I'm not mentally ill, I'm a master of a thousand faces!

Chapter 323, The Pain Points of Young Students?

Apart from resources.

There is actually another major pain point in "The Young Pioneers".

The real issue is that, as a youth film, it faces competition from other similar products.

"The Young Students" does have competitors, especially as a youth-themed film. Its competitors are actually the most traditional youth films.

A traditional idol drama.

It sounds a bit unbelievable, but this seemingly boring idol drama about handsome men and beautiful women falling in love is actually a competitor to "The Young Pioneers".

But in essence, it still depends on the experiences of young people.

What kind of people do teenagers want to become?

Handsome men and beautiful women, in the prime of their youth, navigating the world of beautiful women and handsome men.

This is the kind of youth that most people yearn for.

And what about "The Young Students"?

No.

There's no entanglement between a beautiful woman and multiple handsome men, and vice versa; he's far removed from the common perception of youth.

It is far removed from the youth that people yearn for.

Therefore, although both are aimed at teenagers, this film, "The Young Students," is about youth.

It doesn't get stuck in the emotional entanglements that contemporary youth love most.

Perhaps even for teenagers, this TV series, "The Young Pioneers," is somewhat bland and dull.

Don't mainstream themes often give people this feeling?

Tasteless and preachy.

This is also one of the reasons why Gong Ruofei doesn't quite agree with the August First Film Studio's stance.

Being aloof and condescending easily turns into pointless preaching.

Young people don't like this kind of thing. They definitely won't like it.

But will young people like this style?

Gong Ruofei wasn't sure about this either.

"The current online sentiment isn't very positive."

"You know that?" Liu Qun was somewhat surprised.

"Can't I go online anymore?" Gong Ruofei said, both amused and exasperated. "Do you think I'm some kind of ancient relic?"

"Well, from my perspective, it's not necessarily bad."

"It's not that nobody cares."

Hearing Liu Qun's words, Gong Ruofei was speechless. This was worse than being scolded.

Even worse is that nobody pays attention.

In fact, the publicity for "Just Like Our Youth" was quite well done.

Funds are still being poured into the market.

But it seems that it didn't really make a splash.

It's no wonder that the publicity for "The Young Students" was inadequate.

Rather, the subject matter is indeed quite new, and young people haven't encountered it before.

"What are the new TV dramas being discussed online right now? They're 'Struggle,' 'The Little Fairy,' 'The Story of Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy,' and stories of urban men and women struggling. The themes are simple and clear, the stories are easy to understand, and the cast is full of handsome men and beautiful women, and their entangled emotions."

"Isn't that just using a story as a cover for romance?"

"Yeah, it's just using a story as a backdrop for romance, what's wrong with that?"

As the person who created the hugely popular "Princess Pearl," Liu Qun certainly knows exactly what the audience wants to see.

Their needs are actually very clear and simple.

To put it bluntly, it's easy to figure out what they need.

What they need is...

It's a melodramatic and tangled story, and it also involves romance.

It's about emotional drama and ups and downs.

These are exactly what they want.

Liu Qun had long seen through these viewers.

Therefore, they are at a complete disadvantage in the publicity and distribution stage.

With only struggle and unexpected good fortune, a Beijing-style urban drama and a mythological romance drama about protecting the circle are vying for the attention of young people.

Audiences have never seen this subject matter before.

I thought it was still those TV dramas aimed at middle-aged audiences.

"If that's your logic, then our TV series is doomed."

Gong Ruofei was speechless at Liu Qun's behavior of undermining her morale.

Let's say something nice before we go live.

"I'm not saying our show is bad; in fact, there are some pleasant surprises," Liu Qun said with a smile. "From what I've observed so far, we haven't attracted young viewers, but we do have some middle-aged viewers."

Middle-aged and elderly viewers are the target audience for mainstream propaganda.

Anti-Japanese War dramas and spy dramas.

They will naturally pay attention to it.

Although "The Young Students" is different from traditional spy dramas and war dramas, it is still about that era.

This will always keep the audience looking forward to it.

Having a stable group is a good sign.

But it's far from the young audience they want to reach.

After all, the overall tone of "The Young Students" is designed for young people.

"There's nothing I can do about it. The subject matter has a fixed audience, so I don't think the ratings will be very good this time." But Liu Qun paused and said, "But I'm absolutely confident in the quality."

Putting everything else aside, let's just talk about quality.

