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Chapter 10
"YAO! BIAN! LIANG!" Yao Xinxin gritted her teeth. If looks could materialize, her phone screen would already have a hole in it.
This person had just become popular and already dared to be so arrogant. If she became a huge star later, what chance would Yao Xinxin have?
Yao Xinxin had never, like today, so urgently wished for Yao Bianliang to flop quickly.
She somewhat regretted that her previous measures had been too gentle, giving the other party an opportunity to gloat.
"Yao Bianliang, you indeed got lucky this time and achieved decent results."
Е̇nü m̈ а̀.і̌ d̂
"But this is just the preliminary selection. There are still brutal elimination rounds and finals ahead. Aren't you afraid of crashing and burning after talking big now?"
Yao Bianliang: "Sister, you're right. I might very well crash and burn."
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"After all, you're the precious daughter of the Yao family. Having the show target a pure newcomer with no background like me should be extremely easy."
"In this semifinal, you should be able to get me eliminated effortlessly, right? Don't let me look down on you."
These words were dripping with sarcasm.
Yao Xinxin gritted her teeth.
Е n ũ m а̊ . і̂ d
What did Yao Bianliang mean? Was she certain that Yao Xinxin had no way to deal with her?
"Yao Bianliang, you don't really think that as long as you have good acting skills and work hard enough, you'll make it, do you?"
"Stop daydreaming! With just one word from me, I can have you assigned to the worst group with the worst role."
After sending these messages, Yao Xinxin finally felt less stifled.
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But soon, Yao Bianliang's reply gave her another heart attack.
"Thank you, Yao Xinxin, it's so good that you think this way."
Ē n ũmа̂ .їd
Yao Xinxin: ??
Yao Bianliang: "I believe with your abilities, putting me in the worst group and making me suffer elimination in the semifinals should be no problem!"
"Go for it, sister! I have faith in you."
Yao Xinxin: "......"
From gripping her phone too tightly, Yao Xinxin's fingers were turning white.
She had never imagined that once Yao Bianliang started being passive-aggressive, she could be so infuriating.
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"Fine, I'll see just how long you can remain smug!"
Yao Xinxin's fingers trembled slightly. She took a deep breath, closed the chat window, and dialed a phone number.
This time, she didn't want to wait a moment longer.
"Director, have the semifinal groupings been determined?" she asked.
The director on the other end of the phone answered with a smile: "Not yet. Miss Yao, are you asking about Yao Bianliang's grouping situation?"
Mrs. Yao had already spoken to the production team, so the director was well aware of the Yao family's intention to suppress Yao Bianliang.
Е̌ n_u m_а
"Yes," Yao Xinxin said. "Director, I mentioned last time that I hope you'll assign Yao Bianliang to the most competitive group and give her the least impressive role, just as a supporting character."
Although nominally the semifinal groupings were decided by drawing lots, in reality, they were predetermined.
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Manipulating the groupings to suppress a contestant was an extremely common practice.
The director paused: "Currently, we've preliminarily drafted the grouping situation."
Yao Xinxin raised an eyebrow slightly: "Oh?"
Director: "In the semifinals, we plan to put He Yanning and Mu Taozhi in the same group. The script is called 'Tulip Storm,' a new work by Director Hua."
W̆ e b́n̆ о̃v́ еl̆ Е̇ n û m̆а̊
In the variety show's preliminary selection, each group shared glory and defeat together, so everyone hoped their group members would be famous and strong performers.
But the semifinals were exactly the opposite.
Because of the intra-group competition system, members of the same group were teammates but also opponents, and no one wanted their opponents to be too strong.
He Yanning and Mu Taozhi were the most famous contestants in the show and the ones that capital planned to promote.
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Acting alongside them almost certainly meant becoming a foil and being eliminated.
"This script primarily revolves around the male lead (played by He Yanning) and the villain (played by Mu Taozhi). Besides them, there's a female supporting character who is the male lead's subordinate."
E ǹŭ m̄ а
"This supporting role is purely a plot device, responsible for completing tasks assigned by the male lead, with no romantic storylines with either the male lead or the villain."
