Superstars start as villains

Chapter 205 Singles' Day?
After visiting the set, Zhou Xing didn't stay in the crew much. After all, as the boss is always on the front line, the employees will feel pressured, and the director will also feel uncomfortable, which is not conducive to creation.

The effect of this visit is still very good. Whether it is Wang Kai or Jiao Junyan, their acting skills are actually good. The main reason is that they are not confident. After all, two penniless young actors suddenly have to carry the box office of a movie. .

After the crew resumed filming, Jiao Junyan and Wang Kai's performance really got better and better. I have to admit that sometimes psychological hints are very useful.

The time quietly came to July, perhaps because of the hot weather, or because of the anxiety about the approaching due date, Tong Lia's temper has become more and more irritable recently, and she often has nightmares in the middle of the night.

As a last resort, being asked by Zhou's mother to stay away from the master bedroom for half a year, Zhou Xing had no choice but to return to the master bedroom to appease her.

For this reason, the mother-in-law also asked for leave to take care of Tong Liya. Thanks to the mother-in-law, otherwise Zhou Xing's life would be even more difficult.

In the words of the mother-in-law: This girl has been spoiled by you.

Originally, the mother-in-law was a little worried before she came, fearing that Tong Lia would be wronged, but when she arrived, she found out that the son-in-law spoiled his daughter's part-time job so much, and it was fine to drive to buy fruit in the middle of the night. The daughter's feet were swollen during pregnancy, and the son-in-law squatted Massage the girl on the ground, and it takes more than half an hour to press it.

In the beginning, the mother-in-law came to find fault with Zhou Xing with the purpose of supporting her daughter, but after staying for a month, the mother-in-law gave up this idea and began to criticize Tong Liya instead.

At one point, Tong Lia complained: "Who is your real mother?"

As the due date approached, Zhou Xing simply stopped going to the company and stayed at home all day. Although his mother-in-law repeatedly said that they would take care of them at home, so that Zhou Xing could take care of his career at ease, he just smiled.

I don't know if the child is naughty or shy. Tong Lia's due date has passed two days, and there is still no sign of giving birth. Just when Tong Lia is clamoring to go home, she is about to give birth suddenly.

Outside the operating room, the family waited anxiously, and Zhou Xing lost his mind and panicked.

Fortunately, the cesarean section went smoothly. When the lights in the operating room were turned off and the door opened, a nurse was holding a baby and asked, "Which one is Tong Lia's family?" Zhou Xing came back to his senses and rushed up.

Zhou's father and Zhou's mother are most concerned about: "Nurse, is it a boy or a girl?"

The nurse congratulated: "It's a boy, six pounds and three ounces, very healthy, you see."

The newborn baby was really not very good-looking, the skin was wrinkled like a little old man, but the pair of small fleshy hands looked cute, Zhou Xing took the baby over under the guidance of the nurse.

Before the little guy opened his eyes, Zhou Xing just hugged him like this, his posture was a little stiff, and Zhou's mother was overjoyed to see that the baby boy was born: "Look at the little guy, he is exactly the same as Ah Xing when he was a child, and he will definitely be a handsome boy in the future."

Well, how does this little guy look like him with his facial features that haven't grown yet?

Zhou Xing recovered from the initial shock and joy, and handed the child to his mother-in-law: "Hello, how is my wife?"

The nurse smiled and said, "Don't worry, everything is going well during the operation, and you can come out soon."

Sure enough, after about half an hour, the nurse came out pushing Tong Lia's bed.

In the ward, Tong Lia looked at her son and frowned in disgust: "It's so ugly, he must look like his father."

"You child, what nonsense are you talking about?" The mother-in-law glared at her daughter angrily. If she hadn't just come out of the operating room, she probably should have started.

Of course, Tong Lia didn't feel so bad for a long time. After the anesthetic wore off, she began to complain of pain, which broke Zhou Xing's heart. However, after the doctor came to see him, he said, "It's normal. If it hurts too much, go to town. Pain pump."

The mother-in-law laughed and scolded: "You girls just can't bear a little bit of hardship. When I gave birth to you, it was a normal delivery, and it's not as exaggerated as you are."

To this, Tong Liya moaned and expressed her dissatisfaction with her mother's sabotage, and then urged the doctor to put on an analgesic pump.

