Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 590 Phenomenon (6K)

Perhaps I was really slow to react during the Chinese New Year period and only discovered the drama "The Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty" now, or perhaps the influence of the drama is really great to a certain extent. After all, it has been played on the entire network over 5 million times.

On the 29th day of the lunar year, the official media finally began to take the online drama "The Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty" seriously.

“Apart from the setting that Liu Bei’s soul travels through time and space to become Zhao Gou, which is suspected of historical nihilism, this drama has achieved a very high degree of restoration in its depiction of costumes, ancient etiquette, and war scenes.

This is even more true for the plot development. Liu Bei, who became Zhao Gou, maintained his own character. The development and changes of the entire country were completely logical, making people feel as if it really happened in history.

Here, we must praise the efforts made by Dragon and Kirin Film and Television Culture Company in the field of history. The historical comparisons every four episodes have enabled many viewers who have watched the series to have a deeper understanding of real history.

At the same time, it has also encouraged a large number of history enthusiasts to become video bloggers, explaining the true history of the period between the Eastern and Western Song Dynasties. As of the time of writing, major video sites such as V Station and Penguin have a total of at least more than 50 billion views of related videos.

This has strongly promoted the Chinese people to understand and love history.”

The Huaqing Daily, as always, supported Chen Linfeng and exaggerated the positive significance of "The Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty" to a great extent.

Guangming Daily and Renri mainly praised the quality of the series itself.

All the hardware, including costumes and props, became the object of praise.

This is also what most media are boasting about nowadays.

"The Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty" is really the kind of drama that one can tell at a glance is a huge investment.

Lin'an and Jiankang of the Southern Song Dynasty are both well presented.

The war scenes even have the feeling of a blockbuster movie.

The entire drama uses movie-style shots and lighting to further enhance the texture.

It is indeed extraordinary in terms of appearance.

Of course, that’s all the news. The two official media outlets declined to comment on the core of the story.

Let’s wait for the competent authorities to come up with a result first.

But there is a problem. The media department has always had people staying behind during holidays, while normal departments are all on holiday at this time, and the few people who stay behind cannot make any decisions at all.

It’s easy to deal with ordinary people, but the key screenwriter is Chen Linfeng.

Whether to deal with it and how to deal with it all depends on the leader’s decision.

But the leader said that this matter needs to be discussed carefully, or we should wait until after the Spring Festival holiday before making a decision.

So the matter is stuck here.

In fact, this is why Chen Linfeng can make the leaders of the competent departments so embarrassed.

There is no way. The cultural celebrity representative appointed by my boss cannot be treated casually.

Apart from this, the coverage of "The Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty" by various private media and entertainment media is the highlight.

These media outlets are well aware of how popular this web drama is, and in order to keep up with the heat, they are really using all their powers to do what they can.

The costumes and props have been talked about a lot, and they have already started to turn to other angles.

There are reports based on the degree of restoration of ancient war history.

Also from the actor's side.

"The Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty" uses many senior actors who became famous in the past, or at least whose faces are familiar to everyone.

Actors like Yu Bo, Lu Xing (Your Majesty, Please Call Me the Crown Prince), Zhao Yang (played Gongsun Ce in Shao Bao 3), Liu Xiaofeng (Fahai in Pan Yueming's version of Legend of the White Snake), Shen Xiaohai, etc., are all actors who have played classic roles in the past but have now been somewhat forgotten by the industry.

The crew also brought in Pan Yueming, whose career suffered a severe blow due to the divorce crisis, and gave him the role of a civil servant.

Not only that, but also the veteran actors with whom Long Lin had often worked in the past.

All in all, they are people who are not paid much, but have solid acting skills and can truly be called actors.

Together, these people make up a nearly unbeatable cast for this web series.

The court scenes and war scenes in "The Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty" are so textured, thanks to the support of these actors.

Due to the popularity of the online drama, these media also introduced the identities and backgrounds of the actors in the drama in order to increase traffic.

There are so many related reports that a bunch of old handsome guys who were once popular in the past are showing signs of becoming popular again.

There are costumes, props, actors, music, screenwriters, directors, and behind-the-scenes people...

There is nothing that the media can't hype, except what you can't think of.

It's not that everyone has never seen the world, it's just that the traffic of "The Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty" is so high now that people will read any report you write.

Some viewers online are not satisfied after watching the drama, and quite a number of them will search for news reports afterwards.

The number of views alone cannot fully reflect the popularity of this web drama.

But in fact, this can also be seen from the data of video websites.

At present, "The Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty" has been released for more than 1.5 episodes, with a total playback volume of more than 120 million on the V station and a cumulative total of more than 5 million barrages, with an average of more than barrages per episode.

