Huayu: When the director changed his major

Chapter 28 Exploded? Exploded!
There are many students like Li Huowang in Beijing Haidian University Town.

From their initial doubts about the propaganda, they gradually became like Li Huowang.

12 noon, Youku.com headquarters.

Lu Fanxi, general manager of the production department, had lunch a little later today on purpose because he remembered that today was the day his junior brother's mini-comedy would premiere.

So I went to the data backend specifically to observe the premiere of this film with my colleague Wang Min.

Originally, the project worth more than 20 yuan did not arouse his great interest, but thinking of his junior brother's confident expression and the betting agreement, Lu Fanxi still expected a surprise to happen.

At exactly 12 o'clock, episodes 1-2 of "Never Expected" were updated directly.

A few minutes passed, and the number of views of "Wanwan" was only in the single digits.

Lu Fanxi's expression didn't change at all.

Twenty minutes passed, and Lu Fanxi was a little puzzled when he saw that the video had only been played a few dozen times.

Will it be so low?

Not only was there no surprise, it was actually a reverse shock.

Even my colleague Wang Min next to me said curiously:
"Manager Lu, this movie isn't any good. It has the worst performance among the movies in its time slot. I'm afraid it's going to flop."

Wang Min has been working in the data background for many years and knows very well that even for an ordinary drama, if the data in the early stage is relatively poor, there will be hundreds or thousands of clicks in half an hour.

Every drama with such poor data is a flop.

This actually cannot be blamed on the poor quality of "Wan Wan", but rather on the fact that it had a very bad start, with no stars and no publicity.

How could anyone find a drama that no one knows about and click on it to watch?

After waiting for another ten minutes, although the number of clicks increased a little, Lu Fanxi still lost interest.

He shook his head, wondering what was wrong with him. The production team's overall expectations for this drama were not high to begin with.

So there is nothing to be disappointed about, everything is just normal and there are no surprises.

It’s a pity for the junior brother. He will probably not be able to sleep because of the failure of this drama.

Keep going, there is still a long way to go.

After Lu Fanxi finished his emotion, he said to Wang Min:
"I'm going to have lunch first. I have a listing promotion meeting this afternoon, and the chairman takes it very seriously."

"I will also be changing shifts later. Goodbye, Mr. Lu." Wang Min waved to Lu Fanxi.

There is a very important meeting this afternoon, which is the Youku listing promotion meeting chaired by Chairman Gu Yongqiang himself.

This is the third listing promotion meeting held this month.

Lu Fanxi took a short rest after dinner. When he arrived at the meeting place, it was already full of heads of various departments of Youku.

Chairman Gu Yongqiang was the last to enter. He got straight to the point and said:

"Just received news that Wang Wei of Tudou.com has submitted an application to the Magnesium Securities Regulatory Commission to list on the Nasdaq this afternoon, planning to raise $1.2 million."

"If nothing goes wrong, they will be officially launched in early December."

Unexpectedly, the chairman dropped a depth bomb as soon as he came in.

You should know that Youku and Tudou have been competing for the first listed pure video website company in China for nearly a year.

Everyone has invested huge manpower and material resources just to become China's YouTube.

When Lu Fanxi heard this, his heart skipped a beat:
People will only remember who is first, but not who is second. Moreover, after going public, they can raise more funds. As one gains, the other loses. The competition between Youku and Tudou may be at a disadvantage.

"If you have any countermeasures, please bring them up at the meeting as soon as possible." The meeting suddenly became chaotic. Everyone talked about all kinds of things, but no one could come up with a good solution.

Lu Fanxi didn't say anything. He thought to himself, either we speed up the listing or prevent the other party from going public.

But the former has been done and has failed so far; for the latter, you are not a country bumpkin and you cannot stop it. The application has been submitted and it is only a matter of time before it is approved.

But what surprised Lu Fanxi was that the chairman didn't seem surprised at all, and didn't even show any worry.

Is Qigong so effective? Or has a solution already been found?
At this time, the chairman's secretary came in with a document and handed it to Gu Yongqiang.

After Gu Yongqiang flipped through the conversation for a while, he waved his hand to everyone, signaling them to be quiet.

"Let's stop here for the Tudou IPO. Let's move on to the first agenda of the promotion meeting - discovering high-quality content and creating hits."

"If we want to keep up with the market, we must first do a good job in the IPO, and then consolidate our foundation and create higher-quality original content."

“On this point, I want to give special praise to the production department. The recent popularity of Oldboy has allowed Youku to have its own hit.”

Then Gu Yongqiang picked up the document at hand and waved it, saying:
"This is the playback data we just received. The production department has produced another excellent film. The playback volume exceeded 3 in 10 hours. Here, let's applaud Manager Lu and the production department."

Lu Fanxi was listening with great interest at the beginning, but became a little confused after listening to the end.

Another good movie? Could it be the ancient puppet show that aired at noon along with "Wan Wan"?

Are ancient costume dramas so popular among young people now?

"I heard that our production department only spent 20 to buy the online broadcasting rights for this drama. That's great. We should all learn from Manager Lu in this regard."

Chairman Gu Yongqiang continued to praise the production department and Manager Lu.

Everyone also gave him warm applause.

After the meeting, Lu Fanxi was still confused.

20? Could it be "Never Expected"? Impossible!

I checked it out at noon, and the number of hits was appalling. Could it be a mistake?

But the other dramas cost at least over one million, and only Wanwan was a new drama purchased for less than one million.

While thinking about it, Lu Fanxi quickly ran to the data department to confirm.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he heard bursts of laughter coming from several colleagues in the data department.

When the people from the data department saw Lu Fanxi coming in, they said to him happily:

"Boss Lu, where did you buy such a funny show? Everyone in our department is almost becoming a fan of Wang Dachui! We've memorized all the lines!"

"I think of running under the sunset that afternoon. It was my lost youth."

"The second episode is even funnier. Marrying a beautiful, rich woman and reaching the pinnacle of life! Hahahaha~"

"Boss Lu, do you have the resources for the next few episodes? Two episodes are not enough for everyone to watch!"

After hearing this, Lu Fanxi truly believed that the new drama that broke 3 hits in 10 hours was "Never Expected".

Surprised, he quickly ran to the computer to check the real-time data.

现在是2010年11月9日下午4点，《万万没想到》的播放量已经15万多了。

If we compare the number of clicks in the first 4 hours of its premiere, it has already surpassed "Old Boy"!
This is without any publicity.
Junior brother, you are really awesome. You gave me such a big surprise!

"Never Expected That" was a flop, but suddenly it became a hit!
Lu Fanxi really didn't expect this!
(End of this chapter)