This Star Wants To Retire

Ding Xiaoyu and Chen Ru quickly finished watching the first episode.

Chen Ru has never read her daughter's scripts, because Ding Xiaoyu's scripts are full of notes and annotations, and they will be stacked in the order he likes. Chen Ru will not disturb and read them, so as not to cause trouble to her daughter.

Therefore, Ding Xiaoyu knows the follow-up plot. She is just watching the finished film, looking at the special effects, watching the editing, and feeling the overall fluency.

Chen Ru couldn't say it was an exaggeration to say that he was infatuated with it, but he also watched it completely, and had the urge to watch the next episode immediately.

In the first episode of "Fairy Sword", many foreshadowings and suspense were laid.

It even hinted at the identity of the Lord of Worshiping the Moon as a "scientist" in the world of Xianxia...

These suspense are more appetizing, making people eager to know the answer to the mystery.

"Is it really Li Xiaoyao who went to rescue the childhood Zhao Ling'er?"

"Zhao Linger recognized him immediately, but he doesn't remember Linger."

"My daughter's ancient costume looks so amazing this time, and her expression is also very agile." Chen Ru's thoughts became more and more jumpy.

Her intuition told her that just with the ancient costume and the character design of Zhao Linger, even if the follow-up plot of this drama is so hip, relying on the character design and appearance can make Xiao Yu crazy fans!

"That is to say..."Sword of Heaven" can actually be a bargaining chip for me to negotiate with other teams?" Chen Ru had this idea in her mind that made her a little unbelievable.

Ding Xiaoyu is so youthful and cute, Chen Ru is naturally at least a pretty mature woman.

At this time, her heart beat slightly faster, and her cheeks became a little rosy.

At this moment, she realized that the problem that she had felt extremely difficult recently might be solved easily.

"It's just that how big this bargaining chip is is not yet known." She thought.

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[Octopus TV], one of the local satellite TV stations of Bluestar Huaxia.

Because the station logo looks like an octopus' tentacles, netizens named it "Octopus Terrace".

In addition to CCTV, the most popular TV stations in China are the three well-known TV stations, and [Octopus TV] is a local TV station belonging to the second echelon.

Director Xu Guan is an ambitious person, and he only wants to make Octopus Station bigger and stronger, and rank among the first echelon.

But in fact, large-scale production teams generally only talk to the three big TVs, and don't think much about second-tier local TVs like Octopus TV.

It can't be called a monopoly, it's just that other TV stations do better, and there must be a larger audience base, and the drama is more likely to explode.

As for the comparison of money, it must be because they are richer.

Some awesome satellite TV can not only require the video platform to play synchronously with itself, but not allow the video platform to broadcast faster than itself, and even directly affect the editing of a drama!

On the earth, Mango TV is often scolded by the audience for cutting out some TV series that were not bad, either speeding up the progress, or deliberately flooding them.

Octopus Terrace can't reach this point.

Under normal circumstances, this second-tier local satellite TV will bet on variety shows and evening parties.

Many satellite TVs turned around suddenly, not by TV dramas, but by variety shows and evening parties.

As for film and television dramas, let's just try our luck and pick up the misses!

The purchase of "Sword of Immortal Sword" was directly made by director Xu Guan.

Because the quotations from Luo Mo Studio and Xinyu are really not low, they are selling at the price of first-line dramas.

Three David TVs withdrew as soon as they heard the price, not even interested in taking a gamble.

They have no shortage of dramas, so many people are begging to sell them, and they can sell them at a low price.

Luo Mo directed and acted by himself, which sounds unreliable, not to mention that he also asked to broadcast it in prime time, which is even more unreliable.

To be honest, regarding the director's intention to buy "Sword of Immortal Sword", there are different opinions on Octopus stage.

Several high-level executives strongly opposed it, thinking that if it goes on like this, everyone may become a laughing stock in the industry if they are not careful.

This is being coerced by traffic!

Buying this kind of drama at such a price, others will secretly... No, even on the surface, they will directly laugh at us as idiots!

Bet, yes.

But is it too big a bet?

At the meeting, Xu Guan could be said to defy all opinions.

"You should have seen that "Sword" became popular before it was broadcast, and how popular it was in the early stage."

"To be honest, like everyone else, I know in my heart that this time the gamble is huge, and I might lose my life."

