A denial of his vision and abilities.
This drama is the first one that Jiang's family has produced entirely on their own. The production cost alone was 500 million yuan, and another 300 million yuan was allocated for promotion. Now that it has aired like this, not to mention the cost, the current popularity means that it will not be able to recoup its investment at all.
More importantly, this drama completely ruined Jiang's reputation in the industry.
As a businessman, he wasn't afraid of the show's reputation collapsing, but he cared about the Jiang family's reputation!
Now that "The First Shot" has been broadcast like this, which investor will dare to invest in a drama produced by Jiang's in the future? Which advertiser will dare to invest in a Jiang's drama before it even airs?
Just as he expected, his secretary and assistant rushed in.
"Mr. Jiang, this is terrible! The advertisers are all calling, demanding an explanation..."
"The other party suddenly reneged on the agreements we finalized yesterday..."
"President Li, who had previously decided to invest in Jiang's next drama series, suddenly reneged on the contract..."
Jiang Minghui closed his eyes, feeling utterly hopeless; this was exactly what he feared most.
Because of this drama, it will be very difficult for Jiang's company to produce its own dramas in the future.
No other investors were willing to share the costs and risks, and the Jiang family didn't have enough funds to support it. After all, the cost of producing a TV series is at least hundreds of millions, and even if the Jiang family is a large and powerful family, it can't afford to keep losing money.
After all, each streaming platform has to release new dramas every month, and at least a dozen new dramas a year. If every drama is like "The First Shot" and it's difficult to even break even, the Jiang family will probably collapse in less than a year.
Jiang Minghui took a deep breath, and at that moment he finally accepted the failure of "The First Shot".
However, it is harder to accept the success of others than one's own failure.
He glanced at the real-time data again, still unwilling to give up, and his expression immediately worsened.
The popularity of "Thousands of Snowflakes" is still rising!
The current popularity has exceeded 8,900, surpassing that of "The First Shot".
Jiang Minghui's chest heaved violently. Were these spectators blind? What kind of eyesight did they have?
It's astonishing that such a terrible TV series could garner 8,700 views, while a well-made drama like "The First Shot" saw its popularity plummet.
No wonder that brat Jiang Ran said this show would be a hit; probably all the viewers of this show are like Jiang Ran, country bumpkins who have never seen anything.
This is what is meant by wild boars not being able to eat fine bran.
Jiang Minghui comfortably attributed the failure of "The First Shot" to the audience's lack of discernment and appreciation.
I have even more contempt for "Thousands of Snowflakes," wondering how so many people could enjoy such a boring and melodramatic show.
He sighed and looked helplessly out the window.
It's all my fault for having such a forward-thinking perspective, which has made it impossible for those behind-the-scenes viewers to keep up with my vision. They're only fit to watch those melodramatic and trashy dramas.
And then there's Jiang Ran. Just thinking about her self-righteous attitude makes him furious. This time, she really got lucky and predicted that "Thousand Silk Snow" would be a hit.
He would never admit that Jiang Ran had better taste than him!
Tonight's farce was naturally spread online and met with ridicule.
[Haha, this is hilarious, everyone! This is the first time I've ever heard of a victory celebration being canceled?]
[Serves them right for being so confident and opening champagne halfway through!]
This is all deserved by the terrible drama "The First Shot"—it's utter garbage, like dog shit.
[Family members, I heard from friends in the industry that things got chaotic at the celebration banquet today.]
[It's true, I heard about it too. Jiang Minghui wanted to promote Jiang Xinrou, so he ousted the original female lead, Liu Mingyue. As a result, Liu Mingyue went to the set and caused a scene.]
[Liu Mingyue is really unlucky; she actually got to film a Jiang family drama. The production team must have thought the drama would be a hit after its premiere yesterday and wanted to kick the female lead off the table and push their own person in.]
This is truly ugly. Capital really does whatever it wants; it can even kick the female lead off the table.
[Wasn't Jiang Xinrou the crazy woman who trended on social media a while ago for assaulting someone? I feel disgusted just looking at her now.]
[Exactly! She used to cultivate this "rich heiress bravely venturing into the entertainment industry" persona, it was disgusting! She just bullies other actors because she has powerful connections!]
【Then I have to speak up. I'm a fan of Liu Mingyue. At the beginning, the drama was promoted as having a strong female lead, and the production team's schedule also showed that Mingyue had the most scenes. But when it started airing, it was all Jiang Xinrou's scenes.】
[Jiang Xinrou is shameless! Why does she always like to steal other people's scenes?]
[She's utterly hopeless; she has no popularity to carry a drama, so she tricks other actresses with high popularity into playing the lead roles, and after getting them signed contracts, she starts adding more scenes for Jiang Xinrou.]
[I really don't know who likes Jiang Xinrou. She's a fake heiress who steals other people's identities and even hits people like a shrew. She gets extra screen time in almost every drama because of her connections. I'm disgusted by her.]
She doesn't have many followers at all, but she's rich, so she hired a huge number of online trolls to praise her every day.
I won't watch any dramas featuring her anymore. I just hope that the actors I like never work with her.
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Inside the office, Jiang Ran leisurely watched TV series while snacking.
Um...
The plot of "Thousands of Snowflakes" is really good, no wonder it has achieved such success.
She glanced at the real-time data again; it was 10 p.m., and the popularity had already risen to 9,000.
It looks like we'll break 10,000 tomorrow.
In her previous life, the popularity of "Thousands of Snowflakes" only increased in the middle of its run. In this life, the reason it can increase so quickly is because she increased her advertising budget.
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