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Becoming Popular Through The “All Villains” Variety Show

01 – Is this the so-called “All-villains” cast?

In a state of drowsiness, she could hear a gentle female voice persuading someone with embarrassment, “Young Master Jiang, why don’t you go back first? Miss is sick.”

But the indifferent male voice carried an unmistakable anger as he said, “There must be an explanation for her bullying Linlin.”

As the words fell, the previously closed door was pushed open from outside, and footsteps were heard getting closer.

Shang Lu felt her headache worsening and a cold sensation on her wrist.

The other person exerted more force, and she didn’t know what had happened, but she, a sick patient, was being pulled up from the bed.

Shang Lu struggled to open her eyes and looked at the person in front of her.

The man was wearing a suit, and his handsome face was covered with a layer of ice. Although his eyes looked calm, there was still a hint of disgust and anger that he couldn’t conceal.

Feeling the pain in her wrist, Shang Lu hadn’t had time to react to what had happened, and instinctively tried to pull her hand away.

However, due to the fever, she was weak all over and wasn’t able to pull away.

So she could only endure the burning pain in her throat and ask, “Jiang Yi, what do you want to do?”

The man in front of her was named Jiang Yi, the only son of the wealthy Jiang family, a top young talent of his generation, and also her childhood sweetheart and fiancé for over ten years.

At this moment, Jiang Yi looked down at her and asked sternly, “What happened to Linlin’s leg? She refuses to tell me.”

Linlin referred to a female actress named Ning Lin in the same filming group as Shang Lu.

Hearing this name, Shang Lu felt annoyed. She didn’t like this person.

Because Jiang Yi is her fiancé, but he liked Ning Lin and had even visited the filming set multiple times to see Ning Lin, completely ignoring her existence.

No woman could tolerate the humiliation of being blatantly cuckolded in front of her face. Shang Lu naturally disliked Ning Lin very much.

However, Shang Lu had already finished filming for several days and didn’t know what had happened this time. So without thinking, she asked, “If she won’t tell you, how can she tell me?”

Jiang Yi was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Shang Lu, who had always admired him, to speak to him in this manner.

He said coldly, “Shang Lu, this is not the first time this has happened. Don’t think I don’t know you did it.”

The phrase “What the hell does this have to do with me?” was on the tip of Shang Lu’s tongue, but because of her physical discomfort, she began to cough violently before she could reply.

Her health hasn’t been very well, let alone she was sick at this time.

The color on Shang Lu’s face was unnaturally flushed, her long hair scattered on her shoulders, messy and sticking on her face. Just coughing seemed to exhaust all her strength. Her shoulders trembled involuntarily, and her delicate face, which had always been pampered, now had a hint of weakness that made people feel sorry for her.

Upon realizing that he had developed a feeling of pity towards Shang Lu, which should not exist, Jiang Yi quickly let go of her hand.

He was even disgusted to the point that he didn’t want to look at Shang Lu anymore. He just left with a remark, “If you bully Linlin again, our engagement will be canceled.”

After speaking, he left directly.

Watching the man’s departing figure, Shang Lu still felt uncomfortable.

Although this was not the first time he had abandoned her, this time it was not just psychological, but also physical discomfort.

At this moment, a servant hurriedly walked in and poured a cup of hot water, and pushed the cup into Shang Lu’s hand, comforting her, “Miss, don’t be too sad. Young Master Jiang may just be in a bad mood today. Rest assured, your engagement was arranged by both families’ elders and cannot be easily changed.”

Shang Lu took a sip of water and felt relieved that her dry throat was finally saved.

But…sadness? She didn’t feel like she had that emotion, and even found the current situation somewhat inexplicable.

But her headache was getting worse, and she didn’t want to listen to anyone else’s chatter. She simply said, “…I got it, now leave. I want to sleep.”

The servant immediately took the cup, helped Shang Lu lie down again and covered her with the blanket before leaving.

Finally, the door was closed and the world was quiet, and Shang Lu could rest.

She fell asleep quickly and then had a long, long dream.

In the dream.

Shang Lu finished her life story, viewing it from the perspective of a complete bystander.

Through the dream, Shang Lu realized that the world she lived in was actually a novel, and she was the vicious supporting female character.

Her fiancé, Jiang Yi, was the male lead who would meet his destined true love, the female lead Ning Lin.

Jiang Yi and Ning Lin were the standard pairing of a wealthy CEO and a pure white flower of the entertainment industry. The process of their falling in love was actually quite simple: they both acted coy and ambiguous with each other, denying their relationship and never breaking the ice. But under the vicious supporting female character’s wicked meddling, they finally realized their true feelings for each other.

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As the vicious supporting female character, Shang Lu’s fate was naturally to be abandoned and hated, and she met a miserable end. Unable to accept this, she went crazy and ran into the street, and died after getting hit by a car.

It’s strange to say that she didn’t sleep for too long this time, but upon waking up, she felt completely sober, without any feeling of sickness.

Shang Lu washed her face, then sat in front of the dressing table holding a cup of hot water, contemplating her life.

