The Lovely Heiress Is Actually A God Beast-Chapter 1507: Popular Young Idol Senior Brother
"That’s indeed the case. In the entertainment industry, everyone wants to leech off whoever is popular and use the chance to climb up," Xiao Chen said helplessly.
"So your contribution was knowing the plan of the advertisement male protagonist’s agent in advance and informing Chen Zi about it?"
"Yes."
"Did it change anything?"
"Master is very capable. With one phone call, the announcements that were supposed to be released were all withdrawn."
"Heh, that’s some skill. That advertisement male protagonist must be quite frustrated now, right?"
Xiao Chen shook his head, "I don’t know. I think the advertisement male protagonist probably doesn’t care."
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In a hotel room, the male protagonist, a Popular Young Idol, angrily smashed his phone on the ground, displaying extreme irritation.
The Popular Young Idol doing push-ups nearby was so startled he almost fell, barely managing to hold himself up. He looked confusedly at this "Temperamental Brother."
"What are you looking at!" the agent roared.
The Popular Young Idol gritted his teeth and kept silent.
"Look at your useless self! If you could toughen up and get closer to Little Taotie, I wouldn’t have to make up those bogus reports. Now look, so much money spent and not a single one got released!"
Upon hearing this, the Popular Young Idol furrowed his brow, "There’s no need to do meaningless things. I will win the Best Actor award with my own strength."
"Bah!" the agent sneered, "Who do you think you are? You think it’s that easy to get a trophy? You think you can get it with just acting skills? Is there an absolute right in this line of acting? No matter how well you perform, they could cut out all your good scenes in post-production, show the bad takes, or even manipulate the editing to make you look ridiculous. Does your acting still hold up then?"
The Popular Young Idol pressed his lips together, "It won’t happen."
"Naive!" The agent looked at him coldly, "You are aware of your senior’s current fate."
The Popular Young Idol fell silent.
He had a senior who debuted two years earlier than him. They got along well in school, and the teachers liked both of them. They often rehearsed scenes together.
Two years ago, the senior offended a female star with connections. When the show aired, although he played the second male lead and should have had screen time in every episode, by the end of the series, he didn’t have a single chance to appear on screen.
Afterward, he never succeeded in any auditions. When he asked why, the interviewing directors always said he was lacking something. But no one clarified what that something was. Later, he looked at the actors the directors ended up choosing and, although it might sound narcissistic, he strongly felt they weren’t as good as him.
He never gave up, constantly auditioning and constantly failing, wasting an entire year this way. In the second year, he somewhat understood the game. By sending gifts, he finally got a director to open up. From the director’s mouth, he learned that he offended someone. That female star had a capital mogul backing her, who explicitly posted in the directors’ circles not to invest in any films featuring him.
Directors may pursue art, but they also need to eat. Without investors, there would be no chance to release films. Hence, no directors are willing to use him.
After knowing the full story, this senior felt deep regret.
It all started merely because the female star refused to jump into a lake and demanded the lake water be drained and replaced with mineral water. He had made a few remarks, which led the star to hold a grudge against him.
Later, when the incident leaked and the media exposed it, the female star assumed it was the senior who did it, so she blacklisted him.
