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Chapter 271 of "Bright Sword" breaks records upon release! The platform is stunned; how could they possibly win this battle?!

"Is...is there a problem?"

Seeing that Yao Shuli's expression was not quite right, Shen Ming'en couldn't help but ask.

During the video call, Yao Shuli's delicate oval face was initially somewhat dazed, as if lost in thought. Perhaps upon hearing Shen Ming'en's voice, she snapped out of it, pursed her lips, shook her head, and the opera-voiced goddess replied:

"It's nothing, why do you suddenly want to find a choir?"

"Oh, it's the theater troupe..."

Shen Ming'en then told Yao Shuli about the Silk Road Blossoms Troupe's request for him to put on a "chorus" type of program.

"A choral piece?!"

On the other end of the video call, Yao Shuli's reaction to this was almost identical to Feng Yucan's; she widened her eyes and said incredulously:
"Isn't this too difficult? You think you can handle that kind of work? There's no way you can do this!"

It wasn't that Yao Shuli didn't trust Shen Ming'en; it was just that the difficulty level of "chorus" pieces was indeed a bit too exaggerated...

"Don't worry," Shen Ming'en said, not particularly interested in explaining, simply adding, "I know what I'm doing."

"you……"

Yao Shuli opened her mouth, hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but mutter a low complaint:
"You know what's going on? You know you almost didn't make it back from that little life last time..."

“Emmm…” Shen Ming’en was speechless for a moment.

Haha, to be honest, Shen Ming'en really went that time with absolute determination.

Rolling her eyes at Shen Ming'en, Yao Shuli asked, "Who told you to ask me about choir resources?"

This question seems quite important, and it's something Yao Shuli is particularly concerned about, but when the topic came up...

Shen Ming'en looked troubled.

Why?

Because Teacher Chen Guangrong had explicitly told him that he couldn't say that he had told Shen Mingen to ask Yao Shuli for choir resources.

In the end, Teacher Chen Guangrong also helped Shen Ming'en, so it's not really appropriate for us to sell him out, is it?
"This one……"

Therefore, Shen Ming'en stammered for a long time but couldn't say who had given the order.

“…I know even if you don’t say it!” Yao Shuli glared at Shen Ming’en, ​​her pink lips pouting slightly, and muttered to herself, “This Teacher Chen just loves to stir things up…”

Shen Ming'en scratched his head, not denying that it was Teacher Chen who said it, but couldn't help asking, "Is there some secret you can't tell me?"

"No, not really..."

A hint of hesitation appeared on Yao Shuli's delicate face. After a moment, she shook her head and said:
"I'll get in touch with them for you. I'll give you an answer by tomorrow night at the latest. You should focus on preparing your work first."

After speaking, Yao Shuli thought for a moment and then said:
"Try to make sure the quality of the work is good. If the quality of the work is just average, the band may not accept it."

“Definitely.” Shen Ming’en nodded without hesitation.

Shen Ming'en knew this even without Yao Shuli saying it. Singing original works inherently carries a certain "risk." It's fine if he sings it himself, but if he's with a band, and things go wrong, the band will also go wrong.

If it were a well-known theater troupe, they certainly wouldn't want to see this outcome; they would definitely want to perform some good works.

"Hmm..." Yao Shuli nodded, but a strange look still flashed in her eyes.

"...Is it difficult?" Shen Ming'en couldn't help but ask when he saw this. "If it's difficult for you, I can find it myself."

With Shen Ming'en's current fame and resources, finding a high-quality choral group shouldn't be a problem. If all else fails, he can ask the Silk Road Blossoms Troupe. They're the kind of people who make oxen work, but they still have to feed them, right?
“It’s not difficult,” Yao Shuli said, pursing her lips. “Just focus on preparing your work. Don’t worry about this. It’s not really a bad thing for us.”

Shen Ming'en was completely bewildered by what he had just heard...

What does it mean to say something is not a bad thing?
Could this actually be a good thing?
What the hell...

Yao Shuli has become just like that old rascal Chen, always talking in such a mysterious way.

Shen Ming'en didn't mind, and the two quickly changed the subject, moving on to other topics.

Time flew by, and before he knew it, it was past midnight. Time had passed so quickly that Shen Ming'en noticed it was almost one o'clock when he checked the time...

