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Especially this time, as a guest who was going to perform on the Spring Festival Gala, Lu Yanhe did not participate in the promotion of any supporting programs of the Spring Festival Gala. It can be said that there are only a handful of people who can enjoy this treatment every year, and they can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

In the past few years, only the top actors can really do this.

Lu Yanhe didn't mean to be uncooperative.

He was not such a big shot, nor was he the kind of person who was extremely socially anxious and unwilling to participate in those interviews and games. He was simply too pressed for time. The filming of the second season of "Friends" was not completed until a week before the Spring Festival Gala.

The second season of "Friends" still maintains the first place in the same period in terms of ratings on Yuehu TV and online video playback data, and is not inferior to the first season.

According to the statistics from the backend, the second season of "Friends" has too few episodes, with each episode lasting 20 minutes. As a result, although the data in terms of business and member acquisition are very good, the overall performance is slightly inferior.

The inferior here refers to the concept of being compared with the annual best drama. Everyone thinks that the second season of "Friends" will definitely win the best drama award.

Lu Yanhe himself was very satisfied.

What Lu Yanhe did not expect was that people from the company, the broadcasting platform and other parties would call everyone to a meeting to discuss why the broadcast performance of the second season of "Friends" had become weak, and even declined slightly compared with the data of the same period of the first season.

Although outsiders have not noticed these problems and still think that the second season of "Friends" is very popular, those who can see all kinds of detailed data in the background can see the specific comparison.

Lu Yanhe didn't expect this to happen.

He was helpless.

He said: "The gameplay of sitcoms is different from that of ordinary dramas. It's already the fifth season, and you are still using the drama king, business, and new user acquisition to measure the second season of "Friends". It's too outdated. Didn't you see that the data of the previous four seasons, even the second and third seasons of "Friends", soared?"

Hu Siwei smiled and nodded: "Of course we know."

"After Friends, each season is definitely worse than the last. I can say this now," said Lu Yanhe. "After so many seasons, viewers who have never watched the show have to start watching it from the fifth or sixth season. They have no idea what the show is about. The threshold is too high and the difficulty is too great. It's just like a novel. There must be more readers who have read the beginning than the middle part. The audience will naturally churn."

Everyone nodded.

"So, you said you wanted to hold a meeting to discuss why the second season of Friends didn't perform better than the first season. I think it's unnecessary. It's impossible and unnecessary to study. As long as the reputation is not ruined and the audience who like Friends still like it, that's enough."

The others looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard this.

They had not expected that Lu Yanhe would have such strong objections to his idea of ​​convening the main creative department to conduct an open review and reflection.

Lu Yanhe: "If you want to review, I absolutely support you, but if you want to review why the broadcast results have plateaued despite the good reputation, I have this opinion. If you can never watch sitcoms with the concept of sitcoms, and always use a set of standards to watch any series, I can only say that if you want to do any project in the future, you can only gamble. If you gamble right, the show will be good, and if you gamble wrong, the show will be bad."

Hu Siwei saw that the atmosphere at the scene was a bit bad, and immediately said: "Yan He, what you said makes sense, but it is normal for everyone to want to discuss it, don't be angry."

"I'm not angry—"

"Forget it, I'll just admit it. I'm a little angry." Lu Yanhe said, "I don't know if you remember, but I've told you a long time ago, and I've said it many times over the years. The later the series gets, the worse each season will be. I said this is the law of creation. I said that Friends must be viewed from the overall situation. You should look at how many new viewers the new season has attracted to the previous seasons of the series. I ask you, have you ever counted this data?"

The group of people looked at each other without saying anything.

"So, no."

"Let me ask you again, in addition to counting the growth in viewing data for the previous seasons, have you ever analyzed what percentage of viewers re-watched the show? What percentage of viewers have never watched the show? What's the re-watch rate?"

The group of people just stared at each other, no one spoke.

Lu Yanhe looked at Hu Siwei.

"Brother Siwei, do you know why I'm angry? Because I've always said that we should look at the Friends series from a holistic perspective, but everyone's mentality is that the previous seasons were very good and outstanding, but they've been broadcast and there's no need to analyze or pay attention to them anymore, just let them fend for themselves. Even though the new season is the fifth season, its data is worse than the fourth season of the entire series during the same period. Why? Why do you think so? Because no matter how good a work is, not everyone will watch it from beginning to end. It's as simple as that. You can analyze it if you want, but have you analyzed the things that really need to be analyzed?"

Everyone was silent.

Hu Siwei hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, it's not that we don't want to do it, but there is a practical difficulty. The copyright holders for the first to third seasons are still Beijing and Taiwan."

