The Trainee Who Always Tells the Truth, Yet Wins Ten Million Fans

Lin Zongming was a poor kid nicknamed Big Brain. He had no other claim to fame, just a habit of speaking too bluntly. There were plenty of things other people didn't dare say, but he would say them outright. He was incredibly direct.

That might have been fine anywhere else, but he worked in the entertainment industry, where unspoken rules and drinking with clients were all part of the daily grind.

What, you say you're a man? Men have to drink with clients too. But not this guy. He refused to drink with them, then went home and livestreamed a scathing takedown of the entertainment industry's dark side, saying that if this was what the industry was like, he'd rather quit acting than make another film.

He even stood up a big-name director whose films had made billions at the box office. The director declared that Lin Zongming would never make another movie. He thought his acting career was over for good, but the next day he checked his Douyin account and found he had over ten million followers. Top directors from overseas and A-list stars from China were already contacting him, insisting on working together.

It turned out that his video exposing the entertainment industry's dark side had racked up hundreds of millions of views on the platform. He was hailed as a breath of fresh air in the industry, and ten major media outlets published articles overnight saying he could become one of the country's top male stars. Working with him, they estimated, could bring in over a billion yuan at the box office.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.