I’ve Already Become a Fake Top Star; the Real Top Star Proficiency Is Only Coming Now

A real top star can carry a drama, keep ratings stable, and never worry about popularity. Endorsements come in both quantity and quality, and all kinds of merchandise sell easily, becoming the favorites of scalpers.

A fake top star:

Apart from marketing accounts hyping him up, almost nobody knows who he is.

Every time a drama airs, he loses a layer of skin, until his terrible acting is fully exposed.

No one buys his merch, and he becomes a scalper’s nightmare.

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Song He, packaged by his company’s star-making assembly line as a fake top star.

He thought he could happily make money this way.

Then his manager told him, “Fake stars earn less. Real ones earn more!”

Song He: “Damn, I’ve bought the rankings and ridden the hype, and I’m already a fake—only now are you telling me I have to play for real? Is it still too late to start gaining fans?”

Ding!

[After two and a half years: top-star fan conversion panel bound]

[Top-star fan-gaining proficiency mode activated!]

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Also known as The Real Top Star Starts as a Fake / This Fake Top Star Really Understands Fans / How Is a Fake Top Star More Popular Than the Real One! / I’m a Fake Top Star, So Isn’t It Fine to Take the Male Lead Role?

PS: A lighthearted entertainment story. Serious fun-seeker. Read if you want; if you want to complain, complain without cursing.