This celebrity became even more popular after being exposed of having multiple girlfriends
Chapter 307 - 268 Heartbreak

Chapter 307: Chapter 268 Heartbreak

"No production company likes dealing with sudden situations like these.

Because it represents uncontrollable risks.

Shi Wu figured that after today, his boss’s already prickly reputation was definitely going to become even pricklier.

But Wu Mu didn’t care about this at all, as he was long past the stage of needing to consider the attitudes of the production side.

Even if they thought he was a bit difficult to deal with, for the sake of popularity and show effect, those who planned on inviting him would still do so.

His points and the popularity after appearing on shows had already formed a sort of virtuous cycle.

With points earned and the Performance Card in hand, he could push his own performance and popularity higher, and then with that popularity, show organizers would find it worthwhile to invite him, bringing yet more points...

As for production companies and fans, in his view, they were all secondary; from beginning to end, he only needed to answer to the system points.

Though Shi Wu was unaware of Wu Mu’s Performance Card situation, he understood that his boss really wasn’t short of show invitations now.

His main concern was actually something else.

Shi Wu sighed, "Boss, the main thing is, if you act like this, the officials won’t be happy. The studio was actually planning on working out something to get you on the Spring Festival Gala."

Hmm?

The Spring Festival Gala?

Wu Mu was slightly taken aback.

"The preparations for the Spring Festival Gala are probably entering their intensive phase now. I had inquired before, the program organizing committee for the Gala has already been scouting out acts and projects," Shi Wu explained.

Although Wu Mu invited him to be nothing more than a tool, Shi Wu himself still upheld strong professional ethics and seriously planned for Wu Mu.

In Shi Wu’s eyes, Boss Wu Mu had everything going for him—high popularity, abundant engagements, and strong works—but to this day, there was one significant shortcoming.

And that was having hardly any formal cooperation with official media.

From the time his career imploded to his resurgence now, the number of times he collaborated with official channels could be counted on one hand—just a Beijing TV Station’s six or seven episodes’ evening show and an interview with a youth weekly magazine could barely touch the edge of officialdom.

Nothing more.

This was obviously not a normal phenomenon; even regular celebrities whose reputations were unremarkable among the public

often had a bunch of invitations for cooperation with official media—either doing regional tourism promotions or some public service announcements like fire prevention or smoking bans.

But until now, Wu Mu hadn’t received a single invitation for such cooperation.

This was clearly still the impact of his previous career collapse.

For a celebrity, having no overlap with the officials wasn’t a good thing.

So Shi Wu originally planned to resolve this weakness completely with the Spring Festival Gala.

But now... after the incident of cursing in public, he felt that this goal had been pushed further away.

Shi Wu was thinking far ahead.

However, Wu Mu still wasn’t too concerned; he of course also wanted to be on the Spring Festival Gala—more points, after all.

But there was no need to push too hard for it; he wasn’t lacking that much.

The atmosphere in the dressing room was odd.

Wu Feng, who had entered the room with the show’s director, was also a bit frustrated. Of course, he sensed Li Zhengxun’s annoyed look, and he certainly wasn’t pleased with Wu Mu’s somewhat uncontrollable antics.

But what could he do to Wu Mu... Don’t joke!

He was relying entirely on Wu Mu for the show’s popularity now.

The program really did have too many explosive elements in each episode.

Truly, every episode brought something novel.

Even with the uncontrollability of this episode, if he could let go of his irritation, this was a super hot topic!

All his desired provocations of oppositional sentiments, all kinds of overt and covert manipulations, what could compare to Wu Mu’s direct calling out of "paparazzi"?

After today’s show, Li Zhengxun’s fans were probably going to be fuming, chasing after them with curses would be strange.

And then the audience who enjoyed the show would defend him... Directly turning it into a powder keg on the spot, and until one side was completely ousted, the fire probably wouldn’t die down.

He directly ignored the atmosphere in the dressing room, letting the show’s director introduce the arrangements for the next episode.

The next episode would be the same as this one, with two challenging singers, then elimination of the last two.

After discussing the plans for the next episode, the contestants dispersed.

Star City TV Station’s staff found Wu Mu and spoke in a low voice, "Teacher Wu Mu, your friend is looking for you; she has been waiting outside the dressing room."

Wu Mu asked casually, "Is it Teacher Mo Mo?"

Since Mo Mo had come to the scene, she certainly had to come and greet him after the show ended.

"No."

Hmm?

Wu Mu went out in surprise, only to find a pretty short-haired girl standing outside the door.

He was quite astonished, "Director Lin?"

Lin Qingyue waved at him, smiling, "Came to visit you on set."

The show is over, and we’ll be leaving soon, what kind of set visit is this?

Wu Mu wondered inwardly, smiling as he asked, "Is Director Lin here for work in Star City?"

"No work; I just flew over specially to visit you," she said.

Wu Mu was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and nodded after catching Lin Qingyue’s eyes for half a second, "Then I must thank Director Lin."

