Top Chinese celebrity: Debuted from Running Man

Chapter 252 Cosmetic Medicine (Third Update)
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The first episode of "Up Idol" has officially premiered.

As one after another, actresses with distinct styles made stunning appearances on screen, Liu Shishi and Jin Cheng's gossip instincts were completely ignited. They practically whispered in Gu Qing's ear, commenting on each name.

"Ning Jing's aura... tsk tsk, she's definitely not someone to mess with. Did she give you a hard time?"

Jin Cheng pointed at Ning Jing, who exuded a powerful aura on the screen, with a hint of schadenfreude and curiosity.

"Sister Jing is a nice person, she didn't make things difficult for me." Gu Qing didn't even look up, her fingers rapidly typing lyrics on her phone screen.

"Really?" Liu Shishi also came over, expressing her doubt. "She doesn't seem like someone who's easy to talk to."

"You'll see what happens next," Gu Qing said, still focused on her phone.

"Wow! Fairy Zixia! And it really is Brigitte Lin! My childhood goddess!" When Brigitte Lin made her elegant entrance, Liu Shishi excitedly grabbed Gu Qing's arm and shook it.

"Huangguo is truly amazing,"

Jin Cheng's eyes held an undisguised envy: "To be able to bring so many high-profile actresses together, I really want to go too."

"Variety shows aren't very fun, are they?"

Liu Shishi muttered something to herself.

She was originally invited to the show.

However, Liu Shishi was a bit socially anxious and didn't dare to participate, so she passed the opportunity to another artist from her own company.

Here they are, out.

"Holy crap! Nazha?! What's she doing here?!"

When Jin Cheng saw Nazha appear, she instantly looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, clutching her flat chest with a "heartbroken" expression, "President Cai is so biased! Such a waste of resources!"

As the company's top female employee, Liu Shishi, Jin Cheng admitted that she neither had the courage nor the resources to compete for anything.

But Nazha?
In terms of acting skills, both she and Chen Yao are confident that they can outshine Gulnazar by leaps and bounds!
As for faces... uh...

“Sister Nazha,” Jin Cheng couldn’t help but touch her cheek, looking at the short-haired, somewhat reserved and even dull-looking Nazha on the screen from left to right, “I’m... really not uglier than her, am I?”

The current Nazha doesn't really give her the feeling of being "overwhelmed by divine beauty" as rumored.

"Nazha's features are very exotic and highly recognizable. The fashion industry really appreciates this kind of sophisticated look."

Liu Shishi objectively commented, "Of course, you are also very beautiful, in a different kind of beauty."

"So that means I'm 'unrecognizable'..."

Jin Cheng's eyebrows instantly furrowed into a V-shape, a strong anxiety about her appearance welling up inside her. "It seems that after this drama is finished filming, I'll have to go and get some more 'fine-tuning' done."

"Once it's fixed, it needs constant maintenance."

Gu Qing put down her phone, looked up at her, and reminded her, "If you're not careful, your nose might become crooked, your mouth might be crooked, and your expression might be stiff. It will only be harder to fix then."

"It doesn't matter, I'll just get it done. I'll just find a top doctor. I'm not as naturally beautiful as you or the top lady!"

Jin Cheng, in a fit of desperation, reached out and pinched Gu Qing's cheek, kneading and pulling it with intense jealousy. "Hey, tell me honestly, you really didn't do anything?"
That shouldn't be the case! I heard that in South Korea, they have to do a full face makeover before debuting!

"That's why I didn't debut there." Gu Qing slapped away her messy hand in annoyance.

Liu Shishi chuckled softly, covering her mouth, at Jin Cheng's actions. After laughing, she gently comforted Jin Cheng.
She spouted off things like "natural beauty is the best," "confidence is the key," and "audiences value talent more," acting like a wise older sister or life mentor.

Gu Qing couldn't help but glance at Liu Shishi, silently thinking to herself, 'You talk a good game, but you're naturally beautiful and haven't had any work done. Yet you went overboard with cosmetic procedures, and your expressions were so stiff when you were acting…'

The longer Gu Qing stayed in the entertainment industry, the more she understood the cruel rules of this circle.

The male celebrity industry is already fiercely competitive, especially in the film industry, where directors have almost zero tolerance for cosmetic surgery in order to achieve a sense of realism on screen.

Lu Yang and Chen Sicheng repeatedly warned him against touching any cosmetic procedures.

Once you start acting, those major roles that require nuanced emotions and complex layers will basically be out of your reach.

It's not that the director was heartless, but under the high-definition film lens, any unnatural stiffness will instantly pull the audience out of the scene.

The vast majority of directors have an almost obsessive "natural" aesthetic fastidiousness.

Think of Su Youpeng in "The Left Ear," who preferred to select newcomers from tens of thousands of auditions rather than accept self-recommendations from several A-list actresses.

The path for male celebrities is merely difficult, but for female celebrities, it's practically a battlefield.

The entertainment industry is inherently dominated by women, with a massive influx of young girls every year, all of whom are direct competitors.

When you're young, you have plenty of collagen, so you can afford to squander it.

