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Chapter 200: John Wick: Chasing the World [Subscribe]

A new day begins at around 7am.

Old Li sent Xiao Tong to Huairou to film early in the morning. He stopped at the underground parking lot because he wanted to keep rumors from flying around.

As long as Xiao Tong is well fed and watered at night, he will be full of energy.

Continue to guide her on her acting skills in (Wulin Waijiao).

that's enough.

Li Wenyu returned to the large office on the 15th floor and just sat down when he heard a text message ring.

This was sent by Huang Xiaoming. "Boss, I asked someone to find out. (Squidward Gaming) was broadcast on Fox TV, and the first episode had over 600 million viewers."

"The second episode saw a surge in viewership to over 900 million, which is a huge increase."

"Congratulations to the boss for making a lot of people famous again, including the drama king project. The big IP (Squid Games) is about to become popular."

"This climb is much more intense than (Dark Glory)."

(Squid Game) was first broadcast in mainland China on January 1th, and it has been almost two months now.

But this is to avoid the limelight (of ghosts) and avoid people fighting against each other!
There is a precedent of (Dark Glory) being broadcast on Fox, which costs $10 per episode.

Squidward Games was sold to Fox in the same way.

Today is March 3rd, and the third episode will only be aired this week, which is not fast at all.

Old Li grabbed his phone and typed, "Focus on filming your scenes. Going to the nightclub is fine, but don't get sick. You're one of the cash cows of the group now."

Is the squid trending wilder than Dark Glory? Normal.

Original track: In October 2021, Netflix’s statistics on global viewing users in the first quarter, only counting those who watched for more than 10 minutes, there were 2 million accounts.

The launch date is September 21, 9!
In the 23 days since Squid went online, global users have accumulated over 14 billion hours of playback, and 89% of Netflix users have watched for at least 75 minutes.

After its launch, it ranked first in Netflix's global popularity for nine consecutive days, mainly referring to its performance in mainstream markets such as Europe and the United States.

Among them, there are as many as 1.04 million Omi accounts.

This 1.04 million is not something that Asians can save.

At the beginning of 2005, Asia was still shrouded in the bombing of (John Wick 1), and the United States was still in the early stages of the reign of the drama king (Squidward Quantum).

Deng Xuan, Liu Yijun, Zhang Jin, Cui Peng, and then the heroine Xiao Tong, they really started to take off in the US market, and the next step is Europe.

According to the current trend, from the third episode onwards, the audience of this TV series will easily exceed 1000 million, and may even reach 2000 million!
Surpassing the glory of seasons one and two of The Big Bang Theory.

This kind of drama that shows the cyberpunk Korean world and all kinds of magical survival and class differences will really hit the spot of American audiences from white mixed-race to black.

Huang Xiaoming and Blake Lively flew to the United States to film for more than a month. Xiaoming was also coordinating the filming between (The Big Bang Theory Season 2) and (The Hangover).

Jiang Wu? Lao Li suddenly remembered that Jiang Wu and Vince Gilligan had been in the United States filming (Breaking Bad) for two months.

There are almost a few episodes coming out.

For the Broc project, Vince came up with the outline of the first season's seven episodes and all the detailed scripts for the first two episodes in October last year and began negotiating with Warner Bros. Television.

This was officially launched in the United States in early January!
There are only seven episodes in one season, and it takes more than two months?

Li Wenyu does not expect the first season to have much viewership in the United States.

The original trajectory was just around one million, so it wasn't like the project was cut short in the first or second season.

But it is similar to the rise of (fishmonger Gao Qiqiang).

In Asia, you can watch movies online directly on (Time Video), and it’s also okay to try to activate a paid membership program.

The version of Time Video within the Great Firewall still has too slow internet speeds for too many users.

You can really try the off-wall version!

The ratings for the first season of Breaking Bad were mediocre, and there was no huge gimmick for success. If you go to the TV station for a few rounds of talks, it might be like (Liu Yifei's version of Tian Long).

The first round costs 90,000 RMB per episode.

This is not worth Lao Li’s effort to talk to the TV station.

Play directly online, streaming now!
After thinking about it, he sent an email to Jiang Wu to inquire about the poison master's progress.

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A little after 10 o'clock in the morning, at a film and television base in Huairou, "Wulin Wai Zhuan" Film and Television Street.

Shang Jing sat behind the monitor and watched the actors perform one take, then called out "over" and prepared for the next one.

He was just about to ask his assistant to give Tong Liya the shooting schedule, saying that Sister Tong could finish shooting today, when he saw another figure running faster.

A certain figure ran all the way to Tong Liya with a towel and mineral water, and was humble and flattering. He was so humble.

Shang Jing, “…”

Sha Yi walked up to Shang Jing and said dazedly, "Isn't Yang Mi one of the Four Beauties of Time, just like Sister Tong? So..."

