Top Dupe CH 012 The Canary And The Swan

In addition, Lin Yue had a good reputation in the industry and had many friends. Many veteran actors, young professional actors, fellow directors, and screenwriters who have worked with him all shared this official page. Their fans were different from He Mu’s. They didn’t have He Mu’s fan filter. They all expressed their trust in Lin Yue and sincerely recognized Luo Yu’s acting skills.

From the beginning, He Mu’s fans had the upper hand in public opinion, but later they gradually became unable to hold on, and were then crushed by netizens and passers-by.

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Artists under Gu Xiaowei’s Xinghan Pictures also publicly supported Director Lin. Later, the official page of C Channel also shared “Counterattack” on Weibo, with a text saying: No matter how minor a character is, they deserve to be treated fairly.

This was a subtle accusation that He Mu mobilized fans to suppress the director and colleagues because he failed in the audition.

Luo Yu exercised in the gym all afternoon. After running, he also went for a swim. When he returned to the locker room, Luo Yu found several calls from Sister Cui on his mobile phone. He didn’t know what was so urgent?

“Did something happen regarding the role of Bai Ying?”

Luo Yu quickly called back, but as soon as the call was answered, he heard Sister Cui’s excited voice.

“Great, Luo Yu! He Mu’s fans wanted to attack you today, but Director Lin, Screenwriter Hua and Gu Xiaowei all supported you! The crew has released the audition video of you and He Mu! Although He Mu’s fans are still slandering you, there are also many netizens who support you! Your Weibo followers have increased from 100,000 to almost 200,000!”

Speaking of his Weibo fans, Luo Yu was quite sad. Of the previous 100,000 fans, it was estimated that 50,000 were anti-fans. Don’t know how many of the current 200,000 fans were real fans.

As soon as Luo Yu opened Weibo, he found that his private message box was about to explode. Many people left messages to support him, telling him to act well and ignore the messy words on the Internet. They also said such expressions as “The clouds are clearing to see the blue sky” and “It’s time to ride the wind and waves.”

Although there was still a lot of abuse from He Mu’s fans, the majority of the people were sincerely encouraging him.

His eyes became moist. In his previous life, he had silently endured the belittling and abuse, but this was the first time that so many people were on his side.

His most recent Weibo post was uploaded half a year ago. At that time, he confidently went to audition for a small role. He prepared all night long and even studied the other supporting roles that his role had lines with several times. Pondering how and when to deliver the lines, what sort of expression should he have, etc. He considered everything, only to be cut off by He Mu’s agent with just one phone call.

It was also because of this that he fell into a slump.

Fortunately, this time, he seized the opportunity and met his benefactor in advance.

Since his benefactor treated him with sincerity, he would reciprocate with sincerity.

[Gege, I haven’t heard from you for a long time. I hope you are safe at least!]

[I saw your audition video, you are so elegant and handsome! Upload a photo and give me a chance to lick the screen!]

[In the audition video it seems you are without makeup, I want to see your casual daily life photos!]

While Luo Yu smiled and watched his fans acting coquettishly, he packed up his things, dried his hair and walked out of the locker room.

As night falls, the lights of the city also light up.

Luo Yu once felt that none of the thousands of lights belonged to him, but now he seemed to have the courage to resist the loneliness.

Sister Cui sent a WeChat message: [It’s not easy to have so many fans. You should pamper your fans and send photos of your daily life.]

Luo Yu took a look, found a bright light street lamp and leaned against it, stretched out his arm and took a selfie.

He didn’t think too much, and just sent it out with a sentence: [I am in good condition now and will film well. Thanks everyone.]

After sending it, he stuffed the phone into his pocket without thinking any more.

When he bought dinner and went back to the apartment, he found that Sister Cui had sent a voice message.

[Ahhhh! How could you post a photo without makeup and without even touching it up!]

Luo Yu was stunned for a moment, thinking that this was what he looked like. No matter how the photo was retouched, he still had twp eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Moreover, after fans have seen the most real look of him in daily life, they would not be bothered by other ugly photos posted by anti-fans and become disappointed.

Soon Sister Cui sent another voice message: [You are so handsome even if you don’t touch up the photos. How can a person like me, who takes a whole day to touch up a photo and a second to post it, live?]

Luo Yu shook his head in amusement. Sister Cui was the only one who knew how to coax him.

Before going to bed, he casually opened Weibo. His original intention was to select a few fans to reply to. Unexpectedly, the number of views on that photo exceeded 300,000, and there were more than 2,000 comments.

[Is this without makeup? Is it possible to be so gorgeous even without makeup?]

[This is definitely photoshopped, right? Luo Yu, please introduce the photo editor! They actually photoshopped a lowly loser like you into a god!]

[According to my three years of working experience in photo editing, this picture has so many flaws that it was definitely never edited before.]

[Brother Luo has balls, he dares to take selfies under the lights! But you should at least find a brighter street lamp! This street lamp is practically about to go out!]

[Can He Mu’s fans stop being so sour? Your precious gege wears heavy makeup every day, while Luo Yu appears without makeup. There is no comparison at all!]

[I want to use gege as my screensaver!]

[Doesn’t anyone think Luo Yu is very attractive? Elegance doesn’t require too much embellishment! And looking at the photos and audition videos, I think he’s very classy.]

