Chapter 312 Japanese Album "Gorgeous World"

On September 1st, the cooperation between Cheng Cheng and Netflix was officially reached and the dust settled.

The two parties signed a cooperation agreement. According to the terms of the agreement, "The Three-Body Problem" will be sold to Netflix at a price of RMB 500 million per episode, and the total price of the entire series is RMB 1.5 million.

The drama will work with well-known domestic platforms Lemon Video and CCTV-8 to achieve simultaneous broadcasting around the world.

When the news spread, public opinion was once again in uproar:
Finally, there is a Chinese TV series that is shown worldwide! And it is sold to a foreign platform at such a high price. This is the first time in history!
As the leading actors of the film, Yan Gou'er, Geng Jiang, Le Zhanlin, Liu Xijun, Liu Weichi and others naturally attracted much attention and once again became the focus of attention.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that with the help of Netflix, the world's leading streaming platform, the leading actors of "The Three-Body Problem" will definitely benefit greatly, and may even be able to break out of the domestic entertainment industry and become international stars!

International star!
How many people have been trying to run on this road? !
These four words are so fascinating!

And now, it is about to be achieved!
Of course, the premise of everything is that "The Three-Body Problem" is good enough, otherwise there is no point in talking about it.

At the same time, Lu Zhuofeng's China-Serbia co-production also completed the initial shooting, which attracted the attention of many forces in the domestic entertainment industry.

"Dijing Movie Network News:
On September 9, the visibility in the capital exceeded 2 kilometers and the PM100 was below 2.5, which was a good omen.

The wrap ceremony for Hollywood's annual blockbuster, "The Chinese", the new film directed by Lu Zhuofeng, was held on this day, which is auspicious.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the male and female protagonists Tolu Nobel and Tan Yun, together with Blanche Riou, Huo Yongyin, Xue Xianghai, Mai Qingfu, Yang Jia, Guan Sen, Miao Ling and other starring cast ignited the whole audience, proving that "Chinese Pictures" is worthy of the title of China-Serbia movie with a sky-high lineup, and the star lineup is unprecedentedly large.

Gu Luo Russo in "The Chinese Picture" accidentally traveled to the ancient times of Tianxia.

At this time, the demons, immortals, humans, and monsters coexisted in the Central Plains. The human race did not have the strength of the demons, the transcendence of the immortals, or the strangeness of the monsters. They were struggling to survive in this world, trying to survive in the cracks.

Gu Luo Russo, together with the ancient humans Washeng and Qiangshi, embarked on a thrilling adventure and decided to join the ranks against the demons and monsters.

This film has a certain magical element, and the action scenes and CG special effects in the film will be highlights.

Lu Zhuofeng claimed that "Chinese Pictures" would become Tianxia's "Magic Ring" and "Little Bit Man".

The impact that "Chinese" can bring cannot be underestimated. The film is scheduled to be released in mainland theaters during the 2023 Lunar New Year holiday."

For two consecutive days, two good news came, a TV series and a movie were released overseas one after another, which seemed to indicate that the Tianxia film and television industry had ushered in a golden period of going overseas, allowing the entire domestic entertainment industry to see hope, the actors were excited, and netizens felt proud.

Not only did the experts accept interviews and talk about the positive significance of Tianxia Film and Television's overseas expansion, but the Radio, Film and Television and Tianying Group also seemed to see the political achievements beckoning in the distance.

on Weibo.

“When cultural influence reaches a certain level, even dramas and movies full of national culture can be strongly exported!!!”

“This is a good momentum!!! Only by going overseas can domestic entertainment improve!”

"One old and one young, they are amazing! They used to be at loggerheads with each other, but now they are standing on the united front of cultural export!"

“Sometimes a TV series or a movie can have a greater impact than a hundred Confucius Institutes! I look forward to “The Three-Body Problem” and “The Chinese Illustrated”!”

"It is of great significance for film and television dramas to go overseas. Not to mention breaking the old ways and improving the production standards of domestic entertainment films and TV dramas, it will also enhance the international influence of Tianxia culture, which will be a great contribution to future generations."

"Some people have been boasting that Chinese dramas are particularly popular in foreign countries. They say there are a lot of English comments on YouTube and a lot of English pushes on Twitter. However, the actual data is not convincing at all. Chinese dramas are just something that fans talk about on their own. It's so vague that it's impossible to find the data.

Now that “The Three-Body Problem” has been released online, the era of Tianxia’s TV series going overseas has truly arrived.”

"As for the actors, they are top-notch! As for the director, they are absolutely top-notch! As for the production company, they are world-class! I can't imagine how high the box office of "Chinese" will be."

Mythology, Inc.