"We plan to have Yao Bianliang play this role."
After hearing the director's words, the corners of Yao Xinxin's lips curled upward slightly: "This role isn't very impressive, is it?"
"Not impressive at all," the director replied. "This character has no distinctive personality traits, no standout moments, and most of the time just follows the male lead around handling tasks, occasionally even causing trouble."
At this point, the director also seemed somewhat helpless: "I discussed with Director Hua about fleshing out this character more, or simply cutting it altogether. But Director Hua disagreed."
"He said he needed a female supporting character to highlight the male lead's status."
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After hearing this, Yao Xinxin felt extremely satisfied.
This was exactly her ideal choice.
"Very good," Yao Xinxin nodded. "Then I'll trouble the director to ensure that Yao Bianliang draws this role."
She wanted to see how Yao Bianliang could possibly stand out in the semifinals with such an unimpressive, charmless female role!
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As preparations for the semifinals were completed, the preliminary selection voting also entered its final stage.
Е́ n̆ŭ.m а . і̄ d̈
The moonlight tonight was beautiful, but Yao Bianliang's mood was cold.
When the clock struck 12, the system's voice sounded in her mind.
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[Beep, task time limit has expired]
[Current task:
Participate in a short drama in the "Good Drama PK Competition" variety show, get eliminated in the preliminary selection, and successfully flop]
[Completion status: Incomplete]
Е n um̌ a .і̌d̀
[Reward status: Only participation reward obtained]
[Task message:
You, who wanted to flop so badly, chose an exceptionally good drama among many terrible ones.
From a certain perspective, you indeed possess insight that others can't match, as well as extraordinary luck.
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Unfortunately, you've failed this task.
However, with your abilities, completing the next flop mission shouldn't be difficult.
W е b̆ n о ṽ е̊l Ē n ů ḿ а̃
I hope the host will regain momentum, forge ahead, and achieve greatness again!]
Yao Bianliang: "......"
With the task failed, Yao Bianliang felt pain with every breath.
According to the original plan, she should now be packing her bags, flying far away, and enjoying a good life with her reward money.
But now, she not only remained a poor child without money, but she also had to continue participating in the "Good Drama PK Competition" variety show, working to earn money.
Facing this situation was truly heartbreaking for both speaker and listener.
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[Based on the host's current status, generating new task as follows:]
[Participate in the "Good Drama PK Competition" variety show semifinals, receive less than or equal to 5 judge votes and less than or equal to 5 million audience votes; ultimately get eliminated from the variety show, successfully flopping]
[Task reward:
Participation reward: 300,000 (obtainable just for participating)
Completion reward: 100 billion (obtainable after successfully completing the task)]
When she saw this new task, Yao Bianliang was slightly taken aback.
En̈_û m̆_ӓ
Fewer than 5 judge votes and fewer than 5 million audience votes—this standard didn't seem very strict!
In the "Good Drama PK Competition" semifinals, a contestant's final ranking was determined by both judge votes and audience votes.
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Thirty contestants, three in a group, competing on the same stage.
Ten judges each had one vote, which they would cast for one of the contestants based on their performance—or they could abstain.
If one person performed exceptionally well during the competition, they could indeed possibly receive more than 5 votes.
But Yao Bianliang knew in her heart that these rules were just for show, put on for the audience.
Е̌n̆ û m а̃
The reality was that whichever contestant the capital wanted to promote, that's who the judges would vote for.
Common phrases included "XXX has improved a lot," "XX is very hardworking," "We should give newcomers some encouragement."
In short, the judges' votes were Schrödinger's votes—the destination of each vote had already been predetermined!
For newcomers like Yao Bianliang with no backing or background, they would most likely just serve as foils for traffic stars.
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Add to that the pressure from the Yao family, she would be thankful to get one or two votes, and there was no way she could get too many votes.
As for audience voting, that was even simpler.
W̊ ѐ b n.о̄vël Е́n̊u ḿ а́
Now, she was indeed more popular than before, but compared to those top stars, she was still far behind.
So far, she had over two million Weibo followers, but 80% of them were ordinary people who didn't watch variety shows or follow celebrities.
