Chapter 14 014 Kindness Clashes with Kindness
Chapter Fourteen
"Hahaha, what a sharp tongue."
"Do you suspect I'm hallucinating...? Was that really Lin Yuan?"
"They've already interacted with Qin Panyun, so it's obviously her."
"...I had this urge to embarrass others."
"He spoke to Lin Yuan in a condescending tone, which was basically implying that Lin Yuan could only act in bad movies. But then Lin Yuan turned around and got a job in a big director's film crew. How awkward is that?"
With the announcement of the cast for "Thousand Mountains", hashtags such as #WelcomeToTheActors# and #PleaseBeTolerantOfLinYuan# have been brought up again by netizens.
"It's really funny."
"What's even funnier is that Lin Yuan tagged Director Qin, and Director Qin replied with 'Ahhhhh, I can't laugh anymore!'"
"The atmosphere started to get awkward. Xie Yu even bought articles to put down other people in the same cohort, and when you compare them, it really is..."
The article from the marketing account didn't initially generate much buzz, with only Xie Yu's fans praising it. But right after it was published, the cast of "Thousand Mountains" was announced, and the situation immediately became awkward.
"Hahaha, the key reason why Xie Yu got ahead of everyone else."
"Can you please stop putting down Ye Liuchuan? For Wink's sake, no one else has said anything, but he's the one who keeps releasing press releases, saying that Wink isn't as successful as him in this or that."
"It's said that Lin Yuan has joined a low-budget production team. Hilarious! The low-budget production team 'Thousand Mountains' is a historical romance drama with unlimited potential. Isn't that amazing?!"
"Don't forget how many times Xie Yu hyped up his audition, making people think he had really landed the role."
...
"How could it be Lin Yuan?"
The crew of "A Tear".
Xie Yu ignored the fact that her own scenes were still being filmed, leaving her co-stars aside, and looked at her agent with an exceptionally stern gaze.
“This…” the agent hesitated, “I don’t know how he got in touch with him.”
Why else could it be? There's a 90% chance she got the role through an audition; Qin Panyun isn't a director you can just brush off.
But it's not easy to say this directly to Xie Yu.
"Why did Lin Yuan get this role? Has Director Qin gone mad?"
Xie Yu originally thought that even if someone got the role of Gu Yilou, they would have to be a well-known and powerful actor in the industry. But of all people, why did they have to choose Lin Yuan?
Since Wink's debut, Xie Yu has been paying close attention to Lin Yuan's movements—if Lin Yuan becomes popular, his debut will become an endless topic of discussion.
Fortunately, Lin Yuan didn't become famous; he remained a complete flop.
Xie Yu initially knew to restrain himself, but ever since Lin Yuan's resources, popularity, and achievements fell short of his, he began to recklessly undermine Lin Yuan's marketing efforts.
Lin Yuan has already managed to perform in a shopping mall in a county town, how could he possibly have a chance to turn things around?
Even after seeing the photos of Lin Yuan auditioning trending on social media, Xie Yu didn't think it meant he was getting good opportunities.
Of the cast of "Tomorrow's Star," very few have landed roles in serious long-running dramas; many have ended up in the short drama scene.
Lin Yuan was, in theory, not as good as those people.
But... when Xie Yu saw the two bright words "Lin Yuan" on the poster for "A Thousand Mountains", his face contorted.
He really wanted to play Gu Yilou.
In the original novel "Thousand Mountains", Gu Yilou is the most popular character. The pairing of Qin Panyun and Yudi guarantees that the quality of this film will not be bad. The two leading actors, Li Mobei and Hua Lin, have been famous for a long time and do not need extensive publicity. In other words, when the movie is released, the focus of publicity will be on Gu Yilou.
For the actor, that was the ascension he had been eagerly anticipating.
It absolutely cannot be Lin Yuan!
Xie Yu gritted her teeth, when suddenly there was a knock on the door behind her: "Teacher Xie, what do you want for the next scene..."
