Chapter 1054: Best Reservation

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Although the same excuse has been used three times already, it remains highly effective, and Bai Xingwei's identity was thus smoothly passed off by Hune.

After a while, Xu Yanqing heard the news and rushed over to take a photo with Bai Xingwei.

Upon Bai Xingwei's arrival, Xu Yanqing wasn't particularly surprised, merely asking if she also planned to debut on Earth.

"I don't have the talent to handle fans and cameras — debuting or anything like that is better left alone."

Being a celebrity is the dream of many girls, but Bai Xingwei certainly isn't one of them.

She prefers winning on the stage and enjoying the crowd's cheers and applause, rather than relying on her good looks to gain those.

That evening, Bai Xingwei naturally went to the adjacent room Luo Quan had newly prepared for her to rest, which made Luo Quan somewhat unaccustomed.

Only then did he realize Bai Xingwei wasn't the Empress — why would she suddenly want to sleep with him for no reason?

After shaking his head and smiling, chasing away the distracting thoughts in his mind, Luo Quan began meditating on the bed, starting tonight's cultivation.

Over the next month, Luo Quan entrusted all his live-streaming duties to Xu Yanqing, while he himself fully immersed in filming the movie.

If it weren't for the need to rush time, she would still have free time in the evenings to do live streams.

But now plans have changed, so Xu Yanqing has to take over.

When Luo Quan announced that Xu Yanqing would take over his live stream, fans were still a bit reluctant, saying it would be better if they streamed together.

But only a few days later, fans seemed to have already forgotten her, interacting joyfully with Xu Yanqing instead.

Luo Quan sometimes secretly watches Xu Yanqing's stream, discovering she speaks humorously and is deeply skilled in a traceless driving technique, combined with her unmatched explosive figure — truly a divine artifact for straight men.

Just staying a few minutes in the live stream makes it hard to leave.

So even though Xu Yanqing currently has no works, relying solely on live streaming, she rapidly gained nearly eight million fans across the web, with daily stream gifts exceeding 500,000.

For Xu Yanqing herself, this amount of money is naturally insignificant.

But for a newcomer in the industry, this achievement is already extraordinarily impressive.

Seeing Xu Yanqing's live-streaming success, Luo Quan let her apply for her own account to lock in the fans.

After all, during the previous livestream, he used his own account, and his own fans would give Xu Yánqīng the initial burst of popularity.

Now that her fame has grown, of course she should switch to her own account.

However, this act done entirely for Xu Yánqīng's benefit was mocked by netizens as: "The boss is afraid his popularity will be siphoned off by employees, so he took back his own livestream."

Such talk is just baseless blind criticism — Luo Quan doesn't even want to bother responding.

In short, Xu Yánqīng's livestream career is thriving; if he can release another excellent work soon, his popularity should begin to explode.

But haste makes waste — so Luo Quan decided to pause for now and revisit later.

As for Bai Xingwei, she didn't stay here long.

Unlike Ye Zhining, who couldn't wait to consume Luo Quan completely, Bai Xingwei's feelings haven't reached that extreme; her main purpose this time was to see why Luo Quan didn't come to watch the match.

If she encountered any trouble, she could still help.

In fact, it turned out she overthought it — Luo Quan simply forgot.

At first, the exotic scenery here did make her feel quite novel, but after wandering for two or three days, she began to grow tired of it.

Of course, Earth is vast, with many places to visit.

However, Bai Xingwei currently doesn't speak a word of Earth's language, so to go elsewhere she'd need Luo Quan as a translator — but Luo Quan is now unable to leave.

Moreover, Earth's spiritual energy concentration is genuinely low; staying long in such an environment affects cultivation progress.

Bai Xingwei, who has always regarded martial cultivation as her top priority, couldn't tolerate this, so after staying five days by Luo Quan's side, she returned home.

When Wen Xia asked about it, Luo Quan could only use the same excuse:

"Xingwei has some matters at her hometown, so she went back."

"Just like Zhining?" Wen Xia mused, "So in a few days, will another of Zhining's hometown folks come to replace her — and will she also be a great beauty?"

