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

Chapter 160 This trending search can’t be made even if you spend money
Yiguo had indeed waited too long for June 10th.

After all, this is the time when the summer season, when competition in the TV drama market is the most intense of the entire year, begins.

This year, the first two dramas to be aired during the summer season are the two big-budget dramas that she and most viewers are looking forward to the most.

On one side are Penguin Video and Tomato TV, and on the other side are Kiwi and Mango TV.

These are almost the industry leaders for domestic video platforms and local TV stations.

For example, the various open and covert struggles between Penguin and Kiwi, the fights for copyrights, and the competition for users over the years are enough for her to make a long video that might not even take an hour to finish.

The grudge between Mango and Tomato TV stations is even longer-standing.

"Mysterious Valley" and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" are scheduled to be broadcast on the same day.

The gossip outside of these TV dramas alone is enough to attract people.

Igor must have his own predictions.

The biggest winner of this summer season, and possibly the biggest hit drama of the year, will most likely come from these two.

If we talk about the final data and market performance, Yigo is definitely more optimistic about "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Although the cast of "Mysterious Valley" is stronger, judging from the trailers of the previous two dramas and the subject matter, Xu Kong's new drama does have the potential to become a hit.

The main reason is that Xu Kong, Song Youyou, and even Shang Yuxin, their ancient costume looks in the trailer are really amazing.

Handsome men and beautiful women are the soft spots that both male and female audiences can never avoid.

However, in terms of other word of mouth, Yigo is indeed more optimistic about "The Uncanny Valley".

It’s mainly about the subject matter. Fantasy adventure dramas like “The Uncanny Valley” really touched Igo.

Moreover, whether it is the screenwriter, director, or actor, they are almost all well-known in the industry.

In comparison, for someone like Xu Kong, who wrote, directed and acted in the film himself, it would be too difficult and risky to replicate the success of "Want to See You".

She even thought that if the script of Xu Kong's new drama could be half as good as "Want to See You", it would be a success.

It's not like she has such an attitude. Although Xu Kong said before that his work is a fantasy drama, not a historical romance drama, Yiguo himself couldn't see the obvious difference.

Moreover, she has watched almost all the ancient costume dramas in recent years, and now she has psychological trauma, which can even be considered a work-related injury.

"Five minutes left."

Igor glanced at the time.

Although they are broadcast on the same day, the good news is that "Mystic Valley" will be broadcast one hour earlier than "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

She doesn't have to worry too much about which drama she should watch first.

Although the TV station and video website are on the same day.

But the video website will broadcast it half an hour in the morning, and for shows like "The Chinese Paladin", one more episode will be broadcast on Penguin Video on the first day.

The progress of the two platforms will catch up in the next few days.

There is no way. If such a situation had happened in the past, I would not even dare to think about it.

Usually, the video website will release it only after the TV station has finished broadcasting it.

But the times are different now. On the contrary, wealthy video websites like Penguin Video and Kiwi have much more say.

After all, you have to pay more in copyright fees.

This opening song is indeed not as good as the one written by Xu Kong.

"Mysterious Valley" has officially started airing, and Igo usually does not skip the opening and ending credits of the first episode.

This is also an important part of a complete drama.

"Mysterious Valley" is well-made, but judging from the opening song alone, it is still far behind the majestic "Sha Po Lang" sung by Su Zhi before.

There's nothing we can do about it. After all, Xu Kong is a professional songwriter. Putting aside other things, the soundtrack of Xu Kong's new drama is what Yiguo is least worried about.

Although she had the task of writing scripts, for the first time, she was still like an ordinary audience member and devoted herself to watching the drama.

This time, the premiere of "Mysterious Valley" released a total of three episodes.

Each episode was less than 40 minutes long, and it took Yigo almost an hour and a half to finally finish watching them all.

She opened the document on her computer and began typing:
“Pros: The beginning is fast-paced, the suspenseful atmosphere is well-created, and the camera scheduling is mature.”

“Disadvantages: There are too many plot holes, and there is a risk of a bad ending. The way of dealing with the scary face jumping is too old-fashioned. The acting skills of the actors are above the passing line, but not up to the level of excellence.”

