Yan Chaochao didn't stop, but just gently touched Yan Xixi beside him with his elbow.
Yan Xixi followed Yan Chaochao's line of sight and saw over there...
bouquet?
wrong!
Yan Xixi narrowed her eyes and fixed her gaze.
That's clearly a small camera!
In an instant, Yan Xixi grabbed Yan Chaochao and wanted to turn around and leave, but Yan Chaochao shook his head at her imperceptibly and made a mouth shape -
Use the opponent's trick against them.
Yan Xixi finally realized that she was too concerned and confused.
If the camera had not been discovered, the other party's plan might have succeeded.
But now that they have discovered the camera in advance, the initiative has quietly shifted into their hands.
Thinking of this, Yan Xixi whispered a few words in Yan Chaochao's ear.
"We'll..."
***
In the box.
Before Yan Chaochao and Yan Xixi entered, Brother Dong was instructing Jia Kaikang, "Just follow the rehearsal we just did. When Yan Chaochao comes in, you know what to do. Right?"
"Remember, the current online situation is very unfavorable to us. If we let public opinion develop, I can't say how the company will arrange for you next. I finally got Yan Chaochao to agree to meet this time, so we must seize this opportunity! Do you understand?"
Listening to Brother Dong's words, Jia Kaikang nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, Brother Dong, I know exactly what to do."
At this moment, the door was pushed open from the outside.
Jia Kaikang followed the rehearsal routine, took a step forward, and after ensuring he was within the camera's range, he suddenly knelt down. "I'm sorry, Sister Yan, I really know I was wrong. Please forgive me..."
The moment he knelt down, the eye drops that had been put in advance flowed out from his eye sockets. Before they reached his chin, Jia Kaikang's crying voice suddenly got stuck in his throat.
At the door, a coffee shop waiter was standing there in a daze, holding a cup of coffee in his hand, staring at Jia Kaikang who was kneeling on the ground in amazement.
"No... sorry..." The shocked waiter was stunned for a moment, and was so scared that he burst into tears, "I just came... to bring... a cup... of coffee..."
Just as Jia Kaikang's cheeks turned purple, in a corner of the coffee shop, a person was holding a mobile phone and pointing it towards the door, just in time to transmit the entire farce to the live broadcast room.
[That kneeling just now scared me! What is going on? (Subway, old man, cell phone)]
Is this a filming? The actor is so dedicated, he's kneeling down for real, wow.
[Wait... Why does this actor look familiar to me? I feel like I've seen him somewhere before.]
【!!! I remember now, isn't this guy the one that was trending yesterday, the one from some boy band? The one who made a bet with Yan Chaochao!】
When someone in the live broadcast room recognized Jia Kaikang, the speed of the barrage of comments immediately increased.
[So this is actually Jia Kaikang? ]
What is he doing here?
When he knelt down just now, I thought I heard him call out "Yan Chaozhao"? Did I hear it wrong?
[You heard it right, he called Yan Chaochao's name]
[But Yan Chaochao isn't here either. Is he...directing and acting in this?]
Just as people in the live broadcast room were speculating, Jia Kaikang got up from the ground with a flushed face.
Brother Dong watched Jia Kaikang's actions from behind, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he squeezed out two words viciously from between his teeth -
"idiot!"
"You can't even handle such a small thing!"
Jia Kaikang blushed and stammered, "I thought it was Yan Chaochao who came..."
"Alright, hurry up and practice some more before Yan Chaochao arrives." Brother Dong scoffed, "Don't let your guard down again later."
After saying that, Brother Dong turned around and went back to the box, and Jia Kaikang followed him in with his head down.
The door of the box was closed, but the live broadcast room was in complete chaos.
[What the hell? Is that what I thought it meant?]
So Jia Kaikang and the others are plotting against Yan Chaochao. They'll wait for her to show up and kneel before her, making us think she's just bullying others, so they can use this as a way to whitewash herself?
I feel like that’s what they want to do!
