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Chapter 144. I've Found a System Bug!
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If you were to look at the view t of "Stardust Crusaders" right now, you'd notiething odd.
Uher works where the view t either increases or decreases steadily, "Stardust Crusaders" shows a stratern. Its viewership graph fluctuates dramatically.
At times, it's high, then low. At times, just as Akiyuki Shinbo feared, the audience, disappointed by the ck of prominence given to the new protagonist Jotaro—especially pared to the strong presence of the former protagonist Joseph and the antagonist DIO—left, l the view t.
At other times, despite Jotaro's underwhelming development, Joseph's impressive performand the suspenseful possibility of DIO's return piqued the i of fans of "Phantom Blood" and "Battle Tendency". As word spread, more and more fans flocked to "Stardust Crusaders", boosting its viewership.
And then, when people realized that DIO had survived by seizing Jonathan's body, living for a hundred years until he was recovered, some "Phantom Blood" fans couldn't accept such a bleak oute for what had been su epid tragiding. Many of them left, and the viewership dropped again.
But after a while, the introdu of the Stand battle system, bined with the new full-dive filming teology, drew industry professionals, further increasing the view t.
For industry insiders, watg shows is no longer just about enjoying the tent itself, but also about analyzing the filming teiques, story structure, aeologies used ihrough this, they learn and draw inspiration for their own projects. Their approach may be unventional, but it doesn't ge the fact that they were tributing to "Stardust Crusaders'" view t.
Due to the overwhelming i in the eology, what started with a few insiders looking to learn quickly snowballed inte swarm of industry professionals aerans tuning in to watch "Stardust Crusaders", driving the viewership even higher.
...
These stant ups and downs in the viewership were strange.
Even though the final statistics looked average pared to other shows—her good nor bad—anyone who dismissed it as an ordinary series was in for a surprise.
Just like Cujoh Joly this moment...
Although she was teically part of the industry, she hadn't been keeping up with it. She was only focused on the audience's reas to the new episodes of "Stardust Crusaders", and sihey aligned with her own thoughts, Jolyne became quite fident.
"The budget for "Stardust Crusaders", the cost of developing the eology, and the actor fees for my dad and the others… Oh, and system!"
Feeling great, Jolyne decided to push her luck: "Look, my dad and the others are all CEOs or managers of major panies. Now they're takira time to work in my little studio on a small, unknown project. Isn't it only fair to pehem with a little mental anguish fee?"
"After all, they're billionaires who make huge sums every sed. If I don't pay them accly, it won't do justice to their stature!"
[…]
The imee system inside Jolyne remained silent.
It seemed to be sidering whether her argument made sense.
Looking at its increasingly inactive system panel siivation, and knowing that Jolyne's tinuous failed iments might have triggered a hidden achievement, the system decided to grant her request.
Thus...
[After evaluation, your request has been deemed valid.]
[Due to the uatus of Kujo Jotaro and others, appropriate pensation be sidered in their actor hiring fees.]
"...?"
What the—!?
Jolyne, who had only beeing the waters, was stunned by the system's response.
"Stardust Crusaders" was going to lose so much mohat it would recoup all the losses she hadn't incurred yet!
And with this cuse that actors with special status could get extra pensation...
Acc to this, couldn't she just hire all these inexperienced, unpopur actors with "special status" and pay them far beyond market rates, allowio stantly lose money?
After all, as Joseph's great-granddaughter, inviting these "special" actors should be a piece of cake!
But then...
[Additional note: Onpensation is pleted, this bug will be fixed. Please refer to the "Notes" se for details.]
'..."
"Foiled before even starting, my tears wet my sleeves."
"Tch, stingy."
"But it doesn't matter!"
Looking at the cast of "Stardust Crusaders", nearly filled with her father, great-grandfather, uncles, and aunts, Jolyne could already imagine how astronomical the show's budget would bee!
No way they could ever make that money back!
"Ugh, if I'd known this earlier, I'd have asked Pucci to slow down filming. If I could've waited for "Battle Tendency" to break even, I could've funneled all those profits into "Stardust Crusaders"' bottomless pit instead."
Jolyne sighed regretfully, "Now I have to scrimp on pensating Dad and the others…"
As for the possibility that "Stardust Crusaders" would not only break even but also profit from the promotion of the eology?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
