"This Man From Earth" has been released for four days.
The data for the first three days has been compiled.
Three days, very impressive.
The purchased playbacks exceeded 1.1 million times, bringing 300,000 new members to Penguin Video.
The movie has been played 9.8 million times and will soon break 10 million.
Of course, this doesn't mean that millions of people have seen it.
When watching videos, sometimes I click on the wrong ad, and then I click back and refresh, so it counts as watching it for the second time.
Sometimes the software freezes halfway through reading, and I have to reopen it, which counts as the second time.
This situation is very common.
This includes watching a movie, then going to do something, and then coming back to continue watching.
So actually Penguin's internal data is that the movie was broadcast three million times.
Three million times. If it was sold in theaters at an average price of thirty-five, the box office would be ninety million!
Of course, if it is sold in movie theaters, the price will be as high as thirty-five yuan, seven times higher than five yuan, and the number of views is bound to decrease, but it will not decrease that much.
Moreover, this number of on-demand views has set a record for Penguin.
Li Shanghong has been in high spirits these days.
Is it difficult to watch on demand and find high-quality resources? It’s not difficult!
Attract new VIP users and increase the number of members? It’s not difficult!
Oh, didn’t your project achieve this? My project seems to be quite easy to achieve this.
The number of on-demand views of this movie has indeed exceeded initial expectations.
This is the number in just three days! It’s all because of the hot searches in the past few days.
Han Zhou has been on the hot search list continuously, and coupled with the fact that he was involved in the excavation of the Sanxingdui bronze sacrificial pit, it was impossible for him not to be popular.
Three days later, the popularity brought in passers-by who liked to watch the fun, as well as Ye Manyi's die-hard fans, a small number of fans of Han Zhou's works who were willing to spend money, and Zhou Guoqing's old fans.
I've basically finished watching the movie.
"This Man From Earth" also has a high score of 9.2 on Penguin.
Because it is fans who are watching it on demand, the rating is relatively high. If more passers-by watch it in the future, the rating may drop, but it will definitely not drop below eight.
Before they started to create fake ratings, neither Penguin Video nor Youtube, the two giants, had any online movie rated over 7.5 points.
There is a crushing difference in quality.
This is also the next marketing focus of Penguin Video.
How dare you slander me, Ye Manyi, for starring in an online movie to gain fans? My rating is enough to be released in theaters. This is clearly a big reward from fans!
In Ye Manyi’s fan chat, many people are struggling over whether or not to watch "This Man From Earth".
"The movie is actually quite good, but I don't think it's a science fiction movie. There are no special effects or fighting scenes. It's just a 90-minute chat."
In fact, the person who left this comment thought the movie was good, but he said it was not a science fiction film, which immediately scared off many fans.
It is called a science fiction film, but people who have watched it say it is not a science fiction film.
That's just selling dog meat under the guise of selling mutton.
It's a wolf in sheep's clothing, how can it look good?
Some people also complained: "Manman said she is the heroine, but in fact there is not much plot."
More importantly, Ye Manyi announced her relationship.
Ye Manyi and Tang Zhou, who played lovers on the set, turned their fake play into reality and now have officially announced their relationship on Weibo.
Many of Ye Manyi's former fans have stopped following her.
Of course, this kind of explosive news can attract many passers-by, but it is harmful to the original fans.
There are four groups and four fan leaders under Ye Manyi’s Weibo super topic, two of whom have run away.
The situation was already very negative, and the fans who stayed wanted to promote the fact that Ye Manyi did not make a living by her looks, but by her works.
But they really don’t know how to promote it.
So, a fan leader of Ye Manyi’s super topic found the fan leader of Han Zhou’s super topic.
Under Han Zhou's super topic, a fan said: "Brothers, get to work. Many people in Ye Manyi's comment area are discussing "This Man is from Earth."
Someone immediately commented: " How can I be the only one who was cheated out of five dollars by the word "science fiction movie"? Just wait and see."
Someone quickly responded: "What do you mean by five dollars cheated? Five dollars to watch this epoch-making and excellent science fiction film from China, it's a great value!!!"
The person above deleted the comment and replied: "Oh, such a good movie only sold for five yuan. Han Zhou is losing so much that he has to take the bus. I think this movie should be sold for around fifty yuan. I feel sorry for Lao Han."
