Blinded by anger, Zhou Aiguo recounted to the person on the other end of the phone all the contributions he had made to the organization and his ideals over the years.
He became more and more agitated and angry as he spoke, and finally smashed his phone on the ground.
Then……
His arm swung at nothing, waking him up instead.
Zhou Aiguo's chest heaved violently; the feeling of anger and fury was so real that he hadn't recovered yet.
I glanced to the side and saw my phone sitting perfectly fine on the desk, everything just as usual.
Zhou Aiguo breathed a sigh of relief; it was just a dream!
The summer heat entered the room through the wide-open window, and Zhou Aiguo was covered in sweat.
He picked up his phone and glanced at the time; it was already past midnight.
He walked out of the study, just found some clean clothes to take a shower, when he suddenly remembered something and froze on the spot.
Wait, the study?
Zhou Aiguo recalled that he was sitting on the sofa reading a script when he suddenly felt very sleepy, so he fell asleep on the sofa.
The sofa was in the living room, but he woke up on the recliner in the study.
What exactly happened?
Did he remember it wrong?
Or was he sleepwalking?
Zhou Aiguo didn't get an answer even after he finished showering.
He drank a large glass of water, feeling as if he had talked a lot, his throat was dry, and the dream felt too real.
Zhou Aiguo picked up his phone and casually scrolled through it a few times. When he saw something, his pupils suddenly contracted.
The glass in my hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
Glass shards were scattered everywhere. He stared at his phone, his face ashen, as if he had seen a ghost.
Surprisingly...
It's not a dream!
It's late at night, but netizens who enjoy cultivating immortality are still happily gossiping online.
I'm applying eye cream, putting on a face mask, and drinking goji berry water from my thermos. I won't go to sleep until my phone hits my face.
The main theme is about simultaneously pursuing health and suicide.
The assistant was one of them.
The auditions are over; all that's left is to announce the results. That's the director's job, not hers as a junior assistant.
She has no work tomorrow and can take a day off, so she hasn't gone to sleep until 2 a.m.
She was lying in bed, scrolling through short videos on her phone, watching highlights of Zhou Aiguo's past films and television shows, when a message suddenly popped up at the top of her phone.
The assistant meant to just scroll past it, but accidentally clicked on it.
It was an anonymous video. Just as the assistant was about to click the "X" in the upper right corner to close it, Zhou Aiguo's face appeared on the screen.
It's my idol, Best Actor Zhou!
The assistant immediately woke up and started watching the video on her phone with great interest.
The more she looked, the more something seemed off. What was this actor Zhou talking about? Was he filming a movie?
As the progress bar moved forward, the assistant's eyes widened, and finally she sat up with a start.
Has Zhou Yingdi gone mad?
She couldn't believe it, so she clicked on a Weibo account and found that the internet was already in an uproar.
Holy crap, is Zhou Aiguo insane? Does he even know what he's saying?
At first, I thought he was filming a movie, and I even thought his acting was amazing. But the more I listened, the more suspicious I became, but I didn't dare say anything.
[What's there to be afraid of? That traitor Cao is right beside me; isn't that like having half a million living people?]
[That's terrifying! He's been hiding for so many years. No wonder he could portray a spy so convincingly; it's like he's playing himself.]
He's actually a member of that unspeakable organization, and all his earnings over the years have gone to them. He's making money off us; doesn't that mean we're funding the enemy to manufacture bullets so they can use them to harm our country?
[That's right. I was so stupid, really. It turns out that loving one's country doesn't mean loving the country itself.]
Is this the world outside the gun? Mom, it's so scary.
...
The assistant was completely dumbfounded. The movie star was actually...
No, she told herself, don't jump to conclusions. It's hard to tell what's true and what's false online, and things can easily go wrong.
Perhaps this is just a publicity stunt for his next drama, first misleading everyone and sparking online discussion, then pulling off a major plot twist to save a lot of money on advertising.
She tried to comfort herself with this thought, but a voice inside her kept telling her that it was true.
The domestic control over film and television is extremely strict. What he mentioned belongs to the most serious category of bottom lines. Not to mention publicity, you can't find any related words on the entire internet; it's considered 404 content.
Zhou Aiguo's fans are still putting up a brave fight, explaining the situation everywhere while frantically tagging the studio, telling them not to make such jokes.
Five minutes later, the agent posted an update saying that he had just sent his resignation letter and that there were some things and people he knew nothing about.
The way he phrased it and his attitude made it seem like he was practically kneeling down, holding up a sign and shouting, "I really have absolutely no connection with him!"
In the next few minutes, all the staff members of the studio posted updates saying that they had submitted their resignation letters and were not asking for their salaries.
Netizens: "..."
What a strong will to survive!
They even refused to take their wages. You could feel how scared they were and how much they wanted to run away, even through the screen.
So, is Zhou Aiguo's story true?
Most fans dared not speak out, only a small number of die-hard fans continued to fight relentlessly, hoping for a reversal.
Some fans even said, "I don't care what he did, I just like him."
Then netizens lined up to reply below.
[Come quick, everyone, there's still 500,000 here!]
I've arrived; everyone who sees me gets a share.
[Add one]
...
Half an hour later, one after another, the brands that had cooperated with Zhou Aiguo issued statements announcing the termination of their cooperation with him and reserving the right to pursue legal action.
This completely caused an uproar online.
Brands that can afford to hire movie stars as spokespeople are all renowned brands, belonging to powerful financial giants who can wield considerable influence.
Even they are so eager to distance themselves from Zhou Aiguo, and one brand was so anxious that it didn't even have time to correct the typos in its statement. What does this tell us?
This shows that Zhou Aiguo's problem is terrifyingly serious!
The assistant felt a chill run down her spine. Suddenly, she remembered the question Director Zhuang had asked Zhou Aiguo during the day, and a wave of fear washed over her, giving her goosebumps.
Netizens are no longer sleepy.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night; this gossip is too big and too exciting.
Who would have thought that one day we would be able to hear such legendary gossip in the entertainment industry?
Netizens transformed into Sherlock Holmes, flocking to Zhou Aiguo's account to analyze every single post he had made, striving to uncover any clues.
The server was teetering on the brink of collapse, and the platform's technical staff were called in the middle of the night to work overtime, their keyboards practically sparking with each keystroke.
While lying in bed eating melons in the middle of the night, Boss Qi instructed: "Fugui, reinforce the backend. We're all at a crucial moment in our melon-eating, and it would be a real downer if the server crashed."
Fu Gui said, "Alright."
Looking at the people in the video, Zhou Aiguo wondered if he was still dreaming.
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