Chapter 22.4

In the second week of the broadcast, nearly two-thirds of the drama had been aired. The discussion of Su Qian’s character directly surpassed Chu Piaopiao and the second female lead, becoming the most popular character with the highest heat. In addition, her acting skills exploded in the later stage, the harder the place to perform, the more her acting skills exploded, the word of mouth began to reverse in a small range, and Weibo gained a crazy number of followers.

At this time, Su Qian was attacked by Chu Piaopiao’s big fan.

The cause was a post by a passerby on the Douya forum, titled “Personally, I think Chu Piaopiao’s acting skills were outdone in the drama.”

The original poster logically analyzed the acting skills and lines of the four actresses, and then concluded, “Without comparison, we wouldn’t know. With contrast, some people’s true colors are revealed. Chu Piaopiao’s acting skills have obviously been overhyped, she is the only one who is dubbed in this drama, and she is also the most out of place. Among the other three, although Su Qian doesn’t have many scenes, I personally think highly of her. She has drama in her eyes, full of tension and excellent empathetic ability, looking forward to her future performance!”

Clearly, all four people were mentioned in the post, but Chu’s big fan bit onto the few words the original poster used to praise Su Qian, accusing her of stepping on one to praise another, and started attacking Su Qian.

Compared to Chu Piaopiao, Su Qian doesn’t have many fans, and there are only a few scattered people in the forum speaking for her.

It wasn’t enough for Chu’s fans to go crazy in the forum, they started posting black posts about Su Qian everywhere, and even linked up with marketing accounts to move the battle to Weibo.

Before long, the black topic #SuQianCryingWithSnot# made it to the hot search.

Clicking in, many accounts were posting black copywriting—

“Female actresses really need to manage their expressions well, crying like this is really not good-looking, and the snot dripping down is so disgusting! I want to skip Su Qian’s segment!”

“She doesn’t have the fate of a protagonist but has the disease of a protagonist. With this, she can still boast about her acting skills, she should practice more before coming out!”

“Good heavens!!! She cries so ugly! Compared to her, the first female lead Chu Piaopiao is better in every aspect!”

“Can Su Qian stop scaring people by showing up?! There are even people who are blind enough to say that she outperformed Chu Piaopiao?! Chu Piaopiao’s crying in the drama is so beautiful, which ugly person can compare with her?!”

Anyone with clear eyes can see that it’s the water army and fans who are leading the attack on Su Qian. As things escalated, many passersby began to feel disgusted.

Not to mention that Su Qian won a wave of goodwill from passersby when she was on the variety show before, her character in the drama can make passersby look at her through a filter that is several meters thick.

Some people have converted the video into high definition and increased the brightness. Finally, the actual situation is clear.

“The video is proof, Su Qian didn’t cry out snot at all, okay?! Those are tears falling from the tip of her nose, if your eyes don’t work well, you can go to the ophthalmology department!”

“Are tears and snot important? Isn’t the point that ugly Su’s acting skills are poor and she steps on others to elevate herself?!”

“The person above is right, if you have a bit of shame, you wouldn’t be attacked by a group. What kind of character does the ugly Su have in her acting skills, doesn’t she have a sense of shame?!”

“I thought the two people above were some righteous passersby, turns out they are Chu Piaopiao’s fans! Can you look at your own before attacking others’ acting skills? Chu Piaopiao is just a dubbing artist, she acts the same in everything, her big eyes are spiritless and she looks like a blind person, even calling her a vase^[1]花瓶(hūapíng) = flower vase, is used metaphorically to refer to someone who is considered to be only decorative and not useful or contributing. is elevating her!”

“Su’s fans should have some shame! Can they stop riding on the popularity of the beauty?! My Piaopiao is just a small actress, who did she offend to be blackened like this?!”

“Chu’s fans, can you stop pretending to be innocent? Being a hot search topic means having popularity, right? And a small actress, who doesn’t know that Zhou Bingyan is Chu Piaopiao’s cousin, and she is the one that Tiansheng is focusing on promoting.”

“That’s right, what kind of pity is Chu’s fans selling?! With Chu Piaopiao’s resources, even a pig could become popular, right?! It’s a pity that this waste can only rely on buying hot searches to gain presence!”

Originally, Chu Piaopiao had the water army lead the rhythm, wanting to earn a wave of goodwill from passersby. But the effect did not meet expectations, not only was she attacked by a group, but it also earned Su Qian a wave of goodwill from passersby.

Chu Piaopiao looked at the direction of public opinion and was so angry that she gritted her teeth.

“This Su Qian just played a third female lead and is seeking so much attention, does she have no shame?!”

The agent also didn’t expect things to develop like this. Su Qian’s character filter exceeded her imagination. Netizens are easily led by the rhythm, and they also easily put actors into characters.

