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Chapter 189 Explosion Explosion Explosion

Weibo's trending topics list.

When "My Love from the Star" premiered, both the production company and Ikeno bought trending topics on social media.

However, the purchased trending topics were only "auxiliary." The real popularity didn't need to be bought anymore after "My Love from the Star" aired.

#Premiere of "My Love from the Star"#
#nice#
#Professor Ji and Cheon Song-yi#
#SpicyHotPotFriedChickenCola#
#My Love from the Star premiered with only one episode#
Because the first episode had just finished airing, the popularity wasn't rising quickly, but the comments section below the square was already flooded with messages from countless viewers and fans.

"OMG! 'My Love from the Star' is so good, everyone needs to watch it!!"

"Just one episode?! Just one episode?! You're giving me only one episode for the premiere of a show like this?!"

"I was a bit confused. I just randomly clicked on it and glanced at it, and I ended up watching it for an hour..."

"Professor Chi!! I'm dying of excitement! How can there be such a handsome and perfect man?!"

"Xiaxia is so beautiful, breathtakingly beautiful. How come I never noticed before... I feel like I've discovered a treasure."

"Is it a paid troll? That's ridiculous. What can you possibly learn from just one episode?"

"No, it's really good. My partner doesn't usually watch dramas with high viewership, but he just glanced at it with me and complained about why there's only one episode."

"I'm disgusted. You two are hiring online trolls to hype yourselves up again, aren't you? You see Yu Yan broadcasting, so you all follow suit. You'll be eating human exhaust fumes your whole lives."

"Can Yu Yan's fans please stop being disgusting? This is just a group of casual viewers. What kind of garbage is 'Difficult Crossing'? How dare it try to piggyback on 'My Love from the Star'?!"

"..."

Arguments gradually broke out in the comments sections of the trending topics, and the "battle" began to spread.

Home.

Bang!
Liu Xiaoxiao angrily put down her cola and, still not satisfied, continued replying to the hater who said praising "My Love from the Star" was all done by paid trolls: "Are you a Yu Yan fan? Don't you know you guys are annoying?"

"They're just paid trolls; these washed-up celebrities are desperate to become famous."

"Fuck you, you big idiot!"

After replying through gritted teeth, Liu Xiaoxiao permanently blocked the person, still feeling unsatisfied, her chest heaving – she was furious.

I was initially delighted to discover "My Love from the Star" and wanted to go online to recommend and analyze it with other friends, discuss the plot, and observe its reputation.

I never expected to encounter such a brainless fan. They must be... mentally ill.

She sulked to herself for a while before looking at the now-cold mala tang (spicy hot pot).

Ok…

In the first episode, Cheon Song-yi ate mala tang (a spicy hot pot dish), right?

I ate it secretly, afraid of being seen by others...

She looks just like Xiaxia in real life...so cute.

Thinking this, she suddenly felt a surge of appetite, devoured the now-cold spicy hot pot, then chug down her cola, and then...

She then thought of the Shanghai delicacies that Cheon Song-yi often ate in "My Love from the Star," namely pork ribs and rice cakes, as well as fried chicken and beer...

Ok…

It's so late, are there any vendors selling them on the street?
As Liu Xiaoxiao was thinking, she suddenly realized she hadn't eaten enough. She stood up, put on her coat, and went out of her house to the street-side shop downstairs.

There weren't any restaurants selling Shanghai cuisine nearby, but there was one fried chicken shop that was still open.

Liu Xiaoxiao walked into the fried chicken shop and ordered a plate of fried chicken with rice cakes. She added to the clerk, "Give me another iced Coke...not iced, because the Coke won't be sweet when the ice melts."

—This is a line spoken by Cheon Song-yi in the drama.

"Ok."

The shop assistant nodded and turned to get back to work.

Liu Xiaoxiao sat in the shop and waited.

"A serving of fried chicken, and an iced Coke... but not iced, because the ice won't be sweet when it melts."

Suddenly, another girl's voice rang out beside me.

Liu Xiaoxiao was taken aback and turned her head to look. She saw a girl younger than her standing on tiptoe, talking to the shop assistant while also having a "friendly exchange" with online trolls.

Liu Xiaoxiao: "..."

She smiled knowingly—what a coincidence, she had actually met a fellow fan who had watched the first episode of "My Love from the Star"?

What a coincidence! The first episode of "My Love from the Star" only aired today, and not only have they both watched "My Love from the Star," they also coincidentally decided to go out and buy fried chicken and cola.

What a coincidence!

……

It's a coincidence, but not quite.

Liu Xiaoxiao and the other girl were unaware, as were the others—that this would become a “cultural phenomenon” during the Spring Festival, encompassing not only fried chicken but also other Shanghai delicacies and many other things, sweeping across everyone.

The next day.

Tomato TV Building.

Lu Yang hurriedly walked into the office. He was a TV distribution employee of Tomato TV, the kind with a permanent position. His daily job was to help the TV station import various TV dramas.

