The popularity of "Heart's Eyes" was sudden. Among a number of TV dramas of similar themes in the same period, the serious fairy tale drama "Xiao Yao" could have attracted long-term popularity. However, the serious fairy tale drama suddenly collapsed in the middle. The protagonists faced the treacherous fairy tale world, and it turned into a love story between the protagonists and the villains. Even the relationship between a supporting actor and a female villain could be talked about for three episodes.

Now netizens were not buying it and had to look at other TV dramas and web series around them. However, "Xiao Yao" dominated the screens on too many channels and there was nothing else to watch during the same period. Finally, "Xin Yan" appeared in the public eye.

To be honest, "Heart's Eyes" is not very popular. It is on the same video platform as "Xiao Yao". Compared with "Xiao Yao" which is promoted through various advertising channels, the only promotion of "Heart's Eyes" is the last one in the carousel of advertisements on the video website, which is really shabby.

But drama fans are more or less a circle. Unconsciously, some video bloggers spontaneously began to recommend the drama "Heart's Eyes". The reviews are all interesting, but the most important thing is that the production of this small web drama is really excellent, the production team is also very attentive, and the casting of the actors is reasonable. Even though the average age of the actors is over 25 years old, these old handsome guys acted too well, and the rhythm, plot and lines are almost perfect. The hard work and dedication of all the staff in the drama can be seen from the drama itself.

[Wow, I don’t have to look at the dubbing mouth anymore. I’m so happy. 】

[It's too close to the original. It's really too close to the original. I got goosebumps all over my body when the villain spoke. 】

[The acting skills throughout the whole drama are online, the IQ is online, help, I dare say this is the best this year! 】

[It was my first time watching a suspense drama, and I was a little addicted. It was the first time I realized that in addition to fighting and killing and corpses, the love-hate tug-of-war in suspense dramas can be so thorough! ! 】

[Stop talking, I admire the original author and screenwriter so much. After reading it, I feel that my God's perspective is in vain. 】

[Who isn’t? I think I’m the most stupid one.] The IQ of one of the security guards there is much higher than mine. 】

Feihong's staff were stunned when they went to work the day after the hot search. When they received a call from the publicity department of the crew, a group of people seemed to be still immersed in the gloom of yesterday. The next moment, the person in charge called out, and a group of people joined the follow-up work without stopping.

"Be steady, be steady. Don't push it too fast. It's not normal to explode too quickly." The person in charge said patiently. In the afternoon, another hot search appeared. "What's going on?! Let the drama team calm down. Don't be too excited by the benefits in front of you. Why buy hot searches!"

The contact person ran back after making the call: "Boss, the production team said they didn't buy it."

Person in charge: "Who bought the black trending search?"

"It seems that no one bought it... It was "Mind's Eye" that went up on its own."

"Heart's Eyes" became popular quickly and violently. After the first hot search appeared, it continued to be on the hot search for several days in a row, either in the morning or in the evening. The number of views on the video playback platform was also growing rapidly, and various Amway bloggers were visibly promoting it spontaneously. At this time, both the production team of "Heart's Eyes" and Feihong Company knew one thing: "Heart's Eyes" was really a hit, and this was no ordinary hit. They didn't need to do anything to promote it. Just relying on the recommendations of netizens could keep "Heart's Eyes" in the public eye.

Now, the publicity and promotion teams of both sides dared not to break such a good atmosphere. They modified the original publicity plan a little and followed the netizens to push "Heart's Eyes" to the peak. The benefits brought by the drama's popularity are visible to the naked eye. The most obvious ones are the actors in the drama, especially those who performed outstandingly. It can be said that they have gained countless fans within a few days.

[I read Nie's works when I was a child, and I am still reading Nie's works when I grow up. 】

[Xinyan's updates are too slow. I went to read his previous works. Brother Nie is really amazing. 】

[It is really unbelievable that such an actor has never been popular. Thanks to my eyes, I discovered this treasure. 】

There is no need to say much about Nie Chenxiao. As the male lead, his appearance and acting skills are online. After reappearing in the public eye through such a suspenseful male lead drama, he almost became the person who directly enjoyed the traffic dividend in this popularity. As a spokesperson, the endorsement information he released during the broadcast of the drama was also viewed by many new fans. Feihong's Rongguang series appeared in the fans' field of vision and brought unexpected sales among the fan group with strong purchasing power.

In addition to fans, there are also drama fans.

