Huayu: This celebrity doesn't follow the rules.

The premiere viewership data for Chapter 46 was not ideal.

As the prelude to "Cool" flowed out like water, she suddenly sat up straight.

"As night falls and the air grows cooler, fallen petals turn to frost..."

Chen Duling blinked.

She remembered Jiang Ye saying smugly on the phone a few days ago, "I wrote the theme song!"

At the time, she thought he was bragging, that guy who couldn't even read a full sheet of music?
But at this moment, the ethereal female voice, intertwined with the strings of the guzheng, truly revealed a touch of amazement.

How did that guy do that? How can he know everything?
An inexplicable sense of frustration suddenly washed over her and slowly enveloped her.

She has always been a prodigy since childhood, with excellent grades, beautiful looks, and admission to a prestigious university. Deep down, she is proud.

He could enter the entertainment industry, but he was like a complete novice, knowing nothing.

And this guy, he taught her acting skills in a very sophisticated way, and she filmed a web series just over a month after the start of the semester, and even wrote a very impressive theme song!

Are there really geniuses in this world?
But then I thought, this amazing person just happens to like to mutter "dudu, dudu" to her.

"Don't move in the wrong direction, make sure your lines have proper breath control, and make sure this milk tea is low in sugar and at room temperature," she nags like her dad.

He's clearly a few years younger than her!

The corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl upwards slightly.

That's how a young girl's thoughts are—like the surface of a lake ruffled by the wind, just beginning to ripple with a touch of bittersweetness, then suddenly overwhelmed by a burst of joy, leaving her unable to quite grasp the bittersweet feeling.

The scene shifts to a modern setting, and Chen Duling can't help but frown. The scumbag Zhang Peng is being chased and beaten by a group of girls, with a bottle of one-yuan mineral water from Taobao gleaming on the table.

"Jiang Ye," she muttered under her breath, rubbing her forehead, "You can forgive them for borrowing costumes, but even the props are so perfunctory?"

However, when the scene of crossing the pool took place, and Meng Ziyi, who played the Crown Princess, floated up from the water, Chen Duling unconsciously clenched her pillow.

The camera zoomed in on that exquisitely made-up face, with almond-shaped eyes and cherry lips; she was indeed beautiful.

"It's just average."

"Her figure... is... just average!"

She muttered to herself, glanced down at her faded nightgown, and suddenly hugged the pillow even tighter.

Damn it, we lost...

Until the female lead uttered her mesmerizing line: "Holy crap, where are my eight-pack abs?!"

That hand even gave her chest a couple of rubs without any hesitation.

"Jiang Ye, you...!!!"

Chen Duling slammed her laptop shut, her ears burning red.

Three seconds later, he secretly lifted the lid a crack and continued to peek through his fingers.

At the very beginning of the second episode, several flying screens floated across the top of the screen:

"Is this film crew so poor that even the concubines have to wear mosquito nets?"

"The male lead turned into the female lead? Is the screenwriter on drugs?"

"The female lead's acting was so awkward I wanted to dig my toes out of the palace."

Tencent Video added a "flying screen" feature in April of this year, which was later renamed "bullet screen".

Chen Duling, who usually hesitates for three minutes before getting food in the cafeteria, was now moving so fast her fingers were almost blurry:

"Those who talk about mosquito nets probably haven't seen real silk chiffon before~" (Sent)
"You know so much about medicine, it seems you've taken quite a bit of it ^_^" (sent)
"She's a bit better than you; at least she gets to be the female lead." (Sent)
After sending the last message, she was a little stunned!
Good heavens, how could I have said such a harsh thing?
It's all Jiang Ye's fault, what kind of addictive drama did he film...?

"That's ridiculous..."

She muttered to herself to the air, but couldn't help watching the entire second episode.

She was surprised to realize it was already 11 p.m. when the end credits started playing, which was past her usual bedtime of 10 p.m.

My phone has a message from Jiang Ye sent me half an hour ago:
"Teacher Chen, how was my first piece of work?"

That bastard, can't he just talk properly?!

She typed, biting her lip: "Costumes, makeup, and props: zero points! Script: so-so."

