Chapter 399: The Aftermath
For a long time, she had never appeared in public, had no private content on Weibo, and even her own autographs were signed by herself and then handed over to the official Wenqing for sale. The fans wanted to shake her hand, wanted to see her once, but didn’t even know what she looked like. For the fans, there was probably nothing more painful than this. The idol they liked, they didn’t even know what she looked like. For them, it was really painful.
But now Shion-sensei had publicly revealed her identity. Her real name was Yu Linna. She was a student at Guangnan University, a very cute girl.
Everyone had always thought that Shion-sensei was a man, but from today on, this inherent impression had to be changed. The most pitiful were those doujinshi artists. They had drawn many of Shion-sensei’s fanbooks and illustrations, all of which were their imagined images. Most of them were CPs of the in-circle novelists. These fanbooks sold particularly well.
Now their Shion-sensei had become a girl. All of their Shion “male god” fanbooks were now awkward. Helplessly, they could only sell them as Shion-sensei’s gender-bent fanbooks. Of course, there were also many eager artists who drew fanbooks with Shion-sensei’s own image. After all, the setting of a loli fanbook was also quite interesting.
Shion-sensei’s identity was revealed, and the official Wenqing also properly promoted it a bit. Not long after, the TV station invited Shion-sensei to participate in a program, wanting to interview her in front of the whole country. They thought this was an opportunity.
Yu Linna, who had never participated in a TV program before, and was even going on TV as the main character, felt a little uneasy. Although she was a person who had been on TV, she had never been on TV as the official main character. She didn’t know if she could do it well this time.
Yes, she had accepted the TV station’s invitation.
Coincidentally, the host of this program was Huang Jinglin, an acquaintance of Yu Linna’s. She was now a host, and a very good one at that. This time, as the host, she was going to interview Shion-sensei. Huang Jinglin had met Yu Linna before the program was officially recorded, had shaken her hand and exchanged a few pleasantries, and couldn’t help but feel a few emotions in her heart. After all, during the National Singer Competition back then, she had watched Yu Linna be eliminated, and then had found a path for herself, slowly becoming a novelist.
It could be said that she had also watched Yu Linna grow up to this day, although as a bystander.
The cameraman adjusted his camera and aimed it at Yu Linna. With the arrangement of the on-site staff, the spotlight shone down, and Yu Linna sat under the light, looking at the lively audience below. Once upon a time, she had stood on the stage of the National Singer Competition, and would be very nervous looking at the audience below. But the audience below didn’t know her, only knew that she was very beautiful but didn’t know her name.
Now, the audience below all knew her name, and also knew her works. She was no longer the unknown her of the past. She was worthy of the title of a great god, well-deserved.
“Today’s guest is Shion-sensei. I’m sure everyone is very familiar with her. Recently, it’s all been news about you. Shion-sensei, is there anything you want to say to everyone?”
After the program officially began, Huang Jinglin very skillfully used the host’s unique voice and began the program dialogue with Yu Linna.
“Mmm, hello everyone. I’m Shion. Thank you for supporting my works~ Dawn Assassin is currently being serialized. Readers who want to know the plot of the second volume can vote under my Weibo and choose the storyline you most want to see. If you’re lucky, I might reveal a little plot.”
At this moment, Yu Linna had also gotten into the state and was chatting with the host with ease, not nervous at all. Although for her, this was a stage in the true sense, she was not stage-frightened, or rather, she had already passed the stage of being stage-frightened.
Huang Jinglin looked at such a Yu Linna, and actually felt quite a lot of emotion in her heart. She remembered when she had first met her. At that time, Huang Jinglin was the host of the National Singer Competition. She had personally seen how Yu Linna had sung a terrible song, and she had also concluded that Yu Linna was definitely not a singer. Although that was not wrong. But to see such a Yu Linna walk to this point today, to become a great author respected by everyone, and now the audience below were all Yu Linna’s fans.
Sometimes, no one knows where a person’s end point is. Perhaps what Huang Jinglin saw was just a scenic spot on Yu Linna’s journey, or perhaps it was Yu Linna’s new starting point. Anyway, Huang Jinglin didn’t think this place was her end point. Yes, Yu Linna’s future was still long. Her journey couldn’t just stop here.
“Shion-sensei, congratulations on the great success of your new book. You must have worked very hard for this day. I know that everyone was not optimistic about your book, but the facts prove that you still have the ability. Can you share your creative experience?”
“Actually, there is no special experience. It’s just to write more, to think more, and naturally a story will pop up. But how to turn a theme into a good story, this is a great test of a writer’s strength. I personally think it’s better to have a complete train of thought. Of course, the creation of characters is also crucial.”
After the program began, Yu Linna chatted with Huang Jinglin with ease, talking about her own creative experience, her own thoughts, and also talking about her story along the way.