The broadcast time of "Heart's Eyes" is quite standard. As a short drama, it only broadcasts four episodes a week. After it became a hit, it attracted the attention of many netizens, and the number of people urging for more updates is increasing. The production crew was also discussing with the investors on the order of broadcasting the series. On the days when there were no updates, netizens had no choice but to watch the first few episodes over and over again, and even watched the commercials over and over again at the end.

[The mid-roll commercial is also quite interesting, how to find an electrical appliance company to be the sponsor. 】

[This advertisement is not well made. To make an advertisement, don’t they have to bring some electrical appliances into the crew? 】

[I heard that the drama and the commercial were shot separately...the one about electrical appliances was a commercial that was added later. 】

[Well, my friend in the industry heard that the crew of Xinyan had no money for publicity, and in the end it was Feihong who provided funding to help. If it weren't for Feihong, Xinyan probably wouldn't even be able to get on the advertising page of a certain platform. 】

[In fact, Feihong Electric Appliances is quite easy to use. It is a niche product, but there are no problems. Its after-sales and other services are quite good. The most important thing is that their products are very affordable, practical and have a long warranty period! 】

[I think I bought their electric fan before, it was really good! 】

[Affordable?] ! Then I'm going to go and have a look! 】

Some netizens shifted their focus from the web drama to the advertisements, and upon learning more about it, they discovered that Feihong, the investor, really did not cause any trouble. They did not mess up the arrangements of the crew, and did not carry out excessive marketing. It seemed that after "Heart's Eyes" became a hit, the financial sponsor behind the scenes slowly threw out some things. The crew showed the shooting footage, and they could also show the advertising footage, and they worked hard for business with trepidation.

Netizens were so bored during the holidays that some of them even did a review on "Heart's Eyes" with Feihong. As a result, Feihong Electric took advantage of this opportunity to become a hot topic, which directly scared the Feihong Publicity Department. After investigation, looking at the gradually increasing sales in major channels, no one expected that it would end up like this.

They dare not advertise it, and in the eyes of netizens they are just kind-hearted sponsors who only pay money but do not cause trouble.

They started promoting, but netizens complained that they were promoting too slowly and sent them to the hot search list several times.

They promoted the show seriously, and netizens began to recommend it to them, saying that they could bring the actors back to shoot a few more commercials during the show's promotion period.

In the final analysis, fans want Wang Qi to shoot more endorsements and commercials, and drama fans want to see CPs and materials from their commercials...but the result of this popularity is an increase in Feihong's sales. Not to mention the Rongguang series which is currently in the promotion period, even the electric fans that their company released a few years ago have a group of people rushing to buy them. The employees of Feihong Company, who had originally thought that the company might face a dismal end and lose their year-end bonuses, finally got their reward after all the hard work!

Chen Qizhao, who had calmed down from his anger, came to the company and sat in the office looking at Feihong's report. He raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "It seems pretty good?"

Person in charge: "Mr. Chen, this is very good."

In all of Feihong’s previous promotional activities, never has such a promotional effect been achieved.

The person in charge thought of Chen Qizhao who had acted on his own will. This drama that no one was optimistic about actually became popular just as Chen Qizhao had expected. If they had signed Liu Yirou at the beginning, they would not have been able to reap any benefits from this popularity. Moreover, there are basically no high-quality suspense dramas like "The Heart's Eyes" in China. Before the next similar work appears, they can almost enjoy this unexpected traffic.

Chen Qizhao closed the report, leaned back in his chair and continued, "That's all, how's Xiaoyao doing?"

"The plot is completely broken, but they are still buying trending searches, and there are fans controlling the comments, but the ratings of the series have plummeted." The person in charge did not say it was too ugly, but this is doomed to be fruitless. Their "Heart's Eyes" will have the finale next week, but "Xiao Yao" still has half of the episodes to be aired.

Chen Qizhao sat up straighter and asked, "How long can the popularity of "Heart's Eyes" last after it ends?"

"One month is no problem. By then it should be after the New Year." The person in charge asked in confusion: "Mr. Chen, why are you concerned about this?"

"Just curious." Chen Qizhao half-lowered his eyes, as if thinking about something.

Special Assistant Xu looked at the boy sitting casually on the office chair and thought of Chen Qizhao who had a smile on his face at that time. Before "The Heart's Eyes" became completely popular, Fei Hong signed the male lead as a spokesperson and funded the "The Heart's Eyes" crew as a financial sponsor.

Feihong achieved the most perfect publicity effect with the least amount of money.

However, before all these things happened, Chen Qizhao had already signed a cooperation agreement with the male protagonist Nie Chenxiao.

Now thinking about the bet the other party had said, Special Assistant Xu immediately broke out in a cold sweat. This was a feast of big gambling!

Some people are happy about this result while others are worried.

