Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 699 Sky-high Price
China News Service reported

"The annual blockbuster "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire", starring Chinese actress Liu Yifei, opened simultaneously in North America and mainland China last week."

"In the North American market, The Hunger Games: Part Two topped the box office charts, and even grossed $2 million in its first week."

"It surpassed the $3 million first-week box office record set by The Dark Knight Rises last year, becoming the highest-grossing 1.608D movie in North American film history."

"In mainland China, although The Hunger Games 2 was scheduled to be released at the same time as the 3D blockbuster Gravity, it still earned 1.6 million yuan in the first week thanks to Liu Yifei's strong box office appeal, while Gravity earned 2.2 million yuan."

The outstanding performance of "The Hunger Games 2" amazed the industry, followed by unanimous praise from major domestic media.

Chinese Cinema: Liu Yifei lights up the screen and you'll follow her everywhere.

Sina Entertainment: The film's full of special effects, intense action scenes, and distinctive characters have largely satisfied the audience's demand for adventure movies.

People's Daily Online: "Catching Fire" is an unusual entertainment blockbuster with both a smart mind and a beating heart.

In addition to the media's praise, fans are even more crazy.

In the past, "Tianxian" might have just been a nickname, but nowadays "Tianxian" has become a kind of cognition similar to "International Zhang" in the mouths of major media.

Although "The Hunger Games" series, like the "Twilight" series, is based on best-selling novels, it has truly pushed Liu Yifei to the forefront of Hollywood.

Many foreign media outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, rushed to report on the event.

Even Time magazine sent a letter requesting an exclusive interview with Liu Yifei.

"Times" was another great success for Liu Yifei.

It is both a recognition of her global influence and a way for her to become more well-known internationally.

Now, the only thing she lacks may be a decent international award.

The good news is overwhelming, after accepting an exclusive interview with Time magazine.

He also accepted a telephone interview with People magazine.

Yang Siwei also took credit for it by making a long-distance call to tell Liu Yifei the good news.

"Good news for you, boss lady!"

"What good news?"

"With the popularity of The Hunger Games 2, our version of Do You Know? has not only been sold at a sky-high price, but will also be broadcast simultaneously in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and other countries and regions outside the mainland for the first time!"

"Huh? Really?"

"Of course it's true. Madam Boss, don't you have a clear understanding of your current popularity and fame? Let me tell you, even Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li combined back then couldn't match your damn beauty!"

"You are the one who deserves to die!" Liu Yifei cursed with a smile.

"Hahaha, it's not an exaggeration to say that you are now the idol of hundreds of millions of boys and girls around the world. Not to mention China, young people in Europe and the United States are now scrambling to imitate your outfits in The Hunger Games."

"I have to say that Tim, that bootlicker, is quite capable. He actually thought of teaming up with the brand owner."

"So how much did "Do You Know" sell for?"

"You can't guess, you don't know, for the exclusive first round broadcast rights of "Do You Know?", Mango, Blueberry, and Tomato were almost fighting for it."

"How much were sold and to whom? Don't keep us in suspense!"

"Just wait and see tomorrow's headlines. I think you'll be on the hot search again."

At night, Liu Yifei called her husband directly. After hearing the transaction price of "Knowing Your Destiny", she couldn't sleep.

Sina Entertainment News

"In recent days, the entire film and television industry has been attracted by the selling prices of the two TV series. It is reported that the first round of "Do You Know?" was settled in the Golden Eagle Exclusive Theater of Mango TV."

"According to an insider, Mango TV won the competition with a price of 600 million per episode from Blueberry and Tomato TV."

"Later, there was news that a certain satellite TV station was willing to pay 600 million per episode for the recently completed Nirvana in Fire."

"In today's era of 'one drama, four stars', this year's "Hot Mom" ​​starring Sun Li achieved the "astonishing" performance of selling a single episode for 500 million yuan for satellite TV."

"At that time, the CEO of Xinli said confidently in an interview, "Such sales performance is not only unprecedented in the history of Chinese TV dramas, but it will also be difficult to surpass in the future."

"Only two months have passed. If the revelations are true, this achievement will become a thing of the past."

This trending search on Weibo shocked the entire industry.

"The Legend of Chu and Han", which is known as the most expensive TV series in history, was sold to satellite TV for only 300 million yuan.

But this year, a movie called "Hot Mom" ​​was sold at a sky-high price of 500 million, and only two months later, who would have thought that "Knowing Your Destiny" would be even more domineering.

Some people say that Mango TV has spent a lot of money to repair its relationship with Rongchen Pictures.

Some people also say that Liu Yifei is worth the price.

