Yin Chengjue’s past life was a complete joke.
The star he personally groomed not only betrayed him but twisted the knife when his company was on the brink of collapse.
Reborn, he vowed ...
There should be bottom lines when idolizing celebrities: the bottom lines of the fandom, the law, morality, and your own bottom lines.
One's bottom line must first include the three most basic ones mentioned above, and then add one's acceptable bottom line.
These are all things you have to mentally prepare yourself for when you first decide to follow a celebrity and become a fan.
People always need to have some beliefs, because they are not just words, but represent a person's understanding of the world, their family, society, and themselves. They are also a person's bottom line—the bottom line in all aspects.
Everyone has different objects of faith. Some people believe in laws and rules because they make social life more orderly, peaceful and harmonious; some people believe in religion because it gives them psychological comfort or even salvation; some people believe in ghosts and gods and believe in reincarnation and karma; of course, there are also people who do not believe in these things, but believe in themselves and believe that their destiny is in their own hands.
Confidence, isn't it also a kind of faith?
Confident people have unconsciously created a god for themselves, and that god is themselves.
Of course, there are many other ways besides these, and following celebrities is one of them.
As mentioned at the beginning, regardless of one's beliefs, there is a basic bottom line.
Blind faith will only cause one to lose oneself.
So, when I said that people always need to have some beliefs, there's a next point: these beliefs also need to have a basic bottom line.
Those celebrities who use drugs have undoubtedly crossed the line for fans with normal values.
After two days of relentless attacks from Mingqian's fans, Dongyuan Entertainment finally stepped forward and gave them a definitive answer—yes, Mingqian was indeed arrested and is currently in a drug rehabilitation center.
At the same time, Dongyuan Entertainment also issued a stamped announcement stating that the actions of these drug-using artists had violated the original contract terms and demanding that the artists pay liquidated damages.
Upon seeing these messages, many fans of Asahi tearfully announced that they were unfollowing her.
However, some fans posted that they were willing to wait for Mingqian to successfully quit drugs.
Some fans, probably driven mad by their idol worship, have lost all moral compass and bottom line. They even posted in the super topic that Ming Qian must have done this because of too much pressure, and they felt so sorry for Ming Qian, saying it was too tragic.
Shallow Moonlight V: Is this what they mean by everyone kicking someone when they're down? I felt it, but I will never leave him. I will always be with him, waiting for him to change, waiting for him to come back. This is my love, unlike some people's cheap love! You traitors, just remember this: when he reaches a higher position in the future, don't come back like dogs, smelling the sweetness and then shamelessly groveling back! You don't deserve it!
Grains of Shallow Sand Awaiting Dawn V: Poor Qian Ge! He only made a few small mistakes because of too much pressure. Why are these people so aggressive? But this is for the best. It lets me see the hypocritical faces of some people. When he was doing well, they frantically swarmed around him, saying they would fight the world for him. Now, just because of this little thing, they all abandon him! You shameless, despicable traitors! You don't deserve it!
After some brainless and crazy fans came forward and made similar remarks, more fans with similar ideas gradually came forward. These remarks made onlookers feel that their values were completely destroyed!
Last night they were calling other people's shredded pork with garlic sauce brainless, but when it comes to themselves, they immediately change their tune? And they speak so righteously, it's like someone else is bullying their idol!
Originally, Mingqian had some fans with normal values, high emotional intelligence, and a bottom line. However, because of these things, those fans felt that their bottom line had been crossed and they all said they were unfollowing her. So now, all that's left are those brainless and toxic fans. They have no rationality when it comes to chasing stars. They are typical people who chase stars in front of their brains, but their brains chase stars behind them. If they fail to catch up once, they go crazy as if they have lost their minds.
A series of events triggered by the arrest of drug traffickers bombarded major social media platforms for a whole week, with all sorts of gossip emerging one after another, leaving people dizzy and sick of reading about it.
Because the "Journey to Stardom" program could no longer allow them to continue recording, the originally planned final program was naturally canceled. Rong Yu had been scheduled to practice dancing and participate in the competition during this period, but since she couldn't participate, her time was left vacant.
Fortunately, Yin Chengjue had already spoken with Xi Bei beforehand, asking for a camera angle to shoot more solo shots of Rong Yu and send them all to him for his records, thus preventing Rong Yu's hard work from being completely lost.
During their free time, the two of them, in addition to some essential activities, also discussed the plot of the Ghost Brothers movie with Director Mo.
Yin Chengjue sent his first draft to the three-person group chat, asking them to take a look first, while he went to the kitchen to make juice.
When Yin Chengjue brought out two glasses of juice, he saw Rong Yu lying on the sofa, holding her phone in both hands, staring intently at the screen with a very serious expression.
