This is a five-star hotel, so the quality is certainly not low. At this time, the east lobby on the first floor was crowded. At a glance, there were at least hundreds of people.
Among the hundreds of people, more than 90% were holding cameras or video cameras.
Weird?
Not surprisingly!
Because the launch conference for the second season of "Dead Man's Last Wish" will be held here this afternoon.
Compared with the shabby launch ceremony of the first season, the scale of the launch conference of this second season is really not the slightest difference.
Dozens of domestic media, large and small, came to the event.
For the same drama, the momentum of the launch press conferences for the first and second seasons is so different. The reason is naturally due to the high popularity and reputation after the first season was aired.
The domestic audience is quite pitiful.
There are not a few fresh and good dramas above the standard every year, so the entire market, or all audiences, are hungry for exciting dramas.
For this reason, as long as a well-produced and high-quality drama is released every year, the audience will spontaneously help you spread the word and promote it, without the producers and distributors having to work hard to promote it.
It is for this reason that after the first season of "Dead Man's Last Wish" was aired, although Xianyu Film and Television did not spend much money on promotion, the popularity quickly increased.
Then, like vultures on the prairie smelling carrion, the media quickly gathered around.
Since the first season of "Dead Man's Last Wish" became popular, many traditional media and online media have been rushing to report on it recently.
Although Sun Quan personally has not participated in any media interviews, there is still a lot that this drama can report.
For example, this drama is not a traditional TV drama, but an emerging online drama.
For example, this drama is adapted from the original online novel of the same name.
For example, the chief director of this drama is the original author himself.
For example, none of the cast of this drama is a well-known actor.
etc.
The more you know about the show, the more you can report.
There are really too few domestic dramas like this!
This drama proves a truth - a good story can impress the audience more than a strong star cast or a large production budget.
One fact is that compared with the TV series that were aired at the same time as the first season of "Dead Man's Last Wish", the first season of "Dead Man's Last Wish" was not the most popular, nor did it make the most money.
But of all the dramas in the same period...this drama has the best reputation.
Moreover, this drama also has the highest return on investment.
There are so many dramas in the same period, those dramas that are more popular and make more money, the production cost and publicity cost of each one are far more than the first season of "Dead Man's Last Wish".
Dark horse!
These two words are the impression this drama has given the public and the media recently.
A 14-year-old online drama with a low production cost and no big stars or well-known actors has actually caught up in popularity with those TV dramas with large investments and strong star casts.
And in terms of reputation, those dramas are still underrated.
Let me ask, what is this if not a dark horse?
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Zhao Qian is a reporter from Today Entertainment. He is also sitting in the hall at this time.
While waiting for the press conference to begin, he took out a pen and paper and scribbled on the paper the questions he wanted to ask next.
The first question he wrote was: "Mr. Sun, you are famous for writing novels and variety show planning projects. What made you invest in and direct this show yourself? It's because you think being a director is easy.
Is it okay if you fuck me?"
The second question is: "Wayward Cat! As the screenwriter of this show, after the first season of "The Last Wish" was broadcast, many people said that the success of this show was all due to Director Sun.
It has nothing to do with you as a screenwriter. What do you think about this? Do you have anything to say?"
As a reporter, Zhao Qian's instinct is to stir up trouble. He must ask sharp questions and try to get the people he interviews to say surprising things. Only in this way can he write eye-catching and popular press releases.
After listing these two questions, he thought about it and put away the pen.
Because he knows that there are too many reporters attending this press conference today, he is lucky if he can ask one question here, and he is extremely lucky if he is lucky enough to have two opportunities to ask questions.
Reason told him that it was almost impossible for him to ask the third question.
Therefore, after he listed these two questions in his small notebook, he didn't think about any other questions.
Anyway, thinking about it is in vain.
As he put away his pen, a tall beauty in a red dress came on stage with a microphone.
After taking the stage, the beauty smiled and patted the microphone in her hand. When the echoes came from the speakers around the hall, she put the microphone to her mouth and said with a smile: "Welcome! Welcome all friends from the media.
We are able to take advantage of your busy schedule to attend the launch conference of the second season of our first large-scale online drama "The Last Wish" of Salted Fish Film and Television. Here, on behalf of our Salted Fish Film and Television, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you all.
