Chapter 85085 "You look the most handsome when you have a cold face."...
Lin Nuo arrived at the hotel that night. In order to ensure that Wen Zhenni could attend the afternoon meeting on time, he picked up the two of them at five in the morning and set off back to the city.
This drama promotional event required attending with lead actor Qiu Sicheng, interacting with fans and the media. Originally, the schedule was quite ample, but no one anticipated the unexpected encounter on the way back.
As soon as Wen Zhenni arrived on-site, she was hurriedly whisked into a makeshift dressing room by the team. They had to put on makeup, change clothes, and review the procedures, all while racing against time.
The audience has already entered the venue in advance and the meet-and-greet is about to begin.
The costume designer matched Wen Zhenni with an ice-blue halter-neck sequined fishtail skirt, which was sparkling and made her look like a swimming blue mermaid when she walked.
She was standing in front of the floor-length mirror, adjusting the hem of her skirt. Chengzi came over and handed Qin Qing her phone, saying anxiously, "Sister Qin, look! The black trending search is on the front page again."
Public figures constantly face the camera and compete for resources with their peers, so it's normal for them to experience negative searches. This is especially true during periods of high activity, when negative searches are even more common.
Wen Zhenni adjusted her earrings, looked at their expressions reflected in the mirror, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Chengzi puffed out her cheeks. "Ever since our show became a hit, Yu Lanfei has been buying promotional materials every day, releasing press releases boasting about her role, saying that the show's success is entirely due to her popularity. It's infuriating! She's such an outstanding actress with so few scenes, and she has the nerve to buy these press releases."
Wen Zhenni paused as she adjusted her earrings: "I almost forgot about this cousin."
Ever since the unpleasant incident at the jewelry store last time, Yu Lanfei had indeed been quiet for a while, and I thought he had finally learned his lesson.
She smiled when she heard this: "Isn't this her team's usual method? Aren't you used to it yet?"
"I can't get used to it."
Chengzi, however, was calmer than before. She muttered, "If it was a bad guy like Gao Chengsi, they could just arrest him and everything would be fine. But for someone like Yu Lanfei, who has done nothing illegal or disciplinary, and relies solely on disgusting competitive tactics to gain traffic, there's really nothing we can do about her."
"It's not a big deal. Let the PR department handle it." Qin Qing remained calm as always. He raised his hand and handed the tablet to Wen Zhenni. "The day after tomorrow, New Year's Eve, is also a celebration banquet. The brand specifically wants you to wear that pink diamond starburst set. In addition, there are some additional schedules. Take a look."
Wen Zhenni sat down next to her, took the tablet, and quickly scanned the itinerary.
Qin Qing took a sip from the water cup, looked at her and said, "The buffer time is almost up. I will be preparing to join the team next month."
"You really don't let me rest for even a moment." Wen Zhenni murmured softly, with a coquettish tone.
Qin Qing smiled and shook his head: "It's always good to gain more experience while the heat is high."
"I know."
Wen Zhenni returned the tablet to Qin Qing. A staff member pushed the door open and reminded her, "Teacher Wen, it's time to go into the venue."
"Okay." Wen Zhenni adjusted her skirt as she stood up, left the dressing room surrounded by her team members, and walked towards the venue corridor.
The meeting was held in the atrium of the shopping mall. When it was about to start, the scene was already crowded with people. Even the upper floors were densely packed with onlookers. The atmosphere was quite hot.
Qiu Sicheng wore a white suit today, with his hair combed back, looking neat and stylish. As soon as he appeared on the stage, he attracted screams from all around.
Wen Zhenni entered the venue amidst a tidal wave of cheers. Qiu Sicheng walked over to her and said teasingly, "Ni'er, long time no see. You've had an amazing time these past few months. I saw you on the social news yesterday."
"Ah, I'm on the news?" Wen Zhenni was a little surprised. The landslide had been trending yesterday, and the rescue progress was being updated continuously, but no one had told her that she would be appearing in the official footage.
"You didn't take any pictures, did you?" she asked.
"Don't worry, if something were really caught on camera, it would have been all over the trending searches long ago." Qiu Sicheng looked ahead, leaned closer to her, and asked quietly, "Are you really planning to keep your marriage secret and not consider making it public?"
Things had been happening one after another recently, and Wen Zhenni hadn't thought about this issue: "Although it's okay to make it public now, I still have to go back and discuss it with him."
Qiu Sicheng said happily: "That will cause a big uproar."
With that, the event officially began. The host introduced the creative team in a humorous and witty manner, instantly pushing the atmosphere to a climax, with cheers and applause erupting from the audience.
Under the host's guidance, the director first talked about his thoughts on creating the play, and then the topic naturally turned to Wen Zhenni. Wen Zhenni calmly took the microphone and shared her understanding of the role.
