"This is a long story."
Shang Yechu spoke in a gentle, unhurried tone: "Although I had this idea, I was busy filming at the time and couldn't put it into practice. I thought I would film it later when I had more money."
"Actually, the script for 'Happy Street' was originally not a movie, but a TV series."
"TV series?"
Many reporters present gasped in surprise. This was new information that hadn't been revealed in any previous interviews or roadshows!
Shang Yechu nodded with a smile: "Yes. I can't reveal who the screenwriter is. However, 'Happy Street' was indeed originally conceived as a TV series. It's just that TV series have many episodes, and the production cycle is long. Then some unexpected things happened..."
Shang Yechu realized he had spoken out of turn and immediately shut his mouth.
Just now, reporter Qian interrupted Shang Yechu and was then berated by Gu Wenhua and Huang Feizhang. The other reporters weren't planning on repeating the same mistake. But Yechu's attitude—only revealing half of something so important! Who's he trying to drive us crazy?
Journalism is a profession that involves fearlessness and thick skin, and one reporter immediately asked impatiently, "What happened?"
If we can dig out such important information, it would be worth being ridiculed by Gu Wenhua a hundred times!
"Haha, what else could it be?" Shang Yechu chuckled, trying to cover it up. "I'm an impatient person. Writing TV series scripts is too slow, and I'm getting impatient. Just then, I ran into an old friend. He mentioned that he was writing a novel called 'The Rules General Store,' which has a very interesting premise. I thought, since I don't know when I'll finish writing the TV series script, I might as well buy his novel and adapt it into a movie so that everyone can get to know 'Happy Street' in advance. So I acquired the novel's rights and adapted it into the 'Happy Street' we know today."
The reporters knew that Ye Chu's actions couldn't be as simple as just being "anxious," but since Ye Chu was clearly unwilling to divulge anything, they couldn't force her to answer.
Now, everyone's attention was focused on the question of "why Ye Chu suddenly couldn't wait any longer." As for how "Happy Street" was adapted and why it differed so much from the original novel "Rules Grocery Store," no one cared anymore.
This was also the strategy devised by Shang Yechu's PR team. The adaptation of *Happiness Street* was so drastically altered, it was unrecognizable, and there was no way to clear that up. Therefore, when answering questions related to the original work, they would deliberately bring up another, more important question. This way, the attention of reporters and the audience would be drawn to the bigger mystery, and no one would care about such trivial matters as the original work.
This kind of public relations strategy is one of the best-selling strategies in the Chinese entertainment industry. For example, if a certain celebrity has a child out of wedlock, the public will definitely find it hard to accept. But at this time, if news breaks that another celebrity has abandoned their child, the public will immediately feel that the stain on the first celebrity's reputation is insignificant.
That was exactly the case at that moment. The reporters were itching to know what the "unexpected thing" Shang Yechu was talking about was. The original novel and the original author, Xin Gui, had long been forgotten by them.
As a top celebrity, Ye Chu's every move attracts attention and trending topics. How could that unknown original author possibly compare to even a hair on Ye Chu's head in terms of popularity?
One reporter pondered: Perhaps one of Ye Chu's neighbors on Happiness Street has a terminal illness, and Ye Chu wants to film the video before the other person passes away so that they can see it.
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