Chapter 200: Chapter 200: So Annoyed
Gu Che is one of the top-tier celebrities, with an image that is both cold and swaggering, and his interactions with fans often go viral.
If the fans urge him to work, he in turn urges them to study and work, often inflicting reciprocal harm.
As for the haters, he won’t even glance their way, which frustrates those who enjoy seeing celebrities lose their cool.
Industry insiders have always held polarized opinions about him.
For example, people like Su Hanjiang, who are genuinely straightforward, tend to appreciate him. Even if they’ve only collaborated once or twice, they’ll help by introducing him to directors or producers if there’s a chance later on.
On the other hand, there’s a group who think he’s a hard rock with a foul temper, sometimes even refusing to give face to the big bosses, flipping out when asked to cooperate in promotional activities, and openly or secretly threatening to cancel endorsements. In fact, he actually did just drop an endorsement.
No one has ever seen someone like this!
Those who love him love him more, and those who hate him hate him more.
It’s like when competing for roles.
Gu Che was launched as an idol, but he only stars in quality dramas. He doesn’t rely on his looks to make quick money, only taking on one drama at a time—one or two a year.
If he were an ordinary celebrity, it wouldn’t matter. But he happens to be one of the top-tier celebrities, and it seems he can keep being popular, staying honest each time in one filming crew. The haters of other celebrities use this to mock them.
Those haters may not be fans of Gu Che, yet they love to use this to ridicule other celebrities, which makes those celebrities and their fans detest Gu Che.
Assistant Sun helplessly said, "In the past, whoever provoked Gu would only be mocked publicly by him. But this time, for some reason, he’s the one initiating the attack, and quite a few people..."
He lowered his voice, "Especially certain popular celebrities, those who wanted to compete for the male lead but lost to Gu. They’ve been badmouthing Gu privately, and even deliberately leaking to visiting superfans."
Tuanzi protested, "They’re the ones not focused on filming this drama, second brother didn’t do anything wrong."
She paused, puzzled, "What’s wrong with telling the superfans?"
"Ah, Miaomiao, you don’t get it, it’s an old trick. These celebrities like to exploit fans’ protective instincts, deliberately telling the superfans that Gu is acting arrogant and berating them in the crew. The superfan writes an article expressing sympathy, and other fans either feel sorry for them or go on to attack Gu."
Loved ones act boldly, but the exploited fans think they are standing up for their idol.
The more Tuanzi thought about it, the angrier she got.
She stomped her foot hard.
[Ancient Martial System: If you keep stomping, the ground will crack open]
Tuanzi was startled, quickly squatting down to inspect the ground in the moonlight.
[Miaomiao: Liar, there’s no crack!]
[Ancient Martial System: I said if you keep stomping]
Tuanzi pouted.
After hanging up the phone, she crossed her arms sulking.
Before the Ancient Martial System could offer solace, she chuckled softly.
"After this show, Miaomiao will go visit the set too!"
She wants to see who’s badmouthing second brother!
The little girl in the dark showed a fierce expression.
[Ancient Martial System: You look particularly like a villain now]
Tuanzi turned her head with a whoosh, puffing up her cheeks.
[Miaomiao: Even villains have people who love them! The brothers really love Miaomiao!]
The system thought, that’s true. Even those little buddies probably love this mischievous little expression of hers.
Tuanzi sent messages to Gu Peihai and Gu Wangchao, then walked back slowly, hands behind her back like a scholarly master, her makeshift ponytail swaying behind.
After walking a while, her little ears suddenly twitched.
The wind carried over a familiar voice.
[Ancient Martial System: Going to eavesdrop again?]
Tuanzi puffed up angrily.
[Miaomiao: I’m not, Miaomiao is just standing here, not getting closer, not eavesdropping!]
Little Heroine does as she says, standing there, her white little ears twitching several times.
It’s Yi Heng’s voice, he’s on a call with someone who’s loudly cursing on the other end, Tuanzi could hear it clearly.
Tuanzi listened openly for a while, finally understanding the relationships and causes.
The one cursing was Yi Heng’s father, Yi Fei, the bald uncle who pretended to get close to big brother at the birthday banquet.
The reason for the scolding was that Yi Heng was haggling over fish prices tonight and made it to the trending search. As an artist with a ’elegant noble young man’ persona, this behavior obviously ruined his image.
However, most of the fans accepted it well, even feeling closer to their idol. Many passers-by had a good impression of him too, thinking it’s good for celebrities to understand ordinary people’s hardships. Stars far from the masses can be quite fake sometimes.
Yi Heng broke his persona, turning from fake to real, gaining heat, but Yi Fei was not happy.
The reason is simple: the elegant noble young man persona helps secure luxury endorsements. Yi Fei painstakingly crafted his son’s image, hoping to earn money to support the family.
Improved public relations with passers-by, that’s unimportant, if it doesn’t earn him more money, it’s a failure!
"Originally, there was a luxury endorsement considering you, but look at it now, you’ve become a down-to-earth star, what luxury brand would dare invite you to endorse?"
Yi Heng was at a loss for words.
Yi Fei continued to scold, also instructing him not to haggle next time he fishes, to be generous, best to appear not to partake in earthly smoke.
This time, Yi Heng could bear no more.
Having spent the whole day dizzy on a boat, netting took a long time, and he was sore and exhausted, irritated by those fish collectors. His father didn’t care, instead scolding him and demanding he sell the hard-caught fish at low prices, it made him furious.
Tuanzi stood in the wind for a while, then suddenly grinned.
Returning to the villa, she went up to the fourth floor, and as she passed Yi Kai’s room, she heard the sound of a phone call again.
[Miaomiao: Is it Yi Fei again? Finished scolding the older brother, now scolding the younger one?]
[Ancient Martial System: Probably just bored]
Yi Fei told Yi Kai to turn off the machines in the room and started criticizing him, saying very unpleasant things.
Not only that, Yi Fei also mentioned the reason why the brothers joined the show.
"If it wasn’t to make Gu Cheng owe me a favor, I wouldn’t have let you two participate in this lousy show!"
Tuanzi: "???"
She couldn’t help leaning against the door to eavesdrop, her movements light, unnoticed by those inside.
Listening for a while, she finally understood. Yi Fei had learned about Gu Cheng’s investment in the show and believed he valued it, intentionally trying to curry favor by having his two sons join the show so he could later approach Gu Cheng for benefits.
Of course, this was Yi Fei’s wishful thinking, believing he helped Gu Cheng, and hinting afterwards would make Gu Cheng repay the favor.
Tuanzi was so angry her face twisted.
[Miaomiao: How can there be such shameless people? Miaomiao wants to see how thick his skin is!]
[Ancient Martial System: Yi Heng has returned, he’s coming upstairs, stop listening!]
Tuanzi quickly ran back to her room.
Gu Chi, who was reading, saw her puffing her cheeks and smiled, "Who provoked our Little Heroine?"
Tuanzi crossed her arms, "Miaomiao was really happy earlier."
She sighed, "The big puppet broke free of one string, the little puppet broke free of two strings."
Gu Chi: "?" He suddenly couldn’t understand what his sister was saying.
"But now the villain controlling the puppets is trying to hurt big brother, Miaomiao is very angry!"