China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 340: People light candles, ghosts blow out lamps, data explodes!

"Scare me!"

"What a fool! Scared me!"

"This tunnel is really good at timing!"

The train finally came out of the tunnel. Li Hang couldn't help but smile. He didn't expect that he was also shocked. He blamed himself for watching too seriously just now. When the light suddenly dimmed, and the key plot of the online drama was being broadcast, This resulted in this unintended consequence.

But he suddenly realized something was wrong. He was watching a "ghost movie" and it was okay to be scared, but why were there so many people behind him saying they were scared?
Then he turned his head in confusion, and was surprised to find that at some point, the people in the row behind him had turned their heads, and it wasn't just 3 people, but 5 heads. Staring at his computer across the seats, plus those without seats in the aisle, it means that at least a dozen people were watching "Jingjue Ancient City" on his computer just now!
"Brother, please be louder!"

"Dude, what's the name of this show? It's pretty good!"

"I know the actor Yingzi. He is the Yue Qiluo in "Wuxin Master". He is so handsome!"

Li Hang appropriately increased the volume and hit the space bar, and the online drama continued.

Hu Bayi and the others continued to go deep into the tomb. After some twists and turns, they finally saw the majestic sarcophagus of the owner of the tomb. Wang Kaixuan was determined not to return empty-handed, so Hu Bayi took out a compass to determine the direction and clicked on the southeast corner. Hold a candle, saying that this is a rule passed down from the older generation. If the candle goes out, you must evacuate quickly and do not take anything. This is a contract between the living and the dead.

A group of people on Li Hang's side watched with great interest. People in the neighbors a little further away didn't know what was going on. They just saw a group of people gathered around a computer and stared at it. They couldn't help but curious and squeezed over to find out. The result was I couldn't move my feet just looking at it.

There are also people from far away who pass by the toilet on their way to the toilet and take a quick look and think it's pretty good. They simply don't leave after coming back from the toilet. As a result, there are more and more people here.

Of course, there are also those who return to their seats after watching it twice. After all, no matter how good the online drama is, it is better to go back to your seat and take a nap while watching it standing up. And these people who returned to their seats from a long distance have become the target of inquiries.

"What are they looking at over there? Such a big crowd gathered!"

"It seems like "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"!"

"Isn't "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" a novel?"

"It's a novel, but it's been adapted into a web series. It seems like the first 6 episodes have just been released!"

"Does it look good?"

"I took a quick look at it, and I think it's okay. It seems to have been filmed by Huashang Media."

"That shouldn't be wrong!"

Some of them also brought their own laptops, and upon hearing this, they also opened Tencent Video and started watching it.

Many people also took out their mobile phones and clicked on the Tencent Video APP.

People have a herd mentality. Maybe many people here would not watch it when they have plenty of time at home and have wifi network. But now that so many people are discussing it in the car, they would rather spend their precious data to watch it. Two eyes.

There was a sly salesman on the train this time. His sales pitch was just like the Deyun Society cross talk. It was a piece of cake to bring up the atmosphere of the entire carriage.

As a result, things didn't work in this carriage today. No matter what he said, the atmosphere was completely different from his usual normal level. After careful observation, I found that many people's attention was attracted by the newly launched "Ghost". "Blowing the Lamp: The Perfect Ancient City" was taken astray.

However, this person's reaction was really unreasonable. After discovering the problem, he immediately used "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" as a breakthrough point to talk about it.

"It seems that "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp" is online today, right? How many people in our carriage don't know about "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp"? Raise your hands and let me see! Okay, okay, there are quite a few. I have read this book! Everyone knows "Ghost Blowing Lamp" What's the most exciting plot in "Blow Out the Lamp"? It's at the beginning where the main character's grandfather can't get a wife and ends up getting a paper figurine to fool his uncle. The passenger who is watching the show can tell me whether the adaptation here is good or not!"

"This paragraph doesn't exist, delete it!"

"Deleted? This paragraph is the essence of the whole book, why was it deleted? Okay, okay, now let me briefly explain the plot to passengers who have never read the novel and can't watch the TV series!"

After the atmosphere in the carriage finally became more lively than usual, the man finally returned to his profession and recommended the authentic yak bone pendant consecrated by the master in his hand.

According to him, this thing wards off evil spirits. If anyone wants to rob a tomb, bringing this thing is equivalent to bringing a big black donkey's hoof!

Needless to say, he really sold a lot in this carriage!

Those who have not watched the new drama are really a little unconvinced. There are so many people watching the same TV series in just one carriage?Isn't it just a TV series? Is it really that good?

