I really don't want to be the top streamer anymore

Chapter 137 What a bullshit ancient idol drama! I’m shooting a fantasy film!

"Ten, nine, eight, seven"

As the guest performers at the midnight show, Xu Kong and Hua Hongjuan were naturally left on the stage to count down to the New Year with the host.

"Three, two, one"

"Happy New Year!"

The screen was filled with the same barrage of comments.

The zero o'clock bell rang.

This also means that the New Year's Eve party is coming to an end.

Of course, there are two closing dance programs afterwards.

However, at this moment, the ratings of major TV stations have begun to drop.

But Beijing TV still maintains its number one position.

And in just a few minutes, Xu Kong and Hua Hongjuan's song "A Bridge of Fate" successfully topped the hot search list.

The first is the eye-catching #HappyNewYear# entry.

Beijing TV is definitely the biggest winner this time.

The popularity, ratings and other data are almost the highest among all TV stations this year.

The viewership rating of around 3.3 also broke the highest record of local New Year's Eve Galas in recent years since the official station moved the New Year's Eve Gala to the 1st.

"Brother Xu Kong, Happy New Year~"

As soon as Xu Kong stepped down from the stage, Song Youyou ran out from somewhere and said to him with a smile.

"Happy New Year."

Xu Kong also replied with a smile.

Song Youyou looked around and found that no one was staring at them, so she quickly gave Xu Kong a light kiss on the lips.

"I told Sister Hong that I can go back later."

"Waiting for you to join me."

Song Youyou mentioned this casually.

But his inner thoughts had already been exposed.

"Then you can go back with me later."

"Mmmmm~"

Song Youyou nodded quickly.

Using the excuse of going to the bathroom, Xu Kong took out his mobile phone in the bathroom.

There are messages from many people on it.

Zhu Yu: "In the new year, I wish you success in your career and good health."

It can be seen that this message was obviously sent to a group of people.

Mr. Yu: "I saw your performance at the party. The new song is very nice. By the way, I wish you all the best in the new year."

This was sent by Yu Yaqing. Xu Kong has been too busy recently, so he hasn't had much contact with Ms. Yu since the last time they met at an event in Hangzhou.

The last message was sent by Su Zhi.

There were no complicated words, just four simple words: "Happy New Year".

But it was sent exactly at midnight.

Xu Kong knew that the other party had to attend the official New Year's Eve party tomorrow. According to Su Zhi's habit of going to bed early, it was indeed not easy for her to stay up until midnight.

After replying to all the messages one by one, Xu Kong went into the bathroom.

I didn't expect to meet Shang Yuxin as soon as I came out.

The atmosphere was a little awkward because a few days ago, something happened in almost the same place that only the two of them knew about.

The moment she saw Xu Kong, Shang Yuxin was so frightened that she took half a step back.

"I came to use the toilet."

Shang Yuxin seemed to be afraid that Xu Kong would misunderstand, so she quickly explained.

Xu Kong smiled and replied: "I know, what else can I do if I don't go to the toilet here."

As if she had thought of something, Shang Yuxin didn't say anything to Xu Kong and walked quickly towards the women's bathroom opposite.

"etc."

The sudden words startled Shang Yuxin, who stopped and stood still.

Then she turned back to look at him stiffly.

Xu Kong was a little speechless. He was so brave before, how could he be scared this time?

It made him feel like he was going to eat her.

"Happy New Year."

What surprised Shang Yuxin was that after Xu Kong called her, he actually said these four words with a smile.

It took her a moment to react.

Then he hesitated and said:
"You too, happy new year."

On the first day of the new year, Xu Kong did not choose to rush back to the crew to continue working, but took two more days off.

The main reason was that he was exhausted from the stage rehearsals during this period.

I still need to make some adjustments and start shooting again.

Anyway, there are only a few plots left in The Legend of Sword and Fairy, and it will be completed in half a month at most.

It has far exceeded the originally expected shooting period, so there is no need to rush for these few days.

Xu Kong, who was originally leaning against the head of the bed, suddenly shook his body and sat up.

Youyou crawled out from the quilt, licked her lips, and leaned against Xu Kong in a relaxed manner.

"Do you want breakfast?"

Xu Kong asked.

Song Youyou nodded.

Staring at Xu Kong with an aggrieved expression.

“Not full~”

"Then I."

Before Xu Kong could finish his words, the other party went back again.

Seeing this, Xu Kong realized that the other party seemed to have misunderstood his meaning, and quickly pulled him out.

