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Chapter 24
Yao Bianliang looked at everyone's shocked expressions and nodded with great satisfaction.
So, sisters, there was no need to invest too much in her crooked tree; she simply wasn't worth it.
If necessary, they could just switch to a new idol.
If this one doesn't work out, the next one will be better!
"Liangliang, do we really just need to watch your dramas?" a fan hesitantly asked. "If we don't do anything, how can we call ourselves your fans?"
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Other fans also felt somewhat guilty.
What kind of true fan does nothing at all? Wouldn't that make them freeloaders?
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Consider how other fan groups spent their days voting, creating data metrics, and countering negativity, with everyone reporting their daily completed tasks. That serious attitude made celebrity worship seem like a career.
Occasionally, when some marketing account published negative content or rumors, they would immediately stop whatever they were doing and battle the haters in the comment section.
But in contrast, their fan group was completely different.
Apart from occasionally checking in and liking or reposting Weibo posts, they barely had to do anything else.
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They had finally organized one fundraising activity, only for Yao Bianliang to immediately shut it down. Now, even their only remaining task of "creating data metrics" had been canceled.
After all these developments, they felt that their fan group no longer resembled a fan group at all.
Yao Bianliang admonished them earnestly: "You are all fans, which means you're my clients, my customers. Logically, I should be the one producing satisfactory results to please you, not you going to great lengths to prove your love for me."
Be more assertive, my fans!
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The group fell silent for two seconds, then a fan cautiously asked: "So we don't need to help promote Liangliang's new dramas, watch them repeatedly to boost ratings, or do any of those things either?"
Yao Bianliang replied with puzzlement: "You're fans, not marketing employees. You just need to watch the dramas contentedly. If the drama is good, audiences will naturally come to watch."
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Xiaoyu: "Then... if the drama's metrics aren't ideal, if the plot isn't compelling enough, and no audience wants to watch, shouldn't we make some effort?"
Xiaoyu's question expressed everyone's concerns.
In such situations, fans should naturally help Liangliang support box office and ratings. Otherwise, if the drama flopped, the next good resource might not fall into Liangliang's lap.
If the quality wasn't satisfactory, there might not only be a lack of audience but also many haters coming to criticize and damage public opinion. Those netizens wouldn't care whether it was the actor's fault or not; they would simply criticize harshly.
As fans, they should naturally stand up during such crises and protect their idol.
With everyone feeling both expectant and nervous, Yao Bianliang answered this question as if it were self-evident.
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"If the quality of my work isn't good, then you should criticize me."
"...What?" Everyone was stunned.
Yao Bianliang continued with a serious tone: "You are my fans and have high expectations of me. Now, if my new drama is poor quality and disappoints you—doesn't that deserve criticism?"
Xiaoyu was speechless: "We're your fans. How could we not only fail to defend you but actually criticize you?"
"Think about it carefully," Yao Bianliang said earnestly. "Those viewers who criticize me have never followed or supported me. If even they can criticize and mock, aren't you even more entitled to do so?"
"Strictly speaking, you should criticize me more harshly than others."
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Everyone: "......"
Was Liangliang asking them to criticize her? How would that be any different from being haters?
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Yet strangely, her words somehow made sense. For a moment, they couldn't find a way to refute her.
Yao Bianliang continued: "In any case, you only need to follow your hearts and enjoy being fans! Don't always think from my perspective, helping me with this and that—it's too exhausting and completely unnecessary."
"If one day I get eliminated, it only proves that I wasn't good enough, and definitely not because you didn't try hard enough."
Honestly, sometimes she really wanted to persuade these fans to stop supporting her.
Ẃ еb́nо̂ v е ľ Е̃n̊u m̃а̊
For a celebrity like her who didn't engage in marketing or hype, had no capital backing, and only focused on acting practice every day, anyone with common sense would know she couldn't become popular.
Continuing this way, she was destined to "cool down." Why bother with her?
Unfortunately, due to the system's rules, she couldn't reveal her true intentions. So Yao Bianliang could only use this approach to gently dissuade fans from celebrity worship, or at least from becoming too emotionally invested.
This way, even if she left the industry later, these fans wouldn't be too heartbroken.
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Xiaoyu looked at Yao Bianliang's message and suddenly felt a twinge of sadness.
