I really don't want to be the top streamer anymore

Yan Rui here really started to make an appointment with Tu Qiaoer.

At the same time, the popularity of "Squid Game" gradually stabilized and even began to decline slowly.

This is a relatively normal situation. Compared with the previous high heat, it is really too scary.

It is indeed unrealistic to want to maintain it forever.

Of course, in China, video self-media such as Yiguo actually gave "Squid Game" an overall low score.

Most people classify it as a commercial drama on the same level as "The Beginning".

It’s just because “Squid Game” is so popular both overseas and domestically, it is definitely a phenomenal work to start the year.

So the so-called word of mouth is not too important.

In the end, the score of 7.8 on Douban is relatively in line with most people's expectations.

……

What really shocked Yiguo, as well as many audiences and practitioners in the film and television industry, was Xu Kong's own creative model. Now it seems that it is no longer a matter of verification whether it can be successful, but the success rate is quite high and can be replicated continuously.

That is, Xu Kong will serve as the screenwriter to determine the story script of the entire film and television work, and then serve as the producer to ensure the final quality of the film.

This model, which is now unique to Fengge, has such a high success rate.

It is incredible.

“In fact, when people discuss a work, they first recognize it as the director’s work.”

“This is now almost a default fact.”

"But when it comes to Xu Kong, I think it's really a bit special, because the importance of Xu Kong as a screenwriter is obviously different from some traditional film and television works."

"Even many people, including myself, more or less regarded it as Xu Kong's own work."

"This phenomenon is worth discussing and studying, and it is quite interesting. It may even lead to major changes in the domestic film and television industry in the future."

……

Yiguo expressed his judgment during the live broadcast.

"Yes, this comment is correct. It's a bit like some of the so-called screenwriter-centered European and American dramas overseas."

"For this kind of work, the director is also important, but the screenwriter is the core."

"Many viewers even only recognize the screenwriter but not the director."

"Of course, generally speaking, it is impossible for a director to always work with well-known screenwriters. If that happens, future development will definitely be restricted."

"But tool-like directors are quite common, at least in Europe and the United States. In China, the status of screenwriters is indeed too low."

……

With Yiguo's current influence and popularity, it is actually already in the first echelon of domestic film and television self-media, and it can even be said that it is the first.

At the same time, in fact, she is not a very pure Xu Chui.

Because there are many other colleagues who brag even more harshly and exaggeratedly.

After all, Xu Kong now is really the password of traffic.

Just bragging about it is enough to attract quite a lot of attention from netizens.

Of course, it is because of the existence of relatively objective film and television self-media like Yiguo.

Instead, it prevented Xu Kong from completely entering into a highly fan-circled situation like some of his peers, where they could not tolerate any bad words.

Yiguo was also clear about this point. Xu Kong and Feng Ge were both very smart.

……

After all, if it were in the past, for a big hit like this, she would have said something critical and suggestive.

There is no doubt that the video has been restricted or something.

Because it affects other people's interests, whether it is the production company, the video platform, or the artists and directors themselves.

But the way Xu Kong and Feng Ge handled it was very interesting.

Not only did they not so-called deal with her video, but it can be seen that they hoped to see more similar criticisms.

Obviously, Xu Kong also realized that his current popularity and traffic are too high.

If you are not careful, you can easily be overpraised.

So although Xu Kong has a large amount of traffic, he is not like some of the top domestic influencers who try all kinds of ways to resolve the so-called negative reviews. If that doesn't work, they will directly deal with the people who posted the negative reviews.

Yiguo has received many lawyers' letters from various brokerage companies and artist studios over the years.

……

When it comes to comments about Xu Kong, you can still see all kinds of so-called black fans, or people who directly curse him.

This is actually a good thing.

At least in the short term, Xu Kong doesn't have to worry about being inflated too much and causing his reputation to collapse.

There are quite a few artists in China who are overpraised.

Although Yiguo always maintains a relatively fair attitude in the video.

