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Chapter 464: Is Penguin Video going to rely on Lin Xing for retirement?
In fact, it’s not now, but 4 years ago, action movies were no longer popular.

Think about when Lin Xing and Hong Fei recorded "Let's Farm" together four years ago, Hong Fei was almost abandoned by the market.

Even though Hong Fei later became popular again with "Let's Farm", his current films are no longer pure action films.

Because there is no market for this anymore.

Hong Fei was quite optimistic back then. He felt that action movies would definitely have a revival in the future. However, four years later, Hong Fei still hadn't seen the revival of action movies.

Moreover, there are fewer and fewer action movie actors nowadays, and there are not many who can fight well. Even Mr. Chen can't fight anymore at his age, so the audience is getting more and more annoyed.

After all, in Mr. Chan’s movies, people often feel that the money is worth the money just by watching him fight.

But now Chen Sheng can no longer fight, the script is not good, and the filming is getting worse and worse. Think about it, even the Kung Fu Emperor can only waste his popularity by making bad movies, let alone others.

For this reason, Qi Dongqiang now doesn't even dare to hope that there will be a revival in action movies and that he can return to the film industry.

But this does not prevent him from feeling excited about the achievements of "The Imperial Guards".

Regardless of whether Lin Xing did it intentionally or unintentionally, at least Lin Xing has single-handedly raised the record of online movies to a new level.

Now it depends on how much the box office is in 24 hours.

Currently, Penguin Video is still recording statistics.

"The King's Guards" has currently broken many records.

The fastest record of breaking one million was taken in just 30 minutes.

The fastest record of breaking 500 million took only 2 hours.

The fastest record of breaking 1000 million took only 4 and a half hours.

As for the number of moviegoers, it broke the record of the entire site, or it can be said that it broke the upper limit of the number of moviegoers for the entire online movie.

You have to know that 1000 million is only calculated based on the on-demand box office, so the number of moviegoers is almost more than 160 million.

What concept? ?

Judging from the movie box office prices, the first day's box office exceeded 4 million in just and a half hours.

So terrifying.

The most important thing is that just as Lao Mao and Zeng Li from Lin Xing’s fan club said, the word-of-mouth of the short film “The King’s Guards” is also fermenting.

Needless to say, Lin Xing's role as Qi Wei is the most discussed one. As mentioned before, many people nowadays don't like great and glorious heroes because they are not down-to-earth.

Nowadays, people prefer some knights with flaws, or ordinary knights, who also have seven emotions and six desires.

And it just so happens that the character of Qi Wei is exactly like that.

More people are discussing whether Qi Wei is a good person or a bad person?
In this regard, some people said: "Why are the characters or protagonists in TV dramas and movies getting uglier and uglier? Isn't it because people always want the characters to have correct values? In fact, characters are not always black and white, but the good guys in TV dramas nowadays must be ridiculously good, and if the bad guys have a little humanity, then they have incorrect values. It's strange that such TV dramas can be good???"

Many people agree with this view.

"That's true, so I like the character of Qi Wei. Even though he is bad, he is bad in a charming way and not stereotyped."

"Yeah, but I want to ask if Qinglian in this story is considered a gold digger? Or a green tea?"

"It doesn't really count. To put it bluntly, she is a prostitute of the Jiaofang Bureau. She can't even control what kind of customers she accepts. All she can do is to make compromises and live a careful life."

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If a work is to be successful, then first of all the characters must be well-established, and not only the protagonist, but also the supporting characters must be equally exciting.

Take the short film "The Imperial Guards" for example, it has been online for 4 and a half hours, and basically many people have seen it. The most popular lines are from Qi Wei: "You have to pay more" and "This female doctor is very smooth."

Apart from that, there are the lines of Qinglian, a prostitute from the Jiaofangsi.

"Do you believe me when I say I sell my art but not my body?? I just cheat fools to get more money. Can you find a decent woman after visiting brothels?"

This line can still spark discussion.

The most important thing is that this character is better than many current dramas.

You know, whether it's martial arts or ancient costume dramas nowadays, it's very easy to create a heroine who is untainted by the mud.

This heroine definitely has the aura of an oiran or the top prostitute in a brothel, and most of them sell their art but not their bodies, they are very beautiful and talented, and they will be loyal to a man once they fall in love with him, etc.