A week later, a picture appeared on Zhou Xing's Weibo. In the picture, a big hand supported a white and tender chubby hand. The whole picture looked very harmonious.

Most importantly, there is a line of words left under the picture: 35 years of anticipation, finally waiting for your arrival, welcome to this world.

For a while, the number of visits to Weibo began to skyrocket, and Zhou Xing's Weibo was even more commented on. The comments just posted were stepped on hundreds of floors immediately.

The number of retweets exceeded [-] in just half an hour. Not only Zhou Xing's Weibo, Tong Lia's Weibo was also surrounded by blessing comments.

That's all for Zhou Xing, his popularity is there, but it is Tong Lia. It stands to reason that the marriage of a female star in the entertainment industry will definitely have a huge impact on her career, but for Tong Lia, this law seems to be completely non-existent.

Since marrying Zhou Xing, her Weibo fans have exceeded 500 million, especially during this time, when she was pregnant and had nothing to do at home all day, she could only post on Weibo, which directly made the number of Weibo fans reach A staggering [-] million.

Even because Tong Lia turned down all the jobs, rare things are more expensive, so that now many commercial performances and film appointments, not only have not decreased, but Tong Lia's worth has also begun to rise.

"No matter what method you use, find out which hospital Tong Lia is in, and take pictures of the child at all costs!" So almost all the entertainment reporters began to mobilize.

Not only that, but some media offered a reward of one million, just to get a picture of the child.

But these reporters were destined to miss out. At this time, after Tong Lia stayed in the hospital for a week, she couldn't bear it any longer. After being sent off by the hospital, she returned home and started confinement.

The little guy started to open his eyes when he was three days old. His dark eyeballs seem to be shining through, which is very beautiful. Of course, most of the time, the little guy is still in the state of sleeping when he is full.

Tong Lia teased the little guy, she obviously liked it very much, but she still disliked it: "Why are you still so ugly?"

The mother-in-law was so angry that she poked her forehead fiercely.

Zhou Xing did not despise his son's ugliness, although his skin was still wrinkled and not so good-looking, but when such a little person was held in his arms, the strong sense of happiness was enough for him to ignore all of this.

At the end of July [33 Days of Broken Relationship] was officially wrapped up. At the wrap-up banquet, a reporter saw Zhou Xing’s photo for the first time three months after he disappeared from public view. In the photo, Zhou Xing always had a smile on his face, and his eyes seemed to be There are lights flickering.

It's just a photo, without any other interview content, and the content of the first picture is all edited. Even so, the number of views and reposts has also earned amazing profits for the media.

After [Broken Love 33 Days] finished filming, "Zhixing Film and Television" also became more busy, not only the post-production and publicity work of [Broken Love 33 Days], but also the upcoming filming of [Naked Marriage Era].

Zhou Xing also changed from a full-time baby daddy to a part-time baby daddy under the persuasion of his mother-in-law and Zhou's mother, and began to devote part of his energy to work.

In the words of the mother-in-law: "Don't worry, three women in the family can't manage a child?"

The time quietly came to September, and Mango Satellite TV launched another Qing Dynasty drama "Scary Step by Step" after "Gong Suo Xin Yu".
Once broadcast, the national ratings reached an astonishing 1.3%.

And Liu Shishi also became the most popular actress in the entertainment circle from a supporting role with a relatively small reputation, and her limelight was not lower than that of Yang Mi who passed the "Gongsuo Xinyu" fire before.

Not only that, the fire of "Scary Step by Step" also made Wu Qilong, who had been silent for many years, become popular again, and some supporting actors, such as Yuan Hong and Lin Gengxin, also ushered in the spring of their careers.

This is enough to prove that in the mainland entertainment industry, TV dramas are definitely the first choice for star-making, and the number of companies that have devoted themselves to the production of film and television dramas has gradually increased.

In this regard, Gao Qunshu also felt the pressure doubled. Although last year was a bumper year for "Zhixing Film and Television", the two TV series became popular and became famous, but the memory of the audience is actually very short. If there are no good works this year, The popularity of "Zhixing Film and Television" will quickly drop after hard work.

Zhou Xing comforted: "Old Gao, don't put too much pressure on yourself. Although the competition is more intense now, don't forget that the cake in the market is also getting bigger."

What Zhou Xing said is well-founded. The main audience of TV dramas in the past were housewives, that is, Zhou Xing’s mothers. Ordinary young people seldom follow dramas through TV.

