During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 539: Minotaur? Overturned? Variety show starts

As Han Sanping said, the review process for "The Fault in Our Stars" was very quick, and the results came out just after the holiday.

From the time the script is submitted, it only takes about ten working days at most.

Some media outlets received some information from the General Administration and reported it immediately.

"Director Wei Jin's new script, an artistic romance film, The Fault in Our Stars!"

"It is reported that the film tells the story of a man and a woman with cancer who accompany each other, encourage each other, know each other and love each other."

Wow, when this report came out, everyone in the circle went wild.

Love, disease, life, death, all the elements that an art film should have are present, and the theme of the film is optimistic and positive, which is perfect.

The key point is that this is the first literary romance film by Palme d'Or director Wei Jin. Which actor would not have any ideas?

As the news spread, people came one after another to inquire about the matter, even Zhou Xun, who was still abroad, called.

"Old Wei, why don't you give me a chance? I'm the winner of three Golden Globes awards. Art films are my strong suit."

"Mr. Zhou, please don't join in the fun. Come back when you're done. Red Sorghum is waiting for you to start filming."

"Don't worry, I know your speed very well. At most I can just adjust my role, okay? I haven't won any of the top three European trophies yet. If you have any requests, I will listen to the director."

Mr. Zhou's smoky voice was really a little bit frustrating when he acted coquettishly, but Wei Jin was as hard as iron and immediately teased: "I have no interest in you. If you really want to act, how about giving you a supporting role?"

"Humph, who is qualified to be my partner?"

When Zhou Gongzi was halfway through the conversation, he understood instantly, "Is it decided again? Li Zi or Yuan Yuan? Lao Wei, literary romance films cannot be without kissing scenes and passionate scenes. Don't let yourself be wronged. There are many precedents. Let me do it instead."

In fact, many art film directors in the circle like to use their women as the leading female role.

In the film "The Peacock" that year, Gu Changwei praised his lover Zhang Jingchu. There were many passionate and revealing scenes, but unfortunately it was censored in the end.

When "White Deer Plain" was released last year, the audience talked a lot about Tian Xiao'e's passionate scenes, and a lot of green grass grew on Wang Quan'an's bald head.

Of course, the most exaggerated one is Leonardo DiCaprio. The filming of "Revolutionary Road" directly led to the divorce between the director and the leading actress Winslet.

Zhou Xun was afraid that Wei Jin had sacrificed too much for art, and he was also trying to gain something for himself.

Wei Jin laughed and cursed: "Get lost, I don't have the hobbies of Minotaur."

Zhou Xun was a smart man and understood it in just one sentence.

"Lao Wei, you are awesome. I never thought that you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, would become the leading man. But I have to warn you, be careful not to make a mistake, hehe."

It was impossible for the car to fail. Wei Jin had already done a good job of pacifying the harem, but there were really a lot of calls, and they were all from big names.

Fan Bingbing asked in a soft voice on the phone, showing off her charm from time to time; Li Bingbing's agent called Chen Xi directly; even Zhang Ziyi wanted to ask Wei Jin out for tea.

In addition, female artists who have been working in the field of art films for a long time, such as Hao Lei and Zuo Xiaoqing, have expressed their intentions through different channels.

The competition for the male lead was also fierce, with Liu Tianwang, Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao.
Those who are not good-looking should not bother to try to act in art films.

Fortunately, there were not many people who had Wei Jin’s phone number, and most of them contacted Chen Xi directly. After all, the latter was his exclusive producer.

"Boss, I have been receiving calls non-stop from yesterday to today, from the agency, the agent, and the actor himself."

After Chen Xi arrived at the office, he quickly drank a sip of water and then started complaining.

"Is the budget out?"

"Well, according to your requirements, excluding the actors' salaries, the production cost is about 10 million."

When talking about business, Chen Xi seemed a little serious. After returning from North America, she took a break for a while and then started to get busy with this matter.

"Okay, then we can almost launch the project and start the preliminary preparations. But don't be in a hurry, take your time and be more attentive."

Wei Jin gave a rare reminder that most of the time, shooting art films is not easier than shooting commercial blockbusters, and may even be more tiring.

Because art films require more emotion, energy and spirit, especially when Wei Jin needs to perform, the shooting plan really needs to be detailed.

Chen Xi also understood this truth and immediately nodded to assure him.

"Don't worry, boss."

"Okay, go ahead and get busy."

