Chapter 393 Chapter 393
Under the moonlight, because the atmosphere in the conference room was too tense, Mao Sifeng simply got up and left, and went to the tea room to make himself a cup of instant coffee.
A sip of coffee smothered in non-dairy creamer didn't taste particularly good, but the cool evening breeze made her feel a bit more relaxed. The atmosphere in the room was too oppressive, leaving her feeling tense.
Even with the cooperative relationship between Huayao and Blueberry, Mao Sifeng couldn't guarantee the popularity of "The Unparalleled General" on Blueberry Video tonight.
Breaking ratings records on satellite TV was certainly a good thing, but that achievement would vanish from Huayao with Ji Shao's departure. After all, the day of NINE STAR's disbandment was fast approaching.
While the production team excitedly distributed red envelopes to the group chat, Ji Shao's agent, Mao Sifeng, felt a mixture of bitterness and anxiety. The dual broadcasts on TV and the internet were so close together, she even began to worry that the network would steal the spotlight from Blueberry Video.
Since the beginning of the year, every video platform seems to have entered a period of decline, desperately needing a hit drama to boost its performance. Ji Shao's "The Unparalleled General" is the series that Blueberry Video has prioritized the most in the first half of the year, even devoting considerable resources to it.
If Ji Shao weren't still in the group, he might have been asked to appear on the popular variety shows on the platform. As for whether they were using Ji Shao's popularity to promote the show, or letting the show promote him, ahem...it's hard to say, but it would still be helpful.
Ji Shao was able to spend this month on set peacefully, thanks to his top-tier status. He was also able to capitalize on the immense popularity generated by the "684 city-level large-screen support" campaign organized by fans. Otherwise, given the video platform's heavy investment in "The Unparalleled General," Ji Shao would have been pulled out for promotional appearances and variety shows.
"Sister Mao, why is she out here alone in the wind?"
The voice came from behind Mao Sifeng, accompanied by a familiar smell. Oh, it tasted like the coffee in her hand, with a hint of creamer. Mao Sifeng didn't even need to turn around to know the voice belonged to Lin Qianxia.
She raised the coffee with her right hand, and soon she felt the slight collision between the porcelain cups and the crisp, short "ding" sound.
The other person's words, accompanied by a smile, still lingered in my ears, "You won't invite me to join you?"
Mao Sifeng's left eyelid twitched slightly, as if she had sensed something in Lin Qianxia's tone. She wanted to speak, but she didn't know when, but her throat was so tense that she couldn't speak.
Before she could secretly exert her strength again, Lin Qianxia beside her said cheerfully, "Congratulations, Sister Mao! 'The Unparalleled General' has surpassed 10,000 views on the platform in less than an hour, and the first episode has over a million real-time online viewers!"
Like a bolt of lightning, Mao Sifeng felt numb all over. Lin Qianxia's words nearly caused the porcelain cup in her hand to drop to the ground. Fortunately, someone sober nearby helped her hold the cup in time.
"Xiao Xia, you are not trying to tease me, are you?" Mao Sifeng guessed that Lin Qianxia might not understand how incredible this data was, so he used this number to tease her.
Let me put it this way, at the beginning of last year, the finale of Blueberry Video's drama king "Fan Hua Xing" had a real-time online viewing number of more than 1.2 million people, crushing all the dramas of the whole year like a bulldozer.
Despite some initial hiccups, the series hasn't been able to surpass its success. Blueberry Video's anticipated strong start has been reduced to a fleeting fad for the platform, significantly reducing investment this year. This also underscores the poor performance of online dramas over the past two years.
The popularity value of Blueberry Video is already the closest to reality among all video platforms. Even if other platforms have inflated the popularity to 2 million, the popularity competition is visible to the naked eye, and the audience has eyes.
It's okay to water it down to 3.4 million, but sponsors will learn their lesson after being cheated once or twice. "The Unparalleled General" is a rare big sponsor this year that has not seen any reduction in revenue.
Looking at Lin Qianxia's puzzled expression, Mao Sifeng knew that what she said was true. At this moment, the wind blowing in from the window seemed to have transformed into a heat wave.
