Chapter 455 Our sister Meng stood up!
"Auntie, today's stuff is placed at the door for you. The outer seal has been sprayed with alcohol, you can just take it in."
"Okay, okay, thank you for troubling you, goodbye..."
Hearing the sound of the door closing, Li Qin, who was half lying on the table, looked up.
"Mom, are you here to deliver the stuff today?"
As soon as the voice fell, a middle-aged woman who looked three points like Li Qin walked in from the entrance with two large convenient bags.
"That's right."
Mother Li took the bags into the house and put them away: "Talk to your company, these things are delivered too frequently. The ones that were brought before were not finished, and two big bags were delivered again."
"If you can't finish it, put it in the refrigerator. It's not too big anyway."
Li Qin said as she walked over lazily and squatted on the ground, and then looked through the bag. Suddenly, she felt her fingers cool, and looking at the neatly arranged cans of yellow peach yogurt, she couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh, I know your refrigerator is big."
Mother Li muttered, and then looked at her daughter squatting on the ground with messy hair and sloppy clothes, and couldn't help frowning: "I know you are indoors, but you should dress like a human being."
"At home, you can do whatever is comfortable." Li Qin said indifferently: "Anyway, no one saw it."
"I am not a human? Your father is not a human? No one has seen it yet..."
"I mean no outsiders have seen it."
Li Qin stood up, hugged Mother Li coquettishly, and handed her a can of yogurt: "Here, drink something cold to relieve the heat."
"No, no, you lick your lips and drink it yourself. You are thirty years old, and you still eat these indecent things every day. Your company is the same, and they really send things to you..."
Mother Li nagging while taking the things in the bag into the kitchen to put them away.
"Who is thirty? I am obviously only twenty-nine!"
Li Qin shouted from behind, and then returned to the table with her own yogurt. After thinking about it, she picked up her phone and sent a WeChat message.
Li Qin: [I received the yogurt, it tastes good, but my mom saw it and nagged me again. ]
After waiting for a while, there was no reply from the other side. She pouted her lips, but she also knew that the guy must be busy, so she didn't bother him anymore.
Because she was going to be on the Spring Festival Gala this year, Li Qin's parents came to Beijing North to accompany her to celebrate the New Year.
Unexpectedly, she was fine when she came, but she couldn't go back after the New Year.
In fact, it's not that she can't go out. Except for Jiangcheng, other places are not completely closed yet. It's just that it's quite troublesome to go back. It happened that Li Qin's schedule was suspended during this period of time to rest at home, so Li's father and mother decided to stay in Beijing North for a while.
At first, the old couple was still worried about food and drink. As an artist, the refrigerator at home was basically empty. Although the supermarket outside was not closed, it was a sensitive period after all, and no one wanted to squeeze into crowded places.
Unexpectedly, the daughter was not in a hurry at all, saying that she could stay at home. If you want something, tell her and someone will naturally deliver it.
The old couple was puzzled at first. After all, takeout and other things are basically suspended at the moment, who else can deliver. Unexpectedly, the next day, someone really brought a full bag of food to the door.
After asking, I found out that it was a staff member of my daughter's company who was responsible for delivering things.
Of course, this was just an excuse for Li's father and mother. Li Qin is now a self-employed person, so where does the company come from?
These things were naturally sent by Meng Bai.
Putting down her phone, Li Qin looked down at her clothes - well, what her mother said was actually quite right, she was indeed dressed a little too casually.
But it doesn't matter. As an actor, she has to pay attention to her makeup and manners every day outside. It's not easy to rest at home, so she can't be comfortable.
Thinking of this, she ran to the mirror again, took a photo and sent it to Meng Bai.
Li Qin: [Today's photo, only accept compliments! ]
After sending it, she put down her phone, picked up the pad on the table, and continued the TV series she had not finished watching just now.
"...Everyone, listen carefully, the topic of this year's college entrance examination essay is 'The Crow Drinks Water', remember it!"
On the screen, Meng Ziyi, dressed in school uniform, held a megaphone and shouted loudly to the students who were queuing up for graduation photos.
Li Qin was watching the new drama "Twinkle Twinkle Star" by Arclight. She had been following it for the past two days.