"Well, that's right."
Soon, Han Zhoulezi's army set off.
These people have all been fooled.
At the beginning, Han Zhou held a film press conference and said that this movie was science fiction.
Fans are so excited! A science fiction movie? Finally, a Chinese director dares to make a science fiction movie?
Then what else did Han Zhou say at the press conference?
Han Zhou said that the money spent on the actors was almost negligible compared to other filming expenses.
Fans are going crazy! What? Ye Manyi, Zhou Guoqing, Liu Xi and a bunch of familiar gold medal supporting actors, this lineup is so scary, and the actors' pay is negligible compared to the filming expenses?
What kind of huge investment is this?
When this group of people came back from watching the movie, they realized that they had been fooled.
Some people go to the film project cost review documents published on the official website of China Film Group to check.
It was discovered that the filming cost of "This Man From Earth" was 35,000 yuan, and the actors' salaries were paid by Tianle Entertainment through advertising exchange commercial cooperation.
To put it simply, "This Man From Earth" was filmed by New World and cost a total of RMB 35,000.
When filming "This Man From Earth", the film received advertising sponsorship from Tianle Film and Television, spending 600,000 yuan, all of which was paid to the actors as film remuneration.
Tianle Film and Television obtained the right to display its own logo at the end of the movie.
Do not participate in the film box office sharing.
The people were confused: "That is to say... the total investment of this movie... is... 35,000?!!"
"35,000? Filming? I spent 39,000 on my fucking house renovation and the bathroom renovation!!!"
"This... I clearly saw the announcement. The launch conference of "This Man From Earth" cost more than 500,000 yuan, and the actual filming cost 35,000 yuan?"
"Wait a minute, brother, go check what's written at the 88th minute and 35th second at the end of the film."
Someone posted a picture.
The subtitles of the movie say that we would like to thank Hengdian Zheng Style Martial Arts School for providing all the catering sponsorship during the filming of the movie.
There is also a Zheng’s Martial Arts School logo on it, which looks like a random design.
"In other words , the actors don't get paid, and their lunch boxes are provided by others?"
"At first I thought it was unbelievable that $35,000 was enough to make a movie, but now I'm wondering, how did $35,000 get spent?!!!"
Soon someone posted a screenshot of the Weibo post.
A long time ago, Han Zhou posted on Weibo that his deposit balance was 36,000 yuan.
" I thought Lao Han had spent all his money on the movie, and only had 36,000 left..."
"Now it seems that Old Han has staked his entire fortune on making a movie!!!"
"That's not accurate. I calculated it, and it's probably 97.22222222 of my infinitely-repeated fortune that I've bet on."
Han Zhou’s fans only then realized that their anticipation over the past few months had been in vain.
Soon, Han Zhou's fans appeared in large numbers under Ye Manyi's super topic.
"My eyes watered. This is a Chinese sci-fi movie. This is the first time in my life that I've seen a Chinese sci-fi movie that scored a 9 out of 10. You have to know that the American blockbuster "Mars" only scored 8.2 out of 10!"
"Considering the tradition of giving one extra point to foreign films, Mars Sky is actually only 7.2 points, which shows that This Man From Earth is so good!"
"Han Zhou has invested 97% of his fortune in this super science fiction blockbuster, "This Man From Earth". Chinese science fiction needs support! Sincere filmmakers need support!"
"This Man From Earth is a wildly imaginative film that travels around the earth from ancient times to the present. Against such a story background, the actors' acting skills are so classic. Love, science fiction, history, war, and gunfights are combined together to enrich the theme of science fiction and set off the subject matter perfectly. It's so good!"
Ye Manyi's fans who had watched the movie were completely embarrassed.
Love...it seemed like there was, because in the end, the characters played by Han Zhou and Ye Manyi got together.
Science fiction... Immortality is indeed quite sci-fi, and I even listened to a science course for an hour and a half.
History, this is real.
War, it seems, was mentioned verbally.
Gunfight… It all started and ended with a gunfight. Teacher Zhou Guoqing almost defeated Han Zhou, and Han Zhou even snatched the gun with his bare hands! It wasn’t a gunfight!
There's nothing wrong with it.
