Chapter 465: The first super-A-list band in the Chinese music scene
After the 15th, many companies have actually officially started work long ago.
Tongji Entertainment has been resting during the Spring Festival until now.
Xu Ji and Sha Yetong had just returned to Chengdu at this time.
Of course, there is no one in Tongji Entertainment’s company during the Chinese New Year.
The crew of "Detective Chinatown", led by director Pang Er, did not rest during the Chinese New Year.
But now the movie has been released for almost half a month, and the box office has reached over 2.7 billion.
As the holidays passed, the subsequent movie market began to soften.
It is estimated that the box office growth will stagnate in the future, and the final box office will be just over 3 billion.
After all, it is the Spring Festival period, so this result is actually not very high.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that this year’s Spring Festival movies did not become a big hit.
Although the popularity of "Detective Chinatown" has not been low, the suspense theme has still caused a certain impact.
Of course, compared with "Detective Chinatown", other films of the same period performed even worse.
The second-place "Desert Traveler" finally only received a box office of just over one billion, and it is estimated that there will not be much change.
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While Xu Ji and others officially returned to work, Pang Er and others finally had time to rest.
Tongji Entertainment does not have fixed weekends and holidays, they are basically flexible.
In addition to normal holidays for some fixed holidays, for example, movie projects usually take a period of rest after filming.
Of course, the rest time is not fixed and is basically decided by directors like Pang Er.
Compared with some ordinary film and television companies, Tongji Entertainment still has many more holidays.
Coupled with various benefits, including future development, etc., Tongji Entertainment's current treatment among the entire Huaxia Entertainment Company is definitely the best camp.
Therefore, even if there are not many contractual restrictions, employees of Tongji Entertainment will not take the initiative to resign and change jobs.
And as long as they have time, the company actually does not restrict employees from taking on private jobs.
For example, in photography or other positions, it is also allowed to work on other crews.
But compared to other crews, everyone is still more accustomed to working in the crew of Tongji Entertainment.
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Xu Ji didn't stay in Chengdu for too long before he returned directly to the crew of "I'm Not the God of Medicine".
Because Xu Ji was in charge of the Spring Festival Gala, the filming progress of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" slowed down.
Of course, during the previous period, relying on the assistant directors on the crew, we still completed the shooting of many scenes.
The quality and completion basically met Xu Ji’s requirements before he left the crew.
After the Spring Festival holiday, the crew has just resumed filming.
Because "Detective Chinatown" had already been released, Xu Ji didn't have much choice and directly gave Pang Er the script for the second part.
However, Pang Er has just finished the publicity work for the release, and it is estimated that he will need to take some time off before the second part will be officially approved.
On the other hand, after fifteen years, the promotion and distribution work of "Wulin Gaiden" has officially begun.
As Tongji Entertainment’s first drama since the beginning of this year, it has naturally received a lot of attention.
However, many people are still vaguely disappointed when they see the genre and cast of "Wulin Gaiden".
After all, this drama is a sitcom. Many people's impression of this type of drama still remains many years ago, and they think it is outdated and have little interest in it.
Moreover, none of the well-known actors under Tongji Entertainment appeared.
In this case, everyone's expectations are actually not as high as imagined.
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"Although it is a drama produced by Tongji Entertainment, the sitcom feels really uninteresting."
"Yes, and the actors are all unknown to me. Why do I feel that the filming of Tongji's drama is a bit random!"
"I'm looking forward to it. Although most sitcoms are almost out of date, for this type of drama that attaches great importance to scripts, having some traces is the biggest guarantee."
There is a lot of discussion on Weibo, but most viewers express a wait-and-see attitude.
There are also some people who are not very interested in this type of drama.
If it were not produced by Tongji Entertainment, not many people would pay attention to a sitcom-type drama.
It can only be said that relying on the reputation Tongji has accumulated in the past has made the originally difficult publicity work much easier.
"Is our drama going to be aired normally?"
Penguin Video, Bi Feihong asked.
Xu Sheng behaved relatively calmly.
"There is no need to deliberately avoid it."
"The genre of our drama is very different from Tongji's new drama, so it shouldn't be too affected."
Tongji Entertainment’s dramas really make people on the other three major video platforms fearful.
But it’s not true that every drama should be avoided all the time, otherwise it will easily damage the morale of the military.
