Chapter 148 Ratings Soar
The early morning sunlight shone through the gaps in the curtains onto the messy bed.
A long white leg was riding on the quilt, and looking up, one could see Tang Yan's graceful figure.
"Get up, Sister Tangtang."
"Let me sleep a little longer~"
Tang Yan listened to Gu Wei's voice without moving, and turned over to fall asleep again.
Seeing that she didn't respond, Gu Wei had no choice but to walk to the window and pull open the curtains, letting the warm sunlight illuminate the entire room.
"Lazy guy, get up quickly, we still have a filming mission today."
Tang Yan, whose face was illuminated by the sunlight, shielded her eyes with her hands, then slowly sat up, rubbed her sleepy eyes that had just opened, and looked at Gu Wei with an extremely confused expression.
"What time is it?"
"It's past 8 o'clock. I'll be late for the set soon. I'll be scolded by the director."
"Ah? It's so late, it's bad, hurry up~"
As soon as the time was mentioned, Tang Yan immediately became energetic, lifted the quilt with her hands, and got out of bed, completely ignoring the large amount of spring light exposed.
As she was getting dressed, she complained, "Why didn't you wake me up earlier? I'm going to be late soon~"
Gu Wei smiled and said, "It's still in time. I've already prepared breakfast. After you wash up and have breakfast, we'll set off."
Coming out of the bedroom, Tang Yan saw milk, bread and fried eggs on the dining table in the living room. She happily hugged Gu Wei's neck and kissed him.
After a while, both of them packed up and prepared to go to work on the crew.
When I arrived at the crew in the morning, the staff were busy in twos and threes on the set, setting up the scene and preparing the props needed for today's filming.
Gu Wei walked along, smiling and greeting everyone he met, saying hello and good morning.
"Good morning~Brother Kai~"
When we entered the dressing room, Wang Kai, who arrived first, was putting on his costume. He played the role of "Prince Jing", a prince who was good at leading troops in battle. Today's scene required him to wear a suit of armor.
Gu Wei saw that the equipment on his body weighed at least 20 kilograms. It was very tiring to wear this set of armor to shoot a whole day in the hot summer.
"Good morning~"
Seeing Gu Wei come in, Wang Kai also smiled and raised his hand to respond.
"Gu Wei, I watched your filming of Swords of Legends last night. Your acting was great, and the TV series was well-made. This drama will definitely be popular with young people. Congratulations!"
"Brother Kai, do you watch idol dramas too?"
Gu Wei's impression of Wang Kai is that he has starred in serious dramas such as "All Quiet in Peking", "The Pretender" and the later "A Flowing River".
In addition, he is usually serious when filming, which makes people feel that his personality is like an old man.
It’s hard to imagine that he also watches idol dramas, especially the fantasy idol dramas that young people like.
"What's the big deal? I'm also a young person, okay? What's the big deal about watching idol dramas?
And I’ve even filmed an idol drama before!”
Gu Wei lowered his head and thought for a moment, "[Ugly Girl is Invincible]?"
Wang Kai acted angry when he heard this and said, "If you didn't mention this, we would still be good friends."
"Haha~ I'm not kidding you anymore. Brother Kai, you should smile more often and learn from Mr. Jin Dong. You always have a stern face like an old man and you don't have the youthful energy anymore."
After more than two months of filming together, Wang Kai and Gu Wei, the official "CP" in the two dramas, have developed a very good relationship.
Although Wang Kai doesn't like to joke around, he always looks serious and looks like a little old man.
But his acting skills and character are still okay. There is basically no negative news about him since his debut. The only difference was that he played the effeminate role in "Ugly Betty" so successfully that people rumored he was gay.
Noon Sunshine is such a big company, and they only produce high-quality TV series, but they are willing to sign him and train him, letting him star in one drama after another. They also like that he is low-key, has good acting skills and is motivated, and he really wants to be an actor rather than a star.
This is completely different from those popular male celebrities in the entertainment industry.
Wang Kai did not disappoint the company. From "Nirvana in Fire" to "The Disguiser" to "A Flowing River", he performed very well in every drama, whether as the protagonist or supporting role.
