Chapter 148: Avril Lavigne
"Do you know kung fu?" Avril looked up at Duan Kun.
Duan Kun shook his head and said calmly, "I don't know kung fu." In fact, I'm just an ordinary scout. ”
"Scout? Or a liar? Avril smiled mischievously, waved the chicken wings in her hand, and said with a smile: "You guys who do talent scouting, can you eat a full stomach?" ”
Duan Kun sighed and said, "Actually, it's not easy to mix up in the talent scouting industry. Most scouts make money that barely ends up making ends meet. Only a very small number of people can live a life of abundance. And I'm one of those people who can't go up or down......"
"In that case, why not change careers?" Avril asked.
Duan Kun smiled and said, "Now I am also a little famous in the circle of talent scouts. My greatest wish is to discover an international superstar through my own eyes. But there was little hope, so I was more likely to end up being a stepping stone to a talent scouting career. If that's the case, I don't regret it, because I've gained a lot in the process. ”
Avril glanced at Duan Kun strangely, she felt that the thinking of the Oriental people was so strange.
Duan Kun continued: "Sometimes I look at my photos together with the photos when I was studying, and the changes in myself are obvious: less shy, more confident; Less clear, more modest; A little less green and a little more mature...... Of course, I learned more about the interesting stories I had with so many strangers. ”
Is this the Oriental way of thinking? Avril thought silently as she bit her wings.
"Have you seen the movie "Nightclub"?" Duan Kun asked suddenly.
Avril suddenly stopped what she was doing and said, "I and my family have seen this movie, and the Motorola Z927 in it is really cool." I heard that in a few months, Motorola will launch this new product. If it's not too expensive, I'll definitely buy one too! ”
Duan Kun asked mysteriously: "Do you know whose idea this Motorola Z927 is?" ”
"Who?" After asking, Avril shook her little head and said, "Why are you asking this?" I'm not interested. ”
"You'll definitely be interested," Duan Kun said with a smile, "The idea for the Motorola Z927 came from Chen Yuan, the president of the entertainment company I work for." Chen Yuan has written a novel, made two films, and written many songs. His novel is very popular throughout the Chinese-speaking world, and according to relevant estimates, his novel is worth more than $100 million! His "Nightclub" was screened in 37 countries and regions around the world, grossing a total of $370 million. The investment in "Nightclub" is less than $200,000, and the filming time is only 8 days. His film "Crazy Stone" is currently only available in China. The box office is very hot, and no movie is a rival......"
Avril's mouth opened wider and wider, and Duan Kun's words seemed to her to be very deceitful. Motorola Z927 is real, and that Chen Yuan is mostly fake. Isn't this the usual trick of liars?
Avril was already wary in her heart, but she pretended to be surprised.
"Do you know how big this Chen Yuan is?" Speaking of this, Duan Kun stopped and deliberately sold a pass. He took a sip of milk tea comfortably, and the sunlight outside the window filtered through the glass window. Sprinkled on him, warm and very comfortable.
Avril blinked and urged, "You should say it quickly!" ”
Duan Kun smiled faintly. This expression was learned from Chen Yuan. At this moment, it seems that only a faint smile can show his calmness and calmness, and his clouds are light and light.
He smiled faintly and said, "This Chen Yuan is only 17 years old. That's about your age! ”
Avril stood up abruptly and poured all the half-drunk Coke on Duan Kun!
She stuck out her tongue and scolded with a smile: "You big liar from the East. Don't let me run into it again. Otherwise, when I see you, I'll hit you once! ”
Avril shook her little fist and ran out of the fast-food restaurant as fast as she could.
Duan Kun's upper body was wet, slimy, and very uncomfortable. What made him even more uncomfortable was that the method he thought he could attract and abduct the other party didn't work! What should he do?
Duan Kun felt helpless, and he wanted to call Chen Yuan. But after careful consideration, the idea was abandoned. The leader only hopes to get a satisfactory answer to the tasks assigned to his subordinates. It can't be done, there is no way, what should I do, should it be like this...... This is all a sign of the incompetence of subordinates. Leaders often hate this the most.
