Top Dupe CH 004 Good Morning, Gu Xiaowei

Back home, Luo Yu put the food he bought in the refrigerator, opened the washing machine to take out and hang the clothes, and took out the portable ironer he bought.

Ironing his clothes was a habit he developed during the years when he was acting in stage plays. 

There was no assistant around, so he would iron and take care of his own clothes. Sometimes when the backstage was too busy he even had to do his own makeup. So Luo Yu was very confident in his ability to take care of himself.

Before long, he had ironed several wrinkled shirts and trousers and hung them neatly in the closet.

There was also the “expensive" shirt. Luo Yu took a few photos of it with great satisfaction and posted it online.

Just after taking a shower, the shirt was already bought by someone.

Luo Yu smiled happily, "Tsk, tsk, let me take a closer look at what else I can sell."

If Sister Cui were here, she would definitely stop him from doing this kind of status lowering thing. If antifans discovered it, they would definitely make a big deal about it, and there would be another embarrassing search result about Luo Yu.

But Luo Yu didn't care. The clothes were outdated and he had nowhere to wear them. What was wrong with reselling them and letting them express their use elsewhere?

As long as he was not breaking the law, there was no meaning to the criticism and slander.

Luo Yu glanced at the address of the person who bought the shirt, and he didn't expect it to be a high-end residential community. With his current savings, Luo Yu couldn't even afford a toilet floor tile in that community.

"Look, rich people even buy used goods, so why should poor people care." Luo Yu smiled.

The next morning, Luo Yu went to the gym to exercise.

He had applied for a gym card for a long time, but he hadn’t used it yet. Before, it was because Zhuque Media received too many messy and random jobs for him. Later, he was afraid of people pointing at him, "Look, isn't this He Mu's dupe?" Fortunately, he came today, otherwise this fitness card would have expired.

Today was Tuesday. There were not many people in the gym in the morning so Luo Yu tried out all the equipment at his leisure.

Probably because this body had been in a slump for too long, Luo Yu was more tired than usual.

As soon as he got off the treadmill, he received a call from Sister Cui.

"The contract for the role of Bai Ying in "Counterattack" has been secured for you! The director was so happy when he found out that you were willing to take this role. He smiled and said that you were the most good-looking in the entire crew, and the only well-known star." Sister Cui massaged her forehead and said, "So the film salary is more generous than we thought."

Luo Yu adjusted his breathing while cooling off, and said with a smile: "Soon, I will no longer be the most good-looking one in this crew. And in front of the top star, my traffic can only be calculated as a negative number."

When Sister Cui heard this, she became nervous, "You're not talking about He Mu, right? Over the years, Dijun Media has suppressed you openly and secretly, so that you can't get any good roles, but they always give you breathing space before you truly reach the end of the road, leaving you with a bite to eat… I don’t even know what they are trying to do, are they playing cat and mouse?”

Luo Yu lowered his eyes and smiled mildly. In his previous life, he only realized after quitting the entertainment industry to act in stage plays, "Ou Juntao from Dijun Media... wanted me to bow my head, admit defeat, surrender, and admit to him that I was too naive at the time and failed to live up to his good intentions. Who told me to refuse his olive branch?"

"Then… since you have decided to start over and develop again, should we apologize to him?"

"What he wants is not an apology, but for me to bow my head and surrender like He Mu, doing whatever he asks of me." Luo Yu said.

In his previous life, his first stage play as the leading actor was a hit and sold out instantly.

At that time Ou Juntao came to see his performance. When Luo Yu was taking off his makeup backstage, Ou Juntao came put a large bouquet of sunflowers on his dressing table.

He said, Luo Yu... with your ability, you could go to a bigger stage.

Luo Yu asked him, does Chairman Ou want me to be unable to act in even stage plays?

Ou Juntao asked, if you can't act in stage plays any no longer, what will you do?

Luo Yu answered the other man indifferently, then I will become a teacher and teach acting to children who want to enter the film academy.

Among Luo Yu's choices, surrendering to Ou Juntao was never an option.

At that moment, Ou Juntao's eyes were filled with despair.

In the struggle of power between him and Luo Yu, he ended up losing.

"Luo Yu? Luo Yu, what are you thinking about?" Sister Cui's voice brought Luo Yu back from the memory of his previous life.

"Although what I want to say is a bit conceited, He Mu is not really top-notch, and his current popularity is extremely overstretched."

Sister Cui said: "You don't call this conceited? That big head of yours is almost going to explode. He Mu can be seen on the hot search every two to three days, and there are a lot of people waiting to collect the tissue he has blown his nose on. Not to mention he has Ou Juntao's support. "

Luo Yu asked back: "Is Sister Cui afraid?"

"Afraid of him? Ou Juntao can't cover the sky with just one hand. After all, the entertainment industry consists of three pillars. In addition to his Dijun Media, aren't there Xinghan Pictures and Honghe Film and Television?"

"As expected of my Sister Cui, she will not bend her waist to serve the powerful. We must be happy!"

Sister Cui returned to the previous topic, "Although this contract is signed now, the crew of "Counterattack" will still have to pay you even if they don't use you. But if Dijun Media tries to get in the way again, I really can’t find another role for you at the moment.”

