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Chapter 72
Night had fallen, with the moon hanging high and stars dotting the sky.
Yao Bianliang sat on the sofa, completely unable to sleep.
She simply couldn't understand what had happened to make things develop to this point.
"This isn't right—shouldn't this drama be frustrating and depressing?" Yao Bianliang couldn't figure it out.
She had deliberately set up many toxic elements, yet in the end, the drama wasn't nearly as frustrating as she had imagined!
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Yao Bianliang carefully analyzed the plot.
At the beginning, when the prostitutes were beaten and living in hardship, the scenes indeed felt somewhat depressing.
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But watching the girls help each other and struggle to find opportunities in desperate situations greatly reduced that sense of oppression.
Later, seeing the female lead and her friends help one of their sisters escape while deceiving the madam—this climactic scene was so satisfying that it swept away all the previous depression.
Yao Bianliang: "..." Strange, how had she originally conceived this plot?
Oh right, according to her original idea, the female lead helping her sister escape while remaining trapped in the mire herself, living day to day, should clearly have been a frustrating plot point!
W̃ еb̌ ǹ о̂v е̄l̄ E ńů mа̄
But unexpectedly, after such modifications, this segment of the plot became a minor climax instead.
Throughout this process, the female lead practiced her skills daily, and as viewers, people instinctively wanted to see her successfully enter a high-class brothel.
With such anticipation stringing them along, audiences naturally would continue watching.
Later, though the supporting female character died tragically, she died with hope, and the female lead found a new path.
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Thinking about it this way, Yao Bianliang fell into contemplation.
Was the plot frustrating? If focusing solely on the main storyline, it was indeed quite frustrating, with all toxic elements present.
En ù m а̌ .і̄ d̈
But at the same time, the plot was also very engaging.
It had climaxes and turning points, with well-balanced tension. It wasn't just relentlessly depressing, making people want to flee after one episode.
"Miscalculation—this drama isn't frustrating enough!" Yao Bianliang felt her heart constrict.
By now, she finally understood what she had overlooked.
The script wasn't frustrating enough, not just because of how engaging the plot was, but for another more important reason—
The female lead's initial impression was different!
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For comparison, when a female college student falls to becoming a bar hostess, most people would look down on her;
But if a bar hostess persists in attending university every day, people would find her inspiring.
When Yao Bianliang modified the script, she changed the female lead's ending from becoming a prince's consort to becoming a singing girl, an adjustment that naturally seemed depressing.
But in the eyes of the audience, the situation was completely different.
The drama began by giving the female lead an extremely terrible environment and an incredibly humble status.
Thus, the female lead started as a low-class prostitute, gradually becoming a high-class courtesan, and finally marrying into a prince's household as a concubine.
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How could such a plot still be depressing?
Yao Bianliang: "..."
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As an actress, she really shouldn't try to do a screenwriter's job.
She had tried so hard to design the plot, but reality told her that even with such a toxic script, there were still viewers who enjoyed it.
As long as the drama was well-produced with good acting, it could be widely acclaimed!
It was just ridiculous.
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The system consoled her: "Host, look on the bright side—at least so far, this drama's viewership isn't high."
Yao Bianliang didn't really want to speak.
What good was low viewership? From beginning to end, her task objective had never been about "viewership."
What she wanted were negative reviews from viewers.
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The more Yao Bianliang thought about it, the more panicked she felt. At this rate, negative reviews might be hard to secure. She couldn't sit still any longer and immediately opened her phone.
Fortunately, the new drama's popularity wasn't high, and there were no trending hashtags about "Spring Warmth, Heavy Dew."
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With a glimmer of hope, Yao Bianliang opened the comments section and super topic community.
[So exciting! Production team, hurry up and update!]
[Excellent production, solid acting from everyone, gives me the feeling of watching a movie. Definitely deserves five stars.]
[I really love the female lead's character design! Current Chinese dramas wear the facade of strong female leads but actually rely on men. The female leads constantly make trouble and it's beautifully termed "growth-oriented female lead."]
[+1, what attracts me most about this drama is the female lead. In that environment, not becoming depressed is already good enough, yet she continues to maintain hope, help others, and actively save herself—truly amazing.]
[I really love the female lead sister! If she lived in the modern era with equality for all, she would definitely carve out her own path.]
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[It's a good drama, but I'm a bit thin-skinned. I watched three episodes and don't dare continue. Of course, I still have to give the production a five-star rating.]
Yao Bianliang: "..."
Brother, if you already can't continue watching, don't give it a five-star review!
Wouldn't a one-star review be better?
Yao Bianliang even found some outrageous comments in the review section.
[Haven't finished watching, but this drama portrays prostitute life very realistically, which alone deserves five stars.]
W е̂ b̊ ṅо̀vе̊l̆ Е̃ n̈ umа̂
[Hahaha, truly a conscientious good drama, giving it a five-star review to show support.]
Seeing such comments, Yao Bianliang nearly had a heart attack on the spot.
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You barely watched the drama—how can you give it a five-star review!
Hearsay is unreliable. Seeing is believing, hearing is deceiving—don't you understand such a simple principle?
