The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Broadcast status of Chapter 355
Xu Jiuyang was naturally unaware that Fan Bingbing was planning "World of Warcraft," or rather, he knew a little but didn't take it to heart, because he wasn't determined to get "World of Warcraft."

Unfortunately, the original intention was to have Angela teach a certain director a lesson, but she ended up doing something that was more like killing someone's spirit than anything else. I wouldn't say she did a great job, but I would say she did an excellent job.

In this situation, what price would he have to pay if he still wanted to get the distribution rights for World of Warcraft from her?

If she really did buy Blizzard, it must have involved a lot of scheming and exchanging of interests, and she would definitely be thinking of getting it back from me—if she really values ​​me that much.

This is a real headache. On the one hand, we don't have many ideas at the moment, and we can't just expose the subprime mortgage crisis, can we? It's 03 now, not 06, not to mention we have to come up with a reasonable excuse.

On the other hand, her power has become too inflated, and she still needs to consider the feelings of Sister Yuanyuan and Bingbing, and not let them fall too far behind.

"I'm talking to you!" Li Dabai asked playfully from beside him, "What are you thinking about now!"

“I was thinking about Sister Yuanyuan,” Xu Jiuyang replied casually. “I mentioned the acquisition of the literature website to her before. I wonder how it’s going. We can’t lose to… lose to Bingbing, can we?”

"Really?" Li Xiaoran blinked. "You're willing to go against your boss?"

It took Xu Jiuyang several seconds to realize who she meant by "boss," and he immediately pinched her waist in an annoyed tone: "What does this have to do with whether she's my boss or not?"

After saying that, he looked at her scrutinizingly: "You weren't like this before. Now you've completely turned into Sister Yuanyuan's shape?"

“I am her shape, so what if you’re jealous? You’re right to be jealous!” Li Dabai raised his chin, looking arrogant.

Xu Jiuyang clenched his fist, then looked around, preparing to find a place backstage at the TV station to teach her a lesson.

Since the staff of the two TV stations have already looked at it countless times with the analytical and gossipy eyes, what's wrong with confirming it a little?

Fortunately, Gao Yuanyuan came over at that moment: "Ranran, what are you doing here?"

"Yuanyuan, I've chased that vixen away for you." Li Xiaoran immediately jumped up and hugged Gao Yuanyuan.

Hearing this, Gao Yuanyuan was both amused and annoyed. She gave Xu Jiuyang a look that said "keep calm," and then pulled Li Xiaoran aside to talk.

Xu Jiuyang didn't seem to mind at all, and even sat down to enjoy the recording, since there were still about ten minutes before it was re-recorded.

Moreover, since Li Dabai is here, isn't it... wait, it seems like it's Fan's turn tonight... could we change it?
He couldn't help but glance over at them. Li Dabai was talking with a big smile, while Gao Yuanyuan listened with a quiet smile. They were truly like spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums, each with their own unique charm. No wonder he preferred watching them together.

Zhang Yin joining in is not bad, but she is too tall. When Gao Yuanyuan and Li Dabai team up to take her down, it can create a thrilling scene of a little white rabbit being bullied. But at other times, it is somewhat uncoordinated. It seems like she is fighting three against one, but in reality, it is two pairs playing together.

Oh well, there's no way around it. We have to look at things dialectically; nothing can be perfect. Xu Jiuyang sighed inwardly. But as he looked around, a thought suddenly popped into his head: what would it look like if he put Sister Yuanyuan and Student Fan together on the bed?
Leaving aside someone's fantasies, after recording the program on Tomato TV, the group returned to Beijing.

As for viewership ratings, there's really no need to worry about them. It's difficult to calculate them at the current point in time—and it won't be easy to calculate them in the future either. Nielsen was doing quite well, but how could such power be controlled by foreign capital? So in 06, it was also ousted, leaving CSM to dominate. Under this monopoly, buying viewership ratings naturally became a routine practice.

Of course, even if Nielsen were still around, he couldn't stop the practice of buying ratings; at most, it would just be more expensive.

In the pre-big data era, all surveys relied on estimates based on samples. Even in the big data era, there are still jokes like "we didn't expect that milk tea wouldn't sell well in movie theaters in the summer," let alone estimating viewership ratings based on samples.

Moreover, domestic TV stations are currently operating independently, and their data collection is a complete mess. Although "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" premiered simultaneously on Hunan TV and Tomato TV, it was not actually broadcast on satellite TV.

It's very simple. If it's broadcast on satellite, how do you sell it to other local TV stations?

At this point in time, only CCTV can offer prices of hundreds of thousands per episode. Although Hunan TV and Tomato TV are doing very well, they are not that rich.

Therefore, many TV dramas are actually sold to many local channels of TV stations at once, and the 60% or 50% ratings advertised in the promotion are either calculated comprehensively or the best data is taken.

In this situation, airing on satellite TV is not so good. If there are too many small deals, they become a feast. Unless you can develop related products, many TV series during this period were sold to local TV stations as much as possible. This was the case for Zhang Jizhong's Jin Yong dramas, and naturally, it was also the case for Xiao Yanzi's Jin Yong dramas.

Regardless, the online comments were generally positive, especially after the three main characters made their appearances.

Fan Xiaoyanzi goes without saying; she remains a national idol and has maintained a good image. Her portrayal of Zhao Min is quite good in terms of both appearance and temperament, and coupled with her decent acting skills, she is naturally very popular.

Gao Yuanyuan is another example. Her popularity in her previous life was mainly due to her looks. Although she was completely unknown before playing Zhou Zhiruo, her appearance, which was modeled after the 94 version and optimized at Xu Jiuyang's suggestion, still attracted a lot of attention.

As for Xu Jiuyang, when he first appeared as Zhang Cuishan, netizens didn't think much of it, they just joked in various forums that Yang Kang had made something of himself, going from being Qiu Chuji's disciple to Zhang Sanfeng's disciple.

But soon someone noticed something was wrong. After looking through the promotional materials, they discovered, "Damn, you're playing two roles? You're playing both Zhang Cuishan and Zhang Wuji?"
Gao Yuanyuan's portrayal of Zhou Zhiruo already resembled Zhou Haimei from the 94 version, and you even copied that?
This last sentence drew ridicule from Fan Xiaoyanzi's fans: "Back when the project was being planned and approved, they said that this version would refer to some of the settings of the 94 version, including that Xu Jiuyang would play two roles. Now that the TV series has been broadcast, they come out and say this. Is it to show off their superiority?"

That's normal. It was announced from the beginning that Fan Xiaoyanzi would be the producer of this TV series.

In just five years, a young girl went from being completely unknown to becoming a national idol, then a film and television company owner, and now she has become a producer of Jin Yong dramas. Her already enthusiastic fans have naturally become even more enthusiastic.

Fanatical fans are naturally more aggressive, and where there are fans, there are bound to be haters. The higher the popularity and fame, the more haters there are. So, after a back-and-forth, the two sides started arguing online.

In this situation, Xu Jiuyang's female fans also joined in with the topic of "Brother Jiuyang's name determines that his Zhang Wuji is the best"—the character Yang Kang attracted many female fans, and these female fans were equally aggressive.

In short, it was a lively scene with one thing after another.

However, the argument did not last long, as Zhou Haimei's character, Abbess Miejue, soon appeared.

(End of this chapter)