Who said this top flow is crazy! This top flow is awesome!

Chapter 126: The King of Second Drama! The True S+ of Kuying Arrives! (Additional Update in February with 2k Monthly Tickets)

"This isn't right! This isn't right! How could this be Ikeno? Did he use AI to change his face?"

Acceptable.

The head of the film and television department, who had personally "promoted" six of Ikeno's films and all of them flopped, kept shaking his head and waving his hands, indicating that this was definitely not Ikeno.

——This is not the money-losing guy I know!
"Is there a possibility... that he is Gou Jian? This guy can hide his singing skills just to leave us Yue Na, so why wouldn't he hide his acting skills a bit?"

"Yeah, he acted so realistically before he left us. Doesn't that prove that he's a good actor?"

Other Yuena employees who were specifically "monitoring" the popularity of the launch of "Cycle" today began to analyze it, and the more they analyzed, the further they deviated from the truth.

The person in charge looked dazed.

Is that right?

It must be, and it’s also possible that it’s not!
Damn Ikeno, you deserve to die!
If you do this, it will make us look stupid, do you understand?

"Don't worry, it's only been one episode, and the views are only 7000. Why rush? If the show doesn't perform well, no matter how natural his acting is, we can still make him look bad."

Someone nearby comforted and gestured.

Kuying has the lowest traffic among the three major platforms. Although they specially reserved a large-screen recommendation for "Loop" today, there were also various shady tricks played by Chi Ye outside the venue.

But compared with the other three S+ with strong publicity and promotion expenses, or even its own "Waiting for the Monsoon to Blow" with 10000+ popularity, there is still a huge gap.

So, don’t be anxious, what’s the rush?
"That's right...we can't let this drama get out of hand..."

Otherwise I will lose my job!
The head of Yuena's film and television department was indeed a bit anxious. He turned around and prepared to discuss with another person in charge, while leaving an instruction: "Continue to monitor! Report on the popularity of "Loop" every hour!"

what?
More than the films "Dream of Xiyuan" and "Waiting for the Monsoon to Blow" that his company invested in?!

Everyone was confused.

……

"The lines are okay, but the rest... not much improvement."

Shi Jinwei didn't even finish watching the entire episode. She originally only wanted to watch one minute, but ended up watching for five minutes... and then turned off the video.

Her face was calm as she whispered to her assistant, who was still eager to get started, "Let's get to work. We have a Weibo sweeping announcement to make today."

"……it is good."

……

[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! This is so beautiful! I found a treasure!]

[Oh my god, this plot rhythm, the first great drama of 2025 has arrived! ]

[Hey, are you there? Why aren't you replying?]

I watched all four episodes of "Loop" in a row, and then I went crazy and sent messages to my bestie and various fan groups.

——Judging from the “feedback” received, almost all fans gave overwhelmingly positive reviews such as “Oh my god”, “My brother is so handsome”, “It’s not good enough”, “Kuying should release four more episodes, four episodes for each person”, etc.

Ahem… Of course, Global Warming itself knows that positive reviews from fans are basically equivalent to no reviews at all.

She is more concerned about the evaluation of "pure passers-by".

Coincidentally, her best friend is just a passerby who is not interested in Chi Ye at all... and likes Shi Dafu.

Therefore, she urgently needs feedback from her bestie!
"Ok?"

The other end.

My best friend was staring at the fourth episode of "Loop" which had just finished airing, and subconsciously clicked on the next episode, but the latest trailer of "Waiting for the Monsoon to Blow" popped up.

"unlucky!"

My bestie cursed and then complained: "No, why are there only four episodes? Isn't Kuying too stingy? Do we look down on them?"

As she said this, she gradually came back to her senses from watching the drama and saw the ten questions she had sent about global warming on her phone.

"Is it beautiful? It's beautiful!"

After four episodes, she has been completely drawn into the plot of "Loop", and now is the time when she is overwhelmed with desire to share.

Busy reply:
[Good news! I declare this the best drama of 2025 so far!]

[I was concentrating on watching the drama just now, so I didn’t reply to you. ]

[Any other recommendations for this type of unlimited flow? I can't find enough! ]

When I got the "reply" from my best friend on global warming, I felt relieved.

If just passers-by think it’s good, then it must be really good, right?
She was curious: [Have you finished watching Teacher Chi's Fan?]

【Hmm? No.】

Global Warming is displeased: [So you like Cycle so much, but you're not a fan of Mr. Chi? Are you just trying to be nice to me? You haven't even watched it!]

My bestie replied: [No, I’m a fan of Ran Qiao. Qiao Mei is absolutely amazing, her acting is amazing, I like her so much now…]

Global warming: "..."

