At 19:35 on the evening of January 17, the costume martial arts drama "The Sword of the Third Young Master" starring Guo Wei and Yang Yan was officially launched.

Xu Zhen deliberately gave himself an hour off to watch the quality of this drama.

He had read the script of "The Sword of the Third Young Master" and knew the general direction of the story.

The main line is the love story of the male protagonist Xie Xiaofeng and the female protagonist Murong Qiudi across family hatred, which is to put it bluntly, it is the template of Romeo and Juliet;

The double line is a love story between the male protagonist and the female number two who cross identities;

The double line is a love story between the second male and the heroine who cross identities......

As a fan of "The Sword of the Third Young Master", Xu Zhen said that he fell on the table.

I even wanted to throw the script on the ground and stomp on it.

Xu Zhen thought that he had been fully mentally prepared, however, when the TV series started, he was still stunned by the first scene of the opening.

- I saw that Xie Xiaofeng played by Guo Wei and Yan Shisan were facing each other on a Gobi Desert, and behind the two of them, there was a sand sculpture Buddha dozens of meters high.

Xu Zhen didn't swear.

No matter how confused he was, he didn't dare to be disrespectful to the Buddha.

- That's a real "sand sculpture", a statue made of sand, a sand sculpture of a big Buddha.

Xie Xiaofeng and Yan Shisan fought in front of the Buddha statue in the dark, and because the Buddha was made of sand, they were quickly shattered by the aftermath of the battle.

Seeing this scene, Xu Zhen only felt that his brain was buzzing.

"All appearances are vain. If you see things that are not like each other, then you see them as they are......"

I have to recite a passage of the Diamond Sutra to calm my mood at this time!

O sin!

Why do you have to use the sand sculpture of the Buddha to show the fierceness of the battle?

Isn't it beautiful for you to make a scene of falling flowers or flowers?

Incomprehensible!

It's a pity that there is no barrage on live TV, otherwise, Xu Zhen would have to follow netizens to complain about it.

The next plot is just like the script he saw, first explaining the grievances and hatreds between Xie Xiaofeng's Famous Sword Villa and the Murong family;

Then, two young people from a feuding family meet by accident and quickly fall in love.

In the original book, Xie Xiaofeng's old enemy, Yan Shisan, who was a kendo madman, was changed into a retainer of the Murong family, and he loved the heroine Murong Qiudi deeply, and was extremely hostile to Xie Xiaofeng......

Xu Zhen couldn't stand it anymore.

He picked up a copy of "Huanggang Secret Scroll" from the coffee table, and started to do the math problem with the background sound of the TV.

"Whew-whew-"

However, he had only done 5 multiple-choice questions when he heard a snoring sound next to him.

turned his head to look, but saw that Qiao Feng had fallen asleep on the sofa.

Xu Zhen: "......"

Forget it, put a blanket on him.

In the next hour, Xu Zhen looked at the TV from time to time while doing the questions.

The follow-up story...... How to say it, if you put aside your colored glasses about this show, the plot is not particularly bad.

The main story is indeed a bit old-fashioned, and it has little to do with the original book.

However, at least the image and acting skills of the characters in the play are very good, and the logic of the story is clear and clear.

Except for the rhythm is a little sluggish, it can barely be regarded as a TV series above the standard.

Soon, the two episodes ended, and Xu Zhen turned off the TV.

He silently compared "The Sword of the Third Young Master" and "The First Sword in the World" in his heart.

The conclusion is: there is no comparison.

"The First Sword in the World" won completely.

If the quality gap is so obvious, and the ratings still can't win, it can only show that Mango TV is a real cow.

……

Early the next morning, when Xu Zhen was watching entertainment news, he saw the ratings flash report of "The Sword of the Third Young Master" in a very eye-catching position:

The premiere broke two, and the first in the same segment!

The average rating is 2.32%.

It doesn't sound like much, but it's actually quite a good score.

If this data is placed last year, it can probably rank in the top ten of the year.

Xu Zhen is not surprised by this.

Although "The Sword of the Third Young Master" is not very good-looking, there are dramas that are worse than it.

For example, the ...... of "Mother's Heart is Like Iron"

How about the quality, you can't just look at yourself, you mainly have to rely on your peers.

Just when Xu Zhen calmly accepted the opponent's not bad start, the "Sword of the Third Young Master" team was very satisfied with this result.

Although online word-of-mouth is polarized, controversy means popularity.

It is precisely because this drama is the opening drama of Mango Satellite TV, and there are many people watching it, so a variety of different views will be born.

In the next two days, "The Sword of the Third Young Master" maintained the ratings of the first day, with a slight increase.

Then, it came to the industry's attention on January 20th:

The costume drama "The First Knife in the World" starring Yu Mei, Ren Pengfei, Zhong Tao and other popular first-line leaders is about to be broadcast.

That night, the main creative team, including Cai Shijian, Lin Huimei, etc., all didn't sleep all night.

Day 1 ratings matter!

The results of most TV dramas are directly proportional to the ratings on the first day, and those who open high and go low, as well as those who open low and go high, are a minority.

That night, even Xu Zhen, who has always had a regular schedule, deliberately went to bed two hours early, and then went to an alarm clock at three o'clock in the morning.