And this time Tongji Entertainment’s drama is an outdated sitcom, so there is no competition in the same genre.
Therefore, Xu Sheng still followed the previous plan of Penguin Video and arranged for several new dramas to be broadcast online as scheduled.
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Penguin Video is not the only one who has this idea. Neither Kiwi nor Potato Video deliberately avoided this "Wulin Gaiden" this time.
Although it is said that the broadcast time is divided, it avoids broadcasting at the same time on the same day.
But they are all dramas of the same period.
As a window period after the Spring Festival, the three major platforms accumulated quite a lot of new dramas last year.
Everyone is waiting for the completion of "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
Although there are not many big-invested dramas this time, the three major platforms are still quite confident in their new dramas.
Under such circumstances, there will be no shortage of new dramas for the audience to follow in March.
But for the three major video platforms, including G Station, it is estimated that competition will be the most intense period.
On the G site, Chi Jiang was actually not surprised when he saw several platforms announcing new dramas one after another.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In other words, after finishing the entire "Wulin Gaiden", he has made corresponding mental preparations.
This "Wulin Gaiden" is not a blockbuster type at the beginning. Relatively speaking, the first few episodes of the series are not as exciting as imagined.
At least compared to some of Tongji Entertainment's previous dramas, this is indeed the case.
However, Chi Jiang is still confident in the quality of this drama.
The drama itself is a slow-burning type, and with the setting of a sitcom, it is actually more suitable to watch slowly.
Once the audience becomes familiar with the characters in the series and develops feelings for them, the subsequent word-of-mouth and the number of people following the series will only increase.
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"Wulin Gaiden" has not yet been officially broadcast, and new dramas on several major platforms are also increasing investment in their own promotions.
As for Phoenix Entertainment, Yu Li, Xu Yan, and Wang Yuhong had just returned to the company after attending a performance.
From the end of the Spring Festival to now, the three of them have hardly had any rest.
Every day's schedule is fully booked.
Of course, the popularity of the three of them is indeed not at the same level as before, but they are still exhausted every day.
"I feel like if this continues, we will die suddenly!"
Yu Li couldn't help but speak.
Although the three of them are not considered a group, since they performed that show together on the Spring Festival Gala, they have basically attended performances or variety shows together.
"Why haven't Tongji Entertainment contacted us yet?"
Xu Yan couldn't help but ask.
Until now, the three of them have actually never expressed their intention to join Tongji Entertainment.
Including some other company colleagues who had participated in the Spring Festival Gala before, they all now subconsciously felt that the three of them had given up.
After all, at Phoenix Entertainment, the resources they have obtained can now be envied by many people.
"I do not know!"
Yu Li replied with a grimace.
Although his reputation has greatly increased during this period, his resources are also much better than before.
Even including performance fees and so on, I also made a lot of money.
But Yu Li still firmly wanted to change jobs to Tongji.
Ever since he met Xu Ji and he helped them write the song "Love", Yu Li felt that the company that was most suitable for him was Tongji Entertainment.
As for Phoenix Entertainment, he has no feelings at all.
"I heard that Tongji Entertainment seems to have been on vacation all the time."
"Construction only started recently."
"Should we wait any longer?"
Wang Yuhong said.
In fact, he didn’t have much impression of this source of information.
But the outside world has been spreading rumors that unlike many companies, when Tongji Entertainment takes a holiday, it is really a holiday.
They can't even be contacted at all, and they don't know how to work at all.
"Then just keep waiting."
"But if there is no more news from Tongji Entertainment, I feel like I will die of exhaustion here first."
Yu Li replied somewhat helplessly.
Although they had been quite busy before, this was the first time they had been working in this mode without any rest time at all.
The most important thing is that the performances or variety shows that the three people actually participated in can feel that they are overdrawing the popularity they gained through the Spring Festival Gala.
Because seeing the three of them, the audience subconsciously decided to perform the song "Love" from the Spring Festival Gala.
But because the copyright of the song is still in Xu Ji's own hands, the new song written by the company for the three of them obviously couldn't satisfy the audience.
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"Wait a minute, it's a message from Tongji Entertainment!"
Suddenly, the three people's mobile phones rang. After reading, Xu Li was the first to speak.
"Did you receive everything?"