[Oh my god... Is this something a normal person could do? I'm about to throw up. How can someone be so disgusting?]
[It’s hard to put it into words, I can only say that there are reasons for the obscurity]
I have six points to make about this matter:
……】
Just when netizens were disgusted by Jia Kaikang's move, a familiar figure appeared in the screen again.
Yan Chaochao appeared in the picture and walked towards the box.
Netizens who had already guessed what Jia Kaikang's team wanted to do were now in chaos in the live broadcast room.
[Ahhhhhh! Yan Chaochao, don't go over there! That's a trap!]
[Fuck! Are we catching up with the live broadcast?]
[Help... I didn't even record the screen of what happened just now. What if I get scapegoated later?]
[If this little trick can succeed, I will really be disgusted to death! ]
If Jia Kaikang's team is really planning to do something disgusting like this, I will definitely bear witness and criticize him to death!
The audience in the live broadcast room was as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
Yan Chaochao had already walked to the door of the box, knocked on it, and then pushed it open.
"Sister Chao Chao——"
Jia Kaikang cried and knelt forward, but he couldn't fall to the ground. Instead, when he was halfway through kneeling, someone grabbed his arm and pulled him up.
"Stand firm."
Jia Kaikang, who failed to kneel down, stood there, not knowing for a moment whether he should continue to kneel down.
“…”
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
[Hahahahahahahaha, I really die of laughter at some dramatic scenes]
Jia Kaikang: I kneel down
Yan Chaochao: No, you don’t want to kneel.
[I'm dying of laughter! Yan Chaochao is a comedian, right?]
Jia Kaikang's expression right now is so wonderful, I don't know how to describe it.
Seeing Jia Kaikang's killer move fail, Brother Dong stepped forward with a smile on his face: "Ms. Yan, we actually want to apologize to you. What Kaikang said last time was wrong, and we have taught him a lesson. We told him to be more careful with his words next time."
Hearing what Brother Dong said, Yan Chaochao did not accept it, but pointed out the core: "This is also the reason why I agreed to come this time. He should apologize not to me, but to all girls."
When Jia Kaikang and Brother Dong heard Yan Chaochao's words, they were both stunned.
Seeing Jia Kaikang's reaction, Yan Chaochao, although not surprised, still felt disgusted: "It seems that you really didn't remember what I said last time."
"I looked at the latest data from Starlight Blog. 95% of the YOUNG boy band's fans are girls." Yan Chaochao's gaze fell coldly on Jia Kaikang. "You're lying on the supply of female fans, enjoying their affection and using it to gain traffic and commercial value. What qualifications do you have to look down on girls?"
"Without them, you're nothing."
Well said!
I really applaud Sister Chao Chao for what she said! I hope all the male celebrities with high traffic numbers can be more self-aware.
I knew boy bands would have more female fans, but I didn't expect it to reach 95%... That's too much.
[He has so many female fans, yet he still dares to look down on girls on the show...Are all male idols nowadays so arrogant?]
[I can only say that there are reasons why people become obscure. The "Star Sports Games" has only been exposed a little bit, and it has already failed like this.]
[To be honest, if it weren’t for this connection with Yan Chaozhao, I still wouldn’t have known about this group.]
[Hahahaha, who isn't? I can only say it's a case of jumping the gun and hitting someone.]
After saying this, Yan Chaochao was too lazy to talk nonsense with them anymore.
"Today, as we agreed to in our previous bet, you must admit on the Starlight Blog that 'girls are no worse than boys.' This bet will then be officially over."
Jia Kaikang raised his eyes and met Yan Chaochao's sharp gaze. For a moment, he felt as if he was being stared at by a wild beast, and the hairs on his back stood up.
Yan Chaochao just looked at Jia Kaikang indifferently, threw down these words, and turned away completely.
After Yan Chaochao left, the live broadcast room was quickly closed, but the online turmoil had just begun.
***
Even the netizens who were watching the show at the beginning didn't expect that this "betting scandal" derived from "Star Sports Games" would continue to escalate. In just a few days, the plot continued to unfold, and it was more exciting than many TV dramas currently on the air!