Xie Yu glared fiercely at the newcomer, startling him.
"Who gave you permission to come in? Get out!" Xie Yu's agent shouted as he pushed the man, who stumbled and almost fell down the steps.
Xie Yu's reluctance to show his face naturally displeased the rest of the "A Tear in a Cup" crew.
"It's almost 40 degrees Celsius, what's the point of leaving people here? He says he won't film anymore, what if they get heatstroke?"
"that is!"
Chen Zhuo, the female lead in "A Tear," is a rising star. Although she is not very well-known, she has gone viral on social media with a set of beautiful photos. Among the new generation, she is quite popular.
Of course, in terms of star power, she was still slightly inferior to Xie Yu. Therefore, after the male and female lead cast was confirmed, Chen Zhuo's agency wanted to try to get her a spot, but Xie Yu won the role.
Just as her assistant was about to argue on her behalf, Chen Zhuo waved her hand to stop her.
"No need for now, let's wait a bit."
Chen Zhuo patted his assistant's palm, and the assistant understood. After waiting a few more minutes, Xie Yu still hadn't shown up. The sunlight outside was blazing when the crew of "A Tear" heard a heart-wrenching scream: "Sister Zhuo has fainted!"
The crew of "A Tear in a Cup" was thrown into complete chaos.
As a rising starlet, Chen Zhuo is followed by fans wherever she goes. "A Tear in a Cup" is her first period drama, and her fans, hoping to make her an instant star, naturally put in a lot of effort.
And now, right in front of them, Chen Zhuo actually fainted from the heat.
Fans who follow the crew are usually well-informed, and soon news spread from the crew that Chen Zhuo had fainted from exhaustion after waiting for Xie Yu for 20 minutes.
"It wasn't just 20 minutes, Sister Zhuo waited for half an hour, right?"
"The exact time should be one hour. It's disgusting to act like a diva to this extent. Don't the lives of the co-stars matter?"
"We demand an explanation from the production team of 'A Tear in the Night' for Chen Zhuo, and we demand an explanation from DA Entertainment!!"
"You can really die from being in this sun too long, okay?"
The protests by Chen Zhuo's fans initially circulated only within fan groups, but soon, photos of Chen Zhuo being taken to the hospital, the dissatisfaction of the film crew, and Xie Yu's alleged diva-like behavior... all sorts of gossip quickly became trending topics.
In the past, Xie Yu would never have made it to the trending topics list so quickly, but this time, his own press release is still trending.
Chen Zhuo has a management company behind him, as do the other members of Wink and the management companies behind the contestants of "Tomorrow's Star"...
By the time Xie Yu and DA Entertainment realized what was happening, the online discussion had already reached a fever pitch.
—In the nearly 40-degree heat, even though the male lead Xie Yu inexplicably refused to show up, Chen Zhuo still memorized her lines over and over again. The period costume was very thick, and the staff advised Chen Zhuo to take a break, but she was unwilling to delay the filming schedule.
"Xie Yu, can you please not hurt Chen Zhuo? She's such a kind child, how can you be so heartless?"
Lin Yuan, upon seeing the top comment: "..."
He felt for some reason that these remarks looked familiar.
#KindnessClash#
...
While netizens were expressing their sympathy for Chen Zhuo, more and more gossip about Xie Yu was being revealed.
"Isn't this always been the case? Marketing far outweighs ability, and the staff suffers a lot."
"+1, he should thank the screenwriter for the show that made him famous. The screenwriter gave him a great character. To be honest, it has nothing to do with his own ability."
"...He has been relentlessly putting down Lin Yuan. To be honest, it was still uncertain who should have debuted in Wink back then, so how did Lin Yuan suddenly fall from grace?"
"Upstairs, don't forget his dozens of CPs, there's evidence for them all."
DA Entertainment discovered that although they tried to delete many comments unfavorable to Xie Yu, the online condemnation of Xie Yu continued unabated.
