Who are you calling powerful?.

Chapter 490 Mr. 30 Billion Box Office and "White Night Chase"

In April, "Detective Chinatown" was finally released. The final box office was 4 billion, firmly occupying the first place in film history.

Wei Yang and Wang Baoqiang have also become the most popular actors nowadays.

Wang Baoqiang's most successful movies are "Lost in Thailand" and "Detective Chinatown". The two movies have a cumulative total of 37 billion.

The box office of other starring movies is not that big, some have exceeded 40 million, some have tens of millions, and there are even several million. If you add in a few odd bits and pieces, the total box office is almost over billion.

Wei Yang's film works column is relatively shabby. He only starred in three films, but all of them performed well, and the box office was very close to an integer, which is very easy to calculate.

"Famous" has 5.05 million, "Living Together" has 8.03 million, plus "Chinatown Detective" with 24.02 billion, the total adds up to just over 37 billion.

However, the two of them do not have the highest box office data. It is Huang Bo who has accumulated the most box office in the mainland.

"Embarrassed in Thailand", "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" and "Heart Blossoms" are three movies worth over 10 billion, making him the earliest [Mr. 30 billion box office], and supplemented by other movies, he is the first [Mr. 40 billion box office] .

Even Cheng Long can't compare to him in this regard. His eldest brother's box office figures in Hong Kong and even internationally are nothing to say, but in the mainland film market, he is still behind Xu Zheng.

What's even more worth mentioning is the change of the top actress list with the highest cumulative box office performance in the Mainland.

Before this, the female artist with the highest box office ranking was not Gong Huang of the older generation, not Zhou Gongzi and International Zhang, the three gold medal winners, nor Fan Xiaopang, who had outstanding performance in the past two years, but the big star with a good reputation in the movie. Honey.

That's right, even if you look at the movies made by Damimi, they don't have high ratings and have many flaws, but they still do well at the box office.

The "Tiny Times" trilogy alone has made more than a billion dollars. Although "Painted Skin 2" has a female supporting role, it is indeed the leading role. "The Breakup Master" has also been a box office hit comedy in recent years.

In addition, she is hard-working enough and has made enough movies. Although most of the movies are bad, the scattered ones add up to a large number.

So, in the final count, Da Mimi's total box office of nearly 30 billion was ranked above Zhou Gongzi, Jiuji Zhang and others.

This can be considered a classic domestic entertainment joke!

Now, the joke has been updated, Da Mimi has finally been kicked out, but her replacement is Gao Yuanyuan, a famous vase in the entertainment industry.

Gao Yuanyuan has previously participated in 5 movies with a box office of over 2 million, two of which exceeded 2.28 million, and the highest box office was million. This figure is not bad, but it is not outstanding among many popular artists.

But it was "Detective Chinatown" that allowed her to achieve the box office that could only be achieved by the previous ten movies in one go. With the reputation of being a flower vase, she ranked first in the industry.

Wei Yang didn't know what Young Master Zhou and the International Zhang were thinking. Fan Xiaopang couldn't help but feel weird when he called these days.

After more than ten years of hard work, the paper data is not as good as a lucky vase, who can bear this.

However, this is not without benefits for Wei Yang, that is, many first-line actresses have contacted Wei Yang to express interest in his new movie.

I had this kind of interest before, but it was still somewhat reserved. The main reason was that I understood that Wei Yang liked to use his own people, and contact was all he wanted, and he didn't want to be too active, so as not to lose face.

But after "Detective Chinatown", the reserve was gone. If you lose face, you lose face. Just get the resources.

Many female stars even called Boss Wei personally, with hints behind their words.

Fan Xiaopang and Gao Yuanyuan are not the only big sisters who are sensible and live well without being annoying!

Even Liu Tianxian's team couldn't help but come over to contact her. Her film performance is not good, and she has been particularly miserable in the past two years. If she can get a high-quality movie, Liu Tianxian would rather accept some criticism than fight for it. .

But it's a pity that her chances are very slim. Immortal Sword Sanmei and Zhao Liying are just trying to guard against her.

If Wei Yang wants to cooperate with her, several people can join forces to grab the role, and anyone can discuss whether the resources should go to Liu Tianxian, but it must not go to Liu Tianxian.

Wei Yang has no doubt about this, especially Liu Shishi. The two are old enemies. She would rather accept the fairy sword and the three beauties in bed than tolerate the close proximity of Wei Yang and Liu Tianxian.