But once they cross the threshold of thirty and approach forty, even the "Four Dan and Two Bing" (referring to four top actresses and two top actresses in China) are strong. Apart from Zhang Ziyi, who can still rely on her superb acting skills to support her slightly aged face in movies (although she is also ridiculed for acting in period dramas).

The rest, excluding those who were blacklisted, all gradually showed signs of cosmetic surgery and then naturally faded out of the film industry.
Some who switched to television dramas also couldn't escape the fate of flopping. There's no way around it; the younger generation of girls have more collagen, and "technology" is used more aggressively—who can resist that?

on the screen,
After Teacher He finished his introduction, Gu Qing finally appeared on the show.

The production team carefully selected "The Years" as background music, and the camera panned across each female star's shocked, mouth-covering, and screaming reactions, creating an atmosphere as if a superstar had descended upon Gu Qing's appearance, instantly maximizing her charm.

The atmosphere suddenly pulled Jin Cheng and Liu Shishi, who were wondering which hospital had the "best skills," back to the TV. "Little brother, you look so handsome in that outfit!" Liu Shishi's eyes sparkled as she looked at the radiant Gu Qing on the screen. "When are you going to wear it again?"

"Aren't the clothes that Teacher Qiwen designed for me better than this?" Gu Qing said dismissively.

"Ouch!"

Jin Cheng pointed at Ning Jing on the screen, who was excitedly covering her face and screaming, and teased, "No wonder you said Sister Jing didn't make things difficult for you! She wasn't difficult at all, she clearly 'took a fancy' to you!"

"Why do you always get so much attention from these older women?"

"I'm only 20, which young girl in the industry do you want me to recruit?"

"Hehe, that's true."

The next scene shows Gu Qing stepping forward to hug and greet Zhao Liying and the others who had stood up.

The program team deliberately lengthened the segment of his conversation with Brigitte Lin, and even inserted a classic scene of Sha Qianmo from "The Journey of Flower" to create a clever contrast with Brigitte Lin's Dongfang Bubai.

The editing of Huangguotai (a TV station) certainly gave Gu Qing a lot of attention.

Just as Liu Shishi and Jin Cheng were about to express their gratitude for the show's care, the camera panned to Gu Qinggang returning to Teacher He's side.

Naza jumped up and rushed over for a hug!

"It has to be Second Sister! She's so bold, she loves and hates fiercely!"

Jin Cheng slapped her thigh in disbelief, her tone utterly convinced, "I didn't lose unjustly!"

Why should she hug a top celebrity in front of so many cameras to gain attention?

She really didn't have the guts to take advantage of this "black traffic".

At this moment, countless "Gu family members" watching the show across the country witnessed this scene and were equally furious, skillfully picking up their keyboards to "team up" on Nazha's Weibo.

However, the scene suddenly shifts to the brutal voting process between the "Popularity Team" and the "Annoying Team."

When Nazha's name was categorized into the "annoying team," she stood up awkwardly, her eyes instantly reddening, and she swayed as if she was about to cry.

At this suffocatingly awkward moment,

Gu Qing walked over and extended his hand to her.

Accompanied by the line, "It's okay, once our drama airs, you'll be a member of the popular group."

It instantly became one of only two romantic moments in the history of variety shows.

And in the most romantic first scene,
This refers to Gu Qing tearing off his own name tag in the last episode of Running Man Season 2, giving Yang Ying the position of 'Strongest Ability User', which corresponds to the scene in Season 1 where the woman helped him achieve his goal.

Whether this scene is the most romantic happy ending or the most tragic bad ending remains to be debated.

But now,
The most romantic happy ending now has a competitor.

Time seemed to stand still, both on and off the screen.

This scene was rendered by Huangguotai with the most romantic slow motion, the gentlest filter, and the most moving background music.

The tears glistening in Nazha's eyes and her incredulous yet instantly brightened gaze were magnified infinitely.

"Ah ah ah ah ah--!!!"

Inside the room, Liu Shishi and Jin Cheng's screams were like two small knives, almost piercing Gu Qing's eardrums.

"How do you know how to do this?!"

“So romantic!”

The two of them excitedly rained blows on Gu Qing's left and right shoulders with their little fists. The force was so great that Gu Qing grimaced and felt that both of his arms were about to go numb from being punched.

"This is what a real idol drama should be!" Liu Shishi cupped her face in her hands, her eyes shining like searchlights.

"I announce!"

Jin Cheng was completely immersed in the atmosphere, "Those clichéd scenes like wall slams and forced kisses are utterly insignificant compared to your gesture! So weak!"

"I totally agree!!" Liu Shishi nodded frantically in agreement.

"Is it...is it really that exaggerated?"

Gu Qing rubbed her aching shoulder, staring blankly at the scene on TV.

He was only trying to ease Nazha's predicament out of sympathy and pity.

How did it become a "love redemption" after being packaged by the production team and paired with this deadly background music and slow motion?
He just felt...it was so awkward it made him want to dig his toes into the ground!

however,
What Gu Qing never expected was that something even more unexpected was yet to come.

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(End of this chapter)