Chapter 368: Controversy
The news of Yu Linna going on a trip with several big stars had made entertainment headlines, which was a very unexpected thing. Originally, it was well-known that Yamada-sensei and Watase-sensei were good friends, and Yusa Maho had also met the two senseis due to work and had some friendship with them, so it was within an acceptable range for them to go out and play together.
But what the hell was Yu Linna?
She seemed to have only shared the stage with these big stars once on a show, and that was also because the event required a lottery to pick an audience member to interact on stage. To go out and play together in private like this was something that had never been imagined.
Looking at the few of them, they seemed to be quite familiar with each other. Could it be that they were really private friends?
The Japanese paparazzi couldn’t help but publish such a question in the entertainment newspapers: who on earth was this Chinese-American mixed-race girl named Yu Linna?
After all, among those three, no matter which one was singled out, they were all extremely famous figures in Japan. No matter how you looked at it, they didn’t seem to be the type to be associated with Yu Linna. So was Yu Linna also like them, belonging to that circle?
Originally, the paparazzi just wanted to attract attention and write something casually. But the Japanese netizens had actually seriously gone to investigate, and had even gone over the wall to Chinese websites, and finally found out that Yu Linna was an internet celebrity in China, and had also made a guest appearance in a movie, a little beauty who might develop in the film and television circle.
“Mmm, actually, I think this Chinese girl is quite cute.”
“Yeah, yeah, the closest a real person can get to a 2D girl.”
“So cute. I’m actually interested in a 3D girl. Dammit, my true love is Misaka!”
“I can’t anymore, the more I look, the cuter she is. I hear she’s also a university student? That is to say, a legal loli.”
“Everyone, I have a bold idea.”
Unconsciously, among the Japanese netizens, Yu Linna had gradually gained attention and was slowly accumulating popularity. Although she was a foreigner, the Japanese seemed to like her cute appearance very much. She was different from a beautiful girl like Yusa Maho, who was just short. Yu Linna was a bona fide cute style, with a relatively young appearance and not a tall stature. She looked pitiful, and the Japanese just liked this kind of girl.
And at the same time, the other side of China also saw this news, and it also caused a stir on Weibo. Everyone was talking about this recently very popular loli, leaving comments under the Weibo post one after another.
“This Yu Linna, she seems to be a student at Guangnan University, the same school as Little Angel.”
“Not only that, I’ve dug it up. Yu Linna went to the same high school as Fang Jiangning, who is Little Angel, and they were also in the same class, and were even deskmates. It seems they both got into the same university.”
“Didn’t Little Angel say before that the Little Na who streamed with her was her best friend, and also her roommate? Thinking about it, this Yu Linna really fits this condition.”
“Yes, the voice she used on TV is very similar to Little Na’s voice during her live streams and their body shapes are also similar. I think the possibility of Yu Linna being Little Na is eighty percent.”
With that, these people even posted a photo of Little Na, Little Angel’s former streaming partner, and compared it with a photo of Yu Linna from her appearance on the show. On closer inspection, the two of them really did look very similar. Besides the fact that Little Na’s photo didn’t show her face and she was wearing a wig, it could be said that the two of them had quite a lot in common.
So some nosy people ran to Weibo to question Little Angel.
“Big Fat Cat: @Bilibili Uploader—Dancing Angel ? confess honestly, is Little Na named Yu Linna, your best friend! The evidence is conclusive, you have no excuse, Little Angel!”
All of a sudden, Fang Jiangning’s Weibo exploded.
Previously, when someone had dug up that the newcomer manga artist Yan Yu was Little Angel’s roommate, Fang Jiangning’s Weibo had been flooded once, and it had also brought her trouble in her life. It had been a while, and Fang Jiangning had thought that the matter would just pass. Who would have thought that someone would dig up that Yu Linna was actually her former streaming best friend, Little Na? Now everyone had flooded her Weibo again, to the point where the officials had to come out and clean it up.
Fang Jiangning was completely stunned. Whether to admit it or not, she had no idea!
However, compared to Fang Jiangning’s choice of silence, more fans were curious why Yu Linna had suddenly run off to Japan, and was even captured on camera playing with Yamada-sensei and the others. If Yu Linna was really Little Na, she didn’t seem to have any particular need to go abroad, especially during the school term. The fact that the university teachers and counselors hadn’t asked any questions was a bit strange.
“Could it be that Yu Linna is actually a rich young miss from a wealthy family? She can inherit the family fortune without having to go to school.”
“Emmm, I think it’s very possible that she’s a descendant of a scholarly family, Bai Yi Yunge.”
“It’s also possible that she’s an uploader from the same period as Little Angel, who, because of a conflict with the higher-ups, had to end her uploader career and stop streaming.”
“You all have a lot of imagination. Actually, I think Yu Linna is a manga artist, just like Yan Yu, maybe a little better than Yan Yu.”
“Looking at how you’re all imagining things, I don’t think it would be strange if Yu Linna was the legendary mysterious, faceless Shion-sensei.”