What Yiguo wrote was not a detailed subsequent film review or copy, but a simple record of a first impression.

However, just from the first three episodes, we can still see some clues.

Strictly speaking, the whole drama is definitely not bad, whether it is the production level or the special effects of several big scenes, they are all quite good.

The plot is also quite acceptable, the suspense is sufficient, and the atmosphere of adventure is also well created.

However, the only thing that disappointed Yigo was that the first three episodes did not give her too amazing feeling.

It is far from the excitement I felt when I saw the trailer and the fantasy adventure theme.

If we only consider the first three episodes that have been aired, Yigo would probably only give it between 7 and 8 points.

It is an adequate or even good fantasy adventure drama, but it is certainly not as good as the marketing hype before the broadcast. It can even be said that it is still far from it.

Finally, it’s time for Xu Kong’s “The Legend of Sword and Fairy”!

Yiguo opened Penguin Video, and the homepage was the entrance to Xu Kong's new drama.

She was used to watching TV series by watching barrage comments, but when she was watching "Mystic Valley" just now, there were not many people because it had just been aired.

On the other hand, the situation on "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" seems to be much more lively.

"Ling'er is so beautiful!"

"It's so beautifully filmed. I declare that I will definitely continue watching this drama just for Youyou's looks!"

"It's nice and I love it."

When Yiguo saw these comments, he immediately had a bad feeling in his heart.

Because she has seen too many comments like this.

And almost all of them are fans of those popular stars in ancient costume dramas.

They don't care about the plot or the pictures at all, they are just focused on licking the faces of their brothers and sisters.

Although both are opening titles, I have to say that the experience of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" is much better for Yiguo.

On the one hand, the theme song of "SPL" has been released before. Besides being familiar, it is also really nice to listen to.

Apart from that, the various special effects in the opening credits are really well done. They don’t pursue gorgeousness or appear too fake, but are just right every time and bring quite a few surprises.

In addition, the decoration and appearance inside are really pleasing to the eye.

This is Xu Kong’s first costume drama since his debut. The image of a bohemian and somewhat slick swordsman directly hits Yiguo’s aesthetic taste.

The opening credits ended and the first episode began, with the words "Ten Years Ago" appearing on the screen.

It started with a scene featuring big special effects. While admiring the really good special effects, Yiguo was also watching the plot carefully.

Like the previous "Mysterious Valley", the first three episodes of "Chinese Paladin" were also released on the Penguin Video platform. It also took about an hour and a half to finish watching the first three episodes of "Chinese Paladin".

After watching "The Uncanny Valley", Yigo opened his document and listed the pros and cons of the show in just a few minutes.

But after watching The Legend of Sword and Fairy, she sat there for more than ten minutes but still couldn't type a single word.

She remembered her previous reply, that he was filming a fantasy drama, not a historical romance drama.

Does Xu Kong's "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" have any similarities with some previous ancient idol dramas?

Of course there is.

But after watching the first three episodes, she suddenly discovered that this drama was completely different from the ancient costume dramas she had in mind!
First of all, the biggest difference is the texture. Xu Kong hardly used the whitening and skin-smoothing filters used in ancient idol dramas. Most of the shots were almost straight shots except for lighting.

You can clearly see details such as the pores on the character's face.

In terms of realism, the improvement is huge.

The reason why they dared to shoot like that was because the actor's image was too solid. Xu Kong was indeed too handsome, and even with so many close-up shots of his face, it was still impossible to pick out any flaws.

She now realized that the comments she had seen before were not because fans only looked at faces, but because Xu Kong really made the heroine Zhao Linger, played by Song Youyou, look so beautiful.

Many times, she, as a woman, couldn't help but sigh, how could Xu Kong be so good at taking pictures?

What is certain is that thanks to the campus romance drama, Song Youyou earned the nickname of the nation's first love.

But in this drama, Song Youyou, played by Xu Kong, may very well become the most beautiful screen image in her acting career.

In addition, what makes Yiguo feel that this drama is most different from some previous ancient idol dramas is the plot.

The content of the first two episodes is almost entirely about the male and female protagonists Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Linger.

This pace is undoubtedly a bit slow.

But from another point of view, the content of two episodes is enough to complete the content that other ancient costume dramas can only film in dozens of episodes.

