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What do readers worry about the most? Clearly, they endure sleepless nights waiting for the author to update, only to find themselves faced with a plot that makes them uncomfortable!
And now, Yan Xiang wanted to tell Xu Yao that the joy uniquely belonging to Xu Yao was determined by her, the only reader!
In the novel world he created, she could be the wealthiest global tycoon, or she could instantly ascend to the realm of immortals, becoming a goddess surrounded by countless celestial beings.
He, Yan Xiang, would resign himself to be a heartless typing machine for his senior!
But Xu Yao was not buying it and wanted to give this talented junior a good lesson.
[Xu Yao: There’s too many of these online meal replacements1 of yours, I’m already tired of them.]
The financial backer is always picky, but Yan Xiang didn’t take it to heart. He suddenly felt that Xu Yao’s words made quite a bit of sense, so he wanted to get more feedback from her.
[Xu Yao: Can you write detective stories? Include those movie emperors, domineering CEOs, campus heartthrobs, and doctors you mentioned earlier.]
Yan Xiang was momentarily stunned in front of his computer screen.
Detective…? Such a serious genre needs to incorporate so many handsome guys? This is quite a novel challenge!
Yan Xiang only replied to Xu Yao with an ‘ok’ emoji, but at that moment, he had already started brainstorming. He was always eager to satisfy his wealthy client.
pls do not share this anywhere or u will always stub ur toe when u walk past a door frame !! this translation has been stolen from mioscorner.com, pls only read there i’m begging u :kneels:
Meanwhile, Zuo Ning, who had just finished his work, couldn’t contain his desire to share. He was originally a graduate of the directing department and had a minor in photography. Back when he was in the urban village, he would humorously think that if directing didn’t work out, he could switch careers to become a photographer.
However, whether in directing or photography, both are money-burning industries.
Zuo Ning took out his camera and recorded a short two-minute video, which he uploaded to a short video platform.
Little Ou, an ordinary netizen who loves folklore and enjoys watching supernatural stories for thrills, had previously stumbled upon Director Zuo’s updates on the filming progress of “Yin Fate” and had been drawn in.
Nowadays, foreign zombie films only know how to use bloody violence to stimulate the audience’s eyes, and Little Ou had only felt numb after watching too many.
However, the films from the island nation often randomly harm good people without reason, which made it hard for Little Ou, who had been indoctrinated with the idea of “revenge for grievances,” to adapt.
Yet, this obscure Yin Fate that he accidentally came across, with its two large red lanterns against a dark background and the eerie red cloth shoes appearing at the street corner, had just the right flavour! From then on, Little Ou frequently checked Director Zuo’s filming progress updates.
However, Director Zuo had not updated for almost a week, which made Little Ou feel quite anxious.
There are many young people with dreams in China, but the vast majority are defeated by capital.
Although “Yin Fate” only had a little over a thousand fans, it was fortunate that most of them were active fans, with the comment section filled with worried messages.
[Wuwuwu, Director Zuo, are you still there? “Yin Fate” won’t be canceled, right? I’ve been looking forward to it for so long.]
[Director, say something! If you don’t update the filming progress, I feel like it’s going to be over.]
[I heard the female lead is Zuo Ning’s girlfriend. If they broke up, she won’t act anymore, and the situation will be even tougher.]
[It’s not easy for young directors to pursue their dreams, but it should be hard to attract investment for this short drama. How about crowdfunding? I can contribute a little.]
Little Ou immediately liked this comment. As an ordinary office worker, he couldn’t spare a lot of money, but a couple of hundred yuan was no problem.
Mainly, the long break in video updates was really worrying.
Just then, Zuo Ning updated a short video. Before Little Ou could feel happy, he noticed that the video cover and the filming location in the urban village looked very different, and his heart sank.
An ominous premonition seemed to loom over the horizon.
Could it be that they were really going to announce the cancellation of the short drama?
With a nervous heart, Little Ou clicked on the video, and what appeared was Zuo Ning’s cheerful face: “Hello, family! Long time no see. Today, let’s talk about something happy. We’ve secured investment for ‘Yin Fate’!”
The camera shifted, revealing a nearly hundred-square-meter super spacious living room, under bright and dazzling lights was a low-key yet luxurious long conference table.
