What to Do When Pretending to Be an Alpha Gets Exhausting [Entertainment Industry] - Chapter 1

“You are mine.”

A low, seductive voice sounded beside his ear.

Warm lips brushed and rubbed against his ear.

It was that voice again.

Ye Xingyuan tried to see the other person’s face clearly, but this time, his eyes had been bound with the dark blue tie the other party had pulled off.

Even his hands had been tied up.

The game had upgraded this time?

Ye Xingyuan began to look forward to it.

In his heart, he had already imagined several wild versions of what might happen next. He even shouted, “Come on. Don’t pity me just because I’m a delicate flower.”

…

“Brother Xing.”

Ye Xingyuan suddenly opened his eyes.

It was pitch-black. He could not see anything.

The foreign sensation over his eyelids made him frown. He reached up and tugged it off. It was a dark blue eye mask.

Damn it. Again, it had almost happened.

If this happened a few more times, he really was going to be left painfully unsatisfied.

“Brother Xing.”

The noisy voice beside his ear made him turn his head in irritation.

A chubby little guy was clinging furiously to the back of the car seat, staring at his phone and cursing nonstop. His trash-talking skills were at level ten.

Ye Xingyuan was first stunned, then quietly swept a glance around. After confirming that he was sitting inside an unfamiliar nanny van, with an open makeup case placed on the seat beside him, he quickly understood.

An unfamiliar environment.

An unfamiliar person, yet speaking to him in such a familiar tone.

This meant he had probably transmigrated into a book again.

The reason he said “again” was because this was not his first time transmigrating into a book.

He had transmigrated into many books before.

After each one ended, his memories would become jumbled. He could only vaguely remember a few scattered fragments. He could not recall a complete event, nor could he clearly remember the face of any paper character.

But as soon as he entered a new world, the moment he woke up, he would immediately remember.

He was a transmigrator, and he had a system, 001, that followed him everywhere.

Before entering each world, 001 would pour the plot into his mind and assist him in helping every paper character who had awakened self-awareness fulfill their wishes.

His journey would never end unless…

“Beep. Countdown: three seconds. Prepare to receive the original owner’s memories. Three, two, one… Reception complete. Congratulations, host, on successfully beginning the plot of The Heartthrob Pheromone. The original owner of this book is, as usual, an Alpha with the same name as you. Because of his obsessive love for the heartthrob O…”

The moment Ye Xingyuan heard “Alpha,” he could not help interrupting. “Alpha again? Is there not a single Omega who has awakened self-awareness?”

“No!”

“…If you had stayed silent for even two more seconds, it wouldn’t have sounded this unbelievable.”

“Hehe. There will still be chances in the future. For now, listen to me finish explaining the mission first.”

Ye Xingyuan fell silent.

He was originally an Omega with extremely sweet pheromones, yet he always had to play an Alpha inside these books.

“Because the original owner was obsessively in love with the heartthrob Omega, Su Luoqing, he brought disaster upon his family. Before his death, he repented in regret and finally awakened self-awareness. Thus, he made three wishes…”

The original owner was a male Alpha celebrity.

In The Heartthrob Pheromone, he was cannon fodder, one of the heartthrob Omega’s suitors.

He was born into wealth. His father was nouveau riche, his mother came from a scholarly family, he had a CEO older brother above him who doted on him, and a straight-A younger brother below him who cared for him.

He could have lived idly and comfortably for his entire life, but instead, he fell in love with Su Luoqing at first sight on the screen.

In order to pursue Su Luoqing, he even ignored his family’s attempts to stop him and stubbornly forced his way into the entertainment industry.

Although his aptitude was ordinary, and he was bad at acting, singing, and dancing, he at least had a beautiful face.

That youthful face had just appeared online when it harvested a huge wave of face fans.

Even the media praised him as a once-in-five-thousand-years handsome face.

At first, relying on that face, Ye Xingyuan obtained quite a few resources and endorsements. But in just two years, because of his low EQ and terrible personality, he offended every artist in the industry who had worked with him.

As long as other artists heard that a script had been accepted by him, they would keep their distance and find excuses to refuse the role.

