Chapter 134 Get Up and Fight, Loser
Ebony didn't know what was going on until Janet woke her up the next morning.
On Twitter, "Lloyd & Ebony" topped the list of popular topics.
Ebony checked it out with sleepy eyes.
Then she saw Lloyd's latest tweet had received 110,000 retweets and 190,000 comments.
Ebony clicked her tongue. "That's the appeal of a movie king."
Janet browsed the popular comments and showed them to Ebony. "Everyone is asking Lloyd if he really knows the meaning of Lloyd & Ebony. Is his reply serious?"
"He should know, right?"
Ebony stroked her chin and said, "Even I know what it means. It symbolizes our brotherhood, doesn't it?"
"Right." Janet pointed to a few comments and said, "These comments say the same thing."
"In fact, after "Lloyd & Ebony" appeared, most of the fans who ship it are male. They like the affection between brothers and the viral videos with Song of Brotherhood. However, those female fans see it as the declaration of your romance. They believe Lloyd and you fell in love."
Ebony was amused. "How is that possible? Lloyd is kind enough to help me promote the new play. Someone typed out "Lloyd & Ebony" to praise our friendship, and he verified it with a random reply."
Janet said, "Anyway, Dolores has reached out to Lloyd. I think either we or Lloyd's studio will make a statement later to smooth things over. However, Fairy Island has gone viral. The traffic has exceeded 40 million in four hours."
"Wow!"
Ebony was astonished. "That's the appeal of a movie king!"
Janet smiled and said, "This is just the start. Lloyd posted it in the middle of the night when fewer netizens were online. The peak will last from this morning to the evening."
Ebony's eyes glittered!
Just then, something occurred to Janet.
She suddenly said, "Ebony, Lloyd is so nice to you that he employs a public stunt to promote the new play. Have you ever thought that he likes you?"
Ebony looked at Janet oddly and blurted out, "Of course not, he is too good a man to do that kind of thing."
Janet was puzzled. "What do you mean by that? Liking you makes a man bad?"
"Yes."
Ebony didn't reveal much since it was Lloyd's privacy.
In fact, Lloyd had a fiancée.
She heard that they would soon get married.
Only two-timers liked other girls when they were engaged.
Lloyd couldn't possibly be a two-timer.
He was not an unfaithful man like Victor.
Ebony believed in Lloyd's morality. He couldn't possibly like her. That was why she felt at ease when she interacted with Lloyd.
She guarded against men except for Lloyd because she knew that Lloyd had no lust for her. She also had no lust for him.
Their friendship was pure and aboveboard.
In fact, when she was just reborn, she had guarded against Lloyd. She would be mean to him if he paid attention to her in the elevator.
When the Amazing Tour was filmed, she kept a distance from Lloyd.
Till they went through hardships on Survival Game, she gradually learned about Lloyd's personality and knew that he was a true gentleman.
Not all men were bad. Lloyd and Jacob were both good men.
She did not want anyone to misinterpret their relationship.
Her friendship with Lloyd was built little by little, and she didn't want anyone to distort the fact.
Since Ebony wouldn't talk, Janet declined from pressing and then got up. "I'm going to get breakfast."
As soon as Janet left, Ebony hacked her main Twitter account.
Then she retweeted Lloyd's post with the hashtag "Lloyd & Ebony".
Daddy Ebony: #Lloyd & Ebony Bro, thank you for backing me up. When your film hits the screen, I'll cheer for you by washing my hair upside down!
Then the comment section was seized by her anti-fans.
"SF!"
"Damn, TF!"
"You've changed your id back. How long will it survive this time? Five minutes?"
"Retweeting is lame. Create a new account. This one is filled with insults. Come on!"
"100 comments in five minutes. You suck. Don't have money to hire trolls?"
"Ebony is a swine. Ebony is a swine. Ebony is a swine!"
"You haters are terrible that you attack her as soon as she tweets something. Anything wrong with your keyboards, the other haters?"
Ebony made no reply. Instead, she logged out before Dolores logged in.
She sent Lloyd a message of thanks via WhatsApp.
Lloyd didn't reply, probably because he was busy.
Ebony didn't mind it. Since she still had some leisure time, she opened the video page of Fairy Island.
The traffic for this low-budget play was less than 100 before she went to bed last night.
Now it had exceeded 40 million.
Ebony played the first episode and found the screen was densely dotted with comments. She couldn't even see the faces.
"Coming from Twitter."
"A shipper of Lloyd & Ebony."
"Brothers, look, Ebony is wearing women's clothes!"
"Damn, I'm here to leave a negative comment, but who is the gorgeous lady in the opening? I am dazzled!"
"Ahhh, my idol is so beautiful!"
"To be honest, Ebony's appearance is fine. I don't know why so many people hate her. Is she transsexual?"
Ebony was speechless.
Ebony didn't want to read the comments anymore.
So, she pulled the progress bar to the back as she tried to read comments about the plot and characters of the play.
Sure enough, discussions about the male lead and the female lead appeared.
"The male lead is so damn hot!"
"Bawl, Percy is so nice. Don't marry Suzanne. She doesn't deserve you. She is Ebony in disguise and a man!"
"Percy vomits blood in a duel, and my heart is bleeding too. Crap, Suzanne is coming. I'm afraid she would say 'get up and fight, loser.'"
Ebony felt helpless.
Sure enough, Director Bass was worried for a reason. She indeed had a lot of anti-fans.
Ebony stopped reading the comments when Janet came back.
She had breakfast and then left for the training room.
As soon as she reached the place, her phone rang. Lloyd replied to her message on WhatsApp.
"There was a scene to shoot in the morning."
Ebony lowered her head and texted back. "Thank you for promoting my new play. The traffic is going to explode!"
The screen showed Lloyd was inputting.
Two minutes later, the message still hadn't come.
Another two minutes passed.
In the end, she only received four words. "It's a nice play."
Ebony input. "What do you say? Do I look like a transgender in the play?"
Lloyd was stupefied.