There was still a reluctant expression on Youyou's face.

"I mean, there is a breakfast stall downstairs in the community."

Xu Kong explained with a frown on his face.

Then Song Youyou finally reacted.

"Then I'll go buy it!"

Xu Kong also got out of bed and opened the curtains in the room, and unexpectedly found that the sun was out in Beijing today.

"Let's go together and take a walk."

Song Youyou was stunned for a moment.

He said hesitantly: "But we haven't finished our morning work yet."

Seeing this, Xu Kong sighed helplessly.

"Then let's go later."

After doing morning exercises, Song Youyou went out and looked refreshed and in much better spirits.

Xu Kong was glad that he had insisted on exercising in this life.

And it is true that youth is capital.

Otherwise, I would probably be listless all day.

During this period, the two returned to Fengge headquarters, but because it was New Year's Day, most of the staff were on holiday.

The building housing Fengge's artist department was unusually deserted.

Zhu Yu was also on vacation, and Xu Kong looked at her Moments and saw that she had taken Zhu Min to an amusement park. It was not a good idea to disturb Zhu Yu any more, so Xu Kong sorted out some recent emails and so on.

Most of them are invitations for business cooperation.

Because of the filming, Xu Kong Studio’s email address is mostly managed by Zhu Yu.

Guo Zihao is responsible for handling some miscellaneous matters in the studio.

But Xu Kong hasn't seen that guy for a few days.

I don't know what I was busy with.

But according to rumors from other people in his personal studio, it seems that there is hope again with Zhu Yu's assistant, and they even celebrated the New Year together yesterday.

The popularity of the New Year’s Eve party continued until the first day of the new year.

After Xu Kong and Hua Hongjuan's stage video became a hot topic, the number of views on the entire network has reached more than 80 million.

There will definitely be new songs at so many New Year’s Eve parties this year.

But the song that was the most popular, and once again topped a number of charts on the two major music platforms, was still "A Bridge of Fate" by Xu Kong and Hua Hongjuan.

Moreover, its data and popularity almost crush the new songs of other evening parties.

Of course, the second song is also Xu Kong’s, which is "Always Quiet" sung by Shang Yuxin at the party.

The trailer for "Legend of Sword and Fairy" at the party also caused quite a lot of discussion.

Many film and television bloggers have begun to analyze Xu Kong’s new drama based on the promotional video.

This wave of craze was started by Yiguo.

As a film and television self-media with more than 50 million fans across the entire network.

To a certain extent, she also controls the direction of domestic entertainment and film and television.

She did not charge Xu Kong any promotion fees, which was not in line with her rules.

But the sudden appearance of the drama "Want to See You" did make Yiguo pay much more attention to Xu Kong than other people.

However, it has been about three or four months since "Want to See You" was broadcast, and there is still very little news about Xu Kong's new drama.

Although this person is on the hot search list every day, and the popularity has remained high for a long time.

But everyone's attention was on Xu Kong's music, and few people paid attention to Xu Kong's second new play, which he wrote, directed and acted in.

Yiguo is naturally different. Although she also likes many songs written by Xu Kong, compared to music, she also thinks that Xu Kong has a very high talent in film and television.

Whether as an actor, director, or screenwriter.

"Want to See You" is a very spiritual work.

Moreover, as a fairly complete newcomer, Xu Kong’s level of completion in this first drama is so high that it is somewhat shocking.

"If my guess is correct, Xu Kong's new drama this time should be an ancient puppet drama."

"This is indeed something I didn't expect. According to Xu Kong's previous talent in writing the script for "Want to See You", continuing to focus on suspense themes is the best choice."

"If everything goes well, I am optimistic that Xu Kong can become a leader in the domestic suspense drama market in the future."

In Yiguo's analysis video, his evaluation of Xu Kong was very high.

Some even say that Xu Kong is the most spiritual and talented young director under the age of 30.

And the advantage is also obvious, that is Xu Kong’s own screenwriting ability.

But the sudden decision to shoot a costume drama this time was something that Yiguo couldn't understand.

"I don't know if it's because of Fengge's requirements for the subject matter, or because Xu Kong himself is too eager for quick success."

"It cannot be denied that ancient puppet dramas are indeed very profitable in the current domestic market, and considering Xu Kong's ancient costume, the popularity and data of the new drama cannot be bad."

"But I still feel a little bit regretful. If I were Xu Kong, I would definitely choose to stick to the reputation and passers-by that I have accumulated with great difficulty through "Want to See You"."

