Chapter 166 Finale and Record Popularity
At the end of August, Beijing has entered autumn according to the solar terms. Although it is still very hot during the day, a hint of coolness can be felt at night.
Although it was already late, Liu Qian was still watching TV.
Tonight is of extraordinary significance to her, because the "Gu Jian Qi Tan" that she has been following for almost 3 months is coming to an end today.
This TV series has a total of 52 episodes, with 4 episodes per week. It has been broadcast for 3 months since its premiere in early June.
If it weren't for the fact that the TV series was so wonderful and Gu Wei was so handsome, she would have given up halfway.
"Qianqian, why aren't you sleeping so late?
School will start in a few days, and my body clock needs to adjust. I can’t sleep late and wake up late like I did during the summer vacation.”
When Mom came out of the bedroom and saw Liu Qian still watching TV in the living room so late, she couldn't help but start nagging.
"Mom~, the TV show I've been following has concluded. After watching this episode, I'll go back to my room and sleep. I promise!"
Liu Qian made promises to her mother, but her eyes never left the TV.
When her mother heard her say that, she didn't say anything else. She muttered a few more words and turned to go into the bedroom.
After a while, the last episode of "Gu Jian" ended. Liu Qian watched the ending song playing on TV and felt a little lost.
"Baili Tu Su" finally died and disappeared with a smile in the arms of "Qing Xue".
After turning off the TV, Liu Qian returned to her room. She tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. Clips from "Gu Jian" kept flashing through her mind, especially the finale.
The walls of her small bedroom were covered with posters of Gu Wei, some dressed as a student in "Detective Chinatown" and some dressed as "Baili Tu Su" in "Ancient Swords".
Last year, she got to know Gu Wei through the song "Light Chaser". She was amazed by the movie "Detective Chinatown", and confirmed that this star who debuted not long ago is both handsome and talented.
Since the broadcast of "Gu Jian" in June, the "Baili Tu Su" version of Gu Wei completely captured her heart and she has become a loyal fan of Gu Wei ever since.
In her free time while waiting for the show, she also found the film "The Sword of Assassin" which Gu Wei had filmed before and watched it again.
Although she was a girl and had no interest in martial arts movies, the wonderful story and Gu Wei's outstanding appearance still made her watch it with relish.
Since she couldn't sleep, Liu Qian sat up, walked to the computer desk and turned on the computer.
Although it was late at night, the Internet was still bustling with activity.
The official Weibo of [Gu Jian Qi Tan], the personal Weibo accounts of Gu Wei and Yang Mi, and the related Baidu Tieba are all filled with fans of the TV series like Liu Qian.
After watching the finale, the audience had nowhere to vent their emotions, so they naturally poured them out on the Internet.
"I've watched all of [Gu Jian Qi Tan]. I originally thought the show was slow to air, but now I wish it would go even slower. The show is so exciting, and now that it's over I'll have nothing else to watch."
"The love story of Baili Tusu and Feng Qingxue is really touching. I hope Qingxue can find Baili Tusu in the end and they can live happily together.
But, is it really possible? Some people say that even if Qingxue finds Susu, Susu will not remember Qingxue~ woo woo~"
"Ouyang Shaogong is really a bad guy. If it weren't for him, Susu wouldn't have died.
I really hate him, he's been lying to everyone all the time.
But in the end, he still died because of love. Perhaps his life was not easy either!"
"This is a very good TV series. I hope everyone will watch it. I believe you will definitely gain something from it!"
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In the backstage of Mango TV, Zhao Rong took the ratings statistics from her subordinates, her face full of excitement.
【Gu Jian Qi Tan】With the finale airing on the last day, the ratings unsurprisingly reached a peak.
The national network ratings were 2.84, and the maximum audience share reached 18.35. This result basically swept all the TV series aired this year.
Apart from the fact that its highest ratings were slightly lower than the CCTV drama "Parents' Love" at the beginning of the year, basically no other TV series can compare with it.
