Day 124
"Then what else can we do? Without the original video, we can't prove our innocence. It's too frustrating to let them slander us like this, right?" Jiang Han complained.
Fu Xunyan was silent beside him - he knew how to solve this problem.
After all, this kind of interview, without any official backing, is a free-for-all. Even if there's a recording that seems like evidence, anyone with a discerning eye can see why those people didn't just release the video. It's clear something's fishy.
Those who are jumping around on the Internet nowadays are all Bai Wenji's black fans.
Therefore, as long as Bai Wenji's studio issues a statement denying that the person in the video is Bai Wenji, it will be enough to prevent the other party from making another move by claiming that Bai Wenji is the one who beats someone to death. According to the current level of public opinion fermentation, this kind of seemingly plausible editing that causes misunderstandings about Bai Wenji on the Internet will result in civil compensation at the least and criminal sanctions at the worst.
Of course, if the other party still has a way to verify that the person inside is Bai Wenji from other directions, Bai Wenji's studio can also come out to clarify the truth - but this approach is more troublesome, which is equivalent to being forced to prove one's innocence, and the cost is very high.
Fu Xunyan didn't say anything because he wanted to see if these boys could think of other ways to solve the problem on their own.
He doesn't like being the captain, and even if he debuts in the future, he doesn't want to be the captain.
Unfortunately, no matter how mature these boys were, this was the first time they faced such a situation. They fell silent for a moment, frowning and thinking deeply.
After returning to the dormitory in the evening, Da Pei and Shen Chi immediately locked up Bai Wenji and asked him what Ye Lai had said to him in the afternoon.
Who knew that Bai Wenji was also a little confused, with a look of deep confusion on his cold face.
"He just said sorry to me."
"Although it's not his fault, it's normal for him to apologize to you on behalf of the company, but—is it necessary to call you over for a private chat?"
"Ye Zi is so concerned about face?"
Da Pei didn't quite understand, so he kicked his feet, pulled the quilt over his body and lay down.
Shen Chi turned his pen and secretly stopped doing the questions.
"He does care about his appearance."
The three of them thought about it and found nothing unusual, so they continued to rest.
But Fu Xunyan, who was sitting symmetrically with Shen Chi at the other end, felt something was wrong.
The voting for the three public performances will end tomorrow. Bai Wenji will definitely be affected by this incident. We can only pray that his ranking will not drop too much.
After the last fake vote incident, the program team can no longer interfere with the contestants' vote count, but the problem is that this gives capital more opportunities to influence the vote count through other means.
Night fell as the few people felt a little uneasy.
The next day, the base exploded.
It didn't explode in the physical sense.
"Have you guys heard? Ye Lai broke up with the company?"
"Quitting the company at this time? How is this any different from committing suicide?"
"So powerful, Ye Lai, worthy of his name!"
Despite all the discussions, the person in question actually sat calmly in the cafeteria, peeling his eggs slowly and leisurely as usual.
"Why didn't they follow you this time?"
Ye Lai raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at Fu Xunyan.
"They don't know whether they should come." Fu Xunyan put down his hearty breakfast, which made Ye Lai suddenly feel aggrieved - who allowed this person to eat two buns with a bowl of sweet milk in the morning!
Ye Lai was depressed and shrugged: "What's the right or wrong thing to do? Can we not meet tonight?"
"Well, we have to meet, but your news is too explosive. Everyone is still in shock." Fu Xunyan raised his chin towards the distance. Liu Yongshan, who was secretly eating melons, was caught. He was so panicked that he made eighty movements in one second to try to cover up the fact that he was peeking.
"How much did you lose?" Fu Xunyan asked directly.
Originally, Ye Lai was still maintaining the image of a young little prince today. He looked sunny and seemed unaffected. But when Fu Xunyan asked this, he suddenly became deflated and didn't care whether the dining table was dirty or not.
"I lost all my money."
"So serious?"
Ye Lai glanced at him and said, "You think I am you? You think the stars are Ou Rui. After joining the show, they terminated almost all of my business responsibilities. My savings are pitifully small."
"Plus, this contract was signed right after I returned to China. My lawyer helped me negotiate with the stars and finally managed to cut the penalty in half."
According to common sense, it was actually Fu Xunyan's turn to comfort Ye Lai and say some witty remarks.
But he knew that Ye Lai did not need such meaningless comfort. Rather than comfort, he needed someone to affirm his decision.
"That's good. If you terminate the contract now, you'll only get 700,000 or 800,000 yuan in compensation. Once you debut and sign other contracts, the money will be much more than that."
"Besides, now that we're separated from the stars, we won't have to earn money to support them in the future."
"Who said it wasn't?" Ye Lai nodded while chewing on an egg. It was obvious that although he felt pain because of losing money, it didn't cause him any serious blow.
The stars are not a good place.
They did not regard Ye Lai as a real living person, but rather as a backup for the stars in "New Century". The one they really promoted was Zhou Hengyu.
In this situation, you would be a fool not to retreat.
"Then what will you do next? Losing the company's support at this point in time will make it very difficult to vote."
Ye Lai stammered - he was very unsure about this matter.
