33 Chapter 33
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"Sea of Green" became a hit, but it seemed to be just a flash in the pan. It was questioned by countless netizens before it was even halfway through its broadcast.
The director of Blueberry Channel worked with Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi, and naturally did not take the netizens' complaints seriously as he was a "promise-keeper".
This attitude was more vividly demonstrated as the series ended.
The official Weibo account of Blueberry TV naturally followed his attitude. Facing the doubts and boycotts from netizens below, the official Weibo account remained indifferent.
Even netizens' doubts about other TV series have received responses from the official Weibo, except for "Green Sea". There are an astonishing thousands of comments questioning and boycotting, but the people who manage the official Weibo seem to be unable to see them.
Netizens are not stupid either, so they naturally understood Blueberry TV’s attitude.
Seeing such arrogance, netizens' already angry moods flared up. They spent a few minutes creating an entry and then mobilized those who hated the drama to push it to the top of the trending searches on Weibo.
Isn't Blueberry Channel trying to cash in on this frivolous drama? Then let them have their fill!
As the term's popularity grew, it quickly climbed the trending search list. Thus, what had originally been a matter of discussion among the audience was now directly exposed to the eyes of countless ordinary netizens.
Some netizens enthusiastically compiled all the "magical" plots in the drama and systematically told them why they should boycott the drama.
People who saw the entry also went to take a look, and found that the summary was not fake at all. The whole drama revealed a distorted world view.
Blueberry Channel specifically titled this: "The first Korean love tragedy exclusively imported." The heroine eventually falls ill and dies. I don't think this is a tragedy. From a normal person's perspective, it's a comedy. The hypocritical heroine ultimately meets the test of death.
[The male lead is disgusting! The female lead is a green tea, and the most normal person in the whole drama is the female supporting role who is judged by the screenwriter]
[Blueberry TV may not be ignoring it, but its values and values share with this drama, so it has continued to broadcast it.]
After watching this drama, I was truly impressed by the acting prowess of South Korean actors. They were able to make such a distorted TV show so moving, truly worthy of being South Korea. But what about our children, whose values haven't yet been fully formed? And this is being broadcast on such a major TV station...?
As more and more criticisms emerged, the people at Blueberry TV finally discovered this trending search.
However, after the staff reported the matter to the director, the director did not feel that he was wrong. Instead, he became angry and contacted Weibo directly in the official name and ignored the entry.
As a result, many netizens who came here to see the trending search found that the trending search suddenly disappeared, and they could not like the comments no matter how hard they tried.
The person who initiated this entry also received a private message warning.
At this point, the netizens who were already rebellious began to explode.
Since Blueberry TV won't handle it themselves, let's pass the matter on to someone who can handle it.
Many people directly began to call and send messages to the radio and television stations and various reporting authorities.
Such a big commotion naturally alarmed the higher-ups. Faced with so much public outrage, they specially collected relevant information and, after some discussion, felt that the impact was indeed bad. They then issued a notice to Blueberry Station - to remove the TV series "Sea of Green Light" from the shelves. At the same time, when introducing foreign TV series in the future, they must review the three views of the plot to avoid bringing bad influences and experiences to the people.
"Sea of Green Light" had not yet begun to ferment, and then it disappeared from everyone's sight.
Many people who have already become fans of the drama and the male and female protagonists noticed something was wrong, and then went to search for it. Not only could they not find the drama, they also discovered that the Internet was full of criticisms of the drama.
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When Chen Zhensheng discovered that "Sea of Green" was beginning to be criticized online, he felt uneasy and had a bad feeling.
He quickly reported the matter to Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi.
However, the two simply assumed it was Lingman or some other jealous entertainment company who did the deed. They simply said, "Why rush? These people are already hyping up 'Sea of Green'. Just suppress the negative reviews and it will blow over after a while."
Chen Zhensheng did as they instructed, but found that the negative reviews were getting more and more.
During the process, he mentioned it to Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi again and again, but the two of them specially contacted the director of Blueberry Station, and then told Chen Zhensheng directly not to mention such a trivial matter in front of them.
Chen Zhensheng clearly had a bad feeling, but he could only try to comfort himself, thinking that maybe it would be better after a while.
However, the outbreak of events was beyond the expectations of all of them.
When Blueberry TV removed "Sea of Green" from the shelves and notified them at the same time, Chen Zhensheng's scalp exploded when he received a call from them.
"What did you say? Doesn't our show have high ratings and online hits? Why is it being pulled?!"
You have to know that when they specially introduced the drama from South Korea, they had already advanced the money. They just waited for the drama to become popular and then collected the money. When it became popular, they could even contact South Korea and have the male and female actors come to China to make money together.