"But Yuehu TV also got the broadcasting rights, right?" Lu Yanhe said, "Oh, actually you are worried that if you do these analyses, analyze the performance of the first to third seasons, are you worried that I will be angry?"

The others looked at each other.

Hu Siwei also hesitated to speak.

Lu Yanhe reacted.

Because the copyright is not in their hands, even if the new season does a lot to attract traffic and new members compared to the previous three seasons, it actually has nothing to do with Lu Yanhe. Perhaps it is because of this idea that they have never mentioned this point.

Lu Yanhe was silent for a few seconds, nodded, stood up and bowed to everyone.

"Feel sorry."

A group of people quickly stood up, some shook their hands and said, "Don't be like this!" Hurry up and speak.

Lu Yanhe sat down again.

"Everyone, although due to some complicated reasons, the copyright of the first to third seasons of Friends is owned by someone else, no matter how good the performance is, the income has nothing to do with us - well, actually, that's not the case. I have been enjoying the share of the profits in the first season. Off topic, okay, back to the point, it's like this, it doesn't matter, let's be generous. What I want to emphasize is that a sitcom must be an overall performance, not just a single season's performance."

Everyone nodded.

Lu Yanhe added: "As long as the broadcast data and audience reputation, especially the reputation of core drama fans, do not fluctuate greatly, then it will be fine, because sitcoms may not always last long, but they will definitely last long."

Hu Siwei nodded.

"clear."

Lu Yanhe apologized again.

Hu Siwei: "It's okay, you are actually quite right."

Lu Yanhe asked: "Will the broadcast time of the second season of "Wulin Wai Zhuan" and the second season of "Friends" collide? Will there be a fight?"

"There will be a two-week overlap, but they won't be broadcast on the same day, so it's okay." Hu Siwei said, "Can I ask, are the results of the Lingyun Awards out? Liu Zi was nominated for Best Actress, I wonder if she won the award."

Lu Yanhe shook his head: "I have to keep it a secret. You know, the awards will be presented the day after tomorrow."

Hu Siwei: "Yes, I know. The awards will be presented the day after tomorrow. I just want to know in advance."

"Keep it secret." Lu Yanhe insisted with a smile.

-

Because this is the first Lingyun Award for TV series, no one knows the quality of this newly established award.

However, the lineup of the jury and the influence of the Lingyun Award in the film industry make this award still very eye-catching and not be regarded as a fake award.

What was even more unexpected was that the award ceremony was held on a very large scale.

Almost half of the entertainment industry were invited.

The lineup of award presenters are all top-notch talents, and they are all quite famous.

Of course, there are still many things to do.

"Ji Xing", the highest ranked and most popular new boy band in "Idol Era" last year, and the country's number one female idol Liu Zhiyin will both perform on stage.

In addition, the crews of eight hit dramas from last year, including "Friends", "Wulin Waijia" and "The Mountain Top", will all attend this year's awards ceremony.

Before the Spring Festival Gala, this was the biggest event in the entertainment industry.

The reason why so many people came to show their support is, firstly, that the status of this award in the industry is very high, and secondly, Chen Hengyi’s network of contacts is indeed wide enough to invite so many people.

On the day of the awards ceremony, the "Friends" crew walked onto the red carpet. There were more than a dozen of them, and their ferocious momentum shocked everyone at the scene.

Lu Yanhe held Chen Siqi's hand. Li Zhibai, as a friend of Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang, was also among them. In addition to these two people, there was also Bai Jin's boyfriend -

She appeared in front of everyone with her boyfriend, a painter.

The host asked who the strange man was.

Bai Jin said: "He Qizhao, my boyfriend."

The scene was really quiet for a second.

Lu Yanhe lowered his head and smiled, having guessed it.

Then, the whole audience burst into thunderous screams.

How could Bai Jin be one of the most popular female stars, and on an occasion like today, she revealed her relationship and boyfriend without any warning.

“…”

Not hiding anything at all.

Wen Minglan and Zhan Yun sat close to each other, looking at them with smiles.

"Wow, so, so—"

The host was shocked and didn't know what to ask.

"So, how long have you been together? Has everyone been keeping this a secret from you?"

"Hidden? I didn't hide it." Bai Jin shook his head. "He and I actually only confirmed our relationship two weeks ago. Before that, I was the one pursuing him. He was very difficult to pursue. They only found out about it a few days ago."

The host was even more dumbfounded.

ha?

Wen Minglan said: "I'm so envious of Bai Jin for meeting someone he likes so much and wants to pursue."

