Chapter 298

After a round of promotion, when finally returning to Jingcheng, it had been more than ten days since the film's release.

These days, Cao Yang finally understood what a "viewing craze" was; the market performance of 'Inception' was astonishing, and the word-of-mouth was heaven-defyingly good.

Whether in traditional media or online, almost all topics were about 'Inception'.

Since the rise of the internet and the rise of portal websites, film critics were no longer limited to print media and television programs as they were in the past.

Smart film critics had already begun to shift to the internet, either cooperating with portal websites to open columns or posting directly on community websites, "putting down" their status to mingle with netizens.

Some film critics followed the trend and opened blogs, publishing some film reviews on their blogs.

Blogs began to enter the country in 2000, but the performance was mediocre and had been lukewarm until the Mu Zimei incident in January 2004, which made domestic citizens understand and use blogs, further promoting the popularity of blogs.

To say that blogs truly became popular, it was only from last year, 2005, when portal websites like Sina and Sohu, which held large user groups, began to join the blog camp one after another, that blogs became popular.

Currently, there are three blog platforms with distinctive features in the country.

One is the Sina blog, which spends a lot of money and has numerous entertainment stars, intellectual celebrities, emotional writers, and grassroots bloggers.

The second is the NetEase blog, which provides personal expression and communication network tools for users; users can record personal thoughts and views through logs, photos, and other methods, and can also share network collections, fully displaying themselves.

There is also the Tianya blog, which relies on the country's most popular community website and is characterized by openness, inclusiveness, and full of humanistic care.

By the way, because Tianya is one of the earliest community websites, the people who play "Tianya" are varied and mixed, so Tianya produces "god-like people," and Tianya blogs also have many "god-like people."

But to talk about writing film reviews and viewing experiences, the first one is definitely the Sina blog.

The popularity of 'Inception' allowed Sina Entertainment to see an opportunity; they invited a large number of film critics and star celebrities to take the opportunity to write film reviews and viewing experiences, which helped Sina blogs become popular again.

Especially, there was a female star named Lv Yi who became popular starting last year; she wrote a film review on her Sina blog about watching 'Inception'—actually, it wasn't called a film review, it could be considered a post-viewing reflection.

She wrote: I think the theory of 'Inception' is open-ended. Some people say there are seven layers of space in the film; I only saw five layers, my friend saw six layers, and perhaps some people can see seven layers.

However, seeing how many layers doesn't affect our respective thinking; everyone can get their own understanding from it. You can see it as very philosophical, or you can see it as very relaxed and simple.

Actually, her post-viewing reflection was really just a reflection, of an essay nature. She was a very straightforward person, didn't say any big principles, and didn't "educate" the public from a high position.

It stands to reason that this kind of very "ordinary" essay of a hundred words couldn't break out of the circle, but it just so happened that this short post-viewing reflection successfully broke out of the circle, and the comments alone reached over a hundred thousand.

As for the specific reason, it was because a guy named Cao Yang wrote in her comments: Seven layers of space? Is there that many?

Just because of this comment, Lv Yi's blog suddenly broke out of the circle, becoming popular inexplicably.

No one knew if the user who commented "Cao Yang" was the real Cao Yang or just someone named Cao Yang; anyway, a large part of the netizens who came here to comment were aiming for "Cao Yang" and his comments.

Everyone's comments were of a questioning nature, for example:

"Good heavens, seven layers of space? Am I too stupid? I only saw five layers too. I guess Cao Yang himself doesn't know there are seven layers of space, otherwise he wouldn't have had questions."

"Just finished watching 'Inception'. My first feeling at the time was that Cao Yang is really awesome, making you think after watching the film, and then can't wait to find someone to discuss it... but, are there really seven layers of space?"

"Haha, laughed to death, Cao Yang doesn't know his own film has seven layers of space."

"Watched it for the second time, saw more small details, like the ring, it's really amazing. I didn't notice such small details the first time, but I only saw the sixth layer on my second viewing, and didn't see the seventh layer."

"Brothers, let's go for the third viewing, must find the seven layers of space, and crush Cao Yang, who doesn't know there are seven layers of space, in terms of IQ, haha..."

Of course, there must be a reason why Lv Yi's blog post could become popular inexplicably.

Sina. com is still very powerful in terms of promotion, otherwise it wouldn't have become the king of Weibo later. The market value of a Sina Weibo was once three times that of its parent company Sina, which belongs to the reversal of the natural order.

It is known as the most awesome subsidiary in Huaxia.

Their team responsible for operating blogs has a very clear positioning for Sina blogs: don't do too much and miscellaneous, just specialize in pan-"entertainment."

Therefore, when 'Inception' became explosive these days, they stared at the blog posts of film critics and celebrities, wanting to find one that could break out of the circle to attract a wave of traffic for the blog.

Then, someone saw Lv Yi's short post-viewing reflection, mainly because there was a comment from someone named "Cao Yang" behind it; could it be operated?

