China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 341: The data is so strong that competitors are blinded
in the afternoon.

Cheng Mengyao came to the company to check in. Her roommate from college came to Beijing for work and had no place to live for the time being. The two had a very good relationship in college, so Cheng Mengyao took a temporary leave in the morning to pick her up at the station and arranged for her roommate to stay at her home.

"Xiao Cheng, here we come!"

"Meng Yao!"

The way the colleagues she met along the way greeted her was all inexplicably abnormal. She couldn't explain it too specifically, but her intuition was different from usual.

"Don't they think that I took leave in the morning to go on a blind date? I seemed to have told someone to pick up my classmates, and I didn't seem to mention whether the classmates were boys or girls. Could it be that they were misunderstood?"

After the department staff were almost all present, the leader coughed lightly and then spoke:
"Xiao Cheng, your big data model needs to be improved. It almost delayed things!"

Cheng Mengyao was stunned, is it about big data?But what can big data delay?Of course her data model needs to be improved. After all, it is still just a prototype, but what does the leader mean?Was it that the data for "Jingjue Ancient City" that I predicted based on the model that day was too wrong?
At that time, her prediction was the highest. Could it be that her own prediction was the most wrong, so she was specifically mentioned in front of everyone?
That's not right. Even my roommate who doesn't follow dramas very much said that many people on the train were following "The Ancient City". Logically speaking, the data shouldn't be too low.

At this time, the leader continued to speak:
"I remember you predicted before that "Jingjue Ancient City" will probably bring 250 million to 300 million new VIP members to our Tencent Video. This number currently seems to be slightly inaccurate. Are there any variables that have not been taken into account?! "

Cheng Mengyao said: "The model is still being improved. Maybe some data made me overestimate the potential of "Jingjue Ancient City"!"

"Overrated?"

The leader suddenly laughed when he heard this, and then his colleagues also laughed. Cheng Mengyao suddenly had an idea in his mind: "Is it possible?"

The leader quickly confirmed her suspicion.

"You, you are very capable of doing specific work, but sometimes you are sloppy in your words. How can this be an overestimation? "Jingjue Ancient City" has only been online for less than 19 hours. The number of VIP members of our Tencent Video It has exceeded the 500 million mark. In more than 18 hours, 40 new VIP members have been added. How can it be possible to stop the total of 250 million to 300 million new members you previously predicted? Your data model is valuable, but it is still too We underestimated the power of "Jingjue Ancient City"."

Cheng Mengyao raised her eyelids and showed a very surprised look. She has always been the most optimistic person in the entire department about "The Ancient City". This may indeed be due to her being a fan of Li Mu, so when others say that she When she overestimated "Jingjue Ancient City", she actually somewhat agreed with it in her heart.

So she felt guilty when talking about the figure of 300 million new VIP members, and she only had a little bit of hope. She didn't expect that "Jingjue Ancient City" would quietly release a depth bomb this time!
In 18 hours, 40 new VIP members were added. This number may not be eye-catching to people who are not familiar with the video website industry, but for employees like her who are rooted in the front line of Tencent Video Data Center, this number is It was like a bolt from the blue!
Cheng Mengyao couldn't help but look down at the Li Mu screen saver on her computer, and she suddenly had the urge to bend over and kiss him. Why do you think his Hua Shang is so powerful?

Fortunately, she finally succeeded in suppressing the idea of ​​​​death, otherwise she would definitely be the laughing stock of the entire department in the future.

The leader attached great importance to the data model that Cheng Mengyao was still testing, so he also specifically told her about the other data of "Jingjue Ancient City".

Within 18 hours of being online, the average episode playback volume was 5000 million, and the total playback volume was 2.1 million. It ranked first in daily playback volume, first in popularity, first in Baidu hot search list, and first in Weibo hot search list on all platforms. Oh, and there are Tengxun Video was temporarily down for a while last night, and the traffic was too high. Fortunately, the leader alerted the technical department after reading Cheng Mengyao's data that day, and the problem was solved in a very short time after the downtime. .

Listening to the series of explosive data from the leader, Cheng Mengyao was even more excited than if she had won the lottery. After "Jingjue Ancient City", Huashang's reputation as a high-quality product became even louder!

……

Huashang Media.

Pan Yueming came to the company to communicate about the promotion of "The Secret of the Dragon". During this period, he heard someone say that the data of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City" was very good. Everyone's face was filled with excitement, and Pan Yueming was also excited.

His situation has changed a lot since "Detective Chinatown". It was not just the role of "Li" that made him famous in a desperate situation, but more importantly, the fact that Hua Shang Media asked him to film a movie.