Afraid of discouraging him, I quickly added, "The song is pretty good, did you really write it?" "For your first time acting, you've actually done a great job!"

Outside the window, a sycamore leaf clung to the window frame, like her unspoken acknowledgment.

The computer screen was still lit, and in the paused scene, Ou Hao, playing the prince, was smiling slyly at the camera, and for a moment he even had a bit of Jiang Ye's roguish charm.

Hopefully, failure won't discourage him...

……

Yanjing, Yingchuang Space Building

At 23 p.m., the night in Yanjing was already deep, but the office of Jiangying Media was still brightly lit.

The changes here are significant compared to a month ago.

Although it was still rudimentary, at least it resembled a company.

Six secondhand desks were neatly arranged, each with a secondhand Lenovo computer. Several boxes of unopened office supplies were piled in the corner, and several handwritten slogans were posted on the wall: "Content is King" and "Traffic is Life".

The most eye-catching thing was the whiteboard in the conference room, which was densely covered with plans and to-do items, with a hastily drawn "Go for it" emoticon next to it, obviously the work of an assistant.

The five newly recruited college students were frantically typing away at their computer screens.

They had only been working for a week, their faces still bearing the lingering naiveté of their school days, and their eyes still shining with a clear light...

Zhang Li, a media studies graduate, is clumsily creating her 20th QQ group. All the group names are the same: "Official Fan Group of 'Princess Promotion' - XX Region". However, she doesn't even know how to set up a basic group announcement. She can only secretly search on Baidu for "how to make a QQ group look more official".

Li Xiaocao, a Chinese literature major, was in charge of Weibo operations, but her first promotional post made her a laughing stock.

The author mistakenly wrote "male-to-female" instead of "male-to-female," which immediately drew numerous comments from fans in the comment section.

Where did it go?

"Pyramid Scheme Warning"

She was so scared that she quickly deleted the post and reposted it; luckily, the account only had a few hundred followers.

Wang Meng, a design major, was using Photoshop to cut out an image, but her skills were rusty. She ended up making the Crown Princess's face look like an inflatable doll, without even realizing it, and happily saved the file.

Xiao Liu and Xiao Chen are both marketing majors and were assigned to compile user feedback. The two stared at each other, looking at the Excel spreadsheet. Xiao Liu asked in a low voice, "What does KPI mean again?"

Xiao Chen scratched his head: "It seems to be... a new Coca-Cola product?"

As for why Jiang Ye hired five rookies, it was mainly because they were cheap...

In a glass-enclosed private office, Jiang Ye stared calmly at his computer screen.

The coffee in front of him had gone cold, and there was a half-dried lipstick stain on the rim of the cup, which was accidentally smeared by one of his assistants when he secretly tasted it earlier.

The door was gently pushed open, and Bai Mengyan walked in carrying a freshly brewed cup of coffee.

She wore a white sweatshirt and skinny jeans today, her hair was casually tied in a ponytail, and her bare face looked exceptionally clear under the light.

"Boss, the data is in..."

Her voice trembled slightly. After putting down the coffee, she took out a tablet and handed it over. "Five hours after going online, the number of views... 32."

Jiang Ye glanced at the data panel:
Views: 32 (A-level dramas in the same period averaged over 500 million views on their first day)

Completion rate: 51% (lower than the platform average of 60%)

Number of bullet comments: 7800 (70% of which were complaints)

"The premiere wasn't very successful," Bai Mengyan bit her lip. "The comments were all saying it was outrageous and morally reprehensible..."

Jiang Ye suddenly laughed.

He took the coffee and sipped it: "It's only been five hours, what's the rush?"

He swiped his finger across the tablet a few times, stopping at a set of data: "Look, the retention rate of female users aged 18-25 is 75%, which is 15 percentage points higher than the platform average. This shows that the core audience is into this."

Bai Mengyan was stunned: "But the overall data..."

“It’s normal to be criticized at the beginning,” Jiang Ye stood up, slung his suit jacket over his shoulder, and said, “Go, call a meeting. We need to add some juicy details.”

(End of this chapter)