He was the one who brought "My Love from the Star" to China.

Last night, "My Love from the Star" received good reviews online. On Kuaishou, the first episode's popularity score was 9900, which seems to be not much worse than "The Long Night" which Yu Yan aired a few days ago.

Chi Ye has finally risen to fame. As one of the "two top stars" and with the combined popularity of the four little actresses this summer, the premiere achieved good results.

Of course, this "not bad" should now be put in quotation marks.

Because "My Love from the Star" is a TV drama broadcast on satellite channels, we can't just look at its online streaming performance.

The ratings of Dragon TV are also very important.

He went to the water dispenser, filled a cup with hot water, and then heard the door open.

"Brother Lu."

A staff member, holding a report, jokingly asked with a smile, "So early today?"

"I just wanted to see how well 'My Love from the Star' did."

Lu Yang laughed: "This drama cost a lot of money. If it doesn't do well, my year-end bonus will be in jeopardy."

"Don't worry, it's not bad."

The staff handed the report to Lu Yang: "The first day's rating of 0.8803% is just below 'Nan Du' and 'Zhe Ming Yue,' ranking third in national ratings. Only one episode has aired. Congratulations, Brother Lu! Treat us to a meal after get off work."

"It's already at 0.8%?"

Lu Yang exclaimed in surprise, "So tall?"

"Nearly 0.9%, it feels like it could break 1%." The staff member shook his head: "If you ask me, the production team of 'My Love from the Star' is just crazy. The premiere was only one episode. Which drama these days doesn't have three or four episodes for the premiere? Some even have seven or eight episodes."

“If you’re going to air on a satellite channel, two episodes a day would be fine, but one episode… it’s not going to be profitable.”

"I'll talk to them about it later."

Lu Yang was very surprised by the success of "My Love from the Star" and even more delighted to hear such good news so early in the morning.

—Tomato TV is not Hunan TV. Tomato TV has always been among the top three local satellite TV channels, but given the current environment of traditional TV stations... apart from Hunan TV, CCTV, and CCTV-8, the viewership base of other satellite TV channels is not high.

Take the Dragon TV's Oriental Theater, which aired after "My Love from the Star," as an example. When the previous drama ended, it only reached a 0.9% viewership rating.

"My Love from the Star" has just premiered, and only one episode has aired so far, yet it has already achieved a viewership rating of a mere 0.9%. Although, like "The Long Night" a few days ago, it may be suspected of simply picking up where the previous drama left off...

But... it's great.

My year-end bonus is sorted out!

Lu Yang was in a great mood. He personally saw the staff who came to "bring good news" out the door, and then hummed a little tune as he returned to his office. He spent the whole day leisurely and happily.

……

the next day.

Lu Yang carried the fried dough sticks and steamed buns and walked into the office again.

"Bang!" The door was pushed open heavily, making a loud noise.

Lu Yang was startled and turned to look at the staff member from yesterday: "What...what's wrong? Why are you so flustered? What happened?!"

"Brother Lu...something's not right."

The staff ignored Lu Yang's words; he looked like he'd seen a ghost: "We reached the summit!"

"Reached the summit... Reached the summit... What?!"

Lu Yang was stunned: "They reached the summit?! Who reached the summit?!"

"My Love from the Star!!" The staff were completely stunned when they saw the backstage ratings this morning, stammering, "1.5%!! Not only did it break 1%, but last night's second episode of My Love from the Star had a 1.5% rating, number one nationwide!"

"Bang!"

The water glass was knocked over, and Lu Yang hurriedly picked it up before asking with a look of surprise and uncertainty, "Is...is it a bug?"

"No, our ratings reports are only released the following morning after confirmation with our superiors. There's no way there could be a mistake. I checked it several times!!"

The staff member's voice trembled slightly: "And...online...this 'My Love from the Star'...it seems a little off!"

"...This is really not right! How can this be right?!"

Lu Yang was equally bewildered.

If he remembers correctly, yesterday's "Nan Du" had a 0.9% viewership rating, while "Zhe Ming Yue" has been airing for three days and just broke 1, so it should be 1.003%.

"My Love from the Star"... "My Love from the Star" airs one episode a day, 0.8% on the first day... 1.5% on the second day... Huh?

The increase is about 0.7% compared to the first day?! A minor "difficult strait"?!

A 1.5% rating... that's already broken the ratings ceiling for Tomato TV this year!
Lu Yang's heart inexplicably started pounding wildly, racing, and he couldn't control it no matter what he did.

Could it be a mistake? Surely not?

God, you're kidding me!

Heaven has no interest in playing Lu Yang.

Day three.

A staff member walked in with a dazed look in his eyes, shaking his head in utter disbelief: "I think I'm seeing things."

Having barely slept all night, Lu Yang rushed to work in the early hours of the morning, shouting anxiously, "How much?! Tell me! How much is it today?!"

"...2.1%."

"Puff".