So, she’s actually the tool-like supporting female character.

Everything now made sense.

[…]

[What exactly makes sense? I haven’t even appeared yet! Aren’t you accepting this a little too easily, host?]

Shang Lu remained calm and made a judgment: “The voice sounded in my head, so are you my system?”

[…Yes.]

The system answered.

Shang Lu’s previously flat and expressionless face was suddenly replaced by excitement and anticipation. She asked, “So, my life is really a novel? Will everything from now on develop according to the plot?”

[Theoretically, yes, but once the host awakens, we cannot control all the butterfly effects.]

The system answered Shang Lu’s question, but it also had a question it couldn’t understand and wanted to ask.

[So, host, why did you accept this so easily?]

It had brought numerous hosts before, some confident and some timid, but all of them must have been shocked when they first found out. However, there was no trace of shock on Shang Lu’s face.

Shang Lu generously answered the question, “Actually, I’ve suspected that there’s something wrong with my brain for a long time.”

Specifically, it was in the past month that Shang Lu felt the feeling of being controlled to do things she didn’t want to do became more and more obvious.

[?]

Shang Lu took out a diary from her drawer and explained to the system in detail, “In the plot setting, I really like Jiang Yi, right? Every time he rejects my confession, I would be sad to the point of insomnia. But in fact, every night that I couldn’t sleep, I would be thinking about the same thing over and over again.”

Shang Lu opened her diary and showed the system. The entire book was filled with six words:

—I like men with small eyes.

Obviously, Jiang Yi’s affectionate peach blossom eyes didn’t quite fit her aesthetic.

So every time after confessing her love, Shang Lu would go home and doubt whether there was something wrong with her brain or her eyes. And now, everything finally had an answer.

It wasn’t her, it was the world that has something wrong.

[…]

Ridiculous.

But perhaps because Shang Lu accepted it too easily, the system also bizarrely accepted this logic.

At this moment, the door to the room was knocked again.

“Come in,” said Shang Lu.

The door opened, and a tall man walked in. The man had a face that was not much better than Jiang Yi’s, and his eyes were not smaller than Jiang Yi’s either.

He was Shang Lu’s biological older brother of the same father and same mother, and the eldest son of the Shang’s who had inherited part of the family business, Shang Mu.

Of course, the relationship between the siblings was never good, and “terrible” would not be an exaggeration to describe it.

In the original plot, Jiang Yi and Ning Lin were the male and female leads, while Shang Lu’s brother was the legendary deeply affectionate second male lead.

He silently gave, silently guarded, without asking for anything in return, just be a good “brother” to the female lead.

Shang Lu asked impatiently, “What do you want?”

Shang Mu said directly, “Father is not satisfied with your recent performance. He wants you to terminate the contract with your current agency immediately, and the family can help you handle all subsequent matters.”

At this moment, the system’s voice rang out.

[Let me introduce myself, I am the Female Supporting Character Salvation System. As a vicious supporting character in the book, it’s needed to change the host’s tragic fate. The host can establish friendly relationships with the main characters in the book, gain their favor, and avoid a tragic ending by completing missions.]

The main characters referred to are the female lead Ning Lin, male lead Jiang Yi, second male lead Shang Mu, and the third male lead Director Song Zeqian.

Shang Lu affectionately calls them the female lead Ning Lin and her Licking Dog No. 1, 2, and 3.

Therefore, when facing the Licking Dog No. 2, she didn’t have a good expression and directly answered: “No.”

She rejected Shang Mu and the system at the same time.

[…?]

While applying skincare products, Shang Lu said in her mind, “If I accept this kind of task, then wouldn’t I also become a Licking Dog? You might as well change your name to the Licking Dog System along with me.“

Her logic was so ingenious that the system couldn’t understand, but it still tried to persuade her.

[But host, if you don’t complete the task, it is very likely that you will follow the tragic ending of the original plot, and the possibility of death cannot be ruled out.]

“So what?” Shang Lu answered nonchalantly. “I have lived for more than 20 years, and I lack nothing.“

As a daughter of the Shang family, she can easily obtain anything she wants, except for familial love.

So the gimmick of “complete the task to survive” is absolutely unattractive to Shang Lu.

As the system said, if she dies, she dies. It’s not a big deal.

Moreover, Shang Lu doesn’t think she will go crazy or end up in that dead end.

So she is even less likely to do something she doesn’t want to do for such a boring “reward.”

But as an older brother, Shang Mu also understands Shang Lu to some extent. At least he knows that since she has chosen to enter the entertainment industry, she cannot easily quit.

In fact, Father Shang will not interfere with Shang Lu’s acting career. He only said that to persuade Shang Lu through the dismantling effect. So at this moment, he also stepped back and said, “I can help you deal with Father’s side, but you cannot participate in that variety show.”

Shang Lu frowned and asked him, “What variety show?”

“The Most Hated Her and Him.” Mentioning this name, Shang Mu’s face looked even uglier.

