The red carpet on Weibo night is not surprising, and it is not as dramatic as "GQ" - in fact, if it hadn't been for a 100,000+ public account article afterwards, the atmosphere of Vanity Fair would not have been so strong. The two are essentially similar, maybe on the night of Weibo, the traffic will be a little more free, after all, Weibo is the first star factory in the entertainment industry, and any new traffic is widely advertised on Weibo, whether they are from TV series, movies, variety shows, or Douyin, Kuaishou, or Douyu, Huya, will eventually fall on Weibo.

This is the power of the first platform of big social networking in China, including Ji Ming, and the team's suggestion to him to "participate" is also based on this.

Ji Ming's red carpet position is not very far behind, around five o'clock, and there is still more than half an hour behind - the crowding of the red carpet waiting area is even more exaggerated than the previous makeup area, and the staff are as busy as dogs, dealing with the assistant dogs and agent dogs of all parties at any time.

"We haven't been in our house yet?"

"Can we get one step earlier?"

"Let me see what you've arranged. ”

"Oh, my XX is uncomfortable, just move it back, just move it in front of Ji Ming. ”

Roll your eyes to show you, I don't know what moth I want to come out of - the staff judged the artist behind him, an eighteenth-line, no wonder he wanted to move to Ji Ming and change to a first- or second-line, but he absolutely refused.

When Ji Ming walked on the red carpet, the answer was self-evident.

There is still a long section of the red carpet in front of the people who have not finished walking, and all the shots and voices have already turned towards the starting point of the red carpet - Ji Ming, who is standing there, is wearing an ordinary dark gray wool suit, and on his chest, a huge sapphire moon brooch is hung, and his angular face is more clear.

When people go there, it's the home field.

"Ji Ming!!"

"Ji Ming !!"

There is a senior entertainment reporter in the photography area, he remembers very well that three years ago, he also filmed Ji Ming once, at that time he was already a little famous, he was a very promising little fresh meat, and his debut was quite weird - from the artistic director of "I Am an Actor", he immediately became the biggest winner of that variety show, and made short films with Zhang Yinghou and Cheng Kaige, and who was there, who was coming, an old fresh meat who had not been seen for a long time, and there was a big storm of framing and reversal...... Weibo fans exceeded one million in a short period of time, and Douyin was even more imposing.

He chatted with the editors in the station, and they all said that this teenager had the guidance of a master behind him, his drama debut, and the acting variety show director came out, hitting the pain point of Xiao Xianrou's lack of acting skills, and he came out of a big storm that swept the field of public opinion.

Everyone said that if this teenager meets the position, maybe he will have to stand on the front line at any time and become a figure in the entertainment industry.

However, even if they thought about it a lot at the time and were optimistic to a certain extent, they still couldn't imagine everything Ji Ming had done in just three years - a national first-class actor, a Venice actor, a cumulative box office of more than 10 billion, a real international superstar, a total of more than 200 million fans on social platforms at home and abroad, undoubtedly the first Chinese traffic, the first national in the new century, the highest commercial value, and the recognized king of acting.

It's even more than the title of Dragon Mother.

Tsk, how big the heart is, how big the stage is - even, Ji Ming's stage is far bigger than their heart.

While thinking, the shutter in his hand does not stop, from the lens, the photographer can also feel the difference of Ji Ming, three years ago he was a radiant star, and now he is an unfathomable superstar, without thinking about the shape, Pos, standing there, smiling slightly, so that these reporters will hesitate when they shout "Teacher Ji is here, this way".

Speaking of which, in today's flood of the title of "teacher", red carpet photojournalists are one of the clear streams, most of the time, no matter how big the traffic, the reporters call their full names, this this, that that, only if they are really qualified and have amazing records, they will call teachers.

But hesitation is hesitation, if you really want to shout, everyone is not giving it in vain.

……

Fu Chengjie, who had already walked the red carpet, couldn't help but turn his head to look when he heard the majestic call behind him.

