Chapter 8 What makes you so famous?
Before they knew it, it was late at night again, and the D group finished their day's training.
Lin Suxing walked out of the training building with He Jiayang and other teammates. While chatting, they suddenly noticed that there were two or three times more fans holding up their banners!
Lin Suxing: ?
The boy stopped and went over to greet them: "Good evening. You've kept me waiting. Go home and get some rest."
Lin Suxing was greeted by excited screams from girls: "Ahhh! Xingxing! Good evening!" "Xingxing, you're so handsome! You're so handsome even without makeup, oh my god!" "We're not tired, it's worth waiting here for you to come!"...
Lin Suxing roughly counted and found that the number of fans waiting for him to get off work was almost the same as that of many popular contestants.
One of the short-haired girls, who was there last night, couldn't hide her excitement, her voice trembling: "Xingxing, you're famous! A teacher edited your promotional video yesterday, and it's almost a million likes on Douyin and Bilibili now!"
Beneath the brim of his hat, Lin Suxing's clear amber eyes widened in disbelief.
The deep brown in his pupils, like an ancient well to which a stone has been thrown, suddenly rippled outwards with a clear yet bewildered light.
Her soft, slightly red lips parted slightly in surprise, exhaling white breath in the cold wind.
He actually became famous?
The system chimed in at the opportune moment: "Holy crap! Host, you now have over 900,000 followers! Judging from the growth rate, you'll definitely break a million before 7 a.m. tomorrow!"
Lin Ke, who was walking not far behind Lin Suxing, vaguely heard the words "Amway Video" and instantly became tense and solemn.
Because he was so focused on eavesdropping on Lin Suxing's conversation with his fans, he didn't even see his own favorite fan waving and greeting him, and simply ignored it and walked past.
Security guards wouldn't let fans and contestants talk for too long. Seeing Lin Suxing standing still, they went up to urge her to leave. Lin Suxing had no choice but to say goodbye as she walked away: "Good night, go back and rest early, and be careful."
"Okay~" "The stars are so gentle!" "We'll go back soon~!"
On the way to the bus, the flattered and silly-looking boy said to the system, "I didn't expect so many people to come and wait for me."
The system was somewhat confused: "Could it be the butterfly effect, that you gained the center position and changed the original plot, which is why your promotional video went viral? This didn't happen in the original plot."
"Perhaps it's because your system comes with a built-in buff, it's really powerful." Lin Suxing smiled, revealing two faint dimples.
The system was delighted by the praise: "Hehehe, maybe so~"
The chocolate puff, wearing a hat and mask and standing outside the fence, kept her achievements hidden. She opened her phone and looked at Lin Suxing's Weibo homepage, which was about to break one million followers, and her eyes welled up with tears.
No one knows how Chocolate Puff survived that year.
Although she is a fan of celebrities and sells some materials as a big fan, every penny she earns is honest money, and she believes she has a clear conscience.
In making friends in this circle, she adheres to the principle of "treating sincerity with sincerity," being generous and open-minded towards her friends and rarely keeping secrets from them.
Last year, the infamous "Grape Sister," who was ridiculed for "swindling money to buy a sea-view house," not only cheated her out of money for materials but also deceived her feelings.
Grape Sister became very close to her, and even though she knew she was a lesbian, she still flirted with her, causing her to have unrealistic fantasies. She kept her hanging on and refused to let the relationship develop further, and she always took advantage of her goodwill to ask her for various resources.
Many fansite admins will follow their idols everywhere, and even wait at the airport for a long time in advance to take a great photo, just to produce one amazing picture.
Grape Sister is very lazy and always thinks about getting something for nothing. She always asks Chocolate Puff to take photos for her or finds someone else to take photos for her. During that time, Chocolate Puff worked hard day and night to take the retouched photos, which all became Grape Sister's tools to attract fans.
The chocolate puff worked so hard to make a wedding dress for someone else, but didn't even get a thank you. Grape Sister felt that their relationship was ambiguous, and that what she did was only right.
Later, Grape Sister secretly ran away with the money from Chocolate Puff without telling her. Many small fan sites and fans who had been scammed by Grape Sister came to her for repayment, forcing her to close her large fan site with 500,000 followers.
Because they are so deeply intertwined, no matter how Chocolate Puff tries to explain, those fans will not believe that Chocolate Puff is innocent.
How can you not hate chocolate cream puffs!
Her hard work in building her fan site was forced to shut down by Grape Sister, and all her efforts were in vain. Now she can only start a new fan site from scratch.
What she can't forget are the countless nights when Sister Grape looked at her with a gentle smile. Looking back now, she only feels that it was extremely hypocritical and all about taking advantage of her!
Even if it costs everything, Chocolate Puff is determined to find this scumbag who cheated her out of money and feelings!
By then, Lin Suxing's fan count must have exceeded one million, and from there... she would be able to find out Grape Sister's whereabouts.
She is determined to get her fans' money back and give those fans of "Grape Sister" an explanation.
She also wants to ensure that Sister Grape can no longer survive in the fandom circle.
