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Chapter 74
The next morning.
Yao Bianliang woke up to find the entire world seemingly transformed.
#TheTaleOfAnHuaMarketingBackfires#
#IsGlamorizedPortrayalOfProstitutionAppropriate#
#SpringWarmthHeavyDew,OverlookedQualityDrama#
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Discussions about "The Tale of An Hua" flooded the internet. Additionally, some netizens who saw the related news were successfully persuaded to watch "Spring Warmth, Heavy Dew."
Earlier, many netizens had been praising "The Tale of An Hua" while criticizing "Spring Warmth, Heavy Dew." However, now such comments had almost disappeared.
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Looking across the landscape, public opinion had completely reversed. Ansheng Entertainment faced as much backlash now as the amount of paid commenters they had previously hired.
"What on earth happened..." Yao Bianliang looked at the comments, finding them hard to believe.
This wasn't scientifically possible. In her impression, until yesterday, "The Tale of An Hua's" plot hadn't collapsed.
How did everything change after just one night's sleep?
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She didn't hesitate and immediately reviewed the netizens' comments.
It turned out that while "The Tale of An Hua's" early plot was decent, the problems mainly appeared in the two episodes updated last night.
The female lead, as a fallen princess, was a character concerned with the world and the common people.
Yet this same person behaved like a villain in the latest two episodes. She not only looked down on ordinary commoners but also implicitly assumed that illiterate people were stupid and inferior beings.
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Netizens mocked her with comments like "you're a prostitute yourself yet you look down on other commoners," severely endangering the female lead's character design.
If it were merely a character collapse, that would be manageable.
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But "The Tale of An Hua" also featured several extremely ridiculous plot points.
For example, the female lead wanted to help her sister escape the fate of receiving clients, so she advised her not to learn musical instruments, theorizing that no one would want her to receive clients.
If you asked why the female lead herself didn't have to receive clients...
That was obviously because she could play instruments, so she only needed to perform music and didn't need to receive clients.
This created a problem.
Among the prostitutes, those who could play instruments didn't need to receive clients, and those who couldn't play instruments also didn't need to receive clients—then who in the brothel was responsible for receiving clients?
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—Surely not the madam?
Yao Bianliang: "..."
What bizarre plot elements.
There were many similar bugs. The better the female lead's character design had been in the early episodes, the more dramatically it collapsed later.
Before long, the female lead transformed from a "princess who cared for the world and endured humiliation with dignity" into a "calculating prostitute who looked down on lowly prostitutes and ordinary people, solely focused on finding a rich man to climb the social ladder."
Yao Bianliang believed that in her efforts to create a toxic script, she had already written something outrageous enough.
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Unexpectedly, someone managed to create an even more outrageous plot!
"What on earth is 'The Tale of An Hua's' screenwriter doing," Yao Bianliang couldn't comprehend. "How did she manage to make the script collapse so spectacularly?"
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This person was truly talented!
Yao Bianliang looked up "The Tale of An Hua's" screenwriter, who was named Ling Huanxuan. Besides "The Tale of An Hua," she had participated in the scriptwriting of four other dramas.
Some of these dramas were hits, some flopped, but without exception, all received very low ratings.
Seeing such astonishing results, Yao Bianliang felt quite complicated emotions. She couldn't help but think of her own screenwriter, Xie Wan'er.
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Look at this other screenwriter, how impressive!
She took a perfectly fine Mary Sue fantasy script and managed to thoroughly destroy it.
Meanwhile, what about Xie Wan'er? Despite having toxic settings, she wrote a plot that was engaging, full of twists and turns, and widely acclaimed.
That's the difference.
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"What kind of luck do I have," Yao Bianliang couldn't help but sigh.
Just randomly picking a screenwriter, and they're this capable.
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If her screenwriter hadn't been Xie Wan'er but this Ling Huanxuan, would her drama have flopped?
Unfortunately, it was too late for regrets now.
Yao Bianliang had originally planned to rely on "The Tale of An Hua's" excellence to highlight how terrible her own drama was.
But as the saying goes, it's not godlike teammates you should fear, but pig-like opponents.
"The Tale of An Hua" was clearly a pig-like opponent. Not only did it fail to outshine her drama, but it actually served as a contrast, making her drama look even better.
Yao Bianliang felt a stifling frustration.
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You have such a luxurious cast, such an excellent team, and such a good-looking script.
How could you be so incompetent!
In this melancholy mood, Yao Bianliang received a call from her assistant, Yan Xiaoli.
"Sister Liang! Have you seen the Weibo trending topics? 'The Tale of An Hua' tried to criticize us for marketing, but now they've lifted a rock only to drop it on their own feet—they're completely finished," Yan Xiaoli's voice was full of excitement. "That content creator's critique video is really interesting, it's so satisfying."
"Content creator?" Hearing this term, Yao Bianliang frowned.
It seemed that the rapid shift in public opinion wasn't just due to "The Tale of An Hua's" plot collapse but also involved external factors.
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"Is it Feng Shiyuan interfering again?" Yao Bianliang asked through gritted teeth.
She knew it—this wretched Feng Shiyuan harbored ill intentions toward her, not letting her off in several consecutive tasks, giving her absolutely no way out!
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"It doesn't seem to be," Yan Xiaoli said. "I believe it's a content creator called He Youkun."
Yao Bianliang: "..."
