China Entertainment 2000

In 2004, the ticket selling method of mainland cinemas was relatively simple, without so many fancy tricks as later - although there were still loopholes for fraud, the general direction of the market was still under the control of major companies.

Among the three first-tier cities, Shanghai has obviously increased the proportion of the screening of the King of Sunglasses "2046", not to the same extent as the imperial capital and Guangzhou. The screening of "New Police Story" is directly ahead of "2046".

According to the initial market estimates, in the ticket sales expectations of the two films on the first day of their respective premieres, the overall attendance rate of "New Police Story" in the screening halls of the three major cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou should be at least 60%-75% or more, while the standard for "2046" is slightly lowered, and a 50%-55% is enough to open champagne.

After all, no matter how it is touched or blown, "2046" is essentially an art film aiming for awards.

But now, the bosses of several major cinema chains themselves are a little bit unbelievable. Warner Cinemas immediately confirmed whether the figures reported by its cinemas were wrong - 100%.

If a screening room has 100 seats, it basically means that the tickets for these 100 seats have been sold in advance.

"Hero", which is known as the first commercial blockbuster in the mainland, and "House of Flying Daggers", which Zhang Yimou followed up, can't achieve such terrifying market data. Not to mention Chenglong, his box office appeal in the mainland has never been so strong.

You must know that this movie has not been officially released yet. Now you can only take the ticket and the stub home after buying a ticket in the cinema, and wait until the official release on the 24th to watch it.

"I don't know how many people will refund their tickets at that time. If no one or very few people refund, then this start is really..."

Warner Film Affairs and Administrative Director Zhou Zhicong immediately found out the "culprit" who caused the expected surge in data - Zhou Yi.

The gimmick of Zhou Yi's first big screen performance now seems to be far more powerful than what these industry insiders originally estimated...

"No one else can bear this skyrocketing expectation. Many reporters privately interviewed passers-by about their expectations for this movie, and basically mentioned you." Qian Jiang, who accompanied Zhou Yi to Changsha without stopping, had a bit of excitement on his face when talking about this matter.

If Chenglong + Xie Tingfeng are to protect the lower limit, then there is no doubt that Zhou Yi is here to raise the upper limit.

This is one of the most intuitive ways to reflect commercial value.

"Be cautious and optimistic. Now a large number of ordinary passers-by do not know that Chenglong has abandoned his past performance style in this movie. Without so many kung fu comedies, the reputation will definitely collapse at that time." Seeing that his agent seemed to be in fantasy time again, Zhou Yi suddenly gave him a shot of vaccination.

"You are not optimistic?" Qian Jiang, who thought Zhou Yi would be optimistic about this project, was stunned.

"The transformation was too drastic, and the past image was too deeply rooted, so most of the audience could not accept a Chenglong who would fail, kneel, cry and become decadent."

Zhou Yi gave his own evaluation.

A Chenglong who could not be beaten would not be accepted by the audience.

The audience wanted to see the omnipotent furniture city god of war who was always optimistic and positive and could make people laugh. Who would want to see you play a decadent uncle who played the emotional card after he became unable to fight in middle age, even if this uncle could still fight a few times.

But it's okay...

Qian Jiang, who originally planned to lean over here and market Zhou Yi, immediately began to think of new ideas in his mind, and at the same time, he did not forget to hand him the latest information sent by the "Super Girl" program team.

Zhou Yi took it and took a look--

The top three who changed immediately came into view.

In his impression, after the semi-finals of the 2004 "Super Girl" national top three, the top three were An Youqi, Wang Ti, and Zhang Hanyun;

Now, with his and Warner's intervention, after the top three, the top three have become Zhang Jingying, An Youqi, and Zhang Hanyun.

Among the few people, Wang Ti, whose background is second only to Zhang Jingying, stopped in the semi-finals and unexpectedly lost to the dark horse Zhang Hanyun with the fourth place in the final comprehensive votes, and missed the national finals on the evening of the 23rd...

Before the start of the top three semi-finals, Zhang Hanyun, who was only ranked fourth in the votes, was a dark horse to the end. Although she was still criticized for singing and dancing like a zombie, she still made a comeback with her cute baby face.

Of course, this may also be because she did not sign with Tianyu, and her implicit arrogance led to overconfidence and did not ask others to help suppress votes, which led to the overturn.

After all, her singing skills were not outstanding. In terms of appearance, Wang Ti was really not good enough.

Zhang Hanyun's face still had obvious baby fat during this period. Although her makeup was mature, her chubby face was cute enough to attract people to vote.