Li Zhuo saw the news online and said with emotion:
“I didn’t expect that Lü Zhuofeng’s “Outlander” would be finished so quickly. China-Serbia co-production is a project that both countries value. With the support of two countries and an investment of $1.5 million, it is estimated that Lü Zhuofeng and “Outlander” will be the focus of public opinion in the future.”

This year's film market is actually very average.

Since several blockbusters during the Spring Festival grossed a total of 70 billion yuan (including "Uncool" with 24 billion yuan), for more than half a year, the entire film market, including foreign films, has not had a single movie grossing more than 10 billion yuan!

The same is true for the summer season.

A total of 8 movies were released in the summer season this year. Now that the summer season is over, the cumulative box office is only 15 billion yuan, and the highest-grossing film is only 7 million yuan. The market is far below expectations.

The entire film market seemed to have entered a severe winter overnight and returned to the situation four or five years ago.

Many industry insiders and experts don’t understand why the film market suddenly went bad.
Obviously, the reputation and ratings of each movie were pretty good, and the predicted box office was heading towards the billion mark. However, once they were released in theaters, they immediately suffered a Waterloo.

Speaking of the economy, the economic situation in the past two years was actually more severe than this year.

The audience's taste has changed, but the change is not that fast, right?
In fact, no matter how much the experts analyzed, they failed to grasp the most crucial factor, which is that the movie is not good!
The reason a movie is not good is not because of its low rating or poor quality, but because it does not make the audience want to go to the cinema.

Take this year's summer movie season for example. There are a total of eight movies. The three most high-profile movies are: one about orphans, one about family conflicts, and one about the plight of East Asian women. These concentrated and wholesale versions of suffering and anxiety directly make young people afraid of marriage and childbirth.

To put it bluntly, there are a lot of family films but the entertainment value is limited, and too much is as bad as too little.

Lack of the head effect driven by blockbuster movies.

The lineup of the National Day film season is also worrying. Currently, there are 10 new films in the lineup, including main-theme war films, disaster films, crime films, and science fiction films, but none of them is a top-notch one.

In fact, we can see it from the schedule. Generally speaking, only 5-8 movies are released during the National Day every year, which makes it easy to concentrate the screening rate.

Scheduling ten films at once shows that even the cinemas are not optimistic about this year's National Day schedule.

At this time, the news that Lu Zhuofeng's "Chinese Pictures" was completed directly boosted the confidence of the entire film market.

Some netizens also called out to Cheng Cheng, asking him to save this year's film market.

But Cheng Cheng doesn’t have the time. His key projects this year are “To Live” and “The Three-Body Problem”.

He was already overwhelmed by the two projects.

It’s a pity that "To Live" was not released in China, but it doesn’t matter if it was released. It probably wouldn’t have made much at the box office even if it was released, maybe 1 billion at most.

Cheng Cheng shook his head and said:
"From March to September, in half a year, Lu Zhuofeng shot very quickly, but I am afraid that the higher he is praised, the harder he will fall."

Li Zhuo asked: "Mr. Cheng, do you think that "Chinese Pictures" is not promising?"

Cheng Cheng is certainly not optimistic about "The Outcasts". He has read the script and found that the script of "The Outcasts" is even worse than that of "The Great Wall". No matter how strong the cast is or how good the special effects are, it's nothing but a sea of ​​​​dung!

Think about how badly Zhang Yimou was criticized when "The Great Wall" was first released in his previous life?

Calling him "a man of few talents" and "a man of integrity" are nice words to say; some even go so far as to say "Zhang Yimou is dead".

Cheng Cheng dares to say that after the release of "Chinese Attack", Lu Zhuofeng will be scolded even more severely than Zhang Yimou.

However, he couldn't tell Li Zhuo about this. After all, there had never been a Sino-Serbian co-production in this time and space. Anyone who saw such a movie would be shocked:
With the support of two countries and an investment cost of 150 million yuan, it brought together more than ten first-line stars from the two countries.

Do you think it is a bad movie?

No one except Cheng Cheng.

Cheng Cheng said: "I am not optimistic about "Chinese Pictures" subjectively, but it has nothing to do with us. We just need to do our own thing well."

Li Zhuo nodded and said nothing more.

It's not that she doesn't believe in Cheng Cheng's judgment. On the contrary, Cheng Cheng's judgment has never been wrong. It's just that now when everyone is optimistic, only Cheng Cheng is going against the trend, which really makes her dare not imagine. If "Chinese Pictures" fails, how many people's jobs will be overturned?
The first to be affected, Tianying Group, which was the leading company of this film, could not escape liquidation.

But Cheng Cheng was right.

Whether Lu Zhuofeng fails or goes further, it has nothing to do with them.

Shinhwa doesn't envy anyone's path.