The next day, two more episodes of "Gu Jian Qi Tan" were aired, bringing the total to four episodes in the first week.
The next day's CSM50 city ratings were 1.676, with an audience share of 9.012.
The national network ratings were 1.612, with an audience share of 11.24.
It has increased compared to the day before, and the ratings of the entire TV series are on an upward trend.
The ratings of "Gu Jian Qi Tan" in its first week topped the average ratings ranking of evening TV dramas on national and provincial satellite TV stations. It not only became the ratings champion of the week, but also broke the weekly broadcast record for TV dramas.
Mango TV's ratings are booming, and the online playback volume of "Gu Jian" is also exploding.
Huanrui Century originally sold the TV premiere rights to Mango TV, and the exclusive online broadcast rights to Youku Video.
It will be released online simultaneously with television.
At this time, "Gu Jian Qi Tan" had been released on Youku Video for two days, with over 100 million views on the first day and the highest number of online clicks in a single day reaching 135.9 million.
It ranks first in daily playback volume among all TV series on major video websites.
It has become the hottest drama this summer, triggering a new round of fairy-tale craze.
Baidu search volume exceeded 500,000 on the second day, the total number of posts on Tieba exceeded 10 million, and the number of fans exceeded 100,000. Such impressive online popularity has led many media outlets to regard "Gu Jian Qi Tan" as the "hit drama of the year" in 2014.
The discussion of the TV series on the Internet is exploding, and viewers who have only watched 4 episodes are anxiously waiting for next week.
Ye Qi is a freshman at Shanghai No. 2 High School. She has good grades and likes to watch idol TV dramas in her spare time.
However, she does not like watching domestic TV dramas, but is a loyal fan of Korean dramas.
From Rain’s “Full House” to Lee Min Ho’s “The Heirs” last year, and Professor Do’s “My Love from the Star” at the beginning of this year.
She thinks Korean dramas are so well made and all the Oppas are so handsome.
She has been a fan since she was in junior high school. Her favorites are Korean groups such as TVXQ and Super Junior. Especially since their captain is Chinese, she thinks Han Geng is so handsome.
After school today, during the break, she was about to share with her deskmate Li Meng a new song by TVXQ that she had heard last night.
Unexpectedly, Li Meng excitedly opened her mouth first, "Xiao Qi, did you watch Swords of Legends last night?"
She was stunned by the question. She had heard of the name of this TV series, but she had never watched it because she loved Korean dramas.
"Ah~ I didn't see it."
"I'm telling you, you really should watch this. I think this TV series is as good as those Korean dramas we used to watch.
The character 'Baili Tu Su' played by Gu Wei in the film is so cool.
I declare that Gu Wei is my idol from now on!
I would buy his posters after school in the evening."
Before Ye Qi could say anything, the classmate sitting in front of them turned his head after hearing Li Meng's words.
"I think 'Ziyin Zhenren' is the most handsome, and Zhang Zhiyao is simply a male god in ancient costume."
"Gu Wei is the most handsome in ancient costume, okay? Zhang Zhiyao is too old."
The two little girls started arguing about their favorite characters in the TV series.
Ye Qi listened on the side and couldn't say a word, but she was very curious about the TV series.
Looking up, I saw that many other classmates were discussing the plot of "Gu Jian Qi Tan".
After returning home in the evening and finishing his homework in a hurry, Ye Qi sat in front of the computer, opened the video player and found "Gu Jian Qi Tan".
There are only 4 episodes in total. She glanced at the time and felt that she could finish watching them all today.
As the beautiful music of [Kenshin] sounded, her heart also entered into that magnificent and fantastic world of immortals and heroes.
Before she knew it, the four episodes of the TV series had finished, and she was still immersed in the story of the TV series.
At this moment, Ye Qi thought that what her deskmate Li Meng said was right. Gu Wei was simply too cool and was not inferior to those Korean stars she used to chase.
Moreover, she didn't expect that domestic idol TV dramas could be so beautiful.
"Qiqi, why haven't you slept yet?"
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard my mother's voice from outside the door.
