Mr. Ou Balcony sat quietly on the sofa in the office, holding a newspaper in both hands and reading to pass the boring time.
He is waiting for the ratings of the premiere of "Zhu Xian".
Originally, he was not very optimistic about the drama "Zhu Xian".
Based on the phenomenal popularity of "The Condor" and his trust in the Brilliant Era, he invested in the drama before casting.
But I never expected that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei would let two newcomers star in this drama.
The male lead and the second female lead are both newcomers, so the show's performance at the beginning is destined to be lowered. Even if it relies on quality, the results may be gradually improved in the follow-up, but if the results are raised at the beginning, the subsequent results will not be as good.
Will it be higher?
Because of this, he has always had an ambiguous attitude towards his evaluation of "Zhu Xian", but Mango TV is the main investor in it, and the actions of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei put him in a dilemma.
But he didn't expect that this matter would take a big turn.
Brilliant Era aired "Struggle" first and "Zhu Xian" later. I have to say this is a brilliant idea.
With the support of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, "Struggle" made several young actors including Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying popular. Especially Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying, whom he cares about very much, have now become a third-tier actor and a second-tier actor.
The reason why we can reach this point in just one month from a newcomer is because "Struggle" was broadcast on three channels, which directly increased the spread of the show.
For this, like Bright Times, he would like to thank Xiashan Chengtai and Jiangzhe Tai for their help.
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying have become popular, and the residual popularity of "Struggle" has not diminished. The popularity of these two people is still high at this stage, and they are facing the launch of "Zhu Xian". A change in this popularity will cause a shift from "Struggle" to "Struggle".
The situation of diverting traffic in "Zhu Xian".
In addition, with the production credits of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, the popularity of both parties became one, which changed his previous attitude that he was not very optimistic about "Zhu Xian".
At this time, Mr. Ouyang Yang had long lost his initial worries about "Zhu Xian", and instead had higher expectations and full expectations for "Zhu Xian".
"Director." The deputy director opened the door and walked in.
Mr. Ouyang Yang raised his eyebrows and saw the smile on his face. He felt relieved, squinted his eyes and said, "How much?"
"5.5." The deputy director said the result: "According to the data trend, if there are no accidents, it is expected to reach 7."
Both closed at 5.5, which is considered a small hit considering the current market in 2007.
If it can reach 7, it can be called a big fire drama.
As for blockbusters such as "Beijing Smoke and Clouds", "Bright Sword", "Soldier Assault", "The Condor" and "Struggle" with ratings exceeding 10, they are simply rare and cannot be predicted in advance.
Of course, with the trend of TV ratings year after year, the audience's choices are increasing year by year, and the high ratings of TV series will only become lower and lower.
But that is for the future. For Mr. Ouyang, "Zhu Xian", which did not involve popular actors, started off as a small hit, which was enough to satisfy him.
"Yes, we will increase publicity as planned and step up joint marketing with Bright Times." Mr. Ouyang Yang nodded with satisfaction.
The next moment, he changed his mind. He cooperated with Bright Times twice, and the results of the two consecutive cooperations were satisfactory. This made him more determined to deepen friendly cooperation with Bright Times.
After getting a satisfactory answer, Mr. Ouyang got up and went home so that he could have a good sleep in peace.
As the premiere of "Zhu Xian" ended, discussions on the Internet gradually started. There are always some night owls who like to talk about the drama in the middle of the night, and there is no sign of stopping until the sky turns white. Instead, many viewers joined in the discussion after getting up during the day, and related topics about "Zhu Xian" were added.
The topic "Zhu Xian" is slowly becoming a hot search topic.
"Good evening."
"Good morning."
In the early morning, not long after Chu Xuan got up, he was leaning on the bedside with a laptop computer reading company project information.
The mobile phone was placed next to the pillow, with the speakerphone turned on, and Liu Yifei's sweet voice came from it.
The young couple greeted each other in a jet-lagged manner as usual, and then started chatting about "Zhu Xian".
The plot is not much to talk about. As producers, when "Zhu Xian" was in post-production, they had already watched the plot from the first episode to the finale.
For Liu Yifei, she is naturally more concerned about the results of "Zhu Xian".
"Have the ratings for the premiere come out?" she asked.
