What should I do if I have a childhood sweetheart who wants to be a singer? Chapter 266: 'The Spirit of Chess' has the lowest sense of existence in the same period
Chapter 266: 'The Spirit of Chess' has the lowest sense of existence in the same period
Hearing the words of his assistant director, Song Lili was really full of question marks at this time.
What happened? Just by simply releasing the news, in just a few days, three major local TV stations, as well as four websites including Penguin, Kiwi, Tudou and G Station came to talk about copyright. Even though Song Lili is a top-notch director, this is the first time he has encountered such treatment.
Under normal circumstances, isn’t it the buyer who is the boss?
Soon Song Lili realized that the reason why this copyright was so popular was probably because of Xu Ji.
In order to sell the copyright more easily, Xu Ji was naturally brought in as the screenwriter. At the same time, there is news that the original cast of "Soldier Assault" will star in this drama.
I didn't expect the final effect to be so good.
"By the way, Director Song, almost everyone asked us when they can come and preview the finished film."
After Song Lili heard this, he could only show a helpless expression.
He originally thought that it would be better to discuss copyright matters in advance than to discuss it later when things are ready.
It can also save time when the drama is finally released.
I just didn't expect that the copyright matter would go so smoothly. Almost all platforms are interested in his new drama.
As a result, the post-production has not even started yet, so the TV stations and video platforms probably thought they were kidding when they heard the news.
However, Song Lili felt relieved at this time.
At the very least, you don’t have to worry about not being able to sell the copyright for "My Leader, My Group".
And looking at the situation at this time, the copyright fee can even rise a lot more than he expected.
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Even Chi Jiang didn't expect that Xu Ji would actually collaborate with Song Lili on a new drama.
They even used the original cast of "Soldier Assault".
This does not violate the original contract with G station.
But it’s obviously not that simple for Station G to obtain the copyright of this drama.
After all, not only G Station knew about the news released by Song Lili, but other companies also knew about the existence of this new drama written by Xu Ji.
In fact, although Song Lili is a top-notch director, he has been on the street a lot in recent years.
Many people, including Chi Jiang, no longer trust him.
But if the script is written by Xu Ji, and it is the original cast of the hit drama "Soldier Assault", and the subject matter is similar.
Obviously, it’s not just G station that is interested.
Even Penguin, who has never officially cooperated with Xu Ji, is somewhat ready to make a move.
But soon there was news from Song Lili that this drama is still in post-production, and it is estimated that it will take some time to see the finished film.
At present, no one can fully believe how this drama will be and whether it can become a hit.
Therefore, the discussion of copyright must be left after previewing the finished film.
The most important thing right now is the upcoming August.
It will be a fierce battle for everyone.
Chi Jiang's goal this time is very simple, which is to stop the current decline in the number of members by relying on "Soul of Chess".
If this continues, the number of paying members of G station will return to less than 100 million again.
This is obviously not what G station executives want to see.
During this period of time, I continued to put pressure on Chi Jiang.
The last time Chi Jiang privately decided to side with Tongji Entertainment has not yet spread, otherwise he will definitely be held accountable.
The senior management will definitely not be willing to exchange Xu Ji for all other copyrighted resources.
In addition to Tongji Entertainment’s dramas, there seems to be no other decent producers that can be cooperated with on G Station.
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In this way, the time for "Soul of Chess" to premiere in August soon came.
This time Penguin, Kiwi and Potato have no clues, and their flagship drama this season did not choose to air on the same day as "Soul of Chess" on station G.
But almost all of them were postponed for a day or two.
The main dramas of the four companies are almost the same in time, almost all released in the same week.
G station is officially launched on Wednesday.
Two episodes are updated every day.
The kiwi chose Friday, and the penguin chose Saturday.
Tudou Video has chosen to start broadcasting on Monday.
It seems that G Station and Tudou Video are naturally at a disadvantage.
After all, weekend updates are definitely the best choice.
But because "Soul of Chess" needs to coordinate its time with the official TV station this time.
So there is nothing G station can do.
The drama "Soul of Chess" has a total of 36 episodes, which should be considered a relatively conventional length for large-scale TV dramas, just in line with the standards for broadcasting on TV stations.
