Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 504: Nine Bulls Can’t Pull
This year's Bazaar Charity Gala was held in Beijing as usual, with many new faces attending, such as Toothpick, Xiang Zuo, Xiang Tai, Kristy Yang, Joe Chen, Michelle Chen, Michelle Ye, etc.

With the explosion of traffic stars, Hong Kong and Taiwan stars and capital also began to enter the mainland for development on a large scale.

Liu Tianxian did not attend the Bazaar Charity Gala this time, and she did not ask Fang Hong to go either. She did not even mention the event, as if she did not know about the Bazaar Charity Gala.

The reason, of course, is that she is somewhat dissatisfied with what Harper's Bazaar did. Just because Liu Tianxian didn't say it doesn't mean she has no emotions.

For this matter, Su Mang even called Liu Tianxian to explain the situation, and persuaded her to come and bring the principal with her.

Without Liu Tianxian, the starlight of this charity Bazaar has dimmed a lot. Many viewers and fans came just to see Liu Tianxian.

If the principal doesn't come, the level will be lowered. After all, he has a high status, but she doesn't have Fang Hong's contact information and cannot contact him.

Fang Hong didn't even bother to pay attention to her, how could he possibly be in contact with her!

The two talked on the phone. Liu Tianxian didn't show much emotion and spoke gently. She evaded the question by saying, "Sister Su, I have too many things to do recently. I really don't have much time to go to Charity Bazaar."

"It won't take you too long, just half an evening. And didn't you say you would come? Why did you suddenly change your mind and not come?" Su Mang said on the phone.

"Well, I just have too much to do. I'm busy with my career and brand activities. I really can't spare the time." Liu Tianxian lay on the sofa, one leg crossed over the other and raised high, looking very leisurely.

In fact, she has time, but she just doesn't go.

"Are you still holding a grudge against what happened in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar? Let me tell you, that was an accident, and I didn't mean to put you two together. It was a new editor-in-chief who didn't know about it and added you in temporarily." Su hurriedly explained.

What I mean is that she has taken the money and there is nothing she can do!
"No, why would I have a grudge about this? We all eat from the same pot. Sister Su Mang, you don't have to explain. I really don't have much time. Let's go next year. I'll go next year." Liu Tianxian's tone was still gentle.

"You can't spare a few hours?" Su asked hurriedly.

"If I can draw the time, I will go. You don't need to call me. I will go there on my own initiative." Liu Tianxian said.

Hearing this, Su Mang was also melancholy. He continued to explain for several hours and said nice things for several hours.

This person is like this, he talks a lot and can talk non-stop.

Liu Tianxian was also very patient. She listened to her and communicated with her without changing her tone. No matter what she said, she just refused to go.

I don't mean to offend you, I just have something to do and can't get away!
She is just like that. Once she gets stubborn, no one can stop her, no matter what you say or do!
Su Mang had no choice but to give up. In fact, this was normal. Many celebrities had said they would go but suddenly decided not to go. For example, Fan Xiaopang had not been seen and his phone could not be reached.

In fact, Fan Xiaopang was hiding, and others thought she would not come. But after walking on the red carpet of Bazaar, when Zhang Ziyi sat over there, she showed up.

The reason was that Zhang Ziyi originally wanted to appear as the last guest, which would be the finale of the red carpet, but after everyone had left, there was no sign of Fan Xiaopang, and the staff urged her to leave quickly.

There was no other way, so Zhang Ziyi had to walk the red carpet first, and Su Mang accompanied her to the finale of the red carpet.

But just as Zhang Ziyi had left, Fan Xiaopang appeared and became the final female star. The timing was just right.

Fan Xiaopang instantly became the focus of attention at the scene and on the Internet, and the press release even said: Fan Xiaopang was the finale of the charity Bazaar red carpet.

This made Zhang Ziyi very angry and her face turned black.

But she had no choice. She had already left, and there was no way she could go back and leave again. No one would accuse her of leaving twice.

I have to admire these actresses, they are fighting with wits and courage for the red carpet, but Fan Xiaopang is better and has more resources.

It is not possible for ordinary female stars to reach this level. Not only do they need to have the means, but they also need to be thick-skinned enough and not be afraid of offending people. In any case, Liu Tianxian can't do it.

Although Zhang Ziyi encountered various scandals in the past few years, she has become very popular this year with "The Grandmaster" and has returned to the mainstream with great fame and honor.

It would be no problem for her to be the last one to appear, but Fan Xiaopang is used to being the last one to appear, so how could she possibly give in?

Originally, Fan Xiaopang did not have many works, and if she did not have some talent, she would not have made it to where she is today in that era. The fact that she has made it to where she is today is truly due to her combination of talent and beauty.

However, the rules of Charity Bazaar are chaotic and have never been formalized.