Lu Yang plopped down in the chair, his scalp tingling.

This is only the third day!! This is only the third episode!!

"Brother Lu." The staff member suddenly looked at him with a complicated expression: "In the future... when you become a leader, don't forget your brothers."

Lu Yang's lips twitched, wanting to laugh, but he found that he couldn't even manage a smile—he was too bewildered. He needed time to react and to adjust.

……

"My Love from the Star" is a hit.

The explosion came "without warning" and "caught off guard".

Yes, for the entire entertainment industry, the suddenness of "My Love from the Star" was no less than the last time Ikeno forcefully "confronted" Yu Yan.

The feeling of waking up to find the world outside has changed is like a dream, an unreal experience.

But "My Love from the Star" was a huge hit.

With just three episodes and three hours of content, "My Love from the Star" ignited the entire Chinese entertainment industry, and then gradually spread to the internet, outside the entertainment circle, and into real life.

On the KuYing website, "My Love from the Star" had a popularity score of 9900 on its first day. By the second day, it had already surpassed 10000, reaching 11049. By the third day, the popularity score of "My Love from the Star" had exceeded 11000, reaching a terrifying 12900.

Yes, other shows are hailed as "minor hits" when they break 10,000 views, and as "major hits" when they break 11,000 views. But when a show breaks 10,000 views, the growth in views is only in double digits or even single digits.

But the increase in the price of "My Love from the Star" was several thousand!
With a popularity score of 12900 on the site, it has already broken the record for the highest popularity score of the year on KuYing, and in terms of popularity across the entire network, it far surpasses "Nan Du" and "Zhe Ming Yue".

"The Long Way to Go" has now fallen to third place, and in terms of popularity on Kuaishou, it is at least 3000 points behind "My Love from the Star"!

A clear lead, a crushing victory!
"Holy crap, this 'My Love from the Star'... Holy crap!!"

A senior executive at KuYing looked at "My Love from the Star," which had already topped the charts on the site, and his head was buzzing. He felt that happiness had come so suddenly, but he also felt... was this really not a bug?

Where do you see a trending topic gaining one or two thousand views at a time?!
—This is just the beginning, "My Love from the Star" has 21 episodes!

One episode a day, who knows how high it will go...

Will this... this become the most popular topic in the history of Coolfilm website building?

Thinking of this, the higher-ups were dizzy, feeling that the world was so friendly to them that they wanted to kiss Ikeno and his wife.

But the next moment, something even more dizzying happened.

"Boss, we've broken our new user acquisition record... Our annual new user acquisition record has been broken! Looking at the backend data, almost all of them came to subscribe and watch the third episode of 'My Love from the Star'..."

—Because "You Are My Star" is broadcast on both TV and online, but KuYing needs to make money, Dragon TV does not rebroadcast it during the day. To watch the third episode online, you need to subscribe to KuYing VIP.

This is... how much does this cost?

The executive looked at the staff member, suddenly became excited, hugged him and kissed him twice: "Damn! I love Chi Ye to death! Chi Ye, you are my god!!"

"Boss, calm down... Of course, if you're interested, men aren't out of the question..."

……

Inside the hotel.

"May I send it?"

On the table, Shang Jie had spicy hot pot, cola, fried chicken, and beer, and she stared longingly at her agent.

When Ikeno's "Full Power" became a huge hit, she secretly recorded a borderline "Full Power" version video... She was about to post it when her manager gave her a stern warning... and she failed.

So this time…

"Send it."

The agent said.

Sister Shang exclaimed in surprise, "This... how could this happen..."

The agent's expression was complicated: "Chi Ye and Jin Xia are going to be amazing."

Sister Shang: "?"

The agent waved his hand: "Go ahead and post it. It's good to ride this wave of popularity sooner rather than later."

Sister Shang: “…”

“Oh, right.” The manager suddenly asked a little embarrassedly, “Um… could you ask Chi Ye… if we could take a look at the later parts of ‘My Love from the Star’ first… what about Professor Chi and Cheon Song-yi… uh… I was just saying it offhand.”

Sister Shang: "Sister, stop pretending! You're even more engrossed in watching than I am!"

……

That evening, before the fourth episode of "My Love from the Star" aired, Shang Youshu, one of the four little actresses, suddenly posted a selfie on Weibo.

Tablet, desktop, spicy hot pot, cola, fried chicken and beer, and... the third episode of "My Love from the Star" is playing on the tablet.

The post was published on Weibo. After a second of silence, comments surged instantly, causing an explosion.

"Ahhh!! Sis, you're watching 'My Love from the Star' too!"

"Professor Chi!! He's so handsome!! Is he this handsome even on my tablet?!"

"I'm so excited I cried! I never imagined that Sister Shang was watching the same show as me!"

"Professor Chi is invincible! Xia Xia will always belong to Professor Chi!"

"That's normal. I saw several celebrities post selfies just now. 'My Love from the Star' is really popular."

(End of this chapter)