Chinese Entertainment's Shining Star

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them finally came to an end 70 days after its release.

The Chinese box office finally settled at 3.7 billion, and the North American box office settled at 230 million US dollars. At the same time, the European box office harvested a gratifying harvest of about 280 million euros.

Including the box office in other places, the total global box office reached 1.15 billion US dollars.

This result ranked 20th in the global box office list, and it was also the second highest box office result among the films adapted from Rowling's novels, second only to the final Harry Potter work "Deathly Hallows" with a box office of 1.3 billion.

In terms of word of mouth, the expert score of the Stars Film Review website finally settled at 8.1, and the audience score was settled at 8.0. On the foreign IMBD website, the film also scored 8.0.

For the audience, this movie not only brought everyone the original Rowling magic world, but also shot its own characteristics, and was not overshadowed by the Harry Potter series.

Some film critics also believe that this new series of films by Rowling has achieved remarkable results at the beginning, and may become a classic series like Harry Potter.

Of course, some people feel disappointed. Some people think that the role of Fantastic Beasts is too small, some people think that the story twists are a bit abrupt, and of course some people think that the actors do not match their image, etc.

Some people even think that the movie will definitely not be good because they don’t like a certain actor.

But no matter what, the performance of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is definitely very successful. Rowling called Nie Wei on the night after the movie was taken off the screen on a large scale, and happily shared her joy with Nie Wei.

Although Rowling is a world-renowned writer with a net worth of billions of dollars, when her new work faces the test of the market, she will still become the mentality of a newcomer, and will be uneasy and even unable to sleep all night.

No matter how powerful a writer is, when facing his new work, most of them will be like this.

No writer dares to guarantee that his new work will be welcomed by the market, even JK Rowling.

Fortunately, the result was very good. The box office of 1.15 billion yuan was definitely a brilliant victory. Of course, JK Rowling also persuaded Nie Wei to continue filming the "Fantastic Beasts" series on the phone, but Nie Wei still declined.

"That's a pity. I like working with you very much, because you can restore to the greatest extent what I think and write. I feel like you live in my mind. You know what I want. Even David can't do this."

David Yates, a British director, was the most popular director of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" before Nie Wei accepted this movie. He was also called JK Rowling's exclusive director by the outside world. From "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" to the end of this series, he was the director.

Nie Wei knew that after he clearly gave up the idea of ​​continuing to film this series, JK Rowling would most likely propose a new director, and this director would most likely be David Yates.

As expected, in the next phone call, JK Rowling mentioned this matter to Nie Wei, and Nie Wei naturally agreed to it.

David Yates's salary is not cheap, but Nie Wei would never dare to find an unknown person to shoot this series, and JK Rowling's opinion is also very important, so since she recommended it, Nie Wei naturally wanted to accept it. Of course, he would only sign a contract for one film. As for the next two or more films, it depends on the response after the release of the film he shot.

As the film is released, time is almost coming to New Year's Day.

According to the Gregorian calendar, it will be the beginning of a new year. Of course, for Chinese people, New Year's Day is not a holiday. Some companies don't even give holidays, such as Huayi Group.

Entertainment companies are so abnormal. When ordinary companies are resting, it is actually the busiest time for entertainment companies. The closer to the New Year, the busier it is. Ordinary staff are okay, and the company will still give them holidays, but those artist agents, assistants, costumes, and props are basically busy and almost have no time to rest.

Busy or annoying, but in the end, everyone doesn't hate this feeling of being busy.

Because being busy means being popular, especially for singers. Unlike the traditional New Year, in recent years, major TV stations have gradually introduced the foreign New Year's Eve system. Before this time, it is the busiest time for the entire Chinese music circle.

Alan created a record for Huayi Records. This year, she received invitations from ten TV stations for the New Year's Eve, including the Formosa New Year's Eve and the Red and White Song Festival.

Of course, the former is not considered at all. At the beginning of the century, Formosa was indeed the holy land of Chinese music, and it produced countless praiseworthy singers. At that time, the first music market for Malaysian and Sing Tao singers to venture into must be the music market of Formosa.

