No. 32 Melon

"Lan Fengling said they don't need me to shoot the new GG? I'm a rising star, and the endorsement fee is so high, are they crazy?"

Fu Xinghan's voice swearing could be heard from the RV. He had just received a call from the Blue Wind Bell brand manager, saying that they had temporarily terminated the GG filming with Fu Xinghan, but that they had not stopped the cooperation. Fu Xinghan would retain the title of spokesperson, and everything was pending.

The agent sat opposite Fu Xinghan, looking at the phone call that had just ended with a look of disbelief on his face.

"Everything was fine when we signed the contract?" the agent asked. "You even hooked up with Liu Ling'er. Lan Fengling wouldn't be so unkind!"

The agent thought for a moment and then asked Fu Xinghan, "When Liu Ling'er introduced you to Liu Mingqian, several of us staff members left to avoid suspicion. What exactly happened in the meeting room?"

Fu Xinghan paused, lowered his head, and avoided looking, as if he didn't want to mention what happened in the meeting room anymore.

"I'm your agent! It won't do you any good if you keep it from me!" the agent scolded.

"They... know about me and Chen Weiye." Fu Xinghan said reluctantly.

The agent was shocked, his brows furrowed. "Just because you know you have a sponsor, you're going to terminate GG's filming? Aren't there a ton of wealthy and well-connected celebrities in the entertainment industry? You can't do that!"

"I……"

Fu Xinghan stammered, lowering his head lower and lower, his fingers unconsciously tapping the trademark on the small table in the RV, "Besides Chen Weiye, I also have a girlfriend..."

Agent: ???

"Are you crazy? Why didn't you tell me this earlier?" The agent slammed the table in anger. "Having a sponsor might at best lead to ridicule from netizens, but cheating will ruin your reputation!"

"I've broken up with her!" Fu Xinghan quickly comforted his agent to sit down.

The agent was still very angry and shook his head helplessly.

"Don't worry, they don't have any evidence that Mr. Chen and I are together!" Fu Xinghan said firmly, "Mr. Chen is very cautious in this regard, so they can't possibly get any evidence! At most... at most, they can infer our relationship through the web drama I starred in, but that's just an inference, it doesn't prove anything!"

"That's better!" the agent gritted his teeth. "I guess Lan Fengling is afraid that you'll really fall apart, so she only stopped filming, but didn't end the cooperation. But she won't work with you anymore. Forget about the resources from Tianyao and Xinghui. This will have a significant impact on your future career."

Fu Xinghan became even more unhappy after hearing this.

He was originally a rising star with a bright future, but he didn't expect to suffer such a setback after falling in love with Liu Ling'er.

"So... we're just going to let this Blue Wind Bell thing go? Damn, this is so frustrating!"

"They're the capital, how can you fight them?" The agent helplessly spread his hands. "However, fortunately, Mr. Chen is a shareholder of the Lin Group, and Tianyu is a subsidiary of Lin, so you will still have resources in the industry. Of course, if you can curry favor with Tianyu, that would undoubtedly be even better... Holy crap!!!"

"What's wrong?!"

Fu Xinghan became alert.

The agent was just checking his emails when suddenly, an email with explosive information caught his eye.

——《Breaking News! 18th-tier actress Lin Cha hooks up with renowned director Liu Mingqian and secures the role of the female lead in "Hua Gu"!》

"Lin Cha and Liu Mingqian? Is this true?"

Fu Xinghan recalled seeing these two people in the conference room today. They looked familiar, but there was nothing ambiguous about them.

"It's definitely true!" the agent said confidently. "'Painted Bone' is a great project, with a 300 million yuan investment. How could such a project choose an unknown actress like Lin Cha to play the second female lead? Is her acting really so amazing that she can crush other actors? It's too fake! I've looked up Lin Cha. She doesn't have a professional background and no acting experience. This is impossible!"

Fu Xinghan was very proud when he heard this and sneered, "Humph, Liu Mingqian and his group of scumbags mocked me for being a resourceful person, but they themselves are still supporting a loser like Lin Cha? Lu Yanyan also launched that melon-eating variety show, which is going to reveal a lot of gossip about the guests. I wonder how that variety show can continue!"

broker:"……"

"That's not a melon-eating variety show, that's a pastoral slow-paced variety show..."

The agent rolled his eyes speechlessly, "But I remember that Tianyu has a variety show called 'Our Pastoral Life', which is a competitor to 'Leisure', and it has never been able to surpass 'Leisure'!

"If we expose this matter and bring down Leisure... wouldn't that severely damage Lu Yanyan and her followers while also currying favor with Tianyu?"

