The group was kicked out, and low presence means they are bad?

It is a starry night in China, but it is a sunny morning in California, America.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the atmosphere in an office at Netflix's headquarters in Los Gatos was quite subtle.

"Well, I said it before, this cooperation between Netflix and China is a complete failure."

Mitsui Hirokazu from Netflix's content purchasing team looked at Sophia and Charlie, sneered and said:
"In the end, you still didn't believe it. You vowed that the show "Spiritual Lord" would help Netflix expand its market in China, but what about now?
Netflix does have a lot of users in China, as many as 50 million, which is 5 million more than the number of Netflix users in the entire Asia-Pacific region.

With so many users, Netflix China must have made very good profits this time, right?
But apart from the pitifully small advertising fees, the membership subscription fees of Netflix in China are almost appalling, and are not even a fraction of the advertising fees. Is this what you mean by opening up the Chinese market for Netflix?
Apart from allowing those people in China to enjoy three days of membership services for free, what market have you opened up?
I think we should open up our Netflix resources to them, right?"

At the end of his words, Mitsui Hirokazu's tone became a little angry.

Sophia and Charlie were speechless at this moment, because what Mitsui Hirokazu said was indeed the truth.

Since Netflix China is a platform exclusively for China, they are very clear about many data.

There are a lot of users, as many as 50 million, but the number of paid subscribers is less than 10,000.

When Mitsui Hiroichi saw the ratio of 50 million to 10,000, he shook his head.

"The three-day membership trial period hasn't even ended yet, why are you so nervous?" Charlie glanced at Mitsui Hirokazu and responded.

"Why am I panicking?"

Mitsui Hirokazu sneered, "The three-day Netflix China membership period has expired, but Youshi still has seven days of Netflix China membership period. You are doing this cooperation to help Youshi attract traffic, right?"

After hearing this, Sophia and Charlie were speechless.

After a while, Sophia said, "Don't be so anxious. The drama "Spiritual Lord" should still be able to help us attract a lot of paying users. After all, "Spiritual Lord" is only broadcast on Netflix, and the Youshi platform is the one that diverts traffic to our Netflix."

Sophia was naturally well aware of the news that the drama "Spirit Lord" dominated the hot searches on Weibo.

"I just don't believe that Chinese audiences can finish watching 36 episodes of "Spirit Lord" in seven days." Sophia crossed her arms and said confidently.

Each episode of "Ling Jue" is about 48 minutes long, and there are 36 episodes in total.

This number of episodes is considered a very long series on Netflix.

Even if a working white-collar worker watches three episodes a day, it will take him 12 days to finish watching the whole series.

This has far exceeded Netflix China's membership trial period.

Therefore, Sofia still has great confidence in the subsequent conversion of free users in China into paying users.

"Then you just hope that Chinese users will not let you down." Mitsui Hiroichi shook his head, without saying anything else, and turned back to his workstation.

Charlie smiled and glanced at Sophia, patted her shoulder and said, "Time will tell."

Sophia sighed, "I hope 'Spiritual Lord' won't let us down."

……

Netflix, technology department.

Unlike the lively atmosphere in the purchasing team, the atmosphere here is very calm.

After a busy night last night, the Netflix server crash caused by "Squidward Fever" has been resolved.

But everyone didn't completely relax.

After all, "Squid Game" experienced such explosive data growth right after it was launched, and no one can guarantee that this situation will not be repeated in the future.

James, the head of the technical department, sat in his glass cubicle with a cold latte on the desk in front of him.

He was still wearing yesterday's shirt, with his tie hanging loosely around his neck, looking rather unkempt.

Last night, after resolving the server crash, James was dragged into another meeting.

So much so that he didn't have much time to sleep after the meeting.

So at this moment, James has dark circles under his eyes and his eye bags are quite swollen.

Skillfully operate the computer and open the relevant data charts.

Looking at the data curve that was gradually rising steadily on the graph, James breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his temples, and prepared to catch up on his sleep.

But not long after, the office door suddenly rang.

"Boom boom boom——"

The knock on the glass door made a crisp sound.

James, who had just dozed off, was awakened instantly. He sighed rather sadly and said:

"Please come in."

The person who came was James' assistant Xiao Kai. He stumbled in, holding a freshly printed report in his hand. At this moment, one could even smell the scent of ink.

On weekdays, Xiaokai does things in a measured way and always has a smile on his face.

But he was so flustered when he arrived today, and James also sensed his abnormality.

As expected by James, Xiaokai ran to his side in a hurry and handed him the report:

"Boss, China's data...you need to take a look!"

James frowned, took the report, and glanced at the first line:
[The number of member subscriptions in China has increased by 24 million in the past 260 hours, and the total has exceeded 300 million. ]

Seeing this content, James was stunned.

Then he rubbed his eyes, looked again carefully, and found that the number had not changed.

James stood up suddenly, and he suddenly woke up: "24 hours, 260 million???"

His voice rose a degree, and he was obviously very surprised.

James stared with his eyes wide open, muttering, "Isn't Netflix China mainly responsible for China now? How come this data appears in our Netflix headquarters? And the number of subscribers has increased so much, is this data wrong?"

As mentioned before, in order to enter the Chinese market, Netflix launched a special version of the Netflix China app in China.

The data on this app is not entered into Netflix’s database for statistics, but is kept separately by Netflix China.

But now Netflix’s membership subscriptions in China have increased by 260 million?
This is probably just the direct counting of Netflix China members to Netflix.

But Xiao Kai shook his head and said, "Boss, this data is not... not wrong. I checked it many times when I was doing the statistics. This is not Netflix China's data, but Netflix's data in China. Netflix's data in China has exploded! Many nodes in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong have already issued warnings!"

