You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 593 ① The first generation of Douyin internet celebrity ② Mr. Fan was watched ③ Winning the award in North America

The background of ByteDance’s entry into the short video field is that at this time, the short video industry has formed a situation of one super player and many strong players.

The first super app is Kuaishou, which currently has about 200 million users.

Duoqiang has Meipai, Miaopai and Xiaokaxiu, as well as a number of smaller short video apps.

However, apart from Kuaishou, ByteDance does not pay attention to other companies.

After all, ByteDance is not a vegetarian. At this time, the company’s flagship product Toutiao already has 700 million active users, with over 80 million daily active users!

This level is almost the same as that of Weibo. As long as it attracts traffic, Douyin will grow very quickly.

In addition, in order to test the waters of Douyin, the Toutiao app has embedded a Toutiao video program in the past two months, which is the predecessor of Future Volcano Video.

ByteDance's technical support makes Toutiao video run very smoothly, and the unique data model also performed very well during the trial.

Wang Quan took Xiaotian to ByteDance and personally witnessed the launch of the software.

He and Xiaotian also downloaded the software respectively and registered trumpet accounts, leaving some user experience behind.

Before going online, Douyin has invited hundreds of people to join and shoot thousands of short videos. It will also forward videos from Toutiao videos one after another to continuously enrich the video library.

The first batch of users of Douyin are mainly Internet celebrities, Internet musicians, dance enthusiasts, and young and beautiful college students.

After all, Douyin’s current slogan is: Let worship start from here, focusing on the new generation of music short video community.

Kuaishou currently controls third- and fourth-tier cities, taking the route of surrounding cities from rural areas.

Then Douyin adopts a promotion idea from young people to all age groups.

The current focus is on youth and vitality, because young people are louder and more willing to share. When the number of users is large enough, the second generation slogan "Tik Tok, record a good life" will be released.

Music is a very important element of Douyin, and the Internet has greatly squeezed the living space of ordinary musicians, so Douyin has easily invited many non-famous singers.

Maybe their names are not familiar to the public, but many people have heard their songs or think their music melodies are very nice.

For example, singer Cui Zige ("Can't Say It"), who became popular recently because of "The Princess's Promotion", and Sunzi Han, who became popular because of the theme song interlude of "A Good Man in the Tang Dynasty", etc.

The popular "Prince Princess's Promotion" has also established in-depth cooperation with Douyin, created an official account, and shared many exclusive tidbits that are not visible to LeTV VIP users.

Of course, Zhang Tianai, the popular fried chicken, also established a Douyin account.

It’s just that Douyin is not keen on inviting celebrities to join in at present because the cost is too high and the price-performance ratio is low.

Xiaokaxiu relied on the celebrity effect of celebrities, but the effect was explosive at the beginning, but the subsequent development was very weak, far inferior to Kuaishou who took the civilian route.

Douyin has learned from this experience and currently does not plan to provide too much traffic support to celebrities, nor does it want Douyin to become a second Weibo and a gathering place for celebrity fans and anti-fans.

Byte has so many brother units, such as Power World, Shiba, Hesong, Bingcheng, and New Silk Road. It has countless star resources and can easily pull out a hundred female stars.

However, the only female star who signed a contract with Douyin at the beginning was Zhang Zilin.

Zhang Zilin belongs to the kind of female celebrity who has high status, high style, and good reputation, but is not top-notch in popularity and popularity. She usually likes to share photos and videos on Weibo, focusing on her outfits and daily life.

Previously, I used Miaopai, which cooperated with Weibo. Now I have signed a contract with Douyin, and I will use Douyin to shoot videos and share them on Weibo.

Wang Quan refreshed the page about ten times and finally saw Sister Zi Lin’s video.

It wasn't anything serious. She just asked her assistant to take a video of her wearing shorts and walking with her long legs to a relaxing melody. It was very pleasing to the eye.

He took a look and saw that Sister Zi Lin had uploaded three videos. The number of fans was already 500. They should have been followed by beta users during the beta test.

As one of the few female celebrities in the closed beta, other users will definitely pay attention to her first.

After the app was uploaded, the number of downloads quickly exceeded 10,000.

When Wang Quan left, the number of downloads was fixed at 1.2 million.

Even if a thousand of these people can take the initiative to post videos on Douyin, Douyin's video library will soon be enriched.

