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Chapter 538 One green tea is enough

"Huh? Sister Meng hasn't been beaten yet?!"

The first to notice something was wrong was, as always, the mischievous little cat with its exceptionally keen sense of smell.

After all, she was also involved, and she'd been envious of Sister Meng for days.
It's even more sour now!
She had thought that although she had gone to the restroom and Sister Meng had taken advantage of her, at least she could hide behind Sister Meng.

If those two from Xinjiang launch a cyberbullying campaign online, Sister Meng will be the one to take the blame.

Looking back, it turns out that Sister Meng got all the benefits but suffered no consequences whatsoever.
If that's the case, Li Yitong feels that she can be even bolder!
The two beauties of Xinjiang, is that all?
Is it because you're too famous now that you're starting to hold back and don't want to cause trouble?

If that's the case, then this wicked little cat is going to deliberately cause trouble.

Thinking of this, Li Yitong couldn't help but narrow her eyes and curl up the corners of her mouth.
"Sister Tongtong, your expression is so wicked," Xiaotian observed Li Yitong for a long time and couldn't help but whisper a complaint.

"Huh?" Li Yitong cupped her face in her hands, seemingly incredulous, and exclaimed, "How could this be?!"

However, Xiaotian was still very honest with her, and at the same time, she didn't realize that Li Yitong was trying to play dumb. Instead, she said very seriously, "Really, just now, when you squinted your eyes and had that wicked smile on your face, it looked especially evil."

Before she could finish speaking, Li Yitong had already pinched Xiaotian's face with both hands. "You little brat, how dare you talk about your older sister like that? I'll spank you to death!"

Xiaotian didn't resist the kneading; in fact, she even enjoyed it a bit.

However, I subconsciously compared it to the feeling when Bai Liang rubbed her cheeks before.
Hmm. It seems that the rougher, bigger hands are more comfortable to massage.

After squeezing Xiaotian's face into a cute and chubby shape, Li Yitong couldn't resist and wanted to kiss him.

Let go of her hand and calm down.

At the same time, she changed the subject, showing concern for Xiaotian, "How was your drama that aired the day before yesterday? You told me before that you were going to become famous~"

These words immediately made Xiaotian frown. The show "So Cute Us" had only been airing for two days and showed no signs of becoming a hit.
As for what Li Yitong said, of course it was just Xiaotian bragging!
Before the show airs, of course, we need to express full confidence.

If it hasn't aired yet, it's destined to be a hit!
Now that it's airing, we have to face reality.
The reality is that it didn't generate much buzz, which is probably just bad luck for Xiaotian. Her drama, "So Cute Us," is a low-budget romantic comedy.

But you should know that the "tax" on sweet romance dramas will be collected by Bai Liang and his two new girlfriends until 2025.

The bombardment of a hit drama and a pre-selected drama king has raised the ceiling of this genre by a lot and broadened the market for this genre.

But at the same time, it has also raised the audience's tastes, and their standards are different from before!
Any show currently airing that carries the label "sweet romance" is inevitably compared to Bai Liang's two shows.

Especially this year, the afterglow of those two dramas hasn't faded yet!
Even now, with the box office of "Better Days" steadily rising, Bai Liang has not been able to make the character Xiao Bei replace Han Shangyan and Yu Tu.

There are still some fans of the show calling out those two names in the comments section of related topics on Weibo.

As for Xiao Bei? What Xiao Bei?
How could a street thug who gets into fights possibly be associated with the male god image in two TV dramas?
To put it bluntly, even Bai Liang himself can't beat the characters in those two dramas for the time being.
In this situation, it will be extremely difficult for Oda and the male lead, who is also a newbie in her drama, to break through in this field.

They can only hope that the show's reputation will turn around in the later stages, boosting the ratings.

Because the drama "So Cute Us" has indeed received good reviews, and its current rating is over 8 points, which is quite rare for a youth romance drama.

However, for a short drama with only sixteen episodes, it seems a bit too much to wait for word-of-mouth to develop during its broadcast.
At this point, Li Yitong regretted bringing it up. After all, it was quite normal for a low-budget youth drama with an investment of ten million to flop.

She, the wicked little kitten, has plenty of experience in poaching!
And most of them were female leads! Still, they flopped!
However, Oda has only been in the industry for a short time, acted in a few dramas, and has only played the leading role once or twice.

