This Girl Forced to Become an Entertainment Company Boss

Chapter 78

Chen Wu took four days off, and when he returned, he acted as if nothing had happened and continued training. Other team members wanted to comfort him, but he deliberately avoided them.

He pretended to be fine, but in reality, he was on edge.

Ye Xing was usually closest to Chen Wu. They joined the company around the same time, shared a dormitory, and even slept in bunk beds during their six months in Seoul. They always moved together during classes too.

After Chen Wu's return, Ye Xing could clearly sense the change in him, but he didn't dare to say anything, fearing he might break the fragile peace and cause Chen Wu to collapse.

The practice room felt like it was shrouded in a thick fog, making it hard to breathe. The company-hired psychologist had been visiting the campus frequently lately.

Jiang Juyou had also been paying attention to the situation among the trainees recently.

At the same time, she had to process feedback from the internet. The solo stages of several trainees had made quite a splash, with good viewing data across various platforms. The original stages were also doing well, with many covers appearing online.

However, all of this was within Jiang Juyou's expectations. The songs' popularity hadn't broken out of the fan circle, meaning they hadn't truly penetrated the market.

She closed her iPad and could only console herself, "It's only the first performance, and it's only been a week since it ended. It's fine, there will be more opportunities later."

While Jiang Juyou could still comfort herself, the fans were like ants on a hot pan, running around various platforms every day trying to promote the songs, creating all sorts of content, fan creations, covers, adaptations, and challenges.

Random Entertainment's boy group project had a very long timeline. Starting from September last year, they wouldn't debut until September this year, or possibly even early next year. After that, they'd need to prepare for an album, which would take even more time.

Meanwhile, several shows that had been criticizing Random Entertainment had already started promoting their own boy groups. Recently, opening Weibo meant seeing their related hot searches, and they had appeared on many shows.

Seeing this made Jiang Juyou's career-focused fans want to vomit.

"The whole entertainment industry is isolating my girl, she's so pitiful, and those trainee fans are still cursing her!"

"They can't handle it, I really don't understand this mentality. Just because Random Entertainment won't cooperate, they have to isolate her?"

"From what I know, many platforms were competing for the broadcast rights of the debut competition this time, but Jiang Juyou still chose to put it on Alphabet Station. Alphabet Station didn't pay, but promised to promote it heavily."

"To achieve this much with just a second-tier university degree, my treasure must have put in tremendous effort."

"Jiang Juyou's major wasn't even related to this field, you can imagine how much hardship she's endured."

"When I think about how Jiang Juyou was receiving poverty subsidies during her school days, I really..."

Jiang Juyou probably had no idea how pitiful her image was among her fans. In the conference room, Jiang Juyou was with Cheng Yuan, listening to the staff report several topic proposals.

Dressed in a business suit with silver-rimmed glasses, she exuded a serious and cool aura. She held a pen in her hand, occasionally making notes on the documents as she listened.

The meeting had been going on for over half an hour, and Jiang Juyou was feeling a bit tired. She slightly rolled up her sleeves, leaned back, and gently pinched the bridge of her nose. "...Xianxia, huh."

For the film and television department, Jiang Juyou's decision was to pursue both original and adapted works simultaneously. After issuing this task, the staff had gotten to work, and today they were here to hear the topic proposals.

However, it seemed these people hadn't fully grasped her meaning, but since the company was full of young people, she could understand.

"Actually, you don't need to focus solely on romance novels. Other literary works can be considered as well. We're not just making TV series, we're also making movies. Don't worry about feasibility for now, just focus on the quality of the storylines."

"I know these works are very popular in the market, but for the four groups, your topic choices are too similar. They're all xianxia, historical romance, campus, and workplace romance disguised as career dramas."

Jiang Juyou looked like she had a headache. She pressed her temples, her eyes still closed. "The public has already lost interest in works centered around romance. Even if it is about romance, shouldn't there be something different about it?"

"With what you've chosen, I can only rely on the artists' popularity and appearance to support it. The plot isn't worth scrutinizing. Even the patriotic themes in xianxia and historical dramas are just there to make the main characters' tragic love seem more reasonable. Do you really think audiences will watch if we produce dramas with such plots?"

"I'm not even talking about the audience. Would you be willing to spend 60 yuan every day after exhausting work just to follow such a plot? You might as well scroll through some short videos with that time."

After a long sigh, Jiang Juyou scanned the people in the conference room and restated the topic requirements. "It's not that we can't choose these themes, but at least the plot should be something you'd be willing to pay for... Besides these, everyone should also visit bookstores more often to see if there are any novels worth adapting in physical books."

"Any theme, as long as the plot is interesting, the company is willing to fund it. As I said before, if your proposed theme is approved, there's a 50,000 yuan bonus."

As she spoke, Jiang Juyou gathered her things in front of her. "Alright, that's it for today's meeting."

As soon as she said this, everyone else in the conference room quickly stood up. Cheng Yuan also had a smile on her face as she happily packed up her things and left with Jiang Juyou.

