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Chapter 203: Can’t Get Out of Xu Kong’s Shadow

"This drama is too miserable. Men, women, young and old, all suffer, and the suffering is so real, so uncomfortable and aggrieved. The key is that I suffer too. Everyone has such a hard life, but they still have to live on."

“Strictly speaking, it’s not a suspense drama. After watching it, it feels more like the director telling the story of that era.”

"The aftertaste is even stronger than that of The Legend of Sword and Fairy. After watching the finale, the characters in the series were relieved, but I couldn't get over it."

"The last two episodes were really heartbreaking. From the moment Wang Xiang saw Wang Yang's body by the river, I couldn't stop crying."

After the finale of "The Long Season" was broadcast, the popularity directly reached the peak after the broadcast.

Almost all the discussion on the Internet is about the plot and the various characters in it.

Not only ordinary netizens, but also many film and television bloggers including Yiguo, although they were unable to produce film reviews or videos in the first time, they also posted updates to express their attitudes.

“Calling it a suspense drama is actually a limitation of this drama. I can say that this is the best drama I have seen in the past five years.”

“A speck of dust from the times, when it falls on anyone’s head, really becomes a mountain.”

“Perhaps The Long Season is not as popular as The Legend of Sword and Fairy, but with this drama, I feel Xu Kong is definitely one of the best directors of the new generation.”

Yiguo, whose total number of fans on the Internet has now reached nearly 60 million, also posted an update.

Although there are only four simple words, they are enough to express all of one's attitudes.

“Best of the Year!”

"Why is the heat getting higher and higher?"

On the Kiwi side, Qin Xian actually saw in the past two days that the number of views of "The Long Season" surpassed that of "The Evil Spirit" on their platform.

But he didn't care at the time.

After all, some signs can still be seen online that Penguin has increased its publicity and promotional resources for the entire series.

He felt that it was probably because the Penguins were getting a little anxious because they saw that the popularity was being suppressed by them.

"After all, the finale will be coming up in the next two days, so it's normal for Penguin to increase publicity and promotion for a good result."

Even this time, Qin Xian didn't care.

After all, Xu Kong's new drama was launched with such a big fanfare.

But in fact, the number of views continues to decline.

This means that the upper limit of this drama is just that.

To put it bluntly, it's just a last-ditch struggle.

"But Mr. Qin, why do I feel that those who are discussing this online are real people, not some trolls or marketing accounts?"

Huang Qifeng still had doubts at this time.

It was just that he didn't dare say it because he saw Qin Xian's nonchalant attitude.

The main thing is that no matter how good the water army and marketing accounts are, clues can still be seen.

Most of their copywriting content is inevitably repetitive.

But at this time, the finale of "The Long Season" had just been aired, and although most of the discussions in the various comment sections were praises, they did not seem to be large-scale and organized.

"Besides, the show 'The Long Season' has already finished airing. Anyway, it won't have much impact on us."

As if realizing that Huang Qifeng was still a little worried, Qin Xian spoke again.

Thinking of this, Huang Qifeng himself felt a little relieved.

That’s right, even if “The Long Season” is very popular now, the finale has already been aired.

There is no threat to "The Evil Dead" which is still being serialized.

Their biggest rival now is the "Far Mountain Murder Case" on Tudou Video.

However, although the other party's reputation and ratings have always been higher than theirs, the performance of the data is still somewhat unsatisfactory.

"The Long Season" has only twelve episodes in total, and the length of the episodes is really too short.

It took less than half a month from the start to the end of the show.

Many viewers only watched the first two episodes because of its slow pace, or even gave up on the show before finishing the first episode.

There is nothing we can do about it.

But at the same time, almost no audience who have watched the entire drama gave a bad review.

This can be seen from the trend of ratings after the entire drama was aired.

With a score of 9.0 when it first aired, it is definitely a drama with a very high reputation. At least it is the first among domestic dramas in recent years.

Under normal circumstances, the ratings of most dramas will definitely decline in the future.

But The Long Season does the opposite.

