Chapter 182: Every David TV is going crazy, 40 million yuan!
The results of the first week of the TV series "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" came out quickly. Within two days of broadcasting, it directly topped the ratings list on both networks and set a new weekly TV series ratings record.
Even the number of discussions on the Weibo topic #花千古# reached an astonishing 6 billion on the third day.
When this data was originally exposed, some netizens who had not watched the TV series said it was too exaggerated and judged it to be fake at a glance. They simply did not believe that this TV series would have such an exaggerated influence.
But the next day.
A piece of news accidentally appeared on the hot search. The content of the news is as follows: When a wanted criminal who stole a car was evading arrest by the police, he took his ID card to an Internet cafe to chase him because "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" was broadcast that night.
Afterwards, the suspect confessed, "He knew he was wanted by the police, but he couldn't help but want to watch the follow-up development of the plot of "Flower Thousand Bones", so he went to the Internet cafe to catch up on the drama with a sense of luck.
, but unexpectedly, he was not arrested."
This news has been trending on Weibo, and it can be said that it has completely pushed the discussion of "Flower Thousand Bones" to a climax.
Audiences who have watched the drama "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" can say that they can relate to the thoughts of the criminal suspect.
Even because the next episode cannot be watched until next week, many viewers left comments directly on the official blog of Mango Channel, asking Mango Channel to change the weekly broadcast to daily broadcast, otherwise they will give Mango Channel bad reviews.
The result was no surprise: all these comments ended up being ignored, and no official from Mango Channel responded.
And for those netizens who have not watched the drama "A Thousand Bones of Flowers", they must not be able to hold back after seeing that this drama has such a high-profile discussion.
After all, people are social animals. When I saw my friends and colleagues around me discussing the topic of "A Thousand Bones" all day long, I couldn't get in the conversation because I hadn't watched the show. In the end, I had no choice but to watch the replays.
Make up for the drama "Flower Thousand Bones".
In this situation of nationwide discussion, it is no surprise that topics related to the drama "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" will dominate Weibo's hot search list for a long time.
As the premiere of "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" became a hit, and even became popular out of the entertainment industry, other local satellite TV stations began to feel restless, especially local TV stations in Zhejiang and Jiangsu that had a certain audience base.
In the past, local satellite TV could still maintain ratings by rotating classic dramas such as "Bright Sword", "Huan Zhugege", and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". However, since 2014, several online video platforms have developed, and local
The ratings of satellite TV have also dropped again and again.
The audience is not stupid. If they want to watch these classic and old dramas to kill time, wouldn't they use their mobile phones to watch them on online video platforms? How could they stay in front of the TV as before?
Therefore, local satellite TV has also reduced the rotation of these classic and old dramas, and turned its attention to variety shows that are lower-cost but easier to obtain ratings, such as "Running Man", "Extreme Challenge", "Happy"
"Comedian" and other high-rating variety shows were born at this time.
However, facts have proven that the strategies of these local satellite TVs were not wrong. Their ratings suddenly increased a lot. In some periods, Zhejiang Satellite TV's ratings even surpassed the old powerhouse Mango Channel.
However, the good times did not last long. With the emergence of the TV series "A Thousand Bones of Flowers", Mango Channel's ratings returned to its peak, and it regained the throne of local satellite TV ratings champion with a crushing attitude.
How can this not make Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other satellite TV stations that have just started to feel anxious?
Of course, in addition to these local satellite TV stations, even online video platforms such as iQiyi and Youku have suddenly turned their attention to the popular TV series "A Thousand Bones of Flowers".
Although they are jealous of the amazing results achieved by the TV series "A Thousand Bones of Flowers", these employers are not fools. They did not immediately follow suit and set up projects and invest a lot of money in filming TV series after "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" became popular.
Analyze it carefully.
Why is the drama "A Thousand Bones" so popular, and can they replicate the amazing results of "A Thousand Bones"?
After discussions among their respective internal staff, they finally concluded several reasons why "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" can be successful.
First of all, it is because the costume fairy tale dramas have always been popular with the common people in the market and have a broad mass base. Even though the reputation of the TV series is not as good as that of "Remaining Crime", due to its characteristics of being suitable for all ages, the ratings are higher than those of the time.
"Remaining Sin" is even more exaggerated!
