I seem to have seen this plot last week.
Hello everyone, it's time for another week to entertain. I'm Ah Jiao's colleague Amin, and Ah Jiao has been skipping work this week, so I will take over the shift. Alas, it was another week of being forced to master too much knowledge of the entertainment world.
Come, follow my perspective and review last week's entertainment events.
The child found it
The first big event last week was good news, and it was my favorite kind of entertainment circle event: after 14 years of abduction and dispersion, "Dear" prototype Sun Haiyang and son Sun Zhuo met in Shenzhen.
Sun Zhuo was born in 2003 and was abducted by someone in a toy car on the evening of October 9, 2007. In the ending of "Dear", Han Dezhong, who is based on Sun Haiyang, is still struggling to find a son. But in reality, after 14 years of searching for a son, Sun Haiyang's story ushered in a reunion ending.
According to the People's Daily client, on December 6, the Ministry of Public Security will organize a "reunion" action recognition activity in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, to help three groups of families who have been separated for more than ten years to achieve reunion, including sun Haiyang's family.
The reason why this news has attracted widespread attention is because Sun Haiyang's story has been widely disseminated in the movie "Dear". The abduction theme of "Dear" was released in 2014, and director Chen Kexin learned of the story of Sun Haiyang's search for his son in the news report, and successively found the choreographer of the Central Station, the dean of the welfare home, and the story prototype of Sun Haiyang and Huang Bo's characters to communicate and materialize.
"Dear" caused extensive discussion when it was released at the time, and Chen Kexin further verified his ability to grasp the realistic themes of the mainland after "Chinese Partner". And seven years later, the film also won a resounding reality.
The consummation of this kind of reality off-screen makes people see the practical significance of some literary and artistic works, and Amin also wants to discuss the realism of the film here, in the vast real life of the Chinese people, there are too many stories worth writing, and the success of "Dear" is just one of the waves. Especially after the epidemic, the sad and happy clutches about "people" that have emerged are worth further excavation by filmmakers.
Zheng Shuang sued
Of course, in addition to warm realism, there is also a part of the social aspect that is presented in some kind of comical form.
For example, you can always trust Zheng Shuang's confusing operation.
On December 9, Beijing Jingxi Culture and Tourism Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as ST Beiwen) issued an announcement that it had recently received a summons and indictment from the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court, and the plaintiff was actor Zheng Shuang, and the cause of the case was "dispute over the confirmation of the validity of the contract".
Zheng Shuang sued five companies (namely ST Beiwen, Shanghai Jingyansha Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Century Partners Culture media Co., Ltd., Tianjin Jiaxuan Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Weizhong Film and Television Media Co., Ltd.) to demand that Shanghai Jingyansha Company pay 108.25 million yuan to it, and the other four companies were jointly and severally liable for the payment.
ST Beiwen said that Zheng Shuang sued the above-mentioned defendants for a dispute over the remuneration of actors in a TV series (i.e., "Qiannu Ghost"), and as the investment producer of the drama, he had not signed relevant agreements with Zheng Shuang and his affiliates and would actively respond to the lawsuit.
At the beginning of this year, Zheng Shuang's ex-boyfriend Zhang Heng broke the news that Zheng Shuang starred in "Ghost of a Woman" and received a sky-high remuneration of 160 million yuan, which involved "yin and yang contracts" and tax evasion and tax evasion. Netizens calculated that according to the 77 days of filming of the play, Zheng Shuang's "daily salary" was as high as 2.08 million yuan, which once triggered extensive discussion.
Since then, the State Administration of Taxation has announced the handling decision, and Zheng Shuang has been charged a total of 299 million yuan in taxes, charged late fees and fined a total of 299 million yuan. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television also issued a "ban" order, that is, radio and television and online audio-visual platforms at all levels must not invite Zheng Shuang to participate in the production of programs, and stop broadcasting programs that he has participated in.
At the beginning of the year, Zheng Shuang also aroused heated discussion among netizens because of the "surrogacy incident", and Zhang Heng and Sina Weibo both received her indictment letters.
Zheng Shuang's thing is like this, for this matter, Amin's attitude is very simple: inferior artists less jumping, decisively withdraw from the circle.
Kuaishou also laid off employees
Readers may remember the news of iQiyi's layoffs mentioned last week, and now it is Kuaishou's turn to spread rumors.
The information was first uploaded in the vein.
Some netizens posted that Kuaishou laid off 30% of employees, the international business began first, other business lines are also following up, and the laidoffs are mostly employees with an annual salary of more than 1 million yuan. Before this news was sent, the same Weibo netizens sent a message saying that Kuaishou will begin to dissuade low-performance employees in December.
On December 8, the surging news reporter asked kuaishou internal employees for verification on this matter. A vice president of the marketing team responded that no similar notice had been received. However, many sources indicate that the layoffs themselves are already a foregone conclusion. Some Kuaishou employees believe that the layoffs themselves are part of the optimization at the end of the year.
The report further shows that Kuaishou's first-tier city commercialization team is transforming, and some of its businesses will be cancelled, while the remaining business lines will also adjust their office locations to Hangzhou.