"Where would all these great beauties come from!" Luo Quan laughed helplessly at Wen Xia, "Maybe Zhining finishes her business and comes back on her own — anyway, I'm currently filming a movie and don't need an agent anywhere."

"I'm just curious." Wen Xia chuckled, "Besides, since Zhining's hometown produces so many beauties, why not bring all the sisters to our company for training? Then we could launch a 'Quan Shui 48' — wouldn't that be lovely?"

Even now, Wen Xia hasn't forgotten her girl group dream, even turning her attention to the "Daughter's Kingdom."

As Luo Quan was drinking water and heard this suggestion, he nearly spat it out.

"Quan Shui 48 — truly, only you could think of something like that."

Luo Quan put down his cup, face full of speechlessness: "How many girls actually want to come be idols? Do you really think practicing dance and singing from zero foundation isn't tiring? If someone had idol-level looks, becoming a streamer or traffic star would be much faster."

"People today are so restless — who would still eat dirt if they could make quick money?"

"You're right." Wen Xia was struck by the remark, letting out a sigh.

Times have changed — before, wanting fame meant sweating and hard work; without real talent, why would audiences support you?

But now it's not necessarily so — sometimes just cursing someone or skirting the edge in a live stream can go viral across the web.

It's not saying this is bad — after all, it's the market's choice.

But this choice also makes "products" opt for simpler ways to launch themselves.

The tedious method of honing skills to improve oneself? Seems to have lost its appeal.

Wen Xia's girl group dream has existed since middle school — but now, it's less a wish and more an obsession, a reckoning for her efforts in youth.

But looking at the situation, this reckoning may not be fulfilled.

But whose youth hasn't had some regrets?

Perhaps this obsession should be let go — otherwise, endlessly dwelling on it only delays a better tomorrow.

Perhaps she's come to terms — Wen Xia's expression is now clearly much more relaxed than before, and she tightly hugged Luo Quan, saying: "Thank you, Luo Luo."

Although I don't know what Wen Xia is thanking him for, seeing her happy makes Luo Quan happy too.

In the coming days, abroad is relatively chaotic, with constant scheming and intrigue — the scenery is definitely better domestically.

Reports of supernatural phenomena were somewhat more numerous than at the end of last year, but they usually occurred in deep mountains and old forests — for instance, hunters spotting tigers of abnormal size, or some kind of unidentified luminous flying object.

However, because similar sighting reports abroad appear every year, and the photos are still as blurry as those taken with last century's old cameras, their credibility is extremely low.

In any case, netizens treat these reports as entertainment; hardly anyone truly believes them.

Little do they know that quite a few of these might actually be real.

But under the deliberate cover-up by interested parties, the reports gradually lost heat until they were completely hidden.

Compared with the unending uproar abroad, the domestic side appeared much calmer.

The highest heat is always entertainment industry affairs.

A few days ago a major piece of news broke: the son of a certain director who had won a Cannes award was suspected of cheating and sleeping with a fan, and bed photos were allegedly taken by someone.

This plot, including the expressions while sleeping, was identical to a certain top-tier star currently treading a sewing machine in prison until sparks fly.

One can only say the entertainment industry truly produces talent in droves — even their downfalls can be stepped on with such variety-show effect.

But cheating and sleeping with a fan is merely a moral issue; the informed whistleblower subsequently released no other explosive material, indicating there was only this much.

So this traffic fresh meat nicknamed Arthur is definitely finished; his father's and mother's careers will also suffer a heavy blow.

However, he won't have to eat prison rice — a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

Speaking of the entertainment circle, cheating, sleeping with fans, and two-timing have become routine operations.

There are so many people who violate laws and discipline; morally depraved situations are certainly even more widespread.

It's just that compared to the entertainment industry's overall quantity, these exposed contents are merely the tip of the iceberg.

Netizens' interest in probing the dirty underside of celebrities' private lives always remains high.

So right after Arthur's collapse was exposed, a large batch of marketing accounts that specialize in leaking big melons appeared online.

