Chapter 585: The joy of waiting for updates is beyond your imagination (asking for monthly tickets)
Those who say that the audience's appreciation level is not good might find it more credible if there were no online drama "The Beginning" for comparison.
But there is the web drama "The Beginning" here.
How come “The Beginning” became so popular? ? ?
I remember someone said before, you guys keep saying the environment is not good, you say the environment of the film industry is not good, but how can "The Wandering Earth" be a hit in the film industry? ?
People say the environment of the TV drama industry is not good, but how come "Bright Sword", "In the Name of People" and "Soldiers Assault" are so popular in the TV drama industry? ?
Saying that the online drama industry is not good? ?
Yu Xiaoshu’s several online dramas were all very popular. Even those that were considered to be a bit of a flop actually depended on who they were compared with.
Anyway, you can say that the environment is not good, but before you say that the environment is not good, you have to first look at whether you are capable enough? ?
Why does it always come to you? It's because the overall environment is not good.
This kind of people are really quite common in all walks of life.
Just like during the Lunar New Year holiday, Chen Feng’s theory of garbage audiences was ridiculed by many people.
After all, when you say the audience is trash, can you please think about what kind of person you are?
If you really say that the film was that good, to be honest, it wouldn't have failed like this.
How to say it?
In this day and age, if your film or TV series is truly a classic or even good one, it is impossible for it to fail. Even if it does fail, its reputation will be reversed.
Talent cannot be hidden, and classic film and television dramas cannot be hidden either.
But what are you afraid of?
I am afraid that even though the drama is obviously rubbish, people still think that they are not appreciated for their talents, and at the same time, they believe that time will prove that they are right.
Chen Feng is like this.
After all, "The Second Under Heaven" directed by Chen Feng was a complete flop, but for Chen Feng, he did not think it was his fault. On the contrary, he believed it was because the current audience's appreciation level was not high enough.
This is the directors' paranoia.
They always stubbornly believe that it’s not that my filming is bad, or that my directing is bad, but on the contrary, it’s that your level of appreciation is not enough.
Chen Feng is like this.
The same is true for Ma Yanyan.
Most of the works directed by Ma Yanyan are art films, but the box office of art films is generally not high, that is, they lack commerciality. However, art films can win awards. It is precisely because of this that although Ma Yanyan often cheats investors, she has basically won many awards both domestically and internationally.
In fact, many actors are willing to participate in Ma Yanyan's works, because Ma Yanyan is very good at training actors.
Take Zhu Qing for example. Twenty years ago, Zhu Qing was actually a young actor with no acting skills. It could even be said that he was not favored by the industry because everyone criticized Zhu Qing's acting as being rather hollow and sometimes too exaggerated.
And then what? ?
Zhu Qing participated in Ma Yanyan's work and directly won the Best Actor award. At the same time, Zhu Qing also carried out some tolerance and publicity, so gradually Zhu Qing's reputation improved.
And then what? ?
Zhu Qing gradually became a well-known actor in the entertainment industry.
It can be said that Ma Yanyan is Zhu Qing’s mentor.
If this web drama was directed by someone else, perhaps Zhu Qing would not have participated in it. After all, it would be funny for him to participate in a web drama with his current status. However, it is different for Ma Yanyan.
The entertainment industry has always cared about this, whether it is the industry or the media, everyone likes to promote it this way.
For Zhu Qing, he is actually on the decline now, and what he needs is a second spring in his career.
As a young actor, no, actually he is not even young at his age.
What he needed was to prolong the extent of his fire as long as possible.
Online dramas are one way.
After all, the director of this web drama is Ma Yanyan.
In Zhu Qing's opinion, he doesn't care whether Ma Yanyan's drama can be successful or not, or even how the drama is like. It doesn't matter even if it flopped, as long as it can be promoted.
What's more, no matter what, the bottom line of the work directed by Ma Yanyan is this.
But I never expected that.
This movie "Dead End" actually flopped, and even though it has a good reputation now, this reputation is only a niche reputation.
A common saying in the industry is that it is not popular but well-received.