Just as they turned the corner, Cheng Yuan said, "Well done, you've grown a lot. Your aura now is no less than that of a CEO of a Fortune 500 company."

"Sis, if you say that, I might get arrogant," Jiang Juyou turned back with a smile.

Cheng Yuan chuckled, "If I were you, my tail would already be up in the sky!"

The two of them went upstairs together to Jiang Juyou's office. Before entering the office, the assistant sitting at the desk asked, "Miss Jiang, Miss Cheng, would you like to order takeout for lunch or eat at the cafeteria?"

Jiang Juyou paused and looked back at Cheng Yuan, who glanced at Jiang Juyou before saying, "Let's eat at the cafeteria." She then turned to Jiang Juyou's assistant and said, "Just bring up whatever."

"Alright."

After this interruption, the two entered Jiang Juyou's office. As soon as she entered, Cheng Yuan noticed the pile of books on her desk and looked at Jiang Juyou, "You've really been working hard, huh."

"No choice, if they won't let me play, I have to set up my own game," Jiang Juyou shrugged.

Everyone knows that the domestic entertainment industry has always been led by the film industry. A single film or TV production can connect many capital sources. Jiang Juyou's business plan was to use fan economy as a foundation, then use film and TV productions to connect capital and build her own business empire.

She not only wanted to produce but also to distribute. Recently, Jiang Juyou had begun to study the feasibility of building a long-form video platform.

Since they wouldn't let her play, she could only crown herself king in her own territory.

The two sat on the sofa, where Jiang Juyou had various literary works she had bought. Cheng Yuan scanned them briefly, "Looks like you're leaning towards realistic themes."

Jiang Juyou also looked down at the coffee table and smiled, "I have to remind myself constantly, otherwise I might get lost in the glittering world of entertainment."

After sitting down, they got down to business. Cheng Yuan said to Jiang Juyou, "All the post-production work for our current projects is finished. We can't delay any longer."

Cheng Yuan meant that they needed to contact platforms and TV stations. This work should have been done earlier, but due to Random Entertainment's current difficult situation, the decision had been postponed until now.

Jiang Juyou lowered her eyes, deep in thought. After a while, she looked up at Cheng Yuan, "...Sis, what do you think about us creating our own platform?"

"Are you crazy?"

"Ding--"

Two voices sounded simultaneously, with the system's prompt being so loud that Jiang Juyou couldn't even hear what Cheng Yuan had said.

A system prompt appeared in front of Jiang Juyou's eyes, blocking Cheng Yuan's face.

"Task: Business Separation"

"Reward: System Full Upgrade"

Jiang Juyou didn't understand a single word, but that didn't stop her from accepting the task.

After the panel disappeared, Jiang Juyou blinked a few times and looked back at Cheng Yuan, "Sis, I'm serious. If they can do it, why can't I?"

At this moment, Jiang Juyou had lost the naivety of their first meeting. What remained was the sophistication of someone who had navigated the business world. She handled matters with calm composure, as if everything was proceeding according to her plan.

Cheng Yuan wanted to dissuade her but ultimately held back her words. She looked at Jiang Juyou earnestly and said, "Since you've already decided, let's proceed with your plan."

After so many years in the professional world, the most profound lesson Cheng Yuan had learned was not to contradict her superiors. She had resigned herself to this fact and could only trust in Jiang Juyou's decision-making.

It was a pity, though. The drama would be shelved for a few years, and who knew how long it would take for this platform to be established.

-

After lunch, having seen off their guests, Jiang Juyou finally had time to focus on the system.

As soon as she had bid farewell to Cheng Yuan, Jiang Juyou eagerly asked, "What does this mean? Your tasks are becoming increasingly abstract. With my bachelor's degree, I can't make sense of them at all!"

Just as she finished her indignant questioning, she heard the system chuckle softly, "The company building is getting a bit cramped now, isn't it?"

"...What do you mean?" Jiang Juyou felt as if she had lost her grasp of Chinese, or perhaps her reading comprehension skills had failed her. She couldn't understand the system's meaning at all.

The system explained to her: "The task is business separation, meaning to completely separate the film and television department and the variety show department from Random Entertainment."

Jiang Juyou furrowed her brow, not understanding why this needed to be done. "...And then what? What do I get out of it?"

"You get a system upgrade!" The system's voice rang out with a hint of pride.

"..."

Jiang Juyou was speechless for a moment.

She thought it was already quite bizarre that she could discern emotions in the system's tone, but the reward turned out to be even more outlandish.

Just as she was about to pretend she hadn't heard this conversation, the system suddenly said, "Don't you want to create your own long-form video platform?"

With just this one sentence, Jiang Juyou immediately understood the purpose of this task.

She raised her eyebrows in pleasant surprise, "You're going to help me?"

"When have I ever not helped you?" the system retorted.

Jiang Juyou suppressed the corners of her mouth, not wanting to appear too obviously pleased. "...That's true."

She asked, "So this business separation—" There would be a lot of paperwork involved, probably taking a month or two to implement.

The system spoke again: "I'll help you."

An uncommon three thousand words, I'm very happy.