Huayu 16: I Became the Dream-Fulfilling Master for Young Actresses

Chapter 110 Brother... could you swing a real gun?

The topic includes over 5 videos, dozens of which have garnered over a million views.

There are remakes, adaptations, comedies, and even a CP fan edited Chen Xingzhou's version and Bai Mengyan's version into a split-screen video.

On the left, Han Shangyan was coldly hitting the beat, while on the right, Tong Nian was laughing as she made a mistake and then laughed as she corrected it.

Meanwhile, the official account of "Go Go Squid!" posted three videos on the topic of #HanShangyan'sSameStyleGunFlick#.

One clip shows Han Shangyan practicing shooting solo in the training room: rapidly flicking the mouse, aiming with the AWP, quick-scoping, and flicking to kill.

One segment is a team battle scene during the bomb disposal phase, where five people coordinate their advance, use flashbangs for cover, and suppress crossfire, ultimately resulting in Han Shangyan and a teammate engaging in a 2v5 clutch.

A teammate said, "Captain, I want to play."

Han Shangyan: "Then let's fight!"

There's also a purely technical behind-the-scenes clip: Chen Xingzhou demonstrating a gun-flicking motion on set.

The comments section is no longer filled with phrases like "so handsome" and "so sweet," but has undergone a sudden change in style:

[Dude, how long did it take you to get this good? I'm such a newbie.]

[You're too good, bro. I get nervous when I'm in a late-game situation and I tend to miss my shots.]

The CS environment is really bad right now. My male teammates are always putting pressure on me. Are there any girls who want to play together?

[Let's look at it again, art.]

[What game is this? CrossFire? Do Chinese dramas even feature games?]

[Good job, bro! Just for this, I have to watch this show.]

[@Actor Chen Xingzhou, dude, you really know how to play CS:GO?]

[Brother—could you swing a real gun? ————]

The second team fight video has also surpassed three million views.

More importantly, some streamers on Douyu and Huya have already started to notice this.

After watching this video, several streamers changed their live stream titles to "Tomorrow at 8 AM, watch the show first, then log in."

Thirty minutes before the premiere, the number of pre-registrations for "Go Go Squid!" on iQiyi had exceeded 127 million, and this number is still growing rapidly.

Two days ago, this number was only 80. The occurrence of the rumor incident has obviously brought a lot of traffic to the show.

The hashtag #GoGoSquid# has reached 1.5 million views and 43 discussions.

The hashtag #HanShangyan# has garnered 1.2 million views.

The hashtag #GoGoSquidReleaseDate# has garnered 8600 million views.

His account is listed in the topic moderator section, and the word "Explosive" next to his profile picture has been lit up since last night and hasn't gone out yet.

The latest trending Weibo post was made by a drama-watching blogger, and the accompanying image is two screenshots stitched together.

The left side shows the graph of the decline in trending topics related to rumors, while the right side shows the graph of the surge in pre-orders for this drama.

Text: [Thanks to the rumor-mongers for the buzz, "Go Go Squid!" is truly riding the wave of popularity.]

Yi Ye Zhi Zhou Studio.

Under Zhou Ye's gaze, the clock hands hanging on the studio wall slowly turned.

Soon, it was eight o'clock in the evening.

"Go Go Squid!" was released on time, with the first and second episodes airing promptly.

The moment the broadcast started, the barrage comments section burst forth like a flood.

[The oarsmen are assembling!!]

[It's finally airing! We've been waiting for a month!]

Raise your hand if you came from a hand gesture dance video!

[From a video of someone flicking a gun.]

[This came from the Weibo rumor mill. I'm curious to see what a great show it is that was manipulated by capital.]

The screen lights up, and the opening scene shows Han Shangyan training at the K&K Club.

Chen Xingzhou's hands are so beautiful!

The visuals are very vivid, giving the feeling of a real club.

[It really was filmed as an e-sports drama, Director Chen is so conscientious! I thought I was going to see a completely distorted version.]

