Chapter 10 Doubts About Acting Skills

It was more serious than Melody had expected. When she turned on the computer, she found that her worries had become a reality. All kinds of doubts and rumors about her had spread all over the Internet overnight.

A piece of news caught her attention -- "the baby pictures of the movie queen were exposed by the insiders, and the experts have confirmed the suspicions of plastic surgery." It was claimed in the news that the reason why Melody looked like this was that she had a complete set of plastic surgery project in Korea. And the surgeon of a plastic hospital said that all her features might have been moved. Not only that, even Ryan was taken as a topic and became the "backstage manipulator" of Melody. Someone claimed that the reason why Melody became what she was today was that she had an unclear relationship with Ryan a long time ago.

"This is too much!" At lunch time, Melody was so angry that she pounded the table and couldn't eat anything. "Who saw my plastic surgery with his own eyes? I haven't even been to Korea. How dare they say that I have a hidden rule? This is a personal insult! They are all groundless rumors! I can't believe that someone will trust this."

Ryan put down his chopsticks and tried to calm her down. "Melody, Don't put too much pressure on yourself," he said.

"How can I not feel stressed? If it's not worth my anger, you don't have to try your best to turn off my phone and take me to the amusement park for shelter."

"That's two different things," said Ryan stubbornly. "It's also a good thing to go to the amusement park to relax..."

"I'm not in the mood to go to the amusement park," interrupted Melody, "I just want to know why they spread those rumors about me!"

"Calm down," said Ryan, trying to control Melody's emotions. "You should know that at this time, the more dangerous the situation is, the calmer you should be. It's not worth losing your mind."

"But they attacked me with their languages!" Tears welled up in her eyes. She was a strong woman, but she had never been humiliated like this.

"I know," said Ryan, patting her on the back sadly. "Don't think too much now. I will solve this matter. Don't worry. No one can hurt you."

"Really?" Melody choked with sobs.

Ryan nodded and said, "Trust me. Give me a few days."

On the second day, things didn't subside, but became more and more intense. Everyone changed the way to vent their anger, pointing at the official micro-blog of On the Morning Star. Early in the morning, there was an uproar on the micro-blog. The netizens left comments on the official micro-blog, urging to change the female lead. They claimed that if the female lead continued to play, the audience rating would definitely become the lowest in history, and they would never buy the tickets.

After reading this message, Melody threw her phone aside and tried to calm herself down. Out of sight, out of mind. But on second thought, she believed that escape was not the solution at all. Instead, it would make the netizens do whatever they wanted. 'No, I can't wait alone.' After thinking for a while, she picked up her phone, opened micro-blog and typed a text, "When I first entered the entertainment circle, I simply thought that actors were just a job. Now I understand that actors were not only a job, but also a responsibility, for myself and the audience. In the future, I will learn from my experience and improve my acting skills. Thank you for your praise and criticism for me, and let me know my shortcomings." After writing, Melody pressed the send button. In less than ten minutes, tens of thousands of repost and comments flooded, unstoppable.

At the same time, York, the director of On the Morning Star, also realized the seriousness of the matter, but he didn't think that there was anything wrong with Melody. On that day, the perfect performance and calm character of Melody's audition impressed him. He cherished talents, and he would never give up such an excellent actress because of rumors.

For this reason, York specially issued a statement on micro-blog, claiming that he would never change the fixed female lead, and he also made a short video of Melody during the audition public, which proved that she was capable of playing the female lead, and was also the most suitable person for the female lead so far.

With the support of both York and Ryan, the audience of Being In Love was still on the decline. What made Melody even more distressed was that she had lost the image of "perfect goddess" in the eyes of some audience, and her micro-blog fans had reduced by nearly ten thousand in three days.

That afternoon, Melody locked herself in the room. Ryan hovering at the door was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. "Melody!" Ryan knocked on the door and said in a hurry, "Count to three. Come out."

Curling up in the quilt, Melody said nothing.

"I'll give you one more chance. If you don't come out, I'll break in." Ryan threatened.

"If you have the ability, just break in. You can't come in anyway."

"Don't regret it. You are challenging my endurance!" Ryan took out the spare key from his pocket and the door was opened with a click.

Melody sat up abruptly and threw the pillow at Ryan, "You're bullying me too!" When she realized that her arm was cold, she quickly wrapped herself with the quilt.

"Don't get me wrong. I just want to take you to a place."

"Amusement park again?" At the thought of this, Melody was furious.

"You haven't been out for three days. Let's go. I'll treat you a big meal." Ryan knew that Melody was a foodie, so he used delicious food temptation.

Putting on a coat, Melody said four words, "I have no appetite." Seeing that her eyes were a little swollen, it was very likely that she had cried.

"Then... Steak with red wine?"

"Deal!"

Half an hour later, the car stopped steadily at the door of the French restaurant. When there were few people around there, Ryan said to Melody, "Wait here. I'll pack it up."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ryan opened the door. At this time, the ritual girl standing at the door was talking about the news in the morning. "Hey! Have you heard about the famous star, Melody?"

"What big star? I think she is just an outdated star," another ritual girl curled her lips. "Are you watching the news? The reason why she could be the leading actress was because of the hidden rules! It's disgusting..."

"Repeat what you just said." Ryan strode up the steps, took off his sunglasses and stared at the ritual girl with his sharp eyes.

The ritual girl knew she was in trouble, so she quickly denied, "I... I didn't say anything just now."

"Bring your boss here." Ryan couldn't stand anyone pointing at Melody.

"I'm sorry, sir. Our boss is not here these days." Another ritual girl hurried to say, "Sir, if what we said just now caused you trouble, we apologize to you. We didn't mean it."

At this time, sitting in the car, through the window, Melody saw Ryan waiting at the door. She didn't know what had happened, so she called Ryan in a hurry. Ryan on the other end of the phone said, "It's okay. I just want to ask the way. Stay in the car and don't get out of the car."

Hearing this, Melody nodded and said, "Okay, I won't get out of the car. Go back quickly."

Sitting in the car alone, Melody looked out of the window at the bustling passers-by. Even though she knew that the window was all black and it was difficult for those people to see her, she still lowered her head with a hint to lower her hat. Suddenly, an old man appeared in her sight. He was limping towards the road not far from the car with a crutch. At the same time, a black commercial vehicle crashed from the intersection behind, showing no sign of slowing down

"Watch out!" Regardless of so much, Melody pushed the door open and ran to the old man, trying to stop him. But it was too late...

At this time, Ryan came out with a delicate packing box. The door of car was opened. On the sidewalk not far away, a black commercial vehicle hit a telephone pole. Beside the wheel, a pool of blood was particularly dazzling. In addition, there was also a peaked cap lying quietly beside. It was the peaked cap of Melody.