These marketing accounts like to use ambiguous language to describe certain celebrities' shocking behaviors, using this method to fish for eyeballs and traffic.

Because they don't name names, relying entirely on netizens to guess themselves, those celebrities who get cued have no way to deal with these marketing accounts.

And after tasting the sweetness, these marketing accounts became increasingly rampant, even setting their sights on Luo Quan.

Just these past few days, many marketing accounts that frequently leak entertainment big melons posted on Weibo, saying a certain L-surnamed superstar has actually been dating for a long time, her disappearance for so long last autumn was a private meeting with her boyfriend, she might even have a child already, seeking verification!

The initial L can spell out many characters.

For example Liu, Li, Lu, etc.; the first two are major surnames.

But if the premise is a superstar, the scope instantly narrows considerably.

Domestically, how many can be called superstars, and with a surname initial of L? Netizens almost immediately thought of a certain international superstar currently laughing and eating melons online.

"Luo Bao, is this talking about you?"

Very quickly, fans began @-ing Luo Quan.

It's not their fault for associating like this; the premises given by the marketing accounts were simply too targeted.

L surname, superstar, disappeared for a period last autumn — if not Luo Quan, who else could it be?

And Luo Quan, after seeing the ins and outs, while speechless also planned to tease these brainless melon-eating masses:

"Yes, the baby will be born in a while, and I'll livestream bringing up the child then."

This brief post stirred up a thousand-layer wave.

In just five minutes it hit the number one hot search, and the prefix was even "Explosive".

Countless unknowing viewers, upon seeing the "Luo Quan pregnant" hot search, literally dropped their jaws; many ten-year veteran fans nearly collapsed crying on the spot, screaming that their youth was over.

However, after they calmed down and read the background in the comments, they fell into doubt.

Wait, Luo Quan was still filming in Hengdian yesterday, set photos were leaked, and her belly doesn't look like she's pregnant at all.

Giving birth in one or two months — even a preemie couldn't have a belly this size by now.

But Luo Quan has never been the type to joke in public, especially on Weibo.

So netizens all asked what exactly was going on.

Luo Quan then replied below: "Indeed the baby is about to be born, but it's not mine, it's Mia's."

Everyone instantly realized — oh, it's a nephew; this damn Weibo, making such a headline, scared everyone into thinking it was Luo Quan's baby.

But such a reply obviously couldn't satisfy some netizens; they said you're hyping heat like this, aren't you clearly mocking us?

And Luo Quan's reply was killing without drawing blood:

"Weren't you the ones mocking me first? Those marketing accounts explode melons without any evidence and you associate them with me, even coming at me demanding an explanation.

What can I say?

Put mildly, this is mocking me.

Put severely, it's sullying my innocence.

And a whole bunch of people are still enjoying it; now that you've been tricked you come demanding an account from me — saying you're both the actor and the judge is flattering you!

I know there'll be fun-seekers saying everyone's just here for a laugh; since it's all for a laugh, I want to have a laugh too, is that not allowed?"

This answer was manually pinned by Luo Quan, and successfully shut the mouths of everyone looking for trouble.

She has a good temper, lets loose during livestreams, and can chat laughing with you if jokes don't go too far.

But this isn't a livestream room, and the people joking aren't her fans.

If they were truly Luo Quan's fans, watching her livestream every day, how could they not know her current situation?

So from start to finish it was these melon-eating masses who fear the world isn't chaotic enough going crazy on their own; Luo Quan merely returned their own methods upon them.

It's just that these people, after being played, still dared to demand an account, so Luo Quan could only fire back.

In terms of online quarreling, she has never lost to this day; today was naturally no exception.

Although the "Luo Quan pregnant" news hung on the hot search for most of the day, the impact was still relatively positive.

Anyone seeing this title would click in to check the truth, and then learn the whole story.

And if anyone spreads rumors about her in the future, the melon-eating masses will think of today's matter and have a measure in their hearts.

This way, she won't have to come out and clarify every time she encounters such a situation in the future.