Chapter 491: Black Fans
If you were to talk about which celebrity on the internet had mixed reviews, with both praise and slander, Yu Linna would probably be elected as one of them. As a star-level author with her own traffic, and also a super screenwriter, her popularity was indeed very high, and she was also one of the few supreme god authors in the country. The works she wrote usually had more good reviews than bad, and many people liked them. But at the same time, there were also many people who slandered her.
If you were to seriously pick out her black fans and count them, you would find that the number of her black fans was about the same as her supporting fans. But a star is always like this. If someone likes you, then naturally someone will hate you. If you can accept praise, then you have to learn to endure slander. In this circle, it is really difficult to survive without the ability to withstand pressure.
Yu Linna had never been a girl with a glass heart. When she saw those news slandering her and flaming her online, she was too lazy to bother with them. The more you care, the more you make a statement, the more proud those people will be. Sometimes it’s better not to bother.
But she didn’t care, but Xiao Yanhan wouldn’t not care. She had specially used her own account online to issue a statement, saying that this was a die-hard fan harassing Shion-sensei, and had seriously interfered with her private life, which was why Shion-sensei had fought back. As a party involved, she could prove it. But after her statement was issued, below were all curses.
“Are you feeling guilty? You’re even throwing dirty water. Disgusting.”
“Yan Yu is not a good person either. How many of those who can live with the surname Yu have a good character?”
“It’s definitely because they’re anxious. Shion hasn’t even come out to speak, and you’re already standing up. You must have a guilty conscience.”
“So disappointing. Big stars are like this, bullying their fans, saying they like their fans, but in fact, they don’t care about their fans’ feelings at all.”
Even Xiao Yanhan was being flamed by the online flamers.
The internet is not a friendly place. There are all kinds of people here. And Xiao Yanhan was indeed unlucky to have run into a group of flamers. When Yu Linna had gone on Weibo and had seen Xiao Yanhan’s situation, she had heavily patted her shoulder.
“I told you not to bother. You didn’t listen. You see? The more you bother with them, the more rampant they become. Why do you have to go against these people? They are not your who. No matter how harshly they curse, they will not affect your life.”
Yu Linna herself had seen through it. She was too lazy to bother with it. Perhaps her past hard life had given her a life of tempering. Now she didn’t care at all how others cursed her. If she had a glass heart, then she would surely not have been able to live until now.
After that, Wenqing had also posted on Weibo to clarify this matter. Although when Wenqing had posted on Weibo, there were not so many people leading the rhythm online, it did not mean there were none. In short, Yu Linna was now in a sea of curses online. To put it bluntly, it was said that she did not respect her fans and was openly being a diva.
Even if it was so bad online, Yu Linna in her life would not be defeated by this kind of thing. In fact, there were still partners who were looking for her to cooperate in writing a script.
“Hello, Shion-sensei.”
“Hello, Mr. Dai.”
“It’s like this. We’d like to ask you to write a script. It’s for an animated film. It’s expected to start filming in about two months. It’s really very urgent. Can you write a script for us? The price is negotiable. How about eight million?”
To be honest, for a screenwriter to have a net income of eight million from a script was indeed a very good number. Such a price was quite high. Yu Linna did not rush to agree.
“What genre?”
“A love story, the kind with a young boy and a young girl. It would be even better if it could be a love that spans ten years. Because we are planning this way, we want a script with sincere emotions.”
Yu Linna thought for a moment.
“Mr. Dai, I can have free rein with the script, right?”
“That’s natural. Shion-sensei, with your current identity, you naturally have the right to revise the script. If there’s anything that’s not right, we can sit down and talk about it slowly. But we respect the story you write.”
“Then, is a tragedy okay?”
“Huh?”
“Because I was just thinking, a comedy, although some people will watch it, but a tragedy leaves a deeper impression, doesn’t it? If the male and female protagonists don’t end up together, to write this kind of regret, I think it’s also not bad.”
“…This, this is not very good, Shion-sensei.”
“How about I write it first and you take a look?”
“…Alright then.”
The other party was thinking, He must have provoked someone he shouldn’t have. What on earth is this Shion-sensei doing? She could clearly write a lighthearted romantic comedy. Why did she have to play with a literary-style tragic story? He really couldn’t figure it out.
Just after Yu Linna had taken on this script, she had also received another invitation, an invitation to record a variety show. This show would invite many stars, and Yu Linna was one of them.
“I’m also included?”
Ye Zhiyun, who was in her company approving documents, had received an invitation and had found that her name was also on the list of invitees, which had made her very surprised. Logically speaking, her fame had just taken off, and her number of fans was not large. But she had been lucky enough to be selected for this all-star list.
