Destined Entwining: Capturing My Devoted Beau-Chapter 727 - 376: A Drama King Is Born!

Not to mention all kinds of blooper shots, they’re truly unbearable to watch.

After putting up with it for so many years, the audience has had enough and started saying no to domestic Chinese fantasy dramas. They frequently engage in group criticism, create all sorts of reaction memes, and joke around, causing many well-scripted fantasy dramas to become laughingstocks.

Of course, the audience can’t be blamed for this.

If you can’t produce good work and still complain about the audience’s dissatisfaction, how shameless can you be?

And now, with the release of this fantasy drama from NewHuman Corporation, this situation will fundamentally change and even elevate the reputation of domestic productions.

Many buyers are already contacting the station to write promotional articles and hype it up.

They’re not afraid of overhyping it, even if it means the price will go up.

In the entertainment industry, money is never the issue; the fear is lacking attention and failing to capture the audience’s interest.

What is popularity?

Popularity is attention. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Thus, three days later, there was already a large-scale discussion on social media nationally.

A portion of the topic’s popularity comes from Lucas Harlow’s fans.

More than a month ago, their favorite left the industry to inherit a billion-dollar fortune, much like a plot straight out of a mindless romance novel, but it actually happened!

Even the haters couldn’t find a way to criticize.

They’ve had mixed feelings for a month, and now that Lucas’ last drama is about to be released, they’re showering it with endless praise, fearing their compliments aren’t enough and having no fear of backlash.

"Totally smitten! Just from watching the opening, I’ve had several nights of dreamy fantasies!"

"What kind of divine senior brother is this! I’m extremely envious of the junior sister!"

"I’ve always regretted that in the novel, the junior sister never loved the senior brother, but in this drama, all I can say to the junior sister is: Let go of that senior brother, let me take over!!!"

"Me too! I no longer regret that the junior sister can’t be with the senior brother! Because the senior brother is mine! Mine! Mine!"

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Apart from these crazy fans, major marketing accounts began various special effects comparisons.

This time, instead of comparing with domestic dramas’ effects, they directly aimed at renowned foreign visual effects companies.

By putting together screenshots of those well-known foreign blockbuster effects alongside several clips from this fantasy drama, the contrast was stark!

Edward Foster was also quite crafty; he only released very few clips, otherwise, they could have made countless edits!

Even with just these few clips, anyone with eyes could see that this time the domestic special effects seem to have suddenly maxed out their skill points, climbing to the pinnacle of the computer effects tech tree!

Far Promise Special Effects, the company NewHuman Corporation hired for the effects, quickly became famous overnight.

Not only did the industry become aware of this emerging company, but even the general public knew its name, and it quickly spread abroad.

But at this time, everyone was still in the "Wow! A divine talent! So amazing" verbal praise phase, without truly recognizing the revolutionary impact this company’s technology would have on computer special effects.

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The last group to praise this fantasy drama, surprisingly, were traditional authoritative media outlets, the ones with the most prestige.

What they saw was the technical breakthrough of this fantasy drama, the complete domestication of computer special effects!

Don’t underestimate computer effect technology; on the tech level, many things are universally applicable.

Strong foundational science enables the powerful application of technology.

With the endorsement from traditional authoritative media, the drama became a sensation before airing, skyrocketing to the top ten on trending searches in just three days.

On the third day, the bidding results were announced.

The National Television Station and the most popular provincial satellite TV station jointly purchased the first-round broadcast rights, selling each episode for an astronomical eighty million, totaling four billion.

Additionally, two of the largest video websites teamed up to bid and purchased the first-round online broadcast rights, where each episode sold for a billion, making the online rights fetch five billion!

A fifty-episode fantasy series produced over six months sold for a staggering nine billion in first-round broadcast rights!

Last year’s drama king only sold for nine hundred million in total, a tenfold increase!

If this isn’t the drama king, what is?!

As soon as the bidding results were out, all the media simultaneously released articles announcing the birth of this year’s drama king!

Audiences nationwide, whether online or only following traditional media, all became aware of this extremely high-priced drama.

Of course, there was as much slander as there was praise.

For every compliment, there was an equal amount of disparagement.

To sell so expensively before the drama is even aired, it’s almost piercing people’s hearts!

More and more troublemakers wanted to immediately stomp this drama into the ground, and even Far Promise Special Effects, which produced the effects, was harshly criticized.

Additionally, after Kenneth Osborne handed this drama over to NewHuman Corporation, he laid off everyone in the Far Promise Special Effects subsidiary, intending to reconsider the company’s direction.

This group of laid-off employees, harboring dissatisfaction, began to indirectly criticize Kenneth Osborne and his company on social media, using platforms like WeChat Moments and Weibo to leak information.

This also included challenging the "aggressive" NewHuman Corporation as the client, and insinuating about Kenneth Osborne’s "engagement" with NewHuman Corporation executive Lawrence Winters, almost suggesting the contract was secured through nepotism. How good could the tech be?

They urged everyone not to be fooled by the publicity.

Some even confidently claimed that only the five minutes shown were of high quality, while the rest was barely watchable.

The emergence of these noises indeed poured cold water on the heated discussions among netizens.

Because everyone thought that if someone relied on "nepotism," their own capabilities surely must be lacking.

If you’re capable, would you still need to rely on connections?

Both Lawrence Winters and Edward Foster saw these comments and identified those who were the most vocal, but they planned to stay put, allowing these people to continue stirring things up.

The more they slander, the lower the audience’s expectations will be, leading to a more exaggerated rebound when the drama airs, delivering a harsher blow and a more dramatic reversal!

And the TV stations that bought the first-round broadcast rights certainly weren’t worried, because they had watched the entire series and were confident that the quality was consistently high, considering it a rare gem.

Edward Foster also reminded them that with such a high-quality source, their only concern should be insider leaks, which could be a fatal blow.

Thus, each TV station and video platform insured the drama for a significant amount and hired security firms to closely monitor the master tape, preventing any mishap.

After all, with the hefty price they paid, if a leak caused losses, they’d all end up destitute.

Therefore, they quickly finalized the broadcast schedule and premiere date.

Even the National Television Station lowered its stance this time, preparing to air this online romance adapted fantasy drama during prime time on Channel One!

Everyone agreed to broadcast two episodes a week, aiming to whet the audience’s appetite and prolong the attention span.

So, two weeks later, amidst immense anticipation, this fantasy drama, touted as the "groundbreaking first domestic special effects drama," premiered.