Chapter 240 Hot Search No. 1

When Chu Yanxiao saw this trending search, he was massaging Su Leyun's waist, which was sore from hanging on wires, in the hotel room. He squinted his eyes and enlarged the photo, and his fingertips unconsciously tightened around Su Leyun's waist.

"Hiss—gentle." Su Leyun turned his head with a groan. Chu Yanxiao handed the phone to him: "When did Xu Ziming become your male lead?"

Su Leyun looked at the phone screen with a bewildered look on his face: "Xu Ziming? Didn't he finish filming the day before yesterday? When was this photo taken? How come I have no idea?"

Chu Yanxiao tapped his slender fingers on the phone screen: "Although these photos are all from a third-party perspective, Xu Ziming is from the same angle in every photo. It can be said that every expression and movement of Xu Ziming was carefully designed by him."

"You mean, Xu Ziming hired someone to do this?" Su Leyun quickly understood what Chu Yanxiao meant.

Chu Yanxiao sneered, looked at the words "What a good match" floating all over the screen, gritted his teeth and dialed a number: "Check for me immediately what is going on."

Xu Ziming sat in the meeting room of the agency, staring at the trending searches that were fermenting wildly on his mobile phone screen, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

The assistant was anxiously spinning around: "Brother Ming, public opinion is very unfavorable to us now, do you want to issue a statement to explain it?"

Although Xu Ziming bought off the marketing accounts, netizens are not blind. Apart from the internet trolls he bought and his few fans, other passers-by and Su Leyun's fans mostly remained on the sidelines.

[This is just nonsense from a marketing account, right?] There is no official announcement from Su Leyun yet! 】

[Yes, one of the protagonists is Su Leyun who just won the Best Newcomer Award. How could the other protagonist be an unknown actor like Xu Ziming? I had no idea who this guy was before today! 】

[In the photo, he is so close to our Lele, and Lele’s expression clearly shows that he is unwilling! 】

Although many comments were unfriendly, the popularity was quite high. Xu Ziming's name even topped the hot search list for a time, because everyone wanted to know who he was.

"What's the hurry?" It's said that the emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is. It's the same for Xu Ziming. He took a sip of tea slowly and said, "Isn't this the heat we want?"

He has been an actor for so many years and has long known that no matter what he does, there will always be people criticizing him, so he doesn't care whether he is scolded or not, he only cares about whether he is popular or not.

In this world where the strong prey on the weak, only the strong have the right to speak.

After waiting for a while, he opened Weibo, tapped the screen a few times, and edited a statement that seemed to be a clarification but was actually full of tea fragrance:

"Regarding the news about "Strange Stories from Mountains and Seas" circulating online today, I must clarify: I am just honored to have played a small guest role in the show, and the cooperation with @苏乐允老师 is very pleasant, but it is definitely not the dual male lead relationship as rumored online. Those photos are just daily interactions of the crew, and I didn't expect them to be misinterpreted by some people. Finally, I look forward to "Strange Stories from Mountains and Seas" meeting everyone as soon as possible, and please support the real male protagonists~"

After posting on Weibo, he did not forget to "slip" and like a fan message in the comment section: Poor Brother Ming, it was just a normal social interaction but was interpreted maliciously.

As soon as this Weibo post was released, public opinion was immediately polarized.