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Chapter 200: The Long Season begins

It is the end of October, which should be the time when various small film and television companies are competing with each other.

This year it seems a bit too lively.

The suspense dramas on the three major platforms are almost all broadcast at the same time.

Although it is not a particularly large production.

But for big capital companies like Kiwi and Tudou Video, the investment will not be too low.

What's more, the Mystery Theater and the Maze Theater are both big projects on two platforms.

Therefore, the investment cost of their new dramas is maintained at more than 100 million.

The broadcast was specifically chosen at this time point, as if it was specifically designed to encircle and suppress Penguin Video's new suspense theater project.

Of course, Penguin Video was not affected too much.

The ones who are really suffering are a number of small film and television companies.

Their drama has an investment of 20 to 30 million, which is already very high.

Even the investment cost of some dramas is less than 10 million.

Now all the suspense dramas on the three major platforms are broadcast at this time, and the ones most affected are probably these low-cost web dramas.

Some of them even adopt the profit-sharing model, but if there are few audiences, they will lose all their money.

Moreover, the company is too small and has no so-called voice at all.

Coordinate with the platform to adjust the broadcast schedule?
It doesn't exist, you can only endure it.

In the last three days of October, the latest suspenseful mystery drama on Tudou Video’s Mystery Theater was officially aired.

Three days earlier than Xu Kong's "The Long Season".

After all, it is relatively rare for someone to choose to broadcast on the same day as their competitors, as Qin Xian did.

Yiguo watched the first three episodes as soon as they were released.

The entire series of "The Far Mountain Murder Case" is about twenty episodes long.

This length of the series is neither too long nor too short among the current suspense-type dramas.

"It feels good. It starts with a serial murder case. Although there are many clues, it doesn't seem messy, and all the suspense is left."

"I've finished watching three episodes. It's worthy of being Tudou's mystery drama. The details and the rhythm of the plot are so comfortable."

"The case itself is interesting enough, which is the basis for people to watch suspense dramas. As for the specific quality, we still can't easily draw conclusions before the finale comes out."

This new drama on Tudou Video has a pretty good reputation.

The opening score on Douban also directly received a score of 8.1. Considering the suspense drama genre, it is considered to be a work of very good quality and worth watching.

Of course, Yigo was not too surprised by the performance of this drama.

The main reason is that with the endorsement of the original work, plus the many years of accumulation of Tudou's mystery theater, it is indeed difficult for a major failure to occur.

Tudou was the first platform to get involved in suspense-themed online dramas, and it can even be said to be the earliest major investor.

It can be said that the foundation is not comparable to that of Kiwi and Penguin Video, which is just starting to try.

There was no other way. At that time, almost all the domestic directors who were good at this type of subject matter, including actors who matched the image, and most importantly, screenwriters, were signed by Tudou Video.

Although some people were poached by Kiwi later, they were still unable to shake the other party's base.

The most important thing is that Tudou had the foresight to buy up all the mystery and suspense novels that were suitable for film and television adaptation at the time.

Moreover, the copyright fees paid are still at a relatively low level.

Under today's market conditions, it is said to be an unimaginably low price.

This is the key to maintaining the high reputation of their mystery theater and producing hit suspense dramas from time to time.

However, it can be seen that after all, there are too many dramas in the mystery theater, and it is inevitable that some of the styles are relatively homogeneous.

For example, in this time's "The Far Mountain Murder Case", it can be clearly seen that the style is very similar to another drama that the director made a big hit in the mystery theater.

“I hope Xu Kong’s new drama can bring some surprises.”

As someone who has read the original novel, Yiguo already knows the plot of this Tudou drama.

For a mystery suspense drama, this is equivalent to losing the greatest pleasure of following the drama.

So although her own evaluation of the show was good, it did lack the necessary passion.

Soon, it was the last day of October and the Kiwi drama was also broadcast.

Originally, this drama was scheduled to be broadcast at the beginning of next year or the end of this year.

At least that was the information Yigo had received before.

It is very likely because of Xu Kong's "The Long Season" that Kiwi directly moved up the release date.

“This visual design is a bit scary!”

What Yiguo didn't expect was that compared to the already fast-paced "The Far Hills Murder Case", Kiwi's "The Evil Spirit" had an even faster pace.

Moreover, compared with the traditional mystery and detective suspense dramas, Kiwi's new drama, with its curious and weird style, surprised her even more.

The most surprising thing was that she had originally expected that this drama would most likely rely on uninspired faces and music to scare people, but that was not the case at all.

More importantly, the characters' weird behaviors, various creepy rituals and unique camera language create a rather strange feeling. Even the scale of the whole drama is quite scary.

