Chapter 027

The internet was full of comments mocking Yan Xi's failed character creation. Suddenly, a Weibo post appeared in the real-time forum of the topic:

[The fact that the top student cheated is just one of the reasons. Yan Xi was a little gangster in middle school. She was uneducated and bullied her classmates. It would be a miracle if such a person could get into Shanghai University! ]

[Campus bullying? What kind of scum is in the entertainment industry! ]

[Oh my god! I thought Yan Xi looked innocent and pure, and I thought she was a good student! ]

【Don’t be fooled by a woman’s face! 】

Lin Ranran used a fake account to make up a fake story. This kind of fake news is the most difficult to clarify. How can you prove something that does not exist? Now netizens are angry. Even though there is no evidence, many netizens who have no opinion quickly believed this news.

Xu Yangyang is one of them.

"What innocent look? This woman is so scheming!"

Xu Yangyang curled up on the sofa in the apartment, poking at the screen with his fingers, and using his secondary account to like every comment that criticized Yan Xi.

If Yan Xi hadn't been scheming, would she have taken away her position as an S-level variety show partner? Would she not even be able to get a bag from Zhou Qingyu? Would she lose the beauty salon membership card she had already obtained?

Xu Yangyang felt pained when he thought about what he had lost, but Zhou Qingyu seemed to be bewitched by him and listened to him very much!

Now you are in trouble, right? You deserve it!

The revelation also included photos of Xu Yangyang, which were secretly taken by paparazzi when she went to see a movie late at night. As one of the "people involved", Xu Yangyang received nothing but praise and sympathy from passers-by -

[A foreign celebrity has no human rights, and his resources are taken away just because he says they are being taken away! ]

[Of course, I feel sorry for Xu Yangyang! ]

[Can you please clean up your in-house entertainment? I hate these ugly kids that are pushed by capital! ]

[To be honest... Yan Xi is not ugly, she is pretty]

[What’s the point of having good looks? Can you act? In this case, I’d rather watch Xu Yangyang, she’s a professional actor after all!]

[The entertainment industry is now being tainted by these capitals! ]

——

The online discussion is intensifying.

As one of the parties involved, Xingyao Entertainment must respond.

It’s just that the internet is saying that Yan Xi has signed a contract with Xingyao Entertainment and is now building up her image and is planning to debut in the entertainment industry in the future. But Xingyao’s public relations department didn’t even know that they had signed a contract with Yan Xi!

Did the Ministry of Economic Affairs fail to inform them?

Public Relations Director Wu Liao pushed open the door of the Economic Director's office and said, "Qiao Yan, tell me the truth. When did you sign the contract with Yan Xi? Why didn't you tell me such an important thing?"

Qiao Yan was processing documents. Hearing this, he looked up and looked at Wu Liao blankly, "Yan Xi is an artist of Xingyao? I didn't know that!"

Wu Liao:?

Wu Liao gritted his teeth, "You can fool your fans, but don't fool me! We are in the same boat. You have been covering up for the eldest lady in Xingyao for so many years, do you have to hide it from me? Yan Xi replaced Xu Yangyang on the variety show, I don't believe she is just a close friend!"

The two most miserable characters in Star Glory are Wu Liao and Qiao Yan.

The two used to be managers of the Zhou Group's public relations department. Later, when Xingyao was established, the two were assigned to Xingyao as directors. To others, it was a good job, but to Wu Liao, he had been cleaning up Zhou Qingyu's mess for the past two years since he joined Xingyao. There was an endless stream of negative information about Zhou Qingyu on the Internet, all of which were suppressed by their public relations department.

Zhou Qingyu's arrogant personality was not forced to shut herself off by netizens' scolding, all thanks to Wu Liao.

Qiao Yan is not having an easy time either. Although she is an agency director, all the resources at her disposal are used by Zhou Qingyu to feed Tianhui, causing her to be rated as the worst agent in the entertainment industry by netizens.

In Wu Liao's opinion, both of them were tortured by the eldest daughter and suffered a lot every day, so they felt a sense of mutual sympathy.

Qiao Yan was silent for a while. She really didn't know what Zhou Qingyu meant by coming here to show her displeasure.

The eldest lady's words are always true. She has given resources to Tianhui and Pei Yubai so casually many times in the past. Qiao Yan used to ask about it, but after being scolded by the eldest lady many times, she shut herself off and stopped asking.

The only thing Qiao Yan could be sure of was that Yan Xi had not signed the contract.

At first, Zhou Qingyu asked Yan Xi to replace Xu Yangyang, and only said that she would be the one to appear on the variety show, and didn't say anything else.

Qiao Yan told Wu Liao everything, and Wu Liao fell silent.

If academic qualifications are falsified, there are public relations methods to deal with the falsification; if not, just clarify it.

But now there are so many screenshots of the Ocean University app on the Internet that Wu Liao was afraid that what Da Jiajun said was true.

"Can't contact

"Miss?" Qiao Yan asked.

Wu Liao spread his hands, "The young lady left her phone in the car to charge, and went shopping in the supermarket with the guests."

