In mid-September, the finale of "Love Through Time" finally scored an average ratings of 11.7 for the entire drama, temporarily ranking as the 2001 ratings champion in Beijing.
In this year's ratings rankings, it ranked third, second only to "The Swordsman" and "The Mansion Gate".
Even Cao Xuan didn't expect this result. He knew that the show was very popular in the original time and space, but he didn't expect it to be so popular, with the ratings breaking 10.
After thinking about it, I can only attribute it to the upgrade and optimization of some plots, the willingness to work hard on publicity, and the excellent platform of Beijing TV for the first broadcast.
Many factors led to better results than the original time and space.
This was the case with the previous "Swordsman", and it makes sense for "Love Through Time" to be reproduced.
You know, Cao Xuan even sacrificed himself to drag Hu Jing into the scandal. These exposures alone are worth 1 to 3 percentage points in the ratings.
According to the gambling agreement, Fanxing earned 12 million, and what’s even more impressive is the follow-up second and third rounds and patch advertising.
The minimum guarantee is 20 million. If you encounter someone who is generous, the target of 30 million may not be impossible.
This is one of the top three most watched works in the whole year. Given the same performance, the revenue is relatively low. Fortunately, the cost is not high, so the profit is quite large.
And aside from the direct profits of the show "Love Through Time", there are also many hidden benefits for all parties.
The most intuitive thing is that Hu Jing has become famous. Princess Xianxian is now extremely popular, and her reputation is as high as that of Cao Xuan's Linghu Chong and Chen Baoguo's Bai Qiye in the first half of the year.
Hu Jing also successfully broke through the shackles of ordinary popular flowers, directly promoted to the top of the new generation, and gradually began to be as famous as Zhao, Zhang, Zhou and others.
At the same time, this time it also made the star drama famous.
"Journey to the West" and "Love Through Time" were two consecutive dramas that became huge hits in the ratings, and the latter was even called the biggest hit of the year.
Many TV stations have noticed this film and television company owned by Cao Xuan and are very interested in its projects.
The distribution negotiations for "Yanshuangyingying" and "Golden Fen Family" have also undergone favorable changes.
What makes Cao Xuan even more happy is that the end of the broadcast of "Love Across Time and Space" coincided with the launch of CCTV's delayed broadcast of "Love in the Rain".
At that time, "Love Across Time and Space" was the most popular, and the latter was suppressed for two days.
This invisibly lowered the average ratings of "Love in the Rain", which weakened its competitors and helped "The Swordsman" become the annual ratings champion.
Moreover, Hu Jing can be regarded as head-on suppression of Zhao Nasha, who is also a popular actress.
Although it was only a small victory and not something to write home about, it was, after all, the only victory achieved by these little flowers from the Mainland who faced the enemy head-on.
Even if it doesn't threaten someone's halo as the number one female star of the new generation, it still shows the strength of a wave of new top stars from the mainland.
Moreover, in addition to a hit in the ratings, the two also dominated the music charts.
After "Love in the Rain" was released, it quickly became popular after "Love Across Time and Space".
The two opening and ending songs "Farewell Station" and "I Want It So Much" also became popular and reached the top ten of the rankings in a short period of time.
Prior to this, the opening and ending themes of "Love Across Time and Space" also achieved this achievement.
The theme song "Providence of Love" has always been in the top ten, reaching the top three at its peak, and now it is hovering in the fifth or sixth place.
Another opening song, "Too Many," also made it into the top ten, but now it's hovering around the top thirteen, with occasional counterattacks.
It is worth mentioning that the song "Too Much" was originally the theme song of "Oolong", and it is still the same now.
However, because "Love Through Time" was broadcast more than a year in advance, it caused a headache, and "Oolong Love Passage" broadcast in October was automatically reduced to a "second-hand theme song."
Ku Juji's "I Want It So Much" performed well and its ranking in the rankings was quite stable. However, "Farewell Station" sung by Zhao Naha was pushed out of the top list by another song just ten days after it entered the top list due to its popularity.
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Well, the name of that song is "Broken Bridge with Remaining Snow".
The second chart-topping song from Cao's new album "Chinese Style", with its aesthetic and ancient artistic conception, has added new fire to the rising Chinese style.
If we say "East Wind Breaks" and "Chrysanthemum Terrace" are ancient Chinese elements + pop music, the two sides are blended and balanced, making them relatively easier to understand.
Then "Broken Bridge with Remaining Snow" is more of an ancient artistic conception, with a more classical arrangement, mostly folk music, and more ancient elements than pop music.
In a sense, the two songs are two branches of Chinese style, and they are also two weeks. Xu's original singer's own understanding of Chinese style music.
Both Yuan Shikong and Yuan Shikong also have their own fans. Relatively speaking, Xu has more imitators. It's not that no one can learn from it, but that they can't learn the essence.
And even if you master the tricks and compose songs of the same style, the feeling of singing them will be different from Jay Chou's.
His personal style is so strong that anyone who imitates it will die.
However, both current styles belong to Cao Xuan, and outsiders only think that Cao Xuan is making a new attempt at Chinese style.
After the release of "Snow on the Broken Bridge", it was well received and soared in the rankings. It also led to the release of "Chrysanthemum Terrace" and Xiao Zhou's newly released "Red Dust Inn".
Among the top ten of the list, Chinese-style songs occupy four places, plus the song from "Bright Stars", Hu Jing's "Love Offering", and Sun Yanzi's "Little Lucky".
The "Cao Xuan Civil War" is happening again on the charts. Songs written by him are everywhere, and someone has become cannon fodder.
Although there is a suspicion that a husband and wife team is collaborating to bully others, in the eyes of more people, this is the second time someone has been defeated by Hu Jing.
