Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 136: Development at home and abroad

It was already early morning when I finished watching all six episodes of "So Cute" updated for members on the first day of its release.

These drama viewers also logged into their social media platforms and began to comment on the drama.

[It keeps reminding me of 1988, but it's not as good as 1988 at all. It's a pity that Shen Juan's acting is so amazing. The script is the only thing holding him back.]

[I personally feel that the young actors are well chosen, but I don’t know if it’s the director’s habit or something else, this filter is really not good! Moreover, the performances of the father-generation actors are a bit exaggerated, and the characters are not as full as those in 1988. However, it is already considered to be top-notch in the domestic youth dramas in recent years. And Shen Juan’s acting skills are surprisingly good, at least I didn’t feel out of place. There is a promising future for his acting career. ]

[Although the plot is a bit cliché, it doesn't stop me from following it. Besides, a sweet campus drama like this is considered a success as long as the casting is right and the plot isn't awkward. And with Shen Juan around, what else does he need?]

[Alas, because the publicity of Shen Juan as the lead actor made me look forward to it for so long, but the few episodes that were released only made me think of two words, that's it? I feel that the production team is trying hard to lean towards 1988, but the plot is really bland, and this is the worst group drama with the worst acting of the elder actors I have ever seen. However, considering that this was filmed when Shen Juan was not yet famous, I still don't question his vision in choosing scripts. ]

[The beginning is indeed not very attractive, but the following episodes are much better. Shen Juan is good-looking and his acting is not embarrassing. The heroine is very cute, but the performance seems to be a bit too cute. ]

[Shen Juan, why don’t we just go and sing? It’s not that you’re a bad actor, it’s just that there aren’t any good scripts suitable for you in domestic dramas. No matter what you play, it feels like your passion for acting is being drained. I’m really worried that you won’t want to act anymore in the future.]

Selectively ignoring the subjective comments against Shen Juan from fans of rival teams, overall the situation is mixed.

Because there is the excellent "Reply 1988" before it, and the production company also used the name of "Chinese 1988" in its promotion, so most people are comparing this drama with 1988, complaining that the director of this drama is frantically integrating plot points and forcing sensationalism and nostalgia, and it is not even half as good as 1988.

Then there are also some people who complained about the actors' acting skills. For example, the leading actress' acting was awkward, several supporting actors had dull looks and formulaic performances, and several father-generation actors had abstract acting skills that made them look like Wu Jiaheng and Lu Han when they got older.

However, few people criticized the actor's acting skills, which was a blessing in disguise for Shen Juan.

In addition, a small number of netizens also commented on Shen Juan, the only source of traffic popularity for this drama:

Seven points of acting skills, met with six points of script.

Because the character of Tan Song requires a lot of emotional ups and downs and facial expressions in the plot, he is not the cold and expressionless one that those traffic stars with no acting skills like most.

Therefore, many people feel that Shen Juan does seem to have some talent for acting, and they suggest that he take classes to refine his acting skills, and jokingly say that the task of saving not only the music industry but also the Chinese film industry falls on his shoulders.

Shen Juan felt somewhat complicated about this.

On the one hand, he was saddened by the cold reception of his new drama on its premiere, but on the other hand, the comments from netizens made him happy and proud.

I can only say that it is painful and happy.

After a quick nap after dinner, when he was woken up by the alarm clock at two o'clock in the afternoon, Shen Juan received a call from director Mao De Shu across half the world with good news.

"Xiao Juan, the premiere performance of our drama is out. Guess how much it is? A full 1.5 million, hahahaha!"

“Is it this high?”

Shen Juan actually didn't feel much reality about this seemingly pleasing data, because Cloud and Cool Cloud were not popular these days, and the number of TV drama broadcasts depended purely on how much water was injected.

Moreover, in order to brag about it in the press release, the production team will even add up the number of views of the feature film, trailer, tidbits, and related promotional videos to calculate the total number of views for the drama. There is no clear standard for what makes a drama a hit.

For example, in order to outperform Love and Destiny, which aired at the beginning of the year, Princess Agents, which was launched in June last year, directly bought 40 billion views for the final episode.

Anyway, according to the current number of views, the combined views of Princess Agents and Eternal Love are almost going to exceed 100 billion.

What is the concept?
Even though it was so popular, it didn’t break 10 billion.

These two together are equivalent to ten storms?

So Shen Juan could only judge from the director's ecstatic tone that the show seemed to be doing quite well.

It is now February and I am still doing the repetitive, monotonous and boring arrangement work for my personal album.

What do you think of this production team that the company brought in for Shen Juan to share some of the composing workload with him?

There is indeed something.

No matter what ideas Shen Juan came up with, they were able to implement them very well, and sometimes the new ideas that came up even made Shen Juan feel that they were better than the originals.

No wonder he won several Grammy Awards.

But that's about it.

