Chapter 382 The second uncle who was spoiled by the little devil
Early August 2022
Japan's NKN TV station, which acquired the Japanese overseas rights to the "Lotus Lantern" part two, worked overtime to add subtitles and dubbing to the plot, and then began broadcasting the TV series in Japan.
In order to take care of the plot, Japan's NKN TV station chose to broadcast the two-part series in the same order as the mountains and rivers, namely "The Lotus Lantern" and "The Prequel to the Lotus Lantern".
But now that the Internet is so developed, there are not many students from Japan and China studying in each other.
Regarding the setting of Yang Jian, the big villain, who is finally reversed and cleared, it was spoiled right after "Baolian Lantern" was aired.
Fortunately, the problem was not serious. After causing some disturbance in the initial stage, it quickly stabilized.
Mainly because "Lotus Lantern" is not as popular as "Seven Swords" and has a limited audience, so it doesn't hurt.
"Baolian Lantern" was launched on Japan's NKN TV station in early August and barely reached the upper level during the same period. The overall performance can only be considered good relatively speaking.
It's definitely not a loss of money, but it's not an extra gain either.
Regarding the performance of "Lotus Lantern", Japan's NKN TV station must be a little disappointed.
They originally hoped to have another "Seven Swords" that was popular in half of Asia, but unfortunately they couldn't do it.
Disappointed, NKN TV station unconsciously lowered its expectations.
Unexpectedly, they lowered their psychological expectations and the performance of "Lotus Lantern" Part Two actually rebounded against the trend.
Especially when "Baolian Lantern Prequel" was aired, it went from being barely in the upper reaches of the same period to being in the top three at the same time at an extremely fast speed, and was on the way to the top of the list.
Isn’t it true that if you plant flowers intentionally, they will fail, but if you plant willows unintentionally, they will create shade.
NKN TV station was extremely happy. Not only did they rearrange and increase the promotional resources for "The Prequel of the Lotus Lantern", they also began to analyze the reasons for the increase in ratings.
After careful research on the audience, NKN finally figured out what was going on.
It turns out that the plot of "Baolian Lantern" is more relaxed and youth-oriented. This style is fine in China, but in foreign countries like Japan, the acceptance is not so good.
In other words, such a routine is not very attractive to Japanese audiences who are used to watching youth dramas.
According to research, the vast majority of loyal Japanese viewers of "Lotus Lantern" are mainly interested in Yang Jian, the villain.
Some like him to be handsome, others like him to be powerful and ruthless, and some like him to trap his sister...
Regarding this point, Japanese audiences are different from Chinese audiences.
The latter is influenced by traditional cultural thoughts that have been handed down for many years. Regarding film and television and some story creations, most people still like to distinguish whether the characters are in the "good" or "evil" camp, and are used to praising the good and criticizing the evil.
Although the Japanese audience does not worship evil people, relatively speaking, they pay more attention to the personal charm of the characters and ignore the good and evil stance of the characters to a certain extent.
Many of the villains in many popular Japanese movies or animations are extremely vicious, but they are still very popular.
In contrast, although now experiencing the impact of the Internet wave, Chinese audiences are more open-minded, especially the younger generation, and their ideas are more diversified, but after all, few people will fall in love with such heinous characters.
All the popular villains in Chinese films and TV shows basically have their own reasons behind them and are not born evil.
Or add some shining points of humanity to the villain, such as infatuation, filial piety, loyalty and other good qualities.
In short, the villain that Chinese audiences appreciate is an impure "evil"? And most importantly, the audience is opposed to the villain's evil deeds.
The Japanese audience is more "free" in this regard. Whether they support or oppose the villain's evil deeds mainly depends on their own appetite.
Under this concept of movie viewing, although Yang Jian in "Lotus Lantern" is a big villain, he attracts more attention from Japanese audiences from a certain perspective.
The subsequent reversal and whitewashing made many viewers who like righteousness also like Yang Jian, so that "The Prequel to the Lotus Lantern" with Yang Jian as the male protagonist immediately received a lot of support as soon as it was aired.
Later, Japanese audiences discovered the difference between "Lotus Lantern" and the prequel of "Lotus Lantern".
"Baolian Lantern" is similar to a relaxing and hot-blooded series. A young man brings a bunch of friends to defeat the villain and rescue his mother.
The plot of "The Prequel of the Lotus Lantern" is more complex and in-depth. The boy went through many obstacles and finally became the big boss. But for the sake of the world, he transformed into a villain and manipulated a new disaster behind the scenes.
This kind of initiative to become a martyr "a thousand sins will be punished by me, and I will be killed with the sins", to be honest, it is very annoying to the Chinese audience.
In addition, after watching the plot of "The Prequel to the Lotus Lantern" and inferring Yang Jian's experiences in "The Lotus Lantern", the charm of Yang Jian's character can be better reflected.
As a result, "The Prequel to the Lotus Lantern" became popular in Japan, and the character Yang Jian also became popular.
Japanese netizens who were in the second grade of middle school also gave Yang Jian a nickname based on the old rules - the peerless handsome Eastern God of War.
It is said that a Japanese company is already planning to contact Jiao Jun to film in Japan, and someone is also interested in Yang Jian's partner Xiao Tiangu and wants to find his second uncle to play a Japanese monster.
They felt that if the second uncle looked like him and dressed up, he would be able to play the role of a monster that eats children.
These people even kindly suggested that the second uncle could develop his career in supernatural horror films. The Chinese state has a barrier and cannot shoot ghosts, so he could come to Japan. The second uncle is very talented. It would be a pity if it was wasted...
The news of Japan's arrival reached my second uncle's ears, and he almost made the old man angry to death.
The little devil is really ruining people!
Back then, I was forced to play a traitor, and now I want to play a child-eating monster, a ghost monster. If I were a real Jia Gui, I would spit on their faces.
Not to mention the second uncle who cursed in anger, the success of the "Lotus Lantern" duology in Japan has also made television stations and distribution companies in other regions think about it.
Soon, people from South Korea and Southeast Asia were sent to Shanhe to negotiate. The South Korean side had little desire to introduce, and the price was too low, and the two sides were still arguing.
A large group wanted the copyright for Central and South Asia. They quickly reached an agreement with Shanhe and won all the overseas copyrights for the "Lotus Lantern" part two in Southeast Asia at a package price of US$30 million.
At the same time, the great news is that the success of the "Lotus Lantern" part two has made NKN firm in its idea of continuing to introduce mountain and river dramas.
Their next target is "Detective Di Renjie", which they had hesitated before.
And with the successful foundation of "Lotus Lantern" and "Seven Swords", Shanhe's voice has greatly increased, and it has become a seller's market.
"Detective Detective Di Renjie" is a series. Shanhe hopes to export the entire series overseas, and will be more cautious and careful in all details. Of course, the price will also be higher.
Next, Japan's NKN TV station and the Shanhe negotiation team conducted arduous negotiations and tried to understand each other.
During this period, the Shanhe series sitcom "College Student's Story 3" is slowly coming to an end...
