Superstar's Development Diary-Chapter 887 - 889: Better to Guide Than to Block

Not only for participating in shows, even movie roles have people seeking them out, trying to ride their wave of fame.

But they don’t even consider that by participating, they’d inadvertently lower their own status.

Moreover, their time is valuable and cannot be wasted on programs without investment value.

Zhou Cheng didn’t inform her through Zhang Ming, meaning the invitation wasn’t up to par, which made He Jinxia even more unwilling to waste time.

Exactly, only those not up to par have to chase people down themselves.

He Jinxia thought to herself, putting on a formal tone: "Thank you for your kindness, but we currently have no plans to participate in any movie or variety show.

If you really want to invite us, you can send an invitation through Tonghua Entertainment, the company will let us know."

Zhou Cheng looked embarrassed, sweating slightly: "To be honest, I sent the invitation letter three months ago but received no response, likely it ended up in your company’s trash, but I genuinely want to invite you.

I know tracking you down like this is abrupt, but I had no choice, I’m sorry, just take up five minutes, no, three minutes, is three minutes of your time okay?

My concept is very good, there is currently no similar reality show on the market."

At this moment, movie crew members walked into the backstage, among them was Stanlanca.

He Jinxia glanced at Stanlanca.

Stanlanca, smiling warmly, said: "Jinxia, did you hear Mr. Zhou Cheng’s concept? I think it’s quite good, this reality show model hasn’t been done abroad either."

Zhou Cheng looked gratefully at Stanlanca, he was able to get in likely because he met Stanlanca and got his approval.

Of course, Zhou Cheng also felt a bit guilty, others didn’t know the inside story, thinking the show concept was really great, but didn’t he know the real reason?

Since the box office started well, Stanlanca was in a good mood, accepting nearly all media interviews, even if the questions had many traps and could potentially offend, Stanlanca answered them good-naturedly.

Under this good mood, seeing Zhou Cheng, and when Zhou Cheng proposed to explain his concept, he happily agreed.

However, contrary to what everyone thought, that Stanlanca was impressed by his concept, the reality was Stanlanca sharply pointed out the show’s fatal flaw—

It must have big-name stars to support it, otherwise, it would fall into the category of tacky second-rate shows.

Besides, he pointed out several flaws Zhou Cheng had thought about but couldn’t address, making Zhou Cheng want to back down.

But then he thought, having come all this way, what’s there to fear?

Running a long way chasing He Jinxia, yet not even meeting her would be too incompetent!

If he couldn’t invite artists to participate, then why be a director?

He might as well go home and wash up for bed!

Zhou Cheng clenched his fist, gritted his teeth, staring at Stanlanca, said: "Adding all my relatives together, there are over a hundred of them, I will give each one a free ticket for ’Devil’s Sea 4’!"

Stanlanca was momentarily stunned.

With Zhou Cheng starting off strong, everything else was easy to say, he continued: "I have a dozen good friends, I’ll also give them free ’Devil’s Sea 4’ tickets, these friends are well-connected in new media, I can have them write news releases.

Those relatives of mine, I can have them promote in their W message friend circles and shout in W message groups after watching, those are all thousand-people groups!

’Devil’s Sea 4’ is grandly produced, with great visual effects, it shouldn’t be limited to the young audience, middle-aged and older people can also watch, and word-of-mouth among friends is a main channel for the middle-aged and older to get information!

Coincidentally, most of my relatives are middle-aged and older!"

Zhou Cheng stated these words powerfully, at the end emphasizing once more: "Free, no charge!"

And that’s how he muddled into the backstage.

Stanlanca didn’t say anything at the time, just patting his shoulder and telling him to do a good job, allowing him in.

The reminiscence ended there, Zhou Cheng didn’t know if he passed Stanlanca’s test, but now with the director speaking for him, if he didn’t use this ladder to climb up, he might as well not be a director!

Zhou Cheng quickly asked: "Can I have five minutes to explain the concept? Just five minutes!"

He Jinxia looked at Zhou Cheng, then at the slyly smiling Stanlanca, thought for a moment, and said: "Okay, I’ll have a private chat with you."

This chat went on for ten minutes, far exceeding the initially allocated time.

But neither of them noticed this issue.

When Zhou Cheng started speaking, He Jinxia subconsciously followed to think, when he kept expressing ideas, she kept interrupting and questioning, and through this back-and-forth, the plan was simply understood.

At this moment, He Jinxia felt a bit conflicted, she had one foot in wanting to go, and one foot not wanting to.

Wanting to go, because she found the show fun and it could strengthen the couple’s relationship.

Not wanting to go, for the same reason, she wasn’t keen on publicly exposing their life, she also wanted a comfortable protective space.

"Knock knock!"

The door was knocked, and Stanlanca’s assistant was outside urging Jinxia to hurry to the next activity, Zhou Cheng also didn’t delay He Jinxia’s time, standing up to leave.

Before opening the door, Zhou Cheng suddenly deeply bowed to He Jinxia and said sincerely: "Since you and Sheng Yan got married, you both remained low-key, I completely understand your desire not to publicly share your life.

But I have a suggestion on this point, instead of blocking, it’s better to guide. The less you share, the more curious netizens become; the more curious, the more they speculate, and then they’ll fabricate numerous baseless stories.

Instead, it’d be better to share generously, join and film the reality show, allowing everyone to see how you live. Once netizens see and understand, they won’t believe fabricated stories in the future."

Zhou Cheng spoke quickly, then opened the door and walked out, leaving He Jinxia alone in thought.

Better to guide than to block?

"Jinxia, let’s go!" Cheng Xiaohua called from a distance, bringing He Jinxia back to reality, and she hurried to catch up with the group.

Sitting in the RV, Stanlanca was also there, the other crew members were in another vehicle, Stanlanca originally wasn’t taking this car, but came specifically to discuss the next promotion with her.

"’Devil’s Sea 4’ is on its third day of release, the box office grows every day, I read online reviews, at first, nearly everyone came for you, Jinxia, you’re really amazing!"

Stanlanca laughed heartily, giving He Jinxia a thumbs up!