“Huh?”
At first, having just woken up from his coma, the director was still a bit confused by the assistant director’s words.
But then, realizing what he’d just heard, his eyes snapped open, and he stared at the assistant director. “Say that again. What’s blowing up?”
The assistant director said excitedly, “Director, our show is blowing up! Look, here are the numbers!”
With that, he handed his phone over to the director.
The director focused his eyes on the screen.
[Title: The Chronicles of the Martial World]
[Total Views: 573,591 | Current Viewers: 219,752 | Bullet Comments: 8,761 | Completed Plays: 349,783]
[Popularity Score: 13,197!]
“!!!”
Seeing these numbers, the director was completely dumbfounded.
His mouth fell open involuntarily, his pupils contracted, and his face was full of disbelief.
It took him a long while to pull himself together, and he looked at the assistant director in utter bewilderment:
“Did you guys buy these views?”
“Wait, how long was I asleep?”
“No, that’s not right… What the hell is going on?”
Overwhelmed by the shock, the director was completely disoriented. It took him a good while to figure out what he even wanted to say.
Seeing him like this, the assistant director wasn’t surprised.
Because just a moment ago, he’d had the exact same reaction.
He was about to say something,
but the director couldn’t wait any longer.
He pulled out his own phone, opened the comment section, and stared intently.
He noticed that the comments were extremely polarized.
The people trashing the show were being utterly ruthless.
But the people praising the show were also being incredibly generous.
“Whoever said this show was crap? This show is amazing!”
“What’s wrong with the people trashing this show? Can’t you stand to see anything good?”
“I’m a simple guy. I like it. Love watching it!”
“Man, you guys must be really desperate to eat up anything like this!”
“Wait, what’s going on? How did this show’s reputation turn around so fast? Did the bots come in?”
“Bots? What bots? We came here from QQ to watch Du Gao!”
“Oh, you saw that video too? Haha, I also registered a QiYi account just to come watch it after seeing that video.”
“??? Who the hell is Du Gao?”
“Du Gao is a character in this show. Wait, you guys have been trashing it this whole time without actually watching any of it?”
“Watch what? This show is crap. Watching it would be a total waste of time!”
“Wow. I personally recommend you give it a watch. You’ll understand what we’re talking about after you see it.”
“…”
Reading these comments, the director quickly zeroed in on the key point in their words—Du Gao!
“It’s Jiang Nian!”
The director’s spirits lifted, and a look of joy spread across his face!
He clenched his fists excitedly, his whole body trembling.
“Nice! Nice! Nice!”
“Goddammit, I knew it! Jiang Nian wouldn’t let me down!”
What do you call a turnaround?
This is what you call a turnaround!
He thought he was finished for sure this time. After all, the investors put in eight million, and the first day’s performance was crap. They’d definitely have him replaced.
But he never expected that at this critical moment, Jiang Nian would step up and single-handedly turn the tide with the role of Du Gao, pulling the whole show back from the brink!
If Jiang Nian were here right now,
the director would have gotten out of bed and kowtowed to him on the spot!
This guy wasn’t just some bit actor.
He was practically the director’s own savior!
“Quick, contact QiYi right now and tell them to increase the promotion for our show.”
“Then, go online and hire some video bloggers. Don’t have them do anything else except edit clips of ‘Du Gao’ and make commentary videos about ‘Du Gao’.”
“Make sure you hype up his popularity, you hear me?!”
Snapping back to reality, the director immediately gave his orders, his eyes burning with fervor.
After all, Jiang Nian, purely through his outstanding charisma and acting, had already attracted so many viewers.
If they marketed this properly, wouldn’t it absolutely explode?
Obviously, the assistant director understood this as well.
So, after receiving the director’s instructions, he hurriedly left the hospital.
Meanwhile, the director clutched his phone, staring at the ever-changing numbers on the screen, grinning from ear to ear.
“A lucky star. He’s truly my lucky star!”
Listening to his muttering and looking at the silly, infatuated expression on his face that wasn’t much different from a creep’s,
the nurse standing by wanted to say something several times, but each time, she swallowed her words.
Well, it’s a private room. As long as the patient is happy.
Thinking this, she quietly left, closed the door, and stopped disturbing him.
——-
At six in the morning, Jiang Nian was woken up by an incredibly urgent knocking on his door.
He opened his groggy eyes, his hair sticking up wildly from how he’d slept.
He took a deep breath:
“What are you banging on about so early in the morning?”
“Can’t a guy get some sleep?!”
He put on some clothes and went to the door with a dark expression, opening it.
There stood Zhang Yuxin, her face full of excitement. “You’re on fire! On fire! Teacher Jiang, you’re on fire!”
Jiang Nian was speechless and said helplessly, “On fire my foot. What’s going on?”
“No, no, Teacher Jiang, listen to me. You really are on fire. Do you remember that show you filmed earlier, The Chronicles of the Martial World?”
“Huh?”
Hearing that familiar name, Jiang Nian narrowed his eyes. “Yeah, I remember. What about it?”
“It’s on fire!” Zhang Yuxin exclaimed excitedly. Then she glanced at Jiang Nian’s room, rubbing her hands together. “Teacher Jiang, it’s pretty cold out here. Don’t you think you should let me in first so we can sit down and talk?”
Hearing this, Jiang Nian raised an eyebrow. “You’re so high-maintenance.”
But he stepped aside and let Zhang Yuxin in.
Because Jiang Nian needed space to practice martial arts,
Yang Mi had chosen a relatively spacious three-bedroom apartment for him.
At first glance, having such a big place just for Jiang Nian might seem a bit wasteful, but considering that Yang Mi might come to visit him during filming, this size was actually just right.
“So, talk. What’s going on? Did that show I filmed get released?”
He closed the door behind him and looked at Zhang Yuxin, asking.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuxin didn’t answer right away. Instead, she coughed twice. “I’m a little thirsty.”
Then she looked at Jiang Nian with hopeful eyes, expecting him to get her some water.
But Jiang Nian wasn’t about to cater to her. He said bluntly, “Are you going to talk or not? If you’re not, I’ll just look it up myself!”
He let Zhang Yuxin in purely out of politeness.
That didn’t mean Zhang Yuxin could start bossing him around.
If she wanted to talk, fine. If not, then forget it.
Jiang Nian wasn’t going to indulge her.
Hearing this, Zhang Yuxin pouted. “Jerk. Don’t know how to treat a lady with any tenderness.”
Jiang Nian frowned. “What did you say?”
Zhang Yuxin quickly shook her head. “Nothing! I was just saying that the ‘Du Gao’ character you played in that show has exploded. You’ve taken over several trending searches. It’s spreading like crazy online! You know what people are saying now?”
“What?” Jiang Nian asked, curious.
Zhang Yuxin smiled slightly. “They’re saying it doesn’t look like you were acting, so they suggest an investigation.”
Jiang Nian: “???”