It's as if the brothels in ancient costume dramas are very formal, and they don't force women of good character into prostitution or even seduce good girls. The heroine even says: "I haven't been broken in yet."

In the past, this was a must for the female protagonist in online novels, and now TV dramas and movies also do this.

The key is that some people believe this.

There have been some short videos before expressing that one would most like to go back to ancient times, become an oiran, and choose a good man.

In short, one really dares to act, and the other really dares to believe it.

It is also because of this that the character of Qinglian from the Jiaofangsi in "The Imperial Guards" feels real to everyone.

There is more discussion among everyone.

However, regarding some people calling Qinglian a gold digger or green tea, many people now say that this is completely different from urban dramas.

You should know that it is no longer popular in urban dramas today for female protagonists to be virgins. Even domineering CEOs have begun to like female protagonists who have had abortions or are in menopause.

So, everyone discussed the topic and ended here.

"Yes, I think this is different from the character in the recently controversial TV series "Ordinary Life". She is really a gold digger, and this TV series is definitely whitewashing gold diggers."

"Fuck, is the person above watching "Ordinary Life"? I'm so drunk. The people in this TV show are either civil servants or senior executives. They drive luxury cars and live in big mansions. And they say this is the ordinary life of ordinary people? Bullshit? And are all the domineering CEOs in TV shows so naive?"

"That's right, with an annual salary of one million and a 150-square-meter house in the capital, but my wife is not satisfied in every way. In the past, the domineering president fell in love with me, then the little boy fell in love with the older sister, and now it has become that the domineering president falls in love with me who is in my 30s but had an abortion. A few days ago, there was a short drama about 'The domineering president falls in love with me who is divorced and menopausal'. I really want to say, what the hell is this? Doesn't the domineering president want anything good?"

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"I think "Ordinary Life" is okay. Have you seen another disgusting drama where the hero was cheated on by the heroine, and the hero gave birth to a black boy, and the heroine also got AIDS, but the hero still stayed with her."

"Yes, I was even more amazed by that drama, but it flopped so it wasn't discussed much. I really want to ask, do these TV dramas really not consider male audiences? Even if a man is a wimp, it can't be like this."

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At present, the relationship between men and women is not only seriously torn apart in reality, but also in major film and television dramas and even variety shows. Just like the "Ordinary Life" that everyone is discussing now, and the latest love variety show "I Just Like You" is also the same, that is a unique double standard.

To sum it up in five words: "Can it be the same?"

It is also because of this that "Ordinary Life" and "I Just Like You" are the most discussed.

But maybe the producers and promoters of these two are still secretly happy.

After all, isn’t the heat rising?
This is why many people are saying that the film and TV drama market is not going to survive in the future? ?
The next day, after a night of fermentation, the discussion of the short film "The King's Guards" was hot on Weibo, Bihu, Bilibili, Weishi, Douban, online forums and other places.

Seventy percent of the discussion was about Lin Xing, and twenty percent was like last night when they were discussing the character of Qinglian but ended up discussing today's gold diggers and green tea girls. It was a completely divergent discussion.

The remaining 1% is a discussion of "The King's Guards" as a whole, especially the excellent production, cool action, tight rhythm, etc. of this short film of less than an hour.

These are basically all within the normal scope of discussion.

In addition, Penguin Video has stopped releasing real-time information about "The King's Guards" since its box office exceeded 10 million yuan.

Everything just waits for the update of the box office data chart at 12 noon.

The industry's attention has also been focused on this.

You know, no one expected that a short film like "The King's Guards" would have such a huge box office success.

6 dollars is still money.

At least for most people, it must be quite difficult to ask them to pay. After all, it depends on whether you deserve it.
Why do many directors often feel good about themselves, but then start to criticize the audience after making a bad movie? ?
Because they think, what's wrong with you guys spending a few dozen bucks to support the movie I made? ?

There are also many celebrities who think that their fans will pay for the products, but in the end there are many who have tens of millions of fans but only make purchases of a few hundred thousand.

Think about when Lin Xing first appeared on the cover of "Fashion Men's Style" magazine. At that time, Lin Xing did not have so many representative works. Even Hao Zhi and Xu Han thought that their sales could crush Lin Xing.

