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Then, "An Jia" became a hit.

In addition to the audience and industry insiders, even many real estate tycoons are promoting the drama "An Jia" on their WeChat Moments or public platforms such as Station A.

Mr. A: “Because I’m too busy, I basically don’t watch movies or TV series. But a friend recommended the drama “An Jia” to me, and I finished watching it in three days.

Good drama, good director, good subject matter.

Let me just say one thing, I could relate to the plot about the price limit in "An Jia" because I experienced it myself, and it was exactly the same as what Director Wei filmed.

The company was short of money and needed it to repay a bank loan, so it wanted to cut prices for sales. After reducing the price by 2000 yuan per square meter, the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau came to our door and accused us of disrupting market competition."

Mr. B: “I didn’t expect to see such a good drama like “An Jia” that is down-to-earth and truthful, without whitewashing, slander or fabrication.

Director Wei is a smart man. He sees things clearly and shoots things clearly.

Ordinary people always think that the power to set housing prices lies in the hands of developers, but they forget that we are in China.

To put it bluntly, businesspeople have no decision-making power in China, and many people tend to ignore this and exaggerate the power of businesspeople.”

Mr. C: “If a country wants to develop, it cannot do so without primitive accumulation of capital. Western powers used to rely on colonial plunder and now rely on the trade scissors gap.

But these tricks are not effective in our country, so in the past twenty years we have relied on houses.

The lifetime income of three generations was recovered through housing, which created the golden period of economic development in the past decade, but it was also the decade of soaring housing prices.

As a result, the GDP growth rate is maximized every year, creating a miracle of rise that shocks the whole world - our generation does bear the burden of the next two generations, but this is a necessary process unless the country does not develop.

Alternatively, a national pillar industry will emerge that can replace the real estate industry.

Otherwise, housing prices will remain high, just as Director Wei predicted in "An Jia," and there's still a high possibility of another surge next year."

Mr. D: "Houses and land are separate. The drama 'An Jia' makes this clear. It's really not easy. All the land in our country belongs to the state. Real estate companies buy the land use rights from the state, build houses on the land, and then resell it to the people. But both houses and land belong to the state.

“Housing prices are directly dependent on land prices.

When housing prices hit new highs, land prices also hit new highs.

But the power to determine land prices lies entirely in the hands of local governments - this seems to be no secret.

If you want to lower house prices, you must first lower land prices.

But if we want to lower the land price, we have no way to do it.

China's housing prices can certainly fall, but whether they should fall and how much they can fall all depends on how much land prices can fall.

"Building a house requires costs: labor, materials, equipment, furniture. No real estate company would do a business that loses money. But selling land requires no costs. It's a simple fact that no TV series has ever made clear. 'An Jia' is truly a good show."

Mr. E: “In fact, we deserve to be criticized. In the past 10 years of rapid development of the real estate industry, many big bosses who sold houses became rich.

What we earn is the money from being scolded, it’s not unfair.

But those who criticize us also recommend watching "An Jia". Director Wei really has a vision, and "An Jia" also has a vision. "

Mr. F: “I don’t have much to say, I just want to give a thumbs up to Director Wei’s prediction.

I agree with Director Wei's prediction that housing prices will likely continue to rise next year, so if you can buy a property this year, buy one early—of course, you can also treat me as a joke.

..."An Jia" exposed many real estate bosses.

Many of them are on the Forbes rich list.

They are also the ones who are often scolded by people all over the country... In fact, they have become accustomed to being scolded.

Just as Director Wei said, they all made a fortune.

He deserved to be scolded.

However, after watching "An Jia," these no longer young people also felt a long-lost excitement. "An Jia" can resonate with ordinary people and shock industry professionals.

It also brought the same feeling to those who sell houses.

It's a feeling that comes from the heart.

They were scolded and accepted it.

It should be.

But they have something in their hearts that they dare not say out loud.

Director Wei said it for them: You can scold me.

Get the facts before you scold me.

I deserve to be scolded, and I admit it.

But we really don't have the ability to raise housing prices to the current level.

We are all in China.

It's not in the Western world, not in the United States.

What can businessmen decide?

We are praised as being so powerful that people who don’t know us would think that China is a country where capitalists have the final say.

Whether you count back a few decades or count back a few decades, this possibility has never existed.

The status of merchants in New China may be higher than that of farmers and workers, but scholars are undoubtedly the first in both ancient and modern times. "An Jia" clearly expresses this point of view.

Therefore, although a group of scolded capitalists were also scolded by Director Wei in "An Jia", Director Wei even used the words of Deputy Mayor Chen to expose the disguises of these businessmen in "An Jia".

