"It's that idol drama that started filming around the same time as 'Shining Stars,' starring Xu Youyou and Ran Yunrui. We even stayed at the same hotel back then," Liu Rulan reminded her.
Xiao He immediately remembered: "Ah, I remember now."
There was a criminal hiding in Xu Youyou's room at the time, and he even helped catch him.
However, Xu Youyou was quite strange back then... Now, so much time has passed in the blink of an eye, and we don't know what happened afterward.
"The filming of 'Qing Guang Ru Chu' started around the same time as 'Zang Xing Shan Yao,' and now they're just starting their promotional campaign, with the broadcast time only one day later than ours," Liu Rulan continued. "However, their production team's actions are a bit baffling and purely disgusting."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Xiao He was somewhat curious.
“You must know about Xu Youyou and Su Shengxi,” Liu Rulan said. “Yiman’er and Su Shengxi have a romantic entanglement in the drama, and with Su Shengxi’s relationship with Xu Youyou, the internet is now starting to link Yiman’er together, deliberately hyping up a love triangle, and taking advantage of the popularity of ‘Shining Stars’.”
"Huh?" Xiao He was shocked. "This works? Sister Man'er probably wants to tear them both apart."
"Yes."
Liu Rulan showed Xiao He several titles—
【Su Shengxi was robbed? Xu Youyou fell in love with someone else】
【Xu Youyou withdraws from the whirlpool of love: Wishing Su Shengxi and Yiman'er blessings?】
【A relationship with three people is too crowded? With Ran Yunrui included, the four of you making the most of your time together is better than anything else.】
Xiao He: Subway, mobile phone, question mark.
What is this?
Xiao He didn't understand and was greatly shocked.
"Promotional headline"
Liu Rulan said with pity.
Xiao He: "Huh?"
"Haven't you noticed? These days, the promotional materials for the shows don't include the characters' names, they just use the actors' names, making it seem like they've officially announced it." Liu Rulan shrugged. "That's just how they attract attention."
Nowadays, when platforms promote TV dramas, the titles they use are often very ambiguous.
For example, even though the female lead in a TV series is unexpectedly pregnant, various platforms insist on using the actress's own name when promoting the show. As a result, unsuspecting passersby who see the pop-up title will subconsciously assume that the actress is unexpectedly pregnant. They will then click on it out of curiosity and curiosity, only to find themselves redirected to a video app.
This tactic might indeed be effective in attracting traffic, but it's not so friendly to actors, especially many actresses. These headlines, in order to gain attention and traffic, will write anything to attract attention, and topics with a hint of sex scandal are commonplace, making people feel like they've swallowed a fly, which is extremely uncomfortable.
Of course, things aren't much better for male actors either. There are all sorts of news like "【XX was arrested】" and "【XXX raided a woman's bedroom at night】", making it seem like every time a male actor acts in a drama, he's going to be on a legal news channel.
Moreover, in reality, these situations are mostly promoted by the production team and the platform, essentially done by their own people. In many cases, the actors even tacitly approve of it, since they are unlikely to break ties with the production team and the platform over such matters.
Thus, this unhealthy phenomenon of actors gaining popularity has gradually evolved into what it is today.
"But why are Xu Youyou and her group trying to get our film crew to promote their work?"
Xiao He asked the question that puzzled him the most.
He had some prior knowledge of "The Light Remains as Before".
This work is adapted from a well-known romance novel IP, which has a certain fan base. Xu Youyou's fame and status are also there, comparable to Yiman'er. Although Ran Yunrui is not as good as Su Shengxi, he is still a relatively high-profile celebrity. No matter what, the idol drama co-starring these two is bound to make a splash, and there should be no concern about viewership.
Why would they try to piggyback on "Shining Stars"? That's absurd!
Liu Rulan then remembered something: "Oh right, you probably don't know about this—"
She picked up the tablet, scrolled through it, and then placed it in front of Xiao He: "You were busy filming during that time, so you probably didn't see this news."
Xiao He picked it up and took a look with some curiosity.
【Xu Youyou's secret rendezvous with a new lover? Is he a sugar daddy or a lover?】
"hiss--"
Xiao He became more serious and picked up the tablet to examine it carefully.
The accompanying photos show: Xu Youyou talking while holding a man's arm; the man getting close to Xu Youyou and tidying up stray hairs by her ear; the man leading Xu Youyou into a black Bentley; and the vehicle driving away from the scene.
Below that is a complete set of animated GIFs, which is the whole video of Xu Youyou walking out of the hotel with the man, and then the two of them getting into the car together.
Xiao He was genuinely surprised this time: "She broke up with Su Shengxi?"
To be honest, since their relationship was exposed, Xiao He has not paid any attention to whether the two of them are together or broken up. He also can't possibly be secretly looking at other people's chat history every day, so he doesn't know what the current situation of the two of them is.
However, judging from this almost undeniable revelation, Xiao He guesses that the two have most likely already broken up.
That's quite normal, though. Su Shengxi is clearly not the type to take responsibility, so their relationship was doomed from the moment it was exposed.
Xiao He just felt that this revelation was a bit strange.
Especially the person walking with Xu Youyou... None of these photos and videos captured this person's face clearly, so we have no way of knowing his identity, but that car looks somewhat familiar...
Xiao He kept zooming in on the man's photo, when suddenly his gaze fell on the ring that flashed briefly on the man's finger—Xiao He remembered.
That dates back to the last day of last year, which was the New Year's Eve when he rescued people from the fire.
Xiao He had seen Xu Youyou before; she was with two bodyguards and got into a Bentley.
This is the car mentioned in the leak.
But wasn't it only recently that he revealed their relationship?
Were these two already in contact back then?
"Being exposed in two relationships in a row has had a huge impact on her." Liu Rulan, unaware of Xiao He's shock, continued to explain, "As you know, Xu Youyou has always maintained a pure and innocent image over the years, marketing herself as a campus goddess and a pure first love. It's normal that many people can't accept this now that this has happened."
"Especially the man she's dating now, who is said to be a rich second-generation developer from Hong Kong, ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) a super-rich tycoon. He has dated people both inside and outside the industry before, and is known as a rich and womanizing playboy. He hasn't had any contact with Xu Youyou on the surface, so no one expected that Xu Youyou would be with someone like that."
Under such circumstances, it's hard for the public not to speculate about this matter.
