After Becoming a Cannon Fodder, I Don't Want to Debut as Center

[Main story complete. Revised in full. Very different from pirated copies] Next up: "After Being Diagnosed with Mental Illness, My Mental State Got Better" Blurb: Top-tier idol Ji Ning announced his retirement at the height of his career and went home to enjoy an early retirement. But before he could rest for two days, he transmigrated into a wish-fulfillment entertainment novel for male readers, becoming a brainless villain and cannon fodder with the same name as himself. The original Ji Ning had little talent and was a nepotism hire. He relied on his family's wealth and influence to throw his weight around on a talent show and bully the protagonist, Ye Chi. He even rigged the votes and stole Ye Chi's center position. In the end, Ye Chi turned dark, left the show, built his own business empire, and personally destroyed every source of power the original Ji Ning had relied on. After transmigrating into the book, Ji Ning looked at his nine-figure allowance and immediately flopped down like a lazy fish. Ye Chi could debut as the center, while he went home to live as a rich young master. They could both have bright futures! So Ji Ning avoided the protagonist, Ye Chi, while figuring out how to leave the show early. Offstage, he dismissed his personal stylist, went on camera without makeup, refused special privileges, and didn't hire a fan army or rig the votes. Onstage, he didn't compete or fight for attention. His singing and dancing were terrible, he never played along with the banter, and all he wanted was to eat and sleep. However, without a fan army controlling the online comments, the netizens all turned rebellious: Netizen 1: We haven't clocked out, so why should a useless nepotism hire get to clock out? Get those votes in! Netizen 2: Voted. My stupid boss gave me trouble again today. Capitalists can go to hell. If you make my life miserable, I'll make sure your useless son has a miserable time too. Netizen 3: All voting data has been recorded. Anyone who tries to suppress Ji Ning's votes will get reported. The capitalists' useless son belongs onstage, singing and dancing for us workers for the rest of his life! Ji Ning narrowed his eyes after learning how the netizens had reacted. You want to stir things up? Then let's give them a show. - Ye Chi watched Ji Ning deliberately act useless and smiled faintly, then casually gave him another vote. After he voted, a list of trending searches popped up: #JiNing+NewStageSetsThePlaceOnFire#, #JiNing+UltimateCenter#, #JiNing+WellIWasWrong#, #YeChiLosesTheCenterSpot# Amid all the fans tagging him, Ye Chi replied: I want both the C and the center position. - A lazy-fish recipient who shines with charm in the later stages x an aloof, all-rounder ACE seme Basically, it's a chuunibyou story about two imperfect young men healing each other, joining hands, bravely fighting the capital, and making their dreams come true. -I fight against the world, but I only want to be tamed by you. Both are each other's first love & No real-life model & Sweet and silly & Brain-off wish fulfillment & Lots of headcanon & The seme has money, the uke doesn't & Romance within the group & Family squabbles & Slow pacing & Everything is made up by me The setting is inspired by Produce 101-style talent shows + lots of headcanon + this is a novel, not a documentary + romance within the group 2021.3.14 -- "After Being Diagnosed with Mental Illness, My Mental State Got Better" Gu Yue is the textbook example of a fake young master everyone hates. After the real young master is brought home, no matter how humblely Gu Yue behaves or how hard he tries to please his family, his parents still despise him and treat the real young master like a treasure. The boyfriend he's loved for years is secretly the real young master's devoted puppy. Even when he tries to get by in the entertainment industry, people keep shouting at him to get out. One day, Gu Yue is diagnosed with a severe mental illness. At this rate, he might not even live to see the end of the year. Gu Yue: I'm going to die anyway, so why should I give a damn about all that? - His parents rummage through Gu Yue's luggage without permission, then throw him and his bags out, saying only the real young master can live at home. Gu Yue stepped on his luggage and grabbed his father's head. "Wow, your shabby little home only has two bedrooms, and you're trying to play real and fake young masters like some rich family? You should stick to playing real and fake maids. Whoever gets born into your family is doomed." The boyfriend he'd spent years pursuing stood in front of the real young master and scolded him, saying if he had a problem, he should take it out on him, and not lay a hand on the real young master. Gu Yue marched over and slapped him twice, then picked up a steel pipe lying nearby. "Sure, sure. Don't you just love showing off how manly you are? If you dare dodge today, I'll turn you into a eunuch on the spot." Netizens flooded Gu Yue's Weibo with abuse, scolding him for being less well-mannered than the real young master. Gu Yue simply changed his Weibo handle to This Account Only Likes Handsome Guys. @This Account Only Likes Handsome Guys: Come on, post a photo and let me see your face. If you're below an eight, don't bark at me. Your mother's womb is more suited to you. - One day, the real young master got hold of Gu Yue's psychiatric diagnosis and secretly posted it online. He hoped Gu Yue would obediently go to the hospital for electroshock therapy instead of hiding outside and causing trouble for everyone. Unexpectedly, before Gu Yue could respond, netizens couldn't keep quiet. -Gu Yue is mentally ill? No, he seems perfectly normal to me! (Learning to wash my hair while doing a handstand like Gu Yue, and grabbing a bite to eat while I'm at it.) -What's wrong with Gu Yue? What's wrong with him? What's wrong with him? (Slapping you twice and demanding again: What's wrong with him?!) -I believe the whole world is one giant mental hospital, but I can guarantee that Gu Yue and I are absolutely normal! If you dare arrest my online voice and source of joy, I'll kill your whole family tomorrow! (Turning into an ape overnight and carrying an AK to mow down your whole family.) The real young master: ? Not long afterward, the top-tier Lu family posted a lawyer's letter on its official website. The statement said legal action would be taken against netizens who had maliciously exposed the private information of the Lu family's young master. At the same time, the world's leading professor of neurology, who was famously elusive and had never made a public appearance, issued a statement for the first time. -@RealYoungMaster, are you saying my wife is mentally ill? -My friend, are you questioning my abilities? - They throw rocks at me, so I turn around and hit them with a brick. I bash them until they can't lift their heads, then use the rocks to build their graves. Theme: Kindness, sincerity, and hard work are the only roads to success.