Peninsula: I'm the Top Streamer

Chapter 465 Word-of-mouth explosion
Jin Luoyong was speechless about the fact that his girlfriend liked Quan Xuanhe.

He didn't know why he liked such a young man, a young man with only a pretty face, who drove people crazy just because he starred in a brainless Korean melo drama. It was speechless.

In his eyes, he just looks down on those TV actors who can only act sweet and greasy, and they are not worthy of being on the stage at all.

Real men don't watch these low-end melo dramas.

"Oppa, come and take a look, I think you'll like it."

"Quan Xuanhe again?"

When Jin Luoyong saw that his girlfriend insisted on holding his hand to watch her favorite new drama starring Quan Xuanhe, he looked a little helpless and sat down with her reluctantly.

As soon as she sat on the sofa, she started playing with her phone and had no intention of paying attention to the person she liked, Quan Xuanhe.

"Oppa, Wei~ You're going to like this drama. Didn't you just finish your military service two years ago? This drama is about bullying in the military..."

The girlfriend grabbed her boyfriend's arm and started acting coquettishly.

"Huh? He's acting in this kind of genre? Why would a Korean pop star act in this kind of genre? Isn't that just ridiculous? Yay..."

Jin Luoyong finally stopped himself from saying anything, looked at his girlfriend's face and withdrew the dirty words in disappointment.

"Oppa! Watch it with me quietly!"

His girlfriend looked unhappy and said something cold to him. Then she turned on Netflix with the remote control, threw it on the table, crossed her arms and didn't even look at him.

"Ah...I was wrong."

Jin Luoyong immediately admitted his mistake cleverly, but she did not forgive him.

There was only the TV that started playing quietly, DP Deserter Wanted, the lines that started to sound, and the picture that lit up.

Jin Luoyong didn't want to watch any more, but the first scene was so attractive that it even awakened his memories of his military service, and all his memories of military service came to his mind.

His desire to coax his girlfriend suddenly stopped, and he stared blankly at the screen. He only relaxed a little after the plot passed the fatally attractive beginning.

"Nala, let's watch it together. It seems pretty good. You have good taste."

Being able to bend and stretch in front of your girlfriend is an essential skill for every man in the world.

"Who is this guy? His name is Quan Xuanhe. He looks pretty good."

After this sentence, my girlfriend's attitude softened.

Then I fell into the state of speedrunning through all six episodes.

From sunset to complete darkness, all the way to the early morning, until I finished watching the last episode.

After reading it, Jin Luoyong breathed a sigh of relief and felt instantly relaxed, but his expression still retained a hint of concentration.

"Yes, it feels good."

It is rare to get recognition of another person from a man's mouth. After this drama, Kwon Hyun Hyuk did it and also got recognition from male audiences.

Similar scenes also appeared in various other places, and the scenes were surprisingly similar.

My girlfriend pulled me over to watch this show, or I opened Netflix and saw this show out of boredom, or I was interested in the subject matter of the show itself.

Of course, the most important thing is the word of mouth that gradually began to ferment on the Internet, and the reputation has been rising!
In the original trajectory, because DP was launched late, except for the splash in word of mouth, all other aspects were severely crushed by Squid Games, or in other words, all the dramas of the same period were crushed.

Squid! Game is the most popular Korean drama in the world. For one to two months, the only topic about TV dramas was Squid! Game. Everything else was powerless when it came to Squid! Game and could only survive the limelight before gradually becoming popular.

On the third day, DP topped the daily charts in Netflix Korea, and subsequently climbed to the top of the charts in more than a dozen countries including Taiwan and Indonesia, with most of them ranking first.

Judging from the playback data alone, this is enough to sound the clarion call of success and declare that good results have been achieved in terms of broadcast effects. For an uncommon subject matter, this result is more than enough.

Kwon Hyun Hyuk’s popularity is enough to get the show off to a good start, but it is not enough to keep the show going.

Compared with the steadily rising popularity, it has an extremely high reputation and is a hot topic.

Since it completely interprets sensitive topics in South Korea, it naturally received a lot of attention and discussion.

Naver hot posts.

[OMG, why is this filmed so realistic? It feels like I'm back in that place.] 1648 likes, 24 dislikes.

