His Acting Was So Good As a Ruthless Criminal, Drawing the Attention of Police Officers Across the Internet

52: Nominated for the Magnolia Awards? The feeling of being both famous and infamous is too painful.The Shanghai white magnolia award is highly prestigious and is hailed as one of the ”Three Major Awards for Dragon Country TV Dramas.”

Lin Pei didn’t expect that the whip sounds, such a small-budget and low-cost production, could actually be shortlisted for the white magnolia award.

And Director Zhang seemed to say just now that he was nominated too?

Director Zhang was still rambling on the other end of the phone; he was probably overjoyed.

”Lin Pei, it’s really thanks to you that our TV series could be nominated this time.”

”It was because you helped modify the plot back then, making the bandits’ lives and the killing scenes reasonable and realistic, that the audience could empathize and immerse themselves in our show, and thus grow to like it.”

”Moreover, the parts everyone talks about most are almost all the segments you’re in; the popularity of this show was brought up by you.”

”Audience members commented that every time they watch the Second Boss, it doesn’t feel like they’re watching a TV series, but rather like they’re watching the normal life in a bandit’s den.”

”With that temperament of yours, you don’t even need to act; the character is already halfway to success.”

Lin Pei narrowed his eyes.

Is this a compliment?

This praise suddenly made him lose his appetite for lunch.

Director Zhang almost couldn’t stop talking.

”It’s just that there was a small hiccup during the submission process.”

”The genre was categorized as mystery-thriller.”

”Hahaha, we explained it later.”

”Although our show’s cover is a bit scary, we really aren’t a horror movie.”

Lin Pei became curious.

”Director, what’s on the cover? Why is it scary?”

Director Zhang cleared his throat.

”The cover...”

”It’s you...”

”...”

Lin Pei was speechless.

Could he really be that terrifying?

Director Zhang smiled.

”By the way, should we call Brother Xiao Chun in a few days and go to the awards ceremony together?”

Lin Pei thought that he had never participated in this kind of event before.

It would definitely be good to have someone lead the way.

”Sure, Director.”

...After hanging up the phone, Lin Pei logged into his social media account.

Out of curiosity, he searched for news related to the whip sounds.

Since it received a white magnolia award nomination, the response to the show should be quite good.

Unexpectedly, topics about this show on the platform were still very hot.

Lin Pei looked closely at those topics.

# the whip sounds is so good I can’t sleep at night #

# Clearly a period drama, yet it ranks as the TOP 1 horror film #

# Shocking! Even crime documentaries wouldn’t dare film it like this. #

# How many characters played by real criminals do you know? #

...The more Lin Pei looked, the more something felt wrong.

Except for the first one being somewhat normal, what are these others?

Are these the kind of topics a good TV series should have?

A moment later, he clicked into the one that looked normal.

# the whip sounds is so good I can’t sleep at night #

The post with the most likes and comments had this caption:

”The actors in the whip sounds are quite good-looking, but why is he so scary? I can’t sleep at night.”

???

Lin Pei narrowed his eyes like an old man on the subway.

Is that what this topic means?

Lin Pei clicked into the comments section.

”The Second Boss’s eyes are really terrifying; I was just eating, and when I looked up, he almost scared me to death.”

”Seriously, he’s both perverted and addictive; I’m a coward but I still want to watch, what should I do?”

”Sigh, my grandma also loved watching it, but she had a heart attack from it; she’s still clamoring to watch it every day in the hospital.”

”This Second Boss doesn’t look like he’s acting; I suggest investigating him.”

”The cover seems to have been changed to Brother Xiao Chun; after getting used to Brother Lin, Brother Xiao Chun doesn’t seem scary at all, and he’s even quite approachable.”

”I knew there was something wrong with the actor playing the Second Boss; today my mom identified him for me—this actor is actually a Human Trafficker.”

”It’s a big problem; my dad also said he saw him get arrested, apparently for stealing something.”

”You guys upstairs, are you disconnected from the internet? It was explained long ago, okay? He hasn’t committed any crimes at all; last time he even helped the police solve a case and was credited for it.”