These people did like her, but would they download seven or eight apps on their phones and spend two or three hours daily supporting her, just to vote for her?
Probably not.
To be honest, if they liked her Weibo posts, they were already being quite nice to her.
Among these two million plus followers, there might be a small portion who were longtime fan circle members.
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They would be willing to vote for her, but what use was such a meager force?
Moreover...
Yao Bianliang could privately advise her fans not to vote and instead spend more time studying.
This way, forget about 5 million votes—she might struggle to get even 500,000!
"However, there's still one hidden danger," Yao Bianliang pondered. "My acting skills are far superior to other contestants."
Viewers weren't blind. If the gap in acting skills was too great, anyone with eyes could see it.
Еn ŭm á. і d
What if people felt indignant on her behalf and voted frantically, allowing her to successfully advance?
Then she would have nowhere to cry!
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Take this preliminary selection as an example: "To Our Youth" had no traffic stars, no backing, no capital support, yet it still went viral in the end.
For no other reason than that the drama was of high quality.
Audiences were tired of assembly-line products pushed by capital, so they were willing to support quality dramas and vote for them.
Yao Bianliang had learned her lesson and naturally didn't dare to repeat the same mistake.
Ẅ е b̆ n о v̌ е l̄ Ёnũṁ а
"So, from the preliminary experience, I might very well receive more votes than expected because my acting is too good." Yao Bianliang's fingers lightly tapped the table as she fell into thought.
There was no help for it—her opponents' acting was so terrible that it made her look like a god by comparison.
And since the system wouldn't allow her to lower her acting skills, she was forced to outclass other contestants with her acting, creating a vicious cycle.
"Looking at it this way, I need to change my approach..." Yao Bianliang's thoughts moved quickly.
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Since she couldn't lower her own acting skills, why not improve her opponents' acting skills instead!
Just like this preliminary selection—if all 10 works in the competition were well-produced and innovative, would "To Our Youth" have become so popular?
Е̌ nū.mа
Certainly not.
Forget about 10 works; even if just "Youth With You Is Sweet" had been excellently made, it would have attracted 90% of the attention, relegating "To Our Youth" to a mere foil.
When the quality gap between two sides wasn't too large, short dramas with traffic stars and capital support naturally had an advantage, even an unbeatable position.
Similarly, if the acting gap between her and her opponents wasn't so large, if the contrast wasn't so obvious, then she would be safe.
Moreover, her acting had always been good, so no matter how brilliant her performance, the audience wouldn't be surprised.
While her opponents' acting had always been criticized, if it suddenly improved, that would definitely create more buzz!
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"In the semifinals, with three people in a group, I just need to help my two opponents improve their acting skills, and all problems will be solved," Yao Bianliang sorted out her thoughts.
She didn't expect their acting to be as good as hers, just that it wouldn't be so obviously terrible.
Then with capital stepping in and marketing accounts hyping things up, traffic stars with only 60-point acting skills could be praised as 90 points.
With the entire internet discussing traffic stars, who would notice a nobody called Yao Bianliang?
This didn't seem difficult to accomplish.
Yao Bianliang's mood relaxed.
Ẁ е̇b̌ nö v е́l̃ Ӗn̈u mа̊
Before binding with the quick transmigration system, as a veteran in the entertainment industry, she occasionally guided newcomers on their acting and helped them understand their roles.
Moreover, emotions were contagious.
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If during filming she intentionally led the other person, it would be easy to help them immerse in the plot and perform more convincingly.
After this operation, Yao Bianliang believed that even young idols with only 1 or 2 points in acting skills could be improved to 5 or 6 points!
"Looking at it this way, this task doesn't seem too difficult."
Yao Bianliang regained her confidence.
W̊.е b̂ nо̃ v̂ е́l Е̂ ñŭ m̃ a
Thinking carefully, not being eliminated in the preliminary selection was mainly due to her bad luck.
After all, who could have imagined that an eighteenth-tier newcomer director whom no one had faith in would actually be a genius?
A person might be unlucky once, but surely not every time.
In the coming period, as long as she performed normally, she should still be able to successfully flop in the semifinals!
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