Since "Hero" started the trend of holding premieres in the city hall, blockbusters from all over the world have flocked to follow suit and have to hold grand premieres.
But I got tired of always being in the Great Hall, so I changed venues in a different way. Last year, "Assembly" was in the Workers' Stadium, and this year, "The King of Kung Fu" was in Chaoyang Park.
Yao Yuan and Yinyin didn't live in Palm Springs, but in Haidian. Otherwise, one of them would have to use a telescope to peek - they were not interested in attending, but they were interested in peeping.
Huayi Brothers specially transported a spherical tent from Dubai with a huge space to serve as today's venue. Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Liu Yifei, Li Bingbing and others all appeared, and Huang Xiaoming and other artists also came to support.
"The King of Kung Fu" is a Sino-US co-production. The screenwriter and director are both Americans. It essentially tells the story of a destined white male protagonist who saves the world with the help of many yellow-skinned supporting characters. By the way, he fell in love with "The Great Wall"
No difference.
It is full of Western stereotypes of ancient China. For example, you can't see such things as "towns". There is always a piece of land surrounded by wooden fences, with a few thatched houses built here and there. Those who don't know better may think it's the West in the Middle Ages.
Lord.
If a heroic city appears, don't ask, it must be the residence of the villain BOSS, which means you are about to reach the end of the level.
It's not a bad movie, I can only say it's mediocre, and it's worth watching.
With the help of Hollywood's distribution channels, the film was released globally. In the end, the domestic box office was 171 million US dollars, and the global box office was 128 million US dollars, which was also mediocre.
But "The King of Kung Fu" still has a small place in the history of Chinese films, because the two kung fu superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li fought for the first time. This is the only value of this film!
"Okay, let us thank Miss Liu Yifei, please take a rest first!"
Inside the spherical tent, Liu Yifei finished her interaction on the stage and stepped off the stage with her skirt in hand.
Today she wore a tube top silver skirt, exposing her shoulders and half of her breasts. She sat down next to her mother and watched Li Bingbing chatting and laughing above her. She did not feel any joy about the release of a new movie.
"Your godfather made a phone call just now and has reached an agreement with the agency in the United States. The contract can be signed next month."
Liu Xiaoli tilted her head and whispered a piece of news.
"Really? Then when can I film?"
"I didn't mention this, but since you signed the contract, you must have resources, and that company also has great connections in Hollywood." Liu Xiaoli was full of confidence.
"The King of Kung Fu" was a big piece of cake, and Huayi offered it with both hands, just because he wanted to sign Liu Yifei. But Liu Xiaoli and the godfather didn't like Huayi and wanted to burn bridges.
This kind of thing is taboo in the industry, so they took two steps. First, they wanted to ask Yu Jiajia for help to solve the problems in the mainland; at the same time, they contacted an American agency to pave the way for Hollywood.
In this way, you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat, and you will be in an invincible position.
All I can say is: What the hell are you thinking of?!
In reality, Liu Yifei's team made such an operation. The mainland business was suspended for two years, and the American companies signed with were useless. Finally, they surrendered to Hong Kong, and then they regained good resources, such as "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Famous Catchers".
such as.
"We will meet with Mr. Yu in a few days. If she agrees again, this matter will be settled."
"But I don't see much interest in Mr. Yu."
"No problem. You have an agreement with 99 Entertainment for a drama and a movie. Mr. Yu can't just ignore it for the sake of his own project, right?"
"oh……"
Liu Yifei didn't think it would be that simple, but she also lacked the brains in this area and couldn't come up with any ideas.
…………
"The King of Kung Fu" was released soon after its premiere.
The box office is good, the reputation is mediocre, and the audience doesn't care. As long as we can see Jackie Chan and Jet Li fighting, the film will have accomplished its mission.
Film and television practitioners are rejoicing. From the beginning of the year to now, "Yangtze River No. 7" has 200 million, "Manslaughter" 170 million, "Ip Man" 120 million, Jay Chou's "Slam Dunk" 110 million, four Chinese films have broken
billion, and firmly occupy the top four positions in the rankings.
Looking at the excitement of "The King of Kung Fu", the fifth film that will exceed 100 million will be released soon.
The main creator also started a promotional tour in various places. In the past, Maiwo Community was a stop, but now the community no longer does it, and took the initiative to give resources to Maili Video.
Websites cannot create their own programs, so Yu Jiajia acquired Orange Culture and simply used the Internet celebrities of Orange Culture to do it.
Like Bilibili in later generations, there was a program called "Bilibili Star Interview", where all new films were released to show off - Wu Jing once referred to "Bilibili" as "Xiabuxiabu".
…
Tuanjie Lake Building.
In the old days of voice chat, the company had a room used for "celebrity interviews". Now it is still used for celebrity interviews, but it has been turned into a video studio.
Today’s guests are two female stars, Liu Yifei and Li Bingbing.
After recording a program, at the end, the two of them said congratulations as expected: "Congratulations on the launch of the Maili Video Classic Film and Television Theater. Remember to watch my "A World Without Thieves"!"
