The top performer at the 2011 Spring Festival Gala is still Cao Xuan.
There is no way, so many songs appear together in the Spring Festival Gala, it is difficult for people to ignore it, it is even more complicated than him attending the Spring Festival Gala himself, which is a gimmick.
At the same time, the Spring Festival Gala also added to the success of several new songs by Cao Xuan.
The first one is "Because of Love". Queen Wang's popularity and influence are strong enough. The key is that the Spring Festival Gala also has classic works, "Meet Me in 1998" and "Legend" are both golden songs of the Spring Festival Gala.
So on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, if Xiao Zhou wants to take over from Cao Xuan, he may not be able to surpass Wang Fei.
However, although the show "Because of Love" is very popular, because it is a real singing, Wang Fei is out of tune in many places, his breath is confused, and it can be called a car accident scene, so it has gained a certain amount of controversy.
Cao Xuan wants to be fair here. The female part of this song is indeed much more difficult to sing than the male part, especially with a voice like Wang Fei's.
If the tone is not lowered and suppressed, the voice will easily float. When the song was recorded in the studio, Wang Fei sang it harder than Cao Xuan.
But then again, even if it is difficult to sing, Wang Fei’s level will not allow him to sing like this.
To a large extent, it may still be due to the nervousness of the Spring Festival Gala live broadcast and the decline in singing skills.
This is nothing new. As Wang Fei gets older and develops various bad habits, such as smoking, drinking, staying up late, and not paying attention to protecting his voice, his singing skills have declined by no means from his peak, and he often makes mistakes.
Many previous concerts and some gala performances also had similar situations, but they were not as influential as the Spring Festival Gala. The people in the show were concerned and the fans were tolerant and concerned.
That was because the Spring Festival Gala was off-key, and Fang Huan also apologized specifically on Weibo, which actually helped Eason Chan escape the disaster.
After all, I sang "Because of Love" instead of Downey, and it was supposed to be the focus of the audience's attention. However, because of Cao Xuan, it landed safely.
Cao Xuan was not the only car accident scene in the Spring Festival Gala. Xiao Jingteng was even more miserable. I happened to have a bad cold at the time and my voice was in bad condition, but I insisted on singing, which caused the performance to collapse.
To be honest, there are not many people who really messed up the Spring Festival Gala, but Rain God’s performance can definitely be ranked among the worst.
Who triggered a small discussion among netizens, whether it was a spineless real singing with difficulty and mistakes, or a lip-synching to ensure that the party would go wrong.
That's a cliché, and I have to mutter a few words at the Spring Festival Gala almost every year.
Even in the Chinese music industry, there was no one to take sides. For example, Cui Jian publicly criticized lip-synching, and therefore had conflicts with Na Tianqian and other singers.
Fang Huan has also been asked this question. My answer is very complicated. I support real singing, but in some cases, it is understandable to use lip-synching for the sake of program effect.
Although that answer was not condescending, Downey's explanation was very clear.
Some performances are really important, and they are even just responsible for the audience. If they are broadcast to the public, they are also related to the face of some countries. It is true that mistakes are caused by the singer's willfulness.
But if you lip-sync during daily performances or concerts, it shows that you have no professional ethics, and you deserve to be attacked.
No matter what, real singing is definitely prioritized over lip-synching. The latter can despise the former, and the former is not qualified to challenge the latter.
In addition to "Because of Love", another popular song is "Under the Sea". In other words, "Under the Sea" was already very popular, but the outstanding performance of Phoenix Legend made "Under the Sea" even more popular.
Phoenix Legend and Yao Beina also won the first prize in the 2011 Spring Festival Gala singing and dancing category by virtue of that program, beating Cao Xuan, Da Zhou and other institutional singers.
The first song that became a hit was "The Lonely Warrior".
It's over the top and slightly off-kilter. In addition to being popular on the Internet, it's also popular with a small number of middle school and college students.
It's still winter vacation right now, and it's too obvious. When the new semester starts before the Lantern Festival, I'm afraid we'll be exchanging secret codes with each other outside the classroom.
"Do you love him walking alone in a dark alley?"
"I love him like he is kneeling!"