The turbulence of the outside world has not affected Wei Yang's mentality. He also has "Operation Mekong" in hand and is not in a hurry to make a new movie.

Especially for the highly anticipated "Detective Chinatown", Wei Yang plans to slow down and shoot the second part next year, which will be released during the Spring Festival in early 2017.

It's important to strike while the iron is hot, but this movie has been overestimated. Behind the hot box office and good reputation, there are also a lot of controversies and doubts.

In this case, the sequel is bound to arouse great attention and make people from all walks of life look at it with a magnifying glass.

This is not necessarily a bad thing. High attention will lead to high box office, but it is not necessarily a good thing.

If a few drops of water jump in when the oil is cooked over a strong fire, it will easily fry the pan.

Therefore, the most appropriate time is to cool down appropriately, avoid the waves, and wait until the situation is relatively calm.

This is also the choice of many filmmakers who encounter unexpected hits. Xu Zheng, Wu Jing, and Jia Ling are all like this. They need to settle down and fight again next year.

Wei Yang is already making plans for a new movie, and it is expected to start shooting in the second half of the year. But before the movie is shot, Wei Yang plans to make an online drama.

I have said this before, taking advantage of the fact that the review of online dramas is not particularly strict now, Wei Yang intends to devote himself to online dramas to increase PPTV's traffic and market share.

At this stage, pure online dramas are relatively low-profile for many actors and they cannot get on the stage.

Wei Yang's appearance in the online drama is a break from the norm and a lead for well-known actors.

This is the case in the entertainment industry. As long as someone with a higher status than you does something, others will not be too taboo about it. And more and more people are doing this, which means it is commonplace and even becomes popular.

This is true for variety reality shows, as well as online dramas, and later live broadcasts are also the same thing.

As soon as they heard that Wei Yang wanted to make an online drama, Blue Whale and PPTV were all excited.

The latter is excited and exciting, while the former has different opinions, some support it and some oppose it.

Let alone Blue Whale’s objections, they cannot affect Wei Yang’s decision anyway, and the most supportive team of Boss Wei is Blue Whale’s screenwriting team.

It can be seen that these people have been thinking about Wei Yang for more than a day or two. The number of web drama scripts or synopses suitable for him alone is nearly double digits.

The themes are diverse, including horror and suspense, crimes and murders, and the most outrageous ones include pornographic themes.

The love and hatred between the cold master and the gentle disciple!

Wei Yang silently wrote down the script in his notebook. It was just a shame, but to want him to play the passive and gentle apprentice was simply too much. What interests Wei Yang the most are the two scripts, and he doesn't know whether they were agreed upon or not.

One white and one black!

White people are in politics, black people are in the world.

Wei Yang was very interested in these two scripts and wanted to film them for a while, especially the second dark one. The director went to a small county in the northeast to view the scenery.

Then the relevant units came to pay attention and immediately called a halt.

Online dramas are loose now, but they are not without standards, especially dramas produced by big names like Wei Yang, which attract a lot of attention from the outside world and are also watched by the superiors. He cannot do whatever he wants.

There's no need to think about Bai's script, it's just dead. Apart from anti-corruption and praise, this kind of cool personal struggle history is impossible to pass the review.

It's okay to make it dark, but it needs to be drastically changed, which is equivalent to turning "Young and Dangerous" into "The Blast".

With such a change, many meanings of the original script changed. Wei Yang went through the revised outline and felt that it would be better to shoot "Hurry Up" directly, so he put the project on hold for the time being.

Because of these two scripts, the bosses were afraid that Wei Yang would cause trouble, so they took his online drama very seriously.

As a result, many of the themes were a bit sensitive. Wei Yang cut and deleted and simply came up with a more "conservative" web drama——

"White Night Chase"

This is regarded as a milestone in online dramas. It is of excellent quality, and more importantly, the timing is right. Once it was released in the past life, everyone refreshed the stereotypes of online dramas at the time, and greatly promoted crime and reasoning. , suspense and other themes of online drama development.

A large number of similar themes in later generations, including iQiyi's famous Mist Theater, largely benefited from the dividends caused by "White Night".

And Pan Yueming, the male protagonist who plays "White Night", also relied on this drama to go from being an old fresh meat who was wronged and became a has-been to a popular first-line actor, and his popularity has soared.

