"During the talent show," Mu Fengyin looked at Cen Yu, "who was your PR person?"
“My publicity?” Cen Yu pointed to himself. “I debuted as a complete amateur, what publicity do I have to offer?”
He sensed a hidden meaning in Mu Fengyin's words: "Is there a problem with the publicity during the talent show?"
Perhaps feeling that this was not the right place to talk, Mu Fengyin shifted his gaze to the panda enclosure behind him.
Cen Yu's gaze followed his... He asked, unwilling to give up, "Can't we say it here?"
Mu Fengyin simply smiled and remained silent.
—It seems that won't work.
Cen Yu wondered, what exactly happened during the talent show that made Mu Fengyin have to go to the "little black room" to tell her about it?
And why was he, the person involved, completely unaware of this?!
...
Finally arriving at Cen Yu's room, Mu Fengyin showed no interest in looking around—since the furnishings on both sides were exactly the same—he went straight to the point and said to Cen Yu, "That promotional video you did when you first debuted, or more accurately, your first public appearance."
"The production team came up with a very controversial title in order to boost ratings."
"..." Cen Yu suddenly had a bad feeling. He glanced at Mu Fengyin, "Could it be that I... staged an accident?"
"Little Duan Zhou is attacking?! And he's actually a student from a prestigious university." Mu Fengyin retrieved the headline from his memory, looking at Cen Yu's shocked expression without any surprise. "You didn't know?"
Cen Yu really didn't know!
After all, once they participate in the talent show, they are basically isolated from the world.
Although some members, such as Li Yanxiao with powerful backgrounds, secretly brought their phones, Cen Yu did not borrow Li Yanxiao's phone at the time—after all, the person he needed to contact was not an ordinary person, and it was better to truly isolate himself from the world than to contact Xie Jinshen and let others find out.
Although the production team had time to talk to foreigners, they were not allowed to access the internet.
Furthermore, the production team did not continue to use this as a topic, so after Cen Yu debuted, she really didn't know that she had tried to piggyback on Duan Zhou's fame.
"If you look at the show's Weibo account now, you can probably still find some remnants of the online feud," Mu Fengyin said.
Seemingly sensing that the conversation wouldn't end anytime soon, he sat down on the sofa in Cen Yu's living room.
Upon hearing this, Cen Yu immediately opened his phone and searched for the program team's Weibo post from that time. He scrolled for a long time but still managed to find the very first Weibo post from the program team.
The Weibo post has already been edited.
Compared to other Weibo posts that have a maximum of 2,000 comments, his post could be described as a scene from World War III.
The post garnered 50,000 comments and over 200,000 reposts. A quick click revealed Duan Zhou's fans furiously hurling insults at the production team, accusing them of subtly criticizing Duan Zhou.
"Implied meaning?" Cen Yu, thoroughly enjoying the gossip, asked, "Implied meaning what?"
Even though he guessed that Cen Yu wouldn't react much, Mu Fengyin still didn't expect the other party to be so indifferent. If he could add He Ci and the others as friends, they could probably create a separate group called "Cen Yu Victims Alliance".
“During that time, Duan Zhou happened to be on a TV show,” Mu Fengyin said tactfully. “He made some funny mistakes because he couldn’t read, and he also made some common sense errors.”
"At that time, he had just finished filming a TV series, and he had a lot of rivals. In addition, his common sense was ridiculously wrong, so it escalated a lot."
Cen Yu laughed as soon as he heard that.
He finally understood why Duan Zhou's fans were cursing the show's producers for kicking him when he was down, making veiled accusations, and insulting him as a shameless scoundrel trying to ride on Duan Zhou's popularity.
It turns out that the program team's promotion of Cen Yu's alma mater touched a nerve.
Perhaps the production team realized they had encountered a madman, which is why they edited the Weibo post and never mentioned it again.
Thinking of this, Cen Yu laughed heartily. After he had finished laughing, he looked at Mu Fengyin and said, "Teacher Mu, I didn't expect you to love gossip so much?"
He thought that a top star like Mu Fengyin wouldn't bother with such trivial matters in the entertainment industry.
Mu Fengyin leaned back on the sofa and looked at Cen Yu. "Actually, this matter is also somewhat related to me."
"Huh?" Cen Yu looked at Mu Fengyin, his expression showing a desire for the other to explain.
"The production team invited me to be a guest on one of the episodes..." Mu Fengyin spoke softly and slowly. "At the time, my agent felt it was better not to get involved, so I declined the invitation."
What he didn't say was that Duan Zhou's fans had left many comments on his Weibo saying that the production team was dishonest and hoped that Teacher Mu would never go to record such a shady program.
Cen Yu understood what Mu Fengyin meant.
He looked intently at Mu Fengyin, "...So Duan Zhou has a grudge against both of us?"
“I have a grudge against you,” Mu Fengyin said softly.
Duan Zhou was not even a concern for him.
He looked at Cen Yu and said, "Duan Zhou's team is very capable. He wasn't the first guest I knew about."
Perhaps because of the incident with the fans, Duan Zhou had always wanted to repair his relationship with Mu Fengyin's studio, or perhaps he had some other ideas. In any case, Duan Zhou was not on the initial list that Mu Fengyin knew about.
Just before setting off, he asked the production team for the script again, only to find out that one of the originally planned guests had suddenly been replaced by Duan Zhou.
"Fortunately, Duan Zhou was willing to come to the rescue." The production team was quite relieved.
The original guest was unable to attend due to an allergic reaction, so Duan Zhou from the same company had to step in.
Mu Fengyin just smiled at this, unsure whether the staff member was pretending to be naive or hinting at something.
This was a rare opportunity, and before we even set off, I suddenly had an allergic reaction, and then I was suddenly replaced by Duan Zhou from the same company... Mu Fengyin didn't believe for a second that there was nothing wrong with this.
He looked at the gift Cen Yu was carrying.
He took his phone out of his pocket—
"I'll take an unboxing video for you."
Cen Yu knew, of course, that Mu Fengyin wasn't his assistant, so there must be a reason why he suddenly offered to help him film the unboxing video.
He weighed the gift bag in his hand briefly and did indeed feel that the gift was a bit too heavy... To be honest, he didn't think Duan Zhou was so brainless as to leave behind something that could give him leverage.
He wouldn't do it directly, but he could use someone else to do the dirty work.
Cen Yu chuckled inwardly, and then, in front of Mu Fengyin's camera, directly opened the gift bag.
The gift inside the bag was in a box with a printed note on it in handwritten script:
[TO: Teacher Cen Yu! This is the perfect gift for you!]
The packaging was adorable, with a cute chibi-style image of Duan Zhou on it. Cen Yu tore open the packaging paper and found a green gift box from a certain brand.
And after he opened the gift box.
Inside were several toads that had been gutted.
There were also printed words and bloodstains from who-knows-where on it—
[The ending that suits you best! You scoundrel, Cen Yu!]
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