Chapter 38 Deliberate Slander
Within a few days, Li Xiaoqiu negotiated the interview with the Urban Channel, with an appearance fee of two million yuan. At Li Xiaoqiu's strong request, the Urban Channel agreed to show Lin Xi a sample of the program after it was recorded and edited before broadcasting it.
On the day of recording, Li Xiaoqiu accompanied Lin Xi to the TV station.
After entering the studio, the host came over and shook hands with Lin Xi. "Hello, I'm Yan Xin. Welcome to the show. It's a pleasure to work with you."
Yan Xin is an intellectual woman in her thirties. She wears glasses, has neat short hair, and wears a dignified and elegant light blue suit.
She is not the host of the urban channel, but was specially invited by the TV station for this program.
Her interviews are always known for their sharp and tricky questions, which are said to be soul-touching interviews. I don’t know how many celebrities have been embarrassed by her questions.
The urban channel specially invited her here, which was obviously to increase the ratings and stir up trouble.
As for whether Lin Xi could come to Taiwan, it was not within their consideration.
There were hundreds of spectators sitting in the studio.
As per convention, some of these audience members were invited college students, and some were staff members who received internal tickets and distributed them to their relatives and friends.
Most of them are energetic young people.
Lin Xi and Yan Xin sat down, the lights shone on the stage, and the interview officially began.
Yan Xin first asked a few irrelevant questions, as if to make Lin Xi let down her guard. Lin Xi answered truthfully, and the atmosphere seemed very relaxed and harmonious.
Then Yan Xin launched into her usual sharp tone, "Have you read some of the online comments about you? Some netizens say that you qualified purely by cheating and that your victory was unfair. What do you think? Is that cheating?"
Lin Xi thought for a moment, "All the matches were broadcast live, and you can see that I didn't commit any fouls. So my achievements were all within the rules. If they think some of my actions were opportunistic, then it can only be said that there are loopholes in the rules. The organizers should reflect on this, not me."
The audience burst into laughter, followed by warm applause.
Yan Xin was slightly frustrated, but she seemed unfazed. With a blank expression, she continued asking, "There's a rumor that you're not even eighteen yet and are taking the college entrance exam this year. Is that true?"
Lin Xi nodded. "Next month is my eighteenth birthday, and I did just take the college entrance examination."
Yan Xin continued, "I want to know, with the college entrance exam approaching, will your participation in competitions and daily training affect your studies? Some people online are saying that you're a terrible student, and that you rely on your martial arts skills to bully your classmates and are a school bully. Do you admit this?"
Lin Xi smiled and said, "I said I'm not a school bully, do you believe me?"
Yan Xin was clearly prepared, and then signaled to the director, "We recently found a video. Why don't you watch it and then answer my question."
A video appeared on the screen in the studio. Lin Xi turned her head to watch it, and soon she found that it was the scene in the cafeteria that day when Xu Nan provoked her and she knocked down several people. It was probably the surveillance video of the cafeteria.
The TV station is really powerful, they even got this.
Li Xiaoqiu stood next to the cameraman in the audience and clenched her fists. The TV station had such sinister intentions that they actually made this kind of video. This was simply a deliberate attempt to discredit her!
If she had known this, she shouldn't have taken the interview on behalf of Lin Xi!
Yun Yi happened to be standing next to Li Xiaoqiu. When she saw the video, she was also a little surprised. In her impression, Lin Xi should not be such a person.
Lin Xi waited patiently for the video to finish before calmly saying to Yan Xin, "The person in the video is indeed me, and this video is real."
As soon as these words were spoken, the audience burst into an uproar.
"It's actually true? Lin Xi only has a little bit of martial arts skills, this is too arrogant."
"It's really too much. No matter what, using violence in school is wrong."
Someone even said, "I hate school bullies the most. I've been bullied a lot before. People like Lin Xi are not worthy of our love and admiration at all!"
The chatter below grew louder, and the director had to step in to maintain order. "Everyone, be quiet. The interview isn't over yet, and the noise is too loud to pick up the radio!"
The audience gradually quieted down.
Lin Xi glanced at the audience and said slowly, "I haven't finished speaking yet. This video is not the complete version. I think the TV station should have the complete version. Please show it."
Yan Xin didn't even know there was a full version of the video. She looked at the director, who smiled wryly and said to the director, "This..."
Lin Xi followed his gaze and found the director sitting behind the monitor.
Suddenly, a chill shot towards the director like an arrow. It was Lin Xi who was staring at him expressionlessly.
He was a little surprised that a little girl had such a strong aura that he could sense a hint of murderous intent?
He hesitated for a moment and decided not to offend the girl. He picked up the walkie-talkie and said a few words. Soon the full version of the video appeared on the screen.
The video starts with Xu Nan and others approaching Lin Xi. Because it was a live recording and not an official broadcast, there was no mosaic. Xu Nan and her followers' arrogant expressions, as well as their uncaring walking posture made everyone understand at a glance that this person was the school bully.
Then there were some scenes of Xu Nan provoking her. Although there was no sound, it was discernible that Lin Xi just dodged and ignored them at first, but they continued to provoke her, so Lin Xi knocked them down.
Some university students in the audience were furious. "Your TV station is so unethical! You didn't even show the full video. Are you trying to deliberately discredit Lin Xi?"
Someone shouted, "You guys will do anything for ratings!"
"We support Lin Xi. Although we don't know the whole story, it's clear that Lin Xi was just defending herself!"
The director laughed dryly, and Yan Xin couldn't help but glare at him. The director was also hiding this from her.
The director quickly prompted Yan Xin to proceed to the next step of the interview. Yan Xin pushed up his glasses and said, "As a journalist, I won't comment on the video until I have the full truth. Let's continue with the previous topic."
"You haven't answered my first question yet. Are your academic performance really as bad as the rumors say? I think the netizens' speculation is not unreasonable. After all, human energy is limited. It must be difficult for you to balance competition training and study."
For example, it is a consensus that those who engage in sports and study art have relatively poor academic performance.
Yun Yi frowned. If she had known this would happen, she really shouldn't have invited Lin Xi for an interview.
She felt that even if Lin Xi was not good at studying, it could be forgiven, after all, no one could be perfect.
(End of this chapter)
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