Who was this person?
She searched for this content creator's ID on Weibo and eventually found his previous works on his profile.
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"He Youkun... isn't this the person who helped Lu Group 'praise me to death' and strongly supported Lu Group?" Yao Bianliang was stunned.
You, a content creator who constantly accepts sponsorship money, instead of speaking for "The Tale of An Hua," come to promote me without compensation, even willing to offend Ansheng Entertainment for this...
Did your head get caught in a door?
Yao Bianliang felt panicked.
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He Youkun's video seemed more like a signal—a signal that she would soon be the focus of all entertainment industry content creators—
Would her enemies from now on not only include Feng Shiyuan but also a whole bunch of self-appointed promoters who appeared out of nowhere?
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Just one Feng Shiyuan was already giving her a headache.
If there were to be many more Feng Shijin, Feng Zhang, Feng Li... how could she continue playing this game!
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These days were destined to be incredibly difficult for Yao Bianliang.
Positive reviews kept increasing. She blocked all online messages and lay like a salted fish in her luxury villa, utterly dispirited.
Boss Mo Youqian was generous. After receiving her payment, Yao Bianliang had bought herself a luxury villa in the countryside.
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But even this couldn't soothe her wounded soul.
It was too exhausting—her heart was truly too exhausted.
Just thinking about the possibility that she might not be able to fade into obscurity, that she would have to continue working hard day and night as a wage earner, Yao Bianliang felt as if life had lost all hope.
"Host, be more optimistic," the system consoled her. "When 'Spring Warmth, Heavy Dew's' most toxic plot point airs, perhaps the situation will turn around."
Yao Bianliang remained silent, not speaking.
Indeed, the male lead giving the female lead to a neighboring master as a concubine—this toxic point would definitely displease many viewers.
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Perhaps after this plot aired, "Spring Warmth, Heavy Dew" would, like "The Tale of An Hua," suffer a complete collapse in reputation.
But for some reason, Yao Bianliang felt deeply uneasy.
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She felt that this matter wasn't so simple.
"No, I must prepare for both possibilities."
On the third day of lying around, Yao Bianliang could no longer sit still.
If she failed this task again, she had to prepare in advance for the next system task.
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"System, I feel that from beginning to end, I've been trapped in a misconception," Yao Bianliang opened a computer document, summarizing her past task experiences while seriously contemplating.
Since receiving the tasks, the dramas she had acted in all featured engaging plots, excellent production, and solid acting from the entire cast.
These dramas became popular for various reasons, but they all shared one common feature—
High quality!
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This wasn't intentional on Yao Bianliang's part.
On one hand, with system rules in place, Yao Bianliang didn't dare to act in truly terrible dramas.
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On the other hand, in the world she had once lived in, film and television productions maintained high standards, with all actors demonstrating solid skills.
So Yao Bianliang subconsciously felt that a film or TV drama being of acceptable quality was a matter of course.
But she had subconsciously overlooked that in this world, poor-quality film and television productions were the norm!
A quality production among a bunch of poor-quality ones would undoubtedly stand out like a crane among chickens.
Compared to other bad dramas, a good drama would naturally find it much easier to win favorable reviews and attract large amounts of traffic.
"If this task fails, then next time, I must avoid these factors that easily lead to popularity," Yao Bianliang's thoughts raced.
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According to system requirements, her dramas couldn't be too terrible. So she would just meet the system's minimum standards and film a mediocre drama.
Beyond that, her production team lineup also needed changes.
Since skilled actors could make a script shine, she would find traffic stars to work with!
If one traffic star wasn't enough, then two, three... at worst, everyone except her would have terrible acting skills.
Furthermore, she couldn't choose obscure directors and screenwriters.
Experience had proven that from Cheng Liuhui to An Xincheng, all were undiscovered treasures. These people appeared harmless but were actually hidden masters—who could handle this!
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Yao Bianliang had been tricked too many times. By now, she no longer dared to easily trust these seemingly insignificant figures.
Therefore, her next collaborators should ideally have directed several hit dramas and several flops, already making a name in the industry.
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This way, the possibility of creating a flop would be much higher.
With these thoughts, Yao Bianliang didn't hesitate any longer and immediately called Assistant Chen.
"Help me keep an eye out for several commercial scripts aimed at making quick money," Yao Bianliang instructed. "Co-starring actors must have terrible skills, the director and screenwriter should only care about money, and the entire production team should be half-hearted."
Assistant Chen: "..."
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Yao Bianliang's instructions always defied common sense. Assistant Chen thought he had already grown accustomed to this.
Yet now, hearing this bizarre request, he was once again deeply shocked.
After a few seconds, Assistant Chen finally noted down all of Yao Bianliang's instructions, then paused and asked: "What about the script theme? Does Sister Liang have any requirements?"
Yao Bianliang thought for a moment: "Anything works. Whether it's a historical costume drama or a modern setting, I'm fine with either. However, the script must be a production-line commercial film."
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After saying this, Yao Bianliang added a few more details.
The two discussed for a while, roughly establishing the general direction.
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After giving her work instructions, just as Yao Bianliang was about to hang up, Assistant Chen stopped her.
"By the way, Sister Liang, you've been disconnected from the internet these past two days, so you probably don't know," Assistant Chen reminded her. "On Douban ratings, our new drama and 'The Tale of An Hua' were scored on the same day."
