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Entering September also represents the complete end of the 2015 summer season.

To say that the most popular movie this summer is definitely "Monster Hunt".

As for the most popular actor, it must be Gu Weiwu.

"A Smile Is Beautiful", hailed by the audience as a masterpiece of campus youth TV dramas, and "Monster Hunt", which ranked first in the box office in film history, have blossomed on both the small and big screens, with a bumper harvest of TV dramas and movies.

Regardless of popularity or actual results, Gu Wei is far ahead.

Lily Bai, who worked with Gu Wei on "Monster Hunt", also gained a lot during the summer.

In the two months of 7 and 8, she had "Monster Hunting" and "Get Out!" Three movies: "Tumor King" and "City in Love" were released.

Not to mention "Monster Hunt", the next two movies released in August, "Get Out!" "Tumor King" is a chick flick with the male idol group Wu Yan.

I have to say that Bai Baihe’s status in the film industry is really high now, [Get out! "Tumor King" she beat the male lead Wu Wu to compete at the box office, and the final results were not bad, with a score of 500 million.

Although it is not as exaggerated as "Monster Hunt" with Gu Wei, it truly proves her status and box office appeal in the field of chick flicks.

As for "City in Love", it is a platter movie that tells the love stories of five couples.

Bai Baihe is only one of the female protagonists, the other four are Yang Mi, Jiang Shuying, Jiang Yiyan, and Zhang Rongrong.

Logically speaking, this movie has a movie star like Bai Baihe who can carry the box office, and a very popular 85 flower like Dami Mi. The other three female stars are also beautiful women, and they are released in time for the Chinese Valentine's Day. All the conditions for a box office hit have been met.

However, as mentioned before, whether a work can be popular in the entertainment industry is often a mystery.

A film and television work that is not well-produced may become an inexplicable hit; and a drama that is prepared to be a hit may also fail miserably.

[City in Love] is the latter.

No one expected that this romantic movie, which was favored by everyone, would only gross over 50 million at the box office.

It is now 2015, not 10 years ago. There are domestic films with box office of hundreds of millions, one billion or even two billion. Movies with 50 million can only be said to be no more expensive.

The investors lost all their money, and the money received was not even enough to pay the actors.

Bai Lily also suffered some blows, which slightly slowed down her rising momentum.

As for Da Mi Mi, she has gotten used to the fact that her movie is on the street, so she doesn't have much reaction.

I'm just looking forward to filming "I Am a Witness" and "Xiu Chun Dao 2" that have already been filmed.

Especially "Xiu Chun Dao 2", which she collaborated with Gu Wei, is regarded by her as her turnaround in the film industry.

There is another female star who is very popular in the summer film industry, and has been compared with Lily Baihe by the media and audiences.

That is Wang Luodan, who is very similar to her in appearance and temperament.

Ever since they both became famous, Bai Baihe and Wang Luodan have been compared.

It has to be said that in the entertainment industry, if two celebrities are similar in age and type, they will inevitably become enemies.

Because there are only so many good resources, what is suitable for you must be suitable for me. Under mutual competition, even if we are friends in the first place, it is inevitable that we will part ways due to interests in the end.

Just like the Fairy Sword sisters, no matter how good the relationship between them is when they start filming, after everyone becomes famous, they will inevitably turn against each other due to interests.

The so-called friendship is very fragile in the face of real money and career development.

There are also three little ones who came later. They are all of the same age and have similar styles. When they were not famous at first, they relied on the team to keep warm.

After they become famous, even if there are no conflicts between them, the teams behind them will continue to have conflicts when competing for endorsements and film and television resources for the artists. Over time, the teams will naturally break up.

If two people are not only similar in age and style, but also somewhat similar in appearance, then needless to say, they are mortal enemies!

This is the case for Bai Baihe and Wang Luodan.

Although both of them have stated in interviews that they will only do their best and don't care who the audience compares them to.

But this is just a nice word for face.

The secret competition between the two has never stopped.

It wasn't until Bai Lily's one-finger Zen incident happened later that a reporter interviewed Wang Luodan, and she couldn't control her joy at all.

It felt like a big piece of pie falling from the sky, and her expression seemed to tell the audience:

‘What a shame, I won’t act anymore! ’

Of course, the two are still in a life-and-death contest.

Wang Luodan also had three movies released in the two months of summer, including "Broken Wind", "Otaku Detective Guixiang", and "Scorching Sun".

Basically, it was stuck around the release of Lily White's three movies.