Well, staying up late is not good for your health, but you can get up early.

When the alarm clock rang the next morning, Xu Zhen went out of the bedroom door to take a look and found Qiao Feng squatting on the sofa with a blanket, a pair of bloodshot eyes staring at the boss.

Good guys, this is a night of sleep?

As soon as Qiao Feng saw Xu Zhen, he immediately showed a foolish smile.

"The flash report has been sent," he jumped off the couch around the blanket and exclaimed excitedly, "Blueberry TV has an average rating of 2.51%, and Storm TV has 1.19%!" ”

"Developed, developed!"

Xu Zhen was slightly stunned.

This is a ...... It's kind of amazing!

"The First Knife in the World" is a simulcast, not an exclusive broadcast.

And the two channels of the simulcast are basically inferior to Mango Satellite TV.

In the case of two diversions, the ratings of the main channel actually surpassed "The Sword of the Third Young Master", which is crushing!

Sure enough, the eyes of the people are bright!

Xu Zhen smiled.

Well, although he is not the leading actor of "The First Knife in the World", he still feels honored after all because of the good results of the TV series.

……

In the next few days, the ratings of "The First Knife in the World" continued to soar, leading the prime-time ratings of 20 satellite TV for a week.

Guo Wei looked at the second round of voting data for the "Best Newcomer Award", Xu Zhen, who had been cool, revived, went all the way up, and returned to the top of the list by pressing himself again, gritting his teeth with hatred.

Why!

"The First Knife in the World" is not because of Xu Zhen!

As of 14 episodes, Xu Zhen has only appeared for less than 20 minutes in total, and every time he comes over with a cold face and leaves, what's so difficult about this!

You voting guys, why can't you look at these two dramas rationally?!

Guo Wei was extremely unconvinced.

Because, judging from the current plot of "The First Knife in the World", the first actor is Ren Pengfei, and Xu Zhen is just a supporting role with few scenes.

But Guo Wei is the absolute male protagonist of "The Sword of the Third Young Master".

He believes that it is really biased to simply equate the wins and losses of these two dramas with the victory or defeat between him and Xu Zhen.

However, netizens don't care about that much.

In fact, because "The First Knife in the World" has not yet carried out the plot of the East China Sea, Xu Zhen has not yet attracted many fans through this drama.

The number of voters has increased dramatically, mainly because the show has revitalized his fan base, which has been somewhat dormant recently.

So, in essence, it is still the fans of Hua Wufeng who voted for him, not the fans of Donghai Yidao.

……

With the popularity of several TV series during the winter vacation, a few families are happy and a few are sad.

Especially Huaying Media, the production company of "The Sword of the Third Young Master", is even more sad

The investment in this drama is not much smaller than that of "The First Knife in the World", but they have already suffered a grievance when they sold it to Mango Satellite TV, but they didn't expect that the final ratings could not compete with others, which made the senior management of Huaying Media very dissatisfied.

Xu Wangda, the vice president in charge of the broadcast of film and television dramas, stretched out his hand and knocked on the table, with a sad face.

"The First Sword in the World" has too much impact on "The Sword of the Third Young Master".

In the same type, at the same time, the quality of the other party is better, and it is bound to divide a large number of viewers on their side.

Facts have proved that since the launch of "The First Sword in the World", the ratings of "The Sword of the Third Young Master" have fallen again and again, from the initial 2.23% all the way to below 2%.

It won't work like this!

Something has to be done to save the ratings of this show!

"Bell, bell!"

Just when Vice President Xu Wanda was trying to think about how to increase the popularity of "The Sword of the Third Young Master", he suddenly heard a knock on the door.

"Please come in!"

"Squeak-"

Xu Wanda looked up, but saw that the person who came was the director of the public relations department.

As soon as he saw this man, he felt a pain in his head:

The public relations department, the main job is to help artists wipe their butts when their brains are pumping, and they are generally called "toilet paper department" within the company.

Seeing that the director of the public relations department came to the door in person, it wouldn't be a popular artist who made a mistake, right?

After the director entered, he carefully closed the door of the office, and then walked to Xu Wangda's desk.

"Mr. Xu, take a look at this thing."

The director put a brown paper bag in his hand on the table and said, "I just bought the exclusive information, you can see if it is useful." ”

Xu Wanda opened the bag suspiciously and found that there were several developed photos inside.

He looked at the photos for a long time, and finally found a clue from one of them.

"Ah......h

He pointed to the man in the photo and said in amazement: "Ren Pengfei? ”

The director of the public relations department nodded and said, "He went on vacation to Husan Island last month, and he happened to be photographed. ”

"This should be considered a real love affair."

"An acquaintance of the paparazzi came to me directly, and I immediately bought the first-hand information."

Xu Wanda looked at the large number of photos spread out on the table and hesitated.

The love affair of the male protagonist of "The First Knife in the World" is real?

If I announce this, will it help people stir up the heat?

The director of the public relations department saw the doubts in his heart, so he stretched out his hand and pointed to the woman beside him who was tightly covered, and said, "Do you see this person?" It's Charlene Lynn. ”

Xu Wanda raised his head suddenly.

A-list singer Charlene Lin?

So, this is marital cheating?!