Unboxing, Director!

Chapter 56 Others thought he and I were really on the same level

Starting from early July 1999, "My Fair Princess 7" was broadcast simultaneously on nearly 2 large and small TV stations in mainland China, with an audience easily exceeding 30 million.

And at this time, Xie Tingfeng actually dared to release a new album.

Lu Jiang seriously suspected that Eagle King believed the media's nonsense.

Before "Return of the Condor Heroes 2" was broadcast.

Many media outlets in mainland China are predicting the decline of "Return of the Condor Heroes 2".

the reason is simple.

The television industry is also a battlefield where you fight for your life and death.

Last year, "Return of the Condor Heroes 1" was so popular that the TV series of the same period can be said to have suffered greatly from it.

For several months in a row, almost half of the programs on all mainland TV stations were "Return of the Condor Heroes", and none of the other TV series could stand out.

It was not until the start of school at the beginning of this year that the popularity of "Return of the Condor Heroes 1" declined, and the other TV series finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now, the impact of "Return of the Condor Heroes 1" has not completely passed, and "Return of the Condor Heroes 2" is here again.

The first film was a phenomenon, so the second one would be? Impossible, right?
Even if it were possible, we cannot remain indifferent and watch you drive us into a dead end.

So the television industry started a joint suppression.

But no one expected that "Return of the Condor Heroes 2" is not only more terrifying than "Return of the Condor Heroes 1", but also terrifying to that extent!

How popular is this drama? According to statistics from authoritative data agencies, the average viewership rating of "My Fair Princess 2" is 53%, and the highest viewership rating is 65%.

Moreover, this audience rating was obtained after relevant agencies introduced more advanced and scientific statistical methods.

Although there is definitely still some water in the data, it is much more accurate than previous data. If "Return of the Condor Heroes 1" was calculated using this method, the ratings would have dropped by at least 8 points.

As one thing grows, the other shrinks, and we can see how powerful "Return of the Condor Heroes 2" is in terms of data.

With an average viewership rating of over 50%, it can be said that the only programs that can beat it are the Spring Festival Gala and the joint broadcast program at 7 p.m.

So starting from July, all over the country, peripheral items related to "My Fair Princess" were everywhere.

Especially for primary and secondary school students, if they don’t have any items with elements of "Return of the Condor Heroes" on them, they will not fit in in the class.

It can be said that "Return of the Pearl 2" once again saved countless printing factories, stationery factories, clothing factories, food factories, and basin factories that were on the verge of bankruptcy...

Thanks to the two "My Fair Princess" series and the gradually emerging "Happy Camp", Shonan TV has jumped from a second-tier TV station to the leader of local provincial TV stations.

As a result, Shonan TV later broadcast "Return of the Condor Heroes" every summer vacation, and it often won the first place in the ratings during the same period, and even achieved the feat of surpassing the Olympic Games in replay ratings.

Not to mention the main actors in the drama, who have reaped the benefits for the rest of their lives.

Fan Binbin was not able to completely break free from the shackles of the "Golden Lock" until many years later.

The same goes for the other actors. No matter how well they develop after many years, when the audience mentions them, the first thing they think of is their roles in "Return of the Condor Heroes". The cast of the crew participated in a program together 20 years later and easily became a hot topic.

There was even an internet celebrity who did a Ziwei imitation makeup and started a live broadcast, and many big brothers gave him rockets, and his traffic once surpassed all the top anchors.

"Return of the Condor Heroes 2" was not only extremely popular in mainland China and Taiwan, but also defeated TVB after being introduced to Hong Kong by ATV.

Later, it was introduced to South Korea, where it attracted crowds of people and outshone all the South Korean TV dramas, so much so that South Korean media exclaimed that they would introduce a ban on Chinese products.

Not only in South Korea, but also in the entire East Asia and Southeast Asia, "My Fair Princess" has a certain influence. More than ten years later, when Xiaoyanzi went to Thailand to do a show, local audiences still recognized her.

The popularity of "Return of the Condor Heroes 2" naturally also made the songs from the TV series popular.