The scripts that came to him also fell from male lead roles to sixth or seventh male supporting roles with almost no lines, and from serious dramas to trashy web dramas.

There was even a web drama director who, when the show aired, directly tagged him on Weibo and cursed him out, releasing behind-the-scenes clips of him acting like a diva on set and offending both the male and female leads.

Because of that incident, Ye Xingyuan was mocked and hated by the entire internet.

Only the director and the leads of the web drama reaped the benefits of the traffic and entered the first tier.

Not only that, but because his methods of pursuing Su Luoqing were too disgusting, after Su Luoqing publicly clapped back at him on Weibo, his popularity with passersby grew worse and worse.

His number of fans plummeted.

…

Utterly foolish.

Ye Xingyuan gave the original owner’s “glorious deeds” a four-word evaluation.

He glanced at the chubby little guy.

The chubby little guy was still cursing angrily. “I’m so mad, I’m so mad. That trash Pei Yanchen really isn’t human.”

Ye Xingyuan followed up, “How is he not human?”

The chubby little guy turned his head. His round, chubby face had turned red from holding in his anger. “Brother Xing, haven’t you checked Weibo? The HU jewelry endorsement the company was preparing to help you negotiate for renewal got snatched away by Pei Yanchen again.”

“The HU endorsement is gone too?” It was expected.

“Yeah! Last month, he just snatched away the variety show you recorded for two seasons, and now he’s snatching your endorsement too. HU Jewelry’s endorsement fee is no less than twenty million a year, and it was just casually taken away like that. Tell me, isn’t that infuriating?”

“It is pretty infuriating.” Ye Xingyuan’s voice was lazy.

“Their fans are also cursing you online, calling you scheming, calling you… I can’t even say it. Brother Xing, look at these people. They’re really going too far. You’re being hated and cursed by so many people. Doesn’t it hurt?”

Ye Xingyuan listened absentmindedly and pressed his brow. “It does hurt.”

Anyone would feel hurt if their erotic dream was interrupted halfway.

“Brother Xing, look at what they’re saying…”

Ye Xingyuan took the phone the chubby little guy handed over and looked at the post he mentioned.

The entire screen was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

[HU endorsement officially announces its new annual partner artist: Pei Yanchen. #FlowersFlowers#]

[Xingxingzi’s endorsement got snatched by Pei Yanchen again? This is already the third one this quarter, right?]

[What do you mean snatched? Do rival fans have any education? It’s because the brand endorsement side looked down on your main’s low-class, flop-to-the-earth’s-core status and wisely chose our Chenchen husband, the number one male Alpha artist in the industry when it comes to selling power!]

[Ye Xingyuan PK Pei Yanchen. Anyone who isn’t blind would choose Pei Yanchen, right? I don’t know what Wild Dog’s fans are jumping around for.]

[Wild Dog’s fans are here trying to leech clout again? Are you planning to explain the airport outfit that copied our Chenchen’s style?]

[Is Wild Dog the creep who pretended to be drunk at the wrap party and cornered the heartthrob inside a bathroom stall?]

[Why hasn’t Wild Dog been blacklisted yet?]

[When is Weibo going to clean things up? These have already escalated into personal attacks, haven’t they?]

Ye Xingyuan frowned as he read.

This was practically a large-scale public cyberbullying scene.

He scrolled for a long time before finally finding a fan who was truly speaking up for him.

[Antis, get lost. My husband has a once-in-five-thousand-years handsome face. What wouldn’t he look good wearing? Why would he need to copy your family’s style? I could even say your Best Actor has a crush on my husband and secretly copies my husband’s clothes.]

This…

There really was no need to be so competitive.

He had indeed copied him.

And the Best Actor could not possibly like him. Speaking of which, the Best Actor was still his love rival.

Still, at least this was a true fan.

Feeling gratified, Ye Xingyuan tapped into the true fan’s homepage, and at first glance, he saw the photo pinned at the top of their Weibo.

A fierce man with chest hair exposed, wearing two pigtails, flaming red lipstick, holding a rose in his hand, and winking at the camera.

A line of shining sapphire-blue text was printed on the photo, in the same style as the good morning, good night, wishing-you-a-happy-life images the older generation loved using.

