At the end of October, "Oranges Born in Huainan" premiered on the Shanghai Film Channel and Zhejiang Provincial TV Station.
Among them, the average viewership in Shanghai during the first week was 4.1, with the highest viewership exceeding 6. The market share remained stable at over 25%, ranking second during the same period.
The ratings statistics in Taiwan are not as detailed and accurate as those in Shanghai, but the data from all sides are also very impressive.
If it continues like this, although the results may be slightly lower than "The Best of Us", it will definitely be broadcast on TV.
Wei Yang and Xia Cong both breathed a sigh of relief.
Blue Whale's representative work "The Best of Us" has an average viewership rating of around 1.5. It is not only one of the most popular TV series at the beginning of 2008, but is also expected to surpass "The Prince of Tennis" and compete for the title of the best drama of Shanghai Satellite TV this year.
If "The Best of Us" wins the annual ratings championship of first-tier satellite TV stations, Blue Whale will definitely have a big chance to show off.
But no matter how well they show up, the industry is most lacking in such short-lived companies.
Many film and television companies have launched works that are more popular than "The Best of Us", but they later became mediocre and disappeared.
Therefore, whether a film and television company can launch a hit project is important, but whether it can stably output projects of a certain level is even more important.
An embarrassing thing about Blue Whale is that the company initially started with two projects. "The Best of Us" became a hit, but the other project failed.
This project is an anti-Japanese war drama jointly produced by Blue Whale and another company. The other party is in charge of the production, while Blue Whale invests money and participates in certain distribution.
As a result, the anti-Japanese war drama did not perform well in several rounds of trial broadcasts on local TV stations. Not to mention being broadcast on satellite TV, it was almost wasted and left to gather dust in a warehouse.
Later, Xia Cong managed to find a channel and barely recovered part of the investment, but Blue Whale estimated that it had lost two to three million yuan.
The reason why Lao Zheng chose to give up Blue Whale was largely because he was not optimistic about the high risks of this industry.
In the past, he had money and it didn't matter. He just lost 18 million. But now his life is hard, and he was not very interested in this industry. He was just doing it for the convenience of showing off and picking up girls, so he decisively withdrew.
This project actually offsets Blue Whale's brilliance in "The Best of Us" to a certain extent.
After all, one of the two projects became popular, while the other failed. In the eyes of many people, Blue Whale is inevitably suspected of having more luck than strength.
Therefore, the performance of "Oranges Born in Huainan" is very crucial.
If it can be successfully launched on satellite and achieve good results, it will mean that Blue Whale is indeed capable and investors will have more confidence in Blue Whale's new projects.
"We don't have to compare to The Best of Us. As long as the ratings of Oranges in Huainan can exceed 1, we will have a much easier time."
Wei Yang kept stroking the rosewood tortoise shell hand-held ornament in his hand. This was a little gadget given to him by Lao Zheng when he saw him off not long ago.
The turtle is one of the four spiritual creatures, symbolizing longevity. It can also ward off evil spirits, bring in wealth and good fortune. It is also the blessing that Lao Zheng gives to his little brother Wei Yang.
Wei Yang has been under a lot of pressure recently, so he plays with it in his hands when he has nothing to do. It can be considered a way to relieve stress.
"Yeah, if it doesn't work, I'll go and urge Magic City Satellite TV to see if it can be aired as soon as possible."
Xia Cong took the initiative to suggest that Blue Whale was pressed for time, and the sooner "Oranges Born in Huainan" was released on satellite, the more time it could buy for the company.
"Well, you go and make the contact. Besides, we shouldn't just wait passively. We can also create momentum ourselves."
“No money.”
Xia Cong knew that he had to build momentum for "Oranges Born in Huainan", but Blue Whale had limited funds on its books, so he didn't dare to act rashly.
“It’s time to spend.”
Wei Yang was more decisive than him: "I have an immature idea. Let's see if we can achieve better publicity effects with as little money as possible."
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A restaurant in Shanghai
Several young men and women gathered together and happily clinked their wine glasses together.
"cheers!"
After they sat down, Chen Chichi, the core of the group, said with a smile, "When the director called me, I thought he was joking. I never thought the show would become so popular."
Li Jinming next to him laughed heartily: "I went to several Tianya forums and saw that many people were recommending our drama. Baidu even has posts by Hu Yifei and Zeng Xiaoxian."
Lou Yixiao also echoed: "I went to see it and told them that I was Hu Yifei, but no one believed me."
"I don't believe it either."
Zhao Ji smiled and said, "But it's a good thing after all. The director said that if it ferments a little more, there might be a satellite TV station to contact us."
When several people heard this, they looked excited.
As I said before, the drama "Love Apartment" was originally an advertising drama. No one, including the main creators, took it seriously and did not think it would become popular.
In fact, the pilot episode of "Love Apartment" did not perform well, but I don't know who uploaded it to the Internet.
This relatively "novel and fashionable" way of living together and the funny plots and jokes quickly conquered a large number of young netizens.
Many netizens spontaneously became fans of "Love Apartment" and recommended it everywhere.
The copyright management of online videos is lax these days. It can almost be said that the vast majority of netizens have no awareness of copyright at all, and the spirit of sharing on the Internet is above all else.
Several video websites also turned a blind eye and even fanned the flames from behind.
