Global Film Emperor

Chapter 150 No matter how hard he tries, he can't match my efforts.
This is the second time Lu Ze's Weibo account has been exposed. The last time, he was targeted by someone who diverted his attention and got attacked by Han Tian's fans. It's quite interesting, really, since his debut, all the celebrities he's been involved in controversies with are popular stars.

His last Weibo post was promoting "Hello Mr. Tree," and it only had a little over two thousand replies at first, but now it's been attacked so many times that it's reached forty thousand. The comments in the post are really quite offensive.

The biggest difference between adults and children is that adults are gradually changed by society and rarely judge a thing or support a person based on their preferences anymore; they are more rational.

Children who are still minors retain this nature: if they like someone, they like them, and if they like someone, they will help them. This is a good thing. If they didn't have this mentality, early love probably wouldn't be as beautiful as they remember.

However, when it comes to cyberbullying, this mentality becomes less desirable. Attacking others for one's idol without distinguishing right from wrong is why adults are so disgusted by children's idol worship.

It's clear to everyone what's going on. First, Jiang Wanyi went to Lu Ze's table to mock Wang Zhen. Although she seemed quite respectful and polite, she was actually mocking him.

So, Lu Ze's mockery of Luo Ziqin was partly motivated by a desire to vent Wang Zhen's anger. In that sense, both of them were wrong, but it doesn't necessarily reflect poorly on Lu Ze's character.

However, Luo Ziqin's netizens selectively forgot about this incident. Occasionally, when passersby commented, Jiang Wanyi's fans also suggested that they shouldn't drag their Wanyi into everything.

I scrolled through Weibo and saw that Lu Ze had just won the Best Actor award not long ago, and his fans were still happy. Then, he was suddenly bombarded by a group of Luo Ziqin's fans.

As one of China's top traffic stars last year, although his popularity has declined this year, he still has more than 21 million Weibo followers, while Lu Ze? He only has less than 3 million.

Although it's uncertain whether Luo Ziqin actually has 2.1 million followers on Weibo, the data already reveals the truth.

Lu Ze's fans were severely criticized. They simply couldn't win the argument because the numbers were completely unequal. For every one insult they retaliated against, ten insults came back at them. Who could stand that?

Moreover, Lu Ze's fans are on average much older than Luo Ziqin's fans. It's almost 11 o'clock now, and many fans are getting ready to go to sleep so they can go to work tomorrow morning.

So they did something really embarrassing, which almost made the onlookers laugh themselves silly.

Lu Ze's fans backed down, saying that they shouldn't be blamed for the trouble Lu Ze caused, that they wouldn't take the blame, and that the fans shouldn't be involved in the artist's affairs.

This meme existed before, but I've never seen fans as decisive as Lu Ze's, surrendering after only twenty minutes of cursing. Lu Ze laughed out loud after seeing it.

He then received calls from Wang Zhen, Shen Jinghan, and Wang Kai, the head of the online publicity department of Qian Shijia.

Wang Zhen called to apologize. She hadn't expected that a momentary argument, in which Lu Ze helped her, would cause such a big trouble. This could be considered a stain on Lu Ze's reputation.

After much persuasion, Wang Zhen felt less guilty. In reality, Lu Ze didn't really take this argument seriously. He figured such a hot topic would be forgotten in a couple of days, and unless Lu Ze got into trouble again, no one would bring it up again.

Shen Jinghan then informed Lu Ze that the small company celebration party prepared for Lu Ze tomorrow had been canceled. This was Hu Zhiguang's idea, and it is estimated that President Hu was also quite helpless. He did not expect that Lu Ze would get into a fight with someone after receiving an award. Canceling the celebration party was a warning.

Wang Kai once again played the role of cleaning up Lu Ze's mess, quickly turning the matter from a major issue to a minor one, and smoothly weathering the storm. He also advised Lu Ze not to post on Weibo for the next few days, to keep quiet for a while, and to have the "Lu Ze Studio" Weibo account post whatever he wanted to say.

Afterwards, Lu Ze and the others got their boarding passes and boarded the plane back to Shanghai. Lu Ze didn't lie; he really felt very tired. He closed his eyes and slept all the way to Shanghai. Another van that Lu Ze had used in Shanghai was parked at the Shanghai airport, and Liu Bin drove it back to the hotel near the filming location.