But after all these years, the popular singers in Formosa are still those at the beginning of the century. On the contrary, few of the new generation of singers can be remembered. The once praiseworthy Chinese music holy land has long been unworthy of its name, while the music scene in the mainland is developing better and better.

Especially when the pay gap between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger, Taiwan's New Year's Eve party has long lost its appeal. Anyone with a little fame in the mainland is unwilling to go. No one will watch and there is no money. Who would want to go?

On the contrary, many singers from Taiwan go north. Many New Year's Eve parties in the mainland have these big-name singers from Taiwan, while Taiwan's New Year's Eve party is full of second- and third-tier or expired artists.

The Red and White Songs Contest is still very valuable, but Alan has long been tired of participating. She is the only Chinese singer who has participated in the Red and White Songs Contest for four consecutive sessions.

So this time Alan chose to return to China and chose to participate in the New Year's Eve party of Pearl TV.

In the final analysis, this is also a little "compensation" given by Nie Wei to Pearl TV for its concession on variety show advertising fees. Of course, it is also based on Alan's idea, but this girl doesn't really care which station to participate in the New Year's Eve party. It's nothing more than choosing between Shonan TV and Pearl TV.

With Alan joining the New Year's Eve party, the chief director in charge of Pearl TV's New Year's Eve party is extremely happy.

This is just like looking for a heroine for a movie and inviting Zhang Ziyi. Don't worry about how much ratings Alan can bring to this New Year's Eve party. Her fame alone is enough to become the center of the New Year's Eve party of Pearl TV, and the effect it brings is also extraordinary.

You should know that many singers are very selective. It is not enough to just have money. You also need to have a good lineup for the New Year's Eve party, otherwise people will think it is cheap. Now that Alan has clearly joined the Mingzhu New Year's Eve party, three first-line singers who were still hesitating immediately agreed to participate in Mingzhu's New Year's Eve party.

This is the immediate effect of a top singer like Alan joining.

There are only a handful of singers in China who can have such an effect, and Alan is one of the best. Especially this year, she released a new album and her career has reached a new peak again.

For a singer who has debuted for more than ten years, she can once again break through her own achievements. This has also made Alan reach a new peak in her singing career in terms of popularity and fame.

Mingzhu TV was able to invite Alan, which was definitely something that would make you laugh even if you were asleep.

Nie Wei has not received any invitations in recent years. It's not that all major TV stations "dislike" him, but that he has never accepted invitations in recent years, and the TV stations have long been accustomed to it.

Mingzhu TV sent him a few VIP tickets and invited him to watch the New Year's Eve party.

At the same time, Huaxia TV also sent Nie Wei a few tickets for the New Year's Eve party. Speaking of this, Nie Wei had to admit that Huaxia TV was definitely a breath of fresh air among all the TV stations in China.

While all the TV stations were busy organizing New Year's Eve parties, Huaxia TV still held the traditional party as it had done for decades. Of course, this was also related to the special nature of Huaxia TV itself. It was not like those local TV stations that had a hard demand for ratings.

In addition, more than a dozen TV stations across the country, such as Xiangnan TV and Jiangsu and Zhejiang TV, sent tickets to Nie Wei.

If Nie Wei wanted to sell these tickets online, he would get at least tens of thousands of yuan. Of course, Nie Wei was not so bored that he did not give away tickets to the party he was not going to.

After all, they were all VIP tickets. Even if the TV station was willing, it would not be Nie Wei who sat in that position, but a staff member of Huayi. When the camera was turned over, most of the audience sitting in front of the TV would be confused. After all, a strange face sitting among a group of stars would really stand out.

In the end, Nie Wei decided to participate in the New Year's Eve party of Mingzhu TV. The reason was very simple. Not only was he there to support Alan, but this year's Mingzhu New Year's Eve party also featured the performance of HELLO GIRLS where Zhou Duoduo was.

Zhou Jianguo and Su Qing also returned from their trip. Nie Wei happened to bring the two elders and Shu Chang to the scene to cheer for his sister.

"In the Name of the People" was finally finished before the New Year. Shu Chang followed the crew until the last scene. In addition to the male lead, Shu Chang actually had the most scenes in this TV series, because she not only had to play Gao Xiaoqin, but also Gao Xiaofeng, interpreting two roles, a pair of sisters.