It's understandable that people are frustrated that the broadcast hasn't received much response.

In fact, Xiaotian's frustration wasn't entirely because her drama seemed to be losing popularity; it was more because she felt she might not have the chance to play the male and female leads with Bai Liang again.

Even Li Yitong didn't know that Xiao Tian actually had a "newbie gift pack" to claim from Bai Liang!
On the day she finished filming her scenes for "My Heroic Husband," she received the "reward for the brave."

A promise similar to the one given to Zhao Jinmai back then.

Because Xiaotian was really fierce, she even reached out and asked for a puppy charm.
This story is so similar to Zhao Jinmai's!

However, unlike Zhao Jinmai's no-threshold promise, Xiao Tian needs to meet certain conditions to receive this "newbie gift pack"!

That is to achieve the status of "rising star in the martial arts world" and gain some fame within the industry.

This request is not unreasonable at all. After all, if the standards are lowered any further, if Bai Liang plays the male and female leads with her today, there will probably be rumors about the two of them flying around tomorrow.

The difference in their status is too great, and there is no "background information" like Zhao Jinmai's.

Such an extreme mismatch would seem suspicious to outsiders, suggesting something fishy is definitely going on.
People always tend to have a more suggestive or even vulgar interpretation of the entertainment industry.
Of course, this is an exaggeration, but it's also something that's highly likely to happen.

It might not be related to Bai Liang's scandalous affair, but it could be related to someone else. At the very least, it would be a label of "resource-backed celebrity" that would be thrown at them.

In short, achieving the "rising star of the martial arts world" status is basically the minimum standard for playing the male and female leads alongside Bai Liang.

Xiao Tian herself felt like she got a great deal! Her brother is so kind!
Looking back now, it seems that becoming a rising star in the martial arts world isn't so easy.
We can't just rely on that TV series "My Heroic Husband," can we?

Even if Xiaotian becomes famous when this drama airs, he might not be able to book Bai Liang's schedule!

"My Heroic Husband" won't air until next year, so it might take another year or two to schedule Bai Liang's availability again.

Oda: By then I'll be "old"!
Thankfully, Li Yitong was unaware of the nonsense Xiaotian was imagining, otherwise she would have been furious.

In a few years you'll be old, then what am I?
She's seven years older than Oda.
Seeing Xiaotian's depressed look, Li Yitong offered her some advice, "Why don't you find someone to help you promote it? I don't have many fans. Hey~ Datian, have you asked yet? And Sister Meng and the others? I think you even added Zhao Liying's contact information."

"No~"

"Why don't you look for it?" Li Yitong asked curiously.

Xiaotian remained silent, worried that her sister would be angry.

Looking into her stubborn yet innocent big eyes, Li Yitong instantly understood what she meant.

Oh my! Hugs, big sister! So cute!

Then the wicked little cat said: Why not take advantage of them! Don't be polite with them.

During the premiere, Xiaotian acted as their "henchman," but now that Xiaotian is in trouble, they're all just pretending to be dead. They don't even know how to help.
Thinking about this made Li Yitong a little angry. Originally, Xiao Tian was her personal "henchman," but now he was practically being used by everyone! After the premiere that day, Xiao Tian was so tired that he kept yawning as he left, which made Li Yitong feel terrible.

Look what they've done to my little Tian!
So, please pay the Didi fare for the ride you requested!

Of course, there's also the one that can be of the greatest help.
"Where's the male fox? Did you talk to him?"

"Brother Xiaobai's movie is still showing and he's busy promoting it. Would it be inappropriate for me to go see him at this time?" Xiaotian hesitated.

Li Yitong: Xiaotian, is it still you, Xiaotian?
Where did that brave and fearless general go?
The wicked little cat thought that one of them was enough in their group, and she, without hesitation, let Xiaotian go for it!
Xiao Tian didn't have any connections before.

Even now, she feels that she doesn't have, or that she only has one Li Yitong.

However, her sister Tongtong isn't actually doing very well either.

They're still far from being top-tier players.

As for himself, he was just a nobody, so he didn't dare to think he had any real connections.

What if those older women are just being polite to her, and she actually tries to take advantage of them and they ignore her? That would be so embarrassing.

Although Oda is cute, she's not the silly, goofy type. On the contrary, she's a bit "dark"~
When they first met, Bai Liang thought she was a "dark little dog".

