Chapter 264: Both Want to Be Drama Kings, Two Heroes? (Asking for Monthly Votes)

"I am dying of laughter. Do these illiterate people really understand the characters?"

"Are Niu Xiang, Jia Yu, and Huang Qinghai really the best of the best?"

"Laughing, these three people's understanding of the characters is surprisingly consistent, just this... that... everyone just watch the show."

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While the actors of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" talked freely, the launch conference of "The Power of the Heart" was a bit funny.

Except for the three young actors Hou Jianlai, Xia Yi, and Zheng Qi, there were no problems. After all, these three people are educated.

Especially Hou Jianlai, he has a relatively professional understanding of the characters in "The Power of the Heart".

But Niu Xiang, Jia Yu, and Huang Qinghai are not like that.

There is no problem in answering the questions discussed in advance, and it is even smooth.

But it is impossible for all the reporters on the scene to be arranged, and some questions are not difficult.

But they just can't answer them.

For example, a reporter asked Niu Xiang what he thought of other actors during the filming, especially what he thought of Ning Bo, the actor who played the emperor with whom he had a lot of scenes.

This is an ordinary question, but Niu Xiang just couldn't answer it 123.

Fortunately, Ning Bo helped him out.

However, because the launch conference was live broadcast, the hot search was a blast.

Of course, fans were still quickly controlling the comments.

"I want to ask who stipulates that actors must know everything? Who doesn't know that our Niu Xiang has always been an introverted person?"

"Yes, although he doesn't know what to answer, he knows the characters very well, and his acting skills are good."

"Haha, are you starting to criticize now? I don't think there is anything wrong with Niu Xiang's answer?"

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It is obvious that fans' control of comments is extremely powerful.

Almost an hour later, it was almost controlled, and even some so-called illiterate characters were reported.

Not only that, fans also brushed Niu Xiang's introverted personality, high emotional intelligence, and so on.

But passers-by obviously don't buy this.

Because the real high EQ is like Lin Xing.

After all, the two launch conferences this afternoon were held at the same time, and just so, someone edited a comparison tonight.

The main characters of this edited video are Lin Xing VS Niu Xiang, and the title is also very hateful, just called: "What is high EQ?"

Although this video is 10 minutes long, to be honest, because it is edited more smoothly and there are comparisons, it is not tiring to watch.

"Wow, you don't know until you see it. You can only say that Lin Xing is really awesome."

"Indeed, Lin Xing is really good, but Niu Xiang is really not good."

"Now I think I am really looking forward to "For Whom the Bell Tolls". You will feel that he has put his heart into it after reading Lin Xing's answer."

"That's right, Niu Xiang can't even explain it clearly, what can he play?"

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The next day, not only on Weibo's hot search, but also on Bilibili and other micro-videos, people started discussing "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "The Power of the Conspiracy". In addition to this so-called emotional intelligence comparison, there are also some promotional drafts.

These promotional drafts are basically the same, all of which talk about how good the two dramas are.

Many industry insiders also said that the audience is blessed, and both dramas have the potential to become drama kings.

After all, the film critics who participated in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" are all doing various drama reviews for "The Bell".

In addition, many invited industry insiders also gave various good reviews.

However, it is obvious that the real audience does not care much about these.

After all, the so-called star effect has become less and less popular in recent years.

Just like ten years ago, at that time, everyone believed in what the stars promoted.

But later, the star effect became a joke.

Basically, the stars only say good things when they attend various movie premieres, even if they are rubbish movies, these stars will blow all kinds of praise.

In this way, who still believes them? ?

Later, the launch conference of the TV series also began, and some stars were also invited to participate.

The result is no different.

Celebrities still don't say a single true word, they are all liars.

Tell me, who still believes in such a situation? ? ?

It can only be said that the wolf has come too many times, which has led to people no longer believing in the so-called celebrity effect.

So don't look at the fact that "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is being promoted so well now, even if the critics recommend it sincerely, it is useless.

