Sure enough, Han Wei's DOU+ promotion began producing results shortly after he paid for it.
The view counts on the videos he had posted began growing at a visible rate.
Every refresh brought dozens, or even hundreds, of new views.
Naturally, the video featuring the twin sisters had the most views and comments.
"What beautiful twins!"
"Are we sure this video isn't edited? They look way too alike!"
"I can't tell which one's the older sister and which one's the younger!"
"I've always wondered: if twin sisters married twin brothers, would their children look alike too?"
"Now I can't decide whether to pick the older sister or the younger one!"
"Only kids choose. Adults want both!"
"Fortunate Inn? I'll go see sometime whether they look this alike in person!"
"Oh, it's Fortunate Inn! That's here in Yu County! I know it!"
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Most of the comments under the twins' video were about the sisters themselves.
Only a small portion noticed that they worked at Fortunate Inn.
Although the promotional effect for the inn was mediocre, it still brought Lin Zhe's account several hundred new followers.
The other videos Han Wei had made were also excellent, with clear images, steady camerawork, and seasoned shooting techniques.
His videos were ten or a hundred times better than Lin Zhe's casual recordings. Naturally, they were better at keeping viewers watching, with very high completion rates.
High completion rates and plenty of comment interactions could trigger access to a larger traffic pool on QuickTok, exposing the videos to more people.
Less than half an hour after posting the videos and paying for DOU+, Han Wei had already exceeded Lin Zhe's target of gaining over 1,000 followers!
And the follower count was still rising by dozens at a time!
This was a good sign!
It meant