The agent and Fu Xinghan looked at each other and smiled slyly.

That night, a number of online marketing accounts suddenly broke a huge piece of gossip: "Breaking News! 18th-tier actress Lin Cha hooked up with renowned director Liu Mingqian and secured the role of the second female lead in "Painting Bones!"

The article mentioned that Liu Mingqian not only gave the second female lead role in "Painted Bones" to Lin Cha, he even favored Lin Cha and secretly manipulated her to become the sole spokesperson for Blue Wind Bell!

Lu Yanyan and Sun Qianqian were also the subjects of the article's revelations. They were familiar with Liu Mingqian, so Liu Mingqian naturally provided various resources to his "girlfriend" through them.

——The article points the finger at Lin Cha, Liu Mingqian, Lu Yanyan, and Sun Qianqian, without mentioning Fu Xinghan at all.

Originally, an article revealing that there was a financial sponsor would at most cause netizens to gossip, but would not cause the reputation of Lin Cha and Liu Mingqian to fall.

But the fact that Lin Cha became the sole spokesperson for Blue Wind Bell undoubtedly harmed Fu Xinghan's interests.

Fu Xinghan's fans immediately couldn't sit still:

[What the hell is this Lin Cha? He's actually trying to steal Brother Han's resources!]

[Brother Han has no financial backers or support, and his family is not well off. Aren't they just bullying Brother Han?]

[Brother Han is so miserable. He works so hard on his movies, but in the end he still can't compete with the capital!]

[Tea Bitch is a real repeat offender! She's been constantly riding on the popularity of male celebrities. I thought she'd quieted down recently, but now she's hooking up with Liu Mingqian!]

[Liu Mingqian is almost as old as Liu Ling'er! I used to like Liu Mingqian very much, but now I just think he's disgusting!]

[Lan Fengling must give an explanation! Why are you bullying our Brother Han like this? Our Brother Han may not have the capital, but he has us fans, so he's not that easy to bully!]

[Yes, Lan Fengling must give an explanation!]

In addition to Fu Xinghan's fans, fans of the book "Hua Gu" are also very unhappy.

[Every film or TV adaptation ruins my paper figure! Although Shang Qianqian is a villain, she is crazy and pure, so exciting! Lin Cha can't act like this at all!]

[I looked at Lin Cha's Baidu Encyclopedia and it seems like a pure variety show star, with no real achievements other than marketing to capitalize on the hype! How could they actually cast someone like that?! Has Star Shine gone crazy?]

Do the production team for "Painted Bone" think we, the book's fans, are dead? How dare they let someone with a lot of resources play a role like Shang Qianqian? Shang Qianqian is the #1 favorite female character among all the readers of the book!

[Xinghui is truly disgusting to me. I thought it was a big company with lots of investment and transparent casting, so I could look forward to it. But this? This?]

[So angry! Can celebrities please stop sucking the blood of paper people?! Don’t paper people have human rights?!]

Lincha’s reputation on the Internet plummeted, and not only that, the stock prices of Tianyao and Xinghui also plummeted.

Fu Xinghan was extremely proud.

He didn't dislike Lin Cha, but since he could use Lin Cha to teach Lu Yanyan and the others a lesson, why not do it?

Lin Cha can only blame his bad luck. Why did he find this old man Liu Mingqian when he was looking for a sponsor? He just happened to run into him!

Not only Fu Xinghan was happy, Lin Churou was also satisfied with the public opinion on the Internet.

The email in Fu Xinghan's agent's hand was sent to him anonymously by Lin Churou.

It was by chance that she learned that Lan Fengling wanted to give up Fu Xinghan and make Lin Cha the only spokesperson.

Lin Churou didn't know why Fu Xinghan had angered Lan Fengling, but she believed that if Fu Xinghan had something on Lin Cha, he would definitely not let Lin Cha go.

——After all, if you round it off, it means that Lin Cha stole his endorsement!

More importantly, the downfall of Lin Cha and Liu Mingqian is bound to have a very negative impact on "Leisure Life." While fans of Fu Xinghan and the "Painted Bones" book online are attacking Lin Cha, many netizens are also mocking Liu Mingqian, Lu Yanyan, Sun Qianqian, and others.

A variety show with three regulars caught up in a public opinion storm. How can this variety show continue?

Lin Churou was feeling happy when suddenly, the assistant hurried into the office.

"Rou Rou, the production team of 'Painted Bones' has just leaked some information. I don't know which staff member secretly released all the audition videos of the second female lead, Shang Qianqian!"

