"Xia Yitong has been away from the screen for nearly two years. Her new TV series "Mei Qi" has set off a viewing frenzy as soon as it was released, and she lives up to her title of ratings queen!"
"The domestic TV drama market has been sluggish in recent years, and "Mei Qi" may break the sluggish trend!"
"The judgment that 'there is no martial arts after xx' has been broken. Mei Qi has been well received since its release and has sparked heated discussions on the streets. The Chinese people's love for martial arts will never die!"
"The well-known TV and film website scored 9.2 for "Mei Qi", breaking the record of domestic TV series in the past ten years!"
"Xia Yitong claims that she has a connection with martial arts: five years ago, she made her debut in Jin Yong's The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, and became a popular character in the country. Five years later, she once again became a hot topic among the public with a martial arts drama."
"Exclusive interview: Xia Yitong's passion for martial arts. She wanted to be a great hero since she was a child. The TV series finally made her dream come true."
"Deciphering: Xia Yitong's indissoluble bond with martial arts."
"Xia Yitong's comprehensive popularity index on xx, xx, and xx websites is the first, and the numbers are on the rise. Together with "Mei Qi", the king is back!"
Xia Yitong sat in the nanny car, stroking her forehead while Fang Hui read the news to her. Her brows were furrowed so tightly that they could almost kill a fly. "What small newspaper published such a chuunibunaga phrase as 'The King's Return'?"
Fang Hui clicked on the title of the article and exclaimed, "Wow!" She reported a name. It turned out to be a marketing account with a lot of fans. Fang Hui said, "Marketing accounts nowadays are the same as before. They all write whatever title is eye-catching."
Xia Yitong asked: "Are there many people scolding me?"
Fang Hui clicked on the comment, scrolled up and down a few times, and suddenly couldn't help laughing. She said, "Can I read it to you?"
"Um."
Fang Hui: "Hot review one: Although this title is a bit naive, it is true. The word "king" can refer to another meaning. Don't be picky about the words. Hot review two: It's fine. It's the only TV series I've followed in the past five years. Xia Yitong is good-looking and has good acting skills. She is much better than those traffic stars who occupy the hot searches every day and do nothing. Xia Yitong should really teach those traffic stars how to act. Senior sister is here with a knife, smiling expression. Hot review three: It's not excessive to praise those with good acting skills. Those with poor acting skills should be trampled into the mud, so that they can reflect on what real acting is..."
Things change over time. Xia Yitong had some new ideas while sighing. She asked Fang Hui, "How far do you think I am from Lu Yinbing?"
Fang Hui looked up Baidu Encyclopedia, compared it with the data and said bluntly: "I still need six Golden Cong Awards, four Golden Image Awards, three Golden Crow Awards, and one Berlin Silver Bear Award."
Xia Yitong: “…”
Fang Hui: "You have been nominated for the Best Actress award at countless international and domestic film festivals. You have won zero awards so far. If you count the Best Newcomer award, the ratio is 1 to 14."
Xia Yitong: "... Forget it, forget it, I won't compete anymore."
She would have to spend her entire life to catch up with Lu Yinbing's achievements in the first half of her life, and she might not be able to catch up. But there was no comparison, Lu Yinbing was her fiancée, what was hers was hers, and the reason she pursued these things was just to get closer to her level.
Fang Hui said, "But don't be discouraged. 'Adoptive Mother' will probably be screened at the end of this year or next year. I think the film will definitely win an award."
Xia Yitong said calmly, "That film was originally supposed to be Lu Yinbing's."
Fang Wei's eyes flashed with disapproval. Even though it was originally Lu Yinbing's, Xia Yitong had put a lot of effort into this film. It was the most difficult film she had seen in such a long time with the crew, and she deserved recognition and praise. She was about to say something, but Xia Yitong had already reached out for a drink of water, and had no intention of continuing the topic.
