On November 18, 2042, "Ambushes" was officially aired on Tomato Channel.

For some weekly dramas, the first viewership ratings are their highest viewership. After all, if the audience only watch one episode a week and their enthusiasm does not fade, it must be attractive enough and the requirements for the TV series itself are very high.

At ten o'clock in the evening of this day, many viewers also opened the tomato station as usual. Some of them had already prepared a bunch of snacks and screamed excitedly: "Ahhhhh, when will "Ambush" be played!!!" Some people didn't know what the station was about to play, but just opened it habitually to see it.

The entire crew of "Ambushes" ended the filming at 8 o'clock, and at 10 o'clock, everyone returned to their hotel rooms.

Rong Xu's room was a single room. He packed up his things and finished washing up. After he hesitating for a while, he turned on the TV. Seeing his face appearing on the TV, Rong Xu had already been used to this feeling, but it was not very awkward. He watched it for a while, but it turned off the TV and rested early.

Of course he didn't know that at this moment, in front of many TVs in China, many viewers were excitedly covering their faces.

The plot of "Ambushes" is very fast, how fast is it?

As soon as the first episode, Bai Mingde and Liang Linghui developed a good impression of each other, and as soon as the next episode, Huo Xi and Liang Linghui were about to get married.

This drama is full of handsome men and beautiful women. Even a newspaper-selling little boy is pink and cute, making people want to reach out to pinch his cheeks.

And the plot is simply sour!

The steady and wise male protagonist is a very gentle officer on the surface, but he is a underground party in secret! The gentle and virtuous female husband looks innocent and ordinary, but her fiancé is the young coach of the Huo family in Pingcheng!

The huge contrast made the audience enjoy watching it, and they could not guess the next plot. What they especially liked was Huo Xi's appearance, riding a black wild horse, wearing a dark military uniform, a black cloak dancing in the wind, and the shiny black sable fur wrapped him in it, contrasting with the white snow and silver suit, which was dazzling.

Draw your gun, shoot, and kill!

All the movements are completed in one go, like flowing clouds and flowing water, graceful and smooth.

It was obvious that the first episode had more than 40 minutes, but when this episode ended, countless viewers felt that it was only twenty minutes at all!

[This plot is so exciting! I have already figured out a bloody love drama of the year! Hong Kong Zhen, does Young Shuai like Liang Linghui? I think he is so fierce to Liang Linghui, and he doesn't like it at all, but in the trailer, he hugged Liang Linghui so gently... Could it be that this is actually a vulgar White Lotus Holy Mother drama?!]

[Hahahaha, I know that the screenwriter’s wife wants to sprinkle a pot of blood on me, but I am still looking forward to it~]

[Let the blood come more violently! For the young man's face, I am willing to drink ten pots of blood!!!]

【Ten basins are not enough, I want to do a hundred basins!!!】

[What young handsome? Wuli Rongrong said, how handsome he is! He is so prosperous, in a daze, Huo Duo Shuai~ What to do? This name suddenly became funny, so handsome, and suddenly I felt that Huo Xi was not cold at all, he was cute!]

In addition to the comments from ordinary audiences, some professional commentators also made simple comments on the show.

[Grand Tour of the Great River: "Ambushes" should be a romantic film with a spy film's skin. The character setting is very good, and the conflicts are very fierce. It can be expected that the next ten episodes will definitely be full of blood.]

[Storm Chenxi: From the beginning to now, the ratings of bloody TV series are often very high. For example, the low-cost TV series "Mute Husband" nine years ago, a low-cost TV series, has a rating of 3. Although "Ambushes" has only one episode of the plot, it has a lot of room for development in terms of the relationship between characters that can be observed now. Moreover, it is a weekly drama, and the plot can be changed at any time. Perhaps it will become the dark horse of this weekly drama schedule.]

The first episode played on Saturday gave "Ambushe" a great discussion online. But in fact, during this round of weekly drama schedule, "Ambushe" was not the highest discussion.

Baidu Index: "Ambushes" 3035234, "The Reality of Summer" 9545242.

Weibo Index: "Ambushes" 1353452, "The Reality of Summer" 5139524.

The gap between "Ambushes" and "The Reality of Summer" is a completely different gap.

After midnight, the production director of Tomato Station called Director Zheng.

Director Zheng has not slept. He has been an assistant director and assistant director for more than ten years. This is his first leading film. He cannot fail, and he cannot withstand failure. Although he said, "I have confidence in our works", in fact, Director Zheng has been anxious all night. When he heard the phone ringing, he was so shocked that he jumped up from the bed.

"How many... do you say...?" Hearing the number the other party said, Director Zheng's fingers trembled and asked again.

The other party smiled and replied: "The premiere is 0.7, which is much beyond our expectations. The average is 0.7 and the highest is 0.9. This is already very good for new dramas like you. After all, you only have one Han Yanghao who brings his own fans." After a pause, the production director said: "Oh, by the way, there is also the second male lead... he is named Rong Xu? His discussions on the Internet are also quite popular. Now our station is going to borrow these two people to conduct a round of publicity online. Can you let them cooperate a little?"

Director Zheng nodded quickly: "Yes! It's totally OK!"

The producer director said helplessly: "Actually, our ratings can be higher, but unfortunately, I didn't expect "The Reality of Summer" to be suddenly changed. I hope we can break 1 in the ending. But I still have to congratulate you, Lao Zheng!"

Yes, the national ratings were announced the next day, and in the prime weekly drama at 10 o'clock on weekends—

First place, "The Reality of Summer", 1.5!

Second place, "Ambushes", 0.7!

