This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 280 begins, the king of dramas of the year!

Although she only listened to "Canon" while watching a drama today, the melody has already been stored in Zhang Shanshan's mind.

In the drama, every time the bell rings and the bus suddenly explodes, it leaves the characters with a psychological trauma.

After putting down her phone and closing her eyes, Zhang Shanshan prepared to fall asleep again.

But she felt like she had forgotten something tonight, though she couldn't quite remember what it was.

Zhang Shanshan has a very open-minded attitude.

If you can't remember it, it means it wasn't important at all; you can just forget it.

While Zhang Shanshan was asleep, netizens had already flooded Weibo and Douyin.

Especially on Weibo, as the main platform for entertainment discussions, you can get first-hand information about any film or television drama news.

Nowadays, the entertainment industry is full of idol dramas.

Falling in love in modern cities, falling in ancient times, falling in a world of immortals and heroes, falling in a world of fantasy.

Besides these, there are also two men in a relationship.

This also has a fixed audience.

People are tired of watching too many romance dramas; they just keep repeating the same things and there's nothing new to them.

Most importantly, the plot isn't very good either.

"The Beginning" is completely different from what everyone expected.

At first, many people saw that Lu Ran and Ning Sirou were the leads and assumed that the show would be about a romance.

Regardless of the genre, suspense can also involve romance.

But once they saw the actual film, they were all stunned.

The plot is high-energy throughout, with twists and turns at every turn.

Six episodes have been aired, and although there's no direct depiction of the romance between the male and female leads, the audience can still sense the progress of their relationship through the story.

"Whoever said Lu Ran's screenwriting ability is not good, stand up and apologize to Lu Ran. If that's not enough, how many screenwriters in China are good enough?"

"It's amazing! My head is filled with nothing but explosions while watching this show today. It's so much better than those pure romance dramas!"

"Update quickly, I want to see who the murderer is!"

"Director Lu, wake up and update!"

Some people even went to Lu Ran's Weibo to urge him to update the series.

Six episodes are released in one day, and you have to wait a few more days to watch the rest. Who can wait that long?

How should one spend these lonely, desolate, and empty days?

At this time, the entertainment industry's disciplinary committee also posted a Weibo post.

"I watched all six episodes of 'The Beginning' without speeding up the playback. I watched them bit by bit. I won't say much about Lu Ran's acting skills. It wasn't difficult for him to act in this drama. Apart from the male and female leads, I think it's necessary to say a few words about the acting skills of the other actors."

People might think that playing a supporting role doesn't require much acting skill; you can just go on stage and act. But I want to remind everyone that we are the audience, watching the show from a god-like perspective. The actors are the same; they've read the script and know the plot. But to portray the feeling of encountering such a situation for the first time each time is extremely rare. And, to add, none of these actors are "traffic stars" (celebrities with large fan bases).

Netizens only realized the problem after seeing this.

"Yes, apart from Lu Ran and Ning Sirou, I don't recognize any of the other actors in this drama."

"The one who looks familiar to me is the 'Happy King,' played by Wang Peng."

"This is the feeling of truly being immersed in the story."

The entertainment industry's disciplinary committee member continues to post on Weibo.

"In addition, the story design, shot design, camera work, and pacing of this drama are all very well done, which is why we can watch it all in one go. The director of this drama is Meng Yichuan. I have seen his movies. This web drama is not up to his level. There are two possibilities: one is that Meng Yichuan's level has improved by leaps and bounds, and the other is that there was a master who designed all of these things during the filming of this drama."

The entertainment industry's disciplinary committee members are relatively professional.

After some analysis, a conclusion was reached.

Soon, netizens began replying on Weibo.

"I am a member of the crew of the drama. In fact, most of the filming work was directed by Lu Ran. What you said were all Lu Ran's ideas. Lu Ran did a lot of the director's work on the set, but he was not credited as the director."

Besides this staff member, several other staff members also shared their experiences.

Since we're all in the entertainment industry, many people are paying attention to the "entertainment industry discipline committee."

The fact that "The Beginning" is so popular tonight is a source of pride for those who were involved in its production.

Besides these, it also allows you to show off in front of netizens.

This is very cool.

After watching the first six episodes, netizens, feeling like they had a kitten scratching their itch, frantically searched online for all sorts of information related to "The Beginning".

Upon seeing this information, netizens were even more shocked.

"Lu Ran can also direct!"

"How many secrets is Director Lu hiding that we don't know about?"

"That's strange. This show didn't have a big budget at the beginning. Even the filming, scriptwriting, and cast can't compare to those big productions. Why is it so good?"

"Everyone in the entertainment industry should learn from this!"

Two o'clock in the morning.

Jiang Yixuan returned to the hotel.

The company suspended his external activities for the past few days, and with the data for "I Want to See You Tomorrow Too" doing quite well, Jiang Yixuan began his free and easy life.

I lay on the hotel bed for a while when the doorbell rang.

Jiang Yixuan went to open the door, and there was a girl standing outside, who was his fan.

He's going to pamper this fan tonight.

The female fan was also very excited to see Jiang Yixuan.

After a long and tender moment, Jiang Yixuan took out a confidentiality agreement and a red inkpad.

"Take a look at this agreement, and then sign it."

The female fan nodded excitedly and signed and pressed her fingerprint on it without even looking at it.