Entering the fan interaction session, in response to everyone's enthusiastic request, she talked about several interesting things that happened during the filming.
When mentioning the funny story, some CP fans in the audience started to laugh: "I remember this. In the behind-the-scenes footage, you and Cheng Ge were learning to fish, and you talked about how you got covered in mud when you were little? You even took a photo? So you knew each other as kids?"
Wen Zhenni smiled and nodded, "Yes, we were neighbors when we were young, and we have been very good friends since we were young."
The audience immediately grasped the key point, and someone boldly asked: "Brother Cheng is a rich second-generation, and you can be his neighbor. In fact, you are also from a wealthy family, right?"
In the tentative atmosphere of gossip, Wen Zhenni smiled and said, "I guess so."
The topic ended there, and the host took over at the right time and moved on to the next question with ease, which was whether the two had any ideas about working together again.
Qiu Sicheng raised the microphone and said, "If we were to work together again, I'd most like to collaborate with Zhenni on a family comedy. Is there any producer who would like to take a look at us?"
Wen Zhenni joked, "Just the two of us standing here is already funny enough. If we do a comedy, won't it make people laugh until they faint?"
Although the two maintained social distance, the natural intimacy and tacit understanding caused the audience to cover their mouths and exclaim:
"That's the feeling I want, it's even better."
"Second time! Please, second time!"
Amid the audience's enthusiastic cheers, the host guided the audience into a classic interactive game segment. The host randomly selected a few lucky fans to come on stage and recreate famous scenes from the show with the actors.
According to the program, the last famous scene is a fancy hug. As if they had discussed it in advance, the fans tacitly chanted for the two actors to recreate this scene...
The event lasted about two hours. Afterwards, major media platforms released high-definition photos and video clips of the meeting, sparking discussions among netizens.
Ci Heng entered the trending search and browsed slowly. The popularity was very high, and the majority of the comments were about the two of them working together again, which was enough to show how popular this drama was.
When he clicked on the live photo of the two people hugging each other in a fancy way, he slowly lowered his crossed long legs, moved his fingers, and liked all the comments that refused to have a second relationship.
As he exited, a trending search involving Wen Zhenni's name caught his eye. He clicked on it, frowning, and scanned it briefly before continuing to scroll. Instead, he instructed Lin Nuo, who had just entered, "Keep an eye on the negative trending searches for my wife. Also, help me prepare the celebration banquet for next week."
"Okay." Lin Nuo agreed, then asked cautiously, "Do you need to tell your wife?"
"No need." Ciheng opened WeChat and sent a message to Wen Zhenni.
Tzu Heng: [Is work finished? When will you be home?]
The message was sent successfully, and the phone dinged and lit up on the coffee table. When the message bubble popped up, Wen Zhenni was holding a tissue, wiping the lipstick that had spilled from the corner of her lips.
She reached for her phone and saw it was a message from Ciheng. Her fingertips tapped on the keyboard: [Still at the company. I have a live broadcast later. It will take about 40 minutes~]
Chengzi had already adjusted the live broadcast equipment and gestured to her to get ready. Wen Zhenni hurriedly replied, "The live broadcast is about to begin. Let's talk later."
Chengzi quickly helped her tidy up her hair and collar, and Wen Zhenni also adjusted herself and sat down in front of the camera.
The live broadcast interface opened, the barrage of comments started scrolling, and fans' messages were posted quickly, but they were followed by a large number of negative comments with similar content, which seemed like an organized and premeditated screen attack.
Wen Zhenni was stunned for a few seconds, but responded quickly: "It seems everyone is very enthusiastic."
While interacting with fans, she gestured to Orange with her hands outside the picture.
Orange understood what he meant and opened the work group to find out that Yu Lanfei had become a hot topic.
In the program interview, Yu Lanfei implied that her former colleague relied on her background to snatch the S+ female lead from her, and hinted at the characteristics of this colleague in the interview, all of which pointed to Wen Zhenni.
Later, this conversation was screenshotted by a marketing account and quickly spread, and with the support of other fans, the number of followers increased rapidly. The team must have tasted the sweetness and used this to hype it up.
It would be fine if it wasn't true, but the internet trolls went so far as to spread rumors, and they were dirty rumors about Wen Zhenni, saying that she had financial backers behind her, suppressed young civilian actors, and guided netizens who were unaware of the truth to fight for her.
Wen Zhenni has top-tier traffic, and her competitors of the same period only wish they could make something bigger, quit the entertainment industry forever, and give up their resources.
Chengzi showed the trending content to Qin Qing, and Qin Qing called the public relations department.
"This matter cannot be left overnight. It must be resolved today, even if I don't sleep tonight."
