Chapter 162 Let’s Compare
Liu Qian is a freshman at Beijing's Haidian Experimental High School. She has been following the TV series "Swords of Legends" since it premiered last month. Although it's a bit tiring to watch four episodes a week, she is a fan of Gu Wei and Yang Mi, and she feels so sweet whenever she sees the two of them together in the show.
Summer vacation is here. Yesterday after school, her good classmate Zhao Ruirui recommended to her a new drama that will be released soon, "Legend of the Condor Heroes", starring Hu Ge, Liu Shishi and Eddie Peng, which will be exclusively broadcast on Blueberry Channel.
To be honest, although she is a fan of Gu Wei now, Hu Ge's "Li Xiaoyao" is the eternal white moonlight in her heart, and she will never forget the feeling she had when she watched "Chinese Paladin" in junior high school.
Having grown up watching some of Jin Yong's martial arts dramas, she watched a fairy tale drama for the first time. The magnificent and fantastic scenes, the handsome "Brother Xiaoyao", the beautiful and lovely "Ling'er", and the touching plot left a deep impression on her who was still young at the time.
She also watched Liu Shishi's previous performance in "Scarlet Heart", and although she was not a "little lion", she had a very good impression of this actress who was as calm as a chrysanthemum.
After returning home, Liu Qian also saw the advertisement of "Legend of the Condor Heroes" on Blueberry TV. It seems to be a costume love drama with fantasy elements, and the production company is still "Tangren Film and Television".
"Will it be another TV series like [Chinese Paladin]?"
Looking at the few shots of the leading actor and the TV series' production company, Liu Qian had strong expectations for the show.
Time quickly came to Wednesday night. Usually, Liu Qian would turn the TV to Mango Channel and wait to watch "Gu Jian Qi Tan". After all, there were 4 episodes a week, and she was always impatient.
But today she hesitated, wavering between Mango Channel and Blueberry Channel.
In the end, Liu Qian chose Blueberry Channel's [China Blue Weekly Drama Theater]. After all, the filter of [Chinese Paladin] was too thick, and [Legend of Sword and Fairy] was the first broadcast. She was also curious whether this TV series could create the [Chinese Paladin] myth as she thought.
"I'm sorry, Gu Wei. I can only watch [Gu Jian] online tomorrow during the day. Although I watch Brother Hu's dramas, the fact that you are my idol will not change. After all, I am a fan of your looks~"
Liu Qian looked at the large poster of Gu Wei as "Baili Tu Su" on the wall, muttered to herself, and then sat in front of the TV waiting for the broadcast of "Legend of the Condor Heroes".
Behind the scenes of Blueberry TV, although it was very late, the staff were still busy. Learning from Mango TV has always been one of their TV station's strategies.
After the TV station was redesigned, it decided to develop in the direction of entertainment. In order to grab the audience, it was inevitable that it would clash with its former big brother Mango TV.
In 2012, they made a comeback through "The Voice of China", surpassing Mango TV in terms of ratings, market share and online popularity for the first time.
This summer, the station decided to imitate Mango TV's [Diamond Exclusive Theater] and set up [China Blue Weekly Theater], and bought the highly anticipated [Legend of the Condor Heroes] to compete with Mango TV.
Blueberry TV also knows how popular "Gu Jian Qi Tan" has been in the past month, and it has the potential to become the best drama of the year.
They don't necessarily want "Legend of the Condor Heroes" to win, as long as they can be evenly matched or lose by a bit. It's impossible for all subsequent Mango TV series to be hits, so they should first promote the reputation of "China Blue Weekly Drama Theater."
“Are the data for the first broadcast out yet?”
Deputy Director Xiao of Blueberry Channel frowned slightly and asked his subordinates. It was he who suggested setting up the "China Blue Weekly Drama Theater" at the meeting in the station, so naturally he attached great importance to the first shot fired.
“Just came out, leader.
The first two episodes of [Legend of the Condor Heroes] had a national network viewership rating of 1.144 and an audience share of 5.787.
The premiere broke 1, this result is already very good, leader!"
The subordinate next to him was holding a data sheet and reporting with some excitement.
Deputy Director Xiao's frown relaxed after hearing this data. Although it did not have the good score of 1.599 when "Gu Jian" was first broadcast, and its audience share was only about half of it, this data was the data of the best-selling TV series on TV stations. The data of "Gu Jian" could compete for the title of this year's drama king.
If this data is maintained, the reputation of [China Blue Weekly Drama Theater] will be spread.
Moreover, if the subsequent TV series has good reputation and the ratings increase, it is not impossible for it to compete with "Gu Jian".
"How are the results of [Gu Jian Qi Tan] today?"
The subordinate lowered his head and flipped through the data sheet in his hand.
“The national network ratings were 1.712, with an audience share of 10.98, which was down from last week.
Leader, we have the possibility of catching up."
Hearing his subordinates' increasingly agitated voices, Deputy Director Xiao raised the corners of his mouth slightly but said nothing more.
The same scene also happened at Mango TV, but compared to Deputy Director Xiao's complacency, Director Zhao was holding the data sheet with a frown on his face.
Although the ratings of "Gu Jian Qi Tan" are still the highest, the first drop in ratings and audience share since its launch more than a month ago still made her wary.
