Chapter 447 The Goddess of Revenge Returns
The next day, thanks to the effective promotion, more and more people were drawn to watch the show.
At this time, the production team also opened up various fan creation activities. Shen Xuewei specially arranged for several makeup bloggers to imitate Xu Yue's high-energy scene of returning to the wealthy family for the first time in the drama, which successfully brought more traffic to the drama again.
This drama is indeed of very high quality for a low-budget web series, with excellent plot content and well-developed characters.
In addition, Gu Ling's excellent control over every frame and the perfect performances of the actors in the show attract viewers to stay.
Although the production cost was not high, the scenes of the wealthy family depicted in the drama truly captured the feeling of being in a wealthy family.
All the costumes, jewelry, bags, and props inside are genuine, provided by Shen Xuewei and Chen Fanglan.
After watching the show, viewers shared highlights and their viewing experiences on social media, attracting more attention to the drama and creating a "word-of-mouth" effect.
The audience, the production team, and the lead actors are all putting in a lot of effort, and the fans of the actors, led by Xu Yue, are also working hard to promote the show.
Finally, on the fifth day of its broadcast, as the plot unfolded, it began to gain popularity.
At this point, platforms and advertisers also recognized the value of the show, and the platform began to recommend it, resulting in greater publicity and exposure.
Advertisers finally started rushing in on the tenth day of the show's airing.
Actually, there were two advertisers at the beginning of this drama, namely Dai Rong and Yun Cai Clothing.
Under Shen Xuewei's arrangement, the two brands placed advertisements in the first few episodes.
Due to limited budget, only four episodes were produced.
However, with the huge success of the drama, both brands, especially Dai Rong, have gained unprecedented exposure, increased their brand awareness, and reaped the benefits.
Brands that entered the market later, having placed their advertisements after the show became popular, charged several times more for their advertising than Dai Rong and Yun Cai Clothing.
The TV series has a total of 28 episodes, with two days off on Sundays, and it took 15 days to air the finale.
Xu Yue returned to the public eye with this film, "Above the Thorns".
Because she plays a vengeful and wicked woman in the drama, she is jokingly called "The Goddess of Vengeance Returns, This Time I'm Going to Take Back Everything That Belongs to Me."
With a production cost of only 30 million, Tide Media made a fortune from membership fees and advertising revenue, which also brought the little-known company to the attention of major platforms.
Another drama produced by Tide Media, "A Story with You," is also scheduled to air on the Puffin platform.
This drama only wrapped up filming a few days ago.
With money in its accounts, Tide Media can attract investment from other platforms to share the risks, and then launch new projects.
The success achieved overcoming numerous obstacles has prompted various platforms to extend offers to Tide Media.
One month after the show ended, "Above the Thorns" officially surpassed 10 billion views.
Several TV dramas have surpassed 10 billion views this year. While "Above the Thorns" doesn't have the highest viewership, it has the fewest episodes among these dramas.
After the celebration banquet, Gu Ling prepared to film a new project, while Xu Yue also became busy.
Various endorsement deals and script offers poured in, bringing her back to her previous, or rather, even more radiant, moment.
Ultimately, actors have to let their work speak for itself, a statement Xu Yue firmly believes in.
After she signed with Tide Media, she was provided with an assistant, driver, and agent.
The scripts that appeared before them had all been screened by agents.
Agent Ying sat to the side, discussing the schedule for the next few days with her.
"There's an advertisement shoot tomorrow in Shanghai. I've already booked your plane ticket. As for the day after tomorrow, there's a magazine shoot..."
Xu Yue nodded to indicate that she understood, but her eyes remained fixed on the script in front of her.
Seeing that she was clearly interested in the script, the agent leaned closer to take a look and frowned slightly.
"Director Liang is a great director, so it's certainly a good thing to be able to film one of his movies. However, the role he's offered is the second female lead, and I've heard that the role is complex and difficult to play. Why don't you look at other options?"
Xu Yue shook her head. "No, this is how it is. There's a saying: 'If you fall down, you get up from where you fell down.'"
"Opportunities to work with Director Leung are rare. I lost opportunities that were clearly within my grasp due to various reasons. I don't want to miss this opportunity this time."
Although I missed out on the lead role, being the second female lead in Director Leung's film isn't bad at all.
Sister Ying then remembered that if it weren't for the previous incident, Xu Yue and Director Liang should have worked together in the first place.
"Well, in that case, I'll go back to the staff over there."
"Filming for this movie starts next month. You should read the script more this month and try to give a good performance."
"By the way, should we finalize the next project as well? I see there are a few good scripts here."
As a supporting actress with limited screen time and a short filming period, Sister Ying wants to finalize her future projects as well.
Good scripts are highly sought after.
Xu Yuecan lowered her eyes to look at the remaining scripts. The great fire on the thorns had brought her another representative work, but it also meant that the scripts handed to her now all had similar roles.
If she takes on another role that is too similar to her previous ones, she might be confined to this type of drama.
As soon as Sister Ying saw her indifferent expression, she knew that she was not satisfied with the rest of the script.
"Okay, I understand. There's no rush. You have another drama waiting to be broadcast. If it does well, more scripts will be sent to you. Good things come to those who wait."
Thinking of the drama series that the company was about to start filming, Sister Ying said regretfully:
"The company's new drama is scheduled to start filming next month, right? Actually, I think the female lead in that drama is quite a good match for you."
"Besides, it's directed by Gu Ling. You two had a great working relationship on Thorns, and you're from the same company. I don't know why you weren't given the lead role this time."
Xu Yue didn't feel there was anything to regret.
Gu Ling's upcoming drama, "Where We Meet Again," is an idol drama, but the highlights are mostly focused on the male lead, clearly intended to promote him.
This drama is a collaboration between Chaoxi Media and Qingkuang platform. As an investor, Qingkuang platform intends to use this drama to promote the male lead.
Given her current popularity, if she were to act in this drama, wouldn't that just be her stepping stone for the male lead?
She has many better options; this role is somewhat pointless for her, so she might as well not take it.
The male lead was chosen by the platform, and the female lead is a currently popular young actress, selected by Gu Ling from several female artists.
As a contracted director with Tide Media, Gu Ling also wanted to get some of her company's artists into the production team.
However, unfortunately, Tide Media was too disappointing in the past and didn't sign many artists.
Including Xu Yue, there are only four artists in total, a real talent drain.
Of these three artists, one of them had such terrible acting skills that he even went and got plastic surgery, ruining his face and making it look stiff. Gu Ling didn't want him.
The remaining two were also brought into the production team, taking on the roles of the second male and second female leads in the drama.
As Tide Media has grown, it naturally needs more artists.
There is currently a third-tier artist whose contract is about to expire and is considering switching to Chaoxi Media. However, the two sides are still negotiating the terms, and the outcome is unknown. At the same time, Chaoxi Media is also scouting for promising new talents.
Xu Yue stretched and stood up.
"Okay, if there are really good scripts and roles, the company will definitely give them to me."
Her apartment in the capital was finally renovated. Now, sitting in her own apartment, she made a point of wandering over to the room she had reserved for Shen Xuewei, took a picture, and sent it to Shen Xuewei.
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