Originally, this matter was a dispute over interests and status in the entertainment industry, and although netizens had their comments, it wasn't that hot yet.

But as luck would have it, Li Bailian liked a Weibo post that criticized Fan Xiaopang, which brought the matter to the forefront again.

The post reads: "It's really disgusting! How could the people of Qilu give birth to such a bastard?"

Originally, not many people read this Weibo post, but after Li Bailian liked it, it immediately became popular and became news.

Of course, Li Bailian later explained that it was a slip of the hand. It is common for celebrities to make slips of the hand and have their accounts hacked.

These female stars are always good at stirring up trouble. They are not afraid of offending anyone, so they just fight openly and personally.

Of course, if we meet each other, we will still become good sisters.

For example, when they met Fang Hong, the two of them looked very familiar and on good terms, and both were smart people.

The most eye-catching item at this charity Bazaar was the toothpick, which was favored by Su Mang, took a photo with Mr. Wang of Huayi, and many celebrities vied to praise it.

Fang Long also expressed encouragement and optimism, as if he saw a young talent!
Anyway, Toothpick seems to be very favored in the entertainment circle, which is normal. He has capital and Beijing circle behind him.

Fang Hong didn't pay attention to the situation of the Charity Bazaar. He was very happy to go to the party so that he wouldn't have to donate a penny and it would be very nice.

The movie "Dear" had been promoted with great fanfare before, and was released three or five days in advance, on the 25th.

On the first day of its release, the box office was only 1230 million.

The second day saw a slight improvement, reaching 2907 million; on the third day, which was the weekend, the box office was 3353 million.

On the fourth day, it fell to more than 20 million.

The box office revenue did not exceed 100 million in four days, which did not meet the box office expectations for such a lineup and configuration.

You know, this movie was promoted in a variety of ways, and even the original author of the adaptation was invited to speak, but the box office performance was not ideal.

However, this movie received rave reviews, with people online praising its excellent acting and explosive word-of-mouth.

Sometimes the box office depends on metaphysics. Audiences don’t like realistic themes that are too heavy, but "My Lucky Star" is about releasing stress and regaining happiness!

There is always grass to feed, so just pick some new grass. It has all the elements of love and humor.

This movie is still a targeted Internet-based distribution, which means that the promotional videos are targeted at people aged between 25 and 40.

Toutiao, Bilibili, Chang'e Video, and Xiaohongshu have pushed the promotion precisely to those born in the 90s.

This type of promotional method has been used before, but it was immature. With the development of technology, more and more user data is collected and the results are becoming more and more accurate.

Xiaohongshu is now developing rapidly, with over 10 million monthly active users, most of whom are women. Chang'e Technology will inject 10 million US dollars as its development funds this year.

I've lost a lot of money, so I don't care about this.

However, this amount of money is not enough for Xiaohongshu. As the business develops and the number of users increases, losses are inevitable and will become larger and larger.

It is expected that the losses will be comparable to those of Bilibili and Chang'e Video starting next year.

Moreover, the 63 billion yuan in interest will be paid soon, and money is needed everywhere. The game of "Heroes of Glory" cannot be sustained.

Because Toutiao, Xiaopozhan, Chang'e Video and other sectors are all developing, one loses hundreds of millions of US dollars a year, and several lose hundreds of millions. Who can afford this loss? Take Toutiao as an example, the number of users has reached 2.2 million, the number of daily active users has reached 2000 million, and the content library has more than 60 pieces of information every day.

That’s 1800 million messages a day.

This information includes videos, news, education, life and so on.

Some of the videos are connected to the content introduced by the small broken station, so that they can attract traffic to each other.

The number of users and the amount of information on Toutiao are increasing exponentially, and all this information needs to be identified and screened. How do you know there is no harmful information without screening?
What if someone complains and reports that someone has posted something harmful to the country?

I guess there will be another wave of review and rectification!
Of course, Toutiao is mainly an information flow distribution platform, but its losses are not as exaggerated as other platforms, and it also has income.

This year's revenue is around 3 million, but this is still not enough compared to the expenditure.

Because operating expenses and programmers are constantly increasing, the number of employees has exceeded 20,000 this year. The monthly salary alone is about 200 million yuan, which is simply terrifying.

Not counting other administrative costs, labor is always the biggest expense.

This year, the number of videos on Bilibili has also been incredible, with 13 new videos added every month. All of these videos require storage and calculation so that viewers can watch them smoothly.

The number of users is also constantly increasing, and all of this requires costs.

However, Fang Hong is not satisfied with the growth of this platform and is not yet ready to make a big move. It is estimated that the big move will have to be next year.

There is no other reason, it's just that the number of mobile phones, 4G and wireless network penetration rate are still in the development stage. Everything depends on the country's network infrastructure.

If you move too fast and too ahead of the times, it will easily lead to waste of resources and funds because there won't be enough of a foundation to accommodate you.

