With the arrival of March, this means that the Spring Festival period is coming to an end, and the box office of movies released during the Spring Festival period such as "The Great Wall", "Journey to the West - Part 3", "Kung Fu Panda", etc. have also been announced one after another.
It has to be said that the consumption power of the domestic film market is still very scary.
Even though the movie "Mermaid" alone took over 40% of the total box office during the Spring Festival, there were still three movies that grossed over 1 billion in box office.
Logically speaking, winning a box office of one billion should be something worth celebrating, but until the Spring Festival has passed, it is difficult to find news online about other film crews celebrating the one billion box office.
It's not that the crews of these movies didn't celebrate, but the results of the movie "Mermaid" were really explosive. While other movies were still striving for a box office of one billion or two billion, "Mermaid" was released for a total of 47
Day, it made a total of 3.4 billion in domestic box office!
With this amazing result, the box office of other movies exceeded 1 billion, which is not something worthy of attention at all. So much so that the Internet is full of news about "Mermaid" winning the box office championship during the Spring Festival.
Just after the total box office results of the movie "Mermaid" were released, Lin Yuan suddenly surpassed strong competitors such as Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang, with a cumulative box office of 8.16 billion yuan, and became the actor with the highest cumulative box office in China.
Lin Yuan had just finished filming today's scene. He was following the props team and talking about things to pay attention to during the set of tomorrow's two scenes. As he was talking, the phone in his pocket started vibrating.
Originally, Lin Yuan was not going to answer the phone, but after seeing the word "Deng Chao" on the caller ID, he stopped talking to the staff of the props team and answered the phone.
"Hey, Brother Chao, why did you think of calling me?" Lin Yuan took the lead in saying hello and asked Deng Chao why he was calling.
Then I heard Deng Chao's joyful voice coming from the other end of the phone: "Are you still pretending to be like me? You are the number one actor in the country in terms of cumulative box office. You can do it. Another starring movie will be released soon."
It has won tens of billions at the box office!”
After hearing this, Lin Yuan was still a little puzzled: "The cumulative box office in China ranks first? Isn't that Brother Bo?"
He has been busy with the crew these days. He only went online to help promote the upcoming "In the Name of the People". He really doesn't have time to pay attention to the cumulative box office rankings of domestic actors.
However, this is understandable. The total box office of "Mermaid" was announced last night, and the cumulative box office ranking of domestic actors was updated after the box office of "Mermaid" was announced, which was only updated in the early hours of this morning. Lin Yuan got up in the morning
After that, I was busy worrying about the crew's affairs, and I didn't have time to surf the Internet or browse Weibo.
Deng Chao smiled and joked: "Now there is only Brother Yuan, there is no Brother Bo."
"No, Brother Chao, please stop making fun of me." Lin Yuan quickly said modestly.
The entertainment industry is a place where seniority is very serious, and as the literal meaning of the word means, seniority must be ranked before seniority. With Lin Yuan's current performance, he must have crazy capital, but Lin Yuan has no idea at all.
I have not forgotten that my ability to reach this point is inseparable from the help of Deng Chao, Huang Bo, Zou Long... these people.
"Okay, okay, I'm just going to make a phone call to congratulate you. After you finish filming your movie, we will have a good time together when we return to Shanghai."
"Sure, I'll call Brother Chao when the time comes."
Previously, "I'm Not the God of Medicine" held a launch press conference. Naturally, Deng Chao knew that Lin Yuan was filming a movie, so he called during dinner time and briefly congratulated his brother on his achievements.
He didn't say anything more.
Lin Yuan had just hung up the phone with Deng Chao. Before he could finish talking about tomorrow's set, his cell phone rang again. Other friends in the industry called him one after another, all for one thing, and that was to congratulate Lin Yuan.
The "Mermaid" starring him set a record at the box office in Chinese film history.
For example, "The Secret of the Dragon" had a box office of over 2 billion, which was still expected by everyone.
