Chapter 15: Two Abandoned People, a Perfect Match
Regarding the attacks on Chen Wei for plastic surgery, the fans weren’t panicked at all.
After all, every fan who had followed Chen Wei offline had seen his “naturally born” god-tier face.
Chen Wei never avoided taking photos with fans, and they had plenty of original photos that could prove he hadn’t had surgery.
Moreover, Chen Wei didn’t care about his appearance, and appearing without makeup was a common occurrence.
Proving that Chen Wei hadn’t had surgery was simply too easy for the fans.
Chen Wei didn’t like to compete, and now that he finally had a hot search, the fans’ combat power, which had been dormant for so many years, finally had a place to be used.
Soon, under the leadership of Chen Wei’s fansite masters, everyone organized and disciplinedly began to post their photos with Chen Wei under the black hot search hashtag attacking him for surgery.
[Guardian of the World’s Best Chen Wei v]: Plastic surgery? Doesn’t exist. Come and see what a real naturally born face looks like. [Photo]
[Who Do You Think You Are v]: Blackening our A-Wei for surgery? This time you’ve really kicked a steel plate. [Photo]
[Does Chen Wei Know? My Wife v]: I can actually see someone blackening my wife for surgery in my lifetime? I almost died of laughter. [Photo]
[Seen Chen Wei’s Offline Version v]: You were arrogant when blackening A-Wei for surgery, but you’re unpredictable between life and death after seeing A-Wei’s photos. [Photo]
[How Do You Know I Drank Milk Tea Hand-delivered by A-Wei? v]: I’m a bit curious to see what kind of expression A-Wei will have when he sees this hot search. [Photo]
[Sincerity is Forever the Ultimate Move v]: Relax! According to our A-Wei’s personality, he’ll definitely just laugh it off like a joke. [Photo]
As it turned out, no one knew their idol better than the fans.
Regarding the fact that he had been on several hot searches and was said to have had surgery, Chen Wei really didn’t care much at first.
Having been in the entertainment circle for a long time, he knew the rules well.
The iron-clad rule of the entertainment circle: as long as a person becomes popular, all sorts of outrageous remarks will follow.
He just hadn’t expected the fans to spontaneously organize to help him fight the anti-fans.
With the release of a large number of no-makeup photos on the internet, the person Chen Wei had officially entered the public eye with his full name.
In just one night, the number of followers on Chen Wei’s Weibo rose to one million.
Unlike the casual indifference shown on Chen Wei’s face…
On the way to the management company, Han Chi held his phone and looked at the comments in the background of Chen Wei’s Weibo and the continuously rising number of followers, laughing with uncontrollable joy.
After all, in the entertainment circle, topics are a synonym for popularity.
As a manager, Han Chi naturally wouldn’t want to miss this hard-won opportunity.
He had to take advantage of this wave of heat on the internet to negotiate with the management company.
As a duo that was “set out to pasture” by the management company, Han Chi and Chen Wei hadn’t actually been close from the start.
Due to family reasons, Han Chi didn’t continue his studies after graduating from high school.
Later, on the recommendation of an old classmate, he accidentally entered the entertainment circle and became an artist’s assistant.
In the beginning, Han Chi didn’t understand anything and would often be scolded harshly by the artist and the manager for making small mistakes.
But Han Chi had an unyielding streak in his bones.
During those three years, besides doing his own job well, he spent all his free time constantly learning new things to improve himself.
The road from assistant to manager was a very hard one for Han Chi.
In his first year as a manager, Han Chi worked particularly hard.
To secure resources for his artist, he frequently drank and put on a smiling face with investors at drinking parties.
Although Han Chi’s appearance wasn’t as good as Chen Wei’s, he was still considered a standout among managers.
Occasionally encountering investors who wanted to take advantage of him, Han Chi would grit his teeth and endure it for the sake of the artist.
Fortunately, hard work pays off. The first artist Han Chi managed, in his debut year, successfully participated in a phenomenal blockbuster and won that year’s Hundred Flowers Best Newcomer Award.
However, “a person’s heart is not enough; a snake tries to swallow an elephant.”
As soon as the artist became popular, he immediately looked down on Han Chi, a small manager who had just recently transitioned.
Who knows how that artist managed to get in touch with the company’s top gold-medal manager?
By the time Han Chi knew the truth, everything was already settled.
Although the company knew its actions were unethical, it wasn’t willing to offend its top manager for Han Chi’s sake.
In the end, Han Chi was left to bear all the grievance and injustice alone.
His most high-spirited and driven year was also his most frustrated and depressed year.
It was also in that same year that Han Chi met Chen Wei, who shared a similar plight.
At that time, Chen Wei had just entered the circle. Because of his “Buddhist” personality and his refusal to engage in “bundled marketing,” he had driven away manager after manager.
It happened that Han Chi was planning to go to the company to submit his resignation that day.
Having successfully managed a Hundred Flowers Best Newcomer in just one year, Han Chi’s ability was considered obvious to all.
The company was unwilling to give up such a capable talent. To keep Han Chi, they simply threw Chen Wei under his management.
One was a stubborn newcomer no one wanted to manage.
The other was a small manager who was disheartened and didn’t want to continue in this industry.
Due to the previous incident, Han Chi didn’t plan to open his heart in his subsequent interactions with Chen Wei.
However, no one expected the turning point to come so quickly.
It all started when Han Chi was mocked by his former artist at the company.
Although the company’s gold-medal manager had many resources, he also had many artists under him.
Although that artist had found a way to connect with the gold-medal manager, he was still a newcomer, and the energy and resources allocated to him were naturally pitifully small.
After leaving Han Chi, no one planned for him with their whole heart, and that artist quickly became a “flash in the pan.”
Once the heat of the Best Newcomer Award passed, he no longer had the capital or topics to be discussed.
For a long time, that artist wasn’t mentioned by anyone.
The huge sense of disparity once plunged him into depression.
His fragile psychological defense completely collapsed the moment he saw Han Chi and Chen Wei appear together at the company.
The coldness in Han Chi’s eyes let the artist know that there was no going back.
Out of jealousy, sour and mocking words fueled by resentment escaped his mouth:
“Two abandoned people—to be honest, they’re a perfect match.”
No matter what, Chen Wei was now the artist under his management.
Han Chi didn’t think he should let Chen Wei get involved in being mocked and ridiculed by a former artist.
However, just as he was about to step forward and fight back, Chen Wei suddenly took a step ahead of him and blocked him behind his back.
In the long corridor of the company, it was so quiet that Han Chi could hear his own heartbeat.
He was still stunned by Chen Wei’s sudden movement.
The Chen Wei in front of him had already politely smiled and fought back for him:
“I don’t know if we’re a perfect match.”
“But one day, you’ll know.”
“Leaving Brother Han was the most mistaken choice you’ve ever made in your life.”
Translator’s Note:
- Fansite Masters (站姐 – Zhàn jiě): Literally “Station Sisters.” These are dedicated fans who run fansites, take high-quality photos of idols, and often have significant influence in the fandom.
- “Naturally born face” (媽生顏 – Mā shēng yán): Slang for a face that looks like it was born that way, not surgically altered.
- “A person’s heart is not enough; a snake tries to swallow an elephant”: An idiom for extreme greed.
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