Thanks and a warm welcome! Thank you!”
After saying that, she clapped.
Some of the reporters in the hall clapped their hands in cooperation, but most of them just took pictures with their cameras. As for applauding? No hands!
The beauty in the red dress on the stage didn't mind, and she still had a warm smile on her face. She introduced herself - Bai Ling, this is her name, and also introduced her identity - Salted Fish Film and Television Promotion
Minister of the Ministry.
After another scene talk, she raised her voice and invited the crew and creative staff to come on stage.
Every time someone came on stage, she would introduce someone as if announcing the curtain.
The first person to appear is the male protagonist of this drama, Cheng Hao.
Then there is the first female lead in the first season, Wang Xiaoxiao, and the second female lead, Qu Yuran...
As each of these people appeared on the stage, bursts of white flash light lit up, and the camera shutter clicked. At this moment, the camera film seemed to be free of charge.
When Huo Yiyi appeared on the stage, some reporters in the audience with good memories looked surprised. They recognized Huo Yiyi.
At the same time, there was a burst of whispers from the audience.
"Huo Yiyi?"
"Isn't she a singer? Why is she here?"
"Huo Yiyi transformed? When did it happen? She stopped singing and came to act?"
…
Whispers reached the ears of Huo Yiyi, who had just appeared on stage. She did not have any stage fright, but kept a calm smile while facing the many cameras in the audience.
Stage fright?
nonexistent!
As an out-and-out rich second-generation Bai Fumei, she has seen a lot of big scenes since she was a child. What's more, what kind of big scene is this today? When she participated in "The Voice of China" before, the audience in the audience
There are n times more people than there are at today's press conference.
She didn't have any stage fright at that time.
Sun Quan appeared last.
When he came on stage, the male and female protagonists of the show, director Wang Zheng, producer Xue Zihan and others were already on stage.
Under normal circumstances, when a drama becomes popular, the male and female protagonists should be the most popular and the most sought after by the media. As for the director?
If he is a famous director, the media will pursue him, but if he is not that famous, then the director will not be very attractive to the media.
But at this moment, when Sun Quan, who was wearing white jeans and a white shirt, took the stage, the reporters in the audience seemed to press the shutter of their cameras suddenly faster.
They used their hand speed to prove one thing - even if they are not single, they can still develop hand speed that is comparable to those who have been single for more than 30 years.
Sun Quan saw an exaggerated scene. The moment he appeared, a bearded reporter suddenly came forward and knelt down on one knee. The camera looked up from a small distance and took several upward shots of Sun Quan.
At that moment, Sun Quan couldn't hold back and smiled.
The next moment, questions were thrown at him from the audience.
He heard some.
Such as: "Director Sun! Director Sun! Do you expect the number of viewers to exceed hundreds of millions in the second season?"
"Director Sun! What do you think your profession is? Director? Writer? Businessman? Or variety show planner?"
"Mr. Sun! Some people say that you, the chief director, are just in name, and the actual work is done by the assistant director. What do you want to say about this?"
"Director Sun! Are there any sex scenes in the second season?"
…
But Sun Quan couldn't hear more questions at all, so in order to treat everyone equally, he pretended that he didn't hear anything clearly and didn't answer any questions.
Upon seeing this, the host Bai Ling quickly picked up the microphone and reminded that it was not the question period yet, so everyone should be quiet.
When the scene gradually became quiet, she began to host the press conference according to the established procedures.
First, let Xue Zihan, the general manager of Xianyu Film and Television and the producer of the drama "Dead Man's Last Wish", speak.
Xue Zihan's speech was also prepared in advance. Everyone can see this because she took out a speech before speaking.
She first reviewed the hard work and joy during the production of the first season, as well as the psychology of herself and the company before and after the first season was broadcast, as well as the comments on the Internet at the time.
After saying this, she changed the topic and began to briefly introduce the second season.
First, she introduced the investment amount for the second season, as well as Shanda Literature and Youku Video who participated in the investment. When introducing these, she also introduced with a smile the representatives of Shanda Literature and Youku Video who came to the press conference today.