Secondly, the plot rhythm of "Flower Thousand Bones" is more compact than that of previous TV series. It lacks many foreshadowing stories and focuses on describing the relationship between characters. This is why viewers who have watched this drama are
While looking forward to the following story, in the final analysis, the audience still wants to see the final result of Bai Zihua and Hua Qiangu falling in love and killing each other.
Although the last point is somewhat controversial, it is undeniable that Lin Yuan played a very important factor in making the drama "A Thousand Bones" a hit.
You must know that when the crew of "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" did not announce Lin Yuan's appearance in this TV series at the beginning, although it was on the hot search list, it quickly fell off the list. In the end, Lin Yuan was listed as a guest along with other leading actors.
On the stage of "Happy Camp", "Flower Thousand Bones" suddenly returned to the audience's field of vision.
In addition, this is Lin Yuan's first time starring in such a costumed fairy tale drama, which also attracted the attention of many netizens.
After analyzing the reasons why "Flower Bones" achieved such results, local satellite TV and online video platforms quickly took action and decided to film new TV series to win back the ratings.
Unfortunately, Lin Yuan was directly involved in this battle for ratings!
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On the seventh day of the broadcast of "Flower Thousand Bones".
So far, Lin Yuan has received no less than twenty calls from major TV stations and online video platforms such as iQiyi and Youku.
After listening to the other party's self-introduction, Lin Yuan could guess the purpose of their call without even saying anything else.
Without exception, they all wanted Lin Yuan to star in the lead role in a TV series.
iQiyi, Zhejiang Satellite TV, and Mango Channel will not explain it. They all have a cooperative relationship with Lin Yuan, such as "Remaining Crime", "Extreme Challenge", and "A Thousand Bones of Flowers". Everyone can see the results.
In addition, with the popularity of the TV series "Flower Thousand Bones", Lin Yuan's popularity quickly reached the TOP1 position in Baidu's hot search star index. Naturally, the two major TV stations and iQiyi also wanted to follow Lin Yuan's "
Let’s continue our relationship”.
As for other satellite TV stations, although they have not cooperated with Lin Yuan before, the results of Lin Yuan's works can be found online.
Businessmen are chasing profits, and everyone is not a fool. They can find other traffic stars to cooperate, but the problem is that other traffic stars can't even produce one or two successful works. They also spend such a big price, why not find Lin Yuan first?
What about this kind of guaranteed strength?
What the major TV stations didn't expect was that Lin Yuan rejected them all.
It's not because the script they gave me is not good. On the contrary, with the drama "A Thousand Bones" as an example, major TV stations also strictly control the scripts of the TV series they will film next.
Whether it is "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" prepared by Jiangsu Satellite TV, "Story of Yanxi Palace" prepared by Zhejiang Satellite TV, or "The Legend of Chu Qiao" which is about to be filmed by Mango Channel, they are all high-quality scripts in the same type of TV series. If Lin
If Yuan is willing to appear, the ratings will definitely not be low.
The reason why he rejected major TV stations is because Lin Yuan has no plans to make a TV series at all.
It usually takes four or five months to shoot a TV series. If you are unlucky, it may not be completed in seven or eight months. I haven't even made tens of billions in box office yet, so how can I spend time on filming a TV series?
Considering this, Lin Yuan didn't even think twice and directly rejected the good intentions of all the David TV stations equally.
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I was about to mute the ringtone on my cell phone and wanted to take a nap to rest.
Before Lin Yuan could take action, his cell phone rang.
But this time the call wasn't from one of the major TV stations, but from his manager, Ning Luoxia.
After seeing the name on the caller ID, Lin Yuan answered the call directly.
As the call was connected, Sister Xia's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Lin Yuan, are you free this afternoon?"
You don't need to think about it to know that you must be looking for him for something.
"When you have time, if Sister Xia has anything to do, just tell her."
After hearing Lin Yuan's answer, Sister Xia did not beat around the bush and said straight to the point: "That's right, there are many directors who want to make movies with you these days. I asked them to leave the script. If you are free, come and take a look.
Do you have a favorite script?"
Lin Yuan doesn't find it strange at all that other directors ask him to make movies.
With the popularity of "Flower Thousand Bones", Lin Yuan's popularity in China can be said to be ridiculously high. At least during this period of time, Lin Yuan's popularity can be said to be ranked among the top three stars, and even...
In terms of the attention paid to online discussions, it is not an exaggeration to say that Lin Yuan is the most popular actor now.
