Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 462 I feel like she's a hater
Teacher Liu is the real ACE!

[Little Hu, Little Hu, Little Hu, Little Hu!]

Gold is so beautiful!

[We've discovered that Starlink's contestants are either incredibly good-looking or exceptionally talented; the prestige of Wajuan Selection is still rising!]

[The show next door, Produce Camp, also has Starlink trainees. I'll have to see if the quality is as good after it airs.]

Wang Churan was on the high-speed train to Qingdao, watching the popular variety show "Youth With You 2" on her phone.

The show is even more popular than expected.

It was more interesting than I imagined.

Yu Shuxin from Huace Media, Xu Jiaqi from Siba Media, and Liu Yuxin, Kong Xueer, Jin Zihan, Hu Lianxin, and Liu Lingzi, all from the same company, have all gained considerable popularity and reached the level of third-tier celebrities in the Chinese entertainment industry, all thanks to just one talent show that aired for a month.

It's really hard not to go crazy for talent shows!

Although she inevitably felt some regret and remorse, feeling that she had missed an opportunity to gain fans.

I heard that Hu Lianxin, Song Zuer's roommate from the 18 class of Beijing Film Academy, volunteered to participate in the show. With her popularity from Youth With You 2, if it weren't for the early exposure of her affair with Juanjuan, she would probably have become another hot topic of discussion in the fan circle now because of her face!

But just as Shen Juan had told her before.

If she goes to Guangzhou to participate in Youth With You 2, she will be in a closed training camp for five months due to quarantine. Then Shen Juan will not have the opportunity to come to Zibo to see her before flying to Qingdao to join the crew, right?
As the saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining.

As the saying goes, you can't have everything without a loss.

She doesn't believe in fate.

But some things truly need to be explained by fate.

So she quickly adjusted her mindset and stopped feeling sorry for things that didn't belong to her in the first place.

The train sped along, the scenery outside the window flashing by, leaving a fleeting impression on every passenger who admired the views along the way.

Pulling her mask up to cover most of her face, listening to the pleasant music coming from her headphones, and looking at the map on her phone as she got closer and closer to the city where her crush was, Wang Churan, feeling increasingly happy, finally squinted her eyes with a sweet joy and couldn't help but let her mind wander.

Shen Juan, oh Shen Juan.
At first, I was in a relaxed and natural mood, hoping to have a relationship with you that I would cherish and look back on in the future!
But now I secretly wish I could stay with you forever!
So why do I like you so much?

Is it because you're good-looking?
I don't feel like it.

Being good-looking is just one important bonus.

But I'm not a mindless fan of good looks; I can't develop such a deep affection based solely on appearance.

Although I must admit that when I first saw you in real life in Paris that day, it felt like the whole world went silent, and only my heart was pounding.

So it's because you're popular enough and outstanding enough?
That's right, admiring strength is an innate human instinct.

However, Wang Churan did not consider herself a man who admired strength.

So she carefully recalled her past with Shen Juan, and the vague feelings Shen Juan had given her.

Then Wang Churan discovered...
Perhaps it's because your knowledge, understanding, and the amount of information you receive far surpass mine, yet you're still willing to listen patiently to my pointless ramblings!
It feels really good to be valued.

For example, I sent you a lot of messages intermittently while you were in the United States. You might not have seen them immediately, but when you did, you would deal with them one by one and reply to each message. This made me feel that I wasn't talking to myself and that my feelings weren't just one-sided.

A chat where every sentence is responded to really makes me feel good. It turns out I'm important to you too!
Or perhaps it's because you're always willing to comfort me when I'm caught in negative emotions. You're so outstanding, yet you don't have any sense of superiority. You're bright but not dazzling, confident yet restrained, gentle and patient. While I admire, look up to, and depend on you, you also continuously give me energy.

Just like the inspirational quotes given to girls.
There will always be someone in this world who will like everything about you.

Then they'll say you're great in every way, always have been great.

So, Shen Juan, someone like you...

Wherever you go, you'll find a treasure trove.

I'm so happy to have met you!
The high-speed train arrived on time. Following the flow of people, Wang Churan got off the train and walked towards the exit. Listening to the surrounding noise, she felt an unusual tranquility amidst the hustle and bustle, and gradually slowed down her pace.

Actually, I said I would visit the set twenty days ago.