However, to really retain users, we need more high-quality users and high-quality content. Zhang Yiyi said: "Next, we plan to attract high-quality content creators from Xiaokaxiu, Kuaishou and Bilibili."

Wang Quan nodded: "Poaching is shameful, but it is useful."

He told Zhang Yiming not to be anxious and to follow his own pace: "The golden age of short videos has not yet arrived. When the traffic rates are cheap enough that you can watch videos casually, that will be the real explosive period."

Nowadays, the main places to watch short videos are at home and in the office where WiFi is available. Outdoors, there are very few people who don’t care about the traffic and only use one gigabyte per day.

After leaving Bytedance, Wang Quan and Xiaotian went back to the company. Xiaotian continued to train Meng Ziyi and Guo Xuefu. The level of these two people was too far behind Xiaotian, so Xiaotian had to worry more.

Wang Quan was busy for a while and then went to Zhang Zilin's place as a guest.

She was wearing pajamas and a facial mask. Wang Quan also noticed that there was a mobile phone holder in front of her dressing cabinet.

"Are you recording a video?"

"The recording has been completed. I will record the makeup removal skills and post them on Douyin when the time comes."

Wang Quan gently hugged her waist: "Thank you for your support."

"I got the signing bonus, so of course I have to use my influence to help attract traffic."

"Quite dedicated." Wang Quan praised, and then helped her provide some suggestions on video editing.

Then Zhang Zilin pinched his long hair and asked Wang Quan: "What do you think of my hair being cut to shoulder length?"

"What, you want to go back to your high school days?"

"I was shorter in high school," Zhang Zilin said with a smile: "Director Ning Hao's script was sent to me. I want to play a capable policewoman, so my hair needs to be shorter."

Wang Quan's hands began to explore: "Your hair looks good no matter how long or short it is."

Zhang Zilin: "Be gentle, don't knock my mask off~"

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Next, Wang Quan is going to the United States, and he will be gone for a month, and he doesn't know if he will have time to return to his country in the meantime.

Xianmi has not finished filming the movie yet, so her mother and mother-in-law take care of her.

He wanted to take his daughter to the United States, but his family was worried.

~

At the same time, Peng Xuanzhi, a girl from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province who just turned 16 this year, was recommended a software called Douyin while reading headlines. The logo is a trembling musical note. She downloaded it after seeing that the page looked good.

After clicking on it, it felt similar to Kuaishou. They were short videos, but the people in them were more fashionable and beautiful, and she liked them better.

So Xiao Peng, who was a tourist, immediately registered an account. Considering that it was almost 2016 and he was 16 years old, he named it "Peng Shiliu".

Then she fumbled and posted her first video. The operation was very simple and convenient, and the Douyin filter was really good. She was already young and beautiful, and she looked even better when she shot it through the Douyin filter.

To her surprise, in just one night, when she watched it the next day, the number of fans exceeded 100!

Moreover, the video of me casually filming and winking has received more than a hundred likes and dozens of comments.

This significantly increased her motivation to shoot videos, and she was planning to shoot another dancing video today.

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Pei Jiaxin is six years old this year. She was born in Chuzhou, Jiangsu Province. She is a young model. She has also filmed a TV series called "The Brother Who Sleeps on My Upper Bunk", but it has not been broadcast yet.

Her mother also downloaded Douyin by chance, and she was smart and immediately sensed the business opportunities in it.

So I took a video of my daughter eating.

Her daughter is so beautiful, and with the Douyin filters, she looks like a little fairy.

Moreover, Douyin is still blank in this field. The appearance of Pei Jiaxin immediately attracted a large number of college students who wanted to get something for nothing.

"What should I do if I want to have such a beautiful daughter without getting married?"

"Kid, what color sack do you like? Tell your aunt."

Seeing the rapid increase in likes and comments, Pei's mother was overjoyed and planned to switch to a mobile phone with higher pixels for easier shooting.

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At this time, there was a cute pet blogger on Kuaishou named "Talking Liu Erdou". She raised a British shorthair named Liu Erdou, and through her clever dubbing, the little guy attracted a large number of fans.

After this blogger accidentally discovered Douyin, he checked the company and found that it was owned by the same company as Toutiao.

I am very familiar with Toutiao. My parents and myself have downloaded it, so this cute pet blogger also set up an account on Douyin.

