Chapter 669

No one expected Gao Liang's change to be so drastic, and his actions to be so swift.

After being lectured by Seifert, Gao Liang took the lesson to heart and reflected on his own cowardly behavior.

After preparing for a few days, he finally managed to ask Mia out and successfully confessed his feelings.

Because it was his first time, he didn't have much experience.

Gao Liang didn't buy a confession spot on the big screen in Times Square, nor did he have hot air balloons appear over the New York skyline.

With his financial resources, all of these were things he could have done.

However, he chose the simplest method: giving Mia a bouquet of bright and fragrant roses.

Facts have proven that when both parties have feelings for each other, the method of confession is not that important; as long as you speak up, you can succeed.

Afterward, the two didn't return home all night, and no one knew where they went to be romantic.

When Gao Liang returned to the set the next day, his steps were noticeably unsteady, but his expression was full of joy.

Upon hearing the news, Seifert also arrived at the scene.

"My God, how are you so efficient this time? Did you hit a home run?"

"Don't put it so crudely. Mia and I are lovers finally united; it's the inevitable trend of love."

Gao Liang took a big gulp of the goji berry water his sister had brewed for him. It was said that this stuff could replenish one's vitality.

Although he didn't know what vitality was, listening to his sister was never wrong.

"So what's next? What are you planning to do?"

"Announce it or keep it hidden? What is Mia's take on it?"

It's definitely a good thing after confirming the relationship, but as a male star with countless female fans, how Gao Liang handles this relationship is also of the utmost importance.

Mia said everything is up to him, and she is also prepared to deal with what might happen next; for this, she even uninstalled Twitter.

"So, what do you think?" Seifert looked at Gao Liang.

"My initial plan was to announce it directly, and my sister said the same."

"But I'm afraid that if I say it, it will affect the box office of the new movie." Gao Liang voiced his decision and his worries.

"Your sister isn't afraid, so what are you afraid of?" Seifert patted Gao Liang on the shoulder. "To have such a girlfriend and sister, you really must have smoke rising from your ancestral grave, kid."

"Haha, jealous?" Gao Liang laughed out loud.

"Laugh while you still can. After you make the official announcement later, I don't know if you'll still be able to laugh," Seifert said with a smile.

In Hollywood, it is very common for male stars to officially announce they are dating or married; very few people deliberately hide it, and most female fans accept and offer blessings.

But a young, handsome guy like Gao Liang cannot be discussed in the same breath as those middle-aged uncles.

At this time, female fans actually still have very grand fantasies about Gao Liang, hoping to become his other half, even if it's just in their dreams.

But if the dream suddenly wakes up and shatters, one can imagine how devastated these girls will be.

It is estimated that they will do quite a lot of extreme things by then.

Imagine how terrifying the madness of men worldwide would be if Luo Quan officially announced she had a boyfriend.

And Gao Liang's female fans won't be any worse than that.

But some things cannot be hidden, nor can they be kept hidden.

You can't just hide and skulk like thieves every time you go shopping with Mia in the future, right?

You're not a mistress having an affair, so why should you be like this?

Therefore, the day after Gao Liang confirmed his relationship with Mia, he posted a photo of himself and Mia holding hands while strolling down Sunset Boulevard in California.

In the sunset glow, the road stretched straight into the distance, invisible to the end, and in the center of the screen were two hands tightly clasped together.

The camera angle, lighting, and composition were all very artistic.

Gao Liang also added a caption below: "We will walk like this until the end of our lives, unwavering until death."

Once the photo was posted, the global internet exploded instantly.

On Twitter, related tweets broke through 500,000 in less than half a day, directly surpassing his sister's concert and becoming the hottest news of the year.

In the comment section, Gao Liang's female fans were completely broken.

"I knew this day would come, but I didn't expect it to come so fast. I feel like I'm dying now."

"Gao Liang, your heart is so cruel. Why did you have to say this? Even if you had hidden it from me, that would have been fine."

"Without Gao Liang, my life has no meaning."

"Fan turned hater. From now on, anyone named Gao Liang I see, I'll curse!"

"And Mia, I curse you to go die right now!"

