Data Outbreak

Li Jianxue opened the professional version of Eagle Eye, his heart starting to beat faster uncontrollably.

He had just boasted to his superiors that the data for Mortuary would definitely surpass Young Bao Qingtian! But after watching the latest two episodes of Young Bao Qingtian, the confidence he had built up all day instantly shattered.

Li Jianxue hesitated for two seconds, not immediately clicking on the web drama tab.

"I hope a miracle happens, just like with The Coroner."

"Yes, there will definitely be a miracle! Because we are a team that can create miracles!"

He clicked into the web drama tab.

The real-time data for trending web dramas across major platforms was laid out before him, with second-by-second updates causing the playback counts for each web drama to constantly fluctuate.

And at this moment, the top of the web drama chart was--Young Bao Qingtian!

No surprises, no miracles.

Only the cold reality.

"Jianxue, today's top spot?"

Li Jianxue looked at his superior's hopeful eyes. He knew what answer the superior wanted, and wasn't that the answer he himself wanted? But he couldn't give the superior the answer he wanted, because reality was reality.

Sometimes, not answering is the answer. Seeing his subordinate's silence, Xu Jun understood everything.

Li Jianxue stared at the data on Eagle Eye, unable to look away.

Because the constantly fluctuating data was steadily moving towards an important milestone.

"It's impossible to reach that number, right?"

Li Jianxue could hardly believe his eyes.

That number held a certain sacredness in Li Jianxue's heart.

But now, this drama, which hadn't garnered much attention beforehand, was sprinting towards that number on just its second day of airing.

47 million!

47.5 million!

48 million!

48.8 million!

49.3 million!

50.1 million!

When the number finally crossed the 50 million mark, Li Jianxue's mindset suddenly calmed down.

The data for Young Bao Qingtian was beyond what Mortuary could hope for. Perhaps breaking the record of The Coroner, which he was so proud of, was only a matter of time.

"Manager, Young Bao Qingtian's single-day playback volume has exceeded 50 million."

Strangely, Li Jianxue didn't see any surprised expression on his superior's face. Instead, he looked relaxed, as if a great burden had been lifted.

"Let's go home. Tomorrow, organize everyone in the studio to watch Young Bao Qingtian. Learn from their strengths and reflect on our shortcomings!"

"Yes, Manager."

The manager who had become anxious and restless since yesterday was gone. The confident, wise manager was back!

At 1:35 AM, Li Xun finally finished writing the script for the second episode. Before shutting down his computer to sleep, he habitually picked up his phone and opened WeChat.

"What? Young Bao Qingtian's single-day playback volume has broken 50 million?"

The main creator group chat for Young Bao Qingtian had only just quieted down, but the hundreds of unread messages perfectly reflected the fervent atmosphere that had previously filled the group. This atmosphere had reached its peak around 10:35 PM, because at that moment, Young Bao Qingtian's single-day playback volume officially surpassed the 50 million mark.

Tang Jiahe, the producer, and Kong Teng, the director, were both seasoned individuals who had seen their fair share of big events. Yet, at the moment the data broke 50 million, they were so happy they could barely speak coherently.

They even began to doubt the accuracy of the third-party statistical data. They knew Young Bao Qingtian would be popular, but was the current achievement a bit too exaggerated?

Finally, Dai Ying, who usually didn't say much in the group, settled the matter.

"Episodes one and two had 19 million views, episodes three and four had 31 million views, for a total single-day playback of 50 million. This is the backend data from Penguin Video, absolutely accurate!"

The creator group chat fell silent. Dai Ying's data clearly told everyone that Young Bao Qingtian was a hit, and a massive one at that.

Li Xun opened Dou Miao again. The rating for Young Bao Qingtian was stable at around 9.2. Looking at the comments below, there had been a large number of coordinated one-star reviews today. It was said that the rating had briefly dropped to 9.0, and then the casual viewers and TV fans got angry. Did they really think the general audience would only just watch?

Then, a large number of netizens who usually didn't log into Dou Miao for half a year logged into their accounts, which had been gathering dust for half a year, specifically to give Young Bao Qingtian five-star reviews.

The lowered score was immediately brought back up. For a while, it even reached a new historical high of 9.3, before gradually returning to 9.2 and finally stabilizing around 9.2.

In addition to logging in to give five-star support, a considerable number of netizens flooded Dou Miao's official complaint portal, demanding that Dou Miao officially investigate the malicious one-star review activities.

Dou Miao's official response to netizens came at 1:55 AM. They also announced that they had permanently banned over 300 malicious accounts and temporarily silenced more than 5,000 accounts.

Li Xun read netizens' comments for a while longer. The vast majority were positive reviews. Of course, there were negative reviews, but without Li Xun needing to intervene, a large number of netizens rushed forward to argue with the negative reviewers.

Overall, positive comments held the absolute advantage.

At 2:15 AM, Li Xun stretched and went to bed.

He had written two episodes in one go, and he was indeed exhausted.

The next morning, he was woken by his phone's ringtone. Groggily, he picked up his phone and saw it was Chen Minghao calling.

Li Xun sat up, rubbed his eyes, and pressed the answer button.

"Hello, Uncle Ming."

"Li Xun, you little rascal, you're really something!"

"Uncle Ming, where is this coming from?"

"Where is it coming from? Yesterday morning, I said if the daily data for Young Bao Qingtian broke 50 million views, I'd treat you to a big meal. What did you say then?"

"What did I say? Let me think..."

"What, you forgot? You forgot, but I didn't. I remember it clearly. You said if I didn't want to treat, I should just say so. You also told me to count on my fingers how many web dramas in all these years had a daily viewership exceeding 50 million. What, forgotten?"

"Ah, I think I did say something like that! I remember now!"

"You remember? Alright, it hasn't even been 24 hours, and Young Bao Qingtian's daily viewership has broken 50 million views. Are you playing the 'pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger' game with me?"

"Uncle Ming, you're wronging me. Who could have imagined Young Bao Qingtian would suddenly become this popular?"

"Alright, alright, stop making excuses. Tonight at 8 PM, Tianyue Tower, let's have a good get-together. I'll also introduce you to a beautiful woman."

"Uncle Ming, isn't that inappropriate? You're my senior. If anyone's treating, it should be me. How about this: once my commission comes in, I'll treat you. We can still go to Tianyue Tower. What do you think? I'm not afraid to tell you, I really don't have much money on me right now."

"Uncle Ming actually has something he wants to ask you this time. I have a daughter, you might know her, Chen Jiaqi. She doesn't have much talent for acting and wants to study a more ordinary major, but she won't listen and insists on studying performance. Right now, she's not famous, not obscure, just stuck in the middle, which is quite uncomfortable. I wanted to ask you if you could arrange a role for her in Young Bao Qingtian to get some experience. It doesn't need to be an important role; the Goryeo Princess or Xiao Ai in the first unit would be very suitable. I'm not sure if there are any similar roles in the second unit. I thought we could meet, and I'll bring Chen Jiaqi along. It can be a sort of indirect audition. Of course, if it's difficult for you, I won't have her come."

Now Li Xun really couldn't refuse. He said, "Uncle Ming, there will definitely be suitable roles, but as you know, I'm just a junior screenwriter. Does my opinion even matter?"

The voice on the other end chuckled heartily and said, "Li Xun, you are a screenwriter, that's true, but you're no longer a junior screenwriter. Everyone has to take your opinion seriously! And the main reason I'm looking for you this time is to ask for your recommendation for a suitable role. As for whether she can get the role, that will mainly be up to me to handle."