She had supported many celebrities before and wasn't a novice fan.
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Each time she became a fan, she would dutifully complete tasks, create metrics, argue with other fans for her idol, spending at least two or three hours daily on fan activities.
Moreover, to help her idol succeed, she would consciously save money to vote for them.
But in the end, some celebrities fell from grace, some left the industry, and some deceived the public, with their personas collapsing, disappointing her and causing her to withdraw her support.
Very few idols had actually lasted until now.
It was an extremely demanding activity with no guarantee of rewards.
When her idol made mistakes, she had to apologize to everyone on their behalf; when her idol performed poorly, she had to save money to vote for them.
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When her idol had new work, she had to be the first to support it; when her idol was attacked by others, she had to immediately clarify and dispel rumors.
It would be a lie to say that being a fan wasn't exhausting.
And regarding fans' hard work and dedication, the vast majority of idols maintained supportive, encouraging attitudes.
Over time, fans sacrificing everything for their idols became expected. If they didn't sacrifice enough, it meant they didn't truly love their idol.
No idol had ever told her, "You don't need to work so hard, it's too exhausting."
No idol had ever expressed, "I'm the one who should be working hard; you should take a break."
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When she became Yao Bianliang's fan, Xiaoyu had considered that perhaps Yao Bianliang might not successfully advance and might ultimately "cool down" and leave the industry.
But now, seeing what Yao Bianliang had told everyone, Xiaoyu suddenly felt that the outcome wasn't so important anymore.
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Even if Yao Bianliang was eventually eliminated and left the industry, she would absolutely never regret becoming her fan!
When Yao Bianliang had finished explaining everything and gone offline, Xiaoyu immediately opened a private chat group with several big fans.
Sure enough, everyone was bursting into tears in the small group.
[Huahua: Wuwuwu, I never dreamed that Liangliang would be so wonderful!]
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[Night Watcher: It's over, I feel like after Liangliang, I might never be able to support another idol. She's completely different from those other celebrities.]
[Ah Zhong: I've been completely brainwashed by Liangliang's philosophy and can't go back to the way things were. What should we do, sisters?]
[Little Hua: For the first time, I truly feel an idol's love for their fans. Sisters, I don't think I could ever stop supporting Liangliang in this lifetime.]
[007: Alright, everyone stop talking for now. The urgent matter is to quickly return the fundraised money to the other fans.]
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[Xiaoyu not eating fish: Exactly! We should also relay everything Liangliang said today to everyone else, word for word.]
Now they understood Liangliang's thoughts, but other fans were still unaware.
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They needed to let others know that Liangliang truly loved them, caring not only about their money but also about their time. She worked hard herself but demanded nothing from them in return.
As everyone was discussing this, a message suddenly appeared.
Zero Distance: "By the way, doesn't anyone find this a bit strange?"
This comment, different in tone from the others, interrupted everyone's discussion, momentarily confusing the group members.
Xiaoyu sent a question mark: "What's strange?"
The fan cautiously said: "Liangliang's statements today seem very similar to those of the hater who infiltrated our fan group."
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Several fans were taken aback.
What a joke! How could the disruptive words of a hater be compared to Liangliang's?
Someone in the group instinctively refuted: "Don't talk nonsense. Liangliang cares about us—how could that be the same as a hater?"
However, the fan didn't stop there, but instead carefully analyzed the situation with measured words.
"That hater said fundraising was just a way to extract money from fans; Liangliang also indicated she didn't want to fundraise to take money."
"The hater advised us not to sacrifice too much for Liangliang, saying that acting well is what actors should do. Liangliang expressed the same meaning."
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"The hater even said that Liangliang's hope that we wouldn't spend money voting was literal, with no other meaning; and now it appears this was true."
"That hater was kicked from the group not long ago, and Liangliang immediately sent a private Weibo message to the group owner—the timing aligns perfectly."
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"And... I just checked, that hater's IP province is the same as Liangliang's, both in City B."
Several fans were stunned.
It seemed... thinking back carefully, this was indeed the case.
If there were only one or two overlapping points, it could be explained as coincidence. But with so many coincidences stacked together, it was difficult not to connect the two.
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At that moment, the group fell into a deathly silence.