The first place has more than twice the viewership rate than the second place, which is simply an insurmountable barrier!

0.7 is not considered a failure for any weekly drama. If you want to have a rating that has a 1-year premiere, you must have a big-name actor or a big-name director, or a big IP. And all of these, "The Reality of Summer" has been collected, but "Ambushes" has not been a single one.

Someone in the industry sighed: "It is natural for "Summer" to get this result, but it was a little lower at the end of the first episode, and it was only 1.3. But "Ambushes" is really unexpected. Although it should not be able to break 1, it may be able to stay above 0.5."

The discussion on the two dramas is also extremely fierce on the Internet.

The audience of "Ambushes" excitedly discussed the next development. They opened up countless ideas, and even in just one night, someone drew fan pictures of TV series.

The handsome and elegant young man riding on the tall horse, looking down at you with indifferent eyes. The background is a winter night in the vast snow, and the wind and snow cannot invade his beautiful eyebrows and eyes. He is surrounded by thousands of troops, carrying an unattainable dream.

This picture is most widely circulated on the Internet, and has even been forwarded by several marketing accounts, directly receiving tens of thousands of forwardings.

In fact, this is a marketing method for the TV station and crew. After observing the comments of the audience, they found that these audiences particularly liked the scene of Huo Xi's appearance, so they released such a fan picture to attract the attention of passers-by.

On the other hand, it is the CP marketing of Han Yanghao and Zhang Tongtong. The official gave them a CP name called "Spy Couple", which tied the two people together, hyped up the CP popularity, and also brought considerable publicity effects.

No matter how the broadcast effect is, on this side, a new day has arrived and the crew has started to shoot again.

Currently, there are five episodes of the series handed over to the TV station. There are still five more episodes to be filmed below, and they have to be filmed within one month. So the next month has become a Shura Purgatory, shooting from 7 or 8 in the morning to 11 or 2 in the evening, and even in the early morning every day!

During this period, no one dared to say a single word of nonsense. Once, Han Yanghao complained, Director Zheng angrily scolded him and asked him to pay attention to his contract spirit. When he signed the contract, he explained that he could only ensure that each actor had more than six hours of sleep.

Half a month passed quickly, and there were only two episodes left to film the plot, and on this day, the third episode of "Ambushes" finally ushered in.

The premiere ratings of "Ambushes" were 0.7. As expected by the TV station, the good reputation of the first episode, coupled with their online and various marketing promotions in reality, the ratings of the second episode did not drop but rose, reaching 0.8! The producer director also laughed and joked with his subordinates: "Maybe there is really hope that this drama will break 1 when the ending is over."

...It will take until the end to break 1?

No need at all!

After the end of the second episode, the trailer for the third episode came out, and a scene was edited: the emotional scene between Huo Xi and Liang Linghui.

That’s right, it’s the emotional scene that “I almost revealed my sincerity after getting drunk” that appeared in the trailer!

As soon as this trailer came out, it exploded online. The poster for "Ambushes" is a super topic, and in the forum, people can be seen discussing the emotional scenes between Huo Xi and Liang Linghui, and discussing the ending of the love triangle between these three people.

The TV station did not notice this momentum, and the crew was nervously rushing to progress, so naturally they did not notice it. This hot topic for a week suddenly got a big explosion when the third episode of "Ambushes" was broadcast!

At midnight on the second day, the national ratings will be announced!

First place, "Ambushes", 1.12!

Second place, "The Reality of Summer", 0.97!

The third episode is just the third episode. Compared with "Summer", which has gradually declined, the ratings of "Ambushes" have made everyone fallen. Who can believe that in the "third episode rules" of the most nightmare of the weekly drama, there was a drama that made rapid progress in the third episode and won the first place in the same period in the country!

The third episode rules are a default rule between inside and outside the circle.

Weekly dramas only play one episode a week. No matter how attractive the plot is, some viewers will definitely give up watching the drama. In this case, many people find that most weekly dramas have an iron rule: starting from the first episode, the ratings are reduced, reaching the bottom in the third episode, and then rising!

In short, the third episode is generally the lowest ratings per weekly drama.

But now, "Ambushes" suddenly broke 1 in the third episode, and even became the only one in the weekly dramas broadcast in the same period!

Suddenly, all eyes were focused on the show. Tomato Station was ecstatic, and the producer director excitedly shot his thighs: "The bonus doubles! This time everyone's bonus doubles!"

But at Mango Station, it was a thick cloud and miserable fog.

The ratings of "The Real Summer" have been hitting new lows, and now they have even dropped below 1. Moreover, its reputation is getting worse and worse. Countless people call this drama a brainless and accused the heroine of her acting skills, and only know how to stare at her. Although the male protagonist is handsome and a popular young actor, he has not shown the original male protagonist's sarcastic behavior at all and has been pretending!

It can be said that the surge in the ratings of "Ambushes" will inevitably rob the market share of the weekly dramas in the same period. And the ratings lost by "The Real Summer" will definitely be taken away by "Ambushes"!

Mango Taichung, the producer director gritted his teeth and said, "Let the crew change the plot based on the audience's feedback! Change it immediately!" After a while, he said, "Go and keep a close eye on Tomato TV. You must not let the ratings of "Ambushes" rise again. We want to pull them down!"

The crew of "Ambushes" was not aware of these things.

There were only a dozen scenes in the morning of the day, and Director Zheng held a screenwriter meeting. They gathered together to analyze all the comments from the audience since these three episodes. At the end of the meeting, Director Zheng said seriously and seriously: "We may not only have the ratings, but also gain reputation!"
Chapter completed!