Chapter 49: When a whale falls, all things flourish (Seeking follow-up reads, seeking monthly tickets)

Within 24 hours of its release, "Addicted" broke the record for the highest first-day views for a web drama with 10 million hits.

Clearly, this show was a hit.

It was skyrocketing at a speed others couldn't fathom.

Related topics frequently hit the Weibo trending list, sparking massive discussion among netizens.

The Weibo follower counts of the lead actors also grew rapidly in a short time, with every post they made garnering hundreds of thousands of likes and shares.

Furthermore, the show's view counts on major video sites climbed steadily, even causing server congestion at one point.

Relying on word-of-mouth, its influence expanded further.

It even managed to suppress the four top traffic stars for a wave.

The last one to have this kind of momentum was called "Go Princess Go."

The level of popularity for both was somewhat similar, just in different directions.

Bai Liang mentioned that he had a hand in the promotion too; his grandmother really watched it and even provided feedback.

Grandma said: "The young men are quite handsome, only a little worse than my grandson."

After video calling his grandmother for over half an hour, Bai Liang discovered that Huang Jingyu had sent him quite a few messages.

After calling him back, the other party started with:

"Buddy, I think I'm famous!"

Huang Jingyu's tone on the other end of the phone seemed excited, but also mixed with a hint of confusion and fear of the unknown future.

Noticing this, Bai Liang, who had originally intended to tease him about the show "Addicted," changed his mind.

"Congratulations, my grandma even said you acted quite well."

"Ah... really? Thank her for me."

After two seconds of silence on the phone, Huang Jingyu couldn't stay "melancholy" anymore and spoke directly to Bai Liang with a thick Northeastern accent: "I feel a bit weird, what do you think is going on?"

"It's an unstable mindset caused by sudden fame. You should have studied 'Fan Jin Passes the Exam,' right? It's about the same as his~"

"Listening to you, I always feel like you've been famous or rich before..."

"Not yet, no rush."

"I'm begging you, please open your golden mouth and help me promote the character you played, okay?"

"That's fine too~"

The familiar "that's fine too" left Huang Jingyu speechless.

You had this attitude before I was famous, and you still have this attitude after I'm famous; didn't I get famous for nothing?

Half the joy is gone!

Now Huang Jingyu's mindset really calmed down completely; he felt that if he were too excited, he would look a bit unrefined compared to Bai Liang.

That's how people get along; even if Bai Liang never acted superior in front of anyone, the various details in his daily life always made people unconsciously elevate him.

Sometimes they even couldn't help but imitate him...

Logically, Huang Jingyu should have gone to Yang Xing, his veteran manager, to resolve his "confusion."

But he came to Bai Liang without even thinking.

And don't say it, the "therapeutic effect" was immediate.

It was like watching a leisurely and calm capybara; no matter how irritable you are, you can calm down along with it.

Only he didn't know that a few days ago, Bai Liang almost broke his composure because of a pair of Zha's original-scent silk stockings.

Capybaras have flaws too~

However, Huang Jingyu ultimately couldn't help Bai Liang post a Weibo to promote his character, even though "God of War Zhao Zilong" was about to air.

Because Sister Yang wouldn't allow it.

Her exact words were: "Don't harm little Bai~"

As a sufficiently experienced veteran manager, Sister Yang felt a headache seeing the strange operations these two guys pulled off in private.

Bai Liang was slightly better because he really had no promotional channels; Yang Xing even laughed when she received his recommendation text.

It was quite sincere, but also a bit funny~

But Huang Jingyu couldn't help blindly right now; he just needed to finish eating this wave of traffic and then say goodbye to this character—never touching it again for the rest of his life would be best.

So Yang Xing had to guard against these two brothers messing around... especially Bai Liang, whose ideas were sometimes too creative and too wild.

Even though he had already been in three film crews, Yang Xing still felt he was out of place in the entertainment industry.

In short:

One is reckless and acts without considering the consequences.

The other just gives up and doesn't care about anything.

It's fortunate she only signed one... if both were in her hands, she felt she wouldn't be able to sleep well in the future.

Of course, the former is easier to train; reckless as he is, he is at least obedient.

Unlike that stubborn Bai Liang, Yang Xing didn't know how to move him; at such a young age, he had an air of "having no desires makes one strong," leaving her completely unable to find a way in.

Yet his luck was so good, one show after another, but can luck really last?

And Huang Jingyu, realizing why Sister Yang wouldn't let him help, was suddenly stunned.

Oh no, I've become the "rat dropping."

Now, whoever he gets involved with, the other party is likely to be "cyberbullied."

But going back on his word felt a bit bad...

Fortunately, God "helped" him out.

You see, "Addicted" was banned before it could even finish airing.

Taken down from the entire internet.

We won't mention Huang Jingyu's situation for now, because this matter even "affected" Bai Liang.

The two leads of the "Addicted" crew had appeared on the Mango TV show "Happy Camp" before the show was banned.

That episode couldn't be aired.

Consequently, Bai Liang, who was waiting to join the "Legend of the Condor Heroes" crew, inexplicably received a summons from the "God of War Zhao Zilong" crew.

Urgent report from the front!

Fengxian! Come quickly and record a show!

Because they needed to record a full episode, having just the two leads, Lin Gengxin and Im Yoona, wasn't enough, even if they gathered some "harem" members for him, it still didn't seem like enough.

Happy Camp has five hosts; this show is all about being lively. If there are fewer guests, who will be the background board?

Plus, with some people's schedules not lining up, even Zha's side had people negotiating for her to accompany him on Happy Camp once.

Of course, such a good thing wouldn't be without Meng Ziyi; after all, she is an artist from the show's production company, one of their own, so even if she's just playing a maid, she was brought along.

Appearing on a variety show was, of course, a first for Bai Liang.

There was no time to mourn for the banned Huang Jingyu; now he had to leave immediately to receive some of his "inheritance."

Truly, when a whale falls, all things flourish.

Other shows that kid recorded would now have to be pixelated or re-recorded.

There was even a vague rumor that he and his screen CP would never be able to appear on the same stage again.

Bai Liang felt that if it were him, he should be hiding under the covers secretly laughing right now.

There's such a good thing?!

So, not wanting to comfort Huang Jingyu, he happily prepared to set off for Mango TV in Star City.

Lin Gengxin was urging him quite urgently; he happened to have promotional activities there, so he wanted Bai Liang to go over early so they could team up to play games.

This guy also mysteriously indicated that there was a mysterious guest he could introduce to Bai Liang on this trip.

Between the lines, there was a feeling that the other party was a "big brother."

The "big brother" here is benchmarked against the top big brother on the female streamer list; Bai Liang naturally associated it with a beautiful rich woman.

With his luck, it was very reasonable, and he was also a bit curious.

However, when Bai Liang learned that the so-called "mysterious guest" was a man, he wasn't that curious anymore.

He knew Lin Gou didn't have the kindness to introduce a beautiful young rich woman to him.

Brothers, don't waste your monthly tickets~ they'll expire if you don't vote.

Give me a hand, let's reach two thousand monthly tickets; we're only a hundred or so away. ===== CHAPTER 50 =====