[It's totally military, not fake at all.] 1389 likes, 13 dislikes.

[Honestly, this is the real deal. The market is flooded with meaningless melodramas these days. Please, have more meaningful dramas like this!]…

[His acting is outstanding, completely beyond imagination. He is worthy of being a new actor who has won the Grand Slam. He has both talent and appearance.]…

[He is even better than Won Bin at that time. Both his appearance and acting skills are very good.]…

[This man has earned my approval, which is unexpectedly wonderful.]…

Why is it that South Korea alone has such a serious problem of military bullying? Isn't this damn culture of seniority worth reflecting on?

[Shit, why does Han Hyo Joo need to be here?]

It was already a hot topic in itself, and now it became a hot topic after being discussed on the forum. It became very popular all of a sudden, and the momentum of the discussion began to gradually become more and more intense.

Netflix is ​​striking while the iron is hot, so it naturally wants to add more fuel to the fire to maximize its profits and make the fire burn even more vigorously.

The simplest way is to set the pace and raise social issues.

Dig up past social cases related to military bullying and hype them up to set the tone, and casually mention the DP drama once or twice, and the momentum will be there.

Such a hot and popular social issue will naturally attract the attention of some politicians, and then a more interesting scene will appear.

South Korean lawmaker Hong Joon-pyo said that after watching the drama, he believes it's necessary to carefully weigh the pros and conscription systems, and he doesn't rule out proposing a policy to abolish conscription in the future.

The same old clichés, even outdated ones, are repeated over and over again in an effort to attract the public's attention and support.

South Korean Ministry of National Defense Deputy Spokesperson Moon Hong-sik stated, "To date, the Ministry of National Defense and the armed forces have been continuously implementing barracks renovations to eradicate unjustifiable behavior in the military, such as brutality and cruelty. After work, mobile phones are now available, making it impossible to conceal serious incidents in the barracks." This also allows for effective and immediate reporting and evidence collection. Meanwhile, the Chosun Ilbo published a film review.

The first season of the series, with only six episodes, was briskly paced, and each character was vividly and meaningfully portrayed, with no one being redundant. The two-person deserter-hunting team, the bullies, the deserters, and their immediate superiors were all perfectly matched. The series once again awakened the Korean nation and society...

Film critics also came online in time to start commenting on this new drama which has performed well recently and received rave reviews.

In the drama DP, every character is vividly portrayed, but the protagonist, Kwon Hyun-hyuk, in particular, has a completely different style than before...

Meanwhile, actor Koo Kyo-hwan has achieved remarkable success with his hits "Kingdom Shin," "Mogadishu," and "Deadpool," and has suddenly become known as "Koo Kyo-hwan."

In the original trajectory, Ding Haiyin's acting skills were overshadowed by Koo Kyo-hwan, which led to more attention being paid to Koo Kyo-hwan when reviewing some achievements later, and even many dividends were sucked away by him.

There is even a more interesting saying that Netflix dramas can lift the second male lead and even small-time stars to the top.

The development of word-of-mouth is a gradual process, attracting more audiences through word of mouth and subsequent spread, including more audiences who do not belong to Quan Xuanhe.

Simply put, this drama can expand Kwon Hyun Hyuk's base and quickly erase the stereotype of him as a Korean actor among some members of the public.

He is already an actor with a grand slam of trophies, and now he needs more works to support him and start pushing towards the Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor awards!

Kwon Hyun-hyuk's acting skills show absolutely no sign of immaturity, proving that his nearly ten Best Newcomer awards aren't just for show. He truly deserves the title of Best Newcomer. His performances in profound themes and roles are truly stunning, completely shedding the constraints of being an idol actor. He's one of the most surprising actors of the year, and we're eagerly anticipating his future performances.

On the one hand, there are press releases, and on the other hand, there are reviews made by real film critics after watching the film.

It was a successful start, well-deserved and impeccable. Compared with the superficial popularity, this high evaluation and high reputation feedback is the most precious thing.

With his performance in this drama, Kwon Hyun Hyuk can apply for the competition for various awards such as the Best Actor in a TV Drama.

This is called the correct opening posture for transformation. Although it happened earlier than anyone expected, it started the process in a powerful way.

