Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 291 The Fifth Billionaire Director
The quarter-finals on the 29th were broadcast live and there were quite a lot of people watching.

Li Yuchun successfully advanced with an absolute advantage. His stage appeal was so strong. He was also the first to appear, which affected the performance of the two contestants behind him and made their performance somewhat unstable.

The competition system of "Super Girl" is very complicated, with various votes, judges' votes, audience votes, text message votes from audiences outside the venue, elimination, resurrection, and another round of discussion...

But these have nothing to do with him. The three singers favored by Xingchen Entertainment all advanced, and they advanced directly.

Now Jane Zhang, Chrissie Li and Bibi Zhou each have a representative work, and the other contestants are looking at them with envy and jealousy.

Especially Jane Zhang, Zhang Chen has already booked her to sing the theme song of "Painted Skin" next year, which is equivalent to guaranteeing her debut.

Even if Jane Zhang doesn't get into the top three in the end, someone will definitely sign her. Besides, is there any chance that she won't get into the top three?

The three people favored by Xingchen Entertainment are definitely in the top three, okay?
The game is over, but the impact is just beginning to spread.

Pushing open the office door, Chen Xi said with a smile: "In the past two days, song invitations have been coming in like snowflakes, and they are all big names. You have become famous."

Zhang Chen curled his lips, "I've been famous for a long time, okay?"

"No, I mean you've become famous in the music industry, a great talent."

Any one of the three songs Zhang Chen picked out could be the album's title song, the key was that he picked out three songs at once.

Those in the circle who were skeptical about him at first have now dispelled their concerns.

A famous director would not joke about his own reputation.

People say that they wrote it themselves, so it must be written by themselves.

"Which big names have invited you to sing songs? Tell us about them..."

Zhang Chen wanted to satisfy his vanity, and Chen Xi read out beside him: "Wang Fei, Niu Hulu Ying, Sun Nan, Liu Nai Cha...

There are definitely more people who want to invite you to sing songs, but since you are a well-known director, many people probably don’t dare to invite you.”

"Forget it. I'm not going to take the offer anyway, whether I'm invited or not. How much can a song sell for? The most I can get is 20. It's meaningless."

The purpose of participating in "Super Girl" was to promote the movie. Those songs were purely a stepping stone. Her fame was completely accidental.

He also had no intention of staying in the music industry.

That’s only a few dollars!
"By the way, how is the box office of Stone?"

"It's amazing, way better than Seven Swords..."

Speaking of this, Chen Xi immediately beamed with joy: "Zhang Liangying, Li Yuchun, and Zhou Bichang are all very understanding, and Mango TV is also very cooperative. After the quarterfinals, they immediately called on their fans to watch the movie, and even showed up in person to watch it with their fans. When they were interviewed, they also praised "Stone"...

On the contrary, it was not so good for Seven Swords. The singers they supported were not amazing, and the fans were not grateful, but rather resentful, thinking that the songs they produced were not of good quality, which led to a series of negative reviews for Seven Swords..."

Chen Xi's tone was full of gloating, letting you learn...

"By the way, Mango TV wants to continue to invite you to participate in the eight-to-six competition next week. What do you mean?"

Zhang Chen waved his hand: "Forget it, our purpose is to promote the movie, being a guest once is enough, any more may have the opposite effect, and Mango TV wants to continue to get it for free, how can I have so much stock to give them..."

It’s obvious that Mango TV must value Zhang Chen’s influence and creative ability.

This round of top 10 competition is much more popular and influential than the previous top 10 competition.

Apart from anything else, the three original songs provided by Zhang Chen alone are very popular.

In previous competitions, singers always covered other people’s songs, which was not as exciting as singing original songs.

But Zhang Chen’s inventory is limited and he can’t keep taking out more.

But after thinking about it, he felt that it would be bad to refuse directly: "Forget it, I'll just post a blog to explain it. Forget about the guests. If those three can make it into the top three, I'll give each of them another song."

There is no harm in making friends with Mango TV and the three Super Girls, so Zhang Chen decided to help them again.

Although "Super Girl" ended in August, the popularity at least lasted until the end of the year. He remembered that Mango TV even organized a concert tour with several Super Girls.

"Taken" will be released in October, and will need the help of Super Girls and Mango TV to promote it.

On the same day, Zhang Chen's new blog was reprinted by major entertainment media~
[I would like to thank Mango TV and the "Super Girl" program team for their recognition, but after much consideration, I decided to decline the offer to continue to be a guest.

After participating in the quarterfinals, I was honored to appreciate the charm of the Super Girls, but I also deeply felt my own shortcomings, after all, I am not from the music industry.

It's enough to support your favorite singers by chance by creating a few good works. It would be a bit annoying to get involved too deeply.

At the same time, I would like to thank several Super Girls for helping to promote the movie "Crazy Stone". I cannot repay your kindness and friendship. I hereby promise that if Jane Zhang, Chris Lee and Bibi Zhou can successfully advance to the top three, I will give each of you a song.

