MariaB

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On a positive note, the current iqiyi heat index is 10420. Yesterday after the episodes aired, it had reached its peak at 10501. It looks like it will break yesterday's record.
The current peak places PoJ in top 5 heat indexes in iQiyi history:
The Knockout (2023) - 11 800
The Thriving Land (2025) - 11 017
My Heroic Husband (2021) - 10 745
Love Between Fairy and Devil (2022) - 10 572
Pursuit of Jade (2026) -10501

This was before the leak knowledge became ubiquitous. We will know the real damage when they publish tomorrow the data for today.

I'm so happy to see the cdrama influencers I am following on tiktok are all advocating against watching the leaks.

Not sure it matters anymore, but yunhe published the data for yesterday.
PoJ has 51.5% (slight increase from 50.9% from last Saturday)
Total market ~ 239M, so PoJ had ~ 123M viewers

The express package is available for those who pay for the extra content. For the regular subscribers, the drama is aired as per schedule

So? Some people are actual fans and want to support the genuine product.

It's because the drama is aired on satellite TV (Dragon TV) and they need time to catch up so the final episodes are aired at the same time everywhere (30th of March)

I have already seen here links to tiktok edits of scenes that have not been officially released. That's why I'm so upset.

I remember he was 5 when his mom died, so 21-22 years old

You're welcome. I split the backstory in 2 parts since it was really long. I wonder how they will show it in the drama.

People use spoiler tags to mark comments about the novel, previews and recent developments from the latest episodes so they do not spoil the experience for the people that are not up-to-date with the show or haven't read the novel.

If you want to watch illegally leaked content ahead of the official airing, that is up to you. But do not come here to brag about it, share links and so on. Keep it to yourself until the episode airs.

If you like this show, you can check the recommendations section. One of my favourites is Are You The One.

Looking forward to Mo Li ☺️

They don't get money from that. You already paid for the subscription.
The heat index will not rise due to people already watching the leaks.

There is the lawful way and there is the right way. She broke the law by not respecting the military chain of command and executed a mutiny of sorts. Was it the right way? Absolutely!

Commander Li was so injured he would not have lasted 30 seconds on the battlefield.

Dying senselessly would have meant not only the loss of a gifted commander, but it would negatively impacted the soldiers' morale and most likely lead to defeat.

He should have realised he was in no shape to lead his troops and let his 2nd take the lead.

What profits? They were supposed to sell express packages

Agreed. Who is number one on your list?

People who watched it most likely will not pay for the express packages anymore. That is a clear financial loss.
They were in pole position to break some historical viewership/heat index records ... now that went down the drain as well

Exactly. IQiyi already had my money for the extra content that they were advertising (i could reserve the drama on their app), but not providing, and I was not hurting the drama since I was still watching the daily episodes on Viki. Ethically, I'm in the clear.

But I want those fans who say that watching the leaked content does not hurt the drama to tell us with a straight face that they will still purchase the express package now that they have watched the leaked episodes.
Somehow I don't think they can.