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Chapter 157. Truly... Heaven Helps Me!
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Yes.
Although in her heart, she regretted that Polnareff's fate didn't befall Jotaro instead.
But wasn't this also the oute she wao see?
So after witnessing the se she desired, Cujoh Jolyurally found no further reason to tig the rest of "Stardust Crusaders".
In fact, her reason for watg in the first pce wasn't just to see "Stardust Crusaders" lose money.
Another motive was to use "Stardust Crusaders" as an experiment.
After all, in Cujoh Jolyne's eyes, "Stardust Crusaders" was bound to lose money no matter the oute.
The difference was only between losing a lot or a little.
But this loss ecific to "Stardust Crusaders"...
Had it not been for the huge expenses required for the development of eology, which were also ted as part of "Stardust Crusaders'" costs...
"Stardust Crusaders" might not have even lost money?!
This phenomenon was quite serious.
Up until now, Green Dolphin Studios had already made three films, three!
Acc to the w of probability, at least one of those films should have lost money, right?
Even if "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" was a series...
Isn't it a on occurrence for series to start losing money by the time they reach their sed or third installment?
Yet that wasn't the case for them at all!?
"Phantom Blood" had recovered her iment in just one week, o mention that.
Even "Battle Tendency" surpassed expectations, especially after Kars was defeated and Joseph mao break the Joestar family's curse of short lifespans.
And with the airing of "Stardust Crusaders", after tying up the final loose end from "Battle Tendency"'s opening sequence, "BLOODY STREAM"...
The profits from "Battle Tendency" were enough to fund Pucci's tinued spending spree!
If not for Pucci diverting most of the budget to the eology for [Stands], they probably would have run out of money long ago.
And now, somehow, the public opinion of "Stardust Crusaders" had uedly turned around, even improving...
If Cujoh Jolyne didn't sehat something was wrong by now, then she would really be the oh a problem!
But where exactly was the issue?
When she had briefly reviewed the script earlier, she didn't notiy problems.
Moreover, in "Battle Tendency", Joseph's personality had ged so drastically pared to Jonathan's.
And in "Stardust Crusaders", they had abahe familiar Ripple system to adopt a and battle system.
To her, this was nothing short of self-destru!
So how, when the episodes aired, had these elements—whi her eyes... no, in other produs, would have been disastrous—turned into what the audience hailed as "brilliant" setups?
She couldn't prehend it.
Could it be the director's fault?
Recalling the resumes of Pucd Akiyuki Shinbo...
And sidering that even when she personally took over as director of "Battle Tendency", it didn't stop the show from being a hit, Cujoh Jolyne...
Surely it couldn't be that she was actually a genius director.
Could it?
Even if she just messed around with filming, trying to make a flop, she'd still end up with a hit?
While Jolyne was fident in her abilities, she at least had enough self-awareo know that wasn't the case.
So after ruling out all the impossible answers, the truth remained!
—The problem was with the actors!
The Joestar family members were born ag geniuses! Prodigies!!
No matter how bad the script was, they could still turn it into a massive hit with their bizarre charisma!
...Wait, wasn't there one person who wasn't part of the Joestar family?
Anyway, that's the gist of it.
Now that Cujoh Jolyne had identified the problem, she knew what to do .
First, she po test whether making the script worse, like removing all the Joestar family members' ses, would prevent them from salvaging it.
, she would personally take charge of casting for the produ!
Having lost faith in Pucci's judgment—or rather, being suspicious of Pucci's fool's luck—Jolyiculously pored over the recruitment resumes in her hand.
"Kobayashi Tamami, arently lost all his money in the financial sector and, after gambling away borrowed money, is running out of time before the repayment deadline. He's here trying his luck with the recruitment."
"Oyanagi Ken, who lost a game of rock-paper-scissors with his friends and was forced to e here as a punishment."
"Yangu Shigekiyo, who seems to suffer from some sort of mental disorder, causing a disect between his mental and actual age."
"Nijimura Okuyasu, same as above."
"..."
The more she read through the resumes, the more satisfied Cujoh Jolyne's expression became.
These people, who would never be chosen by other produ teams, were practically tailor-made freen Dolphin Studios!
To prevent any ued situations...
Cujoh Jolyne also used the SPW Foundation's resources to firm the didates' backgrounds.
Without hesitation, she pced a rge "○" o each of their names!
("PS: In Japan, the "×" symbol means incorrect, while the "○" symbol means correct.")
"Who would've thought that su ordinary little recruitme would gather so many talents all at oruly... heaven helps me!"
As if the sunlight had finally pierced through the darkness, Cujoh Jolyne's ever-present smirk never faltered as she cheerfully remarked to herself.
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Meanwhile...
In "Stardust Crusaders", [Hanged Man] and [Emperor] had reunited.
Upon seeing that Polnareff had indeed e alohey both thought the same thing—
—Truly, heaven helps us!! x2
