This celebrity is overly enthusiastic!

Chapter 104 Heat Controller

After the broadcast of "Legend of Seven Swords" ended, a lot of discussion and reflection posts appeared on Tianya Forum.

[Holy crap, the ending was so satisfying! I watched a few episodes before, but the plot was so dark and depressing that I skipped through them. I never expected the ending to be so exhilarating. I'm going to watch it all again carefully!]

[How can it only have 60 episodes? There are so many more stories to tell, and so many characters' futures left unresolved, how can it already be the finale?!]

I didn't understand the meaning of "a series of climaxes" before, but after watching the finale of "Seven Swords Legend," I finally understand. The moment Ni Zhenzhen stabbed Ma San Niang to death, I felt incredibly satisfied!

[I waited all summer for that moment when the Seven Swords would unite to kill Ma San Niang. Ma San Niang, you died a good death!]

Both the protagonists and antagonists are intelligent; the plot and character development are better than many adaptations of Jin Yong's works.

Pan Hong is one of the few true swordsmen I've seen in all the martial arts dramas; the title of "young hero" carries even more weight because of him. Righteous, brave, tenacious, patient, focused, bold yet meticulous, humble and polite—he's practically the perfect male lead.

Regardless of whether they are heroes or villains, every main character is vividly portrayed. But my favorite is still Lan Yue; she truly is a perfect partner, exceeding all my expectations!

[If you like Blue Moon, I recommend getting a couple of her calendars; the printing quality is really high, and they're very pleasing to the eye! I've already collected a bunch and plan to resell them in ten or twenty years!]

The legendary Chen Yuan, with an unprecedentedly large budget, created a legend with "Seven Swords Legend," whose final episode achieved a viewership rating of 65%.

The series achieved an average viewership rating of 32.4%, surpassing the 30% rating of "Young Justice Bao".

It can't compare to the phenomenal dramas that captivated audiences before 2000, when the television market wasn't as competitive.
But it's safe to say that "Legend of Seven Swords" is the highest-rated domestic drama of the new century, bar none.

Even Hunan TV, Tomato TV, Liaoning TV, and Shandong TV, which started their second run of the show the day after its first run on CCTV-8, all maintained viewership ratings above 1.5%.

This is enough to show how popular this TV series is.

All the main actors in the series gained unparalleled popularity, especially Chen Yuan and Fan Binbin, who are currently the most dazzling stars in China!
Its impact on Fan Binbin is truly unparalleled. Some media outlets have stated that the significance of Lan Yue in "Legend of Seven Swords" to Fan Binbin is comparable to the significance of Xiao Yanzi to Zhao Yanzi in "My Fair Princess"!

This drama not only achieved excellent ratings, but also caused Changhong TVs to sell like hotcakes during the summer, with its market share soaring by 7 percentage points and its stock price rising by nearly 88% compared to before the drama aired!

Wuliangye also made a significant appearance in the Benlei Manor episode of the TV series, resulting in a noticeable increase in sales.

Several filming locations in Sichuan Province have welcomed a large number of tourists. Officials from the scenic spots, local tourism bureau, and cultural bureau have publicly expressed their gratitude to the film crews.

This pure martial arts drama, with its positive message, tight plot, and lack of melodrama, was reportedly produced for 100 million yuan, but the value it created far exceeded that amount.

Even when "Legend of Seven Swords" was still airing, its cultural dissemination model was already being discussed by many companies, film and television schools, and cultural media organizations.

Chen Yuan has been invited by various leaders and experts to speak and express their opinions on topics such as the empowerment of film and television these days, and his head is spinning!
Everyone is hoping that he can pull off another perfect collaboration like this one with Changhong TV.

He doesn't have that ability. Even "The Legend of the Imperial Doctress" couldn't do that. This drama has a lot of product placements that are acceptable, but they don't have any focus. It's completely different from "The Legend of Seven Swords" where the Changhong Sword is associated with Changhong TV.

Changhong Group thanked him, and he was also very grateful to Changhong Group, after all, Chen Yuan made his fortune by shooting Changhong TV commercials. When the "Kung Fu Panda" project was in its most dangerous situation, it was Changhong Group that listened to his persuasion and invested 3000 million yuan to save it.

This time, Chen Yuan used high leverage to go long on Changhong Group's stock. Changhong's stock, which saw a full-blown boom in its TV, air conditioning, and DVD businesses, has also been soaring, rising by almost 1% in the past two months!
Chen Yuan gradually cashed out at high prices. The 1500 million yuan of idle funds he had initially invested, after being leveraged and after deducting the high costs of margin financing, had now earned him 1.1 million yuan.

With such a large sum of cash in hand, Chen Yuan was able to do many more things.

Binbin, Chen Hong, and other actors in the cast took advantage of the drama's peak influence and soaring popularity to actively participate in various variety shows, interviews, and commercial activities, earning money while expanding their own popularity.

Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea have already confirmed their intention to import "Seven Swords Legend". Singapore and Thailand are also in talks, and a result is expected in a few days.

Even so, Seven Swords Legends' satisfaction rating can only reach S at most, which is no match for Kung Fu Panda, which was released globally and capitalized on the Olympic Games.

Unless Chen Yuan is willing to wait ten or twenty years for the next generation of viewers to grow up and come to like this old drama.

But doing this is pointless; can a cheat that's late still be considered a cheat?

Chen Yuan has decided to settle the score for "Seven Swords Legend" right now!
[System: Congratulations, host, you have obtained an S-level reward: Heat Controller]

What's with this weird name?
Chen Yuan quickly checked the instructions carefully: the [Popularity Controller] provides 1000 to 10000 random exposures per day.

Chen Yuan could use this exposure to silently increase or decrease the exposure of the information he specified.

If not used on the same day, the exposure can accumulate up to one year.

At first glance, it looks very ordinary; this function could be handled by Metaverse's own online public relations department.

But after careful consideration, Chen Yuan concluded that the [Heat Controller] truly deserved the title of an S-level reward.

The fact that later generations of celebrities could easily get tens of thousands of views and thousands of comments on a single Weibo post numbed Chen Yuan's understanding.

It is 2002 now, not the era in which everyone will have a smartphone. According to the data, the number of Internet users in China has not yet exceeded 8000 million.

On Tianya Forum, an article with over 10,000 clicks is considered a popular post. If it gets over 100,000 views, there's a very high chance it will break out of its niche and be reprinted and reported by other media, expanding its influence to the wider society.

Even the current metaverse's online public opinion department would find it difficult to create such a commotion.

The "Popularity Controller," which accumulates daily random exposure, allows Chen Yuan to generate a trending news item with over 10 exposures almost every month, provided his luck isn't ridiculously bad.

It's very effective whether you're promoting Metaverse's own artists, works, and advertisements positively, or attacking and smearing competitors!

Moreover, Metaverse's own online public opinion control department is only effective domestically.

As for the "Popularity Controller," Chen Yuan can use it in the international public opinion arena, which plays an irreplaceable role in his expansion of influence overseas!
(End of this chapter)