*Note that 'Suppress' in this chapter is mainly in single quotation marks. The '…' is to emphasize that the act of 'Suppressing' in this chapter is not actually effective. The character is attempting to 'suppress' others but is not successful. It's more like the character's hobby.
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News that's generally published on the Internet, newspapers, and magazines are usually divided into two types.
The first type is from the media actively tracking and interviewing, digging out and compiling news information; the second type is from the related party directly compiling content and sending it to the media through connections on their own initiative. After the information is reviewed by the media, it is then published in paper media or an online platform.
These direct parties are separated into many kinds, the most common being individuals in the entertainment industry.
With the exception of some big, first tier names, it is impossible for all the celebrities in the entertainment industry to have news everyday. Some less popular second- and third-tier celebrities could only stay at home for several months without announcements or new works. However, if they were really allowed to honestly stay at home, posting and playing games every day, then sooner or later they would lose all of their popularity. Therefore, they would choose to publish their own news to increase their popularity.
They could have their team write whatever news content they want and send it to several media platforms to have it published. Although it wasn't always headline news, it could still temporarily save their popularity and create a false sense of high popularity by themselves.
But, in the entertainment industry there was also another kind of news that was used to not only restore popularity but also to obtain benefits.
That evening, several consecutive articles with different titles and contents swept through all the major media platforms. Sina, NetEase, Tencent…turning on the computer, a pop up a news bulletin would appear on the screen; turning on the phone, the phone app would once again send out a news message.
Most netizens just take the news as a pastime, like having tea after a meal. They looked at it casually and jokingly said: "ten most popular male newcomers, who is number one? Ha Ha, Let me see….. Oh, it's Deng Yiwen, ah. He is also indeed quite handsome. I recall that he seems to be one of Luck Potato Chips' spokespersons?"
Yes, in the news that appeared in today's bulletins included the names of many beautiful ladies and handsome guys. However, there was no doubt that the one who left the greatest impression was Deng Yiwen
Looking at these handsome guys, the first place was Deng Yiwen; the King of Popularity was also Deng Yiwen; Best Actor and Best Image was still Deng Yiwen!
Although these articles also praised the other stars, the most praised and most exaggeratedly described was Deng Yiwen.
Passers-by netizens wouldn't think too much about it. It would just leave an impression in their hearts and make them feel that "since the media has said so, then I guess this Deng Yiwen really is incredible". At the same time, they will also retain a previous impression: Among these handsome newcomers Dong Zheng, Rong Xu, Ye Qiao… the strongest would perhaps be Deng Yiwen.
Although such previous impressions wouldn't be too deep, the person who spread the news would have already achieved their intentions.
As for those fans, they could immediately see the true face of these bulletins at a glance.
[Just now, NetEase promoted a newsfeed to me, Check out the top ten hot newcomers, who is number one... guess who number one is? Hahahaha, I'm going to laugh to death.]
[Deng Yiwen? He sends suppression news all day, isn't he annoying.]
[I also saw that newsfeed. Dong Zheng, Ye Qiao, Rong Xu, Liu Zhengyan…Why didn't he just pull down all the newcomers in the entertainment industry and step on them a few times]
[A certain family really is so shameless, posting suppression news every so often. It is indeed 'Deng Suppressing'] [1]
The fans of celebrities who had not been impacted by Deng Yiwen's announcements all carried a sense of disdain. Although their gods and goddesses were not affected, this type of behavior still made others feel annoyed. And the fans of those who had been impacted by this suppression announcement were even more disgusted such that they even wanted to throw up yesterday's dinner.
They each posted their distaste in various media communities such as Weibo and Tieba. However, they only showed their disgust for a bit and did not take any measures against it. After all, this kind of suppression news was quite commonly seen in the entertainment circle. Since Deng Yiwen could carry the nickname "Deng Suppression", it was obvious what his team enjoyed doing the most. It was very well known.
That's right, in the years since Deng Yiwen's debut, his favorite thing to do was spread suppression news.
