Who is still a star after rebirth?

Chapter 140: The first sweet drama in the domestic entertainment industry

Big Year.

Ruixue is a prosperous year.

The sky and earth of the port city were covered in white. The chilly wind blew in the face, covering the roofs of thousands of households with a thick white quilt.

It is not convenient for Lin Luo to go out for a run in such weather. He tried it yesterday, but each step he took left a footprint of more than 40 yards. Not only could he not increase his speed, but he also fell easily.

Just do some exercise at home.

After doing 100 push-ups, his whole body became warm. While stretching his muscles, Lin Luo picked up his mobile phone and took a look. He had received New Year greetings from many classmates and friends.

The only thing missing is the blessings from Xiao Longyue and Xu Yifei——

Xiao Longyue has deleted all contact information of Lin Luo.

Lin Luo accepted this outcome, although he still hasn't figured out why it happened.

He didn't dare to say that he had planned everything perfectly, but at least he was cautious. He saw Xiao Longyue leave in an Audi with his own eyes that day, and then he sent a notification to Xu Yifei to ensure that the two girls' departure times were staggered.

But no one knows what kind of accident happened, which caused Xiao Longyue, who had already left, to return to the apartment and make a surprise attack, and the result was that she was almost caught in bed with him.

Lin Luo had no way to defend himself.

So when Xiao Longyue turned and left that day, Lin Luo did not choose to chase her, because the evidence was irrefutable and there was nothing to explain, and breaking up was the only outcome.

Thinking about it carefully, Lin Luo felt that it might not be a bad thing for him and Xiao Longyue to end it early, so that she would not get deeper and deeper into the relationship in the future, while he would not be able to give her the happiness that she really wanted.

Lin Luo admitted that he was more or less attracted to Xiao Longyue.

But this level of attraction is definitely not enough to make one willing to give up the entire forest for a single flower.

So the last message Lin Luo sent to Xiao Longyue did not have any intention of retaining her. He just expressed his sincere apology and promised to compensate the other party.

Although Xiao Longyue did not reply to this message and deleted her as a friend, Lin Luo's promise of compensation will always work.

As for Concubine Xu Yi...

When Xu Yifei was caught cheating by Xiao Longyue that day, she was actually very confused as the person involved.

It was not until Xiao Longyue left that she gradually came to her senses and looked at Lin Luo in disbelief: "You have been secretly dating?"

"Ah."

Lin Luo could only admit it.

Xu Yifei's expression suddenly became very ugly. She said coldly, "I don't want to ride home in a scumbag's car," and turned around and left.

Lin Luo was also very annoyed at the time and said angrily: "Xiao Longyue left and left, are you going to leave me too?"

Not buddy!

Xu Yifei was shocked by Lin Luo's self-righteousness. She paused and stood there for more than two minutes.

Only after she calmed down a little did she speak: "Tell Xiao Longyue to apologize."

"I know."

Lin Luo was in the wrong for this breakup, so he should regard it as an emotional debt that he was willing to pay back.

Then Xu Yifei fell into silence. She stayed with Lin Luo for half an hour without saying a word. Finally, she said, "I'm leaving. You go back and drive slowly."

After that day, although Xu Yifei did not delete her contact information like Xiao Longyue did, she never contacted him again, which made Lin Luo feel as if he was dumped by two girls at the same time.

But it's not without good news.

The TV series adapted from Lin Luo's original novel "Why Secretary Kim Is Like That" premiered on Kiwi yesterday, the second day of the Chinese New Year.

The popularity value reached 1037 on the first day of its broadcast, which is a very good start for an online drama without any big-name actors.

After all, it is the Spring Festival period, and audiences are dazzled by the various new TV dramas that have come out. To be able to achieve a popularity value of over 1,000 on the first day in such a fiercely competitive market at least shows that this drama will not flop.

Lin Luo didn't quite understand the algorithm for calculating Kiwi's popularity. According to Xu Yang's explanation, it was probably calculated based on the number of views, viewing time, user interactions (likes, comments, shares, etc.), and how many people had purchased VIP memberships for the show.

As for whether this drama can become popular, it depends on the subsequent broadcast. After all, only four episodes have been broadcast so far, and the fifth and sixth episodes will be broadcast tonight.

Lin Luo took a special look at the broadcast of the first four episodes. The comments were mostly positive. The looks of the male and female protagonists were praised in various ways, and the plot was also highly praised. The most important thing was that the book fans and drama fans of this drama basically did not quarrel, and the two sides were very harmonious.