It was easy to say whether he could reach that stage, but Fang Huan got a headache when he heard that his best friend had returned to the capital from his hometown, still holding his cell phone and humming along to "The Lonely Warrior".
But in any case, the Spring Festival Gala made the performance of "Xuan" reach a higher level.
As of late February, just over a month after the release of the new album, domestic physical album sales will reach 500,000 copies.
Compared with other singers, it can be called a small breakthrough, but considering Downey's past performance, it can only be said to be quite satisfactory.
Although the physical album is more conspicuous, the digital album sales have reached a terrifying 1.4 million copies, and some of the other singles have also achieved good results one after another.
Haili's sales volume is also wrong. The cumulative physical/digital difference between Asia and Europe and the United States is 1 million less. After all, it is a purely Chinese album, and those who can spend money to support it are Downey's fans.
Frankly speaking, those data are not bad, and they are considered to be in the middle and lower reaches of Downey's albums over the years.
But considering the quality of that album and Downey's current popularity, we can still clearly feel the collective malaise in the domestic and international record markets.
Another thing to say is that now a small number of audio and video stores are closing down or changing businesses one after another, and stores that make a living purely by selling records are the best.
According to Warner's statistics, less than 35% of the physical album of "Xuan" was sold through online shopping platforms such as Taobao and JD.com. With the increasing development of online shopping, a few years later, a small group of people would queue up to buy the album.
Once you go, you come back again.
The record era has retreated into the countdown history of history...
Downey witnessed and participated in the golden peak period of recording in the early 1990s. Even though he knew the ending in advance, he was still very emotional when he saw the scene where things changed and people changed.
It flourishes and then declines, which is the eternal change.
There is no industry that can decline from its peak, and there will naturally be no industry that can rise from a weak point.
The Chinese music scene is in decline, but the film industry is booming.
Just two days before the Spring Festival Gala, the box office of "Let the Bullets Fly", which has been in theaters for nearly 70 days, officially exceeded 1 billion.
It was also the first Chinese-language film in history to have a box office of over 1 billion, ranking seventh in mainland box office history, second only to "Avatar" and surpassing the eighth place "Tangshan Earthquake" by 300 million yuan.
Although many people expected the result afterwards, when "Let the Bullets Fly" actually exceeded 1 billion, the shock to the industry and the outside world was still very small.
Small media outlets focused on the report, and the industry was also amazed and excited.
If the box office of "Let the Bullets Fly" is counted to 2010, the mainland's box office for the whole year last year was 11.3 billion, officially breaking the 10 billion mark.
In other words, the scope of the film industry is getting smaller and smaller, and its potential is getting weaker and weaker.
Everyone wants to make the last movie "Let the Bullets Fly", become famous, and make a small profit.
Jiang Wen was praised to the heavens. It is an exaggeration to say that if I throw out a script now, I can easily raise tens of millions of funds.
Many investors came to me to make movies with money in hand. Fortunately, Fanxing got involved early and signed a priority investment contract early, so I can definitely win over those people.
Ge Xiaoye has also become a hot favorite. The eight movies I starred in during the Lunar New Year season accumulated a box office of 1.5 billion, surpassing Fang Huan and becoming the highest-grossing movie actor in 2010.
"The Orphan of Zhao" received 4 million, "Let the Bullets Fly" Ge Xiaoye received 5.2 million, "If You Are the One 2" is too vague, it is said that it is even higher.
Nowadays, if the salary is over 10 million, there is no need to talk about it. If you want to finalize the actors, you can definitely get them with a salary of 20 million, and you can definitely recruit them even if you have no money.
If I want Mr. Ge to film, he must either be an old friend of a famous director, or the script disgusts me, or he must return a favor.
As for Downey, I can definitely afford it if I want to.
The minimum remuneration quote is less than 100 million. If you want to reach a cooperation, you will probably have to invest 150 million.
At that price, unless the remuneration is considered an investment like in "Let the Bullets Fly", if less dividends are given, then 99% of the crew would dare to think so.
To put it bluntly, even Stars internally wants to use Downey Jr. to film movies, so they have to think carefully about how to save costs as much as possible.
After all, as Fanxing Company became more formal in those years and some executives participated in stock dividends, even if Downey was filming his own movies, he would still cut his salary on a small scale or even receive a token fee like he would in the future.
