Chapter 370 Lin Xing Can’t Pretend to Be Cool Anymore

On February 4, 2026, "Never Breaking Line" officially started broadcasting.

This spy war drama, which has attracted much attention in the industry and is even said to have the potential to become the king of dramas, did not disappoint everyone.

On the day of the broadcast, not to mention the publicity by CCTV, Penguin Video also gave "Never Breaking Line" a huge publicity.

According to the idea of ​​Penguin Video, as long as "Never Breaking Line" can break the popularity value of 10,000, it will be enough to win.

As a result, on February 5, when the data came out, the people of Penguin Video were also confused.

Because this result was too damn explosive.

Such a result did not even react to Penguin Video. To be honest, everyone really did not expect such a result at the beginning.

You know, Xie Qiang is so old after all, and he has not filmed any dramas in recent years due to physical reasons.

It can be said that in this period of time, the TV drama circle has been changing all the time, and many directors have been eliminated from generation to generation.

Not only directors, but also some famous screenwriters, they were also easily eliminated.

Under such circumstances, who can guarantee that Xie Qiang's drama will be successful? ?

Whether it is the so-called praise from the outside world, or the so-called praise from other people, or even the praise from the industry.

These are not so important.

Because capital only looks at interests.

As long as you can succeed, even if you are a piece of shit, a big illiterate, then capital will praise you. It doesn't matter if you are ugly, capital will also make you a handsome guy.

However, if you fail, or you have no interests to get, then even if you are old, even if you have a so-called rich resume, even if you have good acting skills, good scripts, and good directing, it is useless.

Look at Feng Gang, what happened when he was kicked out by Tansheng Satellite TV? ? ?

Look at Dai An again, what happened when he failed twice in a row? ?

You can even look at Guan Peng, Ren Shuai, and others. These actors were also so-called popular in the past, but when they failed, capital will no longer invest in them.

Not only these people, even An Yifeng, who is still very powerful, what is her situation now? ? ?

Yes.

Although she is known as the so-called king's return in the TV drama circle, what's the use? ? ?

The film industry doesn't dare to use her at all.

Not only that, but An Yifeng's performance in "Killing Ading" is useless.

No, no.

For this reason, Xie Qiang is actually considered by the industry to be a king-level work, and many people even want to lick this cake fiercely, and even CCTV has used this drama as the opening drama of the year.

But capital dare not fight easily.

It's not without precedent. Last year, Penguin Video made a so-called king-level work, and the publicity fee was spent tens of millions, but the popularity value didn't even break ten thousand.

So this time Penguin Video learned to be smart. They thought very simply, I'll take a look first. Anyway, I have to wait until the situation after the broadcast before looking at the publicity.

Therefore, Penguin Video's publicity at the beginning really didn't dare to be too fierce, and didn't spend too much money.

But when the popularity value first broke 10,000, then broke 20,000, and now broke 30,000, everything is different.

Obviously, this is absolute strength. Even Penguin Video has a little regret. If they knew earlier, they should have gone all out to promote "Never Breaking Line".

But it is obvious that it is not too late now.

After all, this is the first day of the broadcast of the TV series "Never Breaking Line". If the publicity is increased in the future, the popularity value broadcast may continue to set records.

This is indeed the case, because Penguin Video has gradually increased advertising since last night, and today it has expanded several times compared to the original publicity.

In this way, the broadcast results of "Never Breaking Line" on CCTV and Penguin Video that night are further soaring.

If on the first day of the broadcast, everyone still thinks that the success of this drama is due to Xie Qiang's fame and the traffic brought by Lin Xing and Hou Jianlai, two powerful actors, then the second day and even the third day will be different.

As a result, the ratings of the third and fourth episodes of "Never Breaking Line" broadcast on CCTV on the evening of February 5th went up to 3.5, and the popularity value doubled directly.

On February 6th, the ratings of "Never Breaking Line" almost broke 4 that night, and the online broadcast volume of Penguin Video was far ahead of other dramas.

