Rebirth: Spoiling the Obsessive Film Emperor Chapter 259

Chapter 259: Here to Make Trouble

Yu He's fans were hopping mad, practically shouting to the whole world that their idol had escaped the deep pit of Huansheng Entertainment, unaware that their idol himself and his agent were both deeply regretful.

Seeing his fans celebrating on Weibo, tagging him one by one to congratulate him, Yu He felt like a mouthful of blood was stuck in his throat. It was frustrating to death, yet he couldn't post to tell his fans to stop.

After all, with his fans bouncing around like this, if he stepped in to stop them, it would undoubtedly be slapping them in the face. The main reason Yu He had gotten this far was because of this group of fiercely protective fans; these fans were the driving force behind his position in the entertainment industry. He absolutely couldn't let his fans lose face.

Moreover, it wasn't just Yu He's fans celebrating their idol leaving Huansheng; fans of other artists were doing the same.

Seeing that he wasn't the only one in this situation, Yu He stopped worrying about it. Anyway, since things had come to this, he definitely wouldn't go back to his old company—that would be even more embarrassing!

However, no sooner had Yu He put the matter aside than, within a day, he received a call from his agent, Fang Nan, notifying him that the director hadn't chosen him for the second male lead role in Journey Back from the Sea.

Fang Nan: "...Get prepared. I gave you three scripts before, right? There are two left. You'll have screen tests for them in the next few days. I'll take you there then."

"What? No! Why! I think I acted very well!" Yu He said, unwilling to accept it.

Fang Nan's tone was very calm: "It's not the only drama. You can try out for others. Don't dwell on it too much."

"But!" But he just couldn't accept it! He hadn't even gotten the second male lead role, yet that nobody from Huansheng, whose stage name he couldn't even remember, had become the male lead! How could he accept this!

Fang Nan could understand him too. After all, the original novel of Journey Back from the Sea had high traffic. If he could act in it, the male lead or second male lead role would give him a good chance of being selected for the Best Male Lead and Best Supporting Male awards in the first half of the year.

"But there's no helping it. The other young stars trying out for this role with you are also very popular, and their fans are very capable too," Fang Nan said.

Yu He: "But that male lead doesn't have many fans!" Yu He finally couldn't help but speak his mind: "That male lead doesn't have many fans. We could target him!"

"Yu He, don't mess up again." Fang Nan's voice turned cold. "Do you think, since Yin Chengjue dared to give this role to a newcomer, he would just stand by and let the newcomer handle it on his own?"

Fang Nan: "If I'm not mistaken, Yin Chengjue is waiting for people like you to lose patience, to get a trending topic discussing whether the male lead bought his way into the production, or to fabricate an issue about the director being blackmailed into changing the cast."

Fang Nan: "If you do that, not only will you not get the role, but you'll also be promoting their drama for free, and promoting that originally unknown nobody! Your fans will get drawn into this mess because of your guidance. He has no fans, so he'll just let your fans curse him out. Someone who originally had no fans will gain them directly from being cursed by your fans."

Yuu He was left with nothing to say in response. After holding back for a long time, he said, "I understand. I won't mess up."

Fang Nan sighed on the other end. "Check Weibo. Someone beat you to messing up. Remember to switch to your alt account when you go on Weibo, or if you accidentally like something again, I'll have to run around fixing it for you."

Yu He: "Got it! Mother Fang!"

Fang Nan: "...Get lost!"

Looking at the hashtag #JourneyBackfromtheSeaMaleLeadBackstageDeal# climbing rapidly, Yin Chengjue couldn't help but sigh.

Ah! So good! Saved another bit of promotional expenses!

Ah, youth! So hot-blooded, so impatient, so easy to provoke! 

It wasn't in vain that he had rehearsed that script for so long in front of all those people.

His part here was done. The rest would be left to the PR team of Journey Back from the Sea to handle the promotional strategy themselves.

As for that newcomer named Luo Cang, Yin Chengjue didn't pick him randomly. He had carefully reviewed the other party's information, his scores in various training classes, and some of his acting videos.

Good looks, a foundation in dance, diligent and hardworking, decent acting skills — with later training and the director's guidance, he was sure to produce good results.

Yin Chengjue seemingly deliberately gave those good resources to newcomers to anger the artists who chose to leave. In reality, it was all after careful consideration by Yin Chengjue, and he had discussed it with the director, showing him their acting videos.

In the internet age, there's more than one way to conduct a screen test.

With company matters mostly handled, Yin Chengjue started wondering why those relatives of Feng Chengda, who had once caused trouble at the Yin residence, hadn't come to make trouble for him yet.

If they had come a few days earlier, when a large number of shareholders were dumping their stocks, he could have pushed the price of each share even lower!

Yin Chengjue had even prepared various scenarios for those people to cause trouble.