The TV series has been aired for a month and it has become extremely popular. The first reason is that the works produced by Qin Hanlin's crew must be high-quality. The second reason is the audience's retaliatory viewing. Just before the broadcast, the online complaints about the bad TV series in recent years reached a peak. A popular variety show was still criticizing this issue, and the public was very excited. As a result, just a few days later, "Mei Qi" came into being. With strong publicity in the early stage and an excellent production team, the first episode premiered on the evening of July 1st created a high viewership rating of 1.9. The second episode directly jumped to 2.1, and it kept rising all the way.
A rating of over 1 means that if 100 people turn on the TV at the same time, there is one person watching that TV. Basically, if a single channel|single broadcast breaks 2, it will enter the top ten of the annual ratings list, and "Mei Qi" has been in this position since its launch, locking in the top ten in advance.
The martial arts sentiment is a native Chinese sentiment. Few people of the three generations, old, middle-aged and young, did not grow up watching martial arts dramas. They don't know Jin Gu Liang Wen. Even though martial arts has declined in recent years, the martial arts sentiment cannot be worn away. The popularity of IP dramas such as magic and fantasy are all covered with fairy tales and use the core of martial arts. However, this deformed martial arts can't make people find a sense of identity with martial arts in the market. Coupled with the profit-seeking nature of the market, shoddy production, "martial arts" has also been affected. The special effects are getting more and more fake, and martial arts are becoming less and less martial arts. From the beginning of this century to now, for more than ten years, there has not been a decent ancient martial arts TV series.
Once a TV series like this with exquisite costumes, solid martial arts, smart logic and excellent acting skills appears, it is almost inevitable that it will carve out a niche in the mixed market and revive the spirit of martial arts.
Those who are still on the sidelines are watching the real-time feedback from the front lines: "I want to cry when this scene comes out. I'm used to seeing colorful costumes and sets over the years. My big eyes are burning. I really should learn from Director Qin's crew!" "The rhythm is very fast, not melodramatic. The martial arts are not in slow motion, and the special effects make sparks fly everywhere. It's a real fight. I practice martial arts, and I can see that it is definitely a real fight." "Xia Yitong seems to appear without makeup. On the other hand, look at those TV dramas where the actors who play Cinderella have to put on makeup and wear colored contact lenses for fear that people can't tell that you are acting. There is no harm without comparison [smile]" "Oh my god, the interlude is too beautiful, and there is also a theme song. Dare to release the soundtrack! The singers invited by Director Qin's films are free [bye-bye]" "I haven't seen a real traditional martial arts film for a long time. The special effects are perfect. I strongly recommend it! The conscience of domestic production!"
The word of mouth first spread among young people online, but it is targeted at people of all ages. The TV remote control has always been in the hands of parents, but during the summer vacation, students are on vacation at home, playing on the computer. Parents click on a TV station and think it is good. After watching for a while, they find that the heroine looks familiar, so they point at the TV and shout to the room: "Isn't this so-and-so the one you like?"
It is impossible for all parents to know who it is specifically, but they know that their child’s computer wallpaper and mobile phone desktop are her. The child was watching live TV on the computer in the room, and when he heard the parents calling, he came out to take a look, and then sat down to watch.
When the Internet was not so popular, watching TV series together was a collective entertainment activity for the family. In the 1980s and 1990s, every family with a TV would attract countless people to watch. Some parents still retain traditional habits, but children have long held mobile phones in their left hands and iPads in their right hands. The time they spend watching TV with their parents is getting less and less, and as their aesthetic tastes differ, they rarely watch the same TV series.
Parents, children, and young people surfing the Internet have all started selling Amway through different channels.
The parents' recommendation is usually simple and crude. When chatting about family matters, relatives and friends will casually ask what TV show you are watching recently. The parents will say the title of the movie and praise it non-stop: "It's very good, my children also like to watch it. Now they don't go to their rooms on Saturdays and Sundays, but watch TV with me in the living room to discuss the plot."
“Really?”
"Is it true or not? For many years, my child has not watched TV with me. I don't like what he watches, and he dislikes what I watch... that... the anti-Japanese war with guns..."
"thunder?"
"right!"
"My daughter always says that to me, so should I let her watch this with me tonight?"
"Look, look."
With the purpose of promoting parent-child relationships, these viewers stayed.
Another large part of it is for sentimental reasons. When the third episode was broadcast on Sunday, the ratings reached 2.7.
