What to Do When Pretending to Be an Alpha Gets Exhausting [Entertainment Industry] - Chapter 14

Ye Xingyuan’s scenes were scheduled very sparsely. After finishing today’s filming, his next scene would not be until ten days later.

When a crew filmed, it was impossible for them to specially free up time for him. Everything was arranged according to the leads’ schedules.

So when Ye Xingyuan had no scenes, he left the crew and returned to his home in the city.

He had just gotten home, and before he could even put down his luggage, his phone vibrated.

The assistant director had sent him a message.

Assistant Director: Did you get home safely?

It sounded exactly like something a boyfriend would say.

Ye Xingyuan raised a brow. He had already predicted what the other party would ask next…

xx: Just got home.

Assistant Director: Good that you got home safely. Smile.jpg

Looking at that WeChat sticker, Ye Xingyuan’s expression became subtle. This old fox actually wanted him to be the one to bring it up first.

xx: Director, I haven’t really interacted much with Best Actor Pei lately. It’s hard to find a chance to talk to him about following each other on Weibo.

Subtext: It’s not that I don’t want to add him. It’s that I can’t! Understand?

Assistant Director: I know this is quite difficult, but look, our director really does appreciate you. He’s been trying to persuade the screenwriter to add more scenes for you. He told me privately that he wants to turn your character into the fourth male lead, but this matter is very difficult to operate. Also, there has to be enough traffic to justify that investment, right? We’re not deliberately making things hard for you. It’s just that if we want to turn a cannon fodder role into the fourth male lead, no matter what, we have to get past the producer. The producer and investors all value profit. You need to let them see your value before they’ll be willing to use you heavily. That way, it’ll be easier for our director to persuade them too, right? Smile.jpg

…A two-hundred-word mini essay almost filled the whole screen.

Ye Xingyuan read it word by word, then pinched his brow bone with a headache.

The temptation of becoming the fourth male lead was too great.

It was impossible for him to give it up.

xx: I understand. I’ll work hard.

After throwing his phone aside, Ye Xingyuan lay spread-eagled on the bed, not even taking off his sneakers.

He asked the system, “11, analyze it for me. How can I get Pei Yanchen to follow me on Weibo?”

System 001 said, “The following methods are available: 1. Steal the other party’s phone and quietly complete the follow; 2. Steal the other party’s Weibo account, log in, and follow yourself; 3. Win the other party’s favor and become friends.”

Ye Xingyuan: “…Are you thinking peach? Methods 1 and 2 are illegal. As for 3, Wish 3’s progress bar is still red, right?”

System 001 said cutely, “That’s right.”

…Damn thing.

Knock, knock.

Someone knocked on the bedroom door.

Ye Xingyuan turned over and said toward the door, “Come in. My door isn’t locked.”

A teenager wearing a high school uniform walked in, holding a fruit plate in his hands.

“Second Brother, Mom told me to bring you a fruit plate.” Ye Rubai carried the fruit plate in and placed it on the table beside him. He glanced at Ye Xingyuan, who was still lying there motionless. “Second Brother, how many days are you staying this time?”

Ye Xingyuan sat up on the edge of the bed and patted the spot beside him, gesturing for his younger brother to sit over. “Two or three days, I guess. What’s up?”

“Tomorrow, I made plans to go to a classmate’s house to do homework. Can you take me there?” Ye Rubai had just started his first year of high school this year. His studies had always been very good. He was the little straight-A student of their family, even better at studying than their eldest brother, and who knew how many times better than Ye Xingyuan.

“Sure.” Ye Xingyuan patted his younger brother’s shoulder and casually picked up a rabbit-head-shaped apple from the plate, taking a bite. “What time tomorrow?”

“Four in the afternoon.”

The two brothers had only chatted for a few sentences when Ye Xingyuan’s phone suddenly rang urgently.

He glanced at the caller ID. It was his assistant, Xu Xiaopan.

“Bad news, Brother Xing! Hurry and check Weibo.” The moment the call connected, Xu Xiaopan’s funeral-reporting voice came through.

Ye Xingyuan did not want his younger brother to hear this, so he covered the speaker area of the phone with his hand and said to him, “Go out first. Brother has to take a call.”

Only after watching his younger brother get up and leave did Ye Xingyuan press the phone back to his ear. “Am I on the hot search again?”

With Xu Xiaopan’s tone and opening line, it was easy to guess that he must have gotten on the hot search again because of some negative news.

But recently, he had only been filming on set and had not done anything else. What else could have sent him onto the hot search?

Those ancient sesame-seed-and-mung-bean-sized old matters from before?

Ye Xingyuan found his Bluetooth earphones and put them on, then opened Weibo and began scrolling through the hot searches.

His name appeared at number 27.

But was this hot search tag serious?

Even Ye Xingyuan started doubting himself when he saw it.