The so-called high opening and then magical closing performance occurred extremely rarely.

On the day after the finale was broadcast, the ratings saw a second increase.

It directly reached the terrifying level of 9.5 points.

What a concept. Not to mention the recent years, even among all the Chinese-language domestic dramas, there are only a few with a score of 9.5.

As for popularity, although the show has ended, the related discussion has not decreased at all.

With the intervention of various relevant film critics and self-media in the film and television area, the second day after the finale of this drama was broadcast, the number of new views per day not only did not drop significantly, but increased a lot.

Of course, during this period, there was also the crusade against Xu Kong.

However, this time, compared to the original Legend of Sword and Fairy, the sword strikes in the plot were not that obvious and violent.

Many people's first reaction after watching the drama is that it feels a bit too real and depressing.

On the contrary, it feels like things were supposed to develop that way, and there is more of a sense of helplessness about the fate of some of the characters in the play.

"The original Fairy Sword was like a sharp knife cutting the Gordian knot, and the pain only lasted for a while, but this time, The Long Season is more like a blunt knife cutting flesh, and it takes a long time for people to fully recover."

"Xu Kong's skills as a screenwriter have improved significantly. The show actually tells the audience the endings of the characters at the beginning, so it won't be as hard to accept as the original "Legend of Sword and Fairy", but it still makes people feel uncomfortable after watching it."

"The quality and level of the show are beyond words. If Xu Kong can continue to produce works of this quality, I will not only not resist, but will be happy. But I suspect he did it on purpose. Is he addicted to torturing us, the audience?"

Fengge headquarters at this time.

Seeing that the audience’s reaction was not as intense as it was when “Legend of Sword and Fairy” appeared, Xu Kong felt a little relieved.

After all, when he first made the Immortal Sword, he really had to be extra careful even when going out.

Even Feng Ge received a lot of genuine blades.

Strictly speaking, the ending of "The Long Season" seems to be a happy ending, but there are still many swords involved, but it is not as straightforward as "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

"I've already told you, don't worry too much. The audience can't blame you this time."

Yan Rui, the manager of the film and television department, also spoke at this time.

Although "The Long Season" is a self-produced drama by Penguin, almost all the production team, including director Xu Kong, are from Fengge.

And since this is Xu Kong's work, Yan Rui naturally pays more attention to this drama than other dramas.

"Why is Manager Yan so confident?" Xu Kong asked in a somewhat strange tone.

The main reason is that Yan Rui had not watched this drama in advance, and watched the finale almost together with ordinary audiences.

When Yan Rui heard Xu Kong's question, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Because viewers who are a little older know that your drama is not about a story, but about reality."

"My father was a laid-off worker in Northeast China."

Xu Kong was not aware of this matter before.

However, it can be seen that Yan Rui's feelings about this drama are indeed much deeper than those of some other ordinary viewers.

Although characters like Wang Xiang and Gong Biao in "The Long Season" have undergone certain artistic processing, anyone who has experienced that era will be speechless when they see it.

For other viewers, it was a tragedy that left them breathless.

But for them, this is a memory that they don't want to recall but can't forget.

A week after the finale of "The Long Season", it is still going strong.

The popularity is getting higher day by day, and even the number of views has remained stable at 1.6 million per day.

Such data shocked not only its peers but also Penguin Video itself.

“Has the publicity really stopped?”

At the Penguin Video headquarters, Zeng Xi couldn't help but ask.

“It has stopped a long time ago.”

The manager in charge of promotion also spoke truthfully at this time.

"But why did this data not only not drop, but actually increase?"

It's no wonder Zeng Xi felt shocked. The main reason is that even some dramas that became dark horses due to word of mouth in the past would not have seen a significant decline in data after the broadcast, and some even saw an increase.

“This drama is indeed slow to warm up, but the plot is really powerful.”

The promotion manager couldn't help but sigh at this time.

Naturally, he paid special attention to various news about "The Long Season" on the Internet.

During its previous broadcast period, the popularity was actually quite average.