This was the case with Ma Yanyan's previous art films, the box office performance was not high. As mentioned before, many art films are actually prone to flop. Many people make art films to win awards, while many others make art films to improve their own status.
For a movie, it is good to be critically acclaimed but not commercially successful.
For online dramas, this may actually be the case. At the same time, the "Dead End" directed by Ma Yanyan is not just a critical but commercial success. The number of hits for this online drama is average, and many people are complaining about the pace.
In this regard, this situation has basically occurred in Ma Yanyan’s previous art films.
Rhythm has always been Ma Yanyan's weakness.
But for a great director like Ma Yanyan, she really likes to change the script on the spot.
Gu Yiming's "Dead End" originally had a fast and intense pace, with enough conflict, but Ma Yanyan modified the script on the spot during filming. But Ma Yanyan is not a fool.
She is strong, but she still respects the screenwriter.
For this reason, Ma Yanyan modified the script on the spot when filming started, but she did not tell Gu Yiming. Then she started to do it when she went back to edit the script, which was when the final version was being finalized.
So, when Gu Yiming saw that the original edited film was slightly different from his own script, what else could he say? ?
The matter is done, and Gu Yiming also accepted the explanation given by Ma Yanyan.
What else can I do if I don’t accept it?
Perhaps Ma Yanyan has some understanding of the market, so Gu Yiming finally decided to trust Ma Yanyan.
And then it ended up like this.
The number of views of "Dead End" was not high during one night. At the same time, everyone in the small circle was praising "Dead End". Not only the small circle was praising it, but also some marketing accounts and big Vs were praising it.
These people praised the realism of "Dead End", the ceiling of urban dramas, the aesthetics, the characters' performances, etc., but the only thing they didn't mention was the rhythm of the first three episodes.
When a drama is not about content, when a drama deliberately talks only about other things.
Then the show is basically over.
At present, "Dead End" and "Scam" have formed completely opposite platform reactions. For example, on other social platforms, "Dead End" is almost unanimously criticized, but on Douhu, it is unanimously praised.
Obviously, this is the disadvantage of not being able to control comments for artists with high traffic.
However, it cannot be said that veteran actors do not understand traffic.
For example, Zhu Qing.
Whether on social platforms or Douhu, Zhu Qing has an excellent reputation. The excellent here refers to the fact that the fan circle he manages is relatively good.
How good is it???
Zhu Qing's fan base is even more terrifying than the fan circle. Basically, in recent years, Zhu Qing has done a great job in managing the fan circle. Otherwise, why could Zhu Qing develop so rapidly in recent years?
Don’t be fooled by the fact that Zhu Qing seems to have a good reputation and is always advertised as a warm-hearted man and a dedicated actor, and he also often does charity work.
But in fact, Zhu Qing was in a bad mood.
As soon as Zhu Qing discovered that the online drama "Dead End" was showing signs of failure, he immediately removed himself from the list. Not only did he remove himself from the list, he even started promoting it.
According to Zhu Qing's routine, "Dead End" may flop, but my reputation as Zhu Qing must not collapse.
It might be difficult for others to do this, but Zhu Qing has already gotten used to doing it this way over the years.
Ma Yanyan is Zhu Qing's mentor. Zhu Qing's participation in the filming of "Dead End" was already a great honor, so why should he take the blame next? ?
I shouldn't be blamed for this.
This is what Zhu Qing thinks.
So, today, the Internet is still quite lively.
Take the online drama "The Deception". It was criticized a lot on Douhu, but it was different on other platforms. Zhang Fan's fans were very aggressive in controlling the comments.
In April, four web dramas have been aired, namely "The Beginning", "The Trick", "I Love the Nanny" and "Dead End".
In terms of performance, it is "Beginning" > "The Trick" > "I Love the Nanny" > "Dead End".
But if we talk about word of mouth, it's "Beginning" > "Dead End" > "Scam" > "I Love the Nanny".
Moreover, no matter in terms of performance or reputation, "The Beginning" is basically in a class of its own, far surpassing the other three dramas.
