EBE Chapter 735: Marginal People in Farming Literature (37)
Chapter 735: Marginal People in Farming Literature (37)
The system enjoys watching amusement, and with so much live entertainment available right now, it's almost lost in the fun. Especially since these people really like to cause trouble—the kind who don't know if they can do something, but are fearless and just want to do it anyway!
"Look at this woman, touted as an international film queen, but she's really just a fraud, winning some minor award from who-knows-where. She's practically unknown abroad, but she's all the rage domestically. Look, she's even doing some marketing right now."
What's the marketing? An international film queen descending to earth—this has heartbroken her die-hard fans. After all, their beloved actress is supposed to be otherworldly, now having to cook and earn her own meals. Seriously, does this live-streamed variety show even know how to do its job?
The system complained that the fans really liked to worry about nothing. They should know that their own actress is a down-to-earth person who cooks at home and has been working in society to support herself for a long time. Her daily wage is equivalent to several months' income for an average person. Why are the fans making her sound so miserable?
'Speaking of which, this person has a bit of a dark history, not in terms of relationships, but in terms of acting skills,' the system began to tell the host that this international film star's acting skills were not up to par, and that there had been a problem with her lip movements not matching the lines that the staff had previously complained about, which was eventually solved by dubbing.
"I remember that news story; fans kept jumping in to explain, saying the actress had a cold and wasn't feeling well, which explained the mismatched lip movements."
Shen Yao smiled to herself, thinking that the fans' ability to spout nonsense was truly eye-opening; they would say anything for the sake of their idols.
It's probably thanks to the financial support of her devoted fans that this international film queen hasn't needed to descend to earth for so many years. Now that time has passed and she's getting older, there are always new generations pushing the old aside. Many young people no longer buy into the title of international film queen, so she has to come out and create a new persona for herself.
Why establish a new persona? The international film queen's assets are in trouble; not only have some of her investment products defaulted, but she's also involved in several lawsuits.
She had no choice but to come out and earn money to support herself, and also to see if she could gain some fans. Right now, there's a trend of veteran actors becoming famous, and international film queens also want to take advantage of this opportunity to become popular and secure their future.
"These are all things from over a decade ago. Fans are forgetful, and netizens are more interested in having fun, but things from over a decade ago are too long ago, and the internet wasn't as developed then. Unless someone is deliberately trying to cause trouble for this international film star, who would want to dwell on these dark histories? It's not like it's any big news."
The system felt that the host was right. Even the production team knew that the international film star had a dark past, but it wasn't fatal. Otherwise, would the production team have invited her over? Although they liked to make money from traffic, they were more afraid that the show would be canceled.
After discussing the international film queen, the system brought up an illiterate film emperor.
There's no way around it; the guests the production team invited are all quite old. After all, there aren't many guests who can accept live streaming and whose past controversies aren't fatal. They also have to accept the production team's terms and cooperate with the recording and live streaming. If you think about it carefully, if Blueberry TV hadn't made a comeback and had the financial power, they might not have been able to invite these guests.
'Why are they so obsessed with international titles, like Best Actor and Best Actress?'
They're really not afraid of being proven wrong; their marketing claims are getting increasingly outrageous.
And they dared to do this back then, relying on those print media to publicize it extensively. Tsk tsk tsk, the system thought to itself, don't be fooled by how much online marketing these current traffic stars spend and how much hype they create. In reality, compared to these veterans, they are nothing.
At that time, the domestic film and television industry was just starting out and could not compare with those abroad. Moreover, this was related to the country's development. When the country could not stand up or did not have an absolute advantage, everyone would envy foreign countries and think that the moon was rounder abroad.
This is a choice made by the times, and we can't simply blame individuals. This situation doesn't exist now. The country has taken off, and the domestic film and television industry has long since left foreign countries far behind.
Do you know what's trending abroad right now? Short dramas, which they've already made money from, are slowly taking root and flourishing overseas.
After exchanging a few words with the system about these award-winning actors and actresses, Shen Yao then captured a screenshot from a live stream on a laptop.
'Find out who this person is.'
