Becoming a Billionaire after Divorce-Chapter 722 - 267: Liu Shishi’s Envy (2)

Not only did she marry a man over fifty, but...

Sigh, back then, she developed feelings on set, and despite countless people advising her against it, she just didn’t listen.

Now, regretting it is of no use.

If she spoke about it, it would only invite ridicule.

After walking for a while and getting tired, she saw a swing in the back garden and, childlike, started to sway on it.

After playing for a bit, she noticed Yang Mi standing there, immediately stood up, and apologized repeatedly: "Sorry, I forgot you’re pregnant and can’t play on this."

"It’s okay, there’s a hanging chair over there, we can sit on it and sway a bit too." Yang Mi pointed in a certain direction.

The hanging chair was quite large, enough for a few people, and it swayed only slightly, making it suitable for Yang Mi, who was pregnant, and she quite liked it. She would sit on it when coming out for sunbathing every day.

"The night sky is so beautiful tonight!" Liu Shishi sat down, looked up at the sky, and saw a bright moon hanging in the sky.

"Yes, what have you been busy with lately? I haven’t seen you acting much; you’re not really quitting the industry, are you?"

Yang Mi suddenly asked about work.

Liu Shishi paused for a moment, then shook her head: "He and his family don’t want me to go out in public, let alone act. They just want me to quietly be a housewife."

"No way? It’s the 21st century, and there are still such conservative families?" Yang Mi found it unbelievable.

And her dear friend, how could she be so compliant?

Let herself be controlled like this by others?

Liu Shishi sighed.

Then she told her dear friend about some of the recent troubles at home.

Yang Mi was passionate, growing more and more upset as she listened, standing up for her friend: "Truly a family of bastards. I disagreed with your marriage to him from the start, considering the age difference, akin to your parents’ generation, fearing your future marital life wouldn’t be happy. I didn’t expect there to be so many other problems, even worse than I anticipated. You really..."

She stopped mid-sentence, knowing that continuing would only break her friend’s fragile heart, and switched the topic to her future plans.

The more Liu Shishi listened, the more envious she grew: "I didn’t expect, in the end, you’d find a good man."

"He even helped you settle the Light shares, with such an identity, after giving birth, you can return to the entertainment industry anytime."

"Play however you want, after all, you’re already at the top of the industry."

"Don’t say that, saying it like that comes off a bit arrogant." Yang Mi pointed inside, "He told me before, in capital, there’s always someone better, so we mustn’t overestimate or underestimate ourselves."

"In the entertainment industry, Light may seem at the top, but it’s the internet capital behind the various entertainment companies that’s really pulling the strings."

"Think about it, isn’t that the case?"

"Seems so." Liu Shishi, after being with Mr. Wu for so long, had some understanding of capital.

She seemed to have heard him mention that his Straw Bear is backed by internet capital.

Plus, Mimi never mentioned, but Jiaxing being her lifetime stain, was also backed by internet capital. At the time, it was with her relentless efforts, winning the betting agreement, that Jiaxing thrived, yet in the end, met the fate of being discarded after use.

Now look at the biggest existing platforms in the circle: You Yiteng and Douyin, each backed by well-known internet giants.

As for the once crucial step in star-making: TV stations.

What’s left for TV stations now?

It’s already 2025, who watches TV stations to follow dramas now?

Even the variety shows, once a treasure trove for TV stations, are now mostly dominated by online platforms, leaving only a few struggling on traditional TV stations.

"So what you’re saying is entertainment companies now only have a place left in films?" Liu Shishi voiced her guess, almost shocked by it.

Once omnipotent, thriving everywhere, entertainment companies now are left with such a small piece of the pie.

"Indeed, if not for internet capital’s tactic: top-flow stars + big IP repeatedly hitting walls in films, bombing hard, with audiences not buying it, I fear the cinemas would be entirely taken over by these internet giants too."

Yang Mi also felt a bit terrified.

The damage these internet capitals inflicted upon the entertainment circle after entering has been immense.

Just a casual mention can prove it: are there any decent TV dramas or variety shows now?

The overwhelming lousy dramas online, aren’t they their masterpieces?

Using internet thinking to make films, isn’t it just feeding audiences crap?

Big data selecting popular IP + popular flow stars = lousy drama.

This formula, they play tirelessly, and the reason is... lousy dramas have viewers.

Do you really think the big data of those internet giants are just for show? There’s some substance to it, no doubt.

Knowing that the majority following dramas online are women, they simply shoot chicken-blood dramas for women: The domineering CEO falls in love with me → The domineering CEO falls in love with the divorced me → The domineering CEO falls in love with the divorced me with a kid → The domineering CEO falls in love with the divorced, had an abortion, menopausal me.

Nothing is too ridiculous, only more ridiculous.

Now domestic TV dramas have become like this, don’t even mention comparing to Kimchi Country and Little Day, even compared to nearby Vietnamese and Thai dramas, it seems to be losing out.

"It’s really frustrating, thinking back to when we first entered the industry, domestic TV dramas were a hundred flowers in bloom, with various good watches emerging continuously over the years, what happened in just over ten years for it to become like this?" Liu Shishi just lamented, she understood Yang Mi’s words just now, all due to the entrance of internet capital.

"However, recently there seems to be a company, Star Point Media, that’s a bit different from the others." Liu Shishi suddenly remembered a standout newcomer in the circle.

"You’ve heard of this company too?" Yang Mi squinted and smiled.

"Of course, their previous billion plans, now shouting trillion plans, it’s all over the place in the circle, how could I possibly not know?"

Speaking of which, Liu Shishi asked with a puzzled look: "They say this company started with short dramas, but are short dramas really that profitable? To support such a big company?"

"What do you think?" Yang Mi smiled without answering, letting her continue.

"Not really possible." Liu Shishi shook her head, "It’s not like I don’t have people around me doing short dramas, though indeed very profitable for a while, just earning millions for some soup, making billions for those with outstanding abilities and unique vision.

But with Star Point Media’s size: billions, trillions, even if the promotion is exaggerated, they can’t just lie blatantly, right? The company’s size surely must be in the billions, but solely relying on short dramas to push the company’s market value to billions, it’s simply a fantasy."

Seeing Yang Mi reveal a fox-like look, Liu Shishi went to tickle her armpit, "You know something, spill it to me."

"Really curious?" Yang Mi dodged and asked.

"Really, this company just appeared in the circle suddenly and then suddenly became a giant, it’s unscientific, very unscientific."

Liu Shishi spoke solemnly.

"You guessed right." Yang Mi sat upright looking at the moon in the sky.

"Where do you think the moonlight comes from?"

She didn’t give a direct answer but pointed at the moon in the sky.

"Of course, from the sun, oh... I get it, you mean there’s a sun behind it, right?" Liu Shishi, worthy of being a Tang Dynasty Poet, was quite clever when not having a mental block, understanding quickly.

"ice fruit, that’s it." Yang Mi confirmed.

"Then who’s the sun behind Star Point?" Liu Shishi asked.

"Far away in the heavens but right before you!" Yang Mi glanced at someone smoking on the balcony of the villa.

Following Yang Mi’s gaze, Liu Shishi naturally saw as well: it turned out, even his smoking posture was this handsome!

Her heart suddenly trembled: so it was him!