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Lucia Moses @ Business Insider · today 10:30 EDT

Meet the fans fueling a billion-dollar boom in escapist 'micro dramas' full of werewolves and mafia bosses

Micro dramas, often adapted from Chinese web novels, are finding fans with soapy stories and actor-fan engagement.

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