A large crowd poured into the livestream, causing the popularity to surge.
At the same time, on Weibo, many fans of Ting Yu began to spread the word.
"Ting Yu's new song! Ancient style! Come quickly!"
"Ting Yu's latest song, Yan Yu CP reunites, official livestream of the Opera Association, come quickly!!"
"This is ridiculous. Has Ting Yu run out of money for promotion, and now fans have to promote it themselves?"
"Haha, with Ting Yu's current status in the Chinese music scene, promotion is no longer necessary."
"Please, just post a Weibo before releasing the song!"
The livestream's popularity had reached 150 million. This was just popularity and did not represent the actual number of viewers, but it was already terrifying. After all, a major streamer's popularity was usually around five million. Reaching 100 million popularity was rare, unless it was a large-scale national event.
Backstage.
The old president looked at the screen full of comments and couldn't stop smiling.
They hadn't promoted the song because they felt that Su Yu had already done enough for their Opera Association and shouldn't be exploited for his fame.
If Su Yu had posted on Weibo, they might have reposted it.
But since Su Yu wanted to keep a low profile, they naturally wouldn't go around telling people about his new song.
Sometimes, one had to be content. The old president understood this principle.
However, this time.
Everyone in the Opera Association had misunderstood.
The reason Su Yu hadn't posted on Weibo wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he had genuinely forgotten.
...
"Brother Yu, want some snacks?"
Gong Ju Ren's bag was filled with chips, spicy strips, and biscuits, like a treasure chest.
"I'll have a bag of chips," Su Yu reached into his bag and took out a bag.
"I want a bag of Xiao Xiao Su!" Zhou Sisi was about to reach for it when the zipper of the backpack made a slight sound and was then zipped up.
Her hand stopped in mid-air, she twitched the corner of her mouth, and then naturally turned her head away.
"Little Gong, you've been busy with many announcements recently?" Su Yu suddenly remembered that Lin Yan Yu had mentioned that Gong Ju Ren was coming to Luzhou to participate in a program.
"Mhm, Brother Yu has achieved so much now, and we've gained attention too. Everyone has many announcements."
Many people were aware of the relationship between the singer group and Su Yu.
These singers were all promoted by Su Yu.
With Su Yu's high popularity, they naturally followed suit.
Many programs were happy to invite them.
Even Gong Ju Ren's appearance fee could rival that of a top-tier celebrity, and some major programs would even offer the price of a regular singing king.
"That's good," Su Yu nodded.
The singer group were all his friends, and seeing them doing well made Su Yu happy.
"Su Yu, the literary awards ceremony, you should be able to win several awards this year. Are you going yourself or should I accept them on your behalf?" Zhou Sisi asked from the side.
This year's literary awards ceremony, Jiangnan was expected to win many awards.
His two "Xianjian" novels had occupied the top two spots on the website's bestseller list. Even though both were completed, they still dominated the bestseller list, and many other websites wanted to acquire the publishing rights for these books.
"You can accept them for me. Xianjian is about to premiere, and I need to return to Xing Hui today to handle some matters," Su Yu replied after some thought.
"Are you afraid someone will stab you at the scene?" Zhou Sisi leaned closer to Su Yu, a mischievous smile on her lips.
Now, Jiangnan's fans both loved and hated him. Whether it was his novels or movies, Jiangnan's habit of killing off characters had formed a fixed impression in everyone's minds.
The most outrageous thing was that even in his comedy film "Pegasus," he managed to write off the protagonist. Of course, although the movie had an open ending, many film critics analyzed that the protagonist was likely dead.
Jiangnan, that old scoundrel, had written very exciting stories since he started writing, but none of his works had a perfect ending.
This was the summary that fans of his books and dramas had for him, or rather, this old scoundrel.
"You think I'm afraid of that?" Su Yu pouted, then looked at the stage.
No wonder Xiao Gong didn't want to talk to this Zhou Sisi. She could kill a conversation. If you can't chat, why not just not chat?
"Brother Yu just isn't interested in these awards. Letting you accept them is an opportunity for you to ride his coattails," Gong Ju Ren added from the side.
"Do you understand now?" Su Yu looked at Zhou Sisi.
Zhou Sisi looked at the serious Su Yu, then at the smiling Gong Ju Ren.
She nodded, completely bewildered.
Seeing Gong Ju Ren's smile widen.
She couldn't help but glare at Gong Ju Ren. You're really good at flattering!
...
The program was more than halfway through.
Applause erupted from the audience from time to time.
Besides singing, Peking Opera also involved performances. The martial artists' high-difficulty fight scenes allowed everyone to understand another exciting aspect of traditional opera.
"No wonder those actors in the entertainment industry with Peking Opera backgrounds are praised for their fight scenes. Their weapon handling is so beautiful!"
"If you hire more Peking Opera actors, will wuxia dramas still be so bad?"
"Haha, are those current TV dramas called wuxia? Do they even qualify as fight scenes?"
"I could sprinkle some rice on the ground, and the chickens would fight more excitingly than those traffic stars."
"Indeed, current wuxia dramas only have slow-motion and posing, which gives me a headache."
Seeing the martial artists performing weapon displays on stage.
The comments in the livestream instantly shifted to current wuxia dramas.
Wuxia has always been a unique Chinese culture.
Classic wuxia dramas of the past even captivated foreigners.
However, in the current film and television industry, traffic stars reign supreme. As long as they have traffic, regardless of their acting skills, production teams will cast them.
And these traffic actors are mostly unable to endure hardship, let alone perform dangerous fight scenes. Their fight scenes are basically slow-motion combined with posing, with the rest left to post-production.
Moreover, it's not just the actors who are slacking off; the scripts are also terrible.
Similarly, ordinary audiences are also slacking off. If you produce poorly, we just won't watch it.
Production teams naturally know this, but they don't care because traffic fans will pay for it. Those traffic fans who only watch their idols won't pay attention to the plot as long as they can see them.
This is why Mango TV ultimately chose "Ask Jian Xun Xian" because it had Zhang Qingyun, a top star, and other supporting actors were also popular traffic stars, ensuring it wouldn't be a loss.
As for the actors of Xianjian, apart from the male and female leads, the rest were experienced actors and newcomers. Although it had the biggest traffic boost from Ting Yu and the popular screenwriter Jiangnan, Ting Yu and Jiangnan are not actors. While people can listen to their music on music platforms, the most important thing for TV dramas is the actors.
Therefore, while Ting Yu and Jiangnan's involvement added some attention to the drama, it wouldn't significantly help the viewership.
TV dramas are different from movies. Movies are a single event, whereas TV dramas often air for over a month, and their performance is judged by the overall results. After considering these factors, Mango TV chose "Ask Jian Xun Xian."
And Xianjian, at Jiangnan's insistence, was also broadcasted through the web drama format, which was considered the least promising by everyone.