Deputy Mayor Chen said: "Wife, don't worry about him, Lao Meng is richer than us.

The real poor are the ordinary people. Those real estate developers who are crying out for bankruptcy have already made enough money.”

Director Wei did not whitewash the real estate developers at all.

It also exposed the secrets of many real estate developers.

However, these guys whose secrets were exposed by Director Wei were not angry at all. Instead, they all cheered for Director Wei.

This is the magic of the drama "An Jia". After the finale of "An Jia", the ratings on Douban changed again.

After watching the finale of "An Jia", countless people gave it five stars.

中国的电视剧斗瓣评分排名第1的一直都是《大明王朝1566》，17万人打分高达9.7分被誉为第1神剧。

Director Wei also believes that "The Ming Dynasty 1566" has a high artistic level.

It's just that the song is a little too highbrow for most people.

The ratings are ridiculously low.

But in terms of word of mouth, "The Ming Dynasty 1566" has never encountered any enemies.

Always ranked first, watching the changing world with a smile.

This year, we encountered the situation where the number of people who rated "An Jia" exceeded one million.

It achieved a high score of 9.8.

After watching the last episode of "An Jia", countless viewers gave it full marks.

Many viewers who had previously given "An Jia" 4 stars knelt down to apologize to "An Jia" and changed their rating to 5 stars.

To quote a line from Douban's top-rated ratings: Giving "An Jia" four stars proves I'm blind! "An Jia" has ascended to the altar.

Director Wei also ascended to the altar again.

Also spreading across the Internet was Director Wei’s film review.

Douban ranks first in the most praised posts.

Director Wei: "I hope the housing price trend in 2018 will make 'An Jia' a joke and smack me in the face!"

This film review received a million likes and ranked first.

Director Wei sincerely hopes that he will be slapped in the face.

Chapter 119: Romance, not state affairs

Director Wei really hopes to be slapped in the face.

I hope that housing prices won’t go up in 2018.

This is the status quo he deserves as the number one in the film industry.

Being slapped in the face is nothing. It’s nothing for “An Jia” to become a joke.

If he can make the legendary drama "An Jia" today, he will have the confidence to make another one tomorrow.

But if his prediction was right, and everything developed as predicted in "An Jia"... then it would affect more than just him and the show.

However, whether reality will prove him wrong can only be verified by time.

But the official slap in the face soon came. The influence of "An Jia" is really too great.

It's so serious that the people above can no longer sit still and have to come out and respond.

So the higher-ups must have made their voice heard: "We always insist on housing for living, not for speculation."

Seeing this response, netizens all laughed.

Wei Jun also laughed.

The air is filled with joy.

Director Wei no longer focuses on "An Jia".

He had already realized that the possibility of him being slapped in the face was not high.

Since that’s the case, he has already filmed “An Jia” and done what he should do, so what happens next is no longer under his control.

Do your best.

I'll leave it to fate later.

After all, Director Wei is not a savior.

You can't expect Director Wei to do everything.

Of course, Director Wei did manage to do one thing in the end: An Jia made money.

After all, it was too explosive.

An explosion in every sense of the word.

Many viewers were even tormented by the overly realistic storyline between Xu Wenchang and Fang Sijin, and gave up on the show halfway through, but still contributed to "An Jia" by purchasing A-station VIP membership and paying separately for the show.

In the words of these viewers: “It’s not that An Jia is bad, it’s just that we don’t dare to watch it.

Even if you don't dare to watch it, you still have to recommend this kind of good drama and pay for it. I hope there will be more such good dramas."

Therefore, the number of members of Station A surged during the broadcast of "An Jia".

The growth simply cannot be stopped.

It’s a bit like when “Squidward Quantum” was a big hit in the past, and Netflix’s membership surged.

The market value also soared. The cost of making "An Jia" was very low.

After all, it's just an urban reality TV series.

No post-production required.

The highest cost is the actors' salaries.

Huang Bo and Shen Teng’s pay is still very high.

Although the two said they could lower the price, it was Director Wei's movie after all.

But Director Wei doesn't lack that little money.

Directly according to the market price.

Other than that, there are no major expenses.

Moreover, because it is an urban reality drama, many businesses can insert advertisements, and the revenue is inherently much greater than that of costume dramas.

So when Wei Jun finally saw the financial report of "An Jia", he was shocked.

"You made so much money?"

Secretary Chen Duling admired, "Boss, your filming is so beautiful. The cost of "An Jia" was not high to begin with, and most of it was recovered through product placement.

Later, the show "An Jia" became a huge hit, and the number of paying members surged, and it also attracted many middle-aged viewers. These were all unexpected surprises, which is why the profits were so high."