"There is such a good thing?!" Lin Churou's eyes sparkled.

There was no concrete evidence for the revelations she emailed to Fu Xinghan, only the video of Lin Cha and Liu Mingqian arriving at Xinghui Building on the same day.

After all, rumors are easy to spread. Lin Churou firmly believes that Lin Cha could never get the role based on her own ability, and Xinghui will definitely not be able to provide any evidence to refute it.

Unexpectedly, the Star Shine staff rebelled and leaked the audition video!

She wanted to see how Lin Cha's facial features would look during the audition.

When the audition video opened, the first few actors who auditioned had their own characteristics, but none of them grasped the essence of Shang Qianqian.

By the time Chen Like came on, she already had some of Shang Qianqian's feelings. She had both skills and strength. Although not at the level of being able to appear directly on the screen, she was at an 80-point level.

The last one is Lincha.

Lin Churou was prepared to see the joke, and happily picked up the black coffee that the assistant had just bought and drank it leisurely.

As the video played, Lin Cha appeared in the camera.

She is Lin Cha, but she is no longer Lin Cha.

Her every frown and smile seemed like she was from another world, especially at the end when she drank the bright red "blood", so enchanting and weird.

Lin Churou couldn't help but shiver.

This is actually Lin Cha?

Lin Cha's acting skills are so good?!

Lin Churou was shocked.

Netizens who watched the audition video were also shocked.

[Oh my god! I declare that Lin Cha brought my Shang Qianqian to life! When she drank blood, I got goosebumps all over the floor!]

I originally thought no one could play my Shallow. Sorry, I was wrong. I didn't expect to be slapped in the face so quickly! Lin Cha, you are my god! You are my Shang Shallow! When will filming start and when will it be released? I'm so excited!

[Lin Cha's level is just a vase stuffed in by a resourceful person, so what are the other actors like? Let me see? Dog head.jpg]

[If all the resourceful ones act like this, fill them in! Fill them in! I'd love for my entire team to be resourceful ones!]

[Lin Cha has such acting skills, so what does Liu Mingqian have to do with it? It's obvious that Liu Mingqian and Lin Cha were filming "Life of Eating Melons" together, and knowing that Lin Cha is a good actress, he recommended her for the audition!]

[The one above is called “Leisure Life”, thank you!!!]

[Slut-shaming is truly the best weapon to destroy a woman. That marketing account clearly had no hard evidence, but as soon as they smeared a female celebrity on the basis of financial sponsorship, the internet was filled with nothing but abuse!]

[Really? Lin Cha's acting skills were even slightly worse, but he didn't give me a chance to turn the tables!]

[I guess Lin Cha messed with someone's cake. Someone is upset with her and is deliberately messing with her!]

Lin tea's reputation changed overnight.

Originally, the most searched term was #Lin Cha relied on a wealthy sponsor to get the role of Shang Qianqian#.

The second post that followed was #Lin Cha brought Shang Qianqian to life#

Passersby couldn't understand it.

What is going on?

After reading the first one, I think Lin Cha is a resourceful guy who relies on his sponsors to get to the top!

Second, holy shit! Lin Cha's acting is so amazing, how could he be so quick to slap someone in the face?!

However, this story is not over yet.

Soon, another marketing account broke the news that Fu Xinghan was the one who was actually exploited! Lan Fengling investigated Fu Xinghan and found that he had an immoral private life. That's why they replaced him and made Lin Cha the sole spokesperson!

The term #付星寒隐规# suddenly became the third most searched topic!

[As expected! If I really had to choose between Lin Cha and Fu Xinghan as the resourceful person, it would definitely be Fu Xinghan!]

What the hell was Fu Xinghan doing in his last drama? Especially that scene where the heroine was killed during the bamboo forest siege. Was he really crying? Why did I feel like he was laughing?

Fu Xinghan's acting is truly terrible. The male lead is supposed to be a quiet, aloof character, but he managed to make him look like a wooden man! To say he's passable is a compliment... I really don't know how he landed the male lead role!

[This guy is definitely a resourceful guy! I guess Lan Fengling replaced him, and he's upset and wants revenge on Lin Cha and Lan Fengling! This guy is disgusting!]

Lin Churou looked at the public opinion on the Internet with bloodshot eyes.

He clearly wanted to use Fu Xinghan to get Lin Cha and Lu Yanyan, but why did Fu Xinghan get into trouble instead?

Fu Xinghan is such a waste!

More likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything!

