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Li Yanping said in surprise, "You've watched Young Bao Qingtian too?"

Chen Bing chuckled, "Of course. Not only did I watch it, I stayed up all night watching it."

"Me too, I almost got to work late this morning!" Li Yanping laughed.

Chen Bing chuckled, "My eyelids are still fighting each other."

A colleague shouted, "Hey, stop being lovey-dovey, you two! Tell us what Young Bao Qingtian is about!"

Chen Bing replied, "Bao Qingtian, Bao Qingtian, of course it's about solving cases! It's a costume suspense drama!"

"Costume suspense? What's so interesting about that?" the colleague shook his head.

"You'll know once you watch it!"

On January 26th, episodes 3 and 4 of The Legend of Consort Chen were released.

IQIYI Video Headquarters.

The atmosphere here had been exceptionally excited and joyful all day.

The viewership ratings for The Legend of Consort Chen had exploded.

On its premiere day, Shenlan TV's prime time ratings reached an astonishing 2.7%. It's important to note that in this era, a rating above 1% signifies a hit drama, above 2% means it's a major hit, and above 3% indicates a phenomenon-level work that only appears once every few years.

The Legend of Consort Chen's premiere day rating of 2.7% almost guaranteed that as long as the later plot didn't completely fall apart, breaking 3% was a sure thing.

Even more unexpectedly, the Dou Miao Score for The Legend of Consort Chen had also surpassed 9. A palace scheme drama with a rating over 9? Everyone understood what that meant.

The Legend of Consort Chen wasn't just a ratings hit; its reputation had also exploded!

However, the only downside was that Penguin Video's Young Bao Qingtian had already surpassed 9 earlier, with an even higher score of 9.2.

IQIYI Video's decision to spend a huge sum to acquire the online broadcast rights for The Legend of Consort Chen was a wise move. Especially after some maneuvering, they successfully prevented Penguin Video from obtaining the online broadcast rights for The Legend of Consort Chen. This move was truly a masterstroke.

With the TV ratings exploding, it was predictable that the playback volume on video websites would also see a surge.

IQIYI Video seized the opportunity and set the latest two episodes of The Legend of Consort Chen as VIP Episodes.

The reason video websites are willing to spend huge sums to compete for copyrights is essentially a competition for paid users. With The Legend of Consort Chen being so popular, making it a VIP Episode would undoubtedly bring a large number of new registered users to iQIYI Video.

Currently, iQIYI Video's VIP Subscription Members are approaching the 50 million mark, standing at 49.1 million. Once this number breaks 50 million, the battle for the top spot among video websites will begin to take shape.

Soon, the data for the premiere day was released.

The Legend of Consort Chen's 24-hour data: IQIYI Video platform playback volume was 55 million, Gua Video playback volume was 35 million, and the total network playback volume exceeded 90 million.

Phenomenon level, this is absolutely phenomenon level!

IQIYI Video CEO Zhao Qi said with great satisfaction at a high-level meeting, "Perhaps The Legend of Consort Chen will set a record that no one can break for years to come!"

Then, the data for two new dramas from rival Penguin Video was sent to Zhao Qi's desk.

Young Bao Qingtian had 61 million single platform playback volume in 24 hours, and Palace Scheme had 56 million single platform playback volume in 24 hours.

On January 25th, the single platform playback champion across the entire network was Young Bao Qingtian, the runner-up was Palace Scheme, and the third place was The Legend of Consort Chen!

And it needs to be mentioned that the Dou Miao Score for Palace Scheme was also as high as 9.0.

The single platform playback volume for The Legend of Consort Chen could only rank third? Zhao Qi's good mood instantly vanished by more than half.

Although the total platform playback volume for The Legend of Consort Chen was still far ahead, and The Legend of Consort Chen was undoubtedly the hottest TV series currently, the absolute crushing he had imagined did not appear.

On January 26th, the latest released episodes 9 and 10 of Young Bao Qingtian were also set as VIP Episodes.