After all, both from the perspective of the cast and the adaptation of the IP masterpiece "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", it is worthy of the 2 billion box office.
What about the movie "Mermaid"? In addition to Lin Yuan, the cast also includes Luo Zhixiang, a first-line star. No matter how you look at it, the box office of this movie will be difficult to surpass Xingye's previous film "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons"
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However, the final result was a slap in the face. The movie "Mermaid" not only directly broke the box office record, but also raised the threshold of the box office record to 3 billion.
If nothing else goes wrong, this year's box office champion will probably be held by the movie "Mermaid" for a whole year.
In the face of such terrifying box office results, Lin Yuan's box office appeal has once again been recognized. If there were a questionnaire survey asking celebrities in the circle who the actor they most want to work with now, there is no doubt that Lin Yuan would definitely be the one.
Ranked in the top three positions!
After returning to the hotel, Lin Yuan first checked to see if there was any news in the entertainment industry today.
After browsing around Weibo, I discovered that almost half of the topics were around the movie "Mermaid". In addition, many netizens were discussing the "Ten Billion Box Office" issue.
After seeing the topic of "10 billion box office", Lin Yuan couldn't help but think about it in his mind.
His cumulative box office now has reached 8 billion, which is a full billion more than the second-placed Huang Bo. Judging from the box office results, he is indeed the most likely to be the first to win the "10 billion box office"
actor, but Huang Bo still has two movies that have not been released this year. On the other hand, Lin Yuan, "Kung Fu Yoga" has already been scheduled for next year's Spring Festival, leaving only "The Ex 3" that may be released this year.
In other words, as long as the box office of Huang Bo's two movies exceeds 3 billion, it is very likely that he will surpass Lin Yuan and be the first to win the honor of winning 10 billion box office. What's more, this year has just begun. What if any movie wins the fourth place?
With a box office of 5 billion, wouldn’t it just be a roundabout way to overtake?
He is now just one step away from tens of billions in box office. The more times like this, the more he cannot relax.
After watching the discussion about the 10 billion box office for a while, Lin Yuan also casually forwarded the Weibo update posted by the official blog of "Mermaid" today to celebrate the 3.4 billion box office breakthrough.
Not long after he forwarded it on Weibo, Sister Xia called him.
Unlike her friends in the industry, Sister Xia did not come specifically to congratulate him on such a high box office, but she had a very serious matter to discuss with Lin Yuan.
"Lin Yuan, are you not filming right now?" Sister Xia asked tentatively.
She saw Lin Yuan forwarding the news on the official blog of "Mermaid" and estimated that Lin Yuan should be free now, so she called. Normally, unless there was something urgent, she would not choose to communicate on the phone.
Lin Yuan read the script again and again and said, "No, what can I do for Sister Xia?"
Since this matter is not only closely related to her and Lin Yuan's interests, Sister Xia also explained straight to the point: "It's like this, aren't you filming the movie "The God of Medicine" now? In addition, the performance of "Mermaid" has exploded recently.
, the topic is also highly discussed. What the company is thinking is that it is better to conduct a celebrity visit. Firstly, it can warm up the movie "The God of Medicine" in advance. Secondly, while the popularity is high, it can create a few more topics to facilitate the lighting.
The media operates and publicizes..."
Visiting a class is very common in the entertainment industry.
There are two types of tours: celebrity tours and fan tours. The former is generally used to hype up scandals and attract media exposure in a short period of time; the latter seems to be a welfare for fans, but in fact it only increases fan stickiness.
a means.
Judging from Lin Yuan's current situation, with the release of the movie "Mermaid" and the fact that he is now filming on the set, his popularity on the Internet will inevitably drop suddenly as time goes by.
Only by frequently appearing in the public eye can Lin Yuan maintain his current high popularity.
So after just thinking about it for a while, Lin Yuan agreed.
"Okay, then Sister Xia, please arrange this."
After agreeing, he didn't forget to remind me: "If you don't want to come, you have to tell me in advance so that I can be prepared then."
