At 8:30 in the evening, Su Ling and Lin Feng finished their shower and lay down on the bed together.
The indoor air-conditioning temperature was just right. Su Ling wore a pair of sexy panties, held a soft pillow in her arms, and lay on a silk quilt. Her fluffy, naturally curly hair hung down, hanging around her neck and spreading across her back.
His natural curls are very distinctive, slightly straight from the roots to the ears, and curly to the ends. People often mistakenly think that he had his hair permed at a barber shop. When they find out that his hair is naturally curly, they are all envious.
"I haven't used it for more than three months, how come there are so many messages?" Su Ling held his old phone in his hand and stared at the red dots in the upper right corner of the Weibo APP and WeChat APP in surprise.
When he signed the divorce agreement and left his phone behind, it was to prevent Lin Feng from finding him through the phone's location. Lin Feng had just taken it out of the suitcase and returned it to him. When he opened it, he was shocked by the red dot numbers in the upper right corner of each app.
Lin Feng was also shirtless, leaning against the headboard with a thin laptop on his legs. He was editing a spreadsheet. When he heard Su Ling's words, he stopped typing and turned to look at him.
"Call Mom tomorrow," he said.
"Uh..." Su Ling opened the text message and saw a bunch of incoming call reminders, including his teacher, his senior brother, and Lin Feng's mother, who was also his mother-in-law.
The calls from the teacher and senior brother should be related to the art exhibition. As for my mother-in-law, she probably just wanted to chat with him.
My mother-in-law is an open-minded old lady. She is nearly seventy years old but looks like she is in her early fifties. She takes good care of herself and dresses fashionably. She looks radiant every day and likes to have afternoon tea with Su Ling.
She had a special liking for jade, and she and Su Ling talked most about jade-related topics. Over time, Su Ling had a general understanding of jade, and occasionally accompanied her to the jade market to buy some jadeite and agate for collection.
He changed his cell phone and came to the countryside. His mother-in-law couldn't find him, so she called him twenty or thirty times in succession.
Su Ling could imagine how she would be nagged when she called her mother-in-law tomorrow.
"Did she ask you where I was going?" He poked Lin Feng's knee with his finger.
"Yeah." Lin Feng continued typing.
"Then how do you explain it?" Su Ling asked curiously.
"Travel and retreat." Lin Feng said.
Su Ling blinked, gazing at her man's handsome profile. This lie actually did seem to fit the truth.
His visit to the countryside was indeed like a trip, and his retreat was truly a retreat. Here, he enjoyed the tranquility and comfort of nature, and his inspiration overflowed. He wrote as if inspired by God, and he painted three or four satisfactory paintings.
Pursing his lips, he opened WeChat and read all the new messages. He picked out a few important people to reply to, one of whom was his sister. She had sent him greetings a week ago, but she hadn't replied since she stopped sending him messages.
Su Ling typed with both hands and hurriedly replied to his sister.
Su Ling: Xiao Qi, I'm sorry, I've been in the countryside lately and left this phone at home in S City. Your elder brother Lin just brought it to me.
At the BJ Film Academy, Su Qi was in evening self-study when the phone in her pocket vibrated twice. She took it out and saw that it was a message from her brother on WeChat. She opened it with surprise and saw the message her brother sent her. She covered her mouth to prevent herself from shouting with joy.
It turned out that her brother left his phone at home, not ignoring her!
Seeing her brother livestreaming vegetables, she curiously sent him a WeChat message asking about his situation. However, after waiting for a long time, he didn't respond. She thought he had severed ties with the family and ignored her. She felt incredibly overwhelmed and cried for a long time, curled up in her bed.
She really likes her brother and doesn't want to become a stranger to him in the future.
Now seeing her brother's explanation, she sniffed and typed happily.
[Su Qi: I watched my brother's live broadcast and bought some cucumbers and tomatoes. They were both delicious.]
Su Ling: Haha, really? There are so many people online, I didn't even realize which one is you. How are you doing lately? How are your studies? If you encounter any difficulties, just tell me.
Su Qi: Everything is fine. Thank you for your concern, brother. The film academy focuses on acting. I got an A in last month's monthly exam, and the teachers all praised my acting talent!
[Su Ling: That's great! You're worthy of being my sister! Keep it up!]
[Su Qi: Yeah, good luck to you, brother~]
[Su Ling: I'll be back in S City in a few days. Let's go out for dinner together to strengthen our brother-sister bond~]
[Su Qi: Okay, looking forward to it. ^ ^]
Thinking of meeting her brother, Su Qi's mouth corners unconsciously rose, and she was in a good mood. After finishing the chat, when she was about to put away her phone, someone in the classroom suddenly exclaimed.
