Putting aside Ji Yan's previous stuff.
Today's shooting ended in a very perfect way.
When they left, the photographer was still smiling and said to Nacy, "This is the most satisfactory photo I've taken this year. When it's posted online later, it'll definitely cause a sensation." These old-timers in the circle, one pair of eyes was sharper than the other.
Will it become popular?
Can it stay popular for long? Sometimes, you can tell at first glance.
Nacy was even happier than Wen Ruan when she heard this. "Half of this credit belongs to you, right? Every photo you take becomes sensational." They were old acquaintances, so there was no need for flattery, "You have to edit them well for me. This is our Xiaoruan's first public appearance, we can't afford to make a mistake."
"Of course."
The photographer nodded with a smile and said to Wen Ruan again, "Little girl, keep up the good work, you're bound to succeed." He was very fond of Wen Ruan. Not just for the agility in front of the camera, but for her unassuming nature. And also, she had just provided him with a way out.
Good-looking.
Good-natured, and very capable.
If such a girl didn't become popular, who would?
"You're exaggerating. I will work hard," Wen Ruan smiled and sent the people off with Nacy.
After the people left, Nacy took a look at Wen Ruan. Seeing the tiredness on her face, she asked with concern, "Are you tired?"
"Yeah." Wen Ruan nodded. She had never been this tired before. Changing clothes and doing styling, she thought about it, the number of photos she took in front of the camera today was probably more than the sum of those taken in over ten years, it's a lie to say she wasn't tired.
However—
She smiled at the corner of her eye, "Although it's quite tiring, it's still interesting."
Seeing the genuine smile on her delicate face, Nacy's face also lit up with a smile, and she patted Wen's shoulder, "You'll be busy in the future, and you mustn't cry by then."
"I won't," Wen Ruan smiled. She quite enjoyed these busy days now.
Nacy also smiled, thinking of one thing, asking, "By the way, what did you just say to Ji Yan? He didn't stir up trouble and just left so obediently?"
Just now, while shooting, Nacy couldn't ask Wen Ruan. Now that there was no one around, she finally could ask Wen Ruan what had happened in the studio after they left, as that brat, unexpectedly, didn't do anything and just left like that.
This does not fit Yanji's temper.
Wen Ruan did not hide it from her. She briefly mentioned the matter to others, only concealing the fact that she was held by Yanji at the end.
Nacy sneered when she heard this. "Only that silly boy Yanji would believe Su Lanlan's words," she said, then sighed, "It's lucky that you are smart and know how to solve this problem at its source. Otherwise, if Yanji really starts making trouble, I wouldn't know how to handle him."
Su Lanlan only seized on this point, which is why she persisted in clinging to Yanji.
Infuriating!
Wen Ruan smiled and said nothing.
She used to ignore Su Lanlan because she didn't want to cause trouble for Lin Qinghan, not because she was afraid of Su Lanlan. Now, as long as Su Lanlan doesn't cause trouble for her, she still won't pay any attention to her.
But if she really wants to make trouble, she is willing to accompany her.
When they reached the 18th floor,
Nacy was discussing the arrangements for the next few days with Wen Ruan. She had only said a few words when she saw Xiaomai running over in a flurry. Seeing Xiaomai's appearance, she furrowed her brow.
Originally, sending Xiaomai to Wen Ruan's side was because she was smart and understood the rules of the entertainment industry. She could help Wen Ruan with her knowledge, so she would not be clueless about everything.
But now, seeing Xiaomai in such a state,
Nacy couldn't help but think about whether she should find a different assistant for Wen Ruan. She continued walking, her expression not very pleasant, and asked, "What's the matter?"
"She, she's a big deal," Xiaomai panted as she handed over the ipad in her hand. "I was browsing Weibo just now, and I saw a marketing account posting, saying that someone had filmed a video of Yan Shen and Ruan Ruan today. Now, the video has been posted online."
Filming set?
Nacy's expression changed, and she took the iPad to watch.
The video was about two minutes long and seemed to be shot from a distance, but the figures of Wen Ruan and Yanji were very clear, even their voices were clear—
"Su Lanlan asked you to come over?"
"It was you who pushed her down the stairs."
"I said I didn't, do you believe me?"
"Are you planning to push me down the stairs too and send me to the hospital? Or are you planning to use Yan Shen's influence to prevent me from debuting?"
"Apologize to her."
