Part 2
His teammates naturally carried an aura of ambiguity between good and evil. Simply put—they were top-tier handsome guys, but didn’t look like good people.
This appearance was most suitable for marketing accounts to fabricate stories, so the teammates’ “materials” came one after another, uninterrupted for three hundred and sixty-five days, covering every scum persona.
Whenever a new idol collapsed, his teammates would gain a new black persona: today Han Yuzhe is a scum playboy, Jiang Shu’ran is a sea king (player), Hua Yan cheated with 108 exes; tomorrow Han Yuzhe uses “unspoken rules,” Jiang Shu’ran engages in money transactions, Hua Yan has a terrifying business empire behind him, plus workplace bullying, plastic surgery… there was nothing passersby couldn’t imagine, and nothing marketing accounts dared not say. Of course, for fear of being sued, they used initials or aliases.
These black materials were relentlessly spread, and they were effective. Passersby unaware of the truth would adopt a wait-and-see attitude. No matter how handsome the teammates were, due to PTSD from being hurt before, they couldn’t fall into the pit vertically.
Only Berlin left major entertainment companies helpless.
No matter how outrageous the stories about his teammates were, people believed them. Only Berlin’s black materials were useless; his passerby favorability was solid, and no one believed them.
The most painful part was when a certain company spent a huge sum to link up with marketing accounts to release Berlin’s “black material,” complete with pictures, truth, details, “witnesses,” WeChat screenshots, and emotional essays.
Result after half a day, comments: 0.
Fans & Passersby: Oh, Berlin’s black material, must be fake.
Passing dogs wouldn’t even look.
The rival company, full of ambition to stir up trouble: “……”
Pain, too much pain.
Is Berlin’s passerby favorability really invincible?
All competitor companies refused to give up.
After two years of hard study, the jealous entertainment companies behind the scenes finally got a bit smarter. They carefully selected a writer and published a long article on Zhihu without naming names, actually hinting at Berlin.
This article was written very plainly, neither overly dramatic nor painfully youthful. It looked like the calm of release after being hurt deeply and consuming oneself in silence for a long time.
The most important point was that between the lines, there was a strong sense of nostalgia: it could be simply summarized as “your words still love him.” This high-level stepping was hidden deep down, giving the feeling of having loved truly, naturally mentioning some of Berlin’s lovable and hateful shining points and small details.
As expected of a writer hired for a huge sum, it had a special feeling, a special flavor, very immersive, and a sense of reality hit the face.
Finally, someone read this long article.
The people behind the scenes racked their brains and came up with a powerful black persona for Berlin.
“White cut black” (innocent on the outside, dark on the inside).
Seemingly sunny and energetic without schemes, but actually seeing through people’s hearts. The handsome guys in the team couldn’t outplay him. The true Thanos of C-ent hidden behind the scenes, unmentioned and unsuspected. No matter what the original criteria for a partner were, they would eventually fall in love with him, yet he passed through thousands of flowers without a leaf touching his body.
Everyone loved him wherever he went, but he seemed to have done nothing. How terrifying is that?
Many people loved him, but while he appeared warm, he had a cold heart. He loved no one; he was just playing.
You fell for him, gained and lost, confessed to him, and he was stunned, troubled, and apologetic: How could this be? I always treated you as a friend.
The long article was narrated in the first person, eloquently spanning over twenty thousand words, written with such true feelings that it made people weep.
Reading it felt as if one had truly been scumbagged by Berlin.
Linked and spread across platforms, the manipulators behind the scenes rubbed their hands, confident that this time they could severely damage Berlin’s near-perfect image and passerby favorability.
The company had discussed it countless times in meetings. Other black personas could be clarified, but this one couldn’t. As long as one person believed it, the damage was permanent.
Dirty water like tax evasion couldn’t be thrown because if you didn’t do it, you didn’t do it; a clarification notice would solve it perfectly. Not many people believed in the “Sea King” persona either, because if it were true, why couldn’t paparazzi squatting twenty-four hours a day take a single photo? It was useless without evidence.
Only character and personality, things that could only be truly felt by those who had contact, were ethereal, without substance, and difficult to clarify.
Even if someone came out to explain for Berlin, they could find marketing accounts to lead the rhythm later.
The company behind the scenes was full of confidence: Berlin is definitely finished this time.
Half a day passed, and the heat did indeed begin to ferment rapidly.
The manipulator strategizing: How is it? Did the passersby believe it?
Subordinate responsible for reporting: No, it’s bad. Fans took the initiative to screenshot this article and hype it up. Berlin’s Super Topic has gained five thousand fans in the past two hours!
Manipulator: ……?! Impossible. What are they saying?
Subordinate wiped away cold sweat: The black persona we spent a huge sum and racked our brains to fabricate was spontaneously moved by Berlin fans in large quantities, retweeted tens of thousands of times breaking the circle. Douban built high buildings overnight—calling the black persona exciting, antis know how to ship better than me, the food made by antis smells better, daring to imagine still depends on the rivals.
Manipulator: “……”
He lost his calm, opened the Zhihu comment section, and took the assistant’s phone to check the screenshots from the undercover big fan account.
Berlin’s big fans led the laughter.
[Whose eyes haven’t seen Xiao Lin V: Sorry can’t help singing out loud: He’s a heart thief~~ Ah~~~~ Very good, let the whole world come to have their hearts stolen by my Lin [Shy.jpg] Fans are still too restrained, look at the antis’ level, how well they blow, the whole world loves my Lin, all kinds of A-list big shots and industry elites, none can escape my Lin’s charm hahahahahaha who got cool, oh, it’s me hahahahaha (Even antis admit no one can help but love my Lin, what on earth are ilin being restrained and low-key about, praise him for me)]
[Xiao Lin’s Double Layer Long Johns V: Aww aww aww aww oh ah oh aww aww oh ah!!!!! Berlin hurry up and scumbag me!!!! Exciting!!!! (Running laps) (Beating chest and stamping feet) (Deep breath) (Heart racing) (Mental disorder) (Mental normal) (Queuing with marriage certificate number)]
[Hello Mu Mu, Marry V: Can Xiao Lin switch to acting after being an idol for ten years, play a role like this let me dream a bit, I’m drooling]
[Internet Mobile Astragalus Owner: Wait, in this ex-literature, even a passing company clerk assistant has an ambiguous past with Berlin, can I understand it as, I can do it too?! (Like in a dream) There’s such a good thing??? Berlin hurry up and scumbag me!!]
The manipulator’s face turned iron-green as he scrolled down, blacking out from the pants flying out of the comments and retweets.
Defeated, thoroughly defeated.
This wave of operations not only didn’t make Berlin lose fans or affect his passerby favorability but instead made Berlin gain ten thousand fans in one fell swoop because of this article.
Fans understood Berlin one hundred percent, neither provoked nor rejecting the contrasting black persona in the article, and even liked it very much.
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