Although Lin Cheng watched Le Bai’s assistant delete the video that would have been used for publicity, there were still other building staff at the scene who secretly took photos of several people in the same frame and posted them online.

In the photo, the presence of a film emperor and a popular traffic artist quickly sparked a heated discussion among netizens on the Internet.

… …

[Ah ah ah! I can’t believe I saw Le Bai and Shu Yimeng in the same pic! What kind of magical photo is this?]

[By the way, where is this?]

[Could it be the set of [Hidden Moon by Western River]?]

[Le Bai has posted photos of the crew before, but the background doesn’t seem to be the same.]

[It should be the cast recruitment site for the film, right?]

[Wasn’t there rumors before that the two men were not on good terms? Then at the casting call for new female leads, would they even stand in the same frame? But it seems here that the atmosphere between Le Bai and Shu Yimeng seems to be good.]

[They’re just rumors on the Internet, maybe the relationship between the two of them is actually quite good in private.]

[That’s good then, I actually like both of them…]

… …

After everyone talked about the two men, they quickly turned their attention to the other people in the photo:

[Who is this person next to Le Bai? I feel like I’ve never seen him before.] Some netizens circled Lin Cheng in the photo and asked questions about him.

The thing was… it was really hard to ignore the good looks of this person in the photo.

[He looks familiar, but I can’t remember who he is.]

[Is he also an actor in [Hidden Moon by the Western River]?]

[I didn’t see any photos of him in the official announcement of the cast.]

… …

Just when many netizens were speculating, someone who knew Lin Cheng jumped out to clarify everyone’s confusion: 

[Haha, the person in the photo is Lin Cheng! He’s not from the cast. He should be recording [Living with Dad]. ]

[I also saw Lin Cheng recently while watching [Living with Dad]. ]

[Is he recording a celebrity parent-child reality show?] 

Some netizens asked: [What about the child? Why didn’t I see a child?]

[Here she is. ]

Some fans in the livestream channel circled Lin Momo’s position on the photo: the small mop of black hair that popped out at the bottom edge of the photo was Lin Momo’s.

[Haha, so funny.]

[By the way, I haven’t paid attention to variety shows for a long time, but this seems pretty good.]

[Where can I watch the livestream? Let me check it out.]

… …

As the popularity of the name ‘Lin Cheng’ increased, an insider came out to point out the relationship between the people in the photo: 

The person on the far left of the picture was a big-name manager of Starstone Entertainment. He brought out two good artists—Le Bai and then Shu Yimeng—one after another. As for Lin Cheng, he was actually also an artist under Sun Yanzhou, even before Le Bai.

As soon as this relationship came out, it once again aroused a heated discussion:

[Holy shit, was Lin Cheng originally brought out by this agent?]

[It feels very powerful. ]

[So, does this picture count as artists from the three generations of old, middle and young?]

[Haha, although, using ‘old’ to describe Lin Cheng is too much.]

[That is true, although Lin Cheng already has a child, Lin Cheng looks so young.]

[And he’s handsome!]

[I’m so excited about this!]

… …

Even Chen Yu, his own agent, did not expect that a photo from such a small incident could actually earn Lin Cheng a wave of fans on the Internet.

But as Lin Cheng’s popularity on the Internet increased, many fans of Le Bai and Shu Yimeng jumped out to express their dissatisfaction:

[Who is this Lin Cheng? Please don’t try to rub off on Teacher Le’s popularity.]

[Our brother obviously doesn’t seem to be familiar with this person. Could you please stop doing any bundling business?]

[Hey you, can you stop being an eyesore?]

[What does Lin Cheng want to happen when he comes to audition as actor for [Hidden  Moon by the Western River]? Does he want to use his former manager’s relationship to join the crew and film?]

[Such an eyesore…]

There were also rebuttal voices: 

[Please, even if you have bad eyesight, I suggest you take another look. Lin Cheng is obviously more handsome and more elegant than the other two, okay?]

This was a fact. However, such rebuttals were quickly drowned out by comments from fans.

[What’s the use of just having good looks? I looked it up and found that Lin Cheng seems to be a singer, right? Does he have acting skills? Can he act?]

Under the obvious organized rhythm, the topic #outdated male artist rubbing with people to become popular# quickly became the top trending search.

Many fans of Le Bai and Shu Yimeng also participated in this ‘campaign’.

However, before anyone could follow suit and comment, the hot search was removed at an extremely fast speed, and even the previous topic could not be found anymore.

A ‘storm’ was stopped before it even made waves.

… …

At the Lin Family.

Looking at the ugly hot search topics that have now disappeared, Old Master Lin was very satisfied with the efficiency of his people this time.

Zhou Ming, who was on the side, hesitated for a moment and said, “Old master, in fact, according to the entertainment industry, black publicity is also red…“¹

Although the words of the fans on the Internet were not very pleasant, after this experience, the number of viewers in Lin Cheng and Lin Momo’s livestream channel has increased a lot.

Hearing Zhou Ming’s words, Old Master Lin glared at him with dissatisfaction and said, “What’s black? People in our family are only allowed to be red, not black.” 

After a pause, Old Master Lin added, “And I don’t need that brat to be red, I wish he’d get out of the entertainment industry and come back home to work hard!”

“I don’t know what’s the point of these useless things in the entertainment circle ……,” Grandpa Lin muttered with disdain as he took the tablet again and continued to watch the livestream with great interest.

Serve as Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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FOOTNOTE:

1. Black is negative publicity. Red is hot or popular. So even black publicity can be ‘good’ because it will increase your popularity ↩︎