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Chapter 775: The Birth of a Phenomenal Hit

The opening theme ends, and the main film of "Joy of Life" officially begins.

In the university library, Gu Wei, dressed as a student, and Zeng Li, who had an elegant temperament, appeared.

[Wow, the male protagonist appears at the beginning, good review! ]

[Gu Wei is so handsome, this outfit makes him look bookish]

[Isn't this a costume drama? Why is it set in modern times? 】

[Zeng Li's appearance startled me. It seems that she was not in the promotion! ]

[Isn't it said that the protagonist's name is "Fan Xian", why is Gu Wei called "Zhang Qing" when he appears? ]

The barrage of comments flashed across the computer screen like raindrops. Han Yue felt a little strange, but she did not send any comments and watched patiently.

Soon, Zhang Qing, a college student played by Gu Wei, turned on his computer and named his novel according to Qiaojie's verdict in "A Dream of Red Mansions": "Leave me more blessings, leave me more blessings, and suddenly I will meet a benefactor; thank my mother, thank my mother, and I will accumulate good deeds." The story of "Celebrating Yu Nian" officially began.

In Fan Xian's memory, he was a dying man suffering from myasthenia gravis in modern society. When his life came to an end and he woke up again, he was actually a baby, caught in a bloody hunt.

A young man named Wu Zhu, blindfolded with a black cloth, rescued him from the killing and sent him to the Fan Mansion in Danzhou, where he survived as the illegitimate son of Fan Jian, the Southern Earl of Kyoto.
The one and a half hour time for two episodes passed quickly. When the ending song of the second episode played, Han Yue still felt a little unsatisfied.

It is obvious that the first two episodes are just a set-up for the TV series, and many characters do not appear.

However, the various questions and foreshadowings left the audience feeling itchy.

What is Fan Xian's life experience, what is his relationship with Wu Zhu, why does Wu Zhu always have a black cloth covering his eyes, and why did Fei Jie come to teach him.

In the second episode, it is unclear why Teng Zijing came to kill Fan Xian, and when Fan Xian was about to set off for Beijing, he discovered that he was already engaged.

As the plot progresses, the audience has more and more questions, but it is these doubts that make everyone fully devote themselves to the plot of "Joy of Life".

"Why can I only watch two episodes? There's still a day to watch the rest. How can I bear this?"

Han Yue had a strong desire to know the rest of the story, but there was nothing she could do.

She casually clicked on the comment section, intending to read netizens' feedback, and then post a good comment to support her idol.

[The TV series I've been looking forward to for a long time is finally online. It's worth the wait. Although I only watched the beginning, the plot, the setting, and even the acting skills of the actors are all first-class in the industry. If it maintains this level, "Celebrating Yu Nian" will be another hit drama! ]

[The first two episodes are about modern people traveling through ancient times. The plot is not very original, but the various story lines are well laid out. The costume drama looks very textured. I will continue to follow it.]

[The person above probably hasn't read the original novel. "Joy of Life" is not a simple time-travel drama. Even the era in which Fan Xian lives cannot be considered ancient times, but the future.

Forget it, saying more would be spoilers, and the TV series will not be exactly the same as the novel, so I'm still looking forward to the development of the story.】

[Wow, in the first episode, Gu Wei only showed up at the beginning, and then it was all about Fan Xian's childhood. Although this little boy acted well, I still want to see Gu Wei!!]

[It can be seen from the first two episodes of "Joy of Life" that this drama is most likely not a kind of ancient idol drama about love.

I'm almost sick of watching romance dramas lately, no matter if they're about power struggles, wars, fantasy, or cultivating immortals, all the romance dramas in ancient costume dramas have the male and female protagonists all being love-brained.

As expected, Gu Wei is still reliable! 】

[I love watching romance, I want to know when Jing Tian will appear, "Let's go wild, Teng Ni" yyds! ]

[Whether it is texture, plot or actors' acting skills, the newly aired "Celebrating Yu Nian" can be said to be a top-notch work among costume dramas.