The process of the male and female protagonists meeting, knowing each other, and then falling in love.

There is none of the nagging feelings in previous ancient idol dramas where the man chases the woman, the woman chases the man, and the two of them are entangled with each other for dozens of episodes.

In this regard, this pace is not slow at all, it is obviously very fast.

But because Xu Kong filmed Zhao Linger so beautifully, and very efficiently used the first meeting on the island, the throbbing indoors, the stone blooming and other plots to make the process of the hero and heroine falling in love extremely convincing.

If you put yourself in the perspective of the protagonist Li Xiaoyao, you will definitely fall in love with the innocent, smart, kind and extremely beautiful Zhao Linger.

Finally, what surprised Yigo the most was the soundtrack of this drama.

Igor thinks it is a masterpiece.

Especially in the third episode, when the Drunken Swordsman who "rides the sword on the wind and eliminates demons between heaven and earth" appears, the majestic soundtrack makes it hard not to get excited.

There are almost no other unnecessary shots, and the entire character is completely established with just this one piece of music.

Xu Kong really showed his musical talent perfectly in this drama.

“Pros: Good special effects, amazing soundtrack, successful character development, and almost perfect plot rhythm”

"shortcoming:"

Yigo has written a lot of advantages alone.

But when it came to writing about the shortcomings, she really couldn't think of anything for a moment.

What worried her the most before was the plot, but judging from the first few episodes alone, the rhythm was so perfect, without any drag, and the setting and plot direction were also attractive enough.

In addition, there is the issue of the acting skills of the two young actors, Xu Kong and Song Youyou.

The characters and personalities of the two this time are completely different from those in the original "Want to See You".

Although his acting is not particularly amazing, he has almost perfectly integrated into the role and does not feel out of place at all.

Although the emotional ups and downs in Song Youyou's several crying scenes were not very big, they were very consistent with the character's personality. They were not too exaggerated, but just right.

“Will he really take the photo?”

Yiguo suddenly reacted.

At first, she didn't think that Xu Kong's so-called fairy tales were any different from most of the ancient idol dramas in the past.

But at this moment, she found that compared with those ancient idol dramas that were full of flaws, the performance of Xu Kong's "Legend of Sword and Fairy" in the first three episodes of its premiere could almost be described as perfect.

The only thing that made her a little worried.

It’s just that the process of the hero and heroine falling in love has been filmed so beautifully in the beginning, how will the plot unfold later on?

Unlike people like Yiguo who would make various professional analyses after watching a drama, the audience's reactions were more direct.

If it looks good, it looks good; if it doesn’t look good, it doesn’t look good.

After one night, the relevant data of "Mysterious Valley" and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" came out soon.

In terms of ratings, Mango TV's Mystic Valley is at 1.41, while Tomato TV's The Legend of Sword and Fairy is at 1.39.

Almost evenly matched.

Even on the two major platforms, Kiwi and Penguin Video, the number of views of the two dramas is similar.

Both sides successfully broke the 100 million mark, with "Legend of Sword and Fairy" having over 110 million views, surpassing the other side by several million.

Although the data is similar, the level of discussion on major online social platforms is completely different.

#Zhao Linger is so beautiful! #
#Drunken Swordsman#
#The Legend of Sword and Fairy Soundtrack#
Looking at the top hot search terms on Weibo, all of them are about "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

"what happened?"

“Can your operations staff do this?”

"Buy me a trending search now!"

Kiwi, Qin Xian was furious in the company's operations department.

Looks very angry.

In his opinion, the premiere data of the two dramas are so strong, but the promotion of his new drama can't keep up at all. Isn't this a drag?

"Boss Qin, we have already purchased it and have done all the promotion we can."

"that is."

The person in charge of operations has a lot of grievances in his heart.

They did buy a lot of hot searches for "Mysterious Valley" and also invested in a lot of marketing accounts for promotion.

But every time the related hot searches come up, they will be pushed down again in just a dozen minutes.

Experience tells him that it’s not that the other side has invested more in publicity and promotion.

It’s simply because the current popularity and discussion volume of Xu Kong’s "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" is really too high.

As a result, this trending search cannot be made even if you spend money.

(End of this chapter)