usatvline Chapter 60 The Actress Who Competes with a Newcomer for the Best Actor 6
Chapter 60 The Actress Who Competes with a Newcomer for the Best Actor 6
Yun Qing was sitting in her room, looking gloomy.
Seeing this, Yuanyuan comforted her, "Sister Qing, don't overthink it. It's obvious that the newcomer is deliberately clinging to Teacher Gu. Teacher Gu wouldn't treat her any differently."
After she finished speaking, seeing that Yun Qing still seemed listless, she suggested, "Why don't you watch your and Teacher Gu's CP video?"
Lin Yunqing and Gu Zezhi have a fanbase who ship them as a couple.
The drama that Lin Yunqing and Gu Zezhi co-starred in back then, although it didn't have any intimate scenes from beginning to end, moved countless people, and the ending left them feeling unsatisfied.
As a result, she and Gu Zezhi gained a fanbase as a couple.
However, these CP fans are quite special. They are usually very active in editing videos, drawing pictures, photoshopping images, writing articles, and shipping each other to death, but they firmly believe that Lin Yunqing and Gu Zezhi have no ambiguous relationship.
If any passersby misunderstand that there's something going on between Lin Yunqing and Gu Zezhi, they'll be the first to jump out and explain.
The reason for this is that, apart from the fact that Lin Yunqing and Gu Zezhi haven't had much contact since that collaboration, the most important reason is Gu Zezhi's obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness.
That was practically the best medicine to keep them sober.
Because the CP fans themselves claimed that they were only shipping fake content and that it was just something they enjoyed in their own little world, and that they wouldn't spread it around, the Chaomu sisters turned a blind eye and didn't bother with them.
"Sister Chaomu" refers to Gu Zezhi's fan, Chaochao Mumu, which is taken from the line "Only because of your one glance, I think of you morning and night."
Perhaps because Gu Zezhi is usually low-key, his fans are not very high-profile when they are not busy, and most of them are rational fans.
Given Gu Zezhi's popularity, even if people know he has mysophobia and dislikes close contact with others, it's unlikely that anything will actually happen between them. However, there are plenty of people who would like to create a scandal with him.
A blurry, ambiguous photo is enough to instantly make Gu Yingdi a trending topic.
Her fans didn't resort to insults; they simply replied uniformly under the relevant topics:
Want to date? But not in a relationship where we just hold hands.
Want to date? But not the kind where we kiss.
Want to date? The kind where we never have sex.
After reading through this row of replies, passersby looked again at the blurry photo, which appeared intimate and ambiguous due to the camera angle, and had only one reaction:
Stop it, it's fake! That's Actor Gu!
After this kind of thing happens a couple more times, when similar rumors resurface online, the first reaction of passersby will be:
Oh, Gu Yingdi is in love again.
Netizens even found new amusement in this: whenever a rumor surfaced about Gu Yingdi (Gu Zezhi) having an affair with someone, they didn't wait for Gu Zezhi's studio to clarify or for the "Chao Mu Sisters" (a group of female fans) to control the comments.
They had already started to scrutinize the woman, making all sorts of comments and criticisms.
Some female celebrities even had a lot of dirt dug up because of this, and their careers were completely ruined.
After that, anyone who wanted to create a scandal with Gu Zezhi would have to think twice.
While creating a scandal with Gu Zezhi might increase her popularity, it won't necessarily improve her reputation in the end. This is because Gu Zezhi has a very good public image, and such a blatant attempt to cling to him and leech off him would be off-putting even to casual observers.
In addition, there is the risk of having one's past exposed and being sidelined, which naturally makes people hesitate.
Now Gu Zezhi has no more scandals, but her fans are starting to worry about his marriage prospects.
Although they dislike people using Gu Zezhi to create scandals and exploit his personal life, they don't mind if Gu Zezhi finds a serious partner.
After all, although their brother Gu is young, he looks like he's destined to grow old alone!