On February 7th, the ratings of "Never Breaking Line" officially broke 4.

Breaking 4.

Three days after the broadcast, the ratings broke 4, which was shocking enough, and the discussion about the drama "Never Breaking Line" has reached a peak.

On the one hand, although CCTV has only updated to 6 episodes, on Penguin Video, "Never Breaking Line" has been updated to 10 episodes.

On the other hand, in these three days, the publicity team of Penguin Video and "Never Breaking Line" has also reached a terrifying height for the promotion of this TV series.

How to say it? ?

The publicity is a bit like a virus, completely pervasive, and even many people have a bit of rebellious psychology.

Of course, everyone feels that it is really good after watching "Never Breaking Connection".

At the beginning, Penguin Video actually discussed with the drama party, that is, to insert advertisements at the beginning, middle and end of each episode.

You know, the more phenomenal the drama, the greater the traffic, and the more money you will make from attracting investment at this time.

Apart from other things, there were already some investment before the broadcast of "Never Breaking Line", and now with the soaring ratings and online broadcast volume of this drama, there will also be greater investment.

But Xie Qiang refused.

You should know that the biggest investor in the TV series "Never Breaking Line" is Xie Qiang, and he has absolute say in this TV series.

After all, this is Xie Qiang's final work, and he can't let others decide on his work.

It is precisely because of this that from the initial preparation, casting, shooting, post-production, to publicity, etc., this series is all controlled by Xie Qiang.

And unlike Penguin Video, which wants to maximize profits as much as possible, Xie Qiang is responsible for his own work.

More importantly, even though Xie Qiang is over 80 years old, he still maintains the amount of movies he watches every day, and what Xie Qiang dislikes most is the insertion of advertisements in TV series.

It is that the audience is clearly already immersed in the scene, but the sudden advertisement ruins the atmosphere.

What Xie Qiang does not understand the most is that since when, advertisements are actually performed based on the characters in the drama, which even makes many people unable to distinguish between advertisements and dramas.

Therefore, Xie Qiang directly rejected this, and then "Never Breaking Line" became a clean drama without any advertisements.

The audience does not have to worry about a spoiling advertisement suddenly popping up while watching the drama.

"I hope that all TV dramas in the future will learn from "Never Breaking Line" and stop adding shameless advertisements."

"I really think that the TV series "Never Breaking Line" is good in all aspects, and Lin Xing's acting is really strong. He really played two faces, or even multiple faces."

"The scene of killing Xu Tian is really cool, and the rivalry with Dai Li later is really good."

"The people around Hong Yi are still pretty good, and their acting skills are indeed better than each other."

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For the current 10 episodes, everyone is relatively recognized for many actors, but the only one who is not recognized may be Hou Jianlai.

You should know that Zhao Xiaoming, played by Hou Jianlai, should be a little clever and smart at the beginning, but also reckless and strong. He is not even suitable to be an agent. He only likes to fight on the battlefield.

More importantly, Zhao Xiaoming's age was not set to be very old at the beginning, and he was still a young man, but Hou Jianlai did not perform that kind of energy.

Again, it may be difficult for an actor to pretend to be old, but it is actually more difficult for an actor to pretend to be young.

Just like in "Death Bell", Liang Yi's performance was already quite good, but Chen Xueli, who he played, was a young college student at the beginning, but his performance was also a bit difficult to describe.

Similarly, Hou Jianlai had always played mature and stable people before. This time he played such a contrasting person, and naturally he was not recognized by everyone.

What Hou Jianlai could not tolerate the most was that he was completely suppressed by Lin Xing at present.

"Not all young actors are like Lin Xing. Even though Hou Jianlai's acting skills are already very high, he still can't act well after he deviates from his own track."

"Yes, look at Liang Yi and Hou Jianlai. They are already leaders among the younger generation, but compared with Lin Xing, the difference is indeed quite big."

"Hahahaha, Hou Jianlai's acting skills are really magical. Does he have no idea about himself?"

