novelraw Chapter 131: What Kind of Nonsense Are You Talking About?
Chapter 131: What Kind of Nonsense Are You Talking About?
Not long ago.Even after calming down, Cai Quan was still half-skeptical about what Tang Yao had said.
Because the picture Tang Yao painted was just too tempting—saying things like 500,000 DAU was only the beginning, and that external creators would have no trouble shifting their focus to ANF.
Back then, he was fired up just listening to it.
But after he cooled off a bit, he felt… really? That’s not too likely, right?
After all, external creators were doing pretty well on mainstream video platforms. Why would they come to our site? Just because we showed that we valued UGC content? Because of one event? Because of the community vibe?
Clearly,he hadn't seen the bigger picture yet.
And that bit of doubt—at this very moment—was utterly shattered…
Three days had passed.
The platform’s daily active users didn’t just stay above 500,000—they jumped straight up to over 600,000!And from the looks of it, the trend showed no signs of slowing down! It might go even higher!
You had to understand:when the site first relaunched, a lot of users would check it out on day one, so high DAU made sense. But now it was day two, day three—and the numbers weren’t dropping. That could only mean one thing: users really liked the new version of the site, and a bunch of new users had joined too. The registered user count backed this up.
It had already surpassed 3.5 million!!
Back when he sold the site, how many registered users were there? Not even a million!
And the number of users becoming creators was growing exponentially.
User stickiness was insane—average daily usage time, comment volume, submission count—everything was skyrocketing.
These kinds of stats, this kind of growth rate—even in the internet industry, it was impressive.
If they'd had numbers like this back then,Cai Quan would’ve dared to walk into an investor meeting and speak with confidence!
…Was this really the same site he had created?
Cai Quan felt like a stranger to it.
And just then—
“Wooohooo—!”
Cheers erupted from the other side of the room.
Cai Quan looked over—it was coming from the FGO project team.
He could faintly hear what they were celebrating.
Revenue and DAU—the new version hadn’t even launched yet, and the game was already seeing benefits.
You could imagine—once the new version dropped, it was going to be huge.
So not only was the site winning,the game was too—they were elevating each other.
Just like Tang Yao predicted…500,000 DAU really was just the beginning.
But seriously, what kind of magic was this…
In that moment,Cai Quan felt a kind of shock he’d never experienced before.
And just then, the magician—no, Tang Yao’s voice rang out.
“Cai Quan.”
She noticed him sitting there like a stunned goose, and called out in confusion.
Cai Quan snapped out of it, turned his head, and looked at the girl standing there with a new hairstyle for once—a fresh, natural ponytail, like a girl-next-door stepping out of a summer breeze. He muttered, “It blew up… the site’s numbers blew up.”
“I know. You don’t browse ANF regularly? Isn’t it obvious to everyone?”
Tang Yao tilted her head slightly, and the tip of her ponytail swayed with the motion. Xun had tied it for her that morning—it suited her perfectly…
Or maybe she just looked good in everything: “I came here today for the site stuff.” “Then go ahead.”
Hearing that, Cai Quan glanced back at his screen, pushed down all his internal noise, and looked at Tang Yao with unusual seriousness.
“？”
Tang Yao thought he was acting weird, but didn’t think much of it and said directly, “Now that user numbers are rising, you need to start establishing guidelines for comment etiquette and community norms.”
Cai Quan blinked: “Huh?”
“With so many new users joining, if we don’t guide them into forming their own behavior norms—and if the platform doesn’t set up a management system—the original ANF community vibe could get destroyed. Didn’t you think about this when you first built the site?”
“At the time…”
Cai Quan looked a bit embarrassed: “Honestly, I didn’t even consider that. Back then, the site was half-dead.”
Hearing that, Tang Yao went silent.
After a while, she handed him the folder in her hand: “Then you got lucky… It’s all thanks to the users maintaining it themselves. But that’s actually a good thing—it should make it easier to guide. Just follow the framework in here.”
“What’s this?”
Cai Quan reached out and took it, still confused.
“Community guidelines and user code of conduct, plus the basics of comment etiquette… and a governance model for community rules.”
Tang Yao explained, “There’s detailed instructions at the end. I gave suggestions on how to guide the users, but you’ll have to put in some effort yourself too.”
Hearing that, Cai Quan immediately opened the folder.
Sure enough, it had the current etiquette norms ANF users had formed on their own—like no spoilers, no baiting arguments, no spamming, high-scare sections marked with warning tags—and how to guide these behaviors.
It also included cultural guidelines like content review systems.
Very detailed.
Even just reading and understanding it was kind of a challenge.
And Tang Yao had casually compiled all this…
After all—she had templates to refer to.
But Cai Quan didn’t know that.
He skimmed through it briefly, then looked up at the pretty girl standing in front of him, and the only thought that popped into his head was…
She really is a magician, huh? Tang Yao didn’t notice his weird reaction and continued, “Don’t delay this. It needs to be implemented soon. More and more new users are going to join.”
Cai Quan instinctively nodded: “Got it…”
“One more thing.”
Tang Yao hesitated, then handed over another folder: “This is the plan for the event on Christmas Day… Promote it at the highest level. I’ve already uploaded the related video to the internal server—the file path is written here. I’ve also included ideas for how to promote it. But if you have better ideas, feel free to tell me.”
“Highest level?”
Cai Quan was stunned: “But we’ve already got the ‘FGO×ANF Doujin Contest’ and the ‘FGO New Version Countdown Event,’ right? Isn’t that enough? Things are already going so well—wouldn’t that be overkill?”
“What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”
Tang Yao blinked: “Of course it’s not enough. Those events you mentioned are just to subtly take up mindshare… What we’re missing is a breakout moment—something that makes every user on the site really notice the game. Don’t forget, the game is what pays the bills here. We can’t launch without making a splash.
Besides, I want to use this video to expand our audience…
After all the changes and events we’ve pushed recently, the site’s reputation is finally solid. All we’re missing is a tipping point.
If we get lucky and the video blows up, it might even drive another wave of external buzz.”
“This?”
Cai Quan raised the second folder in disbelief: “Is this the crossover video you mentioned a few days ago, the one with Rin Tohsaka playing games?”
“Yep…”
“……”
Cai Quan was a little stunned.
Seriously? That’s the breakout moment? All those changes and events couldn’t do it, but one video can?
Besides, the site’s already doing great! How much better can it get?
“Just watch it first. We can talk more later if you’ve got ideas.”
Tang Yao saw the look on his face and more or less guessed what he was thinking, but didn’t explain further. She just dropped the line and turned to leave.
Truthfully, she was a little embarrassed.
Cai Quan watched her walk away.
This time, he didn’t voice any doubts.
He just turned back to his screen with curiosity and opened the folder Tang Yao had given him.
“Virtual idol?”
Cai Quan saw the keyword and paused, then opened the video on the internal server.
“……”
Twenty minutes later.
Cai Quan slowly looked up in the direction Tang Yao had gone, reached out… and placed a hand over his heart.
Crap!
I think I’m in love!