It was only when I was a kid that there were only a few TVs in the village that many people gathered together to watch TV series. In what age are we now? There are already so many entertainment programs, but there are still a group of people watching TV series around a computer or mobile phone?Are you tired? !
But there’s nothing to do anyway, and I’m not sleepy yet, so it’s good to just watch half an episode to pass the time.

It turns out that it’s okay not to watch it, but once you watch it you can’t stop at all!
In the third episode, the extremely tall General Zongzi climbed out of the coffin, and he looked invulnerable!And the figure of the child that Eiko saw!
It’s so damn scary!
In the fourth episode, a group of three people entered the RB Kwantung Army fortress and encountered a swarm of bats. Hu Bayi was pushed by something inexplicably. Yingzi even saw a child's paw print on his back!

Then as the weird soundtrack sounded, the three of them finally saw the figure of the child that Yingzi mentioned before, even Fatty Wang.

Isolated ancient tombs and Kwantung Army fortresses, there are actually shadows of children running around laughing?Is it possible that this fucking child is a real child?

When seeing this, many people's hearts were in their throats!

The three of them found another secret room full of coffins. There was a coffin of a high-ranking civil servant here. Hu Bayi lit a candle in the southeast direction, and the three of them opened the coffin. As a result, there were no priceless funerary objects inside. But there were two boys and girls whose bodies had not yet decayed!
At first glance, there was nothing in the coffin. The audience thought they were in for a false alarm and were tricked by the director. However, when the protagonist lowered his head, he saw the corpses of two children with mercury spots on their bodies. It was so scary!

According to Hu Bayi, two children were scalped and poured mercury from their heads while they were still alive. When the children died, their bodies were covered with mercury powder, so that the two children could experience The body will not decay for thousands of years, so that it will accompany and serve the owner of the tomb forever.

Simply inhuman!
The three of them carried the bodies of the two children on their backs, picked up weapons and fought against General Zongzi again. Finally, they broke out of the ancient tomb, built graves for the two children outside, and let the children rest in peace. Then Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang returned. Arrive in Beijing.

Later, the two met Da Jinya again, and through Da Jinya's introduction, they found Professor Chen Jiuren of the archaeological team. At this time, the heroine of the online drama Shirley Yang finally made her official appearance.

So the group of people immediately set off to the Western Regions and started a new adventure.

At this point, all the first 6 episodes of the web series have been played. If you want to watch the next content, you have to wait until next Monday. "Really no more?"

"We have to wait until next Monday? Only three episodes a week?"

How many people start out with the mentality of just watching something anyway, which makes them feel irritated. Some even think: It’s better to wait until the whole show is over before they realize that this drama is good, and then they can watch it in one go. It’s cool!
At this time, in every corner of the train, there were passengers discussing "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".

"Why didn't the protagonist take Yingzi with him when he went to the Western Regions? Who is the heroine, Yingzi or the Shirley Yang who came out later? Who did Hu Bayi marry in the end?"

The character Yingzi is the first female character to appear in the whole drama, and she has a lot of roles. The most important thing is that her personality and appearance are quite likable, so many people who have not read the original Passengers have preconceived ideas about Hu Ba. I can get along well with Yingzi.

"Sheryl Yang is the heroine in Xingye's "Yangtze River No. [-]", right? To be honest, she might as well have played Yingzi. Yue Qiluo, the actor of Yingzi, was so impressive."

Hua Shang's version of "The Ancient City" Yingzi did not use the original actors, but used its own artist Chen Yao. So far, the effect is very good.

"Hua Shang is worthy of being a Chinese drama. He has restored the environment and plot of the original work very well. I couldn't stop watching 6 episodes in one go. I know that Hua Shang's dramas have always been of high quality, but "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" was not easy to film. Hua Shang It’s really not easy to shoot like this. If it doesn’t collapse later, I will continue to pursue it!”

"It's so conscientious. Although there are some flaws, it can be said to be full of sincerity. It's easy to get into trouble!"

"The original work has been restored to the maximum extent within the scope of the review. It has been well received and praised! The details are attentive and the sense of age is full. This wave of membership is well worth it!"

It seems that the original party also has a very high evaluation of this drama.

Li Hang has already exchanged contact information with Yang Chenxi. Regardless of whether the two of them follow up, the scene of watching the drama together on the train will probably be remembered for many years.

……

Beijing, the next morning.

Tencent headquarters.

Sun Zhonghuai, vice president of Tencent and CEO of online video, came to his office.

"Is there any important meeting today?" Sun Zhonghuai asked his assistant.

"I made an appointment with Mr. Liu of Huashang Media in the afternoon to talk about the copyright of "Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky". People from Youku, Lay's, and iQiyi will also be there." The assistant immediately replied.