That is to say, "Love in the Rain" is on the rise, and not long ago there was "Shaolin Soccer" that broke the box office record in Hong Kong, otherwise some people would really be badmouthing it.
Cao Xuan ignored the matter and did not let the company or Hu Jing respond.
When the X Flag Gate Incident happened in November, that person was the one everyone shouted at to beat the street rat, and he stayed quiet for a year or two before he dared to come out.
There is no need to compare with Hu Jing. We are not from the same group, so there is no need to force her to join forces.
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As the Star-related projects were making rapid progress in September and making huge gains, four aircraft on the other side of the ocean also made a small spark.
Brother Deng became a world celebrity in one fell swoop.
Afterwards, some people have been claiming that this was a self-directed and self-acted incident. I don’t know whether it is true or not. However, Cao Xuan looked at the reports from various sources and it does not seem to be false. At least the building really exploded.
Many people in China are quite happy. The events in 1999 and April 1 this year have caused extremely bad relations between the two parties.
At least among the people, there are many people who are gloating about this incident.
I heard that there were people setting off firecrackers, but Cao Xuan didn't do it because it was too arrogant, so he could only go home and listen to "Good Days" with his father.
Now everyone is just happy. In fact, from the perspective of future generations, this incident still has a great impact. The strategic focus of Laos and the United States has shifted, and it has also bought us some development time.
Cao Xuan cannot interfere in national affairs, but from the perspective of an entertainment practitioner.
After the 911 incident, many new waves of thought emerged in the United States.
So, Cao Xuan wondered if he could take a piece of the pie and make some healing songs to make money... Well, to appease the wounded hearts of the American people, or maybe he could give Ya a few critical songs to create a wave of yin and yang.
This is not about Cao Xuan scolding the cook when he is full, but standing on the high ground of human morality and criticizing and warning against some phenomena that lack freedom and human rights.
Well, the old BBC...
At the end of September, Cao Xuan went to Hunan Province to participate in the recording of "Happy Camp" to support the upcoming new album.
But before going to Hunan Province, Cao Xuan first made a detour to the Magic City. After more than half a year of preparation, Box Games and Shanda launched the public beta version of "Legend of Hot Blood" on September 28.
As the cash cow that Cao Xuan was looking forward to more and more, he wanted to come over and take a look.
At Shanda Company, Cao Xuan met Chen Tianqiao, the future richest man in China.
Old Chen's appearance is very simple, not as amazing as Jack's bones, not as restrained as Pony's Gossip. If you put him on the roadside, no one would think that he is a company CEO.
But Cao Xuan had a deep first impression of him. Chen Tianqiao looked ordinary, but his eyes were sharp and firm.
Professional actors are good at imitating and observing, but Cao Xuan always likes to ponder people.
Seeing Chen Tianqiao, he was thinking about what kind of identity and personality the character would have if he used these kinds of emotions and micro-expressions when acting.
It didn't take long for him to outline a general image - a generation of "heroes" who are ambitious and unwilling to be inferior to others!
"Mr. Chen, you've worked hard, it's all up to you to control the overall situation here."
"Mr. Cao is too polite. Everyone has their own division of labor in cooperation."
The two parties exchanged a few tacit greetings and had a few casual conversations, and then Cao Xuan listened to the relevant person in charge of the box game report to him on the progress of the operation.
In fact, as of nearly October, Box Games apparently has nothing to do with Cao Xuan.
This is also the first company that Cao Xuan made "cut off". After all, at this stage, the reputation of game companies is too bad, and they are scolded for making unconscionable money. Not even now, there are few who will not be scolded in future generations.
Cao Xuan didn't expect to be able to hide it from everyone, but he could throw as many pots as he could onto other people's backs.
Although Box Game seems to have nothing to do with Cao Xuan, people from Shanda and Box Box understand who is the real boss of this "Legend of Hot Blood" game.
“…The data in the first two days of the game’s launch is pretty good, and we are stepping up distribution through operators.
Mr. Chen also followed your suggestions and promoted Internet cafes around the Magic City to a certain extent, and will formulate more detailed plans based on the results."
Cao Xuan listened to the report, but he didn't understand some professional vocabulary and matters.
But it doesn’t matter, Box Games will make a special written report for Cao Xuan and the business consultant team he hired.
Cao Xuan began to prepare and establish this business consulting team after he bought shares in Penguin, specifically to review reports in areas he did not understand.
The purpose is simple, to ensure that Cao Xuan is not tricked as an amateur.
It is essential to be on guard against others. Penguin Cao Xuan does not participate in the specific operations. He delegates power to supervise many things in Box Game, involving hundreds of millions or even billions of transactions. It is difficult to guarantee that someone will be careful and play tricks on him.
The business advisory team is here to prevent this. If Cao Xuan really finds out that there is something fishy, don't blame him for being rude.
Cao Xuan has never been a living Bodhisattva. At critical moments, he has plenty of means to deal with certain things "reasonably and legally"...
Regarding some specific game operation matters, Cao Xuan does not understand and will not easily intervene. In fact, what he is most concerned about is when the game will become profitable.
"Two months of public testing, if all aspects of the data are qualified, you can directly click the card to charge."
Chen Tianqiao is also most concerned about this point. To put it bluntly, we are businessmen. No matter how well we do in the early stage, the key is to see how much money the product can make.
It can even be said that Chen Tianqiao is more eager for the success of "Legend of Blood" than Cao Xuan.
If this game failed, Cao Xuan would have to throw away a few million at most. With his current net worth, it wouldn't be a big deal, but it would be difficult for Chen Tianqiao to have the chance to bet on a new game again.
