Which top celebrity doesn't support a few female stars?

Through repeated hype, Su Yuran's Weibo followers have grown to over 2200 million.

Among Chinese-language female celebrities born in the 2000s, she currently holds the top spot with a slight lead of over one million fans.

In addition, her Douyin followers have been growing rapidly recently, and are about to break 10 million, making her one of the top 3.

However, due to the concentrated and large-scale marketing hype, the number of fans is largely inflated and unrealistic.

This is a figure that even Su Yuran's core fan group, "Taro Balls," would be embarrassed to boast about.

The hype was very successful, but the actual "expectation" was actually Li Zhou's idea.

He had previously told all parties, "In principle, I expect Su Yuran to be able to carry the entire series on her own."

The creative team behind "Xu" held their first live stream together, but the live stream almost crashed, indicating that they are still far from meeting expectations.

After listening to Yang Sisi's report, Li Zhou was not surprised and simply said, "As long as the hype is there, keep it going. There's no rush."

Yang Sisi silently made a note of it.

...

However, Li Zhou quickly contacted Xu Qingyi, as he needed to discuss the next steps with his boss.

The matter wasn't urgent, so after the call connected, Li Zhou remarked in a seemingly serious tone, "Boss, where are you enjoying yourself for me again?"

He's wearing a wig and ancient costume now, clearly carrying a heavy burden, so Boss Xu must be enjoying himself for him.

Xu Qingyi, on the other end of the phone, almost instinctively replied warily, "Who told you that? I'm doing this to discuss a big business deal!"

Li Zhou: "..."

He didn't lie; he confessed without being asked.

So Li Zhou didn't mince words and made a direct request: "Remember to owe me one, okay? Next time I want to enjoy the carefree life of a rich kid too."

Although she had already realized what was happening, Xu Qingyi still readily agreed without hesitation: "Of course, no problem!"

"What do you need me for? I happen to have some time, so please tell me slowly."

Li Zhou gave a brief overview of the current situation.

He then stated bluntly, "I don't think Xu Woyao has the ability to promote actors; at most, it's a mutual achievement."

"A large part of the reason I wrote about this drama first was to demonstrate my keen sense of market trends..."

After a brief pause, Li Zhou continued to explain: "In other words, under normal circumstances, it can become a wildly popular hit, or it can flop completely."

"Of course, I am more in the news now than I was a few months ago, and I am confident that I can make my first drama a hit."

"However, what I need to show in the public opinion is that Su Yuran has the ability to carry a drama on her own."

Knowing the background and the fact that things weren't going as expected, Xu Qingyi naturally understood: "You want to accelerate Su Yuran's rise to the top of the post-00s generation, and that requires investing more marketing resources?"

Li Zhou didn't stand on ceremony with Boss Xu: "Yes."

He then explained, "Of the first five customized projects I've worked on with Tencent Video, three are expected to start filming before the end of the year."

"I believe that these customized projects can, to some extent, help promote actors. In principle, Su Yuran will be given the lead role in one of these dramas."

Xu Qingyi understood Li Zhou's entire thought process.

First, market Su Yuran to the public that she has the ability to carry a drama, then give her a drama that has a higher probability of becoming a hit, thus solidifying that impression.

With her existing online popularity, Su Yuran will firmly hold the top spot on the list of top actresses born in the 00s.

With these thoughts in mind, Xu Qingyi cut to the chase and asked, "I'm curious about something..."

"This is extremely beneficial to Su Yuran and the company. But at most, you might only earn the title of 'the machine that creates top female celebrities in the Chinese entertainment industry'."

"Yes, this title can bring you enormous economic benefits, and it can also allow you to completely transcend the domestic entertainment industry, standing out from the rest of the world..."

At this point, Xu Qingyi paused for a second, then said, "Wow... looking at it this way, it seems pretty cool too."

"You're also very beautiful. From now on, young female stars in the Chinese entertainment industry will probably all be proud to be your boss Li's goddaughter..."

As he listened, Li Zhou couldn't help but interrupt, "Why are you using so many adjectives to describe her as a goddaughter? Haven't you studied Chinese?"

"Oh—" Xu Qingyi's intuition was indeed sharp, and she said meaningfully, "So, starting with Ning Xixia, we were no longer just friends of the opposite sex?"

Li Zhou: "...What...ah...feed...the boss..."

Let's just pretend the signal is bad.

Xu Qingyi on the other end of the phone was too lazy to dwell on the topic and quickly said, "As the boss of Shengshi, I have no reason not to support it."

"But we also have to consider the return on investment; Shengshi must be profitable. If Shengshi earns an extra 100 yuan, I can get an extra 1 yuan from my mother."

Realizing she had inadvertently said too much, Xu Qingyi coughed twice: "Anyway, keep up the good work, and next year I'll try to give you the title of Nine Thousand Years Old."

Li Zhou wisely agreed to hang up the phone, pretending not to have heard the top-secret information that Boss Xu had inadvertently mentioned.

He only just learned that even in a prosperous era, Boss Xu had some special expectations...

...

……

With Xu Qingyi's full support, Li Zhou then briefly communicated with Zhang Qiming, Su Yuran, and others one by one.

Make Zhang Qiming fully cooperate.

Encourage Su Yuran to continue marketing efforts, including but not limited to posting more on Weibo and doing more live streams on Douyin.

Wash off the powder step by step.

Given Su Yuran's past demonstrated emotional intelligence, she could certainly handle this kind of situation.

At worst, they could say something like, "A mediocre person isn't envied..."

"Isn't the reason why Teacher Li has so many haters online precisely because he's so popular?"

"..."

Well, Li Zhou is well aware that Su Yuran's background is not as good as the original female lead's, but precisely because of this, she should continue to be marketed.

Then Li added a powerful flying brick, enough to disperse the firepower and further increase the heat.

...

A few days later, on the 19th, Li Zhou listened to Yang Sisi's report.

I learned that the post-production of "Xu" went very smoothly.

The budget was already somewhat redundant; director Yang Changzhi thought that at most 400 million was needed, but Li Zhou coordinated 500 million.

It's just another ordinary urban life story. If there's any plot, it'll just be a few scenes. It's not a big production. As long as the budget is right, it will go smoothly.

After considering other information, Li Zhou believed the time was right, so he proactively updated his Weibo status...

As everyone knows, I had already imagined myself as a writer several months ago…

Therefore, the new drama "Give Me Your Light" that everyone has been discussing recently is my first screenwriting work.

I heard it's going to be online and streaming soon, so I'm giving it a heads-up in advance. Please support it when it airs.

P.S.: Especially for the little ones, who like listening to my songs, singing the songs I write, and then watching the TV shows I wrote, they won't go wrong, right?

"..."

When izhou and Xiaoheizi saw the Weibo post, they were truly dumbfounded...

"Hilarious! Zhou, you're practically illiterate, and you dare call yourself a screenwriter? If this TV series is even watchable, I'll eat it!"

"Brother Zhou, you're really joking. It's not like it's Chinese New Year, and you've become a screenwriter? I'll tell you first, this show is doomed to flop."

"That makes sense, that makes sense... It turns out it was my brother Zhou who wrote the script, no wonder it flopped before it even aired."

"..."

Even Ili was stunned when she saw the message, before responding with a mixture of surprise and delight...

"My Lili is absolutely amazing! She's a super all-rounder! I wonder who will dare to say anything bad about her now!"

"As expected of my Lili, she's amazing at singing, unbeatable at songwriting, and now she's writing screenplays too. She's destined for stardom!"

"I really love my Lili so much, she never stops taking on challenges!"

"..."

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