Although the ratings of "Parents' Love" are higher than those of "Ancient Swords", it is far behind in terms of audience share, and it is even more incomparable in terms of online broadcast data and online discussion volume.
There is no way. The two TV series have different audiences. Those who watch "Parents' Love" are basically older audiences, while "Ancient Sword" is more popular among young people.
Nowadays, the television sets in ordinary families are basically in the hands of housewives and some elderly people, while young people prefer to watch TV series on the Internet.
According to statistics, the total number of online broadcasts of "Gu Jian Qi Tan" has exceeded 8.8 billion, breaking the previous record of 7.9 billion of "Empresses in the Palace", becoming the TV series with the highest total number of broadcasts in history, aiming for the 10 billion mark.
The single episode playback volume of [Gu Jian] has exceeded 160 million, and the highest daily playback volume has exceeded 200 million. It continues to break various online playback records and is still creating new records.
The TV series released during the summer season were basically crushed by "Gu Jian Qi Tan".
The worst one must be Blueberry Channel's "Legend of the Condor Heroes", because the broadcast time is highly overlapped and it is a costume drama like "Gu Jian", so it is always compared with the audience.
Except for the ratings breaking 1 in the first week of broadcast, it has been fluctuating between 0.4 and 0.5 since the second week.
It was also finished broadcasting in the last few days, with an average viewership rating of only 0.514. It can be said that Blueberry Channel completely lost this round.
Among other TV series, only "Divorce Lawyers", which was broadcast on three channels, achieved an average viewership rating of 0.714 per channel and a peak viewership rating of over 1 thanks to its excellent reputation in the later period.
It is considered the second most popular TV series in the summer season after "Gu Jian".
Of course, Zhao Rong feels that the reason why "Divorce Lawyers" performed better than "Legend of the Condor Heroes" is probably because of the subject matter. After all, it is a modern drama, which is different from the subject matter of "Ancient Swords", and has attracted some viewers who like to watch modern dramas.
TV series of the same period were all cancelled, and Zhao Rong had already set her sights on other TV series throughout 2014.
It now seems that in terms of TV ratings, it can be compared with "Parents' Love" at the beginning of the year.
In terms of online playback volume and discussion, the Korean TV series "My Love from the Star" introduced in the first half of the year can compete with it.
But overall, both TVs are not good.
At this moment, Zhao Rong really felt like she had an ancient sword in her hand and was looking at who among all the heroes in the world could be her rival.
She is fully satisfied and feels that she is the best candidate for this role, which is the true reflection of her inner feelings at this moment.
She feels that she has secured the title of this year's drama king.
"Director Zhao, is the drama [Shan Shan Comes to Live] going to be broadcast after [Gu Jian Qi Tan]?"
Just when Zhao Rong was looking at the data sheet with great joy, her subordinate Xiao Wang knocked on the door.
He took the application form from his subordinate, thought for a moment, and looked up and said.
"Let's schedule another TV series first and put 'My Love for You' until the end of the year. Right now, due to the influence of 'Ancient Swordsman', there are still many fans who support the couple Gu Wei and Yang Mi. If I release 'My Love for You' at this time, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among some fans."
The popularity of "Gu Jian" also had a huge impact, which was to completely promote the fame of Mango TV's "Diamond Exclusive Theater."
First of all, everyone confirmed that this weekly broadcast format can be accepted by domestic audiences.
Secondly, any TV series that is broadcast on the Diamond Exclusive Theater in the future will naturally attract the attention of a certain number of viewers.
"Boss, should we buy the New Return of the Condor Heroes produced by Yu Zheng Studio?
The show is currently in talks with several major TV stations about selling the show.”
Yu Zheng Studio is an old partner of Mango TV. Since its establishment in 2008, it has produced and released TV series such as "Palace Lock Heart Jade", "Palace Lock Pearl Curtain", "Palace Lock Liancheng", "Beauty's Schemes", "Swordsman", and "Legend of Lu Zhen".
Most of them are popular on Mango TV. Due to the popularity and large audience of Mango TV itself, these TV series are indeed of good quality.
