As time passed, the news of Gu Yu being disfigured by his fans faded from the public eye amidst a sea of online news.
Of course, Xu Yuanyuan also deserves some credit for this.
After all, for Gu Yu, this kind of popularity is not a good thing.
In contrast, Xia Muge's career has been much smoother.
Now that he has achieved success, and with the help of Huayu's operations, he no longer lacks jobs and has even started to be selective about which jobs he takes.
He basically doesn't consider variety shows.
Xia Muge knew that although she was the center of attention when she stood on the stage, variety shows were a way to consume a lot of popularity.
Putting aside other things, many regular guests on variety shows around the world have fans eagerly anticipating their appearances before they become regulars, but after they become regulars, they are basically only met with haters and sarcastic remarks.
These are fans.
To put it bluntly, variety shows directly diminish a person's mystique, including celebrities.
Fans can't help but dig up everything about their idols.
However, if a celebrity's entire appeal is exhausted and they can no longer attract fans, then those fans will abandon them.
Therefore, Xia Muge basically doesn't consider variety shows, especially invitations to be a regular cast member on variety shows.
Fortunately, Wang Feifei has also worked her way up in the entertainment industry.
Huayu needs a top star to maintain its image, so it won't exploit resources to the point of exhaustion.
In fact, Wang Feifei would even proactively refuse many inappropriate invitations for him.
After all, what Huayu lacks now is not revenue, but reputation.
Or rather, it's about convincing others that Huayu has the ability to cultivate top talents.
To put it bluntly, even if Huayu were to withdraw from the entertainment industry now, it could still thrive through investments and other means.
However, once a business reaches a certain scale, business owners generally know that business is not just about money, but also about influence.
Having money but no influence means you're just easy prey.
To avoid becoming easy prey, Huayu naturally cannot afford to relinquish its influence in the entertainment industry.
Under these circumstances, Huayu naturally placed its hopes on Xia Muge.
It's not that Xia Muge has good grades, but that Huayu can't find good prospects right now.
At times like these, it's quite normal for Xia Muge to be treated with care and consideration.
After that, Xia Muge made fewer public appearances, mostly on film sets, and rarely on variety shows.
However, its popularity has soared.
This is the result of his deliberate pandering to capital.
Xia Muge's appearance was almost made to please female fans, so even though his business activities remained unchanged, he became more and more popular with the help of Huayu.
After Huayu became famous because of Xia Muge, it was proven that it could also cultivate top stars.
As a result, the relationship between the two sides was relatively harmonious.
During this period, Xia Muge practically walked with a gust of wind.
In real life, although he is considered good-looking, he has never received this much attention.
Xia Muge was actually a little vain deep down.
However, he did not get lost in the entertainment industry, which is a big melting pot.
In contrast to Xia Muge's smooth sailing, Gu Yu's situation was not so good.
Because of his disfigurement, he can only recover in the hospital and has to wait for plastic surgery.
This is a considerable expense.
Most importantly, Gu Yu needs at least a month to recover from the cosmetic surgery, and with the recovery period, it should take three months before he can resume business.
Even worse, because of his disfigurement, several beautiful women he was about to woo slipped away.
Although a decrease in favorability won't punish him or anything.
However, the departure of these girls still affected his state of mind.
Most importantly, after these people leave, the system will correspondingly reduce the richness of the next reward.
It could be said that the system believes it will not mistreat itself, but will only mistreat the system.
The months of isolation he endured also dealt a heavy blow to his career.
For Gu Yu, the path of gaining and retaining fans is no longer viable; he can only attract fans through his talent.
However, during this period, he could only rest quietly and could not operate his business, and his daily income was declining, leaving him with very little money.
Therefore, he could only listen to Xu Yuanyuan's words and prepare to learn about the live streaming content, intending to get involved in live streaming.
For Gu Yu right now, the only good news is that he has no debt.
It's just that I have less money on hand.
Xia Muge roughly understood Gu Yu's anxiety, but she didn't care.
At that moment, he and Zhao Sichun were attending a business event together.
To his surprise, he encountered the wealthy young lady who was keeping him in the story.
Qiao Siling.
Xia Muge looked slightly taken aback.
But then Qiao Siling came up to him with a smile and said, "Mr. Xia is very popular lately, truly living up to his name."
Looking at the pure-looking girl in front of him, Xia Muge suppressed his strange thoughts and said with a smile, "She's alright, not as beautiful as Miss Qiao."
In the storyline, Qiao Siling is undoubtedly Xia Muge's benefactor.
When Xia Muge was at his lowest point, she offered to be his sugar daddy.
However, the book does not provide specific details about the sugar daddy arrangement; it only states that Xia Muge had to satisfy Qiao Siling after each of his activities.
The book does not describe Qiao Siling's appearance, but only her arrogant and domineering personality.
However, in retrospect, Qiao Siling certainly has the right to be arrogant and domineering.
Her father, Qiao Jianguo, is a well-known investor in the entertainment industry, and the entertainment company he co-founded with friends, Feiyang Media, is also a famous entertainment company in the industry.
Qiao Siling herself is a beautiful woman, flamboyant and radiant, making it hard to look directly at her.
She just wasn't interested in the entertainment industry.
Perhaps because she had grown tired of the vanity in the entertainment industry, she switched careers to become an investor.
However, she fell in love with Xia Muge when she saw him at an event. Later, when Xia Muge was down on his luck, she offered to be his sugar daddy. Xia Muge was eager for revenge at the time, so he naturally agreed.
Unfortunately, the final result was not good.
Xia Muge's life was ruined by Gu Yu, while Qiao Siling was forcibly sent abroad by her father, and the two lost contact.
However, Qiao Siling was still radiant, looking at Xia Muge with a smile: "I really like your work, let's collaborate sometime."
Xia Muge smiled and said, "Thank you."
At this point, Qiao Siling was most likely also his fan, but since Xia Muge was now a celebrity, she naturally wouldn't offer to be his sugar daddy.
After Qiao Siling left, Zhao Sichun whispered, "That's the daughter of Feiyang Media. You're lucky."
Xia Muge: "I have never relied on my looks to make a living in my life, so don't worry about me living off a woman."
Zhao Sichun: "..."
"When a celebrity says they don't rely on their looks to make a living, their skin is thicker than a city wall."
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