Due to the excessive number of comments, the v-site was forced to find a way to manually delete some comments that were too homogeneous.

The management has also decided to set an upper limit on the number of barrages per episode in the future. If there are too many barrages, it will affect the viewing experience of the video.

It is clear that a drama is so popular that it even affects the operating strategy of the video website.

In addition, starting from the eleventh episode, the advertisements in each subsequent episode became longer and longer.

The new viewers or those who did not buy membership also painfully discovered that the length of the advertisements changes every day. Now it has changed from half a minute at the beginning to one and a half minutes.

Some viewers think that this may not be the limit of Penguin's shamelessness, and maybe by tomorrow, there will be a 2-minute advertisement.

Some netizens left in anger, preparing to look for pirated copies or join the v-station camp.

Some can only pay for membership in a humiliating way.

But the members weren’t actually that happy.

Although the authority does not allow for advertisements at the beginning of the show, video websites have learned to place advertisements in the middle of the show.

The v site is more respectful and would not do such a thing. After all, Chen Linfeng still has some dignity left.

Moreover, it is at the peak of its development, and word of mouth is more important than making more money.

Penguins are not so particular, since everyone knows their own style anyway.

"If you pay, you will be happy," is their company motto.

There is no need to hide it.

After all, those advertisers who wave their money and insist on paying more are really hard to refuse.

Online, discussions about this drama are getting more and more heated.

It is no longer limited to the field of TV dramas or Chen Linfeng's fan group.

You can see this from the hot searches on Weibo.

Previously, due to Chen Linfeng’s “petition”, Weibo made some changes.

Today's hot searches are divided into categories and fields.

But "The Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty" managed to do it. In addition to the entertainment section, it was also able to dominate the hot search terms in the fields of society, education, knowledge, and online games.

Wait, what the hell is online games?

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that they were some people live streaming gaming. At night, they stopped live streaming League of Legends and instead put up a sign, saying they were going to watch a drama, and then abandoned the viewers in the live streaming room.

Because of being too arrogant, he was criticized and became a hot topic in the online gaming area.

From this we can see that this web drama is no longer just a simple film and television drama.

Instead, it reached a phenomenal level and became the object of national carnival.

Just as the popularity of "The Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty" was surging, the entire Internet seemed to be in a carnival.

But there are still some people who want to speak out for justice.

Some scholars and professors who study Song Dynasty history could not help but publish articles criticizing:
"Chen Linfeng has set a very bad precedent. If history is changed so arbitrarily, sooner or later, ordinary people will become confused and forget the true history.

Besides, Zhao Gou in history was not as bad as he thought. In fact, as the de facto founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, Gaozong also had certain talents..."

Others directly @陈麟风 on Weibo, criticizing his newly written script.

"Unlimitedly elevating Liu Xuande's personal charm, while constantly lowering Song Gaozong's personal evaluation, this is not a good attitude towards academic research."

"How does the soul travel through time and space? Who is behind this? The script is illogical from the beginning. The whole play is built on such a logical loophole. What value does the whole play have?"

"The relevant departments have long banned TV dramas with time-travel themes. As the industry leader, Longlin knowingly violated the rules and caused extremely bad effects. It should be severely punished."

"..."

For a time, many heavyweight celebrities on Weibo called for the killing of Chen Linfeng.

It’s not that they can’t see how many fans this drama has, it’s just that their mindsets make them feel uncomfortable and they can’t help but express themselves.

Of course, some of them are purely for the sake of popularity.

Reverse traffic is also traffic.

Moreover, making such a web drama is indeed somewhat outrageous, and I think the public should be able to understand it.

At least parents should be supportive.

This will harm history and affect the children.

Chen Linfeng did not respond much. This kind of quarrel on the Internet was useless and would only cause trouble.

But many netizens and fans can't stand it.

"How much do you despise us? You've forgotten normal history just by watching a time-travel drama? The more I watch this drama, the more I'm impressed by how Zhao Gou persecuted Yue Fei in history."

"That's right. If there was any other emperor, even if it wasn't someone as charismatic as Liu Bei, Yue Fei would have recovered the old capital and attacked Huanglong.

This drama just makes me realize more clearly how much Zhao Gou deserves to die.”

"You like to speak up for Zhao Gou so much. What's your background? Is your last name Zhao?"

"Are you worthy of the surname Zhao?"

"..."

At home in Yanjing.

Liu Qianqian was lazily lying on the sofa, browsing her phone.

She saw these conversations on Weibo, so she kicked Chen Linfeng who was sitting at the other end.

"Shouldn't these experts who study Song Dynasty history be happy to see people's interest in this period of Southern Song history? Why are they so angry?"

