You were asked to write a political intrigue drama, but you wrote "Da Ming 1566".

At this moment, the already high popularity in Chen Yu's live stream room was skyrocketing, like a rocket. Keywords such as "The Seventeenth Act of the Ming Dynasty," "Imperial Audience," "Hu Zongxian," and "Jiajing Emperor" once again dominated the trending lists on various platforms.

The "Creator Competition" production team was also seeing the surge in data backstage. At first, they didn't react immediately, then suddenly, as if remembering something, they swallowed hard.

"These ratings—and this level of popularity..." "In my memory, there hasn't been a variety show like this in the last five years, has there?"

"The only one that can surpass this is the finale of 'The Voice of China' five years ago, and the data difference isn't that big; it's quite close." Thinking of this, the show's director's breathing quickened, and he involuntarily gripped the corner of the table. "The Voice of China" five years ago was absolutely a phenomenal variety show of the year. Even though the first season of "The Creator Competition" could be considered a phenomenon, it still fell short of "The Voice of China." After all, no matter how good the script is, it still needs to convey the impact to the audience through words, unlike "The Voice of China," which can directly convey it through songs.

Therefore, compared to The Voice of China, the peak popularity and viewership of "The Creators Competition" were clearly a level below. However, the shock and buzz surrounding Chen Yu's seventeenth act of "The Ming Dynasty" has brought to audiences, and has actually pushed "The Creators Competition" close to a record that no program has been able to break in the past five years!

Upon realizing this, everyone in the "Creator Competition" program team held their breath and stared intently at the popularity curve that was still jumping and slowly rising.

If Chen Yu can break the record of The Voice of China today, then without a doubt, he will become a household name overnight.

In the world of variety shows, Chen Yu can be described as a god who rose to fame overnight!

However, judging from the upward trend of this popularity curve, it seems there's still a distance to go before reaching the record set by "The Voice of China." This gradually dimmed the excitement and anticipation of the production team. A hint of helplessness also appeared on the director's face.

He knew it wasn't because the script for "The Ming Dynasty" wasn't good enough, or that it didn't generate enough buzz. It was because even the best-made programs like the "Creator Competition" have a ceiling. After all, reading and comprehension are skills with a threshold. The audience interested in these aspects has an upper limit.

Viewers outside of this audience, unless for specific reasons, will not click to watch. This is also the main reason why "The Creator Competition" has failed to surpass "The Voice of China".

After all, listening to music is a very accessible activity for most netizens, and its audience potential is much higher than that of the "Creator Competition".

As the excitement cooled, the director opened his mouth, wanting to comfort everyone. After all, coming close to this record was already an achievement they hadn't even dared to dream of. But just then, the popularity curve, which had been slowing down, suddenly jumped again, leaving everyone wide-eyed and their minds blank.

Meanwhile, the other contestants had no idea that Chen Yu's "The Ming Dynasty" was gaining popularity almost as much as the finale of The Voice of China.

They were basking in the soaring popularity and viewership of their live stream, feeling they would soon catch up with "The Ming Dynasty." They were also urging the top-tier screenwriting team behind them to catch up.

"Bring more, bring more people over!" "Almost there! If this continues, we'll definitely be able to attract the attention of 'Ming Dynasty' very quickly!" The members of the top-tier screenwriting team also showed surprise in their eyes.

After all, targeting Xiangyu Pictures and preventing them from reaching the top tier was an order from the company's upper management. They've all been working so hard; there must be good rewards after it's done. So, they diligently promoted the contestants' scripts among their fan groups.

They even asked film and television stars with whom they had good relationships to help retweet their posts and promote the content. And it's worth noting that as a top-tier screenwriting team from a leading film and television company, they've worked with a considerable number of stars.

In this life, unlike his previous life where screenwriters were ignored by everyone, screenwriters now enjoy a very high status in the industry.

Otherwise, having a top-notch screenwriting team wouldn't have become an implicit indicator distinguishing between first-tier and second-tier celebrities. Celebrities also hold screenwriters in a very favorable position.

After all, a screenwriter can indeed write a script that makes an unknown artist famous overnight. This has happened more than once or twice in the entertainment industry! Therefore, these celebrities readily accepted the requests from these top screenwriters.

"Hey everyone, I recently discovered a really great script! It's in contestant number 1's livestream for the 'Creators Competition,' come check it out with me~"

"Supporting contestant number 2 in the 'Creator Competition,' his script is absolutely brilliant! We're urging him to write more!" Similar posts appeared on many celebrities' accounts. This caused a surge of fans to the Creator Competition's live stream.

Many of these fans don't watch the "Creator Competition." Some don't even read books normally, and some even fall asleep after reading a little bit of text.

But now, in response to the call of their older brothers and sisters, these fans have flocked to the "Creator Competition" program, exclaiming in amazement in the contestants' live streams.

"Is this the script my brother recommended? Waaaaah, it's so good!" "It's scary!"

"This is so mind-bending! No wonder it's a script with an intellectual theme!"

The contestants were ecstatic to see this, as if they could see their live stream's popularity continuing to rise after the influx of viewers.

Then, they imagined it would turn around and devour the popularity of "The Ming Dynasty," even overshadowing it! This fantasy almost made them grin from ear to ear. But soon, they discovered something strange.

Initially, after these viewers flooded in, the popularity of their live stream did indeed rise steadily. However, after reaching a certain point, it began to stagnate. In fact, the popularity gradually started to decline.

The sight caused the contestants' eyes to widen, and a chill ran down their spines. "This..."

"What's wrong now?" The reason is actually quite simple.

That is, as mentioned before, their script only has a maximum of five acts, with only the first minor climax. Once you finish reading it, there's nothing left to see.

Many of these new viewers who flock to the "Creator Competition" will choose to watch "Ming Dynasty," which is currently the most popular show and has been trending on social media many times.

