God of Sprint

Chapter 567: Word of Mouth Blasts

After Zhao Yun reached an agreement with Ma Huatong, he no longer took the matter of forming a team competition seriously and started to deal with company matters. Now the company's Go Fighting has completed filming and will be broadcast on satellite TV soon.

However, before Go Fighting! was broadcast, another variety show jointly produced by Yun Duo Company and Yanjing Television, called "Growing Flowers in the Classics", which brought together powerful actors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, was first broadcast on Yanjing Television.

The theme of the first episode of the program is the well-known "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu.

As early as more than 2000 years ago, our ancestors realized that "a country, no matter how big it is, will perish if it loves war", which is why Sun Tzu's military strategy book "The Art of War" has the awareness of "conquering the enemy without fighting". It can be said that its military thought is based on great wisdom and strategy based on "the way of benevolence".

This time, through the theme of "The Art of War", the audience will be led to understand our historical heritage and cultural origins of "knowing military affairs but not being warlike", which is the significance of "learning from history" in this issue of "China in Classics".

Wu Zhenyu, who has not acted in costume dramas for many years, will play Sun Wu in this episode, and Wu Zixu will be played by Wu Yue.

The drama is based on historical facts and runs through Sun Wu's eventful life, from his determination as a teenager, his writing of books, his appointment as a general to Helu, his assistance in Wu's attack on Chu, to his life in seclusion.

Through the perspective of a pair of good friends, Sun Wu and Wu Zixu, the fierce collision of different war ideas is reflected.

Among them, the stage showed the miracle of "Battle of Baiju" in ancient Chinese military history where a smaller force defeated a larger one. Sun Wu planned the strategy and the morale of the soldiers was high. The State of Wu fought against the State of Chu with 200,000 troops with 30,000 troops and won a great victory. The grand scene and magnificent momentum of this drama made the audience excited.

"Growing Flowers in Classics" uses artistic imagination to design a plot in which Wu Zixu loses his mind due to revenge after entering Yingdu, and Sun Wu fails to persuade him, so the brothers break up. Wu Zixu walks away in anger, and Sun Wu throws his hat to break off the friendship - such an emotional and tense scene was handled very well by the two actors, and the audience was completely impressed by the actors' acting skills.

Then, the stage also created a life-and-death dialogue for Sun Wu and Wu Zixu in the scenes of living in seclusion in the mountains, farming, and cooking porridge. When they said the historical truth that "in the end, all these fightings are just to make sure the people have enough food and clothing and live a peaceful life", the performance on the stage brought a shocking blow to the hearts of all the audience. Even Wu Zhenyu said, "This is a scene that touched me the most. I was quite emotional when performing it."

The program presents a movie-level texture in terms of stage design, costumes, props and especially performances, and the audience has the full experience of watching a top-notch movie-level drama on TV.

It was on the hot search list one after another on the day of its broadcast, with over 9.4 million views on the first episode, a Douban score of 9.2, and a Zhihu score of . Netizens even commented that this variety show is the ceiling of variety shows.

Some people who have watched the film commented, "People with low tear points should not watch this. It feels like the historical figures have come alive. I was impressed by the acting skills of the veteran actors and was so moved that I couldn't get out of it!"

Even the People's Monthly made a rare statement expressing its approval of this variety show.

After watching the first episode, the head of the National Propaganda Department praised the director of Yanjing TV. "This is the variety show we should show to the people of the country. You and Yunduo Company did a great job this time!"

After the director of Yanjing TV Station was praised, he naturally also praised Zhao Yun and Li Chunxiao.

"Now you understand why I didn't do the same as other local TV stations. Standing in my position, I definitely want to make money, but our TV station has more social responsibility."

Li Chunxiao and Zhao Yun also deeply understood this.

After the variety show "Planting Flowers in Classics" received widespread acclaim on the Internet, another reality show produced by Yunduo Company, "Extreme Challenge", was officially launched on Tomato TV two weeks later.

In the past, there was the popular reality show "Running Man", and then there was the phenomenal science and education variety show "Growing Flowers in Classics". In addition, many TV stations have also launched many similar variety shows, which were all criticized by the audience. This time, Tomato TV and director Yan Min are still very worried about the launch of this show.

Tomato TV once negotiated with Yunduo Company to temporarily avoid the sharp edge of the classic film and wait until the beginning of the year to release it.

But how could Zhao Yun agree to this? Running Man Season 3 has already started to invite investors for recording. Zhao Yun can't let the two variety shows compete with each other. That would be a hindrance to himself! It would affect the ratings, and that would cost money!

Zhao Yun said to Yan Min, "Director Yan, don't worry. These two programs are not of the same type. One is for intellectuals, and the other is for the general public. Although the ratings of "Flower Planting in Classics" are good, and the ratings and reviews are all very good, in reality, most people are ordinary people. Everyone works five days a week and finally has a break. Who doesn't want to relax? The most we can do is stagger the time with "Flower Planting in Classics". They broadcast on Fridays and we can broadcast on Saturdays. Don't worry too much, trust our actors, and just go online normally!"

Tomato TV agrees with Zhao Yun's statement. If they retreat one step, they will retreat all the way. If they withdraw from the program this time, what about the next time? This is a program that will be run for many seasons. They are in the position of being challenged. Now they have lost their kingly demeanor before it is even launched. How can they make a sequel?

However, Tomato TV still used some tricks. They released the clip of Zhao Yun chatting and laughing with the Go Fighting crew during his last visit in advance, whetting the audience's appetite.

Finally, amid everyone's uneasy worries, this program, which had no routine at all and in which all the plots were freely improvised by the actors, was officially launched on Tomato TV.

As soon as the show was broadcast, it aroused enthusiastic response from the audience. As Zhao Yun expected, although "Flowers in Classics" won the audience's love with its profound cultural heritage and excellent production, "Go Fighting" quickly won the love of a large number of audiences with its relaxed and pleasant atmosphere and real interactive experience.

On Saturday night, after family dinner, people turned on the TV and looked forward to the broadcast of "Go Fighting". In the camera, the actors were free to perform without the constraints of the script. Every laugh, every run, every unexpected dialogue made the audience feel as if they were there, and felt the pure joy.

The trick used by Tomato TV also had an unexpected effect. The interaction between Zhao Yun and the Go Fighting crew made the audience full of expectations for Go Fighting. When the show was broadcast, the audience watched it with great enthusiasm, and the show did not disappoint them.

The broadcast of the program not only entertained the audience, but also gave Tomato TV and director Yan Min confidence. They knew that what they were doing was not just a variety show, but also a commitment to the audience and an insistence on quality.

As time goes by, the reputation of "Go Fighting" is getting better and better, and the ratings are rising steadily. And Tomato TV has also proved its strength in the variety show field with this show.

The program achieved great success in both word-of-mouth and ratings, and the leaders of Tomato TV and the program director team all breathed a sigh of relief.

In the end, "Go Fighting" surpassed "Flowers in Classics" with over 300 million views and became the ratings champion.

It turns out that high-end ones are not necessarily the most suitable!