"A promise made in this life must be fulfilled in the next life."

After saying the last line, Wei Yang looked at Liu Shishi deeply and forced a smile on his face. In an instant, his eyes became firm, and he turned around and rode away.

Liu Shishi stopped his horse and stood where he was, silently watching Wei Yang's figure getting farther and farther away along with the advancing army, his figure looking desolate.

"Okay, perfect."

Director Zhang Yongxin stood up and shouted, which also indicated that the filming of "Nirvana in Fire", which had lasted for several months, had officially ended.

Wei Yang, who had just been feeling sad and guilty, turned the horse around and rode half a circle happily. His movements were neat and agile, and he looked nothing like the delicate and sickly young man before. Many extras cheered in support.

They were lucky today as they caught up with the crew's final scene, and with a wave of their hand, Boss Wei allowed them to attend the wrap-up banquet as well.

This is very rare, because the wrap-up party is mainly attended by staff and cast members.

Extras are temporary workers who are paid daily wages and only have boxed lunches. They are not included in the wrap-up banquet.

However, Boss Wei is quite particular. Except for the early days when he was poor and frugal, whenever he was filming, whether it was distributing benefits or attending gatherings like wrap parties, there would always be extras or other temporary workers.

"Good luck with the completion of the film, and high ratings."

Some staff members and leading actors blocked Wei Yang's way and said good things to him. Wei Yang took out the red envelopes he had prepared and distributed them randomly.

This is a habit he developed while filming the "Joy of Life" trilogy.

Of course, ordinary leading actors don’t have to do this. In fact, most of the time, the crew has to send flowers or gifts to the leading actors after the filming is completed, but Wei Yang’s status is special.

He is the big boss of the crew, and all directors and producers are ranked behind him, so when encountering such occasions, he can't just watch and not express anything.

The wrap-up party is a must-have event. In the past, we had held celebrations with champagne, parties, singing, bathing, etc.

Later, I don’t know why, but there was an additional step of giving out red envelopes.

As long as he is the last one to finish filming and leave the crew, these red envelopes are always present when the crew says goodbye.

The money is not much, 200 yuan as the minimum and 1,000 yuan as the maximum. The less money can be regarded as taxi fare, and the more money can be regarded as the bonus for leaving the group. How much you get depends on your luck, and it is mainly for the sake of good luck.

There was food and drinks, fun and entertainment, and we could also get a small red envelope for free. Everyone was very happy.

Boss Wei was also happy, as the usual small benefits, a few tables of banquets and these red envelopes were only worth a few dollars.

But the good reputation he has accumulated will benefit him personally and the entire Blue Whale system.

In the whole Hengdian, everyone knows that the Blue Whale crew has the best treatment. The pay is almost the same, but the boxed lunches are good, and if you are lucky you can get a small bargain.

Therefore, whenever the Blue Whale scenes are filmed in Hengdian or some places with a large number of extras, there are many applicants.

The quality of the extras is obviously a level higher than that of other crews, and they are also relatively easier to direct.

In addition, there are some casual compliments online and offline. These are all about background and reputation. They seem to have little effect, but in fact they are a key factor in the gap between Blue Whale and other companies.

Without mentioning anything else, just ask those talented extras, or the professional students who come here to act, or even some of the staff, in their minds, Blue Whale will definitely be at the top of the ranking of domestic entertainment companies.

Not to mention the reputation of Boss Wei himself. Apart from his lifestyle, most people give him a thumbs up.

"Don't go home until you're drunk at night."

After the red envelopes were distributed, some people were ready to leave for the hotel, while others were responsible for the final cleaning. The wrap-up party would not start until the evening.

Wei Yang also came to the dressing room to remove her makeup and began to look forward to the evening banquet.

After being hungry for several months, I can finally have a big meal at night without any worries.

Liu Shishi was slower than him in removing her makeup. After Wei Yang finished, he came over to wait for her, flipping through his phone in his hand.

What he is looking at now is the [Hua Luo Professional Edition] APP which has just been launched.

It records real-time data and historical databases about domestic movies, TV series, and variety shows, and is exclusively for viewing by industry insiders and the media.

Fan circles also pay close attention to this. In the past, when competing against each other for the ratings and box office of various idols, everyone had to look for various data, and even had to organize it personally, which was not necessarily accurate.

Now, the ranking data is ready-made and clear at a glance. You can just take a screenshot and defeat the opponent.

What Wei Yang was looking at at this time was the performance of the PPTV project on the list.

Hualuo movie real-time rankings are calculated directly based on box office. These are all real money. D is D, M is M, and it doesn’t make any sense to anyone.

