Chapter 42: Into the Hot Searches

A bespectacled technician muttered dreamily, evidently stuck in a trance, “I think… I’m in love…”

“Scram!” Another man boomed from across the room. “Leave my wife out of your fantasies!”

It took a few moments for the Director to will himself out of the infatuation. Shaking his head vigorously, he cleared his head. “Shut up, will you? Don’t you feel embarrassed?”

Hearing the lecture, the technician’s face dimmed. “But you didn’t stare at her any less than we did!”

Unable to rebut the truth, the Director redirected his anger to the innocent videographer. With a deathly glare, he yelled, “You! How many years have you worked here? Can’t you gauge the scenes each person is entitled to?”

The videographer’s face balled up from the accusation.

Sorry Director, my hands refused to let me miss the scene.

He refuted in defence, “Director, if you don’t want to use it, you don’t have to force yourself…”

“Huh! Don’t even think about it!” The director’s eyes widened menacingly, “Who said I was not going to use it?”

Every soul in the studio was silenced.

A peal of sinister laughter pierced the air. “What a brilliant model! A walking source of perfect scenes!” The Director said enthusiastically. “Add it! Add all of it in!”

…

That night, while the stars rested at the hotel, the crew uploaded the first preview clip for >.

As Jinli lazily walked out of her shower, she heard a continuous buzzing from her phone.

Oh? It’s from Lan Ting.

[Oh my Gosh!!!! Jinli!!!! Did you see the Fruits Channel’s lastest advertising clip? You are so beautiful in it! So cute!!]

[Jinli, Jinli! Are you there? Use this link!]

[My gosh! Jinli, I just did a search. There’s a huge hoohaa on the net!]

[ Ah!!!!! You are trending!!!!!]

[….]

In that one bath’s time, this young girl had flooded her with 17 messages. Every single word was about her.

Undeniably, Lan Ting’s enthusiasm was contagious. Excitement and anticipation were pumping through Jinli’s blood. Just how beautifully had they edited her clips?

Casually, she dropped a thoughtless, single worded reply to the overly-enthusiastic girl: “Showering”.

Then, she opened Weibo.

Immediately, the first thing to hit her eye was —

#Don’t sell Jinli away#

Jinli was dumbstruck. An uncomfortable sense of foreboding rumbled in her heart.

Opening the link, she was brought to a slightly-over-a-minute-long clip. Everything was of herself during the day.

“Are, are we recording already?”

” Phew, luckily I decided to put on some makeup before I left. If I hadn’t, the audience would not be able to see the pretty me…”

“I’m a little tired. Can I nap for a bit?”

“Wakey wakey Jinli! If we don’t leave soon, the driver will kidnap us!”

“No! No… Don’t take Jinli away…”

“…”

“Just now, that bit… You didn’t record it, right?”

“That’s good. Going unrecorded is good.”

Jinli’s faced curled in disbelief.

Didn’t you say it was not recording?

Her face darkened to jet black. She was ready to lash out at the production team.

Suddenly, without warning, a flood of Golden Auras crashed towards her. Jinli’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Threads and trheads of mist-like Auras streamed in without end. The number was gargantuan. Each thread entangled with another, forming a huge wave of Golden Energy.

This….

Jinli was perplexed. How had this many Golden Auras been produced?

She quickly lowered her eyes to the comments.

[ HAHAHAHA! My gods, I’m crying!!! She’s so pretty!! Is this really the all-serious Fruits Channel?]

[This sleeping photo! She has to be the Goddess from my dreams!! (Emoji)]

[Freak! Don’t’ take Jinli away!!! I never knew Jinli was so cute!!]

[My Jinli!!! You’re so damn cute!!]

[Thumbs up to the production team!]

[Am I the only one that realises that Jinli cares about her looks every second of her life? What a narcissistic Goddess!]

[What an open narcissist! I’m pretty and I’m proud of it (laughing emoji)]

[What the heck! She even checks herself out before sleeping? Such meticulousness!}

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