"One yuan for one vote, these bastards really know how to make money, and it seems like they are going crazy." Qian Jiang, who helped Zhou Yi introduce the voting mechanism, couldn't help but sigh that this program can really make money when talking about the fees.

Not only does the voting SMS cost money, but it's not a monthly subscription. It costs one yuan to send a relevant SMS to the program team, and a few more encouraging messages cost several yuan of phone bills, which can be called a wallet killer.

The highest number of votes the program team has received so far is the 97,000 votes that Zhang Liangying led by a cliff in the top five to three. An Youqi, who ranked second, only received a little over 60,000 votes at most, and was beaten up.

The most important thing is that each voting period is more than one round, which can be said to be a great way to harvest fans' wallets along the way.

"This time for the live broadcast of the finals, Hunan TV went crazy and separated into four rounds of voting - first the three of them performed three times each and voted; then three guests helped sing the chorus and collected another round of voting;

“The one with the highest number of votes will advance directly to the final championship and runner-up competition;

“The remaining two and three will compete in another round and receive another round of votes;

"Then there will be a battle for the championship and runner-up, and the winner will be determined by the final round of voting..."

This is the first talent show in China that was started from scratch. Fans who have spent a lot of money to support their idols along the way always feel the pleasure of cultivating it themselves, so in the end most of them became die-hard fans of the contestants cheering for her.

"Guest? Do you want me to be there? Am I not going to be a judge?"

Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows.

Although he was not very resistant to the referee being a player when he left the field, it was a bit bullying in this situation.

Qian Jiang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "How is it possible? If you leave the show, others will stop playing. The host himself will leave the show to help sing and canvass votes."

Although the champion has already been decided, the procedures must be followed to prevent Zhang Liangying from being scolded before she even debuts.

"That's okay."

Zhou Yi smiled.

It turns out that the singing part was already in the 2004 edition of "Super Girl", and co-writing is a traditional Hunan TV performance.

He really didn't have a deep impression of this contestant, but he remembered that there was a champion, An Youqi, who signed with Tianyu and won the championship and released a hit single "Hello Jay Chou";

The third runner-up, Zhang Hanyun, was subjected to various pornographic rumors after her debut. The Tianzhong Culture she signed with did not have the ability to fight against gangs at all, and she wasted her good time.

As for the runner-up Wang Ti, she is useless in both singing and dancing, and her appearance can be regarded as a burning book in the female idol industry. This directly caused the "Super Girl" to be stunned and not even a splash after the end.

After getting off the plane and arriving at the hotel, Zhou Yi quickly met the program team members headed by host Wang Han to greet him——

"Welcome, Brother Yi. Thank you for your hard work. My name is Wang Han and I am the host of this year's Super Girl. Just call me Xiao Wang..."

In 2004, Wang Han was not so out of his bag. He was still in a period of active learning and enriching himself. He still seemed to be bookish.

This year's "Super Girl" finals were hosted by him and Li Xiang.

only……

Zhou Yi didn't know this man named Li Xiang at all, and had no impression of him at all. It was conceivable that he would never be a splash in the future.

"Hello, hello..."

After greeting each other for a few words and exchanging contact information to facilitate communication and work, Wang Han, who was 7 years older than Zhou Yi, addressed him as Brother Yi.

A master is a teacher, and he is not shabby!

After being brought to the scene to watch the rehearsal by the program team, Zhou Yi also met Zhang Liangying, whom he had not seen for a long time——

"Brother Yi."

With a crisp honorific, everyone at the scene who guessed who it was as soon as they heard the name dropped what they were doing and rushed to the rehearsal hall.

joke!

That's the Book of Changes!

Live the Book of Changes!

Alive!

Passes passed from person to person, and the huge floor was packed with people. People who didn't know it thought that something life-threatening had happened here.

After transforming into a signed God of War and satisfying a wave of his fans, Zhou Yi shook off his sore wrists and came to the well-behaved Zhang Liangying. He smiled and encouraged: "Come on in the game."

"I won't let you down, Brother Yi."

Zhang Liangying was also very excited and was about to issue a military order.

After the excitement dissipated, Zhou Yi also met Li Zongsheng, who arrived in Changsha in a low-key manner before him. This Taishan Beidou of the Chinese music scene must have been having a tough time in the past few years. There is a ring of sparse hair visible to the naked eye on the top of his head. .

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Without hair transplantation, a Mediterranean look will be waiting for him in the near future.

"Brother Sheng, long time no see."

"Long time no see, Ayi. He is very prestigious in the United States."