"All of them are fans of the teacher?" he asked the agent.

The agent listened to it and saw Zhang Chen, who came in first, and was a little envious. Yang Ruyi is now a legend in the agent industry, a senior assistant agent of Xitian, who was originally only arranged by Zhou Xiyan to help Ji Ming deal with chores, who would have thought that in just three years, he has become the leading agent in the entertainment industry, and he is the CEO of Tiancheng Culture, which is valued at billions.

She knew what Fu Chengjie meant, and it was clear that there were fans of other idols in it, how could she see Ji Ming, and her name was so exaggerated.

"It's not a level, there is no conflict of interest, Xiao Zhan's fans won't scream for Li Xian, but the fans of the two of them won't mind cheering for Ji Ming, you understand this truth, right?" The agent paused and smiled: "Maybe they still think that supporting Ji Ming can also help their idols." ”

"Huh?"

"Think about it, she is a fan of Ji Ming and likes other new traffic, does it mean that with her vision of chasing stars, although this new traffic is not as good as Ji Ming, it is also quite expected? ”

Fu Chengjie is a student of musicals, and he doesn't play star chasing very much, after all, not everyone is a national super brother who married young, and he is a professional star chaser.

Hearing such a set of fan circle rules from the agent is really a bit of a surprise.

Fortunately, he didn't go this way, so he didn't have to think about it.

"Speaking of which, you are blessed, it is estimated that most of your fans are fans of Mr. Ji, and everyone believes that you can stand out in Mr. Ji's fandom, you must be very strong, stand very fast, and save time and effort. "The agent doesn't envy Yang Ruyi and Zhang Chen anymore, relatively speaking, his life is not very bad.

Fu Chengjie became an instant hit through the musical "Silence", and now it seems that as Ji Ming's descendant, even if he concentrates on musicals, he is not without a head.

The scene is not only Fu Chengjie, but also many people who have become popular in the past year and a half, some who have become popular, and some who are behind the scenes, at this time, they all deeply feel what it means to be "in the middle of the day", what it means to "cover an era", and what it means to have "deep connections".

Ji Ming walked over from the red carpet, and saw Shen Cheng and Lei Datou crowded together bigger than his head, and Datou beckoned to him, and when he walked over, Xu Zheng also walked over, and after a while, the vice chairman of China Film, Sina CEO and others also came over to say hello, and in a group of middle-aged and elderly men, Ji Mingnen was a little out of place.

So he recruited Liu Ran again, and compared with Liu Ran, who was tender out of the water, he looked much more stable again.

Liu Ran has a peculiar shape today, probably dismantling a pair of jeans and sewing them on his shoulders.

Such a large group of people gathered together, like a 1,000-watt light bulb, consciously able to come over and participate, either directly or secretively, just come over, say hello and stand on the side to listen, feel that they are not quite compatible, so they can only look at it enviously.

In fact, they really didn't talk about anything meaningful.

first said that Xu Zheng and Shen Cheng starred in the Spring Festival file "Embarrassing Mother", and then said Liu Ran's "Tang Detective 3", complimenting each other, sighing and not being stable, and then went around to Ji Ming's body.

"We are all still going around in China, and Mr. Ji Ming is going to make Europeans' money, which is amazing. ”

Ji Ming glanced at Shen Ming, this eldest brother was as comfortable as at home.

""Silence" was probably released around the Spring Festival?"

"Yes. Ji Ming nodded, it's really this time, mainly because this year's New Year is relatively early.

Xu Zheng asked him: "Are you going to celebrate the New Year in Europe?"

"Uh, the Spring Festival Gala. ”

Scales fall from one's eyes.

It is no secret that Ji Ming is going to the Spring Festival Gala this year, and he is well-informed, and even knows the program - the creative song program, singing all the way from the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China to the new era, is definitely a blockbuster program that carries the beams.