This is of course a long-term plan, and because it is the first time to introduce a Korean TV series, the director of Blueberry Channel told Pei Yuanzhi and others that there are risks, so he also lowered their recycling profits.
According to the plan, this drama will be broadcast repeatedly on Blueberry Channel, and after the first broadcast, it will be available on the video website affiliated with Blueberry Channel.
They expect that by the time the film is screened a second time, their investment will be recovered and that all profit will come from then on.
The first episode had just finished airing and the video website had just put it online when Blueberry Channel informed them that the show had been directly removed from the shelves?!
"Didn't Director Wu promise us that he would broadcast this drama repeatedly?!"
Faced with Chen Zhensheng's accusations, the other side was not affected at all, but just told the truth in a tactful way.
"The decision to remove the content from the airwaves wasn't made by our TV station alone..."
"If it's not your decision, then what else could it be!..."
Halfway through his words, Chen Zhensheng finally understood something, "What does this mean?"
"We were asked to remove it from the shelves by the higher-ups, and... they also informed us that any imported foreign TV series must be carefully scrutinized regarding the plot and values."
In other words, the drama had major problems with its plot, values and outlook, which is why it was asked to be taken off the shelves.
After Chen Zhensheng understood, his brain froze.
He had clearly noticed the online reputation at the time, but after reporting it to Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi, they thought he was making a big deal out of nothing.
The result of not solving the problem is that the TV series that were introduced with great difficulty will be wasted!
You know, although Pei Yuanzhi invested himself as a shareholder and Liu Shu also invested money in Tianqi, it was these people who invested the most!
Most of the money lost belonged to these shareholders!!
"Is there really no other way?" Chen Zhensheng still wanted to make a final struggle.
What power can a mere informant have?
The other party could only politely say "I'm sorry" and hung up.
Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi of course also learned the news soon.
The director of Blueberry TV called them specifically.
"Mr. Pei, Mr. Liu, I have no choice but to do this. It's what the higher-ups asked me to do, so what else can I do? This is a groundbreaking initiative, but you've chosen the wrong way to get started!"
"Now that our TV station is registered with them, they've asked us to be more strict in censoring foreign dramas. So, if you import any more TV series, as long as they pass our review, we can give you a few extra points on the profits..."
Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi understood the meaning very well. They could add a few more points next time, but that meant... this time it was gone.
It was truly a waste of money!
Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi were almost laughing out of anger, but given the other party's status, they had no choice but to swallow their anger.
After hanging up the phone with the other party in a nice tone, Liu Shuyi threw the thing in his hand to the ground.
“Fuck it!!”
When Chen Zhensheng came to find them, he encountered this unlucky moment.
Hearing the knock on the door, the two let him in.
When they saw that it was Chen Zhensheng, they couldn't suppress their anger.
"What's up?!"
As soon as he saw the expressions on their faces, Chen Zhensheng knew that they probably already knew.
He tremblingly told the call he received, and then received a double death look.
"Then what?"
"And... the other shareholders now know about this, and they're asking, what are President Pei and President Liu planning to do?"
Liu Shuyi: "What? This company belongs to the two of us? If there are any problems, we have to solve them both, right?! You guys are just going to sit back and wait for your dividends?!!"
Chen Zhensheng's scalp tightened and he didn't know how to respond.
But in fact, he had already felt infinite regret in his heart.
If they hadn't been deceived by these two and used their shares to pressure Yu Feiyu, they would definitely still be at Lingman Entertainment. As long as they showed their loyalty to Yu Feiyu, they would have naturally followed suit once Wan Cheng appeared. There was no need to stick around these two lunatics and suffer the consequences every time something went wrong.
He didn't know where these two people got their confidence from. Every time he found a problem and reported it, they didn't take it seriously, but problems always occurred.
In the end, when something went wrong, it was all blamed on him.
The two of them haven't even learned their lesson.
Chen Zhensheng's mind flashed with complaints quickly, and then he realized the most important point.
"Actually... Lingman Entertainment has the Past Studio. It would be impossible for us to defeat it... Otherwise..."
"What else?" Pei Yuanzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, and his facial expression looked much better than Liu Shuyi's, but his tone had actually become dangerous.
"Or give up and defeat Lingman Entertainment..."
Halfway through his speech, Chen Zhensheng finally noticed Pei Yuanzhi's suppressed emotions and then shut up.
Pei Yuanzhi snorted, "You did remind me."
"The fact that Lingman Entertainment is safe and sound now is all thanks to the opportunities provided by Past Studio. But no matter how powerful Past Studio is, can its output match that of the entire Bang Entertainment?"
Looking at Pei Yuanzhi's thoughtful look, Chen Zhensheng always felt that he was planning something.
