Chapter 135: The First Hundred and Thirty-Five Melon Confrontation
On Weibo, a blogger named film critic Wang Chaoyang wrote a long article, criticizing new male actors represented by Shen Que. In order to attract attention and traffic, they deliberately played roles of special groups and homosexual groups to attract attention. Instead of improving their personal acting skills, they only pursued crooked ways.
Wang Chaoyang's post was full of accusations. He didn't mention the movie itself at all, but instead made a big fuss about the word "homosexuality" as if it was a capital crime.
It is said that the actors are new, represented by Chen Que, but throughout the article, only Chen Que is blamed.
As soon as the post was published, there were actually quite a few people who agreed with it, and a group of people criticized it from a moral high ground.
Xu Qingye wrote a long article to respond to his criticism, and his writing was as sharp as Shen Que's film reviews.
Brother Xu talks about movies: @film critic Wang Chaoyang. If you can't write, don't write. Why write so much and then post it to make people laugh?
First, I want to sincerely ask you: did you truly understand "The Dark"? If you think it's a movie that uses homosexuality as a gimmick, then I'm sorry, you haven't gotten it. In this story, homosexuality accounts for less than one percent, and even the element of love is almost non-existent. It explores the multifaceted and complex nature of human beings.
You mentioned words like "sissy" and "feminine" several times in your article. I'd like to ask if "sissy" and "feminine" are bad words? In my opinion, women possess more delicate emotions and a more tolerant heart. There's nothing shameful about being feminine. On the contrary, I think men should learn more from them. After all, many men are shallow, ignorant, vulgar, and self-righteous, just like you.
Shen Que's performance in the drama is brilliant. He just shows beauty, not what you call "feminine". Maybe you lack such beautiful things, so it is incredible when you see others having such beauty. I can completely understand your feelings. After all, when I look at Shen Que in the drama, I can't help but feel ashamed of myself. I always think that the biggest shortcoming of Shen Que's face is probably that it doesn't look like mine.
I think you must have had the same thought when you read it, so when you couldn't get him, you used such harsh and vulgar text to belittle him. I know you didn't really hate him, but just tried to use such intense text to attract his attention and let him know that there is someone who is so jealous of him.
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After Xu Qingye posted the message, he immediately bought popularity and hired a group of internet trolls. He couldn't miss such a good opportunity to expand his account.
Fighting and arguing are the easiest things to attract onlookers and are a great opportunity to increase followers. The data of his account has been lukewarm, so he can take this opportunity to attract a wave of active fans.
The early publicity for "Nighttime" was not strong, so not many people paid attention to it. Wang Chaoyang's disparagement attracted the attention of some people. These people did not care about the subject matter of the movie, but were just curious after seeing the complaints.
Xu Qingye's post immediately followed with another evaluation of the movie. At this time, the curiosity of the onlookers became even greater. What kind of movie could cause such a big difference of opinion between the two film critics?
The official Weibo account, which originally had few followers, suddenly gained a lot of fans.
The official Weibo account of the "Nighttime" crew only released some plot summaries and concept posters.
The concept poster is a painting and there are no real character stills. Taking advantage of this wave of popularity, the official Weibo, which has been silent for a long time, finally updated a message.
The official Weibo account released a set of stills, and the onlookers who looked at the stills agreed with Xu Qingye's description of "beautiful."
Shen Que in the stills looks very unfamiliar, and is somewhat unrecognizable at first glance. He is quiet and beautiful, but also like easily broken glass. There is always melancholy on his face. Although he is smiling, there is an indelible sadness in his eyes.
He does not have the vigor and spirit of a young man. He is as quiet as a flower that has reached its full bloom, showing its best beauty, but it seems as if it will wither in the next second.
This feeling of brokenness was different from Shen Que's previous ones. In the past, Shen Que felt young and lively but his soul was drained away. But this time, he had a calmness that seemed to see through everything. He knew everything about himself and accepted everything calmly.
There is almost no mention of love in the story introduction, and there is no word like homosexuality in the label. It is obvious that this is not the main theme of the story, and it is obvious who is right.
The first name written in the starring column is Liu Xiao. It can't be that Liu Xiao and Shen Que are gay, that's too outrageous.
Shen Que's Guards: It's really interesting. What Wang Chaoyang means is that as long as you get into the adult entertainment industry, you will definitely become famous. But my Emperor Que has already become a god in one battle. He doesn't need these gimmicks at all. Moreover, if the works that can participate in the film festival are the so-called works that rely on skirting the rules to attract attention, then is Mr. Wang questioning the ability of the judges of the Tuya Film Festival?
