Information from foreign networks inevitably gets delayed when hitting Hua Country’s internet.
Some news might even pass by without causing any buzz.
News about a celebrity like Wu Mu isn’t exactly on par with the US presidential election, so initially, people in the country had no idea about this.
It was only when Wu Mu himself posted an official announcement on Weibo that everyone got clued in.
Wu Mu Evolved: "Got a new endorsement, Yameng Company’s beauty products."
Just a simple sentence paired with a few promotional pictures. Very laid-back.
Maybe because he doesn’t usually post on Weibo, each of his posts tends to stir up a lot of noise, so now a lot of people are closely watching his Weibo.
When other celebrities update, no one cares to click in. After a few times, they might even unfollow. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ N()velFire.net
But Wu Dog... everyone has to jump in and join the fun immediately!
If you get in quick, you might even appear in future screenshots of trending events.
Wu Mu’s new Weibo post was less than thirty seconds old and already had five or six hundred comments.
"Wow, see? You’ve pampered this Wu Dog so much, now he doesn’t lack endorsements. He picks up one every now and then."
"Wu Dog’s really moving up, even got a beauty product endorsement. This beauty company is quite bold, don’t they know Wu Dog’s haters are predominantly female?"
"LOL, just waiting to see Wu Dog’s haters go off on him, then his fans rush to boost his sales."
"I’m first! This is disgusting, I genuinely don’t understand how such a disreputable artist keeps thriving. Is no one going to stop this?"
"I’m next, how can you stop him? Morals and laws can keep people in check, not dog-like creatures."
Initially, it was all about sarcastic comments and joining the crowd. The jokers took the front rows.
But soon enough, people noticed something odd.
"Wait a minute, this isn’t right. I searched various online stores and can’t find any products from this so-called Korean Yameng Company."
"Yeah, I couldn’t find anything either. Searched using the detailed product names from his pictures and came up empty. Can’t even find info about this company on Baidu... No way Wu Dog is dumb enough to endorse some no-name or MLM products, right?"
In the past, all the products Wu Mu endorsed had official shops on every e-commerce platform and proper websites. But this time, nothing comes up?
Plus, it’s a beauty product endorsement, reminiscent of those spammy social media products.
Is Wu Dog really this brainless, taking any money offered?
If so, I’m really gonna tear into you this time!!
The bystanders were getting worried.
But their worries were soon dissipated by some peculiar comments in the threads below.
"Brother Wu Mu, don’t listen to those online voices, they just don’t understand Brother Wu Mu."
"Yameng Company has great taste choosing Brother Wu Mu as their ambassador. Used to think their products were a bit old-fashioned, something my mom’s generation used, but now I suddenly love them."
"So happy Yameng supports Brother Wu Mu. I used to only buy their face cream, but from now on, all my cosmetics will be from them. Also looking forward to Brother Wu Mu’s show airing."
Things looked off with these comments, which had that familiar machine-translated feel, with bits of Korean thrown in.
Is this company Korean?
Wait a minute, a Korean company with no products in the domestic market comes to Wu Dog for endorsement??
Though people always joke that Wu Dog has Korean fangirls, anyone with sense knows Wu Dog isn’t popular in Korea. After all, he has no shows airing there, nor any dramas or movies imported.
But now, a legit Korean company is hiring Wu Dog as an ambassador?
Following these fangirls’ comments, they shockingly discovered that Wu Dog had actually gone to South Korea to film an episode of a show?
And it’s already causing a huge stir online, with everyone there bashing him?
"LOL, hahaha! Wherever Wu Dog goes, he gets trashed."
"Can’t blame us now, see the Korean public’s sharp eyes? They curse you just the same."
"This is hilarious. Give those Korean fangirls a taste of their own medicine, let them know stanning Wu Dog will drain them, with non-stop drama."
It’s so funny—back home Wu Dog constantly gets flak, and now abroad too?
But jokes aside, truth be told.
"Though bashing Wu Dog is fun, to be fair, this time people really wronged him. It’s fine to criticize him for product endorsements, but no need for conspiracy theories about his variety shows or singing."
"Seems like Korean folks haven’t seen Wu Dog’s variety shows. He’s genuinely entertaining in them."
"Wu Dog is the son of a big-shot politician from Hua Country, hahaha. I can prove it; this dog’s connections are massive. Always cozying up to rich women, and this time’s probably no different, with some wealthy lady pulling strings for him!"
"Such strong déjà vu, before the show airs, the internet’s full of hate, but after it’s out, they realize they probably misjudged. Looking forward to Korean audiences’ reactions once the show airs. Anyone recording and uploading the show with their comment section? I gotta see this!"