Chapter 2 was the unscrupulous merchant's first order, and the results were immediate! ...
Fang Xuran, a former child star, is 21 years old and currently studying at the Capital Academy of Drama.
Originally the top performer born in the 2000s, Fang Xuran's position became less secure after Cheng Muzhi's meteoric rise. The two have similar appearances and styles, and their acting careers highly overlap. During Cheng Muzhi's rapid rise, Fang Xuran lost many of his resources, making them a very typical rival.
It was purely by accident that Shi Yao was able to add him on WeChat.
Cheng Muzhi and Fang Xuran had participated in the same acting variety show. The original owner of this body tried every means to squeeze in as a background character, but her awkward acting skills led to her being ridiculed and trending on social media. Seeing that she could generate some negative publicity, the production team went even further, assigning her unsuitable roles. The original owner was there because of Cheng Muzhi, and every time she got a role, she would ask him to collaborate. Cheng Muzhi couldn't refuse too many times, so he was forced to embarrass himself alongside her.
Fang Xuran disliked Cheng Muzhi and was naturally happy to see Cheng Muzhi suffer. That season of the variety show was probably the most comfortable period of his life. So after the show ended, he took the initiative to add Shi Yao on WeChat.
I didn't mean anything by it, I just wanted to see if I would have another chance to see Shi Yaokeng's nemesis up close.
As it turned out, instead of getting to see the show he wanted, he became the laughingstock of others.
Fang Xuran has been in the entertainment industry for over a decade, and has appeared on trending topics hundreds of times, so she's long been used to it.
But that doesn’t mean he can accept living on the trending topics because of his scandals!
It started as a post in a Green Petal Entertainment group. After being dealt with as usual, it didn't stop but instead spread and became more and more numerous, eventually trending on major platforms.
#Fang Xuran taking the exam for someone else#
An anonymous poster submitted a post to a popular thread in the Green Petal Melon group, claiming that Fang Xuran had taken all her exams last semester by proxy. The post alleges that academic misconduct related to CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) and civil service exams has become increasingly common in recent years, drawing strong reactions from netizens and instantly igniting a heated discussion.
His status as a child star offered no help at this moment; instead, it added fuel to the fire, leading netizens to believe that the child had truly gone astray.
Fang Xuran is a performing arts major. Her final exams are different from those of ordinary people. Most of the exams are completed in the form of performance assignments, and only a very few general courses require written exams.
As a rising star, he was naturally busy with work, but no matter how busy he was, he knew where the red line was. He wouldn't dare to take exams for others, let alone have someone else take his classes. This sudden accusation almost killed him.
But he still couldn't prove his innocence. The classroom was usually under surveillance, and coincidentally, the school had a power outage during the last general education exam of the semester.
The Capital Academy of Drama's school rules clearly stipulate that students are not allowed to secretly photograph other students or teachers. After all, there are quite a few artists at the school, and this can be seen as giving them a safe space to study without worrying about privacy issues.
With no surveillance cameras and no one secretly filming, Fang Xuran found herself in a state of being wronged and unable to prove her innocence.
Some of his close classmates came forward to testify, but they were all accused of being friends and protecting him by his rivals' fans. He had just finished airing a hit drama and was at the peak of his popularity. At this moment, both his fans and haters were at odds. Many fans wanted to clarify things for him, but even more people wanted to take this opportunity to suppress him, and for a while, they really got into a stalemate.
In fact, the studio has already contacted the school's teachers. If they still can't find a suitable solution, they plan to have the teachers come forward to clarify the situation.
However, Fang Xuran temporarily suppressed this suggestion. The person who devised this scheme to smear him was very clever. Instead of letting the matter remain in the fan circle struggle, he steered the issue towards the pain points of the general public. Now that the general public has joined in, he is seen as a "privileged tyrant" in their eyes. Anyone associated with him who stands up will be accused of being bribed by him.
The students who initially stood up for him have had their personal relationships thoroughly investigated, and he doesn't want to affect the teacher's life unless absolutely necessary.
But dragging this out isn't a solution. Fang Xuran has already lost three resources since the incident started. Her team has rushed to the school to look for backup surveillance footage. If that doesn't work, they'll have to ask the teacher to clarify.
The thought of being forever blamed for taking the exam for someone else made Fang Xuran feel uneasy.
He has a rather impulsive personality, and these past few days the internet has been full of criticism of him. His team was afraid he would make impulsive remarks, so they confiscated his phone, and he can only use the tablet in his room to go online.
The tablet account wasn't his; downloading software required a password, so he couldn't log into social media at all. Luckily, he had previously logged into WeChat by scanning a QR code, otherwise he would have truly become a caveman.
In the past few days, Fang Xuran has been going through almost everyone's Moments on WeChat. Whenever a Moment's Moments post lights up with a little red dot, he immediately rushes over. He also gets to experience the feeling of being available anytime and replying instantly when friends and family send him messages. So when Shi Yao sent him a message, he immediately clicked on it.