The public relations department informed me that they had just issued a statement.
Orange opened the statement. The front row was dominated by fans, but negative comments were also floating in the front, making people clench their fists.
"What's going on? Why don't they listen to anything we say? Even when we present evidence, they suspect it's fabricated."
It's too terrible. An innocent person is being cyberbullied, while the bully reaps the benefits.
She glanced at Wen Zhenni who was broadcasting live seriously, took a deep breath, and clicked on it again. She found that the top row of hot searches were occupied by people from their side, and they were killing everyone, as if they were going crazy.
Looking closely at the ID, it’s Jin Qi?
Sister Zhenni’s younger brother?
Jin Qi: [We are unscrupulous capitalists. Buying trending searches and hiring online influencers is a piece of cake.]
If going crazy can solve the problem, why do we need laws? If everyone wants resources, can everyone just say a few bad things and write a little essay to get mad?
She's not financially backed; she was born in Rome. You didn't even know where you were when she appeared on the weekly magazine three times. So why do you think she can steal your resources? She's so arrogant.
Not only Jin Qi, but also Xi Miao, who works in the studio, pulled out his long-dormant account. After an hour of extreme arguing, he realized that his opponent was a moron and felt extremely exhausted.
She complained to Mingxia: "Don't these people have the ability to think?"
Mingxia shook her head and said, "Class antagonism is always the most effective tactic. The other team knows how to stir up emotions and manipulate public opinion. Public opinion is now overwhelmingly on her side. Even if we're right, it's difficult to counter the netizens' emotions in a short time."
"You can't keep getting scolded."
Xi Miao became increasingly angry as he thought about it, and sent a WeChat message: [“Nibao, are you a good man? If not, I’ll buy you trending searches. Otherwise, I’ll start a marketing company and kill him.”]
When Wen Zhenni saw this message, she had already finished the live broadcast and got on the car to go home.
She replied: [Don't worry, this isn't the first time. I've developed a strong heart.]
After chatting with Xi Miao, Wen Zhenni arrived at the Xiangzhang Road apartment. When she entered the house, she saw Ciheng standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. Seeing her come back, he ended the call.
Wen Zhenni saw him frowning and said with a smile, "Why are you so angry?"
"I gave her a slap in the face." Ciheng rarely gets angry like this, but no one can tolerate such rumors this time.
"Before, I could let it go for my uncle's sake. But this time, I can't let it go so easily."
"What do you want to do?" Wen Zhenni sat on the sofa and browsed Weibo.
Ciheng: "Banning and freezing it is already considered as mercy on my part."
Wen Zhenni paused and didn't reply.
"What's wrong?" Ci Heng saw her expression pause and tilted his head to look at her screen. "Mom posted on Weibo."
Wen Han: [As @Wenzhenni's mother, I don't think my daughter needs to hijack other people's resources.]
"My mom doesn't post on Weibo very often. It seems she's really angry."
She replied to Wen Han, comforted her with a few words, and said that she was fine.
Wen Han was finally relieved. By the way, she told her that when her grandmother learned that she and her husband had encountered a landslide, she blamed herself so much that she immediately agreed to go abroad with her to live in retirement.
Now that grandma agreed, Wen Han felt relieved.
Wen Zhenni once again entered the hot search, and the entry "Wen Zhenni is Wen Han's daughter" has exploded.
After all, no one expected Wen Zhenni to be a second-generation celebrity, with her mother being a renowned international movie star. And as this trending topic became popular, entertainment bloggers began to dig into her father. As time went by, the topic escalated, with everyone discussing her background.
Wen Zhenni forwarded Wen Han's post and turned off her phone: "By the way, why don't we find a time to make it public?"
Ciheng nodded: "Okay."
Wen Zhenni leaned against his shoulder. Ciheng kissed her forehead. When she looked up, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Your eye makeup is smudged."
He couldn't help but kiss her, and then said something to spoil the mood after the kiss. What kind of personality does he have?
Wen Zhenni blinked: "You look most handsome with a cold face."
That night, the hot searches about the two actors completely went off track, and by the next day, Wen Han’s Weibo post was still trending.
Even well-known bloggers in the industry weighed in: "Wen Zhenni is a good person for being able to speak to you calmly and reasonably. With her background, it's easy for her to crush someone. By allowing you to act so recklessly these days, she's really giving you some leeway."
[Here's a little-known fact: you know about the Gao Chengsi incident? That was the work of the forces behind her. If you don't remember, you can review the trending searches for the Gao Chengsi case. If you still think it's nothing, let me tell you about two people: the Vice Minister of State and the unique privilege license plate.]
Yu Lanfei's team seemed to have heard something and retracted all related statements.
Not only did the studio issue an apology statement, but Yu Lanfei also came to apologize.
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