From collapsed house idol to entertainment superstar

When Zhang Wenqiang came, he hurried over with Bald Lin and the script and manuscript. He had only one core requirement, which was to try to win over Ding Zhi, the youngest and most valuable first-line artist in the country.

When I left, I walked away with a confused look on my face. I felt like I had successfully won the task, but for some reason I had the illusion that the other party had won it in turn.

To be honest, neither Zhang Wenqiang nor Lin Chaoxian thought before this trip to Kyoto that they could bring back another director for "Wushuang", which is still in the preparation stage.

Especially Lin Chaoxian, in his subconscious positioning of Ding Zhi has always been a very sympathetic young actor.

This is due to the fact that in "Operation Red Sea", whether it is Ding Zhi's acting skills, or the way he is obviously a top trafficker, but he trains like a martial artist, or he treats himself in many scenes.

The kind of business ability that can draw inferences about other ideas.

To what extent did Lin Chaoxian appreciate Ding Zhi?

Since the filming of "Operation Red Sea" last year, Lam Chiu-hsien, who possesses the traditional skills of a Hong Kong filmmaker as a "quick shooter", has started two more films.

And every time he plays the leading actor, he will think of Ding Zhi immediately.

In general, Ding Zhi's "actor" attribute is more deeply imprinted on him than other identities.

It's a pity that Ding Zhi at that time either felt that the roles were too overlapping, or he happened to meet him after filming "The Tuner" and then filming "The God of Medicine", and after filming "The God of Medicine" he was filming "The Beginning", and he was helpless.

Missed perfectly.

In fact, this is also a very realistic situation.

If Ding Zhi could still be said to be in a state of "rising popularity" before last year, then after he officially left Huansong Media and loosened his ties with Goose Factory, his position in the circle has changed.

A big change happened silently.

In other words, no matter how many hit dramas he produced and his popularity continued to rise, he was always regarded as a top-notch artist dependent on Huansong Media and Taobao Pictures.

But starting from this year, whether it is the popularity of "The Beginning" or the big hit of "The Tuner" that is currently being released, it all heralds a change in Ding Zhi's identity.

The transformation from an artist in front of the stage to a behind-the-scenes boss with a lot of chips.

Of course, it is too early to say that he is the "elder brother" now, but this change indicates that there are actually fewer and fewer directors who are qualified to regard Ding Zhi as a "queen actor".

In fact, so far, the only director who has collaborated with Ding Zhi more than twice is Li Wenfeng!

Having collaborated with Ding Zhi in "Peeping", "The Hidden Corner" and the short film "The Tuner", he seems to have achieved a hat trick of "achievement" in "filming Ding".

However, as we all know, their statuses are reversed, which means that Li Wenfeng is actually Ding Zhi's "Queen Director".

However, as the real initiator of the movie "Wushuang", which is still in preparation, Zhang Wenqiang does not have as many preconceptions about Ding Zhi as Lin Chaoxian.

This actually made him more willing to accept Ding Zhi's suggestion to co-direct with him.

In fact, Zhang Wenqiang had actually heard of it before, whether it was "Peeping" and "The Hidden Corner" in previous years, or this year's hit "The Beginning".

After all, the popularity of these three dramas, especially the influence of "The Beginning", is not limited to the mainland, but has influence throughout Southeast Asia and even a small part of Europe and the United States.

At this point, we can draw a conclusion just by looking at the number of plays of the drama "The Beginning" on external YouTube channels.

At the beginning, "The Beginning" was uploaded by some netizens on the Internet. At first, it was still the so-called "Chinese raw meat". Later, some translators gradually began to translate it themselves. After it was made into "cooked meat", the number of views began to increase.

increase.

But that kind of handmade workshop-style playback actually made those foreign friends who were waiting for the update anxious.

Later, Madou TV saw the market and immediately uploaded the Chinese and English versions to "Doudou Solo Theater" and "doudou English el" on YouTube.

So far, the former has the highest number of views, 20,000+ likes, and 3,000+ comments, while the latter has the highest total number of views, 7 million+, 30,000+ likes, and 5,000+ comments.

The same is true in foreign countries, let alone in Hong Kong Island.

Some time ago, the Cantonese version of "The Beginning" was also extremely popular on Hong Kong Island. Some people even couldn't wait and watched the Mandarin version directly.

Although Zhang Wenqiang is not particularly fond of this novel setting of "time loop", he is particularly fond of the use of reversals and foreshadowing in the story.

After an in-depth discussion with Ding Zhi just now, Ding Zhi still has a deep sense of the "pseudo duo" about the core of the story in "Wushuang", and he is both proud and inferior to Li Wen.

It is both sinister and sinister, and the complex emotions of longing for beauty are well analyzed.

It even makes Zhang Wenqiang suddenly feel as if he is communicating with another self.

