I feel very unhappy. Maybe I am a little sensitive now, so I particularly hate it when people ask me if I am a boy or a girl. I don’t know why people pay attention to my gender. But thinking about it, it may be that the TV station is deliberately trying to make things confusing.
, because the villagers she interviewed were not very familiar with me. It can be said that except for Sanlin, who had some dealings with me, she didn’t know anyone else at all. Besides, if others didn’t know, Fang Dapeng would definitely insist that I was a woman. It’s a shame.
Do you want to find the answer to whether I am a boy or a girl in the limited time of the show?
Thinking about it, I saw the female host knocking on the door of my cousin's house. My cousin opened the door happily, but I could tell that he was a little frightened and uncomfortable when he saw the camera, and he didn't let the female reporter in.
Instead, he asked directly at the door: "Are you okay?"
The female reporter was very polite. She looked at her cousin and said directly: "Hello, uncle, I heard that you are very familiar with Mr. Ma named Jiaolong, right? That's right. We want to get to know Mr. Ma through you.
.”
"Oh, I'm sorry, I won't accept interviews. Jiaolong specifically told me when she left that if the Fourth Aunt's matter was reported, she did not want her personal information to be revealed, because their profession is very special.
She doesn’t want people to pay too much attention to her in this way. She wants to keep a low profile. Girl, go pick someone else. I have other things to do and I’m closed.”
After saying that, my cousin's door also closed happily. This was unexpected, because when I was leaving, my cousin was a little unhappy when he heard Erli saying that he wanted to be interviewed. Plus, I did
I said hello to him, so what my cousin said in the camera was indeed my thoughts.
"Hey, uncle, uncle!!"
The female reporter shouted outside the door for a long time, then turned to look at the camera helplessly: "This uncle, who is called the third brother among the villagers, doesn't seem to want to talk more about this Jiaolong. The only regret about the program so far is that
We have never been able to meet this mysterious Mr. Ma. Although we couldn't reveal the real body of Ma Jiaolong in our show, some villagers also gave me some other clues when I came here. It is said that this person is called
Mr. Ma from Jiaolong is from Andong and is well-known in the local area. Although we don’t know where she learned these things, we believe that there are many strange people among the people. Of course, we also hope that one day we can meet this Mr. Ma face to face.
Learn more folk wonders from her mouth."
Then, the circle of shots I just saw was cut again. I waited for a while, and when I finished saying, "Explore, I will take you into folk wonders and real corpse fraud incidents," the camera actually
We went directly to the indoor broadcast room, where an old expert who seemed to have profound knowledge was sitting with a host. There was a sign under the old expert that said Doctor of Medicine. The rest of it was easy to understand without looking at it.
Yes, for this thing to be broadcast, it must be explained in some way, otherwise who the hell would dare to broadcast it. He took the remote control and immediately changed the channel for grandpa: "Grandpa, let's watch something else."
It seems that I have caught up with the story. I don’t know what was said earlier, but it doesn’t matter anymore. I was tired of hearing the word Jiaolong throughout the whole article. My grandpa looked at me and said, “Jiaolong, it’s
It's you, the charming dragon they are talking about is you, tall and pretty, so it must be you, you went to show people the corpse."
I smiled and said, "Grandpa, don't think so much. My name is so ordinary. It's just the same name. You can watch TV and watch some sketches. Don't watch this stuff."
Grandpa frowned slightly: "Didn't you go to work just now? Why are you back like this? Where is Zong Bao?"
"Oh, I'll come back to get something, and I'll go there later."
I responded and walked directly to the bedroom where my grandpa lived. Fortunately, my grandpa had not been feeling well for the past two days. I went home and made a bed on the floor. Otherwise, when I opened the rolling shutter door, the reporters would not be able to enter the store. I thought.
Then, I took out my mobile phone, dialed Fang Dapeng's number and put it to my ear. I had to ask clearly about this, was this just the surprise in his mouth? It almost didn't scare me!
"Hello……"
After waiting for a while, Fang Dapeng's sleepy voice came through the phone receiver: "Who is it?"