#YeXingyuanOmegaBoyfriend#

When he saw the first half, Ye Xingyuan’s heart jumped, almost leaping out of his throat.

He had thought he had done nothing, yet his hidden identity had directly been exposed.

But when he focused and looked clearly, he realized the marketing accounts were saying his relationship had been exposed.

The attached photo on the hot search was of him carrying Ji Chuxi. Ji Chuxi had dressed very plainly that day, completely different from his usual fashionable style. Added to that, his face had been covered by a baseball cap, so it was impossible to recognize from the photo that the person was Ji Chuxi.

Ji Chuxi had not been photographed clearly, but Ye Xingyuan’s face had been captured very clearly. It was impossible to deny even if he wanted to.

This hot search was being crazily reposted by various marketing accounts, verified influencers, and official accounts. The comments underneath were all malicious speculation and slander from netizens.

#YeXingyuanRelationshipSuspectedExposed, Holding Omega In And Out Of Hotel, Intimate State#

Some bloodsucking marketing accounts even dug up videos of him filming intimate scenes in the past, blurred out the other character, and slapped on the tag #YeXingyuanChaoticPrivateLife#.

All kinds of gossip and black material spread like wildfire.

Antis ate melon until they were stuffed, while the few true fans he had left cried from anger. Some cruelly turned into antis and stepped back on him to vent.

One of the popular posts with more than five thousand likes was a tag topic containing several bed photos with mosaics. The face and features were blurred so badly that even his own mother would not recognize him. But once the marketing account added the title #YeXingyuanSuspectedBedPhotosLeaked#, people frantically reposted, liked, and commented.

Various public accounts followed the trend, conveniently digging up his old black material and compiling it into articles to attract antis and passersby to come eat melon.

They crazily trampled Ye Xingyuan down, sucking his popularity to earn traffic.

[I watched the video and saw the photos. Confirmed it’s Ye Xingyuan. Fans, don’t whitewash anymore. Your main has already flopped into shit.]

[What the hell, his private life is way too messy. I advise anyone who’s messed around with Ye Xingyuan to hurry and get a physical exam. Don’t end up harming others and yourself and ruining a lifetime of happiness.]

[@ABOSupervisionDaily, official media, please do something. Quickly blacklist an artist with such awful conduct like @YeXingyuan. Don’t let him corrupt minors.]

[@YeXingyuan, you dead perverted creep, hurry up and get out of the entertainment industry.]

[No wonder Su Luoqing, who has always been understanding, gentle, and magnanimous, was so disgusted by Ye Xingyuan’s pursuit. Last time, he even publicly snapped at Ye Xingyuan. When he cursed him on Weibo, people attacked him and said his persona collapsed. I was young and ignorant then and cursed along too. Now I apologize to the rightful person. I’m sorry, @SuLuoqing.]

[Can you not mention him? Can you not cue our Qingqing baby in this kind of place?]

[I watched the video. The scale was huge. The mosaic almost covered the whole screen.]

[Mom, my eyes are dirty.]

[Are all of these real? But why would anyone be willing to do it with Wild Dog? I previously ate melon from a very credible exposer who said Wild Dog is all looks and no use, a three-second man, trash among Alphas.]

[Upstairs, don’t you know the saying “Money makes the devil turn millstones”? Although Ye Dog is a three-second man, as long as he’s willing to pay, someone will still be willing. After all, it only takes three seconds to earn a sum of money #doghead#.]

[Although, with Ye Xingyuan’s face and body, I’d be willing even without money.]

[Idiot upstairs, have you never seen a male Alpha in eight lifetimes?]

[How thirsty do you have to be to go into heat over Ye Dog?]

…

Ye Xingyuan’s head hurt from reading.

What even was all this?

A blurry-ass low-pixel video could force a conviction onto him?

Although the original owner’s personality was unreliable, back then he had seriously and wholeheartedly chased after Su Luoqing. Even when a handsome O like Ji Chuxi delivered himself to his door, he did not care. Would he casually hook up with people?

And what the hell was this three seconds?

How could he…

Ye Xingyuan’s expression froze. He lowered his head and stared at himself…

A long while later.

Taking a deep breath, Ye Xingyuan hooked one finger around his waistband and tremblingly pulled it open. After glancing at his well-developed treasure, he swallowed. His tone was a little nervous. “11, this body of mine can’t really be a three-second man, right?”

System 001 giggled in a string. “I don’t know~”

It even deliberately dragged out the ending.

Ye Xingyuan pressed his brows down and reached his hand inside. “Why don’t I inspect the goods first?”

Just as his fingertips were about to touch,

Beep, beep, beep.

The phone set on the sink began vibrating wildly.

In his panic, Ye Xingyuan’s trimmed nail scraped against his treasure. The pain made him clutch his crotch and nearly collapse forward.

…A man’s pain was fatal!

Author’s Note:

Old Pei: Blow, blow~