He began spreading suppression news since he first debuted in a TV Drama, suppressing the male lead and male No.2 at the time. Later, when he acted in a movie remake, he 'suppressed' the original actors. Afterwards, his road of 'suppression' became even more unrestrained and rampant. From beginning to end, it was 'suppress', 'suppress', 'suppress'... maintaining a consistent record of 'suppressing' at least once a month.
It wasn't like other newcomers had never published this kind of attention farming news, but Deng Yiwen was definitely one of the most outstanding among them. His suppression skills were seasoned and even if all the other newcomers were added together, they wouldn't be able to match up
Initially, the fans of the celebrities who were pressured by him were so angry that they scolded him, going onto this Weibo to admonish and accuse him. But, the other party had thick skin! He completely pretended to have not seen any of it, still taking and posting selfies. His fans also followed him and completely refused to admit to the situation.
Who knew how Deng Yiwen behaved in the circle. Even after publishing all these articles like this, he actually still fared quite well within the circle. Supposedly, it's because he was good at the art of rhetorics. Although others seemed to disdain him on the surface, in reality, it was not easy to sour their relations with him.
Moreover, being 'suppressed' and 'suppressed'... En, they got used to it.
The one who was always 'suppressed' the worst was undoubtedly Dong Zheng.
Dong Zheng and Deng Yiwen debuted in the same year and were even from the same company. Last year, the two had been competing for the position of LiuGuang's Number 1[2]. But, using Vie for Supremacy, Dong Zheng directly climbed to the top and became Number 1. As for Deng Yiwen, he fell into a series of misfortunes. Not only did he not obtain number 1, but his TV series also rated poorly and its viewer ratings fell to rock bottom.
Did Deng Yiwen hate Dong Zheng? Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he must have hated Dong Zheng, and Dong Zheng also certainly did not like Deng Yiwen. However, the relationship between the two on the surface was not bad, always appearing like a relationship between brothers.
[Sure enough, this time he also desperately stepped on Dong Zheng. Dong Zheng really has been shot while lying down for thousands of years.]
[Eh? How come I think the one who has been stepped on the worst this time is Rong Xu? One moment saying Rong Xu was only a Newcomer king, while Deng 'Suppression' is the Popularity King; another moment saying Rong Xu has face value, while Deng 'Suppression' has acting skills... Isn't this clearly saying that Rong Xu has no acting skills?]
[Hahaha what "how come". Recently Black Clouds has been on fire, and "Lost Wings" is also on fire. Concurrently, Luck Potato Chips's spokespersons include both Rong Xu and him. Thus, Deng 'Suppression' came to borrow popularity~]
Since others' fans could think of this, then Rong Xu's fans could also naturally come to this conclusion.
At the time when he saw these newsfeeds, Rong Xu's fans were celebrating "Lost Wings'" ascension to the top of Love Music's Sales Rankings list. But, just as Rong Xu got Luck Potato Chips's endorsement role, a pail of cold water suddenly came crashing down and was even more disgusting than eating sh*t.
Looking at the content of the newsfeed, what 'Rong Xu has face value, Deng Yiwen has acting skills'. What 'Rong Xu was Newcomer King, Den Yiwen was Popularity King'. What was this baffling ranking list, based on what was Deng Yiwen Number 1?
This Deng Yiwen, did he have any (well-known) works, or awards, or achievements?
He didn't have anything, yet you say number 1 so he is number 1. It seems firing random words didn't cost anything this year.[3]
[Disgusting]
[Damn, I'm so angry that I can't even eat well.]
[Before my Rong was on fire, Deng 'Suppression's' news never mentioned him. Now look, he's pulling Rong Rong into a bit of everything. How is his face this big? Did he cultivate one hundred years of stone essence, such that his face has become thick enough to become a wall?!]
