Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 713 Digging a hole
Beijing Qinghai University reported

"Is the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse not as good as before? CCTV: The ratings were 42.2%, 10 percentage points higher than last year and surpassing the 2004% in 41.6, breaking the record for the Spring Festival Gala in the past decade."

"What are the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala directed by Li Chen? The producer CCTV recently released the ratings data, which showed that in addition to CCTV's five channels, 202 other TV channels across the country broadcast the Spring Festival Gala simultaneously."

"The total national audience ratings for the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse reached 42.2%, with a total share of 92.99%, far exceeding last year's 70%."

"That is to say, nearly 10 billion viewers watched the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Horse on TV. On the Internet."

"According to incomplete statistics, the online live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala had a viewership rate of 4.17%, with a cumulative number of viewers reaching 1.5 million, and a peak number of 6625 million people online at the same time."

"It has been determined who is the most popular person in the Spring Festival Gala. According to Baidu search, Liu Yifei's "Little Lucky" has been searched 7623739 times, becoming the "most popular person" in this Spring Festival Gala."

Early in the morning on the second day of the Chinese New Year, the impressive statistics of the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Horse made the front pages of major media.

Li Chen gave CCTV a satisfactory answer.

Not only that, Penguin, Ali and Youku also reaped great rewards.

The outfit from head to toe that Liu Yifei wore when she appeared on the Spring Festival Gala and the accessories on her body were sold out online on New Year's Eve.

Early in the morning on the second day of the Chinese New Year, Li Chen and his wife had just finished their breakfast and were taking a walk to digest the food when Ma Yun called.

"Stay at home tomorrow." Ma Yun knew that with Li Chen's current status in the entertainment industry.

I'm afraid that starting from the third day of the Lunar New Year, the artists who come to pay New Year's greetings will throng his house, so he wants to say hello in advance.

"exist."

"Tomorrow Cao Guowei and I will come over to fight the local tyrants. You and Yifei should prepare to welcome the guests."

"Okay, welcome, Mr. Ma."

"Hehe, when it comes to investment, you are my teacher!" Ma Yun said this with a hint of bitterness.

After the B round of financing, the current valuation of Read and Burn is 6 million US dollars. This time, he followed Li Chen to drink soup again.

He always felt that Li Chen's investment did not require any big data support, it was just based on his feelings!

The key point is that this guy's feeling is more accurate than big data, which makes the senior executives of Ahri sigh that the only person who can make their Ahri Feng Qingyang's Dugu Nine Swords useless is this famous Mr. Li.

"You have decided. Tmall has never looked for a spokesperson." The wife silently put on Ma Yun's coat.

"It has been decided that Yifei is the most suitable choice for Tmall in terms of image, reputation and style."

"The black cat she raised looks very similar to our Tmall logo. She is the first one to sell out Tmall's stock."

In fact, Ma Yun knew that Tmall did not need a spokesperson at all.

Finding a spokesperson also requires avoiding the risks of celebrity endorsements, but in his eyes, Liu Yifei should be almost zero risk.

Unless Li Chen falls, Liu Yifei will be able to survive in not only the entertainment industry but also their Internet circle.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Yifei cooperated with Disney and attended the domestic premiere of "Frozen" held in Beijing. She was very busy and had a great time.

Sina Entertainment News

"The much-anticipated new film "One Step Away" by Jiang Wen was completed in Beijing before the New Year. Today, the film company released a "Happy New Year" poster, implying that "the God of Wealth will be here soon" on the fifth day of the first lunar month, the traditional day for welcoming the God of Wealth.

"The film's producer Ma Ke said in an interview that the filming went very smoothly and that it would take a year to complete the editing and special effects, keeping the "one-year agreement" with the audience and locking in the year of the horse for the Chinese New Year."

Ma Yun came on the third day of the Chinese New Year, and Jiang Wen came on the fifth day.

On the fifth night of the New Year, Jiang Wen and his wife came to Li Chen's villa together.

The couple had an argument on the way here.

"What are you talking about? When did my movie ever need someone else to protect it?"

"Look at what you are capable of. If you don't need help from others, why don't you follow Mr. Li's example and produce and distribute the products yourself!"

"I won't even mention Yinghuang and China Film Group, but also Wanda, iQiyi, Dianping and other new faces!"

"Also, don't you know why you changed Wen Zhang? If you really don't fear Mr. Li, then don't change the role!" Zhou Yun's words left Jiang Wen speechless.

After Wen Zhang's downfall, almost everyone in the circle believed that Wen Zhang had become cannon fodder in the fight between Rong Chen and Hua Yi.

Although the person who leaked the information was the Dog King, who was the one who leaked it to the Dog King? Although everyone did not say it, they had already determined in their hearts that it was Li Chen who did it.