"Zixuan, you should get some rest too. I'm going back to sleep."

I pushed open the hotel room door, took off my clothes, went into the bathroom to take a shower, picked up the hotel shower gel and rubbed myself in. Before I could even wipe off the foam, my phone rang again.

"Hey? Kai-ge? What's up?"

"You had Jiang Wenshu insult you back?"

Hearing Wang Kai's words, Lu Ze froze. He knew exactly what was going on; things were completely chaotic now. He grabbed a large hotel towel, vigorously rubbed his hair, and sat on the bed. "No, but it should be related to me. I'll take a look."

"Seriously, you two really have nothing going on? She went to such lengths to embarrass Luo Ziqin on your behalf? This friend is really something else."

Wang Kai was getting a bit gossipy. Would so-called friends in the entertainment industry still dare to show their faces at this time? Normal friends wouldn't dare to utter a sound. Jiang Wenshu's ability to defend Lu Ze and fight back was beyond everyone's expectations.

"You're being nosy. Don't ask me about this. I'm hanging up now. I'm going to ask Wen Shu what's going on. I just got to the hotel and took a shower, so I don't know either."

"Okay, I'm busy here too. Now that Jiang Wenshu is involved, I need to talk to her company about this. I'll hang up now."

Lu Ze scrolled through Weibo and found that Luo Ziqin had posted a Weibo while he was on the plane. It was this Weibo that became the trigger for Jiang Wenshu to enter the battlefield of conflict between Lu Ze and Luo Ziqin.

"I'm sorry to disappoint everyone. I didn't manage to win the award, but I have no complaints. If you're not good enough, you have to admit it. I'll do my best next time and win the award in two years. As for the mess that happened today, let's just forget about it. Good night."

This one Weibo post perfectly captured the essence of playing the victim, accompanied by heavily edited photos of him walking the red carpet. His tone made it sound like a wronged child forcing himself to be okay.

The comment with the most likes and replies below is from Jiang Wenshu, and it now has more than 10,000 replies.

"If you really feel you're not as skilled as others, then please stop saying things like that to play the victim, okay?"

This is Jiang Wenshu's way—decisive and efficient. Lu Ze glanced at her reply, and her fans also came over to help fight with Luo Ziqin's fans.

This year alone, as a breakout actress, Jiang Wenshu's popularity has consistently ranked in the top five of the celebrity popularity charts, never falling below that level. Her acting skills are also excellent, easily overshadowing even romantic scenes, which is why Jiang Wenshu is so popular.

Actually, she was influenced by Lu Ze in this regard. Just like Lu Ze, she writes a biography for every movie she films, and her dedication is second to none among popular celebrities.

Therefore, her fans were far superior to Luo Ziqin and helped her fight back with words.

Lu Ze found Jiang Wenshu's phone number, thought for a moment, and dialed it. The call was answered after three rings, and Jiang Wenshu's voice came from the other end.

"Lu Ze, aren't you angry? That bastard is really annoying. I'll curse him back for you and let you vent your anger!"

She directly cut off Lu Ze's words, admitting first that she was doing it to help Lu Ze vent his anger. What could Lu Ze say then? With the three companies not involved, no matter how much they argued or made a scene, it was a minor matter. Besides, she helped Lu Ze fight back, so could Lu Ze say that she was wrong?
"Okay, thank you this time."

"Why are you being so polite? What kind of relationship do we have? That bastard dared to insult you indirectly, and I can't even curse him back directly? Alright, that's enough, I'm hanging up."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Ze reviewed the comments again. He couldn't let Jiang Wenshu speak up alone while he hid behind her and waited for the storm to pass.

The insults directed at Lu Ze are quite harsh these days. Lu Ze doesn't want to read those that include the word "mother." Ironically, he saw another reply that's almost become a meme.

"Don't judge him if you don't try to understand him; he has already tried his best."

This statement made Lu Ze laugh. No one in this line of work is lazy; most people in the world work hard. Luo Ziqin is the only one.
Is using the acting skills from urban idol dramas to act in art films what you call hard work? That's why he chose to reply with that question.

"Don't talk about how hard someone works when you don't see what they've put in, because no matter how hard they work, they can't work as hard as I do."

I'm in a bad mood, my mind is a mess, and I can't write anything. I promised to make up for the three chapters tomorrow, but I'm sorry, I'm feeling really down today.

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