“The value of the suites the investor arranged for us is this amount,” the male lead Ran Lingfeng exaggeratedly made an ‘eight’ gesture with his hand, “and also hired professional screenwriters and well-known novelists to help polish the script.”
Eight?
Little Ou instinctively thought it was eight thousand, as eight thousand was already quite extravagant for him. But he quickly realised that eight thousand was definitely not enough; just the living room was nearly a hundred square meters, capable of accommodating a small meeting for over ten people!
So, there was only one possibility—
“Eight, eighty thousand?
“That’s right, even in the off-season, it’s eighty-eight thousand eight hundred for one night.”
Little Ou would have to earn that amount in a year! And that was just for the place they would use to revise the script! He was instantly overjoyed; with such an investor, how could “Yin Fate” short drama be canceled?
Totally secured!
[Wuwuwu, which kind-hearted bodhisattva came to the rescue?]
[So great, really great! My anxious heart can finally relax.]
[So starting tomorrow, we can expect updates on the filming progress again, right? Awesome!]
At this moment, the comments section was still quite normal, with a few fans expressing their anticipation for the short drama to be filmed on schedule.
But they didn’t expect that starting today, the official account of the “Yin Yuan” short drama would seem to have changed skins, with Zuo Ning no longer sharing filming progress every day, but instead—
“Hahaha, we just finished coordinating the script today, and we need to reward ourselves! Let’s order some king crab, pan-seared foie gras, and tuna belly with black truffle…”
“I feel a bit tired after discussing some of the plot holes with screenwriter Zhang and screenwriter Yan for half an hour. Let’s have a professional masseuse come up to help us relax our brains, after all, we can’t overthink.”
There were even videos of him just lounging around: “Hahaha, I can still see the neon lights of Haicheng at night while lying in the bathtub. My heart feels incredibly peaceful.”
“…”
Fans: ?
Do you even know what this account is for? This is the official account of the “Yin Fate” short drama, not a leisure blogger!!
Zuo Ning was now wealthy, but he was still the thrifty young director he had always been, so he wouldn’t spend money on marketing.
However, the official account of the short drama “Yin Fate” became inexplicably popular due to this stark contrast.
The short video platform was buzzing with searches for #Official Account of “Yin Fate” Short Drama#!
[Hahahaha, I’m dying of laughter. Go search for “Yin Yuan” and you can feel what a drastic change in style looks like.]
[A few days ago, Director Zuo: meticulously filming every frame, diligently working without daring to spend an extra cent; Now Director Zuo: Platinum Suite, fine dining, luxurious enjoyment.]
[This official account is so funny. For the past few months, they’ve been diligently filming short dramas, but these past few days, it’s all about sharing the Platinum Suite at the Cloud Peak Hotel.]
[Main task: Platinum Suite experience; Side task: filming short dramas [dog head holding a rose.jpg]]”
Countless netizens, drawn in by short video recommendations, found this hilarious. Previously, the official account’s videos only garnered a few thousand views; yet the latest video had reached a staggering hundreds of thousands of likes!
This world’s short video platform is truly terrifying.
[The investor daddy specially booked the Platinum Suite; wouldn’t it be a waste of the gold master daddy’s money if we didn’t experience it properly? The experience is right.]
[My god, I wouldn’t dare dream this big! Things will work out, Director Zuo has met a benefactor in life! Thank you, I have new dream material for tonight.]
[My friend is a little second-generation rich heir, he can afford the Platinum Suite at the Cloudtop Hotel, but he wouldn’t be willing to pay for his employees. I want a dozen bosses like this.]
[The last boss this good was Xu Yao a few days ago, right? She hired a girl to collect rent for her who doesn’t have to work 9-to-5, so happy!]
As a top-tier star, Sheng Zhou’s fans were everywhere. Seeing these highly-liked comments, he immediately became unhappy.
[Xu Yao dares to compare herself to this big shot with a salary of 15,000? She’s gotten too big for her britches!]
[Xu Yao has retired, so stop trying to to ride on someone else’s popularity… She does make a lot from renting out her two buildings in the urban village, around 400,000 a month, but a night at the Cloudtop Hotel’s Platinum Suite costs nearly 90,000, it’s not something she, with her little money, can afford.]