Because this is a variety show where tens of thousands of netizens and hundreds of industry insiders vote together to select guests. After intense deliberation, the top three males and females with the highest votes from the entire entertainment industry are selected, and the program team will send them a recording invitation.

“The Most Hated Her and Him,” as the name suggests, naturally features guests that everyone hates.

If Shang Lu participates, although the outside world doesn’t know her identity, Shang Mu feels that it may be a disgrace to the family.

But Shang Lu has been paying attention to this vote because she thinks it’s interesting. She has been using eight different accounts to vote for herself every day and persisted for a whole week.

With the joint efforts of Shang Lu herself and her black fans, she won the vote with overwhelming superiority and became the most hated female celebrity in the entire network, ranking first.

How could she not participate? What’s the point of her hard work for a week?

But thinking that Shang Mu seems to have said some time ago that he was going to deal with a project overseas, it would take him at least a month to come back.

It would be a waste of time and unnecessary to argue about it now. So Shang Lu obediently lowered her head and pretended to compromise: “Deal.”

After getting the answer he wanted, Shang Mu left.

Then Shang Lu called her own agent eagerly and asked, “Did people from Xiao Taoyan deliver the contract? I’ll take it. I’d prefer to sign it tonight to avoid any delay.”

The agent, who originally thought about how to console Shang Lu, was confused: “?”

The agent knew that Shang Lu had been selected as the most hated artist by netizens, but he had no idea that Shang Lu would be so excited, as if she had won an Oscar or something.

What is ‘Xiao Taoyan’? Can you stop giving random nicknames to other people’s variety shows!

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Shang Lu has never done anything like this before—

Being on a variety show with five other celebrities who are hated by the public.

In this way, when they’re together, there’s no need for scheming and backstabbing among other celebrities, because they all know that they’re not good people. So why bother acting in the first place?

Of course, if any of them were popular, would they still receive so many votes?

Fight poison with poison? Sounds great!

Shang Lu has always longed being on this variety show. As for the female lead and her three licking dogs, they can go act in a melodrama! It’s none of her business!

Because she had been sick, Shang Lu was the last one to sign the contract. The next day, the show announced its guests as soon as Shang Mu’s plane landed abroad.

@The_Most_Hated_Her_and_Him (V) : [In the eyes of a thousand readers, there are a thousand Hamlets; in the eyes of a thousand fans, there are a thousand different stars. Misunderstandings exist in life all the time. Perhaps we are not the perfect person in other people’s eyes, but rumors and others’ perceptions do not make up the real us. Do you want to truly understand a star? It may change your perspective on them or confirm your current thoughts.

Welcome everyone to—

“The Most Hated Her and Him”]

Then, the official account @ mentioned the six guests in order of their ranking in the voting.

Although there were fans of various artists trying to control the comments section, they couldn’t resist the fact that the show had already become popular across the internet before it even aired. The number of true onlookers was simply too enormous.

As a result, the top comment was as follows:

[I’m a pure passerby, is this the rumored “All-Villains” cast?]

02 – What this variety show lacks the most is—normal people.

This comment sparked numerous discussions among countless netizens.

[Hahaha, is this netizen lacking in morals?]

[This variety show itself is already quite immoral, and the netizens are just making it worse (shrugging emoji)]

[I don’t know how to choose my least favorite artist. They’re all so annoying and it’s hard to decide.]

[Wait a minute…why is Xu Ze the sixth guest? His online votes were clearly in the tens. I didn’t even notice him in the first round, so how did he end up on this list?]

[I’m not sure about the earlier rankings, but Xu Ze’s votes from industry insiders were unrivaled. The final list was sorted according to a combination of netizen and industry insider votes, so he ended up as the sixth guest.]

[I understand now. Xu Ze was a victim (doge emoji)]

[Even among these six people, the one I hate the most is still Shang Lu. I predict that someone will appear much cuter than her in comparison.]

[Agreed +1]

[The first episode of the show will start recording this Friday! It will be live-streamed throughout the entire process! I’m already looking forward to it!]

……

As one of the most popular young actors in recent years, Xu Ze has a high popularity and a lot of fans. The number of his black fans should be only average.

However, as netizens have explained, Xu Ze’s appearance on this variety show was mainly due to the votes of industry insiders, who are mainly marketing and paparazzi types. Those with real power wouldn’t take the risk voting such an offending vote.

These marketing and paparazzi types don’t actually dislike artists who have bad tempers and are difficult to work with, because as long as these artists are willing to speak, they can twist their words and write misleading articles to gain clicks.

Artists like Xu Ze, who ignore them, are the most frustrating and disliked because they can’t dig up any dirt on these artists.

At this moment, Xu Ze was also having an unpleasant conversation with his agent about appearing on this variety show.

He sat expressionless on the couch while his agent was getting increasingly anxious that he was about to explode.

His agent couldn’t understand Xu Ze’s absurd behavior and asked, “Everyone knows you were wrongly chosen, and we could refuse to participate in this show without anyone saying anything. This show is popular, but it’s also dangerous! What if there are problems during the live broadcast? It can’t be edited out!”

