Chapter 600 The 90s Flower Begins to Appear on the Center Stage
In October, the film market seemed a bit dull compared to the summer season.
"Passing by Your World", starring Deng Chao, grossed 800 million yuan at the box office, taking the first place in the National Day season, and making Deng more famous.
The four young actors of the middle generation who were once ranked on the Internet and even in the circle - Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, Liu Huohua, and Deng Chao.
Liu Huohua is a special one among the few. He is a powerful actor and won the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse awards early on. Although the box office performance has been mediocre in the past two years, he has also maintained his reputation for personal acting skills with "The Feast of the King" and "The Murderer".
When evaluating an actor's achievements, no matter when, awards and acting skills are always important.
So although Liu Huohua's data has been mediocre in recent years, his position is still stable. He can't rush to the first place, nor can he make up the bottom.
Compared with Liu Huohua, who has a stable position but lacks ambition, Huang Xiaoming and Chen Kun are actually the ones vying for the top of the four young actors.
Huang Xiaoming had the first-mover advantage, and with the popularity and popularity brought by the TV series, he once had the upper hand.
But when the "Painted Skin" series appeared, Chen Kun's rise was unstoppable, and he seemed to replace him.
There was a lot of controversy online and in the circle about who was the top of the four middle-aged young actors.
Chen Kun's disadvantage is that his output is too low, and he has also failed, and he is relatively low-key in his daily life.
Huang Xiaoming's output is high, but most of them are bad movies and bad dramas. If it were just that, it would be fine and he would pass it directly, but he can't help but make a masterpiece sometimes.
For example, "Chinese Partners" a few years ago directly won the three major mainland film awards, Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers, and Huabiao in one go.
Although Chen Kun won Huabiao and Hundred Flowers with "Yun Shui Yao" and "Painted Skin", he didn't win the most important Golden Rooster, so he didn't stand up to Huang Xiaoming.
More importantly, Huang Xiaoming has been active in the entertainment industry. The quality of TV, movies and variety shows is poor, but the exposure is full.
In addition, he has a wife who is a popular young actress. Although Yang Tianbao has lost the "Running Man" in his life, his resources are not bad. Although he is not as good as the 85 flowers, he is still a popular second-tier celebrity.
Last year's expensive century wedding, although Li Jiahang stole some of the limelight, still made the two of them one of the most dazzling celebrity couples in the entertainment industry.
With this advantage, even if Chen Kun had a movie "Mojin: The Lost Legend" with a box office of more than 1 billion last year, he still couldn't suppress Huang Xiaoming.
And Yang Tianbao's popularity and fame also soared, looking for opportunities to impact the first-tier and top stream.
In comparison, Deng Chao is actually the youngest among the few people. It's not that he is just making up the numbers, but at that time, there were indeed Tong Dawei and Lu Yi competing with him.
He was able to grab this position. It still depends on his old boss Huayi and the scandal with Sun Niangniang.
That's right, Huang Xiaoming pulled his wife to maintain exposure and popularity. Maybe he learned it from Deng Chao, or he might imitate Boss Wei, who is the master in this regard.
But after Deng Chao left Huayi, his career was not particularly good, so much so that some people jokingly said that he relied on his wife.
This can be seen from "Chinese Partners". Deng Chao clearly played a supporting role to Huang Xiaoming, the former rival for the top spot in Huayi.
During this period, Deng Chao was still a popular first-line star, but he was really far behind Huang and Chen.
However, in 2014, in addition to Guangguang, Deng Chao also embraced the thigh of Boss Wei, and together with his wife Sun Niangniang, the couple worked hard in the Shanghai circle.
After that, Deng Chao's career began to soar. "Run" and "The Master of Breakup" are all old tunes, and the most important one is "The Mermaid" at the beginning of the year.
In the entire Chinese film industry, he is the only male lead in a movie with a box office of 3 billion yuan, which is something that Boss Wei has not done.
If Deng Chao had just joined the competition before, after "The Mermaid", the position of the top young actor in the Mesozoic era that Chen and Huang had been competing for for many years was faintly changing hands.
This is not an exaggeration, most of the 800 million+ box office of "Passing by Your World" was aimed at Deng Chao, which is recognized by almost everyone.
If last year was called the [Wei Yang Year], this year can barely be called the [Deng Chao Year].
That is, everyone knows that Stephen Chow is the key to "The Mermaid", otherwise someone might compare him with Boss Wei.
There is no way, because Boss Wei only has one movie "The Invincible" this year, which is a bit overwhelming.
Deng Chao's outstanding performance made even Blue Whale a little impatient and wanted to cooperate with him on a project.
Boss Wei did not stop him, but he also set an investment ceiling.
Others only see Deng Chao's glory, but Wei Yang knows that Deng Chao's glory is different from his own.
Boss Wei's movies have good box office, but his reputation is also stable. Even if a few may not approve, the vast majority still think that Wei Yang's production is guaranteed.
