Chapter 775: The Birth of a Phenomenal Hit
After the opening theme song ends, the main film of [Joy of Life] officially begins.
In the university library, Gu Wei, dressed as a student, and Zeng Li, who had an elegant temperament, appeared.
[Wow, the male protagonist appears at the beginning, good review! ]
[Gu Wei is so handsome, this outfit makes him look bookish]
[Isn't this a costume drama? Why is it set in modern times? ]
Zeng Li's appearance startled me. She wasn't in the promotions!
[Isn't the protagonist's name "Fan Xian"? Why is Gu Wei called "Zhang Qing" when he appears?]
The barrage of comments flashed across the computer screen like raindrops. Han Yue felt a little strange, but she did not send any comments and patiently watched the video.
Soon, Zhang Qing, a college student played by Gu Wei, turned on his computer and named his novel according to Qiaojie's verdict in "Dream of Red Mansions": "Leave me more blessings, leave me more blessings, and suddenly I will meet a benefactor; thank my mother, thank my mother, and I will accumulate good deeds." The story of "Joy of Life" officially began.
In Fan Xian's memory, he was a dying man suffering from myasthenia gravis in modern society. When his life came to an end and he woke up again, he was actually a baby, caught in a bloody hunt.
A young man named Wu Zhu, blindfolded in black, rescued him from a murderous scheme and sent him to the Fan Mansion in Danzhou, where he lived as the illegitimate son of Fan Jian, the Southern Earl of Kyoto.
The two episodes, one and a half hours in length, passed quickly. When the ending theme song of the second episode played, Han Yue still felt a little unsatisfied.
It is obvious that the first two episodes are just a prelude to the TV series, and many characters do not appear.
However, the various questions and foreshadowings left the audience feeling itchy.
What is Fan Xian's life experience? What is his relationship with Wu Zhu? Why does Wu Zhu always have a black cloth covering his eyes? Why did Fei Jie come to teach him?
In the second episode, it is unclear why Teng Zijing came to kill Fan Xian, and when Fan Xian was about to set off for Beijing, he found out that he was engaged.
As the plot progresses, the audience has more and more questions, but it is these doubts that make everyone fully immersed in the plot of "Joy of Life".
"Why can I only watch two episodes? There's still a day to watch the rest. How can I bear this?"
Han Yue had a strong desire to know what was going on next, but there was nothing she could do.
She casually clicked on the comment section, intending to read netizens' feedback, and then post a good comment to support her idol.
The TV series I've been looking forward to for so long is finally online. It really paid off. Although I only watched the beginning, the plot, the set design, and even the acting are all top-notch in the industry. If it maintains this level, "Joy of Life" will be another hit!
The first two episodes are about modern people traveling through time and space in ancient times. The plot isn't particularly original, but the various storylines are well-developed. It's a very solid costume drama, and I'm sure I'll continue watching.
[The person above probably hasn't read the original novel. "Joy of Life" is not a simple time-travel drama. Even the era in which Fan Xian lives cannot be considered ancient times, but the future.
Forget it, saying more would be spoilers, and the TV series won't be exactly the same as the novel, so I'm still looking forward to the development of the story.
[Wow, in the first episode, Gu Wei only shows up at the beginning, and then it's all about Fan Xian's childhood scenes. Although the little boy's acting is pretty good, I still want to see Gu Wei!!]
[From the first two episodes of "Joy of Life", it can be seen that this drama is most likely not a kind of ancient idol drama about love.
I'm almost sick of watching romance dramas lately, no matter if they're about power struggles, wars, fantasy, or cultivating immortals, all the romance dramas in ancient costume dramas have the male and female protagonists all being love-brained.
As expected, Gu Wei is still reliable! 】
[I love watching romances. I want to know when Jing Tian will appear. "Let's go wild, Teng Ni!" YYDs!]
[Whether it is texture, plot or acting skills, the recently aired "Joy of Life" can be said to be a top-notch work among costume dramas.
