Why Is He Such a Top-Tier Star?

[My new novel next door is now underway: Out of Character [Entertainment Industry]. Friends, feel free to check it out! There's also a little launch event on Weibo you can join.]

[The main story is complete, and I'm updating the extras. New extras every two days!]

[After discussing it with my editor, this novel will be available to purchase starting April 12, 2022. I'll post three chapters that day. I hope you lovely readers will support the official release, mwah!]

[Weibo: Cong Xin Is Really a Wimp. This novel was originally titled Idol Falls From Grace. Updates every day at 6 p.m. The upcoming novel Out of Character is on my author page. If you're interested, go check it out, mwah.]

Upcoming novel blurb: Out of Character

In character / Out of character

1.

Shu Yicheng and Sheng Qingyu have seemed at odds from the moment you hear their names. They're like fire and water by nature.

They've worked together many times, yet as soon as they're off set, they act like strangers.

The first show they worked on holds a reunion every year, but the two of them always sit far apart, as if they don't even know each other.

Their CP fans cry and beg to see them in the same frame just once, hoping to soothe the pain in their hearts, lungs, and every other organ.

All they get is the same cool response from the two of them when the interviewers thrust microphones in their faces:

"You've worked together many times. How would you describe the other person?"

Shu Yicheng has beautiful eyes, but her answer is merciless. "Well... a colleague, I suppose. Teacher Sheng is a great work partner."

The other one is even more ruthless. His beautiful phoenix eyes show not a trace of emotion as he pushes the microphone away. "Next question."

Their identical refusal to cooperate adds another pinch of salt to the still-healing wounds of their CP fans.

It hurts, it hurts so much. I spent my last life alone, and in this life I ship Yicheng Qingdeep!

2.

The Fated by the Script is currently the most popular variety show online.

It's trying something that's even a little ahead of its time:

Of three CPs who got together while filming, one will announce their relationship when the show ends. As the episodes air, fans can try to guess which couple is really together and which is just a decoy.

Before filming even starts, fans of every kind have already flooded the show's topics and forums.

Individual fans cry and beg their idols to focus on their careers, while CP fans grin and cheer them on to turn up the heat.

Then the third CP is announced:

Shu Yicheng and Sheng Qingyu.

Yishen fans go crazy first: "Thanks for asking. The other two couples are a 50-50 guess, but we're taking our two home. If they're really together, I'll wash my hair upside down for you all."

Just as their own fans give up hope, the story starts to take a strange turn.

"Do you two know what your body language is saying?"

"Your hands are way too close, you know!"

"Wait, weren't you two strangers? How can you tell what Teacher Shu wants to do from one little movement, Brother Sheng? Your image is falling apart!"

"You haven't been pretending not to know each other for almost ten years, have you?"

3.

Shu Yicheng always thought she was the only one who couldn't get out of character.

Later, she realized he couldn't, either.

#Restraint, humility, compromise, and devotion can make all things grow and bring dead wood back to life.#

[I ship their closeness, their sincerity, their love for each other, their lives together, and the way they look at each other every time filming wraps. Sheng Qingyu, do you love the character, or the pure and untainted soul beneath the character? Never mind, I'm going to wash my hair upside down. From a Yishen fan who's hurting and loving it.]

A clear-eyed, gorgeous actress X a laid-back, sincere movie emperor.

This is my next book.

[Novel blurb]

1. Zhou Fengqiu made it to the top as soon as he debuted. He's born bold and flamboyant, with a rebellious streak beneath his cool exterior. He's still got a bad-boy edge, but that only makes him more irresistible. With a microphone in hand and one foot on a speaker, he wins the hearts of countless young women.

In the middle of the night, fans always ask on Zhihu: What kind of girl does Zhou Fengqiu like?

There's no need to ask. You can guess.

A free-spirited rapper like him must be crazy about a sexy, hot beauty, the kind who sparks an instant fire when their eyes meet.

But someone leaves a secret comment at the very bottom: Doesn't this guy have a bow tattooed on the inside of his right elbow...?

==

The cello princess of the classical music world sits beneath the spotlights year-round. With black hair and a white dress, she presses the strings with long, graceful fingers, drawing out notes that linger in the air. But during interviews, her doe eyes always hold a hint of fear. Her gentle smile makes people want to protect her.

She's just like a first love: fresh and graceful, like a wild lily blooming quietly in the mountains.

Later, the princess steps down from the soloist's stage and takes off her floor-length gown. Her small, pale ears are lined with piercings. Her eyes are still clear and pure, but she's become more carefree in the way she carries herself.

Until someone sees the little princess wielding her cello case as a weapon...

==

Everything changes.

So entertainment fans ask: Why does Zhou Fengqiu have a bow tattoo?

Classical music fans ask: Why does the little princess hit people?

No one knows the answer.

2. Later on...

One day, a Weibo trending topic asks: What's the most baffling CP you've ever shipped?

The top comment says:

Obviously, Zhou Fengqiu and Gu Ningjiu.

One is the center of a popular boy band, the other is the little cello princess of the classical music world. They have absolutely no connection, but one music variety show made me ship them so hard I nearly died. I even started imagining that all of Zhou Fengqiu's original songs were complaints about how Gu Ningjiu ignored him, and that every classical beat was singing about his unrequited love.

Meanwhile, our little cello princess used her rich, resonant strings to reject Zhou Fengqiu note by note, like a calm, deep ocean. She didn't care about his existence at all...

The beauty of a tragic ending! I'm dying over this ship.

A highly upvoted reply in the thread: You CP fans are the crazy ones. Zhou and the cello player barely ever appear in the same frame. Where's the unrequited love coming from? It's obvious they don't know each other, and might even hate each other.

As the topic rockets up the trending list, Zhou Fengqiu releases a song with a very long title:

Why Can't You Look at Me While You Draw the Bow?

Onlookers: What the hell????

-The boy band center and rapper Zhou, who is actually a little pure-hearted X the classical music world's little princess Jiu, who is actually pretty rebellious-

-A moth doesn't fly into a flame because the flame is bright enough. It does so because the moth wants to become the flame. Even if it burns up its life, it wants to shine at least once.-

Note:

Readers under 18 should proceed with caution.

No real-life inspirations, no real-life inspirations, no real-life inspirations! That's important, so I'm saying it three times!

The references to "career-ending scandals" in this story are only examples and aren't intended to refer to anyone.

This is a fictional entertainment industry. Please don't relate it to real life.

The author's knowledge of classical music comes entirely from Tom and Jerry. If you spot any technical errors, please let me know and I'll correct them right away.

I have a dream of making music, too.

Theme: A moth flying into the flame, burning bright and brilliant