Although this show is really popular, not everyone can stomach it. As the saying goes, what is sweet to one may be bitter to another!

The assistant was sweating with fear, while Xu Ze still didn’t say anything, but handed the script to his agent.

The agent took it and saw that Xu Ze had circled two words on the script—

“Normal.”

The agent’s originally angry face instantly softened and he said, “I got it. I’ll go make arrangements.”

It was getting late. The assistant left with the agent and curiously about why the agent suddenly changed his mind and agreed to Xu Ze participating in the show.

The agent had already changed his attitude completely and was ecstatic, “I was being narrow-minded earlier and didn’t think it through. What does this show lack the most? Normal people! Among this group of people, our Xu Ze is like a lotus flower that grows out of mud but is not stained. Compared to them, his silence is not a problem at all. What if he doesn’t talk? That’s his biggest advantage!”

The assistant also praised him, “Brilliant!”

The other teams’ willingness to participate in this show is due to two reasons:

One, the show is too popular and they offered too much money.

Two, there are always other guests that netizens hate more. Maybe their own artists can take advantage of this and get whitewashed.

Under the expectations of netizens, the recording of the first episode of the variety show officially began.

Early on Friday morning, netizens in the live broadcast room were eagerly waiting.

[Hahaha, I’ve been waiting for this day for so long!!!]

[The heavens know how much I’m looking forward to it, I haven’t even set an alarm to watch my favorite star’s variety show live, but I’m up waiting for this show!]

[Agree +1. I can spend money to vote for my favorite star, but I will only wake up early for this variety show.]

[I’m ready, I’m ready! I want to be the first one to curse at Shang Lu when she appears!]

[It’s really funny, Shang Lu actually has the guts to come on this variety show, she’s shameless.]

[…I never expected that Shang Lu’s popularity would plummet in this way in this live broadcast.]

[After all, Shang Lu was the top 1 elected by the people, and the votes for the second and third place combined weren’t even close to hers.]

At this moment, there was a comment that seemed a little out of place compared to the others.

[Hating Shang Lu but still waking up early to watch her variety show, are you guys M?]

Of course, this questioning comment was still overwhelmed by the many negative comments towards Shang Lu.

And Shang Lu didn’t disappoint the “expectations” of the comments, becoming the first artist to arrive on the scene.

The main source of Shang Lu’s black fans is actually due the CP fans of Jiang Yi and Ning Lin.

Although Jiang Yi is a scion of a wealthy family, he is not content with just staying in his own company, so he explores various fields. He even attends product launches and other events.

Due to his handsome looks, he has a considerable fan base on the internet and is even hailed as the male lead who came out of the novels.

One of the jewelry companies owned by Jiang’s family hired Ning Lin as a spokesperson. During a certain offline promotional event, Jiang Yi personally gave Ning Lin a ring. The tenderness in his eyes made it evident to anyone with sight that their relationship was not ordinary.

So the CP fans went crazy and dug up a lot of information, such as the fact that the media company owned by Jiang’s family invested in two consecutive new dramas starring Ning Lin and that Jiang Yi had visited the set several times.

Another example was when Ning Lin attended a celebratory banquet and was sent home by a mysterious luxury car, which was later found out to belong to Jiang Yi.

This is the legendary love story of a domineering president and a female star straight out of a novel. Ning Lin herself is a rising star with the most momentum in recent years, so the two of them have a large number of CP fans who ship them. This kind of hot CP between a  celebrity and a semi-outsider is considered a rare “clean stream” in the entertainment industry.

CP fans crave for their “sugar”, but they don’t know that Shang Lu is Jiang Yi’s rightful fiancée. So, after discovering that Shang Lu has had quite a bit of contact with Jiang Yi, they attacked her en masse, taking her as a thorn in their side.

In the eyes of these CP fans, Jiang Yi and Ning Lin are a natural match, and Shang Lu is a third party trying to pry the corner.

In addition, due to the fact that Shang Lu is very good-looking, she is also a top-notch beauty among female celebrities in the entertainment industry, and has been pursued by many male celebrities and rumored with them. This has given her the label of “unscrupulous”, making her already bad reputation worse.

However, Shang Lu herself doesn’t care about these things. After walking into the living room with her suitcase, she happily greeted the camera.

The barrage of comments immediately split into two groups.

[My day starts with seeing Shang Lu, how unlucky.]

[Sure enough, even if it’s for the sake of other artists I like, I still feel annoyed seeing Shang Lu.]

[How should I put it, every time I see Shang Lu, I can finally remember the full name of this variety show.]

As for the other group, they tend to be more inclined towards being a fence-sitter and having fun.

They don’t intentionally target any specific guest, and are purely there to watch the show. At this moment, many of them are already won over by Shang Lu’s beauty.

[Let’s be honest, Shang Lu can still fight in the circle for another ten years with that face.]

[Every time I watch Shang Lu’s bad movies, I forgive her because of this face. It’s the same today.]

