, "So Cute Us," premieres.

Although the male and female leads of this drama, Li Han and Tian Xiwei, are both newcomers and they don't know each other, it has to be said that the two of them are really good-looking, an absolute handsome man and a beautiful woman.

On the day the show premiered, Li Han lay in bed looking at his phone. He wasn't watching the show; instead, he was reading the comments from viewers.

After just two episodes, the show garnered over 50 million views. With one episode released daily thereafter, the viewership continued to climb, reaching the top spot on Tencent Video for the quarter on its first day.

The sweet and innocent love story between Huang Chengzi and Tan Song has been widely discussed and praised online, with some people even shipping them as a couple.

[At the tail end of 2016, in the last month, Tencent Video emerged as a dark horse!]

Watching this drama really gave me a feeling similar to "School 2015".

This drama is much better than Korean dramas in terms of youthful and refreshing style. The only downside is that it only has 20 episodes, which is simply not enough!

I absolutely adore the male and female leads! I followed the female lead when she was on Douyin (TikTok), but I didn't expect her to be this good in the drama!

I also saw the female lead's Douyin video; I've been following it, and it's definitely much better than what's shown on Douyin.

[…Brothers, why am I starting to ship the female lead and the second female lead?]

As the plot deepens, the female lead played by Tian Xiwei and the second female lead played by Li Yitong become more entangled in the storyline. At the same time, Li Han releases a video of the two of them that he had previously edited through online troll accounts.

Tencent Video also helped out, arranging for online trolls to edit videos featuring Tian Xiwei and Li Yitong as a couple.

With the help of online trolls arranged by Li Han, the "Tongxinweimin" couple of Li Yitong and Tian Xiwei went straight to the top of Weibo's trending topics, and a lot of people started shipping the two.

It turns out that same-sex couples tend to have a longer-term relationship.

Wow, Xiaotian and Li Yitong have such great chemistry!

[I didn't know you'd see Tong Jie like this, but she looks so cool and confident with those glasses on! I absolutely adore her!]

Honestly, I don't know why, but the way Li Yitong looks at Xiaotian always seems to have a certain indescribable quality to it.

I feel like these two have a much stronger CP (couple) vibe than Xiaotian and Li Han.

[And the theme song "Non-European" is another one of those things, seriously, why didn't they just have them sing a duet?]

As the show became a hit, it garnered 80 million views on Tencent Video, and several related terms trended on Weibo. Discussions and buzz on Weibo continued to rise, while searches for the show and its main actors on Baidu also increased rapidly.

It's a hit! This show is a total hit!

Tencent Video President Sun Zhonghuai was also very happy with this achievement. The popularity of iQiyi's "With You" in the first half of this year was the envy of many industry peers.

This drama, "So Cute Us," is in no way inferior to "With You." In terms of the couple, the popularity of "Tong Xin Wei Min" is clearly that of a top-tier couple, much stronger than Geng Geng and Yu Huai.

Moreover, it is very difficult for same-sex couples to break up unless they really do.

Li Han and Tian Xiwei were very happy with the popularity of this drama. Regarding Li Han's name, many people in the industry have started to inquire about his information and contact him, hoping to collaborate. This includes iQiyi and Youku.

Tian Xiwei went from an ordinary internet celebrity to a second-tier actress in one fell swoop, while Li Yitong, who already had a certain level of popularity, showed signs of breaking through her own popularity barrier with the boost from this wave of popularity.

It is believed that once "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" airs next year, Li Yitong will be able to become a top-tier actress in the Chinese entertainment industry.

...Within Tencent Video, senior management held a discussion about Li Han.

Someone who excels in acting, screenwriting, directing, and marketing—especially marketing—is an extremely rare talent.

Therefore, Tencent Video President Sun Zhonghuai made the decision to establish a deep partnership between Tencent Video and Li Han's studio, aiming to firmly bind Li Han to Tencent's platform. Even if Li Han were to collaborate with other platforms later, he would be expected to prioritize Tencent's partnership.

...Meng Ziyi and Zhou Ye have also been watching Li Han's drama recently. Meng Ziyi doesn't seem to mind the popularity of the drama. She has already debuted as a star and is currently quite popular. At most, she is just a little envious of Tian Xiwei.

However, Zhou Ye, a complete novice, felt a strange mix of emotions as she watched Tian Xiwei become famous overnight. At that moment, she lay on her bed in the school dormitory, raised her left hand, and gently bit her thumb.

Previously, Li Han hoped that she could sign with his studio, but she was momentarily stunned and hesitated. If she were given another chance, she would agree without hesitation.

She learned that Li Han had come to Beijing from Meng Ziyi, but she heard that he was busy and she hadn't been able to contact him.

"If I had known, I would have contacted him," Zhou Ye said with some regret.

...While the show was still airing, Li Han, Tian Xiwei, Li Yitong, and senior executives from Tencent Video held a celebration banquet together.

Li Yitong also came. She was originally filming "Chaoge" in Hengdian, but when she heard that there was going to be a celebration banquet, she immediately asked for leave and came. The screenwriter Yu Zheng also granted her leave.

Inside a high-rise hotel, Li Han and about twenty others gathered to celebrate the popularity of the TV series "So Cute Us".

"Teacher Li Han." Sun Zhonghuai picked up his wine glass, and Li Han did the same. He was next to Sun Zhonghuai on his left, and Tian Xiwei and Li Yitong on his right. The two of them were taking selfies with their phones.

"I hope our two families can cooperate more in the future," Sun Zhonghuai said with a smile.

"Of course, definitely," Li Han said with a smile, and the two then bumped into each other.

After taking a sip, Sun Zhonghuai spoke in a low voice.

"Mr. Li Han, we held an internal meeting at Tencent beforehand..."

Upon hearing this, Li Han turned to look at Sun Zhonghuai. Listening to what the other party said, he gradually understood that Tencent Video wanted to cooperate with him in depth.

"I see." Li Han nodded.

"Mr. Sun, don't worry about that. I'll say it again: of the major platform software, I'm most optimistic about Tencent Video. As for future cooperation... you can rest assured." The biggest reason why Li Han is optimistic about Tencent Video is that it has Tencent backing it, which is rich! Moreover, Tencent Video was founded by Tencent itself.

Several other platforms are also backed by large capital entities; for example, Youku is backed by Alibaba, and iQiyi by Baidu.

Tencent Video is currently the youngest of the several video platforms, but it is also the most formal.

"Haha." Sun Zhonghuai laughed upon hearing this.

"Then you can rest assured that you can give priority to Tencent for any projects you have in the future. Tencent will never be stingy when it comes to investment."