"Are these haters crazy? Giving male fans such insulting nicknames?"
"Making fun of someone using sanitary napkins? Hah, don't any of you have mothers?"
"The women in front of us, they not only don't have mothers, they might not even have wives."
If Wei Sheng knew that there were actually righteous bystanders speaking up for him, he would be ecstatic.
However, he couldn't care less about the dense barrage of comments right now; he was completely driven crazy by this oversized konjac.
So it's true that you can't be a good person. He was just doing a good deed every day, trying to get some orders for Jiang Xiaoman. Who would have thought that he would be the one who ended up in trouble?
Wei Sheng really wanted to throw down the konjac he was holding and yell at the camera, "I'm not doing this anymore! Wouldn't it be better to just buy two pieces of konjac tofu at the market?"
"No! Keep going!" Zhou Mingxing arrived just in time to stop his crazy and irresponsible idea.
"Wei Sheng, look at yourself! You're almost thirty, don't you have any sense of responsibility or accountability? Ninety million netizens are waiting to see you make konjac tofu!"
Zhou Mingxing criticized him with great indignation, and incidentally used his junior sister (who had not yet entered the sect) as a positive example for him.
"Look at Cancan, she's only nine years old, and she's ground more konjac paste than you!"
It turns out that, at some point, kind-hearted little Jiang Cancan saw that her "Brother Wei" really didn't know how to cook konjac, so she simply found a bowl, put on children's gloves, took a stainless steel spoon, and started pressing down on the other half of the konjac, skillfully scraping the surface of the konjac. With each scrape, a spoonful of even and delicate konjac meat came out...
Wei Sheng was stunned for a moment, then pointed angrily at the little traitor: "Can this be scraped with a spoon? Why didn't you tell me?"
Jiang Cancan innocently raised her head, blinking her big eyes at him: "This, Brother Wei, it takes a lot of strength to scrape it off with a spoon, I'm afraid you're not strong enough..."
"Hahahaha..." After a moment of stunned silence, Zhou Mingxing leaned against the wall and burst into wild laughter.
Assistant Xiaobai dared not laugh at her boss. Behind the camera, she was so embarrassed that her face turned red and she felt like she was suffocating.
The screen immediately erupted in a frenzy of "hahaha" comments, making it almost impossible to see anyone's face.
Wei Sheng was truly dead on the spot.
A nine-year-old girl mocked him for not being strong enough, lol~
Wei Sheng's more than 20 million fans couldn't help but cover their faces, too ashamed to post comments or control the narrative anymore.
At the same time, on Weibo, headlines like "Wei Sheng's live stream is a disaster," "Wei Sheng is disliked by a nine-year-old girl," "Wei Sheng's konjac live stream goes wrong," and "Wei Sheng is ridiculed by the entire internet" were trending.
Several trending topics related to Wei Sheng appeared on the list in one go. Unsuspecting passersby might think that some wealthy company was spending money to promote him again.
Passersby clicked on it out of curiosity, and wow!
Are all celebrities this silly these days?
I love it! Follow me now so you don't lose track of it later...
The silly live stream ended (not quite perfectly) after Jiang Cancan taught Wei Sheng how to scrape konjac meat with a spoon.
Zhou Mingxing rubbed his sore cheeks from laughing. Seeing that the number of people online in real time had easily exceeded 100 million, he felt as if he had stolen the elixir of immortality from Laozi and was about to ascend to heaven on the spot!
People in the industry used to secretly laugh at him, saying that the reason he signed Wei Sheng was to curry favor with the TV station.
Hmph! These people have no idea of Wei Sheng's true value!
This child seems a bit dull and stubborn, but it is precisely this kind of single-minded honesty that makes him generally very likable in life.
No one dislikes someone who adheres to principles; even if they don't, they will at least respect them.
Of course, the entertainment industry is an exception; professional haters and marketing accounts never distinguish between right and wrong, only between profit.
Before coming, he had thought of finding an excuse to quickly end Wei Sheng's silly live stream, but after observing the comments, Zhou Mingxing quickly gave up the idea and decided to let Wei Sheng and Jiang Cancan do whatever they wanted!
He won his gamble!
