Chapter 625: I want it, and more (asking for monthly tickets)
The advance on-demand viewing of "The Beginning" brought about another surge in traffic for Xiaoma Video.
Here we have to mention the cunningness of Xiaoma Video.
After all, if the advance on-demand payment is too much, then it will definitely not work. But this time it is different. It’s just two episodes and three dollars. To be honest, this price can’t even buy a piece of ice cream.
In this case, naturally, no one cares much.
More importantly, the last two episodes of "The Beginning" are extremely attractive. It's the finale, and the mystery is about to be revealed. Who wouldn't want to watch the finale at this time? ?
This is true for Feng Ling, and it is true for others as well.
But just as Yu Xiaoshu worried, some people don’t care about advanced on-demand viewing, but some people do care.
They think this is cutting leeks.
We are already members, why do we have to pay a second fee? ?
It’s not that there were no other websites that offered advance on-demand streaming before, but without exception they were all badly criticized.
If Xiaoma Entertainment had directly charged more than 10 yuan for advance on-demand viewing, there would have certainly been a lot of criticism, but this time because it was only 3 yuan for two episodes, there were fewer criticisms.
But less scolding doesn’t mean there is none.
Especially for some people who are extremely disgusted with advanced on-demand viewing, they are really speechless.
In their opinion, "The Beginning" has brought such huge traffic to Xiaoma Video, and its reputation is also quite good. People have even come here from other video websites.
As a result, they never expected that Xiaoma Video would play such a trick.
"We don't care about the three dollars, but I just hate being ripped off like this."
"I won't pay a dime for advanced on-demand streaming. At worst I'll just watch pirated copies."
"Upstairs, it's not good to watch a pirated version of such a good drama."
"What's wrong with that? Since he dares to take advantage of me, I dare to watch pirated copies."
"Yeah, me too, trash pony video, this hasn't even been successful yet and it's starting to get bigger."
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It is not yet known whether there were other video websites fanning the flames. Anyway, on the one hand, the finale of "The Beginning" successfully made it to the hot search list, and on the other hand, Xiaoma Video was also scolded and made it to the hot search list.
This can be regarded as the highlight moment of Xiaoma Video.
They asked for it.
However, Xiaoma Video obviously does not care about this at the moment. After all, for them, getting real money is the most real thing.
Now that "The Beginning" has finished airing and has refreshed the recent online drama viewing record, it is only natural to hold another celebration party.
Yu Xiaoshu was not planning to participate.
It doesn't make much sense.
"The Beginning" no longer needs to prove anything, its explosive performance is enough to prove it.
Secondly, Yu Xiaoshu from Xiaoma Video has also realized that changing managers is of no use. If there is no change at the root, then nothing will help.
Short-sighted.
The cooperation between Yu Xiaoshu and Xiaoma Entertainment will definitely continue, but some more important collaborations will require some careful consideration.
In the entire Xiaoma Entertainment, Judy is the only one who understands.
But this is not what Yu Xiaoshu was thinking about.
For now, all he needs to do is promote "Journey to the West" well.
Because the production of animation takes time.
Yu Xiaoshu is planning to follow the season.
The first season is naturally about Sun Wukong's rampage in heaven.
The script is easy to write, but Yu Xiaoshu plans to let someone from October Culture write it first. After all, the original work is already here, so he only needs to adapt it when writing.
In this regard, Yu Xiaoshu only needs to control a normal outline.
At the same time, for Yu Xiaoshu, he only needs to grasp the general direction.
Currently, "The Beginning" has been scheduled to be broadcast on Qidong Satellite TV.
As for Hongxing Satellite TV, Yu Xiaoshu still sent people to negotiate.
He wanted to buy a TV station, especially since many people thought the TV station was going to go bankrupt, so Yu Xiaoshu could lower the price appropriately.
This is not a short-term job.
Yu Xiaoshu has handed it over to professionals.
Let’s talk first.
Anyway, apart from Yu Xiaoshu, no one else would want to buy the TV station, especially Hongxing TV.