It was originally planned to be sold to TV stations for broadcast on stars.
Now that the official side has taken over, it is generally in line with initial expectations.
In addition, "The Soul of Chess" has the advantage of being the first to be launched among several August dramas.
The process was very smooth, and no one deliberately did anything to create scandal.
The official background has some uses.
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In fact, Song Junhua is not very interested in this "Soul of Chess", and even instinctively dislikes it.
He never expected that someone would take the initiative to film a drama with the theme of Go.
Because he was forced by his family to learn chess, he gave up in the end. Now as a college student, he is also studying civil engineering.
But Song Junhua actually doesn’t have very good memories of that period of history.
If it weren't for Xu Ji being the screenwriter, Song Junhua might not even consider watching this drama.
Even if Xu Ji were not a screenwriter, he, like those Go enthusiasts, felt that if a drama with the theme of Go was filmed by people from the film and television industry, the performance would be very amateurish.
After all, these people have no idea how difficult and difficult this road is for many people who have been playing chess since childhood.
But the screenwriter is Xu Ji, and it seems that this drama has invited some authoritative chess players from the Go Association to serve as consultants. Song Junhua feels that it is quite like that.
Mainly because of Xu Ji, from Xu Ji's debut to now, he has watched every drama directed by the other party, and even the dramas written by the screenwriter.
That’s why it seems so confusing.
Today is the premiere of "Soul of Chess".
The roommate who also stayed at school during the holidays also returned to the dormitory and said loudly:
"Huazi, "Soul of Chess" starts airing today, are you really not going to watch it?"
My roommate is also a fan of Xu Ji.
The two of them would watch some previous dramas together, such as Fairy Sword and Soldier Assault.
But this time Song Junhua's attitude is obviously different from before.
"Don't look."
"It's not interesting."
Song Junhua shook his head and opened an old foreign movie and started watching it.
The roommate felt that he was bored, so he turned on his computer, ordered a takeaway, and browsed the G site while waiting for the premiere of "Soul of Chess" that night.
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By night, the other two people in the dormitory also came back.
They didn't go home during the entire dormitory holiday and chose to find internships in companies near the school.
Of course, under the leadership of Song Junhua and his roommates, although they were not fans of Xu Ji, they would still watch it as soon as possible every time a new drama came out.
Although the theme of "Soul of Chess" this time was Go, which didn't sound very interesting, the other two people still sat around together even though they had nothing to do.
The roommate quickly clicked on the first episode of "Soul of Chess" that was just updated on the G site.
Originally, a few people thought that Go would be a bit boring to shoot.
But I didn’t expect that after watching the first episode, I didn’t feel bored at all.
On the contrary, because of the seemingly fantasy setting, I found it quite interesting.
The soul of the ancient chess player Chu Ying resides on the chessboard, and only the protagonist Shi Shi can see him.
For more than a thousand years, he has been looking for the so-called "god's hand". With the help of Chu Ying, Shi Guang, a child who was not interested in Go at all, seemed to suddenly cheat and became a so-called genius.<
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Shi Shi participated in the competition just because he wanted to be the runner-up, because the runner-up will get a bonus and can help him buy a four-wheel drive.
The championship trophy is of no use to him.
But Chu Ying feels that the competition is about winning.
But he didn't expect that the so-called wait until fifty moves before admitting defeat was a lie to him. The opponent gave up before he could hold out for fifty moves.
The runner-up kept crying when he received the award, saying that he had been learning Go for 8 years but in the end he couldn't even play with a child. He felt very uncomfortable watching Shi Shi.
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The plot of the two episodes ended quickly.
And at some point, Song Junhua also sat next to his roommates.
"Hua Zi, don't you want to see it?"
The roommate said jokingly.
Song Junhua's expression is natural.
"It's okay to look at it."
"Also, the first two episodes seem too bland. I feel that this drama does not have the level of screenwriting that Xu Ji should have."
After hearing Song Junhua's comment, another roommate nodded and agreed:
"I also feel that although the setting feels a bit novel, the theme of Go is still too niche."
"Who knows how to watch Go?"
"In the play, Shi Guang took Chu Ying to find a chess room, but he couldn't find it at all. This is the current situation of Go."
