Recount of a Cannon Fodder’s Counterattack (2)
This ‘Daylight Pheasant’ was a reader with a very strange username. They seemed to be very magnanimous and directly gave Lu Shijin ten Deepwater Bombs, each worth a thousand yuan. However, they also seemed to be cold and didn’t say anything after sending them. They seemed like an emotionless bomb sender.
The thing is, Lu Shijin had just made this account, and only posted once. If he was a scammer, then everything “Daylight Pheasant” just sent would become wasted.
Lu Shijin decided that the reader “Daylight Pheasant” was either someone who loved reading porn, or a stupid person with too much money.
Lu Shijin had posted it for fun. He hadn’t even considered making it into a series. He didn’t think people would be so eager either, or having a rich reader give him so much money.
So now, he didn’t have the face to not post anymore. He could only reply, “I won’t drop it, but the update time will be irregular. Thanks to everyone who supports this~”
After receiving Lu Shijin’s promise to not drop it, the readers became even more active.
This was an adulting reading site, so most people had a job and economic security. A lot of people gave Lu Shijin some gifts to support him.
Lu Shijin had never thought that he would become a porn writer, and even write about his own sex life. The world was really strange.
So Lu Shijin started being a ghostwriter for Wang Lizhi while also using his “Jin Shilu” account to post porn.
He realized that not only did writing it make him feel good, he also got a lot of praise for it, making him genuinely enjoy writing.
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On the day of the banquet, Wang Lizhi brought Lu Shijin with him.
As one of the main stars, Wang Lizhi had a speech in the front, so his seat was naturally arranged to be close to the stage.
He couldn’t have brought Lu Shijin with him, so he told a worker to show Lu Shijin to a seat in the back to watch, and then repeatedly told Lu Shijin not to wander around.
Lu Shijin didn’t protest and was seated in the furthest corner. He couldn’t even tell who was going on stage.
The people around him seemed to be fans of different people there, in charge of cheering for different famous authors as they got on stage to prevent awkward silence.
Which is to say, other than Lu Shijin, no one else there was an author.
Lu Shijin scanned around him, secretly sneering. Wang Lizhi really planned it, making him sit here so that he couldn’t find anyone to talk to even if he wanted.
But he didn’t come here to chat. He only came here to see the young and handsome CEO of Platinum, Jin Jingyao.
Soon, the banquet began. As the host, Jin Jingyao was the first to speak.
But Lu Shijin was sitting too far back. With so many people in front of him, no matter how hard he stretched his neck or widened his eyes, he couldn’t see what Jin Jingyao looked like.
“Hey, are you also a Jin Jingyao fan?”
A woman beside Lu Shijin noticed Lu Shijin’s actions and asked curiously.
“Huh? Me?” Lu Shijin stopped stretching his neck and pointed at himself.
The person smiled and nodded.
“I’m not.” Lu Shijin shook his head in denial.
She asked with suspicion, “If you’re not his fan, then why were you so eager when he got on stage? Look, it’s fine if you admit it, no one will laugh at you. Look around you, most people here came for Jin Jingyao.”
Lu Shijin was a bit speechless and pointed towards the stage, “Isn’t he a CEO? When did CEOs have fans?”
The person smiled, “No way, do you actually not know or are you pretending?”
Lu Shijin felt like he was missing something, so he pretended to be very curious and politely asked the person to explain.
“I really don’t know. Jin Jingyao isn’t a celebrity, why would a CEO have fans?”
Seeing how serious Lu Shijin seemed, the person eagerly explained.
It turns out that Jin Jingyao wasn’t just a CEO, but also an influencer in the fictional world.
Jin Jingyao had liked 2D things ever since he was young. Before becoming the CEO, he had been a famous cosplayer. His cosplays were really good, so he had a lot of fans.
After becoming the CEO, Jin Jingyao still continued his Internet career.
And because Platinum had so many novels and other IPs, all these connections with the 2D world gave Jin Jingyao a lot of inspiration.
He had cosplayed many popular works that Platinum had, and those clips would sometimes be more popular than the drama adaptations of those characters.
Jin Jingyao’s cosplaying style was very varied, and he had even crossdressed before.
Jin Jingyao’s fans edited a lot of Jin Jingyao’s CP cosplays and reposted them. Jin Jingyao became so popular that he was known outside of the fanfiction base.
Bassically, Jin Jingyao was the god of cosplaying. If he ever decided to stop being a CEO and became a celebrity, he would be on the top of the charts.
“Oh, here’s some of Jin Jingyao’s previous cosplays, isn’t he the best?” The person showed Lu Shijin a couple of photos she had saved on her phone, her face full of smiles, “Our Jingyao god is too perfect, he can be a boss and a cosplayer, no one can match him! So why don’t you consider becoming his fan? I can share some merch with you! Let’s be in this fanbase together, you won’t regret it!”
“Hehe, hehe . . .” Lu Shijin was startled by the fan’s enthusiasm. He had to admit that the pictures were pretty good, though!
The person in the picture had facial features sharp as a knife, very dimensional. His figure proportions were perfect, and strong arms, wide shoulders, and long legs. He seemed just like a character from an anime, so handsome he didn’t seem real.
Lu Shijin knew that most cosplay pictures were edited. He didn’t know how much editing the picture had undergone, but even if it was, the base photograph would still be good.
Listening to the person introducing Jin Jingyao, Lu Shijin felt a bit jealous.
His husband was a huge influencer?
But he was only a piece of cannon fodder, weren’t their statuses too different?!
As this was happening, Jin Jingyao finished speaking and loud applause rang out, especially from the person beside Lu Shijin. Lu Shijin worried that she was going to break her bones from clapping so hard.
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