Chapter 51 Celebration Banquet
"Five, four, three, two, one... Congratulations to "Soul Ferry" for breaking through 500 million views!"
In the banquet hall of a luxury hotel in northern Beijing, everyone cheered as they watched the number "500000000" displayed on the screen in the hall.
Meng Bai returned to northern Beijing on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year. As soon as he came back, he received a message from Gan Wei - the performance data of "Soul Ferry" soared during the Spring Festival, and the total number of views was close to 500 million.
Such a result must have a celebration banquet.
So Leshi.com gathered the creative team, crew and actors of "Soul Ferry", and together with Leshi.com and some invited friends, they chose a node like today to witness the key moment of this drama together.
Leshi.com specially erected a large screen on the scene to display the playback data in real time.
And as the last digit returned from "nine" to zero, it announced that the first online drama with a single drama exceeding 500 million views was born!
"Finally it's exceeded..."
In front of the lounge in the hall, Wubai looked at the numbers still jumping on the screen and said to Meng Bai with emotion.
Meng Bai naturally understood his feelings. In fact, when the number of views exceeded 450 million, the growth rate of this data had already slowed down.
"Pendulum" has been on the air for more than a month. At this time, the audience who watch it have watched it several times, and few viewers who don't watch it will choose to watch it. It has basically reached the upper limit of views.
Leshi.com and Meng Bai have also thought of many ways to add fuel to the fire.
After all, 450 million and 500 million seem to be only 50 million apart, but in fact...
well, there is actually no difference. "Pendulum" is the first serious film and television web drama. Every achievement is making history, so the only benefit of 50 million more views is that it sounds better.
"Are there plans for the second season?" Wu Bai asked, "I remember you said before that the script has been written."
"The script is almost done, but we have to discuss with Leshi when to shoot it." Meng Bai said, "In addition, it depends on the schedules of our three leading actors. Of course, I hope it will be as soon as possible. After all, no one knows when the gap in the review and supervision of web dramas will be filled."
"Soul Ferry" This kind of supernatural suspense theme has always been a "strict control area" for review. Meng Bai and his team are just playing a trick that "website-made videos only need to comply with website regulations and do not need to be reported to the higher authorities for review" so that they can be broadcast smoothly.
However, with the rise of the online drama market and the increase in the number of online dramas, the supervision in this regard will sooner or later be the same as that of TV dramas.
By that time, if "Pendulum" is filmed again, it will probably be like those bloody "domestic horror films", either mental disorders or dreaming and fantasy.
"Alas, review..."
Wu Bai sighed deeply. Obviously, all domestic content creators are full of "deep" emotions for this review mechanism.
"Director, Mr. Meng."
Meng Bai and the others were talking when Zhang Ruoyun came over with a glass of wine and expressed his gratitude to the two.
Speaking of the traffic brought by the explosion of "Soul Ferry", Zhang Ruoyun is the one who benefited the most among the three leading actors.
Although Li Qin has been tepid since "New Red Mansion", she has a popularity base after all, so this time it can only be regarded as icing on the cake. On the contrary, it is more important because the character image has broadened some acting paths.
Yu Yi originally followed the path of a traditional actor, and he didn't pay much attention to traffic and fans. Therefore, although the role of "Zhao Li" was very popular, he himself didn't care too much.
The only difference was that Zhang Ruoyun, whose popularity was originally low, and now he has left the background and is working alone, is not much better than a new actor. This wave of traffic addition can be said to be a great help to his future development.
He came to Meng Bai to ask about the filming schedule for the second season. A few days ago, a new drama contacted him. If the second season of "Pendulum" is not in a hurry, he plans to shoot that drama first.
"It's hard to say. Let me ask our teacher Li to see if her schedule is available."
Meng Bai picked up the wine glass and looked around the hall. Finally, he saw Li Qin sitting on a chair against the wall.
"Why are you sitting here?"
Li Qin raised her head with a confused look in her eyes. Meng Bai saw that she seemed to be in a bad state, frowned, sat down and asked: "What's wrong, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"No." Li Qin shook her head, looked at Meng Bai and said embarrassedly: "I don't drink very well. Everyone kept toasting me just now, and I drank a few more glasses. Now I feel a little dizzy."
"If you can't drink, don't you know to change the drink?" Meng Bai said helplessly: "Where is your assistant? No, I'll get you a room. You go and rest for a while before coming down."
"Jia Jia... I went to buy hangover medicine." Li Qin said with all her strength: "Everyone in the crew and the platform are here. I'm the heroine. It's not good to rest."
"What's wrong? I'm the producer, I have the final say."
Meng Bai "forced" to make a decision for her, first went to Gan Wei to tell her, then took Li Qin's mobile phone to find her assistant's phone number to inform her to go upstairs to find them later. Then he helped the dazed Li Qin up and walked upstairs. Some
people at the scene noticed the situation on their side, but seeing that the girl did not resist and was very cooperative, they smiled at each other ambiguously and pretended not to see it.
This kind of thing is common in the circle. As long as it is not forced or something happens, no one will usually care.
Meng Bai did not pay attention to everyone's misunderstanding. After all, he was too low-level before, and he had nothing to do with such gatherings and drinking parties, so he naturally did not think about it in this way.
"Beep--"
an electronic sound rang out, Meng Bai kicked open the door, inserted the room card in his mouth into the card slot, and the room suddenly became bright.
The reason why he held the room card in his mouth was because Li Qin was being held in his arms in a "princess hug" posture.
He had no choice. The girl was more or less sober when she was downstairs at first, but after getting on the elevator, she became more and more drunk and slowly began to lose her balance.
Meng Bai wanted to carry her on his back at first, but the girl did not cooperate and kept sliding to both sides. In the end, he could only choose to "carry her in a princess hug".
Don't think this is a "good job"-it's hard for people who haven't experienced it to imagine that a girl who looks light and weighs only 80 or 90 kilograms is really heavy when she is drunk and unconscious.
Meng Bai booked a suite. He carried Li Qin into the bedroom, and then half-threw and half-dropped the girl onto the bed. He stood up, rubbed his sore arms and took a deep breath.
Damn, after two days when the profit share from Leshi arrives, I have to find a personal trainer to give me some fitness training. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if I couldn't even hold such a light girl for long in the future.
After resting for a while, Meng Bai looked at Li Qin, whose face was wrinkled, and pushed her, saying, "Hey, Teacher Li, how do you feel?"
Li Qin opened her eyes, looked at him with drunken eyes, and asked, "Why are you here... where is this?"
"Are you going to ask 'what am I doing' next?" Seeing the other party half drunk and half awake, Meng Bai shook his head, "Come on, lie down, I'll go get you a glass of water."
(End of this chapter)
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