Lin Youyou debuted as a child star. She was the kind of girl the entire entertainment industry was waiting to see grow up.
But while she was away taking a detour to college, a wave of realistic filmmaking, where acting relied entirely on the subconscious, had quietly swept in.
History's wheels rolled on, and countless celebrities saw their public images collapse while countless investors lost everything.
Lin Youyou: Really? Well, that's... wonderful!
So the legally adult loli, with max resistance to hypnosis, climbed into the acting pod. Starting with remakes nobody wanted, she gradually became the brightest and most enduring star of the new era.
An up-and-coming director: My sets are simple and my plot is mind-bending. How do I find an actor who's versatile and still affordable?
Bystander: Hire Lin Youyou! Remember when she went on a variety show and her subconscious switched personalities so smoothly it scared the audience to tears?
A rising, renowned director: I've poured my heart into a series of scripts, but the opening is too difficult and sticking with it is too painful. What do I do if no protagonist can handle it?
Bystander: Hire Lin Youyou! That remarkable woman dares to sleep beside a ghost's memorial tablet. The only problem is that she keeps picking her own leading men and unlocking weird alternate endings.
A veteran government director: This is a Sino-foreign variety show. We can't harm relations between our countries, but we can't let the foreigners steal the spotlight either. What do we do?
Bystander: Just hire Lin Youyou! How many performers can fool both the audience and the director with their subconscious?
In short, whenever you're in doubt, hire Lin Youyou.
Before it was called Yunlu, it had many identities and names.
It was a wastrel who should have been deserted by everyone, a vicious dog who turned on its master in anger, an abandoned child who clung to its benefactor, or an extra memorial tablet in a shrine in a deserted village...
Later, it became a deity in a virtual world, but remained unreachable beyond the screen.
"That's all right," Lin Youyou said, smiling at Yunlu, her eyes curving into crescents. "Isn't a lifetime in a play still a lifetime?"
Rumor had it that on the day consciousness transfer and storage technology was unveiled, national-treasure-level performer Lin Youyou announced that she would permanently settle her consciousness in the virtual film city and devote her life to the real film industry.
Note 1: The male lead does not have an independent consciousness from the start, and he is not in every film.
Note 2: The female lead's subconscious is relatively clear, but at first she is not entirely unaffected. The degree of influence depends on how realistic the film's setting is.
Theme: Staying together is happiness.