Following who is the master behind Jing Tian and who is the father of Cecilia Cheung's third child, another big unsolved mystery has emerged in the film and television entertainment industry.
That is, who is the capital behind Bao Beier?
Audiences are very puzzled. Why is it that his movies have repeatedly failed at the box office due to word-of-mouth reviews, but he has been revived many times with new movies scheduled one after another?
At the beginning of 2024, Bao Beier has released three new films, and their results are very poor. One of them broke even, and two of them failed at the box office. Without exception, all of them failed in terms of reputation.
1. Results.
In the 15th week of 2024 (April 8-14), the mainland box office rankings were released. After the Qingming Festival, the market fell rapidly, with a total revenue of 427 million, and the annual box office reached 18.083 billion.
The top three are "What kind of life do you want to live", "Godzilla vs. Kong 2" and "The World of Grass and Trees".
Two imported films competed for first and second place, with Hayao Miyazaki's animation narrowly beating out the legendary monster blockbuster.
"What kind of life do you want to live" has a total box office of 666 million, ranking first at the box office for two consecutive weeks.
"Godzilla vs. Kong 2" has a total box office revenue of 783 million in three weeks, setting a good example for Hollywood movies.
The three new Qingming films "The World of Grass and Trees", "The Yellow Bird Behind" and "The Big Villain" were released in the second week, and their performance was average.
Of the five new films of significant size, only two made it into the top ten.
The fantasy film "My Love from the Dog" starring Aaron Kwok and Lan Yingying only received 4.87 million in its first week, ranking ninth, far below expectations, and losses are inevitable. After almost a week, there are basically no theaters to schedule movies. . The plot structure of
's film is the same as that of Wu Jing's "Goodbye, Li Cola" last year. They are both stories about a father who magically turns into a dog to accompany his daughter as she grows up. Since Zhuyu is at the forefront, will the audience watch this film again?
I don’t know why Aaron Kwok accepted a movie like this. Did he think that his box office appeal could surpass Wu Jing’s, or did he think that his title of “box office poison” was not thorough enough?
Aaron Kwok urgently needs a commercial box office blockbuster to prove himself!
"Under the Sun" by David Chiang, Yu Xiangning and Lin Baoyi took in 5.18 million at the mainland box office in its first weekend, ranking eighth.
Tonight, at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony, "Under the Sun" won three awards including Best Actress. Unfortunately, the film's promotion was not strong, and the film schedule was very limited in cities below the fourth tier. If the audience wants to see it, they won’t be able to see it.
In addition, "It's Good to Have You" starring Hao Lei, Ma Su and Yang Kun, "Away" by Bao Beier, and "Leaving on a Boat" by Ge Zhaomei and Liu Dan were all eliminated.
focuses on Bao Beier's 2024 movie box office results.
's three new films are as follows:
"What's in the Zoo" was released on January 12, directed and starring Bao Beier, with a total box office of 108 million and a Douban score of 4.2.
The budget cost of this film is about 40 million, and the input-output ratio is flat.
Similarly, Bao Beier served as the director and starring role of this film. The budget cost of the film was 50 million. There was no way to recover the cost, and the final loss was about 30 million.
In just four months, Bao Beier made two movies in a row. His company also participated in the investment in the first two movies, and he was the leading actor in the last one and received compensation.
Based on comprehensive calculations, Bao Beier's revenue performance this year is at a serious loss, and the box office is showing a cliff-like attitude.
2. Word of mouth.
The reason is actually very simple, that is Bao Beier's reputation, and is a typical result of the backlash of reputation.
Under these three movies on Douban, whether it is short reviews or discussion forums, almost everyone has given very "vicious" comments.
Brother Fei excerpted some.
For example, "Bao Beier is still making movies, and everyone here is responsible."
"Bao Beier can make movies, and we, the audience, have a big responsibility."
"Who is acting as a protective umbrella for Bao Beier?"
"One person's blood letter: It is recommended to thoroughly investigate Bao Beier and the investors behind him! "
There are other things that are even worse. Let's just look at the picture.
The results of all these are accumulated.
