Celebrity Neighbor: My girlfriend is a big star? Chapter 143. An Internal News (Subscribe! Monthly Votes!)

If it had been two months ago, Bae Juhyun would have overthought Liu Xin’an’s "read without reply" ssages.

She would have fretted over whether he hadn’t seen the ssage by accident, or if one of her ssages had displeased him, so he was deliberately not replying~

But now, Bae Juhyun wasn’t just Liu Xin’an’s next-door neighbor anymore.

They weren’t just neighbors; they’d even slept in the sa bed!

So she had every right to question Liu Xin’an about why he was reading without replying.

As for Liu Xin’an on the other end of the phone...

"Wear it!"

His girlfriend put her life on the line. If he said no, they might not even share the sa bed tonight, and he might not even be able to enter the room.

After chatting for a bit with Bae Juhyun, Liu Xin’an put his phone away and called out to his stylist.

Makeup was done, next ca choosing clothes.

Today, what Liu Xin’an was wearing was decent enough to be seen, so after consulting him, the stylist didn’t change his clothes and directly took him to the shooting area.

After a series of awkward poses, Liu Xin’an finally finished his shoot with a straight face, as required.

After his personal shoot, there would be a group shoot in the gaming area.

The group shoot would happen after everyone finished their individual shoots.

Since he was the first to finish his personal shoot without changing clothes, Liu Xin’an got almost two hours of rest.

This year’s gaming area had 16 people, and shooting all of them would take a while.

But since he had to keep his makeup intact, Liu Xin’an couldn’t just slack off, so he found a corner to hang out.

After a while, one person in the corner beca two.

"Have you heard? Recently, there’s been a lot of contact between the website and where you’re at."

"? Korea?"

"Haven’t you noticed more and more artists joining in the past two years?"

Liu Xin’an was montarily stunned and then nodded.

He hadn’t paid much attention before since he never searched for it, so the algorithm didn’t recomnd it to him.

But while browsing rankings, he often saw plenty of cover videos on the hopage. Those eye-catching... cough cough! He hadn’t watched!

Now that he was dating Bae Juhyun, he’d been searching for anything about "Bae Juhyun," "Irene," and "Red Velvet."

Over ti, whenever he opened the website, it would recomnd a bunch of videos related to these searches.

That’s when he realized there were so many videos related to artists, even official accounts had joined.

"What do you an?"

"I overheard it last ti. People on Weibo keep saying the dostic entertainnt industry is struggling. This ti, it seems our website plans to collaborate with Korea, and then bring in a few dostic companies to do a singing stage kind of thing."

Liu Xin’an was bewildered but quickly realized sothing strange.

How did... Old E know these things?

Wasn’t he as much of a gaming fanatic as he was?

Did he like girl groups?

"How do you know this all of a sudden?"

"How could I know, Feifei told ."

Old E’s current girlfriend, Feifei, was an up-and-coming artist in the music zone.

Although Feifei mostly played the piano, she was well-inford about current events, especially entertainnt news.

Getting such information from Feifei made sense.

"Oh... Let them do it then."

"Didn’t you just get a translation gig? And you’re good-looking, I heard they considered bringing you on board."

"Huh?" Liu Xin’an was shocked. He pointed at himself, "? They’re looking for ?"

"With the website leading, do you think they’d let soone else host?"

"But I can’t host. Why would they call ?"

"I only heard the rumor; it’s not confird yet."

"Oh..." Liu Xin’an nodded, then suddenly rembered sothing, "Collaborating with Korea? Do you know which group they’re working with?"

"I have no idea, just a rumor. Whether it can be implented is still uncertain."

Liu Xin’an nodded, sitting to the side with his legs crossed, deep in thought.

Even if they were going to invite soone, they probably couldn’t invite artists from Korea, right?

Maybe he could ask "Early Sleep" about it later, Liu Xin’an thought.

"If they really call you, would you go?"

"Uh... Honestly, I don’t think I have what it takes. Translation is okay, but hosting? That’s a dead end for ."

Internet celebrities and artists were different realms. Even if he had the ability, he’d still seem out of place.

The style just didn’t match!

He was a gar; how could he fit into singing, dancing, or rapping?

Basketball, though, he could play.

"True, they probably wouldn’t call you. Plus, if the artists co, they probably wouldn’t be interested in your small fan base."

Harsh reality hit Liu Xin’an, making him give a helpless sigh.

Damn, the truth hurts.

———

Since the shooting would last a long ti, those who had finished in the morning went for lunch first.

Unfortunately, Sanren was scheduled late, and considering that eating could cause bloating, he had to give up the chance to eat with Liu Xin’an and Old E.

Lunch was at the banquet’s cafeteria. Liu Xin’an picked a steak, so salad, and then found an empty seat.

But Old E went out to take a call, leaving Liu Xin’an to eat alone.

Before he could start eating, soone he recognized sat down in front of him.

"Hey, Anzi!"

"Oh! Mu Shang!" Liu Xin’an stood up and reached out to shake hands with the slightly chubby man in front of him.

