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Chapter 686 %
Chen Nan had anticipated the unrest among the crew.
He even informed Song Mian early on that if any trouble arose, he would never hire the troublemaker again.
This was originally one of Chen Nan's rights after signing with Tangxing.
Song Mian agreed to the request and also relayed it to Chang Yun.
When Chang Yun replied to the message, he casually mentioned it to Lu Wantang.
In response, Lu Wantang said: The punishment could be even more severe.
Artists are obligated to cooperate with all normal promotional work, which is written into their contracts.
Whoever caused the trouble, they violated this agreement.
After the company retains evidence, it will dismiss the person directly.
Nowadays, there are many more people who want to join Tangxing Entertainment, so Lu Wantang certainly won't hold back.
Because they had received the boss's permission, the scene of the group getting together was actually recorded by the camera.
Chen Nan was somewhat surprised—
"These young people don't seem like they can keep their composure. Ever since they found out they were going to Xizhou, they've been whispering among themselves a lot. I thought they might cause trouble!"
His tone was full of regret.
The assistant standing nearby was speechless: "You've worked with them for so long, is it really okay to hope they cause trouble and get fired?"
Chen Nan smiled and said, "I just wanted to make an example of them, but who knew that out of all these people, not even one of them would stand up for what's right."
The assistant understood; he realized the director was annoyed.
After all, the morale of the entire crew was low, partly because these people were constantly gossiping behind the scenes.
Thinking of this, the assistant hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help asking:
"Director Chen, I think what they said makes sense... We really won't be going to Xizhou this time..."
Did we return empty-handed?
Chen Nan paused for a moment: "Well..."
His eyes darted around: "Actually, I'm not sure either."
The assistant was shocked: "Wasn't this the itinerary you arranged yourself?"
Two or three days is fine, but the duration has been increased to a week, and the number of promotional events has doubled. Shouldn't we be very confident in the promotional effect?
Chen Nan shook his head: "It's a company arrangement... The message came from Assistant Chang, it should be our boss's idea."
"President Lu?" The assistant swallowed the question that was about to escape his lips.
Looking back, it seems that President Lu has never made a mistake.
This applies to music as well as film and television.
"Did Mr. Lu explain the reason?"
"No, maybe she's not sure either."
Chen Nan said somewhat uncertainly, "But it's rare for the boss to give such an order. It just takes a little more time, nothing serious... By the way, you've already notified the other film crew about their extended holiday, right?"
"They've all been notified."
The assistant nodded.
Anyway, it's all the boss's request, so it doesn't matter if it delays the filming schedule.
The only concern is that if this publicity campaign fails to achieve any results, it might affect the filming of another drama.
After all, judging from the timeline constructed by the script, that drama is equivalent to the sequel to this drama.
Of course, they weren't the only ones worried; Chang Yun, who was responsible for relaying information up and down the chain of command, was also concerned.
However, when he asked about this, Lu Wantang did not give a definite answer, only saying that he would know after seeing the results.
Chang Yun thought that Lu Wantang said this because she was confident.
In fact, Lu Wantang herself was unsure how effective this publicity campaign would be.
Whatever the outcome, it's all next week.
What they are most concerned about right now is the drama series that will be broadcast tonight.
The plot of these episodes remains tight.
From the moment the male and female leads decide to infiltrate the royal palace to steal medicine to save someone, to their encounter with Mu Yi who saves a girl in the palace, to the male lead recognizing his savior, and then to the female lead's identity being exposed... there are so many plot points, and since the audience has never been exposed to a similar martial arts drama before, they simply can't guess what will happen next.
The martial arts training and various fighting scenes are equally captivating.
Even people from the Western Continent who don't understand what 'wuxia' is are inevitably attracted to it.
That evening, a user from the Western Continent posted on the forum, asking if people from other continents all knew martial arts.
The poster's logic is simple: since "wuxia" is classified as traditional culture in other continents, and since it's traditional, there's a chance it will be "inherited".
Therefore, his deduction makes a lot of sense.
The post was quickly filled with replies from people from Xizhou.
[What is 'martial arts'? What is this post talking about? I don't understand it.]
[If you don't understand it, it's probably because you haven't watched the TV series "Dongzhou"! I recommend watching it; their martial arts moves are very flashy, I think it's great, even if you don't understand the plot.]
[Is it Chen's new song, the one they're talking about with a 'wuxia' vibe?]
[My God! Do they really all possess such 'kung fu' skills? If so, aren't we incredibly ignorant?]
[Did human evolution not take me along, nor all the people of the Western Continent?]
I haven't watched that TV series, but I think they'll be having some promotional events here, I'll check them out.
I'm really curious about this show!
I'm going to ask my friend in the North Continent what he has to say.
……
To help those replying understand what he was saying, the poster thoughtfully included a clip of a martial arts scene in the post.
The thread quickly became even more lively, with more and more people replying.
There were also many people from the three continents, from the southeast to the north, who loved to watch the drama unfold.
Yes, I can testify, we all know this martial art.
[This kind of martial art is too limited. I usually go to school on a flying sword ←_← So, are you interested in learning about cultivation?]
[This is a secret shared by several states! How could you expose it?]
[I must say, the martial arts techniques the screenwriter created are quite interesting; I'm thinking of watching this show.]
[Who said this show is bad? I haven't seen many posts complaining about it...]
[I'm curious why the Westerners asked that question. Do they really think we all know martial arts?]
[Is this post definitely not a promotional tactic?]
……
With people from the three continents (east, south, north, and south) joining in, their statements, whether true or false, and mostly jokes, made it even more difficult for the people of the West Continent to understand the truth.
The number of people attracted by this post is not small.
Even before the latest episodes have finished airing, countless people have already switched channels just by "smelling the aroma".
Whether I can understand it or not, I'll just join in the fun!
There are many, if not many, people who share the same idea.
So, early the next morning.
The viewership ratings for the new drama have been updated.
Everyone who paid attention to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was utterly shocked.
—A new drama with a viewership rating of less than 1% when it premiered actually made it into the top three of the list in the third update!
Stunned, countless people browsed the list again to make sure they hadn't misread it:
01. "Asking the Immortals", viewership rating 9.3%
02. "Picking Stars," viewership rating 8.7%
03. *The Legend of the Condor Heroes*, viewership rating 7.4%
……
It really is third!
They've really made it into the top three!