Even though there had been several waves of incidents before that had established psychological expectations for netizens, netizens' perceptions were refreshed once again after the video of the "cafe incident" was leaked.
[Every time I think that this is the end of it, there is always something new that challenges my bottom line...]
[Wcc! Isn't this method too disgusting? ]
[…I’m so sick of it now that I don’t even want to eat melons anymore. No matter what news the YOUNG group releases from now on, I absolutely won’t believe it!]
[The story of the boy who cried wolf, how many times has this happened? Does the YOUNG group think we are fools?]
A few days ago, I felt bad for Jia Kaikang, but now I truly pity Yan Chaozhao. It's too bad... to have to deal with such a relentless and unscrupulous team of lunatics.
[Young group, get out of the entertainment industry! Young group, get out of the entertainment industry! Young group, get out of the entertainment industry!]
Previous incidents had already caused netizens' already low favorability towards the YOUNG group to plummet to freezing point, and this "cafe incident" became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
On the evening after the "cafe incident" broke out, the YOUNG group's only website announced its closure and issued a heartfelt statement of closure.
Then, the few big fans and fans of the YOUNG group announced their withdrawal from the circle one after another, and several even directly cancelled their accounts. Before canceling their accounts, they called on the fans who had stopped following the official account of the YOUHT group and not to give them any traffic or attention.
In just a few days, the number of fans of the YOUHT group's Starlight Blog rose from 120,000 to 310,000, and then quickly dropped like a roller coaster to 110,000, 100,000, 90,000... and is still declining. The few who stayed to follow the account were not fans, but netizens who came specifically to scold them.
Under such pressure, the YOUNG group's management team still struggled.
For example, buying marketing accounts, issuing press releases...
But none of them are of any use.
Even the marketing accounts and press releases they bought were filled with curses.
That month, the company's financial report showed that the income of the YOUNG group was directly negative, and the company directly suspended all group activities. Even Dong Ge, the agent of the YOUHT group, was demoted three levels, from the agent of the YOUNG group to the most basic executive agent.
People in the circle observed the changes before and after the conflict between the YOUNG group and Yan Chaochao, and thought about the situation that immediately happened in Qingyun Entertainment after Yan Chaochao left. Many people began to murmur in their hearts.
Could it be that Yan Chaochao really has some metaphysics in him?
***
While the online turmoil was raging, a fierce argument was unfolding in the conference room of Muse Group.
"Yan Chaochao won an unprecedented three championships at the 'Star Sports Games,' each of which sparked a huge amount of discussion. I believe having her as a spokesperson will significantly help the brand's reach."
"I object! Although Yan Chaochao performed well on 'Star Sports Games', this is just a variety show. The spokesperson we are looking for for our brand must be deeply aligned with the brand's core. I don't think Yan Chaochao can meet the requirements of a spokesperson!"
"The core of Hermès' brand is 'Become a Better Self.' Isn't Yan Chaozhao's comeback from being blacklisted online a true reflection of the brand's core?"
“Since you can choose, why not choose a spokesperson with a better reputation?”
"I agree. Besides, Cheng Aotian has been in talks to be the spokesperson for Hermes' menswear for a long time. There were rumors of discord between Cheng Aotian and Yan Chaochao before. If Yan Chaochao is asked to be the spokesperson for Hermes' womenswear, I'm afraid the online public opinion will focus on the gossip between the two of them, and Hermes will be forgotten."
While everyone was expressing their opinions, the man in a suit sitting in the main seat simply tapped the table lightly with his fingers, his face showing no emotion or judgment.
After everyone else in the conference room had finished their discussion, the woman sitting to his left turned to look at him and asked, "Mr. Tang, what do you think?"
Tang Chengzhou, the suited man known as "Mr. Tang," tapped his desk lightly. "The women's sportswear market is our core focus this year, and the Hermès spokesperson is the key to this strategy. To implement this strategy, hiring a women's spokesperson for Hermès is a crucial step that cannot be ignored."
