How did this star become more popular after his scandal?

Chapter 328 Xu Ya's Invitation

With the revelation of Jiang Yu's identity tonight, everyone now knows that Jiang Yu is the original author of "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles." As for Jiang Yu, he didn't pay much attention to the online reactions. He only checked the trending topics and comments that evening, and didn't bother with anything else.

Recently, the TV series "The Lost Tomb" has seen its ratings and viewership soar. Since its premiere, it has dominated the trending topics on various platforms, updating daily. Essentially, every trending topic is related to "The Lost Tomb." Whether on Tencent Video or across all platforms, the discussion volume, performance, popularity, and buzz surrounding "The Lost Tomb" are overwhelmingly ahead.

I'm watching the TV series "The Legend of the Great Wilderness," a major project co-produced and invested in by iQiyi (a Chinese video-sharing website) and WarnerMedia. It's currently the number one ranked TV series on iQiyi, and even normally it would rank among the top.

However, this time they faced competition from Tencent Video's "The Lost Tomb." This made "The Legend of the Great Wilderness" perform rather poorly. In fact, since its premiere, "The Legend of the Great Wilderness" only saw a slight increase in viewership a couple of days ago, and has since been steadily declining, with its reputation gradually collapsing.

At the beginning, the opinions were polarized, which was alright. There were those who liked it and those who supported it, as well as those who disliked it and hated it, but overall, there wasn't a one-sided situation. However, recently, as the plots of the two major TV series have progressed more deeply, everyone feels that the storyline of "The Legend of the Great Wilderness" is becoming less and less exciting. Many people previously thought that "The Legend of the Great Wilderness" might have a slow start but a strong finish, but now it seems to have been a complete flop.

It lacks special effects and excitement. Basically, a TV series adapted from a fantasy novel with a male protagonist has been turned into a female-oriented ancient costume romance drama. The entire plot has changed from the novel's core male protagonist leveling up and fighting monsters to the emotional entanglement between the male and female protagonists.

Aside from some main plot points remaining unchanged, the series is basically all about the male and female leads' tumultuous romance and sweet moments, which many fans of the original novel found hard to accept. Furthermore, the later plot became somewhat weak, leading many casual viewers and drama fans to feel it wasn't as exciting.

This is because of the continued explosive popularity of "The Lost Tomb" on Tencent Video. Recently, news about "The Lost Tomb" has been everywhere online. The content is exciting, and the plot is fast-paced. Everyone is captivated by "The Lost Tomb," including many users of iQiyi and even viewers of "The Legend of the Great Wilderness."

This is why the ratings of "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" kept rising, with daily updates resulting in increases. Although the ratings began to stabilize in the later stages and became much harder to increase, they still maintained a very high performance trend.

Meanwhile, The Lost Tomb has completely drained the users and viewers of various platforms during this period, and The Lost Tomb has been on a downward trend.

Even with the combined efforts of Taochang, Warner Music, and Chu Shaoyang, all desperately trying to reverse the decline, it was all to no avail.

Watching helplessly as the ratings and reputation of their TV series, "The Legend of the Great Wilderness," continued to decline, while Jiang Yu's "Tomb Raider Notes" continued to rise in popularity, Chu Shaoyang and many other leaders of Tao Factory felt deeply distressed.

In particular, after seeing the current situation, Chu Shaoyang himself was somewhat devastated and even found it difficult to accept the outcome.

Especially today, after seeing the comments online, Chu Shaoyang was mostly criticizing their "The Great Wilderness Chronicles." Many were praising it, saying that their "Tomb Raider Chronicles" were better than their "The Great Wilderness Chronicles." Even some people who knew him and Jiang Yu were making sarcastic remarks about him in the comments section.

"Haha, this is Warner Entertainment's duel with Jiang Yu, but they lost. Oh, no, you could say it's not just a duel between Warner Entertainment and Jiang Yu, it's a duel between Chu Shaoyang and Jiang Yu, and it's also a match between TaoChang and Tencent Video. Now it seems that Jiang Yu's side has won completely."

