The Anti-Alpha Protagonist is Exceptionally Biased Towards Me (GL) - Chapter 25

AOs shouldn’t get too close…

Yang Ru, the assistant standing nearby, was holding her breath and trying to make herself as inconspicuous as possible.

When she heard this, she couldn’t help but twitch her mouth.

How long had it been since she had heard someone say something so old-fashioned?

She quietly glanced at Gu Yu. The alpha’s face was serious and earnest, as if she didn’t see anything wrong with what she said.

Ming Xin was also clearly stunned.

“Sister Ming Xin, Sister Chen is calling you.” A voice suddenly came from the side, breaking the strange atmosphere.

Sister Chen was Ming Xin’s manager, and the person speaking was Ming Xin’s assistant.

Ming Xin’s assistant had her eyes lowered.

She was a woman of few words.

Her plain looks always gave off a strange, gloomy, and damp feeling.

She was holding a phone that Ming Xin had left on a small folding stool nearby. It was indeed displaying her manager’s name.

Ming Xin came back to her senses, took the phone, and didn’t look at Gu Yu’s eyes.

She said hastily, “I’m going to take this call.”

Then she left as if she were fleeing.

When only Gu Yu and her assistant Yang Ru were left, Yang Ru’s shoulders relaxed. She said, “I don’t know why, but I’m a little scared of Teacher Ming’s assistant.”

She added silently in her heart, When that person looks at me, I feel like I’m being stared at by a venomous snake. It makes me feel chills.

Gu Yu didn’t scold her, which gave Yang Ru a little more courage. She continued, “When we transferred to this new set a while ago, she and I were walking behind you. Teacher Gu, you don’t know, but she was staring at you and Teacher Ming’s backs. How should I describe that look? It was a little spooky.”

“But I think she’s a fan of Teacher Ming Xin. Maybe she saw that you and Teacher Ming were walking too close and got a little jealous.”

Gu Yu’s mind caught on to a certain word. She suddenly looked up and said, “What did you say? She’s a fan of Ming Xin?”

Something flashed through her mind again.

Yang Ru, seeing her serious expression, mistakenly thought Gu Yu didn’t believe her. She was a little anxious. “It’s true. I accidentally saw it last time. Her phone’s photo album has a lot of pictures of Teacher Ming Xin.”

She emphasized, “A lot, a lot! The album is completely full.” If she weren’t a fan, why would she have so many pictures of another person?

Fan, the square cloth in the surveillance footage, the graffiti in the hotel, the handkerchief Ming Xin was holding last time…

These words floated in her mind. A certain vague idea became stronger and stronger, as if the top layer of a veil was about to be lifted.

Gu Yu was about to ask for more details when someone from another part of the set suddenly called out, “Gu Yu, come here for a second.”

It was Liu Yanxi. She was looking in her direction with an unusually serious expression on her face.

Gu Yu had no choice but to postpone her plan to ask further questions.

She walked over and asked, “Director Liu, what’s wrong?”

Liu Yanxi lowered her voice. “Have you checked your phone?”

Gu Yu said, “Not yet.” She had just finished her last scene and hadn’t had any free time to look at her phone.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yanxi handed her her phone. “Then take a look now.”

It was a Weibo page. The first thing that caught her eye was the trending topics.

#MingXinPairedWithAnUnpopularActress#

#PathofImmortalsCrewScriptChanges#

#DirectorLiuYanxiFavorsPrivilegedActors#

The search topics were at the top. When combined with the other two, it was obvious who the “privileged actor” in the third one was referring to.

As a top-tier celebrity with countless fans, Ming Xin was a huge topic of conversation. In addition, Path of Immortals was adapted from a popular novel and had Liu Yanxi’s reputation to back it up. Its popularity was consistently high.

Gu Yu had already experienced the cutthroat world of the entertainment industry in her past life. Just by looking at the titles without even clicking on them, she could guess that there would be a lot of online criticism.

Liu Yanxi said in a cold voice, “I don’t know who leaked the information. The online discussion is very intense right now.”

Path of Immortals had not yet officially entered its promotional phase. It had only announced the main cast online, and everything else was kept under wraps. But now, a series of messages had been leaked.

“I read the content of the marketing account’s post. It’s very leading. It’s clearly intended to guide public opinion.”

The person who posted the information had indeed succeeded. Several trending topics were at the top.

The cleverness of the marketing account that first posted the information was that it didn’t post baseless false information. Instead, it circled and emphasized parts of the real information, making them seem plausible.