This is enough.

Based on the abilities of the three, it should be no problem for Li Yuchun and Zhou Bichang to enter the top three, and Zhang Liangying's original choice was somewhat due to luck.

But with the current popularity, there shouldn’t be any problem.

As for whether the three of them are still in the same ranking as before, that is not their concern.

……

At Ciwen Media, Ma Zhongjun looked at the newspaper in his hand, then at the box office data next to it, and everything in front of his eyes went dark.

8月1日，《七剑》230万，《石头》800万。8月2日，《七剑》190万，《石头》920万。

On August 8, "Seven Swords" had 3 million and "Stone" had 230 million.

On August 8, "Seven Swords" had 4 million and "Stone" had 230 million.

……

The box office of "Seven Swords" was negligible, but "Stone" seemed to have wings and took off completely.

Looking at the sharply contrasting box office data, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

He has used all his abilities in publicity. Ciwen Media does whatever Xingchen Entertainment does, but the results are very different.

Methods can be copied, but details cannot.

The success of "Stone" is not only due to publicity, but also to Zhang Chen's talent.

……

Kempinski Hotel and Star Entertainment held a celebration banquet.

On the 4th, "Stone" successfully broke the million yuan mark, and China's fifth billionaire director was born.

This is a big deal!
Except for Zhang Chen, the four big directors ahead of him who entered the 100 million yuan club are all well-known directors with a long history.

Compared with them, Ning Hao is just a firefly.

A newcomer who has only made two films, his second commercial film directly broke the 100 million mark.

What is this concept?
It directly shocked the circle.

Only then did people realize that two of the five billion-dollar directors were from Star Entertainment.

The name Xingchen Entertainment, like Ning Hao, became the focus of media discussion for a while.

President Han admired Ning Hao very much. At the dinner table, he kept asking Ning Hao what the next movie would be, and China Film would definitely invest in it.

I can only say that this is fate.

Among the young generation of directors in the original time and space, the one San Ye admired most was Ning Hao. Ning Hao became famous with "Stone". San Ye added another three million to the money he earned from "Stone" and invested it all in the next "Racing".

Ning Hao did not disappoint him. "Crazy Racing" directly broke the 100 million mark and became a hit.

The current Third Master is more than just appreciative. He is a member of the system and looks at things differently.

San Ye's eyes passed over Zhang Chen and Ning Hao, "In the past, those pretentious guys always used the film censorship system to attack us, saying that domestic films are like essays, which restrict their imagination, so domestic films cannot develop.

But your appearance proves that those were just excuses!

Zhang Chen proved that horror movies can also have high box office, and Ning Hao proved that low-budget comedies can also be excellent. In the future, if those guys use the censorship system to make a fuss, the General Administration will probably use you to shut them up. Haha, I really want to see what their expressions will be when the time comes..."

Han Sanping laughed heartily. For a long time, he had been annoyed by those guys.

The box office of "Stone" is still growing steadily. It can only be said that the power of "Super Girl" is really strong.

The duel between "Stone" and "Seven Swords" is a classic case of the weak defeating the strong in film history.

Some film and television companies are already summarizing the promotion and marketing strategies for "Stone".

The previous publicity was fairly routine, with concentrated bombardment from various media resources, and at most it borrowed some of Zhang Chen’s personal influence.

But things were different when he started posting a blog scolding Karen Mok.

First, she scolded Ke Yimin to gain attention and public favor, and then she participated in the "Super Girl" program.

The most important thing is the songs provided by Zhang Chen, each of which is a classic, which enables a tacit interaction between the singer and Xingchen Entertainment.

After summarizing it all, everyone realized that it was impossible to copy it.

Almost every aspect is tailor-made.

Zhang Chen has a physique of a powder keg, so people will pay attention to him when he scolds Ke Yimin.

The songs Zhang Chen performed were classic enough, so other singers would use his songs, which in turn led to mutual success after creating an impact.

How can I learn this?
While other companies were still racking their brains, Teacher Fu approached Zhang Chen again.

"'Fallen Leaves Return to Their Roots' is still in preparation and is expected to start filming in September. I'm not here for this matter today, but I'm here because the school has asked me to ask you and Ning Hao to give a speech to the school..."

"Another speech?"

"Haha, Ning Hao also graduated from Beijing Film Academy. He has successfully joined the billion-yuan club. The school must be very proud of it. I want to report it..."

Zhang Chen thought for a moment and said, "I can't make a decision for Ning Hao. You should talk to him in person. It's definitely not possible for me. It's August now. I'm going to Venice in two days. The post-production of Taken has been completed. This time I want to try selling it myself..."

"Oh, in that case, can you promise me that when Taken is released in China, you can give a preview to our Beijing Film Academy first, which can be regarded as giving face to the school leaders..."

"no problem."

(End of this chapter)