Chapter 52: Public Slap in the Face

Ko Hsing-yen, who was having a party in his home swimming pool, was originally told by his agent to go online to check out fans' reactions to the official announcement of the cast, and to enjoy the pleasure of being licked by those dream girls online. However, not only did he lose attention, he was also dissed for his looks, and he was with an 18th-tier unknown actor, which was simply ridiculous.

He called his agent directly and asked in a bad tone, "Who is this Jiang Wu? Does he know Bai Yuan?"

According to the routine set by his agent, he is going to market this drama as a CP with the female lead Bai Yuan, just in time to get rid of the previous gay CP. Moreover, Bai Yuan is a second-generation rich man who makes a living in the entertainment industry. He has to catch a real rich girl as soon as possible, otherwise he will not be able to make any movies.

But now Jiang Wu suddenly appeared, and was suspected of having had something with Bai Yuan. This was too much of an eyesore.

"He's just an unknown actor. He became a bit famous for playing a charlatan in a travel variety show some time ago. Later, he played the sixth male lead in "Pray to the Heavens". It is said that he was smeared for several years. He probably has no background. It is said that he was recommended by the crew of "Pray to the Heavens" to play the second male lead in "Asking the Life". They said that he was good at fighting scenes, so Director He agreed."

The agent was afraid that he would lose his temper, so he coaxed him, "Hey, he's just a third-tier star who became famous through scandals and hype. If he didn't know how to wield a sword, he probably wouldn't even be able to join the crew. It's really cheap of you to treat him as your opponent."

Ke Xingyan didn't say anything for a while, and then suddenly asked, "The makeup photos haven't been sent out yet, right? Give the makeup artist a heads up and ask her to be smart."

“Although it has not been posted, it has been taken——”

"Then let him reshoot it! Do you need me to teach you this?"

"...Okay, I understand. I will communicate with them."

The next morning, Jiang Wu received a call from Xiao Song, who hesitantly said that there was a problem with the previous makeup photos and that Jiang Wu needed to go back and reshoot them.

Jiang Wu didn't think much about it and went there directly when he had time. However, he found something was wrong when he arrived.

He looked at himself in the mirror, who was obviously a shade darker, and asked with a frown, "When he was young, Yue Changchuan was still a young master of a marquisate. Should he be this dark?"

The makeup artist looked depressed, "Ask Xiao Song, I can't answer that."

Jiang Wu then looked at Xiao Song, who hesitated to say, "It's just that... the male lead has communicated with the crew and said that you are the second male lead and cannot steal the limelight from the male lead, so you have to give way to the makeup."

"Let makeup go?" This was the first time Jiang Wu had heard this term, and he asked curiously, "Is the male lead ugly?"

The makeup artist laughed out loud, "It's not ugly, just not as pretty as you."

Xiao Song looked embarrassed. "The male lead is Ke Xingyan, who has millions of fans, all of whom are krypton gold fans. He is also very strong in fighting and will never show mercy when fighting. He also cares a lot about his image. Everyone in the circle knows it. Anyway, you, the second male lead, will also be a military commander in the later stage, so it should... not affect it."

Jiang Wu didn't have much obsession with his appearance, but from what Xiao Song said, it was clear that the other party had many fans and a big name, so he had to endure it. He had lived for more than 200 years, so he could endure it for money. But this Ke Xingyan didn't pay him, so why should he endure it?

So he went straight to the makeup artist and said, "Help me remove my makeup."

The makeup artist didn't like Ke Xingyan, a big shot and troublemaker. She shrugged at Xiao Song to express her helplessness, and then started to help him remove his makeup.

Xiao Song was also in a difficult situation, so he turned around and went to communicate with the director.

The next day, all the makeup photos of the main actors were released. Jiang Wu went to take a look and was so angry that he laughed. The crew actually photoshopped the original makeup photos. Not only did he become darker, but his jawline was also rounded. He looked like a different person.

Fans in the comment section were cursing the crew for choosing a crappy makeup artist, and demanding that the crew fire the makeup artist for turning such a handsome guy with an air of immortality into something so horrible that his makeup could not even compare to Cang Yue in "Pray to the Heavens", and was even worse than his bare face in the variety shows!