Sun Zhonghuai nodded and said with emotion: "I really don't dare to neglect Hua Shang's dramas. You don't know which of his dramas will suddenly become a big hit. Just talk about the previous "Let's Get Married". Who would have thought that in this era, The TV series has become so popular?"

The assistant smiled and said: "'Let's Get Married' is a special case. It just happened to coincide with Li Mu and Liu Yifei's wedding, and it took advantage of the popularity of the wedding of the century."

Sun Zhonghuai nodded: "We are determined to win this "Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky". Currently, our company's video membership users are 450 million. After the broadcast of "Jingjue Ancient City" is completed, we hope to exceed 700 million. Ideally, "Jingjue Ancient City" will Bringing nearly 200 million new members, coupled with the natural growth rate of our Tencent Video, we should be able to reach almost 700 million. The difficulty is to reach 1000 million VIP members by the end of this year.

“I heard that iQiyi’s goal this year is also to reach 1000 million paying members. We must not lose to iQiyi this time! If we can continue to win Hua Shang’s “Feathers Flying to the Sky”, we will have two Hua Shang movies by then. With the support of popular dramas, it is not completely impossible to have 1000 million paid members! By the way, "Jingjue Ancient City" has been online for 13 hours. How is the specific data performance?"

Now the assistant finally had a chance to introduce the situation.

In fact, he wanted to report the relevant situation to his boss from the very beginning, but the president had to care about the overall situation, was busy with copyright matters related to "Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky", and had to meet with various leaders. In addition, "The Ancient City" had just been released. , we can’t see much yet, so the situation related to “Jingjue Ancient City” is not the most important at the moment, but this matter is indeed what the assistant wants to report the most, because it is really exciting!
"President, the situation in "Jingjue Ancient City" is a bit beyond expectations."

"Exceeded expectations? How to say?"

The assistant handed several forms that had been prepared to Sun Zhonghuai: "This is the data as of 12 hours after the launch of "Jingjue Ancient City"!"

Sun Zhonghuai picked up the form in confusion, and the assistant next to him introduced it briefly and comprehensively.

"As of the 12 hours since its launch, the average episode volume of "Jingjue Ancient City" has been 3500 million, and the total volume of the 6 episodes has been 1.2 million. Currently, the first, second and third places on Baidu's hot list are 'Ghost Blowing the Lantern' and 'Teng Teng' respectively. Xun Video' and 'Jingjue Ancient City'; the first, second, and fourth most popular searches on Weibo are all related to "Jingjue Ancient City"! Currently, 'Tengxun Video' is No. 2 on the App Store best-selling list, and besides us Except for 'Tengxun Video', the top ten are all games!"

孙忠淮放下表格揉了揉太阳穴：“12小时播放量破亿，集均播放量3500万——整个播出周期集均能达到5000万就是爆款剧，12个小时3500万……12个小时3500万——确定后台数据没有出错？”

The assistant replied: "The data has been confirmed repeatedly! By the way, there was an outage last night due to excessive traffic in a short period of time. However, the technical department listened to the reminder from the algorithm department and was prepared. The issue was resolved quickly."

Sun Zhonghuai took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose, put them on again and picked up the form on the desktop again. This time he just saw the column for the latest paid members, and listened to the assistant continue to report:
“截止到今天上午8点，一共有30万新VIP会员用户发起了针对《精绝古城》的播放指令请求。目前咱们腾迅视频的VIP会员总数已经突破480万大关，预计今天24点之前肯定能突破500万大关。”

"call!"

Sun Zhonghuai put down the form again and exhaled a long breath.

In 12 hours, 30 new VIP members were added!

This has far exceeded Sun Zhonghuai's previous best estimate. He originally thought that as long as he could reach 15 new VIPs on the first day of broadcast, 30 new VIPs a week, and 200 million new VIPs in seven weeks, it would be good. But he didn't expect this In just 12 hours, a total of 30 new VIP members have been added!

Depending on the situation, what can be blocked by the total increase of 200 million?This is obviously for the 500 new VIPs!Maybe by the time "Jingjue Ancient City" is finished, the total number of VIPs on Tencent Video will exceed the 1000 million mark!

(The addition of 15 on the first day does not mean that the addition of 15 will be 7 times that of [-] in a week. The growth is not uniform)

The work goal that was not yet certain to be completed before the end of the year was actually solved by the movie "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City"?
Maybe we can achieve the goal 5 months in advance that may not be achieved throughout the year?
Is "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" really so influential?

wrong!

This is the combined influence of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and Huashang Media!

Sun Zhonghuai has reason to believe that if the producer of "Jingjue Ancient City" this time was not Huashang Media, but some other company, then it would never have the miraculous effect it has now!
(End of this chapter)