After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety
Chapter 180: A Profile Picture

Chapter 180: Chapter 180: A Profile Picture

The next morning, close to nine o’clock.

Not only the general netizens, but even those in the production team who weren’t very busy would also take out their phones from time to time to check.

The first promotional picture of the female lead of "Empress Yuan Zhao" was released at nine yesterday morning, so everyone silently assumed that the release time of other actors’ promotional pictures would most likely also be at nine sharp.

Since the casting of the show started, there has only been one male lead who hasn’t shown his face the entire time. Not only are outsiders curious, but the curiosity of those internally is no less than that of netizens.

There are no scenes for the male lead today, so they can only join the netizens to check the official account of "Empress Yuan Zhao" for a glimpse of that person’s true appearance.

At nine o’clock, the originally busy set preparing for shooting seemed to suddenly hit the pause button. Looking around, almost everyone had a phone in their hands, all heads lowered.

Due to the concentration of refreshing web pages, many people’s phones even started lagging.

A sudden exclamation came from the extras’ rest area, and a few girls sitting around the girl immediately put down their phones with lightning speed and gathered over.

"Did it refresh? Let me see quickly."

"Oh, don’t squeeze, leave me some room."

"Hey, why doesn’t it even have a frontal face?"

"Be content, with such a beautiful profile, the full face definitely isn’t bad either."

...

Soon, from the initial small discussion, it spread into a large area of chatter.

She Man took over the phone handed by the assistant and saw the figure in purple official robes on the screen.

Just listening to those little girls not far away saying how stunning it was, she was a bit dismissive.

Until just now, she was caught off guard, stunned, and couldn’t help but take a few more glances.

But as she kept looking, she sensed something was off.

Although the person in the photo was only showing a side profile, it was highly recognizable. If she had seen or known this person, she would definitely recognize them.

But this person was entirely unfamiliar to her.

Thinking of this, she exited the photo-viewing page to look at the accompanying text.

[Welcome Prime Minister Shen!]

Only six characters including punctuation, without even an @mention at the end.

Could it be that the person managing the account forgot?

Below in the comment section, it was rapidly filling up with visible speed.

[Even though it’s just a profile, I have to say that even the profile beats all my previous guesses, this casting is simply perfect, finally my vision of Prime Minister Shen has a face. Director Wei, I want to say, you’re my god!]

[I feel like this is exactly how Prime Minister Shen in history should be, talented and graceful, with the elegant style of a noble family, Director Wei truly discovered a treasure this time.]

[It’s a new actor, right? If they appeared before, it would be impossible not to recognize them. Confirmed, this is Director Wei’s style.]

[Speaking of which, I just went back and watched it twice, Director Wei, where is this time’s @mention?]

[I noticed too, why isn’t there an @mention of the actor? How can we follow them?]

[The person managing the account should be asked, come back and see if you missed something.]

The personnel managing the account naturally saw the requests from the netizens in the comment section and took the phone to find their superior.

Wei Xiao listened to him with a helpless face, "There’s nothing I can do, Mr. Shen hasn’t even opened an account, we can’t @mention even if we wanted to!"

"Then what now, what should we do?"

Wei Xiao wiped the sweat off his face, "Let it be!"

The discussions online continued unabated, and after the initial curiosity and astonishment were satisfied, the people on set had already resumed work.

After all, no matter how good-looking someone is, it can’t delay making money.

But one person still couldn’t recover for a long time, clutching their phone with pale fingers.

Impossible impossible impossible!

Jiang Xiyu shook her head vehemently in her heart, trying to find points of denial in the photo.

But no matter how she searched, the person in the photo had a one hundred percent resemblance to the one she secretly photographed and dared only look at herself.

Then they must be twins, otherwise why would such a person not do big business to earn big money, reducing themselves to acting in a TV drama?

It must be like this.

After barely convincing herself with a somewhat reasonable explanation, Jiang Xiyu calmed down, quietly saved the photo, returned to the account homepage but saw no @mention.

Coupled with the phrase ’Welcome Prime Minister Shen’, her heart uncontrollably sank.

She looked at the temporary assistant who had come over since early morning, and directly made a phone call to Xiao Tao.

She needed to use other things to calm her mind and stop overthinking.

The phone rang for a while, just when Jiang Xiyu was getting impatient and was about to hang up, it was finally answered.

Without waiting for the other side to speak, she snapped impatiently, "What were you doing, taking so long to answer the phone?"

"I, I just went to the bathroom."

"Did you bring the stuff properly? How long until you get here?"

"I’ve kept it close, but I couldn’t get a plane ticket, took the train, and will only get there tomorrow."

"Stupid, just don’t stop along the way, only rest after seeing my aunt."

Jiang Xiyu couldn’t help but scold a bit more, feeling somewhat relieved, glanced sideways at Jiang Lingxi chatting closely with Wei Minmin, and sneered.

Once the item reaches her aunt, she wants to see how long Jiang Lingxi can feel smug.

If her aunt can make Jiang Lingxi lose her leading role opportunity, wouldn’t her resemblance to Jiang Lingxi allow her to take over?

With this thought, Jiang Xiyu felt heat surging in her heart.

When she spoke again, her tone softened by several degrees: "Xiao Tao, remember, you must hand the item over to my aunt intact."

After hanging up, she borrowed the cover of her sleeve, couldn’t help but open her photo album, and compared the saved photo with the one she secretly took earlier.

The more she compared, the more she was startled.

However, if she replaced Jiang Lingxi as the leading actress, and Mr. Shen truly played the male lead, that would be nice.

Her daydreaming was interrupted by Lu Zhengzheng running over from the dressing room.

"Xixi, I still haven’t found that pendant."

"What pendant?" Wei Minmin asked in surprise, caught in the middle of fervently shipping the Emperor Yuan Zhao and Prime Minister Shen fanfic, and pushing it onto Jiang Lingxi.

Realizing, she immediately focused her attention on Jiang Lingxi’s bare neck, "Is it that red string one I saw before?"

Jiang Lingxi nodded at her, showing a bit of anxiety on her face, "Are you sure you’ve searched everywhere?"

Unlike her feigned concern, Lu Zhengzheng was genuinely anxious, almost on the verge of tears, "I did, I turned every nook and cranny upside down. What should we do, Xixi, should I pay to get you an identical one made?"

Wei Minmin looked around, whispered, "Is that pendant important?"

Jiang Lingxi, seeing Lu Zhengzheng’s reddened eyes, silently apologized in her heart, nodded, "It’s important, it is..." She paused, "In short, very important."

"Then what are we waiting for, I’ll help you look for it too."

Jiang Xiyu watched the three figures hurriedly enter the dressing room, withdrew her gaze, and further solidified her thoughts.

Seeing Jiang Lingxi so nervous about the missing pendant and reluctant to explain to others, it was almost certainly the unusual item her aunt had told her about, which caused her aunt several setbacks.

Now that the item is in her aunt’s hands, she wants to see what Jiang Lingxi can still use to win against her!