"Because the source of everyone's interest is my web drama."

In fact, to be honest, whether some experts like the public to be interested in the history they study is another matter.

Some history is truly known to everyone, but that is not necessarily good for those who study it.

At least it is difficult to monopolize the relevant right of interpretation.

Of course, this time, Chen Linfeng was not sure what those people were thinking, so he could only guess. "Oh, so that's it," Liu Qianqian nodded, not quite understanding. There were some dirty things in colleges and universities, and she knew that.

But as an outsider, I still don't understand its internal operating logic.

But there were some things she just couldn't understand.

"How could there be people who would speak up for a man like Zhao Gou? Especially since they are researchers of Song history, shouldn't they know what kind of person he is?"

"Haha," Chen Linfeng laughed, "This is totally normal."

It's the same principle as studying Qing history and then starting to speak for the Qing dynasty, or even whitewashing it.

These people whose brains are abnormal are studied so that outsiders cannot understand their thought processes.

There are such people among researchers of every period of history.

It’s just that powerful dynasties are admired by people, so it doesn’t seem obvious, but researchers of corrupt dynasties will look particularly conspicuous.

Maybe in the future there will be experts and scholars who want to go back to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties to watch handsome guys play the leading female roles.

Liu Qianqian's eyes widened. "That's too stupid. Unless you marry into a powerful aristocratic family, you're just courting death, right?"

“Maybe people feel lucky enough to win the lottery.”

Chen Linfeng smiled and talked to Xixi for a while, then frowned, "Okay, pregnant women can't sit for a long time, you should get up and move around for a while."

Hearing this, Xixi's face immediately became sad, "I don't want to get up."

"Be good, it's just a short walk, I'll accompany you."

Chen Linfeng acted like he was coaxing a child, and in fact, Xixi was almost like a child at this time.

It is said that a woman will become stupid for three years after pregnancy. Seeing Xixi's silly and cheerful look at herself at home every day, it seems that the old saying does make sense.

Ms. Wang in the kitchen heard the noise and came out to see the details. She encouraged, "It's good for pregnant women to maintain a certain amount of activity. Let Xiaofeng lead you for a walk in the yard. You can come back for dinner later."

This year's Spring Festival, Chen Linfeng's parents both celebrated the New Year here, and they also wanted to take care of Xixi at the same time.

Liu Qianqian originally wanted to act a little coquettishly and avoid some fatigue.

But I had to listen to my mother-in-law's words, so I stood up reluctantly.

"That's right, it's good to walk more, so you don't really become Fatty Qian."

"You are the one who is tired," Liu Qianqian puffed up her cheeks and glared at him hard.

I walked around the yard with my wife several times.

After coming back, Xixi once again became a lazy person lying on the sofa.

Chen Linfeng accompanied his father in talking.

"Now that the drama "Southern Song Dynasty" is being produced, the revenue from the V-station should be profitable, right?"

"We have been profitable for a long time. The number of broadcasts on V station has exceeded 500 million, and the number of new members has exceeded million. With a large number of new users, the money spent on purchasing the drama has long exceeded the amount."

Chen Linfeng smiled, "Chen Rui also said that next time there is such a good thing, we should continue to call him.

I think he's addicted to it, maybe next time I should try to buy exclusive access."

"Exclusive broadcast means it is broadcast on this platform alone, and it is not even allowed to be rebroadcast on domestic TV stations later?"

“Well, the copyright belongs to this one platform only, unless there are other terms.”

Chen Shantong shook his head, "That's not good. It will affect the influence of the series and the production company."

Chen Linfeng spread his hands, "But this is the general trend of the future. The success of "The Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty" has brought huge returns to the two families.

In the future, there will definitely be other video platforms that want to create their own exclusive web series to attract new members.”

"Yeah, this can't be stopped." Chen Shantong sighed.

I heard my son mention that the future of film and television production companies will always be taken over by video platforms.

This made him a little worried, and he didn't know what Long Lin's future would be like.

"If it doesn't work, just bind it to V Station, or add Penguin Video as well."

Chen Linfeng suggested, "We are now the industry leader and should have higher bargaining power. As long as we can ensure stable high quality, it doesn't matter if we sell to two companies. As long as the profit is not worse than that of ordinary exclusives, they will have to endure it."

Think about the many exclusive dramas on later video platforms, which are so bad that they are unbearable to watch.

As for the quality of the new dramas produced by Longlin Company in recent years, it is really easy to beat them.

If we really want to pull out the two tiger skins and eliminate the influence of the video platform, we can actually calm down and make the drama well.

This is definitely a good thing for Dragon Scale.

"Well, if the situation develops to the point you described, this is the only thing we can do."

