"). ▁In fin ity ▁Group , ▁owned ▁by ▁Am ir ▁Gal - Or , ▁and ▁Will ▁Hun ting ▁Capital ▁() ▁had ▁given ▁Gal - Or ' s ▁production ▁company ▁a ▁ 1 0 ▁million ▁y uan ▁($ 1 . 5 1 ▁million ▁U . S .) ▁invest ment . ▁By ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁the ▁series , ▁which ▁began ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁had ▁over ▁five ▁million ▁subscri bers ▁in ▁its ▁social ▁media ▁platforms . ▁About ▁ 7 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁view ers , ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁were ▁female . ▁The ▁initial ▁video , ▁by ▁that ▁month , ▁had ▁over ▁four ▁million ▁views . ▁Tang ▁stated ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁that ▁multiple ▁advert is ers ▁began ▁using ▁the ▁series . ▁ ▁C oco ▁Li u ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁China ▁Mor ning ▁Post ▁wrote ▁that ▁F RI ▁" help ed ▁to ▁grow ▁the ▁online ▁profiles ▁of ▁many ▁exp atri ates ." ▁Tang ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁series ▁" prop elled ▁[ G al - Or ] ▁to ▁nation wide ▁fame ". ▁Charles ▁Li u , ▁a ▁senior ▁blog ger ▁of ▁The ▁Be ij inger , ▁character ized ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁videos ▁produced ▁by ▁the ▁F RI ▁as ▁" predict able ▁responses ▁expected ▁of ▁foreign ness , ▁which ▁in ▁turn ▁is ▁predict ably ▁well - rece ived ▁by ▁the ▁Chinese ▁public ." ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Af u ▁Thomas ▁( Th omas ▁Der ks en ) ▁- ▁German ▁social ▁media ▁figure ▁in