[I was really confused by the earlier comments. Since you all know the name of this variety show, why come here and look for trouble for yourselves?]

[Maybe this is the legendary black-fans are more loyal than fans, hate lasts longer than love.]

……

The barrage was discussing lively, while Shang Lu was waiting for the arrival of other guests.

Soon, the door was pushed open and the second guest entered.

He was Ye Lu, the lead singer of the top idol group, who was very young, only nineteen years old.

He was not referred to as a top idol, but rather as the lead singer of the top idol group.

This was because his teammate, the main dancer Xia Yuan, was the top idol, but Ye Lu was not.

In fact, Ye Lu’s popularity was also high, but compared to his teammate, who had enough popularity to rank among the top in the entire entertainment industry, he was somewhat inadequate.

The reason why Ye Lu came to this variety show as the first-ranked male celebrity was : first, because of he has a bad temper and many black fans; and second, because of his teammate’s fans.

The reason why the fans of his teammate disliked Ye Lu was also very simple. In their opinion, their own Brother was the true top idol, but every time a new song came out, Ye Lu had the most lines. Why was that?

Because the fans of his teammate dislike him, they voted for him more vigorously than for their own idol, which helped him secure the position of the first-ranked male celebrity in this show.

When Ye Lu came in, his expression didn’t look too good. He was obviously not willing to come to this variety show, and was most likely persuaded by his agent.

Then he sat in the farthest seat from Shang Lu. The two of them sat on the extreme opposite ends of the two sofas, as if separated by a galaxy.

The barrage immediately became lively.

[Hahaha, Ye Lu also has a day like this too!]

[Let’s thank the fans of Xia Yuan! Without their hard work in voting, there would be no Ye Lu today.]

[Does the little tyrant feel angry when he goes on this kind of variety show? Hahaha, too pitiful, but I have to say

[Serves him right. When he was snatching parts from his teammates and acting like king, he should have thought about this day!]

But besides his black fans, Ye Lu still had quite a few fans.

This group of fans immediately began to argue in the barrage to defend Ye Lu’s reputation, and the barrage quickly became noisy.

Of course, there was only silence between Shang Lu and Ye Lu in the studio.

Because neither of them were polite people, the usual process of greeting and small talk in a typical variety show was skipped.

However, at this moment, Shang Lu was staring at Ye Lu with a curious gaze.

Ye Lu was not a shy person either and immediately looked back when he noticed Shang Lu was looking at him.

Shang Lu widened her eyes.

Ye Lu made his eyes even bigger.

The two of them seemed to be in a competition.

The barrage comments were silent for a while.

[Even though they didn’t say a word, I can already hear voices in my head.]

[I understand, previous commenter! They’re thinking: “What are you looking at?” “What’s it to you?”, aren’t they!]

[It has to be said that the top 1 most hated male and female celebrities by netizens are sitting together, and this scene is somewhat indescribably funny.]

[My mind is full of “evil will have its retribution”! The ways of heaven are fair, hahaha.]

Ye Lu was impatient, and he quickly gave up and asked, “If you have something to say, just say it, why are you staring at me?”

Shang Lu took back her gaze, and calmly replied, “You’ve fastened the wrong button.”

She had originally doubted if she saw wrong, but when Ye Lu turned to look at her, she was completely sure.

Ye Lu : “……?”

Barrage : “???”

[The damn button was fastened wrong]

[Thank you, for saving the day for Ye Lu’s toe!]

[The little tyrant Ye looked ready to look down at Shang Lu, but was caught off guard by this sentence, hahaha]

Ye Lu was a bit embarrassed, really.

But as a male  celebrity, he had to appear more composed. He walked to the corner of the wall and avoided the camera, then re-fastened his button.

The barrage were not very satisfied either.

[Ye Lu’s muscles are very good-looking. Does he take us as outsiders?]

When Ye Lu walked back again, all the buttons on his shirt were correctly fastened.

Of course, this time he was a little afraid to look at Shang Lu.

For some inexplicable reason, he felt guilty.

Soon, the third guest appeared.

The barrage was also very “welcoming” towards her arrival.

[Lin Yanyan! It’s Lin Yanyan!]

[Shang Lu vs. Lin Yanyan! The battle of the annoying people! This is going to be interesting.]

[The princess disease has arrived! The guests on this variety show are really a force to be reckoned with (thumbs up emoji)!]

The third guest to arrive was a female actress named Lin Yanyan, who was known for her princess disease in the industry.

Like Shang Lu, Lin Yanyan was also born into a wealthy family and pursued her dream in the entertainment industry. However, her family only had one daughter, so she was spoiled beyond measure.

This resulted in her personality flaws, such as being a severe princess disease sufferer.

Lin Yanyan and Shang Lu had known each other for a long time, as their family backgrounds and social circles naturally overlapped, but they were only acquaintances who knew each other’s names and were not familiar with each other.

At this moment, Lin Yanyan walked in carrying a suitcase, sitting down next to Shang Lu, and panting heavily. She then complained in an exaggerated manner, “This building is too tall. I still have three suitcases to move.”

