After Transmigrating into the Main Shou, I Topped the Paranoid Big Shot 46

Released on December 19, 2025

Chapter 46

The movie’s popularity naturally fermented for two days before Zong Mo received his promotional task. Director Yang sent him a WeChat message, telling him to repost the promotional Weibo, and add an original Weibo post with a handsome selfie to salvage his image and trick his face fans into the cinema to be slaughtered.
Zong Mo immediately did as he was told. He finally felt a bit like a male lead and asked eagerly, [Director Yang, is there anything else I need to do?]
Director Yang: [Hmm… not for now. This movie doesn’t need to sell bromance. Selling bromance will only have the opposite effect.]
Zong Mo: Hmm?
Is this a polite way of saying he’s useless except for selling bromance?
Director Yang: [Just stay quiet. Don’t mind the comments scolding you, and don’t like the comments that look forward to your acting. If you want to browse Weibo, use your side account to avoid any slips of the hand.]
Earnest and persuasive.
Zong Mo: …
Didn’t Director Yang often praise him towards the end of filming?
How long has it been, and his heart has already changed! Men!
He asked unwillingly, [Director Yang, is my acting really that bad?]
Director Yang: [It’s passable. But if you like the comments that look forward to your acting, the marketing accounts will grab onto it and attack you, and it will also raise the fans’ expectations. Little Lu’s fans will scold you even more fiercely.]
Zong Mo: …
Director Yang knew very well that he would be scolded, and he also knew whose fans would be scolding him!
He chose him as the male lead and still insisted on pulling Lu Bo in for a cameo. He only wanted the popularity, not humanity!
Wuwu.

A few minutes later, Director Yang sent another message: [When the movie is released, let the work speak for itself. You stay quiet and don’t cause trouble.]
Zong Mo inexplicably felt like he was being lectured by his high school dean. He obediently switched to his side account and went on Weibo from time to time to observe the latest intelligence.

Yin Qiao had a movie she starred in being heavily promoted. Coupled with the great god Lu Bo as a supporting actor, her popularity for a time was almost the same as when she had a flash marriage after being exposed for falling in love on set.
Her ex-husband, Bai Yueqi, had been in the industry for many years but had never been very popular. His acting and looks were average. His strength was his gentle and elegant temperament, which had firmly established him as the eternal second male lead.
Fortunately, because he had filmed a literary film during his university days, Yin Qiao, who had debuted with the title of “National First Love,” met him while filming her second idol drama. The two fell in love in a short time and even got married.
Bai Yueqi had only been on the real trending list twice in his many years in the industry. The first time was because of his flash marriage with Yin Qiao. The netizens both lamented that the new-generation starlet had chosen to get married at a critical point in her career, and there were also many who sang praises, exclaiming that the affectionate second male lead had finally won.
The second time he was on the trending list was because of his cheating. Firstly, he had let down a popular actress who could be said to have married down. Secondly, his long-standing image of a devoted and affectionate man had shattered. The situation directly caused Weibo to crash for a night.
Although the statement from Yin Qiao’s side was an amicable breakup, with the cheating incident preceding it, since their divorce in January, his reputation had plummeted to the bottom, and he had been unemployed at home for nearly half a year.

When the paparazzi came to him with those photos, he didn’t think twice. He didn’t even care if it would cost him half of his savings. He directly bought the photos and gave them to the marketing accounts to expose.
Zong Mo and Ruan Chi had breakfast together and saw him off to work. Alone at home, he opened Weibo, which he hadn’t looked at all night, and was dumbfounded.
Trending Topic #1: #YinQiaoCheating
Zong Mo: ?

He immediately clicked on the trending topic and saw a few photos that were clearly taken secretly from a high angle on a tree. The background was a blurry street at night. But Yin Qiao was a female star, after all. Even with such poor resolution, her delicate, palm-sized face was extremely dazzling.
She was wearing autumn clothes, with a smile on her face, seemingly chatting with the person she was with. The person walking beside her was wearing a hat and a mask. From his build, he was clearly a man. There was nothing inappropriate in their behavior, but the few photos were taken in succession, clearly proving that the two were walking towards a hotel.
And the shooting time in the bottom right corner of the photo was last October.
If it weren’t for his not-so-shallow private friendship with Yin Qiao, just looking at these few photos and the marketing accounts’ linguistic guidance, it would be hard for Zong Mo not to believe that Yin Qiao had cheated.
The ability of marketing accounts to twist black and white was admirable.

