This public relations approach may seem negative, but it is simple, direct, and effective.
Which is more likely to ignite a firestorm: a second-billed actress who acts terribly but obediently endures all the beatings and scoldings, or a national-level actress who has been popular for over a decade and still generates a lot of buzz by filming multiple projects simultaneously? It's obvious.
Finally, the old lady subtly brought up the point that book fans and viewers valued most: Li Yi, though useless, was self-aware and never tried to steal the spotlight.
More importantly, on the surface, this short essay seemed unfair to Yi Tianzhao. But in reality, it genuinely saved Yi Tianzhao.
The original author has made it clear that "it is impossible to add scenes for Li Yi" and that "the people at CTS respect the original author." In other words, the extra scenes for Li Yi were not added by Yi Tianzhao, but were added because Yang Huanyi forgot his lines.
Yi Tianzhao cleared himself of the label of director who added scenes, thus giving an explanation to the audience and his superiors, and successfully becoming an innocent victim.
This short post only offended two groups: Yang Huanyi and a small number of Xie An's fans. However, after posting this Weibo, Yang Huanyi's reputation was pretty much sealed; whether he offended her or not made little difference. As for Xie An, as a peripheral male lead in a female-centric novel, he didn't have many fans to begin with. Moreover, although Li Yi's acting was terrible, he was good at action scenes, handsome, and could occasionally get into character, so he wasn't entirely useless. Although the fans were dissatisfied, with the original author's support, they weren't likely to rebel too much.
With a series of moves, they successfully shifted the blame eastward, sending Yang Huanyi away completely.
From a little after 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., in less than an hour, he quickly produced this short essay to defend Li Yi. The wording, timeliness, and attitude were all perfectly executed, and the essay was even less than a thousand words long—this is the level of a martial arts novelist who has been writing for decades!
Although the old lady may not understand the marketing rules of the Internet age as well as Shang Yechu, she is still very shrewd and has a keen eye.
In front of such a person, Shang Yechu would never dare to try to be clever.
The old lady was still smiling, as kind as an old Buddha: "Xiao Ye, tell Grandma, why did you choose to perform this scene?"
Shang Yechu glanced at Li Yi, then said seriously, "From my observation, Li Yi is very good at acting 'anger'."
Yi Tianzhao: "..."
Tu Zi Zeng: "..."
What? Who? What are they good at?
Even Li Yi couldn't help but laugh: "How come I didn't know this?"
Without hesitation, Shang Yechu replied, "It's true. You can ask Director Yi if you don't believe me."
Yi Tianzhao coughed and said, "That part was indeed quite good."
Shang Yechu's lips twitched slightly. Of course, that's right, because of the five basic emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, and resentment, anger is the easiest to express.
Joy, sadness, and resentment—if you're not careful, they can easily turn into a fake smile, constipation, or affectation. Anger, however, is different. A puff of hair, glaring eyes, furrowed brows, and pursed lips—anyone with eyes can see that the person is unhappy. Whether it looks good or not is another matter; the fact is, they're definitely angry.
To obtain something, you can't just study your opponents; you also need to study your teammates. Li Yi is that future "pig teammate."
Shang Yechu had observed Li Yi's performance, and this person with connections certainly couldn't be called unprofessional—on the contrary, he was extremely dedicated. It was clear that he really wanted to play the role of Xie An well, so he always put in a lot of effort in his performance.
He laughed forcefully, he was furious, he forcefully displayed his arrogance, and he forcefully expressed his dislike for Xiao Fengque.
Because Xie An and Xiao Fengque were rivals in the first part, Li Yi intensely disliked Xiao Fengque throughout the entire series. This resulted in him always having a long face and a pout. This is how he earned the nickname "Xie the Bitch."
This is why Shang Ye first chose this scene.
In the story, Xiao Fengque and Xie An were only pretending to catch a thief, and Xie An was feigning anger. Therefore, it's understandable that his anger was "excessive"—that is, a little over the top. It wouldn't seem too out of place.
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