"Holy crap! Lin Yun has ever taken drugs?!"
These words came like thunder out of the blue, leaving the students in evening self-study dumbfounded. They all took out their mobile phones and clicked on the trending searches on Weibo.
"Oh my God! It's really Lin Yun! How could this happen?"
"My house collapsed!"
"Are these photos photoshopped? This person doesn't look like Lin Yun."
"Nine out of ten celebrities have had plastic surgery. One look at Lin Yun's face reveals he's had double eyelid surgery, canthoplasty, and a chin reduction."
"My pure and innocent Master ahh ...
"He must have offended someone, right? Otherwise, how could his drug abuse history be exposed?"
"If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself!"
"Think about how many drug enforcement officers die every year? Drug addicts are the most despicable!"
…
Lidya Su was also reading Weibo.
After finishing the chat with his sister, he opened Weibo. Before he had time to check the comments, his attention was attracted by a forwarded Weibo post on the homepage.
#The former drug addict, now a cool and aloof master#
With this topic, the original blogger posted a nine-square grid. In the middle was a still of Lin Yun's master in "Double Dragon Palace", and the others were photos of a teenager taking ecstasy in a bar.
In the first photo, under dim light, the young Lin Yun looks decadent, holding a small plate filled with colorful meatballs, with an arrogant expression.
In the second photo, Lin Yun is stuffing the meatball into his mouth.
In the third photo, Lin Yun is dancing closely with someone on the dance floor, looking intoxicated and wild.
In the fourth photo, Lin Yun is shirtless and wearing low-waisted jeans, making erotic and seductive poses.
You don't even need to click on the rest of the photos to enlarge them; you can tell how crazy a person who took ecstasy is.
The number of comments and reposts of this blog post exceeded 500,000, shocking countless people. Marketing accounts and fans of various companies who were trying to take advantage of the popularity joined in and pushed the topic to the top of the hot searches. Lin Yun’s fans tried hard to whitewash themselves, believing that someone had maliciously photoshopped the photos, but the effect was minimal.
The blogger's second Weibo post contained a video that echoed the picture. In the video, someone called the teenager "Lin Yun", and Lin Yun turned around, confirming the fact that he was taking drugs.
Su Ling suddenly sat up and said in surprise: "Lin Yun actually took drugs!"
Lin Feng paused typing and turned to look at the phone Su Ling handed to him.
"The fans are going crazy! It's trending number one. Didn't his company pay to have it removed?" Su Ling quickly scanned the topic. Lin Yun's audience base, which had become popular thanks to the hit drama "Double Dragon Palace," was completely shattered.
"We can't retreat." Lin Feng said.
Su Ling was stunned: "I can't even withdraw even if I spend money?"
Weibo's trending searches are very unscrupulous. Whoever spends more money will have the upper hand. Most celebrities love and hate trending searches.
Hype, trolling, and bullying can all be bought, and with a wave of marketing, the popularity will continue to rise. Usually, those who are being trolled and bullied, if they don't want to be criticized, will have to pay to remove themselves.
However, it is easy to buy but difficult to withdraw, and more money must be spent to suppress the popularity.
Lin Yun's history of drug abuse was exposed. If their company's public relations were smart, they should have grasped the situation immediately, removed the trending searches, cleared the square, and the team led fans to control comments. As long as they did a good job, they could have handled the situation perfectly in the first place.
However, Lin Yun's trending searches could not be removed, and the photos and videos of him taking drugs were widely fermented on the Internet. The team had no room to maneuver. So there was only one truth: someone was deliberately making trouble for Lin Yun.
The "money ability" of the capital behind Lin Yun is not as good as that of the people who want to deal with him. The usual control methods used in the entertainment industry are ineffective. A new traffic star is facing the situation of falling before he has laid a solid foundation.
Celebrities taking drugs is the most deadly scandal!
Anyone who cheats, acts like a big shot, is kept by someone else, has promiscuous sex, etc., has a chance to be whitewashed, but drug use will be directly banned.
"Who has the power to surpass Xinyu Entertainment?" Su Ling touched his chin. Xinyu Entertainment was Lin Yun's employer, one of the largest entertainment companies in China. With a vast roster of artists and immense power, most people wouldn't dare offend. To have been able to defeat Xinyu Entertainment, their power was not to be underestimated.