Because people just don't believe it.

What's more, there is a press conference for the broadcast of "Dark Before Dawn" in the capital today.

Currently, these three are basically competing on January 1st.

Other TV stations are directly avoided.

Everyone thinks you should tear it up.

It is precisely because of this that the three dramas "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "The Power of the Heart" and "Dark Before Dawn" are now on the shelves.

Everyone's publicity is going hand in hand.

In a word.

No one wants to lose.

Yesterday, the two dramas "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "The Independence Day" held their launch conferences at the same time, so of course they were on the hot searches.

And today, although "Dark Before Dawn" held a launch conference in the capital, the popularity is still "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "The Power of the Heart".

Because popularity is often traffic.

For now, there is almost no need to think about the traffic of "For Whom the Bell Tolls", it is quite strong, and this part of Lin Xing has not gone down on the hot search.

Of course, these hot searches are not all praise, many of them are insulting Lin Xing.

Just like today, Lin Xing was directly on the hot search list with high emotional intelligence, but followed by a bunch of insults.

Because for Niu Xiang fans, the one who made that edited video is Lin Xing's fan.

He is the one who hurt our brother.

So Niu Xiang's fans made countless videos of Lin Xing, but these videos almost all proved one thing.

Lin Xing is really high in emotional intelligence.

"I am dying of laughter. Are Niu Xiang's fans brain-dead? Which of these videos you made doesn't represent Lin Xing's high EQ?"

"Are there people who say Lin Xing is a big shot? Is your brother a big shot like that? Lin Xing treats almost everyone equally in the crew."

"Oh, does this mean that Lin Xing doesn't use a stand-in in the crew, and does everything by himself, so this is wrong? Isn't this nonsense?"

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Obviously, Niu Xiang's fans are thinking of sniping Lin Xing in various ways, but this kind of sniping is almost meaningless.

However, this is also a reminder for Niu Xiang and others.

That is, if you want to snipe Lin Xing, you must hit it with one shot, and you must not let Lin Xing turn over easily.

At the same time, Lin Xing was still resting in the hotel.

After the launch conference was held in Shanghai yesterday, Lin Xing had dinner with the crew again.

This is an early crew gathering.

I'm afraid that if everyone wants to get together again, it will be a celebration banquet.

But no one knows whether there will be a celebration party.

Although everyone knows that the drama "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a masterpiece, and everyone has participated in it, then naturally they also know the seriousness of this drama.

But this does not mean that everyone is really confident that this drama can be a hit.

Apart from anything else, "The Power of the Heart" can be directly and exclusively bought out by Tan Province Satellite TV, which proves the ability of this drama.

Moreover, compared with the original work, "The Power of the Heart" is a truly phenomenal IP.

Let's put it this way.

This drama originally has a basic base. This is an excellent IP adaptation, and this drama is broadcast on Tan Province Satellite TV.

So unless this drama is really too rubbish, just like the original "The Right Way to Open Independence" which collapsed completely, it is really impossible for others to fail so badly.

Not to mention the production company, screenwriter, director, and starring of "The Power of the Heart".

This is impossible to fail no matter how you look at it.

So it is impossible for everyone not to worry about this head-on competition.

Even Dong Deng said at the dinner table: "No matter what, it is a victory for this drama to be broadcast smoothly, but I have confidence in this drama and hope that our drama will become the drama king of 2025."

Drama king, this is Dong Deng's ambition, and it is also the expectation of other actors.

But to be honest, how easy is it to be a drama king? ?

To be a successful drama king, you must have a super high ratings, at least a phenomenal work, and the Douban score cannot be low.

Strictly speaking, there is only one drama king in 2024, that is "Sweeping Black Waves".

It has been a year, but this drama is still the undisputed drama king.

Look, today is the last day of 2024, and many people in the industry are also making so-called summaries.

Among them are some summaries of TV series, among which "Sweeping Black Waves" is the first without any dispute.