"5.5, very good, are you relieved?" Chu Xuan looked at the information on the computer screen and said. He had learned about the ratings from Mango Channel last night.
"5.5? It's higher than "Sword and Fairy". Is it number one in the same time period?" Liu Yifei's excited voice came out.
Chu Xuan slowly shook his head: "Teacher Zhang Guoli and Deng Jie's "Golden Wedding" ranked first, "Family with Children" ranked second, "Detective Di Renjie 2" ranked third, and "Zhu Xian" ranked fourth."
"Ah? Only fourth!" Liu Yifei was surprised.
Hearing her voice, Chu Xuan could picture Liu Yifei's cute look with her lips pouted and her brows furrowed.
He smiled slightly: "That's enough. Xianxia dramas are not the mainstream of the current market. It's great to be ranked fourth."
He added: "If Teacher Zhang Guoli and Teacher Song Dandan knew about your reaction, they would probably have to preach to you."
Hearing his words, Liu Yifei let out a playful "heehee": "I read the comments on the Internet, and they generally said it was okay, especially the comments about special effects received the most likes."
Chu Xuan said: "The plot hasn't even started yet, so we rely on special effects to attract people in the early stages."
Liu Yifei said "hmm" twice: "I'm really looking forward to the audience's reaction when they see Baguio die saving Zhang Xiaofan."
"It should be able to make you cry." Chu Xuan said.
"What is cheating? That's called true interpretation!" Liu Yifei said. After all, it was a work produced by herself. Chu Xuan's use of the word "lie" made her a little angry.
"Zhao Liying's acting skills can only be "cheated"." Chu Xuan showed no mercy to his apprentice's complaints.
Liu Yifei made a "puff" sound and was amused by Chu Xuan: "If Li Ying finds out what you said, she will be sad again."
The corners of Chu Xuan's mouth gradually turned up. He looked at the information on the computer screen, sniffed inadvertently, and said, "I'm going to take a shower first. I smell of spicy hotpot. I'll call you after I finish."
"Ah!" Liu Yifei was stunned for a moment, and then came a critical voice: "You ate Malatang last night. The smell was so strong that you went to bed without taking a shower. Chu Xuan, if you leave me, you will be unclean."
Chu Xuan was startled and didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What are you talking about? Why is it unclean? There is a deep ambiguity in this sentence, okay?"
Liu Yifei didn't take it seriously: "Look at you, now you don't fold the quilt when you get up, and you don't know how to use the quilt to bask in the sun when the sun comes out. Now you eat Malatang and go to bed without taking a shower. The bed must be full of that smell."
,Really."
"I admit my mistake." Chu Xuan said: "After I separated from you, I was a little lazy living alone, but you can't blame me. It can only be said that I missed you so much that I forgot about my daily lifestyle.
"
Hearing this, Liu Yifei was silent for a moment, and then said: "You are so oily."
Chu Xuan was stunned and couldn't help but laugh: "Liu Yifei! I find that your mouth is getting more and more vicious. I want to hit you!"
"Come on, come and hit me!" Liu Yifei said with a smile: "Sit and wait!"
Chu Xuan held his forehead, shook his head helplessly, and could only complain: "Witch."
Liu Yifei's laughter came from the phone: "Okay, let's do this for now. I'm going to go down for dinner. I'll go for a drive with my mother, sister Caitlin and brother Jess later. I'll call you again tomorrow morning. I miss you.
Yo."
Miss you?...Chu Xuan replied: "You are so oily."
As soon as these words came out, there was a period of silence on the other side, and then came Liu Yifei's pitiful voice: "Chu Xuan, you don't love me anymore."
Chu Xuan was stunned, and then said softly: "I love you."
"You are so oily." Liu Yifei said mischievously.
Then there was a beep and the phone hung up.
Chu Xuan looked confused, then smiled helplessly.
This witch's aura is getting stronger and stronger.
After getting up and taking a shower, they went to Sister Hua's house for breakfast. Chu Xuan and Wang Jinhua drove to the company and started their life between home and company again.
Occasionally, I would get together with friends such as Su Chang and Huang Bo to adjust my life, and I would talk to Liu Yifei once every morning and evening to fill the emptiness in my heart. This kind of living situation has gradually become a habit.
