Chapter 62: The Legend of Lu Zhen has a huge viewership rating
Yesterday was the premiere of "Legend of Lu Zhen". If the ratings are counted quickly, we might be able to get the results today.

The ratings are determined by the cooperation between ATV, Tangren, Penguin TV and Mango TV. As soon as the ratings come out, Yu Li gets the news and sends the results to the WeChat group of the "Legend of Lu Zhen" crew.

Precisely because of this, the WeChat group of "Legend of Lu Zhen" crew is very lively at this time. Director Lin Yufen, Nazha, Yuan Hong, and Zhao Liying are all chatting in the group while waiting for the ratings to be released.

It can be seen that everyone is very nervous, but also has a bit of anticipation in this nervousness.

Especially for Zhao Liying, this is her first TV series as the female lead. If this drama becomes popular, she will benefit the most, which makes her very nervous.

Yang Hao was busy filming on the set of "The Blade of the Assassin" and did not join in their chat, but during breaks in filming, he would still lurk around from time to time to observe and see if the ratings results were out.

Yang Hao was browsing Weibo at the time and was shocked to find that news about "Legend of Lu Zhen" had been pushed to the top of the hot searches.

Judging from the popularity on Weibo, "Legend of Lu Zhen" seems to be quite popular.

There are many comments under the hot search.

"Can anyone tell me who the actress who plays Lu Zhen is?"

"The actress who plays Lu Zhen is so cute and beautiful"

"Brother Gao Zhan is so handsome. His cool look kills me. I'm going to die."

"Am I the only one who discovered that the actor who plays Gao Zhan is Yuan Hua from the recent "Charlotte's Troubles"? "

"Has no one noticed that Xiaoxue from "Xuan-Yuan Sword" is the queen in the drama? She is so beautiful."

"Have you noticed that Nazha and Zhao Liying's acting is so realistic? Have you seen the look in their eyes? It's all acting."

……

The comment section was very lively, with the main discussion points focusing on Zhao Liying and herself. A small number were discussing Nazha's beauty, and there was almost no discussion about Yuan Hong.

Yuan Hong might just be born without the destiny to be famous. She has acted in many dramas, but none of them were very popular.

"Legend of Lu Zhen" is very popular on Weibo, but this can only be used as a reference. The most important thing is to look at the ratings, which is related to the price of the second round of broadcast.

After looking at the trending searches on Weibo for a while, Yang Hao switched back to the WeChat group to see if the ratings were released.

After looking through their chat records, Yang Hao could sense everyone's nervousness about the upcoming announcement of the ratings. In order to ease everyone's pressure, he spoke in the group: "How about we bet on the premiere ratings?"

"Let's bet a hundred dollars. Whoever guesses the ratings closest to the correct one wins, and all the losing money will go to the winner. In the end, the winner will treat us all. How about that?" Yang Hao suggested.

"It's a good suggestion, but is this little money enough for a dinner? The winner will probably have to pay out of his own pocket, which would be a big loss," Lin Yufen complained first, and then typed: "I bet the first broadcast will have a 1% viewership rate. I'm still very confident in this drama."

The first episode broke 1%, which is a very good result. Many dramas did not even reach 1% in the finale, let alone the first episode. Today's TV dramas are no longer like they were 1 or 2 years ago, when the ratings were easily 1% or %. In this era, people have a variety of entertainment methods, and fewer and fewer people stay in front of the TV to watch dramas. In the first two months, no TV drama had a rating of %. A rating of % can make it into the top ten of the list.

Zhao Liying typed: "I bet on a 1.5 percent viewership rate. After all, I'm the female lead and I have to have confidence in myself."

Next, Nazha, Yuan Hong, Yu Li, and others also typed, betting on what they thought the ratings would be.

Seeing how lively the WeChat group was, with everyone guessing the ratings, Yang Hao couldn't help but play around and started typing in the group as well.

"Why doesn't anyone bet on 2% of the ratings? Then I'll put my bet here. After all, I'm the screenwriter of this drama, the male lead and the investor. I'll bet on 2% of the ratings. If I win, I'll treat everyone to a meal, and I'll be even happier."

The TV series' first broadcast breaking 2 refers to the TV series' highest peak ratings, which is still very different from the average ratings. But even if it is the peak ratings, it is still an incredible data.

In the previous life, "Legend of Lu Zhen" took three or four days for the ratings to break 2. This time, with the blessing of Penguin Dad, I don’t know if the ratings will be higher than in the previous life.

Not only are the main creative staff such as Yang Hao and Zhao Liying worried about the premiere ratings, but Yao Jia, deputy director of the film purchasing department of Mango TV, is also very nervous about the performance of the premiere. It was she who insisted on purchasing this drama, and it cost the station nearly 50 million yuan, which is not a small amount. If this money was spent in the past, even if there was a loss, it would not be a big problem, but today is different.

On New Year's Day 2013, Director Ouyang of Mango TV retired due to age, and she was promoted by Director Ouyang. As the saying goes, a new emperor chooses new ministers. She didn't know what the new Director Lu's attitude towards her would be. At this critical juncture, she dared not be careless at work, for fear that the other party would find an excuse.

If the ratings of "Legend of Lu Zhen" are not good, I wonder if the new Director Lu will have a bad impression of me. Thinking of this, Yao Jia frowned.

"Oh, if I had known earlier, I should not have advocated buying the film. Now I should focus on stability. It is better to do nothing than to do something wrong. I am still too impulsive," Yao Jia couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and his face became more worried.

Then I thought about the other colleagues in the film purchasing department, who have not purchased any films in recent times.

This made Yao Jia scream in her heart: "What a mistake, what a mistake!"

Just when Yao Jia was getting anxious because the ratings for the first episode of "Legend of Lu Zhen" had not yet been released, one of her trusted subordinates rushed in jogging with a smile on his face.

"Good news, good news, Director Yao, the ratings are out"

Seeing his subordinates so excited, Yao Jia knew that the ratings must be high, so he finally calmed down.

"Xiao Zhang, drink some water and talk slowly." Perhaps because he was in a good mood, Yao Jia personally went to the water dispenser and poured a glass of water for his subordinate.

"Director Yao, the ratings for the first broadcast of "Legend of Lu Zhen" exceeded 2, and the average ratings were 1.47." The subordinate named Xiao Zhang did not even have time to drink water. He excitedly told the ratings and handed over a report on the ratings.

Yao Jia was very excited when he heard from his subordinates that the first episode of "Legend of Lu Zhen" had exceeded 2, but as a leader he certainly couldn't show his joy, so he pretended to be calm and took the ratings report handed over by the other party.

Seeing the ratings curve of "Legend of Lu Zhen", Yao Jia couldn't help but sigh.

“What a perfect ratings graph!”

　Ratings are very complicated and divided into several categories. It is troublesome to write them down, so I will ignore them. I hope no one will criticize me for this.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)