But can Han Zhou spend all his fortune to make this drama? I don’t believe it. Besides, our Manman only starred in it for free. It’s written in the end credits…
Soon, the fans who returned after verification fell silent.
He really gambled his entire fortune. He had a total balance of 36,000 yuan, and he spent 35,000 yuan on making the movie...
"These beasts are trying to trick people who are undecided about buying the movie into spending money to watch it."
"To be honest, I probably wouldn't be angry if I was tricked into watching it, because it's really good."
"But the elements I wanted to see at the beginning... they are all there! They are just different from what I imagined, and no one is lying."
Soon, Ye Manyi's fans joined the promotion army.
Some people even followed Han Zhou's Weibo and Han Zhou's super topic.
"It was so touching. In the end, Mr. Zhou Guoqing, who played the son, died in the arms of Han Zhou, who played the father. This is a monument that will be remembered forever in the history of Chinese science fiction films!"
"Ah, Mr. Zhou Guoqing's character lost his wife, almost killed his father, and finally died himself, ah!"
"Ah? Is the plot so complicated? I'll go buy it and have a look. Brother Meng, wait for me to come back and write a review!"
An hour and a half later, many people asked under these two posts: "Have you finished reading it? How was it? Was it good?"
This person replied: "...It's so good! So sci-fi! Those who have seen it in the comments are definitely not lying, it's all true! Han Zhou spent all his wealth on this movie, it's a gamble! Right! Ah!"
“Earth, Earth is so good.”
In the comment section, the word "Earth" is almost replacing the meaning of the word "Amway" in the previous life.
Who can tell that the exclamation mark at the end is not excitement, but gnashing of teeth.
The sales and on-demand data of "This Man From Earth" have increased again.
Even the score quietly climbed to 9.3.
Went towards nine four.
Die, who can escape this movie? When the score is 9.9, I see you are curious to watch this 9.9 science fiction movie! ! !
…
The news that Yanjing TV banned Han Zhou spread throughout the entertainment industry in less than half a day.
There's no way, this timing is too special.
One of the three gold awards, the Golden Lily Award for Films is being held in Yanjing.
However, no matter what the rumors are outside, they actually have little impact on Han Zhou.
And this time when he came to Yanjing, Han Zhou had one more thing to do.
That is to attend the Golden Lily Awards and watch the fun.
This award is a purely academic award, jointly organized by Yanying and Central Academy of Drama.
Of course, there is an organizing committee in name only, but in reality most of the members are from Yanying and Central Academy of Drama.
Han Zhou's "Hello Mr. Tree" has no chance of winning this award.
Don't even think about winning any award, even a small one like Best Editing.
Because the three gold awards are the top domestic film awards.
Domestically, the three gold awards are considered as important as the awards at international A-class film festivals.
However, Han Zhou was nominated for Best Newcomer, so he can show up.
But that's all.
If the Golden Lily Awards hadn't given face to Tianle and Han Sisheng, Han Zhou wouldn't have been qualified to be on the red carpet.
While walking on the red carpet, Wang Mingyuan came staggering over.
"I heard that you were banned by Yanjing TV again?"
As he spoke, he smiled and allowed the reporters to take pictures.
Han Zhou and Wang Mingyuan leaned against each other and laughed, "Then I can't do anything. He wants to ban me for no reason. What can I do?"
Han Zhou had planned this when he was doing this.
This may be the result.
But it's unlikely.
However, when he really arrived at Director Lu's house, Han Zhou knew that he would definitely be banned.
Just look at the four big words on the wall: The sea embraces all rivers, and you can't escape.
An Lan, who was walking on the red carpet with them, smiled and said, "Brother Yuan, will you win an award?"
Wang Mingyuan has already won the Magnolia Award, the first of the three gold awards, twice.
However, he never touched the golden lily.
Because he is not an academic film actor.
To be precise, Wang Mingyuan was originally in a band and studied photography.
But then, by some strange coincidence, one day he stopped being a photographer and ended up being an actor.
However, this year is different.
Wang Mingyuan became a visiting professor at Yanda University this year.
And there happened to be a movie called "Hello Stranger" released at the beginning of last year.
If we take into account the compensation for not giving him the award in previous years, he may really win the award this year.
Wang Mingyuan: "Oh! If you want to take it, take it. If you don't want to take it, forget it."
“I can’t get all three gold medals, so I won’t pursue this.”
