This man knows how to hype

Chapter 364 Doing the opposite

#Xu Xiyu's Three Body#
#Red Shore Base#
#Dark Forest#
The popularity of "The Three-Body Problem" has indeed exploded, and this popularity is mainly due to the speed-reading video of Zhang Beihai's plot.

Therefore, there are currently no hot searches related to the third part of "Death's End".

Most ordinary audiences don’t even know “Cheng Xin”, let alone characters like “Yun Tianming”, “Weide” and “Ai AA”.

However, even so, the contents of just the two parts, "Red Shore Past" and "Dark Forest", have already made "The Three-Body Problem" generate 6 hot search terms.

This is still a hot search term.

There are even more entries that are not on the hot search list.

Whether it is the characters, the settings, or even some of the lines, they are all talked about with relish.

In the comment section of related content, everyone is very eager to discuss.

[I want to know now, is there really a Red Coast Base? ]

[I can prove that I am the cauldron at the Red Coast base. Back then, the commander used the words I used to fight against the Trisolarans.]

[I prove that what he said is true, because I am the base of the cauldron]

【Eliminate human tyranny, the world belongs to the Three-Body Problem! 】

[Capture the ETO members alive, it is recommended to arrest them and interrogate them immediately (dog head)]

[Brothers, to be honest, this novel really makes my scalp tingle. How can it be so strong? ]

[I don’t know what you’re all excited about. This novel has no scientific basis at all and cannot be compared with foreign science fiction novels.]

[Yes, yes, the only shortcoming of this novel is that it was written by Xu Xiyu, a Chinese. If it was written by a foreigner, you would probably be licking it thoroughly now.]

【@Xu Xiyu, when will "The Three-Body Problem" be filmed? 】

[@徐希羽, my elder brother is asking you a question. When will The Three-Body Problem be filmed? I suggest you set up the crew today, finish filming tomorrow, and release it the day after tomorrow. How come you don’t know how to take advantage of the opportunity at such a young age? ]

[Even if the film is not made, the book should be published first. The electronic version hurts my eyes]

[I was wondering why two of his three TV series are science fiction, so he is really a science fiction writer? ]

[I laughed. Nowadays, anyone can be called a writer? ]

[The big guys in the Science Fiction Literature Committee of the Writers Association have all said that he is a science fiction writer, why are you barking here? ]

[Haha, the plot of forcing the sentimentality by writing Zhang Beihai to death made me want to laugh. You guys are really good at licking]

As soon as this comment came out, Li Yiguang, who was originally looking very happy, instantly disappeared with a smile.

After watching the speed-reading videos of "The Three-Body Problem" for so long, his favorite is Zhang Beihai.

Now some people say that Zhang Beihai’s death was forced sensationalism?
This made Li Yiguang so angry that he started typing away, starting with simple foul language and ending with a detailed analysis of the significance of Zhang Beihai's death.

After replying more than ten paragraphs, Li Yiguang suddenly froze.

"Wait, what the hell am I doing???"

"What on earth are you going to do?" On the other side, someone also asked a similar question, and that person was Hu Ningwei.

At this time, she was sitting in the same car with Hu Ningtian, heading to Guangzhou.

Along the way, Hu Ningtian tried to test Hu Ningwei's true attitude towards Xu Xiyu by various indirect questions.

But Hu Ningwei is not stupid. After being annoyed by the questions, she started to act coquettishly and make excuses, trying to get away with it.

The brother and sister battled with each other's wits and courage all the way.

"You're asking me what I want to do. I actually want to ask you, what do you want to do?" Hu Ningtian asked back.

"What can I do?" Hu Ningwei asked back.

"You can do a lot of things. Okay, you're grown up now and I can't control you anymore."

"I'm already this old, am I still a child? I didn't care about you keeping 18 women at the same time, why do you care about me hanging out with friends?"

"Who has eighteen women?" Hu Ningtian's voice suddenly rose.

"Whoever sponsors it knows." Hu Ningwei rolled her eyes.

"Don't change the subject. Don't say I didn't pack that much. Even if I did, would it be the same as you and Xu Xiyu?"

"Of course that's different. He and I are serious friends! Yours is an informal relationship." Hu Ningwei directly defeated the enemy with her words.

And Hu Ningtian was indeed choked by her.

He smacked his lips and then said, "I don't care. Anyway, don't have any messed up ideas about Xu Xiyu. He has a girlfriend and has met her parents."

"So what? Haven't you met him too?" Hu Ningwei turned her head away and muttered.

"Ah?" Hu Ningtian didn't understand for a moment. What did he mean that he had met him before?
Before he could figure it out, Hu Ningwei hugged his arm again with a smile and said coquettishly, "Oh brother, you are so annoying. Can you stop repeating the same old things over and over again? My ears are getting calluses from hearing you so much."

"Do you think I want to repeat myself?" Hu Ningtian said unhappily.

"You have to understand one thing. People have a rebellious mentality. You keep emphasizing it like this, and even if there was no feeling, you can make it seem like there was one." Hu Ningwei said with cunning in her big eyes.

Hu Ningtian hadn't realized yet that his sister had already begun to take the blame for him. He even thought that what his sister said made sense.