"Legend of the Condor Heroes", also a costume idol drama, had a premiere rating of 1.144 and an audience share of 5.787, which was a piece of cake snatched from "Ancient Sword".
[Divorce Lawyers], which was also recently released, broke 1 in its premiere on both channels, making it a strong competitor.
"Xiao Wang, when will the episode of Happy Camp with Gu Wei and Yang Mi air?"
Director Zhao asked the subordinates around him.
"Director, the station has scheduled it for broadcast this Saturday."
"Okay, tell the director team of Happy Camp that I want to see the finished film tomorrow."
Knowing that this week's ratings were basically like this and she couldn't do anything to change it, Zhao Rong placed all her hopes on the weekend's "Happy Camp", hoping that Gu Wei and Yang Mi's performance on the variety show would boost the TV series' ratings even more.
After all, the situation of a pack of wolves devouring a tiger has already formed. The consequence of Mango TV being the only dominant player is that it will be attacked from all sides. This situation is inevitable, and Zhao Rong is mentally prepared.
She also believes that as long as the quality of the TV series is good enough, with the operating methods of their Mango TV, it is only a matter of time to wipe out all dissatisfaction.
Although there are times when the film and television industry divides the cake, it is generally a winner-takes-all industry. In the years since Mango TV rose to prominence, its annual advertising revenue has been more than what some provincial TV stations have earned in ten years combined.
Of course, she can earn so much money not by compromise, but by really competing for ratings with variety shows and TV dramas. She believes that with the current popularity of Gu Wei and Yang Mi, it will not be a problem to beat these TV dramas in the summer season. Her goal is to be the drama king of this year.
On Thursday, the ratings for "Legend of the Condor Heroes" on the second day dropped instead of rising. The national network ratings dropped from 1.144 on Wednesday to 1.066, and were about to fall below 1.
After four episodes of the TV series were aired, some online discussions have gradually spread, with most of them being negative reviews.
"Are those wolves at the beginning? Are they wolves?! Aren't they huskies?
Please tell me I am not mistaken."
"What's with Liu Shishi's wolf howl? It sounds like she's tone-deaf and howling! How could you let the wolf do that?! Please, can the dubbing be more professional? I've paid for it, and I've already received my lunch box."
"Isn't this just a Mary Sue drama in ancient costumes? Both the costumes and the storyline are far inferior to [Scarlet Heart]."
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Seeing this situation, Blueberry TV also launched an emergency plan. First, it asked someone to control the comments on the Internet, and then after communicating with Tang Ren, it released some behind-the-scenes footage of the TV series, and then asked the crew to release some news to attract attention.
Like what
"Brother Hu took the initiative to give up the role of the male lead Wei Wuji and chose to play Mo Xun because Mo Xun was more challenging for him!"
"During a forced kissing scene with Liu Shishi, Peng Yuyan actually kissed her to tears, causing her to wonder, 'Did I brush my teeth and chew gum?'"
"On the set, the Alaskan Malamute who played the wolf brother only recognized Liu Shishi and wouldn't take anyone else with him."
"After the release of stills of Liu Shishi and Peng Yuyan kissing semi-naked, Wu Qilong stated that he would not interfere with Liu Shishi's acting career."
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The series of news releases did attract a wave of attention to "Pocahontas" on the Internet, and Blueberry TV also felt that its crisis public relations was very successful.
On Saturday, the "Gu Jian Qi Tan" version of "Happy Camp" was officially broadcast. In order to promote the fact that Gu Wei and Yang Mi will appear on "Happy Camp" in this episode, Mango TV released many trailers at different time periods.
The result was that the ratings of this episode skyrocketed as soon as it was released, and it undoubtedly took first place in the ratings that day.
It also broke the ratings record of "Happy Camp" in 2014, becoming the episode with the highest ratings that year.
Gu Wei also watched this episode. Just as he expected, he and Yang Mi had a very good understanding on the show and had a lot of intimate interactions when playing games. The later editing of the "Happy Camp" program team further emphasized this point.
He was just about to point at the screen and tell everyone watching the show that they were a couple.
Various shots of smiling and eye contact.
They held hands with each other, and the tightly clasped fingers were given a close-up.
After the show was broadcast, various media outlets kept up with current events and reported crazily. CP fans were ecstatic, and netizens also happily watched the show.
Yang Mi, who was attending an event in Beijing, was surrounded by reporters and asked about her relationship with Gu Wei.
"Gu Wei is a very good actor, but we are just good friends."
Yang Mi answered the reporter's questions with a smile on his face.
"What are your criteria for finding a boyfriend in the future?"
The reporter did not give up and continued to ask questions.
Yang Mi thought for a moment and answered with a smile.
"Tall, handsome, good acting skills, and it would be even better if he was younger."
All the reporters in the audience were excited. Gu Wei met all the conditions mentioned by Yang Mi. It was well known that Gu Wei was younger than Yang Mi.
Is this Yang Mi's unilateral declaration of love to Gu Wei?
Then another series of questions were asked to Yang Mi.
But at this time, Yang Mi, who had just dropped a bombshell, became very tight-lipped and just kept playing Tai Chi with the media. The reporters could no longer get any useful information from her.
(End of this chapter)
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