James frowned, then slammed his hand on the table with a bang.

What you said...Is it possible that what happened last night will happen again in China?
James now understood that this was probably all caused by that damn movie "Squidward". But such trouble is really good!
It would be even better if we could come more often!
James was a little distracted and was in a trance for a while, then he yelled at his assistant, "Quick, quick, quick! Notify everyone to have a meeting immediately!"

After half an hour.

The server in China was stabilized by them.

After last night's busy work, they are now able to deal with this situation with ease.

"What kind of magic does the drama "Squid Game" have? Those Chinese viewers would rather not watch the free Netflix in China, but subscribe to Netflix to watch the drama "Squid Game"."

Raj, the system architect of the technical department, said with emotion.

They just knew the exact data.

Of the 260 million new paying members in China, 99.99% of them came to watch Squidward Floyd.

The remaining 0.01% watched "Squid!" for a while and then went to watch other more exciting content.

Such data left Raj and others dumbfounded.

"Why do I feel that the impact of Squidward Floyd on Netflix this time is even greater than that of House of Cards?"

Carl, a long-time Netflix employee, said with a smile: "Yesterday I looked down on a 'niche' series like 'Squidward', but I didn't expect that after a while, I would be slapped in the face by 'Squidward'. It's fucking crazy."

Emily from the data science team shook her head and said:

"House of Cards has a special meaning for us at Netflix. After all, it pulled Netflix back from the brink of bankruptcy.

As for Squidward, it did attract a lot of new members to Netflix, but that was it. It seems that there is no other far-reaching impact, right? "

"A far-reaching impact?"

James raised his eyebrows with interest. "It will probably take some time to see. There is still a lot of uncertainty in discussing this matter now, but judging from the current performance of the show Squidward Illusion, the potential is very great."

"Boss, since you said that, it seems like you are quite optimistic about "Squid Game"? " Raj asked with a smile.

Everyone's eyes in the court were also focused on James.

He smiled and nodded. "It's a show that keeps us busy for the whole night. How can I not watch it?"

As soon as these words were spoken, laughter broke out in the room.

……

Different from the laughter and joy in Netflix's technology department.

Neon, Tokyo.

The atmosphere in the office building of Mitsui Pictures was particularly depressing at this moment.

"Why? Why can a rubbish series like Squidward Gaming attract the attention of audiences around the world?"

In the office, Kitayama Masa clenched her fists and slammed her desk several times with great force.

The sound of "bang bang bang" was heard.

But this still failed to ease the anger and confusion in her heart.

"Are today's audiences incapable of appreciating good things? Can a low-budget series like Squidward Capture attract the public's attention?"

Kitayama Miyabi's eyes were red, and he was obviously a little crazy. "Just a little bloody scene in Squid Game can actually cause a carnival among audiences all over the world...

I really don't understand! Isn't our "Never Ending" more exciting than "Squidward Games" in this respect? Is our "Never Ending" really not worthy? "

After venting his anger at the top of his lungs, Kitayama Masaharu's emotions finally calmed down a little.

Jingdao, who was sitting nearby, called out, sighed, and said, "This time, our "Never Ending" didn't lose in special effects and grand scenes. In these two aspects, we can really be said to be ten blocks ahead of "Squidward's Game". But in terms of the original plot of the series, our "Never Ending" seems a bit empty compared to "Squidward's Game."

When Jingdao knew that the popularity of "Squid Game" on Twitter had surpassed that of "Never Ending", he felt that something was wrong.

Because this situation is completely different from what Kitayama Masa said before.

Then Jingdao called and hurried to watch "Squid Game".

I don’t know, I’m scared.

Although the special effects of the big scenes in "Squid!" are not as good as those in "Limitless," the plot... is much better than "Limitless."

Ijima Kan, who watched 9 episodes of "Squid Game" in one go, can understand why there are so many discussions about "Squid Game" on Twitter.

Because whether it is the plot of each episode or the flaws of each character, there is really too much to discuss.

Especially the reversal brought by the old man No. 001 in the last episode made Jingdao look younger.

It's very simple. This reversal made Jingdao so scared that he was like a grandson.

And apart from this old man No. 001, the character arc of the protagonist Cheng Qixun can also be said to be an ingenious line.

One can't help but feel the anticipation to continue reading.

I am looking forward to what Cheng Qixun will do next and how he will resist the organization [Squid Game].

And what about the plot of Limitless?
As for Jingdao's own ideas, everyone thinks that compared with "Squid Game", "Never Ending" is like an ant trying to shake a tree.

Bei Shan Ya frowned, "I admit that the plot of our Neverending is indeed a bit empty, but is the plot of Squid Game really that good? In the current public opinion environment, I'm afraid Bai Xingjian is still fanning the flames, right?"

"Of course there is."

The director of "Limitless" Shun Mitsui nodded, then sighed and said:
"But having said that, the plot of Squid Game is really that good, and this is undeniable. Bai Xingjian, the guy who wrote Squid Game, is really a genius! He is a Chinese who dares to write and shoot like this, which is really admirable!"

As Mitsui Shunichi was talking, he couldn't help but give Bai Xingjian a thumbs up from a distance.

Before, because of Bai Xingjian's identity, Mitsui Shunichi had often ridiculed him for this.

But now when he thought back to some of his remarks, he felt his old face burning with pain.

After hearing these words, Kitayama Masaharu was completely speechless.

Even the director of "Limitless" said so, so what else can Kitayama Masa say?

"Since you all say that Squidward Games is so good, I'll go and see it myself to see if it's really as good as you say."

Kitayama Masa said helplessly, and turned around to play "Squid Game" in the office. (End of this chapter)