"Do you want to fall in love too?" Lu Yanhe understood the meaning of Wen Minglan's words and asked curiously.

"I thought about it, but I haven't met him." Wen Minglan shrugged.

Suddenly, at this time, Zhan Yun patted Wen Minglan on the shoulder and said, "It doesn't matter if you haven't met him. If you have met him, you have to find out what kind of person he is. Don't get stuck in it and find out that he is a scumbag and can't get out of it."

The host moved his mouth but couldn't open it.

Yin Xincheng nodded firmly, and said inexplicably: "That's right, if you want to find someone, you have to find someone as reliable as me."

"What do you mean?" Yan Liang looked at Yin Xincheng in shock.

Yin Xincheng suddenly realized that he seemed to have said something wrong and caused misunderstanding.

Zhan Yun suddenly smiled and said, "How about we give it a try?"

"Huh?" Yin Xincheng was startled.

"I'm just kidding, why are you so shocked?" Zhan Yun rolled her eyes at him. "Although we are very familiar with each other, I am still a very charming woman, okay!"

Yin Xincheng hesitated.

It seemed that the situation was about to fall into a new embarrassment.

Bai Jin let out a timely "hi".

"Can you guys please stop stealing my limelight? I'm the one who brought my boyfriend here today to announce that I'm in a relationship!"

-

When they walked into the inner field, the group of people looked at each other.

Bai Jin said to Yin Xincheng in shock: "Are you crazy?"

Yin Xincheng knew that he had indeed said the wrong thing.

"I, I just that moment—"

"My brain is short-circuited." Yan Liang helped him say.

Li Zhibai was not afraid of the trouble and shook his head, "Your crew of Friends is awesome. I think you will steal all the limelight tonight."

Wen Minglan looked at Zhan Yun.

Zhan Yun: "Oh, it's just a small matter. It's nothing more than being discussed and consumed by everyone. It will be fine after the heat has died down."

She waved her hand.

"It's just a small matter."

Lu Yanhe: "If we go on stage together in the future, let's rehearse our lines first. It's too easy to get into trouble."

"The main reason is that we are too familiar with each other and can talk about anything. Without paying attention, some words come out without thinking." Bai Jin said.

Yin Xincheng: "My fault."

"Wait a minute." Zhan Yun looked at Bai Jin hesitantly, "What do you mean when you said some things without thinking? Didn't Yin Xincheng just make a joke?"

Yan Liang: “…”

Yin Xincheng: "Yes, I was just joking."

Bai Jin rolled his eyes at Yin Xincheng.

Zhan Yun looked at Yin Xincheng: "You - like me?"

Wen Minglan coughed twice violently, turned her head away, and dared not look at the scene in front of her again.

Li Zhibai was standing nearby and exclaimed in a very exaggerated manner.

"This is better than the real show of Friends."

Lu Yanhe immediately elbowed him, signaling him to shut up.

Yin Xincheng lowered his head, hesitated, and said nothing.

Zhan Yun: "So, you really like me, don't you?"

Yin Xincheng still didn't speak.

Bai Jin was so anxious that his eyes switched back and forth between the two people.

As a result, the next group of people who walked down the red carpet came in and they were still standing at the door.

"We have to go in." Lu Yanhe said, "We can't just stand here."

"Then let's go in." said Zhan Yun.

Everyone felt somewhat disappointed.

When everyone turned around, Yin Xincheng's voice suddenly rang out.

"Yes, I like you."

Bai Jin let out a long sigh and held He Qizhao's hand.

"It really makes me anxious."

He Qizhao smiled at him.

-

When the "Friends" crew walked into the backstage, many people looked at them with a look of surprise.

Everyone has seen everything that happened on the red carpet in real time on their phones and the Internet.

The entire process was recorded by cameras on site.

There is a lot of discussion on the Internet.

Bai Jin suddenly exposed her boyfriend.

Zhan Yun allegedly responded to her previous relationship by calling the other party a scumbag.

Yin Xincheng seemed to have expressed his feelings for Zhan Yun in public.

Wen Minglan admitted that she wanted to fall in love.

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang rushed to put out the fire.

Li Zhibai ate melons on the spot.

…

Everything that happened tonight was beyond everyone's expectations.

After entering the inner field and sitting down, there was an inexplicable awkwardness between them.

Even Chen Siqi whispered in Lu Yanhe's ear: "The atmosphere is a bit awkward. Suddenly everyone stopped talking."

Lu Yanhe: "The main reason is that no one expected so many things to happen."

"You two will go on stage and sing the theme song of Friends later. Can you still sing?"