Duan Kun has already made up his mind to continue the development of Qingyun Entertainment, so he can't leave an impression of incompetence on Chen Yuan. As he wiped his clothes with a napkin, he secretly decided that he would take this Avril down, no matter what method he used!
Duan Kun hit a wall in New York, but Chen Yuan's side went very well.
There are more and more registered users of the Qingyun Entertainment portal, and the website forum is becoming more and more lively. Under Chen Yuan's careful guidance, the topics of the forum have always maintained a positive attitude. The company has recently recruited many outstanding IT talents, and after these talents were supplemented to the network propaganda department, Qingyun Entertainment portal has finally entered a period of rapid development.
After Chen Wantong went back and thought about it, he decided to accept the important task of creating the world's largest original novel base. He became the head of the department, but he was the only commander of the department for the time being. Chen Yuan gave him a lot of authority and allowed him to recruit talents. Chen Wantong was busy during this time. In order to prove that he has the ability to be the head of the department, he forgot to sleep and put almost all his energy into his work.
During this time, Zheng Baorui always ran to the president's office, and Li Bing and Ye Yun frowned every time they saw this person. Both women were very disgusted with Zheng Baorui. Zheng Baorui didn't know where he offended these two, in order to have a better development in the company, as long as he met these two assistants, he always walked with his head down.
Zheng Baorui is so compromised, but as everyone knows, this has aroused Ye Yun and the others even more disgusted.
Chen Yuan doesn't judge people by appearance, what he needs is talents, not handsome guys. Zheng Baorui is a talent for making horror movies. He has repeatedly put forward opinions on the filming of "Midnight Taxi". In Chen Yuan's opinion, they are all extremely pertinent. Chen Yuan compared the movies in his memory and gave Zheng Baorui some guidance. Zheng Baorui didn't take Chen Yuan's opinion to heart at first, but after going back and thinking about it carefully, he immediately changed his opinion. He pondered and studied repeatedly, absorbing all of Chen Yuan's guidance and turning it into his own use.
When Zheng Baorui came up with a mature shooting plan. Chen Yuan can finally hand over "Midnight Taxi" to the other party with confidence. Zheng Baorui knew that he had passed the test and was overjoyed. His expectations are not high, after the filming of "Midnight Taxi", as long as there can be half of the box office of "Nightclub" and "Crazy Stone"! In order to achieve this goal, Zheng Baorui was ruthless, constantly studying the script and improving the shooting plan.
The third episode of the "I Love to Remember Lyrics" program was recorded as scheduled. This episode of the program was recorded in the same way as the previous two episodes, using the method of recording and broadcasting and live broadcasting. The hosts Liu Wenrong and Yan Bing are already familiar with it. Guan Hu, as a representative of Qingyun Entertainment, participated in the whole process of program recording. On the one hand, it is supervision, and on the other hand, it is to learn and accumulate experience in recording variety shows.
Qingyun Entertainment still has the naming rights of the lyrics I love to remember. But unlike the previous two installments. The advertisements inserted before and after this episode of the program were successively won by five manufacturers, namely Gaizhong Calcium Oral Liquid, Starshu Capsules, Diaopai Laundry Detergent, Juneng Calcium, and Qingkou Lozenges, at a price of 20,000 yuan per second. The total advertising cost reached 2 million per period.
Chen Yuan saw the advertisements of these manufacturers in advance, and his first feeling was that they were vulgar, very vulgar.
Calcium oral liquid in the cover "stars" chapter
First of all, an unprecedented group of "old Zhuang" stars were invited to show up, and then they moved out bigger brands of Pu Cunxi and Gong Li to encourage consumers, not to mention the advertising bombardment, only the advertising creativity, and the ubiquitous behavior of several times in the same period. It's boring and boring enough to kill the audience.
