The battle for traffic in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 479: "Signal" Finale
However, before "Send You a Little Red Flower" was released, the finale of "Signal" was released first.

Since the end of last month, "Signal" has been the most talked-about TV series for a month.

Each case has sparked heated discussion online.

Netizens imagined the direction of the next plot on the day of suspension, and were excited to see the real murderer brought to justice after solving another unsolved case on the day of resumption, worried about the protagonists being trapped, and shed tears for the fate of the characters in the play...

Some critics say that the cases are not very complicated, and that the cheating feature for cross-time and space dialogue is too strong despite the restrictions it has as far as possible. However, this also greatly lowers the threshold for watching the drama, and even parents and elders can get into it.

And some professionals also explained that except for the walkie-talkie in the play, the rest are all the most realistic case handling scenes:
Investigate the interpersonal relationships of the victims, conduct psychological profiling of the suspects, conduct interviews, investigations, check surveillance, and interrogate...

The vast majority of unsolved cases are not unsolved because the cases are too complicated, but because the conditions for handling the cases at the time were too poor.

Because the parts of "Signal" other than the walkie-talkie are so realistic, when thinking about the current unsolved cases in China, I can't help but wonder, it would be great if there was such a walkie-talkie in reality.

There are criticisms and also ridicule.

For example, last week marketing accounts swarmed into a discussion about whether Li Guocai had never solved a case since he left the intercom.
Li Guocai's fans were so angry that they scolded Xu Haiying and Chen Xiuxia's "Yingxia" CP fans for being scheming and belittling Li Guocai.

During this period, fans of the Yingxia CP have been dancing very hard. Every day, fans of the drama are speechless. Parents also ask them whether Xu Haiying and Chen Xiuxia will really be together in the end?

After the phenomenal variety show "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves" was broadcast in June, "sister" became the hottest word in the entertainment industry.

And Chen Xiuxia and Xu Haiying in "Signal" are just so good!
Chen Xiuxia handles cases diligently. She is cool and sassy, persistent and tender. She may feel lonely and confused but more determined and strong.

Xu Haiying is righteous and hates evil, but many small details really show that his mind is not simple!

Did she acknowledge her boyfriend in front of Sister Chen's mother? Did she peek at Sister Chen's lonely back several times? The situation during the kidnapping case wasn't that critical and there was no need to hug... Why was Sister Chen so jealous during the blind date? ? ?
So, a sister like Chen Xiuxia should be paired with a young and handsome brother like Xu Haiying!

I don't mean to be disrespectful to Teacher Duan Yihong. I usually think that Teacher Duan is very, very handsome, but really, he is not as handsome as Xu Xing!

Moreover, Teacher Duan inexplicably has a temperament of kidney deficiency. So many years have passed, I think Li Guocai is really not doing well!

Fortunately, there are a lot of dragon research files available for reference in Bar B.

Sister Chen is so outstanding, she deserves to eat such good food from Brother Xu!

If it really doesn’t work, sister can take them all! Li Guocai and Xu Haiying, Duan Yihong and Xu Xing, none of them objected!!!
The comment section of Xu Xing’s Weibo was inaccessible, so Yuan Quan’s comment section was completely occupied.

CP fans are posting photoshopped wedding photos of Xu Haiying and Chen Xiuxia below every day.

The editing area of ​​Bilibili is flooded with Yingxia CP every week.

What makes CP fans happiest is that the after-sales service outside the drama is also quite good.

In various interviews, Xu Xing and Yuan Quan praised each other in various ways, and there was also a lot of interaction during the live broadcast.

Xu Xing joked that Mr. Yuan's actual personality was quite contrasting. He originally thought that he would be a little old-fashioned, but the communication was surprisingly smooth.

Yuan Quan said that Xu Xing was a very polite person, but he was also very persistent and sometimes liked to talk back on purpose, so she didn't actually give Xu Xing any guidance. Xu Xing's improvement in acting in the drama was mainly due to his own efforts. Instead, she learned a lot from Xu Xing.

Xu Xing defended himself, saying that he did not talk back on purpose and was mainly joking. Teacher Yuan also laughed happily every time. He also asked Yuan Quan if he was like that.

Yuan Quan couldn't help but nodded and said yes.

The little black fan immediately made up some dark material about Xiang Chu bullying Yuan Quan, and the CP fans were already satisfied with it!

Xu Xing is so anxious about being misunderstood!

Yuan Quan was also smiling so happily!

I laughed so hard that my face turned a little red... hehehehe~
Some drama fans and some stars have also expressed dissatisfaction with CP fans, but their main focus is to be shameless.

If you scold them for being disgusting, they will immediately act pitiful: Okay, okay, Sister Chen is Brother Guocai's.

When asked not to affect the actors, they acted extremely innocent: No way, no way, do you really think anything will happen between Xingsheng and Yuan Quan?

What’s more, they are also increasing the social media voice of "Signal". The activity of Yingxia CP super topic has caught up with the Weiyu CP of Huang Yuxuan and Li Ziwei when "Want to See You" was broadcast last year!
Why didn’t you guys attack Wei Yu CP last year?
The terrifying popularity of "Signal" once again made Xu Xing's haters pretend to be dead, and in the fan circle, only the CP fans could be so "unruly" and make trouble.

In fact, the popularity of "Signal" has surpassed last year's "Want to See You" and even "Joy of Life".

It is not surprising that "Signal" surpassed "Want to See You" because its audience is wider.

The reason why it surpassed "Joy of Life" is that during this special period of this year, online video platforms have ushered in a wave of explosion.

Entertainment activities have been greatly reduced, and cinemas only resumed business this month. Apart from watching short videos, people can only play games and watch TV series at home.