Public is public, private is private.
Discounts can be given, but they will definitely not be as small as they will be in the future.
The Eight Little Giants benefited a lot, and several supporting roles also benefited a lot. For example, Hu Ge successfully entered the film market with that drama. I heard that several film crews are considering contacting me.
The one with the least benefit should be Bazi, who suddenly became the representative of the seventh generation of stars.
However, after receiving several film offers, relying on his father's aura, he also caught the eye of Feng Pengtong, and was expected to participate in "1477", which the former had been considering filming.
The entertainment industry is like that. A good work can definitely make people reach the sky in one step, but there are few ways to choose the downward path.
………
On February 10th, Lao Jiang held a public celebration party for "Let the Bullets Fly" in Beijing. There were so many celebrities in attendance, which gave him enough face as a new billionaire director.
It was a pity that neither Fang Huan nor Robert was present. We flew to the United States to shoot "Avengers" two days later.
New York, set of "Avengers"
Downey met his colleagues from the new film, a few of whom were acquaintances.
The White Widow had just finished filming, and Wang Fei also met her later. The Hulk and Captain America both starred in "Now You See Me", and Agents such as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury, who they later met in "Hawkeye".
The main actors who met for the first time in the entire "Avengers" should be Loki, Tom Hiddleston and Iron Man, Thor.
Next time Downey will make a guest appearance on the set of "Wang Fei", will he see Loki? As for Iron Man, he has been close to him for a long time but has never seen him.
"Hey, Thor, you've always been envious of his armor."
"If you had a choice, you would rather trade it for that figure."
Donnie also had some interactions with that group of people, and Xiaozhi figured out part of Xiaojia's character.
Wang Fei and Hulk are relatively reserved, but they can joke when they get acquainted with each other. The widowed sister is not so cold and cold outside the movie. They are quite close in person. Captain America sometimes likes to be funny, but also very serious at other times.
The character who most resembles the character outside the movie is Big Fatty Thor, who is as foul-mouthed as Iron Man, loves to joke, and hates playing tricks.
Such a personality often makes people dislike you at work, and may even make people hate working with you.
After some pleasantries, Donnie introduced Robert to everyone.
"Bingbing Fan, the most popular actor in China, also plays the role of Hill in the movie."
When Boss Cao comes down, he will tell you directly, you are the one covering that person, and I will take care of it.
Fang Huanshan has a very high profile. Downey doesn't have enough capital or confidence. You are the same, a pure newcomer in Hollywood. What's the harm in being high-profile?
"Cao, is Fan also an artist in his company?"
"That's wrong. The most powerful actor in your company has just made China's first movie with a domestic box office of over 150 million US dollars. You are the male lead."
Downey seized the opportunity and helped Robert out with a few words. After dealing with those old people for a long time, he was able to figure out some tricks. If you can be too humble in everything and show off your energy and achievements from time to time, you will gain more.
Pay attention to.
Sure enough, as soon as Fang Huan said those words, everyone's eyes changed obviously when they looked at Robert.
The box office of 150 million US dollars is a large number in North America. At least outside of our group, the only ones who have not achieved that level of success as male and female protagonists are Da Fang Huan Shan Thor and Widow Sister.
If the others are just supporting actors, and if the movie is still released, I really don't have much leverage to show off my resume in front of Robert.
Yes, no one was paying attention to another matter, so Big Fan, Little Fatty Thor asked Donnie curiously.
"Fan is an artist in his company. Did Cao open a management company in China?"
As soon as Fang Huan said this, the widowed sister spoke first: "Thor, does he know that Cao is the boss of the smallest entertainment company in China?"
"Ahem, it's the smallest in Asia."
Boss Cao couldn't help but correct the widow's wording, while Big Fan, Little Fatty Thundergod opened his mouth in surprise.
It's also because I know Fang Huan's situation well. After all, Downey spends little time in the United States and participates in many commercial operations in public.
Even if some media have not reported it, the news is obviously out of the circle, and it may only be concerned by some Downey fans.
In the impression of a small number of Americans, Fang Huan is an excellent singer. In the past two years, he has added the new label of actor, but many people associate him with rich people and businessmen.