Some people also say that the brand effect has already given "Knowing" a layer of gilding.

In addition to the well-known actors and creative team, they have their own recognition both in the industry and among the audience.

Liu Yifei's costume dramas are the darlings of the market. With the success of "Dream of Red Mansions", and considering the limited market share of costume dramas, "Knowing or Not" naturally became a scarce resource.

Someone who couldn't sleep because of this confided all her worries to her husband the next day.

Li Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Thinking of the 8000 million yuan salary that a certain young model in later generations took for granted, her words "I am worth this price" made people jaw-dropping. His wife was really worrying too much.

"To borrow a phrase from a netizen: You are worth the price! Besides you? I ask, who else could it be!" Li Chen vowed.

China News Service, New York, December 12
"China's popular movie star Liu Yifei has been enjoying great success in the United States recently. First, she was included in Time magazine's list of the world's top 100 celebrities, and then she was named one of the world's 50 most beautiful people by People magazine."

"Liu Yifei is a recognized classical beauty in China. Currently, Liu Yifei is more popular than all other Chinese American performing stars in the United States and has become the representative image of China in mainstream American society."

It was mid-December when Liu Yifei returned to China, and Yang Siwei came to pick her up at the airport.

Only then did she realize that her husband had been ruthless to Cai Kangyong, but she didn't think it was excessive at all. The life or death of such a man had nothing to do with her.

"Strange Talk? Why haven't I heard of this variety show?"

"I haven't heard of it either, and the boss probably doesn't know it either, but the boss has only one request: the variety shows on the three major video platforms cannot cast this kind of person."

Youku is one of them, needless to say, Liu Yifei knows this clearly.

As for iQiyi and Penguin, she realized belatedly that the original strategic cooperation agreement seemed to be a simple and normal business behavior, but it had invisibly imprisoned the three major video platforms with the shackles of copyright.

Liu Yifei did not go home directly, but went to Media Center.

Although she has been busy abroad for the past half month, she has been paying closer attention to the Spring Festival Gala in China.

Speculations about the host lineup for the Spring Festival Gala have reached a fever pitch online.

But none of them were reliable, and she even admired her husband's skill in hype.

Before arriving at Media, another piece of news became a hot topic.

"Since Li Chen became the chief director of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, all kinds of fresh news have been coming in."

"Yesterday, news broke online that Li Chen, the chief director of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse, and the Spring Festival Gala crew went to Nanjing, Jiangsu to collect folk songs and watched the show If You Are the One." Subsequently, speculations such as "Meng Fei will host the Spring Festival Gala" and "If You Are the One will be put on the Spring Festival Gala" also became rampant.

There are even rumors that Meng Fei will partner with Guo Degang to host the show.

Liu Yifei thought it was fun to think about it. The ratings of this Spring Festival Gala might really set a record.

Several new hosts, Deng Chao leads the most popular reality show in the country, and Huang Bo's total personal box office in the mainland leads all Chinese male stars, second only to her, the box office queen.

The age range and number of Liu Dehua's fans are wide, plus the familiar face of Zhang Guoli.

I wonder if the hot searches will be paralyzed again when the line-up of Spring Festival Gala hosts is announced.

Before they knew it, they arrived at Media Center. Liu Yifei saw through the car window that many media and reporters were still waiting outside the gate.

The third review of the Spring Festival Gala will be held on the 16th, and a countdown banner has made the atmosphere in the entire Media Center a little tense.

Liu Yifei thought to herself that it was no wonder that her husband was so busy. Liu Yifei's appearance did not cause any commotion in Media.

I unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance in Media.

"Boss Gu? Why are you here?"

Gu Yongkeng didn't expect to meet Liu Yifei in Media.

"Yifei, you're not in the United States. When did you come back?"

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "I just landed, and now I'm here to visit Mr. Li, right?"

"Hahaha, that's true. Mr. Li is a very busy man. As the helmsman of Youku, I have to visit even one of his shareholders in person if I want to meet him." Gu Yongkeng also said with a smile.

The two entered the building together.

"He is indeed very busy. This is the second time he hasn't come to pick me up at the airport." Liu Yifei said half-jokingly and half-defending her husband.

Gu Yongkeng found it funny and some of the resentment in his heart disappeared.

"If he doesn't come again next time, you'll make him go home and kneel on the washboard! Everyone knows that Mr. Li is a henpecked man."

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "Okay, I'll listen to Mr. Gu."

"Boss Gu, you came to see him today for something important, right?"

"Well, yesterday the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officially issued 4G licenses to the three major operators. Guangdong and Zhejiang are already conducting internal testing. Who knows, this Spring Festival Gala may very well bring about a qualitative leap in the number of mobile users for Youku."