This guy must not have gotten out of bed yet. I stood up and walked directly to the window: "You answered the phone with your eyes closed. You didn't want to look at the caller ID."
"Jiaolong? Are you not Jiaolong?!"
"What do you think?" I was not angry: "What's going on with your program? That female reporter asked people in the village whether I was a boy or a girl. Is she interesting?"
"Ha ha."
Fang Dapeng actually laughed twice: "You saw our show, hey, let her find out, I haven't revealed a word about you, I'm just playing with mystery, you know it's a gimmick
Well, then I also thought about it. This thing cannot be exposed. Once it is exposed, there will be no freshness. Let everyone guess whether you are a boy or a girl and who you are. In this way, your appetite will be whetted.
No harm to you."
I was a little helpless, and suddenly I didn’t know what to say. Fang Dapeng did exactly what I said before, but I just felt that the female reporter’s various questions on TV about whether Jiaolong was a boy or a girl made me disgusted, or maybe I was special
I don’t care about this. I feel bad when I hear this. You don’t care if I am a boy or a girl!
"Why don't you talk? We have communicated with the family members and they agreed to be interviewed and we broadcast it. There is a process for this. However, this program is the fastest to be uploaded in my station. The previous ones
In order to cooperate with it, it was directly moved back. It was probably to rely on it to save the ratings. I originally wanted to call you last night to tell you, but it was too late to catch up on the manuscript, so I just fell asleep like this.
From the beginning to the end of the program, except for your photo that circulated on the Internet, nothing else was revealed about you. As a person involved in this incident, I will uphold everything about you and I will not kill you.
He said that the leaders in the station have nothing to do with me."
I took a deep breath and opened my mouth: "Fang Dapeng, is this the surprise in your mouth?"
"Of course not, Jiaolong, you believe me, I will help you realize your dream of becoming an awesome onmyoji, but I won't rely on this show. Just think of this show as a warm-up for you.
Just wait, nothing can stop you from moving towards success."
I was really helpless: "Fang Dapeng, I really thank you, you know, but there are some surprises that I really don't need. Do you know what my situation is now? My store is surrounded by reporters, and it is very affecting my personal life now."
, How am I going to run a business? Onmyoji is my profession, but that shop is the main source of my income. This is really annoying me now!"
The reasons for my resistance to the camera are very complicated. Firstly, I grew up in a rural area, and I am particularly unsuited to being surrounded by such 'long guns and short guns'. Secondly, although I sometimes look cheerful and outgoing, deep down I am definitely
I'm a conservative. I'm not a showy person, and I can't stand being chased by reporters. Although my dream is to be a great gentleman, I'm definitely not a gentleman like Sun Jiji. Even when I see Zhuo Jing being forced to give an interview, I feel a little for him.
I am helpless, not to mention myself. There are four most important words, that is, 'If you talk too much, you will make mistakes.' This is a taboo of Onmyoji!
To put it bluntly, my feelings are very complicated. In short, I don’t want to be interviewed, let alone talk about strange people and strange things in front of the camera. I am not a ghost story teller!
"Reporter? Where are you? Our reporters on the station found you so quickly?"
Fang Dapeng was also quite surprised by what I said: "It's impossible. Why didn't I receive the notice? We are indeed going to do an exploration program about Mr. Yin Yang among the folk, but I have made it clear to my colleagues that you definitely don't
I'm good at being on camera. Even if I want to negotiate with you, I won't go there so quickly."
"Aren't those reporters from your TV station?" I raised my eyebrows: "It seems that a few cameramen are wearing clothes and writing for some website..."
"Ah, then I understand. You may have been dug out. Your photo was too popular. You were already an internet celebrity before our program was broadcast. You know that? Plus, as soon as our program was broadcast, now
Information spreads so fast, Anton, can you guarantee that no one will go online? As long as an Anton person who knows you knows you online, or says he has bought something from your store, then these reporters will smell it.
I just went there. This is also my job. Jiaolong, you must understand that in this era, a photo can increase a person's popularity. It doesn't matter whether you are a celebrity or not, as long as you have business opportunities and selling points,
Then of course reporters will come to your door. This is the so-called economic effect, and you have to adapt to it."