"The filming quality is absolutely fine. The plot is completely based on my novel, and there is not even any other adaptation. It can be said to be a one-to-one reproduction, and the actors are not bad either."

After a thorough analysis, Lin Luo came to the conclusion that it would be difficult for this drama to fail. Perhaps it really is true as the old saying goes, "Failure in love, success in career".

wrong.

Just as Lin Luo came to this conclusion, his phone vibrated. He opened it and saw a message from Xu Yifei:
happy New Year.

Although it was just four simple words, Lin Luo smiled. He knew his good friend wanted to break the ice, so he typed a reply:
"Happy New Year."

Once the stalemate was broken, everything went smoothly. Xu Yifei sent a message saying "Happy New Year!" and Lin Luo gave her a red envelope of 5.20 yuan.

Xu Yifei accepted the red envelope and did not forget to mock Lin Luo: "You are really a scumbag. You have to give 520 red envelopes to your good friends."

Lin Luo: "Don't give it back to me."

Xu Yifei: "Who said I don't want it anymore."

Lin Luo raised his lips and said, "You ignored me for so many days, I am angry, but I am the one who is heartbroken, why are you angry?"

Xu Yifei: "Why don't you think about it carefully? How am I going to face Xiao Longyue after school starts?"

Lin Luo: "This matter is my fault. You are also a victim. She should know what is going on and won't vent her anger on you. Besides, Xiao Longyue and I have broken up, so let the past be the past."

Xu Yifei: "You are so free and easy."

Lin Luo: "Are you free to come out for milk tea?" Xu Yifei: "I'm not going. Don't think I don't know that you, a pervert, just want to take me to a place where no one is around and then bully me."

This was all discovered.

Lin Luo didn't force it. As long as Xu Yifei forgave him, that would be enough. He changed the subject and asked, "Have you watched Secretary Jin's TV series?"

Xu Yifei: "I watched it, the plot is exactly the same as the novel, the male lead is quite handsome, and the female lead is so beautiful, this couple is super good!"

Obviously Xu Yifei has read the original novel, and she really likes the TV series as it is.

Lin Luo is increasingly certain that "Why Secretary Kim" will become a big hit, and perhaps signs of it will be seen in the next few days.

……

Lin Luo was still conservative.

He thought that in the next few days, he would see signs that the drama "Kim's Secretary" would become a big hit, but he underestimated the sense of smell of leading video websites like Kiwi.

In fact, on the first day of the official broadcast of "Why Secretary Kim", its popularity attracted the attention of the Kiwi operation team.

"Is this a B-rated web series?"

Kiwi has signed contracts for so many web dramas that they usually make a grade estimate in advance, with the highest being S grade, followed by three grades: ABC.

The higher the level, the more powerful the promotion.

Because the cast of "Kim's Secretary" is unknown, and the production company is Daxiao Entertainment, which has only gained some fame in recent years, this drama was classified as B-grade.

Not much resources were invested in publicity.

As a result, the popularity value on the first day exceeded 1,000, which surprised the Kiwi operation team. This result is also a standard that can only be achieved by A-level or even S-level online drama projects!
"Did you miss it?"

Then adjust to S gear immediately!
This is Kiwi's tolerance rate. When they found that "Kim's Secretary" was so popular on the first day, the operation team immediately adjusted their strategy and directly allocated the resources of an S-level web drama with poor performance to this dark horse.

Unexpectedly, "Kim's Secretary" really took off after getting the resources. It was only on the third day of the Chinese New Year that the sixth episode was aired, and a lot of discussions appeared on the Douban group that night:
"I recommend a good drama, "What's Wrong with Secretary Kim", it's the first time I've seen such a fresh, funny and non-greasy overbearing CEO~"

"After watching "What's Wrong with Secretary Kim," I suddenly feel that there is hope for domestic idol dramas!"

"Is the Kim Secretary you're talking about adapted from the novel by Jiu Yue? I've read the original novel, but I'm not interested in the TV series. I've never heard of the actors. I'm afraid it's a [badly adapted] series."

"Girls can jump into the drama Secretary Kim without any worries. I feel like this drama is going to be a big hit. It's only been six episodes and it's already got me!"

“Aaaaaaah, I went to see Secretary Kim out of curiosity. She’s really sweet. I was a fan of Bai Yunxian!”