In terms of quality, "White Night" is a classic masterpiece of online dramas, with a Douban score of 8.9.

In terms of performance, it once broke the record for the number of views of online dramas, and it can be described as a phenomenal work.

In terms of subject matter, the scale is very good. It is higher than TV dramas, but it does not step on the wrong side. It is just within the acceptable range of relevant departments.

Wei Yang did some research and found that this drama is indeed suitable for him to film. It can also become the first online drama of PPTV [Mist Theater]. As for the "Magic Revival of "Hurry Up"", it is better to wait a little longer before filming.

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In March, PPTV announced that it would join forces with Blue Whale to produce an online drama with a crime mystery theme and a surprise cast.

This news did not attract much attention at the time. The two companies have launched several online dramas in the past two years, which are hardly new topics. Not to mention that this kind of deliberate publicity is very unpopular, and some rebellious netizens do not support it.

But in April, the crew of "White Night", which had officially launched the project and launched its official Weibo, began to announce the starring lineup.

The first poster is for the director. There are two in total. The first one is called Wubai. He is not well-known. He is an unknown new director.

However, his resume in his previous life was pretty good, including "Psychological Crime", "Antique Game", "Big Shot" and "Sweeping Crime". He is a director who is very good at crime themes.

Another director is Wang Wei. He and Wu Bai are old acquaintances. He once worked as an editor for Wu Bai, who was the director at the time, on a micro-movie.

Because of this, his reputation is even smaller than Five Hundred, but he has an advantage that only Wei Yang knows.

In his previous life, Wang Wei was the director of "White Night" and also directed "The Hidden Greatness". Compared with crime suspense, he is better at shaping characters.

The fate of the twins is also the key to the success of the drama "White Night". This is a major reason why Wei Yang chose Wang Wei as the director.

The posters of the two directors did not cause any controversy and were posted on Weibo within 24 hours.

The number of views will exceed 10,000, the number of likes will only be a few hundred, and the number of comments and retweets will be in single digits. This is probably because the crew bought the traffic.

The official blog, which had originally planned to slowly release posters, could no longer sit still. The publicity and distribution team also had KPIs, but the data was too shabby and could easily lead to death stares from leaders.

So the official Weibo quickly announced the second male lead, Pan Yueming, who plays the role of Captain Zhou Xun of the Criminal Police Detachment.

This is a general that Boss Wei personally ordered, and it is just a matter of stealing other people's resources. This is Lao Pan's turnaround. It is already difficult for people, and Boss Wei really doesn't want to lose his conscience.

So I asked him to play the second male lead. At any rate, I would give him a hand first, and then I would look back and see if there were any good resources and arrange another one to make up for it.

After all, Lao Pan was also a number one figure back then. His poster finally aroused some discussion, but most people still felt sorry for it.

Back then, Pan Yueming was a well-known front-line niche actor. Alas, because he was a prodigal woman, he is now reduced to acting in online dramas. It's so miserable.

But on the third day, when I saw that the female lead Zhou Shutong was played by Gu Li Naza, the Internet exploded.

One thing to say, originally this role was not a big one. Wei Yang planned to find a new actress, and the film contract was sent to Coral Entertainment, but Guli Nazha didn’t know where he heard the letter from, so he tried his best to get this role. .

It is said that in this case, she still won over the meaty one, otherwise she would not be the only one snatching the role.

Although it feels like killing a chicken with a knife, Guli Nazha wants to learn from Boss Wei, and even her management team has no objections, so it's settled.

But outsiders don't know these things, especially fans of Gulinaza. They are almost crazy when they see a top-notch actor acting in an online drama.

The official Weibo accounts of "White Night Chaser" and Blue Whale have fallen into trouble, and even Boss Wei's Weibo account has been targeted.

In short, in one sentence, Blue Whale is too bullying, and we must give Naza an explanation.

As it turned out, the explanation didn't come, but "White Night" released the poster of Wei Yang as the male lead of the online drama.

Nazha's fans immediately silenced him and quickly deleted their Weibo posts. The angry voices were wiped away, and the post bar and fan base were even more delighted.

But other netizens and fan groups couldn't sit still, and the entire network was in an uproar.

Why is Wei Yang acting in an online drama? !

Why let that vase Gulinaza play the heroine? !

(End of this chapter)