The beginning is almost as good as Nirvana in Fire. I hope it can maintain this standard later! 】

[Is this really a male-dominated drama? The female lead hasn’t appeared in two episodes. I really want to see Gu Wei and Jing Tian in the same frame. I love their looks so much. Si Teng and Qin Fang are the perfect couple forever in my heart! ! ]

After browsing for a while, she found that most of the comments were positive. Han Yue smiled and posted a comment herself.

Then she browsed Gu Wei's super topic and Weibo. As expected, the term #【庆余年】热播# was clearly ranked first on Weibo's hot search, and two of the top ten were also related to the TV series.

While she was surfing the Internet, the time had already come to 10 o'clock, but Han Yue was not sleepy at all.

She opened the Tencent video and planned to watch today's two episodes again, which could also be considered as collecting data for her idol.

"Huh? What's going on? Why can't I open it?"

The interface of [Joy of Life] is fine, but the first two episodes just can’t be played.

"It was fine just now."

Frowning, Han Yue opened Weibo again and saw some people discussing that Tencent Video had crashed because too many people were watching it, but it was still available on iQiyi and everyone could go to iQiyi.

At this time, in the office building of Tencent Video, it was clearly night, but most people in the office area were there.

"What's going on? Why is the system down? What is the technical department doing? The video can't be opened at this time!!"

A roar filled with anger, almost half of the people in the workplace could hear it.

"Mr. Wang, just now because there were too many people accessing at the same time, the backend was not prepared and crashed for two minutes. The technical department adjusted it immediately."

“Two minutes? Do you know how many viewers were lost in two minutes? It wasn’t just our platform that was broadcasting the show at the same time. There was also iQiyi. When we crashed for two minutes, all the viewers went to iQiyi!
And why is there nothing wrong with iQiyi's backend? "

The subordinate looked helpless.

"We are indeed not prepared for this. Besides, our traffic is larger than that of iQiyi. Although we are broadcasting Joy of Life at the same time, our company's broadcast volume is much higher than that of iQiyi."

"I don't care. If Mr. Sun investigates this matter, your technical department will bear all the responsibility."

#【Celebrating More Than Years】The first episode ratings easily exceeded 2, winning the ratings championship in the same period, and the overall quality was excellent and received praise! #
#【Celebrating More Than Years】first broadcast received over 10,000 views on iQiyi and over 20,000 views on Tencent Video, and the online broadcast data was far ahead! #
#Ranked first on the first day of launch, setting many records, [Celebrating Yu Nian] is expected to be a hit in 2020! #
#Gu Wei's new drama has sparked discussion across the internet, and the premiere was so popular that it caused the Tencent Video server to crash! #
After the premiere of "Joy of Life", it received rave reviews and various data also broke various records since the beginning of this year.

Today's domestic entertainment and film industries have stagnated due to environmental issues, but with more people staying at home, more people are watching TV series.

Therefore, the various data of the TV series are actually better than last year.

However, since the beginning of this year, there have been no real hit dramas broadcast on either TV stations or online platforms.

Although the data of "An Jia", "Under the Power", "My Next Stop Is Happiness" and Reba's "Eternal Love" in the first half of the year are not bad, there is still a big gap compared with such phenomenally popular dramas as "Knowing Your Destiny", "Nirvana in Fire" and "Eternal Love".

The broadcast of "Joy of Life" has unreservedly displayed its "king style". Judging from the results of the first broadcast, as long as the subsequent plots can maintain this quality, it is basically destined to be the "drama king" of this year.

In the following days, the popularity of "Joy of Life" continued unabated, and the ratings of CCTV-8 slowly climbed. After one week of broadcasting, it had reached 2.87 and was about to break 3.

The total number of views of Tencent Video and iQiyi also quickly exceeded 30 billion.

You should know that the broadcast volume of online platforms today is different from before. After repeated warnings from relevant departments, the online broadcast volume of major platforms has been limited.

