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Chapter 164 Who Cares About This?

Chapter 164: Chapter 164 Who Cares About This?

What else could prove that Xiao Yi’s popularity was utterly crushing Wu Mu?

The Xiao Yi team took the photos and started marketing immediately.

That very night, Xiao Yi’s airport reception had hit Weibo’s trending topics.

The top five were all celebrating Xiao Yi’s birthday, showcasing the grand scene, claiming the top trend worldwide, with fans buying Times Square’s massive screen to celebrate and thousands of fans showing up for the reception.

Then the sixth and seventh:

#A photo reveals the true face of so-called hot idol Wu Mu#

#Wu Mu, a mere eighteenth-tier struggler, stay away#

It was naturally the incident from the airport in the morning.

Directly pushed to the trending topics by Xiao Yi’s fans.

Xiao Yi’s fans felt quite a bit of vindication, feeling that the recent frustrations were finally avenged.

They mocked Wu Mu as an eighteen-tier struggler, saying his prior popularity was all marketing, that he really had no heat – it was all sponsor-backed bot-trending.

To keep the heat up, he probably had some bundled marketing with their "brother" and so on.

The photo taken by Xiao Yi’s team from a specific angle was being shared everywhere.

One must say, the composition was quite top-notch.

In the photo, Wu Mu and Xiao Yi were both fully in frame, Wu Mu in the corner with only six or seven people lonely around him.

Xiao Yi was in the center of a crowd, shining brilliantly, with fans feeling like they could not see the end of the crowd.

The contrast was strong, really seemed like a comparison between an eighteen-tier struggler and a top-tier idol.

Not just on Weibo, other platforms had their marketing scripts out too, aiming to leave everyone with the impression of Wu Mu being crushed by their brother.

But did it work? Seems not quite right?

In the comment section, passersby were leaving messages.

"Criticizing Wu, I support! By the way, does anyone have the latest news on Wu’s game?"

"Right, Wu is just an eighteen-tier little struggler, it’s always been just marketing! I also want to hear about Wu Mu’s game, some insider spill the beans!"

"Wu is truly disgusting, bundling market with fresh meats! No news, just heard everyone saying Wu’s game seemed to explode at the Paris Game Show."

"Crushed by Xiao Yi’s popularity, someone like Wu should just leave the entertainment industry! Guess we’ll only see the full scoop when Wu’s show airs, sigh, really can’t wait."

Wait, are you Wu Mu’s anti-fans or fans?

It seemed like criticisms from the beginning, but why do they seem eager for Wu’s show afterwards?

Could they not be excited?

After Wu Mu posted the crowdfunding for his new game, everyone was mocking, thinking Wu Mu was too arrogant to recognize himself.

But while they were still scoffing, they literally saw the funding on Wu Mu’s crowdfunding page getting higher and higher.

Initially, everyone thought it was just Wu Mu’s fans boosting sales, those fans really so brainless, paying for a game they don’t even play.

But upon realizing that most names of the sponsors were in English, everyone immediately sensed something was fishy.

Okay, Wu Mu has fans domestically, but internationally as well?

Then came the news from Bilibili, that a game area UP master had encountered Wu Mu at the Paris Game Show, where he was filming the show and his game actually sparked heated discussions there, those foreigners were all eager to give him money...

Such explosive news, who wouldn’t be confused after hearing it?

Who wouldn’t want to see what’s going on?

What’s all this fuss about not picking up from the airport? Who cares about that? For a guy like Wu who could openly say on Weibo that he doesn’t want fans, it’s not strange at all if no one shows up to pick him up. In fact, it would be odd if someone did!

As for calling Wu a D-list unknown, purely hyped up by marketing, that’s just a blatant insult to our intelligence! Don’t they know whether Wu has any popularity or not?

Everyone just follows along for the laughs, casually mocking along with the rest, who would take Xiao Yi and their smear campaign seriously?

When the internet was buzzing with chaos, Wu Mu wasn’t affected at all.

He was called out by Lin Qingyue for dinner.

Lin Qingyue suddenly called him and asked him out to dinner.

When he met Lin Qingyue at a high-end restaurant not far from his home, Wu Mu was quite curious, "Director Lin, shouldn’t you be editing right now?"

The program was going to be broadcast in a few days, it should be Lin Qingyue’s busiest time, yet she still had time to go out to dinner.

Lin Qingyue looked at him and smiled, "I want to introduce someone to you."

Introduce someone?

Like Zhou Min and others, one of Director Lin’s childhood friends?

Wu Mu was somewhat puzzled, "Who is it?"

The way Lin Qingyue acted didn’t seem like she was going to introduce a personal friend, but rather seemed quite formal.

"You’ll see in a moment," teased Lin Qingyue.

Then they went in to order food, and after a while, the person Lin Qingyue mentioned arrived.

Indeed, it wasn’t a personal friend, but a middle-aged man, probably in his forties or fifties, with an old and composed demeanor.

Wu Mu faintly recognized him.

Lin Qingyue introduced him, "This is Director Wang Ren."

Now Wu Mu knew who he was, a renowned director in the circle. They had even watched one of this director’s works at a dinner gathering at his place before.

But since it was the kind of obscure art film, Wu Mu wasn’t too interested and didn’t remember much.

Lin Qingyue knowing Director Wang wasn’t surprising to Wu Mu, as her father was one of the top directors in the industry, but why would she think of introducing Wang Ren to him?

Wu Mu cast a puzzled glance at Lin Qingyue.

Lin Qingyue had a slight smile in her eyes.

Director Wang seemed the silent type; ever since he entered the restaurant, he nodded and hadn’t spoken a word.

It wasn’t until Lin Qingyue finished introducing them that he finally spoke, his voice slow but his words straightforward, "I’m planning to film a TV series soon and need a composer for it. Qingyue recommended you to me."

So this was about introducing a job opportunity.

Wu Mu understood.

Normally, he would have agreed right away, as working with a renowned director like Wang Ren was beneficial to him, and clearly, Lin Qingyue had specifically set up this opportunity for him.

But writing songs for others was a losing deal.

The loss wasn’t in money but in "points."

A suitable song requires at least one hundred points to start with, and if he’s unlucky, it might take several hundred.

But just writing songs, he couldn’t earn back those points.

Composing may still provide points for performing arts work through the system.

If he wrote bit by bit on his own, it probably wouldn’t be a loss, but relying solely on the system’s random draw to produce songs quickly, he definitely couldn’t break even.

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