After all, it costs money to buy genuine copyrights, so it would be great to get them for free. Since the website cannot be publicly released, just let "personal accounts of netizens" upload them voluntarily.
In such an environment, "Love Apartment" appeared openly on several video websites such as Youku, Tudou, Sohu, and LeTV, and was active on platforms such as blogs and QQ spaces, with its playback volume and popularity continuing to rise.
Therefore, at this stage, being broadcast on satellite TV is the criterion for most TV dramas and actors, and it can also bring the greatest help to these creative actors.
"If Love Apartment is successfully broadcast on TV, it will be the first TV series in my acting career to be broadcast on TV."
Li Jinming had some aspirations. Her resume was relatively short, and she had only participated in one variety show before. "Love Apartment" was her debut.
In her own words, if it weren't for "Love Apartment", she would probably have changed her career after graduating from university.
"I'm in the same situation as Jin Ming, but the others aren't as miserable as us, especially Zhao Ji. Is your drama 'Oranges Born in Huainan' going to be aired soon?"
Chen Chichi exposed his own shortcomings and also praised Zhao Ji.
Among the main creators of "Love Apartment", the oldest is Sun Yizhou, who has been in the industry for several years. Jin Shijia and Wang Chuanjun have both starred in "Prince of Tennis".
Although Lou Yixiao is the youngest among the group, she has played the third female role Jian Dan in "The Best of Us" and is considered the most famous among them.
But Zhao Ji is not much worse. What's more important is that she has the female lead in a TV series called "Oranges in Huainan" which is expected to be broadcast on TV.
Because of this, although the people in "Love Apartment" are vaguely led by Chen Chichi, Zhao Ji's position is very transcendent.
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Because of "The Best of Us", Lou Yixiao and Zhao Ji have the best relationship among the group, and Lou Yixiao took the initiative to reveal the good news to Zhao Ji.
"If nothing goes wrong, it should be aired on TV around New Year's Day. Blue Whale just called Sister Ji yesterday to discuss the publicity."
After these words were spoken, the looks they gave Zhao Ji became even more complicated.
But after all, most of them were college classmates of several years, and they were also comrades who had worked together, so most of them were envious and happy for Zhao Ji.
"Yang Rong is so popular now. Zhao Ji, you are acting with Hu Ge again this time. You will definitely be better than her."
Li Jinming cheered Zhao Ji up, but Zhao Ji himself was very calm: "I asked about the data of the pilot, and it is not even a little bit worse than The Best of Us. Just keep a normal mind, the role of Geng Geng is something you can only encounter by chance."
"Luo Zhi is not bad either."
Lou Yixiao has a good relationship with her, has also starred in "The Best of Us", and is a classmate of Wei Yang, so she knows him well.
"Brother Yang said that the character Luo Zhi is very popular."
Zhao Ji smiled: "You believe everything he says. Maybe he is trying to comfort me."
"You have to have confidence in Brother Yang."
Lou Yixiao is Wei Yang's biggest fangirl at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, and she protects him very much: "They are both female leads, Geng Geng can be popular, so Luo Zhi can be popular, too."
Zhao Ji wanted to tease her when he saw this, but his cell phone rang. When he answered the call, he heard an excited roar from his friend on the other end of the phone.
"Go find a computer, your video is going viral!"
"What video?"
"Oh, I can't explain it clearly. You can find out if you look at it on a computer."
Zhao Ji was completely confused. When the others heard the word "hot", they were more active than her. They were not in a hurry to eat, but paid the deposit to the waiter, and then dragged Zhao Ji around the street to look for an Internet cafe.
Finally we found one on the street. A few of us rushed in, turned on a machine, and opened the web page. Only then did we realize we didn't ask what the video was called.
It was Zhao Ji, the person involved, who was more calm. He typed in the two words [Luo Zhi] and then clicked on the links that filled the screen. The first one ranked was a video on Tudou.com.
"Cry loudly! This is the ceiling of secret love in domestic TV dramas"
For some reason, when Zhao Ji saw this novel and eye-catching title, he instinctively thought of Wei Yang's face.
Before she could even look at the title of the webpage below, others hurriedly urged her to click on the first link.
"More than 3.5 million views!?"
Chen Chichi exclaimed, these days the number of views on video websites is not that low, especially Tudou.com, where millions of views are already very impressive.
In his impression, it seems that only a few episodes of "Love Apartment" have exceeded 1 million.
This video alone has over 3.5 million views. No wonder Zhao Ji’s friend just called and said she’s famous.
I couldn't wait to unplug my headphones and asked Zhao Ji to play the video. The beginning of the video was a compilation of two contrasting images.
The young Zhao Ji wearing high school uniform and ponytail, and the more mature Zhao Ji wearing casual clothes.
Both versions of Zhao Ji look at the young/mature Hu Ge in school uniform/casual clothes not far away with gentle eyes, and follow him casually, with the narration sounded.
"Have you ever had a crush on someone, whether in the past or now, and you only dare to watch his back silently?"
After this narration, the melody of "Light Chasers" and Zhao Ji's singing also appeared.
"If you are the fireworks on the sea
I am the foam of the waves
At one point your light illuminated me ..."
The delicate lyrics, accompanied by a slightly sad melody, startled the people around and even the two people passing by.
"This song... is beautiful."
(End of this chapter)