But if it was a box office comparison, she would lose miserably. Not to mention comparing with "Monster Hunt", just "Get Out!" "Tumor King" has a box office of 500 million, which is more than her three movies combined.

In particular, Wang Luo's "Otaku Detective Guixiang", which had a single hit at the box office, lost both in box office and word-of-mouth. The final box office was less than 50 million, and it was a complete flop.

Only "Scorching Sun" helped her win back the victory with its strong reputation, but the most outstanding actors in this drama are the two male protagonists Deng Chao and Duan Yihong.

Wang Luodan, the heroine, does not have many roles and proportions, not to mention the side effects.

In general, the two female stars who were ridiculed by everyone in the summer film and television circles for "sharing a face" ended with Lily Bai winning the title of "Box Office Queen" and completely overwhelming the other.

"Okay, Mr. Hou, don't worry, I will finish the filming very quickly, and it will definitely not delay the promotion work of [Nirvana in Fire].

For online promotion, you can send the materials to my agency, and the domestic team will work with the crew on online promotion.

You can rest assured that I have confidence in the quality of the TV series and will definitely take care of the promotion."

During a break in the filming of the movie, Gu Wei received a call from Mr. Hou of [Noon Sunshine] and confirmed with him the time to return to China, because [Nirvana in Fire] will be online at the end of September.

Although this drama was a hit in its original time and space, it ranked among the top in 2015 in terms of reputation, ratings, and broadcast volume.

But in fact, [Nirvana in Fire] was not very good when it was first launched.

In the case of dual-channel broadcast in Beijing and Shanghai, the ratings ranked behind fifth in the same period.

Later, as the TV series slowly aired, it started low and then moved high. It suddenly emerged due to its high reputation.

By the second half of the broadcast, the dual-channel ratings had exceeded 1, and the ratings ranking for the same period also occupied the first and second place.

It is even more popular on the Internet, and the number of online broadcasts is rising all the way.

The reason is still the relationship between actors.

[Noon Sunshine] Although it is very good at producing main dramas, the most popular TV dramas in the current TV drama market are fairy tales and idol dramas.

The male protagonist of the original version, Brother Hu, was at a low point in his career at that time. He failed to enter the big screen, and the small screen has been relying on the success of "Sword and Fairy".

After the car accident, he disappeared from the circle for a while due to recuperation, causing his popularity to plummet.

The heroine Liu Tao has been paying off her husband's debts since she got married. She has been involved in many bad dramas, and her reputation and popularity are not as good as before.

Although the other supporting characters are good in terms of acting skills, they are not famous.

That’s why no one paid much attention to [Nirvana in Fire] when it was first released, and its ratings were not worthy of its excellent production.

It was not until later that it relied on word-of-mouth to counterattack and became a hit drama widely welcomed by the audience.

Brother Hu and Liu Tao returned to the top with the help of "Nirvana in Fire", and other supporting actors also reaped part of the dividends.

But that's different now.

Because of the starring roles of Gu Wei and Tang Yan, the current "Nirvana in Fire" has attracted widespread attention from the audience before it even aired.

Especially fans of Gu Wei have been looking forward to this TV series for a long time.

The selling price of Gu Wei's version of "Nirvana in Fire" is also very high. The first round of dual-channel broadcast in Beijing and Shanghai cost 2 million for each single episode, totaling 216 million.

The exclusive online broadcast rights were bought by Tengxun Video for a package price of 150 million.

Excluding the cost, the entire drama brought more than 200 million in profits to [Noonday Sunshine], and of course Gu Wei’s 20% investment share in [Wei Tianxia].

This kind of revenue allowed Hou Hongliang to truly see Gu Wei's ability to lead dramas.

The TV series has not yet been released. TV stations and video websites are just optimistic about Gu Wei's starring role and have invested huge funds to purchase it.

This situation is something [Noon Sunshine] has never encountered before.

Because although everyone knows that the quality of the TV series they produce must be good, good quality does not mean that everyone likes to watch it.

How much money the broadcast platform is willing to spend depends on how much profit watching the TV series can bring them.

The most important one is advertising investment.

The reason why the current TV series starring Gu Wei can sell so well is entirely because after the TV station spent huge sums of money to buy it, it can immediately make up for it through advertising and investment, and it will also make a lot of money.

Of course the TV station is willing to do such a good deed.

In the same way, what video websites value is the increase in members and advertising revenue when the number of views is huge.