At the same time, actor Song Jiang, who is of the same generation, is still in the melo circle, filming large-scale melo with Han Suxi.

Ryu Jun-yeol, who is pursuing an acting career, filmed a Korean thriller in the first half of the year, but it didn't perform well and was just mediocre.

On the contrary, Ahn Hyo-seop, whose role was originally snatched away by him, has somehow risen again and is now acting with Kim Yoo-jung in "Red Secret".

In Kwon Hyun-hyuk's memory, this was a relatively successful work. It was broadcast on SBS and the highest ratings reached 10%, which was considered a success considering the cast and subject matter.

Korean costume films are not easy to make nowadays, and are becoming more and more of a niche subject. Although they can continue to survive, there are no particularly popular works, so the success of "Red Secret" is relatively precious.

Actor Ahn Hyo-seop's taste in choosing scripts is comparable to Lee Do's.

From Romantic Doctor Kim to Red Sky Secret, and also the later in-company blind dates, especially in-company blind dates, a project that was not very optimistic turned out to be a huge success.

However, there is a natural hostility on the road to success. If they block each other's way, there will definitely be a fight to the death, and all kinds of tricks will be used on each other.

The key point is that Quan Xuanhe also looks down on projects like Hong Tianji. To put it bluntly, it is not up to the production scale and level of attention that he should have during his current period of rapid growth.

“It was a huge success and the feedback was great.”

Park Jung-jung slapped the statistical data on the conference table, his face full of excitement and satisfaction.

No one is not obsessed with success, especially Park Jung-jung who has tasted the taste of success.

"Uncle, I'm right, right? Believe me, and you'll definitely succeed."

"Yes, yes, you are a genius."

Park Jung-jung was very happy, so whatever he said was natural.

The reason why he was so happy this time was actually because of DP's success, nothing else.

Every drama in the rising period is important. Once it enters the stable period, there is no need to worry about failure. These old and middle dramas in Chungmuro ​​have failed many times, but they are still not fatally affected and can still get good results in the future.

One success after another, one enjoyable film after another.

"What were you thinking, huh? You chose DP for sure. No wonder everyone says you're so picky about scripts."

Park Jung-jung rarely reached out and tried to stroke the back of his head, obviously in a good mood.

"Brands are very honest. Once they saw your new drama had good reviews, they immediately took action and became very proactive."

"There's also a variety show. I like to find girls. I found Sana, who's been trending online. Have you followed her?"

Park Jung-jung spoke in a relaxed tone, and it was obvious that he did not take it seriously, but in fact, the reaction online was not like that.

Sana originally became famous for her hooking business, and she had no apparent interactions with any male artists. But suddenly I saw the two of them having dinner together in my blog, which was simply incredible.

The most dissatisfied group is the male group, especially the male ONCE, who almost cursed his three generations of ancestors.

This caused his reputation among male fans to plummet sharply. It was not very high to begin with, and now it has completely fallen to the bottom.

There were even a few hot posts that criticized him and Sana for appearing separately on a variety show. Some said that Sana Minatozaki was derelict in her duty as a female idol, and some who were biased criticized the company for not reviewing business matters.

He even scolded Sana Minatozaki for not knowing her job, losing her original intention, and not knowing how to keep a distance from him in front of the camera.

Quan Xuanhe's own fans were not very happy about this either. The female fans were quite dissatisfied, but they were trying hard to clarify, even indiscriminately.

In this regard, women are more faithful.

However, these are not important. What is important is that the variety show has ratings, the two of them have been discussed, Kwon Hyun Hyuk's new drama has received attention, Sana has personal resources, and Twice's new comeback has received attention.

The only thing missing is probably the fans' stable emotions.

There were many different opinions and the atmosphere was getting lively. Just when the heat was at its highest, another matter immediately came to Quan Xuanhe's attention.

Not long after the DP was released, the pre-promotion and press conference of Squid Games immediately arrived in front of him, waiting for him to participate in the promotion and marketing activities of the world's hottest Korean drama that was about to explode.

The word of mouth spread and the acting skills exploded, and now he is the hottest in the world and his popularity is about to skyrocket.

One thing follows another, and the key is that they are all good things.

(End of this chapter)