Although the elements of reasoning and suspense are a little weak, it hardly affects her viewing experience of the whole drama.

The only thing that might be a little distracting might be the acting of a few of the young actors in the show.

It can be seen that they have tried very hard, and the director is also deliberately avoiding weaknesses in this area.

But it still became the biggest complaint.

Especially the characters with overly delicate makeup, which gives people a feeling of being spoiled by a bad apple.

"Fuck, I was really scared. Although I know that the murderer is likely to be a human, the style of the painting is just too scary."

“It far exceeded expectations, the pace was so fast that I couldn’t react, and the art style was the biggest attraction.”

"Kiwi's Mystery Theater made the right choice to differentiate its style. If it had followed the traditional suspense and mystery drama model, it would definitely not be able to beat Tudou. However, this curious style actually aroused people's interest."

Yiguo himself did not expect that the first two of the three suspense dramas in November would perform unexpectedly well.

In terms of ratings, "The Far Hills Murder Case" scored 8.1, and "The Evil Dead", which was not favored by many people, actually scored 7.9 after the score was released.

According to statistics, the first-day playback volume of "The Far Mountain Murder Case" successfully exceeded 60 million, which is a very good performance even compared with the previous works of Tudou Video's own mystery theater.

Kiwi's "Evil Dead" received more than 8000 million first-day views on the first day.

And after it was broadcast, it has been highly discussed on major social networking sites due to its weird style and plot.

Although Yigo is still very much looking forward to Xu Kong's performance in "The Long Season", she has to admit that she feels it will be difficult to achieve the same crushing victory as in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" this time.

Finally, in November, the day after "The Evil Dead" was aired, the first drama of Penguin Video's suspense theater, "The Long Season", finally premiered.

Yiguo naturally opened Penguin Video as soon as possible.

The most eye-catching place on the homepage is the poster and promotional page of "The Long Season".

Although he had seen the trailer before, when he actually saw the feature film, Yigo was still a little surprised by the style of the show.

Because whether it is the previous two dramas or some previous suspense dramas, most of them have gloomy or dark tones as the main theme.

This helps to create the tense and oppressive atmosphere of a suspense drama.

But Xu Kong's "The Long Season" is completely different. It starts with a sunny environment, and the overall style can even be said to be somewhat warm.

However, although Yiguo felt strange, he still watched the plot patiently.

The story begins with Wang Xiang, who used to be a train driver and now works as a taxi driver.

As for the actor who played Wang Xiang, Yiguo recognized him almost immediately as the movie emperor Guan Hua.

I have to say that although there is no plot that really tests the acting skills, Guan Hua's performance can give people a sense of comfort and fits the role very well, and it doesn't make people feel out of place at all.

In addition to Guan Hua, another film emperor, Chen Shuang, who played Gong Biao, also appeared soon.

"It's actually Chen Shuang."

Yiguo was quite surprised, mainly because Gong Biao, played by Chen Shuang in the play, looked exactly like a fat, middle-aged greasy man.

There is a huge gap between this and his usual image of a literary young man.

Usually people praise actors for their disfiguring acting skills, but when it comes to Chen Shuang, it seems like he really is disfiguring.

The story revolves around Gong Biao who wanted to buy a car and start his own business, but accidentally bought a water-damaged car.

That’s not all, the car he just bought was also confiscated because of the license plate being copied.

Yiguo watched the film with great interest, mainly because of the various gags and descriptions of daily life in Northeast China. Under the performances of the two movie emperors, although they were just trivial things, they did not make her feel too bored at all.

It can be said that although the narrative rhythm is slow, it gives people a very comfortable feeling.

As the investigation progressed, Wang Xiang chased the cloned car into the cornfield, and the camera turned and time went back to twenty years ago.

“Is it a dual narrative?”

Yiguo whispered to himself.

At that time, Wang Xiang was an excellent train driver. He had a son and a wife at home. In Wang Xiang's eyes, his son Wang Yang was idle all day long and did not work properly.

Wang Xiang’s son was played by director Xu Kong himself.

But there are only a few pitiful shots.

But even if we go back to twenty years ago, the whole drama is still filming various little things in life.

It wasn't until the dismemberment case occurred in the factory that Yiguo finally remembered.

No, isn’t this “The Long Season” a suspense drama?
Not only is the first episode over an hour long, but the pace is also way too slow!

The style is completely different from most of the previous suspense dramas.

An episode of more than an hour in length would probably be as long as two or three episodes in other dramas.

Like the movie "The Far Mountain Murder Case" next door, there are several victims at this time.

The pace is not slow, it's too slow!
It is too unfriendly to ordinary audiences, especially suspense lovers.

Is this "The Long Season" really a suspense drama?

(End of this chapter)