As a result, it took them so long to come to Qingdao.

However, this was not because she didn't want to see Shen Juan.

She misses Shen Juan so much she's practically dying!
I wish I could quit all my jobs and become his assistant!

It was because she wanted to give her boyfriend some private space and didn't want Shen Juan to think she was too clingy or troublesome.

Her emotional nature made her want to receive more love.

But rationality taught her to be mature and content.

Even young wives are divided into different classes.

And her goal is to become the most beautiful and charming young wife!

So she felt that today's experience was quite magical.

It's so wonderful it's almost unbelievable.

I never imagined that I would hold back for a full twenty days before coming to find Shen Juan, and I never imagined that I would miss him all the way here.

I never imagined my romantic obsession could be this severe.

It's unbelievable that a female celebrity would actually leave her team and take the high-speed rail alone to visit her long-distance boyfriend, who is also a celebrity.

When Wang Churan thought of this sentence, she suddenly felt an inexplicable urge to stop thinking and look up.

Then I was completely stunned.

The overhead lights at the exit cast a warm yellow glow, and a broad-shouldered, long-legged man stood there, looking down at his phone. The brim of his black baseball cap was pulled low, and his mask covered most of his face, leaving only his striking features shining in the shadows. In the bustling station exit, he created a visually impactful scene.

Perhaps he was very sensitive to the gaze directed at him, and as if sensing something, he raised his head. His clear eyes immediately looked at her, seemed to gaze at her for a few seconds, and then curved into a very gentle and reassuring arc.

It was as if he were saying to her, "Long time no see."

The moment their eyes met, Wang Churan felt as if the whole world had slowed down. Everything except him began to blur and become indistinct, while he shone the brightest and clearest.

Looking at the boy wearing a mask and smiling quietly at her not far away, she suddenly thought of this sentence.
It turns out that male celebrities really do temporarily put aside their work to pick up their long-distance girlfriends at the high-speed rail station alone. She suddenly realized that happiness is probably when the person you like to be with never finds you annoying.

Shen Juan, you always say that you must love yourself before loving others.

But what if that person was you?

Then I'm willing to love you first.

You fulfilled almost all my fantasies and needs.

You're so nice, I'm so lucky to have met you!
In the morning, we picked up Wang Churan and brought her back to the set. The afternoon's filming task was to capture the memorable first encounter between the male lead, Wei Yihang, and the female lead, Ma Xiaoyuan. The meeting place was a cosplay-style memorial service organized by "Wu Xiaomei," the leader of a cancer patient support group played by Yue Yunpeng.

Shen Juan was invited to a memorial service for patients held in a residential building, where all sorts of anime and manga characters were present.

On the way to the rooftop, Shen Juan's phone suddenly rang. It was a call from Wei Yihang's mother, Tao Hui.

Shen Juan kept complaining to Tao Hui on the other end of the phone about what he had seen and heard here, his words full of incomprehension and disdain for this group of people: "I'll video call you and show you this group of freaks. Look at them, with purple hair on their heads, and wearing clothes that I don't even know what they're doing. Look at them."

Shen Juan held his phone high, walking backwards while commentating like an outdoor broadcaster. He accidentally bumped into a green humanoid doll wearing an apron, and his phone fell into the doll's mouth by sheer coincidence.

Shen Juan was instantly stunned.

I don't know if I was surprised by the guy's bizarre appearance or by the fact that the phone actually happened to fall into the doll's slightly open mouth.
"Sorry, buddy, my phone fell in there." Shen Juan, who has been battling cancer since childhood and avoids contact with people, has very low emotional intelligence. So, without caring whether the cosplayer agreed or not, he directly put his hand into the cosplayer's mouth and started rummaging around inside, searching for his phone.

The cosplayer refused, struggling and hitting Shen Juan twice. After much effort, she finally managed to remove her "head," revealing a pretty face. However, she was clearly embarrassed and angry, staring intently at Shen Juan.

What are you touching?!

When Shen Juan saw that this guy was actually a girl, he was instantly stunned and speechless. My hands are dirty!
The people around were also surprised.

How can someone act like a hooligan in broad daylight?
So they all huddled around the two of them, surrounding Shen Juan and beginning to whisper and criticize him.

"Why is this person like this?"

"He looks respectable, but I never expected him to enjoy doing this kind of thing, bullying young girls."