This is even more evident abroad, mainly in Asia.

Under strong control, the domestic situation has long entered a dynamic zero-COVID era, while foreign countries that have failed to respond effectively are in dire straits and can only entertain themselves at home.

Since its first week online, "Signal" has topped the Netflix charts in 18 countries in Asia and ranked in the top two in the global charts!
In the second week, it even directly rose to the top of the global charts!

Xu Xing now has the world-famous hit "blinding lights" to attract traffic.

As a result, "Signal" performed well in many countries in Europe and Latin America, and also entered the top ten in the United States!
Once again, it has boosted the overall popularity of Chinese dramas on Netflix!

Unfortunately, most of the Chinese dramas purchased by Netflix did not receive the same treatment as Xu Xing's dramas and did not undergo localized dubbing.

So much so that there have been many people on Twitter, Instagram and Reddit asking who the Chinese dramas on Netflix are for, and some of them don’t even have English subtitles.

During the phone call with Erika, she also took the initiative to talk about this topic.

Netflix will increase localized post-production of important Chinese dramas in the future.

She mentioned this casually. Erika mainly lamented that Xu Xing's current influence has been able to bring Chinese dramas to the European and American markets.

This once again refuted the voices within Netflix that questioned the company's over-emphasis on Xu Xing.

Being only the king of Asia and being able to conquer Europe and the United States are two levels that are vastly different.

It also means a lot to Netflix.

So after Erika’s call ended, Xu Xing also spoke to her backer Bjaria.

Afterwards, Xu Xing had a phone call with Bjaria’s backer, Ted Sarandos, who had just been promoted to co-CEO of Netflix on the 17th of this month.

Sarandos has served as Netflix's chief content officer for a long time and can be said to be the most important contributor to Netflix's development to where it is today.

On the phone, Sarandos said that "The Signal" was a wonderful gift for him, and he also made an appointment with Xu Xing to meet as soon as the situation improved, and regarded Xu Xing as Netflix's most indispensable partner.

These calls came in impatiently before the finale of "Signal".

On the day of the finale, "Signal" topped the social media trends in more than 47 countries around the world, and the global popularity exploded!

The truth of the case was revealed. Li Guocai, who had been missing for fifteen years, finally showed up in a sanatorium. Xu Haiying and Chen Xiuxia rushed to the sanatorium together.

Then, it stopped abruptly.

An open ending is totally unacceptable to the enthusiastic fans of the drama!

Especially domestic drama fans, as well as overseas fans who have also followed Xu Xing’s "The Beginning" and "Want to See You".

There was no follow-up to "Beginning 2" and "Want to See You: Wang Quansheng", but the plot itself has filled the gap.

As a result, this time "Signal" didn't even fill the original holes!
The Space-Time Trilogy?
A bad ending trilogy!
Why did Li Guocai hide in a sanatorium for 15 years? What did he do during these 15 years?
Was he arrested?
The mastermind behind this has not yet been brought to justice. Is the nursing home a trap?
Xu Haiying and Chen Xiuxia went to die, and it was a bad ending?

So, after changing the timeline so many times and making everything a mess, is it true that Xu Xing doesn't know how to make things right?
Was it because he had indulged himself in pleasure so many times that he became even more unscrupulous?
Fans of the drama were full of complaints and there was a huge uproar on the Internet.

As for the speculation of some fans of the drama, some are wondering whether "Signal" has finished telling the story.

Are the three actually dead?
Are nursing homes just an important node in the cycle?
The noise continued until late at night.

Xu Xing updated all her social media accounts simultaneously with a photo of the script cover with “Signal 2” written in Chinese characters.

Caption: Not finished yet.

All the drama fans finally breathed a sigh of relief!
"Beginning 2" and "Want to See You: Wang Quansheng" are just fabricated by fans of the drama, but "Signal 2" is admitted by Xu Xing himself!
Then there will be peace in the world!!!

The aftermath of the finale of "Signal" on the Internet has not subsided until the 31st.

However, Xu Xing has already arrived with another work.

"Send You A Little Red Flower".

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【Getting rich quickly is still getting rich quickly】

Li Lili: "I can finally go to the cinema to watch a movie! I'm almost dying of suffocation at home!!! [Crying]"

Xia Mo: "You can watch it ten days ago. You are waiting for Xingsheng, right? [Cute]"

Li: "There is no movie available to watch before. Post your orders, post your orders! They must all be shown at 5:30 later! No one is allowed to watch it in advance! We agreed to go to the theater together!"

Li: “[screenshot.jpg]”

Bevido: "[Screenshot.jpg] The remaining seats in the theater downstairs from my house were not good, so I had to go to another theater several kilometers away to buy them."

Xia: "[Screenshot.jpg] Where are our 11-treasure King Oyster Mushrooms? They haven't really come in to see them in advance!"

Lee: “11!!!!”

Inawen: "Here!!! [screenshot.jpg]"

Yi: "[Sad] I didn't! I was supposed to watch the first show in the morning. It's fine if you guys couldn't get up, but now you're questioning my credibility!!!"

Xia: "We believe in your belief in the Holy Saint! You must have read it in advance! [Laughing and crying]"

Yi: "I didn't! I only read the spoilers online! Faith is real! But loving you is also real! [crying]"

Bei: "Love you too! [Kiss]"

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Looking at the chat messages in the group, Li Lili couldn't help but laugh.

We won’t see you all again until school starts in September, which is still a month away, but it won’t stop us from going to the cinema to watch a movie together!
Just thinking about it.

The sound of a girl next to me talking on the phone came.

"Wang Yu, I'm not asking you to watch Little Red Flower together. There are many other movies. Are you really not coming?"

Li Lili was stunned.

(End of this chapter)