At first, she heard that it was about "time travel", and considering the style of Arclight drama, she thought it was another thriller.
But after watching two episodes, she found that the suspense was still suspense, but there was no reasoning or thriller.
To be precise, it was more like a youth romance drama with suspense elements.
"I didn't expect that this guy, who is usually a straight man, would do these things."
Looking at the various interactions between the heroine Lin Beixing and the hero Zhang Wansen in the plot, Li Qin couldn't help but mutter in her heart.
But on second thought, she felt that this was quite reasonable. If that guy didn't do these, how could he attract so many peach blossoms?
Humph!
Although she was sad, Li Qin still liked this drama.
Looking at the data below the video frame, the popularity value showed more than 9,000.
Like the three major platforms, Heng Video's drama data also uses the concept of heat value. The algorithms are similar, so the data is roughly the same.
A heat value of more than 9,000 means that this drama is a hit within the platform, and it is only one step away from "going viral".
In addition to the heat value, Heng Video's data also has a category called "current number of viewers".
Li Qin took a look and saw that there were "100,000+" viewers watching the drama with her.
Considering that it is morning now, most people either watched the latest episode last night or are still sleeping, this number is not low at all.
Having said that, these numbers are actually mainly for ordinary viewers as a reference. For industry insiders like Li Qin, there is a more intuitive way to test the performance of a drama, which is to look at the number of advertisements in the drama.
The advertisements here do not refer to the kind of advertisements in the video title, but the built-in advertisements directly inserted in the middle of each episode. And the more popular the drama, the more advertisements there are.
Unlike ordinary viewers who can be fooled by just brushing the data, advertisers pay real money. So they are the ones who know best which drama is popular and which drama is a flop.
So in the past two years, when fans in the fan circle evaluate whether a drama is really popular or fake, they will also use the number of advertisements as an important judging indicator.
However, this is not true for "Twinkle, Twinkle Star", because the main feature of the broadcasting platform Heng Video is to benchmark Netflix's "no advertising mode".
The entire platform interface looks very refreshing at a glance, but for viewers who have been immersed in various patches and small windows for many years, they may be a little uncomfortable.
Don't mention it, it feels really good to watch the drama so completely and directly.
However, Li Qin couldn't help but mutter in her heart, can a streaming platform really be supported by membership fees without advertising income?
After thinking for a while, she couldn't help laughing at herself for worrying too much. In terms of making money, that guy is more than 10,000 times better than herself. No one will lose money, he won't lose money, what is there to worry about.
Thinking of this, Li Qin's eyes can't help but wander again-he should be very busy now.
...
Just as Li Qin thought, Meng Bai is really busy during this period.
In the past, as a producer, he only needed to care about the performance of the drama. Now it's different. He has a share in the entire platform, so he has to care about the overall data of the platform.
"How is the data this week?"
"Not bad." Chen Zhixi smiled and handed over the file in his hand, "Since our new drama started, the rate of increase in new users on the platform has increased by more than half. In one week, the number of paying users has increased by more than one million."
Meng Bai took the file and flipped through it. Sure enough, after the broadcast of "Twinkle Twinkle Star", the growth curve of the number of users has increased significantly.
"What about the retention figures?"
"Much higher than expected. The mere fact that there are no ads is enough to make many users willing to stay."
Chen Zhixi was particularly happy to talk about this.
As early as the day when "Twinkle Twinkle Star" was broadcast, the fact that there were no ads in the horizontal video became a hot topic among netizens, and even topped the list of hot searches.
[Oh my God, this clean page, this click-to-play video, this complete series without "member-only ads"...is this still the domestic video platform I am familiar with? ]
[I originally thought that it was the same as Bilibili, except that there were no video ads, but there were still patch ads on the page. Unexpectedly, there was only watching the drama. ]
[No, I find myself being PTSD by those platforms. Now I always feel lonely without ads on the whole page. ]
[Then again, Netflix can succeed without ads, but it doesn't mean that other platforms can do the same. With the willingness of domestic users to pay, can they really support a platform? ]
[The above, we don't need to worry about capital issues with people who earn 3,000 yuan a month. At most, when the money can't be burned, we can slowly add patch ads. They are not Bilibili, and they have never said anything like "there will never be ads". ]
[That's right, this clean page can be enjoyed for a while, anyway, I directly spent 398 to open an annual membership, but it's a pity that there are still fewer good dramas and movies now, but it's better than Tencent Video. ]
[……]
From the comments and messages of users, it can be seen that everyone has been suffering for a long time because video platforms insert ads in the middle of each drama.
