C30 Short Shift Before Being Verified [Part 1]

Posted onOctober 1, 2020byUntamedS

Black Emperor, I.S., Rejuvenation, and I?

If the first two and the last two were understood separately, they would all be easy to associate with, but with these four words put together, Zhou Yuhe couldnt really imagine what was happening.
Zhou Yuhe: Dont keep me in suspense.

Cao Qiyue: Okay, okay, first I have to tell you a series of good news about me.

Cao Qiyue: I have successfully terminated my contract with Black Emperor, Black Emperors stock price is plummeting in these past two days, this scandal is not enough to make those capital crocodiles withdraw their capital, but its enough to scare some scattered investors. They fled, causing short-term problems in Black Emperors capital chain, and even some of the projects under their hands have been halted or postponed.

Zhou Yuhe was astonished.
He remembered that the Black Emperor in his previous life had unlimited glamour.

Both in music and in film and television, it was a leader in the industry, especially after the marriage of Meng Churong and I.S helmsman Ji Chen, a strong union, even the companys annual meeting was more star-studded than the usual award ceremony.

It had to be surprising that Black Emperor, such a behemoth, would have such a messy day.

But a surprise was a surprise, and he wouldnt sigh or lament about it.

After the death of Cao Qiyue in his previous life, the Black Emperor with a face as big as a pot, actually in the name of Cao Qiyue, her abandoned tunes, and practice songs, put out an album, the album sold miraculously, they earned a lot of money.

In an interview with the media, the director of Black Emperor, Meng Churongs mother, Fu Xiaoyu, not only praised Cao Qiyues character but also criticized those who slandered her as shameless

It was as if she had completely forgotten who it was that had driven her to death in the first place.

Hearing such news, Zhou Yuhe was of course happy for Cao Qiyue, but at the same time, he also had a bad feeling in his heart.

Could it be that

Zhou Yuhe said in a deep voice, Everything about you is good news, but not necessarily about me, right?

Cao Qiyue sighed, her contract termination was such a happy thing, but now she only had worries about her old friend: Yuhe, Obviously Sweet, which was originally scheduled to go online in April, has been postponed and is scheduled for May 20th, which is the day before the premiere of Rejuvenation.

Zhou Yuhe was stunned for a full three seconds before he said, Really?

Obviously Sweet.

As you could tell from the name, this was a typical romantic idol drama, co-produced by Black Emperor and I.S. It could be considered the number one seed in the idol drama market this year.

In the television industry, with so many market shares at the same time, meeting a strong rival in the same genre was certainly not news to Rejuvenation.

What was more, Obviously Sweet wasnt just a strong one.

Its male and female protagonists were I.S Prince Ji Chen, and the Black Emperor golden agents daughter, Meng Churong.

As the daughter of the number one agent in the industry, Fu Xiaoyu had put a lot of effort into Meng Churong. She had even more resources than Ji Chen. Ji Chen had an uncle pressing on him, but Meng Churong was the only pearl in Fu Xiaoyus palm, throwing all the big-name resources at her like money.

But unfortunately, they didnt know if it was because of peoples prejudice against female actors or because she wasnt very strong.
The Black Emperors public relations department researched and eventually came to the conclusion that the resources were too high and not grounded enough.

So, Black Emperor teamed up with I.S., hired the most famous Taiwanese writer, and an idol drama photography team, to create what was claimed to be the biggest investment in history, and an all-star cast of idols, Obviously Sweet.

The entire script of Obviously Sweet was tailored for Meng Churong, and the character of the female lead, Zhao Mingming, was basically the same as Meng Churongs real character, after all-.

A person always acted best when he or she was in his or her true colors.

The purpose of this drama was to make Meng Churong popular, and in her previous life, Meng Churong really did a good turnaround from the shame of having a strong background which was mocked by the whole internet and she became one of the popular young female stars.

If it wasnt for Rejuvenation, the most popular idol drama this year would have been Obviously Sweet.

It could even be said that the success of Rejuvenation was owed partly to Obviously Sweet

It was because Obviously Sweet had a good fight in April and grabbed traffic for the teen idol market, and Rejuvenation was able to climb to unprecedented heights on a good foundation.

However, now-
The Black Emperors financial problems had sent such a formidable opponent directly to them.

However now-.
For Zhou Yuhe, this wasnt the grimmest thing.

The most serious thing was that the entire I.S. publicity department was just this big, and when facing the two youth dramas that had been uploaded at the same time by the I.S. actors, and when facing Ji Chen and Zhou Yuhe, who were also the male leads, the balance of resources would be tilted to which side
It went without saying.

What Zhou Yuhe would face was that a large portion of the original publicity resources would be taken away.

Even.
Zero advocacy.
Zero resources.