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Chapter 333 "The Beginning" aired

For Yiguo, this is the last August and the following September.

The workload is actually much less than usual.

There is no way. Penguin Video has withdrawn all the dramas that were originally planned to be broadcast in September.

As for the reason, it is most likely related to Xu Kong's "The Beginning" and "The Power of the World".

In this regard, there is actually no problem at all.

In her opinion, it was even a wise choice.

Whether it is "The Beginning", which seems to be a completely low-cost investment and intends to make a small investment with a big return, or "The Powerful World", which has an overly luxurious lineup and investment.

Both dramas seem a bit menacing.

The initial publicity and promotion investment in a frontal battle would probably be a tough one.

August and September are not the golden periods, so avoiding them is indeed the most cost-effective option.

……

"From the looks of it, it seems like the heat is quite high!"

There is only one day left before the two dramas start airing.

The number one trending topic on Weibo at this time is the latest trailer of Xu Kong's new drama "The Beginning".

The second one is exactly the hot search of "The Power of the World".

There's really a love-hate relationship between these two films.

At least during the half-month promotion period before the broadcast, all kinds of public opinions never stopped.

Regarding the various grievances between Fengge and Changyun Film and Television, the producers of these two dramas, after some self-media explanations for the sake of popularity and traffic, now basically many ordinary netizens know something about it.

The fact that these two dramas were broadcast on the same day is not a coincidence or just normal commercial competition.

The various new and old grudges in it are enough to write a video copy of tens of thousands of words.

As a film and television self-media of such a large scale, Yiguo is of course different from many of her peers. She knows quite a lot of inside information.

I just never intended to actually say it out loud.

The main reason is that she hopes that her videos can remain the same as before, a more pure evaluation of film and television works.

Although it is clear that there may be a loss of considerable traffic and popularity.

But Yiguo didn't feel it was a pity. After all, this was the result of the choices she had made for so many years.

……

"It looks like what I guessed, the biggest attraction of Xu Kong's new drama is probably the cycle."

Yigo watched the latest trailer of "The Beginning" very carefully.

Similar to some of the information revealed before.

Although the trailer is still a mystery, it does reveal some of the core elements of the loop.

In fact, the science fiction elements about cycles are not new.

At least for Yigo, who has watched a lot of movies, this is a setting that has almost been played out in foreign countries.

But for domestic audiences, they can only see it in some unpopular online dramas.

It seems that there is indeed no one who can become popular beyond the circle.

The main thing is to see whether Xu Kong's new drama can write an eye-catching plot based on this setting.

This is the most important thing.

Of course, perhaps it was because of his inexplicable trust in Xu Kong.

Yiguo feels that Xu Kong’s new drama is likely to be of good quality.

The most important thing is that the cost of the drama itself is low. For Feng Ge, there is a high probability that the investment has been recovered from copyright fees before the drama is even aired.

As for "The Powerful World" on the other hand, with such a huge investment, it is almost impossible to let the platform bear all the risks.

Yiguo guessed that they had signed a bet agreement or something like that.

Otherwise, the producer Changyun Film and Television would not have worked so hard during the promotion and marketing stage.

……

The popularity of the two dramas that are about to be aired here seems to be quite high.

However, it is obvious that the moods of both sides at this moment are obviously different.

Not only are the two dramas aired on the same day, they even have the same airing time.

But at this time, Feng Ge had actually already left work.

The main thing is that the drama will be broadcast tomorrow, and all the related arrangements have been made.

Naturally, there is no need to work overtime.

As for Xu Kong, who seems to be the most concerned, what is he doing at this moment?
Since most of the work had been completed, of course I went to Su Zhi's house to exchange music.

Of course, there is a real exchange of music here.

Although most of the time when Xu Kong was with Su Zhi, he couldn't control himself and wanted to fight with each other.

But occasionally we still exchange ideas on music.

In fact, Xu Kong also took advantage of his previous life. He was no less experienced than Su Zhi. In addition, as a lyricist and composer, people felt that Su Zhi's comeback was due to him.