Everyone knows that Lv Yi became popular because of Cao Yang's 'Black Swan'. Although she didn't reach the height of Dong Xuan and suddenly become the fifth person of the Four Huadan, she could be considered quasi-first-line.

As long as she hangs the name of "Cao Girl," it is a natural bonus to her status, just like most "Mou Girls."

The status of "Cao Girl" is higher in the circle than "Mou Girl." After all, in terms of achievements, among the five people of the Four Huadan, four are considered to be from "Cao Girl" origin, and one from "Mou Girl" origin.

Thus, the Sina blog team began to divert traffic to Lv Yi's blog, making Lv Yi's blog post successfully break out of the circle and become a hot spot.

As for whether the "Cao Yang" in the comment section was the real Cao Yang, the Sina blog operation team didn't care; true or false didn't matter, the key was the topic degree. Just "Cao Yang's" answer, the topic degree was definitely explosive.

As for whether this would offend Cao Yang, of course not.

This is a mutually beneficial thing; Sina blogs have traffic and customers, and can also help promote 'Inception'.

However, Sina. com is still very good at being a person; after all, they mainly promote pan-"entertainment," and Cao Yang is the biggest "wrist," so of course they wouldn't offend Cao Yang.

They even specifically contacted Cao Yang to explain.

Writing a few sentences on the blog casually, but inexplicably becoming popular to the point of breaking out of the circle, to be honest, Lv Yi was also confused for a long time.

She also noticed the person named "Cao Yang" in the comment section, looking at the varied comments in the comment section, but summarizing them, they were all related to "Cao Yang's" speech.

Her mind moved; isn't this a very good opportunity?

Although Lv Yi is a straightforward girl, straightforward doesn't mean stupid.

She has Cao Yang's private mobile phone number. Cao Yang is too busy on weekdays, and she is embarrassed to call frequently, so she has to find some excuses every time. Isn't there an excuse now?

"Cao Dao, does 'Inception' really have seven layers of space?"

Originally, she had already drafted in her heart what to say when talking to Cao Yang, what to say, etc., but as soon as the call connected, Lv Yi instantly forgot the draft, and the first sentence asked her own doubts.

As soon as this sentence came out, she almost gave herself a big slap in the mouth.

My damn personality, I am not a straightforward girl at all!

Must change next time.

Cao Yang was also a bit confused. Among the many people he came into contact with, only Lv Yi was famous for being straightforward, but not the kind of "big mouth" who lacked emotional intelligence.

It is not popular to engage in "human design" now. Later, "human design" became a label for stars, and many female stars played the "straightforward" human design.

But as long as one knows a little bit, most "straightforward" stars are actually low emotional intelligence, big mouths, or to put it more bluntly, they are brainless. The brokerage company has no way, so they can only rely on "straightforward."

Lv Yi's "straightforward" is a straightforward and frank personality, but she is serious and careful in doing things, and her emotional intelligence is also very high, not a brainless big mouth.

She is a different matter from those who play the "straightforward" human design.

"It's also very amazing that you can see five layers."

Cao Yang didn't answer directly. To be honest, when he knew that someone interpreted that 'Inception' had seven layers of space, he was a bit incredible.

In the setting, even if the limbo is added, how many layers are there in total? How could there be seven layers of space?

It seems that the director is just a tool for filming, and it is normal not to understand the core and interpretation of the film.

Um, it's just that the director knows a fart about the film.

"I'm not stupid. As long as you watch the film carefully, you will definitely know that there are five layers of dreams."

Lv Yi said with a smile, and asked again: "Am I too stupid? I can only see five layers of space, and I didn't even find the sixth layer. Is there really seven layers of space?"

After a pause, she said "straightforwardly" again: "Cao Dao, why don't I go find you tonight, and let's discuss which seven layers of space there are. I am really curious."

Cao Yang smiled. Do you want to discuss the film with me, or are you greedy for my body? Can I not understand your little thoughts?

"You might not believe it if I say it. The media reported that I returned to Jingcheng after promoting the film, but actually I came to Shanghai again to handle some private matters, so we can't discuss the film tonight."

Cao Yang replied with a smile.

Lv Yi was silent for a moment and asked: "What if I say I am also in Shanghai?"

Haha, what a joke, if you are in Shanghai, and the media clearly reported that I returned to Jingcheng, how can you still say you want to discuss the plot with me tonight?

"If you are also in Shanghai, I will treat you to dinner tonight."

Cao Yang joked.

Lv Yi's heart began to beat fast, thump, thump. She tried her best to make her tone of voice sound very calm.

"Is it a deal?"

"It's a deal."

After hanging up the phone, Lv Yi sent the hotel address to Cao Yang via text message and said: "I am here now. Cao Dao, you must keep your word. Send me an address, and I will find you."

Then, she called her assistant in and ordered: "Go help me return the flight ticket to Jingcheng. I'm not leaving today!"

(End of chapter)