Combined with the fact that many of Ding Zhi's previous works were written by him himself and even controlled the entire rhythm, it makes Zhang Wenqiang feel like he has seen a "younger version" of the "other person in this world".

After all, in today's entertainment industry, there are many people who start as screenwriters and then become directors. However, after turning into directors, there are really not many people who still have that "screenwriter" temperament.

If nothing else, it's like a certain troll director. Before he became famous, he was also a screenwriter. When he was just starting out, he once said, "The people like what they see and hear. If you don't like it, who do you think they are?"

Come.

Later, I didn’t even open my mouth to say something like, “There are so many rubbish movies in China because there are so many rubbish viewers!”

From the posture of putting oneself among the people, to the posture of being aloof, to put it simply, too much glory covers the eyes and drifts away.

Man, there are very few people who can maintain their original intentions.

But no matter what, it's good. After this trip, Zhang Wenqiang and Ding Zhi finally managed to get some gaps in Ding Zhi's already full schedule.

However, although Ding Zhi and Zhang Wenqiang had initially determined their intentions, Ding Zhi made a phone call and left it to Liang Qiong to handle the specific details and regulations.

This is also a specialty of the art, and the details of the cooperation, the face-to-face negotiation of remuneration, and Ding Zhi's participation rights and investment share in the drama "Wushuang" will all be negotiated.

Yes, this time, Ding Zhi actually wanted his Jiuyao Media to get a piece of the pie.

Of course, it is not an easy matter to fight with the Hong Kong investors, but this level is still completely left to Liang Qiong.

After all, the other party wants to rope in Ding Zhi, the "god of box office war", and Ding Zhi also likes this movie, so the two parties have a basis for cooperation. The interests will be ceded and the proportions will be different. In the end, there will always be a lot of

A consensus can be reached.

However, this drama is still in preparation. Zhang Wenqiang is obviously going to make a big move this time. Naturally, many details need to be coordinated and communicated. However, now that there are two old and new "big Buddhas", Fa Ge and Ding Zhi,

It is equivalent to hitting the bottom of the basic box office of both Hong Kong Island and the mainland, and many subsequent work will be carried out much more logically.

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On the other hand, Jiuyao Media has risen rapidly this year at an almost rocket speed.

At the beginning of the year, Jiuyao Media was still somewhat famous in the industry, but it was still an unfamiliar name in the eyes of the public.

Well, this year's "The Beginning" was a big hit. "The Tuner" has exceeded 1.3 billion so far, and its box office is still rising. It has indeed made many viewers start to look at the logo with the characters 9 and 1 forming a Tai Chi shape.

It left a rather deep impression.

The slogan "Jiuyao's products must be high-quality." has also begun to spread online.

Among them is the popularity of the helmsman Ding Zhi himself, and on the other hand, it is also the "sense of trust" brought by the simultaneous explosion of a TV series and a theater movie.

On the other hand, the ones who have benefited the most are Zhao Xiaodi in "The Beginning" and the femme fatale Zhu Zhu in "The Tuner".

These two people can be regarded as new members of the "Ding family actors" that Ding Zhi has gradually cultivated.

The first is Zhu Zhu. Her outstanding performance in "The Tuner" is actually no less impressive than that of Ding Zhi, the absolute protagonist.

Her dangerous yet soul-stirring temptation is even more impressive, even to a certain extent, overshadowing Zou Yutong, who also performed well in the film as the male lead's official partner.

And Zhu Zhu finally ushered in a masterpiece role that the audience is familiar with after being silent for a long time.

With the rise of "sister school" nowadays, Zhu Zhu, a beauty who is different from the ordinary "white and thin" aesthetic, and even a little "slightly fat", is actually extremely rare.

As we all know, in movies and TV dramas, due to the wide angle of the camera, many people may have just the right body shape and fatness in reality, but once they are on camera, they often appear much fatter.

This has led to the involution of many celebrities, especially female celebrities, and to some extent will also affect the beauty standards of many people.

Zhu Zhu's new popularity is due to the popularity of "The Tuner", her mentality that is different from ordinary people, and the reason why she allows people to see another beautiful aesthetic standard.

Anyway, Zhu Zhu also became a popular actress through this battle.

As for Zhao Xiaodian, who has newly joined Dingzhi Company, his feelings are even deeper.

Unlike "The Tuner" which is still in theaters and the accumulated popularity is still fermenting, "The Beginning" has been a hit some time ago and now, after the heat has been digested, Zhao Xiaodi's life can be said to be

Earth-shaking changes have taken place.

In fact, Zhao Xiaodi was already quite famous before, otherwise he would not have had the experience of being recognized by the receptionist at a glance when he was auditioning for the role of Li Shiqing in "The Beginning".

But that level of fame is completely incomparable to the popularity and popularity that soared seemingly overnight.