"Then you're going to be busy next. ”

"Feibei. ”

……

Weibo Night is also a pork award, the largest permanent award, Weibo King and Queen, this year respectively gave Wei Wuxian in "Chen Qingling", the popular Xiao Zhan, and the TV series Dafu star Yang Zi. This child star can be described as a fighter among child stars, in the past two years, it has been the same as opening a hanging, acting in what is popular, she is one, Zhao Liying is one, and the ratings in the field of TV dramas are guaranteed, which is quite effective.

In addition, Weibo's ten-year influential actor gave Li Jiabingbing, who has been a big coffee in major activities, this one is also quite interesting, he is very familiar with the bigwigs, and the drama is not eye-catching, but the coffee position seems to be very high, like a castle in the air, very weird. The influential musician of the decade was given to Li Yuying, a milestone figure who opened the era of traffic in the mainland and the era of media star-making, and he has been very focused on music in recent years.

Ji Ming didn't win the award, he declined - the strange thing is that this time Yang Ruyi and Xitian's agent team also agreed with his decision.

Winning the Weibo Night award doesn't seem to be an honor for Ji Ming, and he has already won the King of Weibo Night.

Of course, he still has a mission to do today.

Weibo CEO Mr. Cao, in the second half of the ceremony, presented Ji Ming with a letter of appointment as a chief brand officer, similar to a position of brand spokesperson, but in the form of job appointment - and then Mr. Cao and the newly baked chief brand officer jointly presented awards to this year's queen and king, well...... Presumably, many people will have more complicated hearts.

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After Ji Ming participated in the first rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala, he flew to London to participate in the promotional activities of "Mo", and after three stops in London, Edinburgh, and Birmingham, he came to Oxford University, which was the last promotional trip before the release.

The event was hosted by the Oxford University Drama Society, which is actually very professional and has a long history.

The scene is not large, there are only about 100 students, most of them are from the drama club, but this one has a live webcast, and the number of viewers is quite considerable, hundreds of thousands, a large part of which are British college students. And for the British, this figure is already very scary.

The scene was circular, with Ji Ming, Alice Lowach and others sitting in the middle.

Ji Ming liked the mode, and especially liked the interaction that followed—the discussion was almost entirely focused on movies and musicals.

After "......" briefly recounted the synopsis and achievements of the story, the host played a short video of Ji Ming's introduction.

This short film is very attentive, and it should be the material from China, including the drama clips of "Thunderstorm" and the Renyi version of "The Last Emperor", as well as the film clips of "Falling to the Immortals", "The Wandering Earth", "I Am Not the God of Medicine", "Mo", and even the singing clips of his participation in Professor Zou's 50th anniversary concert...... The editing is also exquisite, as if it is an artist biopic belonging to Ji Ming, interpreting the legend in color and black and white.

After watching the film, amid the exclamations, the host began to turn to the discussion of film and performing arts: "Mr. Ji Ming, the star of "Mo", is a highly recognized performing artist in both China and Europe, and we certainly believe that when young actors meet a suitable role, they may be able to show a daunting talent." But you seem to be more than that, but you have an artistic accumulation, a wealth of skills and experience that is not appropriate for your age, can you tell us how you did that?"

Ji Ming wore a black high-necked cashmere sweater, and the pants were draped coffee-colored wide-legged - described as wearing it like a temperamental intellectual woman.

"I think if I have something different from my age, it should be in two things, perception and performance. Ji Ming stood in the middle of everyone, as if he had come to the classroom of Chinese opera, as for the live broadcast camera, he simply ignored it as a matter of course: "Experiential actors think that you must be immersed in a certain role and become a certain character in order to perform it accurately, this is actually a matter of perception, you become it, you can fully perceive it." ”

After a pause, Ji Ming looked around and smiled: "But that takes time and experience, you need to play ten hundred characters before you can become an experienced and comfortable actor." So, at this time, if you have a keen sense in your talent, things will be much easier, your practice, your reading, your imitation...... will become your way of perceiving people, never helping you - beyond time. ”

After speaking, Ji Ming faced a group of students and improvised the ghost of "The Phantom of the Opera", Valjean in "Les Miserables", V in "V for Vendetta", and even Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings", and Voldemort in "Harry Model...... There are about seven or eight characters, like a merry-go-round, Ji Ming turns an angle, changes the role, and after a circle, these well-known British classic stage plays and characters in movies are all displayed in front of them one by one.

