Chapter 585 The first pole in the entertainment industry, the top 10 of China's richest list
As a battleground for military strategists over the years, the summer season Shanhe not only released two movies, but also two Shanhe dramas.
Both dramas are series, the third season of the main web drama "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and "Yunnan Worm Valley", and the TV series "The Big Bang Theory 2".
Shanhe's version of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is already in its fourth installment, including the extra chapters.
Whether it is the quality control of the crew, the cooperation of the actors, or the accumulation of popularity of the series, it has entered a very mature mode.
The previous "Longling Labyrinth" hit 5 billion+ views during its broadcast period and became a milestone masterpiece in the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series.
Although the newly launched "Yunnan Worm Valley" does not surpass "Longling Labyrinth", the data gap between them is very small.
If "Longling Labyrinth" set off the climax of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series, then "Yunnan Worm Valley" is equivalent to continuing this climax.
Nowadays, the total broadcast volume of the four "Ghost Blowing Lamp" has approached 30 billion, ranking third in the series' broadcast volume.
The first one is "Love in Ivory Mountain", with a playback volume of around 40 billion, and the second is "Family with Children", with a playback volume of around 35 billion.
Of these two dramas, "Family with Children" focuses on TV platforms, while "Love in Ivory Mountain" has switched from TV platforms to online platforms in recent years. Although the results are good, the influence on the Internet is not yet enough to rival "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".
If the following dramas after "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" can maintain their current performance, it will not be difficult to close the gap of 10 billion views.
Both the outside world and the industry are very optimistic about the prospects of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". Now it's time to see what the remaining four "Ghost Blowing Lantern" films can ultimately achieve.
40 billion?
50 billion?
Or 100 billion...
Of course, the last one is more like a luxury wish.
If "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" has 20 films, there may still be hope, but there are only eight films, and the goal of 100 billion is too far away.
However, if "Family with Children" can reach its 50th installment and win based on volume, it is estimated that it will achieve the feat of exceeding 100 billion views in a single series.
At that time, if Liu Mei and Xia Donghai were still alive, they would have almost fulfilled their long-cherished wish of living under the same roof for five generations...
Compared with "Yunnan Worm Valley", "The Big Bang Theory 2" has a slightly weaker momentum.
In fact, the performance of the TV series is not bad, the ratings exceeded 3, and it can be regarded as a popular drama even if it is put aside.
But I couldn't resist its fate, and the opportunity was too late.
In the first half of the year, Zuo Le produced a national-level TV series "Empire of Qin", which had a ratings of over 5 and stole the limelight.
As a work by the same director, "The Big Bang Theory 2" appears slightly lackluster against the backdrop of "The Great Qin Empire".
Let me mention that when "Wulin Gaiden" became a hit, it was immediately followed by "Story of the Cooking Class 2" directed by Zuo Le.
It stands to reason that the two dramas will be compared and should receive a certain negative impact.
However, because both dramas are sitcoms and the starring actors are roughly the same, this not only greatly offsets the negative impact, but also has a positive effect.
Leveraging on the popularity of "Wulin Gaiden", it led to a wave of ratings for "The Story of Cooking Class 2"
Nowadays, "The Big Bang Theory 2" and "The Great Qin Empire" are two completely different themes, and there is no room for complementarity with each other, which has caused a "tragedy".
As for "Bright Sword" and "Mao Liang", which are both national-level films, Zuo Le's subsequent works are all movies, and there is no similar experience.
In addition to being overshadowed by the aftermath of "The Great Qin Empire", what is even worse for "The Big Bang Theory 2" is that it was broadcast just in time for the release of "Operation Red Sea".
For a movie that ranked second on China's real estate charts, it is conceivable that the media and audiences paid attention to it, which invisibly squeezed the promotional resources of "The Big Bang Theory 2".
The combination of these two factors gave "The Big Bang Theory 2" a good reputation, but it was still inferior to the first season.
This is a bit of a pity for Zuo Le. After all, with the summer release and the popularity of the previous game, the results of "The Big Bang Theory 2" should be only higher than those of the first season.
But bad luck...
However, the ratings of two consecutive seasons have exceeded 3, which is enough to prove the potential of the "Big Bang Theory" series.
Zuo Le once again created an excellent sitcom series, and his reputation as the king of sitcoms became more stable.
It was also at this time that Zuo Le and Shanhe jointly announced that he would withdraw from the cast of the next season of "The Big Bang Theory 3" and the director would be Yu Entai, the executive director and male lead of the first two seasons.
In fact, Zuo Le wanted to wait for another season, let Yu Entai co-direct the third season, and officially hand over the baton in the fourth season.
But after Zuo Le made the decision to reduce his workload in the future a few days ago, he began to hesitate whether to let Yu Entai take over directly.
Until August 18, his and Tian Yan's second child was born, a little girl. Zuo Le named her Zuo Jin, which also means Mei Yi, and also means virtue.
Looking at his chubby daughter, Zuo Le's heart melted and he wished he could retire and go home immediately.