Just as Chu Xuan was gradually getting used to his life, "Zhu Xian" was being broadcast in an orderly manner as time went by.
If we say that during the broadcast, the audience was attracted by the special effects.
With the appearance of each character, special effects have become an embellishment, and the audience's eyes are focused on each character.
[Chen Daoxuan is famous for his power! This Daoxuan is so domineering as he sits there without getting angry and showing off his power.]
[Wang Jinsong also performed well, and his momentum was as good as that of Chen Daoming.]
【Liu Yijun is also good, he has an amazing temperament.】
[Meng Guangmei’s Master Shuiyue has such a perfect temperament. At first glance, I thought I saw Li Mochou, so cool!]
[The actors are really well chosen, all of them are at the level of movie stars.]
As the actors in the play appear one by one, whether they are familiar faces or unfamiliar faces, their superb acting skills are still praised by people.
As the characters appeared one by one, the plot slowly unfolded, and the rich and emotional plot gradually became deeply rooted in people's hearts——
Zhang Xiaofan, played by Huang Xuan, and Lin Jingyu, played by Hu Ge, went to Qingyunmen to become apprentices.
In the eyes of the head Daoxuan and other elders, Zhang Xiaofan has mediocre qualifications and dull complexion, while Lin Jingyu has outstanding talent and a natural pride and heroism between his eyebrows.
Because of this, one became a disciple of Taoist Cangsong, who had a lot of resources, and the other was forced to join the disciple of Tian Buyi, who had a declining population.
After many tests by his master Tian Buyi, he found that Zhang Xiaofan was indeed mediocre in qualifications and could not be trained, so he completely lost interest in Zhang Xiaofan and left all the heavy work in daily life to Zhang Xiaofan alone.
Zhang Xiaofan does not like fighting, is taciturn and does not like to communicate, but he is also a very honest and responsible person.
Ever since, when I got up early to cook in the kitchen or chopped firewood on the mountain peak, there was always the slightly lonely figure of Zhang Xiaofan.
Even though his master doesn't care about him and his senior brother doesn't love him, Zhang Xiaofan seems to be so diligent and conscientious.
No competition, no progress, no goal, no characteristics, looks extremely mediocre, which also makes the audience curse.
[This is the first time I have seen such a useless protagonist!]
[Damn it, why do you think I’m a little depressed?]
【Is this definitely the protagonist?】
[Hurry up and break out, it’s been like this for several consecutive episodes, I can’t stand it anymore.]
Although this version of "Zhu Xian" is a group portrait, the opening plot of the first few episodes needs to be opened from Zhang Xiaofan's perspective.
And in order to pave the way for Zhang Xiaofan's changes, the previous plot focuses on Zhang Xiaofan.
However, in the eyes of the audience, one is looked down upon by the head, the other is ignored by the elders, the third is given up by the master, the fourth is treated with a lukewarm attitude by the senior brothers, and the fifth is that all the chores in the mountain gate are done by Zhang Xiaofan alone.
Rengan, six is Zhang Xiaofan's attitude of never resisting or even calmly getting rid of him.
All these plots and negative elements are accumulated in one person, and this person is still the protagonist, and the plot seems to have not ended yet, which makes the audience feel uncomfortable.
Compared with the protagonists in other dramas, even if there is a growth process, there are not too many ups and downs and depressing plots to make people uncomfortable. However, "Zhu Xian" is so different that the audience cannot help but complain.
Fortunately, in the first few episodes, Su Chang also supported the plot.
[Su Chang did a great job, Tian Linger’s cleverness and eccentricity brought out the essence of the performance.]
[Yes, now I have the deepest impression of Tian Linger. 】
【Same as above, beautiful, cute and naughty.】
[Mainly, she is the only person who treats Zhang Xiaofan well.]
Almost no one cares about Zhang Xiaofan in the entire mountain gate. Only Tian Linger, who grew up with Zhang Xiaofan, is willing to be Zhang Xiaofan's companion.
The two have been childhood sweethearts and can be called childhood sweethearts.
While Tian Linger is naughty, active and loves to joke, Zhang Xiaofan is dull and taciturn, and whenever Tian Linger teases her, she just laughs.
This scene is almost like love.