The applause could no longer express their shock.

Neither cheering.

So they stood up and cheered and applauded, Ji Ming smiled and waited for them to sit down again before continuing: "Countless classic roles will help you practice, and many times you don't need to really play them, this is a kind of talent."

Then the second factor, the performance method. If perception is the magic weapon of experientialism, then the acting method is of course the core of methodology - every character is completely different, but there is only one actor, and we must frankly admit that every character, no matter how convincing, is a human creation, not real. Since it is a creation, it must be composed of bones, flesh, hair, and behavioral characteristics, and then it is unified by the performance method - so in fact, even though the appearance is different, the thing that unites them is the same, that is, the control logic of emotions and thoughts over the body. ”

"Spirit and flesh?"

Ji Ming laughed with the big guy.

"There are many teachings on spirit and body, matter and spirit, materialism and idealism. Ji Ming affirmed the classmate's statement: "But we need to understand it concretely, in the performance, everyone actually follows a logic, it has no attributes, and the presentation of the character depends on its setting, its emotions, and its background...... The actors, or me, follow my logic to control my body to show these completely different things, and then they form a completely different stage or screen image in front of the audience. ”

Ji Ming did not take the classic role this time, but simply faced one direction, and performed four images - a cowering concentration camp prisoner, a general commanding a decisive battle, a teenager selling cigarettes on the street to make a living, and a neurotic criminal.

Their temperaments are completely different, and the performance behaviors given by Ji Ming are also completely different...... But after taking them out and putting them together, coupled with Ji Ming's words before, these students' eyes widened, and they really felt Ji Ming's performance logic...... Of course, this is very difficult, after this moment, if you show them the roles that Ji Ming has played, you basically can't see anything.

The discussion quickly moved on to the specifics, the characters in "Silence", the dance and the music......

"He seems to be an artistic muse," The Times wrote of the meeting, which attracted huge attention: "In front of nearly 100 Oxford University students, Ji Ming displayed his impressive acting skills and talents, and he amazingly showed the audience those seemingly indescribable stage mysteries...... Subtle emotional adjustments, inconspicuous hand movements, ...... eyes Compared with an actor who promotes movies, Ji Ming may be more like a professor in the acting department, and every student is extremely close to the true meaning of the acting world. Of course, he is indeed a professor at the best acting school in China. ”

"He presents a very vivid contradiction, like the image of China, which is both sharp and mysterious and powerful. This may make people suspicious when placed on a country, but when it is placed on an actor, it makes people deeply fascinated. ”

"The mystery of China, the depth and charm of Italy, the essence of British drama, and the indulgence of the United States...... The complexity and variety of Ji Ming's qualities are very different from those displayed on the West End stage in the auditorium of Oxford, and undoubtedly on the red carpet in Cannes, on the podium in Venice, and in the cheers he receives from fans in China as an unrivalled superstar. ”

"He is like a treasure, bringing a new understanding and impression of China. ”

It is difficult for a Chinese actor not to be expanded to the national level outside, especially Ji Ming has greatly increased his popularity in Europe because of Hua Wei's endorsement - this also brought him a lot of trouble, so that the embassy has to give him special counseling, so as not to be maliciously guided and used.

After Yang Ruyi realized this problem, he was very nervous.

It wasn't until "Silence" was officially released in the UK - as the largest Chinese-language film in history, it really showed what it means to be "released in the UK", which is a completely different concept from the previous screenings and small-scale releases.

