I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

"Yes, both Hunan TV and Blueberry TV have contacted us," Xing Aina said happily.

Those TV stations that previously ignored "My Love from the Star" instantly regretted it after seeing its success on Youku.

Therefore, these TV stations contacted Cheng Sheng's studio in no time.

"What about the price? Is it the same as before?"

"Hunan TV offers the highest prices, averaging one million per episode."

one million!

That is, $150,000.

Cheng Sheng was not too satisfied with the price.

It's worth noting that the South Korean drama "Descendants of the Sun" was exported to China for $23 per episode.

They'd rather pay high prices to South Korea than put immense pressure on their domestic film and television companies.

These TV stations are really blind.

No wonder the TV dramas produced by domestic film and television studios are so bad and can't sell for high prices. Who the hell would genuinely produce high-quality TV dramas?

Cheng Sheng initially wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he agreed. However, he did have one request.

"Go back and talk to Hunan TV. The TV premiere and the online platform will be broadcast simultaneously. If they agree, we'll sign a contract."

“Okay.” Xing Aina nodded. It’s good that traditional TV stations and online platforms can make money together.

"Which platform will we sell the online premiere rights to?" Xing Aina asked.

"Don't rush, wait until we've finalized the deal with Hunan TV before we talk to those online platforms."

"Ah."

Xing Aina returned with her mission, while Cheng Sheng continued filming on set as usual.

With the popularity of "My Love from the Star" on Youku, the drama and its actors have become increasingly popular.

The show has generated an astonishing amount of discussion.

People in the film and television industry were secretly amazed when they saw this.

Jing Tian is now too afraid to go out; those fans are just too crazy.

She can't stay home, because as the female lead, she also needs to promote the show.

Appearing on TV shows, variety shows, and so on.

After each recording of a program, she and Huang Xiaoming would be surrounded by a huge crowd.

Fortunately, the two of them became shrewd and slipped away through the back door under the protection of bodyguards after the show.

This also meant that reporters and fans who wanted to ambush them always ended up empty-handed.

High fame means high income.

With Huang Xiaoming becoming so popular, Kyoto Century Company, the company behind him, immediately took action.

They spent five million on public relations.

Don't be fooled by the high public relations fee of five million. As "My Love from the Star" becomes more and more popular, that five million can be easily earned back with the premium of a few endorsements. You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub.

The popularity of the TV series "My Love from the Star" has also boosted the business of a fried chicken restaurant.

Fried chicken and beer.

The most popular word on the internet right now.

The line from the drama "My Love from the Star," which aired that day, featuring the female lead's favorite food of fried chicken and beer during the first snowfall, "It's snowing, how can we not have fried chicken and beer?", went viral online.

Blogs and text messages are filled with netizens' selfies of the first snow scene, and the most popular sentence is "First snow, have you had fried chicken and beer yet!"
Even celebrities are clamoring for "fried chicken" and "beer".

Gao Yuanyuan even wrote on her blog, "I want fried chicken and beer on a snowy day," which made fans sigh that even the goddess doesn't care about her figure and wants to gain weight.

Celebrity imitations have inspired fans, who in turn have followed suit, fueling the surge in fried chicken sales. Now, many fried chicken restaurants across the country are packed with customers.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, but Kyoto was hit by a heavy snowfall.

A reporter took a picture of the snow scene in front of the fried chicken shop and then published it on his blog.

Unexpectedly, it became a trending topic the very next day.

[Fried chicken and beer go perfectly together on a snowy day; "My Love from the Star" is rapidly influencing the lifestyle of people across the country!]

Then comes the accompanying image.

Even with heavy snowfall, long queues still formed outside the fried chicken shop, as if the heavy snow couldn't dampen people's enthusiasm for buying fried chicken.

Even Hunan TV's evening news program has started reporting on this news, which shows how popular fried chicken and beer are.

The fried chicken restaurant where "My Love from the Star" was filmed is especially popular, with a long queue every day.

Reporters even photographed many celebrities queuing up here to buy fried chicken and beer.

For example, Fan Shuangbing, after being photographed by reporters, generously accepted an interview and even allowed reporters to take some beautiful photos of her eating fried chicken for publicity.

When Fan Shuangbing posted photos of herself eating fried chicken and drinking beer on her blog, she immediately received a large number of likes from fans.

Fan Shuangbing wasn't the first; there was also Li Shuangbing. Seeing that Fan Shuangbing was using fried chicken and beer to promote herself, she naturally didn't miss the opportunity either.

It was also in broad daylight that I was standing in line and was then discovered and interviewed by reporters.

Afterwards, Li Shuangbing also posted photos of himself eating fried chicken and beer on his blog, which attracted a large number of likes from his fans.

The two female celebrities' approachable behavior attracted a lot of attention and gained them millions of new fans.

Other celebrities followed suit.

It must be said that these actions by celebrities have indeed generated a wave of publicity for themselves and gained them countless fans.

The popularity of "My Love from the Star" also skyrocketed, directly breaking into the mainstream.

Overnight, many small shops selling fried chicken and beer opened up. When you walk in, you can hear the theme song of "My Love from the Star" and the walls are covered with posters of "My Love from the Star".

With its signature "fried chicken and beer" combination, "My Love from the Star" garnered a billion views on Youku.

Because most viewers of "My Love from the Star" are young people, the level of discussion online is alarmingly high.

If you log into any major website, you can always find people discussing this show on the homepage.

Every day, "My Love from the Star" occupies half of the top ten trending topics.

A hugely popular drama.

A phenomenal TV series.

This is probably the first hit drama to air since "My Fair Princess".

"My Fair Princess" revolutionized the aesthetics of the era with its phenomenal 62.8% viewership rating. Xiao Yanzi broke the traditional female lead framework with her wild and genuine personality, creating a star-making movement that was a nationwide frenzy.

When the melody of "Dang" plays, people will still remember that girl who ran rampant in the Forbidden City, and the youthful memories ignited by her.

"When the mountains lose their edges, when the rivers cease to flow..."

No need to see the visuals; this lyric alone is enough to transport countless people back to the summer of 1998.

That year, a lively little swallow flew into the Forbidden City and into the television sets of thousands of households.

"My Fair Princess" swept across Asia with an almost "overbearing" attitude.

Its peak viewership rating of 62.8% remains an unparalleled legend in the history of Chinese television dramas.

It was not just a TV series, but also a massive "national star-making" campaign that completely overturned the public's aesthetic imagination of "female lead" at the time.

This phenomenal drama was incredibly wild, launching the careers of a new generation and changing an era. (End of Chapter)