[Besides Beijing, it’s probably just Haicheng, right? Haicheng has countless wealthy people. A net monthly income of 400,000, honestly, doesn’t even rank in Haicheng, and an annual income of four to five million isn’t much nationwide.]
So, stop trying to ride on the short drama’s investor daddy’s popularity.
Seeing the overwhelming comments and a bunch of nosy netizens leaving messages like “Director, do you still remember your filming task?”, Zuo Ning’s face flushed. He just wanted to share the progress of the script revisions, he didn’t know how it turned into showing off the Platinum Suite.
Finally, the short drama’s official account got back to work.
Just a minute ago, the official account for the short drama “Yin Fate” followed Xu Yao’s personal account.
This small action instantly caused a huge stir!
[?? What’s going on here!]
[Followed Xu Yao? Why would they follow Xu Yao? Director Zuo, don’t scare me.]
The official account doesn’t follow people casually. The “Yin Fate” short drama only followed Zuo Ning’s personal account, the male lead Ran Lingfeng, and two staff members.
After the actress who played the female lead left, the official account also unfollowed her.
Therefore, following Xu Yao definitely wasn’t a casual action…
[Xu Yao has retired and won’t be acting anymore, so there’s only one possibility—she’s the one who booked the Platinum Suite at the Cloud Peak Hotel for Zuo Ning and the others!]
[Yes, yes! I remember, the last scene of Xu Yao’s urban village rent collection livestream was Zuo Ning!]
[My god, if it’s really Xu Yao, she dares to pay for them to stay in a Platinum Suite, which means… she doesn’t just collect rent from urban village buildings?]
The internet went crazy. Even seeing Xu Yao collecting rent from urban villages didn’t impress some well-off netizens.
An annual income of five million isn’t considered very wealthy.
With such huge black-and-red traffic, as long as she’s thick-skinned enough to stay in the entertainment industry, it’s easy to earn it back!
But… she’s paying for her employees to stay in a Platinum Suite, which means her net worth is far more than just a little.
No matter how crazy the internet got, Xu Yao didn’t care; collecting rent was her priority.
She had been busy recently as several buildings were due for rent collection recently. The next few buildings she’d be collecting rent from were residential buildings in the community.
Qu Xi was called to Xu Yao’s house today. The little girl excitedly wandered around the top floor of Haicheng Bay No. 1, constantly exclaiming in surprise.
This house was clearly more extravagant and luxurious than the one she lived in. She even discovered that the floor under her feet was made of moonstone!
Moonstone is usually used to make bracelets and pendants! Her landlady friend used it as flooring!
Seeing Qu Xi touring her home, Xu Yao let her be. Remembering the task she’d given Lu Ye a few days ago, she called him over.
Lu Ye was always meticulous. As if he’d anticipated this, he took out a custom-made business card and presented it with both hands.
“Miss Yao, please check; is there anything you’d like to change about the business card?”
This was just a sample; modifications were still possible.
Lu Ye hired a professional business card designer. It featured Xu Yao’s name and contact information.
Qu Xi returned, catching sight of the silver-white business card in Xu Yao’s hand. Seeing this, Xu Yao smiled and asked for her opinion.
Qu Xi curiously took it. She’d received many business cards and found them all similar, except this one had a different feel: “The design doesn’t seem like anything special, not particularly eye-catching, but what material is this card made out of? It feels more substantial than ordinary business cards.”
Lu Ye’s expression was calm: “Miss Yao wanted a high-end business card, so I arranged for someone to design this one with platinum, for a more luxurious feel.”
Qu Xi: “…”
Qu Xi was stunned for a while, finally managing to squeeze out a few words: “I’m sorry, I take back the ‘nothing special’ I just said.”
And now she just wanted to be the first person to own a Xu Yao business card!
should’ve never left this week’s updates to the last minute, now i’m rushing the second update desperately before midnight QAQ
- meal replacement in fan culture relates to it refers to a variety of things (including but not limited to) fan fiction, fan art, photos, and texts that are not directly related to the original content you want to see, but can generate alternative associations and give people a sense of satisfaction ↩︎
–‘{@
Not content with Gold,
The ink on the business card
Contained Platinum.
O_O