal, so they deleted lines and plots that might cause controversy."

Perhaps in order to take advantage of the popularity, "Beauty Like a Painting" was broadcast exactly one hour earlier than "Day and Night".

The final result was that when the TV series was officially broadcast, the ratings soared to 0.606, and the market share was 1.778, ranking third in the same period!

The satellite TV station was overjoyed, but the heroine Dong Jie suffered.

Countless netizens went to her personal Weibo account and started to criticize her mercilessly.

"No way, Dong Bailianhua, do you have to take such an ugly photo? The bangs, the watermelon head, and the cuteness of pretending to be young, I'm almost sick of it."

"She is over 30 and already a mother, but she is still acting like a young girl. It really opens my eyes."

"Haha, I suddenly remembered that when filming this drama, Du Chun said in front of the media that what he was most worried about was being involved in a scandal with Dong Bailianhua. He shouldn't be afraid of that now, right?"

"This drama really made me laugh. The plot was plagiarized in various ways. The male lead was the leader of the stabbing cult, and the female lead cheated on her husband and hooked up with three men in the drama. Oh, it's really weird."

"What is Zhejiang Satellite TV thinking? Take the show off right away. This kind of drama is really disgusting."

As the TV series was broadcast, there was a lot of criticism on the Internet. The topics of "Stabbing Cult" and "Dong Bailianhua" were once again heatedly discussed, which was laughable.

Moreover, mixed in with this was Yu Zheng’s plagiarism incident, which added fuel to the fire and made the criticism even more intense!
However, what is surprising is that the more "Beauty Like a Painting" is criticized, the more praise "Day and Night" receives.

When the first two episodes were released by Youku on the day of the premiere, the number of views began to soar.

Many viewers who watched the first two episodes of the show were so excited that they logged onto the Maoyan platform, gave it extremely high opening ratings, and described their thoughts after watching the show in the comment section.

"I declare that this will be the most amazing drama of the year. The plot structure is very compact, and Pan Yueming plays the role of four people by himself. It's so explosive!"

"The subject matter is very novel. It is not uncommon for one person to play two roles. This has been the case since the 90s. The key is that one is in the daytime and the other is at night, which is very rare. I was nervous the whole time about when the character would be exposed and what to do if it was exposed."

"As an off-topic question, doesn't the protagonist need to sleep? Is this the biggest bug?"

"They are both a couple, but look at Pan Yueming's acting skills, which are simply amazing. And then look at Dong Bailianhua, it's like she's just playing around. A person in his 30s is still pretending to be young, is that interesting?"

"Personally, I feel that this drama is better than "Psychological Crime". Every actor's acting is online, and there are no unreasonable plots. This is already very good."

“I am looking forward to Tencent Video’s “The Darker Side”. The three major video streaming websites have all launched their own web dramas during the summer vacation. I wonder which one will have the last laugh?”

……

With all the praise and good reviews, when the time officially turned to June, Youku couldn't wait to report the playback data of "Day and Night Chase":
"Day and Night Chase exceeded 4 million views in just 2500 hours after its release, and successfully exceeded 5000 million views in half a day, far exceeding all other online dramas of the same period!"

As the number of episodes played was announced, various media outlets immediately took action, and related reports spread across the entire network in just half a day.

"Following "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "Palace Lock Heart Jade", and "Startling by Each Step", Feiyue Films once again launched a high-quality web drama "Day and Night Chase", and the premiere data ushered in a huge explosion!"

"After "Day and Night", there will be "The Journey of Flower", "Red Sorghum", "Nirvana in Fire" and other dramas to follow. Feiyue Film and Television may once again usher in an era of dominating TV dramas!"

"The recording team of the variety show "Running Man" said that the main creative members of the "Day and Night Chase" crew will be included in the first season recording list."

"Playing two roles at the same time, Pan Yueming has once again given the industry a huge surprise since his low period. With this opportunity, he will officially step towards the peak of his acting career!"

"It is reported that Pan Yueming will guest-star in the comedy film "Detective Chinatown" during the upcoming National Day holiday. Let us look forward to his wonderful performance in this film."

"Actress Wan Qian gave us a huge surprise. We look forward to her wonderful performance in the subsequent film "Beijing Meets Seattle: Unbreakable Love Letter."

Just refresh any entertainment news website and you will find that almost all of them have news about "Day and Night".

Youku and Feiyue Films have invested a huge amount of publicity resources in this web drama, just to make it a hit!

Fortunately, the quality of the TV series did not disappoint them.

"In just two days, the number of views and membership recharges have skyrocketed. In a week at most, the data of "Psychological Crime" will be surpassed by us."

On the other end of the phone, Gu Yongqiang could not hide his joy.

The performance of "Day and Night Chase" made him see the broad prospects of self-made online dramas. If he can firmly control the quality and promote the quantity, it will not be difficult to suppress iQiyi and Tencent Video.

Chen Fei did not feel proud of this, but instead became more cautious.

"As long as we keep going down the current path, we will be invincible and try to avoid those operations that harm the audience and induce recharge consumption.

What we want is the number of users. Only if enough users download Youku and watch movies through our platform, our profits will be endless.

Remember, don't dig your own grave!"

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