Jiang Cancan, a nine-year-old child, and Wei Sheng, a twenty-eight-year-old man, have surprisingly become a popular duo.
Jiang Cancan's disadvantage is that she hasn't officially debuted and signed a contract yet, so she doesn't have a personal social media account. However, Wei Sheng, who partnered with her in the live stream, has completely taken advantage of the situation, gaining six million followers overnight!
What an amazing combination!
With a kind expression, Zhou Mingxing personally ordered a table full of takeout, intending to reward the two well-coordinated senior and junior students.
I ordered Jiang Cancan her favorite bacon and cheese pizza, Orleans chicken wings, and a large cup of honey passion fruit milk tea!
I ordered a konjac slimming salad that was perfect for Wei Sheng.
Originally, no salad dressing was allowed, but considering his achievement of gaining six million followers overnight (by sacrificing his image), Zhou Mingxing kindly squeezed a small spoonful of low-fat salad dressing onto him.
Wei Sheng: "..."
Please, have some decency! Even sheep within the system can't withstand this kind of exploitation!
Chapter 80
The aftereffects of this live stream continued until noon the following day.
Netizens who missed the evening's live stream opened Weibo early in the morning and saw that the trending topics were all related to Wei Sheng, and thought that something big had happened.
I clicked in and watched the screen recordings of various entertainment news stories, and I almost burst out laughing.
Honestly, since the entertainment industry has been frequently embroiled in negative news such as food livestreamers eating on their own, game livestreamers playing on their own, and beauty livestreamers doing their own makeup, it's been a long time since we've seen celebrities who are this silly and genuine.
But Wei Sheng himself doesn't realize he's a fool.
He was extremely serious (and competitive) throughout the entire process, hoping to win this konjac scraping contest that only had two participants.
Finally, when his agent intervened and forcibly ended the match, he even glared at his agent with resentment, as if he could win the match if he persisted a little longer.
The problem is, even if he wins, it's not honorable. His opponent is only nine years old! Almost twenty years younger than him, okay?
Why are you arguing with a little kid? That's so childish.
The naive yet competitive Wei quickly won the sympathy of netizens, who all said that as long as celebrities do their jobs well, it's okay if they can't make konjac tofu~ after all, they can feed pigs, lol!
I don't know which incredibly resourceful marketing account managed to find Jiang Xiaoman's account and discover the video of Wei Sheng feeding pigs in Langshan.
After the video was unearthed, it quickly garnered over a million views. Many of Wei Sheng's fans had previously seen the video from the show at Langshan, but they never expected that their idol would somehow escape the show's cameras and secretly go to feed pigs, only to be filmed by a local videographer. It was a double slap in the face!
Strangely, despite being ridiculed across the internet, Wei Sheng didn't completely fall from grace.
This guy ascended to heaven in broad daylight!!
The station director personally called to praise him and gave him several of the station's best variety show resources!
Several top leaders unanimously agreed that Wei Sheng was a natural comedian; even a casual live stream would be a guaranteed hit! If he were to appear on their channel's variety show, wouldn't the show soar to new heights?
Previously, he was competing with another idol from the same period for a mobile phone brand endorsement, but after the live stream, he was officially chosen as the spokesperson, and the reason was quite ridiculous—
The chairman's father saw a video of Wei Sheng feeding pigs in Langshan on TV and thought the boy was very honest and reliable, which perfectly matched the stable and reliable product positioning of their mobile phones!
Wei Sheng: "..."
He could barely admit to being steady and reliable, but what's with the "simple and honest" thing? He looks so stylish!
You humans have no heart!
What he didn't know was that a gift from an even more heartless person was already on its way.
To thank Wei Sheng (who relied on his silly live streams) for helping them sell over 10,000 jin of konjac in one go, Jiang Xiaoman picked out a giant konjac king weighing a full 33 jin from the freshly dug konjac and sent it to Wei Sheng's office by express delivery.
The entire television station was in an uproar; even the evening news program joined in the fun, sending two reporters to film the "King of Konjac" delivered from Langshan.
It is said that this was dug up from a konjac tree growing next to a pigsty. No wonder it was so fertile, it grew to the size of a foot bath basin!