After all, who would buy a TV station nowadays?
I had contact with them before, and they found out that the price asked by Hongxing TV was too high, 5 billion as the opening price.
Why not grab it?
Yu Xiaoshu felt that the other party probably had not yet reached the end of his rope, so they could just talk slowly.
Contact first.
For Baiqian Media, Yu Xiaoshu has several considerations, but these need to be done slowly.
No rush.
Online, the discussion about "The Beginning" and "Journey to the West" has reached a peak.
The reputation of Journey to the West has finally fermented, and people no longer say it's rubbish. Instead, they are all waiting to see when they can start watching it???
All in all, the current sales of "Journey to the West" have reached a peak, and the 2 million copies put on the market were easily sold out.
At the beginning, Su Qing thought that printing another million copies would definitely not be enough. Now that Su Qing is the editor-in-chief, she thinks that another million copies should be printed.
So 2 million copies were directly put into the market.
But Su Qing still underestimated the readers' enthusiasm for buying.
Of course, this does not include the 1 million books donated by Yu Xiaoshu.
If you count all the copies, it only took one week and basically all 3 million copies were sold out.
This is exaggerated.
At the moment, Su Qing is also a little confused.
Because from the current perspective, the sales of "Journey to the West" will definitely increase further, because of the foreshadowing of the havoc in heaven in the first episode, so the purchase volume of the second episode will definitely increase.
In another week, the second episode will be released.
Usually there are two episodes released per month.
Yu Xiaoshu had already sent the complete collection of Journey to the West to Su Qing a long time ago, and at present the novel does not need any further promotion as the audience will spontaneously help promote it.
The Gods and Demons Novel Association no longer insisted on being stubborn. Jiang Qingsong was originally very dissatisfied with his students speaking out for "Journey to the West", but after talking with Zhao Fan, he felt that Zhao Fan was right.
If everyone maintains this kind of xenophobic mentality, will this society still be good? ?
In the end, Jiang Qingsong chose to stand up.
He first read "Journey to the West" with a neutral attitude. After reading it, he thought that the novel was indeed good.
What Zhao Fan said is right.
The first episode of "Journey to the West" is really great.
If the subsequent "Journey to the West" can maintain this quality, or even maintain it until the end, then it might really create a miracle in the mythological novels.
Because of this, Jiang Qingsong finally chose to stand up bravely.
"I want to apologize to Journey to the West, I want to apologize to No. 2 Under Heaven, and I want to apologize to Yu Xiaoshu. This novel about gods and demons is indeed quite good, and it may bring new miracles to the novel about gods and demons."
After Jiang Qingsong came out to apologize, others also came out to apologize.
In their opinion, they thought that since Jiang Qingsong had apologized, it would not be so embarrassing for them to apologize.
No matter what, "Journey to the West" is currently at its peak.
Of course, the most discussed work right now is "The Beginning".
Sometimes the finale is over, but that doesn’t mean netizens’ emotions will quickly fade away.
Impossible.
No matter from which aspect, the audience will discuss it.
What’s more crucial is that nowadays online public opinion has more topics about men and women. Many times, people dare not express their opinions easily, and even a wrong statement can easily lead to a label being put on them.
Sometimes passers-by don't dare to talk about such topics.
But there is one thing that will make everyone angry.
That's when women are sexually harassed, or when women are harmed.
Whenever the weak are harmed, everyone will stand up and speak out.
Let’s look at what happened to Wang Mengmeng in “The Beginning”. This can be seen everywhere in reality.
Whenever a woman is hurt, there is basically a lot of victim-blaming theory, saying that the woman must be a prostitute, or that the woman must have a grudge, or that it takes two to tango.
Many times, cyber violence can cause greater harm than physical harm.
How many victims collapsed because of cyber violence.
Many times people use the Internet to blast in the name of justice.
In recent years, there are more and more short essays, and many people have become smarter. When they publish short essays, they tend to only publish those that are beneficial to themselves. In this case, basically everyone will think that she is righteous, and then madly insult others.
