Chapter 129 - Basics to Alternative Marketing (2)

"Ooh. Let's get him with this." Jasmine finally saw something she can come back to because she saw September Ninth during the Sorrento Film festival.

She was also invited to Sorrento last May because a previous novel of hers was made into a movie.

|I saw the film. You're daydreaming if you think you can write something like it. Just focus on your fairy tales. |

"That was okay... I guess." Casey said, finding Jasmine's response a little bit weak. 

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|Maybe it was you who is daydreaming while writing your books… Anyway. Your book is still well written. I hope we can collaborate in the future when I write the next volume of my fairy tales. |

Tayaw has had enough and sent one last post for Jasmine, for now.

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*huff**huff* "Casey, help me sh*t on his guy. He can't just get away with it." Jasmine who was sweating from playing bowling earlier, is now drenched in sweat in anger.

"Alright. I have in fact read some of his stuff too." Casey just shook her head. 

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"One down. Next." Tayaw started typing again. 

Tayaw's next target is the singer slash actor 26-year-old Nathan Barnes. Nathan Barnes is not the best actor around but because of his good looks, he has a lot of fans and is generally very marketable. Tayaw is confused as to why Nathan is still as popular and would be still in the future despite the numerous instances of his bad behavior towards his fans. 

Nathan also rubbed Tayaw the wrong way in his previous life. Nathan was not that great a singer and never wrote a single song, but whenever he puts out a new single, it becomes a hit despite the subpar music. Now that Tayaw has the eyes of a film maker, his dislike of Nathan deepened after seeing Nathan's poor acting skills. 

Nathan also currently has an incredible following of 3.9 million followers on Twitter. This number tempted Tayaw's hands like how a Samoyed's fur would to a dog lover.

Taya quickly looked up the first movie scene of Nathan he could find in YouTube, copied the link and tagged Nathan on Twitter with a post.

|@therealnathanbarnes Ah my gawd. Your fans actually call this kindergarten acting, a performance? Jesus Christ. It's KINDERACTING, I say! |

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"Check this out! Oh my God I can't believe this is happening! LOL XD!"

"Holy sh*t! He's even crazier than I thought!"

"We're in for a show, boys!!!"

Tayaw's new followers feel another brewing of chaos and they entered an extreme state of anticipation. 

"DUMB B*TCH! I BET YOU'RE ONE UGLY B*TCH!"

"@tldGrimmauld, fight me!"

"Hey D*ouchebag! Who the f*ck are you?"

"@tldGrimmauld must have been hit in the head as a child."

It also did not take long for Nathan's fans to notice. 

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"CUT! Alright, see you tomorrow Nathan." A film director said in relief. It took 14 shots for Nathan to get his lines right.

"Thanks. I'll see you then." Nathan said as he went back to his trailer. 

Nathan's manager handed him his phone with a complicated expression.

"What? Something happened?" Nathan asked noticing.

"Nothing. Someone posted something about you on Twitter." The manager said.

"Ugh… another hater. Don't these people have something better to do?" Nathan said as he unlocked his phone. 

A few seconds later, "Kinderacting?!" Nathan was dumbfounded at Tayaw's insult.

"F*ck, I know I'm not the best actor, but kindergarten acting? Isn't that too much?!" Nathan knows that he is only marketable because of his looks and he has always felt inferior about his acting. 

"Hey, how do I reply?" Nathan asked his manager.

"Hmmmm… just call him cruel or something. I'm not sure." The manager replied.

Both Nathan and his manager know about Nathan's subpar acting so they both did not bother addressing directly at Tayaw's jab.

|@tldGrimmauld I can stand this cruelty but I hope you find something better to do with your time.|

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"Ooh. Peaceful, non-confrontational, and respectful. That was clever." Tayaw nodded at Nathan's response.

Tayaw however was annoyed at a word Nathan used and quickly came up with another reply through word association.

|@therealnathanbarnes Cruelty? I'll tell you what's cruelty. Good deserving actors who got their roles take away.| 

|@therealnathanbarnes They just needed one last push and someone took their opportunity away. Now they're starving. AH! The cruelty!|

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"How the f*ck is that my fault?!" Nathan exclaimed. He is now feeling wronged.

"I know I'm a sell-out, but what am I supposed to do? Not take the money? Who the f*ck is this asshole?" Nathan said through gritted teeth.

He knows that Tayaw is right however. He became a star at the tender age of 17 and since then, he never ran out of acting roles. He is also very aware that there are better actors than him and it gave him fear to compete with them.  With that fear, he did not hesitate to take the roles he was offered and made money to make his and his family's lives better.

"Relax. You gave opportunities to good actors, which is a good thing. Don't take this joker seriously. Give me your phone before you post something stupid." The manager consoled Nathan. 

Nathan, to neutralize his guilt of indirectly taking away jobs from more deserving actors, has helped some obscure actors to land auditions they otherwise would not have the opportunity of participating in.

