Zhou Ruoli is a rising director and a new star in cinema, nominated for international awards many times over. He has both talent and achievements, along with a stunning face and an elegant aura.
He's perfect in every way, except... he has a sharp tongue.
Thanks to that merciless, cutting tongue, a clip of one of his film festival interviews went viral overnight and shot to the top of the trending list.
On camera, Zhou Ruoli smiled with lazy nonchalance. He fixed his gaze on the handsome face of a star with thirty million fans on the screen and offered his assessment with relish:
"He cries like he's won the lottery and smiles like he's at a funeral. What a cheerful performance."
"His tears are like water squeezed from a sponge, except the sponge is dry. You could force a few out, but there's no need."
"Is your life going so badly that you had to watch this movie as charity?"
The sharp-tongued director delivered one scathing remark after another. On the very night top-tier star Xu Qiche's screen debut premiered, the clip trounced the other trending topics and claimed the number-one spot, setting off a war between fans across the internet.
Fans at the front lines fired off comments like mad, while managers behind the scenes fretted anxiously.
But the other person involved simply raised an eyebrow and watched the whole thing in silence, rubbing the corner of his lips as he smiled with bold, dangerous confidence.
Looking at those alluring, elegant fox eyes on the screen, Xu Qiche lazily lifted his eyelids. "...Just you wait."
The whole internet assumed the two rivals had become enemies for good, each going their separate way, with no reason to cross paths again.
No one expected another trending topic to explode soon afterward.
#Top-Tier Star Joins a Production with His Own Money, Then Lands the Lead Role in His Nemesis Director's Film!#
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Much later, during an interview, Xu Qiche cornered him in the dressing room. Looking down, he pinched the other's chin and drawled, "When you go onstage later, can you go easy on your boyfriend and say a little less?"
Zhou Ruoli narrowed his eyes and straightened his collar, smiling like a fox. "No."
[Reading Guide]
1. Cocky, cool puppy-like idol top x sharp-tongued, sly old fox director bottom
2. Younger man and older man, one-on-one romance with some push and pull. The younger top's acting isn't that bad; the old fox's tongue is just too sharp.
3. Lighthearted entertainment industry story, enemies who bicker openly and flirt on the sly
4. No real-life inspiration. Please don't associate this with anyone.
5. Not yet started. The synopsis has been screenshotted and saved.
2021/8/1
Theme: Love can turn thorns into soft prickles.
