Destined Entwining: Capturing My Devoted Beau-Chapter 729 - 377: Taking Off on the Spot (First Update)
In the first week, the fantasy TV series produced by NewHuman Entertainment Ltd. achieved soaring viewer ratings, stunning audiences nationwide with its extraordinary special effects.
Many people were wildly praising it, not only because they had watched just two episodes, but the quality already rivaled the special effects produced by the world-renowned Micro Tower.
And what famous films has Micro Tower produced? —— The legendary "Ring Emperor" trilogy!
With such a comparison, no wonder people are going wild.
Lawrence Winters closely monitored online sentiment this week, fearing that someone might stir up trouble.
But aside from those previously cryptic folks hinting at "nepotism," once the series aired, those subtle jabs were effortlessly debunked.
No one dared to come out and embarrass themselves anymore.
Because now mocking the effects would only strengthen viewers’ opposition, making them rally even more around the series they love.
Meanwhile, the official blog of NewHuman Corporation gets mentioned by netizens every day, asking them to release more behind-the-scenes content to satisfy their cravings.
The waiting period has never been this excruciating!
But Lawrence Winters has also learned how to tease the audience.
She didn’t release new clips or behind-the-scenes footage, but only posted a tweet.
[NewHuman Entertainment Ltd.]: @Far Promise Special Effects, now everyone thinks it can’t get any better? It’s just two episodes, folks, you haven’t seen the world yet. Awaiting your compliments. [Cute view-waiting.jpg]
As soon as she posted this tweet, the netizens went crazy.
"Is there still better effects?!"
"No way? Is the production team too conceited? Even if Micro Tower did it, this would be their best. —— Could they possibly be better than Micro Tower?!"
This tweet was quickly screenshotted by Lawrence Winters, who replied saying: Evidence set, preparing to slap back.
Many netizens flocked over to watch and bookmark the tweet, while many took screenshots, waiting for the moment of truth.
Two weeks later, after four episodes aired, the series’ ratings soared to 30%, reaching over 30!
With this trend, the title of "King of Dramas" for this series is well-deserved.
By the finale, it’s likely to secure a spot among the top three of all-time program ratings.
The two TV stations that spent a fortune securing the initial broadcast rights have made a huge profit.
After just two weeks, they’ve already recouped their investment through ad revenue, with many advertisers lined up, eager to invest more.
So, those TV stations and video platforms that couldn’t afford the initial broadcast rights began to besiege Edward Foster, vying for the secondary broadcast rights.
Typically, only the initial broadcast rights of a TV series are valuable, and subsequent rights are often thrown in for free.
But Edward Foster saw the potential of this series, selling only the first round of broadcast rights.
If you want to buy the secondary broadcast rights, sorry, you’ll have to bid.
Thus, the secondary broadcast rights of this series sold for a billion, a hundred million more than last year’s drama king’s initial broadcast rights!
And the National Television Station’s seven o’clock news praised this series, particularly highlighting the special effects production.
They claimed it filled several technical gaps in the domestic industry, mentioning that the company producing the special effects is registering software copyrights, and once approved, it would be the first domestically owned AI-mode special effects production software in the country.
Normally, most people aren’t interested in news programs, but those with a keen eye notice the hidden messages among them.
The explosive popularity of this series even caught the attention of foreign media, who reprinted the domestic news.
Among them, the National Television Station’s report sparked interest among industry professionals abroad.
They were very interested in this AI-mode special effects production software.
However, public searches didn’t yield many clues for them.
Even on the National Copyright Bureau’s website, you can’t expect them to disclose all the code to you.
But based on the data they found, the AI in this special effects software seemed to be just a gimmick.
At least according to the copyright registration agency’s public data, attempts to create similar software using the same logic and principles not only turned out mediocre results but also absurd ones. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
For instance, when they tried to use similarly coded software for special effects, the AI would suddenly enlarge a person’s head and place it on top of mountains, making the effect look particularly horrifying.
Indeed, it didn’t show any signs of Photoshop, but is this the special effect they needed?
People still needed to manually adjust each frame to correct it, spending far more time than with regular special effects software, and the result wasn’t significantly better, making commercialization unsuitable.