Then there was a scornful smile from Wen Ruan.
One and a half minutes had passed in the video. Nacy and Wen Ruan's expressions changed, especially Nacy. After being in the entertainment industry for so many years, how could she not understand what kind of sensation such a video would cause?
Seeing the two of them in this state, Xiaomai stood by, tentatively adding, "And, there's more at the end that's crucial."
The end?
Nacy was stunned, she continued watching, and Wen Ruan had already figured out what was "crucial" from Xiaomai's words. Sure enough, she looked down and saw that the screen was showing the segment where she had accidentally fallen into Yanji's arms earlier.
OK.
From the fan circle knowledge that Wen Ruan had just shared,
she thought she would probably be scolded by Yanji's group of girlfriends and wife fans.
Nacy looked at the frozen video and was a little dazed. After a while, she recovered her voice and turned to look at Wen Ruan, reluctantly asking, "You just..."
Wen Ruan didn't hide it and sighed, "My foot fell asleep just now. When I got up, I accidentally fell forward, and Yanji helped me up."
That's how simple the matter was, and everyone present believed her.
But obviously, Weibo was a meltpot and even the smallest things could be blown out of proportion. Not to mention that this matter was not small, especially since the video had been edited to remove the part where Wen Ruan and Su Lanlan were talking, only retaining her discontent with Su Lanlan and the ambiguous embrace with Yanji at the end.
If it had been someone else, it would have been fine.
But both Yanji and Su Lanlan were popular idols. As for Wen Ruan, an artist who hadn't been promoted or made her debut yet, with not a single fan, how could this not anger these two fan groups?
Now, the internet had already started bombarding, with a group of fans clamoring to unearth Wen Ruan's background, especially the fans of Yanji—
The combat effectiveness of Yanji's fan group had always been the strongest in the entire entertainment industry. There had been quite a few attempts to bind Yanji a few years ago, with occasional rumors spreading, but hardly any need for his company to do anything. His fans could dig up a lot of evidence and directly throw it in the face of the other party and the marketing account.
Let them behave like good people.
As time passed, those female stars dared not bind themselves with Yanji. After all, Yanji was famous, but if they were really exposed and mocked out of the industry, would they still be able to survive in entertainment circles?
It was just in the past two years.
Yanji occasionally supported Su Lanlan, bringing her along to his concerts, and filming commercials with her. Although his fans didn't like Su Lanlan, because of Yanji, they could only bear it.
But what was happening now?
This woman who came out of nowhere, with her grievances against Su Lanlan, that was their problem. But why did she throw herself at Yan Shen? How could that be?
Checking again.
Very good, the so-called sunflower goddess who was popular not long ago, regardless of anything, directly posted a picture and its caption, in size 14 blood-red letters, directly stating, "[Please, some obscure beautiful person, do not come and bind our Yan Shen]."
Checking again.
Ok, even better.
This woman who was nothing, not having participated in a talent show and not having undergone public voting, turned out to be an artist from Tianyi, and her manager is the top-notch agent Nacy who is also the senior sister of Yanji!
What the heck?
Is she worthy of being our spiritual support disciple?!
No, she's not!
If she's not, what should we do?
Of course, we should scold her, not just on our own microblog but also on the official microblog of Tianyi, and it's best to make the person feel so bad that she leaves the industry directly, so as to prevent such harm from constantly associating with our spiritual support.
Even though Su Lanlan's fans are not as strong as Ji Yan, they are still considered in the top ranks in the industry.
Seeing the strong combat power of Ji Yan's fans, they naturally won't fall behind. A fan with over 300,000 followers wrote a long post, "No wonder Lan Lan hasn't been seen these days, even the endorsements she had previously agreed to have been postponed. I never expected she was actually pushed down the building."
"We've always respected our seniors and shown care for newcomers since Lan Lan's debut. Now, she's being mistreated by a third-tier female star like this. I hope Tianyi Company will give us an account and not protect such morally corrupt artists."
"Also, I want to say that although the entertainment industry is mixed, fans are not blind. Such morally corrupt and disrespectful artists will not be tolerated, no matter how good-looking they are! If Tianyi protects the female star, don't blame us fans for taking other measures!"
Once this microblog was published, it spread rapidly.
Now, the top trending topics are mainly related to #Ji Yan#, #Ji Yan, Sunflower Goddess#, #Su Lanlan, Sunflower Goddess#, #Su Lanlan's injury#, #Tianyi's new artist#, #Sunflower Goddess#
In the office, everyone's mood was not good.