With an indignant heart, Yao Bianliang read one comment after another, feeling increasingly alarmed.
Except for a few anti-fans and contrarians who gave one-star reviews, almost all were uniformly positive.
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Many viewers, like her, had watched all eight episodes in one night and expressed anticipation for tomorrow's update.
After reading all this, Yao Bianliang fell silent.
Could this drama really get a Douban rating below 4?
She had originally thought success was almost guaranteed, but now looking ahead, how was it almost guaranteed? This was clearly a nine-deaths-one-life situation!
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"No, stay calm, I can't be too pessimistic..." Yao Bianliang slowly exhaled, trying to calm herself down.
Currently, the plot had only progressed to Episode 8, not even a third of the way through. It was too early to discuss what the Douban rating would be.
Ŵ е̃b n̄ о̇ v̊ е́l̃ Е̄n̊.ùmа̊
So what if there were many positive reviews? Until now, the drama's biggest toxic element—the scumbag male lead—had barely appeared.
Viewers didn't know how hateful this male lead would be; they still had hopes for this prince, even fantasizing that he would rescue the female lead from her dire situation.
Would viewers remain so calm when the male lead displayed his scummy nature, tormented the female lead, and eventually gave her away to someone else?
Certainly not!
At that point, once viewers were poisoned by the plot, rather than praising the drama, they might curse it outright.
With reputation plummeting and disputes arising, the Douban rating naturally wouldn't be high.
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"Nothing is decided yet, I don't need to panic," Yao Bianliang thought, finally regaining some confidence.
In her previous system tasks, she had always smoothly completed 90%, only to make a mistake in the final step.
Thus, one wrong move, and all her efforts would be wasted!
This proved that the process wasn't important—the result was what mattered.
As long as the later plot poisoned viewers, she could still secure victory.
"Besides, I still have 'The Tale of An Hua' as a good helper," Yao Bianliang secretly pondered.
Е̌ n̄u m а̊.іď
Compared to her drama, "The Tale of An Hua's" plot clearly better met market demand and was more likely to win audience favor.
In comparison, her drama wasn't so appealing.
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With them at the forefront, her chances of success increased.
"Sigh, I hope the situation improves later."
At this point, Yao Bianliang could only silently pray.
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W̊ е̄ b̄n̂ о̇ v̄е l̀ Ë n ům̃ä
"The Tale of An Hua" aired Tuesday through Friday, four consecutive days, with two episodes updated daily.
To compete with their schedule, Yao Bianliang went all in—except for the launch date, the update schedule was identical.
In stark contrast to the miserable lives of prostitutes in Yao Bianliang's drama, life in "The Tale of An Hua's" brothel was decadent, luxurious, and filled with endless pleasure.
Initially, because one depicted a low-class brothel and the other a high-class one, with different environmental backgrounds, the contrast wasn't particularly striking.
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But when "Spring Warmth, Heavy Dew's" plot progressed further and the female lead entered a high-class brothel, the contrast between the two dramas immediately became apparent!
In Yao Bianliang's drama, the female lead desperately learned skills just to become a high-class courtesan, escaping endless torment and the ever-present threat of sexually transmitted diseases;
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In "The Tale of An Hua," the female lead advised her sisters not to learn skills. This way, no client would fancy her, and she wouldn't have to receive them.
In Yao Bianliang's drama, prostitutes lived through fire and water, with first-class quickly falling to second-class, third-class, ultimately meeting a miserable end.
If they could marry an ordinary commoner and successfully redeem themselves, that would be the best ending—one only attainable in dreams.
While in "The Tale of An Hua," high-class courtesans were completely different from ordinary people. With their status, they seemed able to freely choose among elegant young nobles, waiting for the right price, ready to marry into wealthy families at any time.
In Yao Bianliang's drama, the prostitutes' clients were mostly ordinary men with low attractiveness—perhaps with small potbellies and double chins, or perhaps skinny and frightening in appearance. A large portion were middle-aged men or old men who maintained their lustful hearts, with vulgar behavior and frivolous language.
In contrast, in "The Tale of An Hua," the courtesans' clients were all young talents—handsome and elegant. Sleeping with these men was safe and not disadvantageous. If not for the plot, one might not know who was paying whom.
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The two dramas shared the same theme and aired at the same time, making the contrast extremely obvious.
Some viewers noticed this situation and couldn't help questioning.
[Isn't "The Tale of An Hua's" plot too ridiculous? It's like they're grinding my intelligence into the ground...]
["The Tale of An Hua's" plot is indeed mindless, you can only watch it without thinking.]
[After watching "Spring Warmth, Heavy Dew," I can't get into "The Tale of An Hua" anymore. If ancient famous courtesans knew how later generations viewed them, who knows what they would think.]
At this time, a video in the entertainment industry critique section quietly went online.
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This time, the publisher wasn't Feng Shiyuan but He Youkun, who gave his video a title highly relevant to the current topic—
"From 'Spring Warmth, Heavy Dew' to 'The Tale of An Hua': What Was the Real Life of Ancient Famous Courtesans Like?"
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