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

On February 2026, 2, "Never Breaking Connection" will officially start broadcasting.

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

Not to mention the CCTV promotion on the day of its premiere, Penguin Video also gave "Never Breaking Connection" huge publicity.

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

As a result, on February 2, when the data came out, the people at Penguin Video were also confused.

Because this result is so fucking amazing.

Such a result even made Penguin Video unable to react. To be honest, no one expected such a result at the beginning.

You have to know that Xie Qiang is so old after all, and he hasn't filmed any dramas in recent years due to health reasons.

It can be said that the TV drama industry has been undergoing constant changes over this period of time, and many directors have been eliminated generation after generation.

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

Under such circumstances, who can guarantee that Xie Qiang's play will be successful? ?
Be it the so-called flattery from the outside world, or the so-called flattery from others, or even the flattery within the industry.

None of this is that important.

Because capital only cares about profits.

As long as you can succeed, even if you are a piece of shit or a huge illiterate, capital will still praise you. It doesn’t matter if you are ugly, capital will still make you handsome.

However, if you fail, or you have no benefits to gain, then even if you have a lot of experience, even if you have a so-called rich resume, even if you have good acting skills, a good script, or a good directing, it will be of no use.

Look at Feng Gang, what happened to him after he was kicked out of Tansheng TV?
Look at Diane 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 very popular back then, but after they failed, capital would no longer invest in them.

Not only these people, even An Yifeng, whose health bar is still very high, look at her current situation???
Yes.

Although she is known as the so-called return of the queen in the TV drama circle, but what is the use???

The film industry doesn't dare to use her anymore.

Not only that, some of An Yifeng’s performances in “Killing Ading” were useless.

If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.

For this reason, Xie Qiang's work is actually considered to be a masterpiece by the industry. Many people are even thinking about licking this pie. CCTV has even used this drama as the opening drama of the year.

But capital does not dare to fight easily.

It's not like there's no precedent. Last year, Penguin Video produced a so-called blockbuster work, and spent tens of millions on publicity, but in the end the popularity value didn't even reach ten thousand.

So this time Penguin Video learned its lesson. Their idea was very simple: let me take a look first. In any case, I have to wait until the show starts before looking at the promotion.

Therefore, Penguin Video did not dare to promote it too aggressively at the beginning, nor did it spend too much money.

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

Obviously, this is absolute strength. Even Penguin Video feels a little regretful. If they had known earlier, they should have gone all out and given more publicity to "Never Breaking Connection".

But obviously, it's not too late now.

After all, this is only the first day that the TV series "Never Breaking Connection" was aired. If the publicity is intensified in the future, the popularity value may continue to set records.

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

In this way, that night, the broadcast performance of "Never Breaking Connection" on both CCTV and Penguin Video saw a further surge.

If on the first day of the show, everyone still thought that the success of the show was due to Xie Qiang's fame and the traffic brought by two powerful actors, Lin Xing and Hou Jianlai, then the situation was different on the second and even the third day.

As a result, on the evening of February 2, the third and fourth episodes of "Never Breaking the Line" aired on CCTV had a further increase in ratings, reaching 5, and the popularity value directly doubled.

On February 2, the ratings of "Never Breaking the Wire" almost broke 6 that evening, and the online broadcast volume on Penguin Video far surpassed that of several other dramas.

On February 2, the ratings of "Never Breaking the Line" officially exceeded 7.

Break 4.

After three days on the air, the ratings exceeded 4, which was shocking enough. The discussion about the drama "Never Breaking Connection" also reached a peak.

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

On the other hand, during these three days, Penguin Video and the publicity team of "Never Breaking Connection" have also reached a terrifying height in promoting this TV series.

What should I say? ?
The propaganda is a bit like a virus, it is completely pervasive, and many people even have a rebellious mentality.

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

At the beginning, Penguin Video actually discussed with the production team about inserting advertisements at the beginning, middle, and end of each episode.

You should know that the more phenomenal a drama is, the greater its traffic will be, and the more money you will make from attracting investment at this time.

Apart from anything else, there were already some investment promotions for "Never Breaking Connection" before it was broadcast, and now with the soaring ratings and online broadcast volume of this drama, there will also be even greater investment promotions.

