We're stuck in a hit-driven mindset - we think that if something isn't a hit, it won't make money and so won't return the cost of its production.

我们被禁锢在以流行为主导的惯性思维中——我们以为如果一个东西不流行的话，就不可能赚钱，也就不可能返还制作成本。

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I decisively towards that direction fly perverse creatures, fantasy TV drama stuff I cut down the tree easy way, had a chance to make a judgment, as if something had hit me.

我决然地朝著那乖僻生物的方向飞去，我幻想著那东西把树容易砍倒的样子，还来不及做出判别，好像就有什么东西打中了我。

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