FIMA Ch40: Asking for Trouble

“At present, the matter hasn’t blown up yet. I only noticed it after seeing private messages from your fans. But this matter can be big or small; we must make preparations in advance. I’m at your door right now, open the gate,” Tu Ning said.

“Okay… thanks for your hard work, Sister Ning,” Xie Jinzhao replied and unlocked the electronic lock.

It wasn’t until Tu Ning came in and showed him the internet that Xie Jinzhao realized what this so-called “blacking” meant.

Currently, it indeed could only be considered spreading within the fan circles. It hadn’t hit the trending searches, nor had it appeared in major news articles.

It started in an entertainment group on a certain app. Suddenly, an ID claiming to be an industry insider made a post exposing a certain traffic star whose public reputation had recently improved. The post claimed this star was actually homosexual, had previously dated a well-known male star in the industry, and that they had evidence in hand.

Then, the comments below quickly reacted with all sorts of speculations. The name pushed to the top and mentioned most frequently was his—Xie Jinzhao.

Following that, this post was screenshotted and published by several major entertainment KOLs (Key Opinion Leaders) on Weibo.

Only then did the spread widen. Xie Jinzhao’s fans naturally saw it too, angrily tagging their own studio to sue the haters for spreading rumors.

That was how Tu Ning saw it.

With one glance at the original post, Xie Jinzhao knew it was likely hinting at his past relationship with Qi Run. It was true that his public reputation had improved significantly recently due to the broadcast of Who is the Adventure King.

However, regarding his matter with Qi Run, besides the two of them involved, only Qi Ran and Gu Siyuan knew.

Gu Siyuan definitely wouldn’t do something like this. So for it to suddenly be exposed at this time…

Which nerve of those two Qi brothers snapped again?

These past few months, I’ve been busy filming and haven’t had any contact with them. These two had already completely faded out of my life, so why are they actively jumping out now?

Xie Jinzhao racked his brains but couldn’t figure it out.

Tu Ning frowned slightly: “Although it’s still only spreading on a small scale right now, since someone deliberately exposed it, they definitely won’t just let it go. They must have a purpose, and there might be more reactions later. Did you leave behind any…”

Knowing what she was asking, Xie Jinzhao shook his head firmly: “No, there won’t be any evidence.”

In the entertainment circle, these so-called evidences of exposure were at most intimate videos or chat screenshots, but he had absolutely none.

Previously, he said he was dating Qi Run, but to them, it was almost like completing a task. They never flirted on WeChat, nor did they hold hands or hug in real life. Even when they met, a third person, Qi Ran, was always present.

Even now, while he was with Gu Siyuan, because Gu Siyuan paid great attention to the impact of this aspect, they had never even gone out together outside of work.

Therefore, even if someone wanted to Photoshop a face swap onto an intimate picture, it would be impossible.

Speak of the devil, and he appears.

Right at this moment, a slight sound came from the main door.

Wearing a thin black overcoat, Gu Siyuan pushed the door open and walked in.

Looking up at her boss, Tu Ning sighed again in her heart. With such good conditions, it’s truly a pity he didn’t debut as a star.

Xie Jinzhao hurriedly stood up, took the overcoat from his hands, hung it on the rack to the side, and asked curiously: “Didn’t you say you were very busy lately? Why did you come back so early today?”

Gu Siyuan said evenly: “The matters are mostly handled.”

Saying that, he looked at Tu Ning: “I saw your car outside. Coming here at this time must be because of that exposure post online.”

Xie Jinzhao hugged his arm: “You actually know about it too.”

Gu Siyuan nodded.

Actually, he had known about this news even earlier than Tu Ning.

Although he seemingly let things take their course on the surface, he had previously developed a mini-program to monitor negative news regarding Xie Jinzhao across various forums in real-time.

Half a day ago, the mini-program’s red warnings started sounding continuously. This black material erupted in an instant, which meant it was artificially planned.

“Whether it’s spreading rumors or exposing the truth, I’m very curious, what exactly is his purpose in doing this?”

Right at this moment, Tu Ning’s phone rang.

The caller was the casting director of Qingtian Culture. In the call, he stated that he had already seen some of the news online, and explained that many people had recently been inquiring about the male lead for the script Taste of Midsummer. It was very likely a competition for resources. He conveniently listed the companies and stars who had inquired about the male lead to Tu Ning, hoping she would be aware.