But he was scared when he saw Pei Yuanzhi's appearance.
Despite so many failures, Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi have become more and more courageous. They have only lost tens of millions now, but they won't lose the entire Tianqi Media in the future, right?!
To Chen Zhensheng's surprise, Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi whispered to each other and actually told him, "Forget about this matter. Stay put for now and take care of the company's affairs. Send out the artists we recruited as needed. Take care of Xiaoman's album and everyone else's work."
Unexpectedly, he was able to handle it so easily this time. Chen Zhensheng quickly breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "Okay."
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Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi wanted to pretend that this incident had never happened, but the outside world was all laughing at them.
Not to mention other entertainment companies waiting to see the results, even some business bloggers who are paying close attention did not let Tianqi go.
Xuan Ran, who had been silent before, suddenly made a comeback.
Xuanran Says Things v: Since the last major shakeup at Lingman Shares, I've been closely following the developments. This time, I'll share the results for those who want to see them. (My last Weibo post was censored due to various unforeseen circumstances, but those with good memories should still remember it.)
Last time, I predicted that Pei Yuanzhi and the Liu family wouldn't give up. Sure enough, after Chen Zhensheng and his group forced him out of Lingman Entertainment, they established Tianqi Media in a joint venture with Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi. (Some fans shouldn't try to argue that this was an accident.)
However, Tianqi Media was determined to target Lingman Entertainment. After poaching five of the other first- and second-tier artists, plus many other artists, Wancheng Private Equity Fund miraculously established a Past Studio and quickly rescued Lingman Entertainment, which was on the verge of death.
Before this, some peers even mocked that Lingman Entertainment would eventually be replaced by Apocalypse Media.
At that time, the blogger did not say anything and was waiting to see whether Lingman Entertainment could create some vitality. Unexpectedly, the colleague was really slapped in the face so quickly.
Afterwards, Lingman Entertainment deliberately invited Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi to the celebration party and made it known to the public, making the two of them embarrassed.
The blogger had a premonition that Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shu would certainly not be able to tolerate this.
Sure enough, not long after, Apocalypse Media introduced a TV series from South Korea, hoping to break the deadlock with "foreign aid".
What surprised everyone was that the TV series had just finished airing on a certain channel when it was boycotted by netizens due to its bizarre plot and was subsequently removed from the airwaves. (Actually, some things happened during the show, but I'm not going to mention them here to avoid criticism.)
The blogger estimated that Tianqi Media suffered a loss of at least tens of millions this time.
This also means that Tianqi Media's counterattack plan has failed. As for whether Tianqi will launch another counterattack next, please stay tuned~]
The blogger clearly told the story from a neutral perspective, but netizens only felt that it was a mockery of Apocalypse Media.
[Who still remembers that the trigger for this "battle" was an unknown female artist?]
[I have to say, Zhang Li is really amazing. I don't know how she managed to get close to Wan Cheng. Now Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shu are also in a difficult situation.]
Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi are truly humiliated. Two scions from wealthy families, yet they can't even compete with an ordinary female artist. Tsk.
I have a good idea for these two. Why not promote Wancheng Private Equity Fund more? While this will inflate the value of their opponent, it won't be embarrassing if they lose. They can then say they lost to a mysterious boss. If others question it, they can just say, "You can do it!"
[Hahahaha, the above person is so mean, I like it so much...]
This time the posts and comments were more sarcastic, but perhaps because they did not become a trending topic, they miraculously survived.
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Liu Qingran originally did not pay attention to the updates of Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi due to her busy schedule, but "Sea of Green Light" caused quite a stir in her current crew.
Some crew members talked about this TV series a long time ago, and the popularity was quite good at that time. Everyone was talking about the appearance of the male and female protagonists and the emotional drama.
However, Liu Qingran also learned from then on that the heroine of "Sea of Green Light" was actually the same as her, a child who was mistakenly adopted by a wealthy family.
Listening to others talking about how vicious the female supporting role was, Liu Qingran was a little curious, but he didn't go to watch it.
As a result, she just left the crew to attend some announcements. After she came back, the direction of the show began to change.
People no longer discussed the beauty and kindness of the heroine, nor did they talk about "the princess falling into the slums". Instead, they criticized the male and female protagonists and felt pity for the female supporting role.
"There are people online saying that Won-hee is unlucky for meeting Min-ae. I think it's Min-ae who is unlucky for meeting Won-hee, right?"
"That's right, I'm really convinced. I was almost led astray before. If I put myself in the female supporting role's perspective, I would have thought she was born into a wealthy family, but she was inexplicably snatched away by the female lead. After the female lead was sent away, her psychotic adoptive mother and brother used cold violence against the female supporting role. Who wouldn't regard the female lead as a thorn in their side?"
