The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul
Chapter 933 - 932. Taking a long vacation?

Chapter 933: 932. Taking a long vacation?

[The quiz channel is open again, are you ready?]

Without a doubt, this was a bomb, a huge one that could drive everyone in the group insane.

"Really, are you sure, for real?"

"Feels like a giant pie fell from the sky, I’m so dazed~~"

"Oh my God, my wish came true!"

"You guys really did it, huh? These newbies are impressive, respect!"

"So us die-hard oldies who joined the group ages ago got trampled by the newbies with their zombie fan families???"

"Capsized in the gutter, and it was a big topple!"

The veteran fans weren’t convinced, but it wasn’t up to them anymore. What’s conceeding good for? The opening of the channel is the real deal——

"LMAO, sixty-six million netizens actually lost to four million newbies, with at least three-quarters being zombie fans, who would believe this if you say it out loud?"

"Believe it or not, this move is lit, 666~~~ Bros, not gonna chat, off to answer questions, debts await!"

"I’m also off, the premiere tickets are calling me!"

Some fans commented that only fools would still be bouncing around in the group chat, as they had already dived into the quiz segment.

Meanwhile, another group of fans cautiously entered Tang Shu’s Weibo page, only after understanding the new rules did they refrain from rushing into the quiz channel, and surprisingly revisited the first ten episodes of the show once more.

"Knowing uncle’s antics, the questions this time will definitely not be the same as last time."

"They won’t just be different, they’ll likely be more twisted! Whoever jumps in first is the fool, once was enough for that lesson."

"There’s no limit to how twisted it can get, only more twisted, that’s the truth uncle taught us, I’m definitely not going to be a naive fool with zero preparation, hmph~~~"

As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. This fits the current batch of veteran fans all too well. The admins were extra careful this time, making sure to prepare thoroughly for the questions before diving headfirst into binge-watching the drama.

Thus on this day, "The Doorway" hit a new record high in views on a certain video streaming app, leaving those in the circle hoping for normalizing data dumbfounded.

"How could this be, weren’t the views supposed to drop significantly?"

"It shouldn’t be like this, the first episode already broke three hundred million views, where the heck did these people come from?"

"Today’s youth are something else, I thought they just liked retro Hanfu, but they didn’t spare even the 80s?"

"What the heck, is this show addictive or what?!"

Those in the industry were astounded, their expressions quite a sight. Can we... can we learn to do this?

"Of course not, you could only if you had an artist who could sway the fans like Tang Shu."

A group of insiders gathered around the table for another meeting, analyzing back and forth, only to realize the gap between them and Starshine Media was not small.

"Can’t you see, the core of this whole thing is Tang Shu? I’ve looked at all the events Starshine Media organized for the fans, and it’s amazing that they haven’t spent a single cent."

What’s the purpose of an artist having a huge fan base? To increase their commercial value, right? And how does commercial value manifest? By getting fans to open their wallets for their idol at the right time.

People around the table couldn’t believe it, "How could it be? I’d believe it if you said she personally funded fan meets, but not having fans spend a single cent is outrageous! I remember Tang Shu had clothing endorsements, she promoted several movies too, doesn’t that count as making fans spend money?"

"If you’re referring to the COOL brand clothes, every time there’s a new release, Tang Shu posts the purchase link on Weibo. But what’s strange is, the link’s price is 20% off the official COOL website’s price, meaning Starshine Media has secured a discount for Tang Shu. Doesn’t that sound familiar?"

The person glanced at everyone, "Starshine Media has applied live streaming e-commerce to their artists’ endorsements, and according to COOL brand sources, despite offering discounts, they not only avoided losses but saw their order volume surge, making a handsome profit."

Without this fan quiz segment, they wouldn’t have realized this issue.

For a moment, everyone at the meeting fell into deep thought.

***

After the new quiz channel opened, the tiny link was almost crashed by the swarm of fans trying to access it.

"Damn, why is it so laggy? I can’t even submit my answer?"

"Bro, you’re amazing, you finished already? Please tell me what to choose for the first question?"

"As expected, the questions are as frustrating as always, asking how many trees are there at Zhang Zijun’s house? Is this something a normal person would ask?"

"Good thing I came prepared, grabbed my sister’s tablet, now I can watch dramas and answer questions at the same time heh heh heh~~~"

"Holy crap, are you cheating up there?"

"Cheating +1!"

While everyone was verbally denouncing cheating as shameful, their hands honestly grabbed their neighbor’s phone or colleague’s phone, and started playing TV dramas.

This quiz craze lasted for an entire day, and Shen Yan, who temporarily took over the "grading" work, was on the verge of a breakdown.

"Oh my god, with tens of millions of answer sheets, how am I supposed to tally them up?"

Xiao Li shot a disdainful glance at him, "And here I thought you were an IT guy, can’t you just use algorithms?"

"emmm~~~ Normal algorithms can’t handle such large data sets——"

The ever-evolving big data is great, but unfortunately, the boss’s fanbase is too powerful, pushing some little links’ algorithms to their limits.

After cursing and complaining, Shen Yan had no choice but to work overnight, writing programs to whittle down the vast data bit by bit using the process of elimination, then applying the remaining small part to the algorithm of the link.

The next day, when the staff of Starshine Media neatly walked into the office, what they saw were two colleagues with rather dark circles under their eyes.

"Whoa! Scared me to death, Brother Li, what happened to you guys?"

"What else, obviously we worked overtime all night."

Shen Yan, expressionless, took a sip of coffee, fingers mechanically tapping on the keyboard. After a night’s worth of organizing and summarizing, the data was finally condensed to a few hundred thousand entries.

"So, after all this, can I apply for a long vacation?"

So how naïve was he to be tricked by the boss to join the company, working for an artist who can trend every day of the 365 days a year?

Luo Lin had just stepped into the company when she heard this sentence and immediately laughed.

"Sure, the new recruit from the HR department will start next week, and the IT department also has two new colleagues—of course, you need to finish up your current tasks, at least get the 1500 winners’ list sorted out."

Shen Yan suddenly felt full of energy, "No problem, leave it to me!"

What’s a list?

As long as he could take a vacation, he wouldn’t mind not sleeping and working two more days!