Why not just go directly to him? He even added two question marks.

Wen Yan immediately replied with three question marks to Shen Jinghe.

'You should know that I didn't create this chat group, right?'

'nonsense'

"You should know that the decision to leak the information online was initially discussed between me and the director, right?"

'...Well, I guess I know.'

'So I'll definitely talk to the director. He told you he wanted to remove the trending topics, and if he's going to remove them, he'll definitely remove yours too.'

That's why I said you should come directly to me.

'It's all the same anyway. He's already created a group chat, let's talk about it there.'

"What's the point? It's all the same." Shen Jinghe suddenly felt a little unwilling to be the good guy behind the scenes anymore.

He was involved in this whole thing from beginning to end. The reason he didn't show up and left everything to Zhou Junye was because he didn't want Wen Yan to feel guilty.

She also didn't want any insider to leak the information later, which would cause her to be criticized by her fans. After all, the decision to do this was made because of her insistence in the first place.

In retrospect, it's better to put some psychological pressure on her.

Otherwise, this person's tone of voice would become arrogant.

The next second, Zhou Junye also started talking in the chat group.

Zhou Junye: 'I created this group to discuss removing the trending topics. There's been a lot of online discussion about it these past two days. Wen Yan's point is that this isn't entertainment-related and shouldn't be discussed like this. But the production team and both of you have been pushed to the top of the trending topics, so she's suggesting removing them. Jinghe, what do you think?'

Shen Jinghe: 'Agreed'

Wen Yan: 'Okay, unanimously approved! Now we're about to face the most, most, most important question.'

Zhou Junye: 'What's the problem?'

Wen Yan: 'Hehe, the cost. How do we calculate it? Will it be split evenly, or based on keywords per person, or some other standard? I have absolutely no experience with this.'

Zhou Junye: 'Don't worry, I have experience with this!'

Chen Jing and his inner thoughts: Experience? What experience do you have? My studio is the one with experience.

Wen Yan: 'That's great! Shall we go try it out now?'

Zhou Junye: 'Don't worry'

Wen Yan: 'Okay, then I'll be waiting for your good news, Director Zhou!'

The group discussion has now concluded.

Zhou Junye also contacted Shen Jinghe privately immediately.

"We've got work to do. Let's get this trending topic down as soon as possible; it's been on the trending list for days now, it's better to take it down sooner."

Shen Jinghe: 'Aren't you supposed to be very experienced? Why did you make such boastful claims?'

Zhou Junye: '...Are you unhappy?'

Shen Jinghe: 'No.'

Zhou Junye: 'When will we remove it from the trending topics list?'

Shen Jinghe: 'Tell Wen Yan that I was the one who actually did all of this.'

Zhou Junye was stunned.

"Your attitude towards Wen Yan is quite perplexing; I completely don't understand it. Could you elaborate? I'm so curious."

"Stop your curiosity!"

That evening, all related trending topics were downgraded in terms of exposure, and the matching keywords could no longer be searched.

This quickly sparked a new round of discussion.

'666! All the trending topics are gone. Who exactly is Wen Yan? Does she have a sugar daddy backing her?'

Yes, all search terms related to Wen Yan and Chai Zhaodi are no longer available, and the keyword "Wen Yan riding the coattails of others' popularity" is also unavailable.

'Haha, impressive, she's quick to remove the trending topic. She probably thought she could establish a righteous image by riding on a viral social news story, but netizens aren't buying it at all.'

"No, even I, a passerby, can't stand it anymore. Aren't you people who keep targeting this actress and criticizing her biased?"

Seeing how much you all spend online, you couldn't possibly be unaware that more than just this actress's keywords disappeared tonight, could you?

"It's not just this actress; the big star Shen Jinghe, and the entire crew of the movie 'The Silent' they starred in—all the trending topics related to them have been removed. So, do the big star and the entire crew also have powerful backers?"

"Exactly, I was just a neutral observer of SHJ before, but now that his fans keep attacking a minor actor, I'm about to turn against him."

'His fans are so difficult to deal with. Any actress, as long as she's female, will get criticized if she's even in the same frame as him.'

"Waaaah, Miss upstairs, please don't do that! Most of Shen's fans are very well-mannered. You can check our supertopic if you don't believe me. Seriously, we forbid malicious slander against any other actor."

"It's just that Super Junior's fanbase is too huge; not everyone has joined the official fan group. It's alright on the public platform, but you can check out Wen Yan's fan community; the insults there are much fiercer."

Indeed, because the keywords and terms were blocked, some extreme netizens went to Wen Yan's own account to hurl insults.

Many people also went directly to the crew's social media circles, showing a trend of starting another wave of discussion.

Netizen 'April's Little Joys' couldn't stand it anymore.

She couldn't help but post an update, along with screenshots of her private chat with Wen Yan.

The post read, "Some people really are judging others by their own petty standards. Because she was falsely accused of being a gold digger, and even Shen Jinghe personally came out to refute the rumors, you 'wife fans' still won't let Wen Yan off the hook. After that, no matter what she does, or even what she's suspected of doing, you're all dissatisfied, saying she's just trying to ride her coattails. Seeing these wild speculations in the middle of the night is infuriating! Look at the screenshots yourselves."

Screenshot (JPG).

"Scattered, they are like stars across the sky; united, they are like a blazing fire. Wow, Wen Yan has such a grand vision!"

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