Under such circumstances, other directors naturally set their sights on Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan himself has acting skills and a certain fan base, and his previous works have still maintained a good reputation. If they can let Lin Yuan star in their own movies now, they only need a little publicity, and their movies will be able to get a lot of
The audience's attention.
This is not just as simple as saving a certain amount of publicity fees, the most important thing is that it directly raises the audience's expectations. Once the audience's curiosity is hooked, when the movie is released, are you afraid that they will not
Are you willing to pay for a movie ticket?
So in just a few days, a total of twenty or thirty directors contacted his agent Ning Luoxia and asked about Lin Yuan's schedule. If Lin Yuan's schedule conflicts, they are even willing to wait until Lin Yuan's schedule conflicts.
Lin Yuan will start filming the movie when he has time during his schedule.
Ning Luoxia didn't mention Lin Yuan's decision, she just asked Lin Yuan about the basic situation of these movies, and then left the script.
Lin Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that a director was looking for him to make a movie.
As long as you don't ask him to make a TV series, everything is easy to talk about. It doesn't take much time to pick out one or two scripts.
Thinking of this, he immediately agreed: "Okay, then I'll come over now."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Yuan simply packed up, put on a mask and hat, left the apartment, and walked towards the company.
Within a few minutes, he swiped his card and entered the company. At first, he was worried about whether he would be recognized by other artists in the company, but when he got closer, he discovered that the artists in the company were discussing the plot of "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" and didn't pay attention at all.
Lin Yuangang, who plays Bai Zihua, passed by in the corridor.
After entering Sister Xia's office, Lin Yuan found that he was becoming more and more skilled in the habit of locking the door.
Sister Xia didn't care at all about his habit. She just glanced at it and confirmed that it was Lin Yuan who came in, and then put down what she was doing.
Sister Xia opened the drawer and handed the movie script that had been screened once into Lin Yuan's hand: "Here are the scripts that have been screened according to your last standard. Can you see if there is anything suitable?"
I have to say that Sister Xia is very responsible as an agent. Every time there are too many scripts, she will help Lin Yuan screen them in advance, which saves him a lot of time.
Lin Yuan took the script and read it carefully.
There were quite a few directors originally approached, but according to Lin Yuan's previous standards, after screening, only three scripts were left, namely "Legend of the Demon Cat", "Bomb Disposal Expert" and "Sky Hunter".
What makes Lin Yuan more satisfied is the scripts of the first two movies.
"Legend of the Demon Cat" is directed by Chen Kaige. The quality of a movie by such a great director is basically not too bad.
Although movies like "The Bomb Disposer" are niche, if the main theme of the movie is full of emotion, it will easily attract audiences to watch it in the cinema.
Both movies have their own merits, and Lin Yuan was really hard to choose for a while.
Just when Lin Yuan was worrying about which movie to choose, a call from the front desk suddenly came to Sister Xia's office.
Sister Xia glanced at Lin Yuan, then picked up the phone: "Hey, what's the matter?"
The company employee at the front desk replied: "Sister Xia, Director Tian Yusheng said that he has something to do with you."
Director Tian Yusheng?
Ning Luoxia couldn't help but be a little curious when she heard the name. Director Tian Yusheng had approached him before and said he wanted to cast Lin Yuan in a movie. However, the movie only had an A-list star and obviously did not meet Lin Yuan's standards, so Xia
My sister also rejected him tactfully and directly. Unexpectedly, director Tian Yusheng actually came to him again.
But a big director came here in person, so she couldn't let the front desk kick people away.
As a result, Sister Xia quickly replied: "Bring director Tian Yusheng here."
With that said, Sister Xia hung up the phone, looked at Lin Yuan's eyes on her, and added an explanation: "It's director Tian Yusheng, asking you to make a movie."
Lin Yuan was no stranger to Tian Yusheng.
When I first debuted, I didn't take on many movies. One of them was "The Ex" with director Tian Yusheng, and the box office was pretty good at the time. Later, I also asked him to shoot "The Ex 2", but at that time he
I was busy making other movies, so I refused outright.
Lin Yuan couldn't help but mumble: I don't know what movie Director Tian is planning to make with him this time.
Just at this time.
There was a knock on the office door. Sister Xia stood up and unlocked the door, welcoming Tian Yusheng who suddenly arrived: "Hello, Director Tian, come in and talk about anything."
