Huayu’s ex-husband

Chapter 272 271. "Snow Leopard" collides with "Soldier Assault"

"Good morning, Director Wei!"

Wei Wu, who was having breakfast in the backstage lounge, turned around and saw that it was Wang Baoqiang who was smiling broadly.

Today is August 3rd, which is also the day when "囧囧" holds a press conference in Yanjing.

Of course "囧" will be filmed in Thailand, but that doesn't mean that all the scenes will be shot there.

Seventy or eighty percent of the scenes in the film basically take place in Thailand, but there are still about 20% of the scenes that take place in China.

After all, Xu Zheng and Huang Bo didn’t appear in Thailand right at the beginning of the film. At the beginning, they were in the company, and there was a story about the intrigue!

The same goes for Wang Baoqiang. He and Xu Zheng also met on a domestic plane.

And at the end of the film, after they returned to China, Xu Zheng arranged for Wang Baoqiang and Fan Bingbing to meet.

Moreover, even if there is no drama in China, there is a high probability that Wei Wu will still hold the opening ceremony in Yanjing. Anyway, he can't go to Thailand to hold a launch conference, right?

After all, it is unlikely that most reporters will follow them to Thailand. If there are only a few reporters at the "囧囧" launch press conference, then why does it have a press conference?

"It's too early for you to stay strong! I haven't congratulated you yet! Now you are really a big star! "Soldier Assault" is finally a hit!"

Wang Baoqiang lamented: "Oh! It's so difficult. I thought this drama had no chance of becoming a star!"

Wei Wu raised his eyebrows: "Don't worry about being late for a good meal, isn't this a big hit as soon as it starts airing?

“Judging from the current momentum, your drama may be the most popular this year!

"No kidding, by the time this drama is over, you will almost be on the safe side!"

The drama "Soldier Assault" is worth talking about. As we all know, this drama is the most popular drama in 2007, no one.

Although "Golden Wedding" was slightly higher in ratings, "Soldier Assault" was replayed 21 times in prime time on provincial satellite TV in 2007, making it the drama with the most rebroadcasts in prime time that year.

And "Golden Wedding" doesn't even have 10 times, which means it doesn't even have half of it.

"Soldier Assault" was first released on August 1st, which means that in 4 months, not counting the daytime and night time slots, it was replayed 21 times in prime time.

This intensity of screen viewing is even better than last year's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

But be careful, this show didn’t become a hit as soon as it aired!

In fact, the show was launched on Shaanxi Radio 2 on December 24 last year, but the response was mediocre at first.

This is completely in line with expectations. After all, this is a "three-no drama":

No stars, no love, no beauties.

Moreover, the military theme is not popular these days, so it is normal that it is not popular.

Although the trial broadcast on local channels had a good reputation, more than half a year later, it still failed to achieve star status.

Other TV stations don’t accept it, and the reasons are very good:

Your drama doesn’t sell well, and it doesn’t seem to impress people.

First of all, the scenes of the play are not as grand as "DA Division"; secondly, the cast is not as strong as "Battlefield Command", with a number of powerful actors joining the cast.

The last one, the plot is a bit bland, telling a story about the growth of a recruit in a straightforward manner, and there are no emotional dramas or eye-catching beauties interspersed as embellishments.

Based on the above three points, even if Kang Honglei previously directed the hit drama "The Passionate Years"——

However, all star TV stations, including CCTV, still mercilessly rejected this drama.

Although this drama has a huge reputation, it has never been able to break through because it has never been able to achieve star status.

It’s just gold, it will shine after all!

Even though it was only rotated on local stations, this drama still attracted the attention of some people and slowly accumulated a group of fans.

As time goes by, starting from about the end of May this year, "Soldier Assault" gradually became popular on the Internet relying on its excellent reputation spread by word of mouth. Some netizens even watched the show through pirated discs.

To date, it has about 1.47 million related entries on Google, and more than 700,000 related posts on Baidu Tieba.

In comparison, "Wolfbane Flower", which is also a popular military-themed drama this year, has only more than 8,300 posts on Baidu Tieba.

Now that it has attracted attention on the Internet, the attitude of the TV station has naturally relaxed.

So on the first of this month, which was Army Day, Chongqing Taiwan became the first person to eat crabs.

In fact, in the previous life, Yanjing TV should have been the first to take advantage of the problem. However, because Yanjing TV had already bought "Snow Leopard", "Soldier Assault" could not be broadcast in prime time.