Because of this sudden incident, the popularity of Chasing the Light Boy had multiplied several times. Besides the overwhelming curses against Yin Qiao, there were also demands for the theaters to withdraw the movie starring an immoral artist, otherwise, they would boycott and report it to the end.
As for Zong Mo’s acting, and the minor noises about his ability not matching his status, no one cared anymore.
Zong Mo clicked on the comments section of Yin Qiao’s Weibo and was almost blinded.
The curses were too nasty.
In the novel, when the main shou‘s sponsorship was exposed, the online curses were nasty, but they didn’t go as far as to drag out his ancestors for eighteen generations and skin them alive. And the main shou had indeed received a lot of benefits from his sponsor, just that there was no real sponsorship.
The current Yin Qiao, however, was completely innocent.

Her ex-husband, Bai Yueqi, had released a statement shortly after the marketing accounts’ exposure last night, claiming that he and Yin Qiao had long been on bad terms and had been separated since November.
With this, he not only cleared his own name for his affair with a young model in January but also confirmed Yin Qiao’s cheating in October. The more he had been cursed at back then, the more Yin Qiao had to suffer after the 180-degree reversal of the situation.
Perhaps Yin Qiao hadn’t even woken up yet. Zong Mo first left her a message on WeChat. He didn’t get a reply. He then scrolled through Weibo again. Yin Qiao finally spoke up, presenting her prenatal check-up records: she was pregnant in December, was harassed by her ex-husband in March of the following year, and the domestic violence led to a miscarriage.
He hadn’t seen her in a few months. Zong Mo had thought Yin Qiao was about to give birth and was thinking about whether to send a gift. He never expected there was also the matter of domestic violence and miscarriage.
Zong Mo felt sorry for Yin Qiao. He tried to call her, but only got a turned-off tone.
He could only check the progress of this battle on Weibo. He hadn’t expected that after Yin Qiao threw out the Thor’s hammer that would smash the scumbag, the scumbag on the other side could still put up a desperate resistance.
He actually said it wasn’t domestic violence but a mutual fight, that Yin Qiao had an extremely bad temper, and he had endured it for many years. And that the child was not his, but the adulterer’s, because he himself had a low sperm count, which was why they hadn’t been able to conceive in their three years of marriage.
Zong Mo: …?

Yin Qiao did not reply again, as if in silent agreement. The popularity did not subside because of her silence but intensified, and the curses became nastier and nastier.
Zong Mo really couldn’t stand it. He switched to his main account on Weibo. It was painful to even look at the selfie Yin Qiao had posted of her being domestically abused, but he had to repost it, with the caption: The innocent are innocent. Sister Qiao [Hug]
Before long, his Weibo exploded.

In the evening, when Ruan Chi returned home, he only saw dinner on the first floor but no one. When he called, the phone was off.
Ruan Chi: ?
The golden canary is rebelling, is it?
He went up to the second floor, found Zong Mo in the bedroom. Before he could ask, Zong Mo called out first, “CEO Ruan…”
After a day of shareholder meetings and arguing with the old fogies who were all looking out for themselves, Ruan Chi was tired and annoyed. He hadn’t expected the golden canary to be disobedient today of all days. He immediately said unhappily, “Zong Mo, what are you doing? Why is your phone off?”
“I’m being cursed at again…”
Ruan Chi was unconcerned, “Isn’t being a celebrity just being cursed at every day?”
After saying that, he took out his phone to check and found that An Lan had called him twice, right during a meeting, which he had casually hung up on.
He then opened Weibo and was silent for a while.
Tsk, the slightly lighter ones were scolding Zong Mo for being a snob, for coming out to defend the female lead only because he was afraid the movie would be withdrawn. A step further, they were scolding them both for being the same kind of trash. The most serious ones were some rumors that Yin Qiao was promiscuous, and Zong Mo was one of her adulterers.

