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Chapter 68 New Drama Preview

"Want to See You" is about to be aired. Due to various recent reasons, the show has become popular before it is aired, and the Internet is in a state of chaos.

"Looking forward to my brother's new drama, looking forward to Li Ziwei"

This kind of people are obviously fans of Xu Kong. They have been active in various related Weibo and comment sections almost since the filming of the drama started.

"The drama's soundtrack is really good, and Song Youyou is the female lead, which is also very exciting. It's just that Xu Kong is directing and acting himself, which makes people worry about the quality of the drama."

These are relatively rational ordinary netizens who are always waiting and watching Xu Kong's new drama.

"Xu Kong's play has already been booked as the best drama of the year. I feel like there is no one who can compete with it at the moment!"

This is obviously a trick to provoke conflict, of course, it's not very clever.

"No way, will anyone really watch the drama directed by Xu Kong?"

"Xu Kong is a newcomer who is both the lead actor and the director and screenwriter. Even though he is so popular now, he will definitely flop once the show airs!"

Those who have started to criticize these dramas before they even aired have more complicated opinions.

There are Xu Kong's staunch black fans who have almost never missed any opportunity to blacken him since Xu Kong's debut.

Of course, there are also some water armies bought by other companies in the circle.

In the past few months, Xu Kong has become very popular thanks to the popularity of "Singer".

It would be unacceptable if I didn't incur the envy of some of my colleagues.

Although Xu Kong checks Weibo every day and reads all kinds of comments, he himself is not greatly affected by them.

Various publicity and promotion activities before the broadcast of "Want to See You" are still proceeding in an orderly manner.

Xu Kong has to review almost all the related character posters, trailers, and promotional Weibo copy before allowing the operations department to send them out.

At this critical juncture, as long as the drama is launched and broadcast online normally and smoothly, it will be the best result.

The heat itself is high enough, and it is extremely taboo to create any unnecessary trouble.

"The preview of the new drama will be scheduled at 3pm the day before it airs. Here is the specific list."

Guo Zihao handed the paper document in his hand to Xu Kong.

“Will there be too many fans?”

Xu Kong couldn't help but mutter as he watched the preview session with 500 people.

"Isn't it always like this?"

Guo Zihao asked back.

In fact, there is no such thing as a roadshow for the broadcast of a TV series. After all, it is not a movie. Even the short and concise web dramas that have been popular in recent years cannot be watched in one go.

But this does not pose a problem for many film and television companies.

Since there won't be a roadshow, let's just hold a symbolic advance preview.

Unlike previews, which hope to win by word of mouth, more dramas using this method are those starring popular stars.

It's called a preview party, but most of the people present are loyal fans of the artists, so it's more like a fan meeting.

In addition, even some of the so-called film critics or media present had been paid in advance, and the information they released was basically to speak well of the production team.

"It's not that necessary. We're only doing this one show anyway, so we can invite more film and television self-media and film critics with more fans."

Xu Kong thought for a while, then spoke.

It’s not that he is conceited, but to be honest, although "Want to See You" is very popular, except for Xu Kong’s own fans, most ordinary passers-by netizens maintain a pessimistic attitude.

In other words, people didn't actually have high expectations for this top-tier actor's first drama, which he directed and acted in himself.

Only Xu Kong himself knows the quality of the finished drama. Compared with the fans who don't have much influence on the Internet, these online KOLs can make this preview more effective.

"I see."

Guo Zihao nodded and agreed.

There were originally 500 people at the preview event, but he and Song Youyou had more than 400 fans, which was over 80 percent.

Now according to Xu Kong's idea, the number of fans and audience has been reduced to about one hundred, and he will try to invite some media, film critics and internet celebrities to the rest. If there are not enough people, he will use some ordinary passers-by to make up for it.

As October begins and the National Day holiday approaches, major domestic video websites have released their lists of new dramas for the fourth quarter of this year.

This has become a traditional art in recent years.

Especially for the two major websites, Kiwi and Penguin Video, in order to attract viewers, they are competing in almost every aspect.

Strictly speaking, the released film lists are all considered key projects of the website. Most of them are copyrighted dramas that various companies have spent a lot of money on, or they are simply self-produced dramas that the companies have invested in and filmed.

But on Penguin Video, the first one is actually a small-scale drama such as "Want to See You".

The main thing is that this time's shared-revenue drama is very different from previous ones. Currently, most of the shared-revenue dramas on major websites are small productions worth a few million, and the actors are all unfamiliar faces.

For example, the cast of "Want to See You", just Xu Kong and Song Youyou, doesn't seem like the configuration of a shared-revenue drama.

Coupled with Xu Kong’s recent actions, "Want to See You" has attracted so much attention before it officially airs.

"Want to See You" was indeed added by Penguin Video on a whim.

"It's almost the end of the year, and everyone is starting to make efforts."

"During the National Day holiday, not only was competition fierce in the film market, but also in the TV drama market."

"For Kiwi, the most popular drama in October is actually Yan Ruyu. As a costume drama starring a female lead that they spent over 300 million to shoot, the cast is quite luxurious, and they also invited the film queen Wen Xiaoxin to join. Kiwi probably offered a terrifyingly high salary for her to lower her status from the film industry to act in a web drama."

"As for Goose, there are not many big productions in October, but the drama "Want to See You" starring Song Youyou, the nation's first love, and Xu Kong, the top star's screen debut, is still worth looking forward to. However, there are also many uncertainties about the quality of the drama, mainly because Xu Kong is not only the male lead, but also the screenwriter and director of this drama."

"In addition, Tudou Video is still following the route of niche boutique dramas. Although the cast of the drama "Zoo Murder Case" is not strong, it still has the potential to become a hit. However, judging from the promotional materials and trailers released so far, it is still quite attractive."

After Yiguo finished writing the copy recommending his new dramas in October, he reviewed it again. After confirming that there were no major problems, he sent it out as soon as possible.

Then, as usual, I started to read the private messages on various platforms.

As a film and television self-media with a total number of fans on the entire network of up to 50 million, Yiguo receives more than hundreds of business orders per month.

Although there are specialized MCN companies to help with review and screening, Yiguo will still go and check himself to see if there are any clients who have contacted him through private messages.

"Wait, this is the official blog of "Want to See You"?"

After looking for a while, she stopped when she saw a private message.

Then I clicked on the other person’s profile picture and took a look. It turned out to be a message from the official Weibo account of the drama “Want to See You”.

"A trial meeting?"

Yiguo frowned. Most of the time, she would not accept such business orders from film and television companies, mainly because she would not be able to guarantee that the content of her film reviews would be absolutely objective and fair.

"I'm sorry, I personally do not accept Party A changing the content of my personal film review"

After hesitating for a while, Yiguo sent it.

This was not the first time she had encountered this kind of preview meeting, but most of the film companies required her to sign a contract to speak well of them, and the copy even needed to be approved by the other party before it could be sent out.

However, not long after, the reply from the official Weibo of "Want to See You" made her stunned.

"We will not interfere with the content of your personal film review. This invitation is just a preview of the new drama, and there are no promotional requirements."

(End of this chapter)