Therefore, his box office data has been rising steadily, and his golden signboard has become more and more famous, which has always been a very healthy development trend.
Deng Chao is different. His movie box office data is good, but his reputation is not good.
The "Breakup Master", which started from the beginning, relied heavily on the popularity accumulated by "Running Man", and the reputation of the movie can only be said to be average.
The "Bad Angels" directed later, with the husband and wife team, was so bad that it was unbearable to watch.
The "Mermaid" that followed, although it broke the box office record, actually received polarized reviews and was controversial. Even the blue whale was crushed, not to mention Deng Chao.
The same is true for the current "Passing by Your World".
It was criticized for being "fake, contrived, and empty" and full of disgusting pretentiousness. The Douban score was only 5.3. The only positive review for the entire movie was Xiao Yueyue, the cross-border car chase.
There is no doubt that this is a disappointing movie, and the countless viewers who came to watch Deng Chao were depleted of a wave of goodwill and expectations.
To put it bluntly, behind the beautiful box office results is Deng Chao's overdraft of his own reputation, popularity and appeal.
Everyone knows the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. If you fail the trust of the audience several times, you will definitely suffer in the future.
Boss Wei believes that Deng Chao still has some background and wealth, and ordinary projects can still make money, but if he invests in too large a project, there is a risk of losing money.
Another movie worth talking about in October is Guo Xiaosi's "Grand Trail".
This time this guy was not as lucky as "Tiny Times".
It got a bunch of top stars, but ended up using hoods to play with real-life CG technology, trying to make a Chinese version of "Avatar", but the box office ended up being less than 300 million.
You know, the production cost of "Grand Trail" is nearly 200 million. Not counting the publicity and distribution, it will cost at least 500-600 million to repay the cost.
Big payout!
No matter how badly the "Tiny Times" series was scolded before, at least the project was profitable, but now it's still being scolded for losing money, and the fourth child has broken his guard and staged a famous scene of moral kidnapping.
"Is it because my name is Guo Jingming, so everything I do is wrong? Is it only if I die that you won't criticize "Grand Records"?"
It is worth mentioning that the largest producer of "Grand Trail" is LeTV. The film's failure has made LeTV, which was already struggling to support itself, even worse.
When Boss Jia goes abroad in the future, it’s hard to say whether Guo Xiaosi will be able to help him...
As the industry leader, Blue Whale also released a movie in October.
The box office is not high, even with the help of Blue Whale's promotion, it will be around 300 million.
However, the Douban score is as high as 8.3 points, ranking among the top among all movies this year——
"Donkey Gets Water"
This year's dark horse and surprise work in the Chinese film industry, an unknown new director, with a few unknown drama actors, staged a dark fable, which also added another layer to the golden signature of Blue Whale. Gold paint.
"A Little Smile Is Charming" was so popular that it dominated the small screen market in October. It was once comparable to "Strategy of the Ming Palace", and Wei Yang's Weibo did not say a word.
But when the box office of "Donkey Gets Water" exceeded 100 million, he posted a long Weibo post to help promote it.
It’s not because the latter is more important than the former, but because Blue Whale is not lacking in hot hits. What it lacks is this kind of high-reputation masterpiece, which will further increase Blue Whale’s heritage and reputation as an industry hegemon.
As the helmsman of Blue Whale, Boss Wei is now more focused on the overall situation.
This is one of the reasons why he has successively filmed "White Night", "Warriors", "I'm Not the God of Medicine" and other films that have gained more reputation than commercial success.
To put it more bluntly, Blue Whale has made a lot of money from movies such as "Mermaid" and "囧", but its reputation has been affected. On the one hand, increasing its heritage is one thing, but Boss Wei also wants to change its reputation.
The other players in Blue Whale are not as big as Boss Wei.
"Donkey Gets Water" is just an addendum, "A Little Smile Is Alluring" is the big treasure that everyone really cares about.
It is no exaggeration to say that this drama is comparable to "Strategy of the Ming Palace". Even online, some data may be even better than it.
Especially the popularity surrounding the two leading actors is explosive.
Since late October, when TV dramas have been over-broadcast and have completely exploded, Rouba and Zhang Ruoyun have never fallen out of the top three in the artist-related popularity index, especially the former, who has always maintained the first place.
Whether it is Chen Chichi announcing the birth of her child, or Zhang Liangying marrying her agent despite public opinion and pressure from all parties, or Zhang Yuqi, who became famous in "Mermaid", quickly got married, or the latest trends in major celebrities...
No matter who it is, no matter what it is, from late October to nearly mid-November, for more than half a month, Rouba has always been the most popular.
This treatment, which in the past was only available to top big flowers and 85-year-old flowers, finally squeezed in a figure born in the 1990s.
The No. 1 flower of the 1990s, which was basically uncontroversial in the past, is now completely settled. At least Shuangzi and Naza, who are the closest ones, do not pose any threat in the short term.