Although Dong Deng said that the spy war drama "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is comparable to "Sweeping Black Waves", he knows that it is difficult to reach the level of "Sweeping Black Waves".

But people still have to be ambitious, right? ?

That’s why Dong Deng said he wanted to win the drama king.

To be honest, Dong Deng is still a little restrained. Just like Luo Jun of "The Power of the Heart" said in an interview this morning: "He has absolute confidence in "The Power of the Heart". It will be the drama king of 2025 and the opening drama of the year, setting an example for future TV series."

Yes.

Luo Jun is not humble at all.

When asked whether this drama can reach the ratings of "Sweeping Black Waves" this year, Luo Jun said that there was no surprise.

Obviously, that is not ordinary confidence.

As for the director of "Darkness Before Dawn", Han Zhou is relatively humble.

On the red carpet before the launch conference, he said with a smile in an interview: "I don't think there is any comparison. The styles of our three dramas are actually different. Although Lao Dong also made a spy drama, everyone has seen the trailer. Our two dramas are different, so I think the market is so big that the audience will definitely like each of them..."

In addition to Han Zhou, Ren Yi was relatively relaxed in the interview. He took the initiative to say: "I really haven't met with Lin Xing. We are competing. Of course, I have a very good eye for Lin Xing, so I am still very happy this time. We are all acting in the same theme..."

As for reporters asking Ren Yi how he felt when he and Lin Xing collaborated on the phenomenon-level film "Anti-Gangster", and now they are the leading male number one in various competitions. Said: "I'm very happy, but I hope we win."

This is the truth.

There are also many people who find it quite surprising.

Think about the time of "The Big Brother", Ren Yi was the male lead, and at that time Lin Xing was only the second male lead.

But now, Lin Xing and Ren Yi are the male leads respectively.

It took Lin Xing one year to become equal to Ren Yiping.

It's still a serious drama.

Let me tell you, isn't this a fucking cheat or something? ? ?

When many people watched the launch conference of "Darkness Before Dawn", the one they talked about the most was Lin Xing.

Everyone in the live broadcast room is wondering which of these two spy dramas is better? ?

"Mr. Yuan, although we have done a lot of publicity now, the effect is actually not very good."

At the launch conference, Yuan Zhong, the general manager of Dongning Media, also arrived. At this time, he frowned a little when he heard the words of the publicity director: "What do you mean??"

"Actually, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "Strike" fought too fiercely. Their promotional expenses were quite large, and their traffic was also huge, so they started a traffic war..."

The publicity director said with some helplessness: "It was originally a situation where the Three Kingdoms were at odds, but instead they became two heroes. We held a press conference tonight, but the most talked about thing in the live broadcast room was "Death Knell"..."

At this time, Dongning Media actually made a strategic mistake.

On the one hand, they have enough confidence in "Darkness Before Dawn", and on the other hand, they also have enough confidence in the CCTV platform.

This means that they don't have that much of a smell of gunpowder.

But sometimes, just like an industry, when the boss and the second child fight, the third child often suffers in the end.

Of course, Dongning Media certainly does not feel that they are the third child. They have always felt that "Darkness Before Dawn" is the boss.

This is a drama broadcast exclusively on CCTV.

"It doesn't matter, we will see the quality when the time comes."

At this time, Yuan Zhong is still relatively optimistic. After all, CCTV has its own basic base and its share of ratings is relatively large.

Moreover, the viewing sessions held before the premiere of "Darkness Before Dawn" are also considered to have received good results.

Therefore, Yuan Zhongdao said: "Now the market has already eliminated traffic actors, and their appeal is of no use. If you continue to increase publicity for me, adjust the publicity strategy at any time..."

The publicity director wanted to say something more, but Yuan Zhong had already said so, so he could only do it.

"Block all discussions about "Death Knell" in the live broadcast room..."

The publicity director thought about it and had no choice but to do this.

What he didn't expect was that he would be exposed directly after doing this, so "Darkness Before Dawn" became a hot search based on this wave.

I really didn't expect it.

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