As an actor, he really had almost no movies to film after that incident. Even directors who had a good relationship with him were afraid to use him for fear of being scolded by netizens. Then in this case, Huashang Media He was asked to star in the movie, and it is said that Chairman Li Mu personally decided on the role.

What is Huashang Media’s status in the industry?
What influence does Li Mu have in the circle?

Even Hua Shang and Li Mu used him to make Pan Yueming understand. What else do those who were originally worried have to worry about?
Since then, his situation has greatly improved, but he originally thought that was the most, but then Li Mu threw him another "Jingjue Ancient City" and "Xunlong Jue", both of which were main character!In addition, there are a total of 10 long-term drama contracts.

To be honest, Pan Yueming had no idea why Li Mu thought so highly of him. He didn't say anything. He would definitely try his best to play every role Li Mu gave him.

At present, it seems that I am not holding Hua Shang back. "Jingjue Ancient City" is very popular and the data is very powerful!

Relieved, Pan Yueming logged into Douban and browsed the comments of "Jingjue Ancient City":
"It's in line with the original work and very beautiful. Play it quickly! Play it quickly!"

"Originally I knew it was Pan Yueming and I rejected it, but I didn't expect that the more I watched it, the more I liked it!"

"It looks great, and the casting was very successful."

Pan Yueming slides the middle mouse button to continue reading:

"I really can't understand why some people keep scolding Pan Yueming after the truth came out. He is obviously the victim."

"I can't believe how much injustice Lao Pan has suffered over the years."

"When I heard that Hua Shang approached Lao Pan to film a movie, I thought there was something wrong with Hua Shang's outlook on life. Now I know it's because there's something wrong with my brain!"

"Breaking up depends on your character!"

"The truth is revealed!"

"Lao Pan is a powerful man!"

"I like Lao Pan, come on Lao Pan!"

""Jingjue Ancient City" is very good. I hope it won't collapse later. I'm even more looking forward to Lao Pan's "The Secret of the Dragon"!"

Pan Yueming suddenly burst into tears. He had been scolded for so many years, and his career was once completely ruined. At that time, people scolded him everywhere, which made him afraid to read what netizens said about him. He didn't expect that he would also have it. It is really not easy to be supported by so many netizens!

……

Beijing.

iQiyi Innovation Building.

"Chairman, our current number of VIP members is 490 million. I think we should directly announce that iQiyi VIP members have exceeded the 500 million mark. Now "Jingjue Ancient City" is very popular. Don't let them break through first. "

iQiyi has always been slightly ahead of Tencent Video, and netizens also agree that iQiyi is stronger and No. 1 in the long-form video field!In most people's eyes, it is normal for iQiyi to be the first to reach 500 million VIP members. If Tencent Video, which was originally lagging behind, breaks through first, the media should over-interpret it, similar to iQiyi's weak growth and Tencent Video catching up from behind. !That's why the vice president just wanted to directly announce that the number of his VIPs exceeded 500 million.

"Mr. Zhang, no matter how popular "Jingjue Ancient City" is, it will not be able to attract 50 people to become VIP members of Tencent Video in one day. On the contrary, we have given great discounts recently and the number of VIP members has grown rapidly. I think it is We can break through the 500 million mark in these two days, just to advance two or three days, is this really necessary?"

"Mr. Li, after we publish the media reports, maybe the data will have been reached. Is there any difference between announcing it now or waiting two or three days before announcing it?"

Chairman Gong Yu has already made a decision in his mind. Since the figure is very close to 500 million, let's announce it in advance. It's not too different. It doesn't matter if 490 million is quoted as 500 million, it will be exposed. It's up to you. Although he only has more than 9000 million, he still claims to be a billionaire, but there is nothing wrong with him!

“That’s it, let’s let it be settled. We issued a press release to the media that iQiyi’s VIP membership users have officially exceeded the 500 million mark, and may exceed the 1000 million mark within the year!”

"Chairman!"

"Okay, let's study the issues related to Huashang's other upcoming drama "Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky"."

"Chairman, I just saw the news. Tencent Video has just issued a press release. Its number of VIP members has officially exceeded the 500 million mark. "Jingjue Ancient City" has brought more than 18 million users to it in less than 50 hours. Ten thousand new VIP users, more than one-tenth of its total number of VIPs!"

In an instant, the entire conference room fell silent. Everyone looked at the vice president who had just spoken. After seeing his affirmative nod, the conference room immediately exploded.

"18 hours, 50, one-tenth of the total?"

“I don’t know how much moisture there is in it!”

"Impossible, I saw Tencent's video was just trying to create hype this time!"

