Superstar's Development Diary-Chapter 877 - 879: Throw Money, Spend Big!

Zhang Ming’s eyes flickered, and Sheng Yan’s point awakened him. The possibility of Deng Zhaoyan marrying Huang Ru was likely because she couldn’t maintain her status under the scrutiny of the staff, so she came up with the idea of marrying Huang Ru at the last moment!

Also, after offending people at the Bazaar Charity Dinner, she got blacklisted from this year’s fashion circle announcements, and her film performances were abysmal, almost no one wanted her as the leading actress.

Huang Ru might lack resources in the fashion sector, but he definitely doesn’t lack resources in the film industry.

Their union could not only dominate the trending searches to boost her prominence but also secure better film opportunities.

Thinking this through, Zhang Ming felt that Deng Zhaoyan’s move was quite a smart one.

However, there are plenty of investors like Huang Ru in the circle. Deng Zhaoyan didn’t necessarily need to resort to marriage to climb others’ coattails, such instances are rare.

With a general understanding of the situation, Zhang Ming had a clear idea internally and joked, "Jinxia called me asking if Deng Zhaoyan announcing the marriage at this time was meant to undermine ’Special Action’. Looking at it now, Deng Zhaoyan probably didn’t have that in mind.

More than undermining, her public announcement seems more like self-preservation, to avoid being downgraded by the staff of the Global Star Celebrities List who might think she doesn’t fit a top-tier status."

He said this while watching Sheng Yan’s expression, seeing his calm demeanor, his eyes flickered, and he tentatively asked, "What do you think about Deng Zhaoyan and He Jinxia being seemingly destined to clash, always getting involved in each other’s issues?"

Sheng Yan lifted his head and gave him a sharp, deep look: "Are you done talking?"

Zhang Ming blinked, "Uh, I’m done."

Sheng Yan: "Then you can leave now."

Zhang Ming: "...Alright, Your Majesty, this servant retreats."

He originally wanted to test Sheng Yan’s attitude, but couldn’t figure out anything.

But then again, if Sheng Yan were that easy to read, he wouldn’t have played the role of a strategic mastermind for so long, and the company would have long been taken over by others.

Zhang Ming left the CEO’s office, the relaxed expression on his face was gone, replaced by a heavy one.

With Deng Zhaoyan and He Jinxia at odds, now with marriage news emerging, although Jinxia thought it a bit exaggerated that Deng Zhaoyan would use this to suppress ’Special Action’, it was undeniably a possibility and needed guarding against!

After a short while, Zhang Ming came up with an idea.

Since Sheng Yan’s stance was unclear, he decided to handle it in his usual manner.

Soon, the next day, dirt on Deng Zhaoyan and Huang Ru "accidentally" surfaced.

The intensity of the revelation was minimal, landing in the range where if audiences were interested in them and decided to search for more information, they would find the dirt amidst the data.

Undoubtedly, this dirt stirred a minor discussion, but the situation didn’t escalate.

Due to the mild intensity, Huang Ru and Deng Zhaoyan weren’t particularly bothered, nor did they investigate which company wanted to expose their dirt.

There were too many jealous stars in the industry; investigating every one of them would exhaust them.

Zhang Ming orchestrated the release of the dirt simply to lay a path for potential future events.

If sometime in the future Deng Zhaoyan indeed underestimated and decided to provoke He Jinxia again, the dirt from this period could become a fatal blow to Deng Zhaoyan.

There is a saying, that when a star is in their prime, everyone lifts them up, but when they fall, everyone can dig up and step on their past negative news.

This is the norm in the industry, there’s no right or wrong, netizens aren’t the most loyal creatures.

On the other hand, ’Special Action’ was highly concerned about the news of Deng Zhaoyan and Huang Ru, fearing it would face backlash.

Director Qian initially just had a mild mind on this when He Jinxia called him about it, not yet planning for countermeasures.

But a week later, when the whole ’Special Action’ crew appeared on the ’Rescue 5 Hours’ show, Jinxia’s first program after resuming announcements, yet couldn’t even break into the top ten trending on Weibo, Director Qian started growing uneasy.

Since ’Special Action’ went online, they managed to hit trending almost every few days. Though as the screening lasted longer, the topic discussions decreased, and the audience’s novelty started to fade, getting on trending once a week was still feasible.

Now looking at it, was even once a week trending becoming unreachable?

This can’t do!

Director Qian hurriedly began analyzing the cause with his team, and soon they unanimously concluded, the overflow of news around Deng Zhaoyan and Huang Ru caused the suppression of ’Special Action’ news. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Director Qian opened Weibo, the first spot remained their love story, the second was still about them, the third too, finally, the fourth was a different story, but it was a current news event.

The next few listings were things like a second-tier celeb caught on a date, or a star getting brightly popular on some variety show that Director Qian barely recognized, never having heard of before.

He asked his team, "Have these stars been quite popular recently?"

The team lead awkwardly said, "These are second-tier actors, they definitely don’t match He Jinxia in popularity. The variety shows they participated in only have a slight buzz, definitely not comparable to the box office of ’Special Action’."

The person hesitantly said, "It’s likely their companies are promoting and buying their way to trending."

Director Qian looked up at the sky, sighed with melancholy.

He really didn’t want to come to this...

The money earned now all needed to be prepared for the next steps of investment, saving one bit could allow more investment, hence he’d consistently been unwilling to spend on promoting ’Special Action’.

’Special Action’ gained so much publicity thanks to good box office performance and He Jinxia’s popularity.

Director Qian took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said, "Isn’t it just about throwing money? We’ll throw it too!"

He couldn’t believe that his film, proven by facts and truth, would lose headlines even after spending money compared to those flashy trending topics!

Director Qian’s timely ’awakening’ helped ’Special Action’ recover some disadvantages, managing to hit trending occasionally.

On the other hand, He Jinxia, after completing the recording of ’Rescue 5 Hours’, didn’t take any new scripts, continuing the promotion of ’Special Action’.

She reviewed scripts through Zhang Ming’s arrangements but didn’t find any to her liking, so the matter of new roles was set aside.

After her promotion announcements were complete, she spent time in sweet talks and romance with Sheng Yan, living quite leisurely.

In addition, to help Luo You win over Gong Hongyu, she occasionally communicated with Gong Hongyu.