Entertaining Children

"Go! What do you mean?" Lin Qisan said to Zhao Rui dissatisfied, "What do you mean you can't pass the audition, and I can't pass either? You mean my acting skills are not good? Bayi said just now, neither of us are acting question!"

"No, no!" Zhao Rui said with a smile, "I didn't say that your acting skills are not good, otherwise, why would I agree to act with you in this online drama with two male protagonists. Anyway, I just think that with Bayi, we both have to pass the audition , or neither! Facts have proved that my hunch is very correct!"

"What are your plans for the future?" Xiao Yao ignored Zhao Rui and Lin Qisan, turned around and asked Zhu Zitong and Nina Aiyiguli, "Husband and wife follow, do that web drama project with the two of them?"

Although Zhu Zitong and Nina Aiyiguli also told Xiao Yao that they wanted to play together at the end of the company's annual meeting, but after the script came out, neither of them was interested in any characters in the script and did not sign up. Audition for this program.

"That's not it!" Zhu Zitong shook his head and said, "Their online drama is sex-oriented, basically there is no heroine, so we don't work on that project with them!"

"Then you two make another project with two heroines?" Xiao Yao asked.

"I'm going to act, but I don't need a company to start a project for me. I found one myself." Zhu Zitong said, "For a TV series, the producer wants me to play the second female lead! I've read the script, and it's not bad. I'm currently working on it." Let’s talk! If it goes well, you may join the group soon!”

"If it goes well? That means it's not confirmed yet?" Xiao Yao asked with a smile, "Do you need the company to participate in the investment to help you increase your weight? The box office of "Donkey Gets Water" is good, and then TV stations and video websites Selling copyrights should be able to sell for a good price. The company will have a lot of income in a while, so there shouldn't be too much financial pressure!"

During this period of time, apart from being busy with the Golden Dragon Awards ceremony and TV drama auditions, Xiao Yao has also been paying attention to the situation after the release of the movie "Donkey Gets Water".

At present, the movie has been released for more than ten days. If it is simply calculated from the number of weeks of release, it has reached the third week of release. Whether it is box office or word-of-mouth, the performance of this movie can be said to be very good.

The production cost of this movie is not high, and the cost of publicity is not very high, but the publicity effect is definitely very good.

From the publicity before the film's release, the topic of this film is very high. The first live-action film independently directed by Xiao Yao, Sun Tingting played the lead actress for the first time in a film and television work, and sang the movie theme song composed by Xiao Yao. Coupled with Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting's long-disclosed relationship, the movie has attracted enough attention in the early stage of publicity before the movie's release.

At the China All-Star Celebrity Game at the beginning of this year in the Gregorian calendar, Xiao Yao's live proposal to Sun Tingting during the halftime performance is undoubtedly the biggest breaking news in the entertainment circle so far this year.

Xiao Yao is the producer, director, screenwriter, actor, and creator of the theme song of the film, and Sun Tingting is the actor and singer of the theme song. During that halftime performance, Sun Tingting and Xiao Yao performed together as the theme song of the movie, so when the news of Xiao Yao’s live marriage proposal occupied the headlines of all major entertainment news, the movie they collaborated with was inevitably mentioned , and invisibly promoted this movie that already has a lot of popularity.

At that time, there was still more than a month before the movie was released. In the next month or so, Xiao Yao's continuous appearance and multiple hot searches kept the movie's topicality well and did not let it cool down.

Time has entered February, and the biggest hot spot in the entertainment industry is the Spring Festival Gala. Among all the programs of the Spring Festival Gala, the most talked-about programs are undoubtedly the two new songs by Xiao Yao in the Spring Festival Gala of Yanjing Satellite TV.

Xiao Yao performed a total of three shows that time, and he also performed the movie theme song with Sun Tingting before. While Xiao Yao's two new songs have become a hot topic, the program that the previous two collaborated with will naturally not be completely ignored.

That program is the theme song of the movie, and the name of the movie is naturally mentioned repeatedly in news reports.

After that, the successive broadcasts of several variety shows that Xiao Yao participated in for the purpose of promoting the movie continued to maintain the popularity of Xiao Yao himself and the movie.

Shonan Satellite TV's "Quick Book" and "Everyday Upward" are just regular programs. Xiao Yao took the crew members to participate in the program to promote the movie. The performance can't be said to be bad, but it can't be said that it was a surprise. However, after the broadcast of the next few reality shows, Xiao Yao was frequently searched for.

Among the several reality shows that Xiao Yao participated in, only one "Wild Kitchen" was broadcast before the official release of the movie. But just that one program, the topic is high enough.

In the program "Wild Kitchen" alone, Xiao Yao had hot searches on topics such as "Tricking guests to eat spiders", "Learning to sing in Keno", "Two new songs about tea picking", and "Cooking is hot". The program team was concerned that Xiao Yao’s request to help the guide record the Jino music album might not be implemented, and he didn’t know when it would be done. If he cut that part out for fear of causing trouble for Xiao Yao by releasing it casually, Xiao Yao’s The number of hot searches on a program can set a record.