Forget it, you short-sighted "thing"!
She had a friendly discussion with her best friend about who had better acting skills, Ikeno or Ran Qiao. Then, worried about the comments of "passersby", she ended the conversation and turned around to search for "Loop" on major platforms such as Weibo and Douyin.

Then I came to a very surprising conclusion - it seems, it seems... really... everyone likes it?
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!! Huye, if you're like this, I'll be your fan!"

"Huh, it's unexpectedly pretty."

"Hu Ye is really handsome."

"No, I'm just a casual person, just asking, is it really good or not? I'm really short on dramas lately, and the only one I can watch is 'Dream of Xiyuan'."

"It's really beautiful. Not gonna lie, I'm not a fan of anyone, but you can check out my homepage. It's really a bit of a surprise."

"Ran Qiao is so beautiful! Ikeno is so handsome!"

"It's amazing that this infinite flow can be filmed, and it can be filmed like this."

"When did Hu Ye's acting become so good?!"

Because of the reputation of "Huye", Yuena is actually a bit lax in terms of its reputation among the water army.

Logically speaking, they should have hired some internet trolls to criticize Chi Ye's acting skills and the reputation of "Cycle" when it was first aired, and ruined the reputation of "Cycle" first.

But because "as soon as Ikeno shows up, I will turn into Sweet Chocolate", the water army on Yuena's side was a step slower.

This resulted in "Cycle" receiving unanimous positive reviews as soon as it was aired.

Not long after, #IKENO真·Goujian# rose to the top of the hot search list.

Then, Yuena’s navy arrived late and began to attack “Cycle” on a large scale.

"It's ugly."

"This line and this acting are an insult to the audience's eyes!"

"Any drama that's obscure gets one star without any reason!"

As a result, these negative reviews were mixed in with the positive reviews from passers-by that had been given earlier, forming a strange landscape.

Ordinary passers-by actually don’t have that much energy and time to chase stars. When they come across a good drama, at most they will comment that it’s good, but they won’t argue.

But now everyone has just gotten into the drama and hasn't left yet, but Yuena's water army has come up and caused many passers-by to rebel instantly.

"No, just give a blind review? The quality is one star? What kind of high art film are you watching?"

"There's nothing wrong with Hu Ye's acting this time. It's not great, but compared to before, he's completely transformed."

"Why don't you just change your IP address and come back to smear us? Are the online trolls so unprofessional now?"

"Haha, I knew there would be haters. Huye is naturally prone to being hated." "Almost done, let's start the large-scale promotion."

In a certain restaurant.

Ikeno observed the online public opinion and the current popularity of "Loop", and exchanged a few words with Coco and Director Zhang.

——Publicity and promotion. In fact, there was very little publicity and promotion for "Loop" before, because it was only an A+ investment, and almost all the funds were used to improve the quality, so the publicity and promotion expenses were a bit stretched in comparison.

The current popularity is also thanks to the popularity of "Light Years Away" and Ikeno himself.

But this does not mean that "Loop" has no publicity.

Ikeno is a veteran in this field, and he has always believed in one principle, that is, good quality coupled with good publicity and promotion is the most scientific way to market a hit drama - money should be spent wisely.

If the quality is not up to standard, the audience is not blind, and no matter how much publicity and promotion is done, it will all be a complete loss and a mess.

For example, "Waiting for the Monsoon to Blow".

The current popularity of "Waiting for the Monsoon to Blow" on the site is 10030.

Kill him in seconds.

The publicity and promotion of "Loop" fermented in the first wave of passers-by's word of mouth, and it was fully rolled out on a large scale at the perfect time when the "Black Water Army" was "arrested on the spot".

On Weibo's hot searches, Ikeno's personal hot searches have gradually changed since the morning.

#《Cycle》Drug Test#
#《Cycle》Canon#
#Xiao Heyun Li Shiqing#
#《Cycle》reputation#
#Yuena's water army was arrested#
Various hot words about the plot of "Cycle" itself soared to the hot search list, and with the embarrassing incident of "Yuena's water army being arrested", the popularity quickly expanded.

In the first four episodes, "Loop" gave birth to three popular memes.

One is the "drug test gag" of the female director played by Ms. Fang Min, and the other is the "Canon gag", a lullaby death song of the bus explosion.

And finally, the "loop" that best fits the title of the show.

Whether a drama is popular or not does not depend on the fans’ hype, but on whether the audience likes it. If the audience likes a drama, then the drama will definitely have many hot memes.

——A hit drama must first have a hit meme, this is the consensus within and outside the industry.

