Chapter 300: Ratings

Lu Yan He didn't know what he was nervous about. Thinking about it, it might be that he was nervous that under such great support, the ratings would eventually flop.

Lu Yan He didn't think he was a person who cared about face, but he didn't think he could just throw face aside and ignore it completely.

He was even a bit afraid to see what the first episode looked like, and he hadn't seen it either.

All of this was left to Hu Siwei and Bai Jingnian.

In the main creator group of *Friends*, everyone was sharing their promotional dynamics with high spirits.

At nine o'clock, the first episode of *Friends* aired.

Lu Yan He sat alone in the dormitory, and his phone was also put aside.

He was reading the latest issue of *Jump Up* sample magazine, couldn't read it in, but forced himself to read it.

One episode was only twenty minutes long, divided into two parts, with a total of 6 minutes of advertising time in between.

The total airing time was during the period from 9:00 to 9:30 in the evening.

He didn't know how everyone's evaluation was online, and he didn't look at the feedback from friends.

At this moment, it was a moment that only he could experience, a moment of setting himself still.

Waiting for time to pass second by second.

Waiting until nine-thirty.

Lu Yan He picked up his phone again and opened it.

There were already many unread messages.

Jiang Yuqian, Zeng Qiao, Luo Yuzhong, Huangcheng... many people sent him messages, telling him: *Friends* was filmed well, and they liked it very much.

These peers and seniors who had worked with him all encouraged and supported him in their own way.

A surge of indescribable emotion welled up in Lu Yan He's heart.

In these two days, he had been moved too many times, but the emotion of being moved didn't become numb because of this, and it still reached the bottom of his heart.

And finally, Lu Yan He saw the news in the *Friends* main creator group.

In the *Friends* main creator group, Hu Siwei had been updating the ratings in real time, starting from 0.62%, slipping slightly, then rushing to 0.71%. After the advertisement in the middle, the ratings of the second half of the episode rushed to the position of 0.821%, and after that, it stabilized at 0.8%.

Hu Siwei said: *Friends* refreshed the record for the first episode ratings of Jingtai this year.

Yan Liang and the others sent celebratory emojis in the group one after another.

Lu Yan He held his phone, looking at this number, his scalp tingling. At this moment, under a certain feeling of relief, he let out a long sigh of relief.

The average ratings for the first episode of *Friends* were fixed at 0.745%.

This data was released on the entire internet for the first time.

At the same time, the content of this drama also sparked heated discussions among many people on the internet.

Someone said, the plot is so bloody, in just twenty minutes, it included escaping marriage, tearing each other apart, moving, etc. Why did Lu Yan He write such a story?

Someone said, compared to the wind and rain before this drama aired, the content of this drama looks too fresh. Six protagonists, placed in a first episode of only twenty minutes, actually made me remember all six people, with different personalities and characteristics. This character is still shaped well.

Someone said, can't stand it, a woman escaping marriage at the wedding scene, such a character is actually the female lead? What is this.

Someone retorted, if you were at the wedding, and your fiancée's ex-boyfriend told you that the child in your fiancée's belly was his, let's see if you would get married.

Someone said, am I the only one who cares about the scene where they sit together drinking coffee, chatting, and teasing each other at the beginning of this drama, which really feels like the feeling I have when I am with friends?

Someone said, I want a boyfriend like Hu Fan, why have I never met such a man?

Someone said, the Jiang Kele played by Lu Yan He, with a trace of stupidity in his clear eyes, is he really the protagonist? Why does Yan Liang look like the most important male lead in this drama?

Someone said, among the three women, I love Chen Wanqiu the most, elegant, intellectual, and generous. This temperament can only be seen in women over thirty, I didn't expect it to appear on a girl in her early twenties, and it is also so charming.

Someone said, Li Lili is the best looking! The moment she appeared, she hit my heart. You mortals like to look at beauties like Chen Wanqiu, I like the more real Li Lili.

Someone said, so, the story behind is filming the things of these six people?

For self-media, what subject do they like most in film and television dramas? Sitcom is definitely the undisputed number one.

Because sitcoms are weak in plot and heavy on characters.

Therefore, the different decisions and choices made by each character in different things will become a topic for self-media to create or comment on.