Shang Lu looked at Lin Yanyan strangely and asked, “Why do you need to bring so many suitcases?”

Lin Yanyan replied seriously, “One suitcase is for skincare and makeup products, another suitcase is for skincare devices and massage equipment, one suitcase is for clothes and shoes, and the last suitcase is for my little dog, bear, and bunny who will sleep with me.”

Shang Lu : “…”

She didn’t understand, but she was greatly shocked.

Meanwhile, Ye Lu didn’t understand at all and asked directly, “Can you bring pets on this program? What kind of bear is that? Can it really fit in a suitcase?”

Lin Yanyan’s smile froze on her face.

Shang Lu also tried hard to suppress the urge to twitch her lips.

The barrage comments were like this.

[Hahaha, Ye Lu, what kind of straight man are you? Lin Yanyan was talking about plush dolls!]

[Listening to Ye Lu’s serious questioning, I’m laughing so hard that I’m about to puke!]

[I suddenly feel a little sorry for Lin Yanyan hahaha]

Faced with Ye Lu’s reaction, Lin Yanyan was speechless and gave up managing her facial expressions and rolled her eyes directly.

Her initial impression of Ye Lu dropped to zero because she thought he was an idiot.

“They’re my plush dolls, which have been with me for many years.” Lin Yanyan looked at Ye Lu with a dumbfounded expression, then stood up and walked outside, commanding them, “Hey, you two, there are still three more suitcases. Let’s each take one and hurry up.”

Lin Yanyan left.

Although Ye Lu had a bad temper, he also had some basic gentlemanly manners and instinctively stood up to help Lin Yanyan carry the suitcases.

However, he soon retreated and looked at Shang Lu, asking, “Aren’t you going?”

Shang Lu also put on the same expression as Lin Yanyan when looking at Ye Lu, then pretended to be clueless and asked, “Why should I go? Did she call my name? Isn’t she talking to other staff?”

If Lin Yanyan asked her politely or with a favor, Shang Lu wouldn’t mind helping out.

But that kind of commanding tone? No way.

After thinking for a few seconds, Ye Lu was convinced by Shang Lu’s argument.

He didn’t go downstairs but sat directly beside Shang Lu.

The barrage was also amused by their reactions.

[Lin Yanyan’s princess disease is acting up, but this time she’s facing another princess and a prince haha]

[You two are a lazy duo, aren’t you? Saw right through you!]

Some people were also dissatisfied with Shang Lu’s attitude.

[Shang Lu is too much. What’s wrong with helping out? Lin Yanyan has to move a lot of stuff by herself.]

But this time, most of the audience had eyes and stood on Shang Lu’s side.

[Shang Lu has no problem. Is Lin Yanyan asking for help with that attitude? Does everyone have to cater to her?]

[This is the first time I’ve seen Shang Lu so pleasing to the eye.]

[Agree +1. I think she’s a bit cute]

…….

Lin Yanyan soon came up with a suitcase in hand. Following her was the third-ranked male  celebrity, Xu Ze, who didn’t have much expression, but had a suitcase in each hand helping Lin Yanyan.

Xu Ze didn’t have too many radical black fans, so when he appeared, the barrage was unusually normal, with fans’ screams and calls.

And because Xu Ze helped Lin Yanyan, in comparison to Shang Lu and Ye Lu, he appeared more “gentlemanly” and the plan to whitewash proceeded smoothly, just as his agent had expected.

Lin Yanyan, who was holding a suitcase in her hand, felt very tired and wronged, and as soon as she put it down, she looked at Shang Lu and Ye Lu sitting on the sofa and questioned, “Why didn’t you come down? I would have been so tired if Xu Ze hadn’t helped me!”

In the face of Lin Yanyan’s entitled accusation, Shang Lu responded even more confidently, “Because I have no manners. Otherwise, the program wouldn’t have invited me.”

The live broadcast room is also lively at the moment.

[Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter. How can Shang Lu say such amazing things?]

[Shang Lu has really mastered the art of language. She insults people without using dirty words. She’s clearly mocking Lin Yanyan for being impolite.]

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[Whether Shang Lu is making fun of herself or mocking Lin Yanyan, I still find her interesting. Hahaha.]

[Other guests on variety shows are afraid of causing controversy and being criticized, so they dare not say anything, but Shang Lu is already the most hated female celebrity on the internet, so she has nothing to fear. (doge emoji)】

[Shang Lu—taking the path of black fans, leaving them with no way out.]

[From today on, I am a fan of Sister Lu. She’s really funny when she speaks! Sister Lu, bravely fly! If something happens, I’ve got your back!!!]

03 – 01. Mutual love? Mutual hate!

Shang Lu’s response completely deviated from the expected pattern, leaving Lin Yanyan bewildered.

The Young Lady didn’t know how to respond, or perhaps she was angry but hadn’t figured out what was wrong yet.

But soon the last two guests arrived together, so Lin Yanyan didn’t have any more time to think.