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Back in her dorm, Lin Ke immediately used her other phone, which she hadn't handed in, to search for videos showcasing Lin Suxing's good looks.
What? You can't bring your phone to talent shows?
That's the requirement for ordinary players, what does it have to do with people like me from high society!
Lin Ke felt that the requirements in the show were designed to restrict contestants from ordinary backgrounds, and that a noble rich man like himself was naturally exempt from such restrictions.
So he brought two phones to the show without any guilt, and when the production team asked him to hand over his phones, he took out one of them that he didn't use often. He would often hide in the toilet or dormitory to use his phone to search for information about the broadcast program. He even put a cloth over the charging port to cover it so that he wouldn't be caught on camera while charging.
Searching for Lin Suxing on Bilibili and Douyin, Lin Ke quickly saw the video promoting her good looks that had already garnered over a million likes, as well as the video promoting her original song that had over 500,000 likes.
Lin Suxing in the video has exquisite features and a lively and cute demeanor, making the comments section buzz with admiration for her beauty.
What's frightening is that, although Lin Ke is unwilling to admit it, the fact is that Lin Suxing in the video is not even 80% as good-looking as she is in real life.
Even without skin smoothing filters or high-resolution frame-by-frame retouching, Lin Suxing's looks are still stunning.
Lin Ke could not hide her jealousy and anger.
As her phone screen scrolled between various marketing accounts' homepages, Lin Ke discovered that several marketing accounts and beauty-related accounts that had recently gained a lot of traffic had actually posted Lin Suxing's videos!
Clearly, this was not an accidental viral hit due to a fan's recommendation, but rather an organized and planned marketing campaign!
Lin Ke's expression suddenly darkened, becoming so sinister that it seemed as if she were about to unleash a tangible torrent of resentment.
Lin Suxing was new to the entertainment industry and didn't know any connections. His family, who raised him, didn't have much money and couldn't help him with these matters.
There's only one possibility: the Lin family is helping him gain popularity and wants him to become famous.
Lin Ke gritted her teeth and angrily punched the wall!
His father had told him on the phone that his brother would ask Producer Yu for help in getting him transferred to another production team...
But what he received was a forced notice that he could not switch groups and had to immediately return to his original group for training!
He initially thought that changing groups was indeed difficult, but then he discovered that someone was promoting Lin Suxing behind his back...
How could Lin Ke tolerate being neglected and treated differently like this!
He should have everything, and everyone should revolve around him. Why is everyone helping Lin Suxing now?!
The coldness and neglect he received when he entered the training room, along with the accusations of his willfulness from his mother, father, and brother, brought Lin Ke to the brink of emotional collapse once again.
Driven by extreme emotions, Lin Ke stormed to Lin Suxing's dormitory and knocked on the door.
Just as the door was about to be opened, Lin Ke forced her way into the room through the crack and immediately questioned, "You went to your parents to find some marketing accounts for you, didn't you? You really can't wait."
Lin Suxing, who didn't know who opened the door: ?
The action of trying to close the door was abruptly stopped when Lin Ke jammed the door with her shoe. Lin Suxing was speechless: "I didn't look for them. Also, it's past 2 a.m. now. Don't shout. My roommates are already asleep."
International contestants are also allowed to participate in this year's talent show, and Lin Suxing happened to be assigned to a double room with a Russian contestant.
His roommate has the same lazy personality as him. He comes back every day and doesn't practice at all. He just goes straight to sleep.
Lin Ke sneered and said sarcastically, "If your family hadn't helped promote you, would you have had such a viral promotional video? Don't tell me it's all just luck; nobody would believe that. Haha, you pretend to be so indifferent, but you're probably desperate for fame."
The system, which had already gone into hibernation, was stunned: "Ber, is he crazy?! What does this have to do with him? Why is he questioning me like this?!"
"Now, please leave and don't disturb our rest." Lin Suxing was scolded by him, and her anger gradually became unbearable. "There are cameras in the dormitory. If you don't want any evidence recorded, you'd better behave yourself."
Seeing Lin Suxing's unwillingness to admit it, Lin Ke became even angrier: "So what if they recorded it! Who would dare to edit out the bad parts of me and broadcast them? Do they not want the sponsorship anymore?!"
Lin Suxing rolled her eyes and didn't reply.
The blond Russian, who had been sleeping in the room, was awakened by Lin Ke's loud shouts and walked over with an unhappy expression: "What is going on?"
The killing intent emanating from the deep-set eyes beneath the high, browed features of the Russian warriors sent a chill down Lin Ke's spine: "...Ahem! I have something to discuss with Lin Suxing! I'll head back after I finish speaking!"
"I have nothing to say to you." Lin Suxing wasn't someone without a temper. She was washing up in the middle of the night when Lin Ke came to her door, as if her beauty video going viral was some impossible thing. "If you don't leave, I'll call the selection manager."
Lin Ke was so angry that her nose, which had undergone rib implantation, was trembling and almost crooked: "Just wait and see."
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