But in fact, in terms of some musical ideas and insights, Su Zhi is indeed a truly talented singer.

In this regard, Xu Kong would feel that he had benefited a lot if he accidentally heard what the other party was talking about.

……

Of course, the most important thing is that Xu Kong really didn’t take the upcoming broadcast of "The Beginning" too seriously.

Everything that should be done has been done.

Moreover, the cost of "The Beginning" is there, even if the final data and reputation are not as good as he expected.

But it is absolutely impossible to lose money.

On the other side, Changyun Film and Television was a completely different scene.

In fact, they have done almost what they should do.

All the publicity and procedures for the launch were finalized long time ago.

But Zhu Changyun, the company's president, did not leave, which meant that most of the senior executives had to continue staying in the company.

This extends downwards layer by layer to some ordinary employees.

It means that even though there is not much work to do, I still have to stay in the company until late at night and dare not leave early.

How can you leave work early when your boss hasn't left yet?

……

As Zhu Changyun got to know more and more about Xu Kong's new drama, his uneasiness deepened.

Now, it’s the night before the new drama airs.

He indeed seemed a little uneasy.

But in fact, he also knew that no matter how much he thought about it now, nothing could be changed.

The money invested cannot be recovered.

Now that things have come to this, the only thing we can hope for is that their film "The Power of China" will really become a hit as expected.

After calculations by some professionals in the company, they signed gambling agreements with Kiwi and Ocean TV respectively.

If the drama wants to successfully recoup its costs, its data and popularity must at least reach the level of a small hit like Xu Kong's "Want to See You".

If it wants to be a real success, it must at least be as popular as Xu Kong's "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

It has to be said that Zhu Changyun took such a risk completely rashly.

Thinking about it now, it was a bit too extreme.

The best option is for at least two platforms to first get the copyright fees to recover a certain amount of costs.

……

No matter what, the Changyun Film and Television company building was brightly lit until midnight. It was finally time to get off work.

The next day, as the two new dramas premiered, discussions began on many social platforms early in the morning.

Originally, everyone would be paying attention to the content of the two newly aired dramas.

However, because the feud between Changyun Film and Television and Fengge was exposed, many people have begun to pay attention to the data about the two premieres.

"I think that even with Xu Kong's help, The Power of the World is such a big production after all, it is unlikely to pose too much of a threat."

"I think so too. The themes of the two dramas are different, so there is no competition for audiences. I plan to watch both dramas together."

"There is indeed an objective fact of competition for audiences. People like us who pay attention to the news will of course watch both shows, but most viewers actually just follow whichever show is popular. Since the two shows are broadcast at the same time, it is natural that one show will be highly discussed while the other will be less popular."

……

The time came to 7:30 in the evening, and Yiguo had already prepared everything in advance.

It’s not that there needs to be a sense of ritual before watching a new drama.

It’s because of her job that she has to make relevant records while watching the drama.

And for the two dramas this time, Xu Kong's "The Beginning" and the ancient costume political drama "The Power of the World", which has the largest investment in recent years, no matter what the quality is, they will definitely have film reviews and separate review videos.

Her original plan was to watch Xu Kong's new drama first.

Put the big-investment, big-scale "The Power of the World" at the back.

But after thinking about it, I am still too curious about "The Power of the World", a drama that has been promoted so hard, and I also want to verify my point of view.

So in the end I decided to watch "The Powerful World" first.

The main reason is that before, no one thought that two dramas would be broadcast on the same day.

Even the specific premiere time is exactly the same.

……

"Finally the wait is over!"

"First!"

"This opening is good. It's all grand scenes, and the music is also very majestic."

As soon as the time came, Yiguo clicked on the "Power and Intrigue" page on the homepage of the Kiwi platform.

Then he subconsciously closed the barrage of comments that was flooding the screen.

She didn't like her first-hand judgment of the drama being influenced by unnecessary factors.

For example, the audience on the screen are commenting in real time at this moment.

……

In fact, there have been many versions of trailers released for the drama "The Power of China" before.