It's a bit wild indeed: there are so many classic gay movies, and in your eyes they are all shortcuts for male actors. Do you dare to @ all the movie kings? You only dare to bully the newcomer Shen Que. I have read the articles you have written, they are all pretty bad. The click rate of your previous articles is also very touching. Is swearing a shortcut for you to become famous? @Film critic Wang Chaoyang
Bystanders: Oh my, it’s a mass shooting. What’s wrong with you being a homosexual? What’s wrong with you being a sissy? What are you so proud of? @Film critic Wang Chaoyang
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Netizens also began to join the battle. Originally, they also couldn't stand Wang Chaoyang's preaching style. In his words, those who like gay men and homosexual themes are all indecent people. His influence range is too large all of a sudden, and he is simply digging his own grave.
Wang Chaoyang argued with others at first, but later he couldn't stand it anymore and simply turned off the comments. Later, the entire article was blocked.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t disappear just because it’s deleted. Someone has already taken screenshots of it, and various marketing accounts are posting them. Everyone likes to take advantage of the popularity.
Xu Qingye worked hard and managed to increase the popularity of "Night Filled" by tens of thousands. The official Weibo probably didn't expect that one day it would gain so many fans because of a quarrel between two bloggers.
Cao Muan was originally working seriously, but he noticed that Xu Qingye stopped when he was writing a short essay. She watched for a while and couldn't help but admire him. When it comes to being sarcastic and talkative, Xu Qingye and Shen Que are both very strong, but their strength only stays on the Internet. In reality, they both appear to be very polite.
"Since you've watched 'Night', maybe you're here. Do you want to meet up offline?"
Cao Muan's fists were eager to try. She hadn't fought with anyone for a long time.
"We're a marketing account. We can just stir up trouble online. If we do that offline, we'll be in jail. Stop talking nonsense."
Xu Qingye glanced at Cao Muan and continued to argue with others online.
"He might not even be here. It's obvious someone paid him to write this. He's probably being used as a tool. But this is a good thing. It proves someone is trying to stop Shen Que. They must have seen his potential. After all, only mediocrity is not envied."
As Xu Qingye spoke, he couldn't help but feel a little smug.
"I see. It's your precious Shen Que. If he wins the Best Actor award, you'll have to carry him on your shoulders."
Cao Mu'an clicked his tongue twice, he really couldn't stand Xu Qingye's arrogance.
"I can't resist him, but I'd probably love to put a label on him so everyone knows he's mine. At my age, I love showing off."
Xu Qingye had already thought of a hundred ways to show off secretly, but unfortunately he could only be a secretly happy guy and it was impossible for him to show it publicly.
There was a lot of excitement online. Xu Qingye had already found a restaurant with the two of them and sat down. However, each of them had a computer, so it looked like they were there for a meeting.
The most important thing for a marketing account is timeliness. The three of them worked while eating, and also sent some of the work back to China to do. In short, all the work had to be sent out today.
"It's been a while since we've seen any big news. Boss, do you have any direction? I always feel like you know everything. Do you have a notebook full of news?"
While editing the picture, Cao Muan asked casually. Xu Qingye was always very accurate in his predictions, and no one knew where he got the information from.
Xu Qingye paused his hand on the keyboard and gave Cao Muan a strange look. This sister is really something. She even knew such a secret matter.
"Well, I have a prophecy book with all the future predictions in it. Chinese New Year is coming soon, so there's a high probability of a tax audit, and there should be a collapse soon."
Xu Qingye nodded calmly. Cao Muan touched his chin and thought about his words seriously, without any doubt at all.
"Then which direction should I look at? Is it the fresh flower or the veteran actor? Are there any more specific instructions?"
"How would I know? You just post an ambiguous message about taxes being paid and people not sleeping when they shouldn't be. No matter who broke the news, you just follow it and hype yourself up."
Xu Qingye laughed out loud. She actually seemed to be accepting such a ridiculous thing.
"What you said really makes sense. You're worthy of being a marketer. According to your thinking, can I post it? Don't talk about things that shouldn't be talked about. When someone exposes it, I'll take it and establish myself as a prophet?"
"It's theoretically feasible, but there's no guarantee that there will be more gossip after you post it. But if you use two accounts, you can operate after you've already tasted the gossip. The entertainment industry also likes this kind of supernatural marketing. You can even create a metaphysical account, just like the one you used to do before, where you were obsessed with someone else's followers."
Xu Qingye analyzed it carefully for her. Cao Muan’s previous account had died. Because she hadn’t been a fan for a long time and had no material to update, she stopped updating it temporarily.
"Yi He, why are you so silent?"
Xu Qingye and Cao Muan were a little thirsty from chatting. He suddenly turned around and looked at Yi He. Yi He usually talked a lot, so why was he so quiet today? It was quite unusual.
"No, I just don't know what to say. I don't have an account, so I can't join your conversation."
Yi He looked up at them, then lowered his head to continue working, but he didn't even notice that his page had not been moved for almost thirty minutes.
"No, you have a problem. Tell me, what happened?"
Xu Qingye put his arm around Yi He's shoulders. He was obviously not in a good state today. He was quite silent during the day, and now he had been in a daze for quite a while.
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