Although it was a bit exaggerated, the birth of his daughter really convinced Zuo Le to take the next step to decompress and relax. At the same time, it also officially made him decide to hand over the "Big Bang Theory" series to Yu Entai.
Anyway, Yu Entai has watched for two consecutive seasons and is basically familiar with the crew's shooting mode. As long as the company has another experienced assistant director to assist in filming, it won't be a big problem.
In this case, Zuo Le will retire from the "Big Bang Theory" series as soon as possible and leave time to go home and be a dad.
The change of director for "The Big Bang Theory" did not cause much turmoil in the outside world.
Because Zuo Le had laid the groundwork early, he made it clear during the promotion of the first season that he would not be directing for too long, and he kept praising Yu Entai.
Therefore, many viewers who follow "The Big Bang Theory" are mentally prepared for this.
It's a pity, but since the crew has made the decision, everyone still supports it.
After all, this is not the first time that "Lao Zuo" has done this. Many viewers and fans are used to it. Now they can only hope that Yu Entai, who succeeded him, will perform well and film the next sequel of "The Big Bang Theory".
Made.
The first task for Entai Yu to take over the crew of "The Big Bang Theory" is to find a suitable actor for the new leading actor, Howard, who will appear in the third season.
Regarding this character, the original version appeared in the third season. As Penny's colleague, he was originally just a guest character. In the fourth season, he was listed as a permanent character and enriched his background. Later, he became Howard's official partner.
In the Shanhe version, his name was changed to Mei Tiantian. He is still a Ph.D. in biology, and of course he was still a graduate student when he appeared.
Mei Tiantian and Pei Ni knew each other, and they were the only female top students Pei Ni knew. By chance, they drew a red line between Howard and Mei Tiantian, and unexpectedly they became a good couple.
Different from the original version, Mei Tiantian did not make a guest appearance in the third season. Although she has not yet become a starring role, she still played a lot of roles and paved the way for her relationship with Howard. After the fourth season, she successfully took the role.
It is precisely because we know the development of this character that we cannot just treat it perfunctorily, but treat it as a starring role.
After Yu Entai took over the crew of "The Big Bang Theory", apart from playing Zhang Yi in "The Great Qin Empire - Zongheng", most of the rest of his experience was spent looking for qualified actors.
It was not until the end of September that he finally found his dream partner after completing the filming of "The Great Qin Empire - Zong Heng" and preparing for the filming of "The Big Bang Theory 3".
Like Feng Yang, this person is also a popular host, but now he has slowly transformed into actor Liu Yan.
The reason why Yu En chose her was not only Liu Yan's excellent acting skills, her demeanor that can change from salt to sweet, but most importantly, her impressive figure.
As for the role of Mei Tiantian, the scenario in the script is that she has a hot figure, and a certain couple in particular must stand out from the crowd, and even collected a lot of related plot baggage for this.
And Liu Yan was famous for her sexiness in her early years, and she was very comfortable playing Mei Tiantian.
Therefore, after the beautiful girl Penny, the second female protagonist of "The Big Bang Theory", Thunderbolt, has officially taken the position.
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In late October 2026, "The Qin Empire - Zongheng" was fully completed. Zuo Le went home to spend a few days with his wife and daughter, and immediately started preparing for a new movie non-stop.
On November 15th, little Zuo Jin’s 100th anniversary, Zuo Le’s family celebrated.
The next day, Zuo Le's new movie "Let the Bullets Fly" was launched at the Changqing Film and Television Base.
Zuo Lezhong, Fa Ge, Jiang Wen, Uncle Ge, Yan Ni, Shui Miaomiao, Sha Yi, Zhang Ze, Da Zhou and other leading actors lined up on the left and right and took a group photo of the crew facing the media.
One month after "Let the Bullets Fly" was launched, this year's Golden Dragon and Golden Phoenix Awards were held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province and Harbin, Black Province.
On December 8th, the Golden Dragon Award will be drawn first.
Unlike last year's "Wu Shuang", which only had one single Miaomiao, this year's Shanhe movie is particularly ambitious.
Four films, "Chill", "Operation Red Sea", "Beautiful Heart" and "Scorched Heart", were all nominated, and the number of nominations was not small.
"Chill" and "Operation Red Sea" were nominated for [Best Picture].
"Chill", "Operation Red Sea" and "Heart of the Sun" were nominated for [Best Director].
"Beautiful Heart" and "Scorched Heart" were shortlisted for [Best Screenplay].
[Best Actor] and [Best Supporting Actor] are even more magical fights.
Liu Tianwang and Liang Hui in "Cold War", Wu Jing in "Operation Red Sea", and Gu Xiaoge in "Scorching Sun" were all nominated for the Golden Dragon Best Actor, four out of five.
Guo Tianwang in "Cold War", Zhang Ze in "Operation Red Sea", Duan Long in "Scorched Heart", and Shen Teng in "Beautiful Heart" were shortlisted for "Best Supporting Actor", and they were four out of five.
In addition to the [Best Actress], Yin Li from "Operation Red Sea" and Wan Qian from "Beautiful Heart" were also successfully nominated.
This kind of in-fighting between Shanhe's own works and various scenes of dominance have been staged several times at the Golden Phoenix Awards, and finally it was the Golden Dragon Awards' turn.
