The Man Who Made Me Famous [Entertainment Industry]

The first time Jiang Shunqing saw Gu Jinghe, he was retrieving an injured dog from beneath his beat-up car.

The second time, he was sitting outside the fruit shop by the back gate of Jiang's school, selling fruit for hours on end.

Jiang Shunqing saw him working among ordinary people every day. Though he always felt the man's bearing didn't seem poor, he never imagined this man would be the powerful investor who would turn him into a superstar.

(The cover was made at random, and doesn't depict anyone. Please imagine the characters based on their descriptions in the story.

A heads-up: The story is mostly told from the love interest's perspective early on, with a lot more from the protagonist's perspective later.

There is a secondary couple: Lin Yangyang and Mu Qingyuan.)

Blurb:

Jiang Shunqin was the illegitimate son of the Jiang family, born without status or recognition.

He spent over a decade living under other people's roofs and enduring their scorn, until he finally left the Jiang family.

He was only sixteen that year, going to school by day and working at night to scrape by.

He entered show business to make money. Thanks to his good looks and remarkable talent, his first role became a hit. But after the Jiang family found out about him, he struggled to get anywhere in the entertainment industry.

He was ostracized, made to take the fall for others, and deliberately smeared. Eventually, his reputation was in tatters, and he could only play insignificant or filthy roles in all kinds of productions.

The Jiang family had a stranglehold on everything. He thought his days struggling in this quagmire would never end, but things slowly seemed to improve.

Jiang Shunqing's return to fame wasn't as sudden as his debut, but as soon as he grew popular, old scandals that netizens had forgotten inevitably resurfaced.

Beating up fans, cozying up to rich patrons, smoking and drinking, street fights, and a mother who broke up someone else's family.

…

The rumors grew wilder and wilder, and people were only a step away from calling him a transsexual.

Out-of-context clips, misleading camera angles, and photos so blurry even his own mother couldn't recognize him were all pinned on him with a few lines of text.

And among the people watching the spectacle, hardly anyone cared whether any of it was true.

The scandalous stories were everywhere, his peers mocked him, and he was nearly driven to desperation.

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Then, before long, major media outlets issued clarifications, proving the scandals had been fabricated.

The man once notorious for his terrible reputation was suddenly revealed to be a kind, hardworking victim who had endured years of online abuse.

…

Watching the younger brother everyone adored shine on TV, Jiang Haoyu almost crushed the wineglass in his hand.

“Bastard, don't get too pleased with yourself!”

Not long after, public opinion turned against the Jiang family.

“Mr. Jiang, public opinion is completely against us now... It's seriously affecting our business.”

“Mr. Jiang, the investors have suddenly pulled out of the project we're building. Our cash flow has dried up!”

“Mr. Jiang...”

The Jiang family faced bankruptcy, and with no other options, Jiang's mother and son went to Jiang Shunqing for help.

Jiang Shunqing smiled, his expression cold as ice. “You brought this on yourselves.”

Later on...

The media kept catching the famous Jiang out and about with the same man.

Media: “Jiang Shunqin spotted grocery shopping at a market with a mysterious friend. They're close, and he never has dating rumors with actresses. Could his real reason be his sexual orientation?”

Fans: “Who is that? He's dressed so shabbily, he looks so unfashionable. There's no way our husband would have anything to do with someone like him. Those damn media outlets need to stop making things up!”

Seeing how agitated the fans were, the damn media outlets realized they'd found a reliable way to draw traffic and became even more eager to stir things up.

Countless cameras were trained on the mysterious man, determined to uncover the truth.

Their efforts paid off, and the man's private life was gradually dug up.

Media: “Jiang Shunqin and his mysterious friend take a Lykan supercar for a spin. The car is worth 69 million.”

Fans: “Oh my god, our husband is so generous! He's spoiling him rotten!”

Media: “Jiang Shunqin and his boyfriend share a home in Tianjing Fenglin, in the best part of the upscale district.”

Fans: “Ahhh, the houses there are so expensive! Are they really that close?”

A levelheaded netizen couldn't take it anymore. “Jiang Shunqin's only been in show business for a few years, and he lives in a tiny apartment of barely a hundred square meters. Could he afford a car worth tens of millions and a house worth over a hundred million? Heh, it's anyone's guess who's keeping whom!”

It was like a bomb had been thrown into the crowd of fans. Everything erupted in an instant...

“Impossible! How could our wise, mighty, manly husband be the one getting kept?”

Fan X: But he's been a flop for years, and then he suddenly got famous?

Fan Z: There have always been rumors that a powerful backer was promoting our idol. Could it be... this guy?

Just then, the media dropped an even more explosive story.

Shocking! The mysterious man is none other than the genius writer Gu Rufeng!

Gu Rufeng made his fortune from nothing, investing his royalties in stocks and venture capital. He's now worth hundreds of billions.

Gu Rufeng was discreet and reclusive, never appearing in public. Yet now, he was spending a fortune and sparing no effort to make Jiang Shunqin famous!

…

Jiang Shunqing's fans: “If it's Gu Rufeng, then I guess it's okay.”

Countless netizens: “This couple is locked in forever. I'll ship them until I die!”

Later, netizens waited eagerly every day. “Our idol, could you share a little of your daily life with Gu?”

“Yeah, if you won't show his face, at least show us his hands!”

“Even a strand of his hair would do, as long as we get something!”

“I'd even take his toes!”

…

Jiang Shunqing: “Thanks for all the love, but he's not very comfortable with it!”

“Xiao Jiang, it's late. Time for bed.”

In front of their screens, the fans cried, “Ahhh, that's God's voice! He's telling you to go to bed!”

“God's voice is so nice. Does he usually call you ‘Xiao Jiang’? Even that sounds so tender!”

“I'm going to bed. You should all turn in early too.”

Jiang Shunqin didn't waste a second. He ended the livestream at lightning speed and slipped away.

“…”

The fans in front of their screens clutched their hearts, thrilled: This is killing us!

One-line summary: I never knew how deep my longing ran, until I realized it had seeped into my bones.

Blurb written on July 3, 2022

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Working title: "The Tenth Year of the Apocalypse: I Raised the Human Child I Found"

As the only vampire left in a thousand years, Adrian lived alone in a castle deep in the mountains.

A zombie outbreak hit the human world. Those filthy, disgusting creatures were slow, and couldn't hurt him at all, but they were everywhere and highly destructive, so he decided to prepare in advance.

Adrian leveled a mountain and used giant stones to build a thirty-meter-high wall around his castle, protecting his home and all the birds and beasts living there...

Standing on the newly finished battlements, he looked down at his handiwork with satisfaction. Just then, he saw a woman and a child being chased by a huge horde of zombies.

He didn't want to get involved in human affairs, but in the end he saved the boy. Because he failed to save the boy's already infected mother, however, the human boy came to hate him.

Adrian brought Cheng Lin into the castle and forced him to become his little servant, making him serve tea, rub his shoulders, and massage his back...

More than ten years passed, and Cheng Lin, now grown and strong, escaped the castle.

Three years later, he returned with his surviving father and brothers and a group of humans. Adrian's castle was probably the last safe haven in the world, with no better place to take shelter. They wanted to seize it.

Caught off guard, Adrian drank the zombie blood Cheng Lin's family gave him. He lost the ability to move and fell from the battlements.

Cheng Lin stood on the wall and watched as the zombie horde quickly devoured Adrian's body. He went mad...

Sharp-tongued, arrogant, hot-tempered, and beautiful vampire bottom vs. outwardly compliant but rebellious, ungrateful human top

Theme: Like stone against a whetstone, the dull can be honed into the keen