"This is a headache..." Qiao Yan rubbed his temples, "But from what I know about the young lady, Yan Xihai said she had a college degree, and she is not the kind of person who would lie."

Wu Liao: "But if the young lady didn't lie, what about those screenshots?"

Qiao Yan and Wu Liao looked at each other and sighed again.

"The most urgent thing is to contact that...Xu Yangyang!" Wu Liao threw out the secretly photographed photos of Xu Yangyang, "You announced to the public that you sprained your foot and still went out to watch a movie. Are you deliberately causing trouble for us?"

Qiao Yan looked at Wu Liao quietly, "Her ankle sprain was fake in the first place, and the medical records were all fabricated. How do you clarify this?"

Wu Liao was angry: "That's her business! She took the resources from Leisure and now she's going to destroy the bridge after crossing the river? Who are you to sign the contract?"

Without Wu Liao's reminder, Qiao Yan also planned to contact Xu Yangyang.

The issue of academic fraud can only be discussed after contacting Zhou Qingyu, but as for Xu Yangyang, they can still control public opinion.

Qiao Yan immediately contacted Xu Yangyang. On the phone, Xu Yangyang sounded aggrieved, "Sister Qiao, I have no announcements now even if I pretend to be sick. Can't I go out and watch a movie and learn some acting skills? I didn't expect that a nobody like me would be photographed!"

"Hurry up and post a Weibo to clarify and deny that it was not you!" Qiao Yan ordered.

"Sister Qiao, maybe not," Xu Yangyang whispered, "I met a fan that night and I signed an autograph for her..."

Qiao Yan:?

Qiao Yan was so angry that she needed oxygen.

A female celebrity who publicly announced that she had sprained her ankle was photographed healthy and fine, and even signed autographs for fans? !

What was the agent who signed the contract with Xu Yangyang thinking? Why are all her subordinates such good-for-nothings?

"That's your business,"

Wu Liao's voice interrupted the phone call. It was different from the familiar voice when he was talking to Qiao Yan. At this time, Wu Liao's voice was like ice that had suddenly been poisoned. "Since you have announced to the public that you sprained your ankle, just play the game to the end. If you were secretly photographed in the middle of the process, that is something you have to deal with."

"Mr. Wu..." Xu Yangyang whispered, "But I didn't expect to be photographed!"

Wu Liao's tone became even colder. "We need to find a way to contact that fan, prevent her from being exposed, and then clarify the matter. Otherwise, when we come to clarify, the consequences will be completely different."

Having said that, Wu Liao hung up the phone.

Qiao Yan rarely saw Wu Liao so serious, "Do you suspect Xu Yangyang did this on purpose?"

Wu Liao sneered, "Isn't it obvious? I'm not a top PR person, but her methods are too crude. Passersby might take candid photos accidentally, but she actually signed autographs for fans? This is either bad or stupid!"

Qiao Yan nodded. She could probably sense that Xu Yangyang was dissatisfied with Yan Xi. Even if she was compensated with better resources, her resentment still remained.

"It's just that public opinion is not in favor of Yan Xi right now. Xu Yangyang has become the victim. If we want to reverse the public opinion, Yan Xi's opinion must be reversed first."

Falsifying academic qualifications is the core of this public opinion.

Wu Liao suddenly remembered what happened at the winery yesterday.

After get off work last night, he went to the bar for a drink as usual and met colleagues from the Zhou Group's public relations department for dinner. Those in the public relations department praised Xingyao for its excellent public relations this time, using one million to turn around Zhou Qingyu's popularity, and finally using all the compensation from Ye Luo for charity, which was simply the finishing touch.

Wu Liao was stunned when he heard this, because he did nothing yesterday except deleting some bad comments about Zhou Qingyu and Yan Xi.

If it wasn't him, then it was someone else, or at least it was just a coincidence.

Years of professional training have taught Wu Liao not to believe in coincidences, as there are no coincidences in the entertainment industry.

When he got home in the evening, Wu Liao watched the live video from beginning to end. In the end, the only person he could feel was wrong was Yan Xi.

Wu Liao couldn't be 100% sure. He vaguely felt that every change in public opinion seemed to be related to Yan Xi.

Did Yan Xi do it on purpose?

It feels more like a blind cat meeting a dead mouse, just a coincidence, right?

The academic fraud incident that was exposed today made Wu Liao realize that if Yan Xi was indeed a student of Haicheng University, then all of this was most likely done by her.

She was smart and logical enough, so she figured out the logic behind Zhou Qingyu slapping Ye Luoyi in front of everyone.

She is cunning enough to pretend to be stupid and downplay her offensiveness and presence.

She was even smoother than before. She quietly led Zhou Qingyu to the winery, and quietly donated the huge sum of money "extorted" from Ye Luoyi to the Red Cross, making the money legal and compliant.

"How about we trust the young lady and the others?" Wu Liao suddenly said.

"What?" Qiao Yan didn't understand.