"This thing should have been eliminated long ago."
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Before his roommate finished speaking, Song Junhua stood up angrily.
"You know nothing!"
Song Junhua's sudden anger made the other three people feel a little baffled.
They don't know what kind of time Song Junhua spent as a child in order to become a professional chess player.
In the end, I was never able to achieve success, so I had to start over and take the college entrance examination.
It was rumored not long ago that Zhou Yang, who won the Fengyun Cup championship, even studied with him in a Go dojo.
Song Junhua also defeated the opponent several times at that time.
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The data for the premiere of "Soul of Chess" looks pretty good.
The number of views exceeding 10 million within the first four hours is a very impressive achievement.
But because the plots in the first two episodes seemed a bit too dull, the discussion was not as high as expected.
This was within Chi Jiang’s expectation.
As someone who has watched the entire drama "Soul of Chess", he actually knows that the plot of this drama will become more and more addictive as it goes on.
Being able to have such a start is considered quite good in Chi Jiang's opinion.
Of course, on the official TV station, the premiere of "Soul of Chess" also received a ratings of 1.3.
Although it couldn't compete with a costume drama about to end on Red Square, it still got the good result of being the runner-up in prime time.
However, the appearance of the character Chu Ying in "Soul of Chess" made some Go fans who were already scolding him even more angry.
I feel that such fantasy elements are disrespectful to the sport of Go.
Of course, these sounds are actually only a small part.
For more ordinary viewers, Chu Ying's character is the key to attracting them to continue watching.
It’s not a documentary. If you really film a game in its entirety, not to mention whether ordinary viewers can understand it, but there will definitely not be many people who can watch the whole thing.
Overall, the performance of "Chess Soul" is quite good.
Even Kiwi and Penguin are a little lucky that they avoided launching on the same day as "Soul of Chess" this time.
But Chi Jiang didn't have time to be happy for a long time. The next day's "Soul of Chess" data made him feel a little uncomfortable.
The single-day playback data actually declined slightly.
In other words, many viewers directly chose to abandon the show after watching the two first episodes.
Chi Jiang, who is accustomed to the ups and downs of Xu Ji's previous dramas, never expected that "Soul of Chess" would perform like this.
The only thing that gave him some comfort was that the rating on Huaban.com got a high score of 8.1.
At least the reputation is pretty good.
In the future, we can only hope to achieve a counterattack based on the quality of the plot and reputation.
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But Chi Jiang's idea didn't last long before the main summer dramas of the two platforms Kiwi and Penguin were launched.
Penguin's "Urban Oddities" and Kiwi's "Military Reunion" both performed very well.
Even relying on the advantages of the platform, the number of views exceeded the first broadcast of "Soul of Chess".
The most important thing is that the themes of these two dramas are there. The audience is much larger than "Soul of Chess", and the plots are highly discussed.
Although Ji Yiyang's appearance on the third day of the update of "Chess Soul" has led to an increase in playback data, the impact of the lack of updates over the weekend is still huge.
At present, G station is no longer like when Fairy Sword was broadcast, it can completely crush the two platforms of Penguin and Kiwi.
It is precisely because of the appearance of Xu Ji that major film and television companies began to pay attention to the importance of scripts.
The salary of screenwriters in the industry has also increased.
Although there are still some criticisms in the plots of the two main dramas this time, they are all innocuous flaws.
Although the score of "Soul of Chess" is slightly higher, it is indeed the lowest in terms of popularity.
Until Monday, Tudou Video's campus-themed drama "Young and Lost" was aired. To everyone's surprise, this time Tudou Video's drama, which was even less expensive than "Soul of Chess", became a dark horse in August. The popularity is surprisingly high, and it even feels like seeing the movie "The Best of Us" when Xu Ji debuted.
The first broadcast data directly exceeded 50 million, even the sum of the other three platforms combined.
Coupled with the fact that it is summer vacation again, the huge student audience has become an advantage of this drama.
Chi Jiang didn't expect that, despite the seemingly smooth start, "Soul of Chess" would become the least significant drama among the four new dramas in August.
I originally thought that I could counterattack by relying on word of mouth and the quality of the drama, but I suddenly became less confident.