At first, Fang Xuran almost didn't remember who Shi Yao was, but after finally remembering, her expression turned strange.
Has this person's account been hacked?
To my surprise, I then saw the other person's WeChat Moments post: "My account wasn't hacked, I'm serious."
He was bored, so he switched back and carefully read the first so-called "investment information" again. The more he read, the more interesting it became, so he tentatively replied to a few messages.
Actually, he didn't really place his hopes on this mysterious "studio." Even his team couldn't easily solve the problem, so what could Shi Yao, a struggling artist, possibly do?
[Shi Yao: Legally operated, honest and fair to all, what kind of service do you need, dear?]
[Shi Yao: Need to reduce the trending topics? Easy.]
Fang Xuran chuckled, "How rather particular."
He didn't immediately refute the other party, but instead offered a reminder.
[Fang Xuran: Simply lowering the trending topics is useless. My trending topics are mostly natural popularity. Even if you spend money to lower them, they will rise back up in no time.]
His team initially tried a simple and crude approach of spending money to suppress trending topics, but found it had no effect and instead caused more negative trending topics about him to rise.
[Shi Yao: Don't worry, kiss me, I'm a professional]
[Shi Yao: I just took a quick look at your situation. You need to divert public attention from yourself, right? Easy.]
Fang Xuran couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. With such a confident tone, he was a little suspicious that the other party was exaggerating.
But the other party immediately replied:
[Shi Yao: My trial period is only one day. If you don't choose to purchase the service, I can't guarantee what will happen after that day.]
[Shi Yao: After evaluation, your case is classified as a [simple] level ordinary single case. You are the first customer to inquire, and the first order will receive a discount, dear~]
"Easy?!" The curly-haired boy lying on the cushion couldn't help but raise his voice, then muttered under his breath, "They're really just bragging."
His team couldn't solve it even after a whole week!
But for some inexplicable reason, he didn't close the chat window, and couldn't help but ask: "What discount?"
Who can resist a discount?
[Shi Yao: The normal single event at the [simple] level costs 100,000 per event. You are the first to place an order, so you can get a 10% discount, which means it costs 90,000, dear.]
Stealing the young master?
Fang Xuran almost jumped off the sofa, muttering repeatedly, "A swindler, an absolute swindler!"
He angrily tapped his phone screen: "[That's too expensive! I'm not buying it. The trial period is free, so I should at least see how it works!]"
On the other side of the screen, Shi Yao remained calm, seemingly unsurprised by the result, and readily replied:
[Shi Yao: No problem, dear, but the first-order bonus can only be used before the trial period. If you don't place an order now and choose to renew later, you won't get the 10% discount, dear.]
Fang Xuran: !
Fang Xuran: You're being too stingy!
Fang Xuran: No discount, no discount, I'm going to try it out first anyway.
He's trying to get money from me without even seeing me! He may be easy to fool, but he's not that stupid!
[Shi Yao: No problem, dear. We've already registered you. No discount needed. The trial service will start shortly. Please wait patiently, dear~]
"You've even managed to make it look real." Fang Xuran scoffed lightly, but then couldn't help but sit up a little straighter.
Although he said he didn't believe it, well... what if a miracle happens?
After replying to the last message, Shi Yao's chat window returned to calm. Fang Xuran, however, seemed reluctant to leave, clicking on her profile picture to check her Moments and then switching back to look at the chat content.
He kept cutting and switching, and finally, his hand slipped and patted Shi Yao.
Fang Xuran's hair was practically standing on end, and she almost immediately clicked "cancel" twice more.
Unfortunately, the other party still replied to the message.
[Shi Yao: ?]
The other party has retracted a message.
[Shi Yao: What's wrong, honey? What's the matter?]
Fang Xuran: ...
Do we really have to stick to this persona of Taobao customer service?
He weakly tapped the keyboard to reply: "It's nothing, I just accidentally typed it."
There was no further reply from the other end, but he couldn't help feeling anxious. How could Shi Yao reply so quickly? Had she been on the WeChat screen the whole time? Was she really reliable?
Two hours passed in this anxious atmosphere, Fang Xuran's mood shifting from anticipation to anxiety and then to silence. He leaned back on the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling.
It seems I shouldn't have contacted her...
If I told my agent about this, they'd probably laugh their heads off.
The next second, the tablet suddenly rang loudly, startling him so much that he jumped up. It was a WeChat voice message from his agent.
Fang Xuran's heart skipped a beat. Could the situation have gotten worse again? Why did Brother Zheng call her directly via voice?
Hesitantly, he pressed the answer button. The next second, his agent's ecstatic voice came through the speakerphone: "Fang Maomao, you're incredibly lucky!"
A note from the author:
Xiao Fang: The loss of her real name
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