However, even Sawako could "convert" to Kapibala's indiscriminate killing, let alone a dark little dog.

She went from secretly observing Bai Liang, harboring resentment towards him, and even being jealous because Bai Liang and Li Yitong were too close, to greeting him with a cat-like salute whenever they met.

However, when she's not in front of Bai Liang, she's still that gloomy little dog.

Fortunately, Li Yitong has a really thick skin. The wicked little kitten doesn't care about any of that!
Pay back the debt!

Settle the payment for our Didi ride-hailing service!
When Sister Meng was "found out," she was a little stunned because she was still waiting for those two from Xinjiang to come and beat her up.
As a result, instead of getting a punch from her, she got a "debt collection" from someone else.

Of course, I readily agreed to help.

However, after agreeing, Sister Meng was a little worried that she might be exposed immediately, and that it would be very normal for her to be implicated in the fan wars and suffer the consequences.

Li Yitong said, "Our Xiaotian isn't afraid, just help us out!"

Oda himself seemed hesitant to speak, but I'm not afraid!
Afterwards, under the instigation and guidance of the evil kitten, Xiao Tian went to find Li Xin, Jin Daxi, and Da Tiantian, and called out their names one by one like a "debt collector".

At this moment, the producer and director of the drama "So Cute Us" are racking their brains.

It received critical acclaim but failed commercially. It's so disheartening!

The show received pretty good reviews two days after it aired, but what good is a high rating? If you had a choice, you'd be better off with a low rating, which would attract more viewers and more people who want to criticize it!

But with the cast and investment already set, and the total investment only so much, it's impossible to spend too much money on promotion and distribution.

What's worse is that this drama is a collaboration with iQiyi using a revenue-sharing model.

It wasn't sold directly to iQiyi, so the platform wouldn't allocate much promotional resources to it. Even the best wine needs advertising, and this has now become a tangible reality.

"How about we have Oda and Mingde create a scandal?"

Hearing the producer's words, director Mao Deshu looked helpless, "They just create rumors because netizens know the two of them."

Whether it's Xiao Tian or the male lead Li Mingde, they are both relatively unknown figures in the entertainment industry.

Is this a publicity stunt?
Even if they were actually dating, no paparazzi would be willing to take pictures. They could just buy a trending topic about a scandal, and the first thing netizens would ask is: Who are those two?

This is the predicament of low-budget film production.

If the film were just so-so, that would be fine, but the key point is that the feedback is actually quite good. It's just that few people are watching it and the promotion is not keeping up.

This left the production team scratching their heads in frustration.

We need to think of a solution!

Just then, the producer suddenly received a phone call, and his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"Holy crap, is this for real?"

"What's real or fake?"

"If you search on Weibo, you'll see many well-known actresses helping to promote it. Did you find them?"

That's a good question. If their small, run-down film crew had those connections, they wouldn't have needed to worry about this before.

Among those who helped with the promotion, the most prominent were undoubtedly the two A-list actresses, Da Tian Tian and Xiao Zhao, but none of the other contestants were unknown.

It could even be said that their presence is quite strong at this moment.

After all, he had just caused trouble at the premiere of "Better Days," and many netizens are still "following up" on it.

At this point, a group of people suddenly started promoting a relatively unknown web series, which naturally attracted a lot of attention.

The publicity effect was excellent!

However, this kind of help seemed a bit too sudden for the "So Cute Us" production team.

The producer and director were completely baffled, having no idea where this came from.
"Holy crap, Bai Liang helped promote it too! The big one is coming!"

Compared to the girls' more conventional Weibo reposting and promotional efforts, Bai Liang was much more effective in this regard.

There happened to be an online interview today, and he took the opportunity to advocate for everyone to watch Xiaotian's drama.
He's now the top actor in the sweet romance drama genre. Recommending similar dramas is much more effective than posting on Weibo.

Many of his fans were curious as to why he would suddenly promote a small, relatively unknown web series.
In fact, the production company behind those short web dramas is quite peculiar too~
But they quickly realized that the two lead actors were indeed "connected".

Because he had a role in the drama "Go Go Squid!", and when he was promoting the show with the crew, it happened to be around the time when "Go Go Squid!" was nearing its end, so the director and producer knew about it.

Logically speaking, he should know Bai Liang.
Li Mingde: Huh? Me?
(End of this chapter)