Chapter 217. Cujoh Jolyne Wants to Go to Prison
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"But even if you say that, Jolyne, I don't think there's anything I can really help you with," Giorno said gently. "Compared to me, Jotaro-san should be more helpful to you, right?"
Technically, when it comes to generations, Giorno is indeed older than Kujo Jotaro. Even old Joseph, upon meeting Giorno, had to call him 'uncle.'
It's like saying, "I call you brother, but you call me father; we each call each other what we want."
The bizarre generational relationships in the Joestar family are as tangled as the family's mysterious womanizing abilities. It's like a knot that can't be untied, filled with a unique taste of bittersweetness in the heart.
So, Giorno's words also carried another meaning. He was indirectly telling Jolyne that if she asked him for help with the intention of using his nominal status as her great-grandfather to mend the broken father-daughter relationship, it was probably not going to work. Even if she kept calling him "Gang-STAR," it wouldn't help.
Giorno, who had long understood the stiff relationship between Jotaro and Jolyne, wasn't inclined to add fuel to the fire. He wanted them to reconcile instead. So, already prepared for this, Giorno gently dismissed Jolyne's idea with a well-thought-out response:
"As far as I know, Jotaro-san and the others have been working even harder after hearing that the BD sales of "Stardust Crusaders" weren't very good."
"They've been pushing themselves strictly, and that's why "Stardust Crusaders" eventually had such great storylines, and why the BD sales have been steadily increasing."
Even though Giorno was complimenting Jotaro, what he said was still true. Jolyne, who had been watching the declining BD sales of "Stardust Crusaders" from the start, had gone from furrowing her brows in frustration to the point of giving up on the whole project. She had the most authority to speak on the matter.
She had previously been confused as to why the BD sales of "Stardust Crusaders" were increasing and why its recent viewership numbers were higher than before. Now it was clear: the culprit was none other than her father, Kujo Jotaro!
Jolyne was furious now, but she couldn't show it. After all, Giorno's flattery had hit the wrong note, but because of her system's restrictions, she couldn't reveal its existence or let others know that she, Jolyne, was destined to lose money.
Instead, she had to put on an act, pretending to be delighted by this "good news." Ugh~~ Jolyne made a mental note of this grudge!
Feeling an even greater urgency to reconcile with her father, Jolyne, noticing that she was about to lose control of her facial expression, quickly changed the topic, saying, "Gang-STAR, that's exactly what I wanted to talk about!"
"Of course, I know my father and the others have been working hard."
Yeah, they've been working so hard that I want to beat my past self for agreeing to act in this show!
Though her heart was filled with negativity, Jolyne kept a neutral expression and said, "Reliable actors create reliable works. But where can I find reliable actors?"
Exactly, it's tough to find an actor with bad acting skills because you can never predict when someone who used to be a terrible actor will suddenly break through, becoming better than an Oscar-winning star!
Having suffered from this once, Jolyne no longer trusted the industry's so-called "bad actors." In her view, their bad acting was only temporary. As long as they remembered their basic training as actors, it wouldn't be surprising if they suddenly improved.
So, if she had to choose, she'd rather go for complete rookies—those without any foundation or basic training at all!
But that was also difficult! Jolyne just couldn't understand how, when "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" had such exaggerated requirements for its actors—each protagonist being a one-in-a-million righteous person—she always managed to find the rare exception!
She didn't get it. While she still didn't understand why this happened, that didn't stop her from trying to think about it from another angle. If it's so easy for someone to play a good person, then what about having a bad person play a good person and perform it vividly?
For example, can you imagine DIO playing a good guy? No, right? Exactly!
Besides, finding bad people was on a whole different level of difficulty than finding good people. The latter didn't have any unified standard. Even historical figures like Liu Bei, who's been written into the history books as an ideal benevolent ruler, is now seen as a hypocrite by some modern readers.
But finding bad people was different. You could easily go to a prison, and you'd find plenty of traditionally bad guys. If it weren't so scandalous to cast people from prisons, Jolyne might've run to one by now instead of eyeing Giorno's resources.
That's right, the mafia and other gray-area professions were traditionally viewed as villains. Asking them to play good guys? That would be bound to fail!
The thought crossed her mind, but the recruitment for "Diamond Is Unbreakable" was already finished, and she had personally selected the cast, so it was probably too late to change her mind now, which was a bit of a pity.
But there was still Part 5! Including "Diamond Is Unbreakable", which she had essentially overseen herself... things were finally looking up!
With this realization, Jolyne's eyes gleamed as she grabbed Giorno's hand and pleaded, "Only you can help me with this, Gang-STAR!"
This wasn't just her great-grandfather she was clinging to—it was money! Giorno, finally piecing together Jolyne's intentions from their conversation, was dumbfounded. Pointing at himself, he asked, "The reliable person you're talking about... is me?!"
"Mm-hmm!"