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"WHOOAHH!"

"BUUURNNN!"

"He said it! He f*ckin said it! LMFAO!"

Tayaw's new followers and spectators are now clamoring. While they see Tayaw's point, they are also venting their jealousy of Nathan's success. 

"@tldGrimmauld. Zack Stone, Elliot Day, Jayden Fischer. Sound familiar? Nathan helped their career."

"If directors want him, what is he supposed to do? Shut the f*ck up!" "So, what if they're better actors? They don't look as good."

Nathan's fans meanwhile are also hell bent on defending Nathan. 

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"Okay. I got emotional." Tayaw shook his head.

He was only supposed to criticize Nathan's acting skills but Nathan's use of the word 'cruelty' triggered him out of nowhere.

The frustration he felt in his previous life when he and the Percussive Corrections were not recognized despite being better musicians than most of the famous acts came flooding back to him; and Cruelty was the exact word Tayaw used often in his past life to describe the situation they were in. 

While Tayaw knows that Nathan is barely at fault at how the movie industry is, he does not want to back down from his last post. 

|@thesegustthings 3 actors, and a few more. That's nothing compared to the number of his undeserved roles. Boohoo. Good job to Nathan.|

|@thesegustythings how many roles did Nathan really audition for? If Nathan can land a leading role by competing with other actors, then your point is valid.| 

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"@tldGrimmauld HEAR HEAR! BABY!"

"PUH-REACH BROTHER!" "I can act better than Nathan, but I'm here doing plumbing. F*ck Nathan."

"Nathan can't even win an Actor's Globe, and that award is a sham. I can't believe he's famous." Tayaw's new followers and the third parties are now helping Tayaw to pile on Nathan and his fans. 

Nathan's supporters on the other hand, are only hurling insults now that have nothing to do with defending Nathan. 

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Seeing that there is nothing worth responding to among Nathan's fans, he no longer paid attention to their posts. He instead decided to have some fun with his new followers.

|@lemonhermit I can act better than Nathan, but I'm here writing books. F.u.c.k my life… XD|

|@TLDGrimmauld If Nathan can win an Actor's Globe, then I can win an Academy Award.| 

"BRUUHHH! XDDDDDD!"

"#GrimmauldForBestActor!"

"#lemonhermitforbestactor" Tayaw's followers are having a blast.

Tayaw's recent tweets however, gave Nathan's fans an opening.

"What do you know about acting!"

"@tldgrimmauld acting? That's the biggest joke I've ever heard today!"

"You were acting like a hero for unknown actors earlier, now you're making a joke of their job. What a hypocrite." 

It did not take long before Tayaw replied. 

|@nathanspillow I'm not making fun of the actors, I'm making fun of Nathan's acting skills.| 

|@daphne88 I know enough to say that Nathan is a bad actor. Swap his role as ***** to his role in ***** and no one would notice. I saw good acting recently in 'September Ninth', a Fiore D'oro winner in Sorrento.|

|@daphne88 That film not being nominated for the Best Actor award is another injustice.|

|@sgLovah The joke is paying Nathan for acting like himself, not the character. He played a basketball player, he can't even move and act like one. WTF| 

|@sgLovah He can't even play himself right. That's another joke for you.|

Another round of insults came Tayaw's way from Nathan's fans. Tayaw's fans on the other hand, stepped back to once again watch the spectacle. 

A few moments later, Nathan's fans have their back up arrive. 

|@tldGrimmauld. You sad, untalented, sack of sh*t.|

|@tldGrimmauld Nathan is a singer too! He has two jobs! Give him a break.|

|@tldGrimmauld I'm disappointed. I didn't know you were like this. I love your books too."|

|@tldGrimmauld Why are you doing this?!|

Tayaw has now switched to his computer to catch up as much as he can to the tweets and to launch more tweets to Nathan.

|@kCooldown Oh! I forgot his music sucks too! He sounds like this *goatbelching.gif*| 

|@tinapuss At least I'm talented in one aspect. Nathan isn't a talented actor or a singer. Unless being handsome is a talent. Open your eyes and ears!| 

|@holdingnathandown Thank you for reading my book, dear reader. My personality however, has nothing to do with my creations. It's not like I'm saying anything wrong either.|

|@therealnathanbarnes How is this guy not selling more records than you? *link/youtube/isaacyawatstrawberryfront/**link/youtube/percussivecorrections/*|

|@therealnathanbarnes I find it unbelievable. Like, I LITERALLY CANNOT BELIEVE that your fans think you're a better singer than the guy.|

Tayaw took this opportunity to promote his musician persona. Tayaw also made sure to impress anyone that would click on his links so he chose the video of his best guitar solo performance and the video where he sang the most high notes and vocal runs. 

He is also confident in bragging his skills compared to Nathan's singing. After all, Tayaw now considers himself an actual artist.