"If you submit your application early tomorrow morning, our manager won't let you down, will he?" the clerk said. "We'll definitely get it done right away."
Seeing that he had no other choice, Manager Wu hung up the phone. Then he felt that he had handled such a small matter so clumsily that he was too embarrassed to reply to Guo Qingchen.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that those people saw that his position in Kefeng was in jeopardy, so they refused so bluntly.
Otherwise, why would I not agree to his request?
Manager Wu thought so in his mind and called Manager Niu from the technical department.
"Manager Wu." Manager Niu called politely.
"Manager Niu," Manager Wu said with a smile, "I'm sorry to call you at this hour and disturb your rest."
Manager Niu thought to himself, since he knew the time was not right, why did he call?
Why is it so difficult for everyone in their technical department, from managers to employees, to take a break after work without being disturbed?
"What a busy life! I finally get home early from get off work and I immediately help my daughter with her homework. I haven't had time to supervise her studies lately and my wife has scolded me a lot. Manager Wu, is there anything I can do for you?" Manager Niu thought to himself, if you have something to say, just say it quickly, I still have to help my daughter with her homework.
"That's right." Manager Wu didn't bother to talk about anything else, just wanted to get the job done quickly. "I've discussed it with Director Guo, and we'd like to increase the playback data for 'Nine Heavens'. The specific charges will be based on the standards set by Kefeng, which will also generate revenue for Kefeng."
This is a tacit understanding within the industry and naturally cannot be made public.
But everyone in the industry knows about this trick and will try it.
Now the platform is the boss and belongs to the upper reaches of the industry food chain.
Do you want the platform to change the data?
But it will cost a lot of money.
Especially some dramas, the results are not that good.
But they were able to spend money on marketing, and while they were marketing it crazily, they were also frantically inflating the playback data to create the illusion that the show was very popular.
Of course, not every drama can do this.
One depends on whether the platform is willing, and the other depends on whether the producer of the show has the money and is willing to pay it.
Those dramas that already have low costs are naturally unwilling to do these things.
Moreover, the cost is low, and it is relatively easy to recover the cost, and you can even make a lot of money.
On the contrary, for a film like "Nine Heavens", although the shooting cost is not high, the actors' pay is high.
Also, because the shooting cost is not high and the quality is not good enough, it is easy to fail, but the actors' pay increases the production cost of the entire drama.
It becomes more difficult to recoup the investment.
Buying data and making it look good will increase publicity costs, making it more difficult to recoup the investment.
But if the data is not good, then you will lose all your face.
This is a very difficult decision.
So, Guo Qingchen also took the risk this time.
"Well, submit an application tomorrow and then give Director Guo the revised price based on the revised figures," Manager Niu said. "If he agrees, we'll revise it for him."
Manager Wu: “…”
"Manager Niu, the drama 'Nine Heavens' was produced by our Kefeng." Manager Wu reminded him. Did Manager Niu forget this?
"Show the price to Director Guo. He's still going to apply to our Kefeng. It's like taking money out of one pocket." Manager Wu said, "It's better to just change it directly."
"That won't work. We must follow all the necessary procedures." Manager Niu insisted. "Manager Wu, please don't make things difficult for me. Otherwise, if you blame me later, I won't be able to explain myself. We should just follow the formal procedures. That way, neither of us will be in any trouble, right?"
"I'll submit the application tomorrow. Once you've recorded it, I'll contact Director Guo to agree on the price, and he'll contact Kefeng to apply. Isn't this a waste of time?" Manager Wu said impatiently. "We've been going back and forth like this. The second episode has already aired, and the view count data hasn't been updated yet. If we change it later, the data will suddenly change, especially the data from the first episode. Won't netizens see the trick immediately?"
Manager Niu smiled and said, "Manager Wu, I'm going to tell you the truth, and you may not like it."
You don't want to hear it, but I have to say it anyway.
Manager Wu: “…”
"With the limited number of views for 'Nine Heavens', people can tell no matter when you change the data." When Manager Niu said this, his tone sounded quite embarrassed.
Manager Wu: “…”
Is "Nine Days" that bad?
"Manager Niu, how many views does 'Nine Heavens' have now?" asked Manager Wu.
Manager Niu said, "Just now, the colleague on duty sent me a screenshot of the backend data. 'Nine Days' has been airing for half an hour, and the number of views has just exceeded 1,000."
Manager Wu's heart sank, and he laughed dryly, "Didn't it just air? And it's Monday, everyone's busy. Those who work overtime are working overtime, and even those who don't work overtime will come home late, so it's normal that they won't be able to watch it first."
"The growth rate of the number of views is not even one twentieth of that of 'Broken Continent'." Manager Niu said mercilessly.
Manager Wu: “…”
"No..." Manager Wu racked his brains for an excuse. "Don't you see how much promotion 'Broken Continent' got? Ke Feng gave 'Broken Continent' all the best promotional spots, and there's also a promotion where you can get membership by watching the show. Its views must be higher than 'Nine Heavens'. At least half of them watched it for the membership promotion. Who knows? Maybe they didn't even watch the show and just put it aside and played it on mute."
Manager Niu doesn't care about Manager Wu's self-deceiving remarks.
Are you going there half for the membership?
It’s only a four-day membership. How many people can watch a show they don’t like just for a four-day membership?
Even if it's played on silent.
Kefeng launched this activity with the aim of letting netizens watch the first episode first. If it is good, they will naturally continue to watch it.
You can watch and get membership at the same time, it’s a win-win situation.
Even if you don't have the patience to watch the show later and only watch the first episode, if you get a one-day membership, enjoy the membership services, and know how convenient it is, you may be converted to a full membership with a recharge.
This is Kefeng’s purpose.
However, Manager Niu thought, could Manager Wu really not think of this?
Even with the benefit of free membership, the number of views of "Nine Heavens" is less than one twentieth of that of "Broken Continent", which is really exaggerated.
This is enough to show that "Nine Heavens" is really not as good as "Broken Continent".
Manager Wu is not unaware of this, he just doesn't want to admit it.
"Manager Niu, even if we must submit an application, can we skip the data purchase process? This drama was originally produced by Kefeng Investment, and the money for purchasing the data was also provided by Kefeng."
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