"Are you going to sleep?" Yao Shuli yawned and said to Shen Ming'en, "Then you should get some rest. I have to catch a flight tomorrow."

“Okay,” Shen Ming’en nodded, then couldn’t help but ask, “Where are we going tomorrow?”

“Going…” Yao Shuli originally wanted to answer directly, but after thinking for a moment, she couldn’t help but smile and ask, “Why are you asking me where I’m going? Are you going to give me another surprise?”

"Ha..." Shen Ming'en chuckled and said, "This time it was really just a casual question."

This time he was truly overwhelmed and couldn't spare the time. These past two days, he'd been busy filming and releasing "Bright Sword" while also handling the choral work for the "Silk Road Blossoms" troupe. He simply couldn't find a moment to spare.

"Cut~"

Hearing this, Yao Shuli was somewhat disappointed. She pouted her pink lips slightly and complained, "How boring..."

"Oh dear..." Upon seeing this, Shen Ming'en immediately adopted a coquettish tone and said, "I'm just busy, aren't I? If I had any free time, I would want to be by your side every day, and we could stay in the hotel every day..."

The first half of the sentence was quite good, and Yao Shuli felt quite pleased with it. But when the second half was mentioned, Yao Shuli's pretty face turned bright red!
"Go...go to a hotel for what?!" she shouted through gritted teeth. "Who...who wants to go to a hotel with you! What are you thinking about all day? Aren't you ashamed?!"

"What's there to be shy about..." Shen Ming'en said with a smile, "I just want us to find a quiet place where no one is around for a while, is there a problem with that?"

"...You know perfectly well what you're thinking!" Yao Shuli couldn't even look at Shen Ming'en anymore.

"Oh haha..."

Shen Ming'en was now a little embarrassed. After a moment of laughter, it was indeed time to hang up. It's worth mentioning that before hanging up, Shen Ming'en specifically mentioned something:
"It seems like 'Bright Sword' is airing tonight, do you want to watch it?"

Shen Ming'en's trip back to Beijing was all about the online release of "Bright Sword". Because of the revenue-sharing agreement, Shen Ming'en had to keep an eye on it tonight. If it became a hit, he would have to calculate how much money the platform would give him.

“Sure,” Yao Shuli nodded, “You’ve been working so hard lately, I definitely want to support you.”

She not only verbally expressed her support, but Yao Shuli also helped to repost the edited video that Shen Mingen posted for promotion.

They are both top celebrities in the Chinese entertainment industry, with tens of millions of followers on their personal social media accounts. If any of their posts were advertisements, their prices would start at least in the millions. It's already quite remarkable that she took the initiative to help repost them.

The night was quiet.

At this time of night, around 1 or 2 a.m., there are no pedestrians left on the streets, but the internet is still bustling with activity.

The first half of the night was relatively normal, but in the second half, a certain topic dominated the trending searches on platforms such as Douyin and Weibo!
"#Shen Ming'en's 'Bright Sword' is really exciting!"

A simple and direct copy, paired with content that will definitely attract viewers, absolutely no clickbait!

Many netizens were slightly taken aback after seeing it trending on social media...

Actually, the news of Shen Ming'en's "Bright Sword" being released wasn't a secret. He had posted about it on his personal social media account before, and Yao Shuli had also helped to repost it. However, perhaps because he was an industry insider, the post was somewhat...

Traffic throttling.

This meant that most of the news about the release of "Bright Sword" came from fans.

Although both of them have a fairly large "fan base" and are sharing each other's posts, fan bases only have a few thousand members at a time, so the efficiency can't compare to direct platform promotion...

Therefore, at the beginning, when "Bright Sword" was released in the first half of the night, the data was actually quite average.

The turning point of the story, the Battle of Ping'an Gole, occurred approximately three hours after the release of "Bright Sword"...

Back then, almost everyone who was in the first wave of people to watch the show had finished watching it, and everyone's feeling after watching it could be summed up in one word: Damn, it was awesome!
Unlike those exaggerated and absurd "anti-Japanese war dramas," "Bright Sword" does not feature plots like "I bet your gun is out of bullets," nor does it include fantastical storylines such as "tearing apart Japanese soldiers with bare hands" or "using a sewing needle as a machine gun." Instead, it tells the legendary life of the outstanding general Li Yunlong from the perspective of the Eighth Route Army commander.