I can adapt to my legs!
No wonder I received some orders from out of town in the past month and they all asked me on the phone if it was really Maggiore. I really didn’t take it seriously at first, because many of the customers were introduced by customers. Our store
The connection rate has always been very high, because I can guarantee that every customer will choose the curtains they want. I really wonder who introduced so many customers from other places. Now look at it, maybe it’s because of the photo on the Internet.
This is called bottoming out. It’s amazing. You can even get my phone number, but I still managed to do some business and make some money.
"Jiaolong, really, let me tell you the truth, you can actually be interviewed. This is also a means of self-marketing..."
"If I only owned a shop and was just a businessman, then I would accept interviews and be eager to promote my shop. But as an Onmyoji, I would not accept interviews. That would be very unserious. Do you understand?
I want to make money, but I can't make money through Onmyoji. These are the rules my grandma set for me when I entered the industry. It's even more impossible for me to use my name as Onmyoji to promote my store. That way
The motives are not pure..."
"Jiaolong, listen to me." I interrupted Fang Dapeng and he also interrupted me: "Although I understand what you are saying, that is the idea of a real successful hermit. People have marketed it."
After you go out, you already have a reputation, and you can be careless if you have some advantages. But you are different. You are not really famous yet. Hey, I don’t know how to say this. I have seen your stubbornness.
, but now is really the time when your reputation is most prosperous and best opened, Jiaolong, opportunities are not given to you all the time, I will help you, but you have to grasp it yourself."
I know what Fang Dapeng is afraid of, "Maybe as a media person, you know that some people's popularity is short-lived, so you think that if I can't grasp this attention, it will be a lost opportunity. Maybe you listened to my dream or something like that."
I really hope you can help me, but you have confused the concept. I am not an artist or star. I am different from them. In other words, even if she is a star, she has to rely on her strong works to speak for herself, gimmicks, and selling points. How long can it last? We
Onmyoji relies more on my ability. How far can I go just by winning the public's curiosity about me? This is really contrary to my original intention. I don't want everyone to view my profession as a entertainment, but
I hope it can really help some people, you understand."
My head hurts when I talk about it, I always feel like there is something wrong with the momentum, something is always wrong when I start like this.
"I understand, okay, I won't say anything more. I can't do anything about the reporters on the website, but I can do a good job in our TV station and explain to them your attitude of refusing the interview. But Jiaolong, you have to remember
Come on, this exposure will definitely do no harm to you."
I breathed out: "Forget it, no matter what, I thank you."
"Thank you for nothing. I didn't do anything. When I return to Anton, remember to treat me to dinner."
"Okay, I owe you a meal, remember."
I hung up the phone and bit my lip gently. I don't deny that this is a good thing, but I still feel a little arrogant. The kind of great gentleman I dream of is not like this. It can also be said that the great gentleman I want to be.
, he is the kind of master who is superior in terms of Taoism, cultivation, and experience, rather than an Onmyoji who comes into the public eye as an object of entertainment.
…
I thought that as long as I didn't show up, this matter would be over after ten days and a half, because people's curiosity can't last long, but what happened was far beyond my expectation, and my non-appearance was interpreted by the outside world.
It becomes more and more mysterious. As long as you click on my photo, you will see the messages from netizens, saying that I am a truly low-key folk expert. Many people even left messages and shouted that they would pay a lot of money to meet me.
I can give them fortune-telling in person, but of course, I don’t believe this, because the people who come to me for advice are usually not young people. People who really need it can’t find the mood to cry online.
First of all, my name has completely exploded in Andong County. In Andong, I am a more famous star than the county magistrate. Of course, because I have been misunderstood as a man by a large number of girls before, I have a website
When I interviewed girls who had met me, they praised me without hesitation, saying how handsome I am and how modest and gentle I am, and how nice I am!
The girl who may have secretly photographed me in my store also posted the photo online with the title "Ma Jiaolong's True Body", which caused a sensation again. I inexplicably gained a large number of fans, and was known as the most handsome Onmyoji.