After the mighty first episode aired, a large number of people were discussing this drama on social media.

At the same time, many people were asking Jingtai, when will the first episode be rebroadcast?

Many people didn't catch the nine o'clock airing time, or didn't intend to watch it at all, but under this overwhelming discussion, many people became interested in this drama.

However, this drama has no resources on video platforms and only airs exclusively on TV stations.

Under Jingtai's official Weibo, a large number of questions about when to rebroadcast appeared.

The most sensitive advertisers all contacted Jingtai's marketing department urgently on this Sunday night to purchase advertising space during the airing time of *Friends*.

At eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, Jingtai temporarily adjusted the broadcast and rebroadcast the first episode of *Friends*.

Including Lu Yan He, all the main creators urgently released this news, giving directions to those who wanted to watch the first episode of *Friends*.

At eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, the first episode of *Friends* was rebroadcast, with ratings of 0.524%, giving Jingtai an incredible and loud slap in the face with a number that crushed Jingtai's prime-time ratings.

Lu Yan He couldn't sleep at all that night. He tried hard to control his expression and his excited mood, but he couldn't do it no matter what.

Too many people contacted him, sent him messages, and called him.

Lu Yan He had to pack his things, leave the dormitory, and return to Huiziyuanqiao.

"Yes, I didn't expect the ratings of this drama to be so good either."

"Script? I do have a few scripts I'm writing in my hand, but they are not sitcoms."

"You are over-praising. This is also because everyone helped a lot, so today's first episode had such ratings."

Lu Yan He's phone calls were almost stopped until midnight.

Yan Liang also returned until almost midnight. He had a radio interview program to go on at eleven o'clock, which was a promotional schedule arranged for him by Jingtai to promote *Friends*.

Although very tired, Yan Liang's face was full of joy.

Just this night, in half an hour, suddenly, he found that his world was like being wiped of dust, and it suddenly brightened up.

Yan Liang had almost never seen his name on the hot search, but today he went on the hot search along with the name Hu Fan.

He had also never had so many people calling him "husband" under his social media account.

Yan Liang was very confused, of course, more of it was surprise.

The taste of so-called overnight fame is truly overnight fame.

Yan Liang himself received calls from several producers and directors who had added him as friends before, asking about his schedule later and wanting to cooperate with him. Not to mention Zhou Ping'an, Zhou Ping'an didn't even have time to say a few words to him tonight.

*Friends* is a drama that caused such a big plot discussion upon its premiere. Outsiders look at the excitement, insiders look at the doorway. Everyone knows that this drama is popular.

When at the radio station, the host asked him.

"When reading the script back then, did you think it would be so popular?"

Yan Liang said: "No one dared to think so, but when we read the script, we all knew that this was a good script. As long as we seriously film, it will definitely be a good drama."

The host also asked him: "At that time, this script was written by Lu Yan He. Of course, we all know now that he wrote it very well. However, at that time, wouldn't you feel that Lu Yan He was writing a script for the first time, and would you worry that he was a novice and the script he created would not be liked by the audience?"

Yan Liang said: "To tell the truth, whether I can act in this drama is not something I can decide. Yan He directly found my agent and let my agent agree to let me act in this drama. And for me, if Yan He wrote a script and needed me to act, the matter of me going to act doesn't need to look at the script. In the entertainment industry, like Lu Yan He and Li Zhibai, these friends, I only have these two. Even if I know the risk is very high, I will definitely go."

The host immediately asked: "Then why didn't this drama invite Li Zhibai to act? This should be a TV drama about friendship. If the three of you acted, it might be very commemorative for you."

Yan Liang: "Li Zhibai also wanted to act, but unfortunately the other character in the script didn't suit Li Zhibai. Li Zhibai also blamed Lu Yan He for not being willing to change the script for him. However, a drama definitely couldn't create characters based on the three of us. Yan He also wrote the script first, and then found actors based on the characters."

*Friends* became popular overnight.

After the premiere, discussions about this drama were all over the internet.

And Jingtai also recorded a record of rebroadcasting it five times the next day, twice in the morning, twice in the afternoon, and once between 7:30 and 8:00 in the evening.

