"Bashu TV?"
After Zhou Yiyang finished talking with the people from the TV station, he called Bai Yangyu directly.
When Bai Yangyu heard that the person who wanted to buy the drama was Bashu TV, he exclaimed like Liu Laolao.
"That's right." Zhou Yiyang seemed very calm.
"Is it the Bashu TV station that broadcasts infertility advertisements all day long?" Bai Yangyu was even more surprised. He didn't understand why Zhou Yiyang was so calm.
"Old Bai, you're really biased. Bashu TV actually broadcasts the most dramas about tearing the Japanese apart. Last year, its average viewership ranked 18th!"
"Let me drink some water and calm down." Bai Yangyu finally calmed down. "So it's the 18th. I always thought that except for a few top satellite TV stations, no one watched provincial satellite TV anymore."
"I know that Bashu TV's influence and ratings aren't high." Zhou Yiyang paused. "I also know that urban dramas like ours would be best if they could be broadcast on the three major TV stations. But they're not willing to buy it! The price Bashu TV offered us was actually quite high."
"Mr. Zhou, will anyone really go to see it?" Bai Yangyu asked worriedly.
"Yes," Zhou Yiyang consoled him. "Now is the internet age. As long as it's good, even a web drama can become a national hot topic. And Bashu TV has a fixed audience. And their people talked to me, and they actually hope to make their TV station famous through 'Ode to Joy'."
"Mr. Zhou," Bai Yangyu walked to the window sill, "I know how dedicated you are to this drama, so I trust your decision."
"Thanks. A satellite TV station that few people watch, plus a TV series that only knows how to market and is not well-received. Who knows what chemical reaction will happen when we collide with each other!" Zhou Yiyang said with a smile.
And most importantly, Bashu TV was willing to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights for the drama without even watching it become a finished film. This also put Zhou Yiyang's heart at ease. At least he didn't have to worry about having no place to broadcast it after filming was completed.
However, because of this, the price he finally sold it for was not high and was within the affordability of Bashu TV.
The news that Bashu TV bought the exclusive broadcasting rights of "Ode to Joy" has spread within the industry, but judging from the comments of several professionals, none of them seem optimistic.
A popular online account specializing in entertainment news bluntly stated, "Next year's 'Ode to Joy' will definitely hit a new low in ratings. I even suspect it will be the last straw that breaks the camel's back for Bashu TV. Everyone should know that Bashu TV doesn't have much money to spend on dramas each year. I heard that 'Ode to Joy' has used up all the budget. The leadership of Bashu TV is really confused!"
The staff of Bashu TV who had previously contacted Zhou Yiyang to buy the drama also complained to Zhou Yiyang:
"Mr. Zhou, you don't know. I went to a meeting today. Several colleagues almost said our TV station was stupid. I'm so tired!"
"We also read the script and bought Ode to Joy because we felt it had potential. Our station also wants to get rid of previous prejudices!"
"Don't worry about what they say," Zhou Yiyang consoled him. "Since your station trusts me so much, I'll definitely do my best. Do you think that having Teacher Fang and Teacher Qiao film this wouldn't risk their professional reputations?"
During a break in filming, Su Yin found Zhou Yiyang and asked, "Brother Yang, why do I feel like something's not right?"
"What's wrong?" Zhou Yiyang thought Su Yin was talking about filming.
"It's the direction of public opinion! I remember when Fang Zicheng and Qiao Zishan first joined, everyone was still praising them, speculating that the script for 'Ode to Joy' was good. But now, it seems that in their eyes, our show has become synonymous with garbage. Tangtang showed me the comments, and I felt very strange."
"Because someone is leading the pace." Zhou Yiyang said simply.
"I was told," Tang Yue came over at some point, "someone must have deployed a network of online trolls to smear us. We haven't even released a full movie yet, and they shouldn't be mocked so harshly just for riding on the hype. I think someone is anxious and deliberately smearing us! But since you knew about this, Brother Yang, why didn't you react?"
"Like you said, if we don't release a finished film, netizens will figure out something's wrong once they calm down. They can criticize us if they want, and it will only increase the discussion about us."
"So," Su Yin boldly guessed, "the one who's bashing us is 'Legend of the Cloud Dragon'? But they should have confidence in their own work. Why would they care about a small production like ours?"
"Don't worry about that," Zhou Yiyang interrupted Su Yin. "It doesn't matter who did it. We just need to know that some people are worried about the success of Ode to Joy. If that's the case, shouldn't we film it properly and not let them get what they want?"
I have to say that Zhou Yiyang's method of transferring hatred was quite successful.
After Tang Yue and Su Yin told Lin Xuan'er and Wang Xingrui these words, the four of them performed more seriously.
If they weren't going to live broadcast and sell goods in the evening, Zhou Yiyang suspected that they were planning to discuss the script all night long.
Saturday is the most comfortable day of the week for most people.
It is also the busiest day for the mall.
But today, some young ladies who are used to lingering in the counters on the first floor of the shopping mall on Saturdays, all opened the live broadcast page of Taobao at the same time.
Live streaming of selling goods is still unfamiliar to most people.
If Mac’s official Weibo and TikTok accounts hadn’t released promotional videos, I’m afraid these people wouldn’t have paid attention to tonight’s live broadcast.
However, there are quite a few male fans among Moonlight Girl.
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