"After all these years in the industry, you can still ask such a stupid question?"
Scott's boss shouted toward the door, "Lakshmi!"
At that moment, the door opened gently.
A young woman holding a document walked in and stood beside Scott.
"Lakshmi, read out the data you've collected!"
"Yes!" Lakshmi nodded respectfully and unfolded the document in her hands.
When she turned to look at Scott, her cheeks flushed slightly.
"This is the statistical data for MiHoYo's account.
Registered on Bilibili at 4:04 PM yesterday.
Passed the membership test at 4:14 PM.
Released two videos simultaneously at 6:00 PM: A Short Scene and Dramatic Irony.
As of noon today, the account has surpassed 100,000 followers.
Dramatic Irony is approaching 2 million views.
Numerous analysis videos have also emerged,
speculating on the story direction of Honkai: Star Rail,
analyzing the cinematography, symbolism, terminology, and filming techniques in Dramatic Irony,
as well as theories about Kafka's identity.
Currently, all of these have stable data support.
Additionally, Kafka has become a new trendsetter in fan creations.
Dramatic Irony has also made it onto Bilibili's 24-hour trending list and '178th Weekly Must-Watch.'
This data is limited to Bilibili only."
"Not particularly terrifying,
but in this era of oversaturated web series, such results
are impressive enough to catch the attention of higher-ups."
"I understand!" Scott's voice grew louder. "Invite, behead, or recruit!
But what if the boss of MiHoYo refuses to cooperate?"
"Then we proceed as usual. Sometimes, destroying a dream
is much, much easier than nurturing one!"
——
Meanwhile, in the café.
"Eek! Dan Heng, Dan Heng! Look at this!"
March 7th excitedly pointed at her phone screen.
"We've already surpassed 100,000 followers!
This is amazing! Hehe!
Doesn't Bilibili give out a little silver plaque for this?
With 'Treasure of the Site' written on it?"
A rare smile appeared on Dan Heng's face. "Yes. Not only that,
but when we reach 1 million followers, they'll give a golden award."
"Wow! Just thinking about it makes me so happy! Look, there's so much Kafka-related content on Bilibili's homepage!
Sister Kafka is famous now!"
"Could it be because
you've been binge-watching Kafka videos all night,
and the algorithm has memorized your preferences, tailoring your feed?"
"Huh?! There's such a thing?"
Sigh~ Himeko sat on the sofa, gently blowing on her cup of coffee.
Since Su Chen's arrival, these had been the most relaxed days of her life.
Although their financial situation hadn't improved yet,
things were already good enough—step by step, they were climbing upward,
seemingly on the verge of touching their utopia.
Lost in thought, Himeko reached her hand toward the ceiling.
Suddenly, a gentle yet dangerous face blocked her view.
"What's wrong, Wedding Tomato?"
"Nothing. I'm just happy that after struggling for so long, we're finally on the right track!"
Countless memories flashed by, and Kafka smiled bitterly.
"Yeah. Honestly, I don't know if I was crazy back then.
Every night, I'd dream of standing by a window, looking out at the world,
as if I was born to go there.
But the window was always foggy, no matter how hard I tried to wipe it clean.
Then I met you, listened to the stories you told,
and the fog seemed to fade a little.
Finally, when I saw Su Chen's script,
that window disappeared completely!"
Himeko froze for a few seconds before bursting into laughter. "I don't remember Purple Eggplant being so sentimental!
But you're right! Everything changed after Su Chen arrived!"
"By the way, did you contact the person Su Chen asked you to?"
"I did, but many students are graduating soon, and he's helping them with their theses.
He hasn't changed at all after all these years!"
"Ah, I got so caught up chatting that I almost forgot the main thing!
March, Dan Heng, have you memorized your lines yet?"
——
Not far from the café, Su Chen sat under the shade of a tree,
pleased with the video metrics in his hands.
They had far exceeded his expectations.
He hadn't anticipated 2 million views already.
And the sheer volume of fan creations was staggering.
It just proved how popular Kafka really was!
Betting on her had clearly been the right move.
Kafka naturally generated endless discussion.
After all,
few could blend so many contradictions so harmoniously.
Riding the hype train felt amazing—though it was a bit odd to be hyping his own content.
Most importantly,
he now had a substantial amount of points.
Based on yesterday's A Short Scene view count,
1 million views converted to roughly 10,000 points.
But.
After today's system calculation, Su Chen had gained 200,000 points.
Even if viewers were losing their minds over Kafka,
the numbers shouldn't be this exaggerated.
It couldn't just be from A Short Scene either.
That video only had 100,000 views—nowhere near enough to contribute meaningfully.
To be fair, A Short Scene had a high bookmark-to-view ratio.
This suggested one thing:
Other platforms had reposted the PV, and those views counted too.
It didn't matter who uploaded the video—as long as the content was his, it contributed.
Add in all the analysis videos and fan works across the internet,
at a 1 million:10,000 points ratio,
total views must have surpassed 20 million by now.
Just earlier,
a bootleg upload on Douyin had 20,000 likes.
Though it stung,
the priority now was making the public aware of MiHoYo,
aware of Honkai: Star Rail,
aware that a web series was coming.
The thieves could be dealt with later!
With this many points in hand,
Su Chen slowly stood up.
"Time to give the audience a little Honkai: Star Rail shock!
Time to build the Herta Space Station."
He slid his palm forward until the architectural model in his vision turned from red to green!
[Ding! Congratulations, Host! 70,000 points consumed. Successfully unlocked 'Master Control Zone'!]
[Ding! Congratulations, Host! 70,000 points consumed. Successfully unlocked 'Support Zone'!]
Combined with the Stellaron Storage Room from the starter pack—effectively the 'Base Zone' from the game—
the Herta Space Station storyline now only needed two key actors.
Had they been contacted yet?
Just then,
Su Chen's phone rang. He pulled it out.
Huh?
A call from Firefly?
"Hello? Firefly~!"
"Boss! Silver Wolf and Herta are fighting!"