Although they were furious, Rong Xu's fans were no longer greenhorns. They had long known of the nickname Deng 'Suppression'. They also knew that, towards these announcements, the fans could only scold and ridicule, or at most pick a fight with Deng Yiwen's fans. But, they couldn't do anything substantial.
Since he dared to publish such announcements, then Deng Yiwen had definitely prepared a water army and public relations management. As long as someone began scolding, he would immediately withdraw from the hot searches and retract the topic to prevent the scolding situation from spreading. As long as the situation was contained to only within the fan circle, the majority of passerby netizens would not know about him publishing suppression articles.
[Angers me to death. People who like these mental types are all fans who only care about how the face looks!]
The fans made various complaints and sarcastic jabs.
In real life, Rong Xu had just arrived at Huaxia Entertainment and heard Luo Zhentao speak about this matter.
Luo Zhentao was also very angry, but still relatively calm: "I knew it. That Deng Yiwen would not let you go. Xiao Xu, his whole team is the same style, hyping up his value on the internet and boosting him up in one push. If you are concerned, we can also send some news to suppress him. But the other newcomers are all used to it already. He's just borrowing a breeze of popularity and his actual benefits are not considered big. It also doesn't affect us much... just makes the heart feel uncomfortable."
In his last life, Rong Xu had also seen many "internet famous" celebrities where most of their fame was concentrated solely within the web. They had no good works, no good results, and no awards, but had many fans. They relied on these fans to feed themselves. They used their face to set their image and enjoy the benefits of being youthful.
Some internet celebrities could also hone their acting skills after much practice and change up their image later on. However, there were also some who, after one mess up couldn't afford to bet on anything else. Either they had offended someone and were completely suppressed, or they had a failed facelift and were completely destroyed.
"Deng Yiwen developed quite well (in the industry)." Slender fingers gently rubbed his chin while Rong Xu thought for a moment and chuckled: "Indeed. His mouth is quite sweet. I estimate it would be difficult for normal individuals to fall out with him."
Seeing Rong Xu's smile, Luo Zhentao asked: "You aren't angry?"
Rong Xu shrugged and asked back: "Since he had to publish announcements to step on me, it is evidence that I am better than him. He is jealous of me, so just let him be. I won't lose anything anyway. I'm not going to hold it in and torture myself over it. If we publish announcements, we'd have to spend money and effort. There is no need."
Hearing this, Luo Qian[4] who was having a discussion with a leader of the fan group couldn't help but say: "Xiao Xu, your temper is so good."
Rong Xu turned back with the corner of his lips hooked up: "If I got angry at these kinds of small people for every little thing, I would've died from anger long ago." Saying this, the youth even innocently tilted his head and blinked pitifully, putting on an obedient and understanding appearance.
This adorable appearance caused Luo Qian, who was originally a Rong Powder, to blush excitedly, nodding again and again.
Seeing this, Luo Zhentao said helplessly: "Luo Qian still needs some more practice.You are Rong Xu's assistant, not just his fan, you know?"
Luo Qian replied with more nods.
This incident passed by just like that. Rong Xu didn't need to dirty his own hands and publish news to fight against the other party. However, though he was very patient and ignored the small people, there were some people... who absolutely couldn't stand it!
America.
Qin Cheng: "..."
Xu Jin, who was currently organizing scripts, unexpectedly shivered and whispered: "How did suddenly become so cold..."
The cold and aristocratic looking man had his eyes angled downwards, looking at his phone screen with a black expression. Sitting with his legs crossed under him, a thin script book was spread out over Qin Cheng's legs. He held a marker in his right hand and seemed to be studying the script while making note of the main points. But in his left hand, he was holding a cell phone.
On his phone screen was actually Rong Xu's private forum page.
On the front of the forum page, countless fans were scolding Deng Yiwen for the announcements he published today. They really were disgusted to death. However, they couldn't do anything except go and take jabs at Den Yiwen's fans.