"Of course! Jiang Yu and his team's Tomb Raider Chronicles has such outstanding results. As for the Great Wilderness Chronicles from South China, the adaptation is so bad that it's impossible to read it."

"Tsk tsk, Chu Shaoyang had a deep grudge against Jiang Yu before. When Jiang Yu got into trouble, he even used his connections to squeeze Jiang Yu out. Before, Warner Bros. was not good at movies, so there was an excuse for losing. But this time, TV series is Warner Bros. Entertainment's strongest area, and they actually lost to Jiang Yu. It's really laughable."

"Yes, we all know about the feud between Chu Shaoyang and Jiang Yu. Now it seems that Chu Shaoyang is just a clown. Look at how well Jiang Yu and Yang Xue starred in The Lost Tomb. The results are so good. Chu Shaoyang's investment in The Great Wilderness is not comparable at all."

"I suddenly realized that Yang Xue's choice to choose Jiang Yu was the right one, since she never liked him. Chu Shaoyang is just a rich second-generation who's just playing around; he has no real ability at all."

"With this, Warner Entertainment still dares to claim to be number one in the domestic TV drama industry? I think their number one position in the TV drama industry is about to be shaken. Jiang Yu's side seems to be gaining momentum."

"Indeed, Jiang Yu is a newcomer, and his company was only recently established. Yet, the Tomb Raider Chronicles he invested in has achieved such success. Meanwhile, Warner Entertainment seems to be on the decline, ruined by Chu Shaoyang, this rich second-generation."

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As Chu Shaoyang read the comments online, he grew increasingly angry and agitated, gripping his phone tighter and tighter.

However, faced with these comments and the fact that they had lost to Jiang Yu in the field of TV dramas, which they were most proficient in, Chu Shaoyang felt a sense of powerlessness.

No matter how hard they try, the performance of "The Great Wilderness Chronicles" can never catch up with Jiang Yu's "Tomb Raider Chronicles". In fact, the data of "The Great Wilderness Chronicles" is declining and its reputation is collapsing, which makes them feel powerless.

At this moment, Chu Zhaoyang realized that their previous experience in adapting female-oriented historical romance novels was not applicable to male-oriented novels.

But he was unwilling to accept it. He even felt that losing to Jiang Yu in the television drama genre, which was Warner Entertainment's forte, was an utter disgrace to him and to the entire Warner Entertainment.

But the facts are undeniable: their investment in the TV series "The Legend of the Great Wilderness" is nowhere near as good as Jiang Yu's "Tomb Raider Chronicles." In terms of viewership, it's far behind. Even if Chu Shaoyang is unwilling, it's all in vain. Suddenly, however, Chu Shaoyang realizes something. Thinking of the movie Jiang Yu is currently filming, a smug smile appears on his lips, a cold glint in his eyes.

"Heh, Jiang Yu, I've lost to you this time, but don't expect things to get easier for you from now on. Dream on if you want to make movies and get a good box office."

This time, Warner Bros.' attempt to stop Jiang Yu failed. Moreover, they lost in their strongest area, something Chu Shaoyang had to admit. However, the thought of Jiang Yu's currently filming movie brought a chill to his eyes. He had previously contacted major companies in the industry, preparing to fight Jiang Yu together in the film and television sector.

Jiang Yu is still considered a newcomer in this industry, even though Warner Entertainment lost to him this time. However, Chu Shaoyang knows that in other fields, especially in the capital-intensive film industry, no industry insider would want Jiang Yu involved in this huge pie. The pie is only so big now, and everyone has already divided it up fairly evenly. If Jiang Yu enters and interferes, the profits will be disrupted and redistributed. They definitely don't want that. Chu Shaoyang had already spoken with other companies' investors. After that, it's clearly impossible for Jiang Yu's film to be released so smoothly.

"Jiang Yu, just wait, I'll definitely make you suffer later."

