This director is vindictive.

Chapter 227 Chen Mo, even your nostrils are more attractive than in the drama.
However, since the three of them were indeed old friends, Yang Mi quickly acted as a mediator, and they started chatting again.

When old friends meet, they naturally talk about old stories. Chen Mo listened but couldn't get a word in edgewise, and gradually began to feel a little bored.

The waiting process was actually quite boring, but Chen Mo knew how to find things to do to relieve his boredom.

He glanced at Liu Yifei, who had already turned her head away, and then at the celebrities queuing up for nucleic acid testing.

I couldn't help but laugh.

"Is what we're talking about really that funny?" Yang Mi asked, puzzled when she saw Chen Mo laughing for no apparent reason.

"Huh? What are you guys talking about? I have no idea! I'm not laughing at you, I just think this scene is quite interesting." Chen Mo paused for a moment before speaking.

"What's so interesting?" Hu Ge had recovered from her previous embarrassment and was naturally curious upon hearing Chen Mo's words.

"Look, almost everyone here today is a celebrity. I bet some of the people getting nucleic acid tests are fans of these celebrities, right?" Chen Mo said with a smile.

"There should be some, right? There are so many celebrities here, there should be at least a few." Yang Mi glanced around and, sure enough, because this hotel is quite high-end, almost everyone staying here can be considered a "celebrity".

After all, things are different now than before. People stay for many days at a time, and it's impossible for all the crew members to stay here together, otherwise the cost would be too high.

"But what's so funny about that?" Yang Mi asked, puzzled.

Chen Mo laughed and said, "I bet they never imagined that meeting their idol would involve sticking cotton swabs into their noses or throats, right? Hahaha!"

Yang Mi, Hu Ge, and Liu Yifei exchanged glances and were speechless.

The main reason was that they hadn't expected Chen Mo to have such a unique way of thinking! Hu Ge and Liu Yifei couldn't help but look at Yang Mi with doubt and questions in their eyes.

It's as if they're asking, "So, is Director Chen really this gossipy all the time?"

Yang Mi nodded helplessly. Of course she knew Chen Mo well; he did indeed enjoy gossip in the entertainment industry. Of course, most of the time, Chen Mo was just secretly watching the drama unfold.

Liu Yifei couldn't help but glance at Chen Mo a few more times. Of course, she was no stranger to Chen Mo, or rather, anyone who worked in the Chinese entertainment industry would definitely be familiar with Chen Mo.

The contrast between the real Chen Mo and Liu Yifei's impression of the multi-billion dollar director, billionaire, and domineering CEO was just too great.

Thinking back to how Chen Mo used to gossip about himself and Lao Hu, and now he's inexplicably starting to think that it's funny for celebrities to do nucleic acid tests, is that what makes him different from other directors?
Is this why he's often able to create great works? His curiosity is just too strong!

Of course, as celebrities, Hu Ge, Yang Mi, Liu Yifei, and Chen Mo are all different.

Although Chen Mo's popularity and fame are no less than those of these big stars, and his number of fans is even greater, his identity is different after all. He usually refers to himself as a director and basically does not accept endorsements or commercial performances.

At the same time, Chen Mo doesn't lack exposure at all, nor does she need to deliberately maintain a persona like they do.

In addition, because of his different social status, even if entertainment reporters and paparazzi are watching him, they usually only dare to take pictures from a distance.

Therefore, Chen Mo rarely faces fans directly, unlike her and Hu Ge, who frequently show their faces and meet fans.

Chen Mo's main perverse interest lies in the fact that celebrities are often glamorous and usually present their best side to the audience.

Even when "making fun of themselves," they wouldn't actually post any "ugly" photos.

Therefore, the public's bias towards celebrities is still quite obvious.

But at this moment, everyone is truly equal. No matter how glamorous you are, you are the same in front of the testing personnel.

So Chen Mo was particularly curious: what if these testing personnel encountered their idols or favorite celebrities in front of them, and then had to stick cotton swabs into their noses or throats? That scene must not be very pleasant, right?
The filter fell to the ground in an instant, and that was quite an interesting sight.

Chen Mo couldn't help but think that if a nucleic acid tester encountered their idol celebrity doing a test, the scene would definitely be hilarious. For example, when a big star takes off their mask and opens their mouth to say "ah—", the cotton swab pokes them, and their false eyelashes get stuck in their protective face shield. Their face, which has just had hyaluronic acid injections, gets distorted and deformed by the cotton swab, and they might even shed tears and snot.