Xu Li seemed very excited, and the people from Tongji Entertainment asked them to go to Chengdu to discuss the next signing in detail.
The other two people also nodded.
Obviously, none of the three expected the surprise to come so quickly.
"But don't we have a performance tomorrow?"
"Is there a time conflict?"
Xu Yan said hesitantly.
This made both Xu Li and Wang Yuhong roll their eyes.
"We are all going to Tongji, why do we still care about Phoenix Entertainment's arrangements?"
After hearing this, Xu Yan also reacted.
He joined Phoenix Entertainment directly from his debut and has become accustomed to the rules of being arranged by the company for performances and various activities.
There was no reaction for a moment.
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On March 1st, while three young people from Phoenix Entertainment were on their way to Chengdu, something not too big or too small happened.
The Scream band has successfully become a top-tier singer.
Many people only discovered this after the official singer list was refreshed.
Of course, everyone doesn't have much opinion on Scream's success in becoming a top-tier singer.
In the past, the performance of the Screaming Band, including all aspects of awards, was actually fully qualified.
But maybe it’s because there are no bands in the list of super first-tier singers, and it’s not clear whether super first-tier singers can have bands.
Now it seems that the official side may also be considering the impact of this aspect.
The Scream Band should be regarded as the first band in the history of the Chinese music scene to become a top-tier band.
Such an achievement can be regarded as a great encouragement to the musicians currently working in independent bands in China.
Of course, there is no doubt that the final boost was basically the song "The Ordinary Road" from the Spring Festival Gala.
From the end of the Spring Festival Gala to now, this song has stayed at the top of the new song charts of the two major music platforms and has never fallen down.
In addition, the band has won the Golden Note and Moon Night Sonata Best Band awards for three consecutive years, and it is definitely qualified to become a top-tier band.
On Weibo, the news that the band Scream was promoted to the top tier was not surprising and ranked first in the trending searches.
"It's well deserved. There are too many classic songs. In fact, Scream should have become a top-tier performer long ago."
"The number one band in the country, if Scream is not qualified to be a top-tier band, then other bands will be even less qualified!"
"It seems that, with the addition of Scream Band, Tongji Entertainment has added another name to its top list."
"Xu Ji is still awesome. I feel like Xu Ji single-handedly helped the Screaming Band reach their current status."
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There was a lot of buzz online, but the screamo band was relatively calm.
I just came out and gave a simple reply, thanking the fans for their support, and it was also a small celebration.
At this time, the four members of the Screaming Band actually went back to Guangzhou for vacation after the Spring Festival Gala.
After the list was updated in March, the three of them basically never thought that they would be promoted to the top tier.
So when faced with such a situation, I was a little unresponsive.
It can only be a simple tweet.
At the same time, in Chengdu, three people from Phoenix Entertainment had also arrived at Tongji's company.
Of course, they did not directly tell Phoenix Entertainment that they wanted to terminate the contract.
It was just a tacit understanding that we took a leave together.
The agent thought that the three of them were too busy recently, so they agreed without any suspicion.
Who knew that when the three of them came to Chengdu, they had even packed their luggage.
Obviously he has no intention of going back.
When the time comes to go to Phoenix Entertainment, it will probably be a matter of terminating the contract.
Tongji Entertainment is the three people hosted by Youman.
This was something Xu Ji remembered before going to the set of "I'm Not the God of Medicine", so he mentioned it to her and signed the three of them.
Yu Li, Xu Yan, and Wang Yuhong are no strangers to Youman. After the Spring Festival Gala, they became popular overnight.
Recently, I have appeared frequently in some performances and variety shows.
The three of them are not very old, so Youman is actually a little hesitant about signing them.
Compared with other singers in Tongji Entertainment, these three are too young, which makes people feel a little unstable.
But in the end, Youman listened to Xu Ji and signed the three people.
In fact, the addition of these three people will not have much impact on the current Tongji.
"By the way, this is the new song that Director Xu prepared for you before he left."
After the three people signed the contract, Youman said.
Of course, things are not completely resolved so far.
After all, the contracts of the three of them are still with Phoenix Entertainment.
What's better is that although the three became popular after the Spring Festival Gala, the contract level is still the same as before.
The breach of contract fee is not too expensive, and it doesn’t make sense for Tongji Entertainment to bear it.