Assistant Yu stood in the office, looking at all the happy people, but he was completely unable to interfere with the outcome. Clearly, everything was under their control two weeks ago. But the only thing they didn't expect was that "The Heart's Eyes" unexpectedly became a big hit... This kind of popularity was difficult to control, even if they sent out a lot of internet trolls to discredit "The Heart's Eyes", they couldn't suppress its popularity at all.

Chen Qizhao's gaze suddenly stopped at Assistant Yu, "Assistant Yu, why don't you speak?"

Assistant Yu came back to his senses and said, "No, I'm thinking about the follow-up promotion."

Chen Qizhao smiled and said, "Really? I thought you were unhappy."

Assistant Yu looked embarrassed: "Second Master is joking."

Chen Qizhao gave him a meaningful look, then continued to talk to Special Assistant Xu: "I'll leave the rest to you. It's boring to stay here. I'm going home."

Special Assistant Xu said: "I'll tell the driver to take you there."

Looking at the happy scene in the office, Assistant Yu said nothing. How could he be happy! ?

He originally wanted to use the Feihong incident to create a better impression in front of Brother Jiang, so that after the incident was exposed, he would have a better springboard to be promoted to other positions. Instead of staying with Chen Qizhao and suffering, he could better play his role by going to other management positions in the headquarters. But now this matter has gone wrong. Not only has their plan been completely disrupted, but he is also likely to be implicated.

It shouldn’t be like this…

He waited until everyone in the office left before walking to an empty corner to call Jiang Yuze.

However, this time the call took a long time to get through. Before he could speak, he heard Jiang Yuze's slightly suppressed voice: "What's the matter?"

"Brother Jiang, Feihong is completely out of control. I can't interfere with their decision." Assistant Yu's voice was a little anxious. "Is there anything else I can do?"

Jiang Yuze was silent for a long time, "We'll talk about this later."

Assistant Yu was even more frightened when he heard this: "Brother Jiang, you have to help me."

Jiang Yuze: "Let's wait for the specific results. I can't give you an answer for this matter right now. I'll hang up first. I have something else to do."

Assistant Yu: "Wait, Brother Jiang..."

Jiang Yuze hung up the phone directly and looked at Chen Shiming with a gloomy face who was standing at the door of the conference room. The latter stood tall and high-spirited, with a smug look on his face.

Who could have thought that Chen Shiming would be able to find out so much information in such a short time, and that Chen Jianhong had not leaked any information at all before that. By the time he tried to make amends, it was too late, and their plans were completely messed up.

Let alone removing Chen Shiming's power, after this incident, Chen Shiming's power has been further consolidated. It is not possible to get him to give up his power simply by using one project. The whole story that led to this incident was Fei Hong, a man they originally thought had a sure win.

When they thought that Chen Shiming was still trying his best to restore Feihong's glory, Chen Shiming had already been investigating secretly.

I thought about the evidence that Chen Shiming had just provided at the regular meeting, as well as the other people implicated. In a short period of time, Chen Shiming uncovered so many problematic projects, held people accountable one after another at the meeting, and trampled under his feet all those who had embarrassed him in the past few weeks. Moreover, based on the documents listed by Chen Shiming, it can be said that all the arrangements he and General Manager Lin had made at Chen's over the past five years had been wasted. Not only that, but a lot of people were also lost.

Now they not only have to finish other things, but also prevent this internal review of Chen's from affecting their plans. However, there is too little that can be salvaged. Some people have to give up in advance, and some plans can only be abandoned... If it was just like Qin Xingfeng who exposed a few low-level employees, there would not be much problem, but Chen Shiming targeted the management, Mr. Xu, Mr. Jiang... Several people who were closely related to them were arrested.

The greatest power of the Chen family still lies in the hands of Chen father and son. Chen Jianhong does not say that he is doing this out of consideration for the people with whom he had fought together in the past, but once issues such as the foundation of the Chen family are involved, then Chen Jianhong has every reason to start a war.

Chen Shiming found a knife for Chen Jianhong.

"Assistant Jiang."

Jiang Yuze came to his senses and found Chen Shiming standing in front of him.

Chen Shiming still had the same expression, confident yet steady, "This matter involves a lot of things. I'll have to trouble Assistant Jiang to pay more attention to it in the next period of time. After all, there are many projects that are of great importance. If there are problems during the review process, then things will be different at that time."

Jiang Yuze replied seriously: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, we will handle this matter well."

Chen Shiming nodded: "Then I will wait for good news from Assistant Jiang."

After he said that and left, Jiang Yuze's face became completely gloomy.

