Chapter 584 (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After finished reading the book, Zhou Xing felt that he had been thoroughly fascinated by “sis,” both as an actress and a person. He lamented —— Why did such a perfect actress have to die so early? This was the misfortune of misfortunes!
Zhang Guorong had been written as a “Lily-type” character who was deeply in love with the strong woman, “Lady Tang Tang.” Zhou Xing did not have any qualms about that. It was a beautiful sight. No man deserved such a perfect lady.
This was the typical possessive nature of a fan. When fans knew that it was impossible to claim their idols for themselves, they would hope that no other man could make that claim either. Girl on girl action? Sure, no problem! After all, true love could only exist between two of the same gender. Opposite genders? They only existed to produce the next generation of talents…
Zhou Xing already regarded this self-help book as one of those Godly reads of humanity. It did not take long before he got on the internet and started recommending this book to the left and right. He even went ahead and bought the rest of the”Perfect Acting” series. Of course, he was disappointed, as those books were certainly not reading material for everyone. If one was not exposed to performance arts, they would not be able to follow. The “A Lifetime of Wonderful Youth” gave the best of both worlds. Laymen could read through Zhang Guorong’s story like any other novel, subconsciously taking in the stories as actual events; never doubting their authenticity for one moment.
Many shared Zhou Xing’s sentiments. Then, this book which originally had only tens of thousands of copies started becoming popular at fast speed. Edition after edition, this book had great sales, and became the dark horse of this year. The construction of Zhang Guorong’s image within the book was even considered to have filled the empty spaces of this legendary actress without her movies. An iconic image with tremendous impression towards the readers had been successfully established.
In book terms, as a character, Zhang Guorong was not interesting enough to be considered iconic, if she was a completely made-up character, that is. However, the legendary actress Zhang Guorong already had a solid fan base on her own. Zhao Youyue only needed to give it a push, and the late Zhang Guorong’s fame easily preceded the book…
When the book finally came into the spotlight, Zhang Guorong’s high popularity status shot up to iconhood!
This was precisely the advantage of a fictionalized portrayal. The lines between reality and fiction had been blurred. This was the fictionalized “Zhang Guorong,” but readers had been convinced that these were real-life accounts!
When Zeng Qinqin saw that her book was smashing records as a bestseller, she was utterly dumbfounded. What just happened? This book that could very well have been accused of libel – had its subject still be alive!
Did Zhang Guorong’s old fans actually approve of this?
Zeng Qinqin truly belonged to a generation once-been. She was barely in touch with the internet. Fortunately, she still had quite some friends from the younger generation. They soon answered the questions in her mind.
Apparently, a trend related to Zhang Guorong had grown viral on the internet. It actually elicited nostalgia related to her time-period. She had been treated like a Goddess, and people all over the internet were going crazy over her.
In the beginning, many people only wanted to join the bandwagon for fun. Little did they expect this trend to be so substantially profound; it did not take long for an act of pretense to turn into the genuine article. Ask a passing netizen: Who was the best actress ever? – They would not even hesitate to say that it was Zhang Guorong!