Chinese entertainment: Top stars have no holidays

The successful broadcast of "Rush to the Dead Summer" truly put Jiang Bai at ease.

This incident proves, at least, that his acting skills and appearance are indeed suitable for this industry.

He did no worse than Bai Jingting, Hu Yitian, and others; he did even better.

After the official premiere.

Hunan TV, along with other platforms such as iQiyi, Tencent Video, Sohu, and LeTV, maintain a broadcast schedule of two episodes per day on weekdays and one episode per day from Friday to Sunday.

After airing for five consecutive days, "Rush to the Dead Summer" still maintained good ratings.

The first episode on television had a 2.17% rating, with an average of 1.8%+, consistently ranking first in its time slot.

As for online streaming platforms, the total daily viewership across all platforms is approximately 1.5 million.

Of course, 2017 was the year with the most serious inflation of online broadcast data, which even directly led to the issuance of documents by the higher authorities to rectify the situation and remove the inflated ratings.

So take this 1.5 million views with a grain of salt.

Let alone Jiang Bai, even the production company itself doesn't know how much padding was added to the film.

Because different platforms are inflating their figures for various reasons, such as market share and impressive performance, who knows how they do it?

Two months later, "Princess Agents" attracted even more attention, with online viewership exceeding 500 billion views, directly prompting intervention from higher authorities.

The ultimate result was that iQiyi, Youku, and Tencent Video decided to increase the proportion of self-produced dramas, focus on exclusive dramas on their platforms, improve the treatment of revenue-sharing dramas, and stop indulging in dramas distributed by TV stations.

A large part of the reason why online streaming platforms inflate their ratings is that, currently, their dramas are all purchased from television stations for distribution.

Before 2018, most mainstream film and television production companies sold their dramas to television stations for exclusive rights, or the television stations and production companies simply collaborated.

Then the TV station distributes the rights to second and third runs, as well as online broadcasting.

TV stations typically sell distribution rights across multiple platforms, and rarely sell exclusive online broadcasting rights.

Therefore, production companies and TV stations don't actually care whether online streaming platforms add filler content or not.

Because they earn a fixed price by selling broadcasting rights.

The reason why the platforms are all inflating the numbers is that the TV stations have sold the broadcasting rights to multiple online streaming platforms, resulting in intense competition among them.

Everyone has the right to broadcast this show, so naturally only the platform with the most impressive data can generate hype, secure high-priced ad placements from Google Play, and recoup the cost of purchasing the show.

So, after two years of such frantic water injection...

Several leading online streaming platforms, after some discussion, realized that instead of wasting money on hiring companies to inflate content and hiring online trolls, they should use the money to expand the scale of their own invested and produced online dramas.

At least the web series that you invest in and produce are exclusive to the platform, giving you a competitive advantage and allowing you to attract users and merchants through exclusivity.

And they can even sell it to TV stations!

This is the true and righteous path!

The large-scale investment in self-produced dramas jointly promoted by several major platforms indirectly led to the decline of television stations, which were at their peak at the time.

There's no way around it; when internet companies decide to burn money to grab market share, most traditional industries simply can't resist.

Major TV drama production companies have all turned to internet companies that are quick and generous with their money.

Their preferred partners have shifted from television stations to internet video platforms.

The problem of inflated online broadcast data has begun to subside, and professional data collection platforms such as Yunhe Data, Guduo Data, and Lighthouse Professional Edition have emerged and gained attention.

However, these will all be implemented and promoted next year.

At least this year, there are still two shows that are notorious for being padded with unnecessary content: "Princess Agents" and "Eternal Love".

Jiang Bai was also able to get a share of the pie during this last glorious period of massive inflation in online broadcasting.

"A Love So Beautiful" is estimated to air this summer!

After filming two more kissing scenes, "A Love So Beautiful" entered its final stage of filming.

May 1st, 2017, Labor Day.

The crew of "A Love So Beautiful" finished filming their last scene at Ningbo Lishe International Airport and successfully wrapped up filming.

Happy wrap-up!

"Successful broadcast!"

The main cast and crew posed for a radiant group photo around Jiang Bai and Tian Xiwei, who were holding bouquets of flowers, to mark the end of filming.

"Are you leaving tomorrow?" After taking the group photo, Tian Xiwei, who was all smiles just a second ago, immediately fell into a sullen face.

Jiang Bai shrugged: "Yeah, another production crew has been waiting for me to join them for a while now."

"If I don't get there soon, the director might come and arrest me."

"Okay." Tian Xiwei nodded dejectedly.

How did the filming go by so fast? It feels like time flew by in the blink of an eye.

Why is Jiang Bai leaving so soon?

This feeling of frustration lingered until everyone returned to the hotel.

The crew will be having a wrap party tonight.

This wrap party had a farewell feel to it, adding a touch of sadness.

There's nothing we can do; there are just too many newcomers in the crew.

If they're all seasoned veterans who've been acting for a long time, then naturally everyone will be very happy.

Because maybe we've just finished filming this project, and in a couple of days we'll meet again at some event or on some new film set, so why be sad?

Actors who are stationed in Hengdian are especially tired of seeing each other every day and don't want to see each other anymore.

Back on the floor where they were staying, Jiang Bai was about to walk towards his room when Tian Xiwei grabbed his clothes.

"Um..." Tian Xiwei hesitated for a moment, then asked, "If I'm bored, can I visit you on set?"

"Visiting the set?" Jiang Bai chuckled. "Aren't you in school anymore?"

"Go for it!" Tian Xiwei declared confidently. "But we still have free time on weekends."

"As long as you don't mind the trouble." Jiang Bai narrowed his eyes into slits and patted her head with a smile. "I'd be more than willing."

"After all, I'm a fan of Queen Vivi. I'd be very happy if my idol came to visit me on set."

"It's a deal!" Tian Xiwei's face lit up with an excited smile. "You can't lie to me!"

"I never lie!" Jiang Bai said firmly.

however.

That evening, Tian Xiwei discovered that Jiang Bai had lied to her.

Jiang Bai didn't even attend the wrap party!

The director said he packed his bags and headed to the airport that afternoon!

You said you wouldn't leave until tomorrow?!

Sure enough, men never tell the truth!

At the wrap party, Tian Xiwei was gritting her teeth the whole time; anyone who didn't know better would think she had some deep-seated grudge against the food on the table.

Meanwhile, Jiang Bai, whom she was resentfully nagging about, had already landed in Jilin and was taking a high-speed train to Ji'an, the filming location for "The Sewing Machine Band".

Unfortunately, according to the requirements, Jiang Bai needs to join the crew on May 2nd, so he can't really wait until the 2nd to set off. He has to arrive no later than the early morning of the 2nd and start working immediately during the day.

Jiang Bai, who has a strong sense of contractual responsibility, naturally had to set off on the afternoon of the 1st.

When Jiang Bai arrived at the film set, it was already past 10 p.m.

However, the crew was still filming night scenes and had not yet finished work.

Upon arriving at the film set, Jiang Bai, guided by multiple bright lights, immediately spotted a pair of long, slender, and incredibly white legs that were so white they seemed to reflect light.

"Wow, those long, white legs!"

"Great!"