On January 20, after a not-so-long wait, "The Best of Us" was finally broadcast on Shanghai Satellite TV.

It’s a bit of a pity that due to the winter vacation, Shanghai TV did not give the prime time to "The Best of Us" for the sake of conservativeness.

Currently being broadcast in prime time is the urban drama "Brave New World" starring Fan Xiaopang, Kristy Yang and Julian Cheung.

This drama was actually filmed a long time ago and was first broadcast on a local TV station in 2005, but it has never been broadcast on satellite TV. This time, largely due to Fan Xiaopang's current popularity, Shanghai Satellite TV brought it to the winter vacation schedule to compete.

Although the ratings for the first episode of "The Best of Us" were quite good, the cast was too "meager" after all.

The combined fame of the leading actors is not enough to match that of Fan Xiaopang alone, not to mention the several well-known Hong Kong actors.

Therefore, "The Best of Us" only managed to get the second prime time after 10 o'clock, which is considered unsatisfactory.

On the day of the satellite premiere, Wei Yang was browsing relevant feedback online, mainly on platforms such as Douban, Tianya, Blogs, and Tieba.

Frankly speaking, there aren't many discussion posts. After all, it's just been aired, and there are so many satellite TV stations, so it's hard to see audience discussions so quickly.

But the reputation of the few posts is still good. I usually use a small account to promote them, and then wait for the ratings statistics of the next day.

…

Ningyuan Community, rental house Zhao Liying anxiously paced around the living room early in the morning, her eyes never leaving Wei Yang's phone on the coffee table.

Wei Yang himself was in a good mood. He sat on the sofa and sorted out the novel adaptation of "The Best of Us", and even had the heart to tease Xiao Zhao.

"Stop sliding, your legs are getting thinner."

"I can't sit still."

Zhao Liying, who is now completely devoted to Wei Yang, is very nervous. She was probably at this level when she participated in Yahoo China's talent show.

Seeing that she was emotionally unstable, Wei Yang pulled her to sit down and comforted her in a gentle voice.

"Don't worry, even if this drama fails, I still have other dramas. We are still young and have a bright future ahead of us."

"Uh-huh."

Thinking of Wei Yang's future arrangements, Zhao Liying relaxed a little. At this moment, the cell phone on the coffee table rang, and she immediately grabbed Wei Yang's hand.

"Relax."

Wei Yang patted Xiao Zhao, picked up his phone, chatted with Sun Wei who called him for a few words, and hung up the phone with a normal expression.

"How about it?"

"The average ratings were 0.67, and the market share was 2.1%, ranking sixth during the same period."

This data is not very intuitive, and Zhao Liying doesn't quite understand it: "Is it good or bad?"

"Above average."

Wei Yang was quite satisfied with the data. Competing with dozens of satellite TV stations, Shanghai TV did not have any loyal fixed audience. Ranking sixth for the premiere was quite good.

Sun Wei was smiling when he spoke on the phone just now, and it was obvious that he was quite happy with the result.

"Now we just have to look at the data from the next few days. As long as we keep it stable, there is hope for upward movement."

Wei Yang still has some confidence in the drama "The Best of Us", not only because of his previous life, but mainly because the pilot broadcast in the Magic City performed really well.

His expected goal is to be at least third in the same period, with an average viewership of over 1.

After hearing that the premiere did well, Zhao Liying was finally happy. She even went out in the evening to get a bottle of red wine to celebrate, but was stopped by Wei Yang.

He is a football fan, so he would never set a flag to open champagne at halftime.

Now that only a goal has been scored, it won’t be too late to open this bottle of wine when the dust settles.

The next day, Wei Yang once again won the ratings of "The Best of Us", which was slightly higher than the previous day, but not much higher.

But on the third day, word of mouth about "The Best of Us" began to ferment online. Some media also noticed the show and began to report on it spontaneously, and the situation gradually began to improve.

This wave of popularity and exposure was quickly reflected in "The Best of Us".

The ratings soared to 0.85, jumping to third place in the same period, just one step away from second place.

