Entertainment: Top players who started out as trainees

Chapter 547: Breaking the Billion-Dollar Mark in 28 Minutes & Ranking Competition

The screening schedule was quite different from what Ning Luo had expected.

There is no problem with "Changjin Lake" taking up more than half of the screenings.

After all, whether it is the scale of investment, the cast, the publicity and promotion efforts, the pre-sale box office, or even the support from above, "Changjin Lake" is at the highest level of all time.

Although it cannot catch up with the 62.8 screening schedule of "Better Days" on the first day, that is because the intensity of competition in the same period is different and they cannot be compared.

What surprised Ning Luo the most was that the screening rate of "My Fathers and Me" was only 16.1%.

After all, it is a tribute film co-directed and starred by Wu Jing, Xu Zheng, Shen Teng and Zhang Niangniang. The schedule is obviously not worthy of this cast.

After all, even the movie "All About My Mom" ​​shot by Jingyi's sister, which has been released for nearly two weeks and has only grossed 1.3 million yuan, still has a 4.4% screening rate.

It seems that the compilation-style tribute film is really a lark.

We can also see this from the pre-sale box office of less than 20 million.

Fortunately, this kind of film is the private domain of major circles such as Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and Ning Luo had no chance of getting involved.

Pulling is the best~
It also saves some shameless people from always using this kind of stuff to brag about being the "billion-dollar box office male star."

Really vomited.

In the early morning, Ning Luo and his group boarded the flight and returned to Shanghai in a low-key manner.

It was already past 3 a.m. when they landed. Ning Luo took a deep breath of the air which was completely the same and inexplicably relaxed a lot.

Um. .

Maybe it was because of the oxygen.

After checking into the hotel and taking a quick shower, Ning Luo randomly selected Sister Nan and made several video calls to her, asking her to get up and pee. Then, before she exploded, he hung up the video, turned off the phone, and went to sleep happily.

Happiness, sometimes, is just that simple.

Ning Luo slept until noon, had a big meal of braised chicken with extra ingredients, and then sat in the sun for a while in the air conditioner. The fatigue brought by the high-intensity busyness and running around overseas immediately dissipated a lot.

After posing for a while and making a simple pose, Ning Luo set off to meet up with Wu Jing and others, and officially join the roadshow of "Changjin Lake".

On the way, Ning Luo paid attention to the box office information.

It was released at 9:28 am and took minutes to gross over million yuan.

As of now, the box office has reached 1.8 million.

Um. .

still alright.

His first film, "Better Days", took nearly six hours to achieve a box office revenue of over 6 million yuan.

But for "Little Red Flower", it only took 33 minutes.

Now, with "Changjin Lake", the time taken has been shortened a bit.

However, there is still a gap compared to his first full-length album "The World", which broke the 100 million yuan sales mark in less than ten minutes.

There is still room for improvement.

"What's the current public sentiment about "The Battle at Lake Changjin"?" Ning Luo poked the chubby girl next to him.

The chubby girl was still busy chatting on Douyin without even raising her head. She just gave him a thumbs up and poked him in the face, almost touching his face.

Ning Luo rolled his eyes and slapped her chubby hand away, but he was still in a good mood.

So far, everything seems to be going smoothly.

As long as there is no major change, he will soon have another representative work as the No. 1. It is worth mentioning that in "Changjin Lake", he and Brother Jing are equal in number.

He did nothing; it was entirely Bernard's decision.

In fact, Ning Luo no longer cares much about the ranking issue.

As long as no one is deliberately trying to cause trouble for him or to compete with him for his position, he generally won't care.

But seriously speaking, the ranking is actually very useful.

It’s a bit like the red carpet order.

Most ordinary audiences and passers-by may think that ranking is not important, and what is important is strength and acting skills.

This may have been true in the past, but today the situation is very different.

In the mainland film and television circles in the last century, everyone basically adhered to the academic tradition, and the ranking was all for the sake of the role, without considering the star's status or popularity.

But in the 90s, after frequent exchanges and cooperation between the film and television circles of both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Taiwan, teams from Hong Kong and Taiwan gradually brought their usual "ranking" rules into the mainland film and television circles through co-production of films and dramas.

The purpose is to use the "ranking" to elevate their own artists and suppress mainland artists.

This is not speculation, but what was said by Director Wu, who returned to China after shooting the flop "Windtalkers" in Hollywood and directly bankrupted a film company, and Mr. Zhu, who served as the chairman of the Golden Horse Awards Organizing Committee many times, in an early public interview.

During that interview, the two chatted about how to join forces with each other, use mainland funds as scapegoats, copy Maru Maru and the new generation of Hong Kong Island, and suppress the "grand plan" of mainland actors.

The method they use is to use co-productions to lure famous mainland movie stars into playing supporting roles for second- and third-tier Hong Kong and Taiwan actors whom they want to support. They also try their best to rank Maru and Hong Kong artists before mainland stars in terms of their roles and roles, using multiple means to directly suppress the status and future of mainland newcomers.

Moreover, Wu and Zhu also publicly mentioned that for those mainland stars who are willing to cooperate and support the newcomers they want to support, they can be appropriately "rewarded" with a Golden Horse Award nomination.

Tsk tsk~
There are many examples.

For example, in "Painted Skin", the leading actor is Zhen Zidan, followed by Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, and Zhao Moumou.

For example, in "The Guillotines", the already popular Wen Zhang and Huang Xiaoming were cast to play supporting roles for Ruan Jingtian, which directly elevated him to the status of a first-line male movie star.

This is still the result of Xiao Ming's team being stronger and also determined not to give in.

It is precisely because they have suffered many consecutive losses, and even worse, have directly affected their careers and future, that the mainland star team, especially the new generation of young actors and actresses, have gradually developed such a strong sense of ranking.

When domestic entertainment entered the era of traffic and fan culture emerged, the participation of fans further intensified the competition for ranking.

For example, the historical novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", in which Jing Boran and Lu Han quarreled over the role.

And so on and so forth, countless.

Even artists like Peng Yuchang and Wang Dalu, who have average status, popularity and little traffic, have even terminated their contracts with the film producers over certain issues.

Today, "ranking" has become a convention agreed upon by everyone.

Even including some capital and brand parties.

A mature artist team will include the ranking in the contract.

It may not have a direct impact, but it will have a long-term impact.

In a sense, the so-called status is actually pressured out.

A big part of Ning Luo’s current status is due to the fact that he relied on fighting for ranking positions and red carpet spots, and slowly climbed up by stepping on the heads of others.

For example, at the beginning, he forcibly tore "Better Days" from the second place to the equal place, and then to the red carpet ranking and stage ranking of various award ceremonies, New Year's Eve parties, fashion parties, etc., it was all like this.

Speaking of which, I should be able to surpass Li Yuchun this year, right?
This is Ning Luo’s only obsession now.

When he thought about it, he felt uncomfortable all over!
　The dumplings are so delicious~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)