It can be said that Mango TV and Yu Zheng Studio have achieved mutual success over the years, and the relationship between the two sides has always been very good.
Zhao Rong was still very interested in Zheng's drama, but she had only heard of the TV series "The New Return of the Condor Heroes". She felt that Chen Yanxi's appearance in playing Xiaolongnu was a bit out of place.
"Look at the price. If you can get it at the normal price, buy it. If another TV station raises the price, give up."
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Although [Gu Jian] has ended its broadcast, its popularity on the Internet remains unabated. The audience is still in an excited period, keen to discuss the plot online and express their opinions on the finale.
The 2014 summer season came to an end with the completion of "Gu Jian Qi Tan".
For TV viewers, this is a summer worth remembering, as a wonderful TV series has accompanied them for more than two months.
Especially for those young people who are still in school, even if they look back many years later, they will remember that there was a wonderful fantasy drama that brought them happiness that summer.
This will make "Gu Jian Qi Tan" truly a memorable point in the hearts of a generation of young people.
Just like "My Fair Princess" many years ago and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" a few years ago, as time goes by and the TV series are constantly rebroadcast, they have gradually become classics in the hearts of a generation.
With the completion of the TV series, the fame of the main actors in the play, such as Gu Wei and Yang Mi, also reached a new height this summer.
According to statistics from authoritative data media Vlinkage, Gu Wei, the lead actor of "Gu Jian Qi Tan", has topped the "Artist New Media Index" list for 78 consecutive days, breaking the 49-day record held by Kim Soo-hyun of South Korea's "My Love from the Star".
The new media index reached 9.8213, setting a new single-day high for mainland actors.
The so-called Artist New Media Index is a set of indicators created by Vlinkage to scientifically measure the online popularity of artists (actors).
The index is calculated through a data model based on the on-demand performance of artists on video sites, social media, searches, and daily media reports of artists in film and television works or programs.
It aims to help industry users understand the online popularity and popularity of actors in real time, so that relevant parties can have data support in film and television projects, brand endorsements, etc.
Vlinkage has established China's most comprehensive database of artist/film and television drama data, monitoring the online performance of more than 10,000 artists, more than 8,000 TV series, 10,000 movies, and 500 variety shows in real time every day, and has established corresponding data models based on this.
We test information data from video websites, social media, news media, etc. on a daily basis, and through multi-dimensional evaluation, truly reflect key marketing indicators such as the market popularity, audience, and trends of relevant video content and performing arts directors.
The index list has been released daily since July 1, 2012. Well-known artists such as Yang Mi, Tang Yan, Hu Ge, Zhong Hanliang, and Liu Shishi often appear at the top of the list.
From the second half of 2013 to the beginning of this year, due to the popularity of the Korean dramas "The Heirs" and "My Love from the Star", the top two on the list were Kim Soo-hyun and Lee Min-ko, with new media indexes of 8.987 and 8.452 respectively.
At that time, popular artists such as Zhong Hanliang, Luo Jin, and Chen Qiaoen were ranked behind the two Korean artists, allowing Kim Soo-hyun to hold the first place for 49 consecutive days.
The fact that a Korean star could be so popular in the Chinese entertainment industry and set such a record really made the popular stars in the entertainment industry at that time unable to hold their heads up.
Fortunately, Gu Wei was there, and the record was broken by him with an even more exaggerated data in less than half a year.
Not only that, according to the data on Weibo, the micro-interviews with the main actors of "Gu Jian" such as Yang Mi, Gu Wei, Zhong Xintong, Qiao Zhenyu, and Ma Tianyu were extremely popular and constantly broke records.
Yang Mi asked more than 280,000 questions in one hour of micro-interview, which once caused the Weibo backend server to crash. The total number of questions asked in the micro-interviews of the five beauties of Gu Jian, Gu Wei, Chen Weiting, Qiao Zhenyu, Ma Tianyu, and Zhang Zhiyao reached 1.04 million, firmly occupying the first place in the number of questions asked in micro-interviews.
(End of this chapter)
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