Chapter 382 - I am a Little Angry Now! (1/2)
What was even more disgusting was the fact that the agencies of the couple who played the role of the male and female lead in the game advertisement had actually paid the gaming company to help them to manipulate Hou Da’s fans. This was so they could try and secure the roles of the male and female lead in the drama.
However, the more underhanded methods that they used, the more uncomfortable Hou Da felt about casting them for the role in the drama.
She loved all the fans of her book, but she knew that they were only reacting in this manner because they were being manipulated by a bigger force.
It wasn’t because Hou Da did not want to spoil her fans and fulfill their wishes. However, the screenplay and the production fees of <Yan Huasu> had cost her more than hundreds of millions purely on landscaping alone. Hou Da had already exhausted almost her entire net worth on the preparations for the drama and this was the reason why she would not give in when it came to casting decisions.
As news that Lin Kaiyan had been invited to take on the role of the first male lead in <Yan Huasu> was leaked out to the public, news about the female actress who would be playing the role of the first female lead also came to light. This was because it was rumored that Lin Kaiyan had only given up the role of the first male lead as he did not want to work with the actress who would be playing the first female lead. In the entertainment industry, it was not uncommon for any actor or actresses to look down on another party’s acting skills.
[I heard rumors stating that the role of the first female lead in <Yan Huasu> would be played by Jiang Yuning. Lin Kaiyan had directly rejected the offer to become the first male lead in the drama because he heard the news and he did not want to work together with Jiang Yuning!]
[What first female lead are you talking about? Doesn’t Hou Da know about the existing gaming love line?]
[No official announcements have been made with regards to this matter and our Empress Jiang is currently still busy filming for <Nameless Orphan>. (Smiley emoji)]
[Do you think the gaming love line couple is trying to create waves over here? Don’t you think that there has been plenty of their advertisements and promotions all over the place recently? They are even advertising on television! The other day, I actually thought that it was the official trailer for the upcoming <Yan Huasu> drama.]
[Hou Da, please consider the gaming couple as your first male and female lead in the drama. They are really very compatible together and we want to continue supporting their love line!]
[Hou Da, even though I also like Jiang Yuning, I really do not want you to replace the original couple who represented the gaming version love line for <Yan Huasu>.]
[I will not watch the drama if Jiang Yuning is playing the role of the first female lead.]
[The hater above, are you happy now?]
[So, Lin Kaiyan really looks down on Jiang Yuning’s acting skills? He is even willing to forgo such a big drama production simply because he does not want to work with her!]
[Please ask Lin Kaiyan not to accept the role of the first male lead in <Yan Huasu>. Otherwise, he will definitely get a slap in the face when he realizes that Jiang Yuning’s acting skills are not too bad at all.]
There were no official news or announcements about this matter but privately, Huo Da’s fans, the Ginger Candies, fans who supported the love line portrayed by the gaming company, and Lin Kaiyan’s fans have already started their disagreements.
The fact was that the other three group of fans were all very displeased and disgusted with the news that Jiang Yuning would be playing the role of the first female lead in the drama.
The book fans and the gaming fans had never been reconcilable in the past, but they seem to be agreeable and unprecedentedly consistent in their opinions with regards to the appointment of the first male and female lead for the drama.
After reading all the news and articles on the Internet, Hou Da was suddenly very annoyed and frustrated. Why were these children so easily manipulated?
The Ginger Candies were also very unhappy when they saw the news. Did these people think that their idol had an entire army of fans for no reason at all?
At this time, Nan Yan quickly edited a clip from Jiang Yuning’s short ancient videos and she emphasized on all the Chinese traditional outfits that Jiang Yuning wore in her videos. After that, Nan Yan captioned the video and posed a question, asking whether the actress playing the role of the female lead in the gaming version of <Yan Huasu> deserved the role better than Jiang Yuning.
Moreover, why was Lin Kaiyan so arrogant? So, what if he was an established and well-known actor?
Let’s see who would finally get the last laugh when their Empress Jiang received the popularity award at the awards giving ceremony.
Empress Jiang had always been a bright and open-minded person and she would definitely be able to overcome the obstacles and difficulties this time, just as she always did. She would not even be bothered by these haters at all!
Hmph!
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However, this matter did not simply die down because of silence from the Hou Da and the investors involved in the casting of the drama. Instead, the agencies of the two actor and actress continued pushing forward because they wanted to test Hou Da and the investors’ limits. They wanted to place pressure on Hou Da and the investors so that they would feel as though they are letting all the fans and netizens down if they did not cast the actor and actress who formed the love line for the gaming version in the drama.
This caused Hou Da to have indigestion for several days.
This was one of her most important drama productions and yet something so disgusting was happening and there was nothing she could do to prevent it.
In the end, the agency also released a video clip featuring the couple and they came out to promote the video clip as the official trailer of <Yan Huasu>. The trailer unexpectedly received the support of all the book and gaming fans.