Igor's conclusion and speculation actually seem a bit too arbitrary.

After all, the only trailer released for Xu Kong’s new drama so far is just a few minutes long.

Even the lines and plot in the film were not reflected at all, and it was almost used as a background MV for Shang Yuxin's stage performance.

But it’s no wonder that Yigo has such a stereotype.

The main thing is that there are many popular ancient costume dramas in the country at present, and the statistics are also quite good, but the audience’s reputation is really hard to describe.

Let’s put it this way, in the past five years, the entire domestic market has seen hundreds of ancient costume dramas of various sizes and investments.

There are about 10 to 20 ancient costume dramas broadcast every year.

But on the relevant rating websites, there is not even a single movie with a score above 8.

The seven-something point has even been used by many drama producers as a point to promote and brag about its reputation.

As for Xu Kong's previous drama, even though it has been three or four months since it was aired, the ratings have declined, but they still fluctuate between 9.1 and 9.2.

Yiguo doesn’t think that Xu Kong’s filming of ancient costume dramas can really break the curse that has always existed in the market.

The most important thing is that this thing itself is not a pleasing subject.

There are a large number of ancient idol dramas with all kinds of messy settings. The martial arts are not like martial arts, and there are many fancy worldviews, but it is rare to see a plot that can be self-consistent.

In fact, it is a variation of the so-called romantic idol drama, and its main audience is still female audiences.

The threshold of female audiences is also constantly rising, and they are gradually becoming less interested in some old-fashioned plots.

However, the quality of scripts for ancient costume dramas on the market has not only not improved, but has continued to decline.

It's because the money is so easy to make.

The plot is not important at all. Good set-ups and popular young stars are enough to make a lot of money. So why would you care about the quality of the script?

"Sister Guo is a bit too arbitrary. I don't think Xu Kong is really a complete failure to write a script like "Want to See You"."

"It's over three minutes of trailer, there's no dialogue, and they haven't even finished filming yet, isn't it a bit too much to already say bad things about it?"

"I am a fan of the drama "Want to See You", but I really don't think Xu Kong's new drama is good. Let alone Xu Kong, even if it is replaced by those well-known directors, I still won't watch ancient puppet dramas."

"I agree with the above comments. Even if I eat shit, I won't watch those ancient puppet shows!"

Yiguo's video sparked widespread discussion.

Of course, it is still too early for The Legend of Sword and Fairy to be broadcast.

Therefore, whether it is publicity or pessimism, it actually does not play a decisive role.

But it can be seen that almost all the video self-media or film critics on the Internet are not optimistic about Xu Kong's new drama.

This is especially true after it was confirmed that the style was that of an ancient idol drama.

Of course, Xu Kong was not at all disturbed by these public opinions.

He even expressed his agreement with some of the views in Yiguo's video after watching it.

Although the core of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is still an ancient idol drama, the direction that Xu Kong set from the beginning was different from those on the market.

First and foremost, Xu Kong would not consider the various outrageous filters and lenses in those ancient idol dramas.

In fact, Xu Kong had a similar feeling in his previous life.

With the development, the investment in fantasy dramas is getting bigger and bigger, various big-name stars are joining in, and the publicity and promotion are also overwhelming.

But I’m still not willing to spend money on the show’s scenery and special effects.

In order to pursue the so-called "fairy", various filter styles are even added.

It does look "fairy-like", but it's hard to feel real.

In Xu Kong's understanding, the real core of the fairy-tale drama lies not in the immortals, but in the word "hero" behind it.

After all, the core is still the story and plot, as well as the characters in the story.
They can come and go like the wind, and have an ethereal air, but the most fundamental thing is that they still need to be shaped as living people.

Therefore, this time, he paid great attention to the texture of all his shots and compositions.

This includes skin smoothing, filters, etc. If they are not required for the plot, they will not be used.

This actually has the risk of magnifying the various flaws of the actors, especially those on their faces.

Fortunately, including himself, Song Youyou, and Shang Yuxin are all actors with very good foundations, so those methods are completely unnecessary.

Of course, since the online discussion was so heated, Xu Kong felt that he should not let go of such a publicity opportunity.

Soon, Xu Kong’s previous Weibo post, which was still a repost of the Beijing TV New Year’s Eve Gala from a few days ago, was updated again.

Yiguo didn't care at first, but when he clicked in and saw it, he was stunned.

Xu Kong's latest Weibo post was quite simple, with only one sentence:

"What the hell is this ancient idol drama? I'm shooting a fairy tale!"

(End of this chapter)