Chapter 93: 30 billion box office! Back to the top!

"Mr. Cheng, the former fan leader wants to come back and reorganize your fan group and official support group. In addition, Xianghua Entertainment has called us several times, hoping to resolve the past grievances with us, and has proposed many cooperation suggestions, and is willing to make concessions and cede interests in many aspects."

"Let those fan leaders die, and let Xianghua Entertainment stay away!"

"Okay!" Li Zhuo lowered his head and ticked a line on the notebook, then handed Cheng Cheng a document and said, "These are the business cooperations sent by major companies. I have selected those with direct or indirect involvement from thirteen brands including Lv Zhuofeng, Xianghua Entertainment, and Fanghua Beauty. Please take a look at these."

Cheng Cheng reached out to take it, and saw that there were more than thirty items on it.

Cheng Cheng was flipping through the pages while Li Zhuo was narrating:

"X Clothing invites you to be the brand spokesperson and participate in advertising and offline activities. The contract is for two years and the offer price is 1000 million."

"Shiya Beauty Brand hopes to cooperate with you to launch a joint makeup series and jointly promote it on social media. The price is 800 million."

"Heili Mobile Phones hopes that you can endorse its new mobile phones and participate in related promotional activities. The contract is for two years and the offer price is 700 million."

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"On the Road Travel Company invites you to serve as a tourism ambassador and participate in the promotion of its domestic and international travel routes. The contract is for two years and the offer price is 800 million."

"The top fashion magazine invites you to be the cover character and accept an exclusive interview to share your fashion experience. The price is 300 million per time."

"The Blue and White Show invites you to be a guest on the new episode and participate in the game sessions and interactions. The price is 400 million per session."

Cheng Cheng held a pen in one hand and a document in the other, and frantically drew crosses on each item.

Li Zhuo's daily job is to summarize the business cooperation and fill up Cheng Cheng's schedule, while Cheng Cheng's daily job is to review the business cooperation and schedule and cross out the ones he doesn't like.

In the end, only three of the more than 30 business collaborations remained.

One is an interview by an official media, which it is difficult not to go; the second is a cover shoot for a magazine; the third is an official invitation from Tik Tok to participate in the online concert launch plan.

Cheng Cheng handed the document to Li Zhuo and said, "Just these three. Arrange the specific details and time and confirm with me as soon as possible."

"Okay." Li Zhuo nodded, and then asked, "Mr. Cheng, regarding endorsement cooperation, are we rejecting all of them now? And those variety show invitations, are we not considering them for the time being?"

Cheng Cheng nodded and said, "Don't consider it for now. We are not short of money now."

Cheng Cheng is indeed not short of money now. He has earned more than 7 million yuan from "All in One", and "A Little Thing Called First Love" is conservatively estimated to bring him million yuan in revenue. The copyrights of eight songs including "Jingwei", "Tentative", and "Mercury" have also been sold, totaling more than million yuan.

There is really no need for him to accept endorsements or appear on variety shows now.

Firstly, the price of his endorsement has not returned to the level it should be. Secondly, he doesn’t have many good resources now. Thirdly, it’s ugly for him to come out to make money just after he becomes popular again.

Li Zhuo nodded: "Okay, Mr. Cheng, I'll go and talk to him now."

In the afternoon, Cheng Cheng shot a set of magazine covers, accepted magazine interviews, shared his recent work and life, and went to the Shinhwa Publishing House to follow up on the progress.

In the next few days, "A Little Thing Called First Love" continued to lead the New Year's Eve box office, and the box office continued to rise. A series of eye-popping numbers refreshed the public's cognition!
10 billion!
13 billion!
15 billion!
As if there is no upper limit, the country's largest ticket purchasing platform has continuously raised its box office forecast for "A Little Thing Called First Love", even reaching a staggering 30 billion at one point!
Now, "A Little Thing Called First Love" has created a movie-watching craze.

What is movie-watching craze?

To a certain extent, it has created a phenomenal social effect!
The classic lines and scenes in the film were widely quoted and imitated by netizens, becoming hot memes and buzzwords!

At first, people in the industry couldn’t believe how a movie about youth romance could possibly create such a viewing craze!
After all, movies with youth romance themes have a narrow audience, consisting of only young men and women. But later they discovered that not only young audiences were flocking to this movie, but even a large number of middle-aged people also flocked to the cinema shouting slogans such as "middle-aged people also have girlish hearts" to reminisce their own white moonlight and crush.

With the joint blessing of eight songs including "Mercury Notes" and "First Love", the first phenomenal event of 2021 was born!

Everyone is watching "A Little Thing Called First Love" and talking about "A Little Thing Called First Love", as if they don't know that "A Little Thing Called First Love" is out of date. Many people don't want to be out of date, so they go back to the cinema after several years.

On January 1th, "A Little Thing Called First Love" achieved 15 billion!
And "Lost Signal" is still struggling online at 15 billion.

On January 1th, "A Little Thing Called First Love" achieved 31 billion!
At this point, "A Little Thing Called First Love" has officially entered the TOP 20 of Tianxia Film's total box office list!

As "A Little Thing Called First Love" achieved a series of amazing results, a topic also topped the Zhihu hot list:

[After "A Little Thing Called First Love", will Sung Cheng's status be significantly improved? ]

The number one answer was: [There are only a few people in the entire domestic entertainment industry who can juggle both the identities of "actor" and "director" and perform well in both. Now there is one more, Cheng Cheng. There is no doubt that Cheng Cheng will definitely be promoted to a higher level!
But how high can you go? As a director or as an actor, which field can you go higher in?