You know, TV stations don't want the dramas they bought to go to grandma's house. This is not only a loss of money to buy the dramas, but also affects subsequent advertising revenue and the like.

Word-of-mouth and audience viscosity will also decline as a result, and follow-up works need to be used to restore it, which has a far-reaching impact.

China's TV stations are different from some foreign TV stations. In many foreign countries, the response to the broadcast is not good, so they cut it in half, cut the show, or finish the broadcast quickly.

Because people are filming and broadcasting at the same time, so you can choose - unfinished or eunuch.

Internet writers shouted: I am familiar with this!

But China's TV stations are not into this.

Xu Guan looked at the crowd and said, "The reason why I think I can buy "Sword of Heaven" is because the popularity of the premiere is what I want."

"No matter what the follow-up of "Sword of Immortal Sword" is, when it premieres, there will definitely be a large number of people watching it."

"How long has it been since our TV station released a show with a premiere rating of over 0.5?"

"Also, Luo Mo is worth investing in."

Xu Guan didn't say much.

His idea is actually the same as Cheng Wen, the vice president of Penguin Video.

Others buy dramas but not people, they buy people but not dramas.

The more this drama gets worse, the more Luo Mo owes us Octopus.

Don't ask him how to compensate, just come to any party, or come to participate in a self-made variety show, isn't it good?

Listening to Xu Guan's words, several high-level officials also fell silent.

To be honest, I really can't hold back my face.

But........ Alas, love it!

Time passed, and in a blink of an eye it was the day when "Sword of Heaven" premiered.

For the whole year of last year, Octopus Channel had a record rating of 0.47 for the premiere broadcast, but it was a pity that it failed to break 0.5.

On the earth, many local satellite TVs will buy ratings, falsify data, and create fake hits.

Blue Star's control in this area is stricter than that on Earth, and fewer people will take risks.

Everyone generally only adds to the icing on the cake, that is, to make the data of explosive dramas look better, but they will not hard-code the hit dramas.

To be honest, the ratings of the second echelon of local satellite TV can reach 0.4, which is already considered very high.

These days, if the average audience rating can break 1, then it is a big hit, a phenomenon, and it can be used for big bragging.

Under normal circumstances, if it can pass 0.3, it is a hot drama, if it breaks 0.5, it can be said to be a hit, and if it has 0.7, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a hit.

This point is somewhat similar to that on Earth.

The era when the ratings could break 5 or even 10 at every turn is long gone. It was many, many years ago.

And now the network is very transparent, and the fan circle loves to be aggressive. Everyone is staring at the data of the other party. If you dare to swipe too far, we will spray you to death and collect all kinds of clues to prove that you are the swipe, and then go crazy open mocking.

Anyway, Xu Guan just wanted a first-day ratings of over 0.5. As long as the first-day data is good, he can feel at ease.

To be honest, he has raised his psychological expectations a little these days.

Because he didn't expect that as the various publicity of "Sword of Heaven" began to follow up, the signs of becoming popular before it was broadcast became more and more obvious, and it even seemed like the whole people were watching the excitement.

Yes, it cannot be said that it is expected by the whole people, because many people think that this drama is probably not good-looking, and it is more appropriate to watch it lively.

"This first day's data, maybe it can break 0.6?" Xu Guan thought.

The audience base and viscosity of Octopus are there, and 0.6 is already the limit of his imagination.

No matter how high it is, it is daydreaming.

At night, Xu Guan himself also watched "Legend of Sword and Fairy" at home, presenting a director-level statistic for the first day's ratings.

Good guy, I ended up reading it smoothly in one breath.

He watched it with his wife, and she also watched it with gusto.

"Does it look good?" he asked.

"It's beautiful." The wife replied.

But she knew very well that her husband was the head of the station, and he definitely didn't want simple answers from ordinary audiences.

Therefore, after thinking for a while, she still said, "It's just... Is the rhythm too fast?"

"Look, Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er are the male and female protagonists, and they got married in the second episode."

Putting it in other dramas, the male and female protagonists recognize each other and fall in love, and there can be more than a dozen episodes.

In the early stage, we may still hate each other, and then there will be various misunderstandings.

After falling in love, misunderstanding is also necessary!

It's better to have more grievances and entanglements, past events.

Ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, third party, fourth party...all for me!

Maybe there is still hatred in the family, and everyone is actually an enemy.

