Chapter 365: The first episode was a big hit, the exaggerated popularity of mountain climbing

“No, there’s only one episode in the first episode?”

“This development is too amazing. I felt that Zhang Dongsheng’s character was too repressed and would explode sooner or later. I didn’t expect it to happen so soon!”

“The entire episode was actually not too rushed or too slow, with multiple narrative lines laying the groundwork, and the final scene of the murder was so amazing!”

“I won’t mention Chen Shuang, he is already an award-winning actor, I have great confidence in his acting skills, but I didn’t expect the three young actors to act so well. I especially want to praise Zhu Chaoyang’s actor, he brought the scheming and deep-minded character to life at such a young age.”

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As expected, the comment section under “The Bad Kids” was full of praise for the show.

This development really shocked Yigo.

In the first half of the episode, although the pace was faster, Yigo still saw some of the style of “The Long Season” in it.

She subconsciously thought that this time it would also be a story told in a leisurely and slow pace.

But I didn’t expect that the ending would suddenly unfold in a wonderful way, which pushed all the foreshadowing in the previous part to a climax.

And although most of the plot in the first episode seems to be rather bland.

But it must be said that even the more obtuse audiences discovered a lot of details and foreshadowing.

Whether it is Zhang Dongsheng, the three minor characters, Yan Liang’s side, the parents who appear in Zhu Chaoyang’s family, and his father’s current wife and daughter, they are definitely not insignificant characters.

There is so much preparation that it even gives Yigo the feeling that, although it looks a bit messy, there is almost no wasted writing.

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And most importantly, although the story this time is also a suspense drama, it is quite different from most of the suspense dramas you have seen before.

Because of other suspense dramas, even Xu Kong’s “The Beginning” some time ago.

It can be said that the biggest mystery and suspense is the murderer of the case.

This is almost the default setting in most domestic suspense dramas.

Although there are differences in various methods of committing crimes or plot styles.

But the true identity of the murderer will only be revealed at the very end.

This movie “The Hidden Corner” is different.

From the very first episode, all the viewers were told that Zhang Dongsheng was the murderer of the case.

In addition, even the detailed story of Zhang Dongsheng himself, including his character, motives for committing the crime, etc., are explained very clearly.

Although there have been similar works before, especially some suspense and mystery novels, many of them have appeared before.

But I have to say that it is not easy to create such a story.

How the subsequent plot will unfold and how to make this story exciting are not so easy to accomplish.

Fortunately, the director and screenwriter of this drama are both Xu Kong.

Other people might be worrying, but as for Xu Kong, Yiguo really has full confidence in him.

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However, there is only one episode updated on the first day, which really keeps people on suspense!
Yiguo couldn’t help but complain a few words.

Obviously, the first episode is more than an hour long, which is definitely an extended version.

It is equivalent to more than two episodes of many TV series.

It can be seen that Xu Kong did it on purpose. Perhaps from the very beginning of filming or writing the script, he had already decided to make Zhang Dongsheng’s killing of his father-in-law and mother-in-law the climax of the first episode.

But this deliberate interruption does make the audience feel uncomfortable.

Especially Yiguo, who watched the whole process very seriously.

She also began to look forward to what would happen after Zhu Chaoyang and the other two found evidence of Zhang Dongsheng’s murder.

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“Everyone, please watch the opening credits!”

“I feel like this opening sequence hides a lot of foreshadowing!”

“Penguin Video is outrageous. I’m a member, so I was skipped directly.”

When Yiguo was browsing the comment section, he saw this comment.

She suddenly realized that the opening credits seemed to have been automatically skipped as well.

However, at that time, I didn’t pay much attention to it because I was eager to see the main plot of the drama.

Is there any explanation in the opening credits?

She quickly opened the playback page of “The Hidden Corner” again and scrolled to the opening part.

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Although it is just a relatively simple animation, the overall dark style and the somewhat creepy soundtrack are indeed chilling.

The most important thing is that there are indeed quite a lot of details hidden in the entire opening.

And it’s not just about the plot of the whole drama. Obviously, there must be many more metaphors in it.

