This man knows how to hype

Chapter 293 Taking the Blame

"The latest news is that the ratings of "Kuang Bi" are 2.317%, ranking first in the ratings of TV dramas this year. Xu Xiyu posted a blog to thank the audience for their support and love.

He also emphasized that the current achievements of "The Storm" are the result of the joint efforts of all the crew members, and hoped that everyone would pay more attention to the main creators..."

Listening to the latest reports on "Kuangbiao" from the self-media on his mobile phone, Qi Xiangyang rubbed his temples tiredly.

The ratings were announced half an hour ago, and the ratings of "Crazy Storms" have increased significantly compared to yesterday.

On the contrary, the ratings of "Pengcheng Thirty Years Old" dropped from 1.621% yesterday to 1.503%.

Not only did the gap between it and "Kuang Biao" widen, it even lost to "The Qin Palace Song", which had lower ratings than itself.

Such a result was difficult for Qi Xiangyang to accept for a while.

It was not just him. The main creators of "Pengcheng 30 Years Old" also found it difficult to accept. Half an hour later, they gathered in Qi Xiangyang's office for a meeting.

After saying some bland clichés as usual.

The person in charge of the publicity team looked around at everyone and said weakly, "The publicity team for "The Qin Palace Song" seems to have given up competing with "The Storm" for popularity."

After these words were spoken, the already quiet office became even more silent.

Seeing the atmosphere so depressing, the head of the film and television department spoke up to help: "I think we may be worrying too much. Aren't there many dramas in recent years that started out strong but ended up falling apart, or were exciting at the beginning but collapsed at the end?"

"Yes, yes, yes. I think 'Knives Out' is about to collapse." As soon as these words came out, the producer immediately echoed them.

But this echo made a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses next to him snort coldly and say, "Why didn't I see it? Tell me, where is the trend of his collapse?"

This man is Du Chenshuang, the vice president of Donghai.

"This..." The producer was about to break out in a cold sweat. He was just agreeing with her, and you took her seriously?
In fact, Du Chenshuang didn't take it seriously. It was just that people were in different positions, so their reactions to certain words were naturally different.

He continued, "You guys shot "Pengcheng Turning 30", and the company invested money in you. Now you can't beat Xu Xiyu in the quality of the show.

It's just that your level is problematic. If you don't reflect on the problem, that's fine. But you still have the nerve to lie to yourself and others with such a smug face?

President Qi and I have not asked you to come here to listen to your chanting and performing rituals, trying to use these nonsense to curse down the popularity of "Kuang Biao". What we want is a way to win. Do you understand the method?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and finally the director gritted his teeth and said, "Boss Du, there is actually a way."

"Oh, tell me about it." Qi Xiangyang, who had been silent, took his legs down from the desk.

"I heard that there are several actors in 'Storm' who have a lot of dark histories. All we have to do is..."

"Shut up!" Du Chenshuang interrupted impatiently after listening halfway.

Still not satisfied after the interruption, he yelled, "Are you mentally ill? There are so many actors in our industry, how many of them are completely clean?
Do you think the 21 actors who jumped over from Huaqing to our company have been able to stay stable for so long because they are all as pure as little white flowers?
It was the guy named Xu who followed the rules and didn't use these methods to mess with them. They have been in Huaqing for so long, is it possible that they don't have any dirty secrets about them?

You are still digging up the dark history of the actors in "Kuang Bi", and we don't know who will win! Maybe Xu Xiyu is waiting for this move of yours, and then he will be right to take revenge! "

The director shrank his neck so much after being scolded by Du Chenshuang, and didn't dare to say a word in rebuttal.

Qi Xiangyang's expression also turned ugly.

Because everyone can see that Du Chenshuang's words just now were apparently scolding the director, but in fact, he was scolding Qi Xiangyang for poaching 21 actors from Hua Qing and bringing many risks to Donghai.

It can actually be seen from here that Du Chenshuang now represents the interests of the old Donghai.

The purpose of holding a meeting here today is to use the "Kuang Biao" incident to assign responsibility to Qi Xiangyang.

Of course, what he just said was not nonsense.

Every circle has its own unspoken rules.

This kind of behavior is like digging up the dark history of other actors when their drama is popular, trying to get the drama removed from the air in this way.