But there's nothing you can do about his obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness.
The thought of their brother Gu's lonely and helpless old age breaks the hearts of the Chaomu sisters.
Therefore, when Ning Meng became the special person who could get close to Gu Zezhi and be favored by him, even though Ning Meng was just a newcomer, she did not face strong opposition from Gu Zezhi's fans and received mostly blessings.
While accepting Yuanyuan's suggestion, Yunqing took out her phone to watch videos edited by CP fans, and exclaimed: "These settings are completely paving the way for Ning Meng!"
System: [After all, it's a sweet romance novel.]
However, if the male lead doesn't like her, no amount of paving the way will help.
Gu Zezhi's obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness seemed to be a way of keeping himself chaste specifically for her, waiting only for her to favor him.
System: Hmph! That pheasant went to great lengths to scheme and still didn't get any advantage over the master, so naturally it's unwilling to let someone else benefit from it for nothing.
Yun Qing was just saying it casually, and then she focused on watching the CP videos.
I must say, the CP fans did a really good job editing it; even she felt like shipping them after seeing it.
Seeing the smile on her face, Yuan Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, when Sister Qing was in a bad mood, watching her and Teacher Gu's CP videos would cheer her up.
The next day during filming, Yun Qing intentionally kept a certain distance from Gu Zezhi.
When there are no scenes for me to film, I go straight back to the dressing room.
However, she seemed to be in low spirits, but she didn't make any mistakes while filming.
Ning Meng, who had been performing quite well, had to do several takes today because of a single shot of her turning around and smiling.
Director Zhang told her several times what kind of feeling he wanted, and even took two breaks to let Ning Meng find her rhythm, but in the end it still didn't work.
Director Zhang's brows were furrowed tightly; he had been holding back for a long time, but finally couldn't help but lose his temper.
"You need to be pure and beautiful, stunning and vibrant, unforgettable at first glance, understand? Not a wide grin, a pursed-lip smile, or a silly grin! You are the white moonlight, not a pretty village flower!"
Ning Meng couldn't hold back her tears and sat down in a resting spot, flipping through the script with a wronged expression to try and get a feel for it.
She was positioned not far from Gu Zezhi, and her soft sobs could be heard over there.
When Fangfang noticed Ning Meng looking up at Gu Zezhi with teary eyes, she walked over to Gu Zezhi with a cup, blocking Ning Meng's view. "Brother Gu, have some water."
Gu Zezhi's gaze was fixed on the script, as if he was pondering something. Without looking up, he casually took the script and took a sip.
Fangfang stood beside him, not leaving, determined not to give Ning Meng the chance to play the victim and cling to his brother Gu.
He felt that this newcomer was particularly tactless, always trying to get close to his brother Gu.
She performed quite well during the script reading, and even veteran actors praised her for her talent, but now she suddenly can't find her rhythm.
He couldn't help but wonder if it was because Gu Ge refused to give her pointers after they returned to the hotel yesterday, so she deliberately messed up today, hoping that Gu Ge would have to give her pointers more often in the future for the sake of the production schedule.
It's not that Fang Fang is prone to judging others by his own petty standards, but rather that he has witnessed far too many of these scheming tactics.
Director Zhang Min is extremely frustrated right now. The scenes scheduled for today were originally quite suitable, but because of Ning Meng's delay, it seems that today's scenes won't be finished.
He glanced around, originally intending to ask Yun Qing to teach him, but he didn't see Yun Qing. He then happened to see Gu Zezhi, who was quite close to Ning Meng, so he simply called out, "Zezhi, show Ning Meng how to smile."
Fangfang: ...Shall we have Brother Gu demonstrate for us?
He imagined what his brother Gu's little daughter's amazing smile would look like, uh... it shouldn't be too scary, right?
He had confidence in Brother Gu's acting skills, so he was bound to be able to play any role convincingly, and who knows, he might even be able to charm everyone with a single glance?