The reporter, who lives in the countryside, even expressed regret, saying that it was dug up too early. If it had been dug up a few months later, it would have grown even larger, and that would have made it the true "Konjac King."
Evening news reporters kept urging Wei Sheng to take a photo with this "Konjac King," but Wei Sheng refused with a dark expression.
His persona is already ridiculous enough; he doesn't need to be any more down-to-earth.
It's not easy for J Province TV to produce such a popular idol, shouldn't he be treated like a national treasure and cherished?
Do you want him to be featured in the social news?
Who's to blame when the aloof and noble young master persona collapses?
In the Chinese entertainment industry, which top idol has ever made headlines for social issues? (Note: Those who have been imprisoned for crimes or reported by the public don't count!)
Seeing that he resolutely refused to show his face, the social news department colleague who failed to ride the wave of the top star touched his nose and had his assistant, Xiaobai, hold the giant konjac and film a short video. He also explained the origin of this giant konjac. Although Wei Sheng himself did not appear on camera, he was still pulled out by the reporter and read several times in the narration.
Wei Sheng: "..." Damn it! You guys still managed to get some freebies!
Fans in the province were stunned to find that their idol had made it into the local social news. They even forgot to record the screen. After they came to their senses, they comforted themselves, saying that it was just local news and Wei Sheng himself hadn't shown his face, so the paparazzi probably wouldn't have seen it.
However, they soon discovered in despair that although the paparazzi hadn't noticed immediately, the people at J Province TV station were eager to capitalize on the situation! With a cheesy report in the entertainment section of the provincial newspaper, "Mr. Wei, a kind-hearted citizen, happily receives a gift of konjac from a poor mountain area," poor Wei Sheng was online killed for the third time in just two days…
"A helpful citizen, haha~ This character is great! It's novel and unique! There's absolutely no chance of encountering another character like this."
Zhou Mingxing was laughing heartily while holding the newspaper, until Wei Sheng was so angry that he was about to slam the door and leave. Only then did Zhou Mingxing stop him, rubbing his cheeks, and throw him a few printed drafts of the script.
"Look! You really made a fortune from this live stream! Director Wu's Lunar New Year film is in need of a third male lead with a similar character to you. Don't underestimate this third male lead. I watched it, and the plot and character are quite likable. Besides, this is a Lunar New Year film! Most of the big shots in the Chinese entertainment industry went to support it. Asking you to play the younger brother of the Best Actress is also a way to do you a favor."
Who wouldn't want to be in Director Wu's Lunar New Year film? Wei Sheng watched it with great satisfaction, but halfway through, he was completely stunned.
What does it mean to have a "rustic yet slightly melancholic vibe"?
They also need to portray the positive and enterprising spirit of young people in small towns?
Is this even human language?
Where is that screenwriter? He absolutely must find him and have a serious talk with him!
"They said this is just a rough draft of the script! You understand what a rough draft is, right?"
"You know Director Wu's style, he's famously quirky. Didn't he have a movie before? While filming, he not only completely changed the script, but also changed the male and female leads. The final product was a completely different movie from the one that was originally planned! If the movie hadn't been so good, it probably wouldn't have even passed censorship."
"Just follow along and film. Listen to me. Director Wu is known for teaching actors. If you can stand out in his movies, even if you're just the third male lead, your future career on the big screen will be much easier."
Zhou Mingxing tried to persuade him at length, but seeing that he was still a bit awkward, he couldn't help but pull out his trump card and sneered: "I remember that when our TV station evaluates professional titles, we have to submit award-winning works of the year, right? If you don't want to take Director Wu's movie, do you have any other films this year that you're confident will win awards?"
Wei Sheng: "..."
Damn it! I completely forgot about the year-end professional title evaluation!
Because of Wei Sheng's silly live stream, the entire Langshan Village was in an uproar—of course, everyone wasn't busy going online to gossip, but rather busy helping Jiang Xiaoman dig konjac.
Who would have thought that Xiaoman would actually help them sell all the konjac in the whole village!
And regardless of size, they are all one yuan per kilogram.
They don't even have to go through the trouble of carrying it to town to set up a stall; they can just dig it up, leave it on the ground, and wait to collect the money.