Finally, an employee sitting in the back hesitated and said, "Assistant Director, is it possible that Xu Yanyu herself leaked the information?"
After all, one of the marketing claims for this episode is that you can't guess her identity; she might want to do a live stream..."
"Shut up!" Before the staff member could finish speaking, Director Zhou slammed his hand on the table and called a halt.
"Anyone could potentially expose the identity of Sexy Xiaoqiang, but Xu Yanyu herself will not."
Director Zhou is well aware that Xu Yanyu and Hongsen Entertainment still have unresolved legal disputes.
Once the information about Xu Yanyu's participation in the program is revealed, she will be unable to participate in the following programs.
Xu Yanyu earns an extra sum of money for each episode she participates in.
It won't matter if her identity is exposed sooner or later; in fact, the longer she keeps the audience in suspense, the greater the benefits she will reap when her identity is finally revealed.
So how stupid must she be to do something so foolish?
The assistant director sneered, "I've already contacted the media outlet that broke the news. I'll know the results soon. Don't let me find out who's behind this!"
"The program's promotional plan needs to be changed. You can have the meeting here," Director Zhou said wearily, rubbing his temples.
After he finished speaking, he turned and walked out of the conference room. He was going to contact Xu Yanyu later.
After receiving the call from the gossip media, Xu Yanyu was not in a hurry to contact Director Zhou and the others.
Instead, they logged into Sina Weibo immediately.
Sure enough, the first trending topic was about her.
[Breaking News! Sexy Xiaoqiang is actually Xu Yanyu!]
She clicked on it and saw a short video.
A somewhat sleazy-looking man was holding a microphone and rambling on and on about nonsense.
"We persevered and didn't disappoint the public. We staked out S-Station on Wednesday, and although we didn't find Sexy Xiaoqiang himself, we were determined!"
After spending a fortune to pave the way, and with the help of an unknown kind-hearted person, they finally found out the real identity of Sexy Xiaoqiang.
Yes, you wouldn't believe it, would you? We didn't expect it either, the sexy Xiaoqiang is actually Xu Yanyu.
Everyone knows who Xu Yanyu is, right? A famous "pretty face" celebrity, who's been trending on social media countless times lately because of her contract dispute with her agency...
Xu Yanyu leaned back on the sofa and closed the video without expression.
In just twenty minutes, the video had garnered over 100,000 comments.
She clicked to view it.
"Holy crap! Xu Yanyu is actually a sexy cockroach? Is this gossip media reliable?"
"Family members, who would have thought that when we were guessing the identity of Sexy Xiaoqiang, Xu Yanyu was the first S City celebrity I eliminated?"
No wonder I guessed wrong; I had already ruled out the real target.
"If Sexy Xiaoqiang is Xu Yanyu..."
She tries to embezzle award-winning actors, she makes bad movies, she has a falling out with her agent—I seem to be able to accept all of that.
"It's because she sings so well."
"It's that gossipmonger again. You guys can't find any juicy gossip, so you spread rumors, right? How could Sexy Xiaoqiang possibly be Xu Yanyu? Don't be ridiculous!"
...
Xu Yanyu had only flipped through a few pages of comments when her phone rang again—another call from an unknown number.
It could be a call from her former agent, or it could be a media person who got her phone number from an unknown source.
She blocked and blacklisted them all in one go.
However, having roughly understood the situation, she needed to contact the production team as soon as possible.
Let's see how the production team handles this.
She pulled up her contacts, found Director Zhou's number, and dialed it.
"Hey, Yan Yu. You're calling because your identity was exposed, right?" Director Zhou was looking at a chat log that the assistant director had just given him.
"Yes. I just received a call from that gossip media outlet and found out I'm already trending. I'd like to know how you plan to handle this and how I can cooperate with you."
Xu Yanyu's tone was very calm.
She knew that what had happened was already done, and no matter how bad things got, her first priority was to minimize the damage.
She just wanted to see if the production team would ask her to deny it, admit her identity directly, or simply ignore it and let it go.
"Yan Yu, the news that your identity was exposed was leaked by someone in my production team," Director Zhou said, rubbing his forehead.
Just as he suspected, the root of the problem was their production team.
It's a shame that during the meeting just now, some people were trying to shift the blame to Yan Yu.
The assistant director pushed open the door and happened to hear what Director Zhou was saying.
He couldn't help but sigh.
One bad apple spoils the whole bunch.
Everyone is busy dealing with this unexpected incident right now.
Xu Yanyu's expression remained unchanged; she wasn't surprised by Director Zhou's answer.
She hid it very well and it was impossible for her identity to be exposed, so there is no other possibility that it was a mistake on the part of the production team.
"I understand," she replied calmly.
"There's more bad news. Besides your identity being exposed, the contract you signed with us has also been revealed."
Director Zhou's face turned a little red; he was embarrassed!
He knew about Xu Yanyu and Hongsen Entertainment, and he knew that keeping the contract confidential was very important to Xu Yanyu.
One of the conditions Yan Yu agreed to participate in the recording of the program was that her identity could not be revealed unless she lost the competition or the recording of the program was not over.
Xu Yanyu's conditions were completely in line with the competition rules of "Masked Singer," so he had no reason not to agree at the time.
However, he never expected that in the end, he not only exposed Xu Yanyu's identity, but also gave the contract to the other party.
Just because of one million yuan.
Yes, that employee, in pursuit of one million yuan, ultimately abused his position to steal the program's contract.
The assistant director is also having a major headache; firing people now won't help.
"So now I either stay silent or admit my identity outright? By the way, can you tell me who got the contract?"
Xu Yanyu also felt terrible.
She now only hopes that the people at Hongsen Entertainment haven't received the contract she signed with the program team.
Director Zhou looked at the assistant director and then turned to ask him the question Xu Yanyu had just asked.
The assistant director shook his head. "It seems like we've sold quite a few copies."
Director Zhou said apologetically into the microphone, "Sigh, this isn't good. It seems we sold it to quite a few people, and I don't know how many of them have copies of the contract. Please remain silent for now, and I'll see how to handle this."
Director Zhou's teeth are hurting, he's got a sore throat!
He was so smug before today, he was watching this episode become another huge hit, and the season was about to come to a perfect end.
But now this strange thing has happened.
"Alright then." Xu Yanyu nodded.
Then she should prepare for the worst.
"You...you handle it as you see fit. The production team will discuss the breach of contract compensation with you later."
Director Zhou's heart was bleeding when he said those words.
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