Starshu capsule "four uncles" chapter
Under the tense beat of the drum, a young mother anxiously rummaged through the drawer, it turned out that her husband had a stomach problem again and could not find stomach medicine. The young mother hurriedly asked her son to go to Starshu. As a result, the son found a dumbfounded man, who turned out to be the so-called "four uncles". The mother puffed up and took out the real Starshu capsules to correct her son's mistake.
Carved brand laundry detergent "laundry" chapter
Amid the sad music, the little girl's mother hovers in front of the recruitment bar, and the daughter of the family seems to be a little precocious. Not only do I help my mother wash her clothes, but I also use Diao brand laundry detergent, because Diao brand laundry detergent is not only cheap. And you can wash your clothes with only a small amount. When the mother returned home depressed, her daughter was already asleep, and the mother was moved to tears when she saw the note left by her daughter.
Giant energy calcium "number" article
In front of the gorgeous picture background, a series of materials were typed: 8 doctors, 48 scientists, 100 scientific practices, and 10 years of painstaking efforts, and finally developed a product, that is, giant calcium. This advertisement is not like an advertisement for calcium supplements, but rather an advertisement for high-tech electronic products. An ordinary calcium supplement product is really overkill and wasteful to explore with such a large team of experts and such a long time.
Clear the mouth lozenge "kiss the mouth".
A pure girl said in a soft tone: Do you want to know what it tastes like? Immediately, the eager voices of a group of hungry men were heard: I want to know! Wonder! Hearing the answer, I didn't expect the girl to be reserved: Where did you think of it, it's not "kissing", it's "clearing the mouth", it turns out that the girl is talking about a clear mouth lozenge.
Vulgar, really vulgar!
However, these vulgar advertisements have brought high advertising costs to the program team. Of course, this has something to do with the high ratings of its first two episodes.
Today, I love to remember lyrics has become the trump card column of Dongshan Satellite TV, and the ratings of the same period rank first among all David TV. The station intends to continue to do this variety show. But this show was completely done because of the lottery link later. If there was no lucky draw, would the ratings still be so high? Is Qingyun Entertainment still willing to continue to cooperate with this variety show?
This is what Taili is worried about.
For this matter, director Deng Xianhe personally called Chen Yuan, and the reply he received made everyone in the station cheer.
In Chen Yuan's memory, I love to remember lyrics and it is a very successful variety show. Even if there is no lottery link later, it will still be very popular. And judging from the current box office performance of "Crazy Stone", this movie can be extended by two months. In other words, I love to remember lyrics can produce at least eight episodes. Eight episodes, two months, the majority of the audience has developed a habit of watching this variety show. It's completely possible to continue the show.
After the third episode of "I Love to Remember Lyrics" was broadcast, the attendance rate of "Crazy Stone" rose again, and the peak reached 90% of 7. Two days after the weekend. Attendance began to decline, gradually reaching 80%.
At this time, China Shipping United Cinema Line, together with Wanda Cinema Line, and a number of other private cinema chains, jointly launched a new initiative. The ticket price of "A Sigh" directed by Feng Xiaogang was reduced to 8 yuan. Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and Ma Chucheng's "Tokyo Raiders" launched a package. For only 22 yuan, you can watch two movies!
Such a move has directly promoted the development of the domestic film industry.
People who were originally afraid of movie ticket prices flocked to the cinema in the face of the temptation of nearly 5% off ticket prices. "A Sigh", whose attendance dropped to 2 to 8, suddenly rose a lot. It's 6 percent! Over the next few days, this number continued to change, reaching a peak of 7 into 8!
When the major media released this data, it attracted countless people's amazement. The change from 2 into 8 to 7 into 8 has nearly tripled. Judging from the data, it is far less than the ticket price is not discounted. But in fact, the attendance rate of 2 into 8 has touched the bottom line of the theater offline painting. The attendance rate of 7 into 8 can guarantee that the movie will be released for a longer time.