Xiao Mai dared not say anything and could only keep checking Weibo and the forum, to see how the situation had progressed. Unexpectedly, as soon as she checked, she couldn't help but exclaim and look at Wen Rou in disbelief, asking softly, "Wen Rou, is your ex-husband the president of the Linshi Group?"
Huh?
Wen Rou was taken aback. She looked at Xiao Mai and, seeing her expression, knew that Su Lanlan and Ji Yan's fans probably had found out about her background, but she didn't hide it. She nodded and confessed, "Yes."
The ex-wife of the president of the Linshi Group!
The ex-wife of the richest man!
Xiao Mai seemed to see a halo around her, and if it were not for the inappropriate occasion, she might even want to hug Wen Rou's legs and ask what it was like to be the wife of a billionaire.
But now—
She just kept quiet, as what was being said online was really unpleasant to hear, and she frowned just by looking at it.
Seeing Nacy and Xiao Mai's expressions, Wen Rou probably could guess how much the situation had escalated online. She took out her phone and was about to check, but her hand was held by someone. She turned to look with some confusion at Nacy, who frowned and advised her, "Don't pay attention to this matter for now, and don't read the online comments."
"I'll handle this matter."
Knowing that Nacy was worried about her, Wen Rou didn't insist further. She put her phone on silent mode and placed it aside. Then she spoke, "As long as we can find out who provided the video and get the original footage from them, it will be fine."
But that person is difficult to trace.
In addition to Tianyi's own staff at the studio today, there was also a large team brought by the photographer. It would not be easy to interrogate them all.
Nacy tapped the screen of the iPad lightly, deep in thought. Then, taking Wen Rou's phone, she stood up, "I'll keep your phone with me. I'm going to have a meeting with them now. You stay here and rest for a while," she said, then instructed Xiao Mai, "You look after Rou Rou. Don't mention anything about what's being said on Weibo."
Xiao Mai knew those words were too harsh, and she was afraid of upsetting Wen Rou, so naturally, she dared not tell her. She nodded busily in response, "Okay."
The situation was urgent.
Nacy didn't want to delay, so after speaking, she left.
***
At the hospital at this time.
Since she hung up the phone, Su Lanlan had been feeling restless and worried that Ji Yan would ignore her because of this matter. Even though she didn't like Ji Yan, she still enjoyed being with him. If Ji Yan really stopped paying attention to her, then she...
Her phone had not stopped ringing.
But Ji Yan never picked up her calls again.
"Lan Lan, Lan Lan, good news." Her agent came in from outside and handed her the phone directly. "Look at the trending topics."
Good news?
Su Lanlan furrowed her brow and didn't say anything. She took the phone and, upon seeing the trending topics, was stunned. When she watched the videos, she was even more speechless, "Did you do this?"
How else could the video have been edited so well? It all pointed to Wen Rou.
At the thought of this, her face didn't look too good.
It wasn't because Wen Rou was in a risky situation, but rather because she was worried that someone would find out that she had gotten someone to do this. She had always portrayed a pure image in the entertainment industry. If such a scandal were exposed, how would she continue her career in this industry?
Her small face stiffened, and her voice lowered, "Ask who this was bought from, do they know who you are? When it's over, don't expose us."
The agent rolled her eyes, "What are you saying? I didn't grease anyone's palms. Maybe this girl offended someone, or someone just didn't like her. That's all," she tsked twice lightly. "With just this face, if she really made her debut, wouldn't all the other female stars in the industry feel threatened?"
"Of course, when there's a chance to step on someone, step on them hard. It would be best if she couldn’t even debut."
Reassured that it wasn't her agent's doing, Su Lanlan breathed a sigh of relief. Although she was dissatisfied with her agent's words, her furrowed brow slowly relaxed.
Yes.
Some people naturally need to be stepped on hard. Thinking about the humiliation she had just received, she spoke with a cold tone, "Go find some water armies to stabilize the trending topics. Don’t let them drop." No one could trace the source of these things.
Her agent was used to doing such things and laughed upon hearing that, "All right, I'll go find some people."
Tianyi Economic Media Company, 18th floor.