As soon as Wen Zhang failed, everyone from Yinghuang to China Film Group unanimously asked him to change his role.

Even though Jiang Wen has a thigh, he can't twist the waist!

Seeing that her husband was depressed, Zhou Yun stopped being aggressive.

She thought she had to come today.

Just look at the fact that this morning, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" and "Where Are We Going, Dad?" were both fighting each other, but no one dared to start a fight with "Detective Chinatown 3." This is a clear example.

The official Weibo account of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" dared to insinuate that "Dad" was a "shitty column drama". Would it dare to satirize "Detective Chinatown 3" as bullshit?

The director of "Where Are We Going, Dad?", Xie Dikui, dares to say that "Where Are We Going, Dad?" is real, natural, joyful and not pretentious! He dares to say that "Detective Chinatown Detective" can enjoy the shade under the big tree!
The reason for this is not only the high quality of "Detective Chinatown 3", but also the fact that behind this new film star Chen Sicheng stands Rongchen Pictures.

Zhou Yun also knew that Director Han's daughter was gilding herself in "Detective Chinatown". It was obvious who arranged this.

Li Chen accompanied Miss Liu to watch "Journey to the West" yesterday, and he fell asleep halfway through the movie.

No wonder this movie was criticized by netizens for its bad story and poor special effects.

But what is most surprising is that the film production company did not reflect on itself, but instead used a trick to divert the blame, and the fire reply on the official Weibo directly burned "Where Are We Going, Dad?"
"At least this is a movie. It has more conscience than those crappy TV series that were only shot for 5 days and then put on the big screen!"

Although this statement made people feel relieved, it is said that it immediately angered Mango TV, which had been preparing for this movie for a whole year.

I heard that someone from Mango TV said that any movies produced by this company in the future will not be able to get a share of the Mango TV box office.

When Jiang Wen arrived, Fan Bingbing came to wish Li Chen a happy new year.

While greeting netizens during the Chinese New Year, this actress also did not forget to promote her TV series "Empress Wu Zetian". Compared to Pan Yingzi's version of Wu Meiniang, Fan Bingbing, with two white jade buns on her chest and two donuts on her head, looks a bit like a palace maid.

After seeing Fan Bingbing off, Liu Yifei couldn't help laughing when she heard her husband describe her like this: "Maybe this photo shows her just entering the palace."

Li Chen nodded: "You are right."

Fan Bingbing was sharp-eyed. Not long after leaving Li Chen's villa, he passed by a red Maserati on the road.

She recognized it as Zhou Yun's car at a glance.

"I didn't expect that even Director Jiang would come to wish Brother Chen a happy new year. If this had happened five years ago, no one would have believed it." Fan Bingbing couldn't tell what he felt.

After "Passengers", she was almost isolated from any big directors.

This time, I wished Brother Chen a happy new year, and of course I still hoped that he would remember me, the charming Wu Meiniang. "No way, no one is Huayi, whose blood is so thick that they are almost immortal. If they were a smaller company, they would have died long ago after being treated like this by Li Chen. Jiang Wen is also a human being." Mu Xiaoguang saw it clearly, but he could do nothing about it.

When he first took over Bingbing's agency, he was full of confidence and didn't even take Liu Yifei seriously.

But in the past two years, Liu Yifei has almost become an insurmountable mountain for Bingbing.

Even when the two of them talked, they almost never mentioned Liu Yifei, only Li Chen.

After the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, CCTV held a celebration banquet, and Li Chen and his wife were naturally the protagonists.

The location is CCTV’s cafeteria.

The hosts of CCTV gathered together, and those who had previously had opinions about Li Chen seemed like different people this time.

Bi Fu saw that the old man's face was wrinkled with laughter.

There were all kinds of fine wine and delicious food on the table, and the scene was extremely lively for a while.

"Comrades, the food at tonight's celebration banquet is much better than the boxed lunches during the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal."

Everyone laughed.

Dong Qing sat next to Liu Yifei and whispered to her: "To be honest, when I saw the ratings data, my first reaction was to re-read the decimal point."

"The director was even worse. He asked the technical department to recheck it three times."

Liu Yifei smiled in surprise and said, "Really?"

"Of course it's true. Even my parents have learned to post comments praising the show. Your Mr. Li is truly the most special person I have ever met. You better keep a close eye on him."

"During the time I've been working with Mr. Li, I've come to realize that there are many ambitious and thoughtful people around him."

Liu Yifei was quite touched by Dong Qing's words.

"I know, Sister Qing." Liu Yifei turned her head and glanced at her husband who was sitting next to the director.

"However, I believe him. At least he hasn't made me regret it yet."

Liu Yifei is not without such worries, but she has been in love with one person since she was a girl.

After ten years, she felt that her husband's love for her not only did not fade, but became more and more lasting.

