Chapter 353

Beneath the trending searches.

Netizens were commenting one after another.

"A surprise to start the year!"

"Today is a good day!"

"Holy crap, finally waiting for it, I've been looking forward to this for a long time."

"When exactly is it airing? Stop doing this, occasionally dropping a message just to whet our appetites."

"I wonder if the Xianxia drama filmed by Brother Yue will be good?"

"It must be good, they've never missed."

"I heard You Mingyue is playing the female lead in this drama? Wahahaha, my wives, I'm coming."

"Brother upstairs, you can fool the bros, but don't fool yourself. How could my wives be your wives? You should know, our country doesn't support polygamy."

"Hurry up and air it, Mother Yue!"

"I want to see what level their Xianxia drama is at."

"Not to mention, Xianxia is truly a pit, and everyone has high expectations for this drama. If it really flops, I'm afraid it will be hard to wrap up. Hopefully, the young ladies are as invincible as always."

"The bench is already moved, sitting and waiting to be fed. I hope this drama can bring me joy."

"..."

Amidst the chatter of netizens.

Shi Qing was scrolling through the comments.

"Joy?"

The corners of his mouth twitched.

The early plot of *Chinese Paladin 1* is indeed quite joyful.

But the key is.

The more joyful it is in the beginning, the more abusive it is later on.

—That pair of ruthless and vicious beauties, who never show mercy when wielding their blades, are so cold-blooded that they even write their own female lead character to death.

I'm afraid it's depressing!

In a trance.

Shi Qing seemed to see the wailing of the entire internet during the finale of *Chinese Paladin*.

The eleventh day of the first lunar month.

The young girl currently filming in Hengdian received good news sent by Lu Liang.

*Chinese Paladin 1* has been sold.

However, unexpectedly, the buyer of the online streaming rights was not the deep-pocketed Penguin.

But rather Bilibili and Youku joining forces, buying it at a price of 2 million per episode, and streaming it simultaneously upon release.

This is already the price for a top-tier blockbuster.

Roughly calculating, a total of 34 episodes, sold for 68 million.

Excluding the investment, a total of 28 million was earned.

Seems like very little?

But this is actually just the online streaming copyright fee for two years.

After the subsequent copyright expires, it can continue to be sold.

The copyright term for TV dramas in the Huaxia nation is 50 years, which means that within these 50 years, this TV drama can continuously generate copyright revenue.

Of course, the quality has to be top-notch.

For example, *Empresses in the Palace*, after LeTV bought the exclusive online streaming rights for 20 million, now every year, this TV drama creates tens of millions in revenue for LeTV.

Additionally.

The TV broadcast rights for *Chinese Paladin 1* are also still in hand.

When it airs on satellite TV later, it can also be sold for a high price.

After consultation by all parties, *Chinese Paladin 1* is scheduled to air in mid-February as the opening blockbuster for Bilibili and Youku.

Here, the young girl saw the ambition of these two video platforms.

Currently, the video platforms in the Huaxia nation are dominated by five major players.

Which five?

Penguin, iQIYI, Youku, Bilibili, and Mango.

Among them.

Penguin is deep-pocketed and ranks first.

iQIYI has been deeply cultivating the long-video platform for many years, with a solid foundation, temporarily ranking second.

Youku and Mango rank third and fourth.

Bilibili initially focused on ACG and anime, and started late in the long-video field, so it can only rank fifth.

And this time.

Number five and number three joined hands, secured the streaming rights for *Chinese Paladin 1*, and aired it as the opening blockbuster.

The purpose is self-evident.

It is clear that they are aiming at Penguin, wanting to pull off something big.

Betting their chances on You Mingyue.

They admit there is a gambling element, but winning is a huge profit!

Facing this situation.

Can Penguin, which possesses the "money power" and has always been used to acting arrogantly, endure this?

They immediately retaliated.

They also brought out a Xianxia drama to compete with them.

This drama is called *Divine Sword Immortal Fate*, a major IP drama adapted from Feilu.

Master-disciple romance, deep and abusive love.

Penguin bought it at a price of 2.5 million per episode, originally scheduled to air in March this year.

But now, since Bilibili and Youku have joined forces to challenge them, they will directly advance the schedule and air it early.

Consequently, on the internet, a scene occurred that had countless netizens eating melons.

Bilibili and Youku had just launched the promotion for *Chinese Paladin 1*, and almost back-to-back, Penguin also launched the promotion for *Divine Sword Immortal Fate*, and the broadcast time of this drama was even one day earlier than *Chinese Paladin 1*.

The netizens were stunned.

"Holy crap! Are they fighting?"

"Penguin is so aggressive!"

"Chinese Paladin versus Divine Sword, my god!"

"Which one is actually more powerful?"

"Of course it's my great Divine Sword, this is the work of the great director Cheng Xiaoshu, and it also features a Best Actress and a Best Actor, starring A-list stars Song Qiao and Meng Qiudong. How beautiful is Song Qiao? How handsome is Meng Qiudong? You guys can't possibly not know. Looking at *Chinese Paladin*, Xiao Han is an outdated second-tier, Zhu Xudan has just reached second-tier, the whole crew, only You Mingyue is worth mentioning, and this is their first Xianxia drama, how the hell can this compare?"

"My love for the Gu King young lady makes me unable to bear criticizing it, but honestly, the winning odds for *Divine Sword* are indeed much higher!"

"I'm standing with *Chinese Paladin* this time, this pair of twins is used to creating miracles, who knows, this might be a hit drama. As for the first time filming Xianxia??? I'll just ask the person upstairs, when they crossed over to the film circle, anime circle, and novel circle, which time wasn't the first time? But what was the result? Every time they succeeded!"

"..."

The netizens were arguing in a mess.

Some stood with *Chinese Paladin 1*, others stood with *Divine Sword Immortal Fate*.

Of course.

There were also those who couldn't decide and decided to watch both dramas when the time came.

In short, as these two dramas launched their promotions, the atmosphere of confrontation had spread across the entire internet.

Cheng Xiaoshu, the director of *Divine Sword Immortal Fate*, a well-known director in the Huaxia film and television circle, with numerous representative works.

At this moment, looking at the comments on the internet, his face darkened, turning livid.

In fact.

He had long been displeased with You Mingyue and *Chinese Paladin 1*. ===== CHAPTER 354 =====