The group was kicked out, and low presence means they are bad?

Several Corea celebrities are gathering in a high-end cafe in Gangnam District, Seoul.

On a TV not far from them, KBS's exclusive interview with Hwang Hyuk-dong and Lee Jung-jae was being broadcast.

Park Yun-chul, an actor who starred in the hit Korean drama "Love in the Starlight", stared at the content on the TV and sighed:

"Even Director Hwang Hyuk-dong and Lee Jung-jae Oppa praised Bai Xingjian so much. It seems like this guy is really going to be popular all over the world!"

"Not only is it going to be popular all over the world, it's already popular all over the world!" A girl group member named Liu Zhina echoed with a smile:
"On Twitter, many foreign netizens know about Bai Xingjian. Most of them didn't even know him through the TV series Squidward Games, but through the introduction videos about Bai Xingjian posted by well-known foreign bloggers. This is simply unimaginable!"

"Yes! Not only did Bai Xingjian write the script himself, he was also able to direct the filming. Moreover, his directing ability was highly praised by Huang Hedong and Li Zhengzai..."

Another man named Jiang Haoran sighed, "More importantly, Bai Xingjian himself is very handsome. How are we, the little guys, supposed to survive when he is such an almighty person?"

A woman named Han Jiaxi sneered and said, "You can't find anything to do but you have to compare yourself with Bai Xingjian. Who can you blame? Can't you be happy yourself?"

"That's right! There are probably only a few all-round players like Bai Xingjian on Blue Star. They can only be counted on one hand!"

Liu Zhina smiled and said uncertainly, "In Chinese terms, it means that Ziwei Star and Wenqu Star have both been born?"

Jiang Haoran remained noncommittal and said nothing.

Park Yun-cheol on the side also shook his head as if he didn't understand, obviously he had no knowledge in this area.

So he smiled and changed the subject, "But what surprised me this time was that KBS was so generous to add Bai Xingjian's name to the special. Didn't KBS dislike Bai Xingjian before? Didn't they change their attitude towards Bai Xingjian after seeing the nationwide hit of Squid Game?"

“It’s good to be able to change like this.”

Jiang Haoran smiled and said, "Although Bai Xingjian is a Chinese, I have to say that it was through his hands that our culture spread throughout the world this time."

"This is indeed undeniable." Liu Zhina nodded in agreement.

“Although this is true, I still feel weird.”

Han Jiaxi expressed his thoughts: "It's obviously the culture of Coria, but it was spread around the world because of a Chinese. It's weird no matter how you think about it."

Jiang Haoran was amused by her words. "Before, you said that you couldn't figure it out and wanted to compete with Bai Xingjian? Now it's your turn to be confused? Why bother? Anyway, our Kauria culture is promoted. As for who promotes it? Is it important? It doesn't matter at all!"

"Uh-huh!"

Liu Zhina nodded in agreement, "It doesn't matter whether he is Bai Xingjian or Hei Xingjian, as long as he has made contributions to the promotion of our Kauria culture, he is a good Xingjian!"

"..."

Hearing this, Park Min-jun was a little speechless: "Jina, why do I feel that you went to study in China and learned some of the Chinese culture wrongly?"

While Liu Zhina and others were still laughing and discussing in the cafe.

KBS officials are already preparing for the evening news broadcast.

When the time came to seven o'clock in the evening, the KBS evening news was broadcast on time.

On the Naver platform, KBS's exclusive interview report on Hwang Hyuk-dong and Lee Jung-jae was officially released, accompanied by a professionally written article.

Because many netizens have already watched the content of this interview through live broadcast, everyone's attention is focused on that article.

Then Corea's netizens were amused.

[No, KBS, is it really okay for you to kneel down so quickly? The article opposing Bai Xingjian's appropriation of Corean culture has not been deleted yet! And now you are directly praising Bai Xingjian, are you really embarrassed? ]

[Why would KBS feel embarrassed? This is just their tone. ]

[You netizens are such a fool. KBS finally made a big move. Can't you praise them? You have to say this and that. If you make them angry, they might just delete this article about Bai Xingjian.]