At present, "Joy of Life" has only been aired for less than one-third, but the total number of views on the entire network has exceeded 30 billion. It should not be difficult to break the total score of billion in the future.

In addition to the two most basic data, ratings and online playback volume, "Joy of Life" is also very high in terms of drama popularity, discussion, and social influence.

The Weibo topic #庆余年# was read 4.3 million times and discussed 78.2 times in one week.

The drama has been ranked first in the Lighthouse TV series viewing volume ranking for consecutive years.

In the week since it was aired, terms related to "Joy of Life" have been on the hot search list 148 times, with an average of more than 20 terms related to the TV series appearing on the hot search list every day.

Gu Wei and Jing Tian's co-hosted programs "Happy Camp" and "Longing for Life" have also been broadcast one after another.

Originally, they went on the variety show to promote the TV series, but the popularity of "Joy of Life" made the two of them appear on the same episode highly anticipated by netizens, and the ratings of the current episodes of "Happy Camp" and "Longing for Life" skyrocketed.

Hengdian.

After the filming of [Thank You Doctor] was finished, Yang Mi did not leave immediately, but went to the next door crew to visit Reba.

In the evening, after the crew finished filming, the two of them went out to eat together.

Reba signed with Yang Mi's studio when she was still in school, and she can be said to have been brought up by Yang Mi.

Among Jiaxing’s resources, she has the best resources except for the boss Da Mimi.

Reba is a grateful person. She has always been very grateful for Yang Mi's help, and the relationship between the two has always been good.

"Sister Mi, have you watched the drama [Celebrating Yu Nian] that Mr. Gu recently aired?"

After chatting for a while, Reba suddenly asked.

Yang Mi glanced at her.

"Joy of Life is so popular now, how could I not watch it?"

"I will watch this drama every day after work when I return to the hotel. It is really interesting."

Obviously, Reba was very interested in "Joy of Life" and started chatting enthusiastically after bringing up the topic.

"I thought it was a costume suspense drama at first, then I thought it was a political drama, and now it seems more like a costume comedy. Many parts are very funny, especially Versace and Guo Baokun, so funny."

Reba grinned, and her big eyes turned into two crescents.

Yang Mi’s focus is different from hers.

"Gu Wei has produced another hit costume drama this time. Judging from its current popularity, this drama is expected to be no less popular than the Nirvana in Fire."

“They are of different genres. I feel that Nirvana in Fire is a serious drama.

[Joy of Life] is a comedy with martial arts and political intrigues, and there are too many "jokes" in it!

By the way, Sister Mi, I saw online that the second season of Joy of Life will be filmed in the second half of the year, is that true?"

Yang Mi nodded.

“I called Gu Wei a few days ago to ask about this, and he said that the filming would probably start in September or October.

Why, are you interested?"

"Me? Never thought about it.

Will the female lead be changed in the second part?

It's not possible for me to play Lin Wan'er with my image, right?"

Reba opened her eyes wide.

Yang Mi smiled and said, "You wish. The heroine of Jingtian will definitely not be changed. The other characters will probably not change either. There will only be some new characters, most of which are minor supporting roles."

As the dinner was about to end, Reba suggested, "Miss, why don't you come to my place to rest tonight? You have nothing to do now that the crew has finished filming.

Let’s go back and finish watching today’s update of Joy of Life before going to bed.”

Yang Mi hesitated for a moment: "Okay then~"

The current environment is that artists have basically no other work to do besides filming and appearing on variety shows.

The commercial performances and offline activities that were previously the most common can no longer be held. Even a big star like Yang Mi has nothing to do after the TV series is finished. The recording of "Escape Room Season 2" will not start until next month.

At the same time, at Ying Er's home in Beijing.

Jingtian was invited by a good friend to visit her home. After dinner, the two of them watched TV in the living room, while Ying'er's husband Fu Xinbo was in the kitchen washing dishes, tidying up things, and washing fruits.

"Your husband is so good to you!"

Jingtian glanced in the direction of the kitchen and sighed to Ying'er.