Compared with the rapid expansion in the past, Kuaishou at this time is facing the embarrassment of slowing down, in the conference call after the Q3 financial report, the CFO of Kuaishou has said that Kuaishou's current personnel reserves are relatively sufficient, and the number of employees next year is not planned to have a substantial increase.
This information somewhat hints at the growth woes faced by Kuaishou, although the Q3 financial report shows that Kuaishou's daily active users have increased by 30 million compared with Q2, and its revenue has also increased by 33.4%. But even so, this business situation is still less than expected. Some investors believe that Kuaishou can narrow the gap with Douyin by burning money, so it gave Kuaishou a high valuation in the early stage. But it has proven to be difficult to do at the moment.
According to its financial report data, from 2017 to 2019, excluding fair value changes, Kuaishou's net profit was 774 million yuan, 205 million yuan and 1.034 billion yuan, respectively. In 2020, excluding the change in the value of the communist army generated by the listing, Kuaishou's operating loss was 7.9 billion yuan. In the first three quarters of 2021, excluding fair value changes, Kuaishou lost a total of 14.5 billion yuan.
Losses continue to expand, and there is no hope of catching up with Douyin, which greatly limits the imagination space of Kuaishou in the future and makes investors feel nervous. In this case, shrinking expenses and reducing labor costs may become a means of self-help for fast-handed heroes to break their wrists.
Is there still drama in rap variety shows?
Layoffs and losses have made everyone in the entertainment industry a bit at risk, but a news on Friday still made me excited. On December 10, the official return of the second season of "Rap New Generation".
The first season of "Rap New Generation" has a Douban score of 9.1, which is currently the highest-rated inner rap variety show on the whole network. Probably this show made me see another possibility of rapping. The show also featured many rappers who are still active today. For example, Yu Zhen, Sha Yiting, and Jiang Yunsheng, who made many douyin divine comedies.
Generally speaking, when it comes to rapping, many people's first thought is diss everything or simple and rude content such as cars and tickets. But in "Rap New Generation", rappers pay attention to social issues such as school bullying and sexism, as well as the inner world of themselves and people.
Yan Min, the director of this variety show, discussed the essence of rap in this way, "The essence of rap is to make a sound, the voice of a vulnerable group, the voice of the group of people who are ignored, ignored or invisible, which is the origin of rap."
As two types of vertical culture, talk shows and rap have come out of different curves, talk shows are hot offline, and the talk show variety show of Laughing Fruit has also maintained its popularity, after "China Has Hip Hop", rap songs are getting higher and higher, but this year's three rap variety shows are difficult to escape.
However, after watching so many rap variety shows, I also have some aesthetic fatigue, I have to say that I like it, but the rap variety show should indeed be innovative. Perhaps the shows are also aware of this, from the current news, iQiyi next year's "China New Rap", has announced that it will become an all-star model, is trying to break through itself. I hope that the new season of "Rap New Generation" can not forget the original intention, steady progress, let this hip-hop vertical variety show vitality, as long as possible.
Lex Burner is back
Not only is "Rap New Generation" back, but LexBurner, the head UP master of Station B and the anchor who signed the contract, is also back.
On December 9, LexBurner "unsealed."
In February this year, LexBurner heavily criticized the january new "Jobless Rebirth" in a live broadcast, which caused a hot discussion, and then posted a long article on the B station dynamics and Weibo to apologize for the "grumpy attitude and mean words". On February 7, "Jobless Rebirth" was removed from the shelves for "technical reasons". On February 8, Station B officially issued an announcement that because of the bad influence caused by Lex's inappropriate remarks in the live broadcast, it believed that it violated the contract and sued. Lex accounts and live broadcast rooms were banned, and honors such as "Bilibili Outstanding Anchor of the Year 2020" were also revoked.
10 months later, Station B issued the "Announcement on the Conclusion of the Legal Arbitration of The Main LexBurner of DefaultED UP". The announcement shows that the arbitration commission has concluded the trial of the case, ruling that LexBurner bears the liability for breach of contract and compensating the corresponding amount of 20 million yuan. Both sides said that they accepted the ruling, Station B recently unsealed the LexBurner account and live broadcast room, LexBurner will pay all the money in installments according to its own economic situation, and entrust Station B to donate 2 million yuan to the animation school.
The LexBurner account has been unblocked
The main ecology of up station B has always had its particularity. In the previous LexBurner fermentation, Poison Eye had discussed that behind this incident was a structural contradiction after the expansion of the content of Station B. In the past few years, the pace of B station breaking the circle has been accelerating, accompanied by a certain fragmentation and confrontational thinking of new and old users after high-speed growth.
From a personal standpoint, Amin is more curious that the UGC ecology of station B has changed a lot this year, the comeback of LexBurner, which disappeared for several months, when will the first video be released, and which partition of station B will be sent, and how will it be realized?
However, the bigger question that has to be said is that the culture of Station B is gradually becoming popular, and the business model is also expanding towards a more comprehensive platform. And in that larger future, can the genes of Station B find a way to live in harmony with it?
Okay, that's all I got to last week, what melon can I eat next week? Let's take a look.