The beginning is almost as good as Nirvana in Fire, I hope it can maintain this level later on!
[Is this really a male-dominated drama? It's been two episodes and the female lead hasn't appeared yet. I really want to see Gu Wei and Jing Tian together. I'm so obsessed with their looks. Si Teng and Qin Fang are the perfect couple forever in my heart! ]
After browsing for a long time, Han Yue found that most of the comments were positive. Smiling, she also posted a comment.
Then she browsed Gu Wei's super topic and Weibo. As expected, the entry #【庆余年】热播# was clearly listed at the top of Weibo's hot search, and two of the top ten were also related to the TV series.
While she was surfing the Internet, it was already 10 o'clock, but Han Yue was not sleepy at all.
She opened the Tencent video app and planned to watch today's two episodes again, also to collect data for her idol.
"Huh? What's going on? Why can't I open it?"
The interface of [Joy of Life] is fine, but the first two episodes just can't be played.
"It was fine just now."
Frowning, Han Yue opened Weibo again and saw some people discussing that Tencent Video had crashed because too many people were watching it, but it was still available on iQiyi and everyone could go to iQiyi.
At this time, it was night in the office building of Tencent Video, but most people were there.
"What's going on? Why is the system down? What are the tech department doing? The video can't be opened at this time!!"
A roar filled with anger could be heard by almost half of the people in the workplace.
"Mr. Wang, because there were too many people accessing the system at the same time, the backend wasn't prepared and crashed for two minutes. The technical department adjusted the situation immediately."
"Two minutes? Do you know how many viewers were lost in two minutes? It wasn't just our platform that was broadcasting it at the same time, iQiyi was also there. If we crashed for two minutes, all the viewers would have gone to iQiyi!
And why is there nothing wrong with iQiyi's backend?"
The subordinate looked helpless.
"We were definitely not prepared for this. Furthermore, our traffic is much larger than iQiyi's. Even though we were airing Joy of Life at the same time, our company's streaming volume was much higher than iQiyi's."
"I don't care. If Mr. Sun investigates this matter, your technical department will bear full responsibility."
#【Celebrating More Than Years】The premiere easily broke 2 ratings, taking first place in the same time slot. The overall quality was excellent and received positive reviews! #
#【Celebrating Yu Nian】first broadcast received over 10,000 views on iQiyi and over 20,000 views on Tencent Video, with online broadcast data far ahead of the rest! #
#Ranked first on the first day of release, setting multiple records, [Joy of Life] is set to be a hit in 2020! #
#Gu Wei's new drama has sparked discussion across the internet, with the premiere so popular that it caused Tencent Video's servers to crash! #
After the premiere of "Joy of Life", it received rave reviews and various data also broke various records since the beginning of this year.
Today's domestic entertainment and film industries have stagnated due to environmental issues, but with more people staying at home, more people are watching TV series.
Therefore, the various data of TV dramas are actually better than last year.
However, since the beginning of this year, there have been no truly hit dramas broadcast on either TV stations or online platforms.
Although the data of "An Jia", "Under the Power", "My Next Stop Is Happiness" and Reba's "Eternal Love" in the first half of the year are not bad, there is still a big gap compared with phenomenal hit dramas such as "The Story of Minglan", "Nirvana in Fire" and "Eternal Love".
The broadcast of "Joy of Life" has unreservedly displayed its "king style". Judging from the results of the first broadcast, as long as the subsequent plot can maintain this quality, it is basically destined to be the "drama king" of this year.
In the following days, the popularity of "Joy of Life" continued to rise, and the ratings of CCTV-8 slowly climbed. After one week of broadcasting, it had reached 2.87 and was about to break 3.
The total number of views of Tencent Video and iQiyi also quickly exceeded 3 billion.
You should know that the broadcast volume of online platforms today is different from before. After repeated warnings from relevant departments, the online broadcast volume of major platforms has been reduced.