Or your in-laws and parents are unhappy with you.

Or some more realistic pressure?

Getting married should be at least half of the show!

After getting married, after getting pregnant or giving birth to a baby, there will be a new wave of grievances and misunderstandings.

Xu Guan's wife was taken aback by watching this kind of drama where they got married at the beginning of the second episode.

A rookie director is a rookie director, so what's next!

Xu Guan nodded, he felt that the rhythm was also a little faster.

The procurement department in charge of reviewing the content had watched the entire film of "Sword of Heaven", but Xu Guan hadn't watched it, or even deliberately didn't watch it.

In the second episode, after Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er got married, the villains of the Moon Worship Sect came up.

With the water-filled pissing nature of the major production crews, the content can be extended for at least two more episodes, right?

But if you want to say that this show is not good, it really isn't.

The suspense in the first episode was well created, and the second episode of Jiu Jianxian's appearance immediately filled the expectations.

Women find the role attractive, while men find it fascinating.

"Then do you want to watch the third episode?" Xu Guan asked his wife.

The wife nodded directly without any hesitation.

Xu Guan asked himself, he wanted to see it too.

With this in mind, he looked up at the ceiling, half paralyzed on the sofa, and realized something.

Suddenly, he smiled.

He is now eager to know the first-day ratings data of "Sword of Immortal Sword".

That night, Xu Guan suffered from insomnia.

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The next day, Xu Guan got up early, and then went to the satellite TV building of Zhangyutai.

He is now eager to see yesterday's ratings report.

"Director."

"Director."

Along the way, everyone greeted Xu Guan.

Then, everyone thought: "Why is the director looking so hot today?"

When Xu Guan came to the office, he looked at the empty desk and realized that according to the normal process, the data would be placed on his desk in half an hour.

This half hour made Xu Guan feel extremely tormented.

"The ratings of the first episode are actually based on the popularity of the early marketing."

"The key point is the ratings of the second episode. This represents how many viewers stayed, continued to watch "Sword of Heaven", and were attracted by "Sword of Heaven." Xu cared.

"In the first episode, I think maybe there will be 0.6!" He thought.

As for the second episode...

Perhaps, there can be a 0.5?

In fact, Xu Guanda can go to Penguin Video to see the number of views of "Sword of Heaven" on the first day, and then look at the ratings of "Sword of Heaven" by netizens and the evaluation on the Internet.

But he didn't look at it on purpose, and resisted not to look at it.

He just wanted to look at the data of his own TV station first, which was his insistence as the head of the station.

Time passed by, Xu Guan stood up as soon as the person in charge of sending the data entered the office, and grabbed the folder in his hand.

This made the man stunned for a moment.

Xu Guan quickly opened the folder, and then began to read page by page.

These data sheets are arranged in chronological order, starting with the broadcast during the day, all the way to the late night.

Looking around, the ratings can be described as appalling.

Finally, he turned to the night of "Sword of Heaven".

In Bluestar, the ratings are counted every ten minutes, because the ratings will fluctuate, and then the average ratings of the time period will be displayed at the bottom of the report.

Xu Guan looked at the ratings of the first episode of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", and his breath suddenly became short of breath, his eyes widened, and his expression was disbelieving.

"The ratings of the first episode of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" on the first day are 0.87!"

"Break 0.8! Actually broke 0.8!"

Xu Guan was extremely excited, this was the peak ratings for the first day in recent years!

You know, the ratings are declining every year, and fewer and fewer people watch TV stations.

It would be a miracle to break the record of previous years.

"Just the ratings on the first day alone are worth the money!"

After a few seconds, Xu Guan realized: "Our satellite TV can break 0.8, close to 0.9, so if "Sword" is broadcast on the three big TVs, based on their foundation........ Wouldn't it be very likely to break the first day? 1!?"

Breaking 1 on the first day, even the directors of the three major TV stations will be overwhelmed with excitement!

"Looking at it this way, we are the ones holding Luo Mo back?" Xu Guan's mouth twitched slightly.

But this... this...

Who would have thought that it would be so fierce, and that the whole people would watch the scene!

Xu Guan eagerly wanted to see the most important data of the second episode. He wanted to turn the page as vigorously as he did before, but when he thought that this was a 0.8 data table, he immediately started flipping it lightly.

As if this is a priceless treasure, I am reluctant to make a wrinkle on this paper.

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