So much so that when the shortlist was announced, countless people exclaimed.
The Golden Dragon Award still fell to Shanhe...
However, what many people did not expect was that although Shanhe Films made great efforts to enter the Golden Dragon Award shortlist, it failed to make full efforts in the end.
[Best Picture] was won by "Operation Red Sea", which did not exceed many people's expectations.
With a box office of 4.45 billion, a rating of 8.8, and good reviews at the box office, it is another military blockbuster that proves the strength of the domestic film industry, and is in line with the main theme.
It can be said that "Operation Red Sea" accounted for almost all the factors that won the award, and there was no reason to lose.
In the [Best Director] competition, Zhou Yan, the director of "Scorching Sun", was the most favored, but he lost to Mai Zhuang, the director of "Chilling".
However, Mai Zhuang himself has great hopes of winning the award, and there is not much controversy in awarding it to him.
[Best Screenplay] was given to the crew of "Scorching Sun". The defending champion Zuo Le was very proud of the Golden Dragon Award this time and attended the ceremony to receive the award and express his thanks.
The film awards and the two most important behind-the-scenes awards were all won by Shanhe Films, but the best actresses and best actresses all lost.
It's not surprising that Yin Li and Wan Qian didn't win the award. Their roles were not strong enough in the first place. They were nominated thanks to the influence of the movie itself.
But before that, many people thought that the Golden Dragon Best Actor was the one that Shanhe Films had in their bag.
After all, four against one, we are all strong players such as Liang Hui, Gu Xiaoge, Liu Tianwang, etc. The only one who is not close is Wu Jing, but he also has the aura of achievement of ranking second in the box office list.
However, just like that, I was suddenly counterattacked by that "fish that slipped through the net" dark horse.
Many people feel that the Golden Dragon Award deliberately suppresses Shanhe.
But then again, none of the people who made it to the last five nominations were good. The actor who won the award was also very articulate. You can't say he doesn't deserve it.
Moreover, the Golden Dragon Awards are awarded to many major awards including [Best Film], [Best Director], [Best Screenplay], [Best Visual Effects], [Best Editing], [Best Supporting Actor (Duan Long)], etc.
If it was given to Shanhe Films, there would be no deliberate suppression.
Therefore, lost is lost, but Shanhe did not bombard the Golden Dragon Award again as the outside world thought.
Countless times the people expressed their disappointment...
On December 15, the Golden Phoenix Award was awarded.
Facing the basic market, this time Shanhe was not like what it was a week ago, but once again achieved a great victory.
First, it won 9 behind-the-scenes awards, and "Qin Empire - Fission" alone accounted for half of them.
Among them are [Best Screenwriter] and [Best Director], which contain the most bacteria.
Especially for [Best Director], when Zuo Le stood on the podium for the eighth time after a year, the live broadcast room of the awards ceremony went crazy.
The hot man is back again!!!
Looking at Zuo Le holding the trophy on stage with a confident smile, many TV drama directors on-site and off-screen felt a sense of powerlessness.
How can they defeat this terrifying devil...
There were a lot of behind-the-scenes awards, and there were also surprises in the actor awards.
[Best Newcomer] The winner is the amateur male protagonist of "The Best of Us".
[Best Supporting Actor] Zhang Ruijin, who plays Ying Qian in "The Qin Empire - Fission", won.
[Best Supporting Actress] was won by Gao Wa, who played the Queen Mother in "The Qin Empire - Fission".
[The most popular character of the year] returns to Shang Yang from "The Qin Empire - Fission".
Chen Shouming won this year's TV drama without any suspense, becoming the seventh Golden Phoenix TV drama to win the title.
The only pity is that Shui Miaomiao, who was shortlisted for the fifth time this year, failed again.
Although she did not win the award, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress five times, tying the record for the most Best Supporting Actress nominations by a single actress at the Golden Phoenix Awards.
Like her, Liang Damin also tied the record.
Di Ge was nominated for the Best Actor again this year, tying the record for the most number of Best Actor nominations by a single actor at the Golden Phoenix Awards. Not only that, he also set two new records of his own.
Nominated as a TV star for five consecutive years.
The number of nominations for the same role is the highest.
Especially the first item, I dare not say that it is unprecedented, but it is certainly unprecedented.
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This year Shan He's spectacular performance at the Golden Dragon and Golden Phoenix Awards has had a huge impact on the entire film and television industry.
Under the eyes of everyone, Shanhe has become the number one in the entertainment industry. Although his position is not particularly stable now, he has already shown the potential to aspire to the top.
At the end of December, a well-known financial magazine valued Shanhe at 300 billion, ranking it first in market value in China's cultural media industry.
This is under the premise that Shanhe has not been listed on the market, and has no theater chains and large-scale fixed assets. Otherwise, the valuation amount will be higher.
And Zuo Le, who owns most of the shares in Shanhe, even if he squeezes out the value of Shanhe's valuation, he has successfully become the real richest man in Dongshan, the richest man in the entertainment industry, and has made it into the top 10 richest people in China...