First, Pei Tao, the musical director of "Yesterday's Stars," posted a series of messages saying, "Teaching Xie Yu to sing was a nightmare in my life."
"My God, even a pig would have learned it by now, but he still couldn't. Do you know how desperate I was at that moment?"
Netizens: "..."
Lin Yuan: "..."
If I remember correctly, didn't he praise Xie Yu for his professional skills before?
Pei Tao told netizens who had this memory that it didn't exist and that he had already deleted it.
Pei Tao even posted relevant medical reports to prove that his hearing was damaged to some extent while guiding Xie Yu.
Lin Yuan: "..."
Awesome.
Later, Chen Zhuo posted a message from the hospital: "The crew of 'A Tear' is a very harmonious and wonderful production team. Everyone is working hard. Can everyone be more tolerant? I just did what every actor should do, and it has nothing to do with other people."
"Waaaaah, Chen Zhuo is so kind, why is Xie Yu the lead actress in 'A Tear in a Cup'?"
"It was Xie Yu who caused it, but Chen Zhuo chose to be magnanimous. She loves the audience too much and loves performing too much."
There was also a former Wink member who liked a comment that said "acting like a big shot is harmful" and then immediately unliked it.
In short, when Lin Yuan opens the trending topics list now, "Xie Yu" appears very frequently at the top, while the cast of "Thousand Mountains" is not as prominent.
Lin Yuan is still rehearsing "Tomorrow's Tomorrow" diligently. After several performances, his collaboration with Rong Lei has become more harmonious, and their singing has become more refined.
The word-of-mouth for "Tomorrow's Tomorrow" gradually spread from the musical theater circle, and tickets for every subsequent performance were sold out.
"A performance that's absolutely worth the ticket price!!"
"Lin Yuan is so handsome! He's practically glowing on stage, and the way he looked holding the bouquet during the curtain call was so adorable!!"
Sang Zi truthfully recorded the scene of Lin Yuan receiving the flowers—he never expected that a fan would send him flowers, and he was stunned when he received them.
Even with the flower in his hand, the person still couldn't believe it. He stared at the flower for a long time before carefully holding it up a little and gently smelling it.
"Oh my god, what an absolutely adorable little cutie!"
"This completely non-greasy feeling, who understands! It's a completely different face from the stage."
"I understand so well! Ahhhh, even for Lin Yuan's sake, I'll try my best to get tickets to the 'Tomorrow' performance. His emotional shifts... are absolutely amazing."
With the positive word-of-mouth surrounding "Tomorrow's Tomorrow" and Lin Yuan landing a role in "A Thousand Mountains," he received far more attention than ever before, and marketing accounts posted the video of him holding flowers on their homepages.
"The contrast is so cute!"
"How come I didn't realize Lin Yuan was so handsome when I was watching 'The Rising Star'?"
"Take a screenshot as a souvenir."
Lin Yuan's Weibo followers have unknowingly increased by hundreds of thousands.
"It's like seeing the energetic Kobayashi during the filming of 'Star in Tomorrow'. Kobayashi was so depressed before that he had lost all his energy."
That day, Lin Yuan had just finished performing "Tomorrow's Tomorrow". Zou and Lu wanted to celebrate with the actors. Lin Yuan took the second car to the restaurant, but was suddenly stopped by reporters.
The reporter asked Lin Yuan for his opinion on Xie Yu's alleged diva-like behavior.
Lin Yuan immediately denied it: "No way."
His answer was so firm that the reporter even thought he had misheard: "What?"
"Xie Yu is a kind and positive person. He's ahead of others in his career and is a natural-born handsome man in period dramas. If he hadn't debuted, he would be happier. He's losing clumps of hair, but what doesn't kill him makes him stronger. He has the skills of a professional musical actor. When he sees others being wronged, he thinks of his own past when he was wronged..."
"???"
#nonsense#
#Stacking buffs#
#You have such a good memory#
A note from the author:
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Update ~ [glasses] There will be another update tonight, not too early ~
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