Lin Yuan didn't want the plot of the movie to be exposed before the movie was finished filming. He wanted to inform the crew in advance so that he could arrange some scenes that were not particularly important on the same day.
"Don't worry about this." Sister Xia assured on the other end of the phone.
...
In the next few days, the crew of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" is still in the running-in stage.
Although feature films do not have grand scenes like science fiction films, nor do they have passionate fighting scenes like martial arts films, and they are not even as good as horror films in terms of atmosphere rendering, among many film types, filming of feature films is the simplest and simplest.
It can be shot with only a DV, but at the same time, feature films are also the most difficult type of film to shoot.
The difficulty of shooting feature films does not lie in special effects, plot reversals, gorgeous fighting scenes, etc., but in how to vividly present the story that the film wants to express in front of the audience.
For an excellent feature film, every fragment, and even every frame, must have its own meaning.
Although Lin Yuan's requirements for his first film are not so high, he is still trying his best to shoot better.
Some scenes may be completed in one take, and some scenes may be difficult to satisfy Lin Yuan even after one day of filming. Sometimes he will even choose to reshoot several times because of the actor's less than perfect expression. The crew of the crew is also fully committed to it.
Realized Lin Yuan's strictness.
Under such demanding filming, the entire crew's condition is getting better and better.
Time flies and March 4th comes.
Considering that today is the premiere day of "In the Name of the People", Lin Yuan directly asked the crew to get off work early after filming the scene at four o'clock in the afternoon.
After returning to the hotel and being bored, Xu Zheng asked the crew to buy some cold dishes and peanuts outside, carried the things to Lin Yuan's room, and called Ning Hao over.
Before entering the door, Xu Zheng asked: "Lin Yuan, Ning Hao and I come over to watch TV with you. There should be no problem, right?"
After the two of them walked in, Lin Yuanshun closed the door and joked: "No problem, but this gift is a bit shabby. People come to the house with gifts in big and small bags. You, a director, bring some peanut cold dishes."
, is this ridiculous?"
"Is there anything outrageous? If you look down on it, don't eat it later!" Xu Zheng put the cold dishes and peanuts on the table, sat down on the sofa, and then switched the TV channel to Mango Channel.
It can be seen from this action that Xu Zheng obviously remembered that the TV series "In the Name of the People" starring Lin Yuan premiered today.
In fact, filmmakers like them seldom watch movies.
It's not that the movie is necessarily higher quality than the TV series, it's just that they don't have time to watch the TV series.
It only takes an hour or two to watch a movie, but it takes a week or two to watch an entire TV series. More importantly, there is a big difference between the filming of movies and TV series.
There are almost no useless scenes in a good movie. Every scene is carefully designed. For example: different lighting reflects different psychological states of the characters, concise lines without any nonsense, every composition method,
The way of moving the camera, every action, and every placed object is composed of audio-visual language. It uses vision and hearing to tell wonderful stories in a short time. Films are shot according to the image thinking mode of the human brain. There are
Too much academics.
TV dramas are different. They use scripts and lines to tell the story through actors, and often have many narrative methods. Even if the bad scenes are replaced by empty shots, the audience will not feel out of place.
For directors like Xu Zheng and Ning Hao, they just want to learn from it, and that means watching other movies instead of spending time on TV series.
But no matter what, "In the Name of the People" is a TV series starring Lin Yuan after all, so I still have to give it some respect.
After the three of them sat on the sofa and chatted for a while, the time soon reached eight o'clock in the evening.
Looking at the last commercial on TV, Xu Zheng suddenly asked curiously: "By the way, Lin Yuan, I heard that you were asked to play the male lead. Why was it replaced by Lu Yi later?"
Xu Zheng first started filming TV series and has met many people in the TV industry. It is not surprising at all to know these gossips.
What made Xu Zheng strange was that Lin Yuan chose to play the second male lead instead of playing the lead male lead who had the most roles. He really didn't understand why he gave up such a good opportunity to Lu Yi.