These are all industry rules.

He's a top star; he even has to sign a contract before sleeping with someone.

If this gets out, even a top celebrity can't stay in the spotlight. While the female fan was showering, Jiang Yixuan felt hot all over and simply picked up his phone to look at the screen.

As soon as he opened the Weibo trending topics, Jiang Yixuan's expression immediately changed.

The top trending topic was none other than "The Beginning".

What is "The Beginning"? If others don't know, how could he not know?

"How the hell did this become the number one trending topic? Was it bought?"

Jiang Yixuan then looked at the second trending topic.

#Canon at the beginning.

It's still the beginning, still the Canon that was all the rage on the trending topics just a few days ago.

He then looked at the third place.

#Startup Update.

It's only just started airing, and people are already urging for more episodes.

Jiang Yixuan felt his blood cool down, and he was no longer hot.

What's going on?
Continuing down the list, there's a whole string of trending topics related to "The Beginning," at least thirty or so without even counting.

"They must have bought them! Even the day my new drama with An Lingling premiered didn't have this many trending topics!"

Jiang Yixuan randomly clicked on a topic and started reading.

However, he couldn't hold back any longer after seeing a Weibo post.

"I watched the first six episodes in one go. I even subscribed to Dongsun Video just for Xiao Heyun and Li Shiqing. The plot is tense and exciting, and I couldn't stop watching. By the way, Lu Ran looks really handsome with glasses on. What good things must Lu Ran's fans have been eating in the past?"

On its own, this Weibo post is nothing special; it's just a fan's reflection after watching a movie.

The problem is that the person who posted this Weibo post is named "Today is another day of liking Jiang Yixuan".

This is a huge problem!
"You're all my fans, look what you're doing now!"

Jiang Yixuan's breathing became heavy.

He continued to look down.

"This show is so good! I binged the first six episodes in one go and I'm already urging for more!"

"I've gone from hating Lu Ran to being a fan! I never realized Lu Ran was so handsome before. Xiao Heyun is so charming. I looked up Lu Ran's background, and he's such a positive role model. Starting today, I'm a fan of Lu Ran! Where's the fan group? Please join!"

Jiang Yixuan gritted his teeth.

"Can you guys at least change your names before posting on Weibo?!"

These people's Weibo names all contain elements related to Jiang Yixuan, so they are obviously his fans.

They clearly agreed to give "The Beginning" bad reviews, but these people actually posted good reviews on Weibo!
Jiang Yixuan felt like a useless husband, only able to watch helplessly as his wife left him step by step, but he was completely powerless to do anything about it, only suffering from physical pain.

At this moment, his female fan came out after taking a shower, wearing only a bath towel.

The female fan leaned against him and said, "Xuanxuan, go take a shower."

Jiang Yixuan is now like a wilted man; he has lost all desire in that area.

He touched the female fan's face and said, "Baby, I'm tired. Let's go to sleep."

the next morning.

Ji Yongsheng, the business manager of the film and television drama department at Dongsun Video, arrived at the office.

After brewing a pot of tea in his office, Ji Yongsheng began his workday.

Among major video platforms, Dongsun Video is relatively small in scale.

Both Orange Video and Tencent Video maintain good relationships with some production and entertainment companies in the entertainment industry.

The relationships here are complex and intertwined, making it very difficult to poach someone from the other side.

In the realm of film and television dramas, Dongsun Video has never had a breakout hit.

Especially since it's already the end of the year, among all the dramas released this year, Dongsun Video only has two dramas in the top ten.

Both of these dramas are ranked between fifth and tenth.

His superiors were quite dissatisfied with his work.

Ji Yongsheng estimated that after he finishes his work this year, the higher-ups will replace him next year.

Ji Yongsheng didn't care anymore; he had a bit of a "let's give up" mentality.

He opened his corporate email and checked the data reports sent to him by his subordinates.

"I remember that 'The Beginning' was released yesterday. I'll take a look. With the influence of Lu Ran and Ning Sirou, as long as this drama isn't too bad, it should be able to stay in the top ten of the year."

This is already the ideal situation.

If the plot is too bad, it will be criticized to death.

Let alone the top ten, even the top twenty is a struggle.

The rivals would love to see this show trampled into a cesspool.

Ji Yongsheng opened the statistics of the online dramas and looked at them one by one.

When he saw the total number of views for "The Beginning", he immediately rubbed his eyes.

Total views: 31 million!

It's only been a dozen hours since it went online at 8 pm last night, and the data statistics are from even earlier; usually, the statistics are based on data from the last twelve hours.

In just half a day, the total number of views for "The Beginning" exceeded 30 million.

Only six episodes have been released so far, with an average of five million views per episode.

Ji Yongsheng's first reaction was whether the statistics were wrong.

This data is so outrageous that he can hardly believe it.

If true, it means that the potential of the drama "The Beginning" is S+ level.

If it holds up well in the later stages, it has a great chance of becoming the top drama of the year!
Ji Yongsheng immediately called the data department to verify the situation. After receiving a reply that there was no problem, Ji Yongsheng leaned back in his chair and crossed his legs.

He reached out to drink the tea, but poured it out as soon as he picked up the cup.

It's already a top-selling product of the year, why bother drinking everyday tea!

He wanted to brew a new pot of tea, the kind he treasured in the cupboard!
(End of this chapter)