Tu Ning hurriedly expressed her gratitude to him.

Only after hanging up the phone did she couldn’t help but spit lightly: “This damn entertainment circle.”

Looking at Gu Siyuan and Xie Jinzhao, she said seriously: “It was a call from Qingtian. They said Jinzhao being blacked this time might be because of the resource Taste of Midsummer.”

Gu Siyuan’s expression remained unchanged as he scoffed coldly: “Guessed as much. Is Qi Ran among the competitors?”

Tu Ning nodded: “Yes.”

Taste of Midsummer was a youth film. Although, for the sake of quality, it mostly depicted realistic high school life, to attract box office numbers, it naturally couldn’t lack the sweet, green romance between male and female students.

Don’t look at how high the fujoshi (boys’ love fans) group jumps online nowadays; in reality, the consumer group for youth movies was mostly young heterosexual couples and ordinary passersby who only wanted to see male-female CPs. They absolutely could not accept the male lead being a homosexual off-screen.

If Xie Jinzhao’s homosexual romance was exposed at this time, causing ordinary audiences to completely fail to immerse themselves or even reject this film, the losses to the production crew would be incalculable.

Especially since this film aimed to become a classic youth movie and even strive for awards. Any negative rumors outside the film itself would be enough to greatly discount its texture and impression.

Therefore, the other party’s purpose was self-evident. They definitely wanted to use this rumor to pressure the producers so that, just to be safe, it would be best to replace Xie Jinzhao as the male lead.

“How come I never noticed before that these two brothers were such unscrupulous characters? People more petty than me are truly rare in this world,” Xie Jinzhao puffed his cheeks.

Gu Siyuan reached out and pinched his cheek, chuckling lowly: “At least you still have some self-awareness.”

Hearing this, Xie Jinzhao gave a light hmph. Turning his head, he bit Gu Siyuan’s thumb, his beautiful eyes narrowing smugly, looking exactly like a satisfied little fox.

Watching these two acting as if there was no one else present, Tu Ning truly couldn’t bear to look.

She sighed: “Weren’t we talking about serious business?”

Sitting up straight, Gu Siyuan said evenly: “Don’t worry. Since we know who did it, the following matters are simple. I’ll handle it right now.”

Hearing this, Xie Jinzhao curiously straightened up, half-kneeling beside him. Blinking his big eyes, he said: “President Gu, my beloved President Gu, are you going to order your subordinates in a matter of minutes, cough cough cough…”

As he spoke, he cleared his throat slightly, roughened his voice, waved his hand arrogantly, and said: “The weather is turning cold, let the Qi family go bankrupt! Is it like that?”

Gu Siyuan sighed and directly pressed his drama-queen lover into his embrace.

Seeing his head nestled against his chest, his four limbs flailing and struggling like a frog but unable to get up, Gu Siyuan finally felt a bit more pleased.

Suddenly, right at this moment, a certain spot on his chest grew slightly hot, accompanied by a light, prickly itch.

Fuck, it turns out he’s not a frog, he’s a dog.

Gu Siyuan finally let the person go.

Xie Jinzhao’s small face was flushed red from being smothered, but his eyes still sparkled with starlight, astonishingly bright. When he looked up, he didn’t forget to lick his dark red lips provocatively at Gu Siyuan.

“…” Gu Siyuan.

He’s really going to flip the heavens. I’ll let him know the consequences of provoking his hubby tonight.

No longer paying attention to Xie Jinzhao, Gu Siyuan reached out and took out his phone.

Then, he directly scrolled through his phone’s photo album, found a few photos, logged into his Weibo burner account, and sent a few pictures to the comment sections of each of those major entertainment KOLs, accompanied by a brief comment.

A true domineering CEO can even lead burly men to snatch the company seal or personally climb over a wall to take photos of a competitor. For such a trivial exposure submission, is it really necessary to use someone else’s hands?

Having been sitting beside him all along, Xie Jinzhao naturally saw what he did, his already big eyes widening into completely round circles.

“You… where did you get these photos?”

Gu Siyuan’s expression was leisurely: “Been guarding against him all along.”

Xie Jinzhao immediately changed his attitude, hugging his arm and saying affectionately: “Darling, you’re truly amazing. Now, probably no one will pay attention to me anymore.”

