Chapter 407: Terrifying Data

Seeing Luo Mo's half-smiling response, Xu Chujing didn't know for a moment whether her bizarre dream had bled into reality, or if the cat he spoke of referred to her, and he was merely teasing her.

Yes, Luo Mo was indeed referring to Xu Chujing.

He was also referring to the little white cat he kept, Baibaibai.

In the Drama, Princess Nihuang was still probing Mei Zhangsu.

In reality, Xu Chujing's probing of Luo Mo at that family banquet had only scratched the surface.

It's just that, whether it was the character or the Actor, the impression upon first meeting this man was the same.

——【First meeting you, yet it feels like an old friend returning.】

Inside the residence, Princess Nihuang deliberately mentioned their childhood playmate, Prince Jing Xiao Jingyan, brought up his character and temperament, and started with, "You know."

Mei Zhangsu immediately responded with composure: "Princess, you flatter me. How would Su know the personality of His Highness Prince Jing?"

Nihuang's probing continued; she not only took Mei Zhangsu to tour the residence but also deliberately asked him to exit the residence through another gate.

Outside this gate was the former Lin Mansion, the home where Mei Zhangsu grew up when he was still Lin Shu!

At this moment, the Lin Mansion was already dilapidated.

The two spoke in front of the gate; Nihuang first asked, "Sir, do you know where this is?" and then deliberately mentioned the old case of the Red Flame Army.

Mei Zhangsu's expression was calm, extremely restrained and patient, answering fluently, and even advising the Princess not to linger here.

Nihuang had come specifically to confirm whether the person before her was the Lin Shu she longed for day and night; upon hearing his words, her pupils could not help but tremble slightly.

She turned abruptly and climbed the stone steps in front of the Lin Mansion.

Mei Zhangsu was draped in a warm cloak, yet he did not feel a shred of warmth.

Luo Mo performed a micro-processing of coldness in this scene.

One must know, this place was once his warmest home.

This was used to create a contrast.

Nihuang walked to the door and turned around again.

This was her final probe of Mei Zhangsu, or perhaps, her final struggle.

"Does Master Su really not want to come in and take a look?"

Mei Zhangsu was silent for two seconds; he had thought he could control his emotions and remain unruffled, but as everyone knows, human facial muscles sometimes refuse to obey.

When filming this close-up shot, Luo Mo filmed it four times.

On the final take, his eyelids trembled once.

Just this one movement made Luo Chun, Zhou Tong, and the others applaud in admiration: "Director Luo's touch is excellent!"

Here, Hu Ge had handled it this way, and Luo Mo was simply following suit.

Realizing he could no longer control his facial expressions, Mei Zhangsu turned his back to Nihuang, using this to feign that he was turning to leave, appearing as if he feared being tainted by trouble.

"This is merely an old case from twelve years ago, and it has no connection to what Su is currently planning."

"Farewell."

Nihuang watched the Back Shadow of Mei Zhangsu walking away, unable to see the expression on his face at this moment.

He could not enter this gate.

He did not even dare to take a second look at the gate of this Lin Mansion.

Because his mother had committed suicide right in front of this gate.

The Drama paused at this moment, the scene began to switch, and began to introduce several other subplots.

Who could have imagined that Mei Zhangsu's seemingly simple desire to buy a residence in Beijing was actually part of his layout!

The dry well in the residence hid a mystery!

And those two young men, Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin, naturally became his pawns again.

Two young masters of noble status were used as eyewitnesses.

As the episode ended, those viewers who had topped up for Member Early Access all felt it was worth more than the price!

Some netizens who were more cautious with their money would go online to check if it was worth it.

It was just like checking reviews before going to the cinema to see if a movie was worth the money to watch in the theater.

Upon checking, they found nothing but praise!

The Drama was becoming increasingly gripping, and the collision of the characters' emotions was becoming more and more intense.

The character of Mei Zhangsu was becoming increasingly three-dimensional.

The many traits of this character were actually very complex.

……….

……….

Shencheng, inside a high-end residential complex.

It was already late at night, but Cheng Wen ultimately couldn't help himself and called the deputy head of the data team, wanting to know the number of new members for "Nirvana in Fire" since its update tonight.

If he didn't ask now, he feared he would suffer from insomnia again tonight.

If he had a bottom line in his heart, he could at least sleep more soundly.

"It's already past eleven at night, so we can already see something," Cheng Wen thought.

The feedback from the deputy head of the data team was: "As of now, the number of new members today is 582,000!"

This figure completely shocked Cheng Wen.

"How many did you say!?" Cheng Wen couldn't help but confirm again.

The staff at Penguin Video had recently discovered that their President Cheng had been a bit "hard of hearing" lately.

Because of the Drama "Nirvana in Fire," he kept asking the same thing over and over.

The deputy head of the data team swallowed and repeated again: "President Cheng, it's 582,000!"

Immediately after, he heard a busy signal; Cheng Wen had actually hung up the phone in a second.

He was afraid his laughter would scare his subordinates!

"Hahahaha! 582,000! It's already nearly 600,000!"

"It's definitely going to break 600,000 today!"

Although under normal circumstances, the first-day data for enabling 【Member Early Access】 would be the Peak Value, 600,000 is already a record-breaking figure for Penguin Video to date!

And after midnight, Cheng Wen finally couldn't help himself and called the data team again, who were still working overtime and grinding away.

The final single-day data obtained was 679,000!

In just twenty short minutes, the data had actually surged by another huge chunk!

Cheng Wen had originally intended to get a good night's sleep tonight after having some peace of mind.

But the final result was that he suffered from insomnia again.

The only difference was that before, he was too anxious to sleep, and now he was... too excited to sleep!

"There's a chance, there's definitely a chance to overtake Qiqu Video!" Cheng Wen thought to himself.

As for Pineapple TV, which was leading Penguin Video by a small margin, Cheng Wen didn't even put it in his eyes.

Surpassing Pineapple TV, wasn't that easy and a piece of cake?

Early the next morning, Cheng Wen excitedly gave Luo Mo a call.

"Luo Mo, you really are good at exceeding everyone's expectations!" Cheng Wen opened with the very words Luo Mo had said to him last time.

Luo Mo had said his Drama could exceed the audience's expectations.

For Cheng Wen, the various data points had likewise exceeded expectations.

Upon learning that the data for *Nirvana in Fire* had already broken Penguin Video's internal record, Luo Mo only said: "Director Cheng, why not keep a close watch again tonight?"

"Hm?" Cheng Wen let out a sound of surprise and said: "You... what do you mean?"

"I just feel that the fermentation of word-of-mouth takes time; at the same time, a person might be able to resist temptation once, but they might not be able to resist it time and time again." Luo Mo was like a devil from the abyss.

Yesterday, *Nirvana in Fire* updated 2 free episodes; after you finished watching, you resisted.

Then, two more free episodes will be updated today; you will definitely watch them again, and after finishing, you will face 【Member Early Access】 once more!

Are you sure you don't want to watch four more episodes in one go?

Everyone else is discussing the subsequent Drama!

Are you sure you don't want to enjoy it to the end tonight?

With such short episodes, who could be satisfied?

Friend, you only need to give a light tap with your little hand, and you can reap double the joy!

With such a good Drama placed in front of you, can you resist the first day and make it to the fifteenth?

Just be straightforward.

Don't be reserved.

You just...

—Just give in to me!

(End of this chapter)