The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul-Chapter 31 - 30. This girl is lucky for me

Chapter 31: 30. This girl is lucky for me!

Chapter 31: 30. This girl is lucky for me!

“Journey Together” has invited quite a few stars and artists since filming began, but not many have been truly accepted by the Program Team.

Tang Shu glanced at the group chat number after joining—12 people.

Including four regular guests, as well as Director Lin.

Group chat notification: [First Young Actress] has invited [Tang Shu] to join the group chat.

In just a few seconds, someone cheerfully bounced out.

[Online Humble Little Director]: “Welcome Tangtang, come and hang out when you’re free—”

[Online Humble Little Director]: Feel free to come hang out.JPG

The image was interesting, depicting a rascally simplified figure leaning against a wall, wearing a naughty smile, with the words “Feel free to come hang out” beside it.

Online Humble Little Director…

Since this is the “Journey Together” crew, then this must be Lin Chuan, Director Lin… right?

As Tang Shu’s mind conjured up the often expressionless, master-like handsome face of Director Lin, she glanced at the rascally figure before her…

The image shattered.

However, she didn’t know this was just the beginning.

With the group owner leading the welcome, the others also popped up one by one.

[First Young Actress]: “First off, welcome, and also, ignore Director Lin, just take it as nonsense once you’ve read it.”

[I Am the Movie Emperor, I Am Invincible]: “First off, welcome, and also, ignore Director Lin, just take it as nonsense once you’ve read it.”

[Strongest Singer in Hong Kong Island]: “First off, welcome, and also, ignore Director Lin, just take it as nonsense once you’ve read it.”

[Eight-pack Abs]: “First off, welcome, and also, ignore Director Lin, just take it as nonsense once you’ve read it.”

After the first four members copy-pasted their welcome, the others who saw the message harmoniously kept formation and sent out the exact same words.

…

Tang Shu: “???”

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What’s going on?

This group is a bit abnormal.

Not only are the group members’ nicknames abnormal, but the chat is abnormal as well.

She casually sent a “Hello everyone” sticker and clicked on each group member’s profile picture, finally matching the real people with their nicknames.

The first four were, in order, Geng Qiuqiu, Lin Yi, Shen Xianglin, and Yin Dong.

You guys… have inflated to this extent off-screen?

Tang Shu tugged at the corner of her mouth and looked at their respective nicknames three times before finally accepting this reality.

But why did everyone tell her to act as though she didn’t see Director Lin’s words?

Tang Shu casually sent out a sticker:

[Tang Shu]: What are you guys talking about.JPG

And that’s when the good Samaritan showed up.

[Beautiful Supermodel]: “Newbie, are you totally confused? Just take a look at the group name and you’ll get the gist~~~”

Tang Shu’s gaze fell to the top of the screen:

[Jianghu Emergency Group]

Geng Qiuqiu, who was sitting on the edge of her bed, also saw this message and explained with a tone full of distaste.

“Let me tell you, Director Lin is famous for his bad temper. He curses away the guest stars every time we start shooting. He’s domineering in front of others but turns around and plays the lowly in the group chat. Whoever’s closer gets hit by the fallout~~~”

“So, is that how the Jianghu Emergency Group came about?”

“Yep, that’s right!”

“…” Great, that’s very Director Lin.

Tang Shu remembered Zeng Xiumin, who had almost been driven away by scolding, and suddenly understood the meaning behind “Online Humble Little Director.”

The atmosphere in the chat group remained very cheerful.

[Xiao Linza]: “Awooo—new person alert, squawk squawk!!!”

[Xiao Linza]: Welcome.JPG

Tang Shu looked at the avatar of this person and felt it looked familiar. After clicking on it, she realized it was Zhang Yilin, whom she had worked with before.

He had also participated in “Journey Together”?

She then sent a thankful emoticon.

[Beautiful Supermodel]: “Xiao Linzi, stay cool, don’t panic! You’re freaking out and you still dare to be so arrogant?”

[Xiao Linza]: “Hey, Tang Shu is one of us, this girl she brings me good luck!”

[Tang Shu]: ???

What was that even supposed to mean?

Tang Shu was once again baffled.

[Xiao Linza]: “Ever since I collaborated with Tang Shu on a variety show, my fan count skyrocketed by more than three million, and I finally got a CP (couple pairing) too! hhhhh~~~”

As soon as these words came out, the chat exploded.

[First Young Actress]: “Our Tangtang is only 18 years old, beautiful like a single flower, and you dare to lay a finger on her?”

[I Am the Movie Emperor, I Am Invincible]: “That’s too much, man, pervert!”

[Strongest Singer in Hong Kong Island]: “Utterly heartless!”

[Eight-pack Abs]: “Are you sick of living, Xiao Linza, ready to give up your abs?”

Even Director Lin popped up:

[Online Humble Little Director]: “Can’t stand it, beat him up!”

Tang Shu watched with great amusement, a smile unconsciously curving on her lips, as she propped her chin on Big Horse Monkey and joined in the chat as well.

Before long, [Beautiful Supermodel] spoke up again.

“I just looked up the new girl’s information, and what do you know! With just one idol drama, she jumped to the ninth position on the actors’ popularity ranking this month. Tough girl!”

“What is the actors’ popularity ranking?”

Tang Shu asked Sister Luo, who looked at her in astonishment, “You don’t know?”

She shook her head, looking puzzled.

Neither the original host of the body nor she had paid attention to this due to their young age.

“To measure a person’s commercial value, different popularity rankings are used. For example, in the entertainment industry, there are singers’ popularity rankings, directors’ popularity rankings, actors’ popularity rankings, and the most prestigious of all would be the overall celebrity popularity rankings.”

“Isn’t that like trending searches?”

“It’s different,” Sister Luo shook her head, planning to enlighten her on this knowledge gap.

“Trending searches are based on a certain event that temporarily attracts excessive attention from netizens, usually triggered by celebrities or social issues. But popularity rankings are based on merit.”

Sister Luo paused for a moment, “Besides, aside from the entertainment industry, other fields such as literature and medicine also have their own popularity rankings, and strictly speaking, these are the more prestigious ones.”

After this explanation, Tang Shu had come to understand that the leading figures of various industries are often on these rankings.

It was a recognition of honor by the general public.

Sister Luo pointed to the pile of scripts on the hotel desk, “For actors, climbing the rankings quickly is also the hardest with weekly dramas. I was thinking of asking your opinion on trying one. But since you’ve now taken Director Xie’s film offer, TV series scripts will likely have to wait.”

Tang Shu’s gaze also fell on the scripts, her eyes reflecting deep thought.

She knew about weekly dramas, which demand a lot from both actors and scripts, and are aired episode by episode. If the ratings fall short of expectations, the show would be cut mercilessly.

And now, weekly dramas have taken over half of the TV drama landscape.

The rest are mainly TV series adapted from major IPs, still produced in the traditional way, and these have already built up a large fanbase, ensuring they don’t perform too poorly on release.

Perhaps… she should also give weekly dramas a try?