【Just delete it, it’s not us who will suffer the loss anyway. 】

In addition to complaining about KBS, netizens in Corea naturally also praised Bai Xingjian lavishly.

After all, not everyone watched the live interview with Hwang Hyuk-dong and Lee Jung-jae. Most people watched what KBS was broadcasting at the moment.

……

"Oh my god, even KBS has started praising Bai Xingjian. Did they reach some kind of cooperation?"

In a girls' dormitory of Linjiang Normal University, Wang Peini looked at the content on Naver and couldn't help but feel emotional.

"Squid Games is so popular, is it any wonder that Bai Xingjian has reached a cooperation with them?"

Liu Yue raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Maybe the drama "Squid Game" can win a lot of awards in Corea!"

"Win a prize? No way?" Wang Peini widened her eyes.

"Is there anything to be confused about?"

Liu Yue tilted her head and said, "The plot of Squid Game is so good, and Lee Jung Jae and Bai Xingjian's acting is very good, and the broadcast results are beyond words.

With all these conditions combined, wouldn't it be easy to win a prize in Corea?
Maybe Bai Xingjian can even use this opportunity to try his luck at the Oscars!"

"Oscar?"

Wang Penny's eyes widened, "Do you have to be so exaggerated?"

"What's so exaggerated about this?" Liu Yue shrugged. "After all, the performance of Squid Game is so good. Good performance can determine many things, right?"

"Uh……"

Lai Jie, who had been relatively silent, couldn't help but speak up now: "Squidward Fever probably won't win any Oscar-related awards."

As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Pei Ni and Liu Yue immediately looked at Lai Jie, with a hint of doubt in their eyes.

Isn’t Xiao Jiejie a loyal fan of Bai Xingjian?

Why did she suddenly lose confidence in him? Lai Jie explained, "I'm not saying that the quality of Squidward Fever is not good, but the Oscars are mainly for theatrical films, and the film must be screened in commercial theaters in Los Angeles County for at least seven days, at least three times a day, and meet relevant technical standards to participate in the selection.

So, as a TV series, not a standalone movie, "Squidward Floyd" cannot participate in the Oscar awards!
But maybe we can give it a try at the Emmy Awards next door, after all, the Emmy Awards are the Oscars of the TV industry.”

"I see."

Wang Pei Ni nodded thoughtfully, then smiled at Liu Yue and said, "Good for you, little Yueyue, for telling me some random science stories. Luckily, I have Xiao Jiejie, an expert, by my side this time, otherwise I would have been misled by you."

Liu Yue stuck out her tongue in embarrassment. "If you often walk by the river, you will get your shoes wet. This time it is indeed because my professional knowledge is not up to par."

Rossi glanced at them, then sighed and said, "You still have the energy to discuss whether Squidward Games will win the award? The popularity of Squidward Games has gradually faded in China, and it has begun to be surpassed by Spiritual Lord."

At this moment, on Weibo's hot search list, both the entries about Bai Xingjian and the entries about "Squid Game" have seen a decline in ranking.

On the contrary, entries related to the drama "Spirit Lord" began to climb up the list.

"Hey Xixi, this is inevitable!"

Liu Yue patted Luo Xi's shoulder and said, "This is a commonplace topic. After all, Squid Game cannot be shown in China. Although it was very popular before, didn't you notice that the popularity of Squid Game can only be maintained by some special events? As long as there are no such events, the popularity will naturally decline slowly. It is definitely incomparable to the long-running dramas like The Legend of the Condor Heroes in China."

"That's true."

Wang Penny nodded in agreement. "But why should we care so much? At least Squidward has become popular all over the world, while Soul Lord has not yet made any waves in the Netflix market."

Although both series were released on Netflix in the early morning of April 4st, the international popularity of "Squidward Floyd" and "Lord of the Rings" can be described as worlds apart.

However, "Spirit Lord" no longer cares much about its international popularity.

Because no matter how popular their "Spirit Lord" is internationally, it can't be compared with "Squidward Fate".

