This Is Impossible

Li Jianxue agreed, took out his phone, and opened Eagle Eye Movies Pro.

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"Manager, the current playback volume for I Was a Detective in Ancient Times is 15 million, currently ranking first in Gua Video's real-time playback volume," Li Jianxue said while operating his phone.

Xu Jun's lips curled up, and he chuckled, " I Was a Detective in Ancient Times is adapted from Yue Long Group's top IP. I heard that Dai Ying also values this novel very highly. Gua Video really spent a fortune to acquire the TV adaptation rights. The CEO of Gua Video is ambitious; they directly allocated S-Class production funds for each episode, with a budget exceeding 3 million per episode, hoping to make a stunning comeback with this suspenseful mega-drama. But what's the result? The playback volume is only a little more than half of ours for Mortuary."

Li Jianxue pulled over a chair and sat down, laughing, "Yeah, top IP, top investment, top actors, top production team, and in the end, the results are only half of ours for Mortuary. They spent a fortune to buy IPs, while we created our own IPs with our brains. Now, when it comes to suspense IPs, our The Coroner dares to claim second place, who dares to claim first? Now that Mortuary has had a beautiful opening success, after Mortuary, we can also film Constable, and we can even keep filming. Once a few dramas are out, and the world view of The Coroner is fully established, it will completely become an inexhaustible golden mine!"

Xu Jun nodded with a smile, then asked, "By the way, what about the data for that Young Bao Qingtian?"

Li Jianxue scratched his head and said apologetically, "Look, I forgot about that."

"Check it. Chen Minghao values this drama so much; perhaps it really has something extraordinary about it."

"How extraordinary can it be? I heard that the screenwriter for this drama only joined Penguin Video less than a month ago. Calculated this way, the script was polished for at most half a month. And I also heard that the screenwriter for this drama used to be a delivery driver!"

"A delivery driver?"

"That's right. But I heard he's quite good-looking, and Dai Ying values him very highly. In my opinion, Dai Ying probably values him not for his ability, but for his... hehehe. No matter how capable Dai Ying is, she's still a woman!"

"But Dai Ying is indeed very attractive. If I weren't married, I would definitely pursue her!" Xu Jun said with a chuckle.

"Don't say that. If the manager weren't married, he and Dai Ying would be quite a match."

"Although this screenwriter used to be a delivery driver, since Chen Minghao praises him so highly, the script must have some merit. Otherwise, with Chen Minghao's current status, how could he have said those things?!"

Li Jianxue laughed, " I Was a Detective in Ancient Times has 15 million playback volume, and probably half of that is due to the IP boost. Young Bao Qingtian has no IP boost, and the production budget is said to be 2.4 million per episode. It's only an A-Class Production. I estimate the playback volume will be around seven to eight million at most, and at most 10 million daily playback volume. Anything more is unlikely."

Xu Jun smiled and nodded.

Li Jianxue's analysis coincided with his own.

"Manager, our Mortuary's playback volume has reached 26 million. At this speed, it will definitely break 30 million before midnight, and most likely break 40 million tomorrow. Breaking The Coroner's highest single-day playback record of 50 million is just a matter of time."

"The production budget for Mortuary was so much more abundant than when we filmed The Coroner. If we still can't break The Coroner's record, what have we been busy with these past two months? What was it all for?" Xu Jun laughed heartily.

"Huh?" Li Jianxue frowned.

"What's wrong?" Xu Jun asked.

"Manager, the playback volume for Young Bao Qingtian is not right! Could the website's real-time data be wrong?" Li Jianxue said after carefully examining it several times.

"How is it not right?" Xu Jun asked again.

"It shouldn't be. How can the playback volume be so high?" Li Jianxue frowned.

"High? How high?" Xu Jun became curious.

"Real-time playback volume of 21 million? Second place on Penguin Video's real-time playback volume? How is that possible?!"

"Could the data be wrong?" Xu Jun also found it hard to believe.

Mortuary's current data is 26 million, which has far exceeded the website's initial estimate. In the original projection, Xu Jun would have been very satisfied with Mortuary's playback volume of 20 million tonight. But he never expected Mortuary to give him such a big surprise, breaking 26 million playback volume in just over two hours! To be honest, this is no longer just a surprise, but a shock!

But now, Young Bao Qingtian's playback volume has directly reached 21 million? It has even exceeded the website's previous estimate for Mortuary?

Mortuary is a sister drama to the hit drama The Coroner, and with the strong IP of The Coroner driving traffic, it achieved the data miracle of breaking 25 million playback volume. But what does Young Bao Qingtian have? Its investment is not as good as Mortuary's, and it's not a well-known IP. Why did it achieve this result?

Just because of Chen Minghao's hype?

Just because of the praise from a big star, it can achieve playback volume so close to Mortuary's?

"Manager, it seems Chen Minghao's influence really shouldn't be underestimated. I think if we film new dramas in the future, we should try our best to invite Chen Minghao, no matter how expensive his salary is! Look at the results of Young Bao Qingtian, it's totally worth it! Oh, and Huang Zhou. Don't look at the not low salaries of these two actors; judging by this matter with Young Bao Qingtian, their cost-effectiveness is simply a huge profit!"

Li Jianxue directly attributed the success of Young Bao Qingtian to the big stars, as it was the only reasonable explanation he could think of.

It's more reliable than Young Bao Qingtian actually having extremely high quality, even approaching the quality of Mortuary.

Xu Jun looked up at the real-time data of Mortuary on the big screen. It was 9:58 PM, and Mortuary's data was 26.5 million, and the data had increased again.

"Jianxue, refresh the data again. Maybe Eagle Eye's statistics have a bug."

"Okay, Manager!" Li Jianxue nodded in response.

In Xu Jun's mind, a daily playback volume of 20 million was a psychological threshold. Only a select few screenwriters, directors, and producers he recognized had the ability to cross this threshold. Within this threshold, a newcomer he completely didn't know should not appear!

"Huh?" Li Jianxue's face was full of surprise.

"What's wrong? Has the data been corrected?" Xu Jun asked with concern.

Li Jianxue scratched his head and slowly said, "Manager, the current real-time data for Young Bao Qingtian is already 23 million, successfully topping Penguin Video's real-time playback volume as number one?!"

"It increased again, and... by a considerable margin?!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Jun looked up at the big screen. At this moment, Mortuary's real-time data was 27 million! And Young Bao Qingtian, with its 23 million playback volume, was only 4 million away from his Mortuary?!

Xu Jun's heart skipped a beat.

"Looking at this growth rate, could it be that Young Bao Qingtian's playback volume can directly surpass Mortuary? Mortuary has the boost from The Coroner! Mortuary is an S-Class production! What about Young Bao Qingtian? It's just an A-Class production! And it's not a well-known IP, why?!"

Xu Jun suddenly thought of something and said, "Jianxue, check the Dou Miao ratings for Mortuary and Young Bao Qingtian again. The ratings should be open now."

Li Jianxue nodded and operated his phone.

"Manager, our Mortuary's current rating is 8.1, which is 0.1 points lower than The Coroner's rating on its premiere day, but it's still very good."

"What about Young Bao Qingtian? What's its rating?" Xu Jun felt inexplicably nervous.

" Young Bao Qingtian's current Dou Miao rating is... 8.5???"