Chapter Twenty-Eight: The War of Curses

The ratings of 18 million have stunned countless people!

No one would believe that a few months ago it was just a small Chinese TV station, and the ratings never exceeded 1 million. Now because of a sitcom with a production cost of only $50,000 per episode, it has suddenly surpassed "Friends", which has continuously occupied the first place in the ratings!

What is Friends? It's been growing popularity for seven seasons in a row, and it's in its eighth season this year. Although "Friends" has exceeded 20 million viewers for three consecutive years, it was in the second half of the broadcast season.

You must know that in the first half of the broadcast season, nearly 100 new dramas are born every year, and even the popular "Friends" dare not say that it can break through 20 million ratings in the first half of the season in such a fierce battle.

However, "The Big Bang Theory" is very close to that number. The eighth episode can receive 18 million ratings, is it far from 20 million?

"It's crazy!" After Ange got the information, he called Link as soon as he could.

"Link, you know what, everything feels like it's so dreamy right now, as if it's not real. However, I had a dozen newspapers in front of me, and they were all headlines with that number, 18 million! It's hard to believe! ”

Link laughed stupidly: "Ange, everything is real, it's not a dream, everything is real!" ”

Link's words seemed to be not just to Ange, but also to himself, and he couldn't even believe it now.

It's crazy!

Ange also laughed: "That's right, it's all true. Thanks to you, now that the traffic of the 'North American Education Network' has surged more than ten times, the Ministry of Education is ready to reward me, and I really want to thank you in person. ”

"That's great, I should congratulate you."

Link didn't take each other's words seriously either, and the relationship between the two was nothing more than cooperation. Link's 'Fahrenheit Media' helped her produce "The Big Bang Theory" for free, and correspondingly, the surge in wanderings of the North American education network drove "The Big Bang Theory" into its first outbreak period.

It is with this interaction that Link was able to come up with the promotion method of 'offline viral transmission' in the Halloween 'special'. If it weren't for the first outbreak period before, no matter how much he promoted it, it would be difficult to produce such a sensational effect as it is now.

And the novel promotion method of 'offline virus transmission' has also been excavated by the crazy media.

In the past few days, countless people have begun to follow the traces of the sudden popularity of "The Big Bang Theory", especially those major TV stations that were shocked, and they are even more crazy to know the 'truth'.

Where there is demand, there is a market! This statement is always true!

The most attentive are always "American Television News", because they have tasted the sweetness of chasing "The Big Bang Theory", and they have begun to work overtime to find all kinds of clues in the past few days.

Finally, a tabloid article caught their attention. The article was published on November 1st, so it's easy to find.

When this report was placed on the desk of Doyle King, the new editor-in-chief of American Television, Doyle couldn't help but be amazed!

"Last night's Halloween parade, more than four million people took to the streets dressed in the Big Bang Theory Halloween special, and countless people were entertained by the novelty......

Without any hesitation, Doyle directly dialed the phone number of the president's office, without any idea of preparing to greet the other party, and said: "Mr. President, if you want the American Television News to enter the ranks of first-class print media, you will immediately acquire a company called 'Legend Newspaper'. ”

While everyone was still frantically pursuing, "American Television News" has published a full-page report with the title: "The Big Bang Theory of Life Ratings Legend Doxxes!" ”

Such an eye-catching report instantly caused the sales of American Television to skyrocket, and the first edition was sold out within an hour of being released.

This not only caused a sensation in the print media industry in the United States, but also made the top management of "American Television" extremely excited, as if they saw a good hope.

While recruiting Doyle King as a partner, he urgently called the printing company, and only one sentence was shouted: "Plus, give me a damn plus!" ”

Doyle King had just been recruited as a partner in the company, and the excitement had not yet dissipated, and he was immediately flooded with calls from sales departments across the country.

He didn't care about the excitement and threw himself directly into the high-intensity work.

Especially the people on the phone, all of them looked angry, which made him feel a little angry in his heart.

Almost everyone who called, with a roar: "Damn, why hasn't the reprinted newspaper arrived yet?" Doyle, you idiot, don't you know that this is a great opportunity for our company? I will complain to you Mr. President. ”

Doyle couldn't get angry in the face of these phone calls, so he could only talk to the amicable explanation, and then follow the next explanation.

At the same time as the "American Television News" was frantically increasing, the top management of major television stations also put the same newspaper in front of them.

The most annoyed must be NBC TV, which was obviously a RI on the air of "Friends" on Thursday, but in order to worry about the ratings, he directly decided to stop broadcasting for a ri, and finally let the Link guy pick up a big bargain.

Not only NBC, but also the major newspaper giants are frantically urging their own newsrooms, just because "American Television News" is selling like crazy, and at the same time, they are also lashing out at the media that have bombarded Link.

And between the lines, the taste revealed, anyone who reads it makes people feel that those who criticize Link are idiots and mentally retarded.

I have to say that Doyle King is very good at seizing the opportunity, and while 'doxxing' the "Big Bang Theory", he does not forget to hit the competition.

After a gorgeous report, he said directly in sharp words: "Link can be said to be the ultimate master of promotion, and it only took $3 million to achieve ratings that $30 million can't bring." Those media who criticized Link were completely because their brains were not fully developed, and they only saw that Link had gained 4 million ratings with $3 million, and they began to 'wantonly slander' without brains. This practice is completely detrimental to the dignity of the media industry, and this kind of reporting is a shame for the entire media community! ”

This kind of remark of "American Television News" immediately attracted a strong counterattack from the major newspaper giants, and one after another dazzling reports came out one after another.

The endless variety of analyses and criticisms directly evolved into a scolding war in the end!

They scolded fiercely, readers also read it coolly, and the sales of the newspaper continued to increase, which was simply a great joy.

And the happiest, of course, is "American Television". Their sales have increased by more than 20% from less than 5 million copies previously.

The United States is the most developed country in the newspaper industry, and the sales of each leading newspaper are more than 10 million copies, and the second place is RIBEN.

And the well-known media personality 'Heimer' was not idle, and also published his own column.

"A 21-year-old who has already sparked two media wars, one because of 911 and this time because of one of his sitcoms. I have to say that Link's approach on Halloween can be said to be a stroke of genius, and with such a wonderful idea, I'm afraid it's hard to find a second person. ”

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