"I really like Secretary Kim played by Bai Jing. The magic of this drama is that it has a rhythm and atmosphere similar to Korean dramas, but it is more natural than most Korean idol dramas!"

"Secretary Kim..."

It's not just the Douban group. Some TV series-related bulletin boards and forums also have a large number of "Kim's Secretary" related posts.

Nowadays, as long as the quality of a TV series is high enough and the resources are not too tight, it can basically become a success.

What's more, in recent years, major video websites have been increasingly eager for good works.

Especially now, Kiwi, Penguin Video and Youku Video have formed a situation similar to the Three Kingdoms, and the competition has become fierce. It can be said that whoever has more popular products will be able to attract more users!

Under such circumstances, Kiwi suddenly discovered that one of its dramas had the potential to become a hit, so of course it raised the publicity standards crazily.

The result is that when the tenth episode of "Kim's Secretary" was aired, the popularity value reached 9,000 and was about to break 10,000!
In fact, breaking 10,000 is nothing. There are a few dramas every year with a Kiwi popularity value of over 10,000.

The main thing that’s great about this drama “Kim’s Secretary” is that the male and female protagonists in the cast are really plain, especially the male lead, Bai Yunxian. He is just a newcomer who is making his first acting debut, but he turns out to be quite talented!
Coincidentally, the heroine Bai Jing also has the flavor of a hidden gem. She was clearly a nobody in the entertainment industry before, but this time she plays Secretary Kim.

Wow, the aura is full!

In the play, Secretary Jin, played by Bai Jing, can handle various tasks for the president. She is both professional and capable, with a strong aura of a heroine!
Unlike other urban dramas, although there are also characters like the heroine, it feels like it lacks professionalism.

For example, a certain first-line actress played a lawyer, but the audience just couldn't get into the role after watching it for a long time. As a result, she was ridiculed by the media because it was hard for everyone to believe that the person was playing a successful lawyer.

And Secretary Jin, played by Bai Jing, makes people believe that she is really the secretary of the president of a top company.

In addition, the president played by the male lead Bai Yunxian is fresh and not greasy, and standing with the female lead, there is a very harmonious feeling. To use a more popular phrase, the "CP feeling" is very strong.

Therefore, this drama directly became the first dark horse in this year's idol drama track, and no other work of the same type can compete with it!

You have to know that the idol drama market has a very large audience base, so once this traffic came in, Kim Secretary really took off.

Countless viewers who came here to watch the first episode just to give it a try were hooked.

The first plot conflict in this drama is the departure of Secretary Kim.

Nine years ago, Secretary Kim chose this difficult but high-paying job because her family was in debt.

Because she was a rookie in the workplace at that time, she was scolded by the male protagonist. Fortunately, her abilities were developed in the process.

Now that Secretary Kim has perfected her abilities and has achieved complete financial freedom, she naturally has new pursuits. That’s why she and the male lead resigned as soon as the first episode of the TV series was aired.

The male protagonist does not care about it on the surface, and plays a tsundere role. But when Secretary Kim really starts to slowly withdraw from his life, the male protagonist suddenly finds that without Secretary Kim, he is just a giant baby who cannot take care of himself in life and work...

For the sake of his own face, Li Yingjun is unwilling to admit his dependence on Kim Mi-so, and they use various reasons to pull each other against each other. There are high-energy sweet moments in almost every episode, which makes the audience smile throughout.

Of course, the biggest appeal of “What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim” is its sense of humor.

The male protagonist's narcissism leads him to mistakenly believe that Kim Mi-so actually likes him. He gave flowers to other girls, but Kim Mi-so cried because she was allergic to pollen. He mistakenly thought that Kim Mi-so was sad because of him. He made up all kinds of things in his mind, and he is a real acting genius.

Such continuous misunderstandings support almost all the laughs and highlights in the first half of "Why Secretary Kim". In addition, the drama has only 16 episodes and the pace is much faster than most domestic romance dramas, so the audience will be addicted once they start watching and can't stop at all.

Look, by the tenth episode, the male and female protagonists have been showing their affection in various ways, and the plot is so sweet.

It’s 2014 now.

While other idol dramas are still playing with the sadistic love stories, Kim Secretary is showing all kinds of sweet moments, directly opening the precedent for sweet idol dramas in the domestic entertainment industry!

The audience had never seen anything like this before, it was so fresh and it just so happened that CP was popular these days, so this drama had already topped the Kiwi popularity list when it aired to the twelfth episode!
(End of this chapter)