Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, both "Yun Qing Ji" and "Qing Yun Zhuan" have aired their 38th and 39th episodes.
"The Tale of Clouds" only has forty episodes. That means the finale will air tomorrow.
For "The Tale of Yun Qing," this is a prelude to the grand finale. For "The Legend of Qing Yun," however, it is the prelude to the eventual dissipation of a vast shadow that has been looming over the series.
The highest viewership rating for "The Legend of Qingyun" to date is 2.49 on its premiere day. Since then, it has been on a downward trend. The ratings have been declining all the way down, and even in the middle of the climax of the drama, the ratings were only a pitiful 1.55.
Because of the similar genre, "Qingyun Biography" was almost completely drained of its market share by "Yunqing Chronicle".
What made "The Legend of Qingyun" even more vulnerable was that, despite its low ratings on TV satellite channels, it did not surpass "The Legend of Yunqing" on online streaming platforms!
The total number of views for "Qingyun Biography" on Holo Video is currently 3.3 billion.
In 2017, this was already an excellent achievement. With simultaneous online and television broadcasts, the latter inevitably encroached on the former's market share. The 3.3 billion views were enough to make "The Legend of Qingyun" stand out from the crowd and become a celebrated success.
The premise is that you haven't encountered "Yun Qing Ji".
The online viewership of "Yun Qing Ji" is 4.8 billion!
The astronomical figure of 1.8 billion stands between the two dramas, like an insurmountable Mariana Trench, a cold mockery.
Metafilm was overjoyed, allocating more of its marketing budget to "Yun Qing Ji," aiming to surpass 5 billion views by the finale. Even "Love's Chocolate Toast," starring Crown Princess Su Ge, quietly changed its release date, awaiting further developments.
Up to this point, "The Legend of Qingyun" could only be considered a decent success. However, if judged by its investment amount, this performance could be described as a massive flop!
The production team of "The Legend of Qingyun" was furious that "Yunqingji," with an investment of only one-tenth that of "Qingyun Zhuan," achieved several times the success.
Now that he has avenged his family, Zheng Bohan is in high spirits. He spends his days actively interacting with fans on the official Weibo account of Yunqingji, living a life of blissful forgetfulness.
Not only him, but his fellow screenwriters also experienced a resurgence in their careers. "The Tale of Clouds" is an episodic series, and each screenwriter has a distinct style. There are romantic comedies, melodramatic love stories, folk tales, and even serious dramas.
Every style has its audience. These old guys have recently been flattered by their respective groups of viewers and get together every few days to connect, which is actually just mutual praise and flattery.
They had been lonely for too long and forgotten by the audience for too long. Their sudden resurgence brought them even greater joy than when they first became famous in their youth.
Everything was perfect.
The only regret is that, to date, the two dramas have not yet had a face-to-face showdown.
Because one is a long-running historical drama and the other is an episodic dark comedy, although fans argue fiercely, very few people actually discuss their plots and themes side-by-side. For example, although both are classic romance films, very few people would compare *Titanic* and *It Happened One Night* frame-by-frame.
Although it was a pity, Zheng Bohan was not in a hurry.
Based on his understanding of Xu Hanwen and the script that had been completely altered, he figured it was around this time that Xu Hanwen should make his move.
The series "Qingyun Biography" has a total of eighty episodes. Around episode forty is a watershed moment, when the female protagonist, Qingyun, will abandon her old love and embrace a new life.
The watershed moment is a crucial juncture. We must find ways to retain our existing audience while simultaneously attracting new viewers!
Zheng Bohan was waiting. He was carefully waiting for Xu Hanwen to offer his face for him to slap.
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It was 4:30 PM, close to the end of the workday.
Today is Friday. There are three hours left until the airing of episodes 38 and 39 of "The Legend of Qingyun" and "The Tale of Yunqing".
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