During the day's ratings, the ratings of each episode were stable at above 0.3%, and the episode between 7:30 and 8:00 in the evening got 0.412%, which was higher than the annual average ratings of the prime time between 8:00 and 9:00.

This was already a rebroadcast.

Actors led by Yan Liang and Wen Minglan began to run for promotion without stopping.

Jingtai also organized offline meet-and-greets.

However, Lu Yan He didn't participate in a single one.

When *Friends* was being discussed hotly, he didn't participate in any of Jingtai's promotional activities. He was either taking classes and preparing for exams at school, or going to discuss subsequent projects with others.

It wasn't until the fourth day after *Friends* aired that Lu Yan He appeared on a book reading live broadcast program on the Ye Mai website to chat with everyone about reading, novels, and creation.

"First of all, I want to recommend the winter special issue of *Jump Up* that we just issued. In this special issue, the latest prose created by Teacher Shi Xia is published, and all the popular writers of *Jump Up* are invited to create new works. Two special issues a year are the grand ceremony of our *Jump Up* and also a gift to readers." Lu Yan He was mainly here to introduce the winter special issue of *Jump Up*.

After others finished talking about this matter, they inevitably mentioned *Friends*.

Host Song Jiang asked: "Why did you want to create such a subject back then?"

Lu Yan He hurriedly waved his hand: "This subject was not created by me. I am indeed the screenwriter, but from the theme to the six protagonists, and then to describing the lives and dreams of these six young people, this was actually proposed by Director Bai Jingnian. I created the script based on the foundations he proposed. At first, it was just asking me to be the lead actor."

Song Jiang: "Does it mean you can create scripts, or was it a coincidence?"

"It counts as one." Lu Yan He nodded.

"This is the first script you created. The first episode came out and has already achieved success that even the industry finds incredible. Will you continue to create scripts later?" Song Jiang asked.

Lu Yan He explained with a smile again: "Actually, this is not the first script I created. I have already created several before, but they haven't been made public yet, so keep it secret for now. But this is indeed the first sitcom script I created. I like this story very much."

Song Jiang: "You said before that this drama is prepared to be developed into a series?"

Lu Yan He nodded: "Yes, Producer Hu Siwei and Director Bai Jingnian have been developing toward this goal from the beginning."

"Now that the first episode has achieved such great success, it is almost conceivable that a second season must be developed later. Are you really not participating?"

Lu Yan He smiled, spread his hands helplessly, and said: "Because of well-known reasons, I will indeed not participate in the subsequent creation."

Song Jiang asked: "Then won't you feel regret? Such a big hit work, but you regretfully withdrew later."

"This is not my regret." Lu Yan He shook his head and smiled lightly. "This is other people's regret."

Song Jiang was stunned.

Lu Yan He: "And, I am very proud."

"Hmm?"

"When I wanted to do this drama back then, except for Producer Hu and Director Bai, in fact, everyone also knows that almost no one thought highly of it, including many of my friends in the industry. They were really worried about me and advised me not to do this project. They were really worried that I would be dragged down by this project."

"But I insisted on doing it. Under these circumstances, Yan Liang, Minglan, and several other actors selected through auditions, Xincheng and the others, all insisted on seriously creating this drama with us under the circumstances that everyone didn't think highly of it. At that time, I told them that as long as we seriously acted in the drama, there would definitely be a good result."

"Including the agents of some of them, I promised at that time that this drama would explode, and after this drama, every lead actor would step into the ranks of first-tier actors. Judging from the results of the premiere, I didn't break my promise. Even though so many things happened in the middle, I finally told them with the results that I didn't break my promise. So, I am proud of myself."

A relaxed and calm smile appeared on Lu Yan He's face.

Song Jiang nodded.

Xin Zixing stood behind the camera at the recording site, looking at Lu Yan He on the stage.

After experiencing so many things, Lu Yan He is vaguely a little different.

The humility and gentleness that she felt were even excessive before were now covered by a layer of light with a bit of edge.

It's not that he has become sharp, but that he finally has a kind of calmness of standing straight on his own and being neither humble nor arrogant when looking at you.

Xin Zixing thought, this is probably growth. ===== CHAPTER 301 =====