Chapter 35: Favourite Face

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

Tang Moqi took in all of this icily and said, “Why should I be berated by these people?”

“Do you wish to remain in this industry?”

Her manager looked at her impatiently and asked, “I heard you fell while taking your shower last night?” She rolled up Tang Moqi’s shirt sleeve and true enough the bruise on her arm was visible.

She pondered for a moment and then picked up her cell phone. She snapped a few pictures and posted that on the official blog.

Tang Moqi Studio V: Tang Moqi was injured during yesterday’s filming and we only found out today. We took her to the hospital but fans can rest assured, the doctor says she’s fine. Whew!

The moment the post was published, Tang Moqi’s fans immediately expressed their heartache.

[Is Moqi okay!?]

[Will the studio staff please take good care of her, please please!]

[Heartache. Sister, please be careful!]

[I’ll say it as it is, Tang Moqi is a true professional, there’s nothing negative about this…]

[Weird visitors please stay. An actor needs only to be skillful at his craft. Don’t involve us in something as lowly as comparing looks!]

The manager said to Tang Moqi as she typed, “I’ll contact the big fans to reassure them. At this point in time we’ll play for sympathy points, for sure the fans will feel sorry. Following this would be the sales volume of the magazine. We have to compete with Luo Qiao. So what if the readers are reacting positively towards her? She doesn’t have many true fans. Wouldn’t it feel just as good to beat her at the magazine sales volume?”

Tang Moqi’s eyes flashed for a moment.

The manager patted her on her shoulder and continued, “As long as you manage your fans well, you don’t have to worry about a mere Luo Qiao.”

Under the manager’s very own orchestration, the fans expressed their stand in solidarity in the Super Topic forums. And through their own WeChat, they successfully stirred up the matter:

[I’m in tears, our sister is so professional. Do the people who slander her have a heart!!]

[In the past few days, our sister had been looking dejected in front of the camera. What wrong has she done, I wish I could kill the people who slandered her!]

[They dare to compare that unknown actress with Moqi? Sisters, we have to buck up to boost the magazine’s sale volume. We are the only support Moqi has!!]

Incited by these fans, the others began to comment with excitement:

[Don’t worry, we’ve got our budget set aside!!]

[I’m putting down my whole week of meal allowance for this haha!]

[Sisters, sales volume means strength. Only a high sales volume will prove our sister’s commercial value. Only this will make her visible to financial backers so that they will invest in her. We must make her look good!!]

[Charge!!!]

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This matter around the magazine cover drew the attention of many, for no other reason but these stunning photographs of Luo Qiao!

In the matter of one evening, Luo Qiao topped the #Men’s Favourite Face as voted in the men’s discussion forum! There were generally fewer male celebrity watchers in the fans circle. However this time, even the men got excited. All at once, the number of Luo Qiao fans increased by 200 thousand. These men’s desires were straightforward and crass and they simply threw money at her!

Weibo had a new feature recently where fans could buy their favorite celebrities “Little Hearts”. The more Little Hearts the celebrities collected, the higher they would rise in their ranks. The top celebrity would eventually have to return some sort of benefit to the fans. However, each Little Heart cost a dollar. It could be considered one of those useless things that fans could spend their money on to keep themselves amused.

But who would have thought that these men, on that very same day, would put in so much of their money that it pushed Luo Qiao right up to the top spot on the rankings?