Xiao Tong's roommates Wang Zixuan and Zhao Ji's acting skills were too poor, and he failed the interview for the maid Xiaoqing.

The winner was Yang Mi, who made a cameo appearance for one yuan.

The crew will take care of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

And for the little Yang fans, Sha Yi and then the director Shang Jing are all big names.

After all, she was the third female lead in "My Love from the Star", the Nth female lead in "The Sound of Music", the second female lead in "Forensic Heroes" parts 1 and 2, and finally the first female lead in "It Started with a Kiss".

It Started with a Kiss has been filmed but has not yet aired.

But the problem is that among the many idol dramas in mainland China, only those produced by Time easily beat those produced by Hong Kong and Macau Bay.

Most of the productions produced by TV stations or production companies cannot beat The Grand Canal.

Shang Jing stood up and looked at Tong Liya and Yang Mi who were walking towards the rest area not far away. He waved to his assistant again, "Hurry up and go. Sister Tong can finish filming today."

"Just shoot her scene from 10am to 12pm tomorrow morning."

"This guy's acting is incredible, Lao Sha. He can basically do it in one take when acting with you guys."

The filming schedule of each episode of "Wulin Wai Zhuan" is all centered around Tong Liya's schedule. As long as she comes, her scenes will be filmed first.

After filming this scene, he was free, and then we talked about other plot segments.

It is about 50 to 60 kilometers away from the Shiguang Media Building in a straight line. An experienced driver can make the one-way trip in at most an hour, and it will take more than an hour considering traffic jams.

Sha Yi opened his mouth, scratched his head and smiled, "Isn't Director Li the best at training actors? He deserves to be the best."

"The superstars he mentors are bound to have excellent acting skills. I didn't expect him to be so approachable in private, without any bad habits of acting like a big shot."

After receiving intensive guidance from Li Wenyu for more than a month, Tong Liya's acting skills have really reached a high level (71/100), breaking the 7-character mark.

In addition, after more than a year of accumulation of roles, any performance can reach a level of 75 or above.

As long as she memorizes her lines seriously, doesn't forget them, and keeps up with the delivery, her filming progress is really efficient.

Another question, about recitation?
Xiao Tong's health is as good as (89/100), and this level of health also involves brain memory and other aspects.

What she memorized was far from being able to memorize ten lines at a glance. She was still far from that level.

But they are definitely one of the few top students in high school and college who can memorize texts most easily.

Sha Yi and Shang Jing were still sighing.

Director Shang's phone rang. He grabbed it and looked at it, then exclaimed in shock, "Squidward Games aired its second episode in the US, and it has over 900 million viewers?"

"The second episode has 300 million more viewers than the first? Hiss..." Besides being shocked, he didn't know how to comment on it.

Huang Xiaoming's Big Bang, most of the first season was between 900 and 1000 million, with the highest soaring to 1300 million.

Xiao Ming's salary increased from 6 US dollars to 10 US dollars.

Most of Azhi's (Dark Glory) had a audience of 900 to million, and the strongest one only reached more than million. Even so, Zhang Bozhi received a film salary of to million Hong Kong dollars per film.

He Qing is an actress who has been in the circle for half her life. She was once the strongest contender for the title of the most beautiful woman in mainland China. At this stage, it is not easy for her to get a pay of 30,000 to 50,000 yuan per episode for a TV series.

Sha Yi was dumbfounded again. After a while, he complained, "(Squid Game) has a very strong viewership in East Asia and Southeast Asia."

"but……"

He didn't know how to comment.

Originally this was scheduled for late 2004 and early 05.

It’s not that the outbreak of (John Wick) was too terrifying and outrageous, it should be that Tong Liya was a new top female star who suppressed all topics.

Just replaced by Gao Yuanyuan for a month? ?
The United States has exploded, and Europe is not far away.

Director Shang coughed and said to Sha Yi, "Let's go. Now that we know, let's go congratulate her. This Sister Tong is an international superstar in our crew, a big shot."

This world is no longer just East Asia and Southeast Asia.

She is now taking on outside roles. If the TV series does not pay 500,000 or 600,000 RMB per episode, and the movie does not pay 300,000 to 500,000 RMB per film, then basically they are too expensive to watch.

Shang Jingdu suddenly understood why Yang Mi, who was also one of the Four Beauties of Time, was so servant-like.

Yang Mi’s current pay for TV dramas is less than 10 yuan per episode.

Whether it's 30,000 to 50,000 per episode, or 60,000 to 70,000, depends on how different projects are negotiated.

However, Liu Shishi and Jiang Shuying, who became famous for playing the first and second female protagonists in "Goblin", basically only earned hundreds of thousands for TV series and one or two million for movies.

One of the four beauties of Time is lagging behind!

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March 3th, Dragon Head Festival.

The Weibo influencer plan arranged by Lao Li has begun to be promoted in batches.

