Chapter 1 The Fuss

Lu Xuan v: "My new movie *Charlotte's Trouble* is about to be released! A different kind of campus romantic comedy that will definitely bring you a different experience. Welcome, everyone!"

Below was the promotional still and cast list for *Charlotte's Trouble*.

Obviously, this message was Lu Xuan's so-called promotion.

Although it had a few dozen reposts, judging from the cast and publicity, it was no match for *Immortal Demon Love*.

Like heaven and earth.

Truly tragic!

Despite蹭 (ceng - rubbing off) some heat from Su Yao before, Lu Xuan's reputation remained unimpressive.

His title of 'box office poison' was well-known, and no one wanted to waste money on a bad movie.

Those few dozen reposts were probably new fans who didn't know any better, Su Yao guessed.

"...This is too perfunctory."

Su Yao casually reposted it.

As 'husband and wife,' helping with promotion was only right and proper.

And her move was many times more effective than Lu Xuan's.

"Lu Xuan has a new movie coming out?"

"*Charlotte's Trouble*? The name is quite interesting, I'll check it out!"

"Remember to eat less before watching, in case you get too full."

People gradually started paying attention to *Charlotte's Trouble*, and in a short while, it exceeded a thousand reposts.

After seeing this, Lu Xuan thought for a moment, then sent a message to Su Yao.

"Thank you."

The fake marriage agreement didn't include helping the other party with promotion, so he should thank her.

"You're welcome."

Su Yao smiled lightly, then closed her phone and stopped paying attention.

Aunt Liu, who was next to her and saw that she was in a good mood, smiled and asked, "Yao Yao, what do you think of Lu Xuan's new movie?"

Su Yao recalled the synopsis and cast list she had just seen.

"The story's theme looks quite novel, and the idea is good. If it had A-list actors, it could be a hit."

"But it has one major problem, and that's the cast."

"The actors are all unknown. I don't know where Lu Xuan found them."

"And that Li Hao should be the assistant director, right? The assistant director personally playing a supporting role, really... speechless."

Su Yao summarized.

"It might be a hit, but the chances are slim."

She propped up her delicate chin and looked at the people coming and going outside the window.

On the screen of a commercial building, a popular little diva was doing a cosmetic endorsement.

That used to be her spot.

Su Yao's eyes were firm: "Clearly, Lu Xuan hasn't grasped the core of this era."

This era is the era of流量 (liú liàng - traffic)!

With流量 (liú liàng - traffic), even a bad movie can become a hit.

Without流量 (liú liàng - traffic), you're nothing!

This is also why Su Yao is working so hard. She wants to make a beautiful comeback, even if she suffers grievances.

"Aunt Liu, please accept all the endorsements for tomorrow as well."

"...Okay. You need to take care of your health."

......

On the other side, Lu Xuan didn't know that his 'wife' didn't have high hopes for him.

He was at a roadside stall with Li Hao, eating skewers.

"Su Yao helped you promote it?"

"Yeah."

Lu Xuan nodded, and at the same time, reposted Su Yao's movie promotion.

Although the effect was minimal, it was still a gesture of goodwill.

Gulu—

Li Hao took a big gulp of Snow beer: "You bastard, didn't you say you wouldn't worry about promotion?"

"But this is it? Just posting a message on Weibo is considered promotion?"

"If it wasn't for Su Yao, this wouldn't even count as promotion!"

Lu Xuan spread his hands: "There's no way around it. The heat has passed."

The internet always has less patience with men.

"What do we do then? Good wine is still afraid of deep alleys! We can't just hang in there like this, can we?"

Li Hao lowered his head: "How about I talk to the old man and have him say something?"

"Forget it. With your old man's temper, he definitely won't agree, and might even kick us while we're down."

"......"

Li Hao was silent.

Indeed, his director grandfather had been disapproving of his and Lu Xuan's combination since college.

Asking him to help with promotion was like hoping for a miracle.

"Brother Gun, don't think so much."

Lu Xuan patted Li Hao on the shoulder: "Do your best and leave the rest to fate."

"Since we've already tried our best, let's leave the rest to fate."

"After so many years of bad luck, the 风水 (fēng shuǐ - feng shui) should be turning to our side!"

"Yeah."

Seeing Lu Xuan so calm, Li Hao slowly calmed down as well.

"But..."

"That's not a reason for you to wipe your hands on my clothes."

Looking at the oily handprint on his shoulder, Li Hao lowered his body and slowly assumed a drawing-the-sword posture.

Lu Xuan blinked: "Damn? You noticed that?"

"Go die!!"

Ding-dong—

Just as that iron skewer was 0.01 centimeters away from Lu Xuan's neck, his phone rang.

The two brothers looked at the phone on the table together.

"@Lu Xuan, box office poison spends 'huge sums' to create a newly released film. I'm really curious, what kind of 'good film' can be made with a budget of three million!"

Looking at this Weibo message, Li Hao subconsciously asked.

"Did you put the budget in when you were promoting it?"

"How could that be!"

In the film industry, generally speaking, the film budget is equal to the film effect.

The lower the budget, the less good the film will naturally be, which will reduce the audience's expectations.

So how could Lu Xuan release that information?

"Then who posted it?!"

Lu Xuan instantly thought of many people: "It should be someone from the crew, or, someone who used to be."

"Quick, take a look."

Li Hao didn't care about that 0.01 centimeters, and directly put down the bamboo skewer and urged him.

Lu Xuan opened his phone, and a familiar name came into view.

Chang Wei!

That ‘Meng Te’ who deserted at the last minute.

"It really is him."

Lu Xuan narrowed his eyes.

The only person who could possibly reveal the crew's budget was this former crew member. No one else would be so bored.

But he never expected that the other party had quite a bit of influence on Weibo!

He was a small, well-known beauty blogger.

The reason Lu Xuan chose Chang Wei to play 'Meng Te' was because of the feminine aura on his body.

A little handsome, plus a feminine style.

On the Weibo platform, many women are into that.

So the other party's fan base is, to some extent, even larger than Lu Xuan's!

Li Hao leaned over: "It's that stinky kid? What did he say?"

"He's dissing our crew and movie."

Chang Wei v: "Recently, I was invited to a crew to film, but I never thought that there would be a crew so shabby. As for what crew it is, the title has already said it."

"*Charlotte's Trouble*, which is our great director Lu's new movie!"

"At the time, I went to audition with the mentality of learning. After passing, I realized that I had entered a big pit!"

"In order to save money, Director Lu had the crew eat at our school, and sleep at our school."

"At the time, I suspected, was it necessary to be so thrifty?"

"Then when I knew how much the crew's budget was, I understood everything."

"The budget for the *Charlotte's Trouble* crew is only three million!"

"These days, there really wouldn't be a crew with such a small budget, right? No way, no way?!"