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 other people make the decision about this work.

That's exactly the case. From the initial preparation, casting, shooting, post-production, to promotion and so on, the entire series was controlled by Xie Qiang.

Moreover, unlike Penguin Video which is trying to maximize profits, Xie Qiang is responsible for his own work.

What’s more important is that even though Xie Qiang is over 80 years old, he still maintains the amount of movies he watches every day, and what Xie Qiang hates most is the commercials inserted in TV dramas.

Even though the audience is already immersed in the scene, the sudden advertisement ruins the atmosphere.

What Xie Qiang couldn't understand the most was that since when, advertisements were actually based on the characters in the drama, which even made many people unable to distinguish between advertisements and dramas.

Therefore, Xie Qiang directly rejected this offer, and "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' and stop shamelessly adding 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 brought out two faces, or even multiple faces."

"The scene of killing Xu Tian was really cool, and the subsequent scenes with Dai Li were also really good."

"The people around Hong Yi are pretty good. Their acting skills are indeed better than the others."

……

For the current 10 episodes, everyone is relatively satisfied with many of the actors, but perhaps the only one who is not satisfied is Hou Jianlai.

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

What’s more crucial is that Zhao Xiaoming’s original age was not very old, he was still a young man, but Hou Jianlai failed to perform with that energy.

As I said, 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 Knell", Liang Yi's performance was already quite good, but the Chen Xueli he played was a green college student at the beginning, and his performance was a bit hard to describe.

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

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

"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."

"That's right. Look at Liang Yi and Hou Jianlai. They are already leaders among the younger generation. But compared with Lin Xing, the gap is indeed quite large."

"Hahahaha, Hou Jianlai's acting is truly magical. Does he have no idea about himself?"

……

Originally, Hou Jianlai took the role of the second male lead because he was not qualified to be the first male lead. In his opinion, if we just go by the script, the role of Zhao Xiaoming is quite outstanding.

On the one hand, Zhao Xiaoming's role has a lot of room for development and he has many 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 the third most important task in "Never Breaking Connection".

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 at the Magnolia Awards, and Hou Jianlai was thinking of playing a trick on Lin Xing. He wanted to publicize that Lin Xing had lost the competition with Hou Jianlai for the Second Male Lead.

As a result, Lin Xing failed in his bid for the second male lead because he got the first male lead directly.

In this drama, Lin Xing is definitely the leading actor. Even though it is a group drama, it is actually a male-dominated drama.

But looking at Hou Jianlai again, he was completely outshined by Lin Xing.

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

Now, his shortcomings were fully exposed.

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

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

But it is different now.

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

Originally, Liang Yi was similar to Lin Xing, or it could be said that the two were on similar tracks. However, 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 Knell" did allow Liang Yi to reap some benefits. After all, as "Death Knell" gradually got better, Liang Yi's performance gradually improved in the middle and late stages.

Therefore, 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. Your real performance will come later. Next, you just need to cooperate with the publicity of the drama..."

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

"That's good. We're going to Penguin Video tomorrow to do a house check. Lin Xing will also be there. You must cooperate well then..."

Hou Jianlai's agent advised Hou Jianlai: "You have to know that our drama is currently a phenomenon, and it may even surpass "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 drama is over..."

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

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

This frustrated agent is understandable. After all, Hou Jianlai received rave reviews for the drama "The Powerful Man".

Hou Jianlai has always been a traffic star among veteran actors, and an actor among traffic stars. In short, his appeal is still very strong.

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

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

But now, let alone the stability of "Never Breaking Link", this TV series may destroy all the hard-earned reputation among the public.

Many times, if you really lose your reputation among passers-by, it will be very difficult for you to achieve great success.

It’s very simple to gain good reputation among passers-by, just work hard to improve yourself.

But if you star in several dramas in one go, you don’t have to worry about the reputation among the public.

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

Hou Jianlai's agent said: "No matter what, as long as our drama becomes more and more successful, we will definitely reap the benefits."

This is under normal circumstances, that is, a popular drama usually has everyone present.

However, there are abnormal situations. Often, even a popular drama will have one or two that are not accepted.

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(End of this chapter)