But it was not until the end of the show, when the final episode was broadcast, that the popularity began to rise terrifyingly.

Now and then, you can still see related videos of "The Long Season" on Weibo hot searches and on the hot lists of video platforms like Bilibili.

Many viewers who wanted to give up on the show after watching one episode have now been attracted back by the almost unanimous positive word of mouth online.

“Based on the current data, if it continues for a while, will The Long Season be considered a hit drama?”

Zeng Xi spoke in a somewhat unbelievable tone.

The data for "The Long Season" at the beginning of its broadcast was indeed good, but it began to decline continuously afterwards.

At that time, in the eyes of everyone including him, this drama had no chance of catching up with The Legend of Sword and Fairy, and it even had no chance of becoming an ordinary hit drama.

And this is indeed the case. Although the reputation of the drama has been good since then, both the data and popularity are far from reaching the passing level of a hit drama.

On the contrary, the popularity of "The Evil Dead" from Kiwi has been rising continuously, and it has almost been booked as the last hit drama at the end of this year.

Who would have thought that after "The Long Season" was completely broadcast, it would actually start a road to counterattack.

The popularity has been rising all the way, and now it has even left a big gap behind the suspense dramas on the other two platforms during the same period.

What's more important is that although the number of viewers is increasing, the score of "The Long Season" has not shown a very obvious decline. Although it has dropped by 0.1, it is still very stable and maintained at a level of around 9.4.

This is almost a rare situation.

For many dramas that became dark horses in the later period due to word-of-mouth, it is certain that their ratings will drop as the number of viewers increases.

The situation with "The Long Season" has entered a positive cycle. The audiences who were attracted to follow the drama by word of mouth and various recommendations were not disappointed after watching it. Instead, they were even more shocked and joined the camp of fans.

"Qin Xian probably isn't feeling very well right now."

Zeng Xi suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but said something with a smile.

It can be seen that so far this year, there have been a total of three hit dramas, including Xu Kong's "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" in the summer, a subsequent low-cost campus romance drama, and "The Promise" some time ago.

Kiwi really hopes that this time "The Evil Dead" can bring a perfect ending to Kiwi this year.

Originally, the plan was going smoothly, but who knew that after the finale of "The Long Season" was aired, it started to gain momentum.

In fact, Zeng Xi didn't have high hopes for Xu Kong's drama in terms of commercial success.

As long as they can build up the reputation of their suspense theater, that will be enough.

Although "The Long Season" has ended, the data is still rising. Even the number of paid members on their platform has seen a brief surge recently.

It seems that we can have higher aspirations in business and data.

The facts were just as Zeng Xi expected.

At this moment, Qin Xian really began to doubt his life.

"This is not right, this is not right!"

Qin Xian didn't know how many times he had said these words.

The main reason is that it really exceeds his understanding over the years.

A drama has been aired, how is it possible that the data is increasing instead of decreasing?

And it's not just a short period of time, it has been going on for almost a week.

How could he accept this?

At first, he really didn't take Xu Kong's drama, which had already been aired, seriously, but who knew that it would even seriously affect the data of "The Evil Spirit" on their platform.

"Are you sure the promotion side is working hard?"

He looked at his subordinate Huang Qifeng.

The other party nodded with extraordinary certainty.

"The marketing department said that the popularity of the other party is completely inferior to that of the other party."

Qin Xian was completely speechless at this time.

He originally thought that this "The Evil Dead" would be able to bring a relatively perfect ending to their Kiwi Fruit this year.

It now seems that although "The Evil Dead" will continue to be broadcast for a while, it is almost impossible for it to become a hit.

Because the climax part of the plot, which he was most looking forward to, had already passed.

As the story progresses to the end, there are more and more plot holes, and it enters a so-called weak period.

Not every drama can start off strong and end strong, especially for most suspense dramas, it is normal for them to have an unhappy ending.

Qin Xian suddenly fell silent, and Huang Qifeng didn't dare to speak at this time.

But he knew that Vice President Qin would never be able to get out of Xu Kong's shadow.

(End of this chapter)