After Tian Yusheng walked in, he closed the door again.
Lin Yuan also stood up to say hello and said, "Director Tian, long time no see."
Tian Yusheng smiled, shook hands with Lin Yuan and greeted Lin Yuan warmly, as if he was not surprised at all that Lin Yuan was in the company.
After sitting down and having a few polite words with Lin Yuan, Tian Yusheng directly explained the purpose of his visit: "Lin Yuan, I have a script in my hand. You must read it."
Obviously, he came here for Lin Yuan, and he seemed determined to win.
After hearing this, Lin Yuan nodded and took the script handed over by director Tian Yusheng. Reading the script wouldn't waste much time anyway. If it wasn't suitable, he could just refuse it. He couldn't just let him go home.
After opening the script, the words "Predecessor Strategy 3" directly came into view.
Originally, Lin Yuan thought that director Tian Yusheng would give up this IP after "The Ex 2" failed at the box office. Unexpectedly, a year later, Director Tian would make a comeback with "The Ex 3".
In fact, Tian Yusheng had no choice.
After the success of "The Ex-Raiders", he ambitiously wrote the second script. Due to Lin Yuan's schedule conflict, he found Zheng Kai to play the male lead. He thought he could continue the glory of the previous film, but in the end, he was trapped in the box office.
Coming to self-doubt.
Fortunately, he finally got over the failure and decided to return to his old ways in "The Ex 1". No matter what, he had to let the two original cast members Han Geng and Lin Yuan return to "The Ex 3".
He has already contacted Han Geng, and now everything is ready, except for Lin Yuan.
So after Sister Xia declined him politely, he did not leave, but stayed directly at a hotel near Xitian Media Company. Not long after Lin Yuan entered the company, he received the news and hurried over.
Seeing that Lin Yuan was about to go through the script quickly, Tian Yusheng also looked at Lin Yuan with expectant eyes and said: "Lin Yuan, what do you think of this script?"
"Not bad, I feel like there should be a market for it."
Lin Yuan nodded, at least this script is much better than the plot of "Predecessor 1".
As for some minor issues, they don't matter. The box office will definitely be higher than the previous two games, but Lin Yuan doesn't know exactly how high it will reach. After all, he can't represent the taste of the audience.
Seeing that Lin Yuan was quite satisfied with the script, Tian Yusheng struck while the iron was hot and showed his sincerity directly: "Lin Yuan, if you are willing to star in this movie, I can increase your salary to 40 million!"
If it were anyone else, Tian Yusheng would only be offered a salary of 20 million at most. Even Han Geng, who had the most roles, would only be offered a salary of 23 million.
Giving Lin Yuan a salary of 40 million yuan is partly because of Lin Yuan's current traffic, and secondly because he believes in Lin Yuan's box office appeal. If Lin Yuan plays the role, he can earn at least 100 million more at the box office. Besides, anyway, he "
The movie "Exes 3" only stars two big names, Lin Yuan and Han Geng, and the heroine didn't pay much for the film.
In this case, he can discuss it carefully with the investors. Even if he gets an extra 20 million yuan in salary, it will be a sure-profit deal.
Just after director Tian Yusheng offered his salary, Lin Yuan originally wanted to refuse, but now, he was a little unsure.
The scripts of "Legend of the Demon Cat" and "The Bomb Disposal Expert" are good, but in Lin Yuan's opinion, the box office will be one or two hundred million higher than that of "The Ex 3", and may even be lower than the box office of "The Ex 3".
No one can say for sure about this.
But the 40 million yuan salary offered by director Tian Yusheng is a real benefit.
Besides, judging from the casts of the two movies "Legend of the Demon Cat" and "The Bomb Disposal Expert", it was impossible for him to pick up any attributes from those actors, which further reduced the importance of the two movies in Lin Yuan's heart.
weight.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Yuan gave his answer: "Director Tian, since you have shown your sincerity, it would not be good for me to refuse, so I wish us a happy cooperation."
As Lin Yuan's voice sounded, the stone in Director Tian Yusheng's heart finally fell.
It can be said that he is now counting on the movie "Ex 3" to make a comeback. If the box office fails due to casting reasons, he will definitely regret it until he grows old. Now that Lin Yuan has agreed, the box office guarantee is 2
100 million. In this case, as long as the scene he wants is presented to the audience during the filming process, the box office will definitely be a hit!