Li Zongsheng, who was dressed casually, smiled and hugged Zhou Yi: "My ears are almost ringing with cocoons when I listen to your news in China."

"There's nothing you can do about it. They'll just focus on me if you ask them to."

Zhou Yi shrugged innocently: "I've always been a person who must retaliate."

"That Zhang Liangying you dug out? She has a good voice talent."

After briefly reminiscing about old times, the two of them, who had nothing to talk about, naturally chose to start with the contestants on the show. Li Zongsheng was still very impressed by Zhang Liangying.

She can sing beautiful dolphin notes.

This is one of the labels she left on people in "Super Girl", so much so that her fans now call her the Dolphin Princess.

"It's an unexpected surprise. I found it during a concert."

Zhou Yi smiled, thinking of the corner that Zhou Jianhui asked him to dig before leaving: "I heard from Brother Jianhui that Brother Sheng seems to be planning to make a comeback recently?"

"What? Are you still interested in this bad old man like me?"

Li Zongsheng, who heard the implication, had a smile on his face, and no change in his expression could be seen.

"Isn't this a heinous crime of Song Ke?" Zhou Yi decisively put the blame on Lao Ke who was enjoying his life.

At first, Song Ke wanted to leave Warner and start his own company with Taihe Media, and once again create Maitian Music, and even invited Li Zongsheng to join. However, not long after the two of them finished talking, Song Ke was sent back by Zhou Jianhui, and Taihe Media apologized, and the matter came to an end.

New Maitian is now gone, and Song Ke will have to wait at least two or three years to come out, and Li Zongsheng's channels for a comeback in the mainland will naturally be cut off.

Not to mention the Rolling Stones, which are now in trouble and their distribution channels in the mainland have been dismantled. Not to mention Li Zongsheng, even Luo Dayou has to send his music to the mainland.

Not every company is Warner, which can make a lot of money against the trend.

"Jianhui's move to cut off the firewood at the beginning was really amazing."

It has been so long since the incident happened, and Li Zongsheng naturally saw that something was wrong. The old man shook his head, raised his hand to push his glasses, and said happily: "I just didn't expect that the emperor would actually come to invite me, Xiao Li."

"Brother Sheng, you call me that, right? Then I can only admit it reluctantly. I don't want to, but there is no way. Brother Jianhui is the CEO after all, and I still trust him."

Zhou Yi pretended to start the conversation directly, and the conversation was full of joy for a while.

After conveying the message, he stopped talking about it.

For him, it was enough to raise an introduction and release Warner's goodwill, telling Li Zongsheng that Song Ke was Song Ke, and the door was open to you at any time if you wanted to come to Warner.

As for how to negotiate the contract later, that was Zhou Jianhui's business, not his.

It had nothing to do with him if the negotiation broke down.

In fact, this was Zhou Yi's secondary purpose of coming here.

Although he knew that Li Zongsheng's creative energy had been almost exhausted, his production skills were still very useful. If he came to Warner to be a music director, it would be enough.

The Li brothers, Sun Yanzi's mentors, were very scattered. They were not limited to working in Warner, but were basically responsible for Sun Yanzi's album in Warner.

Therefore, Warner really lacked a music director who coordinated the entire company, and Li Zongsheng was very suitable for this position.

If Song Ke had not gone in and founded Taihe Maitian as he wished, then Li Zongsheng would have been the music director of Taihe Maitian who took office. He did a very good job and directly brought the new Taihe Maitian to the position of the leader in the mainland.

Li Zongsheng, who did not expect Zhou Yi to extend an olive branch to him on behalf of Warner, did not refuse for a while, but suppressed the matter in his heart and planned to discuss it with his management team after returning.

He really wanted to develop in the mainland, otherwise he would not have taken the job of a judge of "Super Girl".

The extremely shabby hall, the extremely simple layout, and the very bad sound system.

This was Li Zongsheng's first impression of the show.

To be honest, this was not like a proper variety show at all. It was too rough in every aspect and looked like a joke.

Zhou Yi, as a judge, only made a few comments in the finals as usual.

The only thing that surprised him was that Zhang Jingying was obviously not right tonight.

The first round of votes was more than 130,000, the second round of votes soared to 190,000, and the third round directly exceeded 230,000.

80% of the comments in the text messages sent to her were from people named Zhou Yi...

In other words, Zhou Yi's arrival directly led to more than 200,000 people voting for Zhang Jingying...

He had been a judge on talent shows in Taiwan before, but the number of votes was somewhat different from the number of votes Zhou Yi gave out on the spot.

This was beyond Li Zongsheng's understanding.

It was beyond the scope.