Yin Chengjue wasn't joking with Yin Qiushi; he really was looking forward to their arrival.

"Assistant Guan, tell me, why haven't they come yet? I've set the stage, just waiting for them to show up."

Yin Chengjue leaned against the sofa back on one arm, tilting his head back to look at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle. These past few days, Rong Yu had gone for training again. Although the second round date for "Star Journey" hadn't been set yet because TJ group's fans kept demanding an explanation, if he didn't keep practicing, if they suddenly got notified to record the next round one day, he might be rusty and forget the moves – that would be awkward.

With Rong Yu at practice, and Yin Chengjue having finished all the miscellaneous tasks, he was uncharacteristically free and a bit bored. He was just waiting for these people to cause trouble, to add a little spice to life, and for the stage he had specially prepared to get its chance to shine.

Yin Chengjue thought for a moment, then opened the private message Feng Chengda had sent him.

Maybe... reply? Provoke that guy a little?

So, after many days, Yin Chengjue finally replied to Feng Chengda: Scram!

Sending that one word plus an exclamation mark, Yin Chengjue felt incredibly refreshed!

And this single word clearly left a deep mark on Feng Chengda's self-esteem. Feng Chengda, used to being arrogant and overbearing towards Yin Chengjue, angrily sent back a long private message.

Yin Chengjue didn't read it, but he could guess with his toes that there was no good in that long message.

So Yin Chengjue not only didn't read it, but he also blocked Feng Chengda.

Yin Chengjue had blocked Feng Chengda's account long ago. This account was one Feng Chengda was using someone else's to add him. Yin Chengjue thought it might still be useful later, so he hadn't blocked it temporarily.

Now, this account of Feng Chengda's could also "retire successfully."

He wondered what expression Feng Chengda would make when he tried to send more messages later, only to see nothing but bright red exclamation marks.

Anger, probably?

Yin Chengjue thought back carefully.

Anyway, in Yin Chengjue's impression, Feng Chengda seemed to have no other expression besides anger.

Now that Feng Chengda's parents and relatives still hadn't left, angering him would most likely make him call those people over to cause trouble.

After all, for someone as obsessed with saving face as Feng Chengda, as long as he could get someone else to do the dirty work, he would never do it himself. Wasn't he the one who sent Su Zi to kneel and beg Yin He before?

He wanted to achieve his goal himself, but made his mistress, disheveled and looking utterly miserable, come over to beg, while he watched from behind, even editing and posting those videos online.

He didn't care at all how his "true love" appeared on camera, only thinking about using these things to achieve his own goals.

If he couldn't achieve it, he'd just switch methods.

For example, calling his parents and relatives over, telling them the location of the Yin residence, and letting them go cause trouble there.

Or for example, coming here to Huansheng Entertainment to cause trouble...

Sure enough, on the second day after Yin Chengjue blocked Feng Chengda and continued to eagerly look forward to it, they came!

They came, under the eager anticipation of Yin Chengjue and everyone at Huansheng Entertainment who had heard the news!

When Assistant Guan reported the news, Yin Chengjue was in the middle of drawing cards in Source of Dimensions. His hand slipped, and another ten-pull flew out. He flipped the cards one by one—six B-rank and three S-rank cards appeared.

Yin Chengjue: "Quick, set off firecrackers to celebrate!"

Assistant Guan: "...President Yin, restraint!"

Of course, in the end, they didn't set off firecrackers to celebrate, so as not to scare them away.

But even without the firecrackers, the scene was still pretty impressive.

Yin Chengjue hadn't tried to hide anything, so most employees and trainees in the company had caught wind of the rumor: President Yin's father would send people to cause trouble at the company.

As for when they would come, they didn't know.

After leaving the company, they didn't dare talk about it either, after all, Yin Chengjue's deterrence was still there.

Now that word was finally spreading—someone was making a scene on the first floor—the entire company lit up like someone had flipped a switch. People dropped whatever they were doing and stampeded toward the windows and balconies, scrambling to grab the best viewing spots as fast as they could!

"Finally here! I've been waiting for days!"

"I've had my eye on this terrace for a long time, best angle!"

"Lucky my package arrived yesterday afternoon, high-power binoculars, solves the problem of being nearsighted!"

"Hey hey hey! Don't push! I finally gained this weight to fit my new character, don't you push it off me!"

"So unfair! Why does your new drama let you gain weight, while I have to lose another five jin (2.5 kg)! I feel so hungry right now I could swallow you in one gulp!"

"You two stop arguing! Downstairs, they've started crying, they've started crying! Loud voice, saves me from needing a hearing aid!"

"So toxic! Is that how you use a hearing aid?! ...What are they cursing? The wind's too strong, I didn't catch it."

"They're cursing... cursing President Yin for being heartless, an unfilial son, deserving to be struck by lightning, ah, there's some dialect mixed in, didn't understand it all. Can anyone help translate?"