Just now, the images Gu Siyuan sent under the major marketing accounts were intimate GIFs of Qi Ran and Yun Yan kissing and hugging, which he had arranged for someone to secretly take previously.

A rising film star currently enjoying high topicality, and the youngest Best Actor with countless fans… tsk tsk…

Besieging Wei to rescue Zhao (attacking the enemy’s base to relieve their attack on an ally) is the oldest tactic, and also one of the most brilliant and practical ones.

After Tu Ning received Gu Siyuan’s resolution results, she completely set her mind at ease and left directly, no longer subjecting herself to the poison of these two adulterous men.

The matter fermented extremely quickly.

After all, Gu Siyuan’s exposure involved absolutely no nonsense—it directly provided pictures and truth. It was the exact type of melon (gossip) netizens loved to eat most. Instantly, it exploded onto the trending searches.

#YunYan#
#QiRan#
#YunYanQiRan#
#MovieTheMurderer#
#QiRunQiRan# and various other related tags… the topics concerning the two men occupied more than half of the top ten trending searches.

By the time Qi Ran’s and Yun Yan’s teams reacted, those GIFs had already circulated entirely through Weibo reposts and the netizens’ small melon-eating group chats.

At night, after being carried out of the bathroom entirely limp by Gu Siyuan, Xie Jinzhao’s first action was to pick up his phone to go online, wanting to gleefully observe the reactions of Qi Ran and his team.

Randomly opening a trending gossip post, the comments were incredibly wonderful.

“Holy shit, holy shit, as expected, the truly big scoops in the entertainment circle never have any advance warnings; they just drop directly from the sky!”
“So this is the legendary romance between that traffic star and the well-known big shot in the industry.”
“You people in the entertainment circle really know how to play. It turns out it’s not just male and female stars who develop feelings after working together twice; male stars frequently collaborating two or three times also have shady dealings.”
“Qi Ran’s debut work was in Yun Yan’s big drama, right? And later, that movie The Murderer which completely made him explode in popularity, Yun Yan was the male lead too.”
“More than that. I remember the second male lead for the movie The Murderer was originally supposed to be Zhang Chen, right? Leaked set photos even came out, but later it somehow became Qi Ran. With Qi Ran’s status at that time, how could he possibly qualify to be the second male lead in such a huge commercial film? Moreover, his screen time was almost the same as Yun Yan’s. On what basis?”

Hearing someone bring up The Murderer, Zhang Chen’s fans instantly swarmed like mosquitoes smelling blood.

Back then, after the movie The Murderer was released, their fans had a tearing fight with Qi Ran’s fans. But at that time, Zhang Chen carried the label of a costume idol traffic star and had been kicked out by the production crew. His passerby favorability was very poor; everyone mocked him, saying the director despised him because his acting was too terrible.

Meanwhile, Qi Ran was the heavens-descended “Ziwei Star” (emperor star) of the film industry, nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer at various film festivals. In the eyes of bystanders, all the anger from Zhang Chen’s fans was just flustered exasperation, jealousy, and sourness.

Now, they finally had an outlet to vent.

Fully unleashing their combat power, Zhang Chen’s fans dug up quite a bit of Qi Ran’s past film and television dirt.

Starting from his debut supporting roles, several of the dramas Qi Ran participated in shared a common trait: he always got the character with the best persona. At the same time, the production crew would always have other actors kicked out for various reasons, and then those scenes would be added to Qi Ran’s part.

Aside from that, on two certain occasions, Qi Ran competed with other actors for roles. But shortly after, black material would be exposed about that competing actor, and the role would fall onto Qi Ran’s head.

In the past, because those actors who got into trouble indeed had average public reputations themselves, everyone didn’t pay much attention. But now, piecing it all together… one couldn’t help but feel a chill in their heart. This person is truly a bit insidious and vicious!

“Hehe, heaven-descended Ziwei Star, turns out he descended by relying on his ass.”
“Who doesn’t say Qi Ran knows how to play? Back when filming Wind Rises over the Mountains and Rivers, he hyped a friendship CP with Xie Jinzhao. Now filming The Murderer, he became lovers with Yun Yan.”
“Oho, whenever it’s brought up normally, Qi Ran’s fans boast about him being a heaven-descended Ziwei Star, a noble young master. Look at these insidious deeds, which word has anything to do with him?”
“The ‘heaven-descended’ you think is actually long premeditated. Behind it all are unspeakable collusions and calculations.”

