Furthermore, even if the brother-in-law is fortunate enough to be a decent-looking and well-off man, the trouble isn't over. The entertainment industry is highly competitive, with far more artists than available positions. For a female artist to date during the peak of her career is often seen as a sign of distraction. Her career is no longer her sole focus. Fans are generally career-oriented, and if their idol lacks ambition, it's far more unacceptable than finding someone unattractive.
For example, young female celebrities often star in idol dramas. In idol dramas, refusing to film kissing or intimate scenes because of a romantic relationship is considered unprofessional. If they are unwilling to cooperate with on-screen couple promotions, it clearly shows they prioritize the audience and fans over their mysterious boyfriend. Basically, it's time to dig a hole and bury the relationship.
Some female celebrities love so deeply that they are willing to bow down to love. These women, in order to have their relationships with their boyfriends on a publicly funded basis, accept roles that fans would consider hellish, enjoying the filming themselves while leaving their fans to suffer in a sweltering heat. The feeling is truly like drinking boiling oil; whether it burns their intestines or their hearts, only the fans themselves know.
But what Ye Chu did this time was even more outrageous than finding an ugly brother-in-law!
The mainstream audience and commercial value of lesbian couples are far lower than those of heterosexual and homosexual couples. In terms of attracting fans, they naturally have a smaller market share compared to the latter two. Lesbian couples often enjoy high popularity and are frequently discussed casually—such as "The sisters are so beautiful," "Girls should be together," and "Make way for real lesbians in the Chinese entertainment industry"—but very few people take the romance between women seriously, and even fewer are truly invested in it. Most people simply share it, casually mention it, jokingly wave a rainbow flag, and that's it.
In the mainland entertainment industry, there has never been a lesbian couple that has achieved the same level of popularity and influence in terms of fan economy and die-hard fan base as a male-female couple or a male-male couple.
Furthermore, objectively speaking, although Shang Yechu, through her incredibly biased perspective, considers Yang Huanyi to be the best lover in the world, in the eyes of most outsiders, Yang Huanyi is indeed just an unprofessional actor, criticized for taking on multiple projects simultaneously, and officially labeled a "fallen star." Moreover, he's quite old, and standing next to the youthful and energetic Shang Yechu, they are worlds apart.
People like Shang Yechu with pica are a minority. Even among lesbian couples, people still prefer to see good-looking, scandal-free, and sweet couples. The significant difference in appearance between the two, even giving off a mother-daughter vibe, makes it even harder for a lesbian couple to attract fans.
In other words, the romance that Shang Yechu was talking about had no commercial value.
Furthermore, in the Chinese entertainment industry, comparisons between artists have long been an integral part of their careers. From eighty-year-old grandmothers to ten-year-old children, online comparisons frequently involve saying things like "XX crushes XX," or "XX's acting was completely overshadowed by XX." Yang Huanyi and Shang Yechu first played the same role and then collaborated on the same film; their competitive relationship was already firmly established.
Dating your rival? What, are you tired of living?
If two currently popular actresses are rivals, their fans constantly engaged in fierce online battles, exchanging insults and legal accusations, bombarding each other with legal letters and plastering each other's social media with accusations of genitalia and illegal professions (according to Weibo real-time search results), their fans are practically sworn enemies. Then, these two actresses started talking...
They talked. They went ahead.
Back then, those who kept saying things like "I'm dying of love," "99," and "Let's wish this perfect couple well" were definitely just casual fans or casual viewers; true die-hard fans who spent a lot of money would definitely flip the table, curse, unfollow, and turn against the couple.
Of course, Yang Huanyi is too obscure, and the two fan groups haven't reached the point of deep-seated hatred. Furthermore, very few people know about this, so Ye Ya's backlash is currently not significant. However, the criticism and prejudice against the LGBTQ+ community in the entertainment industry should not be underestimated.
A relationship that was completely worthless.
A love affair that defies all logic.
A relationship where the gap between the two people is so large that it sounds like they're dreaming.
A relationship that, if exposed, could have a seriously negative impact on Shang Yechu.
This relationship was so shocking that fans who knew the inside story dared not speak out. They could only hope that Shang Yechu would break up with him quickly before things escalated, as if they had never had this awful relationship.
Even the most severe group of humiliation advocates, led by the desperate abandoned woman and Die Qingqian, remained tight-lipped about this matter, not daring to be too blatant. They could only post ambiguous comments under Ye Chu's Weibo posts, playing coy. Those who understood would naturally understand, while those who didn't would only think that the humiliation advocates had relapsed.
Ultimately, this whole mess stems from Qingping Entertainment's unethical publicity. They promoted *Anna Doraemon* as a female-centric film, and once that's been released, it can't be taken back. As a result, even today, many in Ye Ya's industry still believe *Anna Doraemon* is a solo performance by Shang Yechu, with Yang Huanyi merely playing her mother.
If fans knew that *Anna Doraemon* was a film with LGBTQ+ themes, this concern would be greatly alleviated. After all, all the intimate interactions between Shang Yechu and Yang Huanyi could then be dismissed as mere film promotion. Almost all the potential problems would vanish instantly.
Even the notion of being "love-struck" falls apart: getting too caught up in idol dramas is being love-struck; getting too caught up in art films is called "dedicating oneself to art"!
Information asymmetry is very important.
Regardless of the undercurrents among fans, Shang Yechu's most important task at present is only "The Heavenly Emperor".
The filming locations for "The Heavenly Emperor" spanned both domestic and international locations, with Shang Yechu's first landing point being the capital city.
Upon arriving in the capital, filming did not begin immediately. The production of *The Heavenly Emperor* was extremely meticulous and well-organized. Ye Chu's first task after landing was to participate in an activity crucial to the film—
Script reading.
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