Chapter 44 New Drama Starts
The New Year's Day of 2014 was a little different from usual, because January 1st happened to fall on a Wednesday, and there was no way to connect to the past or the future, so there was no adjustment.
Although there was no adjustment, there couldn't be too many holidays, so there was only one day off on Wednesday.
But let's be honest, many people on the Internet have praised this "one-day holiday".
No need to go back to your hometown, no need to rush to travel, no need to worry about wasting your vacation. Just lie at home for a day, play with your phone, play games, watch TV series, and have a good rest.
"Oh, I really hope I can have a day off every Wednesday."
At 7:59 in the morning, Xiao Lin sighed in his heart while punching in for
work skillfully. As a new entertainment reporter for an emerging entertainment media, he has been under a lot of pressure since he joined the company. Not only do he have to work normally on weekdays, but the celebrities and artists are also busy during holidays, and they always like to do something big for them.
Fortunately, this year's New Year's Day was uneventful. He got up early at two o'clock yesterday, played some games, had dinner, and then slept until this morning.
"Good morning, Xiao Chen."
As soon as he entered the company, he saw that his colleague girl at the next workstation had arrived before him and greeted him as she sat down.
"Ah, good morning, Brother Lin." The girl called "Xiao Chen" was originally lying on the table. When she heard Xiao Lin's voice, she raised her head and responded weakly.
"Are you feeling unwell?" Seeing that the other party was in a bad state, Xiao Lin asked with concern.
"It's okay, I'm just too sleepy."
Xiao Lin was relieved and joked, "What's wrong? Are you tired from going out yesterday?"
"It's just one day off, who goes out?" Xiao Chen half leaned back in the chair and said with a sleepy face, "I chased TV series too late last night and didn't sleep well."
"What kind of drama makes you so sleepless, your 'Professor Do'?"
At the end of last year, a Korean drama called "My Love from the Star" suddenly became a hit. Overnight, countless girls became fans of "Professor Do", and the "beer and fried chicken" meal became the hottest midnight snack combination this winter.
"No, that drama only has two episodes a week, and domestic resources are updated slowly. I plan to watch the whole series right after it is updated." Xiao Chen waved his hand and explained, "I watched an online drama that was just launched the day before yesterday. It's a supernatural horror drama. Five episodes are broadcast simultaneously, and I watched it in one go until after two o'clock."
"Online drama..." Xiao Lin asked doubtfully, "Aren't they all shoddy and borderline stuff? How can they be so good to watch?"
"NoNoNo, young man, this drama is different." At this point, the girl Xiao Chen immediately became energetic and said enthusiastically, "This one has professional actors and professional production, which is completely different from those rubbish. Especially the plot, which is scary, funny and profound, a bit like American or British dramas."
"Really?" Xiao Lin said doubtfully, "It won't be that kind of plot that explains a lot and finally says it's schizophrenia, right?"
"That's right. The first episode said there really are ghosts." Xiao Chen said embarrassedly, "The atmosphere is really scary. I watched the updates until two o'clock, and then I didn't dare to turn off the lights. In the end, I slept with the lights on."
"That does sound interesting." Xiao Lin also became interested and asked, "Which website is it from? What's the name of the show?"
"It's from Leshi.com. The show is called "Soul Ferry."
Xiao Lin was stunned when he heard it: "Soul Ferry?"
"Yeah." Xiao Chen said curiously, "Why, have you seen it?"
Xiao Lin shook his head: "I haven't seen it, but when I first came to our company last year, I was arranged to interview the crew of a web drama. I remember it was called "Soul Ferry." "
"Wow, really!" Xiao Chen's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise, "Hey, do you have the contact information of their crew? Can you help me get an autographed photo of the male lead? I think this guy is so cool and handsome!"
"It seems that I didn't stay." Xiao Lin said helplessly: "I basically went there for the sake of going through the motions, took a few photos of the heroine and came back."
"Ah, okay..."
Xiao Lin apologized for his colleague's disappointment, but he was still a newcomer at the time and didn't think too much about it.
However, he did become interested in this drama.
Looking around, he saw that most of his colleagues were still slacking off on the first day of work during the holiday, so he "felt at ease" and searched the name of the drama online to watch it.
As soon as he opened the page of Leshi.com, a dark promotional pop-up window popped up.
In the middle of the pop-up window was the four-character title "Soul Ferry", and behind it were the character images of the three protagonists. Next to the title, there was a light-colored small word, which read "Do you believe that there are really ghosts in this world?"