However, it is indeed difficult to truly understand it at the moment.

More estimates still have to be made based on various guesses.

After all, only one episode of the show has been aired so far, and more of the plot and the whole theme of the show have not yet fully emerged.

Moreover, from the realistic and dark style of the whole drama, it can be seen that this drama definitely contains a lot of clues and details that will not be released directly.

“I might need a second look…”

Yiguo said somewhat helplessly.

Although she felt that for Xu Kong’s new drama, the workload of making related drama reviews and analysis videos might be a lot, she could even refer to the original “The Long Season”.

But “The Long Season” is more about some period Easter eggs and the like.

This time in “The Bad Kids”, I feel that more details will directly affect the interpretation of the entire drama.

For now, I have to wait until the next two episodes are released this week before I can consider analyzing the plot together and then start writing.

However, this brain-burning work made Yiguo even more excited.

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Wait, did I forget something?
Yiguo suddenly remembered that he seemed to have not watched the new drama produced by Changyun Film and Television yet.

Although she really wanted to start analyzing Xu Kong’s new drama.

But for the sake of work, I was forced to continue opening the Kiwi client.

Sure enough, it was not much different from what Yiguo had guessed.

The plot of this movie “Stupid Policeman Qin Yi” can almost be guessed just by watching the trailer.

Although the drama has tried its best to show the protagonist’s talent for detective work.

But almost all of them are set off by the evaluation of various so-called supporting roles.

When it really came to the case design, the whole case was not very exciting enough.

For a viewer like Yiguo who has watched too many movies, he can almost guess the so-called sequel in a very short time.

Of course, although the entire drama is said to have a considerable investment, the production is not that sophisticated.

In terms of the quality of the finished film, it can be said that Xu Kong’s new drama has unilaterally beaten it.

I guess the money was spent on the volume and length of the series.

Then there are these so-called props.

The body parts were quite realistic, and it really disgusted her.

In recent years, the limits on television censorship have indeed been relaxed somewhat.

If this had happened before, there would have been a high probability that it would not have passed the review.

But it is indeed rare that it is broadcast on satellite TV.

But other than that, the show is really mediocre and a bit boring.

The plot is too weak and the characters are not very likable.

A protagonist like a psychotic genius is nothing new nowadays.

It can be seen that the creators of this drama mainly want to attract the audience’s attention by relying on the so-called curiosity.

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Yiguo continued to watch two more episodes.

The first episode of “Stupid Policeman Qin Yi” was released directly with five episodes. In addition to the first episode which used a small case to lay the foundation for the protagonist’s personality and explain the basic story background.

The next four episodes mainly talk about a unit case.

But the more he read, the more disappointed Yiguo became. “Isn’t this motive too far-fetched?”

“And the technique has many loopholes, and the screenwriter didn’t know how to add a patch.”

Don’t be fooled by Igor’s low opinion of “The Beginning”.

But that was all because my expectations of Xu Kong were too high.

In fact, in her heart, this drama is still an excellent drama.

As for why, you can know the reason from the new drama of Changyun Film and Television.

It’s all thanks to the support of my peers!

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At the same time, the popularity of “The Bad Kids” remained high the day after its premiere.

Until the second episode was aired, it became a complete hit as expected.

Especially the role of Zhang Dongsheng in it.

The sentence “Do I still have a chance?” has completely gone viral.

The climbing meme became an instant hit.

There’s no way. He only asked twice in the whole drama.

After asking the same question once, he killed his father-in-law and mother-in-law. After asking the same question again, his wife also died.

It is really impossible not to feel fear for this somewhat pathological murderer.

Unlike the lukewarm early days of “The Long Season”, although the style is similar, the original film still has a slow narrative style.

But thanks to the explosive plot points, the easter eggs in each episode, and the relatively distinctive character of Zhang Dongsheng, the show became a hit as soon as it was first aired.

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Hot searches and various social platforms are full of netizens discussing the plot.

For example, different versions of some related plot analyses can be seen everywhere.

It is no exaggeration to say that almost most of the online film and television self-media are making videos related to this drama.

This level of popularity even seems to have surpassed that of “The Beginning” a while ago.