They just have strong professional abilities and know what styles are currently popular in the market, but you can't count on them to create popular hits that are highly sung.

Another day of production work has been successfully completed.

Shen Juan went back to the hotel, took a shower, and then went online to learn about today's domestic entertainment news, mainly the parts that were related to him.

"So Cute We Are" has now been updated to the eighth episode, and the drama has a total of sixteen episodes. Four episodes will be updated every week in the future, so it will be able to maintain its popularity and discussion for a while.

As the first drama in which he starred and aired after returning to China, although Shen Juan did not set too high expectations for the ratings of this drama, after all, many of the main creative team members including the director are newcomers to the industry, and the production cost is not high. The broadcast speed has not kept up with the development speed of the actors.

(Many top-tier dramas will have a few bad dramas after they become popular. For example, after Xiao Zhan played The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, he also played a supporting role in The Wolf with Wang Dalu. These are all low-level resources that were taken before the hit dramas were broadcast. Rational fans in the fan circle generally don't use these dramas to torture the actors, because they were the dramas they took during the period of obscurity.)

But in order to boost the popularity of the series as much as possible, not leave any stains, and live up to the hard work of the entire crew, and also to bring more popularity and traffic to our heroine Oda, he believes that it is still necessary for him to do his job in promoting the series conscientiously and responsibly.

So the Weibo posts that need to be posted still need to be posted.

The combined business is a combined business.

This wave is willing to help the poor.

He took some time to post a promotional Weibo post, sharing the behind-the-scenes photos he took on the set with his fans.

Then he interacted with Oda who came after hearing the news for a while, providing CP fans with material to chew on, and then the phone in his hand suddenly vibrated.

His agent called him.

Of course, Yang Yangjin called Shen Juan so late not to discuss the script or do her hair with him, but because she had something very important to tell Shen Juan:
The promotional song produced by Shen Juan for "Black Panther" some time ago was released, and was also selected by the film company as the BGM of the release trailer. The discussion about it is very heated at the moment, and many netizens said that the song is very nice.

Comments section of the official MV posted on YouTube:
【masterpiece】

[Ward, bro! The arrangement is so awesome! I got goosebumps as soon as the prelude sounded, and when I paired it with the trailer, the image of Black Panther instantly appeared in my mind. This is undoubtedly a great work! ]

[Damn! So fucking chill! I love it so much! When I listen to it while walking, I feel like robbing a bank! ]

[Like a mountain stream, above the water level.]

[It's incredible! The sound is so beautiful! I swear I fell in love with this song, love comes from Brazil. ]

After the praise and compliments for the song itself, it is often time to praise the singer himself.

Shen Juan already has a certain degree of popularity among European and American fans because his first two singles made it into the top 50 of the B chart's hot 100. This time, with the help of the popularity of the movie "Black Panther", he has reached a whole new level.

More and more people have gotten to know Shen Juan, a talented and handsome Chinese singer-songwriter.

【A work of God’s partiality and favoritism. 】

【Guys! Please believe me, Alex will definitely become a legend! I promise! He is definitely the best singer I have ever seen who can sing and rap at the same time, and he even has good dancing skills.】

【Alex's handsome face, his voice, his dance, his body, his clothes, my god! This is simply God's masterpiece and God's gift! 】

【As I listened to the song, the slow-motion footage of the Grammy red carpet a few days ago kept coming to my mind. Alex: The world should know how handsome I am.】

[Alex is truly an unparalleled talented creator. From "If I Can't Have You" to "In My Blood" to this song "Pray For Me", he has shown us more possibilities and a versatile creative style in the future. He is simply omnipotent! ]

Maybe it’s because he hasn’t really become popular yet, so there’s no negative news that the public would dislike about him, and there’s no actual competition or conflict with other singers.

Except for a small number of netizens with black avatars who said that Shen Juan, a yellow man, should not be involved in this movie dominated by black people, the vast majority of white and Asian netizens' comments on Shen Juan were quite fair and positive.

Shen Juan exited the comment section contentedly and looked at the video release time again.

The video that was updated this morning has already exceeded three million views in less than twelve hours, and is heading towards the four million mark.

Considering that it is noon in East Asia on the other side of the ocean (Shen Juan still has a group of fans in South Korea. Although he has not been to South Korea for activities for a long time, many of them have left, but those who remain are die-hard fans).

And it’s summer vacation when all students are on vacation!
This means that there is still plenty of time for those fans who are keen on ranking and creating streaming results for their idols. The MV’s first-day 24-hour playback volume is likely to exceed six million.

In this day and age, this data is already exaggerated, not to mention that this record was created when the official MV was extremely simple and sloppy.

It is time to let these inexperienced European and American netizens experience the power of domestic entertainment fan circles.

　Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone!

　　Thank you all for your recommendation tickets and monthly ticket subscription support!

　　Thanks to Penguin Fan for the 5000-point reward for Zhang Jingyi's character!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)