On May 5, "Latent" premiered simultaneously on Beijing Satellite TV, Dragon TV, Zhejiang Satellite TV, and Liao Provincial Satellite TV.

Chinese audiences have always been more interested in criminal investigation, case solving, and suspense TV dramas, and since the country began to restrict the broadcast of criminal investigation dramas, the producers have found another way, and some of them began to move the background of criminal investigation suspense to ancient times, so costume crime-solving dramas such as "Detective Di Renjie" were born.

Another part of the people moved the story background to the Republic of China and fused it with spy war dramas, so the number of spy war dramas began to increase rapidly after restricting criminal investigation.

In other words, spy war dramas like "Latent" are relatively marketable in China.

Coupled with the appeal of the four words "screenwriter Li Mu", "Latent" attracted great attention as soon as it was launched.

Many viewers who were disappointed with the new "Three Kingdoms" also turned their heads to watch "Latent".

At the same time, countless people in the entertainment industry are also paying attention to this "Latent".

For example, director Zhang Yimou.

Director Zhang, whether he is working or living, belongs to the type full of energy, otherwise he would not be fined by the state.

But now Director Zhang is very confused.

Last year, Li Mu released four movies, and four of them entered the top 100 in global film history, among which "Gravity" caused a sensation all over the world.

That's too energetic, isn't it?

And even if he has this energy, wouldn't it be good for him to make the next movie well and get a box office of hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars?

Compared with the global box office of hundreds of millions of dollars, how much money do you make writing dozens of TV drama scripts?

Can't figure it out!

But it was precisely because he couldn't figure it out that Director Zhang was more interested in this "Latent".

For example, some people in the circle have been looking forward to Li Mu's heel for a long time, many of them have been looking forward to it since 05 and 06, but they are looking forward to it, and the box office of Li Mu's single movie has skyrocketed from 200 million US dollars to 1.7 billion US dollars.

Movies and TV series are completely two systems, you Li Mu can eat well in the film industry, but not necessarily in the TV drama industry!

In addition, some actors from the crew of "Celebrating More Than Years" and "Mythology" are also paying close attention to the market performance of "Latent".

For example, Song Yi and Li Chun, who played the roles in "Celebrating More Than Years", or Tong Liya, Bai Bing, Jinsha and others in the crew of "Myth".

Of course, these people are most looking forward to the popularity of "Latent".

Because it is also a screenwriter work of Li Mu, if "Latent" can become a hit, then it often means that they themselves will most likely become popular when they appear in the TV series.

Of course, the new "Three Kingdoms" director Gao Xixi is of course also paying attention to "Latent".

"Latent" was originally officially announced to premiere in June, but after the new "Three Kingdoms" was released and the ratings fell short of expectations, "Latent" immediately moved the schedule to May 5, which inevitably made the tall director's face not look good.

Therefore, Gao Dao must be looking forward to the ratings of "Latent" hitting the street.

It is also in this atmosphere that almost the whole network pays attention to that the TV series "Latent" officially premiered.

The next day, Beijing Satellite TV officially announced the premiere data of "Latent", with an audience rating of 9.19%.

As soon as the data came out, it immediately attracted the attention of countless netizens.

"'Latent' is super good, but is this rating a little too high? I have the impression that CCTV does not have such high ratings, and the local station is better than CCTV? ”

"This rating is not a system with CCTV, with 2010 as the dividing line, the previous announcements are all "national network" ratings, and most of the subsequent announcements use "city network" ratings. ”

"For example, the 9.19% rating of Beijing Satellite TV is actually the proportion of people watching "Latent" in Beijing, which is currently counting more than 20 cities, "Latent" has such high ratings in the Beijing area, and there may not be one in more than 20 other cities, and if the national network ratings are still counted, it will definitely not be so high."

"I was scared to death, I thought "Latent" was on fire."

"Latent is a fire! What was the most popular TV series some time ago? Haiqing's "The Beautiful Times of the Daughter-in-law", the ratings in the Beijing area are 9.13%, and "Latent" at least surpasses the popular "The Beautiful Times of the Daughter-in-law" in the Beijing area, which is already very good, right?! ”

Soon CCTV released the ratings data of Suofurui 23 cities, and the four satellite TV stations that broadcast "Latent" all entered the top five, among which the ratings of Beijing Satellite TV firmly occupied the first place in the country in the same period, and among the satellite TV that broadcast "Three Kingdoms", only Su Provincial Satellite TV entered the top five, or ranked third.

The ratings of "Latent" with an investment of 20 million are far better than those of "Three Kingdoms" with an investment of 155 million? Countless insiders who care about the ratings of "Latent" feel incredible.

And this is only the data of the first day, although the first two episodes of "Latent" are also very exciting, but the real essence of this show, the plot and lines that are really talked about by countless netizens, are mostly concentrated in the back.

The next day, the four satellite TVs jointly broadcast the third and fourth episodes.

And with the appearance of the heroine Cui Ping, the ratings of "Latent" soon ushered in a new height.

10.25！

On the second day alone, the ratings of "Latent" in the Beijing area broke through the 10% mark, and Cui Ping, who dared to ask for the steering wheel for the first time in the car, instantly captured the hearts of countless viewers across the country.

Day 3.

Day 4.

Day 5.

……

With the continuous deepening of the plot, "Latent" has undoubtedly become a phenomenal hit drama.

And along with the TV series, which is popular all over the country, there are also endless classic lines in the play.

"Time is like a wild donkey, it doesn't stop running."

"I wanted to show my face, but I ended up exposing my ass."

"Emei Peak, also TM solo photo, quite romantic."

"Cui Ping, this stupid woman who looks like her, will be G's spy?"

"If you can't kill me with one shot, then when I wake up, we can continue to do business, as long as your price is fair."

"Now there are two gold bars here, and you tell me which one is noble and which one is filthy."

Among them, the most talked about are the Stippunk theory and the law of the Golden Buddha of the Jade Throne.

"Stationmaster Wu: It's full of two big truckloads of stolen goods, haven't you visited it carefully? It will be shipped to the south tomorrow, which is a pity. ”

"Yu Zecheng: I have visited, it can be said to be magnificent - one of the jade golden Buddhas, more than a foot high, I heard that it is the treasure of Liu Yu's town house in the Eastern Jin Dynasty."

"Stationmaster Wu: Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"Yu Zecheng: I have already pulled it out, it is not registered, and when I passed by your house later, I handed it over to my sister-in-law with my own hands."

……

Throughout the month of May, it seemed like there was talk of "Latent" everywhere.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that Li Mu could still write a spy war drama!"

"Did you find out? The most awesome thing about this drama is that every character is extremely impressive, especially Xie Ruolin, who speaks really TM and is philosophical! ”

"The stationmaster's performance is really good, and he is worthy of the old drama bones."

"The contrast between the poems written in the city in late autumn and after finding the organization is not too strong, interesting."

"Zuo Lan died and cried, and Sun Honglei's acting skills have improved again."

"The pinnacle of spy warfare!"

"Douban score 9.5, awesome!"

At the same time that "Latent" was popular all over the country, the comedy film "People in Thailand", written by Li Mu, directed by Shen Junsheng, and starring Shen Teng, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang, was officially completed after 49 days of shooting.