Now that "Joy of Life" has been aired for less than one-third, the total number of views on the entire network has exceeded 3 billion. It should not be difficult to exceed 10 billion in total in the future.
In addition to the two most basic data of ratings and online playback volume, "Joy of Life" is also very popular, discussed, and has a very high social influence.
The Weibo topic #Celebrating Yu Nian# was read 430 million times and discussed 782,000 times in one week.
The drama has been ranked first in the Lighthouse TV series viewing volume rankings for consecutive years.
In the week since it was aired, terms related to "Joy of Life" have been on the hot search list 148 times, with an average of more than 20 terms related to the TV series appearing on the hot search list every day.
Gu Wei and Jing Tian's co-hosted programs "Happy Camp" and "Longing for Life" were also broadcast one after another.
Originally, they appeared on the variety show to promote the TV series, but the popularity of "Joy of Life" made the two of them appear on the same episode highly anticipated by netizens, and the ratings of the current episodes of "Happy Camp" and "Longing for Life" skyrocketed.
Hengdian.
After the filming of [Thank You Doctor] was finished, Yang Mi did not leave immediately, but went to the next door crew to visit Reba.
In the evening, the crew finished filming and the two went out to eat together.
Reba signed with Yang Mi's studio when she was still in school, and was considered to be brought up by Yang Mi.
Among Jiaxing's resources, she has the best resources except for the boss Da Mimi.
Reba is a grateful person. She has always been very grateful for Yang Mi's help, and the relationship between the two has always been good.
"Mijie, have you watched Mr. Gu's recently aired drama, Joy of Life?"
After chatting for a while, Reba suddenly asked.
Yang Mi glanced at her.
"Joy of Life" is so popular now, how could I not watch it?"
"Now I watch this drama every day when I get back to the hotel after work. It's really interesting."
Obviously, Reba was very interested in "Joy of Life" and started chatting enthusiastically after bringing up the topic.
"I initially thought it was a period suspense drama, then I thought it was a political drama, and now it seems more like a period comedy. Many parts are very funny, especially Versace and Guo Baokun, they are so funny."
Reba grinned, and her big eyes turned into two crescents.
Yang Mi’s focus is different from hers.
"Gu Wei has produced another hit costume drama this time. Judging from its current popularity, this drama is likely to be as good as Nirvana in Fire."
"They are of different genres. I feel that Nirvana in Fire is a serious drama.
[Joy of Life] is a comedy with martial arts and political intrigue, and there are too many "jokes" in it!
Oh, Sister Mi, I saw online that Joy of Life will be filming its second season in the second half of the year. Is that true?
Yang Mi nodded.
"I called Gu Wei a couple of days ago to ask about this, and he said that filming would probably start in September or October.
Why, are you interested?"
"Me? Never thought about it.
Will the female lead be changed in the second part?
It's not possible for me to play Lin Wan'er with my image, right?"
Reba opened her eyes wide.
Yang Mi smiled and said, "You wish. The heroine of Jingtian will definitely not be changed. The other characters will probably not change much either. There will only be a few new characters, most of which will be minor supporting roles."
As the dinner was about to end, Reba suggested, "Sister Mi, why don't you come to my place to rest tonight? You have nothing to do now that the crew has finished filming.
Let’s go back and finish watching today’s update of Joy of Life before going to bed.”
Yang Mi hesitated for a moment: "Okay then~"
The current environment is that artists have basically no other work to do besides filming and appearing on variety shows.
The commercial performances and offline activities that were previously held could no longer be held.
Even a big star like Yang Mi has nothing to do after the TV series was finished. The recording of "Escape the Room Season 2" will not start until next month.
At the same time, at Ying Er's home in Beijing.
Jingtian was invited by a good friend to visit her home. After dinner, the two of them watched TV in the living room, while Ying'er's husband Fu Xinbo was washing dishes, tidying up, and washing fruit in the kitchen.
"Your husband is so good to you!"
Jingtian glanced towards the kitchen and sighed to Ying'er.
