Chapter 246. Poor Ryoko is Being Toyed With

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  One woman shouted. One woman ughed.

  The former was true without a doubt.

  As for the tter...

  Seeing Kakyoin Ryoko's utterly shattered expression—hands tightly gripping her own shoulders and shaking herself violently as though she had just entered a frog-like goddess of wisdom—Cujoh Jolyne was on the verge of bursting into ughter.

  But if she ughed now, wouldn't that firm she had do on purpose?

  Just imagining Ryoko badgering her with endless questions like, "Why did you do that?" was enough to make her regret it. Especially sidering she couldn't reveal the existence of the system under any circumstances.

  If she slipped up, this perfect start she had painstakingly waited fht end up like a certain tent creator whose videos always start with, "Opening with a 9.2 rating, popping champagne!" only to clude with, "Such a garbage ending, everything fell apart."

  Jolyne Cujoh's obsession with losing money wasn't a matter of recklessness; it was all thanks to her System. The more money she lost, the greater the rebate she received. It was a shining example of the principle, "Lose your way to wealth, starting with film produ."

  She wasn't just some reckless spendthrift!

  So, even though she wao tease Ryoko by saying, "I just wao see that look on your face.jpg," Jolyne could only suppress her sd pat Ryoko on the shoulder, a few soling words:

  "Calm down, Ryoko. Rex a little, alright?"

  "Have you fotten that proverb? 'A blessing in disguise.' Sure, I may have actally hit the firm button thinking it was the cel button, but who's to say this is a bad thing? You've got to look on the bright side of things!"

  That's right—look on the bright side.

  For Jolyne, one simple press of a button could her a hundredfold return ies. She ractically raking it in! Why hadn't she thought of this sooner?

  There was o hire someone like Akiyuki Shinbo, who might stab her in the back. She could just take on the role of director herself!

  Her hesitation before wasn't due to ziness but simply a ck of uanding of how to oversee a produ. And Kakyoin Ryoko certainly wouldn't let a plete novice like her take the reins.

  That was why she resorted t Shinbo and his crew, only for… !

  Just thinking about it made Jolyne furious. It was more than just frustrating—it was infuriating!

  She had meticulously reviewed tless resumes, specifically seleg a group of rejects that no one else would hire to staff Green Dolphin Studio. Yet Shinbo, the sly fox pretending to be a pig, still mao infiltrate the crew!

  This led to an astronomical loss of tens of billions!

  (Here, Jolyomatically calcuted profits based on the assumption that every project they produced was a total loss.)

  But now, those s were behind her!

  Although Shinbo had made it impossible for her to lose money back then, he hadn't beeirely useless. For instance, when she impulsively insisted on direg a single episode herself to guarantee a loss, Shinbo's presence as an assistant director ensured she ended up making a profit instead.

  At the time, this was a disaster.

  But in hindsight?

  With Shinbo's reliability, no one opposed her when she wao direct. Her debut was a resounding success, leaving her momentarily w if she had the potential to bee a famous director.

  Eventually, though, she came to her sehis was all Shinbo's fault!

  Even so, she mao grasp the basics of direg a project.

  Now, as she pushed to direct "Diamond Is Unbreakable", the voices of opposition were far quieter than before.

  Such is the power of a reized ached to a hit project!

  Not only could she now py fast and loose with Diamond Is Unbreakable's produ, but her newfound credibility even cowed Kakyoin Ryoko.

  Faced with Jolyne's unwavering, fident gaze, Ryoko shifted fr furiously at her to nervously avoiding eye tact.

  Her voice wavered with hesitation as she murmured, "But... what if—"

  "There are no 'what ifs,' Ryoko!" Jolyerrupted before she could finish. "Have you fotten who wrote the script for "Stardust Crusaders"?"

  Without waiting for an answer, Jolyne fixed Ryoko with her pierg, mascara-enhanced eyes, as though pressurio respond.

  "... Director Pucci?" Ryoko stammered, her ck of fidence evident.

  "Exactly! And who wrote the script for "Diamond Is Unbreakable"?"

  "... Umm, Director Pucci again?"

  "Correct! Since Pucci wrote both scripts, why would you doubt that he ated for everything in this one?"

  Jolyne decred righteously, carefully avoidiion of the gring plot holes in "Diamond Is Unbreakable"—most of which she had suggested herself.

  She also glossed over the fact that "Stardust Crusaders" hadn't yet aired its pivotal Joseph-death se while Pucci was drafting "Diamond Is Unbreakable". Not to mention the occasional unscripted improvisations from actors ag subsciously... just a few minor issues.

  "..."

  Predictably, Ryoko was left speechless by Jolyne's barrage of questions.

  Poor Ryoko, once again toyed with by Jolyoday.

  "So, Ryoko, any more questions?" Jolyne asked triumphantly.

  "N-No..."

  "Great! Sihere are no objes, let's get started! "Diamond Is Unbreakable", Episode 1, Se 1, Take 1..."

  With a dramatic flourish, Jolyne shouted, "A!"

  Finally, her long-awaited career of losing money was about to get ba track!

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