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Chapter 26. This Isn't What romised
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Wait a minute!
This isn't right, is it?
…But upon closer thought, it doesn't seem wroher.
She was ihe one who suggested the advance sing.
Likewise, she was the one who chose the script for "Phantom Blood."
Dio and the other actors, as well as staff like Akiyuki Shinbo and Pucci, were all recruited by her to join Green Dolphin Studio.
But...
Weren't all these factors supposed to ehat "Phantom Blood" would be a flop?!
Jolyne Cujoh couldn't uand it.
What's up with the audiehis time around?
Why do so many people like to dig fold in the garbage?!
No, this isn't even gold in the garbage...
Looking at the ents under "Phantom Blood," she saw that everyone who watched it indeed hated DIO, the vilin targeting JOJO, and wished for his swift demise, just as she expected.
In this gold-digging sario, you could even erase the wold"!
"Ryoko, do you think it's possible..."
Jolyne said unwillingly, "that the reason 'Phantom Blood' appears to be so popur is actually because of a bug in the official bad, making our data look infted?"
That's right, there's no other expnation.
Surely this audience isn't masochistic, just enjoying a story where the protagonist suffers?
It doesn't look like that from the ents.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible."
After saying this, Ryoko Kakyoin scratched her head awkwardly, "Okay, at first, I did have such a thought."
"After all, the things you said before, Jolyne, were just..."
See, she khat her operations specifically aimed at losing money couldn't suddenly turn profitable.
It must be a bug in the official bad.
That's why the data for "Phantom Blood" is so unrealistically high.
Choosing to ignore certain parts of Ryoko's words and only hearing what she wao hear, Jolyhought happily.
Yes, ohe official fixes this bug, everything will be fine.
Then the system rebate will return the money she ied in "Phantom Blood" a hundredfold.
As long as...
"But I didn't realize your real purpose for choosing an advance sing was this, Jolyne."
Ryoko gave Jolyhumbs-up, looking vinced, "By exploiting the fact that most advance-sed works are not well-regarded, you let 'Phantom Blood' be live-streamed by influencers, leveraging their popurity to boost our work's visibility... Jolyne, you're really smart to e up with this!"
"This way, even though we're not that popur, we still gain parable popurity to those hit works from the start, and then gradually vert their audieo ours!"
Yes, by premiering early, there would be influencers...
Wait a minute, what's this about influencers?!
Jolyne seemed to find the key to why things turned out this way.
So, after politely sending the praising Ryoko out of the room,
She quickly sat ba front of her puter and began a targeted search.
Soon, it seemed like the increasing popurity of "Phantom Blood" was irue, the reason she least wao admit.
By just vaguely searg the keywords "influencer" and "Phantom Blood" together, she found the culprit on the first line of the homepage.
Along with the rec of the inal live stream.
After roughly watg the rec,
Jolyne finally uood.
Why did DIO bee a universally despised vilin ht?
And why, despite DIO's repulsiveness, did so many people still like "Phantom Blood"?
"It turns out, it's all because of your excessive interpretations, you jerk!!"
Report!
She must report this thhly!
And she already had a perfect reason.
That is, the influencer [ ] spread it without her or the ptform's permission...
But Ryoko's previous words suddenly echoed in Jolyne's mind.
Stopping her a to report.
If it were any other work, this behavior would naturally be uable.
But this was an advance-released work.
pared to those hit works.
Because even the creators of these advance-sed works don't believe in their success, the ptforms signing these works wouldn't believe in their quality either, right?
They would generally devalue them and not provide the exclusive broadcasting terms that only hit works enjoy.
Another reason is that the creators of these advance-sed works want to submit their works to all ptforms to quickly recoup their iments.
For Jolyne, who aimed to lose money and didn't pn to widely distribute "Phantom Blood" to slightly recoup her iment, this cuse should've helped her lose money.
But someoell her?
Why did this decision boost "Phantom Blood"'s popurity instead!?
"Stay calm. The more critical the moment, the more I o stay calm."
Jolyne forced herself to calm down, "Actually, if you think about it, I haven't lost yet, have I?"
"Although 'Phantom Blood' has gained popurity, if I successfully sell its broadcast rights and don't sell them a sed time, the best oute is just turning 'Phantom Blood' into a critically accimed but ercially unsuccessful work."
Realizing that even the ndlord had no spare food, and having ied all her pocket money into "Phantom Blood" for the system rebate, Jolyne found herself with no money left even to file a wsuit.
Uo rely on allies for free help, she could only fort herself this way.
After all, it's uhat with the resources avaible online, people would still line up to buy BD discs for special editions or other reasons, right?
Without the revenue from the first and subsequent broadcasts, in this widespread dissemination, it should be difficult to sell BD discs well.
How will Green Dolphin Studio recover the funds ied in "Phantom Blood"?
"So, it's fine, I still have a ce! I will still lose money!"
Joly encing herself.