The TV station ratings for movies and TV shows also have unified standards. Even if they are fake, you have to pay special money to buy them. They are relatively objective and can be ranked directly according to the data.

However, the calculations for online video sites are more complicated.

Because so far, the most direct way to measure the performance of a drama on an online platform is the number of views.

But the most questionable thing here is that the ratings statistics standards of each website are different, and some of the data are true and some are false.

For example, LeTV is notorious for its love of spamming.

The playback volume of TV series and movies of the same level on their website is generally 20% to 50% higher than that on other websites, or even higher.

This would be unfair to some websites, as it is possible that the dramas on other websites are more popular, but their ratings are inferior.

After discussion, Hualuo introduced a new evaluation standard, namely [Hualuo popularity], which can also be called [popularity on the entire network].

The calculation formula for the popularity of Hualuo is not only based on the number of views of a drama on this site or even on multiple sites, but also includes other factors such as website barrage, comments, real-time replays, etc.

In addition, Hualuo Popularity also looks at the entire Internet, incorporating social network interaction heat, media heat, and some other market performances.

Use multi-dimensional and comprehensive data dimensions to reflect the true performance of the film and television variety show.

It can be said that this data is the most complete and scientific calculation formula at present, which can directly distinguish the popularity of the entire network according to the high and low values.

This tactic was not actually invented by Wei Yang and Hualuo.com.

Instead, after various video websites in later generations had played around with the judging standard of playback volume, they began to use the popularity of the site as the judging standard for performance.

However, each company's so-called popularity value has different evaluation criteria, so they cannot be confused. Only this site can be compared with this site.

Generally speaking, a hit drama on Youku and iQiyi must have at least 10,000+ views, while the judging criteria for Penguin Video is that a hit drama must have at least 30,000+ views.

Before the three major websites launched this system, Wei Yang took the lead in letting Hualuo lead the trend, which may have been due to his own selfish motives.

For example, Douban ratings have become the reputation standard for film and television dramas. If the popularity of Hualuo can become the standard for the performance of online platforms, it will be of great help to Hualuo.

Hualuo now has the upper hand. As long as it can remain neutral and make fair judgments, it will accumulate enough influence over time and even form a specialized system. Then it will be difficult for other websites to change the status quo.

At this stage, the popularity of flower snails is still in the trial stage, and there are still many details that need to be adjusted slowly.

However, there is no problem with the general framework, and based on the current variety shows and film and television dramas, we have figured out the popularity values ​​corresponding to projects of various popularity levels.

For example, the "Gu Jian Qi Tan" which became a big hit not long ago.

This drama is truly a phenomenon, with its peak popularity on Hualuo reaching 15,623, breaking the record of Hualuo.com, although this record only applies to a few dramas.

Even now, the drama still has a real-time popularity of 9,000+, ranking first on the film and television list.

There is also an average popularity, which is calculated based on the series broadcast stage, which is approximately 12,000+. However, the value of this data may be greatly reduced in the future as the broadcast method changes.

Today's dramas are basically linked to TV stations, with two episodes a day, which is convenient for calculation. But in the future, there will be several episodes a week, with irregular broadcast times and different lengths of episodes, which will greatly interfere with the calculation of average popularity.

But calculating only the highest peak value is a bit thin, so Hualuo.com introduced the concept of list ranking.

Every day, Hualuo.com lists the top 50 TV series in the entire network. The TV series that ranks first in real-time popularity on that day will receive a "Daily Crown" medal at the end of the day.

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Therefore, to determine whether a drama is popular or not, we can also calculate how many daily championships it has won, or even how many daily championships it has won in one go.

In addition to the daily crown, there are also weekly crowns, monthly crowns and annual crowns. The more badges you get, the more it proves the dominance of the TV series.

This is the billboard gameplay. The routine is not new, but it is easy to use and intuitive. Both experts and laymen can understand it at a glance, and it can be torn down quickly and neatly.

The peak popularity of "Gu Jian Qi Tan" is 15,000+, which is undoubtedly a phenomenal hit. Apart from this drama, there are no other TV series or movies with more than 10,000 views in the same period.

On the other hand, the popularity of "Running Man 2" has exceeded 10,000+, but its peak value is inferior to that of "Gu Jian Qi Tan".

In other words, only a box office of over 10,000 can be called a hit, and only if it is comparable to "Gu Jian Qi Tan" can it be considered phenomenal.

With over 8000 popularity, it is considered a small hit, or a popular drama.

With a popularity of over 6,000, it is in the upper-middle range of the same period. It is not particularly popular, but it also has a certain influence.