Nearly 900 cinemas across the UK will screen this number, which is enough to set off a huge wave in the domestic media industry.

"Only 900!"

"You're a hammer! Do you know how many cinemas there are in England?"

Obviously, no one knew, but everyone quickly found out some news, such as "Wolf Warrior 2", such as the scale of the release of "The Wandering Earth" in the UK, well, more than a dozen, more than twenty...... Now, everyone knows the gap.

""Silence" has been shortlisted for so many awards at the British Academy Film Awards, and it has been popular for more than a month, which is even more popular than "Joker". ”

- "Fresh, a movie like "Joker", no matter how high the praise is, those who don't want to watch it still won't watch it. There are many of my classmates who don't want to watch it, "Mo" is different, these days newspapers, film critics, Ji Ming, there is a boom in the UK, although it is the volume of independent films, but there is already a commercial film style. Moreover, the popular movies from China, everyone has basically never seen them, and it is completely OK to spend ten dollars to watch them. ”

- "The main thing is that the college students are really willing to watch it, I don't know how the school is upstairs, anyway, many people in our school watched Ji Ming's performance in Oxford, and formed a group to go to see it early." ”

- "It's the same in our school. ”

- "Coordinates Coventry University, it's really popular, I've never seen such a popular Chinese film, and even such a popular English film is rare this year, probably "Avengers 4" and "Toy Story 4" are a little more popular, phenomenal. ”

- ", is Weibo studying abroad per capita now?"

Weibo is quite restrained, and the media is a little loud.

"'Silence' has set off a whirlwind in the UK, and London cinemas have a Chinese moment"

"Silence" surpassed "Joker", Venice won the Golden Lion for Best Actor, and Ji Ming saved a city in the UK. In fact, the higher rating of "Silence" is higher than that of the R-rated film "Joker", which is not entirely due to the popularity. And the box office of "Joker" in the UK, among R-rated films, is already very amazing.

Ji Ming's British whirlwind continued, and "Silence" surpassed all English films in the same period. ”

"A new Chinese box office record is about to be made?"

Indeed, it was born very quickly.

In the first three days, "Mur" brazenly cut nearly 20 million pounds at the opening box office in the United Kingdom - a result that is a full 8 million pounds higher than "Joker", and "Joker" was the fourth highest box office in the United Kingdom last year, behind "Avengers 4", "The Lion King" and "Toy Story 4".

Astound!

The British film industry, the European and American film circles, were shocked beyond words by this achievement - words such as "sweeping Britain" and "conquering London" appeared directly in foreign media. Even more sensational than the Chinese media.

"Have you watched "Silence", no? It looks like you're going to be behind the trend all year long. ”

"Whether you watched the Chinese movie "Mo" has become a new greeting for the British. ”

"Amazing success! Ji Ming's whirlwind swept through the UK from the Western End. ”

"Silence" is £20 million, setting a record start for the British film market. ”

When the European and American film circles were shocked, "Silence" was released in France, Italy and other European countries one after another.

The news was transmitted back to China, triggering headline-level swiping, from official media to local media, from print media to online media, from traditional media to self-media, without exception. And the earliest source comes from an old post bar - the North American box office list.

An old bar buddy who has been waiting for box-office-mojo to update the data for a long time - when the number 25,842,300 appeared, he peed.

What is this concept?

The previous box office record for a Chinese-language film in the UK market was held by Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", with a total box office of $12 million. And now, "Mo" has more than doubled the total box office record in three days, 20 million pounds, 26 million US dollars, and more importantly, "Mo" is still in theaters, and it will still sweep more box office in the future.

He posted with shaking hands.

""Silence doubled the UK box office record of Chinese films in three days, is it the next overseas box office record?"

As a Hollywood Chinese-language film, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" holds the overseas box office record for Chinese-language films, with 210 million US dollars, of which more than 120 million in the North American market, followed by Lao Mouzi's "Hero" (as a pure Chinese film, how awesome this film is, now you know?), 130 million US dollars.

