In recent years, thanks to the rapid development of the Internet era, mainland China's film and television variety shows have gradually expanded their influence in Southeast Asia and have a large number of loyal fans. Recently, Google announced Malaysia’s annual hot search list for 2023. The results show that domestic entertainment has achieved good results in movies and drama series.
Among the top ten popular movies, "All or Nothing" starring Zhang Yixing, Jin Chen and others won the 6th place and was the only Chinese-language movie selected this year.
In addition, it also became the Chinese-language film champion this year with a revenue of 20 million ringgit (October data, not yet released), and ranked 5th in history on the local Chinese-language film list.
In the list of the top ten popular dramas, mainland dramas occupy 4 seats. Among them, the costume drama "Long Moon Ember" starring Luo Yunxi, Bai Lu, Chen Duling and others won the annual championship, and the idol drama "Secretly Can't Hide" starring Zhao Lusi, Chen Zheyuan, Ma Boqian, Zeng Li and others won the fourth place , the romantic drama "Love as Camp" starring Bai Lu, Wang Hedi and others won the 7th place, and the costume drama "Yunzhiyu" starring Yu Shuxin, Zhang Linghe and others won the 10th place.
It is worth mentioning that the TVB drama "Invisible Team" starring Ma Guoming, Tang Shiyong, Chen Shancong, Liu Yingxuan, Liu Peiyue, etc. ranked third and is the only representative of Hong Kong dramas on the list, while ViuTV's "That Summer We Were "Blooming Like a Flower" and more than a dozen works that were praised by Hong Kong media as divine dramas, but none of them made the list.
From this list, we can see that mainland film and television works have indeed made great progress in Malaysia and even Southeast Asia in recent years, and they no longer rely solely on ancient costume content. Modern content has also been recognized to a certain extent. Maybe many people Concepts and cognitions that have been maintained for a long time need to be updated.
Of course, in addition to the recognition of the content, this achievement is also inseparable from the rapid development of streaming media and short video platforms. The former provides a convenient way to watch, and the overseas versions of iQiyi and Tengxu Video do Not bad, the latter has made great contributions to the spread of the influence of the series. Coupled with the promotion on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, it has become easier to go overseas.
To put it bluntly, in terms of dramas alone, mainland dramas may now be the most powerful in Southeast Asia compared to American dramas and Korean dramas. Maybe those dramas are not worth mentioning in the eyes of Douban drama critics, and even watching them is a waste of time, but overseas audiences may think exactly the opposite.
In addition, domestic mobile phone brands also occupy 8 seats in the top ten popular mobile phone lists. Among them, Honor occupies 3 seats, ranking 2nd, 6th, and 9th respectively. Realme occupies 2 seats, ranking respectively. In the 3rd and 7th places, Xiaomi, Redmi, and Transsion each have one seat, ranking 5th, 8th, and 10th respectively.