That evening, after seeing that the latest two episodes required payment, Chen Bing did not hesitate to activate his Penguin Video VIP Member.

He had a very pleasant chat with Li Yanping yesterday, and their relationship had unknowingly become much closer. All of this was thanks to him accidentally watching Young Bao Qingtian last night.

He had watched a total of 8 episodes yesterday. The first 6 episodes formed a complete story, and starting from episode 7, it was a new story.

The first two episodes of the new story mainly served to establish the background and introduce characters, with not much plot progression. The reason why the playback volume surpassed the highest record of the finale of the first six episodes as soon as it was released last night was due to the good reputation built by the first story.

In the first two episodes, Academician Ying Ming from the academy, Teacher Meng Fang, Grand Scholar Yang Qishan from the Dragon Diagram Pavilion of the imperial court, and Chang Yu, the spice seller, were introduced in an orderly manner due to the death of Zhan Jun, which led to Zhan Zhao and others. Starting from episode 9, the plot gradually unfolded, and the murder cases became increasingly intricate.

Bao Zheng, having solved the case of the Goryeo Envoy, attracted throngs of women throughout the city. Every time he went out, he would be chased by a large crowd of women. Then, one day, everyone on the street began to avoid Bao Zheng as if he had a strange odor.

Bao Zheng was wondering to himself when he saw Ling Chuchu spreading rumors about him on the street.

Ling Chuchu: "Does everyone know why Bao Zheng is so dark from head to toe?"

Crowd: "Isn't it natural?"

Ling Chuchu: "Of course not. It's because he hasn't bathed in years, so the dirt and grime have accumulated in his pores, filling his body. That's why he's so dark now."

Crowd: "That's right, that's right. He goes to the spice shop every day to buy spices. So he was trying to cover up his smell? No wonder he runs away when he sees us. He's afraid we'll smell his stench!"

Ling Chuchu didn't notice Bao Zheng standing behind her at all. She continued to spread rumors: "Also, you all don't know, let me tell you, his mother has to examine corpses for the government. Then, they kept the bodies at home for several days, making the whole house smell fishy and foul, it's disgusting! The most disgusting thing is that to prevent the corpses from rotting, they had to be placed in a ventilated area. Do you know where they put them? They put them in their living room! Wow, the mother and son ate meals facing the corpse, it's disgusting! I can barely continue! And the most disgusting thing is that his mother used the dirt from his body to make pills and give them to people to eat, it's truly disgusting!"

Bao Zheng stood behind Ling Chuchu and asked, "Sister, how do you know so much!"

Ling Chuchu put her hands on her hips and said, "If I don't know, who does!"

She turned around and saw that the person behind her was Bao Zheng.

Seeing this, Chen Bing chuckled.

"This Ling Chuchu is truly mischievous and clever. But the reason she's doing this is actually because she likes Bao Zheng. Seeing Bao Zheng surrounded by a group of women all day made her jealous!"

Next, Bao Zheng went to see Grand Scholar Yang, only to suddenly discover that Grand Scholar Yang was dead. His death was exactly the same as the stone statue in the ancient altar of the Kuayi Tribe in the back mountain.

The students in the academy began to panic.

Everyone thought Grand Scholar Yang had died from a curse by the Kuayi Tribe. First Zhan Jun, then Grand Scholar Yang – wouldn't everyone who had seen that ancient altar die?

The students in the academy were filled with dread and unease.

And it was at this tense moment that Gongsun Ce's father, Gongsun Zhen, unexpectedly succeeded in making Chen Bing laugh.

While everyone was worrying about the Kuayi Tribe's curse, Gongsun Zhen, who had also entered the ancient altar, had a completely different reaction:

"A curse? A third-rank official of the court died within my jurisdiction. How am I supposed to explain this to the court!"

With a single line of dialogue, coupled with vivid expressions and demeanor, Gongsun Zhen's timidity and fear of trouble were perfectly portrayed. But can you call him a coward? Everyone was worried they might be the next to die, yet he didn't take it seriously at all. This contrast was quite comedic.