Yin Chengjue patted him on the shoulder: "Time to drink your juice."
Rong Yu watched intently without responding.
Seeing that he didn't react, Yin Chengjue laughed and said, "Do you want me to feed you?" After saying that, Yin Chengjue leaned in, but Rong Yu reached out and pressed his face down: "Wait! Let me think about it! I haven't figured it out yet!"
Yin Chengjue took his hand and gently kissed it: "What don't you understand? I'll explain it to you."
"No! I want to think for myself!" Rong Yu stared at the phone screen as if she wanted to pierce through it.
Yin Chengjue: "So, have you thought of anything yet?"
Rong Yu: "Not yet! But soon! Soon it will be done! Right! It's that wrecked ship! The things the people on that wrecked ship said after they were rescued! That's the key!"
Yin Chengjue knew exactly where he had seen as soon as he heard this, and laughed, "Yes, Xiaoyu is so clever!"
Rong Yu: "Reincarnation? Time travel? Rebirth? Or is it because this is a parallel universe?"
Yin Chengjue took a sip of juice and sat down next to Rong Yu: "Neither is correct. Guess again, and be careful not to miss any details."
Before he could finish speaking, his WeChat started buzzing incessantly, with Director Mo sending out similar questions.
Director Mo: Mr. Yin, is this story about parallel universes? Are they actually in a parallel universe?
Digging three feet into the ground: No. Moreover, if it truly were a parallel universe, time would be the same in each universe; the only difference would be the consequences of the characters making different choices. This doesn't align with the final ending of the story and is therefore invalid.
Director Mo: That means rebirth! Someone must have been reborn!
Dig three feet into the ground: No, in this story, no one is reborn.
Director Mo: That's time travel!
Director Mo: Does the male lead have some kind of mental problem?
Rong Yu glanced at WeChat and said: "...Are you guys playing 'Turtle Soup'? You've even put out 'yes or no' answers."
Upon hearing this, Yin Chengjue laughed and said, "The Turtle Soup game only has a beginning and an end, but I'm giving you the whole script now."
Rong Yu: "...Do you have some misunderstanding about the complete script? This is just an outline, okay? And it's the kind of outline that deliberately leaves suspense and makes people guess."
Yin Chengjue: "Isn't this more interesting?"
Rong Yu lowered her head and began sending messages in the three-person group chat.
Big Fish Spreads Its Wings: How about we play the "Turtle Soup" game now? The rules are simple: Director Mo and I can ask Brother any question to narrow down the scope and find out the real reason behind the incident. But Brother can only answer the questions with "yes (right)," "no (wrong)," or "it doesn't matter." How about that?
The Great Fish Spreads Its Wings: According to the outline we just saw, the story begins on a luxury cruise ship sailing at sea. The protagonist is the male lead, who learns that the ship will run aground and sink in seven days. He also discovers that his room has been disturbed. The story ends with the male lead committing suicide.
Dig three feet into the ground: ...Your summary is far too simplistic.
Big Fish Spreads Its Wings: Don't rush me, I'll put the middle part of the story here before I start asking you questions.
The male protagonist is enjoying breakfast on a luxury cruise ship when a small boat appears on the sea, calling for help. It is a group of stranded tourists who tell the people on the ship that the ship will run aground and sink in seven days.
The people on the cruise ship did not believe the stranded tourists, but the stranded tourists who boarded the ship said a series of things, all of which were confirmed soon afterward, as if they had precognitive abilities. This made the passengers on the cruise ship waver and start to worry about their safety.
The male protagonist is on vacation alone on a cruise ship. He stays in a room by himself, but he finds that his things have been moved every morning when he wakes up. He is puzzled, so he installs a portable surveillance camera that he brought with him in his bag in his room.
The next day, when the male protagonist took out the memory card from the surveillance camera and put it into his computer to check, he found that nothing had been recorded the night before. Not only was nothing strange recorded, but the video content was also gone—the data in the surveillance camera had been deleted!
Big Fish Spreads Its Wings: Regarding this part, my first thought was the same as Director Mo's: the male lead has a split personality. But you just refuted Director Mo's guess, so now I'd like to ask, is the male lead a normal person?
Director Mo: Was the male protagonist's eventual suicide related to his mental state?
Is the protagonist's suicide related to the prediction by the shipwrecked passengers that the cruise ship would run aground seven days later?
The two: !!
Big Fish Spreads Its Wings: Was the protagonist's suicide actually a way to escape the cruise ship?
Director Mo: Only corpses can leave this sea area?
Dig three feet into the ground: ...it has nothing to do with each other.