Following its host's prompts, the system investigated further and discovered that this person was its secret girlfriend.
Uh, it's about a live-streaming celebrity's girlfriend. The two of them are secretly having an affair, and even the celebrity's management team doesn't know about it, let alone the show's production team's cursory investigation.
Shen Yao:......
Shen Yao asked the system to investigate further and find out when the two of them started dating.
'Is it important?'
'Yeah, he's currently the show's favorite. Haven't you seen how his livestreams are all about showing off his boyfriend-like qualities, deliberately trying to gain fans?'
Once this person's secret girlfriend is exposed, not only will he be finished, but the hard work of the production team will also be wasted.
The system loves this kind of fun because it's inherently quite gossipy.
Sure enough, it dashed out to investigate, and then dashed back to complain.
Shen Yao looked at the results of the system's investigation and couldn't help but laugh at the little Chinese doctor.
Well
This person isn't exactly middle-aged, but he's not exactly young either. It's because he likes all sorts of marketing and hype that his fans are willing to fawn over him, which is why he has so many female fans who spend money on him.
His appearance on the show was a result of a business deal between his agency and Blueberry TV.
Because he hadn't caused any trouble before, the agency was quite at ease with him. Blueberry TV had also inquired about him indirectly and found no bad behavior. Shen Yao had the system investigate his background, but at that time he was indeed very well-behaved and honest. Unexpectedly, this person recorded the show and caused them a big mess.
A phone call came to the production team, and Shen Yao told the director about the person's situation.
Director Zheng: ...
With his heart pounding like a whirlwind, Director Zheng was having a really tough time.
The data is clearly about to pick up, so why are they still doing these things?
Knowing it wasn't Shen Yao's fault, and that the production team would have suffered even greater losses if Shen Yao hadn't reminded them, Director Zheng hung up the phone and immediately called the other party's agency.
Some things need to be said face-to-face, after all, this is a live broadcast!
"We need to cover it up, but don't expect us to delete the footage that's already been broadcast," because it's already been released and has no jurisdiction over the production team.
"Yes, yes, yes, what do you suggest we do about this?" The agency desperately wanted to drag the artist who was talking so confidently in the live stream out and give him a good scolding, but unfortunately, they couldn't. Once the live stream started, they couldn't get involved unless it ended.
What to do? What else can be done? Director Zheng would like to kick this person out.
But he and his agency felt the same way: they couldn't do that. The live stream had started and wasn't over yet; they couldn't just interfere rashly.
Otherwise, if there was originally no problem, but you ended up exposing your own shortcomings, wouldn't that be ridiculous?
"Let's replace him. This person is no good. We'll lose money if we promote him," Director Zheng said, and the other party understood without needing any further explanation.
“Okay, let’s postpone the collaboration. We have a few other promising talents in our company, but unfortunately we didn’t have a chance to get to know each other this time.” The people from the agency were also very angry. They should have included more people, so they could have transferred the resources for promoting them to them.
Who knew this person would keep it a secret so well? The agency was afraid that having two people in would cause conflict. After all, every company has its own top male and female stars, and no one wants infighting among their own staff, so they only sent one person.
Director Zheng and the people from the agency exchanged polite, seemingly respectable but ultimately meaningless words. Whether they took it to heart was anyone's guess.
After all, no platform can guarantee that its variety shows will be a hit. This particular show is simply riding the wave of live streaming popularity, but unfortunately, all that traffic has nothing to do with them.
The trend of live streaming is slowly shifting. After all, even though it's live streaming, it's impossible for it to be without a few rules set by the production team.
The most obvious thing is that the daily tasks that these people need to complete are all given by the production team.
They were supposed to take care of that person, but who told them to be so useless? They even dared to play tricks on them, so they'll just have to play the supporting role.
It's not that the supporting actor doesn't give this person screen time, since live streaming is entirely about what you see yourself. But the production team can give the person a few particularly unpleasant tasks to ruin their reputation, or when editing the final cut, they can cut the person's screen time into fragments so that other viewers can ignore them as much as possible.