Of course, what comes with this is the continued rise in various data of “The Hidden Corner”.

On the Mango TV show’s end, the ratings for the first broadcast reached 1.2 over the weekend, and subsequently rose directly to 1.5.

The 8000-hour playback volume of Penguin Video also successfully reached more than million.

This is because only one episode was broadcast live on the first day, otherwise, it is estimated that it would have exceeded 200 million directly.

However, after the second episode was updated, the data increased rapidly.

The total number of views has now reached 2.1 million.

It’s still a bit of a stretch to call it a phenomenon, but it’s indeed an exaggeration to say that the premiere had such a grand occasion.

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“Boss Qin, our first-day streaming volume is out. The total for the two days is over 30 million…”

At this time, Qin Xian already knew this data.

I have to say, it has indeed exceeded expectations.

Although this time the difficulty is almost hell level.

But fortunately, thanks to its selling points of curiosity and heavy taste, the final broadcast effect was actually quite good.

At least it’s much better than the previous show “The Powerful World” which felt like it was going to end as soon as it started airing.

At least there will be no problem in making back your investment later.

The advertising fees and member conversions are barely enough.

Especially when it is being released at the same time as Xu Kong’s new drama which has become completely popular.

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It seems that I do have some trauma about Xu Kong.

This also led to a subconscious loss of confidence.

Otherwise, he felt that if the drama were to increase its publicity and promotion efforts, the final return rate might be even higher.

Even if this drama is not released at the same time as Xu Kong’s new drama, it might actually be considered a project with considerable profits.

It can only be said that the reason why Qin Xian can sit in his current position is not only because he is the chairman’s younger brother.

The vision is also quite good.

His own evaluation system is actually quite objective and practical most of the time.

For example, he felt that the new drama produced by Changyun Film and Television could not be a bad project.

Moreover, they can rely on the failure of “The Power of China” last time to keep the copyright fee as low as possible.

There is nothing wrong with this series of decisions.

Of course, the only variable is that it is broadcast at the same time as Xu Kong’s new drama.

This is an objective obstacle that cannot be solved.

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“I said, I said we should increase the publicity and promotion efforts!”

When seeing the premiere data, the person who was probably the most excited was director Qi Ziheng.

Although the internet is now almost entirely filled with news about Xu Kong’s new drama, the popularity is incredibly high.

But the premiere performance of his drama can be said to be quite good.

And this was done with almost zero publicity.

This naturally made Qi Ziheng feel excited.

I began to think that if the promotion and marketing was really good, even if it was only half as successful as “The Powerful World”, his drama might be able to compete with Xu Kong’s new drama.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs.

For risk considerations, Changyun Film and Television ultimately chose to strategically abandon his new drama.

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“Boss Lu, the premiere data of ‘Silly Policeman Qin Yi’ is out. Have you seen it?”

It was obvious that Qi Ziheng was definitely dissatisfied in his heart.

But it is impossible to really go to Zhu Changyun to make trouble because of this.

I could only find the company’s vice president Lu Hanwen secretly.

Regardless of anything else, Qi Ziheng knew that the crying child gets the candy.

There is nothing we can do this time, but at least it means there is no problem with his ability.

The company owes him for not doing a good job in promotion and marketing.

At least they have to compensate by investing in the next drama or in some other way.

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Unfortunately, Lu Hanwen’s expression became serious when he saw him at this time.

“Director Qi, I just have some news to tell you.”

Qi Ziheng was stunned for a moment. Lu Hanwen’s performance was somewhat different from what he expected?

“You say.”

Lu Hanwen’s tone was also quite helpless.

“Your new drama may need to be temporarily suspended for content revision.”

“It’s mainly about blood and violence…”

Qi Ziheng was completely stunned.

This news almost wiped out all the joy he had just felt, like a bolt from the blue.

“Delete some shots, or add some code or something, try to finish it within three days, and then continue to broadcast it later…”

Lu Hanwen told the news he had just received from Tomato TV.

“Kiwi’s online platform can continue to broadcast, but my suggestion is that it would be best if both sides were changed…”

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(End of this chapter)