However, "Da Ming Dynasty" has far more content, a more shocking plot, and a greater variety of characters than the other contestants' scripts.

Compared to this, the shock they felt in other live streams was simply insignificant! Of course, they wouldn't go back; instead, they would stay in Chen Yu's live stream, contributing to his popularity! Many of these viewers would even go back and share in their fan groups, "The script my brother recommended is pretty good; I've already finished reading it."

"There's another contestant in the Creators Competition named Chen Yu. His novel, 'The Ming Dynasty,' is really good. Everyone should support the script recommended by my brother, and then you can go and read 'The Ming Dynasty.' It's really awesome."

With this kind of operation, a steady stream of viewers poured into the live streams of those players and then stayed in Chen Yu's live stream.

This resulted in the players' live streams failing to reach a certain level of popularity, and even experiencing an uncontrollable decline after their peak.

On the contrary, the influx of these viewers revitalized the popularity of Chen Yu's live stream, which had been gradually reaching its ceiling for this type of program, and it began to grow again.

Moreover, because Chen Yu's script for "The Ming Dynasty" is so engaging and impactful, the number of views, comments, and bullet comments contributed by each viewer of "The Ming Dynasty" is far higher than that of other scripts.

In other words, the buzz generated by one viewer watching "The Ming Dynasty" far exceeds that of any other script! This is why the "Creators Competition" production team saw the popularity curve start to jump again backstage! At this moment, the production team backstage held their breath, staring intently at the still-jumping popularity curve. Closer, even closer.

The next moment, the show's popularity was on par with the finale of The Voice of China five years ago.

The next moment... surpass!

When the peak popularity surpassed that of The Voice of China's finale, the entire Creator Competition team could no longer contain their excitement and let out shouts.

The chants were all the same: "Chen Yu is awesome!!!" and "The Ming Dynasty is awesome!!!"

After a long while, seeing the peak popularity finally come to a standstill, they gasped in surprise. This was five percent more popular than the final night of The Voice of China.

It's important to understand that for a phenomenal variety show that has already reached the pinnacle of the industry, a 5% increase in popularity is already an incredible achievement. This record is unlikely to be surpassed by any other variety show in the next five or even ten years! And according to the production team's backstage statistics, a full 99% of the show's popularity came from Chen Yu's live stream. After precise calculations, the popularity of Chen Yu's live stream alone has completely surpassed the finale night of "The Voice of China"! This result left everyone on the production team utterly astonished. This episode of "Creator Competition" truly brought in a god-like figure!

After they recovered from the shock, the entire production team was overjoyed and immediately broadcast this fantastic news across the entire internet. The contestants who stayed in the competition room were gritting their teeth and secretly competing, unable to understand what was wrong with their popularity, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't increase it.

Then, they heard "good news" from the authorities through their headsets.

"Just now, the popularity of the 'Creator Competition' program has surpassed the peak popularity of the 'Voice of China' finale five years ago, breaking the record for the highest variety show popularity in the past five years, exceeding the original record by 5%."

"According to backend statistics, the popularity of contestant Chen Yu's live broadcast room has surpassed that of the final night of 'The Voice of China,' setting a new record for the highest popularity of a variety show guest during a live broadcast across the entire network."

Upon hearing this "good news," the contestants were completely stunned. The top-tier scriptwriting team members supporting them were equally dumbfounded. Then, as if struck by lightning, their minds went completely blank. Previously, they had been wondering why these contestants' livestream viewership just wouldn't rise. Now they finally understood???

He painstakingly posted on Weibo, gained followers, and even swallowed his pride and owed a lot of favors to ask celebrities for help in promoting his work. In the end, it all benefited Chen Yu, and Chen Yu was completely made a success!

If it weren't for their hype and commotion, Chen Yu would still be a long way from breaking this record! At that moment, a series of roars filled with overwhelming anger erupted. "Damn it!"

At the live broadcast of the "Creator Competition", the representatives of those top film and television companies had just heard the good news that the attack on Xiangyu Pictures was progressing and they still had smug smiles on their faces.

However, after the program team announced this "good news," the smiles on their faces instantly froze, turning into astonishment and rage. They all pulled out their phones and questioned the scriptwriting team behind the scenes.

"Sniping?"

"You guys call this sniping?" "Sniping your mother's head!"

The representatives of those top-tier film and television companies were taken aback by this news.

A look of ecstatic joy spread across Qin Lan's face. Breaking the record for the final night of The Voice of China by using a script—before this, she had never dared to imagine that Chen Yu could do it! She had even worried that Chen Yu might be successfully targeted by those top-tier teams, who would gradually suppress his popularity.

Now, she felt relieved. "It seems that Teacher Ma and the others are still doing their best to help Chen Yu..."

Meanwhile, inside Xiangyu Pictures, Ma Yingkui and his team panicked. They had originally planned to watch Chen Yu be gradually suppressed and become disheveled before making their move.

But now, Chen Yu, clearly without their help, has broken the popularity record directly with just one scripted scene?!

So what should they do? Originally, they thought that Chen Yu had gotten through this crisis by having them clean up his mess, and that he should also show them respect when he came to Xiangyu Pictures, so that their own treatment could also be improved.

But now, it's all gone. Qin Lan could easily find out by asking Chen Yu that they hadn't contacted him for help at all during this process.

Once Chen Yu arrives at Xiangyu Pictures with this buzz, it's easy to imagine that their lives will be anything but easy!

The higher Chen Yu's popularity, the more distressed they became! Ma Yingkui's team members panicked. "Boss, what do we do now?" "Should we contact Chen Yu and say we were delayed by something before, but now we're helping him. It's a favor, after all." However, a sinister look appeared on Ma Yingkui's face.