For example, Wang Zixuan and Zhao Ji have become small V bloggers with tens of thousands of fans. For example, Wang Zixuan updates several sets of news every day.

Each of the beautiful pictures shows her without makeup, and then using Asian magic makeup techniques to make her face look in various styles.

From pure, charming, sexy to charming, cool and handsome, etc.

Xiao Wang's face is becoming popular thanks to technology. By promoting it on the homepage of Weibo, he can easily attract tens of thousands of fans with the help of magic makeup.

These fans are basically women. They are amazed and shocked by Xiao Wang’s amazing makeup skills and want to learn from him.

Zhao Ji is similar. With the help of fashion teams, he often posts photos of various combinations of popular clothing, bags, pendants, etc. in different poses.

But most of the tens of thousands of fans she attracted were men.

It can only be said that in a pure promotion plan, Wang Zixuan, who attracts more female fans, is more likely to make money from them.

Then there are others, including anglers inside and outside the wall, food bloggers, photography bloggers, game bloggers, and so on. There are hundreds of targets inside and outside the wall, including men, women, young and old.

We are starting from single-digit and double-digit fans, aiming for hundreds of thousands and even millions of fans.

These are the first batch of internet celebrities promoted by Weibo without any water army accounts.

It is in this case.

The third and fourth episodes of (Squidward Quantum) were also broadcast on Fox TV, attracting more than 1300 million and 1500 million viewers respectively.

The data exploded, surpassing the peak of the first season of Big Bang!

The real example of this phenomenon in terms of wealth is the male lead Deng Xiaoping, who has received American TV drama projects with a starting salary of $10 per episode.

Deng Xiaoping was also approached by a Hollywood movie, with a budget of US$150 million.

Lao Deng is the male lead of Squid Game. If the second season starts filming, Deng Xiaoping will still be able to seamlessly connect into the second season.

Eleven o'clock in the morning.

The lounge in Tong Liya’s office on the 12th floor.

Xiao Tong and Da Meiyuan were in perfect harmony and had a close relationship for a while.

She ran barefoot to get two cups of cold tea and said in surprise, "Brother, my highest salary recently was 800 million RMB for a movie."

"She's the female lead, but her role is just average, right?"

"This is a bit too outrageous to pick up money."

Before Li Wenyu could say anything, Da Meiyuan smiled and said, "One of your films is equivalent to the two films after Azhi's Dark Glory, if you didn't have the burden of your original family."

"It's better to pick up this kind of money slowly."

Now (John Wick) has entered its fifth Friday of release in mainland China, with a total box office of 3.42 million RMB.

But tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are weekends, so we can have another small burst of activity.

Up to now, the box office revenue has reached its limit, but it is still possible to break 3.6 million this weekend and bring down the ship.

Also this weekend, Columbia, which bought the European and American cinema screening rights for "John Wick", will secure its release in the United States.

Showing today, Friday at 8am!
Following the box office performance in China, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Japan, Columbia has great confidence in its release in the United States.

Using box office figures for promotion and marketing is always a big gimmick.

But what was the real promotion? Columbia was hyping up a film about Asia's newest, strongest, and most powerful female action star of the 21st century, and also with mainland China's richest man.

Li, the richest man who built up a fortune of 3 billion US dollars in 50 years, played a big-screen couple as a publicity stunt.

Li Wenyu was too tired to complain, Columbia really knows how to do publicity and promotion.

There are many other embellishment words.

None of them are as hard-core as Lao Li who worked hard for 50 years to build up billion USD worth of assets!!
This is a wealth myth all over the world!
Colombia also strongly promoted Lao Li's many appearances in the three major European films over the years and his two nominations for the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Director.

This year, Li did not fly over to attend the Oscar awards ceremony.

That was the fifth day after Weibo went public, and he didn't go because he was busy with business here.

But Columbia is working hard to promote Li Wenyu's various halos.

He was clearly just a supporting role, but in Columbia's promotion, he almost became the absolute leading man and the biggest attraction to attract box office.

Old Li took a sip of tea and smiled at Da Meiyuan, "If only the performance of the Asian vote bank and your previous beauty pageant results were considered."

"John Wick can only fetch a little over 2000 million US dollars in the US, plus Europa League, which adds up to 1000 million. Colombia will buy him out for 600 million, so he'll make a small profit."

"But with me as the main promoter, I suspect the US box office could break $10 million in the first three days of the weekend, and eventually reach $30 to $40 million."

Jet Li (Romeo Must Die) grossed US$5500 million in the United States.

(Universe Wanted) US$4300 million.

(Kiss of the Dragon) grossed US$3600 million in the United States.

These three films naturally have higher global box office!
Just by virtue of his performance in three films, he received a heroic salary of 1000 million US dollars!

If the promotion continues like this, the first John Wick film will catch up with the global box office of Taken 1, which is over 2 million US dollars.

(End of this chapter)