Netizens not only leave messages, but also run around to tell each other and call friends to pull people over.
Although some users have already subscribed to other platforms, they opened the membership without hesitation when they saw
the offer of "one dollar for half a year" on Heng Video. Who knows how long they will have to stay at home? There are only a few good dramas on a platform. It is not a bad thing to have one more reserve. It is only one dollar anyway.
Looking at the data of the platform in the file in his hand, Meng Bai said as he flipped through it: "Didn't Zhou Cheng say anything about this increase?"
"What else can I say? Of course I am very happy." Chen Zhixi said: "It happens that the first quarter financial report will be released in more than a month. Isn't this all good news?"
Meng Bai also smiled when he heard it. Indeed, this year's first quarter report is the first time that Hengten Network has made its performance public after acquiring Ruyi Films. Many people are waiting to see it.
Now with such excellent numbers, it is estimated that there will be another round of increases.
"The only thing I am worried about now is that the speed of burning money is also quite fast. If Evergrande is affected too much, there may be some problems with subsequent funds." Chen Zhixi said.
"Let's burn it first, and burn it as long as it can." Meng Bai said indifferently: "With Evergrande's size, even if it is really affected, it will be fine for a year or two. By that time, we should have some foundation, and we don't need to spend so much money."
Chen Zhixi thought about it and felt that what he said made sense, so he stopped worrying about this issue for the time being.
From the beginning to the end, the two were not interested in whether Evergrande itself was dead or alive.
After looking at the overall situation of the platform, Meng Bai and Chen Zhixi returned to the topic of the drama itself.
According to the current comprehensive real-time popularity of third-party platforms, the first place is Tencent Video's "Three Lives Three Worlds Pillow Book".
It has to be said that although Reba's popularity has declined in the past two years, it is still one of the first-tier traffic. Coupled with the fame of the previous work and Jiaxing Media's consistent publicity and promotion efforts, it is not an exaggeration to say that the popularity is so high.
As for Arc Light's "Twinkle Twinkle Star", it is temporarily ranked second, mainly because of the number of users on the platform.
But even so, the gap between them and the first is very small, and they may surpass it at any time.
Next up are "Love Apartment 5" on Qiyi TV and "Three Thousand Crows" on Mango TV. In comparison, the gap between these two shows and the previous ones is quite large. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be difficult to get on the list.
As for "Human Fireworks Flower Kitchen" on Youku, it has been lagging behind from the beginning. Although there is suspicion of riding on the popularity, the quality is unexpectedly good. It's a pity that it is a small production and the starring lineup does not have much traffic, so the overall popularity is more than a little worse.
The performance of "Twinkle Twinkle Star" is expected for Arclight, but it is really a great gift for the two leading actors Meng Ziyi and Qu Chuxiao.
Especially Meng Ziyi, because of the previous "The Untamed" incident, she has been scolded for more than half a year. Compared with the number of black fans, her own fans seem to be very weak and often have their defenses broken.
However, with the launch of "Twinkle Twinkle Star", the lively, cheerful and quirky "Lin Beixing" instantly attracted many viewers to watch the show.
Many of these people were ordinary passers-by before, and their understanding of Meng Ziyi was limited to "a resource-rich person with a background who is often scolded".
For most ordinary audiences, this is not a good label, and it even has a hint of dislike.
After all, everyone has been poisoned by various "resource-rich people" for a long time in recent years, and seeing this label will deduct three points from the impression.
Before the show was broadcast, the black fans also seized on the point of "resource-rich people" and posted a lot of attacking and smearing messages, some of which were even posted directly under the girl's promotional Weibo.