Chen Shiming was just testing him.

Jiang Yuze lowered his eyes slightly, and then he realized that he had lost all the battle this time.

But is it really only Chen Shiming... ? At what point did their plans go haywire?

While "The Heart's Eyes" was becoming a huge hit, Chen's follow-up actions were underway, and the winner and loser were already announced in the silent smoke of war.

Lin Shizhong smashed the ashtray against the door. No one dared to speak. He couldn't calm down after receiving Jiang Yuze's call. "The Chen family is so lucky. A bad movie can catch up with the trend and become popular..."

"Boss Lin, this matter can be salvaged. Since we can't do anything to the show, we can target other actors... There are too many shows that are implicated by actors, so there is a way out." Someone stepped forward and continued to offer advice: "There are so many people in their show, there must be one..."

Before he could finish his words, the glass shattered at his feet and he stopped talking immediately.

"Do you think Chen Shiming is a fool? Now that the matter has become a big deal, all of Chen Shiming's people are watching the Internet. Do you think he won't notice these actions if you come forward to spread dirt at this time? Or do you think Chen's capital can't suppress these? Do you think we haven't exposed enough?" Lin Shizhong sneered, "Besides, it's already this time, Feihong has made the money it should have made, do you think this will work?"

Several important figures planted in Chen's company were exposed, and their subsequent plans were ruined.

The man didn't dare to speak and lowered his head.

Lin Shizhong's face was sinister, his usual amiable face gone. His eyes glanced at the documents on the desk, and another arrogant and ostentatious face emerged in his mind, "Chen Qizhao...?"

-*

At night at Chen's house, the whole family gathered together for dinner.

Chen Qizhao was eating casually. He had been listening attentively to the routine evening work meeting between Chen Jianhong and Chen Shiming, judging the current situation of the group from their words. When the father and son mentioned today's meeting, Chen Qizhao heard several familiar names being mentioned and was in a good mood.

He originally thought that he would have to find some time to hand the things to Chen Shiming, but he didn't expect that his elder brother was quite capable and could catch the bait immediately after throwing it out. This time, he caught a lot of familiar faces at once.

The Chen Group is facing internal and external troubles. After this incident, Chen Jianhong and Chen Shiming should be able to pay attention to those old guys who always make trouble in the board of directors. In this way, those major accidents and projects encountered in the group in the future should be avoided in advance, and it will be difficult for Lin Shizhong to make trouble remotely. Chen Qizhao felt much better and ate half a bowl more of rice.

Chen Qizhao was still thinking about something, but Chen Jianhong's gaze stayed on him for a long time.

Zhang Yazhi said, "Xiao Zhao, what are you thinking about? Your father is calling you."

Chen Qizhao came back to his senses, looked at Chen Jianhong, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Have you finished discussing the work?"

"The Feihong project has been done well this time." Chen Jianhong asked, "Would you like to come to the headquarters after the New Year?"

Chen Shiming reported this matter to him from beginning to end. There was actually a very important factor in Feihong's great victory, which was signing Nie Chenxiao and choosing "Heart's Eye". Gambling is taboo in the business world. All bets are based on intelligence. He and Chen Shiming had even made preparations for the final outcome after the failure of this gamble. However, this seemingly messy decision made Chen the biggest beneficiary.

Outsiders may not know, but he and Chen Shiming could not have failed to notice.

Chen Qizhao was involved in the establishment of all these advantageous conditions.

Chen Qizhao thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but you have to get a better assistant. That Yu Jie is really not that good."

Chen Shiming looked at him, "What happened to Yu Jie?"

"Didn't Dad ask him to be my assistant last time? His professional skills are okay, but I don't really understand what he says every time. He's quite good at pretending. He can't help me as well as Special Assistant Xu." Chen Qizhao said with a distressed look, "So I can only record it and listen to it myself every time."

His gaze stopped at Chen Shiming, and he noticed the doubt in his eyes, "Why don't you believe it?"

Chen Shiming asked: "What did you record?"

Chen Qizhao: "Just the audio of every Feihong meeting."

Chen Jianhong asked, "Why are you recording this?"

"Record it and think about it. I know others say I'm an idiot, so I recorded it and thought about it myself." Chen Qizhao took out his phone and played an audio file on the spot: "Don't you believe it? Here, I recorded it."

The audio is indeed the content of the meeting, and it contains the voices of Chen Qizhao and Assistant Yu.

Chen Shiming said: "I really don't believe it. Please send me a copy of all the documents. Yu Jie has good business capabilities in the group, and such a mistake should not have occurred."

