257: Very rustic, but very addictive!
The two ambitious women hit it off immediately.
Tiancheng is already a mature commercial writer. Since he agreed to give Xu Yao a try, he can write scripts for more than ten episodes of short plays for Xu Yao in one night.
"The first draft is a bit rough, but it's not a big problem. I will be with the crew during filming and can make revisions as we go along."
For a short play, there is not much point in focusing on details; the main thing is to enjoy it.
Tiancheng has studied the video style of Orca. The short drama she made overnight is not about a domineering president falling in love with me. Orca users like to watch things happening in the village, and Tiancheng will meet their needs!
She wrote a script for Xu Yao in which she was reborn in the countryside in the 1980s and did all kinds of hand-tearing.
Xu Yao trusted his people and immediately put together a filming team.
The personnel were all ready-made, including photography, lighting and extras, all of whom were employees of the studio. Even Hua Bin was pulled in to play a role.
This drama is so tacky!
Hua Bin looked at his patched costume and felt unsure: "It's so tacky, who would want to watch it?"
There are also patches on Xu Yao's costume.
While tying a red ribbon on her braid, Xu Yao replied to Hua Bin, "Brother Bin, now that we're on a new platform, we have to adapt to local customs. You think this skit is too tacky, do you really want me to wave my hand?"
Between waving flower hands and shooting a rustic skit, Huabin chose the latter.
Tiancheng kept his word and stayed with the crew throughout the entire filming period, correcting any mistakes and making the lines and rhythm more exciting.
This type of vertical screen short drama can be shot very quickly, and more than ten episodes were completed in just two days.
Xu Yao and Tian Cheng stared at the editing together. After watching it once, they both thought the effect was good, and Xu Yao became more confident.
"Let's upload it tonight, upload all of it."
Tian Cheng was surprised: "Upload them all? Actually, uploading five episodes a day is enough. I've even calculated the time for you to upload. I'll charge you when you reach the 20th episode."
Tian Cheng was indeed thinking about Xu Yao, but unexpectedly, Xu Yao just laughed: "It's okay to be on time, but if it's not, it won't be interesting. But who said I have to charge? I will upload all the short dramas in this series for free!"
Tiancheng was stunned.
No charge at all?
Tian Cheng slowly came to her senses. "You're using the skit to drive traffic to your account! Exactly. Once you charge, you're setting a viewing threshold. Those who don't want to pay won't be able to watch the rest of the story, and they might not even want to follow your account. Anyway, as soon as you update, a pirated collection will appear, and they'll definitely watch the pirated stuff."
Payment is actually a screening mechanism.
Whether it's movies, TV shows, or novels, only a small percentage of the audience is willing to pay; the majority of people don't want to part with their money. It's perfectly normal for these users to turn to piracy. I've been writing for so many years now, and I've come to terms with that. I don't have the time to condemn readers who don't pay.
But what if Xu Yao uploaded the skits and didn’t expect to make money from them?
Once your mind is opened up, your perspective will become broader.
Xu Yao doesn't make money from short dramas. She only relies on them to attract traffic and wants to catch all users of genuine and pirated products.
If you want to see the following plot, you have to follow Xu Yao's account. As long as the drama becomes popular, Xu Yao's account will become popular. Is a popular internet celebrity afraid of not making money? Users who follow Xu Yao's account don't have to spend money to watch the drama, but sooner or later they will spend money on Xu Yao in other ways.
Tiancheng understood Xu Yao's idea, but was silent for a moment.
There’s nothing wrong with Xu Yao’s idea, but it doesn’t match Tiancheng’s idea... Well, let’s take a look at the effect after the short drama is uploaded.
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Many people are waiting for Xu Yao’s first video after switching to Orca.
The Orca vice president who was discussing the contract with Xu Yao was also waiting.
After signing the contract, Xu Yao’s account on Huahu has stopped updating, but her account on Orca has not been updated either.
Wouldn't Xu Yao just take the signing fee without doing any work?
The vice president had someone urge Xu Yao twice, and each time, Xu Yao replied that she was preparing. After two or three such incidents, the vice president's patience wore thin. Unlike celebrities, internet celebrities have a body of work to back them up, so even if they haven't appeared in public for a while, they'll return to the public eye with a new release. However, internet celebrities lack a body of work, and without the intense exposure, their accumulated popularity quickly dissipates.
Xu Yao neither updates videos nor promotes products. What is she thinking?
Just when the vice president couldn't help but want to talk to Xu Yao in person, he finally received a definite reply.
Xu Yao said that she would update the account content tonight!
According to the agreement between the two parties at the time of the contract signing, Orca would provide Xu Yao with three months of traffic support, starting from the time Xu Yao updated her first video on the Orca platform. Of course, Orca was not unilaterally taking advantage of Xu Yao by spending a lot of money to sign her and then giving her such generous support. At the insistence of the vice president, Xu Yao and Orca signed an exclusive three-year contract.
Within three years, all of Xu Yao's accounts were tied up by Orca.
If Xu Yao fails to make it in Orca, she won't be able to move to another job within three years unless she is willing to pay a sky-high "ransom fee"!
Killer Whale's headquarters is not in South City, so news is inevitably delayed. We still don't know the grievances between Xu Yao and Gu Jun, otherwise Killer Whale's vice president might be even more anxious.
Upon hearing that Xu Yao was finally going to update the video, the vice president ordered his subordinates to pay close attention to the data of Xu Yao's account.
Having traffic support is one thing, but Xu Yao must have the ability to retain the users who are attracted there!
The vice president was very curious about what Xu Yao would update.
Makeup and outfit like before?
Or should you follow the example of Killer Whale and other internet celebrities and shoot down-to-earth videos?
Or just market beauty.
At eight o'clock in the evening, a video was uploaded to Xu Yao's account, and the vice president clicked it out of curiosity.
The image of Xu Yao with two pigtails had a big impact on the vice president. He had seen Xu Yao's private image before. It must be said that the vice president was quite satisfied. Xu Yao didn't act like a big internet celebrity. After joining Orca, she knew to be down-to-earth. Very good.
Looking again, Xu Yao actually updated fifteen episodes of videos in one go.
The vice president clicked on the video labeled "Episode 1," and the first shot was Xu Yao getting slapped... What the hell is this?!
Slap.
abuse.
Roar.
The vice president's eye twitched: There's no need to be so down-to-earth, you really don't care about your image at all!
Despite all the complaints, the vice president clicked on the second and third episodes without hesitation... The fifteen-episode short series was very conscientious and had no advertisements. The vice president finished watching all of it in half an hour.
He subconsciously wanted to refresh the page for the next episode, but after trying several times there was no update.
It seems that there are only these fifteen episodes today.
For some reason, the vice president felt a little regretful.
Actually, five more episodes would be fine.
The plot is very tacky. It's frustrating to see Xu Yao being bullied, but it's satisfying to see her fight back.
The vice president suddenly smiled as he thought about it. Xu Yao really had a knack for understanding what Orca users liked. Very good, very good. She adapts to local customs wherever she goes. The vice president was very optimistic about Xu Yao.
——Finally, I didn’t sign the wrong person!
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