That is, while Hu Ningwei was "increasing the intensity" for her brother.

Qian Jiaheng, a subordinate of Li Yiguang, also began to increase the intensity of "The Beginning".

Various comments such as "overpraising", "deliberately exaggerating" and "reversing the role" appeared in a concentrated manner, seemingly to blow up everyone's expectations for "The Beginning".

Such public opinion was naturally monitored by Xu Xiyu's people, and the results of the monitoring were reported to Xu Xiyu in a timely manner.

But then again, this situation was within his expectations.

He even felt that he didn't need anyone to set the pace.

The emergence of "The Three-Body Problem" will definitely raise everyone's expectations for "The Beginning" and "New Paradise: Wangxian", two works labeled as science fiction.

Anticipation is a good thing because it means attention.

At the same time, expectations are also a bad thing, because there is definitely a gap between expectations and reality.

“What do you think? Should we insist on launching “The Beginning” first? I think we can delay it for a while until the popularity of “The Three-Body Problem” dies down.” Lu Qinyao suggested after seeing this situation.

Xu Xiyu shook his head when he heard this: "No, it's more important to go to "Beginning" at this time."

"Why?" Lu Qinyao was a little puzzled.

“Yes, there may be a gap now, but one thing that must be made clear is that this gap is not caused by quality. It is caused by volume. The volume of The Beginning is too small.”

“Indeed, 12 episodes is not a large volume.”

"No, the volume I'm talking about is not the length of the episode, but the volume of the story's perspective. Simply put, saving a person on a bus and saving all of humanity give people a different sense of 'volume'.

However, it is precisely because of the huge difference in the sense of volume that it gives "The Beginning" a chance. Because only in this way can the audience feel it intuitively.

Although all of them are science fiction, Beginning, The Three-Body Problem, and New Paradise are in different categories. It is very important for us to let the audience realize this.

Because "The Three-Body Problem" is just one of our IPs, and we will release other series of works in the future. If we always use "The Three-Body Problem" as a reference, wouldn't that be a trap for ourselves?

Is it true that in the future, when we make science fiction, we can only make films about starships and the universe? This is definitely not right. Firstly, the audience will get tired of it; secondly, we may not have that much creativity and budget.

Therefore, this time we want to take advantage of the differences between these three works to expand the audience's horizons for different types of science fiction content and gain more room for our own creation."

After hearing Xu Xiyu's analysis, Lu Qinyao fell into deep thought.

After thinking for a while, she said, "That makes sense, and it's indeed the right thing to do, but the problem is, at this moment, I'm still a little worried about the data."

“Don’t worry. Don’t forget that The Three-Body Problem is just a novel now. And The Beginning is a TV series. Whether a show is good or not is not only influenced by the script.

There are also aspects to support it, such as the performance of the actors, the scheduling of the shots, the editing of the pictures, the background of the music, etc. Not only that, don't look at how popular "The Three-Body Problem" is now.

But compared to the audience of the TV series, it is still a minority. In other words, more people still don’t know what “The Three-Body Problem” is about.

As long as "The Beginning" is good, there will naturally be audiences watching it. And I am very confident about the watchability of "The Beginning". "Xu Xiyu smiled and shook his head.

"But what if someone wants to set the pace? I see someone is already setting the pace and wants to boost expectations for 'The Beginning'."

"If they set the pace, why can't we do the same?" Xu Xiyu asked back, and then he winked at Lu Qinyao.

At this moment, Lu Qinyao suddenly reacted.

Okay.

When it comes to setting the pace, this guy is a real expert.

So, she asked curiously, "Then how are you going to take it?"

"Do you remember why I chose to leak The Three-Body Problem?"

“Why? You’re worried that some people would say that The Beginning doesn’t count as a science fiction work, so you want to use The Three-Body Problem to prove your ability in science fiction creation.” Lu Qinyao replied without hesitation.

“Yes, if there was no The Three-Body Problem, there would definitely be people who would criticize me for this. Now that The Three-Body Problem has come out and become a huge hit, it has been recognized by the audience and the science fiction literature community.

So, that approach didn't work, and they could only choose to raise the expectations of "The Beginning". In this case, let's do the opposite.

We took the initiative to lead the trend, saying that The Beginning is not science fiction, saying that I am making false propaganda and labeling, and saying that I don’t understand science fiction at all.”

"what?"

“Tell me, what will those seniors in the science fiction literature community who are now cheering for me do when they see someone questioning my false propaganda and saying that I don’t understand science fiction?
And what about those knowledgeable science fiction fans, netizens who like The Three-Body Problem, when they see someone questioning my lack of knowledge of science fiction, how will they react? "

As soon as these words came out, Lu Qinyao's eyes slowly lit up.

If that's the case, then these people will definitely speak up for Xu Xiyu.

In the process of speaking, aren't some definitions of soft science fiction and hard science fiction spread?
Not only that, the group that is most likely to have a gap in expectations are netizens who like "The Three-Body Problem".

Once their attention was focused on "arguing" for Xu Xiyu.

Then will you still care about whether there is a gap or not?

Once people take sides, some of their ideas will change.

(End of this chapter)