In the plot stage where the camera is mainly focused on Zhang Xiaofan played by Huang Xuan, this cute figure who appears every time when Zhang Xiaofan is depressed can always break up the dull atmosphere and make it happy.
This also made the audience remember Tian Linger deeply and deepened their impression of Su Chang.
[Am I wrong? Tian Linger is the heroine? 】
[Probably not, Tian Linger’s ranking on the cast list is obviously just a supporting role. 】
[Don’t forget that there is also Qi Hao. Tian Linger obviously likes Qi Hao better. 】
[Ah—what a terrible relationship is this? I like Zhang Xiaofan and Tian Linger together. They match well.]
[I hope so too, and the screenwriters should stop causing trouble.]
Zhang Xiaofan and Tian Linger together? The audience has such hope, which shows that Zhao Jian's direction and editing, and Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's production are successful in at least this part.
It is to make the audience have this idea, so that the following plot can make the audience feel heartbroken.
"Senior Brother Qi."
Under the moonlit night, in the woods, Tian Linger ran briskly towards Qi Hao.
The two looked at each other lovingly, Qi Hao planned to take Tian Linger's hand, Tian Linger's face flashed with shyness, but he did not refuse.
"Ling'er, actually, I, I have always liked you." Qi Hao confessed hesitantly.
"I..." Tian Linger lowered his head and murmured softly, "Senior Brother Qi, Linger, Linger also likes you."
When the camera turned, Zhang Xiaofan followed, hiding behind a tree not far away. He grabbed the tree tightly with his hand, and the bark peeled off a little, making a slight "click" sound.
His lips were trembling, his clenched left hand expressed the unwillingness in his heart, and the bulging muscles of his cheeks while gritting his teeth revealed his anger.
However, his whole body relaxed and turned into an extremely decadent state.
He turned and left, slowly disappearing into the darkness.
Only the blurry back, illuminated slantingly by the moonlight in the darkness, looked so lonely and haggard.
【Ah ah ah! I can't stand it anymore!】
[Fuck you, uncle, what the hell is this!]
[Even if Tian Linger doesn’t like Zhang Xiaofan, there’s no need to do this! 】
[I’m so convinced, it’s been six episodes, and every episode is suppressing Zhang Xiaofan. The screenwriter really doesn’t like Zhang Xiaofan, right? So far, I have never seen Zhang Xiaofan get such a little benefit! 】
[It’s so depressing! I have no friends, I want a woman but I run away with someone else, I want to practice but I can’t practice it, I got a magic weapon but it doesn’t work, such a protagonist is really frustrating!]
When this episode aired, it caused a small "riot" among viewers on the Internet.
The official account of "Zhu Xian" was directly called a dog, and all kinds of abusive remarks were unsightly.
They really have never seen such a plot.
Even in Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's "Sword of Immortality" and "The Condor", the emotional line is always violent, but the growth plot does not cause trouble. The male and female protagonists will become stronger even if they should. There is no stumbling block in this aspect.
If the emotional line is depressing, then the growth line is refreshing. The ups and downs made the audience at that time quite comfortable to watch.
But what about "Zhu Xian"? It suppresses the protagonist in all aspects! Whether it is materially or spiritually, whether superficially or psychologically, there is not even a plot that makes people feel comfortable.
The audience was suppressed for several days, and when they could no longer suppress it, they chose to release it. The official account of "Zhu Xian" was maxed out, and they no longer dared to reply.
"Chu Xuan, a lot of people are scolding me," Liu Yifei said over the phone.
In the office, Chu Xuan picked up the small teacup from the tea tray and took a sip of tea. He glanced at the comments on his laptop and turned on the hands-free phone and said, "Where are you now? The more depressing things haven't come out yet."
"The essence of the male protagonist's plot in "Zhu Xian" is the completely different changes between Zhang Xiaofan and Gui Li. The harder Zhang Xiaofan's pressure is in the stage, the more Gui Li can be released in the stage."
"As we considered at the beginning, Zhang Xiaofan represents the life stage of a member of the general public, and Gui Li represents the venting fantasy."
"Only when this point is reflected can more audiences truly understand the character Zhang Xiaofan."
"Okay, I hope it doesn't overturn." Liu Yifei muttered.