Tian Yusheng shook hands with Lin Yuan excitedly. He seemed to remember something and said quickly: "Then it's settled. I'll tell the management right now and get the contract directly."
With that said, Tian Yusheng directly pushed the script into Lin Yuan's hand, said goodbye, and hurried out of the office.
He now has to quickly explain the pros and cons to the investors. With Lin Yuan starring, I believe the capital will definitely be willing to invest more. But if the capital is still unmoved in the end, even if he borrows money, he will still have to borrow money from Lin Yuan.
Use the extra 20 million in salary.
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In the office.
Lin Yuan put the scripts of "The Legend of the Demon Cat", "Bomb Disposal Expert" and "Sky Hunter" on the table, turned his eyes to Sister Xia, and said: "Sister Xia, please tell these directors
Soon, I’ve received the movie.”
Sister Xia nodded and replied simply: "Okay!"
She was not surprised at all by Lin Yuan's choice. If she had been asked to choose, she would definitely have let Lin Yuan film "The Ex 3" directed by Tian Yusheng.
The box office is indeed important, but if an actor without box office appeal takes care of the situation, no one knows how much box office the movie will earn. On the contrary, the salary is something that can be obtained in real terms.
After chatting in the office for a while about the upcoming arrangements, Lin Yuan looked at the time and asked, "Sister Xia, is there anything else? If not, I will sit down for a while and go back."
"Why are you so anxious? We haven't finished talking yet." Sister Xia rolled her eyes at Lin Yuan and said angrily: "There is one more thing I want to ask you. If you have a good book, are you willing to make a movie?"
Lin Yuan was confused by what he said and didn't react for a while.
Without thinking, he refused: "I have already decided to make two movies, so how can I still have time to make other movies?"
Seeing Lin Yuan's confused look, Sister Xia knew that Lin Yuan must have misunderstood.
So he quickly explained: "I'm not asking you to just be an actor and make a movie like this. Are you interested in directing and acting in a movie yourself?"
Only then did Lin Yuan react.
Directing and starring in a movie?
This made him think of Wang Baoqiang, Huang Bo and others. They had done well in filming before, but later they began to want to direct and star in a movie.
However, he had actually considered this idea before, but due to insufficient funds, he gave up the idea.
"Sister Xia, with my little savings, if I really want to make a movie, I'm afraid I have to go to Japan to film it." After teasing, Lin Yuan also asked: "Sister Xia, how did you think of asking me this?"
Sister Xia replied seriously: "An investor came to me and said that they would provide a book and investment, and asked you if you would like to direct and star in a movie. It took a lot of effort for you to come to the company. I must ask you in person."
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Generally, most famous actors will later direct and star in one or two movies. First, they want to prove themselves, but more importantly, they have capital behind them and are willing to invest.
Many movies have ordinary scripts, but because of the gimmick of top actors directing and acting, many viewers are willing to spend money to buy movie tickets to support them. Because of this, popular actors directing
The box office of the first movie he starred in was not too low.
Lin Yuan is currently very popular and has maintained a good reputation online. If he now lets out word that he has directed and acted in a film, there will definitely be a large number of viewers willing to pay for movie tickets to see it.
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Lin Yuan quickly saw the essence of the matter, but he still wanted to agree.
The reason is simple.
When I was making a movie before, I picked up so many attributes on the set. His understanding of scripts and roles can be said to be at the ceiling level. In addition, he has worked with so many powerful actors, and he is very good at casting.
I also have a deep understanding of this area.
In other words, he can definitely figure out whether there is a market for a movie.
If the script is suitable and the cast is found, the film will definitely not be a hit. As for how much money it can make, it depends on whether the film meets the taste of the general audience.
But he only has this idea temporarily.
I still have so many things on my hands. After finishing the things on hand, it would be a good choice to take some time to try to direct and star in a movie later.
Thinking of this, Lin Yuan also replied to Sister Xia: "Sister Xia, I have to think about this matter and I will give you an answer later."
Sister Xia also knows that such an important matter must be carefully considered.
If Lin Yuan agreed directly, she would definitely persuade him to think about it again.
After having a serious chat with Sister Xia, Lin Yuan did not stay at the company. He returned to the apartment early, sorted out his future arrangements, and decided to talk to Huang Bo or Wang Baoqiang tomorrow about directing and acting.