"Since I Have You" and "There Is a Girl" sung by Xiaoyanzi, and "You Are the Wind and I Am the Sand" sung by Zhou Jie and Ziwei, quickly became the top of the charts.

Lu Jiang was very familiar with this scene.

Because last year's "Return of the Condor Heroes 1" had already taught the music industry a lesson.

"When" and "Rain Butterfly" became a huge hit.

Even in the early days of its premiere, it was able to knock songs like Lu Jiang's "Jiangnan" and "Twilight" and Ren Xianqi's "Sad Pacific" off the top of the charts.

Of course, in the end, Lu Jiang and Ren Xianqi still firmly occupied the top two spots.

But the fact that "Return of the Condor Heroes" has been ranked third for several months is enough to show the power of this drama.

And this year.

During the first broadcast of "Return of the Condor Heroes 2", there was no Ren Xianqi, no Lu Jiang, and no other great singers in the music scene.

The only one facing "Return of the Condor Heroes 2" alone is Xie Tingfeng.

Moreover, the power of "Return of the Condor Heroes 2" is even greater, and the singers of the songs have also been changed to the currently popular Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei + Erkang.

So soon after it was aired, it performed the miracle of topping the charts.

Three days after its launch, "There Is a Girl", "Since I've Had You" and "You Are the Wind and I Am the Sand" dominated the top three charts.

Five days after its launch, thanks to the immense popularity of “My Fair Princess”, “Rain Butterfly” and “When” also made it into the top five.

In five days, the top five of major charts in mainland China were all "Return of the Condor Heroes".

In addition, the rest of Xiaoyanzi's songs also took advantage of the popularity.

Many songs from the album "SWALLOW" released in April this year made it to the charts.

Many Chinese pop music charts across the mainland have been put in a terrifying situation of being dominated by the "Return of the Condor Heroes" system.

As for Xie Tingfeng who was praised to the sky by Hong Kong media?
Sorry, I can't find it on the list.

The first album that was originally planned to be a trial album didn't make any waves when it was first released.

Xie Tingfeng suffered a heavy blow.

However, the team felt that the problem was not serious.

This is force majeure and no one can be blamed.

Besides, the quality of the first album was not very high, after all, it was just a test.

In addition, after the preliminary publicity in June and July.

Xie Tingfeng’s current status in mainland China has successfully surpassed Lu Jiang.

Next, as long as the influence of "Return of the Condor Heroes 2" on the music and film industry weakens, the next stage of the offensive can be launched.

Time quickly came to mid-August.

On the 20th, Zhang Yu’s new album "The Rain Keeps Falling" entered the mainland market, and the pop music scene finally began to return to normal.

New songs by artists like Zhang Yu frequently appear in the top five of major charts, no longer just "Return of the Pearl," "Return of the Pearl," or "Return of the Pearl." Meanwhile, Richie Jen's "Wish Upon a Star" grossed 1200 million yuan in Hong Kong, currently ranking seventh on this year's box office charts, and is about to be released in mainland China. Zhang Baizhi's theme song of the same name also became a hit in mainland China, appearing on major charts.

Ren Xianqi also starred in Hong Kong movies, and his new identity as a movie star was noticed by the media, and his position as a superstar became more secure.

Xie Tingfeng also took this opportunity to promote his new movie "Young and Dangerous" which had just been released in Hong Kong in the mainland.

The movie has been taken off the screen in Hong Kong, with a total box office of over 1500 million, ranking fourth on Hong Kong's box office list this year.

Although the cost of this film was 3000 million, the box office was actually not ideal.

But under the media's embellishment, what mainland people saw was that Xie Tingfeng, the successor of the Four Heavenly Kings, took third place in his first leading role, which will undoubtedly raise Xie Tingfeng's status.

So some media began to summarize.

Ren Xianqi, Lu Jiang and Xie Tingfeng are the three most promising singers of the new generation.

On the road of diversified development.

Lu Jiang seems to be far behind!

Others are singers and movie stars, but you are only a singer, so you have to work hard.