It is unclear whether the leaders of Shanghai TV regretted it afterwards.

However, Shanghai TV immediately began to allocate resources to "The Best of Us", and the variety shows that Wei Yang and others had participated in before also began to be released one after another to add luster to the TV series.

As the TV series becomes popular, Wei Yang also feels his fame growing rapidly.

The most obvious change is the number of fans of his blog. Many drama fans and fans come to his blog, and the serialized novel "The Best of Us" also attracts a lot of traffic.

As a result, the number of Wei Yang's blog followers increased almost every day.

"The Best of Us" has just been aired for more than half, and the number of fans of Wei Yang's blog is about to break the 100,000 mark.

This number of fans is not the large number of fans that appeared on Weibo later. Their activity level may not be high, but most of them are real users.

However, compared to the number of fans, the most valuable data for a blog is the number of visits/clicks, which is what reflects the popularity of the blog.

Currently, the top traffic ceiling of Sina Blog is Xu Cainv and Han Han, both of whom have received over 100 million visits, and Wei Yang is still working hard to reach the million level.

In fact, compared to blogs, Wei Yang’s fans’ base camp should be in Tieba, especially since he seems to have more student fans.

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Therefore, Baidu's [Wei Yang Bar] and [Lu Xinghe Bar] are the places where the number of people has exploded wildly. The number of people in the bar has doubled in a short period of time.

By this time, when Wei Yang browsed posts and comments related to "The Best of Us" on major platforms, he could collect a large group without much effort.

[This drama really amazed me, not because of the plot and actors, but because this subject matter is really rare]

[That’s right, the protagonist is finally not in those aristocratic campuses that we have never seen before. Ugly school uniforms, college entrance exams, homework, and studying are the campuses we are familiar with.]

[Hahaha, that dean is exactly the same as the dean in our school]

[Oh my god, can you understand how touched I am? The protagonist of this genre is finally not a domineering and cool rich second generation, but a good student with excellent moral character, intelligence and physique]

[That’s right, who among normal students would like that kind of second-rate guy who is so noisy? The kind of guy who is handsome and good at studying is the popular school hunk.]

[To be honest, Lu Xinghe should be considered a second-generation rich man. I like him very much]

[Not really. Lu Xinghe is just rebellious and wants to study art. He doesn’t bully others and knows how to study.]

[Yu Huai is really good-looking, clean and sunny, I am obsessed with him]

[I stand for Lu Xinghe, he is the most suitable for Geng Geng]

[This blue and white school uniform is exactly the same as our school's. I always thought it was the school uniform that was ugly. Today, after watching a TV series, I realized that it was actually me who was ugly.]

[It’s so fake, there is no evening self-study in high school, and there are physical education classes and so many free activities]

[Haha, I read the interview with the screenwriter, it seems that it was processed artistically. If it was a real high school life, it would not be possible to shoot it.]

[The flaws do not outweigh the merits. Watching this drama really reminded me of my high school days.]

【……】

Campus youth dramas are still a relatively new product in this era, even though those melodramatic routines of premature love and pregnancy are not actually popular yet.

Before this, the drama that everyone was comparing to was "Meteor Garden", so similar dramas were all about rich second-generations and ugly ducklings, and the story background was set in a relatively suspended aristocratic school.

In such an environment, "The Best of Us" can be said to have taken a different approach.

The authentic costumes, props and mainland story background immediately give people a sense of intimacy and involvement. While retaining the current popular routines of "ugly duckling" + "love triangle", it puts more focus on growth and youth.

This gives many viewers a refreshing feeling, and is also the most prominent selling point of "The Best of Us" compared with similar themes.

Just like its previous pilot in Shanghai, this drama has great influence among the student community.

During the winter vacation, students had plenty of time to watch plays, which further boosted the performance of "The Best of Us".

On January 27, the ratings of "The Best of Us" officially exceeded 1, with a market share of over 7%, ranking second in the evening prime time during the same period.

To sum it up in one sentence – the TV series is a hit!

(End of this chapter)