I asked you to write a light novel, but you wrote about living?

The final results of the Redwood state gubernatorial election were announced in the early hours of the morning.

Elias Reid edged out the other two candidates by less than a percentage point.

The independent candidate whose approval rating was less than 10 percent a month ago and who couldn't even afford a campaign rig has become the new governor of Redwood State.

After the news broke, the name "Running for Governor" reappeared on StarNet.

Some say that a novel from over two hundred years ago changed the election.

Some argue that what truly changed the outcome was not the novel, but rather the voters who finally began to question the news headlines and actively sought out original sources.

Regardless of which version of events is true, the controversy sparked by a short story has finally come to a temporary end with the vote count.

On the same day, Cloud Atlas Content Ecosystem Business Unit received a dissemination analysis report.

The subject of analysis is not elections.

Instead, it's about running for governor.

Inside the conference room, several data curves floated above the long table.

The first day of the "Governor's Election" campaign was not remarkable; what was truly unusual was what happened from the second day onwards.

Active searches continued to rise, and discussions spread from the literature section to the news, legal, and local affairs sections. The curve did not decline significantly until the vote count in Redwood State ended.

"It was just an accidental spread caused by a special public event."

After reviewing the report, one of the responsible persons was the first to give a conclusion.

"It cannot be copied and is not suitable as an evaluation sample for ordinary works."

Shen Chengzhang did not refute, but simply flipped to the end of the report.

What is the re-open rate of CloudAtlas's key promoted works seven days after publication?

The person in charge of the data reports the figures.

"What about running for governor?"

The second number was projected onto the light screen, and the conference room immediately fell silent.

The former has the best recommended resources on Cloud Atlas, while the latter is not even published on Cloud Atlas, yet its re-open rate is five times that of the former.

More importantly, even after the trending list was removed, active searches for "running for governor" remained high.

A large number of users are not sent there by the algorithm, but rather they seek it out on their own.

Some people even reopened the original text to check the context after reading the media citations.

This behavior may not directly bring the highest immediate income, but it shows that the work is not forgotten when the page is closed.

"I have no intention of replicating an election."

Shen Chengzhang closed the report.

"I just want to know what exactly is missing from our current evaluation methods."

In the past, cloud maps could accurately predict whether a work would be clicked.

Whether the opening conflict is strong enough, whether the first three chapters can retain users, and whether the first payment point can complete the conversion—these metrics are being broken down into increasingly detailed ones.

Whether readers will reopen the book after reading it, whether they will actively search for it a few days later, and whether they will remember the characters and sentences are things the old system almost never cared about.

Shen Chengzhang sent a new proposal to the meeting page.

"The pilot list will be retained. Starting next month, secondary recommendations in the pilot area will no longer be based solely on instant clicks and conversions."

"Reopening after completion, long-term searches, cross-regional discussions, and effective comments are all included in the observation."

The person in charge of content review frowned.

"The initial data for that batch of works was not good, and the new metrics were too slow to take effect."

That's why a second round is needed.

Shen Chengzhang looked at the almost identical trending curves on the light screen.

"The old indicators worked quickly, and then we got a batch of books that no one could even remember the main character's name after reading them."

No one spoke again.

A moment later, the pause marks on the trial list were removed one by one, and several works that were originally scheduled to be discontinued returned to the observation area.

Shen Chengzhang extended the experimental period from fifteen days to thirty days.

This curve, which broke into the platform from outside, at least proves that there is another kind of value outside the old system.

The new evaluation plan was sent to all studios under Cloud Atlas that afternoon.

In Xinghui Studio, Pei Zhixing had just finished a project meeting when he saw the issuing department at the end of the document...

Office of the Executive Vice President of Cloud Atlas Content Ecosystem.

This was the first time Shen Chengzhang had truly exercised the authority granted to him by the board of directors since his promotion.

In the past, the number of recommendations a work could receive was mainly determined by the operation system overseen by Zhao Hongbo, based on clicks, retention, and instant conversion.

Although the Author Ecosystem Division manages contracted authors and studios, it has difficulty directly changing the recommendation rules.

Now that secondary visits, long-term searches, cross-regional discussions, and effective comments have been added to the evaluation, the content ecosystem department has a reason to allocate some resources to works that did not perform well in the first round of data.

For Starshine, this means that the previously stable allocation of resources has begun to loosen.

Works previously deemed inefficient by real-time data have the opportunity to re-enter the recommendation pool;

Correspondingly, resources that originally belonged to top studios may also be taken away.

Pei Zhixing immediately contacted Zhao Hongbo.

"Was this plan decided upon by Shen Chengzhang himself?"

"The board of directors granted him the authority to operate in the pilot zone, without requiring approval from the operations department."

Zhao Hongbo spoke calmly, but Pei Zhixing could detect the coldness in his voice.

Zhao Hongbo still controls most of Yuntu's traffic and commercial resources, but with each step Shen Chengzhang takes towards content and recommendation, the operational system has one less thing it can decide on its own.

"He had just gained authority and used the 'Governor's Election Campaign' to make his first achievement," Pei Zhixing said.

"It's not an achievement yet."

"If a few decent works emerge from the experimental zone, the board will allow it to continue expanding."

Zhao Hongbo did not deny it.

What Shen Chengzhang wants to prove is that the problem with Cloud Atlas lies in the old content production and evaluation system.

If he succeeds, the board will naturally re-examine the past operational approach that relied on referral slots and short-term conversions.

It won't just be Zhao Hongbo's authority that will be affected.

The advantages that Starshine has built on its mature models, stable updates, and real-time data will also be reassessed.

"Are you planning to reject it during the internal review?" Pei Zhixing asked.

"The board just handed over authority to him, and if I jump out to oppose it now, it will only make everyone see that I am unwilling to relinquish power."

Zhao Hongbo sneered.

"However, if the pilot zone wants to expand, it must go through a phased review process. Resource consumption, commercial returns, and feedback from existing authors are all within the scope of the review."

Pei Zhixing understood.

"According to the author, I have just the right amount here."