Although these hotly searched topics have little to do with movies, but these topics are popularly searched, and the number of hits on the Internet for this episode is naturally not small. Xiao Yao was on this episode to promote the movie. With the help of Wang Yuan, he blatantly advertised the movie several times, and the effect is naturally leveraged.

Sufficient publicity effects ensure the box office and theater schedule in the early stages of the film's release. After the film is released, the audience's word of mouth and evaluation begin to play a role.

After the premiere, film reviews from relevant media came out one after another. Xiao Yao likes to put the movie premiere at zero o'clock the day before the movie is released, which is the same as the midnight show time of some theaters. Therefore, when the media's movie reviews come out, the ratings of ordinary audiences on the rating website also appear. Compared with film reviews from the media, Xiao Yao pays more attention to the evaluations of ordinary audiences.

This is a comedy with black humor. First of all, looking at comedy alone, the comedy baggage is shaking well. Especially Xiao Yao, who has experience as an exchange student abroad and has always been known for his good English. Back then, most of the people who performed the original English dubbing in "Sound on the Scene" actually talked about that kind of nonsense English in the movie. There is a special bonus effect.

In terms of character image, the images played by Xiao Yao and He Ying are relatively subversive, especially He Ying, which many people did not recognize. Although Sun Tingting's character image is beautiful, it is far from her original image. That kind of charm beyond her age really surprised many audiences.

The subversion of the character image proves the acting skills of several actors from the side. When it comes to acting skills, the actors in the whole movie performed very well. On the whole, this is a group play. In the eyes of the audience, the acting skills of all the actors in the main roles are online. Even the young, unknown girl Guan Jing who played "Sun Jia", who is said to be a student at school, and the actor who played "Zhou Tienan", who used to give the audience the impression that he was more of a fresh meat, felt that his acting was very good. All good.

The most important thing is that such a movie wrapped in a comedy shell actually has a very deep theme. The slogan "Tell me a joke, don't cry" is not an exaggeration. Many viewers felt a kind of anger and helplessness when they saw the back. .

Xiao Yao's monstrous title has been called for many years, and his performance in filming and acting has always been good, but he is still a very young man after all. Although his film performance is good, but in terms of the theme of the film, whether it is the animated film with the theme of sci-fi romantic comedy or the parkour film with the theme of sports, it is still very suitable for Xiao Yao's age.

But the audience did not expect that Xiao Yao would touch such a subject that touches on social reality, and he would shoot it so well. Even knowing that Xiao Yao is a monster, this is beyond the expectations of many viewers. In addition to being surprised, this also increased the audience's favor towards Xiao Yao.

Therefore, in general, whether it is the media or ordinary audiences, the scores and evaluations of this movie are very high.

Let’s not talk about the media, after all, there will be soft articles that use money to do things. On the scoring website, the initial rating of the movie after its release was around 8.5, but now it has stabilized at around 8, and it is estimated that the fluctuations will not be too large in the future. Although this score is slightly lower than the score of the original movie in the previous life on Douban, it is already a very high score in horizontal comparison.

Of the several films released in March, this one has the highest rating. Even with the previous movies released on New Year's Day and Spring Festival, this movie ranks second among all the movies released in the first three months of this year. Considering that this is the first live-action film independently directed by Xiao Yao, this result can definitely be said to be very impressive.

The initial box office was good, and the evaluations given by the media and the audience were very good. The box office trend of this movie is naturally very good. Generally speaking, the best time for a movie's box office is the first week of its release, and then the single-day box office will decline. Different movies, but the magnitude of the single-day box office decline is different.

During the two weeks since the film was released, several reality shows such as "The Voice of Dreams", "Instant Electronic Music", and "Actor's Character" that Xiao Yao participated in have been broadcast one after another, and this is another opportunity for the film that is already in theaters. Made a wave of publicity. Some viewers who didn't know or were not interested in this movie knew from these programs that Xiao Yao's new movie was released, and after reading the ratings and reviews, they would naturally become interested. It is not uncommon for some viewers who had watched Xiao Yao to go to the theater for a second time after watching Xiao Yao's performance in the show.

The initial box office of this movie was good, and its reputation was good. The drop in box office in this single day was relatively low. Coupled with the publicity after the broadcast of several programs during the release period, the decline was even lower. On the weekend of the second week and the first two days of the third week, the single-day box office even achieved a reverse decline compared with the previous few days and the same period of the previous week.

At present, the release date of this movie is only about halfway, and the total box office has exceeded 500 million. After the Spring Festival, this relatively weak movie market has almost already booked the box office champion in March.

According to the share ratio, if the box office is 500 million, the producer can get more than 100 million. However, the film has not been released yet, and the box office will increase in the future. It is very possible that the producer's share will reach more than 200 million. The production cost of this movie is less than 20 million. Even if it is released now, it is already several times the income. It can be said to be a big profit.

And after the movie is released, TV stations and video sites will also purchase the copyrights for TV and online broadcasts. The higher the movie box office, the higher the copyright in this aspect will naturally be sold.

Although the box office share has not yet arrived, and the broadcast rights of TV stations and video sites have not yet begun to negotiate, but these benefits can be expected, so Xiao Yao is now full of confidence.

