Seeing how hot the discussion about Teacher Bai Rong's TV adaptation had become online, director Wang Dachui was thrilled. Without a second thought, he contacted the video platform and announced that the show would premiere at midnight.
Premiering while the topic was still trending was bound to draw a huge response.
And the results were just as Wang Dachui had expected. As soon as the series appeared on the video platform, countless netizens heard about it and tuned in, eager to see what this adaptation of a hit novel was like.
When Xia Ping woke the next morning, he immediately received an excited call from Wang Dachui. "Boss, our series is a hit! A massive hit! You know that?"
His virtual projection appeared in front of Xia Ping. The fat man had dark circles under his eyes and bloodshot pupils. Clearly, he hadn't slept all night and was wound up to the point of bursting.
"A hit? What happened?" Xia Ping blinked.
Wang Dachui couldn't hide his excitement. "The series went online last night, and a huge wave of viewers rushed in to watch it. They nearly crashed the video platform. The person in charge thought they were under a hacker attack, but luckily the tech staff handled it in time."
"Seven hours—just seven hours—and the first episode already got over thirty million views. Thirty million, do you hear me?"
He threw his arms around excitedly.
Xia Ping understood why Wang Dachui was so thrilled. In just seven hours, the episode had passed thirty million views. They'd already made ten million Federal Coins from advertising alone.
And this was only the beginning. In a few days, the view count might pass a hundred million, or even a billion. They'd already earned back the cost of producing all ten episodes, and