Lin Qingyue watched him with amusement, "I saw your show today; you sang very well."

Wu Mu clicked his tongue, "Your senior brother was just criticizing me for this."

"Because of that Li Zhengxun?"

"Yep, said I was too impulsive."

Lin Qingyue thought carefully, "Actually, it’s not bad, considering he cursed you first..."

"Who asked you to have this kind of personality, what can I do about you," she said with a laugh, also giving a thumbs up, "Very meaty."

"Ha ha ha."

Lin Qingyue looked Wu Mu up and down, especially pausing a few seconds on his face before moving to his medium-length hair, "Is this a glued-on wig?"

While saying this, she also reached out to touch it.

"Um, it’s specially tailored." Wu Mu tilted his head down slightly to facilitate her inspection.

"You look pretty handsome with long hair."

"It’s okay, I guess. I’m not really used to long hair, it feels uncomfortable to wear."

"You’ve always had short hair, not used to it."

...

At the reception, Mo Mo had just finished signing autographs for the surrounding audience before she managed to break away.

Holding the ring that she had received from the audience, she headed backstage, intending to greet Teacher Wu Mu and return the ring to him.

Just thinking about seeing Teacher Wu Mu again later, and what she wanted to say to him, her mood became slightly elated.

In fact, her decision to attend the event live was made on the spur of the moment, and for it, she had even cancelled an important engagement she had scheduled long ago.

The reason driving her to make such a decision was Teacher Wu Mu’s performance in the last episode.

When she heard that in the last episode Teacher Wu Mu said the song was sung for a friend, a strong sense of panic surged in her heart, and her chest felt as if there was a tight knot of intense emotions.

That knot of emotions had made her unable to eat or sleep well these past few days.

It drove her to post on Weibo about coming to the event, to buy a ticket to Star City.

Before she came, she was actually a bit oblivious as to what that knot of emotions was, what she was panicking for.

But once she arrived at the venue, the moment she saw Teacher Wu Mu, she immediately understood what that emotion was.

She was conflicted about Teacher Wu Mu’s past, but she feared even more that his future would have nothing to do with her anymore.

The thought of Wu Mu – so cheerful, so joyous, who stirred her emotions and whom she yearned for day and night – potentially belonging to someone else and not being a part of her life ever again, made her feel so upset she wanted to cry.

Mo Mo spread her palm open, walking forward while looking at the ring in her hand.

It was a very plain ring, overall silver with some letters engraved on it.

"w, u, m..."

"It’s the pinyin of Teacher Wu Mu’s name!"

She smiled with narrowed eyes.

"Hmm, it seems just a bit too thick for my own fingers."

Comparing the ring to her fingers, she concluded.

With a slight blush and a guilty conscience, she glanced around; looking at the ring, she really wanted to try slipping it onto her finger.

But that would be too strange, right?

To secretly wear a ring that fell from Teacher Wu Mu on her finger was like wishing so much to marry Wu Mu.

Mo Mo chuckled to herself and continued to hop forward happily.

She wanted to tell Teacher Wu Mu that although she still cared a bit about his past, she feared losing him even more.

She wanted to tell Teacher Wu Mu that she liked him, inexplicably liked him a lot, and if Teacher Wu Mu was willing to start something with her, though she had never been in love, she would do everything in her power to take that relationship seriously.

After turning a corner, she finally saw the Teacher Wu Mu she wanted to see.

Teacher Wu Mu!

She wanted to happily shout out.

But...

After stepping forward one more step, her smile gradually stiffened.

With a serious expression, she watched the short-haired girl standing in front of Teacher Wu Mu, watched their laughter and chatter, watched her examine Wu Mu’s hair, watched her wipe off the paint from Wu Mu’s face.

"It seems I’m too late."

She stepped back with a bit of a sigh.

Teacher Wu Mu truly didn’t belong to her anymore.

Leaning against the wall, she looked up at the ceiling for a few seconds, then silently sent off the blessings she had planned to say on arrival.

"Heh, Teacher Wu Mu, may you be happy every day."

"Not everything in the world is bad."

She turned around, following the same path she had come by.

Heartbroken, huh.

Falling in love on my own, getting entangled on my own, and ultimately, suffering heartbreak on my own.

As she walked back, she opened her palm again, revealing the ring that had left a red mark in the center of her hand.

She hesitated for a moment, picked up the ring, and slipped it onto her finger.

"Turns out, it’s just a little too small."

She murmured softly.

After curiously examining it for a while, the smile on her face gradually turned bitter.

"Wu wu wu."

...

After the program ended, Wu Mu did not linger in Star City and, puzzled as to why Mo Mo had not come to greet him after the show, he called her to inquire before heading back to Beijing.

And the day after he returned to Beijing,

online, the heat of his second program started fermenting again.

And his unredeemed Profit Card was sneakily exerting its influence.

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ps: I’m a bit stuck on the writing, two Chapters totaling five thousand four hundred words, which rounds up to a daily six, I guess.

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