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Originally, Hou Jianlai took the role of the second male lead because he was not qualified to take the first male lead. In his opinion, if he only follows the script, the role of Zhao Xiaoming is quite outstanding.

On the one hand, Zhao Xiaoming's role is also very playable, and he has a lot of scenes. He is the bridge between the kite and the shadow in "Never Breaking Line".

It can be said that the role of Zhao Xiaoming is supposed to be the third most important role in "Never Breaking Line".

But it is obvious that in the current 10 episodes, the highlights are all on other people. Even Ning Hai, who went to Yan'an with Hong Yi, is better than Hou Jianlai.

Originally, Lin Xing defeated Hou Jianlai in the competition for Best Actor in the Magnolia Awards, and Hou Jianlai wanted to play a trick on Lin Xing, that is, he wanted to promote that Lin Xing and Hou Jianlai failed in the competition for the second male lead.

In the end, Lin Xing did fail in the competition for the second male lead, because he played the first male lead directly.

In this drama, Lin Xing is definitely the first male lead, even if it is a group drama, it is actually a male lead drama.

But look at Hou Jianlai again, he is completely outshined by Lin Xing.

The most important thing is that there are too many good actors and veteran actors in this drama, and Hou Jianlai plays the role he is least good at.

Now, his shortcomings are exposed.

Of course, these are not the most important. The most important thing is what I just said, that the contrast this time is too strong.

Originally, Lin Xing and Hou Jianlai belonged to the same track, especially the competition between the two was still very strong. Even if Lin Xing had not emerged, Hou Jianlai would have been the only choice for many serious dramas and male-dominated dramas.

But now it is different.

Because now Lin Xing is the first choice, or the only choice.

Originally Liang Yi was similar to Lin Xing, or the two were on similar tracks, but although Liang Yi was also one of the male protagonists in the drama "Death Knell", there was nothing he could do because Lin Xing was too strong.

But no matter what, "Death Bell" did allow Liang Yi to reap some benefits. After all, as "Death Bell" gradually got better, Liang Yi's performance in the middle and late stages was gradually good.

So, Hou Jianlai's agent also advised Hou Jianlai: "Don't worry, it's only been aired for three days, and this is a TV series with more than 50 episodes. You will really perform later. Next, you should cooperate with the publicity of the drama..."

Hou Jianlai was a little depressed: "I know."

"That's good. I will go to Penguin Video to visit the building tomorrow. Lin Xing will also go. You must cooperate well then..."

Hou Jianlai's agent advised Hou Jianlai: "You should know that our drama is currently a phenomenon, and it may even exceed "Death Knell". So we should try our best to maintain peace in the early stage. Even if there is a real fight, we have to wait until the end of this drama..."

"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid."

Hou Jianlai waved his hand slightly and said: "I'm just a little bored."

This boredom can be understood by the agent. After all, even the drama "Power and Stratagem" was well received by Hou Jianlai.

Hou Jianlai has always been a traffic star among the drama bones, and a drama bone among the traffic star. In short, his appeal is still very strong.

Originally, Hou Jianlai wanted to enter the film industry after the success of "The Power of the Heart", but failed.

Later, Hou Jianlai thought about stabilizing his career with the TV series "Never Breaking Line", and then going into the film industry after starring in another TV series.

But now, let alone "Never Breaking Line" can stabilize his career, this TV series may make him lose all the reputation he has worked so hard to get.

Many times, if the reputation of passers-by is really lost, it will be too difficult for you to succeed.

It is very simple to gain the reputation of passers-by, just do your best.

But if you make a lot of money in several dramas at once, you don't have to think about the reputation of passers-by anymore.

"I will ask the company to promote it as much as possible and make some soft articles."

Hou Jianlai's agent said: "In any case, as long as our drama becomes more and more successful, we will definitely get the bonus."

This is according to normal circumstances, that is, a popular drama often has all the actors on the table.

However, there are also abnormal situations, and often a popular drama will have one or two people who can't be on the table.

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