Chapter 100: Reality Show (XVI)

The agent brought bad news to An Cui: she would not be able to appear in the next episode of the real movie reality show.

After all, they had signed a contract, so the means over there were not too cruel. They just asked their company to replace someone, and the company was successfully appeased by this leniency. After all, the production company of the real movie reality show is a behemoth. If they want to crush a small company like theirs, they don't need to say hello. They don't have the strength to fight them head-on, so it's better to have a replacement than nothing at all.

"The company's view is that you have become very popular through the first episode and have received several notices and advertising invitations. It doesn't matter if you don't participate in the next few episodes. We really can't force them. You must not say anything online. They are not afraid of what you say online. You know, no matter how popular a star is, if they are banned, no matter how much their fans fight, it will be useless. The entertainment industry relies on the fan economy, but the main controller is still the big tree behind it..."

The agent said with sweat on his forehead, he was scared and under a lot of pressure. After seeing her performance in the first episode, it was difficult for him to treat An Cui as the former Ling Fei. The boss must have felt the same way and that's why he asked him to say these things to An Cui. How cunning!

However, An Cui did not react much, just glanced at him calmly. In principle, the company was not wrong, and did its best to minimize the loss, but that was for the company, not for her as a signed artist. It seemed that changing companies was inevitable. Look at the advertising endorsements and magazines they wanted her to take. There were so many of them, all of which were low-end advertising endorsements of unknown quality. The magazine was actually a pornographic magazine. The real big names would not come to her just for a show. They couldn't wait to use her to make money.

"Do you know why you want to replace me?" An Cui asked.

The agent shook his head. It would be easy for them to take control of a small company like theirs. They were already giving you face by letting you replace someone instead of paying a penalty. Reason? No need.

The program crew did not give a reason, mainly because they didn't know the reason either. They just received a notice from the boss's secretary telling Ling Fei not to come to the next episode. As for what to do, that was their own business.

The director team thought that the boss was probably on a business trip abroad and had no idea about the reality show. Otherwise, why would he give such an order so casually? It was as if An Cui was just an unknown little character. Yes, five days ago she was indeed a little character who could be dismissed with a casual word, but five days later she had been reborn!

The most popular player in this episode ranks first in online voting, and the player who gives the most rewards to the audience ranks third in this episode. This episode is the biggest dark horse and the most discussed topic online. They are even preparing to edit this episode into a movie version and show it in theaters. The protagonist will undoubtedly be An Cui, and even Fu Li and others will only become supporting roles.

More importantly, with such an exciting and thrilling first episode, the audience's standard for this season has been greatly raised. If the follow-up is weak, the reputation and audience of this season will hit a new low. In the end, they may lose all their money. You know how much money it costs to make a virtual world! Do they care about the reputation of their flagship program? ?

"What should we do now?" They held a meeting. If they really wanted to replace An Cui, it would inevitably bring a huge impact. So should the movie version be edited? Should An Cui's scenes be cut from the video version? Increasing An Cui's popularity would be asking for trouble.

The director had a headache: "Edit, edit, edit, what to edit and how to edit? Fu Li, Lin Jiaying and Fang Wenjun, they were with her the whole time and followed her instructions the whole time. If we edit her out, what's the point of this episode? Can it still be watched if we edit her out?!"

"Why on earth would the boss make this decision?"

"Could it be because of... Lin Pinxin?? I heard that Lin Pinxin is the boss's niece, and she seemed to have a lot of opinions about Ling Fei on the show."

This speculation made people even more angry. Lin Pinxin, a loser who hadn't even survived three days on the show, was messing around! Their efforts of more than a year in planning were wasted just because of her little girl's thoughts?

The chief director weighed the pros and cons and finally made a decision. Everything will proceed as planned and the video will be edited as exciting as possible. The movie version will be put on hold for the time being. There is still more than half a month before the next show, and the boss will definitely return to China. Maybe he will change his mind then... Although given his personality, the hope is quite slim.

The video version was edited the second weekend after the live broadcast. As soon as it was put on the website, it received over 100 million hits within a minute, and the number of barrages exceeded one million. The popularity that had slightly dropped surged again. An Cui still took the lead, followed by Fu Li because of his nickname Fu Duidui. Lin Jiaying's group bullying and Fang Wenjun's black belly were mentioned again. Among them, An Cui and Fu Li, as well as An Cui and Lin Jiaying's CP army emerged. The three newcomers also benefited a lot, making the newcomers who participated at the same time envious and jealous. Why weren't they so lucky to win by following the big guys?

Although another group of newcomers also survived to the end, it was very embarrassing because the contrast between them and the rescue team in the video version was more obvious than the live broadcast version. Of course, Qin Sisi was the most embarrassing one. She had a similar personality to An Cui, but her strength and achievements were worlds apart, not to mention that they had dragged the rescue team down several times.

If a movie must have a villain to make the plot fluctuate and have enough conflicts to make the audience's emotions fluctuate, then this is their role. Although they are not villains, the existence of stupid teammates can make the audience feel more emotional and gnashing their teeth than the villains.

If this was a movie it would be fine, but this is a reality show where they perform entirely by themselves, and the audience takes their performance in the reality show seriously, so the label of being a bad teammate will not be removed for a while, unless they perform well later and reverse their perception.

Qin Sisi looked at the comments online and took several deep breaths to suppress her emotions. It doesn't matter, she persuaded herself that if she wanted to be in the entertainment industry, the most frightening thing was not being criticized, but being ignored and having no sense of existence. In the second episode, they will definitely be able to make a big splash and turn the tide!

The production team had been waiting for the boss to come back, but the boss was abroad because of something. Seeing that the second episode was about to start, the director had to call the secretary in person, hoping that the boss could take time to watch the video of this episode. He believed that no one who watched this video would want to replace An Cui. The secretary said that he knew and would tell him after the boss finished work.

They could only wait anxiously.