In this regard, the remaining three dramas do not have the same temper.
This is totally unbeatable.
As for the first three episodes, almost everyone is waiting for the update of the upcoming fourth episode.
Everyone wants to know what the fourth episode of "The Beginning" is about.
To be exact, can the next episode solve the problem?
What happened to the explosion???
Looking forward to it.
At the same time, the reputation of "I Love the Nanny" has collapsed, but the performance is not the worst, and it is even higher than "The Deception". Correspondingly, in terms of the number of playback clicks, "Dead End" is the worst one.
On Monday, Xiang Fei, Yu Xiaoshu's strategic partner, published an article titled: "Where is the new chapter of the online drama??"
This article first gives a detailed summary of the start, peak, collapse, and failure of online dramas in recent years.
Then, Xiang Fei asked a question that everyone wanted to know the answer to.
That is, how did the web drama become like this again? ? ?
Then, Xiang Fei asked and answered his own questions. He said that it was inevitable for online dramas to become like this, because capital is short-sighted, and the healthy development of an industry is sometimes disadvantageous to capital. The more unhealthy or even chaotic the industry is, the easier it is for capital to reap the profits.
However, Xiang Fei also raised a question at the end.
That's the way the market is, and each of us has a responsibility.
If we have higher requirements for online dramas, if we criticize bad movies when we see them, instead of always making excuses for them, then I believe that capital will not dare to fool us.
Take "The Deception" for example, look at how bad Zhang Fan's acting is, look at how fragmented this web drama is, and yet fans are still praising it, saying how good this web drama is.
I just want to ask you, if you were the capital, would you cut the leeks when you saw them so green? ?
So, we have to say what we want to say and we should not remain silent anymore.
So, are online dramas really no longer popular? ?
Of course not, you can watch "The Beginning".
Just look at "The Beginning" and you will know.
There is still hope for online dramas.
For a good drama like "The Beginning", what we need to do is to support them and use real money to support them.
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Feng Ling deeply agrees with this article.
In the past, Feng Ling didn’t dare to say anything about some of the online traffic, and she didn’t even dare to mention their names. She only dared to use letters instead. But she has not done so in the past two years.
She couldn't give in to the flow.
Moreover, many traffic fans are basically typical bullies who only bully the weak and fear the strong. The more you dare not say anything to them, the more they will act arrogantly.
But what if you are tougher than them.
Then they would think that if the incident gets out of hand, it would bring discredit to their idols, so they would not dare to say anything.
Feng Ling not only thought so, but also did so.
After she did all these things, she realized that traffic fans were not as scary as they say.
But these days, Feng Ling was too lazy to seek revenge.
Zhang Fan no longer needs to be mocked himself, because their fans have attracted enough hatred before, so basically countless passers-by have mocked Zhang Fan like a dog.
These days, Feng Ling was just thinking about getting to the deadline quickly.
When the time comes, she can watch "The Beginning".
It has been a long time since Feng Ling felt this kind of happiness.
You know, for a bad drama, you don't even bother to wait for it to be updated.
But for a good drama, although waiting is painful, to be honest, waiting is also a joy.
For Feng Ling, the joy of waiting for updates has returned.
And it's not just Feng Ling, many other people are also waiting for updates.
On April 8, at 12 noon, Feng Ling had not eaten yet, and she did not even leave after get off work.
Because today, "Beginning" was officially updated.
It's still 12 o'clock.
But this time only one episode will be updated.
The amount of information in this episode is still huge.
At the beginning, the story mainly talks about how Zhang Cheng's right hand was injured. It can be said that it was because of a previous arrest that Zhang Cheng was injured because of Jiang Feng.
Not only that, many people also discussed the choice between Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun in this episode.
It was obvious that Xiao Heyun had no intention of going to the Public Security Bureau again. He felt that Li Shiqing should not call the police.
In this regard, Xiao Heyun is a bit selfish.
What’s more crucial is that in the last episode, Xiao Heyun called Li Shiqing.
And then it was over.
The break is here.
What are you doing? ?
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