Originally, some fans decided to spend their own money to buy bulletin announcements for Rong Xu in order to scold Deng Yiwen. But very quickly, there was a seasoned long-term fan who sighed: [Don't, doing it like that, wouldn't that dirty our Rong Rong's reputation?]
[What if we don't mention Rong Rong and just directly suppress Deng Yiwen?]
[That is actually a good idea. However, for people like Deng Yiwen, whenever he chooses to 'suppress' in the future, he will definitely pull in Rong Rong. Even if we raise funds to purchase news bulletins, we can't necessarily out buy him. We also don't have connections within the circle, making it even more impossible to compete against him.]
And so, nothing happened.
This kind of thing, although ordinary fans couldn't bear it, they couldn't do anything about it. But, in the eyes of Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing...
"SMACK——"
The script book was crushed and wrinkled. Xu Jin immediately turned around only to see the man's sullen face, his eyes deep and bottomless.
Xu Jin: "..." Secretly sits by the side, careful not to startle the pond fish.
However, in the next instance, Qin Cheng slowly turned his head and looked at him calmly, saying lightly: "Dealing with Suppression Publications, how many methods do you have?"
Xu Jin froze but then subconsciously said: "Someone published articles to suppress you? No way? Amongst the male celebrities... Piker? Sieves? Let me see it."
Qin Cheng's eyes dropped down: "It's not me."
Xu Jin instantly understood: "Rong Xu?"
Qin Cheng: "En."
"You want me to deal with it? Based on his current standing, it's unavoidable that he will experience this sort of suppression article situation. Even without Deng Yiwen, there would still be a Zhang Yiwen or Li Yiwen[5] sooner or later. This type of first and second-tier popularity newcomers all love to publish these kinds of news the most. Some even touch porcelain often. I remember that last month there was a first-tier little flower who published news to suppress Xia Muyan. See, Xia Muyan also didn't do anything about it... Oh, no that's wrong. At a certain award ceremony, I think Xia Muyan's team made that first-tier little flower unable to receive media exposure and she walked the red carpet in vain."
Qin Cheng raised an eyebrow: "And, so?"
Xu Jin: "...really need to care?"
Qin Cheng nodded slightly.
Putting aside the pile of scripts in his hand, Xu Jin revealed his teeth in a grin, his eyes narrowing slowly: "This type thing, if you really need to do it... then it must be dealt with in a manner that makes him terrified, never daring to do it again in the future."
Qin Cheng closed his script book, folded his hands, and let the screen of his phone fall with a smack onto the cover of the script book.
"You are lacking in morals."
Xu Jin asked in reply with surprise: "You already know what I want to do?"
Qin Cheng glanced at him. Although he didn't say anything, his gaze demonstrated that he was sure.
Xu Jin snickered, hehe, as he stood up to leave and made a phone call to contact the public relations team. Along the way, his mouth was still muttering: "These days, I don't even know if I'm your agent or Rong Xu's agent."
Three hours later, Huaxia just became 8 o'clock in the morning and welcomed a busy Monday.
Unexpected to all, it was at the start of this busy work day that a big-spender fan with more than 8,000,000 followers suddenly posted a Weibo: [Recently, Little fresh meat d has once again started to suppress the masses. Hahahaha. Which family is best at suppression news, Huaxia fresh meat d is truly busy~]
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The Author has something to say:
Qin Orange: Baby is angered (╯°Д°）╯︵┻��┻ !!!
Rong Rong: Actually, this is something that all celebrities will experience...
Qin Orange: Don't care, Don't care. Baby is not happy, Baby is going to throw a tantrum, a tantrum!
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[1]邓艳压: Deng YanYa: if anyone has a better way of translating this phrase, please let me know. Deng Suppression just sounds so off to me.[2]Original: "Number one brother"
[3] The fans are scolding DYW for thinking that randomly saying things wouldn't result in consequences
[4]Recall: RX's assistant, refer to Chap 62 for character introduction
[5] XJ is saying that even if he dealt with DYW now, there will be others like him later on and he can't deal with all of them forever