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CooperPoy 06

My Engineer - Special 06 - Cooper x Poy - Journey of My Engineer - I Rather Be Sensationalized Than Immaterialized, So Think of Me, Love Me!

(March 2020)

One year and three months ago, the series officially started to broadcast worldwide.

Though they finally made it to air, the hardship wasn't over and everyone was truly beginning to wonder if the series is cursed.

They landed on the same schedule as three other BL series, Why R U, 2gether and En of Love. The battle for viewership was brutal, they were on the losing side, the actors for the other shows were much more well known compared to them. But they were not discouraged and did their best, the numbers slowly increased. Just as they were getting ready to celebrate, another bomb dropped.

The web-based platform they signed with allowed VIP members to view two episodes in advance, as such, shameless attention-seeking piranhas who usually don't have many views on their channels illegally posted distorted versions of the yet to be released parts so they could gain followers. It showed up on YouTube, Dailymotion, FB, you name it, it was there. They were almost pulled from their timeslot due to the lack of audience on the official site. Luckily, they were able to clarify, it wasn't that there were no views, it all went to the illegal sites; thankfully their fans helped report it and the legal team worked overtime to fix the problem.

They breathed a sigh of relief, yet, had to inhale it right back in as news about Ryan being pulled out of all further promotion leaked. There were slews of negative comments and speculations, it turned the attention to the behind-the-scene problems rather than the actual series. Fabricated stories regarding the first, second and third groups previously cast furiously flew around, it got so out of hand Tri Creation had to publically announce a formal reason. To the crew and media, it was because he was late, unruly and unprofessional but no one believed it. Internally, he got along with everyone and was on-set even when he didn't have to shoot. Externally, it was laughable to think a green actor would do something so stupid.

The present cast was dejected and felt awful, they all knew the real reason, it was because of his management company. Ryan's contract followed the rules of his country which means he should not have been sent to audition for the series in the first place as BLs are not allowed, it is considered immoral. In all, to keep the limelight off of his country, contract and company and for the rumors about the other previous actors to stop circulating, the blame was pushed onto one single newbie. They all wanted to voice their sides but were not allowed. It was such a shame, he had to give up everything even though he worked so hard on it.

Once the statement was issued the detrimental headlines calmed, they thought, okay, fine, they've made it through! That they can promote and do live shows and activities but then all of a sudden, the world literally stopped spinning. They haven't even started gathering for promotional activities yet and everything was cancelled because of a worldwide pandemic. It was unavoidable, there was nothing that they could do but wait it out.

During the first few weeks of mandatory countrywide quarantine, the cast and crew communicated and brainstormed endlessly to figure out what they could do; as such, so did Poy and Cooper. They talked nightly, about the show, how the other members are doing, innovative ideas on how they could promote and then it diverts to life in general, likes, dislikes, basically about anything and everything and would continue on for hours. Poy didn't know if it was because everyone was on lockdown and that the elder was bored so he choose to talk to him or if he really did enjoy it but he knew, he definitely fancied talking to his P'Per.

Days went by, the marking team broke through the barriers and they were told it's possible to film carefully-planned-live-streamed promotions via TikTok, FB, IG and YouTube.