Looking at the netizens’ wise remarks, Xie Jinzhao lay on the bed, hugging his quilt and unable to stop giggling.

When Gu Siyuan walked into the room carrying two cups of hot milk, he saw that this person had no proper sleeping posture whatsoever. Two large, pale legs stuck out of the blanket, still jiggling smugly.

He walked up, grasped the pale, slender ankles with his large hands, preparing to stuff them inside.

Xie Jinzhao’s reaction was quite sensitive; he subconsciously wanted to kick up. But upon looking up and seeing Gu Siyuan’s cold face, he aggrievedly suppressed it.

Gu Siyuan let go of his hands, holding the milk and arriving by his side: “Drink a little, prepare to sleep.”

“Oh.” Xie Jinzhao took the milk and gulped it down.

The cup quickly reached the bottom. Xie Jinzhao placed it on the nearby nightstand, then lightly and warmly turned back to hug Gu Siyuan’s arm.

Gu Siyuan was currently looking at work on his phone. Seeing this, he said evenly: “Weren’t you just crying and screaming saying you couldn’t take it anymore? Now your butt doesn’t hurt?”

“…” Xie Jinzhao.

Why does my boyfriend always love to bring up the pot that shouldn’t be opened (touching a sore spot)?

After a long while, he puffed his cheeks and said: “What are you looking at? Didn’t you say your official business was all done when you came in the door? Hehe, actually it wasn’t, right? You came back specially for me today, didn’t you?”

Gu Siyuan pinched his cheek: “Stop being narcissistic.”

There indeed wasn’t much for him to be busy with at the technology company. However, now that this matter with Qi Ran and Yun Yan had exploded, he had gained some other tasks out of nowhere and needed to wrap things up.

Qi Ran was the group-pampered darling of this world. Leaving other things aside, the Qi family would definitely exhaust all efforts to eliminate negative news for him.

Moreover, ultimately, exposing a homosexual romance and using connections to squeeze out peers would at most only make his public reputation sound bad and reduce his work opportunities. But for a wealthy scion like Qi Ran, it wouldn’t hurt his bones or sinews.

Once this storm passed, he and his severely brother-con elder brother might immediately react and come looking for trouble with Xie Jinzhao again.

This was too cumbersome and not his style of doing things.

When striking a snake, you must hit its seven inches (its vital spot). Taking advantage of his illness to take his life—that is my, Gu Siyuan’s, method.

The two brothers Qi Ran and Qi Run were clearly a pair of psychopaths, yet their journey in the entertainment circle had always been smooth sailing. The most important reason was the Qi family behind them.

And the backbones of the Qi family were, firstly, their father Qi Guanyu, the chairman of an entertainment company; and secondly, their eldest brother Qi Ze, the general manager of an emerging technology company.

Coincidentally, he currently had slight involvement in both these areas.

Hmph, if the place where the Qi family members stand high above others and rely on for survival falls into chaos, then who would still have the energy to pay attention to this tiny entertainment circle?

Time flew by quickly.

As November arrived, the movie crew of Taste of Midsummer quietly held their start-of-filming ceremony.

At this time, the entertainment circle was still filled with gossip concerning Qi Ran and Yun Yan everywhere.

The Qi family’s living room.

Setting down his phone, Qi Ran looked at his second brother and complained: “I don’t know what’s wrong with Dad and Eldest Brother recently. It’s just a small matter, yet they haven’t suppressed it even now. Now the internet is cursing me like anything. Many of the previously negotiated film, television, and commercial collaborations have now shrunk back.”

Qi Run patted his head and comforted him: “Don’t pay attention to those commoners. Recently, Dad and Eldest Brother’s companies happened to have a little incident. They don’t even have time to come home every day. They can only temporarily put our matters on hold.”

“Oh…” Qi Ran lay listlessly on the sofa.

Actually, while the cancellation of those film, television, and commercial collaborations made him slightly angry, it really didn’t matter to him. His purpose in entering the circle wasn’t for this anyway.

What bothered him the most was that ever since the incident broke out, Yun Yan had never met with him again.

Thinking of this, Qi Ran suddenly asked: “Second Brother, do you know who exposed this matter?”

