Xu Jinshi, a minor entertainer with a nine-to-five schedule in show business, got caught using paid time off to chase a celebrity. A video of him staring at second-generation star Sheng Wang without blinking for seventeen seconds shot to the top of the trending charts.
Onlookers: Could the cameraman take it apart? That's exactly what I look like when I'm stanning someone!
Xu Jinshi quietly clarified on his private account:
1. I'm nearsighted and wasn't wearing my glasses.
2. He's one of my many little brothers.
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His manager sensed an opportunity and started setting the two of them up as a CP.
Matching accessories, behind-the-scenes clips, variety-show interactions, and subtle shout-outs.
Sheng Wang refused to take shortcuts and turned them down repeatedly:
"Is the industry really this bad now?"
"Focus on the work itself. Why drag real life into it?"
"I speak only for myself: I reject and oppose this kind of distraction and entertainment-at-all-costs behavior."
The manager: Then I'll find someone else to pair with Xu.
Xu Jinshi: If he's a younger guy with a broad chest and abs, I might be open to it.
One day, filming began for Xu Jinshi's new variety show.
Halfway through rehearsal, Sheng Wang, whose schedule had been up in the air for ages, suddenly showed up wearing an outfit matching Xu Jinshi's. He looked around, convinced everyone had ulterior motives.
"Don't any of you have your own wives?"
Theme: Devotion to one's work.