Therefore, Chu Liya and others also figured it out. They can no longer rely on the international market. In this case, they should seize the domestic market!
After all, the 14 billion viewers in China are more than five or six times more than Netflix's global membership users.

Wouldn’t it be nice to seize the domestic base?
Some people can’t be caught even if we want to!

……

Neon.

Mitsui Films Office Building.

Kitayama Masa received a call from Mitsui Hiroichi.

She was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking down at the scenery outside, nodding repeatedly while holding her cell phone.

Mitsui Hirokazu said on the other end of the phone: "I can only say that Sophia and Charlie still gave me some face and did not directly disclose the detailed data of "Squid Game" on Netflix. Otherwise, for you, this time I guess there is really no way to end it."

Beishan Yashao nodded respectfully, and said with a relieved tone: "I was indeed a bit reckless in this plan, but fortunately you are still with Netflix, otherwise I would have really fallen flat on my face this time."

Although Kitayama Yahua said so much, Mitsui Hiroichi did not ask for credit or reward. "I can only say that you should do less of this kind of thing in the future. If you piss off Bai Xingjian, it will definitely be more trouble than it's worth."

"Uh-huh."

Bei Shanya nodded heavily, "Don't worry, no matter what Bai Xingjian continues to post on Twitter, I won't respond to him. I've done what I wanted to do."

After saying this, Kitayama Masa continued to ask Mitsui Hirokazu: "How is it, after this fight between Bai Xingjian and I on Twitter, has the data of Neverending improved?"

Mitsui Hiroichi was silent on the other end of the phone. Just when Kitayama Masa felt his heart skip a beat, Mitsui Hiroichi's rather delighted voice came from the other end of the phone:
"The increase is indeed quite obvious. The number of households and hours of viewing of Limitless has increased significantly compared to the previous few days. The quarrel between you and Bai Xingjian has indeed had a significant effect this time."

After hearing this, Beishan Ya's anxious heart finally settled down.

"I can only say that Bai Xingjian is really popular!"

Bei Shan Ya said with a rather emotional tone: "Just a brief quarrel with him once could have such a big effect. I can't imagine if I keep quarreling with him..."

Before Kitayama Ya finished speaking, he was interrupted by Mitsui Hirokazu: "And then you tore up Neverending."

Mitsui Hiroichi said in a rather cold tone, "Ms. Kitayama Masa, please face the reality. No matter how many billions of dollars were invested in Limitless, no matter how many big-scale special effects there are in Limitless, in general, Squidward Gone Wild is indeed better than Limitless. Let's not try to overthrow Squidward Gone Wild with Limitless."

After these words were spoken, Kitayama Masaya fell silent.

She stood there blankly, her expression stiff and motionless.

As if he was still not confident about Kitayama Masayuki, Mitsui Hirokazu continued, "If Limitless is really better than Squidward Fever, then the most discussed topic among audiences around the world right now would not be Squidward Fever but Limitless Fever. Do you understand?"

After a long while, Kitayama Masa nodded and said, "I understand. Okay, then let's give up the competition with Squid Game!"

After saying this, Kitayama Masaya felt his body become lighter, as if the burden on his shoulders had disappeared without a trace.

Kitayama Ya blinked his eyes in a somewhat strange way.

Has this incident become my obsession recently?

No way?
But if that’s not the case, what’s the reason for this feeling of relief?

How strange!
"That's the wise thing to do!" Mitsui Hiroichi responded in agreement.

At this moment, Beishan Ya, who was in a very good mood, sighed and said with emotion: "Oh, how come Bai Xingjian, a Chinese, is so amazing that he can shoot the culture of Coria to perfection? What do you think it would be like if Bai Xingjian came to Japan to shoot the culture of Japan?"

"What scene?"

Hearing this question, Mitsui Hirokazu had a strange expression on his face and asked, "One hundred people killed? One thousand people killed? Or ten thousand people killed?"

"Judging from Bai Xingjian's incredible thinking, he must be able to create a lot of postures, right?" Mitsui Hirokazu continued.

"You are truly invincible, Mitsui Hirokazu..."

Kitayama Yapo on the other end of the phone was gritting his teeth. (End of this chapter)