But deep down, he certainly didn't want Xu Kong to be affected.

She is very interested in Xu Kong's own works, including those he wrote and produced.

After all, although many people scold him, few people deny Xu Kong’s talent and ability.

From being suspected of ghostwriting songs in the beginning, to now, no one has mentioned it anymore.

……

"Of course, even though I said that, we can still continue to observe later."

"After all, strictly speaking, Xu Kong was actually the lead actor in the previous drama 'Beginning'. Strictly speaking, 'Squid Game' is the only drama produced under this model."

"But according to the information I got, Fengge will also have a new movie released during this year's Spring Festival. Xu Kong is neither the director nor the protagonist. That's right, it's still the same model. Xu Kong is responsible for the script and production."

"The final box office performance of this movie will be an important factor in determining the success of the film and television model with Xu Kong as the core."

……

Although Yiguo is just a film and television self-media, with its influence and scale to this extent, it can definitely be regarded as one of the practitioners in the entire domestic film and television industry.

So they get more information than ordinary viewers.

When they heard that Feng Ge had a new movie coming out during the upcoming Spring Festival, many viewers began to ask about it.

There is no way. The fact that Xu Kong is the screenwriter and producer is enough to make many film and television fans look forward to it.

“I don’t know the specific movie genre and other things.”

"But I guess it won't be too long before the official release date is announced. When the trailer is released, it won't be too late for everyone to go and watch it."

……

Yiguo's guess was indeed correct.

Because on the same day she broke the news, the release date of "Operation Red Sea" was announced.

Although there is no trailer yet, just a poster.

But as expected, it directly became a hot topic.

"Chief Screenwriter/Executive Producer: Xu Kong. I understood as soon as I saw these words."

"Fuck, they are all new actors. But Xu Kong's script is still worth watching."

"Looking at the genre, it looks like a military-themed drama? And Guo Jiayu is indeed famous for filming military-themed TV dramas."

...Most netizens are just watching the show.

After all, there is still more than a month away from the Spring Festival.

No matter how much you look forward to the Spring Festival movies, you won’t be able to watch them in a short period of time.

But for many colleagues in the industry, especially those planning to release films during the Spring Festival, this news is indeed not good news.

Putting aside other things, even if Xu Kong really looked down on his current name, when his schedule really conflicted with the other party, he would still feel subconsciously scared.

……

Huayuan Film and Television was founded not much later than Fengge.

In fact, in the early years, the two companies were relatively small and even had in-depth cooperation for a period of time.

Several classic TV series were produced by the two companies together during this period.

However, although both companies have gradually become giants in the industry, it goes without saying that the previous in-depth cooperation will never be replicated.

In fact, compared with Fengge, Huayuan Film and Television's overall reputation and status in the circle are slightly higher.

This is mainly because Huayuan Film and Television mainly focuses on the film industry, which has greater influence and money-making ability.

The company has the largest number of well-known directors in the entire entertainment industry.

If it had happened in the past, it's not like they had not competed head-on with Feng Ge during the Spring Festival period, and it shouldn't have caused such a big reaction.

But the key point is that the Feng Ge now is completely different from the Feng Ge back then.

Compared with the current Fengge, strictly speaking, Changyun Film and Television is more like the original Fengge.

After all, most of Lao Fengge’s team are now in Changyun Film and Television.

But Feng Ge today is still impossible to ignore.

In other words, Xu Kong, the biggest variable, is indeed hard to ignore.

……

"Mr. Li, I think we don't need to be so nervous."

"After all, this isn't really a new movie directed by Xu Kong himself. His model of screenwriter and producer may work well on TV series, but not necessarily on movies."

At this moment in the high-level meeting of Huayuan Film and Television, Li Wanshu, the vice president, frowned and it was obvious that he was not in a relaxed mood.

"Yes, I think so too. And it's said to be a military-themed film. Isn't it asking for trouble to release it during the Spring Festival?"