"Why was there a perverted man at Akou's memorial service?"

The atmosphere became extremely awkward for a moment.

Just as the tongue-tied Shen Juan was racking his brains for a solution, trying to defend himself and clear his name of any suspicion of groping,
As luck would have it, the phone that had just fallen into the girl's mascot costume also started making a sound.

He didn't hang up the phone with Tao Hui.

Tao Hui is still providing updates.

"Hey son, I think these kids are all adorable! Why did you say people are freaks? You silly child!"

Upon hearing this, the people around Shen Juan's gazes instantly became more aggressive. If it weren't for the fact that today was A Kou's memorial service, many of them would probably have rushed up and punched Shen Juan, because he was not only belittling them, but also the deceased A Kou.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Shen Juan, worried about his personal safety, quickly pressed his face against the doll's belly and spoke loudly, trying to get Tao Hui on the other end of the phone to hang up. However, Tao Hui still chattered on and on before finally bringing this abstract farce to an end.

Shen Juan looked at the girl in the frog mascot costume with an embarrassed expression, his facial muscles twitching.

Liu Haocun, with his hair disheveled, glared fiercely at Shen Juan, both ashamed and angry. The two looked at each other, their feelings quite different.

"Ka! This one passed!"

"Juanjuan is as stable as ever, keep up this state. Haocun performed exceptionally well this time! He is very talented in acting! So let's take a ten-minute break, and then we will move on to the next shooting location!" Han Yan gave different praises to the two based on their personalities.

Having successfully completed the filming of another scene, Shen Juan was in a pretty good mood and planned to go back to the RV to rest for a while.

After all, Wang Chuan is currently staying in his RV, eagerly awaiting his arrival, becoming the "beauty" he keeps hidden away.

But Liu Haocun, dressed in a frog mascot costume, seemed to know what he was going to do. He hopped forward and intercepted him, asking with a beaming smile, "Juanjuan, the director praised my acting as having a natural talent! So what do you think of my performance just now? Was it really as good as the director said?"

Well, Shen Juan was already used to Hagi Cun, who seemed to want to cling to him every moment.

After all, aren't all the marketing accounts calling her "Little Spring Roll"? So it's actually quite normal for her to be so enthusiastic and proactive.

He said calmly, "You are indeed very talented."

"Am I a talented actor?" Liu Haocun tilted his head, widened his eyes slightly, and asked in a cute way.

"Hmm, why doesn't that count?"

"I also think Juanjuan acted very well!"

"Thank you."

Upon hearing Shen Juan's thanks, Liu Haocun's eyes crinkled with a smile. "They all say you like to act like a big shot, that you take advantage of your talent and do whatever you want, that you have no respect for acting, that you just laugh and joke around on set every day, that you only rely on marketing to fool your fans into thinking you're a great actor, that you never give a second glance to those less talented than you, that you're the kind of domineering actor who's hard to get along with. But I know you're not actually a genius. You just like to work hard secretly where no one can see you. A lot of people misunderstand you! You're just very serious, you're just very hardworking!"

"Forehead"

Shen Juan's smile was somewhat stiff.

You know they're biased and prejudiced against me, so why did you say it out loud?
Do you want to point out my faults and receive a high reward?
And the way you listed them off as if they were your own treasures.
Is this really the kind of behavior fans should have?

Do fans really remember this information so clearly?
Could it be that a hater is pretending to be a fan and taking this opportunity to insult me?
He had felt that Liu Haocun was not quite right before.

I'm starting to feel that way more and more now.

In fact, there are significant differences among haters.

The vast majority of these are bandwagon haters who start by venting their negative emotions because a celebrity did something that didn't meet their expectations or standards.

Only a very small minority belong to the kind of die-hard anti-fans who hate celebrities to the core and wish for them to be immediately banned and forced out of the entertainment industry.

These bandwagon haters are actually only one step away from being true fans; there is no clear dividing line between them. They also know what kind of achievements Shen Juan has made, so it is easy for them to use the information they have to imitate the tone and posture of fans and pretend to be fans.

Shen Juan felt that Liu Haocun, who looked cute and harmless, was very likely such a person.

　I had to go out today, Saturday, so I didn't have much time to write and my output was sluggish, only 2 words less. I'll make up for it a little bit every day over the next few days.

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(End of this chapter)