Have you ever been a celebrity? Why are you writing about entertainment?

"Who...is this?"

Whether it's the plot synopsis or behind-the-scenes footage, the drama "The Myth" revolves around Yi Xiaochuan's time-travel setting, something netizens have long been aware of.

However, after the show officially premiered, everyone was surprised to find that Yi Xiaochuan was not the only time traveler!
Who exactly is Gao Yao, who traveled through time with the protagonist? He wasn't mentioned at all in the plot synopsis...

The plot of the first episode of "The Myth" is very simple: photographer Yi Xiaochuan accidentally enters a tomb raider's camp while scouting locations in the wild and unexpectedly obtains a tiger-shaped pendant.

His older brother, Da Chuan, and his father are both archaeologists. Xiao Chuan hides at an archaeological excavation site to escape his domineering girlfriend, Gao Lan.

Da Chuan told him that the tiger-shaped pendant was two thousand years old. At the same time, a well-preserved female corpse and a mysterious treasure box were unearthed at the archaeological site.

Gao Yao (Gao Lan's brother), the head chef of the archaeological team, thought that Xiao Chuan had bullied his sister and came to chase after Xiao Chuan. At this moment, a group of tomb raiders broke into the scene and stole the treasure box. Xiao Chuan chased after them in his car, and Gao Yao lay on the roof of the car and went with them.

Xiao Chuan easily defeated the bandits and retrieved the treasure box using the power of the tiger-shaped pendant. When he opened the treasure box, it emitted a dazzling light, and then Yi Xiao Chuan and Gao Yao traveled through time.

Everything else is easy to understand, but the appearance of Gao Yao is quite questionable, since he didn't appear at all in the previous promotional materials for the drama.

This covert publicity strategy was naturally Yu Wei's doing. The success of the drama "The Myth" can be said to be half due to the character Gao Yao.

As one of the few villains in Chinese film and television dramas with a complete and believable descent into darkness, Gao Yao is destined to be remembered in film history.

Xianjing Film and Television originally planned to market him as a key character, but Yu Wei stopped them.

The success of this character lies precisely in his transformation and darkening process. If it had been highlighted from the beginning, the inherent contrast between the character's earlier and later stages would have been weakened.

For villains who turn evil, making them inconspicuous is the best marketing strategy. The more innocent they are in the beginning, the more exciting their transformation into evil will be.

Logically speaking, given Lin Puyan's status, he should have been included in the promotion of the TV series, but Yu Weili defied public opinion and decided to let everyone "ignore" him.

At the time, he only asked one question: Do you want more attention, or do you want to leave behind an eternal classic? Lin Puyan, who has always been a bit of a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur), chose the latter without even thinking.

What does temporary popularity matter? He's just going to play the Tang guy, and then pull a fast one on the audience later...

Undoubtedly, this effect was achieved in the first six episodes. In the early episodes, Gao Yao was entirely a comedic character, providing many of the laughs.

Because he doesn't appear often, and the story unfolds primarily from Yi Xiaochuan's perspective, viewers tend to forget about him as they watch.

Especially after Yi Xiaochuan met with one famous historical figure after another, everyone was so engrossed in watching that no one cared who Gao Yao was.
Everyone's watching time-travel dramas, but they're still really interested in historical figures. Gao Yao, just hearing his name makes him sound like an NPC!

The first few episodes are lighthearted, especially the part where Yi Xiaochuan uses his modern knowledge to show off his abilities. Although it's a classic trope in time-travel dramas, people still love watching it.

Especially in the fourth episode, after Yi Xiaochuan came to the Lü family, the two Lü sisters, both top-notch beauties, both developed feelings for Yi Xiaochuan, which was really satisfying for everyone to watch.

"Wait a minute, wasn't Lü Zhi Liu Bang's wife? Is this a ploy to seduce Emperor Gaozu of Han?"

"Time-travel dramas are like this, even wilder than unofficial historical records."