If fans saw this, their illusions would probably shatter—even the glamorous idols on stage can have a sore throat, bad breath, and gag just like everyone else when getting a nucleic acid test. The tester, outwardly professional, might say "tilt your head back," but inwardly they'd probably be thinking, "Did this guy eat chive buns this morning?"

The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't help but laugh! This left Hu Ge, Yang Mi, and Liu Yifei looking at each other, completely baffled as to what Chen Mo found so funny. Was this really that funny?
They can only blame it on the fact that the director's thought process is different from theirs!
Actually, Chen Mo was more looking forward to seeing Liu Yifei take a nucleic acid test, after all, Liu Yifei is a very well-known figure in the entertainment industry.

She's a fairy goddess, but the more she acts like that, the more Chen Mo finds it amusing. He's particularly curious to know if her idol filter will crumble when she takes a nucleic acid test.
As for himself, he didn't think about it at all, after all, he had always considered himself a director.

The procession moved quickly, and although Chen Mo was wearing a mask, he was still easily recognized. Many people stopped to greet him as they passed by.

It was finally Chen Mo and his group's turn.

Perhaps it was because Chen Mo had been secretly glancing at Liu Yifei too much that she had become somewhat wary, so when she was doing the nucleic acid test, she only pulled her mask down a little.

Although Chen Mo was very curious, she was a woman after all, and Lao Hu was right next to him, so he couldn't just run over and stare at her!

However, curiosity compelled him to peek out, but Hu Ge, whether intentionally or not, blocked Chen Mo's view, leaving Chen Mo somewhat disappointed.

Liu Yifei quickly finished the sampling and left the group, but she didn't leave. Instead, she stood aside and waited.

When it was Hu Ge's turn, Chen Mo no longer had any of his previous concerns and simply craned his neck to stare at the testing station.

Hu Ge turned the brim of his black baseball cap behind his head, and his Adam's apple bobbed deftly as he tilted his head back. As soon as the cotton swab was inserted into his right nostril, two lines instinctively appeared between his brows, but his fingers remained neatly on his knees, not even the metal head of his jacket zipper wobbling—the ten-second sampling process seemed to be precisely timed, and even his gagging reflex was suppressed into two muffled coughs.

Even the most dramatic detail—the deformed nose—didn't give him away; the red marks from the medical mask actually accentuated his sharp jawline. Meanwhile, the intern nurse next to him had ears so red they were practically bleeding; she almost misplaced the barcode while changing the tube.

Chen Mo reluctantly withdrew his gaze! Hu Ge even folded the used tissues into neat triangles and threw them into the medical waste bin, and when she got up, she also straightened the isolation strip that had been blown askew by the wind.

For some reason, Chen Mo felt a little disappointed when he didn't see the scene he wanted to see.

When it was Chen Mo's turn, he had just sat down and taken off his mask when the fully equipped sample collector opposite him suddenly exclaimed, "Ah!" The young girl stared at him with her round eyes behind her goggles, the cotton swab almost poking his chin: "You, you're Professor Do?!"

Chen Mo froze on the spot like a statue. This girl was actually his fan! Good heavens!

"Cough cough!" Chen Mo coughed twice quickly, reminding her to be careful with the cotton swabs!
"I'm a die-hard Professor Chen!" This person is obviously a die-hard fan of Chen Mo.

Chen Mo's fans are divided into two groups: one group started following him after watching "My Love from the Star," and the other group consists of simple movie fans.

Clearly, the former, those who call themselves "professor fans," are the true fans in the real sense.

Then, Chen Mo saw her frantically pull out her phone case, the back of which was printed with a still of him as Professor Do from the drama "My Love from the Star": "I watched it eight times back then! Your nostrils are even prettier than in the drama!" The crowd behind them began to stir, Chen Mo's face under his mask turned bright red, and his toes gripped the ground frantically in his shoes.

Liu Yifei was rather reserved, but she still saw this scene and couldn't help but turn her head away and chuckle!
Hu Ge, on the other hand, had absolutely no such scruples. Leaning against the medical waste bin, he laughed so hard his shoulders shook. Yang Mi even pulled out her phone to record a video: "Director Chen, your sampling vlog is going to be number one on the trending searches! Hahaha!" The sampler only then realized his blunder and shoved the swab in harder than he'd during military training: "Ah—tilt your head back! Yes, like that!" Chen Mo's eyes were watering from the shoveling, and his throat burned like he'd swallowed a chili pepper. The most ridiculous thing was that as he was leaving, the girl even handed him a spare sampling swab: "Professor Do, can you sign this? Sign it on the swab packaging!" He stared at the plastic bag printed with "Medical Sterile," finally understanding what it meant to "scratch a three-bedroom apartment with your toes."

