Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 316: Scolding the Reflection Party
After chatting for a while, I found out that this time CCTV was fanned by the butterfly wings he fanned.

In my previous life, the appearance of "Dae Jang Geum" was simply a miracle.

In 2003, "Dae Jang Geum" was broadcast in South Korea with an average viewership of 47.8%. That is to say, when "Dae Jang Geum" was broadcast, one out of every two people watching TV was watching "Dae Jang Geum".

This viewership rate is higher than that of China's Spring Festival Gala. The highest viewership rate in all previous Spring Festival Galas was only 41.6%.

It was broadcast on Taiwan's GTV this year and won the ratings championship for two consecutive rounds.

It was then broadcast in Hong Kong and continued to create miracles, with its ratings topping the Hong Kong TV drama ratings chart in the past 25 years. The number of viewers reached 321 million, almost half of the population of Hong Kong.

Such a popular drama will certainly attract people’s attention, and the ones who noticed it were CCTV and Mango TV.

CCTV wants to buy it, and Mango TV also wants to buy it.

CCTV still wanted to put on airs, but Mango TV didn't indulge him and directly offered a high price of 800 million.

CCTV had no choice but to give up and instead introduced another Korean drama, "Go Kim Soon!" to compete with "Jewel in the Palace."

The result was that they were completely defeated.

This result is actually very unreasonable.

"Dae Jang Geum" has been out for two years, and pirated DVDs have been available for a long time. It shouldn't have been so popular when it was broadcast in China.

Mango TV placed a heavy bet on "Dae Jang Geum" with a gambling mentality, but unexpectedly, its bet was right and "Dae Jang Geum" became the ratings champion of Mango TV in 05.

In this life, because of the purchase of "Wulin Waijia", Mango TV no longer competed with CCTV, and "Dae Jang Geum" was successfully acquired by CCTV.

In the field of TV dramas, CCTV is the big name. "Dae Jang Geum" took over "Drawing Sword" and its ratings broke 3 at the beginning and then remained at around 4.9 for a long time.

Then Mango TV's "Wulin Waijia" also started airing, and it also broke 3 on the first day. In the following days, the average ratings remained at around 6, ranking first in the same time period.

Then the two TV series started to fight against each other.

"Dae Jang Geum" has 70 episodes, but it was broadcast first.

"Wulin Waijia" only has 30 episodes, but it was broadcast later, so the two dramas are at about the same progress.

Every day, countless families quarrel over whether to watch "Wulin Wai Zhuan" or "Dae Jang Geum".

Women generally like to watch "Dae Jang Geum", but men and teenagers like "Wulin Wai Zhuan". If we look at the status of women in the family in China, "Dae Jang Geum" is definitely the winner.

But strangely, in coal-producing provinces, Qin Province, and the capital area, the ratings of "Wulin Waijia" have been rising steadily, with the highest market share accounting for more than 30%.

In terms of Changsha's ratings, Hunan Economic TV has always been ranked first - Hunan Economic TV has always been more lenient than Hunan Satellite TV in broadcasting TV series because it is not broadcast on satellite. Therefore, the ratings of TV series broadcast during prime time in Changsha have always been higher than those of Hunan Satellite TV.

Then "Wulin Waijia" successfully helped the satellite TV station to turn around and finally defeated Jingshi TV.

On the Internet, the number of searches for "Wulin Waijia" has increased exponentially, and several of the main actors have become popular. The characters in the play are so vivid that people are discussing it everywhere.

Lü Qinghou: You once said ~
Bai Zhantang: Sunflower acupuncture point pressing hand
Guo Furong: Overwhelming ~
Li Dazui: Whoever makes things difficult for you is making things difficult for me. Whoever makes things difficult for me is making things difficult for my uncle. Whoever makes things difficult for my uncle is making things difficult for the imperial court. Who dares to make things difficult for the imperial court?

Tong Xiangyu: I was wrong, I was really wrong, I shouldn’t have married here from the beginning, if I hadn’t married here, my husband wouldn’t have died, if my husband hadn’t died, I wouldn’t have ended up in this sad place, if I hadn’t ended up in this sad place, I would…

Xing Yusen: I'm optimistic about you.

Yan Xiaoliu: Please help me take good care of my seventh uncle and his third niece!
Aunt Fan: There is someone above me!
Definitely and definitely~
Really, more real than pearls~
A series of lines quickly became buzzwords, and the witty sayings in "Wulin Wai Zhuan" became popular all over the country.

Dong Jianqiang was very pleased with the popularity of "Wulin Waijia", and Xingchen Entertainment had successfully established itself in the field of TV dramas.

This is what a good film and television company should be like, doing well in both movies and TV.

Zhang Chen doesn’t really care which TV series wins or loses, as long as the ratings of “Wulin Waijia” are not bad.

Dong Jianqiang said that several TV stations have approached him to buy the second-round broadcast rights of "Wulin Waijia", which is another huge income.

Despite the suppression of Dae Jang Geum, it is still a popular cultural phenomenon, with a lot of discussion online, even more than Wai Zhuan.

Most of the discussions about "Wulin Wai Zhuan" are about the show itself, the lines are humorous, and the characters' personalities are interesting...

