The gap in their starting positions was simply too huge. Even with all the out-of-province manga fans on the Dragon Star Award Official Website as a wildcard, it would be difficult to rely on a work's quality alone to attract casual fans and pull off an upset.
In the Dragon Star Award's more than twenty years of history, only one entry from Han Province, ten years ago, had ever taken first place on the first day, beating out Qin Province's entry that year.
So basically, no one—not even Zhao Qinyin and Su Ruo—was particularly concerned about Trust and Betrayal's fan count on its first day.
What they cared about instead was the work's rating.
After all, its score would show whether it could win support from manga fans in other provinces.
If it couldn't attract enough out-of-province fans, then relying solely on support from Luo Province fans would leave Trust and Betrayal with very little chance of breaking into the top ten in the first round of the Dragon Star Award.
But now, at least, there was no need to worry about the work's reputation.
Still, after hearing Chu Yu's words, Zhao Qinyin remembered what he'd said back when he reached the top of Man Ying...
Who wasn't allowed to dream?
She herself had once thought reaching the top of Man Ying was just a dream. But look at her now: she'd not only made it to the top, she'd even earned a place in the Dragon Star Award.
Chu Yu had now set another wildly ambitious goal for this work, but... when she thought about his journey from his debut to now, playing it safe like everyone else would've seemed out of character.
After Zhao Qinyin explained the reasoning to Chu Yu, she hung up.
Following Zhao Qinyin's instructions,