Lin Feng took his mobile phone, opened WeChat, and played a video.
"...The man's surname is Su, the Su in Su Daji's... The man surnamed Su initially took us to a hotel in town, but when he heard the price was too high, he refused to pay and insisted on taking us to a B&B in the village... The man named Su Ling is extremely charming, and the sponsor surnamed Lin is married..."
Su Ling: ...
He looked at Lin Yun in the video as if he was crazy.
People doing things?
A star like him actually held a grudge against them for such a trivial matter, went on a live broadcast to spread rumors and slander them, and incited fans to attempt cyberbullying!
"Haha, the threshold for entering the entertainment industry is getting lower and lower. Even a fool can become a star?" He sneered.
In a flash, he raised his hand and placed it on Lin Feng's shoulder. He put his lips to his ear and asked softly, "Hubby, if I hadn't noticed, would you have just done this without anyone noticing?"
Lin Feng said calmly: "It's not me, it's Zhan Yang."
Su Ling tugged at his earlobe. "When did it happen?"
Zhan Yang is his assistant, and he must report to his superiors before doing anything. Without Lin Feng's instructions, would he dare to do such a ruthless thing?
Lin Feng said: "When you are playing with cats and dogs."
Su Ling raised his eyebrows.
That was an hour ago. He was playing with two pets in the living room downstairs, Lin Feng was sitting on a chair working on his phone, and Lin Yun was spreading rumors on a live broadcast. Assistant Zhan's reaction speed was so fast that he dug out the other party's black history in the shortest time and struck him with precision, ruining his reputation.
Is it cruel?
Su Ling didn't feel that way.
If someone else were to be retaliated against by his rumors, the consequences would be disastrous. Extreme fans are capable of doing anything, and cyberbullying has almost become their usual tactic.
It was because the Lin Group was so powerful that it intimidated the capital behind Lin Yun, leaving them helpless and with no room for maneuver.
We are all adults and must be responsible for our own actions.
As public figures, celebrities not only gain fame and fortune, but also have the responsibility and obligation to guide their fans to be positive and spread positive energy, rather than bullying the weak and using their appeal to encourage fans to do illegal things.
Public opinion is a double-edged sword that hurts both others and yourself. If you can't control it, you will suffer the consequences.
Zhan Yang's counterattack was clean and neat, and he took the initiative with overwhelming advantage. Although his methods were a bit rough, the effect was immediate and shocked his opponent.
The most brilliant thing about him is that the Lin’s public relations team operated silently throughout the entire incident. Lin Yun’s fans always thought they were the rival’s black fans, running around like headless flies, causing more trouble for their brother.
"The brain is a good thing!" Su Ling sighed and slowly called the boss of Shangcha Qi.
Letting a tainted star advertise for his tea plantation, does it mean he thinks his death is not fast enough?
Qi Yue is a middle-aged man who doesn't like to surf the Internet and is not well-informed. He received a call from Su Ling in the evening and was full of doubts. When he learned that the star he had invited at a high price had taken drugs, he was shocked and made a quick decision to draw a clear line with this tainted star.
"...Mr. Su, thank you for your timely reminder. Our Tea Merchants Association has worked hard for over a decade to build the reputation of Yu Lu Tea bit by bit. We absolutely cannot allow this kind of rubbish celebrity to endorse it and ruin its reputation."
Qi Yue hung up the phone in a hurry, urgently called on other tea merchants, and held a short online meeting. In the end, the tea merchants unanimously agreed to change the celebrity endorsement.
Fifteen minutes later, a new topic appeared in the top six trending searches.
#Phoenix Mountain Rain Dew Tea#
The official Weibo account of the H City Tea Merchants Association took up this topic and issued a solemn statement that Yu Lu Tea will terminate its cooperation with Lin Yun.
It is obvious that this topic was bought up temporarily and has a very low readership, but it did not prevent the Tea Merchants Association from expressing its position. It was the first to stand up and righteously end Lin Yun's endorsement.
Afterwards, everything seemed to have a chain reaction. Lin Yun’s endorsers took turns to be on the hot search, and they all expressed their intention to end the cooperation and reserve the right to sue.
Su Ling logged into his Weibo account, which he hadn't used for a long time, and uploaded a video.
This is a beautiful sunrise shot he took in the tea mountains not long ago.
The mist-shrouded forest slowly wakes up in the morning light. A magnificent sunrise appears in the eastern sky. The dewdrops on the leaves are crystal clear, reflecting the sunlight, dazzling and colorful. The morning breeze blows by, and a large area of tea trees rustles.