However, most netizens chose to mock, saying that filters are getting thicker and thicker these days, and that Cangyue’s makeup photos looked so good before, and they don’t know if the actual film will be worth watching when it comes out.

Some also started saying that Jiang Wu had plastic surgery and cosmetic injections before, and now her face started to sag, which is why she looks like this.

Zhang Xiaoyu was so angry that he called the crew to question why they did this. At first they hesitantly tried to make excuses, but in the end they just turned against him and said that this was the crew's established rule. Who said that your artist is not a top star? He is not playing the male lead, but only the second male lead, so of course he has to serve the male lead.

And that's Ke Xingyan. Do you know that there is capital behind him? You can offend him if you want!

Zhang Xiaoyu was very angry, thinking, isn't it just capital? Brother Jiang also has capital behind him, the best capital in Linhai!

He turned around and gave Jiang Wu some advice, "Brother Jiang, why don't you talk to President Han about this? See if he can help?"

Jiang Wu touched his nose, feeling a little guilty, "I had a quarrel with him recently."

Zhang Xiaoyu was confused. With Brother Jiang's personality and President Han's considerate and caring attitude, how could these two of them quarrel?

However, this was a private matter between the two of them, so he didn't want to ask. What they needed to do right now was to decide on the photo issue. Since Han Zhong couldn't help, they could only endure it.

Tolerate?

Jiang Wucai couldn't bear it, so he contacted the lady who did his makeup and asked her for the photo she had taken of him with her mobile phone. She hesitated for a moment and said he didn't want to tell her that she took the photo, then she sent him the photo.

The photo was taken very casually, using the original camera, and without any special lighting, but you can clearly see Jiang Wu's clear jawline and her full of tough and broken beauty.

Jiang Wu didn't even use Zhang Xiaoyu's hand, he directly posted this photo with his own account, with the caption: Today I heard about a new term in the entertainment industry, "让妝".

The makeup photos of "Asking Life" were just released not long ago, and fans and netizens were licking the looks of the main actors. The next second, they saw Jiang Wu openly retweeting the crew's Weibo and openly slapping them in the face. They were immediately excited.

Doudou Rabbit: Here he comes, he is back with his original camera, no filter and death straight shot.

Awakening from a Big Dream: Jiang Wu is already the second male lead, do you think the one who asked him to do makeup is the female lead? [naughty][naughty][naughty]

Green Bubble (In-App Version): Hahaha! Bo Yuan: ??? Are you okay?

Rapeseed Flower: I said that the male lead is not as good-looking as the second male lead. The male lead's face is like a shoe horn, and yet he still wants others to give way to him. It's useless even if you give way to him as far as the Pacific Ocean.

Xingyan is happy and joyful: Is the person upstairs not in the right place? Ke Xingyan is recognized as a high-end face, the favorite of the fashion circle. If you have no taste, you can only like that artificial face!

Slap me in the face: It's already 4202, and there are still people questioning Jiang Wu's face. Brother, I have participated in reality variety shows, and I feel like a fairy after staying on a deserted island for three days.

I hope my idol will give me money: Jiang Wu, you are such a tough guy, next time Ke fans will pester you like female ghosts, madly bash you, and then Ke will say innocently that he rejects cyberbullying, love and peace.

JQK: The person above knows a certain Ke. He was crazy about the show when it was airing, but immediately turned his face away when it ended, implying that others had tied him up. Don't be so ungrateful.

Science representative: Oh, who doesn't know that ginger is like fresh ginger? It will rub against whoever it catches. There's nothing we can do. Who made our family the top streamer? The popularity is too high, it's inevitable~

Draw your swords, haters: As everyone knows, Jiang Wu, a weak person who remained silent for five years after being wrongly accused by cyberbullying and who could only jump off a building when molested, is confronting others online for the first time, so everyone should know the truth.

Rapeseed Flower: I don't care what the truth is, the second male lead is just better looking than the male lead! The one upstairs who scolded me for having no taste, if you like to eat shit, eat it yourself, I won't eat it!

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