"He's okay. He has no fame and no money. If he treats me badly, why would I marry him?"
"Fame and money are secondary. Good men are hard to come by."
"Hehe, you say that because you have both fame and money. What's the difference between that and telling Jack Ma that I don't care about money?"
After hearing what Ying'er said, Jingtian smiled and shook his head without saying anything else.
After a while, Fu Xinbo walked into the living room carrying a fruit plate.
"Wife, the grapes are washed, you and Tiantian can eat them together~"
"Thank you, husband, Muah~"
"You two watch TV, I'll go to the back room to look after the kids."
"Go ahead, thank you for your hard work, husband."
After Fu Xinbo left, Jing Tian looked at Ying Er and smiled: "It seems that I said too much, you know how to cherish it."
"It's okay. They've done their job, so I have to give them some positive feedback."
The two of them sat on the sofa, eating grapes and watching TV.
Today we just happened to be airing the part where Fan Xian recites a poem from the episode "Joy of Life".
Fan Xian went to the palace for a banquet. The poem "Climbing the High Mountain" he had copied earlier was questioned by the literary leader Zhuang Mohan, who revealed that the last four lines of "Climbing the High Mountain" were written by his master many years ago.
The whole audience was in an uproar, and Guo Baokun took advantage of the situation to ask Emperor Qing to strip Fan Xian of his honors and expel him from Kyoto.
At this time, Fan Xian imitated Li Bai and wrote hundreds of poems after drinking a cup of wine. He drank and recited poems at the banquet, and recited all the "Three Hundred Tang Poems" he had memorized.
Suddenly, all the officials were shocked, the literary leader Zhuang Mohan vomited blood, and Fan Xian became famous overnight and became the world-famous "Little Fan Poetry God"!
As a TV series adapted from a cool novel, the plot of pretending to be cool and then getting slapped in the face in "Joy of Life" is very consistent with the routine of cool novels. This scene of reciting poems in the palace is considered the climax of the whole play.
"Gu Wei is so handsome, and this scene is so interesting.
I feel like today’s [Joy of Life] poem recitation segment will definitely be trending! ”
Ying Er looked at Gu Wei on the screen and couldn't stop smiling.
"Wipe your saliva, your husband is still in the house coaxing the children, you are praising other men like this, okay?"
After hearing Jingtian say this, Ying'er actually raised her hand to wipe the corner of her mouth.
"What's wrong with that? I'm just chasing stars, it's fair and square!"
She turned to look at Jing Tian and raised her eyebrows: "You and Gu Wei have filmed two dramas, and there are all kinds of scandals. Are you two..."
"What is it!"
"You told me I wouldn't tell anyone.
Besides, with Gu Wei's conditions, I don't believe any girl can resist throwing herself at him."
Ying Er hugged Jing Tian's arm and acted coquettishly.
"If you had the chance, would you jump at it?" Jingtian asked her.
Ying Er turned her head and glanced towards the bedroom, then whispered in Jing Tian's ear, "Of course I'll do it. If I could try a man of Gu Wei's level, I'd be lucky. I'd wake up laughing in my dreams!"
Jing Tian opened his eyes wide in disbelief and whispered, "You are a family man with children~"
"I'm just saying it. Besides, there's no way Gu Wei would be interested in me."
Ying Er said indifferently.
It’s not that she is unfaithful to love, it’s just that Gu Wei’s temptation is too great.
It's like a married man suddenly meets Fan Bingbing, who tells him that he can spend the night with him and won't let anyone know. I'm afraid not many people can control themselves under such circumstances.
"I saw online that Joy of Life 2 will be filming in the second half of the year?"
"Yes, I have got the script~"
"Can you introduce me to a suitable role? A minor supporting role will do."
Jingtian looked at Ying'er's admiring eyes and shook his head.
"It's basically the same people from the first film. There aren't many new characters, and most of the female characters have already been decided."