"If we don't take everything, it will be hard to end things."

"It's hard to imagine that the female lead, Yu Shu, hasn't even appeared yet."

Everyone was chatting happily until someone asked, "Who is prettier, Lü Zhi or Lü Su?" This sparked a war... Discussing who is prettier in the entertainment industry is a big taboo, especially when it comes to rivals. Shortly after this comment appeared, fans from both sides officially joined the fray.

It seems like it's been a while since the last battle between "Little Deer" and "Little Musician".

They're playing sisters in the same drama again, so they're bound to have a fierce competition and settle old scores!

The two sides went back and forth, with "Su Bao is so beautiful" and "elder sister's temperament" quickly going viral, and the two sides were having a great time.

Ordinary viewers might find it annoying, but Yu Wei's fans are no ordinary people; they're going to start criticizing her! They feel the older sister is inferior to the younger sister, and the younger sister is inferior to the older sister…

Just when everyone was having a good time both on and off screen, and the plot was progressing steadily, the sudden development in the fifth episode made viewers feel uncomfortable for the first time.

In this episode, Ogawa's phone runs out of battery, so he decides to make his own charger and searches for materials everywhere.

Empress Lü Zhi removed her hairpin to use as a rotor, and even pulled out the gold threads from her gold-embroidered robe to give as a gift. Unaware of this, Xiao Chuan excitedly kissed Empress Lü Zhi's forehead, which immediately made Empress Lü Zhi's mind wander.

After the Lu family suffered a calamity, they struggled to make ends meet. Xiao Chuan suggested that they use Lu Gong's local reputation to hold a "charity banquet" to raise funds for Lu Gong's private school. They quickly raised a sum of money, and he taught Lu Su that this was called "hype".

Empress Lü promoted the idea to the public that her husband, Lü Gong, would be recruiting a son-in-law at the banquet, and sold many high-priced seats. Liu Bang, seeing Empress Lü's beauty, also decided to go to the Double Ninth Festival banquet to give it a try.

It's not exactly terrible, but this episode definitely has a lot of flaws. If we were to describe "The Myth" using the analogy of a web novel, then this episode would be the author's "bad taste."

There's no need to abandon the book, since the first few episodes were quite interesting and I'm looking forward to the rest of the story, but there will always be a jolt of surprise.

Most people didn't care, but Shennong, who had read countless histories, had already sensed something was wrong...

"Why did they kiss right away? Doesn't Yi Xiaochuan have a girlfriend?"

"No wonder Brother Gao Lan was worried, this kid is a scumbag."

"Wow, what must have been like two thousand years ago? If Lü Zhi had kissed him, she definitely wouldn't have married anyone else."

Despite the audience's calls for them to collect all the characters and create a harem, the romantic storylines absolutely cannot be treated too hastily in the presentation of the plot.

Putting aside the audience's personal preferences, even if he accepted all of them, what everyone would like to see is "giving all girls a home," rather than flirting without marrying and being a scumbag.

Who wouldn't spit on a protagonist like that before leaving?

Yi Xiaochuan's behavior was completely impulsive and irresponsible, making this kind of scene utterly unbelievable.

Once a character has flaws, the dissatisfaction will only accumulate. Although there are only six episodes so far, the protagonist Yi Xiaochuan is already showing signs of being universally hated.

Good news: "The Myth" became a huge hit as soon as it premiered, and its online streaming broke records across all platforms.
Bad news: The more people watch, the more people will criticize Yi Xiaochuan, and Qi Yuan is about to face an unprecedented "cyberbullying".

However, at this moment, Qi Yuan, the person involved, was thinking about something else...

Both of them have younger sisters who have boyfriends, but he is much luckier than Gao. Yu Wei is not a scumbag, and he should be happy to have such a brother-in-law.

He actually empathized with Gao Yao!
Even Qi Yuan himself didn't realize that, as the actor playing Yi Xiaochuan, he subconsciously felt that this kid was a scoundrel. (End of Chapter)