Huayu 2011: Starting with Hilarious Men

Twenty-eight thousand!!!

At just eighteen years old, Zheng Nan became an enviable millionaire in 2011!

With money again, Zheng Nan's first reaction was to contact her former North American classmates to continue buying a certain cryptocurrency.

But as soon as Zheng Nan opened Taobao, she hesitated.

Everyone has heard the story of the butterfly effect, where a butterfly in South America flapped its wings and caused the Japanese to sink.

Could this reborn individual become the butterfly effect of a certain cryptocurrency?

Furthermore, the money was obtained under the guise of dating.

If he can't resist and spends it all again, what reason will he have to ask his family for money again?

You can't exactly call Ms. Ding Qiuying and say, "Mom, I'm two-timing."

Zheng Nan took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the urge to buy a certain cryptocurrency.

If you do well in the entertainment industry, you can earn 208 million a day, and you can make it all back!

But how does one enter the entertainment industry in this life? That's a question worth pondering.

To put it simply, the entertainment industry is a circle of fame.

If many people know you, you'll have a following; with a following, resources will come your way, and you'll naturally enter the entertainment industry.

Conversely, no matter how good your acting or singing skills are, if nobody knows you, you are nothing.

Even if a piece of gold is covered by a rag, people will only see the rag.

Zheng Nan tried to recall her past life to find a solution.

However, they unexpectedly discovered that no matter how distant the memories of their previous life were, as long as they thought about them seriously, they could go through them in their minds frame by frame, like playing a PowerPoint presentation.

He remembers every line from a movie, every melody of a song, and every time a news story is published, down to the last detail.

"Rebirth comes with these benefits?"

Zheng Nan was pleasantly surprised. If she had this kind of memory in college, she wouldn't have to worry about final exams.

No, he's already been reborn, why would he need to study?

He slapped his forehead, utterly frustrated: "Why didn't I think of buying lottery tickets or playing football betting when I was in school in my past life!"

This stuff makes money so fast! Just win five million, and you'll have the start-up capital.

People who play the lottery or football betting regularly are usually dissatisfied with their current lives, but their income cannot change their existing lifestyles, so they choose gambling as a fast track in the hope of changing their current situation.

However, college students usually have their living expenses provided by their families, which is the happiest time of their lives, so very few college students play the lottery for a long time.

In his previous life, Zheng Nan was already middle-aged when he played the lottery, so even if his memory is good now, it's useless.

There are no shortcuts; we have to keep thinking.

How can a college student increase their visibility?

Zheng Nan's first thought was online singers.

This road is currently in high demand.

Xu Shangao's "Gray Avatar" became popular last year, and Wang Sulong's "Love That Never Ends" is also currently trending. Online singers like Benxi and Xu Liang are reaping the first wave of benefits.

Most importantly, he had the songs that would become hits more than a decade later in his mind.

"Sorrow", "Young and Promising", "The Lone Warrior"... any one of these songs is a top-tier hit.

Moreover, online singers are cheap to produce; they can buy a sound card and a microphone and record in their dorm room.

However, there is a drawback to being an online singer: it's easy for a song to become popular but the singer doesn't.

Not to mention the prejudice they face as online singers, making it even more difficult to transition into mainstream singers.

Moreover, it takes too long for online singers to become famous. Xu Shangao started releasing songs in 06, and it took him four or five years to become really popular.

Most importantly, Zheng Nan's singing is terrible...

The path of becoming an online singer is temporarily on hold.

What about becoming an internet celebrity?

We are now in the era of Weibo's rise, and celebrities like Yao Dazui have gained millions of fans through Weibo interactions.

If he can manage a popular account, he can also accumulate a lot of fame.

However, it's too difficult for internet celebrities to build a following. Most of them rely on being quirky and attention-grabbing to gain popularity, which easily leaves behind a lot of embarrassing history, making it difficult for them to transition into becoming artists in the future.

If you don't believe me, you can check how many embarrassing stories some celebrities have left behind during their time as comedians.

Moreover, the fate of online celebrities is entirely in the hands of the platform. Once the platform suppresses or limits their traffic, all previous efforts will be in vain, and they will have no say at all.

actor?

This path is the most orthodox, but also the most difficult.

Zheng Nan is not Miss Jing Tian either.

Zheng Nan rubbed his temples and fell into deep thought.

One path after another flashed through his mind, only to be rejected one by one.

The process is either too long, or we are at the mercy of others, or there is no hope at all.

After much thought, Zheng Nan realized that the best way to quickly establish herself in the entertainment industry without being controlled by anyone was to prove her worth.

How can we prove it?

A great, popular work!

Prove your value through your work, and build your reputation through your work.

Having a portfolio gives you a voice, and with a voice, you can command a higher price. When big companies want to sign him, they'll have to offer real money.

The only problem is money!

Making a hit film with only 28,000 yuan is simply a pipe dream.

Low budget, likely to become a hit, and ideally, turn into a series... are there any works like that?

One film or television show after another flashed through my mind.

Zheng Nan began frantically searching her memory.

Really!

"Hao Ge of Erlonghu: A Youth of Siping"

Zheng Nan remembers clearly that the cost of this web series was only two thousand yuan. It was shot with a DV camera and a mobile phone, and it was extremely rough.

But this poorly made web series became a hit throughout Northeast China in 2012, and later even spawned a film series.

Zhang Hao, the director and lead actor of "Siping Youth," also achieved a legendary feat by leveraging this IP, transforming himself into a high-ranking official and entering the provincial government office with a tattooed arm.

The problem is that Siping Youth has too many limitations, and its content is extremely explicit and borderline pornographic.

Zheng Nan was afraid that even if the film was made and became popular, the Shanghai Theatre Academy would easily fire him.

What about "The Swindler"?

This is also a prime example of low-budget production; the production cost for the first season was reportedly only tens of thousands of dollars.

However, the filming period for "The Swindlers" was long, it required many actors, and Zheng Nan had not watched "The Swindlers" in its entirety in her previous life...

Zheng Nan rubbed her temples in frustration.

To gain fame, it would be best to create a series of works, but the cost shouldn't be too high...

"It seems there are actually a few works that meet this criterion!"

Several names suddenly popped into my memory.

"Men's Diary"! "Unexpectedly"! "Report to the Boss"!

These three works are all exemplary of achieving great results with limited resources.

Both "Unexpectedly" and "Report to the Boss" were produced by the same team behind Wanhe Tianyi.

The cost per episode is no more than 100,000, the total cost is no more than one million, but the final return is more than 10 million, a return rate of more than ten times, which is no different from a miracle in the entertainment industry.

Zheng Nan happened to have read all three works in their entirety, so replicating them wouldn't be difficult.

"One million is too much. Can we reduce costs?"