On Weibo, hashtags such as #HanShangyanAndTongChuMeetingAtTheBeginning#, #HanShangyanClubBombDisposal#, and #Hand GestureDanceSameStyleGunFlick# all climbed to the top of the trending searches.

The two episodes have ended, and the Douban rating has not yet been released, but the Douban comment section has already been flooded with more than 20,000 comments.

[So sweet it hurts my teeth.]

Tong Nian is so cute!

[I was feeling a bit unwell after watching "Day and Night" recently, so watching this sweet romance made me feel instantly better!]

A veteran esports media professional posted a long review on Weibo, accompanied by nine stills from the drama, with the title: "Finally, someone has captured the true essence of esports in a Chinese drama."

iQiyi also sent Chen Xingzhou a message internally, which was about data.

[Director Chen, our data shows that the retention rate for the second episode reached 84%, which is the best we've seen in recent months!]

The first two episodes garnered 1.3 million views on iQiyi on their first day.

[Furthermore, its effective viewership share on the first day has already entered the top three of the overall online drama market share, with the top two being "Nothing Gold Can Stay" and "Day and Night".]

Upon seeing the news that he had squeezed into the top three, Chen Xingzhou was stunned for two seconds.

He has also been paying attention to these wildly popular dramas recently.

Recently, on satellite TV, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," starring Sun Li and Chen Xiao, has consistently occupied the top two spots in the ratings charts since its premiere on August 30.

It also became the fourth TV series to achieve a viewership rating of over 2 since the implementation of the "one drama, two channels" policy.

On the web series platform, "Day and Night" premiered exclusively on Youku on August 30, and within just sixteen hours of its release, it garnered over 8 million views.

Even more impressive is its critical acclaim. "Day and Night" has a Douban score of 9.1, which is currently the highest score among all domestic dramas on Douban.

Unexpectedly, his drama was able to compete with these two dramas as soon as it premiered.

In the early hours of September 10th, the Weibo hashtag #GoGoSquidPremiere# surpassed 200 million views on Weibo that evening.

The Douban short review section received over 20,000 comments, with almost all of the top comments being four or five stars, giving it an initial score of 7.0.

The opening score far exceeded the 6.6 score after the finale of the previous life. Obviously, Chen Xingzhou's idea of ​​adapting this CS:G0 e-sports drama into a cybersecurity competition drama was very correct, since it was not broadcast on a satellite TV channel.

Furthermore, the hashtag #HanShangyanGestureDanceChallenge# on Douyin even surpassed 2 million views.

The next day at noon, Chen Xingzhou received a call from Tencent Pictures.

It was Mr. Liu from Tencent calling; we had previously discussed the "Joy of Life" project with him.

A smile appeared on his face. It seems that Tencent, seeing the consecutive success of his two dramas, wants to deepen their cooperation.

His sighs and polite voice came from the other end.

"President Chen, it seems I was short-sighted before. I even made an appointment with you to look at the data after the broadcast. Now it seems, do you even need to look at this data? This has become a phenomenon this year."

Chen Xingzhou twirled the pen in his hand and laughed, "President Liu, I won't be modest. The results this time are indeed better than I expected."

"Great idea, Mr. Chen. Let me get down to business. Mr. Chen mentioned earlier that he wanted to have more involvement in the 'Joy of Life' project. We discussed it internally and decided it was fine."

Mr. Liu paused for a moment, as if carefully choosing his words: "We've carefully evaluated your capabilities. Considering One Leaf Knows the Boat's production abilities, your project management skills, and Mr. Chen's current success with two hit films, you're qualified to make demands. What does Mr. Chen want?"

After a moment of silence, Chen Xingzhou said, "President Liu, I won't beat around the bush. I have three requests."

"Please speak, Mr. Chen. I'm listening."

"First, I will direct the first season of 'Joy of Life'."

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone; Mr. Liu did not answer immediately.