After Nacy left, Xiao Mai poured Wen Rou a glass of lemon water and sat beside her, comforting her, "Rou Rou, don't worry. Nacy will definitely find a way to handle this. Besides, there isn't a star in the industry who hasn't been through negative publicity. They say the more negative publicity, the more famous one becomes."
"Even Yan Shen, when he first started out, was criticized by many people."
With a gentle smile and a voice as soft as ever, like a gentle spring breeze in March, she asked, "What are they saying about me online?"
Xiao Mai didn't dare say anything.
Just as she was about to change the subject, Wen Ruan looked at her and said, "Even if you don't tell me now, I'll see when I get home. Speak up, I'm not that fragile."
She had been criticized before.
In these three years, she had received no less verbal abuse than today.
Xiao Mai looked at her, hesitated for a while, and reluctantly took out her phone. When she handed it over, she wasn't very decisive, "Promise me that even if you see it, you'll just ignore them."
Wen Ruan smiled softly and said, "Okay."
Taking Xiao Mai's phone, she looked through it. Among the top ten hot searches, this incident accounted for eight, with four of them related to her. One of the news about the ex-wife of the top rich person even ranked first, causing a sensation.
Last time, she didn't click into the hot search about the top rich person's divorce.
But this time, she did click into the news about the top rich person's ex-wife.
[Netizen Comment: I'm speechless. I thought everything was fine, why did the top rich person divorce? It turns out his ex-wife has such a character, being so arrogant even when pushing someone downstairs, serves her right to be divorced!]
[Netizen Comment: What sunflower goddess? She seems more like a two-faced and malicious woman, appearing gentle and pitiful, but actually dominating others with her power, and liking to push people downstairs. If something happens, we won't let you off, Lu Lu!]
[Netizen Comment: A word of advice to Tianyi, release this D-list celebrity early, look at how rational the top rich person is. If you don't want to mess up, learn from them.]
[Netizen Comment: My goodness, I saw this girl at the Civil Affairs Bureau before and thought she was very beautiful, didn't expect her character to be so terrible. Terrifying, can't just judge by looks.]
These were the kinds of comments that filled the screen.
Xiao Mai, watching with gritted teeth, couldn't help but curse, "Who are these people? Clearly don't know anything and still think of themselves as paragons of justice? I'll release a video later and crush their faces!"
As she cursed, she still couldn't let go of her anger.
"It's all because of Su Lanlan, that hypocrite. So quick to involve us with Yan Shen. This time Yan Shen was wrong, he didn't even understand the situation and came over, doesn't he know the kind of influence he has?"
This time, Xiao Mai was really furious.
Although she had only been with Wen Ruan for a few days, she could feel that she was a very gentle person. It was because of this fondness that she couldn't help but speak up for Wen Ruan in Yan Shen's fan group just now.
Who would have thought that her former good friends would turn against her and criticize her. Angrily, she directly left the group.
Now.
She was both angry and wronged, and couldn't help but shed tears, "I will never be a fan of Yan Shen again. I want to be a determined sunflower girl, and only be a fan of Soft Sister!"
Sobbing.
Men are all big idiots!
Goddesses seem more reliable.
Wen Ruan, who was feeling slightly uncomfortable before, was now amused by Xiao Mai's outburst. She sighed and handed over a tissue, "I haven't cried yet, why are you crying? Besides, this has nothing to do with Ji Yan in fact."
In the past.
If something happened to Lin Qinghan, she would have definitely disregarded everything and gone straight to question.
So she didn't blame Ji Yan.
Upon hearing Wen Ruan's comforting words, Xiao Mai burst into tears even more, "Sobbing, you even speak up for him, it's all him, and Su Lanlan, that hypocrite. I must find water army to curse her to death in the future."
"This shameless person, if it weren't for her, today wouldn't have turned out like this."
Wen Ruan smiled and was about to say something when Xiao Mai's phone rang. It was Nacy. She handed the phone back to Xiao Mai and sat quietly on the side.
Wiping away her tears, Xiao Mai answered the call after having the phone in her hand for a while. A few seconds later, she suddenly exclaimed softly, turned her face to Wen Ruan, looking incredulous.
After hanging up the phone, Wen Ruan asked, "What did Nacy say?"
"Nacy said-"
Xiao Mai, looking as if she were in a dream, hesitated and said, "The matter has been resolved. Someone has found the original owner of the video, and it has been uploaded online now."
What?
Wen Ruan was also dumbfounded upon hearing this- -