"Silence" was released in the UK with great fanfare, cutting $26 million in the first three days, and the life cycle box office may exceed 70 million, or even more than 80 million, which is already the number of the British annual crown. Coupled with France and Italy, which are relatively secure countries and regions, it should be a high probability event to surpass "Hero". Now the question is, can it surpass 2001's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the decisive should be the North American market, before "Silent" was shortlisted for the Oscar for Best International Film, and the shortlist will be officially announced tomorrow, once shortlisted, with the heat it has set off in the UK and Europe, you must know that the spread of social media is not afraid of the Atlantic, and the box office in North America will be considerable.

In this way, it is conceivable to surpass "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

It's been 19 years, who would have imagined that the hope for the birth of a new overseas box office record for Chinese films actually came from a pure art film - and the previous TOP10 were all kung fu films. The highest non-kung fu film "Lust and Caution" only has a box office of 36 million US dollars, and "Mo" can be broken at your fingertips!!"

- "Heaven is not born Ji Ming, Chinese movies are as eternal as night." ”

- "It's amazing, how can it be so." ”

- "The times create heroes, not to mention Venice, mainly because the musical of the same name is very popular in the West End, coupled with Ji Ming's endorsement of Hua Wei, it has set off a whirlwind in Europe. His show off at Oxford University was also highly anticipated, and famous British actors such as Harry Potter, Keira Knightley, and Kate Winslet were recommended, plus the distributor's unconventional publicity investment...... I can barely explain it. ”

- "I don't think so, the year crown level......"

- "Let's make a reasonable estimate, if Britain has 60 million US dollars (to be conservative), France has 30 million, Italy has 20 million, plus Germany, Russia, island countries, and baseball countries...... 130 million is definitely there. In addition, if North America can be released on a large scale, 50 million is also conceivable, and other British countries such as Australia, including India, which are also English-speaking countries, are estimated to have a bit of box office, and the rest, Singapore and Malaya should also have a volume of several million US dollars, so there is really hope to break the overseas box office record of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". ”

Countless reports have been derived from this post, and this kind of material for the overseas box office is much more interesting than the record-breaking of "Wolf Warrior 2".

After the bombardment, the box office of the well-known big V movie suddenly discovered a blind spot:

"The domestic box office of "Mo" is more than 4 billion, if the international box office is 200 million US dollars, it is 1.4 billion, 5.4 billion, and if there is 250 million overseas box office, it is almost 5.8 billion...... Did you find it, did you see the box office figures of "The Wandering Earth"? 5.72 billion, with a total global box office of 5.75 billion. According to the best scenario, this means that the global box office record of Chinese films will be rewritten, and "Mo" will surpass "The Wandering Earth" to become the first place in the global box office list of Chinese films! The domestic and overseas box office is almost 2:1, which is of great significance, it may be higher than "The Wandering Earth", after so many years of going to sea, this is the first time that it has been successful. ”

This point is very striking.

It's just that everyone has always had some reservations about the overseas box office of 250 million.

But as more countries opened, forecasters found themselves too conservative, France nearly 12 million US dollars in the first week, Germany was inexplicably close to 10 million, and Italy was as high as 18 million.

Of course, there is a positive factor in these achievements.

""Silence" was nominated for the Oscar for Best International Film, and "Parasite", "Pain and Glory", "Eucharist" and "Les Miserables" competed for awards!"

When Ji Ming returned to China to prepare for the Spring Festival Gala, he got the news from Yang Ruyi first, and the golden scales on his wrist were slightly hot.

"Silence" is so hot that it is hot, and this round of bombardment has made the rainbow farts lose their taste.

It is intuitively reflected in the movies that are being delayed, "Mo", which has been in theaters for more than a month, suddenly broke out against the trend, with the highest attendance rate, nearly 9% of the films, and a box office of 23 million, cutting the daily crown of the cold market - a spectacle in the history of the Chinese film box office!!

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