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These extreme comments didn't last long before they were folded by Twitter, but even so, among the remaining comments, there weren't many blessing Gao Liang.

But compared to when most male idols make official announcements, Gao Liang's situation is already considered quite good.

After all, since his debut, he has relied more on his work, and his strength is also at the top among his peers, so he has a lot of confidence in whatever he does.

If it were an ordinary male idol, he definitely wouldn't dare to make an official announcement, because that would lead to a massive loss of fans.

Although Gao Liang doing this will also cause quite a few people to unfollow, relatively speaking, it will look much better.

Regardless, the official announcement has been made now.

Seeing the extreme comments from fans, Gao Liang followed up with another post: "I don't ask for the fans' blessings, but I hope you treat yourselves well and don't do anything to hurt yourselves or others because of me."

Having said this much, Gao Liang has already fulfilled his responsibility.

As for what happens next, he cannot control it.

On the other side, Luo Quan's male fans also let out a sigh of relief during this commotion.

When they saw the news earlier, they saw the words "Luo Quan," "official announcement," and "confirmed relationship," and they were completely stunned, thinking Luo Quan had finally started dating.

It was only after they calmed down that they realized the words "younger brother Gao Liang" were missing.

So it wasn't their own house that collapsed.

The male fans, who had been mourning like they lost their parents, suddenly became all smiles again.

If Luo Quan knew, she would probably put the words "corner of the mouth" on the public screen.

The male fans, who had survived the disaster, could completely understand the excitement of Gao Liang's female fans.

At the same time, they were also wondering: this younger brother has already found a partner, what about the older sister?

Although Luo Quan did say she wouldn't date, who knows if she might change her mind halfway?

Countless male fans, bursting with a sense of crisis, flocked to Luo Quan's Twitter to ask when she would make an official announcement, or if there was any major news she was hiding from them.

Luo Quan, who was focused on filming, hadn't been on Twitter for a long time, so she hadn't replied.

This actually made the fans feel a bit panicked, thinking Luo Quan was silent because she felt guilty.

Soon, "Luo Quan responds with silence" hit the trending list, making uninformed fans think the sister was following in the brother's footsteps, resulting in a double blessing.

In an instant, rumors of Luo Quan's official announcement flew everywhere, and the entire internet became a mess because of the life-long events of these two siblings.

Luo Quan herself only saw what was happening online after Wen Xia reminded her.

To explain, she even specifically started a live stream with the title "When did I make an official announcement?".

"I'm saying, do you have to be so sensitive? My brother started dating, so why do you all feel like I'm a suspect too?"

Luo Quan pretended to be very angry as she looked at the camera, asking in a very annoyed tone: "Or do you all want me to date someone?"

"Absolutely not, I beg you!"

"It's our fault, please don't be like your brother!"

"Don't be like that, we won't dare to do this again in the future."

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The comments, which used to be incredibly cheeky, had now become incredibly well-behaved.

It was mainly because they were scared by Gao Liang; before it happened, everyone didn't think it was a big deal.

But after it really happened, everyone realized the severity of the problem.

Take Gao Liang, for example; there were no signs before the official announcement, and many people online teased him for being a "straight man of steel" who couldn't find a girlfriend.

Who knew that just after Valentine's Day, he would announce it just like that? Only then did everyone suddenly wake up: with his conditions, how could he not find a girlfriend?

As for Luo Quan, it goes without saying; the number of people worldwide who want to pursue her is probably greater than the population of most countries.

This number is not an exaggeration at all; just the male fans in China alone could reach this order of magnitude.

So, don't look at how fans used to say she was too boyish, not gentle at all, and destined to never get married.

But when the time came, they were still panicked as hell.

It looked like Luo Quan was indeed a bit angry because of this, and even said such angry words.

How would the male fans dare to talk back? They hurriedly apologized in a humble manner, fearing they would anger her further.

And after Luo Quan finished scaring the fans, she also softened her tone and said: "I didn't reply to everyone's questions mainly because I've been busy with the movie these past few days. I haven't opened Twitter or Bilibili for a while. If Wen Xia hadn't told me, I wouldn't even know about these rumors online."