However, with the development of online video platforms over the years, watching dramas online has become a leisure lifestyle for young people. come out.

要知道10年【杜拉拉升职记】网络版权100万一集已经是当时的天价，而今年同样的爆款剧集已经涨到了200万一集，也就是说一部30多集的电视剧光是网络版权就可以买到6000多万。

And online platforms spend so much money to buy copyrights, are people stupid and rich?Definitely not. When online copyright was free, there were dozens of video platforms across the country, but with the "blocking war" of online copyright, there are only a few that are still able to spend a lot of money to buy copyright.

Youku and Tudou are fighting over copyright matters. iQiyi Video has just launched last year but it also performed well. LeTV began to try to make self-produced dramas. Sohu Video also began to increase investment to compete for this cake. And Tencent Video was also launched in April 11, and the battle became more and more intense.

Obviously, these online video platforms have taken a fancy to the huge potential of film and television dramas, so they have invested such a large amount of money in the competition.

Gao Qunshu shook his head and said, "The addition of Internet giants has indeed made the entire industry develop at a high speed, but I don't think it's a good thing."

Indeed, Zhou Xing of course likes coal bosses more than Internet companies, because they will not interfere with the normal creation of film and television companies.

From the perspective of Internet companies, the video platform is only a part of the entire Internet ecology, and its development is to serve the entire ecology. Therefore, various advertising placements began to appear frequently on film and television dramas, and some viewers even complained: No The advertisements are inserted in the plot, but the plot is inserted in the advertisement. Of course, this phenomenon is only reflected in some self-made dramas on some platforms.

"A grain of sand falling on each of us is like a mountain. Many things are beyond our control, but I believe that in the field of film and television dramas, as long as we do our best with our hearts, there will definitely be audiences." Buy it." Zhou Xing patted Gao Qunshu on the shoulder.

"Well, I hope you are right." Gao Qunshu sighed.

Zhou Xing changed the topic: "By the way, is the date of [33 Days of Broken Relationship] fixed?"

Gao Qunshu shook his head: "Not yet, it was originally planned to be released in time for the National Day holiday, but there are two blockbuster films that will be released simultaneously in the National Day holiday, and a small-budget film like [33 Days of Broken Relationship], if it is in this time period, it may only be able to do so." cannon fodder."

Zhou Xing thought about it too. There are two blockbuster films on National Day, one is [Painted Wall] and the other is [Legend of the White Snake]. I don’t know the quality of these two films, but they are indeed blockbusters with famous directors and stars.

[Painted Wall] is the work of the famous director Chen Jiashang, and it is known as the companion volume of [Painted Skin].

And "The Legend of the White Snake" is the work of Chen Xiaodong, a well-known martial arts director, and it is Li Lianjie's first filming in China after many years. For this kung fu emperor, the older generation of audiences will naturally pay for their feelings.

In this way, it will be troublesome. In the mainland film market, there are only a few time slots that can get high box office, such as summer, National Day, and Lunar New Year.

Obviously, it is difficult for a low-cost movie like "33 Days of Broken Love" to snatch such a popular schedule, let alone the Lunar New Year. any competitiveness.

"Do we have to wait until next summer?" Zhou Xing frowned slightly.

Gao Qunshu hesitated for a moment: "Actually, the original author of [33 Days of Broken Relationship] gave us an idea."

"Oh?"

Gao Qunshu said: "She suggested that we release it during Double Eleven."

"Why?" Zhou Xing asked curiously.

Gao Qunshu handed over a document: "In fact, Double Eleven is a concept created by online e-commerce in 09, called Singles' Day. At that time, Taobao involved 27 merchants to carry out promotions, and the sales volume reached 5000 million on that day. Last year In 10 years, the sales volume of Double Eleven reached a staggering 9.36 million.”

Zhou Xing looked at each item of data and nodded slowly: "So, what she means is that the Singles' Day created by this merchant has a certain influence among the young people, and it just so happens that [33 Days of Broken Love] is very popular. Fits the theme?"

Gao Qunshu nodded.

Zhou Xing fell into deep thought. This plan was a bit risky. In the end, Zhou Xing gave up the plan to hold "33 Days of Broken Love" in his hands and release it next year. After all, who can guarantee that next year it will not crash with blockbuster movies?

(End of this chapter)