Qi Run also frowned deeply: “There was no warning at all. If it was for money, they wouldn’t do it this way. Then it must be to vent anger or for commercial competition. Last time, that Zhang Chen drugged you; the person this time is even more insidious…”

Resource competition? Qi Ran’s eyes shifted slightly.

Could it be ‘Taste of Midsummer’?

Thinking of this, he grabbed Qi Run’s hand and said urgently: “Second Brother, could it be Xie Jinzhao?”

Qi Run also immediately reacted. Thinking of what he had done previously, he pondered: “Xie Jinzhao… it is possible. But how could he counterattack so quickly?”

Previously, the director of Qingtian Culture sent the casting announcement to Yun Yan’s company. After reading a bit of the script, Yun Yan was very pleasantly surprised, stating that if he were a few years younger, he would definitely fight for the male lead.

In today’s era of making quick money and capital ruling the roost, having such an outstanding script was truly rare.

Qi Ran was also by his side at the time. Hearing this, he took it to heart and had his manager inquire about it.

Who knew that the male lead had long been internally decided, and it was even the Xie Jinzhao he detested. Habitually, he told his second brother Qi Run about this matter.

For him, Qi Run had always been unscrupulous. This time, he even didn’t hesitate to self-explode, and then…

Qi Ran frowned, saying rather sorrowfully: “Previously, my relationship with Xie Jinzhao was quite good. Since he was so close to me, he might have secretly noticed my relationship with Yun Yan, privately obtained leverage, and then directly exposed it this time.”

“I didn’t expect him to do things so absolutely, disregarding old feelings at all.” Saying this, Qi Run narrowed his eyes, confused: “But what about the company? Can Xie Jinzhao single-handedly cause our entire Qi family to fall into chaos?”

“So it was actually you two who caused this.”

Right at this moment, a cold male voice came from the main door.

Qi Ran straightened his body and looked towards the voice. At some unknown point, their eldest brother Qi Ze was standing at the door, his gaze severer than ever before.

For some reason, he suddenly felt guilty: “Eldest Brother…”

Qi Run could never bear to see Qi Ran suffer grievances. Seeing this, he spoke bluntly: “Eldest Brother, did you misunderstand? We were just randomly guessing just now. How could Xie Jinzhao, a small star, have the ability to stir up so much trouble?”

Sitting down on the sofa, Qi Ze’s tone remained extremely cold: “He doesn’t, Gu Siyuan does.”

Qi Ran frowned first: “Eldest Brother, what do you mean? Are you saying all this was caused by Gu Siyuan? He… he’s always been so useless before. Hasn’t he just opened a special effects company outside recently?”

“Saying that you people in the entertainment circle look glamorous on the outside but are actually bags of straw on the inside is truly not wrong.” Qi Ze scoffed coldly: “Still a small company? Times have changed. The man has already come directly looking for trouble with me.”

“Eldest Brother…” Qi Ran felt somewhat aggrieved. Although his eldest brother didn’t yield to his every demand like his second brother, he had always spoiled and indulged him. When had he ever spoken with such harsh words and glaring looks, with hidden barbs in his speech?

Seeing this, Qi Ze’s tone also softened a few fractions: “Why don’t you just take this opportunity to quit the entertainment circle. It’s not like the family can’t support you. This way, things on Gu Siyuan’s side can also end here.”

Qi Ran’s face suddenly changed drastically, exclaiming in shock: “Brother!”

Qi Ze frowned: “Didn’t you enter the entertainment circle just to pursue Yun Yan? I discussed it with Yun Yan before I came. He will also fade out of the entertainment circle for a period of time, saying he’s going abroad to study directing. You can follow along; stop causing trouble for the family.”

Qi Ran scrunched his nose.

Although this looked like a good solution, Yun Yan was a Best Actor with several major hit works and a solid status. Fading out of the circle now to study abroad, when he returned in a few years after the matter subsided, he would still have his status. But as for him, he was afraid he wouldn’t even have a name left.

Furthermore, leaving with his tail between his legs like this… wouldn’t that mean he thoroughly lost to Xie Jinzhao?

Looking at him, Qi Ze said: “I don’t care what you’re thinking in your heart. If you want to stay, that’s fine too. But Father and I will no longer take care of your matters. The two companies cannot be entirely dragged into this just for your trivial little matters. If you truly have the capability to solve the issues, you are free to do whatever you want.”