The phrase “script changes” was put on the trending topics with a lot of malice and targeting.

The script of Path of Immortals had indeed been changed. To be precise, any novel adapted into a film or TV show would be more or less modified to increase ratings. It would be impossible for it to be exactly the same as the original text.

However, this time, the changes to Path of Immortals were made to a side story for Fu Qian, a side quest, so to speak, written by the original author, Zuo Jia. The final product would be even better than the original plan.

But this marketing account only focused on the phrase “script changes,” making uninformed netizens automatically think that Gu Yu was taking up other people’s screen time and changing the main plot of the original novel, making her a privileged actress.

In addition, Liu Yanxi hadn’t finished her sentence. Most of the people online were criticizing Gu Yu.

But even if she didn’t say it, Gu Yu knew that in her heart.

She casually clicked on one of the topics. Sure enough, fans from all sides were attacking.

“Privileged actress, get out of Path of Immortals.”

“Gu Yu? Who is that? I’ve never even heard the name. My Xinxin acting with such a nobody is ridiculous.”

“Capitalists, get out! Don’t interfere with the Path of Immortals crew.”

“Please, Director, be a decent person. The novel is such a great work. Don’t ruin it, okay?”

“LOL. I was really looking forward to this show. Now, a polite goodbye. Director Liu, so you also compromise with capitalists. I’m utterly disappointed.”

Some people were thinking more seriously.

“Where did this newcomer come from? My Best Actor Lu made way for her, and Ming Xin is acting with her. She has a lot of influence.”

“Maybe she’s a second-generation rich kid who came to the entertainment industry to play around?”

“I found it, I found it. Gu Yu, an alpha, an artist signed with Xingchen Entertainment. I looked at the internal files. She’s not a rich kid at all.”

“She doesn’t have any popular works. She’s played supporting roles in a few no-name web dramas. As for her acting… I can only say it’s very exaggerated and over-the-top. A waste of a good face.”

“The viral photo from a while ago was her.”

“Peh, so it’s her. Then this all makes sense. This alpha is so calculating.”

“I don’t think that photo was even candid. It was a well-thought-out angle. What a marketing stunt, treating netizens like idiots.”

“She’s not a rich kid, and her acting is bad. She’s only got a good face. Now she’s in the Path of Immortals crew and getting extra scenes. I think you’re desperate, Director Liu.”

“Who would believe there’s no shady business here?”

“Gu Yu, get out of the Path of Immortals crew!!!”

Gu Yu scrolled through and roughly read the comments.

Liu Yanxi looked at her, a hint of worry in her eyes. Being criticized by thousands of people could make anyone with a poor mental state have a breakdown. But luckily, Gu Yu’s expression and reaction seemed calm and normal.

She said, “The person who leaked this information hasn’t been found yet. We’ve arranged for someone to investigate. The crew is discussing how to handle this. You don’t need to worry too much for now. Just focus on filming.”

This incident happened too suddenly. It had only been an hour, but the crew had reacted quickly and was already discussing solutions.

This public backlash had its pros and cons. If handled properly, it could be a promotional opportunity, essentially grabbing some attention before the show even aired. Although Liu Yanxi had a big name, no one would turn down more exposure.

Liu Yanxi was also happy to save on future promotion costs.

However…

She was worried that Gu Yu, as a newcomer, wouldn’t be able to handle the series of negative comments online.

After all, Gu Yu’s scenes wouldn’t be finished for another half a month. If her mental state caused problems and affected the crew’s progress, it would be a huge loss.

Liu Yanxi didn’t know that in her past life, Gu Yu, with no power or influence, had fought her way out of the bottom of the entertainment industry. She had endured countless online storms. Her heart had long been strong enough to block out negative feedback from the outside world. Naturally, she wouldn’t care about this.

She handed the phone back to Liu Yanxi and said, “I’ll follow the crew’s arrangements.”

Liu Yanxi felt a little relieved.

At this moment, Ming Xin had finished her call and returned. Judging by her expression, she had already been told about the online situation by her manager during the call.

Her manager had specifically warned her not to respond to anything online. Although Ming Xin knew her manager was right, she couldn’t help but feel a surge of anger.

Meanwhile, on the fifth floor of the hotel, Song Xinran’s phone rang.

It was her friend, Xu Ru.

Song Xinran was in a bad mood, but she still answered the phone.

“What’s wrong?”

“Xinran, do you know? Your aunt’s crew has exploded on Weibo.”