"It's okay. He has no fame and money. If he treats me badly, why would I marry him?"

"Fame and money are secondary. Good men are hard to come by."

"Hehe, you say that because you have both fame and money. What's the difference between that and telling Jack Ma that I don't like money?"

After hearing what Ying'er said, Jingtian smiled and shook his head, and said nothing more.

After a while, Fu Xinbo walked into the living room carrying a fruit plate.

"Wife, the grapes are washed, you and Tiantian can eat them together~"

"Thank you, husband, Muah~"

"You two watch TV, I'll go to the back room to look after the kids."

"Go ahead, thank you for your hard work, husband"

After Fu Xinbo left, Jing Tian looked at Ying Er and said with a smile: "It seems that I said too much, you know how to cherish it."

"It's OK. They have done their job, so I have to give them some positive feedback."

The two of them sat on the sofa, eating grapes and watching TV.

Today we just happened to broadcast the part where Fan Xian recited a poem from the episode "Joy of Life".

Fan Xian went to the palace for a banquet. The poem "Climbing the High Tower" he copied earlier was questioned by the literary leader Zhuang Mohan, who revealed that the last four lines of "Climbing the High Tower" were written by his master many years ago.

The whole audience was in an uproar, and Guo Baokun took advantage of the situation to ask Emperor Qing to strip Fan Xian of his honors and expel him from Kyoto.

At this time, Fan Xian imitated Li Bai and wrote hundreds of poems after drinking. He drank and recited poems at the banquet, and recited all the "Three Hundred Tang Poems" that he had memorized.

All of a sudden, all the officials were shocked, the literary leader Zhuang Mohan vomited blood, and Fan Xian became famous overnight as the world-famous "Little Fan the Poet God"!
As a TV series adapted from a cool novel, the plot of pretending to be cool and then getting slapped in the face in "Joy of Life" is very consistent with the routine of cool novels. This scene of reciting poems in the palace is considered the climax of the whole play.

"Gu Wei is so handsome, and this scene is very interesting.

I feel like today's [Celebrating Yu Nian] poem recitation segment will definitely be on the hot search list! "

Ying Er looked at Gu Wei on the screen and couldn't stop smiling.

"Wipe your saliva, your husband is still in the room coaxing the children, why are you praising other men like this, okay?"

After hearing Jingtian say this, Ying'er actually raised her hand and wiped the corner of her mouth.

"What's wrong with that? I'm just chasing stars, it's aboveboard!"

As she said that, she turned to look at Jing Tian and raised her eyebrows: "You and Gu Wei have filmed two dramas, and there are all kinds of rumors about you. Are you two..."

"What is it!"

"You tell me, I won't tell anyone.
Besides, with Gu Wei's conditions, I don't believe there would be any girl who could resist throwing herself at him."

Ying Er hugged Jing Tian's arm and acted coquettishly.

"If you had the chance, would you jump at it?" Jingtian asked her.

Ying Er turned her head and glanced towards the bedroom, then whispered in Jing Tian's ear, "Of course not. If I could give a try to a man of Gu Wei's level, I would be lucky. I would wake up laughing in my dreams!"

Jing Tian opened his eyes in disbelief and whispered, "You are a family man with children~"

"I'm just saying it. Besides, there's no way Gu Wei would like me."

Ying Er said indifferently.

It’s not that she is unfaithful to love, it’s just that Gu Wei’s temptation is too great.

This is like a married man suddenly meets Fan Bingbing, who tells him that they can spend the night together and no one will know. I am afraid that not many people can control themselves under such circumstances.

"I saw online that Joy of Life 2 will be filming in the second half of the year?"

"Yes, I have got the script~"

"Can anyone introduce me to a suitable role? A minor supporting role will do."

Jingtian looked at Ying'er's admiring eyes and shook his head.

“It’s basically the same people from the first film. There aren’t many new characters, and most of the female characters have already been decided.”