Of course, what she said was not true. Jingtian got the script for the second part, which had several new female characters and no one had been decided yet.
For example, Ying Er can play Yuan Meng, Sang Wen, and the Grand Princess of Northern Qi.
However, the other party had just answered the question incorrectly, so even if she was her best friend, she couldn't help.
"Is that so?"
Ying Er was not too disappointed, as she didn't have high expectations in the first place.
"As for male characters, could you recommend one for my husband?"
"Fu Xinbo, I can ask Gu Wei for you. He still has the final say on [Joy of Life]."
Jingtian did not refuse again.
"Hehe, Tiantian, you are the best!
Is Gu Wei in the capital? Can you invite him out for dinner?"
Jingtian shook his head.
"He went to Guizhou a few days ago to film a movie and probably won't be back until next month.
I’ll send him a WeChat message first.”
As Jing Tian edited the information, he told Gu Wei the whole story of recommending Fu Xinbo.
At this time, Gu Wei, who was filming "A UFO Falls from the Sky" in the mountains of Guizhou, had just returned to the crew hotel.
We filmed a night scene today and got off work quite late. Moreover, being a director is different from being an actor. He has a lot more things to worry about. After filming, he still has to discuss tomorrow's shooting plan with other members of the director team.
As soon as I entered the room, I received a WeChat message from Jingtian.
"Fu Xinbo? Ying'er's husband?"
Gu Wei had no impression of this person, but as the husband of Jing Tian’s best friend, he naturally had to give him some face.
He searched online for information about Fu Xinbo.
"Hmm? It seems to be the actor who played the original eldest prince.
That’s perfect, let’s just pick him and save ourselves the trouble of looking for someone else.”
Thinking of this, he called Jingtian.
"I took a look and your friend's husband looks pretty good, with a tough guy vibe. Let him play the role of Li Chengru, the eldest prince of Nanqing in the second part."
"Is it settled?"
Jing Tian was also a little bit incredulous. She just sent a message and Gu Wei got the role?
You should know that the eldest prince is almost the new character with the most screen time in the second part.
"It's settled. Since you asked me about it, and since we're good friends, I have to satisfy you. I can't let you lose face in front of your bestie, right?"
"Well, actually, you can also try the mirror~"
"No need to go to so much trouble. I'll have the crew contact Fu Xinbo later."
He was the original eldest prince and he played the role very well, so Gu Wei certainly didn't need to audition again.
"Okay, I won't say any more. I just finished work and went to take a shower. Have fun at your bestie's house~"
Before Jing Tian could say anything, Gu Wei said something and hung up the phone.
Back in Beijing, Ying'er looked at Jingtian, blinking her big eyes, waiting for her reply.
"Um~ Gu Wei said there's a role for your husband. It's an important supporting role in the second part, one of the princes."
"Really?
Tiantian, you're so kind. When will you let Fu Xinbo audition? "
Ying Er looked very happy. Although she just said that she would pounce on Gu Wei if she had the chance, she still loved her husband very much.
"No need for an audition. I just got the role confirmed over the phone. Someone from Gu Wei's company will contact you to sign the contract later!"
"Tiantian, you are so amazing!
Husband! Husband! "
Ying'er shouted loudly towards the inner room.
"What's wrong, wife?" Fu Xinbo came out.
Ying Er told her husband what had just happened.
"Thank you so much, Tiantian. I will definitely act well and won't make it difficult for you!"
Fu Xinbo was a smart man. After knowing this, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and expressed his opinion immediately.
[Joy of Life] is so popular now, the second part is definitely the top resource in the circle.
If it weren't for Jingtian's relationship, a fifth- or sixth-tier artist like him would never have the opportunity to perform.
"Do you have time tomorrow? I've prepared some of my specialties. Come and try them?" Fu Xinbo invited.
"Yes, Tiantian, if you have nothing to do, just come over and treat it like your own home~"
"Not tomorrow, I have work to do tomorrow, maybe next time~"
(End of this chapter)
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