Moreover, videos are different from text-based content, and require much more computing power and traffic.

The current small broken station makes money by playing games, which is just a kind of channel. Many games release their game versions through here, so they have to pay channel fees to the small broken station.

The 30% commission rate is cheaper than those of other mobile phone manufacturers.

This small site has many young people, so it is very suitable for game manufacturers to buy traffic here and use it as one of the channels.

Chang'e Technology can still withstand the losses now, and Fang Hong has injected another 2 million US dollars in funds, which will not dilute the shares of the partner shareholders.

Originally they were partners, and those shares were equivalent to gifts from Fang Hong to the management team, it was just a nice name for partners.

This money comes from the sale of Tesla stocks. If all are sold, it will be around US$7 million.

It needs to be sold slowly, not all at once, as selling it all at once can easily cause fluctuations and panic.

This stock was purchased for US$20 million when Tesla's market value was around US$1 billion, and has appreciated by about 7 times.

Fang Hong thought that Tesla's market value had increased 15 times, and the value of his stock should also have increased 15 times, to $15 billion.

I didn't expect to earn just this little extra money, and I became blindly confident.

The value of stocks cannot be calculated based on market value. Market value can only prove that the value of a company is growing, but it cannot prove that the stock will definitely make that much money.

Because the stock price fluctuates in the meantime!
To give a very simple example, for example, you bought A shares with 10 yuan, and the A shares fell the next day after the purchase. You lost 50%, and yuan was wasted.

Then you will only have 50 yuan left of your original capital, and on the third day A shares will rise back to the original point, and you will earn another %.

And this 50% is earned from the original capital of 5, which means that you only earned 2.5 from the stock price increase, which means that you only have 7.5, which is a loss of 2.5 from the original capital of .

The A-share points have not changed, but your money is gone.

So where did your money go? It went to contribute to the country. You are great.

Probably that's what it means!
"My Lucky Star" was released on September 9. This movie is a comedy and it has received good pre-sales.

It grossed over 1.03 million on the first day. Of course, this did not break the record. The single-day box office of 2 million has long been broken by others, but such a box office result is an explosion.

In this era, movies that can gross over 100 million yuan in a single day are considered explosive, equivalent to dark horse movies.

But the tickets that are subsidized are at a loss, but that’s not important. What’s important is that the results are good.

On the second day of National Day, the box office exceeded 1.2 million.

On this day, the box office of "Dear" collapsed to 1501 million, which was no match for the opponent.

Including "The Golden Age" which was praised by Baidu. It was released on the National Day and only had 793 million on the first day; on the second day it fell to only about million.

This movie couldn't have been more of a failure. Of course, considering the current market environment, it's unclear whether it will make money or not.

In the current market, it is difficult to make a loss. After all, a literary and artistic film can make a profit with tens of millions.

But this incident let people, let filmmakers know how unreliable Baidu is. The 300 million box office you predicted using big data is just this? The gap is ridiculous.

That "Black & White" was okay, with 3188 million on the first day of the National Day holiday, and dropped to 2758 million on the second day.

It can be said that this National Day show "My Lucky Star" stood out and once again achieved success through big data push and ticket subsidies.

The combination of Shen Teng and Zhang Songwen also produced a chemical reaction. Zhang Songwen's formal acting skills and Shen Teng's black humor and nonsensical acting style attracted the attention of the audience as soon as they appeared.

This comedy is so natural, not at all abrupt.

This guy is like this. As long as he is given a chance, he will shine and be remembered by the audience. His acting style is so outstanding.

Just like when Stephen Chow starred in "God of Gamblers" back then, he was still exploring the nonsensical style, but he became a hit.

Others need to accumulate this kind of acting style through film after film, but they don't. As long as they can find some clues, they can wait for the opportunity.

Of course, Shen Teng developed this style based on his previous experience in performing sketches and dramas.

After all, gold will always shine.

But he himself didn't know and thought that it was the principal who promoted him. A reporter asked him, "What do you think of the single-day box office of "Heart Flower" exceeding 100 million?"

“I dare to wonder if we can pass 2 million tomorrow!”

Shen Teng always makes a joke in any occasion, making people present laugh.

He then said seriously, "Of course I am very happy that this movie is doing so well at the box office, but I still have to thank the principal. If he hadn't let me act in this movie, I wouldn't know where I would be."

He would say this on many occasions, and it was unclear whether he was saying it to others or to Fang Hong.

Shen Teng is very popular now and has been noticed by people, because if Stephen Chow hadn't appeared, there would only be one other actor of his style.

However, compared with female stars like Liu Tianxian, his monetization value is not high, and his image positioning is not suitable for monetization through fashion endorsements.

Of course, he is still good at variety shows. He speaks humorously and wittily, so he often appeared on variety shows in his previous life.

(End of this chapter)