Chinese Entertainment: Becoming a Superstar After a Breakup

Chapter 92 Interaction

"Monkey King: Hero Is Back" was a real hit, but it wasn't the kind of hit that only one company could achieve. After the box office broke 250 million, competitors came into the picture.

The first one to come to mind is "Monster Hunt". Shen Ze knew about this movie. It was the first movie in China to break 2 billion yuan at the box office. When he learned about this movie, Shen Ze thought about participating in it. Unfortunately, he couldn't even find a way to audition.

Now that "Monster Hunt" has been released, it immediately grabbed 40% of the screenings on its first day, taking away half of the screenings of "Tiny Times" and "Forever Young". These two movies are in the same boat, with 15% of the screenings and taking 5% of the box office share, which is quite consistent.

Everyone knows that the box office potential of these two films has vanished; the former is worth 450 million and the latter 380 million. They'll just have to wait and see.

On its opening day, "Monster Hunt" demonstrated a strong advantage. While "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" had good word-of-mouth, it was mostly organic and couldn't compare to the centralized and unified marketing and distribution of "Monster Hunt".

The box office performance of "Monster Hunt" also demonstrated its strength, with a remarkable 160 million yuan gross on its opening day. While "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" performed well, its box office was four times less. In terms of cost-effectiveness, "Monster Hunt" was superior.

Great.

However, "Monster Hunt" did have its competitors. The very next day, a film that even Shen Ze had criticized, "Jianbing Man," was released.

It's been released.

The release of "Jianbing Man" also took away eight points of screenings from "Monkey King: Hero Is Back", and the screenings of "Monster Hunt" also dropped to 33%.

"Gardenia in Blossom" and "Tiny Times" were finally driven to the bottom, and screenings were reduced. This day was a battle between two strong contenders, with "Monster Hunt" and "Jian Bing Man" both breaking 130 million yuan.

The performance of "Jianbing Man" is quite astonishing. "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" withstood the pressure and became one of only three films to break 10 million yuan on that day, with 36 million yuan, bringing its total box office to nearly 350 million yuan.

On the same day, Shen Ze started interacting with Chen Yao on Weibo, and the popularity of "Wu Xin: The Monster Killer" also began to rise. As an actor, it's only right that you cooperate with the promotion.

Chen Yao: "#TheDisdainfulCoupleIsOnline @ShenZe, Did You Disdain Me Today?"

Shen Ze: "Dislike? Not at all, I'm too busy spoiling Chen Yao."

This is the first interaction between Shen Ze and Chen Yao since the TV series aired. The storyline between Zhang Xianzong and Yue Qiluo has already begun, and that famous line has appeared, although it hasn't become that popular yet: "Zhang Xianzong, my tooth hurts."

After Shen Ze finished interacting with the account, he refreshed Weibo and went back to his own page. He was shocked. "Wow, this interaction is that powerful?" He remembered that he had 35,000 followers just now, and now he had 50,000. And it hadn't even been ten minutes.

Furthermore, the number of likes has exceeded 3,000 and the number of comments has exceeded 1,000. Although most of the comments are things like "so sweet," there are also quite a few insightful ones. No wonder everyone is arguing about the couple. With this interaction, the popularity is high.

He's getting a lot of attention here, and some people are practically grinding their teeth in anger. That scumbag! Who told you to interact with other people so sweetly? I really want to give him a good beating. Just you wait, you just wait.

Dilraba looked at Shen Ze's Weibo, feeling happy for him, but also a little jealous and proud of him.

She never expected that her boyfriend's career would take off just one month after the breakup. Even though "Wu Xin: The Monster Killer" had only been airing for a short time, its popularity was already considered a takeoff stage for Shen Ze.

And what's most frightening is that this isn't the kind of hype generated through publicity. If this continues, it will inevitably be compared to her role as Fuqu.

She underestimated "Wu Xin: The Monster Killer." This web series certainly can't compare to the popularity of "Swords of Legends," but the popularity of Zhang Xianzong and Yue Qiluo is far from over. The plot has only just begun, and the main reason is that the series is broadcast weekly, so the real buzz is yet to come.

Dilraba was a little unhappy. How come his career is doing well after the breakup? Could it be that she really hindered him? Humph, she was angry. Could he be having an affair with Chen Yao? Probably not, they don't have much contact. This is just for publicity. But she was still angry.

Dilireba was angry, but Zeng Jia and Zhao Ruoyao were even more troubled. The popularity of Zhang Xianzong and Yue Qiluo, as well as "Wu Xin: The Monster Killer," which is just a low-budget, low-quality web series, how come it seems to be so popular? Shen Ze might really make a comeback.

Even Yang Mi is paying attention to Shen Ze. Normally, even if there's a hit drama, she wouldn't care. But isn't Shen Ze originally from her own company? Even she feels a bit disappointed. If he were still someone from her own company, she could get some extra publicity and maybe even push some better resources.

In the following days, Shen Ze's Weibo followers increased rapidly. Shen Ze himself couldn't believe how many zombie fans had been added to his followers. If he didn't know that he didn't have a team, he would have thought that a team had bought followers for him.

On the day he interacted with Chen Yao, his followers jumped from 35,000 to 180,000, while Chen Yao's followers also increased by more than 100,000 to 230,000. Her initial number of followers was higher than Shen Ze's.

In the following days, Shen Ze gained anywhere from 70,000 to 80,000 fans to 50,000 to 60,000 fans, officially surpassing 500,000 fans and catching up with Chen Yao. The two are now about the same size.

However, it's a bit awkward that the male lead, Han Dongjun, only has over 200,000 fans and just held a fan meeting. The female lead, Jin Chen, originally had 300,000 fans, the most among the main characters, but now she has less than 400,000.

In terms of simply gaining followers on Weibo, Shen Ze and Chen Yao are far ahead, but Shen Ze personally doesn't feel that popular. However, his inbox is full of red dots and unread messages, but he doesn't bother reading them because his computer is prone to lagging. They're mostly just comments like "you're so handsome." He seems to have sensed his popularity on Weibo, but not in real life.

In reality, he still has to keep checking audition messages in various groups. He knows that with the current online buzz, getting a lead role is unlikely, but getting a second male lead in a low-budget film shouldn't be a problem.

I also chatted with Da Ma. Da Ma had watched him go from being penniless to where he is now. It was all too fast. It felt like only yesterday. Meanwhile, GG was making preparations.

However, the hype is temporary. If you don't seize this opportunity to get a few good scripts, it will be more difficult to get them after the hype dies down.

Sure enough, he actually had a target. Daylight Entertainment had an audition for a female ensemble drama, and he felt he was quite suitable for one of the characters.

The main thing is that he seems to know what TV series it is. In his previous life, he didn't follow celebrities, and the TV series he knew were mostly the kind that were somewhat popular.

This time, he not only guessed which TV series it was, but also knew roughly what genre it was.

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