In short, Ji Shao's "Unparalleled General" broke the record! And it was coming with such force that it looked like he was going to etch his name into the record books of the Blueberry Video platform!
"Ding" another clink of glasses, but the mood of the person being clinked with was completely different from before.
"Let's go back to the conference room!" Mao Sifeng put the coffee cup back on the small table by the window and pulled Lin Qianxia to go back quickly. Noticing that she was still a little cautious about the coffee in her hand, he simply reached out and took it away.
"Let's not drink this. Let's ask President Zong to give us some good coffee later!" Mao Sifeng was beaming but also a little annoyed. "If I had known earlier, I should have left a few minutes later. Maybe I could have caught up!"
"Now, you don't mind me disturbing your personal space, right?" Lin Qianxia didn't say much when her coffee cup was taken away. She continued talking to her big agent with a smile.
Although she didn't quite understand the magnitude of the buzz, Vice President Liu Zhen nearly fell off his chair when he heard the news in the conference room. No one laughed at him, though, as everyone else was equally delighted! While Huayao still primarily focuses on variety shows and reality shows, a breakthrough in television dramas is certainly a pleasant surprise.
"Don't mind, don't mind. I have everything to thank you." While Mao Sifeng was speaking, he did not forget to open the Blueberry Video and jumped directly to the playback page of "The Unparalleled General" following the opening screen advertisement.
Because she was already a super VIP of Blueberry Video, the moment she clicked on it, the video started playing automatically. Immediately, it was flooded with comments. With such quantity and quality, one would believe it was data accumulated all night.
“It really exploded!”
Amidst these emotional words, at 18:55 on the evening of May 18, the number of real-time online viewers of the first episode of "The Unparalleled General" on the Blueberry Video platform had jumped to 1.23 million+!
——【Entertainment Forum】——[May 18th evening]
【Topic】The King of WOC dramas is here, the King of dramas is really here!
[Main Building] As of 19:15 tonight, the number of real-time online viewers for the first episode of "The Unparalleled General" has decreased to only 1.06W+, with a popularity value of 110863!
1L
Damn... OP, are you even talking like a human? "Only 106W"—how cold must one's mouth be to say "only"? [silence.jpg]
86L
The ratings team is already a hot commodity. Some initially mocked the figures as exaggerated and unrealistic, but were immediately taught a lesson by the real-time comments in the comment section. Lots of comments and high likes are nothing, but having both a high number of likes and a high number of comments is truly terrifying.
I personally tested it and found that the name of an official was used as a pun in the comment at the beginning. When I looked at the backstage, I almost thought that I was being cyberbullied [horrified]. Then I saw that, wow, it gave me almost 50,000 likes!
197L
Reply to 86L: So that reply was you 2333 I also gave you a thumbs up! The key is that the atmosphere of the barrage is really great. Not only is there popular science and jokes, but there are also sisters who have already watched it on CCTV yesterday coming to the barrage to discuss the plot~
315L
If you've finished watching the show, you can go to Juchao. There are fans of Ji Shao running a question-answering forum, and the first person to get the answer right will receive a monthly Blueberry Video membership card! The key is that the questions are not off-topic and are quite interesting.
533L
You guys are so chatty! The third episode of CCTV has already started, let’s go watch the show first! Bye!
594L
Why did everyone run away! A little girl who was eating outside and couldn't watch the show just shattered so easily [cracked]
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In the group broadcasting the drama "The Unparalleled General".
Zhou Xiao, who was free at the moment, was reviewing the questions and answers sent in private messages. Of course, the account she was using was her secondary account for surfing the Internet.
Zhou Xiao came up with the idea for the Q&A forum on a whim, but it wasn't her original idea. The forum typically features questions submitted by fans, and the types of questions vary widely, including puns, math problems, physics questions, fill-in-the-blank questions, reading comprehension questions, brain teasers, and even English questions.
Of course, these questions will be related to the characters in the play, such as [Which of the following characters can only swim? ]
A. Duanmu Jiaojiao, B. Zhao De, C. Xie Zhengyun, D. Zhu Chenli
The questions weren't difficult, but for fans of the show, they were quite exciting to participate. However, the number of viewers who participated and their enthusiasm far exceeded everyone's imagination.