As an art student, Su Ling is naturally good at color and composition. He shot this video of more than ten seconds with a cinematic aesthetic effect.
He @ed the official Weibo of the Tea Merchants Association and added a sentence: Stop losses in time and then achieve nirvana.
Su Ling doesn't have many followers on Weibo, only around 4,000 to 5,000. He usually posts only about painting, and his followers are either friends, masters of Chinese painting, or netizens who enjoy it. After being inactive for over three months, he suddenly posted a video today and @ed the official Weibo account of the Yu Lu Tea Merchants Association, leaving his followers baffled.
[Huh? The missing person has finally returned, but I'm a little confused about their current situation.]
Is Mr. Ling in seclusion lately? If you have any new works, please share them for everyone to enjoy!
What a beautiful scenery, what a huge tea mountain—so, this is the origin of Phoenix Mountain Rain Dew Tea?
[Hey, Brother Ling, good tea should be shared! When can we meet up and bring me a can?]
At first, there were only a few comments, but after being forwarded by Su Ling’s junior brother, this Weibo post suddenly became popular.
[Mr. Zhang's brilliant writing: Junior Brother, is this tea mountain yours? @Lingyun]
As a master of traditional Chinese painting with millions of fans, the repost instantly sparked heated discussions. Countless people flocked to Su Ling's Weibo with various purposes, and Lin Yun's fans rushed to defend their idol.
Su Ling frowned and restricted the comment function.
Lin Feng closed the notebook and touched his soft hair.
"It's time to rest."
Su Ling met his deep gaze, threw away his phone, and pounced on him.
Why waste your precious time on someone who doesn't matter?
The two hugged, kissed and caressed each other passionately. When Su Ling started to move, Lin Feng stopped abruptly, patted his back lightly and pulled the quilt.
"sleep."
"You don't want it?" Su Ling asked with dissatisfaction, panting.
Lin Feng gently kissed his forehead. "It's been a busy day, take a good rest."
Su Ling poked his arm. Who had gone out of their way to buy twenty boxes of condoms at the supermarket? And claimed to use ten a day? And yet, they left them in the bedside table drawer, while they just slept under the covers?
He yawned, feeling really tired. He rubbed the quilt, crossed his legs, hugged the man and closed his eyes.
Lin Feng let him hold him. Although the temperature in the room was comfortable, a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead. It was not until Su Ling fell asleep in his arms that his tense body relaxed. He gently moved his legs and hands away, got out of bed, went to the bathroom, and took a cold shower.
In the homestay, Lin Yun looked like he had been pulled out of the water. He was drenched in sweat, his face was pale, his lips were blue, and his thin body was shaking like a sieve, and he couldn't stop shivering.
how so?
how so?
He kept asking questions.
He was just doing a live broadcast, why was his dark history exposed?
After he became famous, his company had long since erased his past scandals, and countless paparazzi had tried to dig up dirt on him, but to no avail! Yet, today, photos and videos of him taking drugs are blatantly trending on the search engines, and even with all the money, they can't remove them. The company's team is completely helpless!
It’s over!
He's finished!
His career was ruined!
Du Ya kept making phone calls, anxious like an ant on a hot pan.
"Mr. Li, you have to think of a way. We have to clean up this online mess! Lin Yun still has commercial value, we can't just give up like that! I know... I know drug abuse is serious, but... with some tricks, we can definitely cover it up. Netizens are forgetful, and it will all die down in a few days... What? The other party's attitude is very tough? What should we do then?"
Du Ya's heart grew heavier, and finally, she said, "...Okay, I understand."
After hanging up the phone, she looked at the disheveled Lin Yun, and was so angry that she couldn't help but smash the phone on him.
"How many times have I told you to control your temper? The more famous you are, the more humble you need to be. You need to keep up appearances. Why don't you listen? Do you know who you've offended? The president of the Lin Group and his partner! Spreading rumors live and encouraging fans to engage in cyberbullying? Are you fucking mentally ill? Ah!"
Du Ya was so angry that her face turned red and her voice was sharp. The soundproofing of the homestay was poor and people in other rooms heard it.
In the next room, the director and several staff members smoked silently, listening to Du Ya's scolding, feeling both happy and depressed.
The author has something to say: This cannon fodder is not the main point, so it will be dealt with quickly. The main point is that some things will be introduced later. Well, I will keep it a secret for now~
PS: This article is fictional! Fictional! Fictional! Important things should be said three times!
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