The others below looked at each other, some nodded secretly, while others frowned.
"But if Cheng Aotian is asked to endorse the men's wear department and Yan Chaochao is asked to endorse the women's wear department, I'm afraid the focus will be shifted."
Hearing this, Tang Chengzhou chuckled and dropped a bombshell lightly.
"In that case, why not just hire one spokesperson?"
For a moment, the expressions of the other people in the conference room were shocked and confused.
"Mr. Tang, do you mean... that we ask Cheng Aotian to be the spokesperson for the entire Hermes brand?"
Hearing this, Tang Chengzhou raised his eyebrows slightly.
"No, I mean..."
"Let Yan Chaochao be the Hermes brand spokesperson."
***
Shenghuan Entertainment.
The NICE group's regular meeting is taking place in the conference room.
Cheng Aotian sat in the conference room, listening to the NICE Group's management team reviewing the marketing during this period, his fingers on the conference table, his expression relaxed.
During a break in the meeting, Gong Ling, the manager of the NICE group who had just finished giving a presentation, gave him a look.
After the meeting, Cheng Aotian got on the elevator with the other members of the NICE group.
"Where are we going to eat later?"
"How was that place last time? The owner was familiar with us. We put on a mask and a hat and sneaked over."
"Then I'll make a phone call first."
"Okay, okay, let's go together."
"I have no objection."
"So can I."
Cheng Aotian lowered his head and sent a few messages on his phone. Then he raised his head and said with a smile, "I won't go for now. I have something to do."
The rest of the NICE group looked at each other.
"Then we'll go first."
After separating from the others at the company's side door, Cheng Aotian walked with their backs to each other for a while before turning around and returning to the Shenghuan Entertainment Company building, wearing a mask and coming to the office door.
When he pushed the door open, Gong Ling, the agent of NICE group, was already waiting for Cheng Aotian inside.
"Everyone else is here, but I have some news that I can't share in the meeting." Gong Ling looked at Cheng Aotian and smiled. "We've been in contact with Hermes for a long time. According to their brand department's latest intention, you are likely to win the title of Hermes men's wear spokesperson."
"Really?" Cheng Aotian's eyes lit up when he heard the news.
Hermes is the most famous sports brand in China. It focuses on youth and high-end products and has considerable influence among young people.
If he can get the endorsement of Hermes, it will not only be a recognition of his commercial value, but will also be of great help to Cheng Aotian in increasing his influence.
"When has Sister Gong ever lied to you?" Seeing Cheng Aotian's reaction, Gong Ling smiled. "But you also know the company's strategy for the NICE group. They're still a bit hesitant about accepting personal endorsements. This is an exception, and we haven't let anyone else in the NICE group know yet. Just keep it to yourself."
"Of course I know this, Sister Gong, don't worry."
"Hello?" Gong Ling answered the phone. When she heard the voice on the other end, she smiled like a flower and softened her voice. "It's Mr. Qin. Of course there is no problem on our side. If you need, we can cooperate with the filming at any time..."
Gong Ling's expression suddenly changed when she was halfway through her speech: "Changes? I don't quite understand what you mean..."
Hearing this, Cheng Aotian sat up straight and also heard something wrong from the change in Gong Ling's tone.
Under Cheng Aotian's nervous gaze, Gong Ling's expression changed several times in a row, as if a color palette had been overturned, and the corners of her mouth had drooped.
"Change people?" Gong Ling's face stiffened. "Hahaha, Mr. Qin, you're really humorous... Wasn't this already agreed upon in advance..."
As if she heard what the other party said, Gong Ling changed her statement again.
"Considering our long-standing friendship, could you please tell me the truth? Who stole the endorsement from Aotian?"
"Yan Chaochao?"
Surprised, Gong Ling suddenly raised her voice and called out the name.
On the side, the moment he heard the name, Cheng Aotian's expression instantly stiffened, and a hint of panic appeared in his eyes.
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