"I watched Lu Yi's character, but it lacked any sparkle." Lin Yuan broke open a peanut, threw it into his mouth, and continued: "This kind of character has many roles, but most of them are to promote the plot, which is difficult for the audience.
Makes a lasting impression.”
Having said this, Lin Yuan suddenly looked at Xu Zheng and asked very seriously: "Brother Zheng, if it were you, would you choose a role that the audience can remember, or a role that you are not very pleasing to the audience?"
Xu Zheng didn't hesitate at all and blurted out: "Don't even think about it, the audience will definitely remember it!"
He came into the audience's horizons through the TV series "Spring and Pig", so he knows better than anyone how important it is for an actor to play a role that can be remembered by the audience.
After answering Lin Yuan's question, Xu Zheng also reacted immediately.
He smiled and said with great interest: "Okay, I want to see how eye-catching the character you played is."
...
A five-minute commercial is short, but for viewers who want to watch the main feature of the TV series, these five minutes are simply torture.
I smoked a cigarette and went to the toilet. When I came back, I saw that there were still dozens of seconds left in the commercial.
There was nothing I could do in this little time, so I had to sit obediently in front of the TV and count down silently, waiting for the commercial to end.
"Why hasn't it started airing yet? This is the first commercial!"
"Quick, quick, quick, I want to watch the TV series starring Yuan Bao!"
"I heard that this is an anti-corruption TV series. It should be similar to "Remaining Crime", right?"
"It doesn't matter what type of TV series it is, if it's produced by Lin Yuan, it must be a top quality one!"
"I'm holding my watch, it's time to count down, ten, nine..."
With tens of millions of viewers looking forward to it, "In the Name of the People" is officially launched!
The opening song of this TV series does not have lyrics, but a very compact melody. In this dense melody, the camera pictures continuously switch from urban construction to close-ups of the expressions of several leading actors. Finally, all the pictures gradually converge to form five
Burning Chinese characters - "in the name of the people"!
In TV series.
In the evening, the lights were on in Beijing. In a certain community, Hou Liangping and others, played by Lu Yi, were guarding the downstairs of Zhao Dehan's house. Despite repeated urging from his colleagues, Hou Liangping still insisted on waiting for Zhao Dehan's wife and children to leave before they implemented the plan.
action.
When they came to the fourth floor and knocked on the door, what they didn't expect was that the house was poorly furnished and even a little dilapidated. The Zhao Dehan in front of them looked like an "old farmer" with a simple appearance and simple clothes. When they saw Hou Liangping and the others come in,
He still ate noodles with soybean paste very calmly.
The two of them tested each other in conversation after conversation, and with the support of Hou Yong, a seasoned actor, this drama with an ordinary plot also made the audience feel as if they were competing against each other.
feel.
It was not until twenty minutes later, at an emergency meeting attended by Secretary Gao Yuliang's office, senior official Li Dakang of Jingzhou City, and Qi Tongwei, Director of the Handong Provincial Public Security Department, that the audience saw the character played by Lin Yuan appear.
Just one short scene made the audience unable to help but talk about it.
"Is this Lin Yuan?"
"After putting on makeup, he looks much more mature. I believe he is Yu Sin's father!"
"I thought Asian makeup was only useful for girls, but I didn't expect it to be so effective for men."
"Is this relying on makeup? With that look in his face just now, Lin Yuan can't really be a second-generation official, right?"
"Yuanbao fulfills my fantasy of a mature uncle!"
Forget about the audience.
Even Xu Zheng and Ning Hao, who were sitting next to Lin Yuan, couldn't help but look at Lin Yuan, confirming again and again that Lin Yuan and Qi Tongwei on the TV screen were the same person.
Xu Zheng was amazed and asked, "Is this really you?"
"Why not me?"
"Are you going to say this is you again?"
Seeing that Xu Zheng didn't believe it, Lin Yuan could only recall the state of filming at that time, and gave Xu Zheng a cold look with the aura of "Qi Tongwei", the director of the Public Security Department.