After sending Chen Xi away, Wei Jin sat in the office, concentrating on drawing the storyboard script while also thinking about the actors' roles.

The drama's main focus is on the male and female protagonists, and the other character is the heroine's mother, who has a slightly larger role.

For other roles, Wei Jin plans to invite some powerful big names to guest star this time.

As for the specific personnel, we need to consider it carefully.

After leaving the company, Wei Jin went straight back to his villa in Yanjiao. Da Meiyuan and the child had just returned, and she was feeling a little postpartum anxiety, so he had to spend more time with her.

As soon as he arrived, he saw Da Meiyuan wearing yoga clothes and exercising with sweat all over her face. Wei Jin hurriedly stepped forward and handed her a towel.

"Sister Yuanyuan, you just came out of confinement, don't train too hard."

"I can't control that much."

Da Meiyuan took the towel, wiped the sweat off her face, and gritted her teeth: "Within two months, I must lose weight back to less than 100 pounds."

Wei Jin couldn't help but sigh. Da Meiyuan was irritated, but it was also his fault. When they were making love that night, his hands kept unconsciously pinching the flesh on Da Meiyuan's waist, making Da Meiyuan mistakenly think that he disliked her.

Despite repeated assurances, how can women’s body anxiety be eliminated?
So in the past two days, Da Meiyu has started crazy fitness exercises. If she didn't have to breastfeed the child, Wei Jin estimated that she would have to consider dieting.

Looking at Da Meiyu's crazy look, Wei Jin thought about exercising with her at night. After all, exercise in bed is much healthier.

While Gao Yuanyuan was exercising, Wei Jin asked the confinement nanny to bring his son over.

Suddenly, someone else held him, and the little guy's black eyes rolled around, as if he wanted to see clearly who the "giant" in front of him was.

As the saying goes, babies change every day during the confinement period. Even though the little guy is only one month old, he is already completely different from the wrinkled look when he was just born. You can vaguely tell that his facial features are very delicate.

The size has also grown a lot, from 6 jin when he was born to 6 jin now.

Wei Jin held his son in his arms, sometimes poking his little face with his hands, sometimes touching his lips.

The little guy was in Wei Jin's arms, waving his fists, and his two short legs were fighting wits and courage with the air. He was so adorable.

After dinner, Wei Jin was planning to exercise with Da Meiyuan. His big hands had already reached the peak, but they were unexpectedly slapped away by the beauty.

"Wait a minute!"

Wei Jin was slightly stunned: "What are you waiting for?" "Watching a variety show, there's "Flowers and Youth" tonight."

"No, what are you doing with the computer?"

"Oh, what do you know? Variety shows need to be accompanied by comments."

Da Meiyu ignored Wei Jin's fuss and moved happily with the notebook in her arms. She twisted and turned on the bed and finally found a comfortable position.

"Xiao Jin, you know what, Tudou.com's bullet comment feature is well designed."

"Haha, thanks to Sister Yuanyuan."

Wei Jin gave a bland flattery. He mentioned Da Meiyu's previous complaints to Wang Wei, and this function was launched in just over a week.

To be honest, this idea is not new. Station A has already launched this feature several years ago.

However, because the main active population of Station A is 2D otaku and its market share is not high, the website has a hard time surviving, so the barrage function has not caused any waves in the industry.

Wei Jin had a mild claustrophobia and rarely used this function in his previous life. If Da Meiyuan hadn't reminded him, he might not have remembered it.

However, the barrage function that enables real-time interaction is indeed powerful. Once launched, it has been loved by many netizens.

According to Tudou, since the barrage function was launched in April, the member retention rate and customer acquisition rate in that month have reached historical peaks.

However, this feature was soon copied by other competitors.

There was no other way. Since its listing on NASDAQ, Tudou has had abundant cash flow, a rich library of films and media, and, at Wei Jin's suggestion, purchased a lot of sports broadcasting rights. Today, Tudou's market share is approaching 30%, far ahead of its peers such as Youku and PPTV.

Therefore, Tudou's every move has almost become a weather vane for the industry. In just one month, the barrage function has become a standard feature of video websites.

At this moment, I saw rows of subtitles floating across the computer screen.

“What a cozy feeling”

"Well, I feel like everyone is pretty sensible."

"The atmosphere is so loving. When we are in a strange place, everyone is trying hard to communicate and get along with each other."