Chen Mo never expected that the embarrassing situation he had imagined celebrities experiencing when taking nucleic acid tests would actually happen to him.

What does it feel like to sign your name on a plastic bag that says "medical sterile"?
When the swab bag printed with "Sterilization Date 2020.03.30" was handed to him, he almost snapped his pen in half—the plastic bag rustled like a mocking laugh, and the two characters "Chen Mo" that he had signed were smudged into two ink blots by his breath, looking like a primary school student's dog-like scribbles.

What made Chen Mo even more speechless was that Yang Mi's loud video playback made his eardrums hurt: "Pfft, hahaha, look at this! Our Professor Do has been poked so hard that he has a double chin!"

Chen Mo watched the video of himself looking ridiculous with his head tilted back and mouth open, accompanied by the sampling worker's voiceover, "I watched it eight times! Your nostrils are even better looking than in the show!", making him want to disappear into a crack in the screen. Now he finally understood: the real pain of nucleic acid testing isn't having your throat shoved, it's being filmed as a meme at a socially awkward moment!

Anyway, Chen Mo was really, really embarrassed at this moment!
Especially after watching the video Yang Mi filmed, Chen Mo became somewhat withdrawn.

"Hahaha! Old Chen, want to trend on social media?" Yang Mi said smugly, shaking her phone.

Chen Mo rolled his eyes. Why didn't you just ask, "Old Chen, want a wife?" However, he wasn't that concerned about his image, and besides, with so many people around, Chen Mo had even seen people secretly taking pictures with their phones.

Afterwards, he obtained the video of Chen Mo's nucleic acid test and posted it directly using his own account.

Instead of waiting for others to post, why not take the initiative and contribute some entertainment to the public?

As expected, his video quickly went viral after it was posted, immediately trending on social media.

Dong Sheng's Footprints: #ChenMo'sDeathAtNucleicAcidTestingScene# "Who laughed so hard that the neighbor called the police saying my kettle had come to life? Turns out even Director Chen can roll his eyes when his throat is stabbed! Did you notice, microscope guys? The sampler's gloves are still covered in Chen Mo's drool reflecting light!! (Video screenshot: Chen Mo's distorted expression the moment he opened his mouth)"

"Did the medical student graduate today?": "Thanks for the invitation. I'm in the lab, just isolated Chen Mo's DNA (not really). As a medical student, I can attest that the video isn't fake; that gagging reflex is so realistic it could be in a textbook! I suggest Chen Mo not eat leek dumplings before his next sampling, and don't ask how I know (doge)."

"Mind your own business: 'Is Hu Ge's hand holding the safety barrier the way she dug out a three-bedroom apartment for Chen Mo? Honey Sister's wild laughter in the video is just like mine when I'm eating candy!'"

"Wow, Hu Ge, Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, and the three from Legend of Sword and Fairy have reunited, and the way you're catching up is by watching Chen Mo make a fool of himself? Hahaha!"

"Chen Mo tells you from personal experience: Obscurity is the best cover! The fate of a has-been top star is that even if you dig up dirt on their ancestral graves, they won't trend on social media, while a true top star is posting a picture of their abs on Oasis right now! (emoji: watching the drama unfold)"

"Am I the only one drooling over the sampling lady's hands? This cotton swab isn't poking Chen Mo, it's my horny imagination! Sister, do you offer classes? Teach me how to create X-tension (emoji: lewd!") (Top comment: Sister, wear pants, Chen Mo's toes have already dug a crack in the ground for you!)

"I suggest we start making nucleic acid test vlogs in the Chinese entertainment industry! Tomorrow, I'll wait for a female celebrity to stick her false eyelashes on a cotton swab, or a young male celebrity to vomit up his contact lenses, and then we'll rip up all those 208 million followers!"

"A swab bag signed by Chen Mo is listed on Xianyu (a second-hand marketplace app) for 1314 million yuan. Description: Contains top-tier DNA. Buy it and get a close-up of the nostrils from the uncut version of 'My Love from the Star'."

Today's Internet Spokesperson Award Citation:
Champion: Yang Mi (Award citation: Her smile exudes the aura of an empress)!

Runner-up: Sampler (Award citation: Revealing ambitions to enter the entertainment industry from academia)

Third Place: Hu Ge (Award Citation: Using three parts sarcasm, three parts indifference, and four parts nonchalance to promote the cultural renaissance of the Chinese entertainment industry)
Award of Excellence: Liu Yifei (Award citation: A smile that turns heads can be more than just charming; it can also make someone's mouth crooked!)
Special Award: Chen Mo (Award citation: A true hero dares to show his nose! Reason for award: Sacrificing his image just to entertain the public!)