The first one was the second-ranked male  celebrity, Director Song Zeqian, who was also the third Licking Dog who fawned over the female lead in the original plot.

He looked handsome in his black suit and seemed like a refined gentleman on the surface, but in fact, in the industry he was known for his sharp tongue.

But Song Zeqian indeed had the capital to be this way. He was only in his thirties but had become one of the most representative directors in the country for realistic themes. He directed and released three films, all of which received critical acclaim and high box office sales. The entire crew won awards at domestic film festivals.

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However, such a genius seemed to have also hit a bottleneck. His fourth film encountered a Waterloo after its release at the end of last year, and was even rated as the worst film of the year, causing him to still be stuck in a creative bottleneck.

Of course, in the original plot, he would meet the female lead Ning Lin next, then he found inspiration in her and fell in love with her.

Even at the end of the plot, when Ning Lin successfully won the Best Actress trophy, the script she starred in was written by Song Zeqian.

Strictly speaking, Song Zeqian was not a celebrity in the entertainment industry, but because he had publicly mocked the acting skills of too many popular celebrities, his “popularity” was too high. The program team even nominated him out of the ordinary for the sake of topic interest.

It’s just unclear how they managed to convince a director of Song Zeqian’s status to participate in their variety show.

As for the third-ranked female guest, actress Jiang Jing is known for being a well-known drama queen. While her acting skills are indeed impressive, she has a tendency to steal the spotlight and interrupt others, which has made her less popular.

Finally, all six guests have arrived and the recording of the program can officially begin.

After introducing themselves, the first segment is reading negative comments left by black fans on the official announcement post of their show. After all, the show is called “The Most Hated Her and Him,” so they need to select comments that represent the audience’s feelings and explain why the guests are hated.

First, Jiang Jing reads the comments, as she is the eldest of the six and the show’s producers have selected relatively mild comments that only hint at the issues without being overly critical.

However, Jiang Jing has always liked being praised. Although she was obviously unhappy, as a senior who has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, her attitude on the surface was still good, saying that she would try to fix this problem.

The second one to read was Song Zeqian.

The man leaned on the sofa and read out a mockery from a certain fan, saying that he had long been out of talent and was using his previous works to hype and gain popularity.

Song Zeqian smiled mockingly and said calmly: “Even if I am out of talent, even if your favorite traffic celebrity beg to participate in my works, I won’t give them a chance.”

The live broadcast room had both mockery and agreement.

[Song Zeqian doesn’t have to be like this. Although he only has one bad movie, his last good film was three or four years ago, he looked like a genius because he just graduated then.]

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[The fans of the traffic celebrities cursed Song Zeqian as they voted for him, but they cannot refute him.]

[Indeed, having three classic movies out of four is already a great achievement, and not everyone can work with Song Zeqian.]

Song Zeqian’s words were too straightforward, so after he finished speaking, the others present had more or less surprised expressions on their faces.

Then Song Zeqian looked at them and asked: “What are you looking at? You can also cherish the opportunity now. Besides this variety show, we probably won’t meet again, because with your acting skills, it’s unlikely that you will appear in my crew. I will never use such traffic celebrities like you.”

As she watched the confident Song Zeqian, Shang Lu couldn’t help but think to herself, Is he really setting a flag here? His future goddess Ning Lin is also a traffic  celebrity.

Suddenly, a voice that seemed not quite understanding rang out, “What do I want with this opportunity?”

Even though he was facing a famous director like Song Zeqian, Ye Lu smiled slightly and continued, “I’m an idol, I don’t act.”

Song Zeqian’s expression stiffened.

The netizens in the live stream were amused.

[Hahaha, this is like punching an old master with random punches.]

[Ye Lu : You’re strong, but we’re not in the same line of work.]

……

On site, Song Zeqian’s face looked very unpleasant, but he knew that arguing with Ye Lu would only make himself look more embarrassed. So he put on a pair of sunglasses to hide his expression and didn’t say anything else.

The recording continued.

The remaining four young artists had even sharper comments written on their cards.

Because of this, the program intentionally stir up trouble by pairing them off to read each other’s negative comments.

Xu Ze and Lin Yanyan were in one group.

Xu Ze was like an emotionless reading machine, reading the content on the cardboard. Although he didn’t like to speak, he could accept something like pre-determined lines.

“Does Lin Yanyan think she’s a real princess? She always looks down on people, is it to make us see the scar on the outside of her nose more clearly? Her arrogant attitude is really ridiculous, Your Highness the Princess should die early in the morning.”

Originally a sarcastic criticism, after being read out in Xu Ze’s unchanged tone, it inexplicably became a bit amusing.

Lin Yanyan’s face didn’t look good, she denied having had any plastic surgery, and then said that her character was shaped by her family’s pampering, and people should just bear with it.

The barrage of comments on this was naturally not good.

[Come on, Young Lady, if you’re so fragile, don’t come to this variety show.]

