Chapter 538 The legendary Bai Bai(1/2)
Until the end of "The Mulberry Picking Girl", many viewers were still immersed in the shock of gold and silver.
Many people took photos and immediately posted them on WeChat Moments to express their appreciation for how simple and unpretentious the lives of rich people are.
You can never imagine the happiness of rich people!
Grandparents, I don’t want to work hard anymore!
The result of being too shocking is that when many viewers left the theater, they felt that although the play "The Mulberry Picking Girl" was indeed not very good to watch and was very annoying at the beginning, although it was pretty good at the end, it didn't seem so enjoyable when you think about it carefully.
It's extremely difficult, but the show should still be good.
As for why it’s good…
The elderly fans are willing to spend so much money to support this drama. There must be something remarkable about this drama, but my appreciation level is not enough to see it.
Excluding the subjective factor that I don't like it very much, if I look at it objectively, this drama should still be okay.
It can only be said that today’s young audiences know how to brainwash themselves.
With the support of Golden and Silver Mulberry Leaves, the reputation of "Mulberry Picking Girl" is not as mixed as Jiang Qi imagined.
It's just that the elderly fan group watched it enthusiastically and made friends, and the ordinary audience who didn't usually go to the theater were very tired after watching it. Although they didn't like it after watching it, they didn't criticize the show as bad. They just wouldn't watch it again.
Just 2 times.
Without Jiang Qi's knowledge, "The Mulberry Picking Girl" started its weird promotion in an extremely weird way.
This propaganda method can be summed up in one word, which is probably to spread lies through lies.
Although there are fewer people going to the theater these days, it is not none.
In some areas, there is a very impressive and large number of opera audiences, but these audiences are generally older. Uncles and uncles are all young people, and they are basically old men and women.
These old men and women don’t use the Internet much on weekdays.
In addition to watching the news and reading newspapers, everyone receives news by listening to what others say.
There are two types of listening to people, one is to listen to people directly face to face, and the other is to listen to the voice on WeChat.
As the old man is getting older, he is slow to write by hand on his mobile phone, and he cannot input pinyin. He basically relies on voice to send messages. Every time he listens to the voice, he has to turn the phone's volume to the maximum, which is so loud that it is deafening.
And I don’t know since when, a mysterious audio message has been circulating on the WeChat of some old men and women.
The sound of this audio is a bit low, so low that even if the volume is turned up to the maximum, the sound is not loud enough.
Many children who are more concerned about the elderly find that their parents are very strange during this period. They stay in the room doing something unknown every day, holding a mobile phone to their ears as if they are listening to music.
This music is also weird, it doesn't look like a serious song, it seems like a drama, babbling, not long, thirty or forty seconds.
I listen to that thirty-forty-second song every day, every day, so much so that my children, who occasionally go into their parents’ rooms to get things, remember to tune it in and listen to it again.
There are even some juniors who are directly assigned tasks by their elders.
The elders sent me a mysterious audio with no beginning or end and no pictures. I asked them to find the source of this audio. They said it was a play, something that was sung in vain. I wanted to find the source of this play. When I found it, I sent the complete play.
I sent the video to them, and the elders are still waiting to see it.
This is really frustrating for those juniors who are looking for a play. First, they don’t know the name, and second, they don’t know the type of play. They only have a short audio clip, and all the lyrics are babbling.
Forget about the lyrics, the most important thing is that you don’t understand them.
This song seems to be sung in classical Chinese.
If it is in vernacular, you can directly translate it into a sentence you know and search it online. Who knows what word this is in classical Chinese?
Looking for the source of this scene, aren't you trying to make things difficult for me, Fat Tiger?
Not only the younger generation are looking for it, but also the old people who love opera after hearing this libretto.
Even though Feng Ling herself didn't know about it, I don't know how many people thought about her day and night, trying to find out who the legendary Bai Bai was.
Some people are looking for Bai Bai, and some people are looking for Bai Ling.
The performance of "The Mulberry Girl" in the theater was tepid. Feng Ling had laid the foundation for "The Princess", "Meng Lijun" and "The Fairy Match". Naturally, there was no need to worry about selling the theater tickets, but it was impossible to return them.
It’s just like the grand occasion when buying tickets for “The Legend of the Princess” before.
According to Wang Xinghua's estimation, according to the current situation, "The Mulberry Picking Girl" can be performed continuously in the amusement park for a month.
There's a chance that tickets for the next show won't be sold.
Although the tickets are not selling well, the peripherals are selling very well. Not to mention the mulberry picking girls from various periods played by Feng Ling, their looks are all first-rate and beautiful. Two of them are from the period with a lot of scenes.
The costumes are Suzhou embroidery specially made by Feng Ling using his own small treasury. A costume costs hundreds of thousands, so it’s hard to say how good it looks.
It’s even more beautiful than the fairy-like appearance of the match made by a heavenly being.
Even if the audience doesn't like the plot of "The Mulberry Picking Girl", buying the same peripherals is a positive thing.
Good looks are the first purchasing power.
