Huayu: I'm being coveted by young actresses.

Chapter 23: Want to Date? The Kind That Leads to Jail Time

A few rays of morning light shone into the room, where the male and female owners had already woken up.

Having gotten up very early, the first thing Nazha did was find a suitable angle to lie in Gu Luojin's arms and look for today's trending topics on Weibo.

A breaking legal news story caught my eye, with the headline: #Want to date? The kind that leads to jail time#.

"This celebrity is such a scumbag. He's been playing around with girls for so many years, and now he's going to send them to jail."

"Who is it? Let me see."

When Nazha said those words, Gu Luojin had already begun filtering the list of people, and he had roughly determined which person in the industry it was.

The romantic entanglement between a suave, middle-aged man and a relatively unknown actress in the entertainment industry.

The woman believes that she not only wasted her youth feeding the dog, but also served the man like a slave.

Finally, after being used and discarded by the man, she lost everything and wanted compensation for her lost youth to make up for the years of loss.

In the early days, the man provided her with corresponding resources, and in one work, her billing was comparable to that of Zhao Xiaodao, a top actress born in 85 who was already famous.

The classic novel "Marie Antoinette" already described the consequences of this unequal relationship.

She was unaware that every gift bestowed by fate had already been secretly priced.

You can only truly become yourself when you experience genuine misfortune.

Those spoiled naiveté, that indifference to suffering, that vanity bred in extravagance—all these have been quietly recorded.

What you think you are born with is nothing more than a life overdrawn in advance. Only when the crown falls to the ground and the fine clothes are covered in dust, and you fall from the clouds into the mud, will you see your former self clearly in the biting cold.

However, it is merely a mirage wrapped up in illusions, while the true soul can only be pieced together from the fragments of despair after all gifts have been stripped away.

Later, the two broke up over the price of the breakup. As a result, the woman had just returned to China. (Thanks for the invitation. She had just gotten off the plane and was wearing a hat. What should she do?)

Because of this "cheating scandal," the man's career was ruined.

Regarding his works, some have been removed from circulation, some have been removed from the list of authors, some have been suspended from production, and GG Media has terminated the contract.

Later, people in the industry also came forward to condemn it: "There are scumbags every year, but there are especially many this year, and they keep coming in waves."

Wang Xiao, a celebrity, was quite scathing in her comments: "He's dating and still looking for a cuckold, what a total scumbag."

The information that has been released so far is not as complete or comprehensive as the later news. This information gap has led to widespread opposition to the man, creating a one-sided trend.

After reading the news, Naza spoke in gentle words that made most men tremble and dare not answer.

"Xiao Gu, do you think all men are like this? Always wanting what's in their bowl while eating what's in the pot."

For Gu Luojin, there was absolutely no pressure: "No, it isn't."

That's too narrow-minded; he's just eating everywhere he goes with his bowl.

Naza nestled happily in Gu Luojin's arms, saying, "I knew there was such a good man as you."

"By the way, what do you think of our relationship?" He didn't want to remain passive, so he took the initiative and asked the question.

He wanted to know what Nazha was thinking.

If you try to make your relationship official, he'll immediately refuse; he won't give up the whole forest for one tree.

When he said those words, he could feel Naza's body stiffen briefly in his arms.

She doesn't object to dating Gu Luojin in private, but if they make their relationship public, they will face resistance from several sides.

The two biggest obstacles are the company and the company itself. Although Sugar People is in decline, the title of "Sugar People's Number One" still carries some weight in the industry, even if not much.

Moreover, Naza understands the principle of "better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix." The title of "number one female artist" comes with access to many resources within the company, which many female artists desire.

Another obstacle is the fans. Since fans are the biggest source of commercial value for celebrities, their emotions need to be taken into account.

Although she's a hopeless romantic, after so many years in the entertainment industry, she still knows what's important.

Gu Luojin stroked her smooth, long black hair and said gently, "Why don't you want to officially announce it with me?"

As a newcomer, Gu Luojin only needs to consider whether to make an official announcement, but as someone who has been in the industry for many years, she has many more things to think about.

"Why wouldn't we want to make it official? But that's just how our profession is. Fans don't want to see their favorite stars announce their relationships, not to mention that the company wouldn't agree to us making it official in a straightforward way."

Your career is still on the rise, and you absolutely cannot afford to have your fans unfollow you because of announcing your relationship. This would negatively impact your career development.

At this moment, Gu Luojin held the reins, while Nazha advised him not to rush into acknowledging their relationship.

It's an unspoken rule in the entertainment industry that popular celebrities dare not go public with their relationships. Once they do, they risk losing countless fans at best, and their commercial value could be halved at worst.

This phenomenon is a typical side effect of the traffic era. Capital has turned celebrities into "commodities," and commodity attributes have become the primary attribute. How to protect and enhance commercial value has become a compulsory course for artists.

Wu Zun, an early member of Fahrenheit, was well aware of this, and secretly got married until the group disbanded.

Female celebrities are in an even more awkward situation. When they announce that their partner is more famous than them, fans complain that they "don't want to focus on their careers and just want to be pampered wives."

If the person you officially announce is not as good as you, your fans will be even more upset and will be hoping for a breakup every day.

