Caught in Affairs with Superstar

Chapter 1405: Chapter 731: Gu Huaichun’s Thoughts

Does Gu Huaichun want to be a good actor?

For Gu Huaichun, this isn’t even a question.

From the start, he wanted to be a good actor, and he has always seriously portrayed every role he landed.

However, for Yuehai, this question isn’t important and is even somewhat annoying.

Because they don’t care whether Gu Huaichun becomes a good actor; they just care that his shows blow up, make money, and that he follows the company’s arrangements to take and act in roles.

As for the industry, the answer to this question is rather uncertain.

To say Gu Huaichun wants to be a good actor, it doesn’t really show, because in the few years since his debut, he’s mostly played idol-type roles and hasn’t acted in any serious dramas or delivered a particularly classic performance.

Moreover, his recent dramas that have aired all ended up failing critically — not one received positive reviews.

Conversely, regardless of the poor critiques, these dramas have been highly talked about and garnered substantial attention, earning plentifully through ads.

From this perspective, Gu Huaichun seems like an actor without much ambition.

Nonetheless, to say he doesn’t want to be a good actor, people can see he has consciously invested effort in each role, trying hard to showcase something different in even the most clichéd scenes.

Simply put, when the scenes are clichéd, no matter how well and diligently acted, without a good script or role, the more earnest, the more it seems absurd.

Thus, the industry’s attitude towards Gu Huaichun is rather complicated.

On the one hand, they resent his lack of progress, thinking he’s popular now, has many fans, is at the top, and since he wants to act well, he should carefully choose scripts that allow him to showcase his talent; on the other hand, they hold some disdain, believing he’s not a serious actor, doesn’t possess an actor’s mind, and is entirely just a celebrity.

Gu Huaichun is very aware of his situation.

His team constantly praises him, saying his acting is excellent and that he completely surpasses his peers.

Even when people online criticize his awkward acting, his team claims they’re just haters bought by rivals.

If he doesn’t think deeply, Gu Huaichun doesn’t even need to consider the problem of his poor acting skills.

The environment he’s in is incredibly accommodating and forgiving, with directors praising him, producers catering to him, the agency indulging him, and partners lifting him up.

He essentially has no solid ground to stand on.

Yet, he once believed he wasn’t affected by this environment. He always felt that regardless of the role, he completely devoted himself to preparing and doing his utmost, immersing himself fully into the character. However, it was only much later that he realized, no matter how hard he tried, the ceiling for these roles was limited.

In a story about a domineering president falling in love with me, what kind of acting skill can you showcase to portray a unique sort of dominion?

The result is simply that the more unique, the more cringeworthy it becomes.

Because of this, on the day Gu Huaichun suddenly realized his bottleneck, he felt a shivering epiphany.

If he keeps letting the company arrange things, one day he’ll be eliminated by the market.

Because he won’t stay young forever, nor will he always be the male lead in this market.

If he doesn’t broaden his range while he still has the chance, he’ll just end up being cast aside.

He might still be very popular, gaining higher recognition, but people’s impression of him would always remain just an actor who played many handsome roles.

And not that kind of actor.

In recent years, watching Zhou Yun who rose with him reach an unparalleled height, Gu Huaichun can’t honestly say he doesn’t have thoughts about it.

Even the laziest person has dreamed of captivating the world.

When watching Zhou Yun accept an award, Gu Huaichun too imagined himself stepping onto that stage, taking home a trophy of his own.

In the years since entering the industry, Gu Huaichun hasn’t won any proper acting awards, having only received accolades related to popularity, commercial quality, and viewership ratings.