"Member preview is indeed a pioneering work, and "Jingjue Ancient City" is indeed very suitable for preview, but to say it can be so powerful, I still think it is impossible!"

"Nonsense! If "Jingjue Ancient City" is really that great, the number of VIP members of Tencent Video will exceed 7 million before the end of the year, or even before the end of July!"

The conference room fell into silence again. What a vice president just said about the end of July and the 7 million mark made everyone alert.

Yes, the data just released by Tencent Video is indeed very likely to contain a lot of water, but what if it is true?

You must know that iQiyi’s goal this year is to reach 1000 million VIP members by the end of the year. Before today, almost all senior executives believed that it was not easy to achieve this goal. But now there is a possibility, that is, if If the data released by Tencent Video are true, then it means that Tencent Video is very likely to reach the key point of VIP members exceeding 5 million five months earlier than iQiyi, and it is difficult to say anything about this. Endurable.

After a long silence, Chairman Gong Yu suddenly broke the silence and said: "Time waits for no one. There is nothing we can say this time to miss Hua Shang's "Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky" again."

Then he added: "At any cost!"

……

Magic City.

Huashang Photography Studio.

The scene to be shot today is the first appearance of the heroine Mulan in the film.

The war is about to begin, and a warrior wearing a mecha comes to the training ground to find the heroine Mulan and tells her that it is time.

Mulan was doing a difficult yoga movement at this time. Hearing this, he stopped and put on the mecha. The weapon was loaded, and the metal collided, making a dull sound.He pulled out the cold weapon giant sword from the ground, walked out of the room surrounded by his companions who were also wearing mechas, and punched the male soldier who made the rude remarks.

The crew has two sets of mecha systems, one weighs 90 kilograms and is made of latex and plastic, while the other is completely made of metal and equipped with real weapons, with a total weight of up to [-] kilograms.

The shot we are going to shoot today is the first close-up of a mecha. According to the shooting plan, the "real" mecha is going to be used here.

It's just that before the official filming started, Li Mu and the crew had different opinions on the photography.

Of course Li Mu has absolute control over the crew, but he doesn't say anything. As long as your opinions are reasonable, Li Mu will still listen.

"Director, this sequence of shots will definitely be very cool. If you think about it, it's not like a stern-faced man is equipped with this set of equipment, and then followed by several men also wearing mechas. Everyone moves together, and the momentum is extraordinary. It felt like the earth was shaking. What kind of heroine is this? How domineering! But the lighting you asked for, director..."

The voice did not continue. The lighting designed by Li Mu here was very dark, and almost the whole process was completely backlit. The heroine was completely hidden in the dark side, and her appearance could not even be seen clearly.

It was at the end where the heroine walked out of the room surrounded by people. Because the camera was designed to be shot from behind, the heroine's face was still not captured.

Obviously there will be news and promotional shots of the heroine wearing a mecha at the beginning of the movie. Obviously the identity of the heroine is not mysterious, so why is it necessary to not show the heroine's face in such a handsome place and just reveal her outline?

The photographer couldn't figure it out, but he knew that if Liu Yifei showed his face here, when the movie was released and this scene was played, the fans would be excited.

Because it is really handsome.

Li Mu thought seriously.

In fact, the reason why he didn't let Liu Yifei show his face here was entirely because he was copying the lighting layout of the original version. As for the purpose of shooting like this, he could vaguely guess the original director's thoughts, but whether the remake should still be shot like this? To be honest, Li Mu wasn't sure.

"What do you think?"

Li Mu turned around and asked Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei said without thinking: "I think it's good to keep a sense of mystery."

Li Mu nodded, thinking that Liu Yifei had to wear 90 kilograms of equipment for filming. The process was of course very tiring. After putting in so much hard work, he really should be shown his face.

And the photographer is right, the audience will be excited when they see this, and why are so few people mentioning this shot in the original version?Li Mu feels that there may be very few people who have an impression of this scene. Most of them will not even remember that the heroine has an appearance here. Because she does not show her face, she cannot attract the audience's attention.

"Zhang Wei Photography is right. The lighting should be changed here. At least the heroine's face should be exposed."

The photographer was overjoyed when he heard this, and Liu Yifei's face was also full of joy. In fact, she wanted to show her face more than the photographer. She was so handsome in the few shots where she had to wear 90 pounds of armor. It would be a pity not to show her face!
And the reason why she just said it would be good to retain a sense of mystery was because the backlighting without showing her face was done by Li Muding?

She is Li Mu's wife, so of course she must unconditionally support Li Mu's views outside the home, even if what the photographer says is more in line with her wishes!
(End of this chapter)