Chapter 102: Impossible to Make a Comeback
Translator: Zayn_
The impact of Song Qingyou’s papers reached far beyond the academic community.
There were also many domestic and foreign game companies that tried to contact Song Qingyou to make more advanced virtual reality games.
Some companies even offered sky-high prices to hire Song Qingyou as a consultant.
However, they did not get a response.
After these companies extended an olive branch, A University announced that they had invited Song Qingyou to become a special professor, and almost no one objected.
Everyone was very unhappy that A University was hiding Song Qingyou’s personal information.
Since A University didn’t specifically tag her, no one would link the actress Song Qingyou to a researcher.
Song Qingyou posted photos of her cat on Weibo as usual and hummed a tune.
On September 25th, the shooting of The Immortal Demon was completed.
Zhen Wenwen and Yu Muhuai had other jobs to attend to, so they left early.
Only Xu Xingzhou and Song Qingyou were free.
The former was an extra that no one cared about and had yet to sign with a company.
The latter was suppressed by the company and could not get any invitations.
However, Song Qingyou had been busy with post-production special effects for the past few days, so she didn’t have time.
On September 27th, Time finished filming.
Time’s official Weibo posted:
[#<Time> officially announced the completion of filming #<Time has finished shooting on September 27th. Thank you for your company and anticipation. This TV series will be broadcast during the National Day period. Please look forward to it!]
“Time” had been doing publicity before the filming started. Once the news of the completion of filming was released, there were countless comments.
[ I’m looking forward to it. The quality of last year’s tribute drama was very good. I hope this one will be good too.]
[Yay, Qiu Yu’s new drama is finally airing. I’ll definitely support it!]
[ Director Wang’s TV series and movies are all good. This one will definitely be fine too.]
[ An investment of more than 300 million yuan is worth looking forward to!]
Amidst the cheers, there was no lack of people mentioning The Immortal Demon, which was also completed two days ago.
[ The Immortal Demon seems to be up for broadcast during National Day as well.]
The comment was followed by laughter.
[ A Xianxia drama with a 10 million investment and a tribute drama with a 300 million investment. There’s no need to say which one you should watch, right?] [ Is Song Qingyou really not asking to be humiliated? It’s actually broadcasting during National Day?]
[“Time” will broadcast around the same time, and it’s basically going to crush “The Immortal Demon”! ]
[ What is Song Qingyou thinking? Normal people wouldn’t jump into a pit by themselves, right?]
At the backstage of Time’s press conference, Qiu Yu was scrolling through Weibo in a good mood.
She had been worried that Song Qingyou would try something funny and make The Immortal Demon broadcast before Time.
Now she didn’t have to worry at all.
A low-budget xianxia drama actually wanted to go head-to-head with a tribute drama during National Day. How dare she?
After all, no matter how badly this tribute drama was filmed, there were at least ten to twenty television stations that would buy the broadcasting rights during National Day!
How could Song Qingyou fight her?
Qiu Yu, who was full of confidence, immediately posted:
[ @Qiu Yu: The new drama is about to air. 1 heard that some people think that my acting skills are not good. 1 hope everyone will pay more attention to my new drama and see if my acting skills have improved in the new drama!]
This was a blatant mockery.
Everyone thought Song Qingyou would pretend not to see it, since the two of them weren’t related.
However, not long after Qiu Yu posted it on Weibo, Song Qingyou commented, “Good!”
In the eyes of others, Song Qingyou didn’t have the slightest bit of confidence.
October arrived.
The competition for movie box office had entered a fierce stage on the first day.
In contrast, the war between TV series has just begun.
With Song Qingyou and Qiu Yu’s tit-for-tat, Time had the upper hand before it was broadcast, and the audience was full of anticipation.
However, once “Us” starring Shen Xiyan was officially announced, it successfully trampled “Time” under its feet.
‘Us’ was also a tribute drama, but the director, actors, and production team were all top-notch.
If the difference was too great, there was no need to compare.
Therefore, Qiu Yu did not pay much attention to this drama that was destined to be a hit.
On the contrary, she was very happy.
Because of the overwhelming publicity of the two dramas, “Time” and “Us”, “The Immortal Demon” was destined to hide in the cracks, and it was impossible for it to make a comeback!
The truth was just as Qiu Yu had thought.
Only one local TV station was willing to broadcast The Immortal Demon. When the first and second episodes were broadcast, not many people watched it.
The viewership rating on the first day was only 0.02%, which was even worse than a documentary.
The number of views on online platforms was also very average.
Like a pebble sinking into a lake, the reaction was almost inaudible.
After the results were out, the group chat that Xu Mingrui had pulled quieted down.
Xu Mingrui was even more blunt. “We shouldn’t have acted on impulse and chosen to broadcast it during National Day. It would have been better if it had been earlier or later.”
Song Qingyou didn’t respond.
Before the final result was out, she could not be discouraged.
Moreover, rather than regretting what had already happened, it was better to look forward.
In the past few days, she was either busy with virtual reality technology or watching other films and television works.
It had to be said that there was a reason why the film industry was declining.
Other than the rise in popularity and some external factors, the scripts were all very similar, and they all seemed to be very old-fashioned plots.
Song Qingyou had been reading for two days and wanted to write something new herself.
Which of the worlds she experienced during time travel were not more exciting than these ‘plots’?
Just as Song Qingyou was about to lose control and turn on her computer, Cui Xuelin suddenly called.
He said, “Qingyou, 1 saw your new drama. It’s really good… 1 heard that not many people watched your drama. Do you need help?”
Cui Xuelin was an old-school actor after all. Before he had seen the drama and confirmed that it was really good, he would not help promote it.
“Not for now.”
Song Qingyou refused.
She had no doubt that as long as her teacher moved his mouth, many movie queens and famous stars in the industry would help advertise The Immortal Demon.
Then, she would be labeled as ‘a person with connections’.
Song Qingyou didn’t hate this label. The reason she rejected it was because she wanted to know how far she could go.
Besides, she was very confident in the TV series that she had participated in and produced.
Even if The Immortal Demon couldn’t cause a splash, Song Qingyou and Yu Muhuai’s true fans were willing to support it.
They had started watching the drama with the mentality of just enjoying the visuals and supporting the celebrities they liked, but they were immediately attracted by the special effects in the drama.
Because the special effects were too realistic!
It was both real and dreamy, as if they had really filmed it in the xianxia world!
It was completely different from the special effects and fancy pictures they had imagined!
There were even people who sighed in the bullet comments. Those who didn’t know better would think that this was a blockbuster movie!
As they continued to watch with surprise, they were slowly attracted by the characters and plot of the show, and they started looking forward to the follow-up of the plot..
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