There are edited versions of the big scenes, as well as various literary parts, featuring the actors’ performances.

Yiguo could almost guess some of the plot outline of the whole drama.

However, only after it is officially broadcast can we really see its true face.

It can be seen that director Yu Fenfen has great ambitions.

In the first twenty minutes of the first episode alone, there is a three-line narrative.

There are bloody battlefields on the border to defend against foreign invaders, open and covert struggles between the major forces in the imperial capital, and undercurrents in the palace where the male protagonist is planning to rebel.

……

"The story is not difficult to understand."

"It's just that the narrative rhythm is a bit too chaotic."

"It feels like one side hasn't been explained clearly, and the other side hastily unfolds."

Yiguo opened his mouth and gave his first evaluation.

Of course she knew that she was the type who took the plot very seriously, so she could recognize the many characters in the film very quickly.

But for ordinary audiences, many characters only appear once briefly, or are even introduced with only a very simple name and prefix.

It is a bit too picky for the audience to keep up with such a fast pace.

The climax of the first episode of the entire drama focused on an impeachment in the court and the outbreak of war on the front line, where the most critical city was lost.

"What is this? I don't understand it!"

"I was deceived by the propaganda. I almost fell asleep."

"Such a simple plot, how can anyone not understand it?"

"I understood it, but I couldn't get into it at all. There was nothing memorable about the characters, including the male lead who pretended to be a dandy. He didn't have much character characteristics."

……

At the end, the barrage of comments was opened, and many ordinary viewers had similar thoughts to Yiguo.

In fact, the slow narrative pace is not a bad thing.

Although this will drive away many viewers, as long as they can patiently immerse themselves in it, most of them will become the most loyal viewers.

It’s just like Xu Kong’s “The Long Season”.

Despite its slow pace, it still became a hit drama thanks to its solid reputation.

But the problem of "The Powerful World" is not the slow pace.

It’s because the plot isn’t exciting enough and the characters aren’t distinctive enough.

In this respect, it is a completely opposite example to "The Long Season".

In "The Long Season", the three timelines are also advancing almost simultaneously, but whether it is the current elderly three-person detective team, the young three-person team, or the many supporting characters who only appear for a short time, almost all of them have very distinct characters.

Although the pace is slow, the plot is not boring. Coupled with some of the Northeast’s historical background, it is easy to get into it as long as you calm down.

But looking at the TV series "The Powerful World", the number of characters appearing in the first episode is estimated to be no less than twenty.

This is the kind with a name and surname.

Although the protagonist's role is not short, there is nothing memorable about it except that it portrays a commonplace image of a young man who pretends to be a dandy but is actually a mature man hiding his edge and planning big things.

A bit too thin.

……

Yiguo wrote as he thought, but soon changed his mind.

Mainly the drama "The Long Season", which is almost the highest-rated domestic drama in the past decade.

Compared with "The Power of China", it is still a bit too bullying.

But even in some of the more famous and classic political dramas, this kind of character creation is still a bit unsatisfactory.

In many famous political dramas, at least the characters generally speaking, will have more complex dualities.

At least if the protagonist wanted to follow his father, a leisurely prince, in a rebellion for the sake of the people of the world, or the entire crumbling dynasty, it wouldn't be like this.

Even the motive is not clear.

Yiguo then went on to watch the second and third updated episodes.

But there is not much change in style, and the protagonist has even fewer roles.

Three episodes have passed, and there are many large-scale war scenes on the front line.

But the other parts of the court and the protagonist's story are a bit too outrageous.

To sum it up, there was a fight going on while a bunch of riddlers were arguing about something in the fog, and at the end, the protagonist was drinking and gambling, and then after it was over, his eyes lit up and he suddenly looked like, oh, I was just pretending.

"Ugh……"

Yiguo sighed helplessly, mainly because the quality of this drama was even worse than she expected.

She did not continue to read the audience's comments or subsequent trailers, but instead opened Tudou Video.

I clicked on “The Beginning” which had already been aired for more than two hours.

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(End of this chapter)