The most typical example is Zheng Shuang and Hu Yanbing. After their relationship was officially announced, Hu Yanbing received harassing private messages from Zheng Shuang's fans every day, and eventually couldn't withstand the pressure and broke up with her.

A year later, in "100 Little Things About Love," Shuangzi regretfully wrote: "All my intense attention brought you was criticism, nothing else."

If the two are of similar status, extreme fans will feel that they are just using each other for publicity and will fight each other every day.

Behind these fan behaviors lies a distorted symbiotic relationship between popular celebrities and their fans.

Career-oriented fans, big fans, and professional fans are the real manipulators; their relationship with celebrities is one of naked financial dependence.

When celebrities fade into obscurity and have fewer public appearances, their opportunities to profit from their fans diminish. Without money to be made, how could they not go crazy?

It's never the ordinary people who hold celebrities hostage, but rather their core fanbase and professional fans.

Among the actresses born in the 90s and 95s, apart from Dilraba and Yang Zi who have managed to gain some mainstream popularity, the other female artists' popularity almost entirely relies on their fans.

Without professional fans and influential fans to generate buzz, create trending topics, and engage in online arguments, traffic and popularity will vanish instantly.

Popular celebrities are well aware that their careers are determined by their fans, and all business data is driven by their core fans.

Ordinary fans might think that the big fans are sitting at the same table as you, but in reality, the big fans are sitting at the same table as the management company.

Fans therefore have the right to completely interfere in the lives and careers of celebrities. If an artist plays a leading lady in a drama, she must also be a leading lady in real life.

How can you love men? How can you not focus on your career?

Even the smallest thing will result in fans cursing the studio's ancestors for eighteen generations.

If you can't criticize your idol, can't you criticize yourself?

They might not dare to criticize their idols, but they not only have the guts, they have a lot of guts, by criticizing the studio to put pressure on their idols.

For example, trending topics like "#Please respond to fans' demands" and "#Please protect the rights of Li County's fans" are everywhere.

Thus, an absurd and flawed formula was formed: real-life romance = romance-obsessed = neglecting career = betraying fans = obscurity.

After Guan Xiaotong, known as the "Princess of Beijing," went public with her relationship with Lu Han, she immediately fell behind among the young actresses of her generation.

Even celebrities themselves dare not talk about marriage anymore. The prosperity they built was just a facade supported by their fans. Once the fans leave, they will have nothing left.

The actresses born in 85 are considered lucky. They are the last survivors of the era of satellite TV, and have long been at the top of the industry, accumulating a huge audience base. Their marriages have further refined their fanbase, making them still very competitive.

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.

Fans in the cyber world make their idols remain celibate, unmarried, and childless, indulging in their "cyber dad" fantasies.

This is the fate of celebrities with high online traffic: they can't go public with their relationships, they can't go public with their marriages, and having children is considered a huge sin.

Even the phrase "I want to get married" is a taboo subject. Some female celebrities didn't believe in this superstition, and as a result, they announced their marriage and had children, causing their commercial value to plummet instantly.

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"Fans are not as important as you. For you, I can give up my fans."

Naza realized she was already quite love-struck, but Gu Luojin's words made her body tremble.

There are even more experts out there, people even more love-obsessed than her.

She spent six years working her way up in the entertainment industry before finally buying a house, and she has already tasted the sweetness of the entertainment world.

Even though she liked Gu Luojin very much, she wouldn't give up her career just to have a relationship.

However, Gu Luojin understood her decision.

After all, everyone here is working in the industry, and no one would give up their career for a relationship. Such a choice is perfectly understandable.

She chose to avoid the issue and divert Gu Luojin's attention using other methods.

Those captivating eyes could speak; at this moment, they were conveying a silent sense of guilt, revealing their deeply hidden thoughts.

"Xiao Gu, do you know what the most heartfelt confession is?"

Gu Luojin saw through her little scheme but didn't expose her.

He had already achieved his goal. Since she wasn't taking the bait, he didn't necessarily have to keep making moves. If he really provoked Nazha and she turned around and said she could make it official, wouldn't he be furious?

"I know that. It's about saying goodnight to the person you love so that you can stay together forever."

"And what about the most heartfelt greeting?"

"Good morning?"

Naza shook her head: "No, that's not right."

"What is that?"

After saying that, Naza wriggled her body, a fragrant breeze wafting towards his nose, and whispered in his ear.

"They say goodnight is the most enduring expression of love, but I know that morning exercises are a heartfelt greeting."

Her sparkling, emotional eyes told him that this car wasn't going to the kindergarten, and that the wheels had run over his face.

Okay, he admits that this is more affectionate than goodnight.

Naza also felt the same way; last time, she was so immersed in the atmosphere that she didn't take the measurements carefully.

Only now do I realize how reckless and ignorant I was that night, not understanding the level of danger I was facing.

But feeling guilty that she couldn't give Gu Luojin a proper title, she still threw herself into the battle without hesitation, doing her best to let Gu Luojin feel that her love for him had never changed.

When she speaks, she likes to stammer and makes a surprised face.

Considering that Nazha had made such a great sacrifice to express her apology, Gu Luojin did not press her too hard and gave her a chance to admit her mistake.

This kind of apology, which is accepted by both parties, is honestly quite rare these days.

You don't need to worry about getting red in the face after a heated argument; all you'll feel is exhaustion afterward.