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Every time someone was introduced, a representative stood up and greeted everyone with a smile on his face.
The representative from Shanda Literature who came to participate this time was Brother Qiang himself.
Brother Qiang loves to do this kind of publicity and limelight thing.
On the other side of Youku Video, there was a vice president.
After introducing these, Xue Zihan began to introduce the main actors of the second season.
First, the male and female protagonists.
The male protagonist Cheng Hao has not changed! The female lead, Wang Xiaoxiao... has changed! Because she died in the first season, and even the ghost after she died was taken to the underworld by ghosts, so in the second season
In the middle of the season, she had very few scenes, and she only appeared occasionally in the form of the male protagonist's memories.
So in the second season, she is no longer the female lead.
The first female lead became the second female lead in the first season, Yu Ran.
In the first season, Li Yuling, played by Qu Youran, is the biological sister of the female lead Li Yutong.
After her sister died, Li Yuling launched an overt or covert attack on the male protagonist, trying to keep the money from others.
So in the second season, she is the female lead.
These three leading actors all became famous after the first season was aired.
Cheng Hao currently has more than three million scarf fans.
The number one female lead, Wang Xiaoxiao, has more than three million fans.
As for the second female lead, Qu Yuran... her situation is rather abnormal. It stands to reason that in a 14-episode web drama, even if the second female lead is popular, it will be very limited, and her popularity cannot exceed that of the first female lead.
But she broke this routine.
Her current popularity, at least the popularity of the scarf, exceeds that of the leading female lead Wang Xiaoxiao.
Her current number of scarf fans is over three million.
He has over 500,000 more fans than Wang Xiaoxiao.
This surprised many people online.
But viewers who have really carefully watched the 14 episodes of the first season of "Dead Man's Last Wish" don't find it strange.
Because in the first season, although Wang Xiaoxiao, who played the lead female lead Li Yutong, was very beautiful and sweet, the role of the second female lead Li Yuling was obviously more outstanding.
Li Yuling loves so humbly.
Pretty enough too!
Li Yuling, played by Qu Youran, is not as sweet as Li Yutong, played by Wang Xiaoxiao, but she is also very beautiful, but her beauty is like a budding flower bone, restrained and reserved. Her beauty can easily be associated with a word
--mellow.
Mellow girls have always been easy to move people's hearts. Even female viewers find it hard to be jealous and hate such characters. Qu Youran played the role of Li Yuling very well.
In other words, her image really fits the role of Li Yuling, and her appearance and temperament make people feel mellow.
The immaturity of her acting skills makes her character Li Yuling appear more youthful, mellow and inexperienced. To put it simply: the immaturity of her acting skills not only does not become a flaw, but gives the character of Li Yuling a more touching quality.
She is such a character who pursues the male protagonist Chen Yang either openly or covertly. She obviously has her own suitor. She can easily find a boyfriend, but she carefully gives Chen Yang hints time and time again that she likes her.
he.
Occasionally, I can't help myself, so I have the courage to tell him clearly.
But as soon as she saw him frowning, she immediately gave up. She immediately changed her tone and took the initiative to interpret what she just had the courage to say into something else.
Her love for Chen Yang seems so humble and so sympathetic.
Like...
Just like Wang Yuyan's love for her cousin Murong Fu in the book "Tian Long Ba Bu".
A bit like it!
Qu Youran portrayed the character of Li Yuling very well. The character of Li Yuling was loved by tens of thousands of viewers, and tens of thousands of viewers also liked the actor Qu Youran.
She makes many viewers yearn for love.
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When Xue Zihan introduced Huo Yiyi.
A reporter at the scene couldn't help but ask: "Miss Huo Yiyi! Who is the female character in the second season?"
This is not the time for reporters to ask questions.
So Huo Yiyi smiled and didn't answer.
Xue Zihan also ignored the reporter.
After she finished speaking, she handed the microphone to Sun Quan. At the same time, the host Bai Ling also smiled and said: "We, Mr. Sun, are invited to speak next!"
Sun Quan took the microphone, smiled, and the first thing he said was: "In the second season, I will be the director, so the chief director of the second season will be our talented director Wang Zheng, Brother Zheng!"