Even at this time, Zhao Xiaodi feels somewhat like Ding Zhi who became famous with "Peeping" a few years ago.

To give the simplest example, before this, if the domestic 0000 flowers were to be mentioned as the top group of people, then Zhao Xiaodi’s good friend Zhang Yanxi was definitely in a unique category, especially since the other party won the Best Supporting Actress last year.

With this honor, he has become the only "award-grabbing coffee" among the top celebrities born in the 2000s.

But now Zhao Xiaodi, who has a hit drama on his hands, has been praised by major media and marketing accounts as being on par with Zhang Yanxi overnight, and has become the unparalleled "top 00 flower".

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Even when she was on the phone with Zhang Yanxi, she heard her friend, whom she had known since childhood, complaining to her that her manager had been warning her recently not to show too much intimacy with Zhao Xiaodi in public.

Because at this time, the two people have become the "benchmark" that many people will use for comparison.

Even to a certain extent, they have the most direct competitive relationship with some film and television resources.

That is the legendary "opponent".

All this made Zhao Xiaodi a little uncomfortable.

Especially after she returned to campus, this invisible gap became even more obvious.

In the beginning, those classmates who had a good relationship with each other did not have any scruples because of Zhao Xiaodi's early "coming out" and her status as a child star.

After all, her previous achievements were all in the past, but after the explosion of "The Beginning", she was instantly treated as a "star student".

First of all, in school, she can be recognized at a glance wherever she goes. Although her familiar classmates and friends are as enthusiastic as ever, even some unfamiliar classmates will start to gather around her.

But Zhao Xiaodi felt vaguely that something had changed.

For example, some classmates who were just acquaintances would discuss the topic with her very enthusiastically, and then clumsily make insinuations, hoping that she would help introduce Jiuyao Media or Ding Zhi to them.

When she sent away time and time again her classmates who were acquaintances in the dormitory next to her or in the same class, the loneliness in the bustle became even more obvious.

This is just a matter of campus life.

On the other side, another thing happened, which further deepened her confusion.

After the completion of "The Beginning", there are actually many follow-up businesses.

For example, I have to accept some interviews, and I also need to take some magazine photos with some actors from the previous crew, especially Tan Zichen, who plays the male protagonist Xiao Heyun.

On the one hand, this is to continue to promote the drama "The Beginning" in depth. On the other hand, it is also a means of converting fans of the drama "The Beginning" into their own personal fans, which is commonly known as "making sugar" and "solidifying fans"

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This is actually more common in some idol dramas. Some male and female protagonists, and even male and female protagonists, will continue to "business" and "distribute candy" after the show is over to maintain the popularity.

Although the love line in "The Beginning" is very weak, the only kiss scene was even deleted in the end, so that the most intimate contact between the male and female protagonists was limited to a hug and a princess hug.

However, this secretly sugar-coating method still attracted many CP fans of Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun. Among them, the number of CP fans of the two of them is not even much less than that of some sweet and boring idol dramas.

So after the filming of the film was completed, she and Tan Zichen met several times. Although the two did not have any sparks in the film, they were relatively good friends in private.

But Zhao Xiaodi discovered that Tan Zichen didn't seem to be in very good shape recently.

Especially, when she learned that she was under Jiuyao and was negotiating for her next film and television series, the envious and lonely look in her eyes made her feel a little weird.

In fact, there is no news that can be concealed from the crew. The incident where Zichen's agent was involved in the scandal was actually vaguely circulated among the crew.

Naturally, Ding Zhi did not get angry, and even treated Tan Zichen equally in the subsequent filming, and his attitude did not change at all.

But since then, many people in the crew have become a little alienated from him.

And it is obvious that after filming "The Beginning", although Tan Zichen's popularity is not much worse than that of Zhao Xiaodian, everyone from Ding Zhi to the production team has a vague intention not to play with him.

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The reason is very simple, it's because of Tan Zichen's agent.

That's right, Tan Zichen didn't know whether it was because he was nostalgic for an old relationship or something else, but after reprimanding his cousin, he still didn't quit his job as an agent.

Of course, Ding Zhi's side is very simple. The other party has such an ignorant time bomb. Even if it is a hot new star that he has promoted, he would not dare to take it.

Although there was no big problem this time, what about the next time?

As for Tan Zichen, without the support of Jiu Yao, his popularity is still unabated, and many brokerage companies have even extended an olive branch to him. However, he seems to have a vague obsession with joining Jiu Yao, and he has never given up.

promise.

So Zhao Xiaodian, who had roughly learned all this, was even more concerned about gains and losses.

For a time, even the current speed and heat that seems to be soaring in place, will it be just a flash in the pan?

Compared to Tan Zichen, am I just a little luckier?

Zhao Xiaodi was a little confused.