135: Rumors are flying everywhere! Fans: This streamer must be terrible at naming things!

“President Xiong, the main Actors for our crew have all finished auditioning. Just now, we also found a suitable candidate for female lead number three—it's the Actor named Liu Miao!”

Inside a high-level office at Xia Lifei Film and Television.

Zhou Yu, an artist under the company, rushed over excitedly to report the situation to Xiong Tang.

Ever since Xiong Tang promised him the male lead role in the drama 'happy summer trip', he has been frequenting this place.

Xiong Tang nodded after hearing the report and said:

“The shooting will start soon. Little Zhou, you must seize this opportunity and strive to become an overnight sensation!”

“President Xiong, I know. Thank you for your guidance. Oh, right, there's another situation I think you might find interesting.”

As Zhou Yu spoke, a trace of mockery flashed across his face, and he said:

“You remember Da Xu Culture Media, right? They actually established a crew called 'summers melancholy'.

It's said that this crew approached our female lead number three, Liu Miao, but she rudely rejected them.”

“Oh?”

Upon hearing this, Xiong Tang immediately became interested and asked:

“Could it be that the other party couldn't afford the price, or the investment was too small, so Liu Miao didn't even consider it?”

Zhou Yu shook his head and laughed, saying directly:

“President Xiong, according to Liu Miao, the investment for that crew reached fifty million, and they invited her to play female lead number two.

But Liu Miao wanted to strive for female lead number one.

After not getting approval, she directly used the reason 'I don't consider films with box office revenue below one billion' to reject them!”

“An investment of fifty million? Where did an unknown company get such a large investment?”

Xiong Tang asked, looking puzzled.

Hearing this, Zhou Yu's expression stiffened, and he said somewhat jealously:

“President Xiong, you probably don't know this, but that guy named Xu Lu who was disrespectful to you last time actually has a net worth of over one hundred million.

So I don't think that fifty million was invested by others; it was money that Xu Lu pulled out of his own pocket...”

Xiong Tang was also stunned for a moment, but quickly said in a deep voice:

“So that's how it is. No wonder that kid had the nerve to oppose me last time. But does he think anyone can make money in this industry?

Fifty million in investment, hmph, it's quite a large sum, but I expect this money will be completely wasted soon enough!”

Zhou Yu nodded repeatedly, then continued:

“President Xiong, shouldn't we take this opportunity to smear the opposition a bit, and also promote our happy summer trip?

For example, Liu Miao chose our female lead number three role in 'happy summer trip' and gave up their female lead number two role in 'summers melancholy'.

Also, her quote, 'I don't consider films below one billion in box office revenue,' suggests she believes our box office might exceed one billion...”

“We can operate on this!”

Xiong Tang slowly nodded... And so, half a day later... 'Famous Female Artist Liu Miao Joins the happy summer trip Crew Formed by Xia Lifei, Reportedly as Female Lead Number Three...'

'Before joining the happy summer trip crew, Liu Miao directly rejected an offer for female lead number two from another unknown crew...'

'It is rumored that the unknown small crew invested fifty million, but Liu Miao rejected it on the grounds that she does not consider films with box office revenue below one billion...'

'happy summer trip officially launched. We anticipate the birth of another blockbuster comedy film in a few months...'

'According to rumors, the crew rejected by Liu Miao is named the summers melancholy crew. Hmm, no comment on the name...'

...Under the covert manipulation of the Xia Lifei side, various rumors were flying wildly in just one afternoon.

The phrase 'I don't consider films with box office revenue below one billion' immediately became a trending topic.

Liu Miao herself, who said this phrase, also posted a comment under the trending topic.

She stated that she simply has high standards for films.

When selecting film offers, she doesn't just look at the size of the investment but carefully considers all aspects of the conditions, and her words were not meant to slander others.

As for why she joined the happy summer trip crew, Liu Miao claimed it was naturally because she felt that crew had higher box office potential... Of course, most comments under the trending topic supported Liu Miao, believing investment was not the most important factor.

A large portion of those heavily invested films in the industry also have questionable quality, ultimately leading to poor box office performance.

“Liu Miao is right. This is what a sober Artist should be like; they won't blindly join just because the investment is large.”

“Xia Lifei still has a lot of heritage. Boss Yang's company has produced many blockbuster TV dramas.”

“Exactly. That's why I hope this happy summer trip film gets made quickly. There are too few good comedy films to watch now.”

“Heh heh, if it were me, I'd choose happy summer trip too. What kind of name is this 'summers melancholy'?”

...“No problem! Although the investment is fifty million, God knows how much actually materialized. Plus, this 'summers melancholy' sounds like the name of a terrible film.”

“Wait, I didn't see that wrong, did I? I just searched for the summers melancholy crew, and the chief planner and chief director are actually Xu Lu? Is that the Xu Lu I know?”

“Pfft! Someone finally noticed this. That's right, it's that Xu Lu, it's him!

I totally didn't expect this guy to be trending again, only this time he's trending as the villain.”

“Tsk tsk tsk, thinking carefully, I feel like there's a lot of depth to this situation.

Xu Lu was supposedly blacklisted by the company, and the company he belongs to is Xia Lifei Film and Television, which produced 'happy summer trip'.

Now Xia Lifei Film and Television has formed the 'happy summer trip' crew, and Xu Lu himself has formed the 'summers melancholy' crew.”

“Exactly! Clearly, Xu Lu has been smeared by his old company this time, and the punishment has escalated directly from blacklisting to suppression.

However, it's a bit coincidental that both of these crews have the character 'Xia' in their names, one in the middle, and one at the beginning.”

...Because a trending topic is just a trending topic, it's not a good place to speak freely.

Therefore, most fans who saw the news spontaneously headed to Xu Lu's Streamer room.

Although Xu Lu hasn't gone online yet.

Following the long-established old tradition, the fans' discussions in the comment section were completely unaffected:

[Extra! Extra! The Streamer has been smeared so badly by his old company that his face is unrecognizable.]

[So I wasn't the only one who saw it! I was just about to tell everyone, but I didn't expect others to figure it out too.]

[No choice, Xia Lifei's methods are quite clever. They only focused on bombing the name 'summers melancholy'.

The Streamer's name didn't appear at all, let alone the relationship between the Streamer and Xia Lifei Film and Television.]

[Uh, speaking of which, I want to ask, why did the Streamer choose the film title 'summers melancholy'?]

[Hahahahaha, this is also the point I really want to mock. Is the Streamer perhaps terrible at naming things?]

[...*Cough cough*, even though the Streamer is terrible at naming things, if the movie actually gets made, I'll still support it.]

[Sigh, a while ago I heard the Streamer excitedly talking about making a movie, but now the situation doesn't seem as good as we imagined.]

[Let's ask about the situation once the Streamer goes online...]

[Exactly! After all, it's a fifty million investment. If it goes down the drain, it would be such a waste!]

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