What is the result? ?
Looking back, the situation was reversed again.
There are so many things like this, so many that many people become alert after reading the short essay.
For this reason, many people now say that they will wait before encountering anything.
Just like The Beginning.
Many times, seeing is not necessarily believing.
If we only watch this one video of Wang Mengmeng, then we can draw the conclusion that Wang Mengmeng is absolutely crazy and she is definitely asking for trouble.
Look at the online dramas, she has been humiliated and scolded over the years.
But what is the real situation? ?
The truth is that Wang Mengmeng was sexually harassed, and she finally chose to get off the bus after she broke down.
This incident also served as a wake-up call to some people.
When something happens, you must wait and see.
At the same time, when women are sexually harassed or hurt, they must remain calm and record evidence if possible. If they cannot, they should also try to find other ways. ? ?
No one expected that "The Beginning" would become a truly realistic drama.
What happened next was even more unexpected for everyone.
First, some lawyers began to discuss and speak about "The Beginning".
For example, how to collect evidence in the case of molestation?
For example, in the Wang Mengmeng incident, what should women do to be most beneficial?
For example, how many years in prison can the guy who molested Wang Mengmeng be sentenced?
For example, how many years can Wang Xingde and Tao Ying be sentenced for wanting to blow up a bus?
This is what the lawyers discuss.
There are also official discussions, such as always believing in the law, believing in justice, believing in the police, and never going to such extremes.
At the same time, there is a topic on Douhu: "Do you think what Wang Xingde and Tao Ying did for the couple is right?"
Many people are discussing this topic.
Some people support it.
First of all, Wang Xingde and Tao Yinghong believed in justice at the beginning, but what did they get in return? ?
The molester was never found out.
For five years, the molester has been at large. On the contrary, their daughter Wang Mengmeng will be cursed and scolded even after her death, saying that she deserves it.
Many people even forgot about it afterwards.
Forgot.
When Wang Xingde applied for the bus job, the person didn't recognize him at all.
Their precious daughter just died, but everyone let it go so easily?
Why?
Therefore, Wang Xingde and Tao Yinghong finally chose to fight violence with violence. They wanted to directly create public opinion incidents.
At the same time, some people said: "Yes, Tao Yinghong and Wang Xingde are pitiful, but aren't the other people on the bus pitiful?? Lao Jiao works so hard, let's not talk about Lu Di, just talk about the anchor brother, although he is a fool, but he happily brings happiness to everyone every day, and there are other people, should they all become the price??
The premise of fighting violence with violence is not to harm innocent people.
Otherwise, who can guarantee that we will become passengers on the bus? ? "
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In short, with the discussion of "The Beginning", more and more people can be said to have joined in.
If you substitute Tao Yinggei and Wang Xingde, you can do it.
But many people put themselves in the shoes of the bus passengers.
What’s more important is to look at the ending of “The Beginning”, the smiles on the faces of the passengers. If there hadn’t been this cycle, all these people would have been killed in an explosion.
In such a discussion, everyone is not in opposition, because they all feel that there is one thing they agree on.
That is, don't engage in cyber violence at any time and don't blame the victim.
Yu Xiaoshu also agrees with this point.
Later, "The Beginning" was also announced to be scheduled on Qidong Satellite TV, and Yu Xiaoshu also forwarded this news. As for the celebration banquet of "The Beginning", Yu Xiaoshu did not attend it.
At that time, he was reading the script of "Journey to the West".
In the conference room.
Everybody is here.
Several screenwriters worked overtime to finish the script.
After reading the script, Yu Xiaoshu said: "It's good, but we shouldn't just say that cartoons are for children. At the same time, we shouldn't ignore children just because they are for adults. This time we need cartoons that are suitable for all ages."
I want it and more.
This is what Yu Xiaoshu asked everyone to do.
One of the screenwriters said with some headache: "Teacher Yu, we have tried hard on this, but it is too difficult."
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(End of this chapter)
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