Wen Ying’s blog promotion could make Song Fotxiang’s Private Elopement at Dawn noticed by critics, by netizens, by the media. From lukewarm to exploding in popularity.
Wen Ying’s blog promotion charged 500,000 per post. Brands did not even haggle. They queued up to negotiate with Yuan Fenghui.
Such an effective promotion channel, and Wen Ying offered it proactively, yet Xie Qian refused?
This was the first time Wen Ying did not understand Xie Qian’s thinking.
Was God Xie being tsundere?
In front of Yuan Fenghui, Wen Ying of course would not mention these. She said vaguely: “I have my own judgement, but my professional level is far inferior to yours! After all, Teacher Yuan, when you entered the industry, I might have just been born?”
This was indeed true!
Yuan Fenghui was in a great mood and stopped teasing Wen Ying:
“I think it is very good. If the later episodes maintain the level of the first two, Ji Xin’s drama will absolutely harvest high reputation!”
Reputation was one aspect. Including the ratings, Yuan Fenghui was very optimistic about everything.
It was not only idol dramas that could achieve high ratings.
Many serious dramas, because their audience was broader, easily outdid idol dramas in ratings.
Quality serious dramas could reap viewers from all age groups!
Yuan Fenghui’s affirmation let Wen Ying completely relax. After hanging up, she texted Xie Qian “congratulations”.
Tonight, Xie Qian’s phone kept ringing.
Concerns from the Xie family, flattery from friends, message after message flooded into Xie Qian’s inbox. Even Qi Assistant beside Xie Jinghu secretly sent Xie Qian a congratulatory text.
These people of course would not predict ratings, but their after-viewing feelings about Alley Folks were all good.
It was good to watch.
This was the simplest and most powerful evaluation for a TV drama.
Old Madam Xie was even more direct. She called Xie Qian to ask about the later plot. When Xie Qian hesitated on whether to spoil it, the old lady regretted it herself: “Do not tell me. If I know the later plot in advance, how can I chase the drama with your mother tomorrow? Xiao Tian praises this TV drama as good too!”
With the caring little nanny she had gotten along with for several years and her daughter-in-law accompanying her to chase the drama, the time from after dinner to bedtime became especially warm. Old Madam Xie looked forward to tomorrow evening’s drama time.
Xie Qian was talking to his grandmother when his phone vibrated. Another new message came in.
It was from the hamster.
Xie Qian endured his impatience and continued chatting with his grandmother. Old Madam Xie heard he was absent-minded.
The old lady was very considerate and hung up proactively.
Of course she missed her grandson, but he was young. Young people had their studies and lives, their social circles. Elders should be sensible and not occupy too much time.
Xie Qian did not appreciate his dear grandmother’s good intentions.
His mind was completely drawn by the new message.
From his understanding of Wen Ying, she should have called him as soon as the second episode of Alley Folks finished. He had not expected her to hold out until now.
Was she still brooding over his refusal of “blog promotion”?
Xie Qian smiled lowly.
No matter how flowery the hamster’s words, he would not agree to blog promotion. He had made the same mistake once. It took great effort to finally make Xie Jinghu lose interest in the hamster. How could he repeat it!
With blog promotion, Alley Folks’ heat would be higher.
Without blog promotion, Alley Folks would not flop.
Even if it truly flopped, Xie Qian would not complain about heaven or blame others. Gaining failure experience meant getting closer to success.
Unknowingly, Xie Qian’s mindset had indeed been deeply influenced by Wen Ying. Optimistic outlook, no difficulty could crush him.
Anyway, one TV drama was not as important as the hamster’s safety.
Xie Qian typed back word by word slowly: “You are the great screenwriter. You thinking it is good is already the highest praise for Alley Folks. As for ratings, no need to worry too much. We will know naturally in a couple of days.”
Like the DNA test results, they would come out in a few days too.
On the other side, Wen Ying held her phone and grinned foolishly.
Hee hee hee. Xie Qian actually called her a great screenwriter!
Though she knew Xie Qian was praising her through rose-tinted glasses, and knew her screenwriting level was still below Zhang Guangzhen’s, Wen Ying was still very happy.
Once she collected 30 full material notebooks, she could try creating serious drama scripts~
It could be said that with the premiere of Alley Folks, Xie Qian received unanimous praise from those around him.
Because this drama’s script was created by Zhang Guangzhen, it also prompted Director Fan to decide to buy Tianjiao’s new drama.
Even outsiders recognised it so much. In Tianjiao’s screening room, Zhang Guangzhen was already in tears.
Looking at Zhang Guangzhen with tears and snot flying together, Yuan Fenghui was very disdainful. She threw tissues in front of him: “Old Zhang, wipe quickly. What is there to cry about? Ji Xin did not ruin your script. You heard too. As soon as Alley Folks aired, Director Fan panicked! Director Fan is coming to Chengdu tomorrow to sign. You sold another drama.”
Xie Qian called Wen Ying a great screenwriter. Actually, Zhang Guangzhen who wrote two serious dramas in a row was the great screenwriter.
Alley Folks was the beginning. Once the new drama he wrote for Tianjiao aired, who would dare casually alter Zhang Guangzhen’s scripts in the future?
Now, even without Tianjiao and Yuan Fenghui’s protection, those people would not dare bully Zhang Guangzhen. They had to hold him high to get scripts from his hands!
His career was about to peak, yet Zhang Guangzhen was still weepy. Yuan Fenghui disdained his lack of ambition.
Zhang Guangzhen pulled out two tissues and wiped his face messily. He sniffled: “You do not understand…”
Only emotionally rich people could create works that touched hearts.
Zhang Guangzhen’s tears were from emotion.
He felt his luck was truly good.
Signing with Tianjiao was already very fortunate. He was also lucky to encounter Ji Xin.
This company presented his created script completely intact. No random changes. The director understood the script thoroughly. Every actor acted very seriously. As a screenwriter, how could Zhang Guangzhen not be moved.
Yuan Fenghui was driven to collapse by this emotionally rich old friend.
In the end, unable to endure, Yuan Fenghui chased Zhang Guangzhen out of the screening room: “Go home and cry. Cry as long as you want. With just the two of us in the screening room, I fear others will misunderstand.”
“Mis, misunderstand what?”
“…Misunderstand that I hit you.”
Yuan Fenghui chased Zhang Guangzhen away. The whole world quieted.
Continuing to listen to Zhang Guangzhen’s crying would easily affect Yuan Fenghui’s thinking. She still needed to think about how to manoeuvre Director Fan tomorrow!
Zhang Guangzhen finally wiped his tears and snot clean. He even went to the bathroom to wash his face and pretended to leave as if nothing happened. At this time, the company had only one or two overtime little employees. As long as he ran fast enough, no one would see his dishevelled state!
People often fear what comes. Zhang Guangzhen bumped into the on-duty security downstairs.
Little Brother Ma’s eyes lit up: “Teacher Zhang, Alley Folks is really good. I will watch tomorrow evening too!”
“You are chasing the drama too?”
Zhang Guangzhen paused. His voice carried a nasal tone.
Little Brother Ma nodded vigorously: “Yes! I even specially swapped shifts with colleagues. Director Yuan often says we are family. Family should support each other!”
Woo woo woo.
Hateful.
Why say such touching words.
Zhang Guangzhen’s freshly washed face was blurred by tears again!