……

Meanwhile, Jiang Yu had been busy filming the movie "Secret." Now, time had flown by, and it was already the end of October. "Secret" had finally wrapped filming. After nearly two months of shooting, their mission was finally complete. After a wrap party, the entire crew said goodbye and went home.

The boss is busy with his own things. He'll be flying all over the country again, just like Lin Feifei and the others.

So that evening.

Jiang Yu sensed their emotions, but he also understood that both of them would be busy with their own work afterward. They would have very little time to spend together. Not to mention Yang Zihan, Jiang Yu also spent relatively little time with Su Muwan and Yang Xue. After all, their jobs were as entertainers and celebrities, which meant they didn't have much time to rest.

This is why Jiang Yu has always wanted to gradually move behind the scenes, train the company's newcomers, and then make money while lying down.

As for Jiang Yu, after leaving the hotel the next day and finishing up his work on the film and the crew, he drove home to rest for a while. He felt quite tired. He had been busy filming "Secret" for some time now that filming had wrapped, and Jiang Yu wanted to take a proper rest.

As for the company, it's currently being managed by Chu Jingya, and she's doing a great job, so Jiang Yu doesn't need to worry at all. He can take this opportunity to be a hands-off manager and relax at home for a while.

After resting at home for several days, Jiang Yu received a message from Xu Ya, the producer he hadn't seen in a long time. She knew that Jiang Yu's film "Secret That Cannot Be Told" had finished filming, and now that Jiang Yu was free, Xu Ya specifically sent him a message invitation.

When Jiang Yu saw the message invitation from Xu Ya, he was stunned for a moment. Then he remembered that he had given Xu Ya a variety show script before, and she had been working on her script recently.

The script for "Go Fighting!" that I gave to Xu Ya before. Xu Ya has been preparing for this variety show recently. When Jiang Yu was still filming a movie, he saw a message from Xu Ya saying that it was almost ready and she wanted to invite Jiang Yu to be a regular guest after she finished her work.

Later, Jiang Yu got so busy that he temporarily forgot about the matter. Now that Xu Ya sent him a message again, Jiang Yu finally remembered it.

"When will recording start? I'm on vacation right now and want to rest for a while longer."

Jiang Yu wasn't quite ready to jump back into work yet. He'd been exhausted for so long and wanted to rest for at least two weeks. "I've only been off for a week now, and half of that two weeks is already over. I need to make sure I get the full vacation I've had."

“Recording starts in mid-November. It’s okay, you can take a good rest. I came here to confirm with you whether you want to participate. It would be even better if you could participate. If you can’t, I’ll have to invite other guests.”

Xu Ya really wanted Jiang Yu to participate in this variety show. Especially since Jiang Yu had written the script for her. If Jiang Yu came, the show's ratings would definitely be guaranteed. However, she also knew that Jiang Yu had been busy for a long time and was currently on vacation. If Jiang Yu was unavailable or didn't want to come, she wouldn't force him.

"Mid-November? That works. Send me the contract then, and I'll sign it directly."

Jiang Yu glanced at the time Xu Ya mentioned—mid-November. That was still a bit early; he could use that time to get some rest. He could tell that Xu Ya probably wanted to get the variety show released by the end of the year. After all, if it was released in mid-November, they could film two episodes or even just one to fill the gap, and then they could start the review process and prepare for release in December.

Actually, I was quite looking forward to this variety show. After all, "Go Fighting!" was very popular when it was on Earth, and Xu Ya is very capable. I think there shouldn't be any problems if we hand this variety show over to Xu Ya.

If the variety show "Go Fighting!" can achieve good results under Xu Ya's management, Jiang Yu thinks it would be quite good, especially since he was the one who gave Xu Ya the script. Jiang Yu is also investing in this variety show in the name of his company. If the show is successful, it will be a successful first step for him into the variety show field. At that time, he can then develop all three areas of his company: music, film and television, and variety shows.

(End of this chapter)