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On the third day, the first episode of "You Look Beautiful When You Smile" had already reached five million online views, and the drama was thoroughly on fire.
As the two leading actors, Chen Xin and Wang Honghong saw a continuous rise in their fan base, and their reputation reached another height.
Chen Xin, already a child star with acting prowess, was now inching towards becoming a traffic superstar, which wasn’t a bad thing considering what she lacked most at the moment was a massive following.
And Tang Shu, as the trailing second female lead in the first episode, may not have been as popular as the first two, but nonetheless, she became a sensation beyond her circle, with Weibo followers close to three million.
"Tang Shu, your ranking is out!"
In the state mechanical engineering lab, Tang Shu, engrossed in her design blueprints, was a bit confused by Sister Luo’s words, with her thoughts still stuck on the drawings.
Sister Luo on the other end of the phone was exasperated.
"Ancestor, can you please pay a little attention to your own affairs? Do I, your agent, have to worry about you two?"
Tang Shu drew two lines with her pencil onto the paper, casually responding while making alterations to the design.
"The capable take on more work."
"Yeah, I do take on more work, but I’ve seen no benefits from it. As the second largest shareholder of Starshine Media, I’m still working for you as number one?"
Sister Luo’s tone was full of helplessness, "I really am destined for hard work!"
Tang Shu, who was dividing her attention, finally solved the blueprint issue and caught the complaint in the other’s voice.
"So... shall this big boss give you a holiday?"
Don’t modern people all long for a vacation? This should suit her tastes, right?
Maybe even throw in a business trip?
Tang Shu thought this idea was very feasible, feeling increasingly considerate. Having a Yang Tiantian by her side was already enough.
"You really are an ancestor! What holiday? If I take a holiday and come back, won’t I still have to continue working?!"
Tang Shu remembered the few people she saw last time she went to the company and immediately felt a headache coming on.
A media company with fewer employees than one of her Tang Sect’s medicine shops, how could this be?
Luo Lin’s role was irreplaceable.
"Sister Luo, maybe the company should hire more staff?"
"Yeah! Forget it, don’t bother yourself with this. Just focus on studying and acting. Anyway, open the new actors’ ranking list, and since "You Look Beautiful When You Smile" aired, your rank has soared from beyond twentieth to tenth!"
Sister Luo was excited about the rankings.
"After the finale of "Love Tornado," your rank had already reached the teens on the newcomers list, and it was normal to have a slight drop since you had no work in that period. But I never expected your ranking to rise so much from just one weekly drama scene."
Luo Lin was a veteran in the circle of agents, having managed at least twenty or fifty actors, and she had never seen a newcomer with as much potential as Tang Shu.
One scene led to a rise of over ten places!
This was the power of popularity!
Although she preferred her artists to be more skilled, who didn’t like popularity?
In the lab, Tang Shu finally had a clear idea of what the popularity rankings meant.
She took out her phone and checked, finding herself indeed in the tenth spot on the newcomer popularity list.
Was Sister Luo setting her bar a little low for her?
"Sister Luo, calm down, as long as the weekly drama’s reputation doesn’t fall, tenth place is just the beginning."
"Fine, I should have known not to count on you to celebrate with me. You go to class, I’ll find someone else."
"Beep beep beep---------"
Busy tones came from the phone.