At the wrap-up banquet, Liu Lu praised Shu Chang again and again, and even privately expressed his hope to work together again. His attitude was so enthusiastic.

Shu Chang was also very happy that day, and even drank a little too much. In the end, it was Nie Wei who helped her back to the room.

Shu Chang said a lot of things from her heart that night. What Nie Wei remembered most was that Shu Chang kept thanking him, saying that she wanted to return to acting, and that she had chosen such a good script for her, etc.

Shu Chang seemed to have let go of all the pressure in her body at once. Nie Wei coaxed her until the second half of the night, and she fell asleep in his murmuring nagging.

Shu Chang didn't wake up until ten o'clock the next morning. She got up groggy and felt hungry. Before she woke up completely, she knew she went to the refrigerator to find something to eat. Nie Wei, who was sitting next to her, was amused.

Shu Chang drank a bottle of milk and fell on the bed again. This time she didn't sleep too long, and woke up around eleven o'clock.

"Honey, what time is it?" As soon as she woke up, Shu Chang asked Nie Wei who was standing beside her. Nie Wei told her it was eleven o'clock. When she heard the time, Shu Chang subconsciously rubbed her stomach. She was about to say "hungry" in a coquettish way, and then asked Nie Wei to get her food, but when the words came to her lips, she suddenly realized that she didn't seem to be very hungry.

Nie Wei laughed until his stomach hurt. This woman obviously forgot that he had drunk milk when he was half asleep and half awake.

Nie Wei laughed for a long time, and only stopped laughing when Shu Chang was angry and embarrassed, and then pulled Shu Chang out of bed. Hu Ge was going to treat the two of them to lunch at noon.

Hu Ge didn't put the place for the dinner in his own Japanese restaurant, which was too insincere, but directly took Nie Wei and Shu Chang back to his home, so that Nie Wei and his wife experienced the enthusiasm of the people of Mingzhu.

Although he was treated like a "giant panda" and was asked a lot of questions by Hu Ge's parents, it must be said that Hu Ge's parents' cooking was still quite delicious, especially the braised pork, which was very authentic.

Hu Ge invited Nie Wei to this dinner to thank him.

After filming this TV series, Hu Ge felt it was worth it. He felt that this was the best TV series he had taken on in the years since he entered the industry. However, the role was not easy to play, which made him feel very stressed. While eating at the table, he also joked that he lost a lot of hair while filming this drama, and his hairline was about to move up.

But pressure is also the driving force for progress. Hu Ge has not felt this kind of motivation for a long time. Now he finally has this feeling of wanting to improve, just like when he first entered the industry, he felt like a piece of dried sea surface, which would instantly absorb water when it encountered it, that kind of state of being impatient and not wanting to delay for a moment.

This long-lost feeling of feeling that he had improved made Hu Ge very addicted.

Of course, he was more looking forward to what movie Huayi would arrange for him next. No actor could refuse a movie role. For example, many first-line actors in TV dramas even wanted to play a small role in a movie. This is the charm of the big screen.

"Be prepared, and I will arrange it for you after the new year." Nie Wei did not say anything specific, but gave Hu Ge a specific guarantee.

In addition to Hu Ge's matter, Huang Xiaoming's matter must also be put on the agenda.

Huang Xiaoming, who had prepared himself mentally, suddenly received a notice from Nie Wei that he would not film the life drama first, and before filming the life drama, Nie Wei actually prepared an idol drama for him.

When Huang Xiaoming heard the news, he was stunned.

He never thought that Nie Wei would arrange an idol drama for him, which was completely contrary to his original plan.

This was indeed Nie Wei's sudden idea. Mainly when he found that the idol drama did not appear in this time and space, Nie Wei thought that maybe he should write it, and the first actor he thought of was Huang Xiaoming.

Idol dramas are supposed to be the patent of handsome men and beautiful women. In fact, Huang Xiaoming was also a top male idol in China when he was young, but as he grew older, the rationality of fans gradually overwhelmed the impulse of youth, and the attention gradually shifted from face to strength, and stars like Huang Xiaoming were no longer popular.

However, Nie Wei wanted to go the other way. Can't uncles be idols?