With the video of Lin Cha's audition, even if there is no evidence to support the online reports that Fu Xinghan was sexually exploited, everyone will undoubtedly be more biased towards Lin Cha and have many complaints about Fu Xinghan.

Only Fu Xinghan's fans are still resisting, insisting that their brother Han has never been sexually exploited. If you have the guts, show us the evidence!

At this time, Lin Churou's phone was still on Fu Xinghan's Weibo interface.

Suddenly, Fu Xinghan’s avatar jumped.

Fu Xinghan started live streaming.

The audition videos of "Painting Bones" and the news that he was sexually exploited that were leaked on the Internet caught Fu Xinghan off guard.

You don’t have to think about it to know that it must be the work of Lu Yanyan and others!

But Fu Xinghan carefully read the article that exposed him and Chen Weiye. It only had text descriptions from beginning to end, and was made more vivid by a small cartoon drawn by an unknown artist.

This is not evidence at all!

Since they didn't reveal any evidence at this time, I guess Lu Yanyan and the others didn't have anything that could really threaten him.

Isn’t it just spreading rumors?

What’s the difference between this and the article he published that falsely accused Lin Cha?

The truly impactful revelations are actually the simplest.

For example, the audition video of "Painting Bones" that was exposed. The person who posted the video was not even willing to write a few more paragraphs, and only wrote the words "Shang Qianqian's audition video of "Painting Bones"".

But just with this video, public opinion about Lin Cha was reversed.

Fu Xinghan figured that as long as he couldn't be beaten to death, he'd start a livestream and playfully pity him with his fans. Even though he'd lost some popularity, at least he'd solidified his fan base. By the time the next drama came out, it would be six months later, and everyone would have long forgotten what had happened.

——The Internet has a very short memory.

Fu Xinghan specially chose to live broadcast at his agency. He put on haggard makeup and his lips were pale, making him look weak, pitiful and helpless.

Facing the camera, Fu Xinghan said sincerely:

"I'm Fu Xinghan. I had no intention of occupying public resources. Today in the live broadcast room..." He choked up, his eyes reddened. He took a deep breath before continuing, "I want to clarify some of the negative comments about me online."

"My family was unfortunate. My parents passed away very early. My grandmother raised me and always taught me to be an upright person. I also always believe that people should live with a clear conscience."

"I've been working part-time since middle school. My family wasn't as well-off as others, so I made up for it with my own hands. I've been an extra, a stunt double, and even jumped into icy lakes time and again in the dead of December... I believe that hard work pays off."

"I'm very happy. After a few years, I can have my own works and fans who love me. But I don't understand why those people...why do they slander me?"

Fu Xinghan's tears fell at the right moment, and he was choked with sobs and unable to speak. He wiped his tears with the back of his hand, but the tears could not be stopped and rolled down one by one.

The fans in the live broadcast room were heartbroken when they saw this:

[Wow, wow, wow, our Brother Han is such a good person! Why are you bullying him like this?!]

[Xinghan's past was truly tragic! Now, they're being targeted by entertainment industry investors! Xinghan only has us left now!]

[Isn't it just that Xinghan is famous and has taken advantage of someone else's success? Xinghan has such good conditions and has worked his way up step by step to where he is today, with so many supporting roles. How could he possibly rely on unspoken rules?]

[Does anyone know if that video next door is real? Maybe it was filmed after a lot of practice? Liu Mingqian is a famous director after all. If he were to teach them, even a pig would be able to act!]

[Right! Lin Cha has absolutely no experience, how could he have acted so well on his first try? Wasn't it Liu Mingqian who trained him? Does good acting deny the PY deal between Lin Cha and Liu Mingqian?]

[In fact, I think it's Lin Cha's good acting skills that proves she and Liu Mingqian are having an affair!]

Fu Xinghan glanced at the comments in the live broadcast room.

Very good, it is similar to what he guessed. Playing the victim is useful, and shifting the blame is also useful.

As long as the other party doesn't have any solid evidence, and he keeps his fans stable and gets through this wave, he can make a comeback!

So, Fu Xinghan looked directly into the camera, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said sincerely and firmly, "I don't have any sponsors! Every role I've gotten in the past was earned through a lot of research and hard work!"

"I can accept criticism and accusations from netizens, and I will actively correct my mistakes. But I will never accept unwarranted slander and defamation!"

"The marketing account that exposed me as having a sponsor, unless you provide evidence, I will reserve the right to sue you—"

Before he could finish his words, a crocodile bag suddenly hit Fu Xinghan in the face!

