Chapter 1403 But It's Okay, Daily Updates Are Forgivable

If you don't want it, I'm going to give it anyway!

President Pei is just that capricious.

Of course, there's a reason for this capriciousness. After comprehensive consideration, investing in the GOG project would yield the least improvement.

It's already very profitable, and putting another ten million into it would have a negligible effect.

So, the matter was decided happily.

As for whether other departments would be confused or feel like they were being made fun of after knowing the result, those weren't issues Pei Qian needed to consider.

President Pei never needed to explain his actions to anyone!

After all, the system didn't count as a person.

If it were an operation that was particularly easy to arouse suspicion, Pei Qian might have been a bit more restrained. But this sum of money could be justified in any industry, and Pei Qian believed that his subordinates, who were good at divergent thinking, could come up with a reasonable answer on their own.

Pei Qian sent a message directly to the GOG project team, and then turned the page on this matter.

"Next, let me take a look at the situation on the Aili Island website. I wonder how *The Successor* and *Agent Academy* are doing now..."

Pei Qian cautiously opened the page for *The Successor* first.

As a result, the page rating flashed by, and Pei Qian slammed it shut.

Damn it, 9.7!

The speed at which this rating was increasing was like a rocket!

When the results of the Ukraia election hadn't come out last weekend, the rating of *The Successor* had been hovering around 6 points. But after that weekend, the rating suddenly soared like a rocket!

Obviously, the hype and promotion by various self-media played a key role in this process.

*The Successor* had already burned a lot of publicity funds before. Although the response wasn't enthusiastic, it had made a name for itself in front of most people and laid the groundwork.

Although many people weren't interested in the subject matter at all and didn't go to the Aili Island website to watch it, they more or less knew that such a series existed.

As a result, after what happened last weekend, all kinds of public accounts, up-loaders, and self-media people pounced on it like wolves that smelled meat!

Originally, not many people were paying attention to the Ukraia affair, but on Sunday and Monday, it directly dominated the screen, and everyone was discussing it!

And any video or article that mentioned this matter couldn't avoid mentioning *The Successor*, because the two were so similar.

The original work of *The Successor* was a book from a year ago, so it couldn't be seen as riding the wave. It could only be said to be a divine prophecy.

In addition, the controversy caused by *The Successor* when it was first broadcast online, and the highly topical transformation from 6 points to 9 points, made it the perfect topic for a hit article and video.

In short, the popularity that had been hard-earned with money was now all being cashed in, triggering an excellent dissemination effect!

Naturally, more people came to watch *The Successor* out of curiosity.

Perhaps there were still many people who didn't like the subject matter and didn't think the plot was particularly enjoyable, but that didn't stop them from giving it a full score.

Because before, many people's evaluation criteria were based on the standards of a popcorn flick, so it was normal for a series like *The Successor* to get a score of 6; but now, if it was evaluated using the standard of a "magic realist masterpiece that predicts reality," then it should definitely get a full score!

Many people who hadn't watched the entire series, or even hadn't watched it at all, were willing to give it a full score, simply for the sake of the program effect.

The original low scores were changed to high scores, and those who hadn't come to watch it originally also came to give high scores, so the rating of *The Successor* was naturally out of control, and it took off on the spot!

Considering that the contract that *The Successor* signed with the Aili Island website was divided according to ratings and playback volume, looking at the current situation...

"Think of it on the bright side, there's not much room for this rating to continue rising..."

"Bullshit! Is that how you comfort yourself? It's already GG!" (game over)

"Forget it, forget it, I'll take a look at *Agent Academy*."

Pei Qian had completely given up on treating *The Successor*.

When the original work came out, it was fine, and it didn't seem like it was going to be popular. How did it suddenly go wrong after it was adapted into a series?

*Agent Academy* should be much better. After all, its quality was right there. No matter how high the ceiling was, it couldn't possibly be as high as *The Successor*.

However, after Pei Qian opened the page of *Agent Academy*, he was confused again.

The rating was 9.3 points, which was considered to be above average in the anime category. It was a little higher than Pei Qian expected, but not too high, and completely within the acceptable range.

But what was going on with this playback volume!

It had only been broadcast for a few days, how had it already reached tens of millions of views!

Pei Qian felt incredible, because this playback volume was completely an order of magnitude higher than he had imagined.

Logically speaking, even if GOG players came to support it, having one million people following the series in the early stage would already be the limit, right?

The number of followers was something that had to be accumulated. It was impossible for an ordinary animation to attract tens of millions of viewers to follow the series as soon as the first episode was released. That was impossible.

According to the update efficiency of *Agent Academy*, one episode a month, or two or three episodes because there was inventory before, the playback volume should only be more than two million, right?

How did it directly increase by a zero!