This is quite a strong promotion. Xiao Lin thought, it seems that this drama is the main project of Leshi.com recently.
Clicking on the promotional page, you will directly reach the main drama part. He glanced at the "selected episodes" next to it. There were only five episodes, and the labels of the last two episodes had a "V" sign on them.
"Does this show require VIP?" Xiao Lin asked.
"Oh, it uses the 'members first watch' model. Members can watch it all at once, and non-members have to wait a day to watch the next two episodes." Xiao Chen explained, and then said: "I bought a monthly card last night. If you want to watch it, I can lend it to you."
Xiao Lin waved his hand: "No hurry, I'll see how the quality is first." If it's not interesting, it doesn't matter if you watch it earlier or later.
Clicking on the first episode, while waiting for the advertisement, he looked at the data information out of professional habit.
"Fuck! 20,000 online views!"
Xiao Lin was almost choked by this number. This is the morning of the first day of the working week. Doesn't everyone have to go to work?
Let's take a look at the playback data - more than 10 million playbacks, more than 10,000 comments!
Has this drama really only been online for more than a day?
As an entertainment reporter, Xiao Lin knows something about the data of these video websites. This is when various video platforms are growing wildly. In order to grab traffic and advertising fees, each company has some "tricks" in the front-end data.
For example, whether the user watches it or not, as long as they click in, it counts as one play; if the website is stuck, the user refreshes the page and it counts as
one play; in addition, in addition to the main part of the drama, the peripheral videos such as the tidbits, theme songs, and promotional videos are all counted in the total play volume. Therefore, the actual play data often needs to be discounted.
But even with the "discount", the play is still played in the millions.
Moreover, the more than 10,000 comments are genuine!
He glanced at the comment area and found that it was almost one-sidedly positive, and there were also long comments of several hundred words, which were obviously not made by the Internet trolls.
Is it really that good? Just as the advertisement ended, Xiao Lin watched it carefully with six points of expectation and three points of doubt.
"It is recorded in the Buddhist scriptures that there are five kinds of eyes in this world, the heavenly eye, the wisdom eye, the Dharma eye, the Buddha eye, and the flesh eye. The flesh eye is dark and unclear, seeing near but not far, seeing in front but not behind..."
At the beginning, the first thing heard was a male voice reciting. The voice sounded calm and distant, and it immediately brought people into the atmosphere.
Along with the lines, the screen kept switching between various city scenes. Until the end, the camera gave a close-up of a couple hugging each other.
Seeing this, Xiao Lin guessed that according to the conventional routine, the couple should be about to encounter some "supernatural scenes" as the opening.
Just as he was thinking this, he saw the girl in the couple who had her back to the camera suddenly turned her head, and a face with blood and tears suddenly came into view.
"Fuck!"
Xiao Lin was frightened, but fortunately he remembered that he was in the company and did not shout out.
It was not until then that he finally understood the meaning of the comment with the highest number of likes in the comment area -
"This drama is really haunted!"
After calming down, he continued to watch and slowly sank into the world of the plot.
After watching one episode, regardless of whether it was good or not, Xiao Lin now just felt a little unsatisfied.
After thinking about it, he took his mobile phone and headphones and ran into the bathroom, intending to finish watching the remaining two free episodes in one go.
While locking the bathroom door, he thought to himself that the more than 20,000 "online viewers" were probably all slacking off in the bathroom like him.
An hour later, Xiao Lin rubbed his sore legs and walked out of the bathroom.
As an online drama, each episode of "Soul Ferry" is not long, about 30 to 35 minutes, with a very tight rhythm and very enjoyable to watch.
Until returning to his workstation, Xiao Lin was still immersed in the plot just now.
"For beauty, I would rather become a monster that only exists at night, it's really..."
Xiao Lin sighed, and at the same time praised the plot in his heart, it was really wonderful.
Really, I should have interviewed more at that time, even if I had left the contact information of that nice crew guy.
Or, talk to the boss and do another interview?
Damn, looking for workload for yourself, isn't this pure cowhorse behavior!
Xiao Lin looked at the time, it was almost noon.
He had no intention of working at this time, not to mention that he was still thinking about the next two episodes.
Looking at the workstation next to him, I wonder if my colleague is out for an interview. She is not there.
Clicking on the VIP page of Leshi.com, looking at the membership price of 15 yuan a month, Xiaolin gritted his teeth and chose to pay.
It's just the money for a meal. I have a drama to enjoy with lunch!
(End of this chapter)
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