As a regular at the website’s award ceremonies and one of the hottest up-and-cors, of course, Liu Xin’an had seen Daoyueshe’s Mu Shang.

He’d watched the videos of Mu Shang and his partner Shushao in Jincheng multiple tis.

He even went to Alley Deep to eat braised pork knuckles in soy sauce.

It was really good. To this day, Liu Xin’an rembered the taste and planned to take Bae Juhyun there soday.

Oh, and he didn’t forget Li Chenglu’s request.

He wanted an autograph, right?

"When are you going back to Jincheng, Anzi? We’re planning another trip there."

Over the years, Daoyueshe had traveled to many cities nationwide, and Jincheng left a strong impression on them.

The food was average; Jincheng didn’t have much in that departnt.

But the lifestyle of Jincheng’s people was very appealing to him.

"I won’t be going back anyti soon, probably for a few days over the New Year, and then I’ll go to Korea."

"How co you’re suddenly going to Korea? Weren’t you just traveling? How did traveling turn into living there?"

As a social dia king, Mu Shang had been following Liu Xin’an’s updates.

So, he directly ntioned Liu Xin’an’s recent activities.

Liu Xin’an pursed his lips, thought for a few seconds, and then smiled and told the truth.

"I’m dating soone over there."

"Wow, big news! When did that happen?"

"Just recently... Ah, Shushao, hi there."

While chatting, a woman with a ponytail walked over. She was Mu Shang’s partner, Yang Shushao from Daoyueshe.

Yang Shushao was sowhat surprised to see the duo of Mu Shang and Liu Xin’an. She greeted them with a smile and didn’t interrupt, just listening while eating.

When she heard Liu Xin’an was no longer single, she surprisedly interjected, "Anzi, you’re not single anymore?"

"Uh... Why does it seem like everyone is so shocked that I’m not single?"

"Well, yeah, you and Sanren were known as the bachelor duo of our site."

No wonder she’s a pro host; her conversation skills were natural.

But Liu Xin’an found her words a bit funny.

"Not anymore. Now, it’s just him left."

"Is she foreign, your girlfriend?"

"Yes."

"Then it’s... probably hard to make it public. You have quite a few female fans, if you make it public, you might lose followers." Mu Shang talked while slurping noodles.

Shushao nodded in agreent.

"Sotis I lurk in fan groups, and I often see fans talking about you."

"Talking about ?"

"Yeah, saying you’re good looking."

"Really?"

Mu Shang almost choked on his food hearing Liu Xin’an’s puzzled response.

This duo was quite the act.

"Do you think good-looking people are often unaware of it?"

"Mu Shang, do you think you’re handso?"

"That..." Mu Shang fell silent, staring at Liu Xin’an until he awkwardly grinned, and only then did he smile too.

"I think it’s better not to go public for now. It would have quite an impact."

"My girlfriend thinks so too... But I kind of want to make it public."

"Career suicide?"

Liu Xin’an gave an awkward smile, agreeing with the sentint.

"Anzi, let tell you," Mu Shang lowered his voice, "You have a good reputation in the upmaster circle, so I also want to build a good relationship with you. And..."

"I heard the website plans to enter the entertainnt industry and will probably invite you to participate in events."

Liu Xin’an froze, listening to Mu Shang.

Why did that sound so familiar?

"Is it a collaboration with Korea?"

"Oh? You know about it too?"

"...I heard it too, but since you said it, does this an the website really plans to invite ?"

Mu Shang put down his chopsticks and counted on his fingers, analyzing for Liu Xin’an, "Think about it, you know English, Japanese, Korean, you’re good looking, have a good physique, a nice personality, and you’re a Tianjin native who can do crosstalk..."

"Stop, stop, the last part is a stereotype!"

"Just complinting you, plus you’re quite popular on the site. Didn’t they want you to join Lao Fanqie and the others to form a group? I heard you declined?"

Indeed, in the upmaster circle, no secret was safe.

This was sothing Liu Xin’an never ntioned to anyone, yet it still got out.

This really happened. After his first appearance on the site caused a stir, the official team had approached him.

But he only wanted to refine his fan base and stream his gas peacefully, so he declined.

"Yeah... Maybe I was a bit of an artist, always wanting to pursue my passion."

"And now?"

"Now?" Liu Xin’an bit his chopsticks and sighed, "I just want to make money."

That was his heartfelt answer.

Before he knew Bae Juhyun’s identity, he thought his little influencer status was enough.

But now...

What was she?

A superstar.

With millions of followers, a beloved idol across Asia.

He was just a popular dostic gaming upmaster in a small circle, feeling...

A bit inferior.

Liu Xin’an didn’t want to slack off, at least... he needed to earn money first, right?

Later, like Lao Ju, he could start his own ga company or pursue other careers, at least have a respectable job.

Instead of being a gaming blogger needing to explain himself, fearing misunderstanding...

Bae Juhyun gradually beca a source of pressure.

And a driving force for his ambition.