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Chapter 334 - 280: The New Drama Was Snatched Up by All Major Platforms_2

Chapter 334: Chapter 280: The New Drama Was Snatched Up by All Major Platforms_2

In fact, before the screening, I also held these thoughts and had a brief interview with Director Wang.

But after the screening, these are still worth discussing, but now I want to share with you the most profound impression I had after watching it, the biggest surprise in those five hours—the transformative acting of Wu Mu.

Wu Mu, acting?

Many people, seeing this line, would probably have such a question mark popping up in their heads.

Before watching the film, I felt the same way. I’m actually quite familiar with the actor Wu Mu. Friends who have followed my articles might even remember an article I published last year, criticizing idol stars who venture into acting without any real skill.

Wu Mu was the main focus of my harsh criticism in that article.

So even though this year, Wu Mu had proven himself in many areas—music, variety shows, celebrity circles—he had overturned many people’s perceptions, but I still had no expectations for his acting.

Not until the screening ended did I realize that the industry’s list of acting talents might need to include another name soon.

As for the content of the series, I’m limited by a confidentiality agreement and can’t reveal details, I can only give a rough idea.

In the drama, Wu Mu played the son of Cui Fu and the lover of Sun Yueqing.

Facing two strong actors, one of whom is a dual Golden Horse and Golden Rooster award-winning actor, and with seasoned actors like Zhao Qihui and Wu Jing in other roles, I had mentally prepared myself for Wu Mu to be the weakest link in terms of acting.

But to my great surprise, Wu Mu not only didn’t turn out to be a weak link, but in terms of impact, his performance even seemed more memorable than the others.

After the entire screening, I realized that I didn’t remember Cui Fu’s acting as much as his.

Even those veteran actors’ performances, in comparison to his, felt a bit mechanical and stiff.

In fact, it wasn’t that Cui Fu and others were stiff, but Wu Mu appeared too vibrant. Many of his scenes revealed an astonishing vitality as if you couldn’t even imagine such a scene could be performed this way unless he showed it.

His usual co-star, well-known for her acting, Sun Yueqing, even seemed not so impressive in comparison to him.

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In summary,

I personally think Wu Mu’s acting will be the biggest surprise in Wang Ren’s new film.

As soon as Fu Wenchuan’s article of two to three thousand words was released, it immediately caught the attention of quite a few people.

Those unfamiliar with Wu Mu, who didn’t know him well, noted his name in their minds, looking forward to the series premiere.

Friends who know Wu Mu, who are very familiar with him...

"Paid off?"

"How much did Wang Ren pay you for this flattery?"

"Fucking hell, someone is hyping Wu Mu’s acting again, didn’t Wu Mu himself debunk this?"

"I see, it’s just like that movie promoting weight loss before, they’re intending to use Wu Mu’s acting as a selling point to keep drawing people back in, guessing Wu Mu did improve a bit, but to contrast with the stiff Cui Fu and others...you know how to make a contrast."

"Although this photo of Wu Mu looks somewhat intriguing, not surprised at all!"

This news is so dumb, if you had hyped it to a more believable level, like up to the professional drama school standard, maybe people would have believed it.

But no, you had to compare him directly with dual Golden Horse and Golden Rooster award winners.

Clearly the kind of paid shills.

Don’t believe it one bit.

Hardly anyone believes it, even if Wu Mu is really starting to "transform," they have to see his actual performance to judge.

Can’t just take your word for it, they surely wouldn’t believe if you said Wu Mu is turning into Superman next, right?

So even though more news about the screening spreads online, including posts from major influencers with millions of followers, people increasingly feel that the series might be gearing up for marketing.

After all, those who know understand that the rough cut of the series is out, and what comes next is searching for a platform to sell the series to. How could they not hype it to attract potential buyers?

Everyone thought so, and before anything further unraveled, a significant piece of news came out:

Tencent Video had bought Wang Ren’s new series for a whopping 450 million yuan.

Big influencers can lie, but money doesn’t.

Fuck!

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Tencent Video’s Director of Content, in charge of acquisitions, actually wanted to let the news ferment a bit more and wait for the situation to become clearer before making a purchase.

But the situation wasn’t waiting for him to decide.

There were simply too many competitors!

Due to the extreme popularity of Wu Mu’s new album, major video platforms online had already set their sights on this eponymous drama series.

This eponymous album was about to hit eight or nine million in sales. Just capturing a part of this heat was enough to guarantee a solid popularity for the drama.

The series hadn’t even aired yet, it hadn’t been much promoted, but already tens of millions, even hundreds of millions, of viewers knew the drama’s name.

Just from those curious about what this album’s eponymous series would be like, there was already substantial traffic.

Moreover, after the screening, everyone discovered that the quality of the film was quite high.

Wang Ren’s transition to drama series was smooth, producing a quite high-quality series. From this quality alone, everyone could tell that the film might be well-received.

Of course, the most critical factor influencing everyone’s decision was actually Wu Mu’s performance in the drama.

Playing so brilliantly... you have really become an "Evolved," haven’t you!

Compared to his previous performances, such a striking contrast in acting, such a hot topic, everyone could already imagine in their minds the scenes of Wu Mu’s acting going viral once the drama aired.

That would attract so many users to sign up for memberships to watch.

So, the competition was fierce.

Not to mention iQiyi and Youku-Tudou, the old rivals, even platforms like Douyin and Bilibili, which typically had nothing to do with this, had come to join the hype!

The drama’s exclusive online broadcast price started at 300 million as soon as bidding began!

Then there was intense bargaining, frantic outbidding, until the price reached 400 million, where it temporarily stalled.

A price of 400 million was already very high; other companies probably also thought the same as them—to wait a bit longer, to let the situation ferment a bit, and then proceed to the next bid.

But at this moment, someone from Tencent Video received a new piece of insider news.

Netflix, that is, the Netflix platform, had actually come knocking to inquire about the price.

It was even rumored that it was their South Korean executives who personally led the team, believing that this drama had potential in the Japanese and South Korean markets.

That’s just ridiculous!

A drama based on Hua Country’s crime themes from the ’70s and ’80s having potential in Japan and South Korea?

Do they even understand it?

Of course, the Director of Content at Tencent Video could understand that this was probably all because of Wu Mu.

With Wu Mu’s performance in the drama, not to mention South Korea, there indeed might be a substantial market in Japan.

Although he didn’t understand how Wu Mu, who had never filmed overseas, caught the attention of Netflix and South Korean executives.

Was it just because of the popularity from a few episodes of "Legendary Voice"?

That’s a bit too exaggerated.

Is being handsome really such an advantage?

However, Netflix was a genuinely rich and powerful opponent, and ultimately Tencent Video, fearing that delaying could lead to issues, quickly contacted Yang Rongfa and his team, raised the bid by 50 million in one go, and finalized the drama’s rights.

"Can only hope this drama surprises us like Wu Mu’s album did."

The Director thought to himself.

Yes, the major reason behind his procurement decision was Wu Mu’s performance on the Tencent Music platform.

So profitable!

It took just a slightly higher price than the other platforms, and it turned out to be a huge windfall!

In the first week of release, sales reached 620,000!

How many users from the other two platforms did this draw in, how much of Wu Mu’s die-hard fans’ money did it manage to drain beforehand!

620,000 in sales, over 120 million in revenue!

Just the platform’s thirty percent cut had already earned back double the copyright fee!

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