"Just Like Young Students" definitely passed the test.

There are absolutely no issues with the quality.

In other words, as far as the quality is concerned, it is absolutely acceptable and passes the test. For Liu Qun, the producer, then the task is considered completed.

I was able to deliver on my promise.

It's not a big problem.

The director, of course, will pay more attention to the ratings, since ratings are the real achievement for him.

Quality only means that the task can be completed.

However, what he wanted was more than just to get by.

It's not just that.

However, the situation is often quite objective.

Reality is a very objective thing.

What he thinks and what he can do are completely different.

"I think I understand, Lao Liu. What you mean is that we don't really need to take it too seriously. We've already done our best, right?"

That's roughly the idea.

Liu Qun patted him on the shoulder.

After all, this is a completely new subject matter.

A subject matter that no one has ever tried before.

I produced high-quality products.

If I fail here, it's not my fault.

Do your best.

That's all.

"When we were young and full of vigor, we asked the vast land, 'Who will determine the fate of the nation?'"

At this time, a post with this title appeared on the Hupu forum.

Then it was submerged in a sea of ​​posts discussing other things.

There was not a sound or wave.

It felt like a stone had sunk into the sea.

At this moment, Wu Hai, as the moderator, quietly leveraged his privileged position.

As a moderator, I manually pinned my own post to the top.

The slight arbitrariness of the permissions seems to have only elicited sympathy from forum members.

After all, people aren't very interested in this TV series.

I'm really not that interested.

The so-called attempt to save face is merely because the poster now seems too pitiful.

Even if the poster is a moderator.

His posts have also become less popular.

no way.

If I'm not interested, I'm not interested.

Like is like, dislike is dislike; the reaction is very genuine.

"I didn't expect the moderator to like watching TV dramas of this genre."

"I thought the moderator was a young person! It seems like he's quite old."

"There's a rift between us now, moderator. We're not the same anymore."

"Moderator, you surf the internet too? Oh my god!"

The few replies made Wu Hai lose face, but even he had to admit that this topic was indeed not very popular.

This is especially true for young people.

To be honest, even if it wasn't aimed at Li Yun...

Wu Hai became somewhat interested when he saw this all-star production team.

He was quite interested in the lineup, from the production team of "Bloody Xiangxi" to "Princess Pearl," and even the music from the old "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

The production team is quite impressive.

The cast is equally impressive.

The supporting roles were played by some excellent actors.

The lineup is also quite good.

The subject matter is indeed a bit niche.

As for the mainstream drama aimed at young people, at least Hupu, a forum whose main user group is young people, it seems that they did not show much interest in this mainstream drama.

Girls are looking at handsome guys.

The boys were looking at the pretty girls.

Look at the emotional entanglements, the conflicts, and the captivating details.

Tacky.

But young people like to watch something vulgar.

However, Wu Hai neither confirmed nor denied this.

It mainly consists of works by Li Yun.

He would go to see them all.

So, he was left alone again, trying to save face and building up the thread.

"It's about to be released. My youthful days are full of vigor and vitality. I ask the vast land, who will rule the world?"

Li Yun was also at home waiting for the release of "The Young Students".

Even Jiang Chenggang was somewhat surprised by the low popularity of "The Young Students".

They were even a little angry.

"Why isn't there even a ripple?" Jiang Chenggang found it unbelievable. In his opinion, "Just Like Us Young Students" should have had a grand and glorious premiere.

After all, the filming started with such fanfare, and the cast and promotion generated so much buzz.

But there has been little activity lately.

This feeling even made Jiang Chenggang feel somewhat uncomfortable.

He really liked the script and the actors, and even his own star was in it, but it only made a small splash. How could he accept that? How could he feel comfortable with that?

"It's still in the promotion and distribution phase, and the film hasn't been released yet, so let's not jump to conclusions."

Li Yun seemed rather relaxed.

There wasn't much discomfort.

It's fair to say that the subject matter wasn't particularly appealing.

But that doesn't mean this TV series is doomed.

In fact, Li Yun had somewhat anticipated the current situation.

After all, this is not a typical, stable subject matter.

It's still aimed at young people.

Li Yun had such confidence in this TV series.

At that moment, an unexpected guest arrived at the family's movie-watching group.

It was Jiang Wen, bringing fine wine and delicious food, authentic Jingkou cuisine.

(End of this chapter)