Xu Zheng was suddenly frightened by the aura of this superior man.
Precisely because he had been in contact with these leaders in his early years, he knew how realistic Lin Yuangang's state was.
"Hiss, I believe this is you..."
He picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of water to cover up his brief panic.
The three of them also had a tacit understanding and did not mention playing the role again, but turned their attention back to the TV.
After watching it attentively, the first episode of "In the Name of the People" ended quickly.
Qi Tongwei, played by Lin Yuan, didn't have much of a role in the first episode. He gave the impression that he was just a villain who wanted to flatter Li Dakang and succumbed to his influence.
After watching the first episode, Xu Zheng opened his mouth several times and swallowed his words back. Finally, he couldn't hold it back anymore and asked: "Lin Yuan, are you sure that the character Qi Tongwei can be remembered by the audience instead of being scolded by the audience?"
???”
Even Ning Hao on the side whispered: "Did you ask the director to delete the scene?"
After hearing what the two of them said, Lin Yuan was a little dumbfounded.
Why should he be criticized by the audience for playing this role?
The director even deleted his play. Would Li Lu dare to do this?
Not to mention that he had just won the Golden Goblet Award and his popularity had exploded. Just because he was the largest investor in the drama "In the Name of the People", director Li Lu did not dare to delete his drama.
"What are you thinking about? The plot is still being laid out earlier, and now it's not my turn to exert any force." Lin Yuan slowly explained to the two of them.
Hearing this, Xu Zheng and Ning Hao also showed doubtful expressions.
However, after the second episode was played, Xu Zheng and Ning Hao looked at each other, and then looked at Lin Yuan in unison, as if to say to him: Do you really think we are fools?
How can such a speculative camp, with no principles and an image of a mere follower of others, still be able to attract audiences in the future?
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If the two of them hadn't known that Lin Yuan had a good understanding of characters, they might have thought that Lin Yuan was making fun of them.
But having said that, although Lin Yuan's role is a little less, judging from the level of these two episodes of the TV series, it is still very good, at least making Xu Zheng and Ning Hao want to watch it.
Even the two of them thought the filming was good, and I think the response from the audience will be good as well.
Before leaving, Xu Zheng patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder and said very seriously: "Lin Yuan, the ratings of your TV series will definitely not be low."
Originally, he was prepared to say that this TV series would definitely set a TV series ratings record.
But when I thought about the explosive ratings of "A Thousand Bones of Flowers", I immediately reorganized my words.
Lin Yuan smiled and said nothing.
Whether it is the performance of the actors or the brilliance of the script, "In the Name of the People" is much better than "A Thousand Bones of Flowers". The only thing that is not as good as "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" is that the subject matter is limited.
Many women may not like to watch this type of TV series.
But it is often these female viewers who can influence the ratings of TV series.
Therefore, Lin Yuan really has no idea what kind of achievements the TV series "In the Name of the People" can achieve.
...
After watching the premiere, Lin Yuan also took a shower and lay down in bed to rest since he had to get up early to film the movie tomorrow.
at the same time.
Unlike Lin Yuan, those viewers who watched the first two episodes of "In the Name of the People" could not sleep.
Although they knew in advance that this was an anti-corruption TV series.
But I never expected that this TV series would be so fast-paced. In just two episodes, a division chief had been arrested and a deputy mayor had been forced to flee to another country.
Coupled with the superb acting skills of these veteran actors, they really brought the characters in the play to life.
Seeing that the prologue had just begun, it turned out that Hou Liangping had just arrived in Handong Province. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that it would cause a bloody storm, but in the end, it was gone!
If you want to watch the rest of the plot, you have to wait until the TV series is broadcast tomorrow. Will this allow the audience to have a good sleep?
Therefore, these viewers also logged on to their respective social media and began to discuss topics about the TV series "In the Name of the People".
Girls dormitory group:
"Jimei ladies, have you watched "In the Name of the People"?"
"Isn't that a TV series about anti-corruption in officialdom? What's there to watch?"