Chen Xingzhou continued, "Secondly, I need to have a say in the casting of the main roles. It doesn't mean I have to decide everything, but at least I need to have a veto right."

"If I feel that an actor and a role are not a good match, I hope I can say no."

"We can agree to that," said General Manager Liu.

Chen Xingzhou nodded and continued, "Third, I also want the position of screenwriting consultant. I need to have the authority to point out errors in the script and make corrections."

There was another moment of silence on the other end of the phone. Mr. Liu's voice was a little complicated. "Mr. Chen, are you trying to take up all our important positions?"

"Mr. Liu, regarding the directing aspect, I directed both 'A Love So Beautiful' and 'Go Go Squid!'"

"Both of these are urban dramas, but there are some similarities between 'Joy of Life' and these other dramas. The data has already answered the question of the quality of these two dramas."

"As for a script consultant, I don't think that's unreasonable, is it?"

"Mr. Chen, please wait a moment."

The faint sounds of conversation could be heard from Mr. Liu's side, clearly indicating that he was considering his proposal.

A few minutes later, Mr. Liu's voice came: "Okay, Mr. Chen, the position of screenwriter consultant is fine, and you will also be a co-producer."

"As for the director, come to our film industry's annual press conference at the end of the month, and we will announce it to the entire industry then."

Chen Xingzhou smiled slightly. "Okay, then I'll wait for Tencent's news."

"But Mr. Chen, I heard your company is currently preparing a new drama series? You're also directing 'Joy of Life,' which is quite a workload. It's even more tiring than directing and starring in a modern drama yourself. Can you handle it?"

Mr. Liu spoke earnestly.

"Of course," Chen Xingzhou said, "but I want to correct one of your mistakes, Mr. Liu. I'm not just directing and acting myself. I also run my own studio. I can manage all three projects at the same time. I won't hold back 'Joy of Life'."

"Haha, that seems to be true. It's good to be young, but it's alright. We'll arrange several assistant directors here."

"it is good."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Xingzhou took a breath.

He actually considered whether or not to act in "Joy of Life". If he had mentioned wanting to play Fan Xian, given his acting skills and current popularity, Tencent would most likely not have refused.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he still felt it wasn't worth it.

There's more than one season of "Joy of Life". If he acts in the first season, it will be difficult to handle the second season.

Moreover, he plans to gradually move behind the scenes. He wants to act in the first two films, but one problem is that it's hard to find actors, and the other is that there's a bit of a lack of funding.

But now, there's no need for that anymore.

At least he won't accept just any role.

Being an actor may seem glamorous, but it earns far less money than being a boss.

All he needs to do is make money for the company from this show.

There's also the issue of the script; he's wondering whether he should write it and submit it to Penguin.

It's already September, and he thinks it's a bit late to write now.

Penguin has most likely already arranged for Wang Juan to write it.

Wang Juan is one of the top screenwriters in the Chinese drama circle, and Chen Xingzhou has to admit that Wang Juan's screenwriting skills are very good.

Although Wang Juan in "Joy of Life 2" was criticized, "Joy of Life 1" was actually not bad.

He estimated that if he told Tencent now that he wanted to write a script, there was a high chance he would offend Wang Juan.

Given his current status, there's no need for him to do this.

He wouldn't get much benefit from it, and he already planned to take over the director position; he wouldn't have time for another one.

He's here to be the boss, not to be a beast of burden.

Time flies, and the data for "Go Go Squid!" continues to surge.

The daily viewership of "Go Go Squid!" exceeded 2 million on the 5th day and 2.5 million on the 7th day, with a growth rate even faster than that of "Nothing Gold Can Stay" during the same period.

It's worth noting that "Nothing Gold Can Stay" had the advantage of being broadcast on two TV channels and benefiting from Sun Li's popularity, while "Dearest" was only available on one online platform from beginning to end.

In September, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" firmly held the top spot in viewership ratings, while "Day and Night" maintained its leading position in terms of critical acclaim.