"Ah, I have a lot of homework today, so I'm going to sleep now."
Ye Qi quickly turned off the computer and got into bed.
She thought that she would have something to talk about with her classmates after school tomorrow, and then she would also have to ask Li Meng where she bought Gu Wei's poster.
At this time, all over the country, there were many young men and women like Ye Qi who were attracted by "Gu Jian Qi Tan".
Originally, the target group of this TV series was young people, and few people over a certain age watched it.
After watching the first four episodes of the first week, everyone had nothing else to watch, so while waiting, they all went online to leave messages and discuss the show, causing the amount of discussion about the TV series on the Internet to remain high.
Tomorrow, June 10th, is the second week of broadcasting of [Gu Jian Qi Tan].
The breaking of a piece of news in the entertainment circle today has added fuel to the popularity of this TV series.
At a new TV series launch conference in Shanghai, Zheng Shuang bluntly stated that "Zhang Han is no longer her marriage partner" and unilaterally announced that she had broken up with Zhang Han.
She said: "I announced the breakup unilaterally. We didn't discuss it."
Zheng Shuang admitted that she had tried hard for this relationship, but during the years of being together, she became less and less confident, and even had plastic surgery. "I had a lot of negative emotions, and the other party was getting further and further away from me."
A single stone can cause a thousand ripples. You should know that it has been four years since Zhang Han and Zheng Shuang met on the set of "Let's Watch the Thunderstorm Together". The two have always been regarded as the golden boy and girl of the entertainment industry.
At the beginning of the year, they were still posting on Weibo to show their love to each other, but unexpectedly, a few months later, Zheng Shuang unilaterally announced the news of their breakup.
This news quickly topped the trending search list and reached the top within a day.
Countless people were watching and discussing the breakup of the two online, and the hotly-anticipated TV series "Gu Jian Qi Tan" attracted another wave of attention because of Zheng Shuang's performance.
In the second week of the TV series' release, the ratings rose to 1.89 and the audience share was 13.24.
It far surpassed the second-ranked TV series in the same period, "The Wonder Dog".
The weekly ratings for the second week continued to rank first that week, and the number of online clicks was still far ahead of other dramas of the same period.
At this time, Director Zhao of Mango TV also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. The good performance continued in the second week, which showed that "Gu Jian Qi Tan" was not only well promoted, but also had high quality and really attracted the audience.
Judging from the trend in the second week, this drama is bound to be a big hit, it just depends on how the final results will be.
"It seems we should pay more attention to Gu Wei and Yang Mi's new dramas. The future of hit TV series depends on them."
As the film purchasing director of the TV station, Zhao Rong has watched the entire series of "Gu Jian Qi Tan".
She believes that the success of "Gu Jian" is largely due to the perfect performances and huge fame of the male and female protagonists Gu Wei and Yang Mi.
The audiences who watch idol dramas are generally young, so how a new drama attracts the first wave of audiences when it is aired depends on celebrities.
If a TV series features stars that the audience likes, then the chances of them watching it will be very high, and then the plot will be relied upon to retain the audience.
It is obvious that Gu Wei and Yang Mi did a great job in attracting the first wave of viewers, as can be seen from the results of the first day of the broadcast of "Gu Jian Qi Tan".
"Xiao Wang, do Gu Wei and Yang Mi have any upcoming dramas?"
When Zhao Rong thought of this, she asked the subordinates around her directly.
Xiao Wang lowered his head and thought for a moment, "Yang Mi seems to be gone, but Gu Wei does have a modern idol drama with Zhao Liying, 'My Brothers, My Sister', which hasn't aired yet."
As an employee of the TV station's film purchasing department, Xiao Wang is very familiar with the TV dramas produced by major companies on the market.
"Oh? Did it sell?"
"Probably not yet. 'My Sisters Are Coming' is produced by Shanghai Juku. It was only finished filming at the beginning of this year. I heard that it has recently been completed and they are contacting TV stations to sell the film."
"Go contact the people at Juku and ask them to bring the finished film over and tell them that Mango TV is interested in this TV series."
"Okay, Director."
This is probably the only chapter for today's festival. I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival!
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