Ji Juntao feigned surprise: "Even though it's almost eleven o'clock, you can't talk in your sleep. —Are you feeling better now?"
Shang Yechu had come to terms with it. He nodded and then shook his head, saying mysteriously, "I've recovered about one percent."
"You'll have to deal with the remaining 99% yourself," Ji Juntao said with a laugh. "He has a double-digit number of girlfriends! You're asking him to discuss love with you? You're asking for trouble. Let me teach you, next time you hear him spouting this kind of nonsense, no matter what he says, just reply: 'You're right, but my acting is better than yours.' If he doesn't get angry within three rounds, I'll change my surname to yours."
"Hello Ye Taotao," Shang Yechu said, "What brings you here so late?"
103 suddenly asked, "Why?"
Shang Yechu was joking around with Ji Juntao when he suddenly heard this and thought something had gone wrong with 103: "What do you mean, why? Are you going to break down?"
The flat-chested man said, “What Ji Juntao and I said clearly meant the same thing. Why did you not react at all after I said so much, while Ji Juntao was able to solve the problem in five minutes?”
Shang Yechu casually said, "It's probably because you speak rudely."
"Is Ji Juntao's metaphor about human excrement really that pleasant to the ear?"
Shang Yechu thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because Lao Ji and I share common interests."
103 said coldly, "We are also in a community of shared interests. Until I retire, I will have to stick with you."
Unable to find a reason, Shang Yechu had no choice but to take the initiative: "You yourself often go ten days or half a month without saying a word, and I only didn't react to your words for three seconds, and you're jumping up and down like this. If you put it proportionally, you're clearly more..."
"Ye Chu, Ye Chu, snap out of it!"
Ji Juntao's voice rose three octaves, and Shang Yechu realized that she had actually started arguing with 103. She quickly said, "I was just spacing out. What did you say?"
“I said, do you remember the clarification plan we prepared before? It was about your plastic surgery.”
Shang Yechu remembered: "Of course."
When the plastic surgery rumors broke, Shang Yechu was still a second-tier actress and had just landed a role in "Tianban." She couldn't afford to make a big fuss, so she had to keep the matter quiet for the time being. Just suppressing trending topics and buzz cost her a considerable amount of money.
Shang Yechu and Ji Juntao's original plan was to wait until "Tianban" became a hit, and then, taking advantage of the time when the audience and casual viewers felt the most affection for Shang Yechu and the deepest character filter, and when Shang Yechu's popularity was at its highest, to openly clarify the plastic surgery rumors and resolve the issue once and for all at the official level.
Clarifying past scandals when a character is at their most beloved is a tried-and-tested whitewashing tactic. Externally, it can ignite the passion of die-hard fans, while internally, it can reassure new viewers.
Now that "Half a Day" has become an unexpected hit, this matter can naturally be put on the agenda. Qingping Entertainment's public relations department has already prepared several plans.
The original plan was to first hire a few marketing accounts to release press releases about Shang Yechu's plastic surgery. Then, a few anti-fans who had already been prepared (professional anti-fans hired by Qingping Entertainment through a professional outsourcing team, who had been lying low under the guise of ivy for more than half a year, and whose fan identity had been thoroughly developed) would spread rumors about Shang Yechu's plastic surgery.
Once the situation escalates, Qingping Entertainment will issue an emergency statement, which will invariably include phrases like "Recently, a certain Weibo user has been publishing defamatory information about Ms. @叶初Leaves, fabricating false statements, and spreading rumors," "The internet is not a lawless place," and "Maintaining a healthy online order." Then, they'll send a few lawyer's letters to the hired trolls.
Of course, Qingping Entertainment won't actually sue these professional trolls, since they're paid to do it. The key is to present an attitude of having a clear conscience.
Finally, Shang Yechu would release the evidence she had prepared beforehand, play the victim, and act like a pure and innocent lotus flower, and that would be the end of it.
This is standard procedure. Currently, the online trolls hired by Qingping Entertainment have begun generating buzz, and there are still a few days until the official clarification.
Shang Yechu asked, "What's wrong? Do you need to adjust the plan?"
“It’s not an adjustment,” Ji Juntao sighed. “It’s been cancelled.”
Shang Yechu's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly asked, "What's wrong?"
"You—go check Weibo yourself." Ji Juntao waved his hand. "I can't help you."
Ji Juntao's attitude made Shang Yechu's heart skip a beat. She didn't bother arguing with Ji Juntao anymore, so she put her phone down, opened her laptop, and logged into her Weibo side account.
Shang Yechu's Weibo side account follows many Ye Ya, and today is her birthday, so the homepage is bustling with activity. Shang Yechu doesn't have time to look at the homepage; she clicks on the trending topics first.
There were many topics about Ye Chu on the trending search list, and Shang Ye Chu immediately noticed the number one trending search:
#Ye Chu 208#.
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