Pei Qian felt that something was very wrong. He must have overlooked some very important information.

He quickly switched the option to the number of followers and found that there were more than 1.7 million people following *Agent Academy*, which was even more than the most exaggerated situation he had imagined.

But even so, wouldn't the playback volume of two or three episodes be only five million?

How could there be a difference of an entire order of magnitude?

Pei Qian quickly opened the episode list to check, and as a result, he was dumbfounded.

Six episodes broadcast in six days, from Saturday to now!

Daily updates? Seriously??

If it was three or two episodes, it could be said that it was because there was inventory, and they were released together at the beginning to let everyone watch more.

But continuous updates every day for six days, what did that mean?

It meant that this was the normal update speed!

Because according to common sense, if you don't have any inventory later, and you only make two episodes a month, then it would definitely be inappropriate to spoil the audience's appetite with six episodes in six days at the beginning and then slow down the updates later.

Huang Sibai and Wu Chuan would never make such a low-level mistake.

Pei Qian had a bad feeling.

Obviously, such a fast update speed had become a reason for many people to follow the series.

Originally, Pei Qian estimated that one million people would be good enough to follow the series, but now it was actually 70% higher than his estimated number, which was obviously an advantage brought by the large number of updates.

Other anime series released one episode a week or even one episode a month, and the update speed was slow, so the stickiness would definitely be worse;

And although the overseas anime series purchased by the Aili Island website were updated a lot at once, many people had already watched them through other channels.

Only *Agent Academy* was updated on time every day, which could cultivate habits, increase stickiness, and those who liked to wait and then watch would definitely have a large quantity, which was much more enjoyable than watching other anime!

According to the current trend, the number of followers would definitely increase, and the viewing stickiness of these people should be much higher than other anime series.

Considering the update frequency of *Agent Academy*...

The total playback volume was probably going to explode!

Pei Qian quickly opened the comment section of *Agent Academy* to check the messages from netizens.

"I don't usually follow anime, but I was attracted by the recommendations in GOG. I didn't expect it to be quite interesting. Once I started watching, I couldn't stop!"

"The anime is actually updated daily! I've opened my eyes! What kind of immortal studio is this? Are they working 7*24 hours every week?"

"Produced by Feihuang Studio's anime team, overtime? What are you dreaming about! They work five days a week, eight hours a day. President Pei has to approve an extra hour."

"Ah? I thought they were working overtime like me! I originally felt balanced when I watched *Agent Academy* while working overtime, but now I realize that I'm the clown!"

"Damn, so that means they're not making seven episodes in seven days, they're making seven episodes in five days? This is completely breaking the limits of humanity and subverting the objective laws of the industry, right? Are you really not bragging?"

"Actually, this matter is not very difficult, because *Agent Academy* has an existing original work, so there's no need to spend time thinking about the plot, and the form itself is very suitable for short animations, so the material is easy to obtain; and *Agent Academy* is made with real-time calculation. Once you have a model, you only need to ask motion capture actors to perform the actions. A ten-minute episode, including recording and editing, is completely enough."

"Yes, this approach can be said to have advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it can be done quickly, and the disadvantage is that the quality and details may not be able to reach the extreme. At first glance, the quality is acceptable, but if you carefully compare it with those masterpieces, you can find obvious differences in detail. But how can I put it, with such a large amount of updates, what more do you want?"

"If other animations want to learn, it's not impossible, but it requires two prerequisites: first, you need an original work like *Agent Academy* with millions of words suitable for animation adaptation, and second, you need high-precision models, a special motion capture studio, and a large number of professional talents in storyboarding, action, and editing."

"I'll add one point. The subject matter itself needs to have good visibility. If *Agent Academy* wasn't set in the background of GOG, but was an original story, would everyone be so tolerant of its quality? Would it have gained so much attention in the early stages? It's hard to say."

The comment section was full of discussions about the successful model of *Agent Academy*.

Everyone had different opinions. Some people thought that the quality of *Agent Academy* was not very good, and it was only popular because of the large number of updates; others thought that the quality of *Agent Academy* was actually very good, and the key was that the plot was also very interesting, and the hero character models in GOG were more refined, which was worth watching for GOG players.

But in the end, everyone reached a consensus on one thing: it was almost inevitable that *Agent Academy* would become popular, because it was updated too much!

The details are a little lacking, but it's okay, daily updates are forgivable.

The transitions are not so smooth, but it's okay, daily updates are forgivable.

Some plots seem a little bland and not so interesting, but it's okay, daily updates are forgivable.

In short, everything is forgivable!

For many people, watching an episode during lunch and dinner every day is enough to make a meal more enjoyable.

Looking at the entire Aili Island website, this kind of daily updated animation is the only one. What more could you ask for?