The three gold awards actually correspond to the three major performance systems in the world.
Russian school, Western school, Mei school.
To put it simply, the Russian school is about experiencing reality, the Western school is about understanding feelings, and the Mei school is about studying hard.
The Russian school is about becoming this person rather than playing this role.
Western style is about feeling the role, becoming the role, and finally rising above the role.
The Mei style is about ten years of hard work off stage and ten minutes on stage. As long as you can master everything that the role requires, you have already completed the role in terms of ability.
The Mei school can be compatible with the other two schools at the same time, or it can coexist with one of them in one actor.
So, the three gold awards are, Magnolia Award, which can be won by any genre.
Golden Lily, academic school, Russian school.
Academy Awards, Feeling Party, Western Party.
When Wang Mingyuan acts, if he encounters a suitable role, his acting skills are amazing and he is the role itself. If he encounters an unsuitable role, he plays himself.
The typical Mei style tends to be academic in performance.
Make a living by experience. If you don't have this experience, then everything will be pale, programmed, and follow what is in the textbook.
The Academy Awards often focus on acting talent, because if you have good talent, you can get whatever you want in the Western acting system.
So the Academy Awards are a hundred million light years away from Wang Mingyuan.
If Wang Mingyuan can't get three gold medals, one more Golden Lily will be of no use to him.
Because he is already the top double winner of the Magnolia Award among the three major awards.
Now the most he has won is the Magnolia and Lily Awards, and the number of awards he has won has increased to three, and that's all.
The three of them walked in chatting.
Wang Mingyuan: "You are still too young. If you choose to find time to study at the Central Academy of Drama and then act in a more serious play, you may win this award."
Wang Mingyuan raised his head and looked at An Lan, "An Lan is more likely to win the Best Newcomer award."
Because An Lan is currently a student at the Central Academy of Drama, although she is studying music.
But An Lan's acting style is influenced by the academic school. In addition, "Hello Mr. Tree" has such a good box office performance as an art film, and her acting skills are above average.
It's easy to win a prize.
Han Zhou looked around the venue and said, "Brother Yuan, you guys go sit in the front. I'm going to the back to talk to someone."
Han Zhou was not looking for Wang Xiya, because Wang Xiya didn't come today.
Han Zhou was looking for Li Shanghong.
As the second-in-command of Penguin Video, Li Shanghong sat in the back row very low-key, but at this moment he looked resentful.
Han Zhou took a seat: "Why are you looking so sad?"
Li Shanghong: "I was counting on you to negotiate with Yanjing TV and then attract traffic, but the result is..."
"You've put yourself in this."
Li Shanghong really didn't know what to say to Han Zhou.
Since Han Zhou has sacrificed himself for this matter, what can he say as a partner?
Originally, the collaboration on "This Man From Earth" could be said to be a huge success, and now of course Li Shanghong cannot blame Han Zhou for not negotiating well.
How could he know that Han Zhou had deliberately failed to reach an agreement?
Han Zhou will not tell Li Shanghong about his plan and the reason for doing so now.
Penguin Entertainment has just started and has not yet taken shape, with only Penguin Video to support it.
This time, Li Shanghong relied on his personal influence within the company to push senior management to invest and spend money to buy two Chinese trainees from South Korea to participate in this program.
Getting a piece of the pie is secondary; the main purpose is to test the waters.
Given Penguin's size, Han Zhou will not tell Penguin the entire operation process now.
Otherwise, Penguin could just kick Han Zhou out and do it on its own.
Unless Li Shanghong goes one step further and becomes the head of Penguin Video, or even the head of Penguin Entertainment or the next stage of Penguin Interactive Entertainment, Han Zhou may tell Li Shanghong everything.
To put it bluntly, capital has no emotions, but talents have emotions.
Han Zhou pushed Li Shanghong to the position step by step. Li Shanghong was grateful to Han Zhou and felt that Han Zhou was young and there was a lot of cooperation in the future, so only then could the cooperative relationship between Penguin and New World be maintained.
It’s not that Han Zhou doesn’t want to say it, but Li Shanghong’s current position is not yet at the level where Han Zhou can open up to him.
Li Shanghong: “What should we do next?”
Han Zhou: "I'll try it out first. I'm afraid I'll need your help."