booktalesy Chapter 37 Traitor
Chapter 37 Traitor
With the settlement date for the Kuaishou and Douyin platforms approaching, the data for the second-place "God of War Returns" and the first-place "Time Train" is extremely competitive.
With one day left until the deadline, the data on the Kuaishou and Douyin platforms is as follows:
1. Popularity of "Time Train": 2600 million.
2. "The God of War Returns, Only to Find His Daughter Living in a Doghouse!" Popularity: 2400 million.
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The platform is abuzz with debate about which of the two short dramas should win the competition.
To maximize the buzz, the Kuaishou and Douyin platforms opted to block data viewing on the last day.
This meant that on the last day, neither side could see the other's data and could only wait for the results after midnight.
At the headquarters of Starlight Media, Li Tingyu frowned as he looked at the data on his computer.
He is the person in charge of "Time Train" with the online name "Dark Night Deduction", and he was also the one who took the lead in attacking Xingyao's "Return of the God of War".
At the time, the figures for "Time Train" were almost ten times those for "The Return of the God of War," so he was extremely confident.
Unexpectedly, in less than a month, this rising star has almost caught up with him, even after Starlight Entertainment Media secretly bought data.
Seeing that the data for "God of War Returns" was still climbing steadily, he was very worried that the other side would also buy data and overtake him after the data was now hidden.
"No, I have to go see Director Wang. We need to buy more data for 'Time Train'," Li said fiercely.
Li, carrying the latest data, went to Director Wang's office.
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On the same day, the number of views for "Time Train" increased by another 800 million, reaching 3400 million.
Of course, this data is only available to their senior management.
On the other side, the Starry Night Short Drama Department.
"Brother Lu, today is the last day before the deadline, are we really okay with not doing anything?" Tan Yu asked Lu Ran beside him while absentmindedly playing with his phone.
Lu Ran was playing "Sheep and Goat" on his phone. He had just finished the game once and was now playing it for the second time.
"Don't worry about it, just wait and see." Lu Ran ordered three cabbages in a row, and many other icons appeared under the cabbage icon.
"But I heard that Starlight bought a lot more data. This time, we're afraid the gap will widen again," Liu Jun said from the side. He was also unsure about the data after today.
Although Zhao Dapeng and Sun Tianyu didn't say anything, their thoughts were actually quite similar.
"It's okay, just relax." Lu Ran eliminated three more kitchen knives. "Let's start a new round. Whoever comes in last will have to make coffee later."
The four were helpless, but there was nothing they could do, since Lu Ran was the person in charge of this short drama.
Several people simultaneously opened the game "Sheep, Sheep, Sheep" and started a new round of competition.
Ten minutes later.
"You cheated! How come we still have so many icons left while you've already cleared them all? Did you secretly subscribe to a membership?" Tan Yu looked at the many icons still on his phone, clearly indicating that the game was over, and loudly questioned.
"I've finished too." Sun Tianyu waved his phone.
"I'm almost done too." "I have a few left." Zhao Dapeng and Liu Jun spoke at the same time.
Helpless, Tan Yu could only sheepishly carry the four cups to the coffee shop to get coffee.
"By the way, when you go out later, if anyone asks, just say we came up with a way to increase today's data by 2000 million," Lu Ran added as Tan Yu was about to leave.
"Oh? Oh!" Although Tan Yu didn't understand, he still planned to do as instructed.
Tan Yu was carrying five cups and was on his way to the coffee shop when a boy in a plaid shirt came out of the editorial department.
"Brother Yu, are you getting coffee? Let me help you." The plaid shirt naturally took the three cups from Tan Yu's hands.
"Brother Yu, your short drama department's data is pretty good right now. You should have a chance to challenge for first place, right?" Plaid shirt asked with a smile.
Tan Yu looked at the person and vaguely remembered him; it seemed he had mocked Lu Ran before.
"A chance? Of course there's a chance. This time, the first place will definitely go to our short drama department's 'The Return of the God of War'." Tan Yu said confidently, as if the short drama had already won first place.
"Really? But looking at yesterday's data, our short drama department still has several million fewer tickets than Xinghua Entertainment's 'Time Train.' Can we catch up in just one day?" the plaid shirt pressed on.
Normally, if someone spoke to Tan Yu like that, Tan Yu would completely ignore them. But Lu Ran had specifically instructed him to do so before he left, so Tan Yu pretended to be patient and chatted with him for a few minutes.
"We definitely can't catch up, but..." Tan Yu said mysteriously, "there are other ways, you know what I mean."
After saying that, Tan Yu gave the man in the plaid shirt a raised eyebrow look.
The man in the plaid shirt gave an awkward smile, then quickly asked, "And that's... how much did you bet?"
Tan Yu didn't say anything, but held up two fingers to make a gesture.
"Twenty million? That much?" The plaid shirt looked surprised, but secretly he was delighted.
Tan Yu didn't reply, but gave him a look that confirmed it.
"Wow, your short drama department is really going all out!" the plaid shirt exclaimed. "But I heard that for the first short drama, General Manager Li only approved 50 yuan. Where did you get that much funding?"
Tan Yu finally showed his impatience: "Hey kid, why are you asking so many questions? The short drama department's money's gone, can't we just ask Boss Li for approval again?"
"Hey kid, is there something wrong with you? Do we even know each other?" Tan Yu handed over five cups of coffee. "Take these to the short drama department. I'm going to have a smoke first."
The man in the plaid shirt smiled awkwardly, quickly took the coffee cup, and ran to deliver it to the short drama department.
Tan Yu watched the plaid shirt's retreating figure and smiled slightly.
At this moment, he seemed to understand Lu Ran's intention.
After delivering the coffee to the short drama department, the woman in the plaid shirt hurriedly ran to an inconspicuous corner and made a phone call.
"Hello, is this Li Deyin? I've received the latest news: 'The Return of the God of War' has added 2000 million in data investment today."
"It's absolutely true. If you don't want to be overtaken, you'd better step up your game today."
"Also, you can't skimp on the promised benefits."
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Starlight Entertainment, Li Deduction.
"Go find President Wang again. Eight million data points aren't enough. Tell him to add another ten million." Li Yuting roared as he dialed his assistant's number.
"What? You're saying President Wang won't approve it? Just tell him that this ten million must be invested, otherwise our Starlight Entertainment's short dramas will lose to Star Glory."
"We've always been the leader in the short drama industry. If we lose, it will look bad for our company, and all our previous investments will go down the drain."
"Tell Mr. Wang that we've placed the bet on 1000 million data points this time. If we lose, it's on me."
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