Caught in Affairs with Superstar-Chapter 1082 - 621: What Did You Say? (Part 2)

Initially, Zhong Zitong’s relationship with Yu Yhan was quite sweet, but he eventually got tired of her. He thought Yu Yhan was narrow-minded and petty, always having unrealistic ambitions. She clung to Zhong Zitong to secure a few roles as the female lead and even managed to get a nomination for Best Actress through public relations. However, Yu Yhan was never content; she wanted more. Zhong Zitong was so annoyed by her constant nagging that it eventually led to their breakup.

When they broke up, they had a big fight. Zhong Zitong accused her of having high aspirations without any capability. Later, Zhong Zitong mentioned Yu Yhan at a dinner, saying if only she had half of Zhou Yun’s acting skills, he would have already made her a winner of the Best Actress award. This comment spread, and everyone in the industry laughed at Yu Yhan. Her humiliation extended to Zhou Yun as well.

It was only then that Zhou Lan realized why Yu Yhan seemed to get close to Xu Siyao for a while. It was likely during that time Yu Yhan was plotting to take revenge on Zhou Yun.

Zhou Lan explained the ins and outs of the whole situation to Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun suddenly understood that Yu Yhan’s Best Actress nomination came about this way.

"What should we do?" Zhou Lan asked, "Should we just let it be?"

Zhou Yun said, "As for Su Yan and Xu Siyao, Sister Lan, you handle them however you see fit. But regarding Yu Yhan, doesn’t she hold a grudge against me? Since she’s signed with Chengqian Entertainment, just tell He Yong about this. Xu Siyao might be too precious to him to punish, but what about Yu Yhan? Just convey my words to him."

Zhou Lan agreed.

Zhou Yun was being vigorously criticized online, but in the Chen Yin crew, not a single person treated her with any less respect.

In the end, actors earn respect from their peers through their acting skills.

Just based on Zhou Yun’s performance in every scene, no one in the Chen Yin crew believed that Zhou Yun would act poorly.

Upon hearing that rumors were spreading online about Falling Leaves being returned by the Berlin International Film Festival due to Zhou Yun’s poor performance, Director Kang Xin arranged for a special feature showcasing Zhou Yun and Jiang Yuzhen’s acting skills. It included a minute-long clip of a discarded scene and was posted on Chen Yin’s official Weibo with the caption: Heard someone say our lead actress has poor acting skills?

Zhou Yun’s fans were already furious about the online uproar.

Zhou Yun’s fans have a very distinctive trait: they cannot tolerate anyone saying that Zhou Yun’s acting is bad.

Seeing this feature posted by the Chen Yin official Weibo, the fan groups immediately organized, deciding to use this official account to strike back at those spreading rumors.

They devised several hashtags, taking turns, creating images, memes, GIFs, and sharing this Weibo post from the Chen Yin official account, engaging in a verbal battle with the online trolls.

The hashtags were as follows:

1. Heard the Best Actress at the Venice International Film Festival’s Horizons Unit has poor acting skills?

2. Heard the Qingmu Award Best Actress has poor acting skills?

3. Heard the Lingjun Award Best Actress has poor acting skills?

4. Heard the Best Supporting Actress at the Tiansi Award has poor acting skills?

5. Heard the Box Office Queen has poor acting skills?

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Zhou Yun’s fans played with these memes, creating quite a significant buzz.

Seeing that this Weibo post from Chen Yin had over a hundred thousand shares, Yuehai Network realized that the pre-buzz effect for Chen Yin was incredible. They immediately arranged for Deep Sea to follow suit, selecting a scene from Deep Sea where Zhou Yun, watching the internal screening, was praised for her "god-level acting" and replaying the same caption from Chen Yin: Heard someone say our lead actress has poor acting skills?

Thus, the fans who had just mounted a counterattack using the Chen Yin official account did so again, employing the same tactics, the same hashtags, repeating them over and over, with a simple goal: to use these real awards and honors to silence those spreading rumors.

Both Chen Yin and Deep Sea, riding on this wave of popularity, simultaneously topped the trending search lists.

This prompted Falling Leaves, Under the Grand Dress, and Four Killers to collectively work overtime, joining this "Heard someone say our lead actress has poor acting skills?" public opinion counterattack.

Finally, Falling Leaves arrived a bit late, and without much talk, officially announced: Falling Leaves has been nominated for the Sundance Film Festival in the United States!

This announcement sealed the deal.