It's another week, September 9th.

Cheng Cheng's Japanese album, "Gorgeous World", which he has been preheating for half a month, is finally officially on sale.

The production of this album started in June and took two months to complete.

The album contains ten songs in total.

The title song is "I've Also Thought of Ending It All".

The remaining nine songs include the already released "lemon" and eight brand new songs:
"Psychological Effect"
《MY ALL》

Red Lotus

《aLIEz》

"Thank you..." (ありがとう...),

"She Lived" (生きていたんだよな)
Snow Flower

《sakura》

It can be said that Cheng Cheng tried his best to get these ten songs.

Every song here is a classic!

Every song is a tear-jerking song!
Not only did he not leave a way out for others, he also did not leave a way out for himself.

Even if he comes back in the future, it may be difficult for him to replicate such a perfect album!
The songs here are really amazing!
Therefore, Cheng Cheng is full of confidence in this album.

Shinhwa is also full of expectations for this album.

If this album is successful, Cheng Cheng will have released an album each in Chinese, Korean and Japanese, completely establishing his status as a superstar in East Asia.

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Neon.

11:50 a.m. Tokyo time.

At the Oscar Communication Headquarters, Yoshihiro Oyama was on high alert.

This time, Oscar Communication Headquarters will be the agent for the sale of Cheng Cheng’s new Japanese album "Gorgeous World", taking 10% of each album, the distribution platform and offline stores taking another 20%, and the remaining 70% belongs to Cheng Cheng.

Now, there are only ten minutes left before the album is released. He looks seriously at the countdown on the computer screen:
9:45
9:44
As the numbers decreased, Xiaoshan Xibo became more and more nervous, and beads of sweat unconsciously seeped out of his palms.

At the same time, in the neon-lit streets and alleys, long queues had already formed in front of major album stores, with no end in sight.

For this day, many record stores had to make preparations in advance and temporarily hired a group of part-time staff to maintain order and speed up the sales process.

However, even so, the situation at the scene was still extremely tense and did not ease at all.

Cheng Cheng's extremely high popularity and strong appeal in Japan have resulted in the number of people queuing up to buy the album far exceeding the expectations of the distributor.

Many fanatical fans also stole Cheng Cheng’s character standees from many stores, resulting in a serious lack of Cheng Cheng’s standees in some stores, which were forced to take supplementary and reinforcement measures helplessly.

Finally, the time came to 12 o'clock and the products were sold simultaneously online and offline!

Countless record stores opened in neon, and men and women poured in.

At this time, there is no distinction between men and women, and no gentlemanly manners. Whoever grabs it first owns it.

You know, Cheng Cheng’s physical album this time is limited edition, and it also contains character cards.

The so-called character cards refer to cards made with celebrity portraits. They were originally given as gifts when purchasing albums. The size is generally about 3 inches. They can be roughly divided into album cards, bonus cards, autograph cards, and peripheral cards.

However, with the prevalence of fan economy and the rise of circle culture, many character cards have even been sold for tens of thousands of yuan in the second-hand market.

Stars like Cheng Cheng have high status but low output. A rare mission card has been hyped up to over 100,000 and is in short supply.

If it is a complete set of character cards, the value will be even higher, and someone will buy it for one million.

Therefore, never underestimate the spending power and obsession of fans. Some people bring character cards to dinner parties and jokingly say "Xiao Ka eats first"; some take it when traveling and check in at landmarks with Xiao Ka; some take it to take the college entrance examination, etc., which makes them feel like their idols are with them.

And sometimes they would look through the pictures one by one, sometimes frowning, sometimes laughing uncontrollably, and muttering something.

He's even more insane than Cheng Cheng.

"Shopkeeper, please give me ten albums!"

"I want twenty!"

"Let me in! I was here first!"

“Did someone step on my shoe?”

"Oh, my hair, my hair!"

The scene was chaotic.

The store manager quickly stepped forward and loudly maintained order:

"Everyone, we are all Cheng Cheng's fans, and we share the same interests. Could you please be a little more friendly?"

Hearing his words, everyone was stunned, but in an instant they exploded, having the opposite effect:
"Friendly? Not friendly at all!"

"Yes, Cheng Jun told us that it is better to torture others than to torture yourself. It is better to torture others madly than to hurt yourself by internal friction! We are all human beings for the first time, why do we have to be gentle?"

"I am sick and have a contagious disease. If you are not afraid of infection, please stand in front of me!"

"If you are ill, don't I have more illnesses?"

"Wang Wang Wang!"

The store manager was stunned.

The media at the scene were even more so, they had already thought of the headlines for this report:

Cheng Chengjun’s sudden popularity has caused a sharp drop in the morality of the younger generation in Japan!

(End of this chapter)