But "Dae Jang Geum" is different, it is like a culture that is mentioned in all aspects.

Korean food became popular because of the TV series "Dae Jang Geum", and many Chinese restaurants have also added Korean dishes.

Some wedding studios launched "Dae Jang Geum" themed wedding photos, and couples flocked to them. Then, a familiar scene appeared, someone posted a serious blog - why don't we have our own "Dae Jang Geum".

The blog quotes classics to illustrate one point: we cannot produce a TV series like "Dae Jang Geum" because our system is unreasonable and our culture is not advanced enough.

But there are a lot of idiots below who agree with him, thinking that the author is looking at the world with open eyes.

The more Zhang Chen read the comments online, the angrier he got. What a bunch of people who have no independent thinking ability. He wanted to refute, but he thought it was an exaggeration. In the end, he left a message below: I have only one evaluation for people like you - you can't stand up.

There are many people like this at this stage, who think that everything abroad is good and everything at home is bad.

Reflect on it!

Reflect on everything all the time, reflect on this and that!
I think it’s our own fault that we can’t produce such dramas, and I call for more of them to be introduced.

But I never thought about whether this might be a form of cultural invasion.

Ha ha.

It may not be appropriate to say it is an invasion, but "Dae Jang Geum" did open the door to the Chinese TV drama market for Korean dramas.

Afterwards, various TV stations introduced Korean dramas, such as "Full House", "Stairway to Heaven", "My Girl", and "Witch Yoo Hee", and the domestic TV drama market was almost occupied by Korean dramas.

Then starting the next year, the General Administration passed a resolution to ban the broadcast of foreign dramas during prime time, and then in 2012, this resolution officially became a regulation.

This suppressed the popularity of Korean dramas and laid the foundation for the subsequent counterattack of domestic ancient costume dramas abroad.

Zhang Chen is now a celebrity on the blog and his comments were quickly noticed, triggering a new round of discussion.

The media reported that some people supported the Reflection Party, while others supported Zhang Chen.

As the online discussion intensified, Zhang Chen simply wrote a blog titled “Open Your Eyes to the World”
When a TV series becomes a hit, some people start to reflect on why we can't make a historical drama like "Dae Jang Geum".

Please, why can't we take pictures?
Isn’t it “Kangxi Empire” and “Yongzheng Dynasty”? Isn’t it “The Palace of Ming”?

You are telling lies with your eyes open, thinking that your culture is backward and your race is inferior. I don't know what you want to express, do you want to commit suicide?
"Dae Jang Geum" is just a TV series about the story of the Joseon Dynasty. The reason why it is so popular is actually due to the audience's curiosity.

China regards itself as the Celestial Empire and has never looked down upon its neighbors.

Do you know the history of Vietnam?

Do you know the history of North Korea?

Don’t understand!
So we feel a sense of freshness when watching "Dae Jang Geum", and we also become curious about their culture.

This is actually quite understandable.

It’s not that there are no good historical dramas in China as you think, it’s just because you know your own culture and history very well.

We all know something about the stories of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Wu Zetian, and ancient clothing and diet are even more familiar to us, so you don’t think this is a big deal. But if it happens abroad, will it be the same as "Dae Jang Geum"?

Don't say it's impossible. When My Fair Princess was introduced to Korea, it caused a much bigger sensation than the popularity of Dae Jang Geum in China today. Otherwise, why would "the three major Korean TV stations have a 'ban on Chinese dramas'? KBS, MBS, and SBS are determined not to broadcast Chinese TV dramas, because My Fair Princess swept the prime-time ratings of the three major TV stations, which made them fearful.

I'm not bragging, this is all well documented. If you, the reflective party, are not convinced, you can check for yourself to see if what I said is true.

I would also like to clarify that I am not hostile to the drama "Dae Jang Geum" itself, and I even admire it quite a bit.

The protagonist in the play is flesh and blood, and is not a saint. He seeks revenge when there is revenge, and avenges injustices. This character setting is very down-to-earth.

What I really hate are those people who stir up trouble online. Just follow the drama, but you can see the sense of superiority when watching a TV series. Isn't that mean?
If we follow this logic, then shouldn’t I be proud of watching “Dae Jang Geum”? Because if you look closely at the details, you will feel that the Joseon Dynasty was really miserable…

Drinking bean sprout soup is a delicacy.
The princess eats rotten rice. She is a princess.
Dae Jang Geum lost some flour and the palace guards searched the entire palace~
Look at that palace again, is it really a palace? Not to mention the Forbidden City, it is not even as good as the street gardens in many of our second-tier cities.

Looking at the state banquet again, it really is like what Teacher Zhao Lirong said, a gathering of heroes and a meeting of pickles.

If you go to a state banquet, you will definitely wonder when the hot dishes will be served.

Another fact that many people may not know is that even now, the watermelon that we eat casually in summer is a very expensive fruit in Korea, and it is sold by the block.
If you tell a Korean that we never eat watermelon rinds here, they will be shocked. If you tell them that we don’t eat corn cobs either, their jaws will drop.

So, don’t think that everything is better in foreign countries. Just because you were born in China, you should be happy about it, right?

(End of this chapter)