[Hehe, I don’t like it, and I won’t bear it. I want to scold you, if you don’t like it, just bear with it.]

Of course, there were also people who argued back.

[Lin Yanyan doesn’t need to rely on fans and popularity to get resources. She doesn’t need to snatch other people’s resources. If she wants to act, she can just tell her Dad to buy the entire production crew. If I were her, I’d be even more arrogant than her.]

[The life of the Young Lady is so simple and boring]

As for Xu Ze’s message card, it was filled with cliched criticisms, such as his limited acting skills and overly reclusive personality that made him unpopular.

Xu Ze was silent for a few seconds and only replied with two words: “I understand.”

In fact, Xu Ze’s acting skills were already among the top in the group of traffic celebrities, but his real problem was his personality.

However, nowadays, most people can understand and respect him, so the barrage is basically full of comments supporting Xu Ze.

[He doesn’t affect anyone with his personality, so let’s not worry too much about it.]

[The more I look at Xu Ze, the more I feel sorry for him. A normal person has to come to this kind of variety show just because he is not welcomed by those media reporters. (sigh emoji)]

Everything is developing smoothly according to plan. As expected, among these guests, Xu Ze is the most normal one.

Next, the last remaining guests, Shang Lu and Ye Lu, naturally were in one group.

She read out the content of the card: “Ye Lu, the parasite in the group, obviously not as popular as Xia Yuan, but always has a lot of parts. It’s a shame that SN promotes you so heavily. A modern-day vampire.”

Unexpectedly, Ye Lu, who was known as the hot-tempered little tyrant in the industry, rolled his eyes and shrugged indifferently, even speaking in a pitiful tone, “Think whatever you want.”

At this moment, the barrage had both criticisms and people just spectating.

[I thought he was going to say something, but he can’t even refute the ‘shameless promotion’ with a clear conscience]

[I actually find it quite funny, this is like a playboy’s statement, ‘if you want to think that way, I can’t stop you’ hahaha]

Next, it was Ye Lu’s turn to read the black fan’s comment for Shang Lu.

When he saw the card, he first paused, then glanced at Shang Lu.

“It doesn’t matter, just read it out,” Shang Lu said.

“Does Shang Lu think she’s pretty? Always trying to get close to Jiang Yi, she wouldn’t be delusional enough to think she can marry into a wealthy family and change her fate, would she? Women like her are really… annoying,” Ye Lu finished reading and then crumpled the card in his hand, looking unnatural.

As an idol, he had no acting skills nor the ability to handle unexpected situations.

Shang Lu immediately realized that the content on that card was likely even more insulting than what Ye Lu had just read out loud.

So, without a word, Shang Lu directly reached out to Ye Lu and said, “Give it to me.”

Ye Lu was taken aback, then used his poor acting skills to pretend he didn’t understand: “What?”

“The card.”

Ye Lu once again put on an impatient expression and asked, “What’s so interesting about this…?”

Before he could finish speaking, the bunched-up card in his hand was instantly snatched away by Shang Lu.

The netizens in the live broadcast room were now all confused and didn’t understand what had just happened.

[What is Shang Lu doing? Does she know that it’s impolite to just snatch things from someone else’s hand like that?]

[Ye Lu is right, what’s so interesting about that? She’s so weird.]

[Shang Lu has always been an annoying lunatic, she can’t pretend to be normal for too long, haha…]

Meanwhile, Shang Lu lowered her head and opened the crumpled card.

As soon as she read the black words on it, she looked at the group of directors and nonchalantly asked, “I dare to read what’s on this card, but do you really dare to broadcast it?”

The humiliating words have gone beyond negative criticism and become personal attacks and the most disgusting slander.

While netizens can leave comments freely on the internet, not every comment can be specifically selected and shown to her in the program segment.

The program team didn’t know how to respond for a while, and the live broadcast had to be temporarily interrupted.

The screen was full of question marks, and no audience knew what had happened.

The director group immediately apologized to Shang Lu and expressed their embarrassment, indicating that it was their negligence in the review, but their words clearly implied that this was also arranged by the higher-ups, and they were only following orders and hoping that Shang Lu could forgive them.

One of the investors of the show “The Most Hated Her and Him” was Jiang Yi’s media company.

Few people on the scene actually knew the specific reasons, so the atmosphere was quiet to the point of being eerie.

Lin Yanyan looked suspiciously at Shang Lu and then asked discontentedly, “Why can she close the live broadcast if she doesn’t want to hear negative comments? Did she bribe someone? Well, my Dad has money too!”

She can also pay for privileges!

As a rare insider, Ye Lu looked at Lin Yanyan with impatience and said, “Could you please shut up?”

Lin Yanyan : “?”

The spoiled Young Lady who always demands the moon from the stars has never been scolded like this before. She was so angry that she immediately wanted to confront Ye Lu.

Although Jiang Jing didn’t know the specific problem, she could tell that closing the live broadcast was not a small matter. As a senior, she naturally couldn’t just stand by and watch them argue, so she quickly pulled Lin Yanyan aside and comforted her.

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