Meng Ziyi naturally saw these remarks, but fortunately, after half a year of attacks, she is now a little desensitized, so she just ignored it.
Fortunately, her "Lin Beixing" really caught a lot of audiences. After these passers-by were attracted by the role, many people seriously learned about the actor, including the ins and outs of various rumors.
Only after seeing this, I found that it seemed that I had misunderstood this girl before.
She herself has no black spots at all. It's nothing more than because she played a gay drama and was too close to the two traffic stars, she was bombarded by fans.
As for the "changing the script" and "adding scenes caused injuries to crew members", these are all one-sided statements from black fans, and both sides have their own statements.
In comparison, passers-by obviously have a stronger dislike for fans in the fan circle, and they all stand on Meng Ziyi's side.
Now the black fans are a little helpless. Unlike the marketing hype of traffic artists, the way actors use roles to attract fans and then convert passers-by is a "kingly open conspiracy" in the entertainment industry.
As we all know, "open conspiracy" is unsolvable in most cases.
Black fans want to use the opponent's results to suppress, but the problem is that the only qualified opponent at present is Reba. Putting Meng Ziyi and the other party together is not called suppression, it is called a disguised promotion.
You want to blacken her acting skills, but Meng Ziyi's performance in this drama is very good, and the role of "Lin Beixing" is also remarkable, and there is no strength in hard blackening.
It doesn't make much sense to continue to use the "resource coffee" point. After all, for most ordinary audiences, what they care about is never who has a background, but whether they can act well.
At this point, the fans in the fan circle began to show their powerlessness. They don't play marketing or fan circle with you, but directly focus on actual performance, which is completely unbeatable.
Coupled with Meng Bai's previous "provocation", the black fans themselves are now full of contradictions, so the attack power is getting weaker and weaker, and the online reputation begins to lean towards Meng Ziyi.
Her fans are cheering and running around to tell each other - our sister Meng has finally stood up!
Seeing this result, Meng Ziyi was surprised and excited.
It was not until this time that she finally understood why Meng Bai said that as long as the actors shoot the play well, everything else will be fine.
During this period, Meng Ziyi searched her name on the Internet when she had nothing to do, and then watched fans and audiences praise her in various ways.
At the same time, for Meng Bai, this little uncle, she can no longer simply describe it with gratitude.
If it weren't for the strict control outside now, she would definitely fly to Beijing North and give her little uncle a hug in person.
In response, Meng Bai only replied that she should stay at home honestly. Don't look back and start shooting a new drama outside, and you will be infected again.
...
After a busy day, Meng Bai didn't see the WeChat message sent to him by Li Qin until the afternoon.
Looking at the ugly clothes of this girl, he chuckled and called her back.
Speaking of which, although everyone is in Beijing North, the two have hardly seen each other since the Spring Festival.
There is no way, Li Qin's parents have been staying here, and they also know some of the relationship between their daughter and Meng Bai, as well as the messy rumors about the other party on the Internet.
How to say it, in Li Qin's words, it is a bit like "sharpening the knife".
Faced with this situation, Meng Bai naturally will not go there shamelessly.
In addition to Li Qin, Li Yitong is also staying in Beijing North, but she stayed here by herself.
So during this period of time, Meng Bai stayed at her place most of the time except for work.
It is better to have a girl to accompany you than to stay alone in the villa.
Today was the same. After Meng Bai and Li Qin finished the phone call, he went to Li Yitong's place as if he was familiar with the place.
"Are you going out tomorrow?"
During the meal, Meng Bai asked curiously, "What are you going to do?"
"Didn't Daxi sign up for your talent show before? She has been practicing recently. I'm going to go see her."
Meng Bai became interested when he heard that: "It just so happens that I have nothing to do tomorrow, so I'll go with you."
Li Yitong glanced at him sideways, tapped his chest and said, "Why, are you so excited when you heard about my bestie?"
"No, how could that be." Meng Bai said calmly, "I've always heard that she dances very well, but I've never seen her, so I'm going to see her. I'm purely curious."
"Really?"
"Of course, everyone in the world doesn't know that President Meng is always honest and reliable."
"Haha, you'd better be."
(End of this chapter)
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