Literary Master: Starting with Refusing to Be a Child Star

Chapter 57 Media Breaking News: A Complete Explanation!

"Our two young lead actors performed very well in the drama, and I am very satisfied to have produced such a work."

Director Mo made sure to include footage of the two children during the interview.

The microphone was handed to Luo Jinnian's mouth, and he said cheerfully, "Director Mo is very kind to us, and his movies are also very good."

"Did you two young leads enjoy working together?"

Gu Yanxi chimed in, "He did very well, I like him."

What else could Luo Jinnian say? He could only stand aside and grin foolishly.

At the press conference, reporters bombarded the individuals with questions that were often impossible to answer.

Despite its lower box office performance compared to "Lost in Thailand," "Ice Song" generated just as much online buzz.

In particular, supertopics for the two lead actors have been created, and Weibo has even given the two children a CP name - Xinian, meaning a joyous year.

The name is derived by taking one character from each of Luo Jinnian's and Gu Yanxi's names, symbolizing "a joyous year".

"I heard you two not only go to the same school, but you're also deskmates?"

Gu Yanxi nodded, and happily added, "I transferred there because it's closer to home so I can better adapt to my character in the play, and he's especially good at taking care of people." She winked at Luo Jinnian discreetly as she spoke.

They just want to stir up trouble.

Luo Jinnian could only weakly explain, "In my heart, she has always been like my younger brother or sister. Taking care of younger brothers and sisters is what an older brother should do."

The reporter hurriedly asked the girl for her opinion.

Gu Yanxi coughed and said slowly, "In my heart, he is different from my brother. I know what that feeling is like, but I both hope that he really is my brother and I'm afraid that he really is."

Damn it, can you stop messing with the media?

Director Mo watched his lead actors perform with a smile, remarking that child stars are all precocious children.

Suddenly, a group of reporters with ill intentions appeared, as if they had seized upon some juicy scoop, and preemptively declared:

"Was the mother, played by Luo Jinnian, hospitalized due to a car accident during the film's release?"

Director Mo's expression was solemn. He waved his hand behind his back, signaling his assistant to send the person away.

Unexpectedly, Luo Jinnian replied as usual:

"Yes, my mother was in a car accident and was hospitalized due to some unforeseen circumstances."

"My investigation revealed that you rarely visited your mother during her hospitalization, and that led me to trace some of your past experiences."

Past experiences.

When Luo Jinnian looked up, he saw the reporter's smug smile as he pressed his advantage.

"Then I think the reporter is asking too much of me. How can I take care of my mother every day while I am balancing my schoolwork and my mother's hospitalization? Besides, my father has been by my mother's side the whole time. If I were there, I think I would not only be a burden but also not a help."

The reporter listened to the boy with a smile until the very end when he clapped his hands.

"Well said, but that's not all I'm going to reveal today."

Luo Jinnian looked back at Director Mo's unfathomable eyes, but Director Mo simply shook his head and remained still.

"Based on my extensive and accurate research, your mother is quite a difficult person."

Luo Jinnian remained silent for a moment, then interrupted sharply:

"That's enough, I don't want to hear you anymore."

Without pausing, the reporter continued speaking in full view of everyone:

"The scars left on your body by domestic violence must still be there, after all, your mother was able to violently beat you during the audition on the set."

"You must have suffered terribly under her control all these years, but now, in front of so many media outlets, you can boldly confess everything!"

The surrounding media focused their attention on the boy like sharks smelling blood.

Is today the best day?

If the middle-aged woman were at the hospital, he might have considered making amends if she kowtowed to him on the spot, but now, lol, Luo Jinnian burst into tears before he could even speak.

The flickering camera captured this scene.

Luo Jinnian has shed tears twice since she time-traveled: once when she couldn't help but cry during her performance of "Ode to Young China," and the other time right now.

Countless reporters have made their own decisions about the front page every day, and the tears of a young boy can touch the hearts of countless men, women, and children.

Luo Jinnian swallowed hard for a long time, trying countless times to say something: "Mom isn't like that, Mom isn't like that..."

The middle-aged woman might have been moved by the scene the next day, but the reporters present only felt that there was too much to dig up from the meaning behind that single tear.

"As far as I know, your mother's punishment for you when you don't get any roles is to not eat for several days, and the longest time was as long as three and a half days, making you faint from hunger."

Luo Jinnian was still crying. Where did this helper come from? He really didn't pay anyone to hire one. This was truly his complete mouth substitute.

That's what she thought, but she was still sobbing:

"No, that's not how it is... Mom, that's not how it is."

The reporter then held up several photos, all of which showed middle-aged women lifting boys up like chicks.

"These are the images I pulled out one by one from the cameras of your drama audition team. Child, you cannot choose your parents, but today you can choose the embrace of justice."

In front of the camera, Luo Jinnian's eyes gleamed with hope, then he abruptly shook his head:

"All of this is fake, my mother... She may be a little strict, but she definitely loves me."

Brother, you're a real man! I have to buy you a copy of every newspaper you've ever written in, right here tonight.

"Please leave."

An assistant wearing gold-rimmed glasses came out and, with an unquestionable tone and a muscular build, pulled the reporter away.

Before leaving, the journalist, who was trying to uphold justice, kept shouting, "Child, you must believe in us journalists. True justice cannot be killed. We will definitely protect your right to be a human being."

Brother, I believe in you.

Brother, I believe in you.

Luo Jinnian sobbed for a long time before collapsing in front of the media.

"Call 120 quickly! Call 120 quickly!"

"If something really happens to Jin Nian today, I'll be the one who has let him down." Director Mo put on one last acting performance.

If Luo Jinnian had merely tearfully recounted the inhumanity of middle-aged women in front of the media, given his assumptions about netizens' humanity, they would surely have thought the victims were exaggerating the reality.

Only when they discover things for themselves, piecing together the clues like a jigsaw puzzle, will they be willing to believe it; people only believe their own guesses.

That's why Luo Jinnian created the impression that he wanted to say something but only defended his mother, appearing foolish.

In fact, Luo Jinnian had long ago conceived a plan to cry in front of the media, a plan known as "Twenty-Four Filial Piety Stories".

But he planned to further enhance his reputation as a child star—he didn't want to enter the game as a writer; that was his last resort.

But today, with the right timing, location, and people, there's no better time than today, so Luo Jinnian, a righteous reporter, achieved a wonderful cooperation.

Just like now, he experienced what it's like to be on the trending topics list for the first time.

[Breaking News: Male lead of "Ice Dance" accused of domestic violence; the revelation caused him to faint from grief.]

[A rising child star, though you may have already seen him before.]

Director Mo had actually revealed this a long time ago.

[A look at the gossip surrounding child stars' mothers in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan—are they among the top three today?]

Good news travels slowly, but bad news travels fast. After this battle, Luo Jinnian was truly famous, but an even more thorny problem was now before him—

How can we persuade a middle-aged woman to voluntarily relinquish custody?