Dong Qing saw that Liu Yifei had a determined look in her eyes, which was completely different from Bai Xiuzhu in "The Story of a Noble Family", and he immediately changed his tone.

"Well, Mr. Li is indeed a breath of fresh air in the entertainment industry, but it's fortunate that it's you. If it were anyone else, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to win Mr. Li's heart."

"Sister Qing, no wonder you are the number one anchor of CCTV. Praising people makes people feel refreshed." Liu Yifei said with a smile.

The two of them were whispering in private that the leader had already started setting a trap for Li Chen.

"Mr. Li, I'm under a lot of pressure right now. Netizens are saying that they won't watch the Spring Festival Gala next year without you. What do you think we should do?"

When Liu Yifei heard this, she couldn't help but worry about her husband.

The couple were in sync with each other and their eyes met. Li Chen blinked slightly to signal his wife that everything was fine.

"Hu Tai, please don't say that. The reason why the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse was recognized by the audience was because of the concerted efforts of everyone present here and the innovation, not just me, Li Chen."

"There are many excellent directors in China. I am not the only one making movies. There are also Director Yimou, Director Kaige, Director Feng Xiaogang and several TV drama directors. In fact, they are all capable of doing this job."

"My existence is just a starting point."

Liu Yifei couldn't help but smile slightly, she knew her husband too well.

On the surface, these words sound quite modest and the attitude is very humble.

But it was obvious that he was setting a trap for others, and even Director Zhang was not spared.

After following her husband for the past six months, she has gained a general understanding of what it's like to direct the Spring Festival Gala.

It can be said that if anyone other than her husband were to perform at the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse, they would either become a puppet or be completely mediocre.

The task of writing scripts for language programs alone would probably be enough to daunt the three great directors my husband just mentioned.

When Hu Tai saw that Li Chen politely rejected his request, he was not in a hurry.

There are still four or five months left before the competition for the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Sheep. If Li Chen really cannot be persuaded by then, we will think of other ways.

What Li Chen said is not wrong, perhaps Feng Xiaogang is also a suitable candidate.

As for Chen Kaige, he thought about it and decided to give up. If the movie wasn’t a box office hit, would anyone watch the Spring Festival Gala?
On the way back, Liu Yifei held Li Chen's arm and said in an intimate manner, "Tell me, were you setting a trap for Director Zhang and the others just now?"

Li Chen laughed: "Sure enough, she is my, Li Chen's, woman, but you are only half right."

Liu Yifei was stunned: "Why?"

Li Chen hugged his wife and said with a smile: "Although I mentioned the names of Director Zhang, Director Chen and Director Feng just now, Director Zhang has already been crowned a master at the Olympics, and he will not come to the muddy waters of the Spring Festival Gala."

"Director Chen thinks he is aloof and looks down on the Spring Festival Gala, a thankless job. Maybe CCTV is also afraid to hand over the Spring Festival Gala to Director Chen."

"After all the calculations, the only one left is Director Feng who keeps shouting that he wants to retire. Hasn't he always wanted to outdo me? Huayi also needs the Spring Festival Gala to compete with our Rongchen. Just wait and see. I bet that Feng Xiaogang will be the one to perform in the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Goat."

Liu Yifei thought about it and said: "Why are you so cunning? If I were not your wife, I would probably count money for you if I was cheated by you."

"Don't worry, I won't tell you even if I lied to you."

"What! Say it again!"

"Ah, what I mean is, even if I deceive myself, I won't deceive you!"

"That's pretty much it."

After staying in Beijing until the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Chen accompanied his wife to Paris to film "The Hunger Games 3" and also took a one-month vacation for himself.

Another thing is to visit my father-in-law.

This time, because Li Chen was accompanying her, Liu Xiaoli did not follow.

She has become accustomed to having her grandson around. Seeing her grandson whose eyes and eyebrows resemble her daughter, Liu Xiaoli seems to have placed all her hopes on this little adult.

China Film Report
"The seven-day Spring Festival holiday has passed in a flash. According to preliminary statistics, thanks to the multi-day fierce competition of the three blockbusters "Detective Chinatown", "Havoc in Heaven" and "Where Are We Going, Dad?", the Spring Festival box office exceeded 16.1 billion, setting a new record for the Spring Festival box office."

"According to preliminary statistics from the movie box office forum, the box office of Detective Chinatown, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, and Where Are We Going, Dad? were 6.15 million, 5.52 million, and 4.38 million respectively as of the seventh day of the Lunar New Year."

Han Sanping had a very troublesome year, even though his daughter had a gilded role in "Detective Chinatown".

However, he was once again disappointed when "Detective Chinatown" won the Spring Festival box office championship, so he had a very unhappy time throughout the Spring Festival.

(End of this chapter)