Of course, if they can still attract viewers by doing this, that's their skill, and it will only make the production team and management company angrier.
After all, you could have become even more popular if you hadn't caused trouble, but you ruined your own advantage. Who can you blame?
Shen Yao spent her days watching the live streams on the hotel.
Because it's a variety show, the live stream can't go on until the show ends. They have a time limit, and then they take a break before coming back to live stream.
During this break, Blueberry TV will still broadcast edited content, so there will be no gaps in the broadcast schedule.
Shen Yao stayed at the hotel until the live stream ended before leaving to find Director Zheng.
Director Zheng was busy thinking about the content of the upcoming live broadcast. Although he was on tenterhooks, fearing that a live broadcast accident might cause the program to be suspended, so far things were going well. Not only were the ratings and advertising increasing, but the station's subtle hints also indicated that his variety show was doing well.
Shen Yao:......
Shen Yao had to calm Director Zheng down at this moment. Don't forget they still have a time bomb to deal with. That person's affair will definitely be exposed, and if nothing unexpected happens, there is a very high probability that it will be released during this break.
Because once people are resting, they can't help but cause trouble, and that's what paparazzi are looking for.
Shen Yao's words were a reminder to Director Zheng to prepare early, since the other party's agency would definitely protect their own people. But what about the production team? The show hasn't even finished filming yet. If it becomes public knowledge, what will happen to the live broadcast?
Director Zheng: ...
I knew this would be difficult to handle, but what can I do when I'm the director?
Director Zheng raised his hand and rubbed his face hard, having instructed the production team to prepare a plan in advance.
What plan? It's the arrangement after the matter is exposed.
This includes, but is not limited to, kicking someone out directly. After all, the live stream and editing team have already taken action, and that person didn't get much screen time. The number of fans they attracted was within their acceptable range. At worst, they'd just get criticized, which is much better than sacrificing their reputation.
Director Zheng was already prepared, and the other side lived up to expectations by exposing his secret girlfriend, even brazenly taking screenshots, including the live stream footage.
The internet is in complete chaos, with everyone flocking to watch the spectacle.
The main problem is that this person's actions were extremely unethical. They even staged a public-funded romance, which makes the production team and the agency look bad.
The opposing agency was criticized all day, and finally released a lawyer's letter, which pursued their right to reputation.
Ok
Those in the know understand: in the entertainment industry, you almost never lose a lawsuit for defamation.
As for other things, they didn't deny them, but instead changed the subject and took the opportunity to tease the fans. After all, the management company can't just give up like the production team. They still invested a lot of money, and if they can't make it back, they'll lose money.
Shen Yao watched the excitement online and casually complained to the system that the production team would most likely abandon this person and continue the live stream, because it would be a losing proposition.
Sure enough, not long after the agency released the lawyer's letter, the production team announced that the person had withdrawn from the variety show.
The reason given was that he was too busy with personal matters to participate in the subsequent recordings.
Considering that there wasn't much content left and the focus of the live broadcast wasn't on this person, the production team very amicably terminated the employment contract with the other party's agency.
No one knows what the two parties discussed in private, but the matter has been settled. The production team removed this unstable factor, and the subsequent recordings are now more stable.
"I don't think so. I've seen other people's dark histories get exposed eventually."
After all, there are too many platforms that are envious, including many of the program guests' rivals. They can buy a few negative trending topics. Even if they don't necessarily get any benefit from it, it's still satisfying as long as these people don't benefit from it.
Some people just like to pull off tricks that hurt the enemy a thousand while hurting themselves eight hundred.
They know they won't make much money doing this, but compared to others who gain both fame and fortune, they still prefer to drag the other down with them and sink together.
'A dark past, of course; how could someone in that circle not have one?'
If someone were truly a saint, completely pure and innocent, others would be afraid of them.
There's always too much fame and fortune in this industry, and there are always some social interactions between people. Shen Yao is considered a person with principles, but she will still choose to compromise for certain things.
Suddenly, Shen Yao smiled and stopped chatting with the system. Instead, she got up and went to a table not far away, opened the laptop on it, and began to seriously handle company affairs remotely.