The commenters were all crying and shouting that they wanted to marry me, which made me want to cry. Some male netizens even said sourly under my photo, "I look so effeminate, my name is effeminate, I look like I'm gay, so
My fans immediately rallied to attack me. Smoke filled the air for a while, and the situation was out of control. Some netizens speculated that I was a woman based on the photos. The reason was that my frame was slightly smaller and my facial features also revealed a hint of femininity. So regarding gender,
The explanations are even more confusing. I really don’t feel at a loss at all. As soon as I see these online, I feel like I am going to collapse every minute.
Although my name is known on TV because of the Discovery program, on the Internet I have become a complete celebrity - the most handsome Onmyoji, haha.
Even my mother's home was dug out by reporters. They interviewed my mother at the door of my house. When I saw this on the computer, my aunt was still standing behind my mother eating melon seeds, with that disdainful face.
It was in huge contrast to my mother's pride. People who didn't know it thought I had become Anton's hero, and she was the hero's mother. But fortunately, my mother didn't say too much.
I’m not used to the camera either, so I keep telling you to ask Jiaolong, she’s been out and about looking after people, and won’t come back, so if you have any questions, you should just go to her directly!
The reporter was naturally unwilling to give in and asked directly: "How did Mr. Ma learn this skill? Also, netizens have been speculating about her gender. I wonder if you..."
My mother's cheerful face immediately fell. She glared at the reporter and turned around to go back to the house. This was like poking a sore spot in her life. It was strange that she could talk. So the reporter looked at her again inexplicably.
To my aunt: "Who are you from Mr. Ma? Are you a relative?"
"Ah, I am her aunt." My aunt looked very carefree and kept chewing melon seeds: "She hasn't been back for a long time, but why are you still interviewing her? This is feudal superstition.
Ah, how can you still promote this?"
"Oh, we are not promoting feudal superstition, but we are just curious about Mr. Ma now. Did you know that she has another identity besides Onmyoji now? She is an Internet celebrity, and her fans are conservatively estimated to have exceeded one million.
In addition to being curious about her identity as an onmyoji, everyone also wants to know more about her personal life."
"What do you mean by fans? There are more than a million, and the food is thick or thin."
"Um..." The reporter was confused by my aunt's appearance and opened his mouth: "It's just the netizens who like Mr. Ma."
"Oh my god, there are still people who like her, pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffction
, they are all children, don’t teach them bad things, it is proper to go to school well.”
The reporter probably had never seen someone like my aunt, so he didn’t know what to say for a moment. He thought for a moment and opened his mouth: “Auntie, can you tell us what kind of person Mr. Ma is? What kind of person is she?
Is a woman who likes to wear men’s clothes really a real man?”
The aunt looked at the reporter, dropped her hands twice, and suddenly laughed twice with a full face: "Male or female? Haha, you can guess for yourself. Come on, I'm closing. If you want to interview, just go and find him."
She, Lin Qiao Home Furnishing, everyone will know it once she inquires, let's go, let's go."
Of course I understood what my aunt meant by that look on her face, but the reporter interpreted my mother and my aunt's reactions as my family's prejudice against my career. He felt that the reason why they all behaved abnormally in the end was because of yin and yang.
The profession of teacher is not recognized by the public. Although this interview contains nothing, the video has a high number of clicks. Many netizens even scolded my aunt below, saying that her attitude of teasing me was unpleasant. You know.
When I eat melon seeds, why don't the skins get stuck in my throat?
To be honest, although I was speechless about this video, some of the comments online made me laugh.
Secondly, the main impact on me is the business in the store. Many people come to my store every day. Of course, some of them just come to see what I look like, but there are also some people from other places who want to come to my store.
Let's see, business is really booming. The store's phone numbers are ringing off the hook. To be honest, curtains are really not cheap. They range from a few hundred to tens of thousands. They are available in all grades, but there are people in all grades.