"No need!" Zhu Zitong smiled and shook his head and said, "If we have money, we can keep our own projects and bring money into the group, I don't do it! I have a lot of advertising endorsements, even if I want to bring money into the group, I don't want to do it." Find those advertisers to invest in, and I won’t let the company use the investment to help me change roles!"

"Do you really think Bayi will use investment to help you change roles?" Zhao Rui said to Zhu Zitong, "He was showing off the box office of his and Duo'er's movie! Okay, I know you are good, you two Great, another blockbuster!"

"Thank you for the compliment!" Xiao Yao chuckled, "But I'm not just showing off, I really mean it!"

"Well," Xiao Yao looked at Zhu Zitong and said, "You don't need the company's investment to help you win the role. I agree. I believe you can win the role by yourself. However, this is another project after all, and you don't bring money If you join the crew, you won't mess around in the crew, but there is no guarantee that other actors who have joined the crew with money will mess up in the crew. We don't bully others, and we can't let others bully!"

"What do you mean? I will be bullied if I play the second female lead?" Zhu Zitong said, "The male, female, and male second actors in this drama are all actors with good acting skills and reputation, and they don't bring money. Joining the group is not the kind of person who bullies newcomers."

"It's not new for a leading actor to bring money into a production," Xiao Yao said with a smile. "Don't you know that many supporting roles are stuffed in by funders? Because they are not the main characters, those actors who bring money into the group are more likely to mess up." Come on. Didn’t the gossip media report a few days ago that some actor brought money into the crew, relying on the financial backer, randomly asked for additions and changes in the crew, and turned a fourth female role into a The second female lead caused the crew to extend the filming cycle by more than a month, and the first female lead had to make up dozens of scenes later!"

"You mean..." Zhu Zitong said.

Although it was gossip news, some people later came forward to clarify it, but as insiders, they naturally knew what was going on.

"Yes!" Xiao Yao nodded, "I was very upset at the time, but we don't care about other people's affairs, and we can't stretch our hands too far, so as not to offend people for no reason, but if there are our people in the crew, the situation will be different. It's different!"

"What I want to say is," Xiao Yao continued, "if you encounter that kind of situation, don't swallow your anger and be wronged. It is a bad idea to resign and leave to pay liquidated damages. After all, you have paid for the role. If you really have In this case, you should make it clear to the producer and ask them to kick out the nonsensical actors. Isn’t it just money? Our company will make up for the missing part of the funds! A nonsense supporting role, a female second who thinks about the crew , under the same funding conditions, the crew must be able to make the right choice, right?"

"The same goes for other people!" Xiao Yao looked at the others and said, "Anyone of us who encounters such a situation in the crew will do the same!"

"Okay! I agree!" Lin Qisan nodded first, "The general environment is like this, we don't care about other people's affairs, but as long as it is related to our own people, we must not be bullied!"

"Okay!" Zhao Rui and Zhu Zitong also nodded.

"The next plays of the few of us are led by our own company. Duo'er is going to participate in a variety show, and this situation will never happen. Except for Zitong, only Nina is left." Xiao Yao watched He asked Nina, "Nina, do you have any plans during this time? Are you going outside to accept plays like Zitong or participate in the company's projects?"

"I don't plan to take part in a show during this time!" Nina Aiguli laughed, "I'm going to participate in a dance reality show!"

"Dancing reality show?" Xiao Yao was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously looked at Sun Tingting, "Could it be?"

"That's right!" Nina Aiyiguli smiled and hugged Sun Tingting beside her and said, "That's the one that Duo'er participated in!"

"Another one to join in the fun?" Xiao Yao said inwardly, a little speechless, and turned to look at Sun Tingting.

"I didn't drag Nina to go with me." Sun Tingting understood Xiao Yao's meaning, and said with a smile, "But she did say she was going to participate in that program after she knew that I was going to participate in that program. "

"I was good at dancing, and that was another dance show." Nina Aiguli said with a smile, "I heard Duoer said that I was going to participate in that show, so I also wanted to participate, so I could be a companion with Duoer Well!"

"As companions? You should be competitors in the show." Xiao Yao smiled, "If you really want to talk about companionship, Duo'er already has quite a few partners in that show."

"I know there's your American friend named Jin!" Nina laughed, "Duo'er told me! But Jin is an American, so if you really want to be a company, I should accompany Duo'er!"

"Not only Jin, but also Cheng Xi!" Xiao Yao said, "Didn't Cheng Xi tell you? She is also going to participate in that show!"

After Xiao Yao returned to Shanghai, Cheng Xi had informed him that he would not come to audition for the role of Anna in "Pretty Sister", and she decided to participate in the dance reality show on Donghai Satellite TV.

"What, sister Cheng Xi is also participating?" Sun Tingting and Nina were both surprised.

"En!" Xiao Yao nodded and said to Sun Tingting, "Didn't she tell you?"

"No!" Sun Tingting shook her head.

"Maybe I haven't had time to tell you yet!" Xiao Yao thought for a while, sighed and smiled, "The female guests in this season of that show are very strong, and the competition must be fierce! I am suddenly full of expectations for this season of the show!"