203: The martial arts film "The Return of the Condor Heroes" became a huge hit, causing an uproar in the industry and driving advertisers crazy!

"Old Hu, I really misjudged this time. Seriously, I didn't expect so many people to watch this 'the return of the condor heroes'!"

Over the phone, Zhou Wenli said, looking depressed.

He only learned today that 'the return of the condor heroes' had only been released for half a day, yet it had already pushed the number one web drama on the Maotou Data Network real-time hit list off its spot, becoming number one itself.

At that moment, Zhou Wenli slapped his own thigh.

You have to know that the Maotou Data Network still has a lot of credibility in Great Xia.

If a web drama can squeeze into the top ten on the Maotou Data Network, it means it is very worth buying the exclusive broadcast rights.

As for those in the top three, they can even boost a program's ratings.

It can be said that the hit dramas of various television stations may not necessarily be able to squeeze into the top three.

So when he saw 'the return of the condor heroes', a film that had come to promote itself at his own television station just a few days ago, suddenly appear in the number one spot, Zhou Wenli immediately felt regret.

So at this moment, he dialed the phone number of his good friend, Hu Jiutian.

That's right, the one who is the Station Director of the Imperial Capital Television Station.

Hearing his words, Hu Jiutian was a bit puzzled and said:

"Old Zhou, what do you mean? What 'the return of the condor heroes'?"

"Old Hu, have you forgotten about that 'the return of the condor heroes' that came to our station a few days ago? That drama of theirs exploded, it was a massive hit, and now it's number one in popularity on the Maotou Data Network! If we had been able to secure it back then, we would have another hit drama in the station now. Sigh, it's just a pity we didn't see its potential back then. A miscalculation, a total miscalculation. Who could have thought that a wuxia drama would have so many viewers who love watching it, and it was even shot by a newcomer director..."

Zhou Wenli sighed. On the other end, Hu Jiutian finally came to his senses and said:

"Which wuxia drama are you talking about? No way, how did it explode? Which station is it airing on now?"

"It's not on any television station, but on a Video Website that isn't even that big. Even with those conditions, it still reached the number one spot on the Maotou Data Network's real-time popularity list!"

Zhou Wenli said depressedly: "If our price back then had been just a little higher, we might have been able to secure it. Sigh, I really misjudged it this time. Old Hu, do you know that now it's said that merchants wanting to title-sponsor this drama are offering millions in advertising fees, and that's just for the title sponsorship..."

Hearing this, Hu Jiutian completely reacted. He also hurriedly ran to the Maotou Data Network to take a look, feeling just as regretful. Because at that time, 'the return of the condor heroes' had come to their Imperial Capital Television Station first, before going to other television stations to promote itself. It could be said that the opportunity was first given to Hu Jiutian, but he rejected it directly. Thinking of this, Hu Jiutian said on the other end of the phone:

"Ahem, Old Zhou, look on the bright side. Other television stations didn't grab this good drama either, so our loss isn't too big. Now there's no chance for the premiere rights, but since this drama is so popular, I think getting the rebroadcast rights is also a good choice!"

"Hehe, Old Hu, don't blame me for not notifying you first this time. I've already sent someone to communicate with them. Perhaps in another two days, this hit drama will be rebroadcast on our Magic City Television Station. Goodbye!"

Zhou Wenli hung up the phone, but his expression wasn't as happy as one might imagine. At that time, the offers they had given 'the return of the condor heroes' were at most 200,000 per episode, and that was for the premiere rights. Now that 'the return of the condor heroes' has become a hit, even if they wanted to buy the rebroadcast rights, they probably wouldn't be able to offer 200,000 per episode.

"Sigh, nobody expected a wuxia drama to be this popular. It makes no sense." Zhou Wenli muttered to himself: "You have to know that the director named Xu Lu suddenly became famous after making movies. Who would have known that the wuxia drama he shot as an amateur would be even better than those of professional directors!"

In fact, it wasn't just the television stations that were regretting it at this moment. Because after 'the return of the condor heroes' suffered setbacks at the television stations, they immediately contacted various Video Websites. However, those large Video Websites were equally pessimistic about this wuxia drama shot by a newcomer director and offered even lower prices. Actually, the low price wasn't the issue. Because Xu Lu and his team had another partnership proposal at the time, which was to earn a share based on ad-paid clicks. Who knew that those large Video Websites would directly reject this request, saying there was no precedent. It was only at this point that our Great Director Xu waved his hand and directly ordered someone to buy a Video Website that was about to close down. Since you all don't think highly of it, then I'll just buy a website and broadcast it myself. Now that they see 'the return of the condor heroes' exploding in popularity, aren't those other Video Websites regretting it so much that their guts are turning green?

Da Xu Video Network is at best a medium-sized Video Website, and the 'the return of the condor heroes' released there was able to take the number one spot on the real-time popularity list. If it could have been broadcast on those large Video Websites, the popularity would probably be even higher now.

"If I had known this 'the return of the condor heroes' was so powerful, I would have paid more to secure it. It was a sure-fire win!"

"A drama that reached number one on the popularity list after only half a day of release just slipped away right before my eyes. So frustrating!"

"Too unlucky. The revenue that this one 'the return of the condor heroes' could bring is at least in the tens of millions. Now it's all gone to this Da Xu Video Network. Sigh, I don't know when the next time we'll encounter such a hit drama will be."

"Damn it, I was optimistic about it at the time. Who knew my boss was a pig who actually rejected it? Now that they see 'the return of the condor heroes' exploding in popularity, they actually want me to take the blame. Screw you..."

The explosion in popularity of 'the return of the condor heroes' caused an uproar in the industry and also led to much discussion. You have to know that it is a wuxia drama. Under the current situation where the wuxia drama genre is so weak, for it to be able to strongly reach the top of the real-time popularity list, one can imagine how high the popularity of 'the return of the condor heroes' is. Those advertisers are not stupid. Previously, for the exclusive title sponsorship of 'the return of the condor heroes', they were only willing to offer a mere 500,000. But once 'the return of the condor heroes' topped the real-time popularity list, this price directly increased tenfold! But even so, Da Xu Video Network hasn't decided yet, because there is more than one advertiser willing to pay this price!

"Engineer Liu, what do you think we should do? There are actually several advertisers willing to offer five million to purchase the title sponsorship for 'the return of the condor heroes'!"

An employee came over, looking excited, to report the situation to Liu Mingqian. Only at this moment did Liu Mingqian feel the terrifying foresight of that President Xu. At that time, when he called him, the other party said that he wouldn't consider the title sponsorship for 'the return of the condor heroes' if it were less than five million. Liu Mingqian even thought that this President Xu didn't understand Video Website operations and was just quoting random prices. But he didn't expect that before even a full day had passed, the price for the title sponsorship of 'the return of the condor heroes' had really reached the five-million level. Thinking of this, Liu Mingqian took a deep breath and said:

"According to convention, notify these advertisers immediately and organize a small advertising bidding meeting. Starting bid at five million, the exclusive title sponsorship for the drama 'the return of the condor heroes' will go to the highest bidder!"