Bao Beier has participated in starring movies and TV series, but none of them have high scores, such as "Unique Hero" starring Zhou Yiwei, "Big Shot" starring Wang Qianyuan, "My Puberty" cooperating with Sun Yi, and Jia Jia "Happy Agent" starring Ling and other stars has just passed the review.
After "Big Shot", he also became obsessed with remakes. The starring role was not enough, so he had to be the director himself. Without exception, all of them were rejected by the public.
For example, "Big Red Packet" scored 4.7 on Douban, "Sunshine Sisters" scored 4.4, "Fat Action Team" scored 4.2 on Douban, and the aforementioned "What's in the Zoo" and "The Big "Rebel"".
These movies all have one thing in common. None of them are original works. They are all remakes, as if they were mass-produced remakes by a group.
Someone joked after watching "The Big Villain": "Bao Bell's remake speed, the Korean supplier has run out of stock, the French supplier urgently made up for the "Who is the Superhero"."
In the audience In the eyes, Bao Beier has become synonymous with bad movies. Over time, many viewers, as long as they see a film and television drama starring Bao Beier, they will be directly defined as a "bad movie" without even watching it. One star is enough.
Bao Bell has such a good reputation, why can he continue to direct and make movies?
Because except for "My Girlfriend Is a Robot" (42.61 million) and "Sunny Sisters" (94.97 million), his previous works have failed at the box office, and the rest of his movies have done well at the box office.
In other words, there are still a group of Bao Beier's loyal fans who continue to contribute to the box office, which corresponds to Feng Xiaogang's theory of "garbage audiences and garbage movies".
If you use Bao Beier's movies to measure Feng Xiaogang, you can understand it at once. Just because there are such "junk viewers" who continue to send money to Bao Beier, how can Bao Beier's "junk movies" possibly decrease?
received backlash from word-of-mouth. This year Bao Beier's loyal fans have woken up. He has 13 million fans, but not many people go to see his movies. Who still owes him movie tickets after being fooled over and over again?
3. Network and capital.
Some people may ask, who is the capital behind Bao Beier?
My personal analysis is that the reason why he is able to become a director and invest in a number of movies is closely related to his connections and capital.
The first one is connections.
Let’s start with Xu Zheng’s “囧”.
Xu Zheng can be regarded as Bao Beier's boss. Without Xu Zheng, Bao Beier would not be where he is today.
"Embarrassed in Hong Kong" is the third sequel to the film series "Embarrassed in Thailand". The first two films have achieved high box office results, especially the second "Embarrassed in Thailand", which has a box office of 1.26 billion.
Wang Baoqiang is one of the male protagonists in the series of movies. The role of Bao Beier in "囧" was originally prepared for Wang Baoqiang.
But Wang Baoqiang insisted on not wanting to be remunerated, and also invested an additional 20 million, but required 20% of the box office share. After careful calculation, Xu Zheng felt that it was not worthwhile, so he declined Wang Baoqiang, and finally chose Bao Bei'er.
"囧" was as expected, with a box office hit of 1.6 billion, and the second male lead, Bao Bell, became famous in one battle.
subsequently received various film and television resources, and also joined a very famous variety show at the time, "Running Man". Not only did he receive a corresponding salary, but he also met a number of celebrities in the industry.
As the saying goes, one more friend means one more path.
In 2016, Bao Beier married Bao Wenjing. The best men were Han Geng, Du Haitao, Wang Zulan, Li Canchen, and Zeng Yijun; the bridesmaids were Liu Yan, Zhang Xinyi, Wang Ou, Mo Xiaoqi, and Jia Ling.
can be a bridesmaid and bridesmaid, so the relationship is naturally extraordinary.
In 2024, Bao Beier's "The Villain" will be released, and a number of celebrities will help promote it for free.
has popular stars Wang Yuan, Lu Han and Yang Chaoyue;
has powerful stars Deng Chao, Huang Bo, Hu Ge and Zhang Yi;
has popular stars Ma Li, Zhang Xiaofei and Ni Ni;
also has industry friends Li Chen and Lin. Yun and Chen He et al.
