VIP Early Access
Eksklusif untuk member VIP
Password Protected
Chapter ini dikunci dengan kode khusus
Chapter 9
That day, the sun shone brightly with not a cloud in the sky.
Yao Bianliang's mood, however, was ice cold.
She took a deep breath and opened Weibo.
Sure enough, her private messages and comments had all reached 999+.
Among these, Yao Bianliang recognized many familiar IDs—undoubtedly, these people had come through Feng Shiyuan's video.
E n̄um̀ а
[Found you through Brother Feng's recommendation video, I really love the character you played]
[Liangliang, do you have a fan group? I'm a new fan]
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
[Wife, I voted for you ten times today! Praise me quickly]
[I don't usually follow celebrities, but your acting moved me, I specially went to vote for you twice, no need to thank me]
Yao Bianliang: "......"
Looking at these private messages, Yao Bianliang felt like her years of low blood pressure were about to be cured by them.
Е̌ǹ ümà
They had no grudges, no grievances—why would they specifically come to vote for her!
She was already struggling so much; couldn't they just leave her alone?
Among the numerous private messages, Yao Bianliang also saw messages from Cheng Liuhui.
[Liangliang, reporters from Fruit TV want to do a special column interview about "To Our Youth," and I recommended you to them]
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
[Why don't you give it a try? Right now, everyone is discussing the short drama's content, but there's not much focus on you]
[With a personal interview and promotion, your popularity should increase quite a bit]
Е n̈um ǎ.i̊.ď
A special column interview with Fruit TV was an extremely rare and valuable opportunity for newcomers.
However, as far as Yao Bianliang knew, Fruit TV generally interviewed directors, screenwriters, and authors, rarely celebrities.
If not for Cheng Liuhui's recommendation, Fruit TV probably wouldn't have thought to interview her as an actress.
"No, I can't continue to sit by and wait for doom." Yao Bianliang took a deep breath, trying to calm herself.
The beginner mission was destined to fail, but now she worried about completing the system's next tasks.
This time she had bad luck and became popular—she accepted that.
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
But surely she couldn't keep becoming popular next time, and the time after that?
So this interview was absolutely something she couldn't accept.
Not only that, but she also needed to encourage Cheng Liuhui to participate in more such activities.
At this point in the variety show, most of the online discussion was about "To Our Youth" and "Youth With You Is Sweet," with Cheng Liuhui, as the director, attracting most of the attention.
For Yao Bianliang, this was a blessing amid misfortune.
"As long as it's the drama that's popular and not the actress, then I still have hope!"
W ӗbn_оv̄ë l̃. Ё_n̈ úm̊ӓ
This was the only solution Yao Bianliang could think of right now.
These days, dramas becoming popular while the actors didn't was not uncommon.
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
The best outcome would be for everyone's attention to focus on "To Our Youth," with no one paying attention to her as the lead actress!
With this in mind, Yao Bianliang opened the chat box and replied to Cheng Liuhui's message.
"Thank you, Brother Hui. Please help me decline the Fruit TV reporter. I don't want to accept any interviews."
After thinking for a moment, she added: "The success of 'To Our Youth' is basically all thanks to you; my contribution was minimal. So you should be the one to accept the interview."
Ĕ n um а̄ .î d
This was the basic strategy Yao Bianliang had established for herself.
First, she would distance herself from "To Our Youth," not participating in any related interviews, activities, or variety shows, and strive to fade from public view.
Second, she would encourage other team members to participate in interviews. Especially Cheng Liuhui—as the director, he should naturally attract most of the audience's attention!
Besides this, she also needed to leverage her relationship with Yao Xinxin.
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
Yao Bianliang believed that, given their fake sisterly relationship, Yao Xinxin would be more than happy to suppress her.
Cheng Liuhui quickly replied: "Why are you being so polite with me? Without you, this drama could never have been made, and I wouldn't have achieved what I have today."
Ѐňŭ m а
"Don't try to decline, I sincerely hope to thank you."
Yao Bianliang: "......"
No, brother, don't be like this.
I'm scared!
Yao Bianliang decided to be absolutely clear: "I'm not being polite with you; I'm just simply not interested in interviews."
"Brother Hui, I'm an actor, I only want to focus on acting. I don't want to waste energy on marketing and promotion, and I'm not interested in traffic or popularity."
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
With things said this plainly, surely Cheng Liuhui couldn't continue to misunderstand, right?
Yao Bianliang sent a determined fist-pump emoji.
On the other end of the phone, Cheng Liuhui was slightly stunned by Yao Bianliang's message.
Focus on acting, no marketing?
He had originally thought Yao Bianliang would be very happy to hear about the interview invitation. But he hadn't expected her to be completely uninterested in this valuable opportunity.
Every celebrity participating in the variety show hoped to become an overnight sensation and soar to fame.
W̆ ė bńov еĺ Ѐn ù m а́
For a chance, for a spot, they would fight until bloodied, just to gain a bit more popularity.
But Yao Bianliang was completely different.
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
In this era where traffic was king, she didn't care whether she was popular or not, whether she had popularity, or whether she had fans.
From beginning to end, all she cared about was the work she performed.
What determination, what incredible self-control!
Cheng Liuhui asked himself honestly—if he were in her position, he absolutely couldn't remain as calm as Yao Bianliang.
Еň um̆ а̃
So there really were people in this world who didn't pursue fame and fortune, who only followed their hearts.