"You say I'm being slandered for no reason, can I not be angry?"

"So, you didn't know your brother was dating either?"

In the comments, someone asked a stupid question.

"I'm his sister, do you think I know or not?" Luo Quan was amused by this question. "But my brother is dating, I can just give him my blessings, right? Is there anything else I need to do?"

"Do I need to @ him online and give him a blessing? This isn't something to show off."

After she finished speaking, the fans suddenly realized that this seemed to be the truth.

Before, when celebrities had some good news online, friends and relatives would repost or comment on Weibo.

Luo Quan not doing so made everyone think she didn't care at all.

But since they live together day and night, why bother with such unnecessary gestures on social media?

It can only be said that Luo Quan's way of thinking is different from most celebrities.

But what is certain is that she is currently the same as before, and her thoughts haven't changed at all.

Here, the storm surrounding Luo Quan has subsided.

As for Gao Liang's side, it has just begun; many of the threats from female fans were not just talk, but were actually carried out.

The better ones just burned Gao Liang's signed photos and T-shirts, while the more hot-tempered ones directly cursed or self-harmed, and even posted it online for Gao Liang to see, wanting to make him feel guilty.

Fortunately, Gao Liang had the foresight to have Mia uninstall Twitter in advance, so out of sight, out of mind.

And as for himself, he had already adapted after the last extreme behavior from fans.

Now facing these again, although he still felt it wasn't worth it for these fans, he didn't have too many thoughts.

He has so many fans worldwide, and everyone has their own thoughts; if he had to take care of everyone, how tiring would that be?

Therefore, he just needs to do his own thing well. This time can also be considered a purification of his fans; with fewer of these extreme fans, he will be much more relaxed in the future.

And this time, because Universal Pictures handled the public relations in a timely manner, the media didn't issue too much criticism toward Gao Liang again.

Although criticizing Gao Liang because of this kind of thing is an outrageous behavior.

But some media outlets, for the sake of traffic, just love to use such controversial topics to attract attention.

But Universal Pictures was well-prepared, and after some maneuvering, they suppressed the matter.

After a week passed, the heat surrounding Gao Liang's dating gradually subsided.

For most of Gao Liang's female fans, this week was quite difficult to endure.

Just like withdrawal symptoms, many girls felt pain and reluctance.

Some chose to "forgive" Gao Liang and eventually accepted the fact that he no longer belonged to them.

And some turned love into hate, becoming haters, and from then on embarked on a path of no return, determined to bash him no matter what.

And more found a replacement after this week.

Chasing stars is actually the same as dating; the fastest way to forget the last relationship is to start the next one.

Once the attention is shifted, then everything gets better.

Undoubtedly, Gao Liang lost more than a third of his fans because of this official announcement.

Previously, he had over 60 million Twitter fans and over 80 million Instagram fans; after the announcement, over 10 million unfollowed him all at once.

These were all active fans; such a number of lost fans is quite rare.

Besides losing fans, the products he endorsed also encountered a large number of malicious refunds and negative reviews; among them were revenge from fans turned haters, as well as competitors fishing in troubled waters.

Gao Liang's endorsed brands indeed suffered not insignificant losses in this storm.

Fortunately, as of now, no brand has proposed to terminate their contract with him.

Actually, if you think about it, you know that as the son-in-law of the God of Stocks, capitalists are too busy trying to curry favor with him to even think about terminating the contract and offending him.

What's more, the profits brought by Gao Liang's previous endorsements have long since far exceeded the current losses.

Businessmen are all shrewd; how could they do such a thing of losing big for the sake of small gains?

With this, the storm caused by Gao Liang's official announcement can be considered to have come to an end.

How big the loss is is hard to say; it depends on the box office performance of the new movie next.

Although with his sister Luo Quan there, the box office definitely won't be bad.

But perhaps there will be a large number of mindless haters leaving negative reviews, which is the situation Gao Liang is most afraid of.

He doesn't care how he is treated, but if it affects his sister, then that would be a huge sin.

"With your few fans, do you really think you can out-review my fans?"

Hearing her brother's worries, Luo Quan comforted him quite heroically.

But it sounded like she was mocking him.