“Actually, many people know that Ballad of the Enchantress was written by me in a week. I’ve also seen Weibo. Everyone just thinks I’m very amazing, that I’m very fast.”
“But that’s a fact, right?”
“Everyone just sees the surface. You only know that I write very quickly, but you don’t know that I fell ill right after I finished writing. I still remember that I had a fever of about forty degrees. It was very uncomfortable. I am also a person. I am not a god. Everyone, please understand me. Don’t treat me as an omnipotent god.”
Many people did not know these stories. Hearing her reveal them, everyone listened very seriously. Some girls even felt sorry for their Shion-sensei. That was also true. Shion-sensei was a human after all, not some god. It was just that everyone had been ignoring it all along.
Thinking back to the days since Shion-sensei had fallen from the altar and had been furiously flamed by countless haters, how many fans had been willing to support their idol, to speak up for their idol? Thinking about it now, many fans in the audience felt a little sad.
“By the way, Shion-sensei has never been willing to show her face. What is the reason for this? Is it convenient to disclose?”
Perhaps to ease the atmosphere, Huang Jinglin changed the subject.
“In the beginning, it was for a selfish reason. I hoped that everyone would like me not because of my face, but because of my works. At that time, my editor had looked for me, wanting me to participate in a signing event, but I refused. Because I wanted to be a talented writer, not a beautiful girl writer who sold her face. Doesn’t that sound ridiculous?”
“This selfish reason does indeed have your style, but what about later?”
“Later? Later, didn’t the animation incident and what the outside world said about my decline happen? For various reasons, I missed the opportunity to show my face, and then it’s been like this ever since.”
“So you’re saying, if you hadn’t appeared at Yan Yu-sensei’s event a few days ago, you would have still remained in a mysterious state?”
“No. Actually, I have plans to attend an event recently. I’m not a wanted criminal. I don’t need to hide from the camera.”
Yu Linna even made a joke, and the audience below burst into laughter.
“Shion-sensei is really humorous. By the way, there’s been a lot of discussion about your nationality online. Shion-sensei, I remember you’re a student at Guangnan University, right?”
“Yes. I am a Chinese national. There is no mistake about this.”
Because of her appearance, people online had been saying that she was a foreigner, an American, a British person, not a Chinese person. Because of this, there had been a lot of arguments online. In the eyes of some haters, even if she didn’t have a Chinese appearance, they could still flame her. There was no other reason, just to flame.
But no matter how they flamed, they could never change the fact that Shion-sensei’s popularity was rising step by step.
“So, Shion-sensei is a mixed-race?”
“Yes. But I grew up in China.”
“Where is Shion-sensei’s hometown? Is it in England or America?”
“Eh, this…”
How was she supposed to answer this?
Yu Linna was in a difficult situation. Speaking of which, although she was a mixed-race, she didn’t know which country she was born in, or which country’s blood flowed in her. How would she know?
She had no parents. Where would she know where she came from?
Yu Linna, who was in a difficult situation, looked a little strange in Huang Jinglin’s eyes. She thought to herself that her question wasn’t that strange.
“Mmm… in any case, I am Chinese. I still have Chinese blood flowing in me.”
Yu Linna said with a smile, taking the topic away. Clearly, she was deliberately concealing it here. Huang Jinglin didn’t deliberately pursue it.
Besides the people who knew the truth and felt a little sorry when they saw Yu Linna’s difficult expression on the show.
After Yu Linna’s appearance on TV, the ratings were surprisingly high, and the online click rate was also very high. The newspapers also printed news with Yu Linna’s headshot as the front page headline, and her figure was also in many magazines. Shion-sensei had become a phenomenal existence. After all, a good-looking novelist, and a mixed-race, and the key was that her works had a high level of attention and topic. It was impossible for her to be unknown.
These few days, Shion-sensei’s heat was very high, and there was one piece of news after another about her. Everyone wished they could dig up more valuable news about this author. If it were a scandal, that would be even better. Unconsciously, Shion-sensei’s heat was even higher than that of the popular celebrities.
Of course, there were also unhappy people.
And that was Chenghe Film Company.
When the senior management of Chenghe saw Yu Linna’s headshot in the news, they thought they had seen wrong. But after looking at it several times carefully, and confirming Shion-sensei’s real name online, they had no choice but to face the reality. This writer named Shion was the little actress Yu Linna who had walked out of their Chenghe two years ago.
“What is this? Why did this little girl become Shion-sensei?”
“This is impossible. How did she become a novelist?”
“This is too absurd, completely incomprehensible!”
“This, this girl came from our Chenghe. Shouldn’t we do something about it?”
All at once, the people at Chenghe were a little confused. Revolving around this actress Yu Linna, who had once walked out of Chenghe, they began an endless dispute. No one had ever thought that the girl they had wanted to use the casting couch on had now returned with a new identity, in a brand new attitude.