"I feel that Xu Kong is a little too young and hot-headed. He will behave himself after being taught a lesson by the market."

Li Wanshu sighed.

It's not like he doesn't know these are facts.

But Xu Kong is really too weird.

When he first knew that Feng Ge might encounter a major change, the first thing he thought of was to poach Xu Kong.

He may not care about other people, but Xu Kong is different.

No one knows whether Xu Kong, at such a young age, has such outrageous talent and ability, whether the future domestic film and television industry will completely become dominated by the Xu family.

But he did not expect that he had already prepared conditions that were unique in the entire company and even in the domestic entertainment industry, but he received the news that Xu Kong would directly become a shareholder and boss of Fengge.

If possible, he really didn't want to become a so-called competitor and enemy of Xu Kong.

No one knows Xu Kong’s limit, and this is the most despairing thing.

For example, this time's "Squid Game" was a hit in the overseas market, and Xu Kong was only responsible for the script and production, and did not direct the film himself.

It's a bit too exaggerated and outrageous.

……

"Xu Kong's tactics may work in TV dramas, but it's different for movies that really need to rely on box office to prove everything."

Some people continued to talk, obviously thinking that their new movie during the Spring Festival would not lose.

But soon someone else spoke up:

"You don't still think that Xu Kong can't make a movie, do you?"

"Why don't you go watch "Sweet Honey" which just won a bunch of awards?"

That’s right, if Xu Kong really didn’t have any film work, people wouldn’t care so much, at least they wouldn’t be as worried as they are now.

But "Sweet Honey" does indeed prove Xu Kong's ability and limit in this regard.

It's not about the so-called box office.

In fact, the box office of "Comrades: Almost a Love Story" in China is only around 3 billion yuan. Strictly speaking, although it is very high, it is not a level that will make people despair.

But the key is that the word of mouth for this movie is also very good.

Even the whole movie seems like an art film, but it uses the story framework and model of a commercial film.

It can be said that this is a textbook-level film that combines both commerciality and quality.

……

If Xu Kong really wanted to make a commercial film, no one could predict what the final effect would be.

"Don't the previous "Beginning" and the current "Squid Game" prove Xu Kong's ability in business?"

"If he really wants to make a movie that can generate high box office, I don't think it would be more difficult than "Comrades: Almost a Love Story"."

The man continued.

Although it can boost others' morale and destroy one's own prestige.

But now, even in large companies like Huayuan, there are actually quite a number of "Xu blowhards".

There is no way, it’s just that Xu Kong’s performance in recent years is a bit too dazzling.

Fans are no longer just ordinary audiences. It can be said that there are few colleagues, especially some young juniors, who do not admire Xu Kong.

……

"Okay, I know everyone has their own ideas at the moment."

"But Director Tang has confirmed that the release date will not be changed. Our meeting today is mainly to discuss the promotion and distribution arrangements for Director Tang's new film before and after the Spring Festival release."

Li Wanshu promptly stopped the two gangs who were about to start a quarrel.

What kind of nonsense is this? They are all senior executives of the company, so why does it seem like a big fight between Xu Kong’s true fans and haters?
And this time their new movie is directed by the famous director Tang Hanying.

Tang Hanying is not very old and has little experience, but in recent years she has indeed become one of the most famous new first-line directors in the country.

It can be regarded as the peak period of my career.

The previous two films had box office revenues of over 5 billion yuan in a row, which is a solid record.

Just because you saw that Fengge's new movie will be released during the Spring Festival, are you going to postpone the release date?
Even if it was him, it was impossible for him to go and say such words to Tang Hanying.

So no matter what, this battle must be fought.

Moreover, as the Spring Festival period is the largest in the country, it is normal that the competition is fierce.

Every year there were fights to the death, and it was extremely brutal.

This time, there is just one more opponent who poses a greater potential threat.

Just follow the previous process.

...(End of chapter)