[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans":3,"chapter-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-270":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The More Tragic I Act, the Stronger I Get — My Fans Beg Me to Stop Killing Off My Roles",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1297934,1723,"Chapter 270: Let the Bullet Fly a Little Longer","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-270",270,"\u003Cp>In a corner of the film set, where light and shadow interwove, almost no one was paying attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young background actor, dressed in costume as a servant of the Shen Mansion,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stood slightly turned, using his wide sleeves to conceal his actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint glow of a phone screen flickered on his lowered face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The camera lens was focused on the figure outside the door who had broken down from being too deeply immersed in the role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers moved skillfully across the screen, trimming the video,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>keeping only the most intense, most conflict-filled dozen seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Xiaoping's hysterical scream—\"Don't touch me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci's hand frozen mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The video quality was deliberately compressed to be blurry, carrying a rough, cheaply-filmed feel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing this, he put away his phone, straightened up again, his face returning to that background-extra, numb expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At three in the morning, the city fell into slumber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the undercurrents of the internet began to surge wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A marketing account named \"Old Ghost Insider\" posted a Weibo update right on time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The title was extremely inflammatory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exclusive Footage! Jiang Ci Suspected of Workplace Bullying on Set, He Xiaoping Suffers Mental Breakdown!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attached below was precisely that meticulously edited video.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the video, He Xiaoping was crouched on the ground, crying her heart out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Jiang Ci reached out his hand, she screamed and batted it away, her entire being filled with fear and rejection towards Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jiang Ci stood coldly to the side, unmoved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Weibo post was a bomb dropped into a stagnant pond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previously banned Z-surname top-tier celebrity, who had been directly sent away by Jiang Ci's Weibo post during the \"Young Master's Habit\" incident,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the capital behind him that hadn't yet been liquidated, and those long-dormant remnant fans, caught the scent of blood at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large number of well-trained paid posters flooded in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I always said there was something off about Jiang Ci! Did acting make him lose his mind? What does he think the actress is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The fear on He Xiaoping's face in the video is real! That's not something you can act! Look how terrified she is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A drama tyrant! An absolute drama tyrant! Thinks he can do whatever he wants just because he's a bit popular!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fermentation of black material needs \"corroborating evidence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, someone \"dug up\" old news about Jiang Ci on the set of \"The Legend of Han and Chu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That behind-the-scenes photo of him playing Xiang Yu, where his single glance \"scared a background actor to tears,\" was dug up again, paired with a brand new caption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See! A history of this! This person has long bullied background actors and co-stars on set, has violent tendencies!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My heart aches for He Xiaoping, and for those unknown background actors too, how much grievance must they endure on set!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The direction of public opinion, under the manipulation of capital, was completely twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six o'clock in the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#He Xiaoping Breaks Down Crying#\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#Jiang Ci Bullying#\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two black hashtags, at an unnatural speed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>directly parachuted to the first and second spots on the trending chart, each followed by a bright red \"Explosive\" tag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless passersby unaware of the truth, misled by the genuine, heart-wrenching fear He Xiaoping displayed in the video, joined the army denouncing Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Passerby here, had a decent impression of him before, but isn't this video too much? Whatever the reason, pushing a girl to this state is just too cruel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blacklisted for life, will never watch his shows again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The capital, a high-end apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Wan was jolted awake by a barrage of frantic phone calls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other end of the line, the voice of Spark Media's Public Relations Director was choked with sobs, almost cracking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director Lin! Something huge has happened! Check Weibo now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Wan rubbed her throbbing temples and opened her phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she saw that blurry video and the unspeakable abuse in the comment section,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she didn't fly into the rage the PR Director had anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she narrowed her eyes and watched that dozen-second video three times in a row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The PR Director was still babbling incoherently on the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director Lin, I've already had the legal department draft a stern statement. We must refute the rumors immediately, get the trending topics removed! It'll be too late if we wait any longer!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remove what trending topics?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Wan leisurely sat up from bed, walked to the window, and drew the curtains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The morning sunlight streamed in, casting alternating light and shadow on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No removal, and no need to send lawyer's letters either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She issued an instruction into the phone that the PR Director couldn't comprehend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let the bullet fly a little longer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director Lin!\" The PR Director was so anxious he was about to faint. \"The fire is at our eyebrows! This wave of black material is ferocious, there's definitely a pusher behind it, we...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know,\" Lin Wan interrupted him. \"But can't you see it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He Xiaoping's fear is too real.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So real that... this isn't black material at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Wan's fingertip lightly traced the cool glass of the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the highest-level endorsement of Jiang Ci's acting skills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had decided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would use the traffic these little haters delivered right to their doorstep to launch a phenomenal publicity campaign for Hou Hsiao-hsien's film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hengdian, hotel suite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When He Xiaoping was shaken awake by her agent, she was still a bit groggy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her agent's face was grim as he handed over his phone. \"Xiaoping, you... you should see this first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When He Xiaoping saw those two glaring trending hashtags and the video of her own breakdown, her entire body stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened the comment section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abuse directed at Jiang Ci was more vicious with each sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pervert,\" \"scum,\" \"get out of the entertainment industry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her agent, watching her reaction, spoke softly beside her. \"Xiaoping, look... although this is black material, for you, it might not be a bad thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The whole internet is feeling sorry for you right now. We can capitalize on this, play the victim card, it could even help solidify your fanbase...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Thud!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Xiaoping slammed the phone onto the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Play the victim card? Solidify my fanbase?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Xiaoping turned her head, her beautiful eyes burning with offended fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dare they insult him like this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn't angry about being secretly filmed, or about her breakdown being witnessed by the entire internet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was angry that those dirty, ignorant people were using the most despicable methods\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to insult an actor she respected, even regarded as a lifelong rival!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an insult to her professionalism!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An insult to everything she had poured into that scene!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as He Xiaoping was seething with rage, preparing to speak out using her own account,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a new Weibo post preemptively detonated public opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The official Weibo account of \"The Legend of Han and Chu\" didn't post any behind-the-scenes photos or do any promotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They directly reposted \"Old Ghost Insider's\" black material video.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The caption was only eight words long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The play is greater than heaven; no madness, no life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Weibo post slapped the faces of all the little haters and paid posters hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire internet was waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting for Jiang Ci's response, waiting for an even more intense showdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Jiang Ci's Weibo showed no movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the curiosity of the onlookers and the anger of the haters were both stoked to their peak,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Xiaoping's personal account suddenly updated with a new post.\u003C\u002Fp>",1272,"2026-06-05T18:00:08.557Z",1,"novelbin.me","c1745a8b02b6be6138532ae3cbcb006d7151920b61cf50d61bb2de42f10beb76","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-271","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-269",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-cover.jpg"]