"That's so good. I think this TV series is more exciting than the Gongdou drama. It's a pity that my husband Lin Yuan is actually a villain in it."
"Lin Yuan is also in this TV series? Then I have to go and see it."
Weibo topic discussion group:
"Will the director choose someone? Is it appropriate for Lin Yuan to play such a disgusting role?"
"I'm sorry, Lin Yuan only had such a small role in two episodes. If I had known better, I might as well not have invested in this TV series and let it fend for itself."
"With so many veteran actors showing off their acting skills, I feel like this TV series can be booked as the best TV series this year."
"Why do TV series with this theme make my blood boil with excitement?"
"Is there a possibility that you are so nervous that your blood boils because you are afraid of being caught?"
"Is it reasonable to have two episodes in one day? The worst case scenario is that I will use the money to replenish my membership. Please show me the content behind it!"
"..."
Just when netizens were discussing the topic about the TV series "In the Name of the People".
the other side.
Inside the Mango Terrace Building, several staff members have been staring at the screen, looking at the data fluctuation chart above.
The last time I saw such exaggerated premiere results was when "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" was screened.
Strictly speaking, when the first episode of "In the Name of the People" was broadcast, although the ratings exploded, it was obviously a little worse than "A Thousand Bones of Flowers".
However, by the end of the second episode, the ratings were almost the same as those of "A Thousand Bones of Flowers".
Judging from the performance, "In the Name of the People" seems to be inferior to "A Thousand Bones of Flowers", but in fact, a simple analysis will tell you how explosive the ratings of the TV series "In the Name of the People" were.
First of all, "In the Name of the People" is not a weekly TV series like "A Thousand Bones of Flowers", but two episodes are broadcast every day. In addition to variety shows on weekends, this means that the TV series "In the Name of the People" will be followed up
The audience stickiness will only get stronger and stronger.
Secondly, the TV series "In the Name of the People" is not as good as "Flower Thousand Bones" in terms of publicity. Before "Flower Thousand Bones" premiered, Lin Yuan participated in various variety shows with the crew and was frequently exposed in front of media cameras.
Lin Yuan only promoted the TV series "In the Name of the People" on Weibo.
Finally, there is the difference in themes between the two TV series. As a costume fairy tale, Hua Qiangu has a larger audience than an anti-corruption TV series like "In the Name of the People". In this case, the ratings of "In the Name of the People" can be as high as
"A Thousand Bones of Flowers" was flat, which is enough to show how exaggerated the results were.
After a director from Mango Channel saw this result, he couldn't help but murmured: "Our channel is not going to produce another phenomenal work, right?"
After hearing this, unconcealable joy suddenly appeared on other people's faces.
While other local satellite TV stations have struggled to produce a phenomenal work for several years, their Mango channel had one "Flower Thousand Bones" last year and another "In the Name of the People" this year. With such achievements, let alone the restoration of Mango
The past glory of the station has been restored, and it has simply opened a new chapter in the history of their Mango Station!
After hearing this, the director of the directing department on the side quickly made a decision.
"Promote! Call the people in the Propaganda Department quickly. We must get the publicity plan tomorrow morning!"
"yes!"
Now is the age of Internet information. The idea of "the aroma of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley" has long been outdated. No matter how good the wine in the pub is, if the publicity is not good enough, there will only be a few customers. But if it is a toilet, as long as the publicity is good
, then there is an endless stream of people like Lao Ba.
Taking advantage of the fact that it has just premiered today, if the publicity is in place, the audience can watch the replay before it is broadcast on TV the next day.
Otherwise, wait until the TV series is halfway through to promote it. Even if the audience is interested in the TV series, they would rather wait until the TV series is over to watch it all at once instead of watching the TV series every day. By then, no matter how hard you promote it,
, the help to subsequent ratings has been minimal.
And just when Mango Channel started busy promoting the movie "In the Name of the People", a number of online video broadcasting platforms also focused on this piece of cake!