"Before her identity as the heroine was exposed, she used her family background to steal the supporting actress's chance to perform. She even had the nerve to proudly call herself a princess. Who on earth thinks she's cute?"
"The supporting actress is so miserable. She's been abused by her mother and bullied by her brother instead of the heroine. After finally revealing her true identity, she encounters these crazy family members. It's so pitiful..."
Listening to the staff's discussion, Liu Qingran felt that they were not scolding the heroine of "Sea of Green Light", but her.
Now that I think about it, wasn't she just like the heroine, robbing Zhang Li of more than ten years of wealthy life?
Most importantly, according to other people's accounts, the heroine's identity was discovered and she was sent away, but she stayed at the Liu family from beginning to end...
No one noticed Liu Qingran's sudden change in expression and continued to curse the heroine and the hero indignantly.
Liu Qingran felt as if his body was covered with thorns, and he felt uncomfortable both physically and mentally.
After the break, it was her turn to film.
After she came on stage, her mind was filled with the scolding from the staff.
Because of his poor condition, Liu Qingran, who had only done a few NGs before, actually did seven or eight times in a row.
The director originally thought that although she was the daughter of a wealthy family, she was quite dedicated in her acting. However, when he saw that she suddenly became absent-minded and was obviously not in good condition, but neither corrected herself nor took the initiative to stop and find her state, he felt a little annoyed, but he couldn't get angry.
"Qingran, are you feeling unwell? If so, why don't you go down and rest for a while? Let someone else take over."
The director's words finally woke Liu Qingran from his dazed state.
Suddenly she noticed that everyone's eyes were on her, especially the staff who she had heard scolding "Sea of Green Light" were also there. She pursed her lips and inexplicably felt a sense of unwillingness to admit defeat.
"Director, I want to shoot it again."
The director looked at her deeply and finally compromised, "...Okay."
Liu Qingran took a deep breath, tried his best to recall the plot of the scene in his mind, and then started shooting again.
But she didn't see it. The director looked at her inexplicably changed temperament through the monitor and shook his head helplessly.
Finally, the director saw that the other actors were getting a little irritated, so he could only suppress his dissatisfaction and said, "Pass!"
After the performance, Liu Qingran returned to her own dressing room.
She couldn't calm down, so she called Xifen.
"Mom... I'm wondering if I should return to my original position..."
When Xifen heard this, she realized that the naive girl must have been influenced by the outside world, and hurriedly asked for clarification.
After learning that the heroine of a TV series had a similar experience to hers and was scolded by the audience, she searched for relevant comments and began to persuade Liu Qingran.
"Silly baby, this so-called heroine is completely different from you. She was taken away by mistake, while you were taken away by a mistake in the hospital system. Besides, I've asked your biological parents, and they said Zhang Li has never suffered any injustice since she was a child. They did their best to raise Zhang Li and they love her very much."
"Also, after we brought her back, we treated her with care, yet she still did something so vicious. You don't owe her anything at all. Instead, she owes you..."
After hearing Xifen's advice, Liu Qingran always felt a little uncomfortable, but the psychological barrier was finally overcome.
"is that so……"
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Zhang Li didn't pay much attention to the comments online.
Netizens were more powerful than she thought, and actually reported "Sea of Green" and had it removed from the shelves.
Originally, she just wanted to guide the drama's reputation in a favorable direction, but now the results are going better than planned, so she changed her plan.
Apocalypse Media spent at least 20 to 30 million to introduce "Sea of Green Light", which means they suffered huge losses this time.
According to Tianqi's current situation, he can only recuperate first and cannot cause any more trouble.
It is too early to turn against Pei Yuanzhi and the Liu family now. Zhang Li decided to take advantage of this period of time to develop himself.
Lingman has Yu Feiyu and Wangshi has Xiaoman. Their work abilities are unquestionable. As for the fund, she has to pay attention to it from time to time and try her best to maximize the benefits for Wu Heng.
Everything else went smoothly, so next, she should work hard for her own "career".
"The Legend of Li Wan" will start filming in more than half a month, but she can't rely solely on this role forever.
Cheng Yu had previously negotiated a role for her, but after she saw the scenes, she felt that the role was too saintly, so she turned it down.
However, there was another double-faced female supporting role who needed to be auditioned and she immediately caught her eye.
The two-faced female supporting character is actually not the same person, but a pair of twins with completely different personalities, one good and the other evil.
It's just a coincidence. According to the original novel, this role will eventually fall into the hands of the heroine Liu Qingran.
These are also two roles specially set up for the heroine to show off her acting skills.
But why would Zhang Li care?
Whoever has the ability to get it, of course, owns it.
【Author’s words】
I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival~~
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