""The Legend of the Condor Heroes" will be launched next month, and it is exclusively authentic on Maili Video. I hope everyone will support it!"
"Okay, that's it!"
"Thank you both!"
"Thank you. I hope I have the chance to come here again. I really like the atmosphere here..."
Li Bingbing is very good at talking.
At this time in 2008, it was the stage when Shuang Bing was working hard on the front line and was successfully behind Si Dan. Li Bingbing was the supporting actress in "The King of Kung Fu", but she was more outstanding than Liu Yifei, who played the heroine, and received a lot of praise.
After recording the show, she was about to leave. Liu Xiaoli said: "We still have to discuss the matter of "Zhu Xian", so we won't be together."
"Oh, then I'll take the first step."
Li Bingbing rolled her eyes as she turned around. For someone like her who had worked hard to get there, she couldn't understand that Liu Tianxian was in his 20s, and he still had a mother everywhere...
Not long after, Liu Xiaoli led her daughter and knocked on Yu Jiajia's door again.
Yu Jiajia looked down on this woman very much. Seeing that she was making the same old talk, she said impatiently: "The exchange of benefits is the basic rule in the industry. If you take benefits but don't abide by the agreement, you have committed a big taboo."
"I know, I understand, but I really can't send Sissy to Huayi. I'm here to beg you. I hope you can help me."
"Why should I offend Huayi for you?"
"You have helped us, and we will certainly remember your kindness. Besides, "Zhu Xian" will be filmed soon. It would not be good if it makes a mess. Everyone hopes that it goes smoothly."
???
Yu Jiajia has a black question mark on her head, are you threatening me?
Seeing that the other party had a matter-of-fact look on his face, as if he really didn't know what was wrong with what he said, she simply leaned back and leaned on the large boss chair.
"Favour? What kind of favor?"
"How do I know you won't burn bridges? This happens once and twice."
""Zhu Xian" is about to be filmed. Whether I will be affected or not is my business. I have no obligation to deal with your off-site mess, but you must show up for me and fulfill the contract well!"
"The door is over there, go on your own!"
Liu Xiaoli's face turned red and white, and she pulled her daughter away angrily.
After they left, Yu Jiajia was confused in the room for a while. Unable to grasp Liu Xiaoli's brain circuit, she couldn't help but call Yao Yuan to complain.
"Hahaha!"
"Are you laughing your ass off?"
"I laughed at Zhou Yu's lack of plans and Zhuge Shaozhi. Do you care about that?"
After hearing this, Yao Yuan asked, "What do you think about it? Can you help me?"
"Originally it didn't matter whether I could help or not, but now I'm disgusted and have no interest."
"..."
Yao Yuan thought for a while and said: "Objectively speaking, Liu Yifei has good appearance, can shoot fighting scenes, and speaks good English, which is in line with our overseas strategy. But since you are unhappy, then communicate with Huayi when filming "Zhu Xian"
Just be calm and forget about it later."
"What do you think Huayi will do?"
"They are very cautious, Liu Yifei will be suspended for at least 2 years."
"Okay, I'll take advantage of you when the time comes."
Yao Yuan asked again: "How's it going over there at Tudou?"
"We are going to pull up the data on "Manslaughter" and "Ip Man" and start directly from investors..."
Yu Jiajia briefly explained the plan, and Yao Yuan said: "Okay, just go faster."
"no problem!"
Yu Jiajia was actually a little strange. Yao Yuan seemed too eager, as if something big was going to happen next and he had to get it done beforehand.
Of course something big is going to happen, April has passed and it’s May.
…………
Soon, "Manslaughter" and "Ip Man" were released.
The two films were released in theaters in January and were released more than a month later. It has just happened not long ago and they are extremely fresh.
In fact, many people like to watch movies, but they don't have the money to go to the cinema due to various reasons. But if they can get whoring for free, they will come in droves.
The two movies were broadcast online, they were exclusive and genuine, and free of charge. The popularity of the two movies aroused another wave, and the website also started operations.
Everyone knows that the data on the video website is fake. The playback volume of a drama is often tens of billions. Even if you tell the world, you will treat people as fools. Later, when I was called out, I restrained myself slightly and changed my routine.
For example, before a drama is aired, an album is usually created, which contains trailers, outtakes, etc., and the views they generate will be included in the drama itself. Some dramas break 100 million before they are aired, and this is how the data comes from
.
After the show starts, there will be a lot of previews for the next episode.
Friends who like to watch dramas have experienced that after each episode, there are an outrageous number of previews for the next episode, and these views will also be taken into account.
There is also automatic playback.
For example, when you open this page and you don't want to watch a drama, but it automatically plays, or you don't want to watch it after watching this episode, but it automatically jumps to the next episode, this kind of data also counts.
In short, the routines are diverse.
Maili mainly recommends "Manslaughter". This film has a stronger lineup, higher quality, and more novelty.
The website has added a lot of behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, and has a good number of clicks. In addition, there are daily tasks, such as: watching "Manslaughter" for five minutes, how many M coins can you get, or sharing a link, and you will get M coins based on the number of clicks...