Seeing Ruan Chi’s brows furrow as he scrolled through his phone, Zong Mo began to regret his rashness in bringing this up. He suspected he would have to endure another round of scolding from CEO Ruan.
But Ruan Chi suddenly smiled, then let out another “tsk.”
Zong Mo: ?
“She’s lost her love brain after the divorce,” Ruan Chi lamented. “It makes me want to sign her to Xingcheng Entertainment.”
Zong Mo’s attention was instantly diverted, “CEO Ruan, are you really going to enter the entertainment industry?”
Only then did Ruan Chi ask, “But why did you join in the fun? Hmm?”
“Sister Qiao is being cursed at so badly. She’s not answering her phone or replying to WeChat, and no one is supporting her on Weibo…”
Even Director Yang was so heartless!

But Ruan Chi asked, “…Why do you think no one is randomly joining in the fun?”
Zong Mo: …
Now he knew. Because they would be cursed at.
“But Sister Qiao didn’t cheat. It was that scumbag who cheated. Everyone knows that clearly.”
“You also know?” Ruan Chi explained, “She’s not clearing her name because the current popularity hasn’t satisfied her yet.”
Zong Mo: “…But can Sister Qiao still produce evidence to prove herself?”
“Are you an idiot, Zong Mo?”
Zong Mo: ?
It was the first time he had heard Ruan Chi curse. He was surprisingly not hurt at all, just full of shock.
…So overbearing CEOs also curse?

Ruan Chi added, “The paparazzi want to sell photos. They don’t go to popular actors, but instead go to a nobody?”
Zong Mo: ? He didn’t understand.
But what CEO Ruan probably meant was that the photos that were exposed were sold to Bai Yueqi by the paparazzi. And the paparazzi’s goal was to make money. If they wanted to sell photos, they should have gone to the popular Yin Qiao first to get a higher price.
Zong Mo remembered a plot from the novel and tried to apply it, “Hmm, if Teacher Lu and I were secretly photographed, then the paparazzi should also go to him first to sell the photos?”
Ruan Chi: …
Zong Mo: Fuck, I seem to have said something wrong.
“This was a hype stunt directed by Yin Qiao herself. Only you and that idiot surnamed Bai can’t see it,” Ruan Chi was too lazy to get angry and just said, “I’m hungry. Let’s go down and eat.”

At the dinner table, Zong Mo turned his phone back on.
Several unread WeChat messages popped up at once.
Lu Bo: [Is your Weibo being managed by your studio?]
Because there was no reply for a long time, Lu Bo sent another message, patiently telling him that the matter with Yin Qiao was a hype stunt, the movie would not be withdrawn, and the voices scolding him would naturally disappear after Yin Qiao clarified.
Then he made a small joke.
[Although some people say you’re leeching off my popularity, the one who’s actually leeching is Old Yang. It was a pleasure to act opposite you.]
Finally—
[Do you need me to give you a call?]
Zong Mo: …
He was afraid Lu Bo would suddenly call, so he quickly replied, [I’m fine, thank you. No need.]
After sending the message, he immediately looked up at Ruan Chi across the dining table. Ruan Chi was looking down and eating intently, not paying much attention to his small movements.
Ruan Chi probably only found out about him and Yin Qiao after coming home and scrolling through Weibo. He must have been very busy during the day.
So Zong Mo asked, “CEO Ruan, did you eat lunch?”
Ruan Chi said, slightly annoyed, “No, which is why I said I was hungry.”
“Mm.”
Zong Mo didn’t disturb his meal anymore, but he couldn’t help but scroll through his phone several times, eagerly waiting for Yin Qiao to clarify.
The male and female leads of Chasing the Light Boy were being scolded together, and there were also some exaggerated peach-colored scandals. The shabby little movie had only been promoted for three days and had already spread all over the internet, with the whole nation paying attention, but the kind of attention that was boycotting it.
Zong Mo looked up again and cast a pleading look at the person opposite him, “I’m still being cursed at, CEO Ruan.”
“The more you’re cursed at now, the better the effect will be after Yin Qiao clarifies,” Ruan Chi was still looking down at his meal, his tone slow and faint. “Don’t mind it.”