The netizens watching the livestream gasped in surprise, stunned by the unexpected turn of events. Fu Xinghan had been thrown out of the screen by the bag, leaving only the designer bag in the livestream.

[Brother Han? Brother Han, are you okay?]

[What on earth is going on? Is there a staff member who can explain it?]

[Hi, my focus is on the crocodile leather bag on the floor. Could that be the limited edition crocodile leather from H?]

[That's impossible! A limited edition H brand bag is worth a million, which, rounded up, is equivalent to a house. So they just threw away a house like that?]

"I just want to know what happened! Where's Brother Han? Brother Han?!"

A middle-aged woman appeared in the live broadcast.

She is well maintained and her real age is almost unrecognizable. She is wearing a high-end women's suit from brand A and jewelry from various high-end luxury brands.

——You can tell at first glance that she is a rich woman.

"Who are you?"

Fu Xinghan fell to the ground, completely stunned. He got up in a panic, "Where's the security? I'm doing a live broadcast, how can you let anyone in?"

The rich woman looked disdainful and glanced at Fu Xinghan sideways, as if she was looking at something disgusting.

Then she clapped her hands.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen bodyguards in black rushed into the conference room and surrounded the rich woman and Fu Xinghan.

One of the bodyguards respectfully pulled out a chair and placed a soft cushion on it.

The rich woman sat in the reclining chair, raised her eyes, looked at Fu Xinghan, and said coldly:

"Please introduce yourself."

"My last name is Zhong, and I am the legal spouse of Chen Weiye."

Fu Xinghan's eyes widened instantly.

"You don't need to manipulate public opinion online, saying your peers are slandering you," Mrs. Zhong said nonchalantly. "I asked a blogger to publish the article claiming you have a financial sponsor. You want to see proof that you seduced my husband, don't you? I'm here to give you that proof."

Mrs. Zhong had a good upbringing. Although her behavior was a bit rude at first, she spoke in an orderly manner and could even be considered gentle.

As she finished speaking, the projection screen in the conference room behind Fu Xinghan lit up, showing a video of him and Chen Weiye kissing accidentally in the community!

That’s not all. Later, Mrs. Zhong actually had a photo released, which was an X-ray of herself going to the hospital to pick up a live fish!

[Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!]

[Am I blind? Is Fu Xinghan kissing a man in the video?]

[You read that right, that's Fu Xinghan! Holy crap, this is too explosive! When the rich woman came in just now, I thought she was Fu Xinghan's financial sponsor, but I didn't expect her to be his financial sponsor's wife!]

[Girls, the second picture is even more shocking! Look at what's in that X-ray, it's a fish bone!!!]

[Isn't that just like putting a fish in your chrysanthemum?]

[Is this a sex photo of Fu Xinghan? Is it really not photoshopped? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I am blind! This is so disgusting!]

[I know about this X-ray! I saw Afternoon Tea's Weibo a while ago, where he complained about someone coming to the hospital to get a live fish! Oh my god, I never thought he was talking about Fu Xinghan!]

[My eyes! My eyes! Why did you let me see this?!]

[Oh my god, Fu Xinghan actually has such a big scandal, and yet he still claims to be innocent and has worked hard to get to where he is today. Did he rely on his chrysanthemum to work hard? This is really disgusting!]

In the conference room, Fu Xinghan was stunned.

How did Mrs. Zhong get the video? And the X-ray video? Wasn't the evidence disposed of long ago?

Fu Xinghan looked at the video again. It was moving and the distance was very far... That wasn't the neighborhood surveillance, it was the surveillance video taken by the dashcam at the rear of the car! It was the moment when he and Chen Weiye were kissing, and a car happened to leave in the distance!

With such a scene, I'm afraid even the car owner himself didn't notice it. How did Mrs. Zhong find it?!

And that x photo, it was taken before he became famous, and it wasn’t named after himself!

Fu Xinghan felt a chill down his spine.

The man in black turned off the live camera. Mrs. Zhong stood up and walked up to Fu Xinghan.

Fu Xinghan's shoulders were shaking. Mrs. Zhong and the group of men in black behind her were oppressing him so much that he could hardly speak coherently.

"W-What do you want to do?"

Mrs. Zhong sneered, "What do you think?"

——The door of the conference room was tightly closed.

Fu Xinghan's agent knew that Fu Xinghan was inside, but he didn't dare to go in.

No one dared to go in.

They were originally a small, unknown company, and just now, Mrs. Zhong acquired their company.

Fu Xinghan's heart-wrenching screams were heard in the conference room.

But everyone turned a blind eye.

It’s over. From today on, Fu Xinghan is completely finished.