The biggest beneficiary of this initiative is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Tokyo Raiders. As soon as the package was launched, the attendance of the two films skyrocketed in just a few days. It has risen to more than ninety percent! Viewers who originally wanted to watch "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also watched "Tokyo Raiders" because of the package discount. And the audience who originally wanted to watch "Tokyo Raiders", considering that in fact, another movie ticket only costs 5 yuan, they also went to watch "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
Of course. Only about one-third of the theaters have implemented this new initiative. State-run cinemas and some private cinemas have not made any adjustments to ticket prices. As a direct result, audiences in the same city flocked to the movie theaters that launched the new initiative, while at the same time, the attendance of three films, including "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which did not, plummeted.
After the attendance plummeted, "Crazy Stone" was greatly increased in the schedule of these theaters.
Zhonghai Lianhe, Wanda and other cinema chains. Due to the introduction of 5% off ticket prices and packages, the attendance rate of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Tokyo Raiders", and "A Sigh" began to rise, while the attendance rate of "Crazy Stone" decreased rapidly. Soon it was about 5 percent. These theaters began to adjust their film schedules, and the proportion of "Crazy Stone" was decreasing.
In the domestic film market, films such as "Crazy Stone" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Tokyo Raiders" finally collided most fiercely. Judging from the overall situation in the country, "Crazy Stone" has always firmly occupied half of the country, but it can't go further. The box office results of the two films "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Tokyo Raiders" have risen rapidly, especially the latter, which has come from behind. After the launch of the 5% discount ticket price of "A Sigh", it also ushered in a new spring.
Just when the war of several films in the domestic film market was in full swing, Mei Jiu, who got Chen Yuan's list, had already turned around in Hsinchu, Taiwan, but she never found the girl named Wang Xinling on the list!
Hsinchu County is one of Taiwan's county-level administrative districts, surrounded by mountains on three sides and bordering the Taiwan Strait to the west. Hsinchu County belongs to the southern subtropical humid climate zone. The average annual temperature is 21.8 °C, the average temperature in January is 15 °C, and the average temperature in July is 27.9 °C. It includes one county, three towns and nine townships, with a permanent population of about 50 million.
Looking for the girl named Wang Xinling in such a place is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.
After staying in Hsinchu County for half a month, Mei Jiu finally made a decision to return to the mainland! She set her sights on the second girl on the list. This girl's name is Zhang Liangying. The list only mentions that she is located in Chengdu, Sichuan, about 16 years old, but the more specific content is missing.
Mei Jiu realized that it was not easy to sit in the position of the head of the brokerage department, but she was not discouraged.
She took a flight from Taipei to Xiangjiang, and from there she took a plane to Chengdu.
Chengdu is located in the western part of the Sichuan Basin, in the hinterland of the Chengdu Plain, with flat terrain, vertical and horizontal river network, abundant products and developed agriculture, and has the reputation of "the land of abundance" since ancient times. Chengdu has a built-up area of 604.1 square kilometers and a permanent population of 14.428 million. Find Zhang Liangying from such a big place and so many people. The difficulty is no less than finding Wang Xinling!
Mei Jiu has been a professional paparazzi for 13 years, so she naturally has her own way. She stayed in Chengdu for three days, and 128 specific information about Zhang Liangying appeared in front of her. She checked one by one from the 128 people with the same name, and in the end only 18 were eligible.
Among the large piles of information, Mei Jiu noticed a very special one. In the "Love Wave Cup" singing competition held in Chengdu in 1998, there was a runner-up, named Zhang Liangying! Whether it's age or other conditions, it is met.
After determining the goal, Mei Jiu acted quickly, she came to Chengdu Girls' Vocational High School (formerly Chengdu No. 47 Middle School) and directly found Zhang Liangying's class.
When Zhang Liangying learned that someone was looking for her, she was very puzzled. Especially after seeing Mei Jiu in the office, this doubt was infinitely magnified. She could be sure that she had never seen the woman. What does the other party do when they come to themselves?
Zhang Liangying looked at Mei Jiu carefully, and gradually became wary in her heart. (To be continued.) )