And the way to break a good impression is to use black material to slaughter the edition.

So in the afternoon, a post exposing Su Qian’s private life emerged out of nowhere.

It detailed how Su Qian used despicable means to seduce Chu Piaopiao’s mysterious boyfriend, and at the same time went to hook up with Jin Lie, the married president of Jin’s Corporation. Not only that, Su Qian repeated her old tricks two months later, throwing flirtatious glances at the movie emperor Liang Zhuo who was filming with her.

All the hot comments were uniformly criticizing Su Qian.

“Let me tell you something you don’t know. When Su Qian was still a nobody (although she is still muddled now, she was even more so before), I accidentally saw her laughing and eating the same ice cream with another man on the street.”

“Oh my, she really dares to act recklessly when she’s muddled. If it were someone with a little bit of presence, they would probably be scolded to death!”

“Can I say that she’s nothing more than a loose woman?! It’s only been a short time and she’s already been involved with so many men, isn’t she afraid of getting sick?!”

“I’ve had a taste of the drama with Mr. J! The movie with Wang Qisheng was indeed slept on!”

“Eh, why did I click into this post. My eyes are dirty!”

“The tone of this post is so consistent, isn’t it really a water army?!”

“Those who say Su Qian seduced Chu Piaopiao’s boyfriend, I hope you have some conscience. Whether Chu Piaopiao is a girlfriend or being kept, do you really think no one knows?!”

“Stop arguing. Actors should be compared by their actual achievements!”

“Funny, even in reality, Su Qian is outperformed, right?!”

“Su Qian loses in terms of actual achievements, but in the future, Su Qian will outperform Chu Piaopiao by her acting skills eight hundred times over! Wait for the grave digging!”

……

In the night, Jiang Zhan liked the last comment, then turned off the computer. He leaned tiredly against the back of the chair and closed his eyes, his nose seemed to be filled with a faint peach fragrance.

“Su Qian…”

When will we meet next time?

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At the Jin’s villa.

The internet is in an uproar, but Su Qian is like a carefree person, eating ice cream while seriously watching a drama.

Jin Lie came over, glanced at her, and then took a bite of the ice cream in her hand.

“Are you a bandit?” Su Qian complained, but her eyes never left the TV screen.

“The taste is average.” Jin Lie sat down next to her and scooped another bite into his mouth.

“You’re still eating it even though it doesn’t taste good.”

Su Qian snatched back the ice cream, looking like a kitten protecting its food.

Jin Lie also watched for a while, somewhat curious, “How do you think your performance was?”

“Normal level, but I can’t say it’s perfect.”

“You’re so modest?”

Su Qian naturally replied, “I’m never complacent in my profession. Besides, acting is an art of regret.”

Jin Lie raised his eyebrows, deliberately saying, “But those who criticize you wouldn’t think so.”

“What do they know besides typing? Why should I care about what they say?” Su Qian sipped her spoon and told him, “I only care about how the people who are good to me see me.”

Jin Lie’s eyes moved, and he suddenly stood up, “Go to sleep early after watching, your dark circles are showing.”

“Actually, you could have omitted the second half. Then I could understand it as you caring about me.”

Jin Lie hooked the corner of his mouth and went upstairs.

Back in the study, he made a call to Zhong Ning.

“How’s it going?”

“It’s been handled, all the posts that were too harsh on her private life have been locked.”

“Hmm.” Jin Lie lightly tapped the table with his finger, “Have you found out who is behind this?”

Zhong Ning paused slightly, “Indeed, it was Chu Piaopiao’s side that bought the trolls.”

Chu Piaopiao…

After a moment of silence, Jin Lie said, “Check what resources she has next.”

“You mean…”

Jin Lie: “If you get hit, of course you have to hit back.”

—

Chu Piaopiao wondered if she was having a run of bad luck. The script that was originally agreed upon was suddenly changed, and several endorsements she had been in touch with also found others.

Logically speaking, 《Time》 is currently being broadcasted hotly, and as the female lead, she should be at the peak of her exposure. However, under twists and turns, she didn’t receive a decent job.

“Sister Piaopiao, why not consider the variety show 《Detective Master》? This is a new program launched by Lychee TV, they will invite popular guests, we can increase our exposure through this program.”

“Are you joking?! You actually want me to go on this boring detective show!” Chu Piaopiao was furious, “I want to act and endorse! You have time to come up with these useless ideas, why not go and gather resources! You only say these useless things all day, what do I need you for!!!”

The agent was scared out of his wits, too afraid to even breathe, “But… but this is the only project we can get in touch with now!”

Chu Piaopiao clenched her fists, and gritted her teeth. These people just see that she has no backing! If she was still with Shang Jingyu, who would dare to treat her like this?!

“Call my cousin!”

“This…”

“Right now!”