Yao Bianliang continued to send a message: "Brother Hui, I don't need your thanks. I chose to join Group 10 only because I admired your talent and believed in this script. You don't need to feel burdened by this."
Cheng Liuhui read these words, his mind filled with thoughts.
Indeed, if Yao Bianliang truly cared about fame and fortune in the entertainment industry, she wouldn't have chosen to join Group 10 in the first place. He would never have met her.
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
Precisely because she didn't care about traffic, only about the work, she joined the unlikely Group 10, willingly wore ugly makeup, all to bring "To Our Youth" to life.
Yao Bianliang said she didn't need his thanks.
Е̃ n û m̀а
But if he truly did nothing, allowing her to be ignored by the public while taking all the credit himself, how would that be different from being ungrateful?
Cheng Liuhui could never do that.
As these thoughts raced through his mind, he made his decision.
"Alright, I understand," he said. "Since you don't want to accept the interview, I'll do it instead."
If Yao Bianliang didn't want to waste time on marketing and promotion, then he would mention her more during the interview.
At the very least, the public should know how much Yao Bianliang had contributed to "To Our Youth"!
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
Yao Bianliang didn't know what Cheng Liuhui was thinking, but seeing his reply, she felt very satisfied.
Not bad, the young man was quite cooperative.
Cheng Liuhui should definitely appear more and promote more—this way, the public would forget about her as the lead actress.
After finishing her discussion with Cheng Liuhui, Yao Bianliang opened her chat window with Yao Xinxin.
[Yao Bianliang: Sister, are you there?]
Yao Bianliang's thinking was actually very simple.
W̊ еb n̄ о v е̌ l Е̇ n̊ ũm̃ а̊
According to the system's rules, she couldn't engage in false marketing or deliberately sabotage herself.
But if other people slandered her or exposed her negative information, that wouldn't count against her, right?
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
Therefore, Yao Bianliang needed to find a powerful helper to assist her in completing the task of becoming a flop.
Without a doubt, Yao Xinxin was the best choice.
There were still two days until the start of the "Good Drama PK Competition" semi-finals.
Even if Yao Xinxin couldn't get her eliminated in the preliminary selection, she could still be a huge help in the semi-finals.
É ňüm̃а
Yao Bianliang silently calculated in her mind while continuing to send messages to Yao Xinxin.
[You said last time that you would make me get eliminated in the preliminary selection. Is that promise still valid?]
[Now, my votes are increasing more and more, and I'm about to become popular—when will your suppression efforts take effect?]
[Your Yao family is wealthy and powerful; increasing the pressure on me shouldn't be difficult, right?]
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
Yao Bianliang's words were sincere and heartfelt.
She had to admit that initially, Yao Xinxin's series of suppression actions had indeed had a significant effect.
Е̃n̊ ũ ḿ a . і́d̃
But as "To Our Youth" went viral, Yao Xinxin's suppression became increasingly ineffective. By now, this level of pressure was practically negligible.
Yao Bianliang was genuinely anxious on Yao Xinxin's behalf.
If the system didn't prohibit it, she would have gone to find Yao Xinxin herself and personally taught her how to sabotage her.
Making a powerless small celebrity flop—how simple a task was that!
Why couldn't Yao Xinxin be more proactive?
[Sister, stop observing and start acting quickly!]
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
[If this continues, I'll truly become popular. By then, trying to suppress or blacklist me will only become more and more difficult!]
༻༺❀༻✧⋆｡°✩☽༓☾✩°｡⋆✧༺❀༻༺
On the other side, Yao Xinxin, whom Yao Bianliang had placed such high hopes on, returned to her bedroom, mentally and physically exhausted.
Her drama "Youth With You Is Sweet" had completely flopped.
Online, everyone was discussing "To Our Youth," and whenever they discussed it, they would bring her up for comparison.
This caused her originally good reputation to suddenly become precarious.
En ū m̄â.і d̊
What made Yao Xinxin feel even worse was that Yao Bianliang was no longer the same—no longer an eighteenth-tier nobody she could easily manipulate.
She had bought bots, bought announcements, but she just couldn't suppress Yao Bianliang's popularity!
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
This made her feel extremely powerless.
"It's so infuriating." Yao Xinxin pursed her lips, her mood terribly sour.
Fortunately, Mrs. Yao had already spoken to the production team, asking them to assign Yao Bianliang the strongest opponents and the worst script, ensuring she would be eliminated in the semi-finals.
Whenever Yao Xinxin thought of this, her mood would improve a bit.
Ĕn̄ ù m a
"I wonder when the production team will give us feedback."
Yao Xinxin was already impatient to see Yao Bianliang's pale, incredulous face when assigned the worst script.
As she pondered this, she opened her phone.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she unlocked it, several unread messages popped up. Looking closely, they were all from Yao Bianliang.
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
Why would Yao Bianliang message her?
Yao Xinxin sat up straight and cautiously opened the chat box.
Ӗnǔ m а̇ .i d
The messages she saw made her vision go dark.
"Yao Xinxin, didn't you say you would suppress me and make me get eliminated in the preliminary selection?"
"Now I'm becoming more and more popular, but where is your suppression!"
"With the Yao family backing you, suppressing a powerless small celebrity like me should be easy. Don't tell me you can't even manage this."
Yao Xinxin: "......"
Was Yao Bianliang being passive-aggressive? She was definitely being passive-aggressive!
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
Through the screen, Yao Xinxin could almost see Yao Bianliang's smug, triumphant face.
This was intolerable, absolutely intolerable!
