“It’s on!”
Wang Xingrui sat in front of the TV, waving excitedly and calling her three good sisters to come over.
Su Yin first went into the house and grabbed a large bag of snacks she had just bought, piling them all onto the table. "You can't miss anything when watching variety shows, but you can't miss snacks."
Tang Yue rubbed her hands together excitedly, her expression filled with excitement. "It's finally airing! I can't wait to see how everyone will praise my highlight moments."
Only Lin Xuan'er still remembered to worry about Wang Xingrui's mental state: "Ruirui, are you feeling okay now?"
"Of course." Wang Xingrui nodded vigorously, seeming a little surprised by Lin Xuan'er's question. "I really don't care about being eliminated yesterday. Besides, Brother Yang told me that even though I was eliminated, I can still sing at the music festival. Actually, for me, going to the music festival is what I prefer."
"That's right." A thought flashed through Lin Xuan'er's mind. In fact, compared to acting, singing at a music festival seemed to be more suitable for her.
"You don't know," Tang Yue followed Su Yin's advice and chose a bag of pork jerky. "There are so many people online waiting to see me laugh!"
"Still coming?" Su Yin bit into some beef jerky, her expression surprisingly not ferocious at all. "Why is it that every time our variety show airs, there are always a bunch of people who say they're not optimistic about it? But based on past experience, it's obviously more likely to be a hit."
"You can't expect them to think so rationally," Wang Xingrui said with a smile. "I just took a look, and it seems that everyone thinks that there haven't been any actor-themed variety shows on the market before, so many people are not optimistic about it. After all, relatively speaking, people still watch more singing variety shows."
"Anyway, I have a feeling," Tang Yue's face was full of confidence, "Our variety show this time will definitely be a big hit. Otherwise, no one will appreciate my amazing acting skills!"
"But the popularity before the show started was already high enough. It even made it to several trending searches today." Lin Xuan'er took a look online. The show started a minute ago, and several discussion posts had already appeared on the homepage of Group 8.
After the four of them clicked on the barrage, they had no idea that there were so many barrages after just a short while of broadcasting.
[Ahhh, the long-awaited show has finally begun!]
After looking through countless repos, I’m finally excited to see the lineup!
[I came here for our sister Yue and wanted to see the sisters’ wonderful performance!]
[Chen Bao, come on! Luo Chen, a young actor, thanks the other guests for their care!]
Sure enough, most of the people who spoke actively at the beginning were fans.
However, there are also many netizens who come here for the new type of variety show.
Zhou Yiyang's phone would refresh a message from time to time, which were all real-time updates sent to him by Guan Fei.
"Brother Yang, it's trending on both Douyin and Weibo, and it's gradually rising."
"Based on the current rate of click-through rate, this episode is very likely to break our station's record for variety show premieres."
Zhou Yiyang scratched his head, wondering why there were so many titles for this record.
On the TV, posters of 30 actors appeared one by one.
Every time someone appears, someone will post comments like "that's it" or "I don't know them", but when those high-traffic people appear, the number of comments still increases a lot.
The most obvious remarks were those that looked down on them, believing that Yue Shao, Luo Chen and others were taking advantage of Yi Yang entertainment artists by appearing on the show.
There are also many people who criticize in an extreme way, believing that it is an insult to the acting industry for these popular actors to compete on the same stage with actors with good acting skills.
Some people even threatened that they would abandon this crappy variety show because of this group of traffic stars who can't act.
Despite their claims, data from the backend showed a terrifying retention rate. Within the first ten minutes of the show, nearly 90 percent of viewers chose to scroll down.
Wang Xingrui stared at the progress bar of the program and thought of something. She dragged it a little and found a key.
"Tangtang, I think you might be disappointed."
Tang Yue was stunned: "Why do you say that?"
"That's right, our acting part should be broadcast in the next episode. This episode is mainly about grading and rehearsals."
After hearing these speeches, Tang Yue felt as if she was struck by lightning.
"What! So they won't be able to see my amazing performance on Peacock tonight?"
"Yes." Su Yin's mouth puffed out like a squirrel. "But don't worry, Tangtang. Everyone will see how much your acting has improved next week."
Although there was no performance part, the grading part caused an uproar as Zhou Yiyang predicted.
The ranking of commercial value reveals the reality of the industry in a stark way.
Everyone is constantly criticizing traffic stars, believing they are ruining the entertainment industry. On the other hand, they only recognize these traffic stars and start looking for traffic stars when they become producers themselves.
Posts popped up one after another in the eight groups, all discussing the significance of this list.
[This is hilarious! Is this the traffic that everyone despises? Yet, the industry still treasures it!]
[Having traffic is great, but no one knows those veteran actors with great acting skills. This show is too cruel.]
[If nothing else, Zhou Yiyang is really good at hosting a show. With this list out, there's no need to worry about trending searches.]
As expected, the trending searches on Weibo about this list rose rapidly and directly reached the first place.
Su Yin, who ranked first, undoubtedly became the object of many people's doubts.
[That's it? What else does she have besides this face?]
[I've said it before, once Yi Yang Entertainment takes control, they'll be feeding us shit. Su Yin is ranked ahead of those best actor and actress winners, isn't she ashamed?]
Tang Yue looked at Su Yin quietly, as if concerned about her mental state.
However, Su Yin sucked the jelly nonchalantly and continued, "I don't care what those people say. There are two lists, aren't there? Those people are just clinging to the first one."
For Zhou Yiyang, the popularity was already there. And after Su Yin's second performance, the controversy would naturally dissipate.
When it came to the rehearsal stage, the focus was on a few not-so-famous actresses.
Tang Yue was stunned: "They are so cruel, they tore it apart so violently."
Lin Xuan'er nodded. "We had no idea during rehearsal. No wonder some of them spoke strangely during their performance."
The actresses started arguing over the number of lines they had, and it even got to the point where they counted each other's lines and then started to divide them fairly.
After the two-hour show ended, ten show-related topics were on the trending searches on Weibo.
The four girls also watched with great interest. The dispute outside the stage was even more interesting than the performance!
Guan Fei looked at the data and finally had the confidence to announce a fact: "The first episode of 'The Actors Are in Place' was a huge hit."
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