I Am A Prodigy

Zhao Liangying looked at Ye Lingchen and asked, “Lingchen, what’s your estimate?”

With everyone focusing on him, Ye Lingchen felt helpless. He contemplated for a moment before stating, “I think it’ll definitely be higher than For My Love’s ratings.”

Ye Lingchen was not a vindictive person. Although iPartment was knocked off the listing by For My Love, Ye Lingchen did not hate it. The only reason he remembered the name was because that name was easy to remember. Ugh…that was the truth.

“I think so too!” Li Tai quickly nodded in agreement. “Durian TV ditched us for For My Love. This time, they will surely regret it!”

“That’s right. We must beat those other TV series of the same season and reign supreme over the New Year’s Series!”

“Dominate the New Year’s Series!”

…

If iPartment was looked down upon by others previously, then at that moment, everyone’s attitude had a 180 degree change. They did not think that iPartment would be a niche TV series. Once a slice-of-life comedy series manages to develop its own uniqueness, it will definitely appeal to all ages and be well received!

Moreover, with Ye Lingchen’s participation in the later stages, their standards rose significantly in all aspects. Everyone’s confidence in iPartment had also risen along with it. This TV series was incredibly enjoyable. That was why they wanted Ye Lingchen to make a guess.

Ye Lingchen was fully confident about his show. However, he truly had no idea of the standards used for TV ratings therefore could not just randomly state a number. Nevertheless, he was sure it would outperform the others in the same season.

The group headed toward Grand Capital Restaurant together while happily chattering away. The celebratory feast was scrumptious. Ye Lingchen and Xiao Feifei were giving the customary ‘thanks to everyone’. They went all the way until 11pm before finishing up.

In the next three days, Xiao Feifei was busy promoting iPartment on posters, Weibo trends, and so on. Chen Chichi and the others were also making appearances by taking part in some official events, showing themselves to the public to get some support.

Ye Lingchen did not actively take part in these activities and merely made a call for support on Weibo using Actor Y’s name. Although promotional efforts were important, it still came back to the final product’s quality.

During filming, Ye Lingchen was the one who did the most work. He was actively involved in the work of various departments, and would occasionally guide them personally. The crew members could take shifts to rest, but there was only one Ye Lingchen!

He was the one who slept the least.

Despite that, he was still filled with energy. With the help of Qi Refinement and his strong body, he would be fine even if he went on for days without sleep.

However, he was not a workaholic and would still enjoy his rest when possible.

He laid in his bed with nothing to do. With that, he started accounting for his recent gains.

During the filming period, the luxury bag was sent to various countries, and the payment he received for them was accurate. 800 bags had a total worth of 32 million. 400 sets was another 32 million. With the 50/50 split, he earned a total of 32 million.

Added to Ye Lingchen’s current cash on hand, he was someone with RMB 1.1 billion.

That was an astronomical figure. One should understand that those were not assets. They were purely cash that was just sitting in his account!

Even if it was just 100 million, the annual interest from the bank itself would be 5 million. Without doing anything, he could just eat and play every day and still fail to use them up!

Ye Lingchen counted the zeroes a few times, making him feel that his life was somewhat…complete?

‘Too bad, this genius is not such a superficial person. This is just some meager money. Don’t even think of tainting my pure heart.’

As for his popularity points, ever since the last lucky draw, he still had 2.3 million remaining. However, ever since the gaming incident during the anime convention and the birth of the luxury item, his popularity points went back up to 2.4 million.

After some thoughts, Ye Lingchen managed to hold himself back from attempting the lucky draw.

He should quickly get to 1 billion popularity points and get a skill to an advanced level. Only then would he have better means to protect himself.

He was becoming more famous by the day. Although he was already very capable, it was still better to raise his abilities as much as possible for safety sake. At the moment he had the following intermediate skills: Parkour (Intermediate), Eight Extremities Brute Training (Intermediate), Animal Taming (Intermediate), and Arhat’s Fist Force (Intermediate).

Within these four, if Eight Extremities Brute Training was upgraded to advanced level, then his body would surely reach an extraordinary level. By then, guns were out of the question. Even canons might not be able to harm him.

With only four intermediate skills, the chance of getting it would be higher as well.

…

On the night of 31st December…

It was almost 8pm.

Everyone had already gone home and were comfortably planning their New Year. That was one of the few long holidays in the year that everyone looked forward to.

At the same time, all the TV programs were aiming for this period. All the prime time programs were aired at that time.

As iPartment’s airing time approached, both the public and internet discussions regarding the upcoming TV series for the New Year became more active.

All the TV channels were obviously prepared for that. There were two TV series with the highest public opinion. One of them was For My Love that starred an A-list female celebrity and a little fresh meat as the leading role in a love drama. The other one was Palace, where the story was about political intrigue in the ancient palace. It was similarly starred by the trending A-list celebrities with a grand cast.

The programs from other TV stations had their appeal as well. In comparison, iPartment seemed a lot worse.

Although Xiao Feifei was also famous, she was not starring in the show as an actress. Their status as a newly founded entertainment company along with the rookie cast had lowered their appeal.

Discussions on the internet were about the same. From the voting statistics for TV series done on Weibo, the public’s view on iPartment was very low and negative.

Those that thought it would do well was only at 29%, while those that expected it to fail was at 71%.

Amongst the various TV programs, it had the lowest expectation rating.

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On train three…

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In one of the cars, it was not as packed as it would be during peak hours. A few people were sitting together, chatting away.

“I’ve finally settled all my overtime work. Now I can enjoy a nice and happy New Year.”

“That’s right. There’ll be a few TV series airing tonight. I’m quite excited about it.”

“Ah, I almost forgot about it. For My Love is about to start. My goddess is starring in it.”

“F*ck, it’s only 15 minutes left till prime time. Luckily I can still make it in time.”

“I want to watch Palace. I love political dramas. It’s so much more interesting than regular dramas.

“Aren’t any of you planning to watch iPartment?”