1. As a director.
Second, as an actor.
Therefore, from my personal point of view, two commercial films are not enough to prove Cheng Cheng's ability, but as an actor, Cheng Cheng is definitely a big hit. He has both good image and acting skills, which makes him unique in the entire domestic entertainment industry.

I even think Cheng Cheng might be able to return to the top position this time! ]
The second most popular comment:

[Frog Brother used to be the only one who was super strong in terms of traffic in the domestic entertainment industry. He was the only one who was super strong, and the others were super strong. After being ruined by a short essay by Zhang Jiao, Frog Brother lost the traffic he relied on the most. In addition, he had no representative works and no popularity among the public. It can be said that he returned to the pre-liberation era overnight. Apart from being a public figure, he no longer has any commercial value. He is not as good as a tens of millions-level internet celebrity, so naturally he has no status.

But after filming "All or Nothing" and "A Little Thing Called First Love", especially "A Little Thing Called First Love", Frog directed and acted in the film himself, with both good looks and acting skills, and it was both a hit at the box office and a hot topic. Basically, the impact of the essay incident on him has almost disappeared! Although there are still some extreme black fans, they are all crazy people, and it really doesn't matter.

Now, in terms of actors, among talented actors, he can be regarded as an outstanding representative of young actors. Among idol stars, I think there is no comparison. Frog Brother is definitely a dimensionality reduction attack.

If we have to compare, Frog Brother is definitely still the best among many strong ones, and his status is even higher than before. I just don’t know if those fan girls will buy into Frog Brother’s account! ]
[He was able to fall from the position of Tianxia's top traffic star, keep his mentality stable and not collapse, and spent all his money, gambled everything, and recruited a group of unknown actors. The most famous among them was Li Yang, who had faded out of the entertainment industry for several years. He made a movie that he didn't know whether it could be released, and made a comeback in one fell swoop. This is not something that everyone in the entertainment industry can do. It really takes courage to fight back when you are at the bottom.

For this reason alone, Cheng Cheng is definitely worthy of being a top star in the entertainment industry. Looking around the world, no world superstar in history has such a legendary experience.

Coupled with "A Little Thing Called First Love", Frog Brother can definitely be said to be a first-tier star. There is a place for Frog Brother in the current domestic entertainment industry, and he is only 21 years old, so he has a promising future! ]
[Isn't it unquestionable that Cheng Cheng was promoted to a higher rank? Let alone Cheng Cheng, Yan Gou'er, Wen Lian, Lin Yin, and Jiang Jun, none of them were not promoted to a higher rank.]
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As Xia Ming read the comments online, his face looked quite ugly.

Cheng Cheng became popular, and the person most affected was Lu Zhuofeng, followed by him.

He was once a top star together with Cheng Cheng. Although he lost many times in the competition for rankings, voting, and resources with Cheng Cheng, he never admitted that he was inferior to Cheng Cheng and that it was just a temporary defeat.

In the past, the media often compared the two of them, and their fans also fought fiercely.

The time when Cheng Cheng fell from grace was the happiest time for Xia Ming, because he finally achieved his wish and reached the top of the idol star category, and even gained a lot of Cheng Cheng's fans.

But now that Cheng Cheng has become so popular, he can't sit still anymore, as if he was being roasted on a rack.

After all, he and Cheng Cheng were on par with each other before, just two noobs fighting each other.

But now, Cheng Cheng has the acting skills, the talent, and the works.

But he is still the same as before. When compared with the others, he was tortured to the point where nothing is left.

In addition, he recently released a new song, and his singing skills caused public ridicule, which directly led to some fans leaving. Many passers-by laughed at him, and even marketing accounts used him to make a fuss.

It can be said that nothing is afraid of being bad, but what is afraid of is comparison!

Xia Ming's base was affected.

"We have to think of a way to turn the tables." Xia Ming pondered, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "I got it!"

He called his agent into the room and said straight to the point:

"Sister Wang, isn't there a charity project caring for left-behind children that has come to me recently?"

The agent, Sister Wang, said, "Yes, I remember you said at the time that your schedule was too tight and you didn't have much money, so you refused. Why are you bringing it up again suddenly?"

Xia Ming shook his head, a wicked smile appeared on his lips, and said:
"No, I was thinking, since I can't compare to Cheng Cheng in other aspects, why not do something in charity? I plan to reconsider this charity project, but this time, I plan to do something big."

Sister Wang frowned and asked, "Do something big? What are you going to do?"

Xia Ming moved closer and whispered:
"I plan to agree to this charity project first, then hire some internet trolls to hype up my charity action, and then mobilize fans to drag me down and compare me with Cheng Cheng. Hehe, then the pressure from public opinion will naturally be on him."

Sister Wang continued to frown and said, "Is this okay? Isn't this a crude method?"

Xia Ming waved his hands and said, "Not clumsy, not clumsy! Sister Wang, have you forgotten? When Cheng Cheng responded to the cheating incident, he said that he would donate 100 million yuan to charity over the next ten years. Now his two movies are selling well, but there is no sign of him donating money for charity. If we use this to attack him, maybe we can suppress his upward momentum and label him as a dishonest person who defrauded donations!"

Sister Wang's eyes lit up: "You're right! This is a good idea!"

Xia Ming: "Then Sister Wang, please hurry up and make this happen. I'll wait for your good news. We are doing a good thing this time, and justice is on our side."

The smile on Sister Wang’s face spread and she turned and left the room.

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