The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul
Chapter 782 - 781. Benefits all around!

Chapter 782: 781. Benefits all around!

Brother Liu across from him was startled at the words and then fell into deep thought, "What materials do you need? I’ll provide whatever I can."

"This... I want to showcase the charm of our drama society, and videos and photos are of course the best way to explain it. I wonder if Brother Liu can decide on this?"

Videos and photos?

Stagehand Liu was taken aback, "We do have recordings of the theater’s performances on Starshine stage, but without the consent of the drama society, these materials cannot be shared."

Just as Chen Zhicheng felt his hopes were dashed, Stagehand Liu changed the subject, "However, I can discuss it with Teacher Yan. If the people from the Lotus Drama Society agree, then there should be no problem."

"I’ll leave the matter afterwards to Brother Liu."

"Thanks for what? It’s a win-win situation... no, it should be a triple win!"

How could he have forgotten about the drama society!

Ten minutes later, as Teacher Ke led the group’s actors onto the stage for their performance, Team Leader Yan, who had been resting backstage, heard the proposal.

But under Stagehand Liu’s expectant gaze, he sighed and expressed skepticism about promoting drama.

"We’ve tried this method before, but times are changing, and most of the plays we rehearse don’t appeal to young people. Moreover, us actors who perform in plays don’t have much influence in the hearts of the youth, and in reality, very few people come to watch our plays."

Even if some young people are driven by curiosity to buy a ticket and come in, most of them only stay for one show; compared to TV dramas and movies, plays indeed seem a bit "boring."

"Teacher Yan, I remember that this time for ’Youthful Ambition,’ you changed an actor, and that Tang Shu has been very popular recently. Plus, she now has forty million fans, and in some sense, she can be described with the word ’traffic’."

Tang Shu?

Does she really have that many fans?

Teacher Yan wasn’t a regular viewer of the current idol dramas, and his understanding of Tang Shu remained with the Crown Princess Consort from ’Corridor Pavilion’ and Lian Qingyi.

"To say Xiao Shu’s acting is indeed not bad, with a few more years of polishing she has a broader future, and she’s actually a traffic star?"

This was completely unexpected for Teacher Yan, especially since his first thought at the mention of ’traffic’ was those young people with no acting skills who came from a singing and dancing background.

Stagehand Liu wasn’t sure whether to nod or shake his head, finding himself in an awkward position.

It seemed that Tang Shu was now one of Teacher Yan’s drama actors; how could the previous conversation sound like he was talking bad about an employee in front of their boss?

Ah, spit spit spit, what kind of ridiculous metaphor was that!

"This... she’s not exactly a traffic star, as you know Miss Tang’s acting skills are solid. But she’s young and has a high beauty profile, which is quite popular with young people. You could say she’s one of the rare artists in the industry who possesses both popularity and acting skill."

"Is that so?"

Master Yan fell silent for a moment, the more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

"We can give it a try, but I need to discuss it with Xiao Shu first. What’s your publicity plan?"

***

At the end of the month, as the remaining 100 lucky fans lined up to enter the Imperial Capital’s First Theater, there was a new article about drama on Weibo.

[Drama, taking you into that era of war and strife!]

The title was conventional and clearly different from the poster’s usual format, which left Chen Zhicheng’s several million fans somewhat puzzled.

"Xiao Chengcheng, why did you change your style this time? I actually feel a little uncomfortable!"

"I feel hurt. What happened to revealing all the secrets of the entertainment world? Xiao Chengcheng, when did you change? I’ve always trusted you..."

"Tsk tsk, no matter how I look at this headline, it seems like it came right out of an official news culture section, full of promotional intent."

"Xiao Chengcheng, if you’ve been kidnapped, just blink and we’ll come rescue you!"

"I’m dying of laughter, what kidnapping? You guys up there have wild imaginations. It’s obviously either paid off or tasked by a boss——"

Once this was said, quite a few people began to voice their agreement.

However...

Two minutes later, the fans who first clicked the link to read the content came back, starting to flood the chat excitedly.

"Holy shit! What did I just see, is this actually some juicy gossip?!"

"Xiao Chengcheng is truly Xiao Chengcheng, how in the world did you dig up something like this? You’re like a god!"

"I was wondering why I haven’t seen you around lately, tell me the truth, did you go undercover at the theater?"

"Highlight this, is that wearing the Republic of China school uniform Tang Shu? So beautiful, how did she end up acting in a drama?!"

"Oh my~~~ That look is just incredible, like a lady from a high-class family in the Republic of China era!"

The oblivious fans: "???"

What are you all talking about? I’m actually a bit lost?

What are you waiting for then, go read the main article!

And so, a group of people hurriedly clicked to read the Weibo post. This time, Imperial Capital’s First Theater and Lotus Drama Society’s official Weibo accounts reposted the soft article one after another, even tagging each of the dozen or so drama actors mentioned within it.

Of course, Tang Shu was also on the list.

At Starshine Media, Shen Yan, who was following backend messages, also saw the news.

"Lotus Drama Society... So this is the soft article that the boss wants us to help disseminate for promotion!"

Next to him, Xiao Li asked a question amid his busyness, "How is the article written by the writer? Does it include the boss’s photo?"

"The content is pretty regular, reads like a press release, most of it describes the play ’Youthful Ambition’, and talks about the development of modern drama, and it mentions the boss’s name towards the end... Eh? There’s even a section with Teacher Yan’s appraisal of the boss?"

Shen Yan was stunned, "Master Yan, such a veteran actor, says our boss’s acting has made leaps and bounds in the past two months!"

Xiao Li also froze for a moment, then pushed off with his feet, sliding the chair over.

"Let me see."

Indeed, Chen Zhicheng’s article contained an interview, which was a statement relayed to him by Stagehand Liu, and these words indeed came from Master Yan’s mouth. He knew that this appraisal was absolutely genuine after receiving the message from Stagehand Liu.

He sat in the audience himself to verify it, Tang Shu’s performance was simply impeccable!

And what was originally intended to be a soft article that would benefit the drama society, the theater, and himself, after being published, added Tang Shu to the list of beneficiaries because of the last appraisal.

When the last of the 100 lucky fans who received tickets walked out of Imperial Capital’s First Theater, the news was already completely spread online.

"This Tang Shu is pretty interesting. She got hot recently because of two TV shows and a variety show, I thought her next step would be to take on a lead actress role!"

"Never in a million years did I expect, she’d go straight to acting in a drama, that stuff is totally art!"

"And it’s pure art, the income you get from that is like a drop in the ocean for stars!"

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