"Did you know that 4G concept stocks soared yesterday, and even the share price of Youku also rose. All this is thanks to President Li!"

Liu Yifei was slightly surprised and subconsciously glanced at her iPhone 5S which she had just bought less than a month ago.
"Penguin will not sit still and wait for death. I heard that iQiyi is already very anxious. You two are like Tang Monk meat now. Who wouldn't be jealous?"

"You and your wife not only hold a large number of classic film and television copyrights, but Rongchen Pictures is also the number one video content producer in China."

"Yifei, if your Rongchen Pictures goes public, I think you and your wife will definitely be in the top 10 of the Hurun list. The Zijie Jump that you led the investment in a while ago really impressed me. You and your wife have sharper vision than each other."

Liu Yifei was slightly surprised when she heard this, but she quickly said modestly: "It's not as mysterious as you say, Mr. Gu, I'm just betting for fun."

It would be better not to say this. Gu Yongkeng snorted twice: "I have nothing to say to you two!"

"Your boss Li also told me last year that he invests for fun. I have never seen anything like you two. It's true that the husband sings and the wife follows."

Liu Yifei covered her mouth and giggled when she heard this, and the two of them walked to the studio while talking.

Liu Yifei came in and Zhang Guoli was walking out.

Several hosts including Deng Chao and Huang Bo were there, their eyes drifted towards Liu Yifei, but no one dared to say hello.

"Yifei is here." Zhang Guoli said with a smile. Seeing Gu Yongkeng next to Liu Yifei just nodded slightly and greeted him, he felt that he looked familiar.

"Hello, Teacher Zhang."

"Come in quickly. It's time for Mr. Li to take a break. He has been busy since noon."

Hearing Zhang Guoli's voice, Li Chen looked back and said to the hosts, "Then take a break for half an hour."

Huang Bo then walked off the stage and said with a smile: "Yifei, why did you come just now?"

"That's right, the flowers that Lao Huang and I have been waiting for you for have all withered."

"I rushed here as soon as I got off the plane. I haven't even been home yet!"

"Yifei didn't go home, not to see you guys, don't you think so, Brother Hua?" He Jiong also joked.

"Teacher He, please stop talking nonsense. I just came here to see the six of you hosts on the same stage." Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at Li Chen.

After a few people got off the stage, they saw Gu Yongkeng.

He Jiong knew him, and he quickly greeted Gu Yongkeng: "Boss Gu is here too, he must be here to see Boss Li as well."

Huang Bo glanced at Deng Chao and mouthed, "Who is it?"

"The CEO of Youku." Deng Chao replied immediately.

Li Chen stood up and introduced himself to everyone, and they then realized that this was the current CEO of the No. 1 video website.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to exchange pleasantries, Li Chen walked over to Liu Yifei and said lovingly, "Are you hungry? I asked someone to order you some fruit salad and Tremella soup. If you are hungry, eat something first. I asked you to go back first but you are just being disobedient."

Seeing that no one was looking at them, Liu Yifei tiptoed closer to her husband and said softly, "I miss you!"

The familiar fragrance lingered at the tip of Li Chen's nose, making him seem to relieve half of his fatigue.

"Then wait for me for a while. I want to talk to Mr. Gu."

"Just go do your thing and don't worry about me. I'll chat with Brother Hua and the others for a while."

Li Chen nodded and said to Gu Yongkeng who was not far away: "Boss Gu, let's go to the office and talk."

Seeing Li Chen and Gu Yongkeng leave, Huang Bo and the others gossiped, "Yifei, why did President Gu come here directly? What's the matter?"

"Old Huang, you are such a gossip! Ignore him, Yifei." He Jiong said with a smile.

It was almost nine o'clock in the evening when Li Chen finished his work and left with Liu Yifei.

After getting in the car, Liu Yifei couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why did Mr. Gu look for you?"

Li Chen smiled and touched his wife's smooth face, but his wife slapped him like a fly and said, "Tell me now!"

"It has something to do with you."

"Is it related to me?"

"Well, he hopes that Youku can broadcast "Do You Know?" exclusively."

Gu Yongkeng not only hopes to obtain the exclusive broadcasting rights of "Knowing Your Destiny", but also hopes to obtain the exclusive broadcasting rights of "The Battle of Changsha" and "Nirvana in Fire" which have just been completed.

The coming year will be extremely important for the three major video platforms. The scarce copyrights of high-quality film and television content will make the three major platforms fight for every inch of land.

Youku had previously spent a large sum of money to purchase the exclusive online broadcasting rights for “Idol Coming”, which greatly increased the number of users.

(End of this chapter)