Chapter 310: Chapter 310 - 310: It’s a Real Case

Translator: Zayn_

In mid-August, the All-Class Challenge announced that it would temporarily stop updating for one episode.

The reason was that Wei Zhengrong felt that the last episode of the show needed a perfect ending, so he planned to do it again.

For Song Qingyou, this announcement didn’t affect her at all.

In the past half a month, she had been holed up at home writing her new book and script.

Perhaps it was because he had to do both at the same time, so the writing progress was especially slow this time.

It was worth mentioning that during this period of time, The Perfect Lawyer had completely crushed The Editorial Room in the viewership ratings. In the blink of an eye, it had become one of the best urban workplace dramas.

Shen Xiyan had “seized the opportunity” and continued to spend a lot of money to promote The Perfect Lawyer. Some insiders revealed that the promotional expenses of The Perfect Lawyer might exceed the cost of the entire drama!

Regardless of how the audience felt, with so much money, even the deepest lake would be splashed.

Not to mention the trending searches on Weibo, even subway advertisements and shopping mall displays had stills and trailer of this drama.

In comparison, The Editorial Room seemed to have sunk to the bottom of the lake, with no echoes at all.

Even with Lin Siya around, they couldn’t save much viewership and views.

Once again, the viewership ratings were announced. The Perfect Lawyer had reached 10%, while The Editorial Room only had 3%.

Everything was based on data.

The media reports of Shen Xiyan crushing Lin Siya had finally become a reality.

While Shen Xiyan was receiving praise from both inside and outside the circle, Lin Siya was also criticized by the media as a “failed transition”, “fulfilled the curse of middle-aged actresses”, and “joining Shengshi Entertainment was Lin Siya’s biggest mistake on her way to stardom”…

The comparison between the two of them was extremely similar to the winner being king and the loser being bandits.

Almost as soon as the viewership numbers came out, Xu Mingrui called Song Qingyou. The first thing he said was an apology.

“I’m sorry. With such a low viewership rating, we might not even be able to recoup our costs.”

“I can bear all the losses.”

Just by listening to the voice, Song Qingyou could imagine the aggrieved expression on the other party’s face.

She interrupted him. “I know the Xu family is rich.”

“But investments are inherently risky. If 1 make a loss and you pay for it, then what kind of person am I?”

“But-”

But, based on Song Qingyou and Jiang Zhihan’s relationship, would his cousin really not blame him?

“No buts.” Song Qingyou said, “Don’t take it to heart. Compared to losing money, why don’t you write me a report and tell me why you lost?”

“No problem. I’ve been watching The Perfect Lawyer…”

“But is there really no need?” Xu Mingrui hesitated for a moment before asking again.

“In order to film this drama well, Sister Siya and the others even went to the news agency for an internship for a period of time. The expenses in this area alone were quite high…”

Because Chen Lan often complained that she was poor, everyone in the company felt that Song Qingyou was especially poor and rarely asked the company for reimbursement.

Song Qingyou didn’t know that they had misunderstood her so much, so she comforted them.

After saying that, she tried to divert Xu Mingrui’s attention and said,

“I might get a new script written by Qing Meng at the end of the month. This time, it’s a movie script. The company hasn’t signed any other directors yet. I hope you can give it a try.”

“A movie? Are you rushing for the New Year’s Eve?”

“Yes.”

There were so many New Year movies, so Shengshi had to get involved.

“Teacher Qing Meng won’t mind?” Xu Mingrui asked uncertainly.

“She won’t.”

“Teacher Qing Meng’s The Editorial Room script is also very well written, but the viewership ratings are still so bad…”

“She doesn’t mind, but if you can’t make the movie, then forget it.”

It was already good enough for Song Qingyou to comfort him.

She didn’t like people being wishy-washy.

“No, no.” Xu Mingrui quickly said, “I can film! I definitely won’t have a problem this time!”

“You used to have to read the script to know if you could shoot it,” Song Qingyou chuckled. “Now you don’t even need to read the script?”

Xu Mingrui: “I believe in Teacher Qing Meng. She’s a famous author who just won the Charles Prize.”

Song Qingyou nodded and was about to hang up when she heard Xu Mingrui suddenly say, “Eh?”

“What’s wrong?” Song Qingyou asked.

“Didn’t I just tell you that I’ve been watching The Perfect Lawyer? I’m actually looking at it right now… However, I watched the lawsuit in episode 21…”

“Is there a problem?”

“Previously, when 1 saw their publicity, they said that this was a real case. However, the outcome of this case is completely different from the one in the drama!”

Xu Mingrui’s words immediately piqued Song Qingyou’s interest.

“What’s the specifics?”

“The specifics are-”

According to Xu Mingrui, because the case happened at the place where his former classmate lived, he remembered it very clearly.

The case was just an accident, and the defendant was acquitted.

In the end, The Perfect Lawyer used the excuse of a real case to do a lot of “artistic processing”, shaping the defendant who caused the accident into a premeditated murderer…

“This drama says that most of the cases are real. Could it be that many of them have been ‘adapted’? It looks strange.”

Xu Mingrui complained a little before ending the call with Song Qingyou.

Song Qingyou put down her phone and immediately went to investigate the case that Xu Mingrui was complaining about.

The situation was indeed similar to what Xu Mingrui had said.

She even followed the clues and found the Weibo of the family members of the defendant in the case.

The other party complained on Weibo, saying that The Perfect Lawyer had distorted black and white and confused right and wrong. It had already caused a great impact on their family’s life.

After all, the plot of the drama was roughly the same as the entire process of the court case. This matter had been circulating in the local area for a long time!

After a lot of effort, their son was finally cleared of suspicion. But because of a drama, he was actually accused of being a murderer again!

Song Qingyou carefully read the long Weibo article.

The popularity was very low, and almost no one paid attention to it.

However, she could find out about all the cases that had been decided by the court.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong, Song Qingyou immediately called Chen Lan and asked her to contact the family member.

It was only then that Song Qingyou had the idea of watching The Perfect Lawyer.

She clicked on the corresponding broadcast platform. As expected, the banner on the front page was a promotional photo of The Perfect Lawyer.

There was also an official recommendation video below, and the person who appeared on the screen was even an official.

In an interview, the man in uniform said with great admiration, “The Perfect Lawyer is also perfect from the perspective of the times. This is because this drama fully reflects the results of our country’s judicial reform. At the same time, it’s very realistic and has a sense of thrill…”

“Most of the cases in it are based on real events. The main creative team spent a lot of effort in private. It’s a drama that I personally recommend…”

The official announcement made the drama even more popular.

Almost no one noticed that something was wrong..