The original plan of ten interactive questions each day was almost instantly sold out. Yet, each forum had thousands of responses. Why? Because there were simply too many people participating at once!
So, in order to relieve the pressure on the brains of the fans who came up with the questions, Zhou Xiao and several free fans and drama fans in the group each created a thread to solicit questions.
Accepted submissions will also be given a Blueberry Video membership card, which greatly enhances the enthusiasm of fans and drama fans to submit. Of course, it should be noted that the submitter cannot answer the questions he or she has asked.
And there is a funny thing here. Ji Shao's fan club was afraid that the fans who posted the thread would not get much feedback, so they specifically asked everyone in the fan group to submit more articles to her.
The effect of this flurry of punches was naturally quite significant. Although the other party mentioned in the group that they had received a lot of submissions, Zhou Xiao could sense the excitement and joy of this fan from the group chat. Furthermore, when fans submitted their submissions, they would act cute and thank the recipients. This way, even the most determined fans would appreciate the atmosphere of the Shao family fan club.
Zhou Xiao thinks, isn't this just boiling a frog in warm water? But this little trick is really generous and cute~
"Axiao, why aren't you watching TV?" Ms. Zheng came out of the kitchen with a fruit plate and saw Zhou Xiao curled up on the sofa watching his phone and Xue Xi who was attracted by the TV series.
"Auntie, let me help you." Xue Xi moved his eyes away from the TV and saw the BOSS's mother bringing a large plate of fruit. He thought about getting up and helping to receive it.
But the idea was good. The warm hand on her shoulder pushed her back directly. Xue Xi, who was pushed back on the sofa, thought a little inappropriately that during the previous filming, the boss seemed to be very strong!
"I'm working on the topic for tomorrow's "The Invincible General," dear Ms. Zheng. "Would you like to guess?" Zhou Xiao raised his cell phone and waved it at Ms. Zheng.
The fruit plate was placed steadily on the table. Ms. Zheng reached out and gently pushed Zhou Xiao's phone back. "Wait until I finish watching the two episodes today, then I'll come back to you and guess!"
As a TV drama lover, Ms. Zheng naturally wouldn't miss out on such a topic, as it's suitable for all ages. But for now, she'd rather focus on watching tonight's two episodes. As she watched, when the commercials came on, she looked at Zhou with a hint of regret and said, "Oh, is this because we can't use the super-fast mode?"
Despite Ms. Zheng's age, she's very receptive to the internet, even more so than Zhou Xiao. Why can't "The Unparalleled General" be released online? Because it's broadcast first on TV and then online.
Unless CCTV is willing to air a few more episodes. But it is obvious that the number of episodes aired a day and the length of each episode for such TV series on satellite TV are all calculated by many parties.
The ratings of "The Unparalleled General" hit a new high on the second day. Although it was only a little more than yesterday, the value of this "little" in the data is extremely high.
This not only proves that the popularity of "The Unparalleled General" is not just a flash in the pan, but also reflects the stability of the subsequent plot. Although only four episodes were aired in two days, as long as Zheng Cheng doesn't go crazy halfway through, even the most conservative estimate is that this data is terrifyingly strong.
For netizens, although the dual broadcast of TV and the Internet is a bit inconvenient, it is awesome! Especially when it is broadcast on CCTV, the commercials are no longer considered commercials! Damn Blueberry Video, did they secretly add a few more commercials the next day?
But don't watch it on Blueberry Video... Emmmm, how can many netizens with poor "quality" miss the opportunity to tease newcomers on the barrage? Besides, the barrage of this drama is better than that of a certain website, which is really a full strength.
Zhou Xiao is very proud of this. After all, she also contributed to the guide "How to Improve the Fan Experience!"
But that wasn't enough. As Zhou Xiao listened to the TV drama playing as background music, his gaze fell on his phone. After the big screen support came out, Blueberry Video officials contacted Zhou Xiao to express their gratitude.
By the way, should the membership card for setting and answering questions be reimbursed by the government? While it's a small amount, the key is that this official-led initiative is enough to generate buzz! You could even host an event on the forum where you can earn a title for answering questions, to increase online discussion!
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