Qi Ran glanced at him, then looked at his second brother.

Meeting his little brother’s aggrieved gaze, Qi Run couldn’t help but want to defend him.

But before he could even open his mouth, he was directly blocked by Qi Ze: “And you, Qi Run. You better behave yourself a bit more recently too. If it weren’t for you repeatedly doing things unscrupulously for A-Ran, it wouldn’t have reached this point today.”

Qi Run wasn’t afraid of his eldest brother and immediately wanted to talk back.

Qi Ze continued: “This is Father’s meaning. The drama Record of Snowy Clearance starring you is about to go online and broadcast. That’s a massive investment of nearly 500 million, and the company is anxious to collect the final payment. You better not cause any trouble at this time and get targeted by Gu Siyuan. If it leads to the drama being unable to air normally, Father’s company will be directly dragged to death by this sum of money.”

“Oh…” Qi Run mumbled a response, no longer speaking.

…

In early December, while Xie Jinzhao was happily filming the movie in the Taste of Midsummer crew, he suddenly saw the information online.

Yun Yan’s and Qi Ran’s studios had each issued a brief statement, expressing that they would temporarily withdraw from the entertainment circle for a period of time.

However, he merely gleefully praised his great boyfriend in his heart and had no mood to pay attention to these things anymore.

Because the post-production of Brocade Robes and Jade Capital had ended, and it entered the promotion period.

The broadcast of Who is the Adventure King had improved his public reputation, but the only thing that could truly solidify his status was always his film and television works.

And at the same time, the major production Record of Snowy Clearance—starring Qi Run and with three times their investment—also obtained its distribution license. Its schedule was the winter vacation and the beginning of the new year.

It was evident that these two dramas were going to battle it out in the same period.

However, even Xie Jinzhao’s own fans didn’t believe their drama could compare to the major production Record of Snowy Clearance.

Setting aside the lofty, top-tier production crew of Record of Snowy Clearance, just looking at the original IP… it was known as the number one historical costume detective novel on the internet, with countless fans, a solid plot, and excellent character settings for the male and female leads. It was the dream love letter of many.

Right now, the fans were just praying that the dialogue and visuals of their Brocade Robes and Jade Capital would be somewhat reliable, without too many absurd lines, and without letting black fans capture awful screenshots.

Watching Tu Ning speaking softly to the fans under the official Weibo of Brocade Robes and Jade Capital, acting coquettishly and playing cute in various ways, Xie Jinzhao couldn’t help but frown: “Sister Ning, since when did you adopt this style?”

Without raising her head, Tu Ning said: “I need to be very cautious during this period. I’m using the crew’s official Weibo to flatter your fans immensely, giving them the highest possible treatment, posting your stage photos when there’s nothing else, and blowing rainbow farts for you. After all, the drama’s popularity and promotion very soon will also partially rely on the fans.”

Xie Jinzhao frowned: “Will this work? I remember the fans seem to view this resource as a disgrace, wishing they could pretend I never filmed it. They usually act like it doesn’t exist. The only time it exists is when it’s being scolded.”

Tu Ning said: “People all have sympathy for the weak. A pitiful, obediently well-behaved production crew that lets them beat and scold and torment, yet never fights back or talks back—they won’t be able to hate it for long.”

Xie Jinzhao chuckled: “When the trailers and behind-the-scenes clips come out in a few days and the quality is good, aren’t you afraid they’ll rebel then, saying the production crew has no brains and doesn’t know how to promote?”

Tu Ning shook her head: “What’s there to be afraid of from rebelling? At most, they’ll just scold the crew a few sentences; it won’t do any harm to the drama itself. Furthermore, once this drama explodes, will the fans take their previous face-slapping seriously? When the time comes, they’ll definitely be boasting about Xie Jinzhao’s solid achievements as the first-billed male lead!”

“Hmm… that seems to make some sense.” Xie Jinzhao nodded, then narrowed his eyes and smiled: “But why does the tone of your words sound so familiar? So deserving of a beating?”

Tu Ning also gave a light smile: “You guessed it. The big boss taught me all this.”

“…” Xie Jinzhao.

The big boss was Gu Siyuan.

No wonder… so wise and astute?

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