Even the widowed sister had a better understanding of the situation because she cooperated with Downey and participated in the investigation.
As for Captain America, because we collaborated on "Now You See Me", we know that Downey is a pure entertainer, but we also thought that Downey was so powerful, so we were not a little surprised.
"Cao, would you like to ask, how much is your company's market value?"
Big Fan, Little Fatty Thor, couldn't help but ask, Donnie was counting on his fingers, but next to him, Robert stood up to show off to his boss.
"If you look at the valuation published by Forbes after this year, it will probably be US$18.5 billion."
Everyone was really confused!
What is the concept of a market value of 18.5 billion U.S. dollars? It can be ranked lower than a few small giants in Hollywood. After all, in 2005, MLM was acquired by Sony for only 4.8 billion U.S. dollars.
Even if Fanxing’s valuation is modest, if it is squeezed out, there will still be billions of dollars left.
For those actors who earn tens of millions of dollars, this is shocking enough.
Dafang Huanshan and Lei Shen had a simple face: "We are the billionaires who play with mechas and pick up girls all over the world."
"..."
Fang Huan was silent. It's fake that I am a billionaire, but I really have a mecha. If you really gave me an Iron Man suit, I would have gone to recapture Yizhou long ago. I would have no time to film.
After a few casual remarks, Donnie realized that there is no benefit in showing off his wealth. At least my attitude toward me was better.
The worship of money in capital society is completely hidden.
Considering Downey's status, we are colleagues now. It is easy for him to become a wage earner one day, just like Captain America and us in "Now You See Me". There are disadvantages in leaving a good impression.
If "Downey" knew what we were thinking, it would definitely tell everyone that one day we would look back and now we are just wage earners.
After all, Downey is a shareholder of Marvel, and those people filming movies are, to a certain extent, working for me to make money.
Boss Cao felt that he should buy a few less cups of coffee and drinks later to reward his visit to Xiaojia.
As for the rest, I don’t have to, since I am a small shareholder...
………
The crew of "Avengers" started filming in the first two days of late February. They still started filming secretly, but they also revealed the news to some media to pave the way for the movie.
The director of the new movie is named Joss Whedon. Whether he is well-known in Hollywood at the moment, there is also a slight disagreement within Marvel about hiring me.
Many people understand why such an important movie as "Avengers" should be handed over to such a young director.
In fact, Joss Whedon is not a character himself. Born into a family of screenwriters, I have been a screenwriter, director, and producer, and have participated in many film and television productions.
The least famous one is probably the science fiction movie "Firefly". It was precisely because of that movie that Marvel discovered my ability to shoot group scenes.
"Avengers" is a group show, and perhaps Iron Man is the first starring role, but the roles of the others are also very different.
To make a movie like that well, the director needs to have strong character creation skills, and the ability to schedule and coordinate group scenes is also a top priority. The former requires a good grasp of the heat and proportion, and the effect of the movie will be slightly compromised.
On the other hand, Joss Whedon is an out-and-out comic book fan, and has also worked as a comic book screenwriter. He is very knowledgeable about many things about Marvel, which is something Marvel values very much.
Downey actually had no impression of that director, but it was because I was the director of the first and seventh "Avengers" films.
Instead, he came to take over the reshoots of "Justice League" and was scolded as a dog. He once became a "man of the moment" in Hollywood.
Putting aside the controversy surrounding the sequel, Downey had a very good first impression of Joss Whedon, because the former self-writer and director took me very seriously and arranged a small amount of scenes for Hawkeye.
If we only count the appearance time, it is difficult to say that Iron Man is the real female lead.
Because Hawkeye's role is even better than that, even in the later and middle stages of the plot, in a tolerant sense, it can be regarded as the mind-controlled Hawkeye fighting half of the Avengers alone.
It was a one-on-one duel like the original version that relies on sneak attacks to defeat Iron Man, White Widow, Wang Fei and Captain America in a practical sense with super weak combat power.
Hawkeye turned SHIELD upside down by himself and almost destroyed the entire Sky Battleship.
Judging from the damage and destructive power to the Avengers alone, Loki, the so-called little villain, has to take sides.
Downey was very disgusted with the script. Although it was comfortable to beat the aliens, beating the Avengers first was quite satisfying...