With a popularity below 5,000, it basically can’t even make it into the top 50 of the real-time list. Its popularity is not even as good as the old dramas that have been aired for a month or two. It can be understood that it has not made much of a splash, and can simply be understood as a flop.

The calculation for variety shows is slightly different from that for film and television dramas, but the difference is not much.

"Gujian Qitan" has a peak of 15,000+ and a real-time of 9,000+. It has won forty daily championships, five weekly championships, one monthly championship, and is a strong contender for the annual championship.

Before that, the performance of "Joy of Life 3" is believed to be not bad.

But unfortunately, the Hualuo Professional Edition APP was not yet launched at that time, so the real-time data could not be counted and was definitely not objective.

So let's just give up. This year's data will be calculated from June when the APP was launched. Gujian Qitan is also very lucky to have one less big enemy and is now the leader.

"Running Man 2" has a popularity of 10,000+ and is currently ranked first on the variety show list.

However, "Running Man 2" will soon face its rival, as the third season of "The Voice of China" is about to be launched.

There is also the second season of "I Am a Singer", as well as the travel reality show "Flowers and Boys" and a competitive game variety show "Extreme Pursuit".

The last three programs are all from Hunan TV, one is a music program, one is an observation reality show, and the other is an outdoor game that is comparable to "Running Man".

It can be seen that the Hunan TV station, which has realized that it cannot withstand the summer film and television offensive of Blue Whale during the summer season, has changed its strategy and is preparing to focus on variety shows.

That’s right, some departments of the Hunan Provincial Taiwan Affairs Office are now trying to compete with Wei Yang.

As mentioned earlier, although the two parties still maintain a certain cooperative relationship, with Blue Whale entering the variety show field and cooperating with Shanghai Satellite TV.

The two companies began to transform their relationship from being simple parties A and B to having some competitive relations, and with Wei Yang taking over PPTV, the competition became even more intense.

Different from other video websites' big data + money-throwing strategy, Hunan Province's Mango TV focuses on self-production and self-sales, which is very similar to PPTV after Wei Yang took over.

Currently, they are the only two companies that can produce ace variety shows and have their own platforms.

This indicates that in the short term, PPTV and Hunan TV/Mango TV will be the biggest rivals in terms of variety shows.

Wei Yang was well aware of this. After taking control of PPTV, his relationships with many partners became ambiguous and even hostile, and the Mango faction was no exception.

He did not take the so-called encirclement and suppression of the Hunan Provincial Taiwan seriously.

If "Running Man" was so useless, it wouldn't have been broadcast for nearly ten years, not to mention that competition for ratings among TV stations and competition among online platforms are two different things.

If the TV station is on time, you may only be able to watch one variety show, and it will be inconvenient to watch the replay later.

The online platform is free and as long as you have enough time and energy, it is not a problem to watch four variety shows at the same time.

Under such circumstances, unless all the variety shows that come are ace shows, the so-called encirclement and suppression is a joke.

If four variety shows are put together and you choose one of them, more than 50% of people will choose "Running Man". If you choose two, the probability of choosing "Running Man" can rise to 90%.

Compared with the aggressive Hunan TV station, Wei Yang is more concerned about several online dramas.

"Soul Ferry 3" has a popularity of 9400+, ranking third during the same period.

This result is not surprising. After all, the popularity of the first two series was so high that it was once hailed as the number one online drama.

If there weren't so few explosive plot points in this season, and if "Gu Jian Qi Tan" stole the limelight, it would not be impossible for it to reach 10,000 popularity.

"The Darker Side" scored 8500+, which is considered a small success. It is a little lower than Wei Yang expected, but it is acceptable.

It is worth mentioning that dramas like "Soul Ferry" and "The Darker Side" have strong staying power and are worth watching repeatedly, with a long-tail effect.

This is also a very crucial point. Even if the short-term popularity is not particularly high, if the battle line can be extended, the influence will be stronger than that of dramas of the same level.

As for the other web dramas, their performances are not bad either.

Among them is "Folk Strange Stories". Although it is not particularly popular, it has very good word-of-mouth ratings and strong staying power. If a second season is produced, the performance is likely to improve.

This situation is very good. The highly anticipated online drama has met the expected requirements, and the other idle chess games also have a high standard.

You have to know that there are only a few hit dramas throughout the year, and there may not be one every month. There may be only a dozen or so minor hits, or even less.

The vast majority of dramas are of the type that have a certain influence, but their performance is not particularly outstanding. They make a short-term appearance and then fade into the background of other dramas.

Therefore, Wei Yang was quite satisfied. This showed that the online drama market still had a foundation. With further development, it would become PPTV's flagship field...

(End of this chapter)