This is a win-win situation. As long as it is a TV series starring Gu Weizhu, everyone from the producer to the broadcast platform to the manufacturers who spend huge advertising fees feel that they have made a profit.

The only ones whose interests may be damaged may be other TV series in the same period.

Just because the profits from his TV series are so huge, Gu Wei rarely takes on external roles now.

He has his own production company and there is no shortage of scripts. Wouldn't it be better to organize and shoot by himself?

When the time comes to win over some broadcast platforms like Tengxun Video and Mango and Lychee, Gu Wei will eat the meat and share some soup with them. Why use his fame to make money for others.

[Nirvana in Fire] was taken at the beginning of last year. At that time, his company's production capabilities were not good enough and the scale could not keep up. Now there is no need to worry about this problem.

In mid-September, the two movies "Monster Hunt" and "Pancake Man" were released after two months of release.

"Monster Hunt" finally achieved a box office result of 2.67 billion, pushing the domestic movie box office record up by more than 200 million.

[Pancake Man] also achieved a good result of 1.14 billion, which is almost the same as the original time and space.

[Anle Pictures], President's Office.

Jiang Zhiqiang took the movie data sent by his assistant and looked at it carefully with a smile.

"Monster Hunt", which has been in theaters for 59 days, has broken more than 200 box office records, large and small. With a box office record of 2.67 billion, it has become the domestic film that has broken the most box office records since the Chinese film market began to collect box office statistics in 1994.

Now that the movie is released, it also marks the final box office dust has settled.

Jiang Zhiqiang couldn't be more satisfied with his current results, and he was in an extremely good mood.

After a while, director Xu Chengyi knocked on the door and came in.

"Haha, Lao Xu, sit down quickly~"

Jiang Zhiqiang put down the data sheet in his hand and stood up with a smile to say hello.

Director Xu sat down on the sofa, also smiling.

When I decided to return to China for development, I never thought that I could become the commercial director with the highest box office in China with just one movie.

The surprise came so quickly, completely beyond his expectation.

"Now [Monster Hunt] has been completely finished, and you know the box office results, Lao Xu, you played a big part in it!"

Jiang Zhiqiang happily praised Director Xu. He felt that he had made the most correct decision by asking Xu Chengyi to return to China.

"I don't dare~ I don't dare~. The success of the movie is the credit of all the production and cast members of the crew. I just performed the duties that a director should do."

Director Xu said modestly.

"Haha~ You don't have to be modest, I know it all.

This time the movie is a hit, and you should be the first to take the lead.

After so many years of friendship between us, I will definitely not treat you badly! "

Jiang Zhiqiang patted Director Xu on the shoulder and promised him.

Xu Chengyi smiled and said nothing. He had already prepared for this kind of thing. With the movie selling so well, [Anle Film and Television] made a lot of money. Based on his understanding of Jiang Zhiqiang, the other party would definitely not be stingy.

"By the way, Lao Xu.

Now that [Monster Hunting] has been drawn, no matter how good the results are, it is all in the past.

Do you have any thoughts on making a sequel? "

[Monster Hunt] has become such a hit that it would be unreasonable not to make a sequel.

Jiang Zhiqiang has long planned to create a big IP for a series of movies.

If possible, shoot one movie after another, like a series of movies like "Fast and Furious".

In this way, it will not be a one-time deal, but "Monster Hunt" will become a gold mine, creating a steady stream of income for "Anle Pictures".

After listening to Jiang Zhiqiang's words, Director Xu lowered his head and thought for a moment.

"I also have this idea. I have a rough outline of the story in my mind. I will sort it out slowly later and let the screenwriting department enrich it."

"Okay, hurry up and do this. Although there is no rush now, we can make other preparations after the script is released."

Jiang Zhiqiang ordered.

"I understand, Mr. Jiang, I will get it done as soon as possible."

After talking about business, Jiang Zhiqiang said with a smile:

"By the way, I have already decided to hold a movie celebration party in a few days. I hope you will have a few more drinks then."

"Gu Wei, I remember, went to the United States to film, right? Why don't you wait for him?"

Director Xu said doubtfully.

"No way, I have contacted him and he will be back in a few days.

Gu Wei is the biggest contributor to our drama besides you.

How could the celebration party be without our leading actor! "

The publicity and distribution work of "Monster Hunt" was controlled by Jiang Zhiqiang. He was most aware of the benefits that Gu Wei's strong box office appeal brought to the movie.

At that time, he will have to discuss with Gu Wei about starring in the second film.