"It's all arranged. You have to sing even if you can't."

Chen Siqi: "It's a big show, it's crazy."

Lu Yanhe: "It's okay, it's not a big deal."

"Haha, you really underestimated the popularity of your group. I don't even need to go online to know that the fans of Zhan Yun and Yin Xincheng must be fighting now."

"Can't the news of Bai Jin's love affair be suppressed?"

"I don't think it can be suppressed." Chen Siqi shook her head. "Unless Bai Jin exposed her relationship with one of the three men in Friends, otherwise, she would be an outsider."

“…”

-

Chen Hengyi never thought that tonight, the "Friends" crew would send such a big gift to their awards ceremony.

This scene on the red carpet caused a surge in the number of viewers of the award ceremony.

After that scene, the number of live broadcast viewership has skyrocketed and has not stopped.

All the directors on the scene came to ask Chen Hengyi if they could give more shots to the "Friends" crew.

Because in the comments section, everyone is saying they want to see them.

Everyone is watching online, wanting to see what's going on.

Of course Chen Hengyi agreed.

At this time, Chen Hengyi was not worried at all that the award ceremony would be overshadowed by such news.

Where does the influence of an award come from?

Why do the ratings of the Oscars continue to decline, which is said to be a sign of the decline of the Oscars' influence?

Many people must first know about this award before there is a basis for expanding the influence of this award.

This is why Chen Hengyi invited "Zhi Xing" and Liu Zhiyin to perform at a drama award ceremony that has nothing to do with idol artists.

-

After the award ceremony began, tens of millions of people were watching the live broadcast.

Basically, as long as the camera cuts to a few people in "Friends", slices of it will immediately be circulated on social media, and a group of people will use magnifying glasses to interpret their micro-expressions.

What about the lack of interaction between Zhan Yun and Yin Xincheng, what about Bai Jin looking at Zhan Yun with a worried look, what about Yan Liang whispering to Yin Xincheng as if to comfort the latter...

Once netizens start discussing something collectively, it will become popular no matter what.

As the awards were presented one after another, it was finally time for the six members of "Friends" to go on stage to perform.

The number of viewers in the live broadcast room suddenly increased again.

The director told Chen Hengyi that the number of viewers for the live broadcast had reached more than 40 million.

They all came here to eat melons.

Backstage, Lu Yanhe and his friends looked at each other.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

Zhan Yun: "Just do it as rehearsed."

"Are you OK?" Lu Yanhe asked directly.

Zhan Yun: "I'm OK, Yin Xincheng, are you OK?"

"Of course I'm OK." Yin Xincheng said immediately.

"Okay, as long as everything is OK." Lu Yanhe nodded. "Anyway, everyone's eyes are definitely on you now. Any of our micro-expressions will be interpreted, so be careful."

"Just pretend this never happened?" Bai Jin asked.

"That's impossible."

"But--"

"Yin Xincheng, how about we go on a date first?" Zhan Yun suddenly said to Yin Xincheng.

Yin Xincheng was stunned.

Bai Jin and Wen Minglan widened their eyes in shock.

The on-site PD came over and reminded them that they had thirty seconds left before going on stage.

Yan Liang took a deep breath.

"Really?" Yin Xincheng asked.

Zhan Yun nodded: "Really, are you willing?"

"Of course I do!" Yin Xincheng almost shouted.

Bai Jin and Wen Minglan both let out excited little cheers and hugged each other.

Lu Yanhe slapped his forehead with one hand.

"I don't even know what to say."

"Me too." Yan Liang nodded and joked, "I feel like if Wen Minglan and I don't announce our relationship tonight, we wouldn't be worthy of being here. Wen Minglan, why don't we pretend to be a couple for a day?"

Wen Minglan nodded, "I think it's okay. I used to think I just wanted to be in a relationship, but being single was fine, until tonight."

"That's too exaggerated." Yan Liang said.

Bai Jin looked at the two of them in astonishment: "Are you two serious?"

Wen Minglan took a deep breath and rolled her eyes speechlessly.

She and Yan Liang said in unison.

"Of course it's fake!"

-

As soon as the six people appeared, everyone could see the genuine, relaxed, joyful smiles on their faces.

All the audience who wanted to capture micro-expressions were dumbfounded.

How come these six people look like they are on vacation, with smiles on their faces so genuine, yet so simple and relaxed, with nothing to do?

Especially the ones they focused on, Zhan Yun and Yin Xincheng. The two of them were very open with each other, looking at each other, smiling, and their eyes flickered, without any sense of disguise, and they were even a little "shy" for some unknown reason?

What's going on? (End of this chapter)