Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 211 It’s okay to talk with anyone, but not with him.

Chapter 211: 211 It’s okay to talk with anyone, but not with him.

Netizens finished blasting the plot and character settings then quickly took their anger to Weibo.

They first rushed to comment on Zhong Hao’s Weibo:

"Hey, hey, Zhong Hao, are you there? Could you stop thinking about how to angle your selfies all day long? The drama’s character design is already crappy enough, and you TM rely on being greasy to gain attention, I’m utterly speechless!"

"I really can’t with your empty-headed acting... How about you become a visual streamer instead? Stop eating out of the actor’s bowl! It’s fine to go on variety shows daily, no brains required for that stuff."

Then they ran to Xu Ran’s Weibo:

"Sis, can you be a bit more serious when choosing scripts? Stop picking up everything dirty and smelly!"

"You can date an alien for all I care, just don’t date him! I’m afraid you’ll start getting greasy too!"

After having their say about the male and female leads, everyone unanimously ran to the drama crew’s official Weibo:

"Didn’t you realize any issues when you were filming? The plot is disjointed, the logic makes no sense, where’s the promised promotion of firefighters? Is this your way of promoting them?"

"Even without the show’s promotions, we know how tough being a firefighter is! Don’t put the halo of firefighters on this garbage drama and its stars!"

Immediately afterward, a comment emerged out of nowhere.

"I hope everyone won’t specifically pay attention to this drama. No matter how it starts trending, the more fiercely you criticize it, the more people it will attract to watch the original show. As long as there’s a steady stream of clicks and popularity, the producers are making bank! Reputation and all can be fixed in the post-production phase, a traffic drop right now is what they want to see most."

Yan Yueqing watched as Jun Yan quickly typed out this message, somewhat surprised: "Yan Bao, you understand the entertainment industry too?!"

"That’s right~" Jun Yan arched an eyebrow, the smugness on his face extreme.

Yan Wang, holding the tablet, expressed his agreement: "Little brother is right."

Netizens, seeing the comment from "Cutest Little Kitty," had an epiphany as if they were enlightened.

"This is just how capital operates~ They don’t care about the haters, and quite a few stars even thrive on scandalous fame. In the age of internet traffic, data is what they care about most!"

"Exactly! All the bashing and arguing online is just going to make more bystanders watch this drama, that’s exactly what capital wants~"

"I’ve decided not to watch anymore! I really can’t stand this drama! Is there any male actor with good acting skills to cleanse my eyes?!"

"Bro, you’ve asked the right person! Go check out Meng Chengchu in ’Star of Performance’, the guy just needs a few moves and a line to beat Zhong Hao, okay?"

"Meng Chengchu? Never heard of him, is he a new actor?"

"Not really new, he’s been in the circle for a few years. Although not many, the dramas he’s taken part in show he really gets into his roles."

In fact, while everyone was trashing Zhong Hao, recommending other actors and dramas might make bystanders think it’s an organized campaign against Zhong Hao.

But Meng Chengchu is a very transparent small actor, having only collided with Zhong Hao in a reality show. The reality show’s script, intent on promoting Zhong Hao, even cut his lines down to one sentence!

What does that imply?

It implies that Zhong Hao is the one with backing!

You talk about other dramas, bystanders aren’t interested.

But if you say there’s a small actor in a reality show, who, despite nearly all his acting being cut, still out-acts Zhong Hao? Then everyone will want to check it out!

So, the latest episode of ’Star of Performance’ suddenly garnered a massive number of views from the rebellious netizens and shot to first place in reality shows!

Jin Kai saw how things were unfolding and nearly crushed his phone.

He didn’t mind the online attacks from haters. After all, Zhong Hao had no issues with his lifestyle; he hadn’t been involved in any illegal activities, so no matter how bad his acting was, as long as the traffic and popularity rose, the company would be satisfied!

Public perception and word of mouth are controllable!

Jin Kai is the master of manipulating these things. He’s not worried at all, okay?!

He watched the netizens’ fervor with a cold eye while happily focusing on the rising numbers, even silently calling the viewers idiots in his mind.

All those wasted words, aren’t you still going to zealously give me the heat I need?!

Who would have thought that an out-of-nowhere comment would suddenly wake everyone up?!

And then, all the attention went to Meng Chengchu?!!!

No! Does this Cutest Little Kitty have a problem?!

With his fists clenched, Jin Kai gritted his teeth and commanded, "Go check, this Cutest Little Kitty, could he be someone sent by Zhongxing?!"

One sentence turned the tide...

He had heard about Zhongxing changing owners and knew that the current shareholder with the highest stake was Director Tang...

But Director Tang...

Would he use such an obvious tactic?!

Zhong Hao was still there, happily taking selfies, and said cheerfully, "Brother Kai, don’t worry. Meng Chengchu is just a small fry! If Zhongxing wanted to push him, they would have done it long ago. Why wait until now? The reality show producers have an agreement with us, ’Star of Performance,’ and I’ll be at least in the top three! Meng Chengchu will get eliminated in the next round!"

Jin Kai listened with a tight frown, "Hmph, you sure are carefree. Aren’t you afraid something unexpected might happen?"

"What kind of accident could there be?" Zhong Hao dismissed the idea, "Unless a major capital comes along right now to compensate the reality show’s breach of contract, or even buy out the entire show’s rights, otherwise everyone has to abide by the agreement~"

Having said that, he looked at Jin Kai meaningfully: "Do you think Meng Chengchu has such a wealthy backer?"

Jin Kai thought about it, too. Meng Chengchu was known for his stubbornness, and it’s not that patrons hadn’t wanted to promote him in the past, but unfortunately, the guy stubbornly refused to agree, causing quite a bit of unpleasantness.

People, if they want to gain something, must pay an equivalent price.

Even for an investment, patrons can’t guarantee that this person will indeed become wildly successful!

Meng Chengchu, apart from his good looks and solid acting, had nothing else.

Don’t think that’s enough to make an actor soar to the skies; without substantial financial support, he’s just a good actor, okay?

The entertainment industry has never lacked such people.

Capital prefers artists who comply and grovel.

Meng Chengchu is a tough nut to crack, a tough chew for anyone involved!

No capital would purely throw money to hype him up without aiming to get something from him, right?

That’s simply unthinkable!

Little did he know, at that moment Yan Yueqing and the kids were happily discussing, "How about we promote this Uncle?"

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