With the first one, naturally there will be a second one, so Henan Satellite TV, Hebei Satellite TV and Sichuan Satellite TV successively took action and won the first round of star broadcast rights of the show.

So "Soldier Assault" was simulcast on four channels on August 1. Among them, Chongqing Channel, which has the highest ratings in the country, had a first-run ratings of 2.79.

The four broadcasts can actually break through the second place, which is truly shocking.

Let alone break two, even if the national ratings of the four-channel network can break one, it will be a hit of the year.

Everyone realizes that a drama that is a hit of the year, and even a ratings champion of the year, is coming.

Wang Baoqiang was a little flattered when he heard this: "Really? You said that after this drama is finished, I will be promoted to the front line?"

"So soon? This is my first time as the leading actor in a TV series!"

"Soldier Assault" has been on the air for two days, and the discussion and popularity remain high. As time goes by, the attention and ratings of this drama will only get higher and higher.

As the male lead of the drama, Wang Baoqiang has naturally been rosy-cheeked and walked with a breeze these two days. He can't hide his joy at all.

Wei Wu nodded: "Absolutely, one TV series like "Soldier Assault" is enough.

"No kidding, the role of Xu Sanduo is enough for you to eat for a lifetime!"

Wang Baoqiang smiled innocently: "It would be great if I could really eat for a lifetime!"

Wei Wu waved his hand and vowed:

"Even if I can't eat for a lifetime, at least 10 years will definitely be no problem. ”

Don’t think that Wang Baoqiang’s resume is still a bit thin, and there are only three roles that the audience remembers: Sha Gen, Niu Geng and Xu Sanduo.

But "A World Without Thieves", "Lost on Journey" and "Soldier Assault" are classics enough and influential enough to push him into the ranks of first-line stars.

From this point of view, Wang Baoqiang’s star luck is indeed good. He has already become a first-line star in 2007.

Compared with other movie stars of the same period, Huang Bo was promoted in 2009 with "Crazy Racing", Xu Zheng was promoted in 2012 with "Lost in Thailand", Shen Teng was promoted in 2015 with "Charlotte's Troubles", and Wu Jing was promoted in 2017 with "Wolf Warrior 2".

Compared with them, Wang Baoqiang can even be said to have a smooth road to stardom. .

So, this person is indeed a bit lucky.

Of course, this is definitely a good thing for Wei Wu!

"Soldier Assault" became a hit, and apart from Wang Baoqiang and other main creative staff, the happiest person should be Wei Wu.

After all, the more popular Wang Baoqiang is, the higher the box office of "Lost in Thailand" will be.

If nothing unexpected happens, "Lost in Thailand" should be released during the Lunar New Year holiday this year, just in time to take over the popularity of "Soldier Assault".

At that time, "Soldier Assault" had been replayed more than 20 times on major satellite TV stations, and the popularity had just reached its peak, and the timing of "Lost in Thailand" was just right.

Originally, "Lost in Thailand" had a great chance of winning the annual box office champion.

If it could take advantage of the traffic dividend of "Soldier Assault", then It is a done deal.

But Wei Wu is not only happy about this. Two actors who play the main roles in "Soldier Assault" have also signed contracts with Wei Wu Company.

The first one is of course Chen Sicheng, who is signed to Bad Monkey Films and has just finished filming "Fleeting Time" for Wei Wu.

The other one is Zhang Yi, who Wei Wu has also signed to Shu Culture and is currently filming "The Murderer".

Of course, the one Wei Wu wants to sign the most is definitely Wang Baoqiang, but he has already signed a contract with Huayi in 2004.

Then again, if Wang Baoqiang had not signed a contract with Huayi, how could the male lead Xu Sanduo fall on him?

Wei Wu even considered whether to poach Wang Baoqiang, but later thought about it and gave up.

It's not that he's afraid. Huayi, mainly for his own reputation, Wei Wu did not want to make himself infamous.

Originally, Yang Mi was poached from Rongxinda, and the "Legend of Sword and Fairy III" was snatched from Tangren, which had already caused a lot of damage to Wei Wu's reputation.

If he continued to poach people unscrupulously, Wei Guo Group might become the public enemy of the industry.

After all, if Wei Wu did not even take Huayi, Rongxinda and Tangren seriously, let alone other companies.

At that time, everyone in the same industry would be in danger, and everyone would unite to boycott secretly, and Wei Wu would definitely not feel good.

Just as the two were chatting, the door of the lounge was suddenly pushed open. Wei Wu turned his head and saw that another male lead had arrived.