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Mainland people yearn for high-end things and are easy to fool, but that doesn’t mean they are really stupid!

Soon, at Warner's suggestion, the media released the data, directly breaking the information gap.

"Young and Dangerous" cost 3000 million to make, but ultimately grossed only 1500 million in Hong Kong.

You, Xie Tingfeng, are box office poison!
Soon, the reputation of the film as a box office poison spread throughout the mainland.

What an insult these four words are to Hong Kong filmmakers.

Xie Tingfeng was almost furious.

But he couldn't refute it because the Hong Kong media had already said so.

The only thing to blame is the poor box office performance of "Young and Dangerous".

But Xie Tingfeng didn't think it was a big problem.

After all, in the eyes of mainland people, Xie Tingfeng is still a movie actor.

The level of the singer is much higher.

So what if the first movie starring you didn’t do well at the box office? All the movies starring Chow Yun-fat, Jackie Chan and others made money?
Xie Tingfeng is only 19 years old and has access to Hong Kong film resources, so he has plenty of opportunities.

This statement quickly spread and to a certain extent eliminated the impact of the "box office poison".

With the status of a movie star, it will be a gap that Lu Jiang cannot cross, and it will be much easier for him to be recognized as a superstar in the future.

It can even be said that the performance of the next new album should not be too different from Lu Jiang's. After this time, the two will be on equal footing.

And this is not difficult because she has Yehenara as a cover. Her current album "Just Go For It" has been released, with good sales and quality. Some people in the industry even commented that this may be the second "Conquer".

Soon it was August 8th, and Xie Tingfeng released a new album "Thank You for Your Love 25". In order to make up for the failure in July, he invested twice as much resources in promotion. For a time, it became extremely popular.

With the two strong forces joining forces, the situation faced by Lu Jiang became worse again.

Warner naturally understands this.

Ren Xianqi, the new superstar, has a strong foundation of high-grossing movies.

Xie Tingfeng, the follower, also has a representative film, and the quality of his new songs is also good.

There is also a Yehenara who is a traitor.

If Lu Jiang wants to secure his position as a superstar based solely on his singing achievements, he may really need a second insurance policy now.

I still say the same thing. I have used my absolute strength to become the number one in the field. If you still don’t acknowledge me as the king, then Ren Xianqi should not be the king either. After all, he also came this way.

However, Lu Jiang now opposes this method.

the reason is simple.

The quality of Yehenara’s new album in August is actually not as good as it is hyped to be.

Xie Tingfeng has just released "Thank You For Your Love 1999", which contains 16 songs, including the original songs "Thank You For Your Love 1999", "Only Live for You for One Day", "How Can I Forget Him", etc.

There are also some Chinese-style songs, rock songs, etc. that I have never heard of.

The MV is also very exquisite, with special effects, the effect is good.

but.
The overall quality is still incomparable to Lu Jiang’s new album.

So a second line of insurance?
Totally unnecessary.

"If it doesn't change, just use the original version."

"Sure?"

"Sure!"

"That would be a lot of work."

Just like the original CD, over 200,000 copies of the CD with the additional songs were prepared.

If you don't use it now, you'll have to re-burn it later.

The cost has not increased much, just the workload has increased a bit.

Lu Jiang smiled and said, "If you feel annoyed, you can find a chance to talk about it and divert the pain."

Zhou Jianhui digested it and laughed.

Lu Jiang was prepared for the challenge, but in the end he felt that Nicholas Tse's new album wasn't good enough, so he shortened it to a shorter version to give him some face, but it still crushed the competition.
"Xie Tingfeng would be so angry if he knew this."

"Who made him brag so hard? If I don't do this, people will think he and I are really on the same level."

Lu Jiang didn't feel guilty at all. "With ten days, the production should be able to keep up, right?"

"There are several factories here. 80 sheets in ten days is no problem at all."

"it is good"

While he was talking, Situ Zhaodun called and said in a very relaxed tone:
"Lu Jiang, come to Venice!"

Lu Jiang's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Jiang smiled at Zhou Jianhui and said, "Now, your workload may increase again."

(End of this chapter)