Last night's farce was not a spur-of-the-moment act. He and his agent had discussed it for a long time. It was just because the Bai Wenji incident gave Ye Lai a reason to attack the company.
But it was a bit hasty after all - they haven't found a new club yet.
"Although Ou Rui is doing well now, I don't recommend you to come." Fu Xunyan said frankly.
"Orui has already signed Jiang Han and me. If you sign us now, Orui will become the only one in the market. It will be difficult to negotiate contracts with other companies after our debut."
Who says it’s not?
Ye Lai certainly understood, and he poked the plate anxiously.
Seeing that Ye Lai was really worried, a name rolled on Fu Xunyan's tongue.
"Or, have you considered Brother Cong's company?"
**
The voting channel closed on time at 3 pm.
After the last tense round of voting before the finals, almost every female data worker sitting in front of the computer screen finally had time to breathe and hurriedly stood up to stretch their legs.
Despite being physically tired, everyone's face was full of radiance. In their opinion, this was much more meaningful than work - after all, they were fighting for the people they loved.
That can't be called overtime, that's called voluntary contribution!
It was not easy for Liu Yu to say. Although Fu Xunyan was already in first place, there had been cases before where fans had slacked off before the game, leading to the second-place team taking the lead.
She was busy collecting the last day's voting summary in the group before she had time to eat a mouthful of the gossip that had been going on all morning.
"Tsk tsk tsk, Ye Lai is destroying his own Great Wall."
Liu Yu didn't have a good impression of Ye Lai. Firstly, she was not attracted by the young man's style. Secondly, she still remembered that Ye Lai surpassed Xunbao and took the top spot in the first public competition.
So, even though she admitted that Ye Lai was quite capable, she was still happy to step on him in this situation. After posting some sarcastic remarks on a certain blog, Liu Yu turned around and went to Bai Wenji's official blog with satisfaction.
Because they were in the same dormitory, Liu Yu had absolutely double standards in her attitude towards Bai Wenji and Ye Lai. She cut off her own small account to help Bai Wenji clarify, express his feelings and sympathize with him.
"I always said Ye Lai was an unlucky person," Liu Yu complained in the group chat with her sisters, "Even Xiaobai was affected."
"Well, that's a bit harsh."
Liu Yu pursed her lips. She was mean, she admitted.
"But Ye Lai has earned quite a bit of goodwill this time, perfectly garnering a wave of sympathy votes. Who would believe Qunxing's official announcement of a peaceful breakup? According to the contract, Ye Lai must have signed a new contract only six months ago. How can leaving at this time be considered a peaceful breakup?"
"He's really trying to terminate the contract. Isn't it because his own company is bullying Bai Wenji and he can't stand it? And if he doesn't cut ties now, it will be very embarrassing when Bai Wenji's fans call him later, right?"
Liu Yu nodded vigorously on this end. Sure enough, there were still some sisters who were clear-headed and could see that Ye Lai's actions clearly had ulterior motives.
Wait, it can’t be that Qunxing and Ye Lai have joined forces... No, no, it shouldn’t be like that. It’s just the C position of "New Plan". It’s not worth relying on Ye Lai to leave the company in exchange, so why is it?
"Okay, okay, let's not discuss this anymore. Let's think about supporting the finals." Chen Lianqing made the decision. She took out a schedule with various tasks to be completed densely written on it.
"The production of support items and slogans has been handed over to Bohe."
"Liu Yu and Xiao Xiong are still monitoring the online updates."
"In addition, Xiaomei and I will be responsible for the offline check-in points."
Yes, Xiaomei finally passed the test and joined the fan management team a week ago.
Then she found out that her good colleague had already been in the group but never told her - she was so angry!
In order to appease her, Chen Lianqing and Liu Yu decided to let her use her strengths to arrange Fu Xunyan's offline check-in platform.
Only then did Xiaomei give up.
**
"Are you nervous?"
Fu Xunyan let Yin Xingheng gently put her arm around his free arm.
Wu Ruike and Fu Xunyan had a good relationship. At this moment, he was standing behind and looking at Fu Xunyan's wrist with regret - his injury had worsened after he came back from the set the day before yesterday.
In fact, when he was in the coffee shop, his injury was only minor, at most his wrist was unable to move. But according to Bai Wenji, there was an action during filming that inevitably required the use of his hands, and then the injury became more serious.
The protective gear that could have been removed was forced to remain tied to the hands.
But the amazing thing is that this did not diminish Fu Xunyan's momentum in the slightest.
On the other side, Yin Xingheng looked up, then looked away and silently withdrew his hand.
"What's wrong?" Fu Xunyan couldn't help but ask.
Yin Xingheng opened and closed her mouth several times but didn't say anything. It was Chen Chi next to her who spoke frankly.
"Brother, you're so fierce today—I can't say fierce, it's just that, it's a little scary to look at you..."
Isn't it? The trainees nearby nodded secretly.
Zhou Hengyu, who happened to have the same hairstyle as Fu Xunyan, looked unhappy - no, they had been secretly looking at Fu Xunyan since they came in, what was so good about it?
Why don't you look at him?
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