Sparkle's newest update looked obedient at first glance. The core line said viewers had argued that the film was neither exactly good nor properly bad. Yang Ruoqian stared at it for several seconds, trying to decide whether this was finally the kind of ordinary mistake that could stay ordinary.
On paper, nothing about the ambiguous response looked like an achievement. That was why Yang Ruoqian liked it. A dull, legal, operationally reasonable problem was far more beautiful to him than any public praise.
In the file, every cost had a respectable name: screening control, missed merchandise, quiet interviews, and opportunities he was trying not to monetize. Respectable costs were the best kind, because they could lose money without looking like deliberate sabotage.