[I can’t understand why he is said to be He Mu’s dupe… Is it just because his salary is lower than that of He Mu?]

Luo Yu smiled and replied to that Weibo post: [Although I don’t have any representative works yet, I hope everyone will pay more attention to my works.]

No matter how good your appearance was, the flowers would not stay blooming for a hundred days, and the bright lights would also fade away easily.

At this time, in the vice president’s office of Honghe Film and Television, Jiang Yinchuan was leaning on a swivel chair, his legs crossed on the desk, and he was scrolling through his mobile phone with interest.

The screen of his mobile phone stayed on Luo Yu’s selfie that night.

A secretary walked in on high heels and asked with a smile: “Mr. Jiang, the chairman said he would wait for you to come home for dinner.”

Jiang Yinchuan did not answer the other directly, but held the phone in front of the secretary’s eyes, “Tell me, is Ou Juntao of Dijun Media’s braindead?”

“Huh?” The secretary showed a puzzled expression.

“Watching this audition video of Luo Yu, putting his acting skills aside, with such looks and temperament, I also have the urge to plan a ten-year career development path for him, but Ou Juntao spent a lot of money to support the useless waste named He Mu?”

The secretary didn’t answer, just lowered her head and smiled.

“Sure enough, the saying in the dog blood TV dramas ‘If you can’t get it, it must be destroyed’ is true.” Jiang Yinchuan’s smile was full of ridicule, “There are rumors in the circle that anyone who offends Ou Juntao will not end well.”

“Do you have any thoughts, Mr. Jiang? Luo Yu’s contract with Zhuque Media is about to expire. With Dijun Media’s pressure, no one except us, Honghe Film and Xinghan Pictures, would dare to sign him. But with his current weight, Xinghan Pictures likely does not have him in their sights.”

“Secretary Wang, what are you hinting at?” Jiang Yinchuan asked, holding his chin.

When he smiled, his peach blossom eyes filled with a heart rate inducing charm.

It was just that Secretary Wang had seen it too many times, so she was naturally immune.

“If Mr. Jiang wants to plan for Luo Yu, we can sign him.” Secretary Wang replied.

Jiang Yinchuan smiled with his eyes closed, “Ou Juntao wanted to keep the swan in a cage as a canary, but the bird refused to enter his cage, so he found a little sparrow himself, covered it with bright feathers, hung it with shiny jewelry, and then carries that cage around to show off. Who does he want to have feelings of regret? If you put swan wings on a sparrow, it will fall when it flies high. As for me, why should I think I can also raise a swan in captivity?”

“Is it time for you to go back and eat your dinner?” Secretary Wang asked with a smile.

“Go back for dinner? I’m afraid I won’t have any appetite. I guess it’s probably because the two TV dramas I invested in made money, and my younger brother went out of his way to support his little lover’s movies only for it to be total flops, even the board of directors have opinions now. So he wants me to give Jiang Yunxie the credit and take the blame.”

Secretary Wang seemed used to hearing such blunt words, and said quietly: “If Mr. Jiang doesn’t want to go, I will order takeout for you.”

“What if I start my own business?”

“Then I will clean up my office and continue working as a secretary in another place.”

“You would still dare to follow me like that? Just be careful that I will be forced out of business by my father. Just like how Ou Juntao suppressed Luo Yu.”

“Luo Yu met Lin Yue, and you will also have your own opportunities.”

“Okay, I’ll eat this bowl of chicken soup of yours.”

At this time, the lights of Dijun Media were brightly lit, and various departments were still having meetings. The public relations department finally compiled an announcement and sent it to Ou Juntao, who was sitting in the office on the top floor. He glanced at the announcement, which mainly expressed in a tactful way that the doubts on the cast and Director Lin on the Internet were due to He Mu’s fans’ eagerness to protect him, and not the marketing plan of He Mu himself or Dijun Media. They would like to express their sincere apologies to the crew, Director Lin and the affected male lead Gu Xiaowei as well as respect for the crew’s casting decision.

“That’s fine.” Ou Juntao’s face showed no expression.

The assistant could see that Ou Juntao was not in a good mood, and the whole office was enveloped in low pressure, so he quickly left.

When the office became quiet again, Ou Juntao’s hand touched the mouse, and the black computer screen lit up, in which the screen rested on Luo Yu’s audition clip.

Ou Juntao still remembered when he first watched “Plum Rain”, that clean and pure feeling was the look of the boy he once crushed on during his school days. It was just that when he saw his white moonlight again at a class reunion, the other had already become an ordinary middle-aged office worker.

But the smile that Luo Yu flashed at the heroine while riding his bicycle was like a drop of ink that colored Ou Juntao’s whole heart with spirituality. At that moment, he felt that he could still love like a teenager.

But Luo Yu rejected him for the sake of that idiot Bo Wenyuan. Ou Juntao put down his arrogance and went to talk to him three times and offered him conditions that even He Mu could not get. He would also pay Bo Wenyuan’s liquidated damages for Luo Yu, but at that time, Luo Yu couldn’t turn his head around and insisted that since he signed a contract with Zhuque Media, he couldn’t betray it. Luo Yu foolishly believed that without his participation, Dijun Media would still occupy one-third of the industry, but Zhuque Media would have no hope of turning around, and Bo Wenyuan would commit suicide.

CH 012 The Canary And The Swan