"Don't worry, this drama will eventually have the strongest team and a real top star——so strong that Ou Juntao can't reach his hand in."

"Ah?"

Sister Cui didn’t understand. Even He Mu couldn't compare? He is said to appear on the top trending search list ten times a month. And what did "the strongest team" mean? Where did Luo Yu get the news?

After hanging up the phone, Luo Yu stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, raised his arms and intertwined his fingers, and stretched his waistline from left to right.

Opposite this office building was the LED screen of Xinghan Pictures. The screen was fixed on the male protagonist of a certain movie. His handsome and chiseled facial features were mysterious and elegant under the golden lighting. His eyes were as deep as the sea, the final destination is of starlight and sunset.

His aloof aura could always easily arouse the deep desire of the audience, dreaming that one day they could inspire his soul to burn and boil for them.

Pedestrians passing by, including late office workers, couldn't help but stop and look up.

——That was Gu Xiaowei. He didn’t need a water army and didn't care about pitting on images. Instead, marketing accounts flock to any news about him to rub off on his popularity.

He... was also Luo Yu's biggest acting rival ten years later.

Good morning, Gu Xiaowei.

This time, maybe in less than ten years, we will be able to meet as opponents and be evenly matched.

A young man who was riding a bicycle not far away turned his face to wipe at his sweat. When he raised his eyes, he saw the silhouette of Luo Yu under the backlight.

There were no big muscles that posed a visual threat, but every line was slender, elegant and full of strength.

This was not a body figure that could be achieved by just exercising.

Luo Yu had studied martial arts for a long time, participated in some prefecture-level competitions, and even won some awards when he was young. Later, his family still wanted him to take the college entrance examination. Luo Yu's grades were average, and there happened to be an art student studying painting living across from his house. His parents gave him an idea, why not go to film school.

During the interview at the film school, Luo Yu performed a martial arts act. His movements were smooth and flowing, and his unrestrained and decisive moves impressed the interviewing teacher at the time.

It was a pity that the company he signed with, Zhuque Media, was short-sighted, and a single school idol image suppressed Luo Yu's real strengths.

When Luo Yu returned home from the gym, he read the script twice and put it aside.

He knew that this was the original version of the script. The character Bai Ying was a gentleman on the surface but one knew he was a villain as soon as he opened his mouth.

Very stereotypical, the character itself had no depth to explore.

He was waiting, waiting for the real Bai Ying to be polished and shaped by the best screenwriter.

In the evening, he found another accessory. When he first started out, he still had some spare money, so he followed other colleagues into a luxury store. He had a soft ear, and was convinced to buy it after being praised by the clerk and peers at the time who said it looked very classy on him and that it would never go out of style and so on, so he spent half of his savings to buy this necklace.

Luo Yu searched for a long time and finally found the certificate of this necklace in the crack at the back of the drawer.

"That's great. The prices sold with certificates and without certificates are different."

He really had to be grateful that it was a classic model. The price of the same model on the market had already increased by 30%. Getting his money back was not just a dream!

Luo Yu had just posted it online, but within half an hour of posting it was bought by someone.

"Ai, it seems I don't have to worry about food in the next two months?"

Luo Yu clicked on the buyer and saw that the ID was still the same as the one who bought his shirt.

He left a message half-jokingly: [Mr. Bankroller, what else do you like? Why not buy it all at once to save money on express delivery?]

Unexpectedly, the other responded quickly: [What else do you have?]

Luo Yu scratched his forehead, wondering if this meant the other was going to accept everything?

Or was the other a fan of He Mu? They want to leave evidence that he sold second-hand luxury goods, so that they could go online to say that he was down-and-out, and laugh at him for being low?

But the reborn Luo Yu was thick-skinned. As long as the other gave money, he didn't care how the other was going to slander him!

Luo Yu started to rummage through his thi and found a scarf. Winter was still several months away now. Luo Yu could wear a woolen scarf that cost 100 yuan. But he was worried about wearing a woolen scarf that costs several thousand yuan. If it gets hooked on something and a string gets pulled out, that would make him feel very distressed! It was better to sell it to get some much needed cash!

[Do you think this style of scarf is okay? But it’s a winter model, and it’s not the season yet.]

[Sure. Make your bid.]

Luo Yu remembered someone telling him that when selling second-hand goods, the price should be raised a little higher than his base price. The other party would definitely try to bargain, and then raise the price a little bit, so that the business could continue.

[Five thousand?]

[Sure. Any more?]

Luo Yu looked through his things again and found a pair of shoes with a very flashy style. They were very popular at the time, but he really didn't have the courage to wear them.

[How about these shoes? It's from the XX brand, but it's not very suitable for everyday way.]

[How much?]

[Three thousand?]

Luo Yu didn't know how much that pair of shoes cost, so he just mentioned a random price.

[Sure. Any more?]

[You still want to buy? Luo Yu felt something was weird, because the other party didn't even ask him the size of the shoes.

[En.]

[Mr. Bankroller, I am very poor. If you buy so much and then return it to me, the shipping cost will be very bad. Crying face.jpg]

[Then I will buy these first to establish integrity.]

Luo Yu looked at the words "establish integrity" and burst out laughing.

Why was this person so cute?

This tone should not be an antifan. If it was an antifan, they would have shot back sarcastically.