I bought it just because Wen Xiaoni said that if I want to buy curtains, I can come to your door to give you a measuring tape, and you can also consult me in person. Although I don’t want to, this performance is more or less linked to my reputation——
But according to that situation, I couldn’t keep busy even if I broke it into eight pieces, so I could only ask Zong Bao to spread the word. The door-to-door measurement was only limited to the county town, and I only went to one house in the morning every day, while the fortune telling was in the afternoon.
, a maximum of five people per day. If you need to come to see the water, you need to make an appointment. This is very energy-consuming. If you watch too much, you will feel exhausted every day, and I can't stand the discomfort of being stared at.
, I actually had to wear a mask in the middle of summer, and I felt like I was going to get a fucking prickly heat rash.
Just when the incident escalated to the point where I was about to go crazy, all the photos on the Internet disappeared overnight, and the videos on those websites were also deleted at the same time. And the weirdest thing is that as long as a little bit of news about me appears again, nothing will appear.
In ten minutes, the news will definitely be deleted. Even the code name of my name and abbreviations like MJL cannot be left. For a while, I couldn’t even think about it being mysterious. Although it was deleted online very quickly, netizens
The voice is also very fast, and you will still see one or two sentences when inserting blanks. What is the situation? Why was Ma Jiaolong's photo deleted?! Could it be that there is really a magical power in the dark?!
I couldn't laugh or cry when I saw this, but I really didn't know what was going on. I was confused myself.
Although the Internet has stopped, there are still some TV stations that want to interview me. Without exception, I have refused. If it were not for various uncontrollable factors, I don’t think I would have let myself appear online.
My personal life is still busy, and the number of clients has been increasing. Because the news on the Internet has disappeared, some real victims who want to keep a low profile have come to visit me. Most of them came from the city specifically to meet me.
mine.
This summer, my fame not only spread on the Internet, but also the victim kept making appointments. Cheng Baize, whose reputation in the northern city is almost as good as that of the previously very popular Cheng Baize, actually found out about my situation. He doesn’t go online, so he is probably a minor.
But I told him, because I really couldn't get away from going to his studio, and when I became an Internet celebrity, I was afraid of being secretly photographed, so I pretended to cause trouble again, so he teased me when he called me,
He said that I could finally compete with him for a job. I responded with a smile, "Yes, when you come back, I won't be the little rookie you talk about."
Cheng Baize suddenly fell silent. After a long while, he smiled and said on the phone: "But you will always be that rookie in my heart, the rookie who can't even understand Feng Shui."
I smiled: "Yes, of course I can't compare to your height, Mr. Cheng." As I said that, I lowered my eyes and said, "How long will it take for you to come back?"
"I can't fall behind even if you work so hard. Don't worry. When I go back, I must surpass my previous height. In this way, I can always keep you on top. Otherwise, you won't be able to fly."
"Where am I going? Don't worry. Even if I become a powerful Onmyoji, I will still uphold the good virtue of humility." Just feel a little proud in your heart.
"That's good. Remember to wait for me. Don't forget about me and pretend you don't know me when you see me next time."
"How can I? I don't know anyone, so I won't know you."
We chatted for a long time until I hung up the phone. Although Cheng Baize was not with me, he kept calling, which reassured me. Listening to the voice, I felt that his energy was getting stronger every time. He should be recovering well.
Although I have never figured out how he solved the Five Thunder Palms, and the backlash of the Yin Yang Grass, I was really afraid that he would not be able to solve it. That night became a nightmare for me. Thank God, I did not let it happen.
My most trusted friend turned into a demon.
In September, just when the fact that I became an Internet celebrity was gradually fading away, my photo appeared on the cover of a magazine as if out of nowhere. I was having breakfast at that time, and Zong Bao threw the magazine away after returning from his morning exercise.
When it came to me, he threw a sentence together: "You are popular again."
I looked at the magazine inexplicably, and the picture on the cover almost made me spit out the mouthful of porridge in my mouth. It was a full-body profile photo of me, standing on the dam in Hetao Village, facing the rising sun.