The result was that Lin Xing was far ahead in sales. It was also because of "Fashionable Men's Style" that Lin Xing proved his popularity among the public that he was invited to star in the online drama "Portrait of the Murderer".

Now, more than three years have passed, and Lin Xing's popularity and reputation have naturally risen to a higher level, so even if he only makes a temporary cameo appearance in a short film, many people still want to watch it.

Lin Xing doesn't act in bad movies.

These six words are not just said casually, on the contrary, they are proven by Lin Xing through his works one by one.

Just like Sharp said before that he would not act in bad movies, but how many bad movies has he acted in in the past three years? ? ?

Therefore, the reputation of an actor is important, and passers-by are more often willing to pay for an actor because of the actor's reputation.

Let’s not talk about other people, just talk about Wang Ruoan. Everyone says that he is dedicated to his work, and they all know what kind of person he is. Therefore, tickets for his concerts are hard to get, because everyone knows that his concerts will definitely be exciting.

But it’s hard to say about movies, because he has starred in quite a few bad movies, so his box office appeal in the film market is not so absolute.

Let’s put it this way, if Wang Ruoan’s movies are okay, then based on Wang Ruoan’s popularity among the public, his movie box office may be even higher.

But if Wang Ruoan’s movie is not good, then no matter how popular it is, passers-by will not buy it.

So, as a web drama, a work that is despised by the entire film and television industry, and a work that has achieved such a good result in a market with not many viewers paying attention to it, what can you say? ?

All we can say is that Lin Xing is awesome.

At this moment, any words seem pale, even the haters are thinking about which direction to start from? ?
"After the data network is updated, I think the box office revenue of "The King's Guards" will be at least 3000 million."

"It's hard to say. After all, the growth rate will be slower as time goes by. The reason why the box office of "The King's Men" exploded in the first few hours was due to marketing. After all, many artists helped promote it."

"Nonsense, other than the free movie tickets, what other promotional materials are there for these artists?"

"That's right. Who still watches artist promotions now? The audience will automatically pass up promotions where a bunch of artists are just trying to keep each other warm."

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"I think apart from some artists, most people are willing to watch it just because of Lin Xing. Plus, after watching the six-minute preview of The Imperial Guards, everyone thought it was okay, so they just paid for it."

"Yes, I think Lin Xing generally doesn't act in bad movies. In recent years, Lin Xing has never disappointed anyone."

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More and more people are discussing the box office of "The King's Guards", but in fact, there is no need to discuss why this short film had such a huge box office.

No discussion needed.

Just two words.

Lin Xing.

This is almost beyond discussion. If Lin Xing had not starred in "The King's Guards", it would have been difficult to make even a million at the box office, let alone tens of millions.

If you don’t believe me, just look at the current online movie box office rankings. They are really all flops more than the last.

Not to mention that apart from Lin Xing, where do the box office appeals come from for people like Xie Long, Meng Fei, and Zhang Ming?

This is exactly the situation of online movies nowadays. Some are outdated, and some have cameo appearances by veteran actors. In short, it's a definite bad movie.

It is precisely because of Lin Xing that I can now truly turn stones into gold.

"I'm going to make a blind guess. When the data for 'The King's Men' is updated later, the box office should be 5000 million."

“Probably not. Although the initial push was fierce, you have to know that the market for martial arts films is not that big, and online movies are not like movie box office.

"Yes, the VIP price for online movies is only 6 yuan. Besides, there is no trend of paying for cloud cinemas. Many people are waiting for it to be free."

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If the box office of "The King's Guards" as an online movie is 5000 million, then the number of people who watched it on demand reached at least 800 million, and these were not only members, but also some of them were new members.

In the past two years, the number of VIP members of major video websites has basically reached its peak. The number of VIP members of Penguin has remained at around 1 million in the past two years. In the past two years, there has been a certain increase in new members thanks to "Never Breaking the Line" and "Mining Town".

Speaking of which, both of these TV series are starring Lin Xing.

Now, "The King's Men" has been bought out and broadcast on Penguin Video.

No wonder some people joked before that Penguin Video was relying on Lin Xing for retirement?
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(End of this chapter)