"Hu Jing and Shu Chang are so funny"

"Isn't Liu Yifei's contrast too strong? The fairy filter is broken, but I like her more."

"Rou Ba is pretty good too, it's so cute."

"Why does Yang Xue always tease Han Dongjun?"

Da Meiyuan watched it with great interest and interacted with the comments from time to time, which doubled her happiness.

Wei Jin reached out to comb Da Meiyuan's smooth hair and asked casually, "Sister Yuanyuan, do you like watching this?"

"Yes, I watched the first two episodes. The show is pretty good."

"Well, it's really good."

Wei Jin expressed his approval of the evaluation of Da Meiyuan.

This season of "Flowers and Youth" features a relaxed, warm and humorous style.

Although there was no deliberate creation of conflicts, when a group of seven people went to a foreign country to do a show together, there would inevitably be some unexpected situations, which would create highlights.

In addition, each person in the team has a different personality, and when combined together they produce a wonderful chemical reaction, giving the audience a good experience.

Especially the joining of Liu Yifei has brought huge exposure and attention to the program.

Therefore, the program started airing in late April, and the first episode had a high viewership rating of 4%. The second episode set a new record, soaring to 1.57%.

Although the results were not as good as those of several veteran programs, the senior executives of Mango TV were overjoyed because the ratings of the first broadcast directly crushed "Happy Camp".

Moreover, the online discussion index is also particularly high. It is in the top five of Baidu's all-day search index. Many netizens gave it a score of 7.9 on Impression.net, which means a double harvest of ratings and word of mouth.

When the next few episodes are aired, "Flowers and Youth" may have a chance to achieve a ratings exceeding 3 and become another hit variety show.

Several guests who participated in the show this time also became popular. After the first two episodes, their advertising fees and endorsement fees increased significantly.

Of course, Shanhe Media also made a lot of money from this wave.

Because of Liu Yifei's joining, the price signed with Mango TV was not low. The buyout price was 5000 million, with a guaranteed 10% advertising share. Based on 1% of the ratings, it would increase by 0.5% for every 10 increase.

According to conservative estimates, the program's average viewership will not be lower than 2%, which means that Shanhe Media can get 30% of the advertising revenue.

With Mango TV currently earning 15 yuan per 50 seconds, plus opening and closing ads, etc., Shanhe Media can earn tens of millions per episode on average.

After 8 episodes, the amount paid by Mango TV alone was as high as 1.3 million.

If we add in the 3000 million yuan sponsorship fee from Biostime, other miscellaneous product placements, and the 4000 million yuan that Tudou bought out for the online copyright, the total revenue of this variety show is at least over 2.2 million yuan.

Even after deducting the high production costs and part of the publicity expenses, Shanhe Media's net profit this time exceeded 1 million, which is a huge profit.

In view of this, the Variety Department has launched a plan to kill two birds with one stone and is preparing to produce another "Sisters Over Flowers". It is currently in contact with Shanghai TV.

More than an hour later, the show ended. Gao Yuanyuan was still not satisfied and gave it a perfect score on Tudou.com. Then she threw her computer aside and flirted with Wei Jin:
"Xiao Jin, when I lose weight successfully, let's take some time to go traveling?"

Wei Jin paused while holding Daju's hand, "You don't care about your son anymore?"

"Oh, I'm not talking about now."

Da Meiyuan pouted her lips and shook Wei Jin's arm: "Just tell me whether you agree or not?"

Wei Jin thought about his schedule and nodded, "Okay, let's go to the island during the National Day holiday. You and Sister Li haven't been there yet."

Although "Big Shot" will be released on National Day, for Wei Jin it is enough to do a good job of pre-promotion, and the roadshow after the release can be left to the actors, and he does not need to worry too much.

But this good intention actually triggered jealousy.

Da Meiyuan's rosy lips were raised high, "I was talking about that. You've bought the island for several years, but you only know how to take the little girl there. You have no conscience. Sister Li and I gave birth to a child for you in vain."

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Wei Jin was speechless. How come after having a child, his weird abilities improved so much?
But at this time, there was no way to reason with her, so he could only give her a good beating. So Wei Jin immediately turned over and pressed the beauty under him.

"Sister Yuanyuan, I'm going to teach you a lesson tonight."

"Humph, come on, I'm afraid of you."

Gao Yuanyuan thought that her strength had improved after giving birth, but unfortunately she underestimated Wei Jin's strength. In less than two hours, she started calling him daddy.
(End of this chapter)