It’s only the third episode and the plot has already reached a small climax, and on Sunday night, online discussions about the TV series also ushered in a boom.
A forum.
Topic: I watched "Mei Qi" with a wait-and-see attitude, and watched three episodes in a row without any progress bar jumping. I recommend it to everyone. I don't know where to start praising it. I can only say thank you. After such a long time away from my childhood, I can still watch original martial arts TV series in my lifetime, instead of always remaking those classics that can't be surpassed. I remembered the saying: The greatest heroes are...
1st floor: Serving the country and the people!
2nd floor: Serving the country and the people!
Floor 3: Serving the country and the people!
…
Floor 101: I’m sorry for disrupting everyone’s formation. I don’t know why I suddenly felt a little tearful.
102F: Tears +1
103th floor: Tears +2
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Weibo.
The official Weibo account of "Mei Qi" gained hundreds of thousands of followers overnight, and the latest Weibo post received over ten thousand comments.
My parents, aunts and uncles are all watching this drama. This drama is addictive. I was planning to wait for the online update the next day, but my mother asked me to sit on the sofa at night and said she wanted to watch TV. I thought it must be another mother-in-law and daughter-in-law ethics drama, so I tried to sneak away, but the theme song of "Mei Qi" sounded. Me: ??? When did my mother keep up with the trend
My dad was the same. He dragged me to watch TV at night. I saw that this TV was recommended by many people on the homepage, so I watched it with my dad. As a result, he wiped his tears while watching. I thought something was wrong with him. The old man was waiting for the commercials. He said that I hadn't watched TV with him like this for a long time. I am a grown man, but I cried at that time. My dad is 60 years old this year, and I am a single parent.
The upstairs people are smiling in front, but emmm in the back... I am fifteen this year, and I watched this TV show because of Xia Yitong. My mom watched it with me. After watching it, she bought me the original novel of this TV show, and then she dug out the complete works of Jin Yong and Gu Long that she had kept in the bottom of her box, and asked me to finish reading it in one month. Mom, I still have to take the high school entrance examination [wow]
Reading is not bad. My dad plans to send me to Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts tomorrow. I want to learn sword skills like Xia Yitong [smile]
…
The online reputation was very good, and the employees below collected feedback. Xue Yao sat on the sofa in the office, and in front of her sat Xia Yitong, a recent hot topic on the streets. She smiled and said, "At this rate, let alone if you don't receive any notices for half a year, even if there is no news for a year, you will have made a name for yourself in the circle."
How many people have struggled for so many years just to leave behind a classic role.
Unlike Zhao Min five years ago, there have been many Zhao Mins over the years, but there is only one Mei Qi, and she is unsurpassed. At the age of 27, she finally left a role that will be remembered in the history of TV dramas.
Xue Yao originally thought that she would be very happy and was about to congratulate her with a warm hug, but Xia Yitong just smiled faintly and said, "Will my next work be very busy?"
He doesn't seem to take it seriously at all.
Xue Yao: “???”
You have to know that when Lu Yinbing won his first Best Actress award, he held her in his arms and spun around many times, and he almost fell down the stairs while walking. Now Lu Yinbing has listed this as a black history and forbids Xue Yao from mentioning it. If she mentions it once, her shares will be deducted. Under pressure from Lu Yinbing, Xue Yao pretends that this incident never happened.
Xia Yitong, on the other hand, didn't react at all.
Xue Yao held back the hug and explained the work to her in a businesslike manner. Xia Yitong asked politely, "Is there anything else?"
Xue Yao was sullen and said, "No."
"Then I'll go home first."
"Go back."
Xia Yitong drove back home. Lu Yinbing was wearing headphones and trimming flowers and plants in the yard. Doing these things could calm her mood. Xia Yitong parked the car, ran over, put his arms around Lu Yinbing's waist from behind, snatched the scissors with one hand and threw them on the ground, then picked her up.
Lu Yinbing's feet were in the air, one of his earphones fell off, and Xia Yitong held him in the air and spun him around for more than ten times.
"Teacher Lu, I'm so happy!"