Unfortunately, there isn’t any.

　　For fresh-faced idols without any works, their persona and looks must be solid, and wife-fans are everything.

　　You can act like a diva, your parents can be deadbeats, you can even make unpatriotic remarks—there will still be fans who defend you regardless of right or wrong, with no sense of values. But you absolutely cannot date and ruin your persona, or you’ll learn what it means to “turn love into hate.”

　　What’s more, Eric Carter was both secretly married and kept, as high as Mount Everest, and in an instant—an avalanche!

　　Rumors definitely needed to be clarified, but Kangfei Entertainment, the company Eric Carter belonged to, missed the first move, and then tried to take legal action, only to make blunder after blunder.

　　There’s a saying: “Justice may be late, but it will never be absent.” But public opinion and rumors can make justice indefinitely late.

　　Big influencers, self-media, and major portals all started fabricating dirt on Eric Carter. When a whale dies, it feeds many creatures—this is called a whale fall. When a top star “dies,” it fattens up countless marketing accounts—this is called a meat bun soaked in blood.

　　It even got to the point where they said he was gay. The original Eric Carter endured two months in this hostile environment, until Kangfei Entertainment sent word—due to tight company resources, they would suspend further legal consultation and assistance.

　　In plain terms, the company abandoned the artist. All Eric Carter could see was malice; seeing no hope, he took an entire bottle of sleeping pills. Normally, half a bottle would be enough to cause shock and death—he was determined to die.

　　Even up to his death, he never understood why all this happened to him.

　　“Although there is unprovoked malice and jealousy in the world, judging from the dirt, the trolls, and the marketing accounts, this was organized and systematic. Such a big operation would cost at least several million—it’s definitely not for no reason.”

　　Only absolute conflicts of interest would lead to this. Before crossing over, Eric Carter was good at analysis, and based on the memories, he found the suspect—his former agency, “Dahua Entertainment.”

　　Dahua Entertainment is one of the three giants in the industry, with a complete trainee system and selection process. The original Eric Carter signed up as a trainee at sixteen, but because he refused the unspoken rules of the deputy director of the artist department, he didn’t get a single opportunity for five whole years.

　　Bravely, when his contract expired, he didn’t renew and instead joined Kangfei Entertainment.

　　Dahua Entertainment didn’t care about a small trainee, but who would have thought that Eric Carter, as a nobody, would participate in the variety show “The Coming One” and become an overnight sensation thanks to his looks.

　　How crazy was it? “The Coming One” is a show that selects for originality and good voices, but even though his skills were just average, fans voted him all the way to champion—his votes were more than the combined total of second and third place.

　　Events and endorsements came one after another, and he instantly soared to top-tier status.

　　Seeing a former trainee making money, Dahua Entertainment was more upset than seeing their stock price plummet. They first sued him for violating priority clauses.

　　“The court ruled for a one million compensation. If Dahua Entertainment could let it go, that would be a miracle.”

　　Dahua Entertainment couldn’t win openly, so they played dirty. They were determined to destroy him, and looking at it now, their plan succeeded.

　　“It seems there’s no way to survive in showbiz.” Eric Carter weighed the pros and cons.

　　The solid wood dining chair was a bit hard, so he half-lay on the sofa, using a pillow to fill the gap between his waist and the sofa, his brows tightly furrowed—the situation was dire.

　　In the two years of his meteoric rise, he made a lot of money, but with the flood of scandals, endorsements with L’Oréal cream, Givenchy lip gloss, Helena Rubinstein green bottle, and others were all terminated, with demands for compensation.

　　Capital always “lends you an umbrella when it’s sunny, takes it away when it rains.” If they don’t kick you when you’re down, they must be sick. Not only did Eric Carter lose all the money he made, he’s now in debt.

　　【1. “The Most Beautiful Harmony 2” breach of contract compensation: 4.7 million RMB

　　2. Yum China Holdings, McDonald’s endorsement reputation loss claim: 5.09 million RMB

　　3. “Back to Field 3” breach of contract compensation: 1.97 million RMB

　　……】

　　Eric Carter made a table in his phone’s memo app. His current total debt is over 47 million, and that’s after deducting the part paid by the agency. His head hurt—endorsement fees are high, but so are the penalty fees.

　　“This is a hell-level start.” Eric Carter tapped his head to ease the pain. Even as a scheming and calm person, he felt the pressure.

　　After a while, a crisp sound like a keyboard tapping rang in his mind—

　　“Pop!”

　　[Personality Star System awakening, beginning binding—]

　　[3, 2, 1, binding successful]

　　[Your system assistant is at your service]

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Chapter 2: Seems Promising

　　“System?” Even though Eric Carter didn’t like reading novels before crossing over, he still knew a bit, so he wasn’t unfamiliar.

　　After thinking for a moment, he first tried communicating with the system in his mind without speaking: “System, could you please explain your functions?”

　　The communication worked. The system’s cold, mechanical voice immediately sounded in Eric Carter’s mind—

　　[This system comes from the M79 Nebula and is an auxiliary program for creating unique stars.]

　　[Main function: The host earns Personality Coins by achieving specific goals. 5 Personality Coins can be exchanged for one entertainment blind box.]

　　【Current Personality Coins: 3】

　　“System, the 3 Personality Coins I currently have—were they given by the system, or did the original owner accumulate them by acting like a diva?” Eric Carter asked cautiously.

　　[Given as a gift. The system comes with the host’s soul when crossing over.]