Chen Shantong was just habitually preparing for a rainy day, and the current situation was far from that point.

"Xiaofeng, now that "The Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty" is so popular, will there be any action from above? I have heard some not-so-good rumors."

"Yeah, I heard that too."

Some of the messages were delivered through Sister Mei, and some were sent by leaders he knew.

Overall, the above does not quite support this form of time-travel drama.

Especially the "Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty", which directly changes history, is much more excessive than previous time-travel dramas.

"That……"

Chen Linfeng waved his hand and said, "After the Chinese New Year, I will contact Optoelectronics and related leaders. After all, The Biography of Emperor Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty has achieved remarkable results and great influence. A corresponding seminar should be held."

Chen Shantong was surprised, "Do you want to convince everyone then?"

"Not really. We are all adults. It's not that easy to convince them. I just tried my best."

The key lies in the industry. Everyone actually hopes to loosen the tight circle around their heads a little.

If it doesn’t work on TV, at least leave a gap for online dramas.

Online dramas do not have the influence they will have in the future, so the policies should be easier to deal with.

As long as there are more film and television companies that share the same opinion, and with Chen Linfeng as the leader, the higher-ups may consider it.

But this is somewhat disrespectful to the leader, and Chen Linfeng is still wondering if there is a better way.

"Well, this method is not bad. It is normal to have different opinions during a meeting. Besides, you are still young..."

Chen Shantong stopped talking halfway.

He is still young. Basically no one in the country regards this guy as a young man now.

No one really thinks that he is young and impetuous and lacks consideration, right?
Just at this moment, Chen Linfeng's phone rang.

He picked it up and saw that it belonged to China Railway Corporation.

I signaled to my dad, and he nodded, indicating that he understood what was going on.

Then she picked up the phone and said, "Auntie Tie, I would like to give you my early New Year's greetings in advance. Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year, why didn't you come to my place this year?"

"Hey, isn't Sissi pregnant? I'm taking care of her at home."

"Yeah, we finally have a child, so we have to be careful."

The two chatted about family matters.

Then the railway chief got to the point, "You really made a good New Year uneasy for us this time.

What about Liu Bei's soul traveling through time and space to Zhao Gou? How did you come up with such a crazy idea?"

The chief railway official said angrily, “Many senior experts have come to me to complain, saying that if you did this in the past, you would have been severely criticized.

Some people also complained that I was too lax in my supervision, which led to the development of a talented writer going astray. "

Chen Linfeng said with a smile, "Heroes are made by the times. The seedlings of the new world should be this long. At least judging from the public's perception, the people still like it."

"You're still being sarcastic. Don't think I don't know the second half of your unspoken sentence."

"I dare not. I don't mean that at all."

"Okay, it's no use trying to be nice to me. Have you figured out how this is going to end?"

Chen Linfeng repeated the idea he had previously told his father.

"Hmm," Mr. Tie pondered for a moment, "Not bad, at least I didn't just do it recklessly without thinking of a way out."

Being in Chen Linfeng's current position, he cannot make mistakes easily.

Otherwise, it would be a pity if the upward momentum is broken.

Of course, my career will not be affected. After all, things like box office revenue are real.

But once official support is cut off, the road ahead will certainly be more difficult.

Think about Zhang Yimou. He had a great influence in the past few years, but he was always being hunted down and targeted because he lacked support from higher levels.

After 08, there were some, but from that point on, the quality of movies could no longer be improved.

There's always one leg missing.

"Actually, you're lucky this time."

"Hmm? What does Aunt Tie mean by that?"

"Some department leaders were very dissatisfied. They felt that you were not doing this properly and were being arrogant because of your favor. They thought that you should be curbed a little bit."

Chen Linfeng knew there would be a turning point, "Then what?"

“Then, about two days ago, an old man watched your play.

He likes Yue Fei very much and also has a good impression of Liu Bei. Maybe it satisfied the old man's psychological state, so he praised you to outsiders..."

Perhaps because she felt that Chen Linfeng's luck was really incredible, Auntie Tie said in an incredible tone, "You should put more effort into your next work. Who knows, it might be noticed by the seniors someday."

Ah this.

Chen Linfeng really didn't expect that this would be the case.

Do the seniors also watch online dramas?

Well, it’s normal when you think about it. Although he is old, he may be an ordinary person at heart. It’s normal for him to like watching TV dramas.

If we think about the history we have read in the past, we will find that everyone feels pity for Yue Fei.

Nowadays, when watching a drama, it is natural to feel some kind of emotional complement and to give a compliment or two.

But how this drama reached people's ears is quite legendary.

Forget it, it’s not appropriate to say more about this kind of thing.

(End of this chapter)