However, this trending topic seemed to be a trigger, and suddenly overnight, many related nucleic acid vlogs began to appear on the internet!

In particular, some celebrities saw Chen Mo's video go viral, instantly topping the trending search list overnight!

This has directly activated the nucleic acid vlog trend in the Chinese entertainment industry!

First, Wu Jing started playing with "Wolf Warrior Mode sampling"!
The video opens with Wu Jing's buzz cut and veins bulging. He roars "Kill—!" as soon as a cotton swab is inserted into his nostril, startling the sampler so much that the swab hits the ceiling instead.

The live chat was flooded with comments: "Wolf Warrior's sneeze! Nuclear Checkpoint instantly turns into a movie set!"

Finally, he covered his nose, clasped his hands in a fist salute to the camera, and said, "Nucleic acid testing isn't a dinner party; it has to be quick, accurate, and ruthless!"

Then there's Yang Chaoyue, the "lucky girl" whom Chen Mo is believed to have discovered.

Yang Chaoyue, wearing a bunny ear headband, gagged before the cotton swab even reached her: "Yue~ Is this something I can say?"

The sampler poked her cheek three times, and with tears in her eyes, she pulled out her phone: "Family members, please share this video for me. If I can get a nucleic acid test today, I'll randomly select 100 people to receive autographed swabs!"

Then something amazing happened: that very night, the topic "Yang Chaoyue's nucleic acid test was not mishandled" went viral and became a trending topic.

Shen Teng also made a dramatic video.

In the video, he was wearing shorts and flip-flops. The moment the cotton swab touched his tongue, he slumped into a chair and convulsed, exclaiming, "This is terrible! This cotton swab is poisonous!"

After the performance, he pulled out a banknote similar to the one in "Hello Mr. Billionaire" and stuffed it into the sample collector's hand: "How about I buy your cotton swab tip for 10 billion?"

Netizens commented: "I suggest Shen Teng directly endorse glycerin suppositories; his sphincter muscle acting skills are unique in the Chinese entertainment industry!"

Next, Liu Haoran, who rose to fame with "Detective Chinatown," also showcased his "stubbornness as a mathematical genius."

In the video, Liu Haoran calmly pushes up his glasses after being stabbed: "According to the principle of parabola, the trajectory of your cotton swab just now deviated from the optimal sampling angle by 5.73 degrees."

The sampler's pupils dilated in shock!
A Tsinghua University physics professor commented in the comments section: "This kid substituted the wrong formula, but his spirit is commendable!"

Suddenly, the nucleic acid VLOG in the Chinese entertainment industry became a hot topic.

However, that wasn't the end of it. Chen Mo never expected that his embarrassing video, which made him so embarrassed that he was picking his toes, would actually spark such a craze.

There was even a celebrity collaboration video titled "Throat-Poke Relay Race," with Guan Xiaotong using cotton swabs as cheerleading sticks while dancing a girl group dance, and Huang Bo shouting in Qingdao dialect: "Oh my gosh~ this is the real deal!"

There's even a testing agency that launched "idol-endorsed cotton swabs," with the tagline "A cotton swab pierced by a top celebrity is practically a French kiss!"

There's also a modified version for public welfare: Han Hong filmed a vlog while clearing her throat and shouting, "Don't throw away the tubes after you're done clearing them! Collect 7 tubes to summon the green code dragon!"

Even CCTV.com later published a sharp commentary: "When nucleic acid testing becomes a celebrity traffic code, we need to be more vigilant about the entertainment undermining the seriousness of epidemic prevention. But from another perspective, aren't these vlogs a way to de-stress the collective emotions during this special period? After all, finding joy in hardship is better than complaining—as long as you don't stick a cotton swab into the IQ basin."

Unexpectedly, absolutely unexpectedly, neither Chen Mo nor Yang Mi anticipated that something so unintentional could escalate into such a huge incident.

It has become the current trend.

Chen Mo didn't know whether to laugh or cry at leading the trend in this way.

Chen Mo's illustrious reputation was ruined in an instant. So, those who are just watching the drama should also be prepared to be the ones being watched!
Chen Mo wasn't prepared, and the result is just like now! One wrong step can lead to eternal regret!
Thinking about the major events in this year's media statistics, Chen Mo's inclusion on the list was actually because "his nostrils look better than they do on TV?"

(End of this chapter)