Sometimes, a casual joke from a silly netizen might just be the truth. It was just that no one took it seriously at this time.
These terrifying netizens had actually managed to dig up the university that Yu Linna attended, as well as the First Municipal High School that Yu Linna had previously attended. Careful ones among them had discovered that Yu Linna did not seem to be an ordinary person. After all, someone who knew Little Angel couldn’t be that bad, right? Thinking like this, the possibility of her being Little Na was getting higher and higher. And she also often made guest appearances in movies, and seemed to know that Director Murong Yan and the rising star Tang Yumeng. Such a person, if she were just an ordinary person, it would be too hard to explain.
The key was that she was also beautiful.
It could be said that Yu Linna’s popularity in China far surpassed that in Japan, but it was also impossible for Yu Linna to be completely unaware of this matter. Right after the secret photo incident, Yusa Maho had shown her the news on her phone and had also logged into Twitter.
Yu Linna swiped her phone a few times and knew that she was already famous.
“Why would someone dig up my information at this time… I’m not a particularly famous person, am I?”
“I don’t know. Anyway, everyone seems to like you quite a bit. Why don’t you just join the entertainment industry? You look good. You could be an actress. Oh right, you can also go to a voice actor training school and be a voice actor with me.”
Yusa Maho enthusiastically invited her into the circle, but Yu Linna didn’t take it as a big deal. She had just learned Japanese recently. What kind of voice actor could she be? It was completely impossible, okay?
Besides, she had long since left the entertainment industry. There was no need to go back. She was writing novels just fine, and her scripts were also well-written. There was no need to be a star.
“Linna-chan, what’s wrong? Is something on your mind?”
“No, I’m fine.”
It’s just that I’m very troubled by the matter with Ye Zhiyun.
Ye Zhiyun’s words that day had made her have to re-examine herself. Had she done something wrong, or was she just too much of a scumbag? Yu Linna was still deeply troubled and couldn’t extricate herself. It seemed the blow she had received was quite great.
…
The four of them went hiking when they were all free. While climbing the slope, they took photos. They seemed to be quite happy. And Yu Linna really needed to relax, to find a suitable way to relax. She was entangled in too many things. She needed to properly adjust herself. Before, just the matter of writing the script was enough to trouble her. Plus, the matter with Ye Zhiyun had made her mood fall to the bottom. Miss Sakurai knew this, but she also didn’t know how to solve it. She could only try to help her, and when she had free time, she would organize everyone to go out and play to let her relax.
Yu Linna’s Japanese level was also improving very quickly. She could already speak some Japanese with Hase Yuki. Although the more difficult pronunciations and rare characters were still a no-go, her progress was really very fast, and it could even be said to be at a divine speed. And she could now write scripts in Japanese and had also learned Japanese cuisine. It could be said that she had gained a lot. In comparison, the exchange meeting she had run to in Japan to study hadn’t taught her much.
Miss Sakurai sometimes couldn’t help but sigh. This Yu Linna was truly a monstrous genius. Her language talent was too good. In any case, her progress was a bit incredible. In time, her Japanese accent wouldn’t be too different from a Tokyo native’s.
…
Yu Linna climbed the mountain, looking at the shrunken buildings and forests. She truly felt the heroic spirit of “when you reach the summit, the mountains below are small.” The troubles that had been entangled with her for many days now seemed not so deep.
Zhiyun, are you really not going to listen to me…
Yu Linna’s eyes dimmed. Looking at the mountain below, she seemed to see Ye Zhiyun’s face in a daze.
…
At the same time, Mr. Suzuki had handed over the second draft of the script to his superiors at the company and had applied to film the drama. Putting other things aside, the content of this script would not be bad. Even if it didn’t make money, at least it wouldn’t lose money. If there was anything to be dissatisfied with, it was that the screenwriter was Chinese.
“Suzuki-kun, the one who wrote this script is a Chinese person, right?”
This was also the reason for their concern.
To hire a Chinese person as a screenwriter, to write this theme that had been shelved for a long time, and now to turn it into a TV series, and the key was that this screenwriter was not from a school, but completely self-taught. That is to say, a grassroots.
In addition, this was a Chinese person. Did hiring her mean that Japanese screenwriters were not as good as her?
“President, I think this script is impeccable and very exciting. The key is that we bought these scripts for only 7,000 yen each. We got a big bargain. She was also willing. It would be a waste not to film it.”
Indeed, this price was undoubtedly a big bargain, and it could even be said that they had taken advantage of her. This price was completely the price of a very ordinary new screenwriter, and it wasn’t a big investment either. For their company to get a script of this level was already very lucky. Besides the fact that the screenwriter was Chinese, there was nothing to complain about. She was also worthy of this script.
If it were filmed, it probably wouldn’t lose that much money.
Mr. Suzuki had been lobbying all along, and the president’s firm heart had been shaken. In the face of business, everything is fake. As long as you can make money, some small problems are not a problem at all.
“Alright, Suzuki-kun. Then let’s film it. Film an interesting story.”
