After morning exercises ended on Monday, Teacher Wan came to Class Five to see Chen Shi'an again.
"Teacher Wan, were you looking for me?"
"Yes, Shi'an. The payout for that video has come through. Let me settle your share of the earnings."
The two of them went out into a less crowded stretch of corridor. Teacher Wan took out his phone, opened Douyin, and showed Chen Shi'an the video's views and earnings on his dashboard.
To Chen Shi'an, it had only been a small matter. If Teacher Wan hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't even have opened Douyin these past few days.
"As I told you before, the platform calculates incentive payments based on a video's views and quality."
"Your video now has over four hundred thousand likes and twelve million views. Its views-to-likes ratio and other metrics are all very high, and it even made it into Douyin's featured selection. I don't know how the platform calculates its rates, but the rate for your video is much higher than for the ones I usually make. As of today, the view incentives come to over six thousand seven hundred yuan."
Chen Shi'an couldn't really make sense of all the video metrics on the dashboard, but he certainly understood the figure labeled [Incentive payment: 6,765.8 yuan].
He was rather surprised. He hadn't expected this windfall to amount to so much.
"Thanks to you, I've gained over four thousand followers on Douyin these past few days, too."
Teacher Wan enjoyed short videos and often posted on the platform as though it were his WeChat Moments. "Have you checked how many followers your Douyin account has gained?"
"I haven't opened Douyin these past few days. Let me check."
"...Huh?"
Teacher Wan froze, then laughed. It really was rare to see someone remain so indifferent