…
The users were very happy, watching movies for free, and there were rewards, which is a great thing!
"Commander Yao really does what he says. He said at the New Year's Eve party that he would vigorously promote the video this year, and he really did!"
"As a newbie, I would like to ask, are the benefits of Maiwo always so good?"
"I rubbed my eyes, this is actually a question!"
"You may have just come into contact with the Internet. Anyone with some experience knows that Commander Yao has nothing to say to netizens!"
"You are so naive. You are giving out benefits to attract users. Do you really think you are friendly to the Internet? It's all just pretending!"
"What's wrong with pretending? There are so many Internet tycoons, and even if he is pretending, he is the only one who is pretending. It suddenly reminds me of Liu Bei. Many people say he is hypocritical, but I want to say that Liu Bei has been pretending to be benevolent and righteous all his life, then he is the real one.
Benevolence and righteousness!”
"Oh, those people were all deceived by "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Is Emperor Zhaolie of Han joking with you?!"
Unsurprisingly, the building started to crumble.
In the age of videos, some people always think that male netizens stare at side chicks all day long. In fact, this is not the case. They are more interested in discussing politics, history, culture, games, repairing donkey hooves and picking barnacles...
"Maili Video announced that the server has been upgraded again, which is painful and happy at the same time!"
""Manslaughter" has been played over one million times!"
"Five million goal achieved!"
""Manslaughter" is a surprise hit online, triggering another movie-going craze!"
"We must achieve it!"
""Manslaughter" exceeded 20 million, and it was the best!"
Movies are not TV series, and their playback volume is inherently inferior. The most played "Let the Bullets Fly" on Station B was only 130 million times. In 2008, tens of millions of times was enough to beat everything.
follow closely:
"Maili Video announced that it has completed its first round of financing and will receive a total investment of US$15 million from IDG and Today Capital!"
“In just one month, Maili’s valuation jumped to the first place in the industry!”
"Yu Jiajia said that it plans to complete 2-3 rounds of financing within this year and has reached agreements with a number of investment institutions."
…………
"Snapped!"
"Crack!"
At the headquarters of Tudou.com, Wang Wei threw another cup and cursed in Fujian dialect angrily.
Now they don’t even pretend. IDG and Capital Today Chiguoguo support Maili, and among those true or false rumors, those interested in investing in Maili happen to include the institution he talked about before.
Everything is clear.
Mai Li just wants to receive potatoes.
Not enough cash, unable to find investment, users lost, valuation plummeted, shareholders betrayed... Is this girl still a potato? This is a lotus root! It is full of holes.
Wang Wei slumped down on the chair, feeling angry and tired, feeling powerless.
The phone rang just in time.
He answered, and the hateful Yu Jiajia's voice came out, straight to the point: "I want the shares in your hands, please give me a price!"
"..."
Wang Wei deliberately refused, or made some mocking remarks, but found it boring. In extreme cases, his mind changed almost in an instant. If he couldn't do it, he would just sell it. Anyway, he tried his best.
I am still young, and with money I can start a new business and do what I really like to do.
Like writing a script or something.
"$30 million!"
He spoke out a number in a hoarse voice.
There was a sneer on the phone and he said: "Did I hear you correctly? You still thought that Tudou was the same as Tudou a few months ago. Now, don't you know how much its valuation has dropped? Those shares of yours are not worth this price."
"I don't have to sell it."
"If you don't want to sell the business, you can wait until you can deal with the shareholders, or you can keep it for the rest of your life to pay off your debts!"
"..."
Wang Wei listened to the other party's rude words, paused, and finally turned into a sigh.
…………
Wang Wei is gone after all.
Since Yao Yuan's rebirth, this is considered a relatively large flapping movement of butterfly wings.
Tudou will no longer merge with Youku and disappear from the history of the Internet, and Wang Wei may not be talked about again because of his divorce lawsuit.
99 Entertainment became the largest shareholder of Tudou at a bargain price, which was unfair to other shareholders, so the first thing they did was to inject capital into the company and acquire some shares from other shareholders to reduce their financial risks.
These are all conditions negotiated before.
And Yao Yuan got a complete and complete video platform. Liu Weiwei and Wensha were so excited that they rushed to Shanghai and planned to complete the transformation within the year.
In the early days, shows were all live broadcasts.
The anchors are good-looking, dressed coolly and appropriately, and can sing, dance, and chat. The content is mainly about showcasing talents, and they have high requirements for their own quality.
The training alone will take a while.
Websites such as Youku and 56 were not aware of Yao Yuan's plan. Seeing Wang Wei being driven away, they all trembled, fearing that they would be the next target.
Yao Yuan comforted him in time: "That's it!"
Mai Li Video's Sturm und Drang will stop and will not maliciously attack his colleagues. Gu Yongqiang and others were relieved, but the shadow brought by the other party was too great, so they contacted each other in private and formed an alliance tacitly.
In short, in 2008, before the financial crisis broke out completely and on the eve of the cold winter period for domestic video websites, history changed.
The current pattern is probably: Maili video and so on...
(I was too lazy to divide the two chapters, so I posted them together, and they are gone.)