Even letting Rouba hang out in 90 Flowers is a bit bullying. Even in 85 Flowers, there are not many people who can suppress her now.
Whether you admit it or not, this "variety star" who was previously ridiculed by some people, with this show and the accumulation of previous series, she suddenly became one of the most popular A-list actresses.
Not convinced?
With 75 million Weibo fans, seventh on the overall list, even if there is inevitably some moisture, he is still the most watched star on this social platform.
You know, Boss Wei only has over 80 million fans, and the only actresses ahead of her are Zhao Zhao, Fan Xiaopang and Xie Na.
And Xie Na is very tricky because she surpassed Boss Wei at the beginning of the year and currently ranks first with nearly 85 million fans.
Speaking of which, Wei Yang didn't know what Xie was thinking?
Although he has been less active on Weibo in the past two years, and the team does not deliberately compile data, the foundation of these years is here. From the birth of Weibo, Wei Yang has maintained the number one position for a few years.
Isn’t the title of the King of Weibo for nothing?
Not only did she have the help of Weibo officials, but Boss Wei also had a strong appeal on Weibo. So far, a considerable number of Weibo users were attracted by Boss Wei.
Boss Wei was not so arrogant that he had the most active fans on Weibo, but he did not think Xie Na could surpass him.
Even if she could, it would be better not to do so. Boss Wei's status, fans, and long-term influence on Weibo all indicate that anyone who wants to "step on him to get to the top" will face countless doubts.
If it was Fan Xiaopang, a certain Zhao, Teacher He, or Chen Kun who surpassed her, although they still couldn't control the situation, at least there would be something to say.
But it happened to be Xie Na, who was controversial...
How can I say it? If this idea came from the team behind the scenes, it should all be opened. If she insisted on doing so, the team behind the scenes should also look for the next home.
Xie Na was attacked very badly and ridiculed in various ways, but she couldn't cut the data herself, so she could only bite the bullet and continue, or wait and see if Boss Wei or some kind-hearted person would surpass her one day.
Boss Wei doesn't have the time to do this. With his status, whether his Weibo fans are 100 million or 80 million, he just lets the account grow by itself, and he gets as many fans as he wants.
However, for top actresses like Rouba who are on the rise, Weibo fans are still a very important bargaining chip.
Rouba was able to gather 70 million+ thanks to the national variety show "Running Man". Now "Love O2O" has given her many breakthroughs again, and she may become the [Weibo Queen] in the future.
At least at the Weibo Night next year, Rouba will be the most powerful conqueror of the Weibo Queen.
If Liu Shishi, Zhao Liying, Da Mimi and other award-winning people do not participate in the competition, it is very likely to be a foregone conclusion. At least Tang Yan and Na Zha are not as strong as her at present.
Not only at the Weibo Night, but also at the end of the year's Starry Festival, she and Da Mimi will be the biggest rivals of Zhao Liying to win the Golden Star trophy.
The Starry Festival is an online award, which pays more attention to the achievements of the small screen in the online field, so "Love O2O" has a certain advantage in the extremely popular online platform.
The TV series successfully broke the 2 ratings, but because of the subject matter, it is very likely that it will not win any awards in the Golden Eagle and Magnolia Awards in the future.
However, the accumulated popularity and exposure have made it take the upper hand in the competition for the next Golden Eagle Goddess.
The value of the Golden Eagle Goddess has been mentioned many times before. To put it bluntly, whoever wins it will be the next most popular actress.
Moreover, considering that the Golden Eagle Goddess is more inclined to young actresses, even if Tang Yan has made a breakthrough later, she is still at a disadvantage in this regard.
You know, Liu Tianxian was only 19 years old when she became the Golden Eagle Goddess, Saozi Lu was 27 years old, Wang Luodan was 26 years old, Liu Shishi was 25 years old, and Zhao Liying was 27 years old.
Da Mimi, who became the Golden Eagle Goddess this year, is the oldest, having just passed her 30th birthday a month ago.
The next Golden Eagle Award will be in 2018, when Tang Yan will be 35 years old, and Rouba will only be 26 years old.
Unless Tang Yan becomes unstoppable in the past two years, the Golden Eagle Awards will probably choose the younger Rouba in order to set a benchmark for young popular female stars.
Even if Rouba fails later, the resurgent Nazha and the always accompanying Shuangzi sister have a greater chance than Tang Yan.
Suddenly, many people realized that the 85 flowers are also "old".
Tang Yan and Da Mimi are over 30 years old, and Liu Shishi, Liu Tianxian, and Zhao Liying are about to cross the 30-year-old mark.
The 90 flowers, led by Dili Rouba, have appeared on the stage one after another, and the outstanding ones have even appeared in the center of the stage.
Youth is the biggest asset!
Many people can't wait to see the 90 flowers replace the 85 flowers and become the most dazzling existence in the entertainment industry...