Chen Qizhao looked at Chen Shiming in surprise, but continued speaking along with what he said: "I also heard that Yu Jie is a capable subordinate of Jiang Yuze. Every time in the company, people also talk about how great he is." He then looked at Chen Jianhong: "Dad, I think your Assistant Jiang's ability to teach people is not good enough. Just take the last time Fu Yanyu's incident, I asked Assistant Yu to come up with a public relations plan, but this guy was still dithering and pretending to be stupid. If I hadn't said a few words to him, he probably wouldn't have done anything."

Chen Jianhong seemed to be thinking about something.

Chen Shiming drank a mouthful of soup and continued, "Taking money without doing any work is really not a good thing. We need to investigate."

Chen Qizhao looked at Chen Shiming, thinking about something.

Ever since he reminded Special Assistant Xu that time, Chen Shiming's actions have been a little strange every time. It seems that he is going against him, but in fact he is achieving the effect he wants. These times, Chen Shiming has been hinting at things in his words and deeds. On the surface, it seems like nothing, but in fact, he is always looking for something to say. He didn't know what Chen Shiming was suspicious of, but at this point, this situation was better for maintaining a balance.

The more suspicious Chen Shiming was, the more he would take everything he said seriously.

Zhang Yazhi was very happy to see the father and his two sons talking peacefully. "Hey, let's eat first. If you want to talk about work, let's go to the study later."

After dinner, Chen Qizhao was not interested in talking about work with the two men.

Not long after he returned to the room, he received a message from Cheng Rong, saying that there was a celebration banquet for him and asked him to come and show his support.

Recently, because of Feihong's matter, he rarely goes out to drink. In order to avoid suspicion from some people, he still has to act out some drama.

In order to avoid Zhang Yazhi talking about him, Chen Qizhao deliberately avoided people when he went out.

After discussing work, Chen Shiming came out of the study and planned to talk to Chen Qizhao.

But he knocked on the door for a long time and got no response.

He looked at his watch in confusion, "It's only ten o'clock. Why are you going to bed so early?"

The housekeeper happened to pass by and saw the eldest young master standing at the door, so he had to say, "Young master, the second young master may have gone out."

Chen Shiming: “Maybe?”

The housekeeper hesitated and finally said, "Not long ago, I saw the young master of the Cheng family's car at the door."

Chen Shiming: “…”

-*

The lights were bright and there was wine and women everywhere, and a group of young people were sitting in the bar booths.

There was the crisp sound of clinking glasses and friends saying celebratory words.

"Did your brother really let you out?" Cheng Rong asked doubtfully.

"What else? I've done such a big thing this time, how dare Chen Shiming stop me?" Chen Qizhao clinked glasses with him with a smile, and then asked, "Where's Yan Kailin? Didn't you call him?"

"I called him, and he said he would come later." Cheng Rong explained, "He said his brother took him to visit a friend and he couldn't leave for the time being. You know it's almost Chinese New Year, and the Yan family hasn't been back to S City for a long time, so it's inevitable for them to come and pay New Year's greetings."

"Drink, drink. Xiao Zhao did well this time! My friends all said you made a lot of money this time!"

"Why call me Xiao Zhao? Now it's time to call me Mr. Chen."

"Mr. Chen, please let me know when you do business with me in the future. If there is a good investment, please lend a hand to me."

Chen Qizhao sat in the booth and listened to these people talking.

Chinese New Year... He hasn't had a proper Chinese New Year in many years. Looking at the streets decorated with lights and the New Year atmosphere, all he remembered were the deserted apartment and tombstones in the suburbs. The significance of Chinese New Year to him is probably just one more day than Qingming Festival. He brings his family's favorite food and sits in front of the tombstone for half a day.

Chen Qizhao rolled his eyes and sneered in his heart. So many people were standing on the periphery watching Chen and Feihong make a fool of themselves... Did they still want to sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor and wait for the dividends? He swiped his phone, and in the chat history with other people, a screenshot of a compressed package marked "Fu Yanyu" was clearly visible.

For some people, don't even think about the New Year.

He had to send Lin Shizhong a New Year gift package, otherwise how could he repay his care over the years.

Chen Qizhao exited the chat interface, pressed the record button, and recorded the celebratory champagne tower in the center of the table.

Before posting it to his friends circle, he skillfully clicked on a group and blocked Shen Yuhuai from it.

"Post it on Moments?" Cheng Rong asked.

Chen Qizhao laughed, his eyes full of meaning, "Of course, happy things should be shown to others. I like to show off the most."

In addition to showing off, he also loves to see people suffer misfortune.

Want to make money? Don't make any money.

It’s not over yet.