Whenever she makes a video, she will publish it on Kuaishou and Douyin.

Anyway, I didn’t sign an exclusive agreement with Kuaishou. I was betting on both sides and would lean towards whichever side developed well.

~

There is also a special effects industry practitioner whose online name is "Black Face V"...

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When Wang Quan arrived in Los Angeles with two assistants, Xiao Tian and Guo Xuefu, and two actors, Fan Bingbing and Wen Yongshan, the North American box office of "A Star Wars Story: Rogue One" had easily exceeded 300 million.

The box office in the first week was 182 million.

Although this score is not comparable to "The Force Awakens", there is still no problem in reaching half of the North American score of "The Force Awakens".

Even if it is only half as good as The Force Awakens, it is probably among the top three of the year. As a spin-off work, it can be said to have successfully met expectations.

Dorothy told Wang Quan that after the filming of the six-part series is completed, several Star Wars TV series will be released on Netflix to maintain the popularity and expand the boundaries.

Wait for another restart in ten years.

She feels that as long as China can make Journey to the West, Hollywood can make Star Wars for as long as it takes.

The first day Wang Quan returned to Beverly Hills was a family gathering. Gadot took Alice, Dorothy and Little K took Alex, and the family of six and the dog ate, played and played together. Having fun, Wang Quan warmly accompanied the two children.

At the same time, Fan Bingbing took Wen Yongshan and his two assistant sisters to settle down in the hotel, and the four of them started shopping together.

Fan Bingbing also wanted to inquire about the price of a house in Beverly Hills.

To be honest, the cheaper ones are not too expensive, but there seems to be little room for appreciation. Most of the houses I bought in China have tripled or quadrupled in value, so investing in real estate in China is still reliable.

Of course, if you had bought a house during the subprime mortgage crisis a few years ago, you would probably still have made money. It seems that those houses in Wang Quan were all bought at that time.

Because "Parasite" was screened in more than 30 theaters this week, mostly in Los Angeles and New York, they didn't have to go far to find a theater showing "Parasite" and buy tickets to go in.

Fan Bingbing was pleasantly surprised. The attendance rate was very high, and they were all foreigners. It was a wonderful feeling to watch a movie in a foreign country with Chinese characters and English subtitles.

But every time he sees his sofa scene, Fan Bingbing gets excited, as if the scene reappears.

The key is that when she walked out of the screening room, she was still recognized, and several blond and blue-eyed foreign girls begged to take photos with her.

Fan Bingbing quickly winked at Wen Yongshan, and Wen Yongshan immediately captured the scene of her boss being watched by "foreign fans".

Gee, just this photo is enough to be the number one hot search on Weibo.

Today is actually the day that Zhang Ziyi gave birth to her baby, but before giving birth, she still kept her phone close to her. She happened to browse this Weibo post and immediately snorted, and then her amniotic fluid broke.

Now Zhang Ziyi is happy. When I give birth to a child, I will definitely suppress your limelight. Good boy, my mother loves you!

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The next day, Wang Quan took Fan Bingbing and Wen Yongshan to attend the National Board of Review Awards, one of the four major fronts for the Oscars.

This award has a very long history, it is the same age as the Oscars, and this year is the 87th.

This award is often the first annual award to be awarded during the awards season, but precisely because it is awarded earlier, the overlap rate with the Oscars is not high.

Historically, the overlap rate between Best Picture and Oscar results is 25.3%, and Best Director is 21.4%.

"Parasite" was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award, but due to regulatory reasons, it was not nominated for other awards.

Previously, Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine", Li Xian's "Eat Drink Man and Woman", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and Lao Mouzi's "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge" have all won the best foreign language film.

Wang Quan has not won the National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it has won some for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

Today not only Wang Quan and others came, but also Little K. In addition, Wang Quan also met his old friend Charlize Theron at the award ceremony.

The winner of the Best Picture award was "Mad Max: Fury Road," starring Theron.

And Xiao K also won the best actress for "Room".

In addition, "The Martian" produced by Long Toutou won three heavyweight awards: Best Director, Best Actor (Matt Damon), and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Needless to say, King Power won his first National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

On the road to the Olympics, victory in the first battle!

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(Originally, this chapter was supposed to be written in 2016, but I feel uncomfortable today, sorry~)