The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul
Chapter 365: Will the server crash?

Chapter 365: Will the server crash?

Tang Shu simply replied with a "yes" and quickly ended the unproductive conversation.

What she didn’t know was that Shen Yan, working overtime in his own study, deflated like a punctured ball at the sight of that message.

"Alas, looks like I won’t get to see Uncle She’s domineering takedowns of other streamers tonight."

Don’t ask him why he was so sure it would be Tang Shu coming out on top; it stemmed from an inexplicable confidence deep within that always made him feel there was nothing she couldn’t handle.

"Huh? Why do I even feel this way, though? Something seems off..."

After all, she was just a college freshman, seven or eight years younger than himself. Heaven knows all he did at that age was play video games and chase girls. Yet his boss had already achieved a level of success beyond the reach of most people.

Perplexed, Shen Yan could not fathom the reason, but if he had consulted the administrators of Tang Shu’s actor Support Club at the time, they would have casually given him an answer:

——Congratulations, you’ve become a qualified Uncle fan.

Of course, Shen Yan wasn’t quite up to snuff yet.

***

At 8:58 PM, in the She & Give streaming room.

Perhaps due to the recent official commendation, his name was soaring in popularity, so his Weibo followers were continuously increasing.

This also led to a rocket-like surge in the number of viewers in his live streaming room.

With two minutes left before the start of the stream, there were already 3.5 million people online, breaking the best historical record of the short video app.

Having heard of She & Give’s streaming schedule, the staff of the live streaming app hadn’t left work all day long, each sitting in front of their desks, focused and prepared for a long haul.

However... few among them held much expectation for the upcoming peak in online viewership.

"Manager, do you really think tonight’s traffic will explode? Aren’t we making a mountain out of a molehill?"

"Yeah, I’ve been conducting market research for the past few days, and there’s nothing particularly explosive about She & Give’s content. It’s just Processing Herbs or making small porcelain bottles; what’s so interesting about that?"

Whether it’s medicinal materials or small porcelain bottles, both require a certain level of expertise that the average person might not find engaging.

"Exactly, the streams that have previously caused traffic spikes were either top-tier celebrities or had sensational content, such as dance and sales. Educational content like his is very rare..."

In the office, a few programmers showed bits of doubt, feeling there really wasn’t a need to work overtime today.

"Our server just got upgraded last time, and the highest number of concurrent viewers in the She & Give stream was 5 million, which, in theory, the server should be able to handle."

"True, and that peak of 5 million viewers won’t last long, at most half an hour."

"I believe our newly upgraded server can definitely handle up to 7 million concurrent viewers in a single streaming room!"

Listening to everyone’s discussion, the manager poured himself a cup of coffee and yawned, confidently sharing his own opinion.

"Honestly, I also don’t think there’s a need to stay late, but the neighboring data team says that today’s traffic is unpredictable and could potentially explode, so they asked us to stay just in case. Let’s all just keep an eye out, that’s all."

It was just a prediction, and under normal circumstances, the company always prepared for the worst-case scenario.

If the servers did crash, wouldn’t the company lose an entire night’s revenue?