Once “Game Developer” sales broke three hundred thousand, it meant the game had turned a profit again.

If its sales continued to rise, reaching four or five hundred thousand, it might even recoup the losses from the Moyu Internet Cafe and short video projects!

For Pei Qian, this would be a bolt from the blue, absolutely devastating news!

So, for the past few days, Pei Qian had been closely monitoring “Game Developer” sales, constantly praying that the game wouldn’t continue to gain popularity.

At this stage, Pei Qian was powerless.

The game was already made, and maliciously degrading its quality would be against regulations.

As for small maneuvers or minor disruptions… players would only consider them as yet another form of performance art.

Pei Qian had only one feeling now: things were getting increasingly difficult!

He had to admit that while Qiao Laoshi’s video was full of nonsense, one thing he said was correct—being misinterpreted is the destiny of any creator.

Pei Qian, as a creator, was now being wildly misinterpreted, and by everyone together!

This fate made him want to cough up blood.

Meanwhile, everyone else was celebrating the official completion of Season Three of “Mr. Pei’s Daily Life.”

“Brother Huang, what’s your plan next? Will you continue filming Season Four?” Lü Mingliang asked expectantly.

Having played an intern in the show, he’d thoroughly enjoyed the experience and hoped to continue in the sequel.

Huang Sibo smiled: “We haven’t decided yet. But according to the generous terms offered by AiLiDao, this season should be enough to recover all our previous investments, and we might even make a profit.”

“Now that we’ve proven the IP value of ‘Mr. Pei’s Daily Life,’ we’re mainly considering two directions: either continue to develop this IP further or explore new directions.”

“Of course, before starting work again, we plan to take a two-week break. The work intensity has been quite high lately, and everyone is tired.”

Pei Qian grew increasingly concerned as he listened.

What was happening?

According to AiLiDao’s generous terms, this season would recover all investments and even turn a profit.

These words struck like lightning, instantly paralyzing Pei Qian.

The initial investment was one million yuan!

Without accepting a single sponsored video, how could they possibly recover all investments? Even if this small website had an incentive program, it couldn’t possibly be this lucrative!

“You haven’t accepted some low-end sponsored advertisements, have you?” Pei Qian immediately became alert.

Huang Sibo smiled: “No, Mr. Pei.”

“I mentioned to you before that AiLiDao has a video creation incentive program, which is different from Banana Potato Network.”

“Incentive program… ten thousand views would be about 15 to 30 yuan, right?” Pei Qian was even more puzzled.

Incentive programs were platform-wide, so they couldn’t possibly set very high rates. Generally, ten thousand views would convert to about 15 to 30 yuan in revenue. A video with a million views would only generate around 2,000 yuan.

Of course, some websites’ incentive programs would apply a multiplier to this figure. For example, after breaking one million, two million, or three million views, the payment per ten thousand views would increase, but not by much.

For something like “Mr. Pei’s Daily Life,” with only ten episodes per season, they could earn at most thirty to fifty thousand yuan, not possibly more.

No matter how you calculated it, this was far from the one million yuan investment!

Huang Sibo smiled and shook his head, providing Pei Qian with a detailed explanation.

“Mr. Pei, there’s something you don’t understand.”

“The incentive program is for all video creators.”

“But considering the influence of ‘Mr. Pei’s Daily Life’s short drama series across the web, we didn’t negotiate with AiLiDao as ordinary creators.”

“To promote themselves, AiLiDao has set aside a large sum specifically for purchasing exclusive rights to quality web dramas, with very generous revenue-sharing rules.”

“AiLiDao’s senior management believes that these micro short dramas will be the future direction of video development, with excellent prospects. They made an exception by upgrading us from a B-rating to an A-rating.”

“According to regulations, for an A-rated web drama, as long as each episode receives more than 6 minutes of viewing time per account, it counts as an effective view. For each effective view, we receive 0.4 yuan in revenue sharing!”

“Of course, since our videos are especially short, only about one minute in total, this standard has been lowered—any click that lasts more than 30 seconds counts as an effective view. However, the revenue share has also been reduced to 0.2 yuan per effective view.”

“This means that if Season Three’s 10 episodes each secure a million effective views, we’ll receive approximately two million yuan in revenue sharing!”

“Even after deducting various expenses and taxes, we’ll still make a profit!”

“This should mainly be attributed to your correct strategy, Mr. Pei! It’s precisely because we rejected those low-end sponsored requests that we were able to build ‘Mr. Pei’s Daily Life into a high-quality web drama with extremely high IP value. This is why we received a high rating within AiLiDao and secured such generous revenue-sharing terms!”

“All of this is inseparable from your foresight!”

Pei Qian was dumbfounded.

0.2 yuan for an effective view? Wouldn’t that be 2,000 yuan for ten thousand views?

This was a hundred times higher than regular video incentive programs!

This was something Pei Qian truly hadn’t anticipated.

Video websites indeed allocate substantial special funds to purchase broadcasting rights or exclusive rights for popular drama series and variety shows, bundling them with membership sales to enhance the website’s competitiveness.

Content rights are the moat protecting video websites, and many sites burn money primarily on this aspect.

But Pei Qian hadn’t expected that an ordinary web drama like “Mr. Pei’s Daily Life” could receive such treatment!

Generally speaking, these ABCD-rated dramas have strict internal metrics within websites, with many limitations and rigid requirements. Only exceptionally outstanding productions have a chance.

Moreover, to receive a rating, you first need to sign an exclusive broadcasting agreement with the website.

This way, exclusive broadcasting is no longer a one-time buyout but involves revenue sharing based on the video’s actual popularity. This approach is more secure for both the website and creators, reducing risk.

It was probably because this website called AiLiDao had recently decided to burn money, and their management happened to take a liking to “Mr. Pei’s Daily Life,” resulting in this situation!

“Tonight at 8 PM, our third season will officially premiere on AiLiDao. Everyone can pay attention; the scene should be quite lively,” Huang Sibo said with a hint of pride in his voice.

“Great, great, we’ll support it!”

“I’ll post the first bullet comment!”

Everyone was excited.

Pei Qian felt anxious and thought he should check it out as well.

“What’s the website address for I-Station?” Pei Qian asked.

“Oh, it’s this.” Huang Sibo tapped a few times on his phone and showed Pei Qian the address.

A string of English was prominently displayed.

“www.ilidilid.com”!

Pei Qian was shocked.

This…

Isn’t this just bilibili spelled backwards?!