"Director Wei, Baoqiang, you are here so early!"

Wei Wu nodded and said, "Well, good morning."

Wang Baoqiang quickly stood up and greeted, "Brother Xu is here! ”

Xu Zheng came over and punched Wang Baoqiang on the shoulder affectionately and said jokingly:

"Sure, Baoqiang, when you become famous, don't forget to help your brother!"

Wang Baoqiang still smiled innocently: "Okay, if that day really comes, I will definitely do it."

Xu Zheng put his arm around his shoulder and said: "What do you mean that day really comes? Isn't that day already here? Now "Soldier Assault" is so popular!

"Tell us the truth, did you think that this drama would be so popular?"

Wang Baoqiang shook his head honestly and said: "No, who could have thought of this?

"Hey, no, someone really predicted that this drama would be popular."

"Who?" Xu Zheng subconsciously looked down at Wei Wu:

"Could it be Director Wei?"

"Yeah," Wang Baoqiang nodded:

"During the Chinese New Year before, I once complained to Director Wei that this drama had not been popular. He said that this drama was well made and it would definitely be a hit once it was released! "

Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang looked at Wei Wu at the same time, so Wei Wu continued:

"When this drama was first broadcast on Shaanxi TV Station 2, I watched a few episodes, and it was indeed well made.

"Gold will always shine, and I am not surprised that this drama is popular."

If someone else said this, Xu Zheng might think it was hindsight, but what Wei Wu is most talked about is his extremely keen business sense.

Even if others can't see the potential of this drama, Wei Wu can definitely see it.

Xu Zheng immediately echoed: "I definitely believe this, and there is no need to doubt Director Wei's vision.

"After all, the most popular dramas at the moment are "Soldier Assault" and "Snow Leopard" directed by Wei.

"This summer, the audience is really blessed. Both dramas are so good that they probably don't know how to choose!"

Wang Baoqiang followed up and said, "Yes, I really didn't expect that Director Wei is not only so good at directing, but also so good at acting."

Wei Wu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "What's so good about him? It's just that he was suppressed by your "Soldier Assault"!"

It turned out that on the same day that "Soldier Assault" was first broadcast on satellite TV, "Snow Leopard" was also broadcast on four channels to meet the audience.

To be honest, it was not Wei Wu's original intention to broadcast the two dramas on the same day.

The broadcast date was set by the TV station, because "Snow Leopard" was not completed until the end of July, and it could only be broadcast in early August at the earliest.

Besides, this drama is about the War of Resistance Against Japan, so it is indeed a good choice to broadcast it on the day of the August 1st Army Day.

And "Soldier Assault" was also broadcast on satellite TV for the same reason, so the two dramas just happened to collide.

On the same day It is indeed not a good choice to start broadcasting, but it is much better than "Snow Leopard" following "Soldier Assault" to start broadcasting.

After all, the popularity of "Soldier Assault" will not go down for a while, and it will continue to rise in a short time.

Moreover, it is better for "Snow Leopard" to lose to "Soldier Assault" head-on than to lose to others.

"Snow Leopard" has been receiving high attention even before it was broadcast. On the day of its premiere, Mango TV's ratings reached 2.66%, and its audience share was 7.23%.

This is undoubtedly the highest level of Mango TV drama ratings this year, ranking second in the country in the same period , second only to "Soldier Assault".

However, "Snow Leopard" was only broadcast on Mango TV, and the ratings of the first broadcast were surprisingly high, even more than double that of other channels.

The reason for this situation is mainly due to the fact that the ratings of Mango TV's previous TV series were very explosive.

Because before "Snow Leopard", the last TV series broadcast on Mango TV in prime time was "Again, a Dream".

The drama was exclusively broadcast on Mango TV on June 30, 2007, with a first broadcast rating of 1.62%, and the finale reached a rating of 3.77% and a market share of 9.94%, which is the highest rating of Mango TV in recent years. The drama with the highest ratings.

"Snow Leopard" has inherited the popularity of this drama to a certain extent, so the ratings of the first broadcast on Mango TV are particularly outstanding.

However, it is normal that "Snow Leopard" has not PKed "Soldier Assault".

After all, dramas like "Soldier Assault" are originally invincible killers, not to mention that they have been brewing for more than half a year, which has raised the attention and popularity.

If the two dramas were premiered on the same day, "Snow Leopard" would definitely beat "Soldier Assault".

But if it is the current situation, then naturally it is not a match.