Therefore, when the producers of "Loop" just added fuel to the fire, and then the three hot memes that quickly dominated the hot searches appeared, the popularity of "Loop" on the first day suddenly skyrocketed and began to soar!
From 7000 to 7500, from 7500 to 8000.

By noon the next day, when the fifth and sixth episodes of "Cycle" were aired, the popularity of the site soared from 7000 at the premiere to over 10000 in just one day!

A+ investment, breaking through 10,000 views on Kuying site in one day.

Penguin's S+ drama "Dream of Xiyuan" took three days to break this record.

Kiwi's S+ "Deep Sea" took two days.

The "drama king" "Waiting for the Monsoon to Blow" promoted by Kuying also took three days.

People inside and outside the circle were stunned when they saw the increase in popularity.

Kuying himself was also confused.

"No... who is S+ anyway?!"

Cool Shadow Headquarters.

The executive in charge of film source promotion looked at this data report and the real-time online monitoring of public opinion about "Loop"...

As the story fermented for a day, the number of hot searches for "Cycle" not only did not decrease, but increased instead.

Because "Loop" itself is a 15-episode "mini-series", after 6 episodes have been broadcast, according to the plot rhythm of "Loop", it has entered a small climax at this moment. The audience watched it to the end at a glance and was fascinated.

The hot searches for "Loop" have long expired. These hot searches were all the result of the fermentation of tap water and word-of-mouth public opinion.

"Mr. Li...um...do you think the schedule for 'Cycle' needs to be adjusted?"

The deputy paused, carefully sizing up his leader.

He knew that it was this leader who had strongly advocated for the project "Waiting for the Monsoon to Blow".

As a result... "Waiting for the Monsoon to Blow" has now become a complete money-loser. The only way it can maintain its current popularity is because they spend money on marketing in the hope of making the first half of the year's financial statements look good.

On the contrary, "Cycle", which no one had thought of before... seems to be showing signs of taking off.

like?

already!

The leader glanced at his deputy and asked, "Schedule? What schedule?"

"One episode a day, this show will be finished very quickly..."

"What do you mean one episode a day?"

Deputy: “Huh?”

The boss was displeased: "Isn't 'Cycle' four episodes a week? When did it become one episode a day? It can run for a month without any problem!"

Deputy: "...then let's change it to weekly broadcast."

"The drama calendar hasn't been sent yet, right?"

The leader reminded: "If it is sent... there will be a technical glitch."

"Don't worry, I only sent the first half, so you can adjust it."

The deputy hesitated again after finishing his words: "Um... do you think we need to invest marketing resources in "Loop"? If we do, it will be an A+... and there are only so many resources. We have to take them from "Waiting for the Monsoon to Blow" and even downgrade it... They will definitely have objections..."

The boss looked at him like he was an idiot: "What A+? S+! 'Loop' is our Cool Film's real S+ in the first half of this year, don't you know?"

The deputy was completely confused: "Ah..."

"They have objections? I have objections too! Ji Heming is a money-loser... just forget about Waiting for the Monsoon to Blow. If they have any objections, let them come to me."

The leader waved his hand, his heart filled with excitement that he could no longer contain.

There is hope, his performance stain is saved!
"Cycle", what a "Cycle"!
……

Kuying's readjustment of the rating of "Loop" had a great influence on the subsequent takeoff of "Loop".

Because the drama has been completed and even aired, the only thing left for the so-called S+ level resources is marketing.

But what "Cycle" lacks most is marketing funds.

So after Kuying shifted its "bet", the popularity of "Loop" has begun to rise visibly.

The originally unstable popularity of over 10,000 on the site quickly stabilized.

A large number of soft promotions for "Loop" began to appear on streaming media platforms such as Douyin, Bilibili, Weibo, and Xiaohongshu, and the official Douyin account gained 100 million followers overnight.

With its own quality, "Loop", which enjoys S+ publicity, has completely ignited this summer's summer movie season.

In less than one night, "Loop" easily surpassed the "king of dramas" "Waiting for the Monsoon to Blow" of Kuying, and its popularity reached 10100+, and it is still rising.

#"Cycle" became a hit as soon as it was aired# and topped the hot search list.

#Let’s enter the summer vacation of “Loop”# ranked second on the hot search list.

#Ikino's plastic surgery-like acting# ranked third on the hot search list.

#Ran Qiao has grown up# is the fourth most searched.

Yes, when "Loop" became a hit, Ikeno and Ran Qiao, two people who were almost at the "bottom" in the film and television industry before, finally made a name for themselves.

Especially Ikeno, from this moment on, he is no longer just a singer, he is also an actor.

Yue Na’s six consecutive saves were just his protective color!

(End of this chapter)