Then obviously, when he returned, he was the subject of everyone’s sideways glances. Newest update provided by novel-fire.ɴet
Yang Rongfa came up to congratulate him, "Congrats to Teacher Wu Mu on the huge success of your new endorsement!"
His congratulations were truly heartfelt.
This endorsement of Wu Mu’s not only let everyone see his "fire extinguishing" ability, but most importantly, for the first time, it clearly exposed the portrait of his fan base.
For example, Yang Rongfa always had few worries about Wu Mu’s popularity, but he had always been a bit concerned about whether Wu Mu actually had fans and, if so, how many people supported him.
After all, you hear that Wu Mu’s fans always keep a low profile, hardly ever showing up, only supporting him when he sells products or launches new endorsements.
But seeing that there was nobody controlling comments on Weibo or helping him manipulate his data, it was normal for anyone to have some doubts.
Now with this incident, all doubts had dissipated in an instant.
His fans really were hidden; they kept quiet usually but went all out when it came time to spend money.
Even willing to boost car reservation numbers, so surely when their TV series premiered, they wouldn’t be stingy with their support.
Yang Rongfa felt much more at ease in his heart.
Cui Fu, Zhao Qihui, and the rest of the cast and crew, including the various staff members, also congratulated him with endless well-wishes.
No matter what everyone personally thought of Wu Mu, the guy was truly hot.
With high popularity, high commercial value, and seemingly loyal fans, it looked like he was really about to return to the top tier of celebrities—and not just any top tier, but the very pinnacle.
Moreover, his abilities weren’t lacking, and after getting to know his personality, aside from being a bit odd, he was pretty decent.
Apart from conflicting interests, there really was no reason not to get along with someone like that.
Sun Yueqing, who also had scenes to shoot at the set today, was speechless, "Why do you always have so many trending topics, as if hot searches were your family business, popping up periodically."
Wu Mu chuckled, "I’m hot."
"I’m not so bad either! So why don’t I frequently trend!"
Actually, it wasn’t that she didn’t frequently trend; her hot searches were plenty, with fans manipulating data every day to maintain her popularity.
So she would often trend for going out shopping or posting new photos.
But the quality of those hot searches clearly couldn’t compare to Wu Mu’s type that garnered widespread attention.
Sun Yueqing didn’t understand why Wu Mu always had so many prominent trending topics.
Wu Mu thought about it, "Maybe it’s because I have a lot of anti-fans? Whenever they come out to argue, they directly boost my popularity."
That seemed to make sense?
But upon hearing about his anti-fans, Sun Yueqing shrank back a bit, "Then forget it, I can’t handle your anti-fans. Being monitored by so many people every day and having any tiny mistake magnified would be the end."
It was only Wu Mu who could be so peculiar, with so many anti-fans on his case yet remaining completely unaffected and becoming even more popular.
Sun Yueqing muttered to herself, thinking that if she had to deal with the kind of controversies Wu Mu faced, she wouldn’t be able to handle it.
As for Wu Mu, maybe it was his completely indifferent attitude, or perhaps it was the tone he had set with his anti-fans from the start, that whenever a controversy arose, outsiders didn’t make much of a fuss, while insiders watched the commotion with relative calmness.
It might indeed take a hit to his show’s ratings, like the anti-fans previously said, to genuinely hurt him.
Sun Yueqing changed the subject, curiously asking, "How much have you made from this endorsement? What’s your endorsement fee range now? I just hear that within the circle, your endorsement fee keeps rising, with a different price after a while."
Wu Mu thought about it, without any confidentiality clause in the contract, "Sixty million."
Sun Yueqing, who had just been casually inquiring, now felt a tinge of envy.
"Why is your endorsement fee so high? Mine is just over forty million!"
Wu Mu was speechless, "That’s not a small amount either, okay? They have to pay more to have me ’put out fires.’"
But Sun Yueqing didn’t look pleased at all, "How can that be the same? I’m hotter than you. Before, you had so many other top celebrities cramming in with you, and brands had plenty of choices. I’m the recognized number one; those from the new generation who want the best can only choose me."
That was indeed the case.
When it came to top male celebrities, there were nine people jostling for the spot—it was too crowded.
Wu Mu didn’t even rank at the top among them.
But as for the new generation’s top actresses, Sun Yueqing was the hottest. This wasn’t just marketing hype, but hard-earned, with the major-production drama series she landed, awards she received, and commercial resources that sought her out, she was much higher above her peers.
And not only was she hotter and better positioned.
Sun Yueqing felt terrible, "And I have to give a cut to my company! The company takes forty percent! After the deduction, I earn much less than you."
Wu Mu laughed, "Your company is quite conscientious."
Sun Yueqing shook her head, "We renegotiated once. It used to be seventy percent, then it dropped to forty. My contract expires next year, and it may drop a bit more, but at most it will go down to thirty percent."
As she spoke, an idea struck her, "Hey, once my contract expires next year, how about I join your studio? We could join forces as a double act and be co-bosses!"