Episode 719: The Broadcast

With less than ten minutes to go until midnight on October 1...

Anime websites and forums across Japan Island and the Mainland were already buzzing.

It wasn't just Zhao Qinyin's fans, either. Fans of all kinds of other works were waiting for their favorite shows to update!

But among the anime premiering on the first, CNNAD was clearly the most popular.

After all, it had been less than two weeks since Kimi ni Todoke ended, and Zhao Qinyin's fans were still extremely active. Unlike on Teacher Shui Xin's Weibo, where the follower count hadn't dropped, but daily activity had fallen sharply.

"It's here, it's here! Right on time! Five minutes to go!"

"Teacher Zhao Qinyin is so generous! I heard CNNAD is releasing four episodes in its first week!"

"Seriously? I only knew CNNAD was premiering at midnight on the first. I hadn't heard anything about four episodes at once!"

"That's why I said Teacher Zhao Qinyin is so generous! She's working herself to the bone, pulling overtime like a model employee, just so her fans won't suffer waiting for new episodes! After we finish watching, there's no need to say how many points we should give it, right?"

"Actually, companies don't release anime weekly because they can't afford to make more episodes. It's mainly about reducing risk. Anime can easily cost one or two million to produce, so releasing it slowly gives them more control over market risks. If a show isn't popular, they can quickly change the script. A thirteen-episode series can end after five or six episodes, and a long-running series can be turned into a short one in no time. Teacher Zhao Qinyin can do this because the boss probably has deep pockets and can keep the money flowing. Or maybe she's just confident enough not