This variety show seemed to be planning to invite a large group of stars over, and then to record in a very cold city. There would also be activities like climbing a snowy mountain and throwing snowballs. The program team had invited these stars over, on the one hand, to increase the ratings, and on the other hand, to let the stars interact, so as to increase the highlights of the program. Just looking at this list, there was Han Ying, there was Ye Zhiyun, Fang Jiangning, Xiao Yanhan, Zhao Yuyan, Tang Yumeng, Yu Linna, and so on. There were also some big shots who were famous in the circle, such as Hu Qing, Shen Wenwen, and Guo Ziyang. What was surprising was that the action female star, Nangong Ying, who had once been popular in the entertainment industry for a period of time, was not on the list. It seemed that she had really been blacklisted by the entertainment industry.
In addition, Yu Xiayue had politely declined the recording of this program because she wanted to concentrate on filming.
It had to be said that the program team had really spent a lot of money, just to film an issue of a program with a super luxurious lineup. Think about it, so many stars gathered in one program, and these stars were all super stars in various industries.
Yu Linna had seen Ye Zhiyun’s name on the invitation list, but she had no thoughts. She was just wondering if it would be better to participate. Although it was just a variety show, Yu Linna would not refuse to be on a variety show, and it was even a domestic program. This was very conflicting for her. And the program team’s side had also offered Yu Linna an appearance fee of 800,000, which was really quite a big deal.
For this issue of the program’s invitation, Yu Linna had tentatively agreed, mainly because Zhao Yuyan had found her and hoped that she would also go.
“I think this program is not bad. Let’s go together.”
“But isn’t this just a variety show?”
“This is different. Think about it. This is the first time you and I have been on the same issue of a program. It’s so meaningful. And with this issue of the program, you can also reveal the script you’re going to write recently. At that time, it will also be a good promotional tool.”
What Zhao Yuyan said was indeed reasonable. Yu Linna thought for a moment and still decided to agree.
The current Zhao Yuyan’s popularity was also quite high. Although she was very salted fish, and lazy, and often wrote short stories to replace her long-form serialized novels, the popularity of the novel The Rich Man’s Game was high, and the animated version had already had a second season early on. The popularity was still so high. In addition, she had also learned from Yu Linna and had written a second long-form novel, A Passerby Can’t Be a Protagonist, in her spare time. It was about a female protagonist who had often been a passerby and longed to be a protagonist, who was discovered by a manager, the male protagonist, and was worked hard to be made into a female protagonist star. By classification, it belonged to a star-raising story.
It was worth mentioning that because the female lead in the drama was surnamed Zhao, the same as Zhao Yuyan, the fans had also nicknamed the protagonist “Miss Zhao.” Although the book did not explicitly state that the protagonist was from a young miss background, this did not prevent the fans from imagining.
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After agreeing to do the show, Yu Linna had taken advantage of this period of time to fly to Beijing, because she wanted to find the first esports champion player in the country, and then to interview the other party. According to the introduction of Fang Jiangning and Qian Jiaxuan, Yu Linna had met this esports player, Sky, who had once won two consecutive championships in the WCG Warcraft project, and was also known as the human emperor. In the early days of esports, this esports player had won two championships in the world-class event, the WCG Warcraft project, with his own hard strength, and had also stood on the podium draped in a red flag. In that era when esports was not mature, and there were few sponsors, he could be said to have created a precedent.
“Hello, Mr. Sky. I’m Yu Linna. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule.”
“It’s fine, it’s fine. Actually, it’s been a long time since anyone has found me to talk about these things. I’m very happy to be able to talk to you about these topics.”
The human emperor, Sky, was already in his thirties. When he had won the championship, he was only in his early twenties. It had been many years since that time. Now the esports industry was so developed, but the younger people should know less and less about his past story. After all, many people did not belong to that era.
“Actually, you can be considered the first player in the Chinese esports world to win a world championship, right? As far as I know, no one should have won a world-class championship.”
“I guess so.”
“Then can you introduce me to the life of a player in your era? After all, it’s different from now. It must have been quite hard at that time.”
“That’s true. Compared to the training bases of the current players, our era was very simple. It was just an internet cafe. Everyone would gather there to train, and then the smell of instant noodles and cigarettes would often fill the internet cafe. Or it would be a little better. A better training environment would be a small rented apartment. Everyone would squeeze together, and then train. When they were tired, they would just lie down and sleep. We didn’t have much money at that time, and there were also few sponsors. We relied more on the prize money from the competitions. If you won a championship in some competitions, the prize money would be very generous. Divided among everyone, everyone could get tens of thousands. Not to mention those national competitions, world competitions.”
“The prize money for the winner of last year’s LOL World Championship seems to be 800,000 US dollars.”
“In our era, where would there be so much prize money? At that time, it was mainly about maintaining a livelihood. Like now, the esports industry is mature, there are also training bases, more formal training, more complete facilities. It can’t be compared with our time. But this is the development of the times. I’m also very glad that I was born in that hard era. To me, it’s more of a wealth that can’t be measured by money.”
Yu Linna had spent a whole afternoon interviewing him, and had heard many interesting stories from this former professional player, the human emperor, Sky. She had also specially bought a story about him, and had even found old news reports about him. After finalizing it, she had planned to use this player as a prototype to write a story about a professional player in the pioneering era of esports. After the theme was finalized, Yu Linna had planned to start writing.