The production team refused to use green screens for location shooting. The background of the drama was the rural area in northwestern Shanxi, where the snow and ice were clearly visible, and the mist from each actor's breath was also clearly visible.

In the drama, the soldiers' clothes were so dirty they were almost reflective...

To be honest, it doesn't look like it at all "clean".

But it's so real!

In those days, it was good enough to have any clothes to wear. Many people might only have one set of clothes, and even after taking them off and washing them, they had no clothes to change into. Soldiers stood guard and trained hard all day long, sweating profusely but having no clothes to change into. This vividly portrays the hardships of our soldiers under the background of that era!
My crotch is on fire! My crotch is on fire...

Filters, backgrounds, and so on are just "icing on the cake"!
The plot is what makes it interesting!
The scene where the kid in the pillar blows up a regimental command post with a single shot is incredibly satisfying for all the viewers. The constant use of "damn it" in the dialogue is also extremely catchy and addictive.

This generation of viewers, who are disgusted by all the greasy, pretentious, and affected dramas in the Chinese entertainment industry, feel like they've been "de-greasyed" when they see this kind of show!
If other dramas in the Chinese entertainment industry are like the greasy bits left in the sink after eating hot pot, then Shen Ming'en's "Bright Sword" is like dish soap, instantly refreshing everyone's senses!
Because this show was released unexpectedly with little promotion, it didn't initially generate much buzz, and was mostly watched by fans...

But as the first wave of fans finished watching, positive reviews flooded in like a tidal wave!
Basically, everyone who has seen it has said it's "bad"!

These viewers, so excited and eager to share a great show, started to "spontaneously promote" it!
The word spread quickly, attracting another wave of viewers!

After watching this, the reaction was equally intense, and they also began to join the army of "spontaneous promotion"!

Wave after wave of word-of-mouth marketing has directly contributed to the show's popularity!

Almost that very night!

"Bright Sword" also made it to the top of the trending searches along with the army of people who spontaneously promoted it!

Perhaps it's because Shen Mingen had previously released a promotional video for "Bright Sword," which many people had seen and found interesting, so they immediately went to watch it as soon as they saw the trending topic.

And then the hype just exploded!

Countless netizens stayed up all night to watch the first two episodes, and were absolutely blown away!
This show is just too amazing!

That's all...

The data for "Bright Sword" has started to skyrocket!
Initially, its ratings were far worse than some other dramas airing at the same time; the word "dismal" wouldn't be an exaggeration...

But as it trended on social media and was promoted wildly by enthusiastic supporters!
The data for this show has started to grow explosively!
The next day, when the show's "main target audience"—the middle-aged and elderly viewers—joined in, the numbers were truly astonishingly high!
On the evening of the second day, 24 hours after "Bright Sword" was released...

Shen Ming'en was terrified when he saw those numbers!
Video platforms typically conduct "data statistics," which usually involves comparing data such as play counts, platform popularity, user interaction, membership-related data, market share, and so on.

According to incomplete statistics, the number of views for "Bright Sword" on the platform where Shen Ming'en appeared reached 2.3 million!
To know!
Normally speaking, even for a hit web series with top-tier young actors and extensive pre-release promotion, it would be quite an achievement if the first day's viewership reached 1 small goal!

Shen Ming'en's increase was more than double!
His single episode has over 100 million views!
The density of bullet comments in the video is more than 100 per minute, and the number of comments for each episode is in the tens of millions!
The interaction rate can generally reach over 20%!

Although only two episodes have been released and are free to watch, so membership data hasn't been available yet, this alone is enough to prove that the show has the potential to be a "hit of the year"!
Even the most popular products of the year don't necessarily have these numbers!
Based on the current data, the subsequent membership conversion rate, renewal rate, and other data will definitely not be bad, and the lower limit is much higher than many trashy dramas!

It's safe to say that the data from just these 24 hours has already sealed Shen Ming'en's status as a blockbuster in "Bright Sword"!

This data is clearly something that the vast majority of people, including those platform companies that initially asked Shen Ming'en for hundreds of thousands of yuan when they discussed cooperation, never expected...

Not only did they not expect this...

The platform Shen Ming'en is now using is completely baffled!

Please!

They signed a "revenue-sharing" contract with Shen Ming'en!
In other words, if the show becomes a hit, Shen Mingen is going to make a fortune!

……

(End of this chapter)