, his face was calm, but there was a trace of indescribable complex emotions in his eyes. To be honest, if it weren't for me, I would have thought that this photo was taken really well. At least it made my back straight, my expression natural, and
The sky at that time was extremely beautiful, and the picture was a bit like the unity of heaven and man. However, what does it mean that this photo of me, which I don’t even have, appeared in this magazine called ‘Legend’?!
Moreover, there is an eye-catching title on the cover, 'Take you closer to the folk wonder Ma Jiaolong and let you understand what walking dragon is.'
Grandpa also looked over and said, "Jiaolong, isn't this you? Why did you write it in the book?"
I didn't respond and turned the pages hurriedly until I reached my article, which was filled with five or six pages. Of course, most of them were photos taken by Fang Dapeng when he was walking around the dragon. When the dragon leaped up, he was so frightened that he didn't take any pictures.
He took the photo when the waves were rolling, and he could vaguely see the long black dragon figure in the waves, and the dragon flying through the water. He also took the photo, but he could only see a black dragon in the sky.
The shadows are not very clear. The most amazing thing is probably the photo he took of the clear and turbid river water. This photo is quite convincing. There are not many words and most of them are photos. I took a look at the beginning of the article.
'I was lucky enough to meet Jiaolong and witness a thrilling dragon-walking incident with him. All the photos were taken on site. Although Jiaolong refused to leave the country, I really liked the profile photo of him, so I insisted.
Put it up, the time is 20...'
"This photo is quite artistic."
Zong Bao didn't know when he stood behind me and looked at me saying such a thing again. I frowned. It seems that this is Fang Dapeng's so-called surprise. The matter with my fourth aunt is over and it's coming again.
What a fool! He really has a picture and the truth!
"Hey, I saw a lot of people buying this magazine when I was passing by. It seems that reporters are coming again in the past few days. Please prepare more masks!"
I rolled my eyes at him: "Shut up!!"
But before I could ask Fang Dapeng what was going on, Fang Dapeng returned to Anton and took the initiative to ask me out. This was the first time we met after we came back from my cousin, because he was really good at work.
I'm busy, and naturally I'm also in a hurry, so this summer has passed, and I can still count on this meal. Although he invited me, I also agreed that I would invite him.
As soon as I got to the private room of the hotel, I got to the point first and threw the magazine in front of him. I had to say something clearly first, otherwise I would have something on my mind and I wouldn't be able to eat: "What's going on with you? This is what you're going to do."
My surprise, why did you get my photo in the magazine?"
Fang Dapeng looked at me without responding, his face full of speculation.
I frowned: "Why do you think so of me? I'm very grateful that you want to help me, but I really don't like it..."
"Jiaolong, have you offended anyone?"
He suddenly said this, which made me stunned: "Huh?"
Fang Dapeng put his arms on the table, stretched his neck and looked at me carefully: "You know all your online messages have been deleted before."
I said 'hmm': "I know, are you not allowed to publicize these things? I have already said that my profession..."
Fang Dapeng waved his hand: "There are so many bizarre things, why haven't they been deleted online? And this book..." As he said that, Fang Dapeng put the magazine on the table: "This is the best-selling one on the market now.
The magazine contains all kinds of strange people, rich, famous, and people with special powers. But in your issue, guess what..."
I was stunned by his nagging look: "What's wrong?"
Fang Dapeng sighed: "The sales volume of this magazine is hundreds of thousands of copies that day. It usually takes a week to sell, but you can't buy another copy the next day. In any library or newsstand, you can
I can't even see a copy, and I called the magazine and they said the printer refused to reprint it. Tell me, what's going on?"
"How did I know!" I stared and said, "I don't know anything about your industry!"
Fang Dapeng's eyes were still looking at me, unblinking: "Jiaolong, tell me the truth, have you offended some big shot?"
I was speechless, "I don't even know any big shots, who am I going to offend!!"
"What about Zhuo..."
"ah?"
Fang Dapeng slowly leaned back on the chair: "I found out that all of this is related to the Zhuo family, and the person who can achieve this must have a very important position in the Zhuo family. Jiaolong, you
Who did Zhuo have offended? Why does he not want you to be famous so much?" (To be continued)