The reason for Gabriella’s outburst was that her recently released movie had a terrible reputation. Everyone on the internet was all trashing the movie, calling it a flop–a piece of garbage cooked up by corporate interests just to launder money.
“What is this terrible movie? I think my eyes are melting away after watching it.”
“This is ridiculous! Why is Gabriella’s acting so terrible? She’s just another pretty face. Besides having nice looks, she doesn’t have any acting skills at all.
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“The female lead’s acting made me wonder if she had just skipped her ‘A Crash Course in Expression Management‘ class. Her entire performance was just a loop of ‘wide eyes, pouty lips, and acting cute.‘
“Honestly, the production team should’ve dubbed her lines next time. Her mouth doesn’t match her dialogue anyway.”
“I’m totally speechless. The female lead’s crying scene was so fake! Looking at her squinting her eyes the whole time, I couldn’t squeeze out a single tear but ended up laughing my head off instead.”
“I’m really suspicious of how Gabriella got her hands on this role. Asking fellow netizens, who’s the bigshot backing her? Where did she come from, and why are her resources this good?
“If I remember correctly, she just appeared out of nowhere and debuted with a lead role. She even had a lineup of S–tier resources handed to her on a silver platter. What’s the deal behind all of this?”
“The movie is like the hot slice of pizza on your hands–drop to the floor, get run over, and a street cleaner will sweep it into the trash.
“The female lead is that slice of pizza. Her performance keeps falling apart in stages, a disaster you never see coming.”
A hashtag saying the movie was terrible shot straight to the trending list. At the same time, another hashtag saying Gabriella had terrible acting was also trending alongside it.
Gabriella gripped her phone tightly, her eyes fixed on the news about her terrible acting and the movie being a flop. She was practically fuming.
This was the biggest production she had starred in since entering the entertainment industry a year ago. She had waited so long for the movie to be released, hoping it could boost her market value and ideally land her a Best Actress award while she was at it.
Diana also saw the trending list on her side. It wasn’t like she intentionally searched for anything about Gabriella, but the trending list was full of her news and hashtags–it was hard not to look at it.
Gabriella’s acting was so terrible that her die–hard fans had to jump in and do emergency damage control. That kind of backlash was a first in years in the entertainment industry. Because of her, the movie’s ratings also dipped.
But most of the criticism still revolved around phrases such as “terrible acting“, “acting with only the male lead and other cast members received positive feedback.
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expression“, and “just a pretty face“. In contrast,
It was clear that Gabriella would take the full blame for the
vie’s flop.
On the other hand, Diana immediately jumped at the opportunity to bring up Sherry, who was under the company.
“Her acting was so bad that she’s comparable to Sherry.”
“Sherry? Now that you mention it, Sherry wouldn’t be worse than Gabriella if Sherry were the one who acted in that role.”
“She’s the best in a bad bunch—nothing hurts more than a side–by–side comparison. Honestly, Sherry is no less pretty than Gabriella. Since we’re talking about pretty faces with no acting skills, they might as well give the role to Sherry instead.”
It was not long before Sherry, who had been quite the buzz lately, was also on the trending list.
Sitting in her office, Diana had a large pile of documents in front of her. She had been resting for a while and was overall satisfied with the progress she
had made on the internet.
Diana called this riding the wave. If the buzz was free, why wouldn’t she take advantage of it? Bad publicity was still publicity. For Sherry, what mattered most at the moment was getting her name out there and in the public eye.
“It’s obvious that someone is backing Gabriella behind the curtains. No matter how terrible her acting and skills are, she’ll still get top resources.” “Why is that? I remember Gabriella isn’t signed under any agency, then her sugar daddy…”
“A new unresolved mystery–what exactly did Gabriella do behind the scenes to make her sugar daddy keep throwing money and resources at her?” A new trending headline was born instantly. That was just how the internet era worked–they said bad news had wings.