Generally speaking, big entertainment companies won't do this unless it's absolutely necessary.

The reason is just as he said, everyone has a lot of actors on hand, and each actor has some problems underneath.

If you poach my talent and I poach yours, then no one will have a chance to survive. Small entertainment companies or individuals can do this.

But big entertainment companies are large and powerful, and sometimes they have to take the lead in abiding by the rules because the rules protect their own interests.

No one wants to spend a lot of time and money on a project, only to have it not be released online because of an actor's problem.

Of course, this is not absolute. After all, rules can only restrain those who abide by the rules, and some people do not abide by the rules.

Thinking of this, Du Chenshuang continued to curse: "Also, even if we remove "Kuang Biao" from the shelves now, what can we do? Xu Xiyu will then put the so-called pirated resources online.

They are the audience, and none of them can escape. Not only that, but Xu Xiyu might even come up with some conspiracy theories online, which would make the audience even more enthusiastic about "Kuang Bi".

What we want is to make the audience feel worse about "Knives Out", not to make it a banned film to attract more attention. I advise you to clarify the concept of film and television dramas before you speak in the future.

Otherwise, if I lose to "Kuang Biao" today and "Qin Gong Fang Ge" tomorrow, what about the day after tomorrow? Who will I lose to the day after tomorrow? There is nothing left to lose, and I don't care about my face anymore, right?"

The words could not be more hurtful.

Hearing that Qi Xiangyang's face was so gloomy that water seemed to drip out of it, he was just about to open his mouth to smooth things over.

Then I heard the producer speak again: "Boss Qi, Boss Du, I think we can hype up "The Storm" to glorify the underworld."

"Where is it beautified?" Du Chenshuang asked directly.

"Isn't Gao Qiqiang considered embellishment?"

"It's only been six episodes. Is Gao Qiqiang a gangster? Isn't he a fishmonger who was forced into a life-and-death crisis? The real gangster is Xu Jiang. Has Xu Jiang been glorified?"

"..."

"Even if it is really beautified, so what? Do you think most of the viewers of "Kuang Biao" will care about this? Aren't they watching Gao Qiqiang's "happy literary life"? " Du Chenshuang asked for the second time.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the office couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.

Damn it, according to what you said, Old Du, "Storm" has become a big iron ball, and there is nowhere to start talking about it?

Du Chenshuang seemed to see what they were thinking and sneered, "Do you think "Storm" is invincible? I tell you, it is invincible.

The quality of this drama is there, no matter what means you use, you can't do anything about it. Even if you try your best, you can get "Storm" off the shelves.

The audience will not come to watch "Pengcheng 30 Years Old", and in everyone's heart, they will not think that "Pengcheng 30 Years Old" has won. You guys, you should think about it carefully. "

After saying this, Du Chenshuang patted his legs and stood up, then left leisurely under Qi Xiangyang's murderous gaze.

Five or six minutes later, he sat in his office.

The secretary followed in closely.

After following in, he asked, "Is it done?"

"It's done. The police are on the way. The guy named Wu is currently visiting a prostitute. As soon as he is taken away, we will expose it immediately and put the blame on Qi Xiangyang." The secretary said with a smile.

The boy surnamed Wu she was referring to was Wu Haochen, the actor who played Gao Qisheng in "Kuang Kuang".

"This person should not be too complacent, don't you think?" Du Chenshuang said with a smile on his face.

"Indeed, he acted recklessly when he got angry. I don't know how Xu Xiyu would react after hearing about this. Will he feel that he has misjudged people?" The secretary said with a little sympathy.

"How can this be called not knowing people well? Xu Xiyu is not a god, how can he know what everyone is like behind the scenes?" Du Chenshuang shook his head.

To be honest, he personally still admires Xu Xiyu very much, but appreciation is appreciation and competition is competition.

If we can arouse Xu Xiyu's anger this time and "kill" a few people from the Huaqing Gang in the East China Sea, then many things will be easier.

Thinking of this, Du Chenshuang couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Fifteen minutes later, news that [Wu Haochen, who played Gao Qisheng in "Kuang Biu", was taken away by the police on suspicion of prostitution] appeared on the Internet.

(End of this chapter)