Because of the mediocre response to "The Mulberry Picking Girl", Wang Xinghua set the price of the peripheral products relatively low. Unexpectedly, the sales of the peripheral products of "The Mulberry Picking Girl" were even better than those of "The Princess". Wang Xinghua almost became so angry that she vomited blood. She had nightmares when she went to bed at night.
I set the wrong price for my surroundings and missed out on a lot of commissions.
On March 11, the first report about the premiere of "The Mulberry Picking Girl" was finally released.
The author of this report is reporter Xu who was smoking in front of the theater.
Speaking of reporter Xu, this person is actually Wang Pingxiu’s key target.
Reporter Xu graduated from a prestigious school, and his first article published in a regular newspaper and magazine was about opera. According to Wang Pingxiu's investigation, reporter Xu applied for a professional newspaper after graduation. His master followed news related to opera, and accumulated
I have a lot of connections. Reporter Xu has been doing relevant reports with his master. After his master retired, he took over the connections from his master.
Among reporters, Reporter Xu is a professional reporter who is relatively upright, rarely accepts payment for work, has sharp writing, unique writing style, loves opera, and the articles he writes are highly professional and credible.
The only shortcoming is probably that he is a bit emotional and can easily rip his heart out from others.
Wang Pingxiu liked reporter Xu's shortcomings very much.
Wang Pingxiu spent two days asking reporter Xu to express his heart and soul, and promised that he would write a fair and objective report to help promote "The Mulberry Picking Girl" to prevent such a good show from happening in this era.
The pearl is covered in dust.
As soon as reporter Xu’s report was written, everyone ordered the e-journal online to read it.
As an ordinary viewer who didn't really appreciate "The Mulberry Picking Girl", Jiang Qi felt that reporter Xu's report was really heartfelt.
In this report, reporter Xu praised the excellent script, excellent lyrics, excellent concept and Feng Ling's wonderful performance of "The Mulberry Picking Girl" while being very fair and objective at the same time.
The prediction is that this play is destined to be unlikely to achieve much economic benefit.
The viewing threshold is the biggest shortcoming of "The Girl Picking Mulberries", but it is also an important part of the advantages of "The Girl Picking Mulberries".
Regarding the creation story of "The Girl Picking Mulberries", Reporter Xu only used a short text to describe it in one stroke. Obviously, Reporter Xu did not want this behind-the-scenes story, which is obviously more interesting and exciting, to overshadow the drama itself.
Style.
There is no doubt that reporter Xu's report is a fair, objective and wonderful report.
But just like the equally wonderful "Mother Picking Girl", this report is destined not to be seen by too many people.
These days, everyone likes to read entertainment and gossip news. No matter how bad it is, it has to be political news, and the third one is financial news.
A fair, objective, and well-written opera report is still an electronic magazine that requires money to buy. It is really hard for everyone to like it.
"Reporter Xu and his newspaper's e-journal sales are a bit bleak!" Jiang Qi looked at the sales and sighed, "193 copies were sold in one day. Don't their newspapers check the sales of e-journals themselves?"
Cai Jiamin, who came to the theater as usual to sit down and exchange guidance, said with a smile: "Boss Jiang, you just don't understand."
"The newspaper that reporter Xu works for is an old newspaper. It has great influence but its sales volume is far lower than before. Most of its sales rely on offline paper editions. They have a very stable number of users who subscribe to newspapers. Electronic journals are just
In order to keep up with the times, we don’t expect to make money from e-magazines.”
Jiang Qi's eyes lit up: "So, reporter Xu's report can still be seen by many people?"
Cai Jiamin smiled and nodded: "Of course, and many of them are the audience of "The Mulberry Picking Girl". This newspaper was famous for tracking and reporting on operas back then. When communications were not developed 20 years ago, many theater fans relied on
Subscribe to this newspaper to keep track of news and find new shows to watch."
Jiang Qi's smile became more sincere.
Wang Pingxiu has almost no tricks!
"Later later, I shouted hello to my senior brothers and sisters, cut out a section of this report that praised the opera itself, and asked them to forward it to help promote it." Cai Jiamin said, raising her phone, "I helped promote it right away.
, Weibo, and Moments, no one is left behind.”
"Thank you very much, Boss Cai." Jiang Qi said quickly.
Cai Jiamin smiled even brighter: "Boss Jiang, don't just thank me. Intercede for me and tell Manager Wang. It's just a playbook. It doesn't matter whether it's a big play or a small play. One year, two years, three years
, I can do it for five years, as long as Manager Wang agrees to help me write this script!"
"It's easy to say what the price is. I can give you 20 times the market price, or even 30 times! I know that Manager Wang's father won the lottery, and his family has been demolished and there is no shortage of money. This money is actually my intention and attitude. I
Make sure not to waste her script!"
Jiang Qi smiled bitterly: "Boss Cai, I really can't help with this. I can't agree to this for Xinghua. I know her. If she still doesn't agree after you have paid this price, it means that she may really
I feel like I can’t write it.”
Not to mention the market price of 30 times, if Wang Xinghua could really write it, Wang Xinghua would have agreed when Cai Jiamin raised the price to 15 times.
To be continued...