Fang Yang didn't stay long. He only ate a small bowl of rice quickly before announcing that the animation team would have a day off tomorrow. He then rushed back to Yuewen Entertainment Website, leaving Yang Huajin to handle the arrangements and pay the bill. He arrived back at Yuewen Entertainment Website just after seven o'clock. All the main members of Yuewen Entertainment Website stayed behind tonight to deal with any unexpected situations.

As soon as I returned to the office, Zhou Kai followed me in, his excitement evident on his face. "Xiao Yang, here are the statistics: our website added 5 million new registered users today. Since the first two episodes were free to watch, the increase in members isn't obvious yet, but there were still nearly 300,000 new members. Now we'll just have to see how well 'Calabash' performs when it officially launches tonight."

Fang Yang laughed and said, "Don't worry, I was involved in the entire production of 'Calabash Brothers.' The production quality is excellent. It's all done in 3D, and the clarity and production level are comparable to blockbuster movies. In every aspect, it can easily surpass Japanese animation. Our animation will definitely create a miracle in the field of Chinese animation!"

Zhou Kai rubbed his hands together. "Our website currently has over 80 million registered users, and the record for the first broadcast of an animated film is 65.7 million. The rest is up to us to see if we can break that record tonight!"

Fang Yang: "Do all the registered users on the website know that we're launching 'Hulu' tonight?"

Zhou Kai: "You should all know by now. Our website started advertising on the website banner three days ago, and we also sent referral information to every registered user. In addition, the website will prompt users to pay attention as soon as they log in. It can be said that we have achieved comprehensive and thorough promotion. As for other platforms, as you instructed, we have not advertised on them."

Fang Yang nodded, "Now that we already have such a large number of registered users on the site, there's no need to advertise on other platforms. That would be a complete waste of money. Besides, after 'Calabash' is launched, users will advertise for us. You know, the power of word of mouth is immense!"

Zhou Kai nodded, "Okay, I'll go to the data room now and keep an eye on things, make sure nothing goes wrong!"

Fang Yang checked the time. "Let's go together. It'll start in a few minutes. It'll be easier to watch the big screen in the data room."

The two arrived at the data room. Apart from Yang Huajin, all the original members of Yuewen Entertainment were gathered in front of the large screen. Chen Chen typed on the computer, displaying all the backend data on the screen. There were still five minutes until 7:30. At this time, the number of online users was a little over 20 million, and it was increasing as the time approached.

Fang Yang asked Chen Chen, "Uncle Chen, how many people are usually online at this time?"

Chen Chen thought for a moment, "Normally, the number of people at this time is around 5 million, because most people are eating or taking a walk after dinner, so the number of people at this time is not very large."

Fang Yang suddenly realized, "Uncle Chen, please bring up the data from Tengle Video as well, and make sure it occupies half of the screen, just like our data. This way, we can see the data comparison between the two sides in a timely manner."

Chen Chen thought about it and realized it made sense. As the leading video website, Tengle Video's data was representative. Although Yuewen was broadcast across the entire network, Tengle's data alone reflected the overall picture. He kept clicking, and soon the big screen displayed Tengle's data: over 45 million users, more than double that of Yuewen. This was normal; Tengle had been deeply rooted in the internet industry for over a decade, something Yuewen couldn't match in a month.

The clock hands ticked away, finally pointing to 7:30. The first and second episodes of "Calabash" went live on time, and the number of viewers jumped from zero to millions every second. Fortunately, Yuewen Entertainment website has a capacity of 200 million, so this amount of traffic is just a drop in the ocean and not worth mentioning.

In just one minute, the number of visitors had reached ten million. Fang Yang glanced at Tengle and thought, "Hmm, the number of visitors is fifteen million. After all, it's a big website; its traffic is much greater than Yuewen's."

Five minutes later, the number of viewers on Yuewen Entertainment website stabilized at around 31 million, while the number of viewers on Tengle Video fluctuated around 48 million. Both websites have basically stabilized. Based on this calculation, Yuehai's "Ninja Soul" has a total of over 100 million viewers. However, it is still in the free phase. The key data will be seen tomorrow. In addition, we also need to see the online reviews after one episode, which is also very important.

However, before the first season was even over, at the seventh minute, or more precisely, at the sixth minute and fifty-seventh second, the data changed. The number of viewers on Tengle Video plummeted, starting from a peak of 50 million and quickly falling below 45 million. Moreover, the rate of decline became increasingly steep, and the drop below 40 million occurred in just a few seconds.

"Something happened?" Fang Yang sat up straight, noticing that the number of online users on the Yuewen Entertainment website was climbing rapidly, quickly surpassing 50 million, and the number was still jumping around rapidly.

"Uncle Chen, switch to the registration count backend and take a look."

Chen Chen responded and switched to the backend of Yuewen Entertainment website. He saw that the number of registered users had increased from more than 80 million in the afternoon to more than 100 million, and was still rising rapidly. Almost every time it was over a million, Fang Yang noticed that the number of members had exceeded 10 million and was still increasing rapidly!

Something must have happened. "Should we switch to a few other platforms and take a look?" Fang Yang said to Chen Chen again.

Chen Chen started typing on the computer again. A few minutes later, a nine-grid image appeared on the big screen. Yuewen Entertainment website occupied the center position, surrounded by eight major video websites, including Tengle Video, Soule Video, Apple Video, Aile Video, and Xinle Video. At this time, except for the traffic of Yuewen Entertainment website which was increasing rapidly, the traffic of other websites was plummeting. It seemed that there was only one reason: something had gone wrong with the broadcast of "Ninja Soul", and it was a big problem!

"Let's switch to the blog. I reckon something's definitely happened to 'Ninja Soul,' and it's pretty serious. It's probably trending on the blog!" Fang Yang said with a smile.

Seeing such a dramatic change in the data, everyone present guessed that something had happened, and they all took out their phones to log in to their blogs. Fang Yang didn't have a blog account and didn't have the habit of logging in to blogs, so he simply let Chen Chen operate the computer to log in.

Su Qiong suddenly exclaimed, "Something really has happened! The top three posts on my blog are all about 'The Soul of the Ninja,' claiming that the content is bloody and has a huge negative impact on children's development. There has been a strong reaction online, with people suggesting that the government ban it and demanding that all major websites apologize and compensate for the losses!"

At this moment, Chen Chen also logged onto the blog website, and sure enough, the internet was filled with angry comments. Not only the first three posts, but all the top ten were trending topics condemning "Ninja Soul". This happened right after the commercial break when the first episode of the two animated series finished airing. Angry netizens flooded the blog to condemn "Ninja Soul" for promoting bloodshed and violence, which had a great impact on children's values, and demanded that major websites apologize and compensate for the losses.