[Beloved Xingxingzi]

Ye Xingyuan: “…”

Were all the fans he attracted in this style now?

Ye Xingyuan tossed the phone back into the chubby little guy’s hand, intending to avoid seeing any more.

“Brother Xing, we’re at the studio.”

“We’re here?” Ye Xingyuan lifted his eyelids and glanced ahead. He stretched lazily and stood up. “Then let’s get out.”

The chubby little guy quickly gathered the things, got out of the car with him, and walked toward the studio.

Today was the day he was shooting a magazine cover.

They entered the dressing room.

The makeup artist was still applying makeup to someone.

When Ye Xingyuan entered, he only saw that person’s back. Their hair had been styled with quite a lot of hair wax into an especially cool look.

The face that should have been reflected in the mirror was blocked by the photographer.

“Brother Xing, there’s an empty seat here. Sit down first. I’ll go ask how long it’ll be before it’s our turn to shoot.”

The chubby little guy ran off in a flash.

Ye Xingyuan was bored sitting there, so he lazily glanced at the makeup mirror.

The face in the mirror was very delicate. The features were good-looking and natural. His long, narrow eyes tilted up slightly, charming like peach blossoms. His eyelashes were thick and long, like two little fans when they fluttered.

No wonder he could attract so many face fans.

With a face like this, if he did not become wildly popular in the entertainment industry, he would be letting down this God-given face.

Ye Xingyuan pinched his own face in the mirror.

With such an alluring face, he was actually an Alpha? Did the author have some kind of special fetish?

Ye Xingyuan leaned back, sprawled over the chair, his head tilted downward. His field of vision flipped upside down.

He caught sight of several large posters stuck on the wall of the dressing room.

They were all of the same person.

The one that drew his gaze most was a swimsuit poster.

The man had sharp brows and bright eyes, his deep gaze fixed on the camera.

He was wearing a white shirt, both hands braced behind him on the edge of a swimming pool. All the buttons were undone, revealing clearly defined chest muscles, abs, and a sexy V-line.

The shirt was so wet it was basically the same as not wearing one. It clung tightly to his body, outlining the man’s figure in an unbearably seductive way.

The Alpha hormones seemed as though they were about to burst out of the poster.

A layer of light appeared in Ye Xingyuan’s eyes.

This was exactly the kind of Alpha.

The perfect combination of handsome and sexy.

Every part of him hit Ye Xingyuan’s aesthetic preferences, as though he had been born for his tastes.

Ye Xingyuan swallowed.

“Brother Xing, I found out the time.”

The chubby little guy ran back. Before he could say the time, Ye Xingyuan grabbed his wrist.

Ye Xingyuan pointed at the poster on the wall.

Because of his excitement, his peach blossom eyes were tinted with a faint pink. His dark pupils shimmered with watery light, reflecting the tempting cover on the poster.

His voice trembled slightly with excitement. “Little Fatty, within three minutes, I want to know every piece of information about this Alpha.”

“Huh?” Little Fatty suspected he had misheard. His mouth opened wide, and his jaw nearly dropped to the floor.

Even the makeup artist stopped what they were doing and, together with the male artist currently getting his makeup done, looked toward Ye Xingyuan with an incredulous gaze.

At that moment, the door creaked and was pushed open from the outside.

The handsome man from the poster was standing in the doorway, looking at him with a complicated gaze.

Broad shoulders, narrow waist, long legs, and a perfectly tailored suit. The real person looked even better than the poster.

It was Ye Xingyuan’s first time seeing a man so close to perfection. The aura of a powerful Alpha made him look like a walking mass of hormones.

Just making eye contact was enough to make someone’s heart pound.

Ye Xingyuan’s gaze was almost unable to move away from Pei Yanchen.

“11, is my first love about to bloom?”

Ye Xingyuan had just been about to step forward.

Little Fatty quickly pulled him back, then greeted the man at the door. “Hello, Brother Chen.”

Ye Xingyuan: Brother Chen?

System 001 thoughtfully came online. “Wake up. That’s your love rival.”

Author’s Note:

A real Alpha should let his love rival top him.