Bao Beier wants to invest in movies and make movies. These connections alone are enough to support him in running various movies.
Besides, these friends in the industry can also introduce him to various big names. In a word, Bao Beier has no shortage of investors.
Secondly, oneself is capital.
Before Bao Beier got rich, he drove a Chery QQ, but after he got rich, he switched to a Porsche Cayenne.
He participated in various variety shows, and it was revealed from the camera that his personal mansion on Beijing's Fourth Ring Road is worth more than 60 million yuan.
further inquired and found out that Bao Beier had two companies under his name and was a partner in four other companies. The restaurant "Lazhuang" he invested in was a national chain store and he also made a lot of money in those years.
also has companies owned by his wife Bao Wenjing and his mother.
Brother Fei checked the movies produced by Bao Beier and found no obvious abnormalities. Many movies were produced by his own company.
Therefore, from the analysis of the above two points, we can conclude that the capital behind Bao Beier is actually his personal connections. There is currently no problem on the surface. As for the source of funds behind it, we don’t know.
4. Deng Chao and Wang Baoqiang.
played two games in a row. Bao Beier followed a very similar route to Deng Chao.
both started at a very high level. Bao Beier became famous with "Hong Kong", and Deng Chao became the audience's favorite actor with Stephen Chow's "The Mermaid" and Cao Baoping's "Heart of the Burning Sun". After
, Deng Chao and Yu Baimei co-produced many movies. The box office was very good at the beginning. Later, like Bao Beier, word of mouth backfired, so that last year, the total box office of "China Ping Pong: Jedi Counterattack" failed to exceed 100 million.
Let's look at Bao Beier again. The remake of "Fat Man Action Team" was still able to get 260 million at the box office at the beginning, but now the box office is only more than 30 million. After has fallen like Deng Chao, what should Bao Beier do?
In 2017, "Havoc in Tianzhu", directed and starred by Wang Baoqiang, won the 9th Golden Broom Awards for the most disappointing film, the most disappointing director and the most disappointing screenwriter.
Who would have thought that Wang Baoqiang would go to the award ceremony in person, and the moment he received the Golden Broomstick, he also gave an apology speech. He said that he owed the audience a movie and would make up for it later.
In the summer of 2023, Wang Baoqiang’s second independently directed film "The Octagon" was released, and finally scored 7.3 points on Douban and a box office of 2.2 billion.
After five years of dormancy, Wang Baoqiang turned down several film contracts, tried his best and proved himself with his strength that he could make a living as a director.
Look at Bao Bell again.
In 2019, "Fat Man Action Team" also won the Most Disappointing New Director Award at the 10th Golden Broom Awards, but he directly cursed Cheng Qingsong, the founder of the Golden Broom Awards, in his circle of friends.
’s scolding was a bit unpleasant, and it was in sharp contrast to Wang Baoqiang’s sincere apology. In other words, do you really not know the quality of the works you directed?
Brother Fei believes that like Wang Baoqiang, he should first reflect on himself, then lie dormant, and then rise.
First of all, you have to know that your work is bad.
You must take your own movies seriously, then concentrate on creation, use local original scripts, don’t you have your own film company, connect some excellent projects, and ensure that there are no remakes.
Then, we screen out projects that we think can become hits, polish the scripts, and then find a creative team to figure out how to make them without losing reputation, and even find ways to shine at film festivals.
In the end, it will take three or five years to settle down and rely on this work to turn around its reputation. Of course, during this period, do not run variety shows, and like Jia Ling, reduce the time you appear on screen.
believes that after a lot of hard work, Bao Beier will be able to turn around beautifully!
5. Conclusion.
In 2021, Zhang Songwen gave a question to an actor in "I Am an Actor", saying that an actor went to the crew dozens of times and was finally rejected. How should he act?
In fact, the prototype character he mentioned is Bao Beier.
In order to play the role of Wei Xiaobao, Bao Beier, who was not yet famous, volunteered himself. After being rejected, he stayed in the group for three months and even shaved his head.
Bao Beier used to have dreams and perseverance, but what about Bao Beier now?
