Chapter 65 - Drama Showdown

[ If you don't look closely, who would even realize this is Im Giseok's new drama? He might only be good at writing short dramas. In the long drama field, he doesn't seem to do so well. ]

In a way, the goal of the screenwriters to undermine <> had already been achieved.

As the marketing accounts promoted <>, its viewership had already surpassed 10 million, a thirty-fold difference that <>, with its smaller cast, lower budget, and minimal promotion, could never hope to close.

[ Im Giseok wants to replicate the success of <>, but that's just not possible. ]

[ It's much harder to attract viewers with a long drama than with a short one. Even if Im Giseok is talented, it might be beyond his abilities. ]

Im Giseok hasn't been in the spotlight for long, but everyone in the industry knows he has a knack for stirring things up.

However, view counts are what they are — if you have them, you have them; if you don't, you don't.

<> stood out only because it had no competition.

In contrast, <> and <> are essentially the same genre, and the audience that <> could attract has already been captured by <>.

The next day, the view count for <> remained poor.

Based on ReelRise 's estimates, even if Im Giseok wanted to stir things up, all he could do would be to tag the platform's official account and urge them to promote more.

...And Im Giseok did tag someone.

But he didn't tag ReelRise; he tagged CineHaven TV.

Underneath a popular post where CineHaven TV was actively promoting <>, Im Giseok reposted it with the comment.

[ @ScreenWriterImGiseok: Watch mine if you dare. ]

CineHaven TV: "?"

What's wrong with this guy?

Fans of Yoo Mokah: "?"

Is he not taking them seriously?

Here's a comparison of numbers — before Im Giseok reposted that CineHaven TV tweet, his own post promoting <> had only a few hundred comments.

After the repost, the comments under his post skyrocketed to over ten thousand in record time.

Yoo Mokah's fans are known for their fierceness, so when Im Giseok did something to belittle their idol's work, they were quick to respond.

When Yoo Mokah's fans started insulting him, Im Giseok acted like a broken record, repeatedly posting, "Watch it first before make a comment."

Soon after, the search volume for <> doubled, tripled, increased five times, ten times...

<> is Yoo Mokah's third campus drama and the show that solidified her status as the "queen of sweet dramas."

But everyone knows that there's no such thing as the one-and-only queen in the entertainment industry.

As soon as the first episode of <> hit the top spot in viewership, Yoo Mokah's fans boldly claimed, "From now on, every popular romance drama script in the industry must pass through our Yoo Mokah's hands first."