Chapter 929: 928. Consur fans?
The honeydew lon in Tang Shu’s hand twitched, desperately wanting to slap it onto the face of her darling little brother.
So what if you have a girlfriend? You guys are just puppy-lovers, brothers, and I’m the parent here!
“It seems like it’s ti to have a chat with your teachers?”
Exuding the aura of an older sister, Tang Shu’s gaze sharpened while looking at the three of them… gritting her teeth, sending shivers down the spines of the three student party mbers present.
Shoot, I was too brazen and forgot I’m still a child, what to do?!
Brother Yu, co save !
“Uh, I suddenly rembered I haven’t finished a worksheet, heading to the study now ha~~”
Xu Qianyun beat a hasty retreat, gasping for air. Qu Junfeng said ‘sorry’ three tis in a row, and the staircase to the second floor creaked under the strain.
In the living room, only Ren Xiazhi stood trembling on the spot.
“You’ve got worksheets to do, too?”
“Em~ Actually, yes?”
With the reminder, the young boy’s eyes lit up like a 100-watt bulb, “You might not believe this, but I’m actually preparing for the English C.E.T. Level Six…”
“Scram.”
“Okay!”
In less than ten seconds, Tang Shu was the only living soul left in the living room, while the voices of actors ca from the 65-inch LCD screen hanging on the wall.
***
“The Tree at the Doorway” had three consecutive days of broadcasts, showing an overwhelmingly popular reception from the audience.
The ratings climbed from 12 points on the first day, breaking through 15 points by the morning of the fourth day, arrogantly sitting on the throne of the top viewer ratings.
Of course, this extraordinary TV drama ratings phenonon inevitably piqued the research interest of industry insiders.
“Since when did period dramas beco so popular? Just because they’re down-to-earth?”
“Nostalgia plays a role too. Director Jian has a very unique approach to cinematography, and the props in the drama give a real sense of the era; who knows where he found them.”
“It’s a kind of mory lane. Apart from the props, every villager in Big Tree Village within the drama is charismatic, characters are well-rounded, good-natured but also self-interested—exactly as ordinary people should be.”
“Indeed.”
A group of insiders sumd up the reasons behind the high ratings, finally convincing themselves and others.
But…
“Then how do you explain the fact that a single episode has over two hundred million views on the video streaming platform?”
“Just six episodes have aired, and individual episodes are hitting 230 million views, that’s simply abnormal!”
“Moreover, I’ve got so data— the video site did an age demographic survey and found that within these 230 million clicks, 90% of the viewers are under 25 years old.”
Do so many young people really like a story from the ’80s? These under-25s have no connection to That Era, it doesn’t make sense.
Confounded insiders couldn’t find an answer, while the video site, aiming to climb higher, chose to publicize this data. Consequently, anyone with the video app received a notification that day.
[XX Video officially releases data: “The Doorway” wins over nurous young people], this phrase slowly caught the public’s attention and quickly climbed the trending searches.
“Huh? Huh huh? Turns out there’s so many peers who like it other than ?”
“No kidding, I’m part of that data, hhhhhh~~~~”
“ too, went for the premiere tickets, watched it so earnestly, never been that serious even for college entrance exams!”
“As a 20-year-old this year, I started watching it coerced by my parents, but after three days… tsk tsk, delicious~~~”
This trending topic exploded like a bomb among the crowd, igniting the already active online youth, who began to comnt and state they were part of the phenonon.
By that afternoon, an insider finally uncovered the truth:
[Shocking! Video website’s single episode hits over two hundred million views, all thanks to Tang Shu!]
Because the article included keywords, it was well-received upon publication. In less than half an hour, the forwarding count broke one million and showed no signs of slowing down.
So, whether fans of the drama or not yet watchers, smartphones pushed this soft article, enticing many idle folk to click on the link.
“As we all know, Tang Shu plays the leading lady in ‘The Doorway.’ This young actress, just 20 and two years into her career, wields significant influence among the younger generation. Her Weibo followers recently surpassed sixty million, and to reward her fans, she personally selected a thousand lucky ones to give away premiere tickets for Director Xie’s upcoming movie. However, what astonished the author is that the selection of these thousand lucky ones was based on answering ten detailed questions about ‘The Doorway’ drama sequence!”
“I must say, this is an innovative marketing strategy. When I first saw the news, my initial reaction was, ‘Ah, that’s why,’ followed by a cynical sneer, thinking that Tang Shu was rely exploiting her fans’ enthusiasm.”
At this point, many netizens nodded in agreent. The career of an artist is closely related to their fans, and exploiting fans’ passion is sothing almost all artists do.
Of course, such actions could cause so fans to harbor negative feelings towards their idol.
Just when everyone thought the author’s analysis hit the nail on the head, the next line in the article took a sharp turn:
“But when I clicked on the link to those ten questions, I suddenly realized how utterly wrong I was!”
Oops?
There’s a twist?
Curiosity peaked, the crowd, steered by the author, kept reading.
Imdiately, the soft article showcased several screenshots with the ten questions about ‘The Doorway’ laid out in full, finalizing with a note that exiting midway was equivalent to submitting the test. The author even cheekily added a PS after posting the screenshots.
PS: Hopefully the questionnaire link is closed; otherwise, the author exposing these questions might beco the villain!
Below the article, the author’s writing radiated excitent:
“Look at these ten questions! Not one is normal, leaving , who was prepared to take it seriously, torn between laughter and tears, literally holding my stomach in pain from laughing!”
“What’s even more tear-jerking isn’t the questions themselves, but the comnt section under Tang Shu’s latest Weibo post… oh no, that place is now like a disaster zone! I briefly scanned the number of ssages – there were at least a few million netizens ranting at their idol, making wonder if these people were haters.”
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