Of course, what she said was not true. Jingtian got the script for the second part, which had several new female characters and no one had been decided on them.

For example, Ying Er can play Yuan Meng, Sang Wen, and the Grand Princess of Northern Qi.

However, the other party just answered the question incorrectly, so even if she was her best friend, she couldn't help.

"That's it"

Ying Er was not too disappointed, as she didn't have high expectations in the first place.

"As for male characters, can you recommend one for my husband?"

"Fu Xinbo, I can ask Gu Wei for you. He still has the final say on [Joy of Life]~"

Jingtian did not refuse again.

"Hehe, Tiantian, you are the best!

Is Gu Wei in Beijing? Can you invite him out for dinner?"

Jingtian shook his head.

"He went to Guizhou to film a movie a few days ago and he probably won't be back until next month.

I’ll send him a WeChat message first.”

As Jing Tian was editing the information, he told Gu Wei the whole story of recommending Fu Xinbo from beginning to end.

At this time, Gu Wei, who was filming "A UFO Falls from the Sky" in the mountains of Guizhou, had just returned to the crew hotel.

We shot a night scene today and got off work quite late. Moreover, being a director is different from being an actor, as he has many things to worry about. After finishing the shoot, he still has to discuss tomorrow's shooting plan with other members of the director team.

As soon as I entered the room, I received a WeChat message from Jingtian.

"Fu Xinbo? Ying Er's husband?"

Gu Wei didn't have much impression of this person, but as the husband of Jing Tian's best friend, he naturally had to give him some face.

He searched online for an introduction to Fu Xinbo.

"Hmm? It seems to be the actor who played the original eldest prince.

That’s great, let’s just pick him, and save the trouble of looking for another one.”

Thinking of this, he called Jingtian.

"I took a look and your friend's husband looks pretty good, with a tough guy temperament. Let him play the role of Li Chengru, the eldest prince of Nanqing in the second part."

"deal?"

Jing Tian was also a little bit incredulous. She just sent a message and Gu Wei got the role?
You should know that the eldest prince is almost the one with the most important role among the new characters appearing in the second part.

"It's settled. Since you asked me about it, and we are good friends, I have to satisfy you. I can't let you lose face in front of your bestie."

"Well, actually you can try the mirror~"

"No need to go to so much trouble. I'll have the crew contact Fu Xinbo later."

He was the original eldest prince and he played the role very well, so Gu Wei certainly didn't need to audition again.

"Okay, I won't say any more to you. I just finished work and went to take a shower. Have fun at your bestie's house~"

Before Jing Tian could say anything, Gu Wei said something and hung up the phone.

Back in Beijing, Ying'er looked at Jingtian, blinking her big eyes, waiting for her reply.

"Um~ Gu Wei said there's a role for your husband. It's an important supporting role in the second part, one of the princes."

"Really?
Tiantian, you are so kind. When will you let Fu Xinbo go for the audition?"

Ying Er looked very happy. Although she just said that she would pounce on Gu Wei if she had the chance, she still loved her husband very much.

"No need to audition, the role has been confirmed after a phone call just now, and someone from Gu Wei's company will contact you to sign the contract later!"

"Tiantian, you are so amazing!

Husband! Husband! "

Ying'er shouted loudly towards the inner room.

"What's wrong, wife?" Fu Xinbo walked out.

Ying Er told her husband what had just happened.

"Thank you so much, Tiantian. I will definitely act well and won't make it hard for you!"

Fu Xinbo was a smart man. After knowing this, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and expressed his opinion immediately.

[Joy of Life] is so popular nowadays, the second part is definitely the top resource in the circle.

If it weren't for Jingtian's relationship, a fifth- or sixth-tier artist like him would never have the opportunity to perform.

"Do you have time tomorrow? I've prepared some of my specialties. Would you like to come and try them?" Fu Xinbo invited.

"Yes, Tiantian, if you have nothing to do, just come over and treat it like your own home~"

"Not tomorrow, I have work to do tomorrow, maybe next time~"

(End of this chapter)