Wu Liao: "Perhaps, this matter is not as complicated as we imagined. Yan Xi... may also have a way to solve it."

——

Wu Liao had high expectations for Yan Xi, which stemmed from his keen public relations skills.

But other people didn't think so, such as Xu Yangyang. Even after receiving Qiao Yan's call, she had no intention of clarifying the matter.

What to clarify?

The collapse of Yan Xi’s character is a foregone conclusion. She has been convicted of fake academic credentials. Can she still turn things around? I guess she won’t be able to record variety shows in the future. She’s the one who’s going to save the day!

In this situation, is she still "clarifying"? Is she letting her fans slap her in the face?

She doesn't!

She doesn't have to do anything, just wait for Yan Xi to quit the program, and then Zhou Qingyu will come and invite her to join! By then, the person who will eat and drink with Zhou Qingyu during the trip will be her, Xu Yangyang!

Another person who had no expectations for Yan Xi was Da Jiajun.

There are more and more screenshots of the Ocean University app on the Internet, and students from various colleges have said that there is no one like "Yan Xi" in their colleges.

Da Jiajun only glanced at one message. The other party said that he was a student at the School of Finance of Ocean University of China. There was no student named "Yan Xi" among the undergraduates, but there was a senior named "Yan Xi" in the graduate school.

A graduate student, then you must be at least 22 years old, right?

Yan Xi is only 20 years old now!

Dajia-kun naturally attributed this to a coincidence of having the same name.

The subsequent revelation that "Yan Xi bullied classmates in high school" made Da Jiajun ecstatic, as this further proved that Yan Xi had bad character and misconduct!

It's just that the text of the revelation is a little pale, but it doesn't matter, the marketing account can process it a little, which is not difficult. It's difficult to clarify the Ba Ling Gua, and it happened several years ago.

Da Jiajun asked the team to do some art processing and produced some blurry photos of campus bullying, and also added some chat records between the bullying students. The chat records even showed that Yan Xi bullied other students.

[Yan Xi is definitely a little gangster, don’t be fooled by her face! ]

[I suggest the blogger dig up some information about Zhou Qingyu. They are close friends and must have done this kind of thing a lot in high school! ]

[Zhou Qingyu is so arrogant and domineering. She must have bullied other students in the past! ]

[I feel this is irrational. It makes Yan Xi look too stupid. If she wants to establish herself as a top student, she can choose a 985 or 211, right? In the entertainment industry, 985 or 211 is already considered a top student. She chose the top 3, which is ridiculous!]

[+1... This makes Yan Xi look so stupid that I even doubt its authenticity...]

[Although she doesn’t look particularly smart…how smart can a pretty girl be! ]

[The above person is biased, our Yiyi is excellent! 】

Da Jiajun also found it strange. It was impossible for an ordinary student to pretend to be a top student from a top 3 university. This character setting was too much.

But with a little research, you can find that Haicheng University has an affiliated vocational college - Haicheng University Hangzhou College.

Many students at Hangzhou University would say they are from Ocean University when introducing themselves to others.

It's because of self-esteem that, one is from a prestigious university and the other is from a technical college. Of course, everyone would rather others think that they are students from a prestigious university. When they are exposed, they just say the full name of the university.

It’s just that the faculty at Hangzhou College is average, and the resources are not shared with Ocean University. Their students don’t need to use the Shanghai University app, and Da Jiajun has no way of verifying whether there is someone like Yan Xi in this college.

But Dajiajun felt that it was almost correct.

——

When Su Lingling saw the trending search, the guests were already on their way back to the B&B.

On the way, Zhou Qingyu and Yan Xi chatted and laughed, admiring the beautiful photos Louis took of them. They had no time to go online to read the news.

Su Lingling looked at the trending searches, moved closer to Ye Luoyi, and said excitedly, "Yiyi! Yan Xi's high-educated personality has been ruined!"

Ye Luoyi's eyelids jumped, and she suppressed her inner excitement, "The car flipped over? What happened?"

Su Lingling was gloating over the misfortune. "Didn't Zhou Qingyu say that Yan Xi was a top student at Ocean University? Then netizens checked and found out that there is no such person at Ocean University! Now it's interesting! But Ocean University has a technical college, and everyone speculated that Yan Xi might be from that school."

Ye Luoyi blinked. Zhou Qingyu said half an hour ago that Yan

Yan Xi is a top student at Haicheng University. In just half an hour, her image has been ruined. The speed is too fast.

Normal public opinion doesn't ferment so quickly!

Ye Luoyi's gaze inadvertently fell on Qin Li. Looking at his broad shoulders and narrow waist, her cheeks blushed and a strong warmth spread in her chest.

Ye Luoyi pretended to be regretful, "Alas, Yan Xi shouldn't be like this. It's easy to fail when establishing a persona in the entertainment industry!"

"You just want to enter the entertainment industry!" Su Lingling snorted, "You deserve it for failing!"

Ye Luoyi scanned the events in the entry "Yan Xi's fake academic credentials" on Weibo, which included information about her fake academic credentials, snatching resources from Xu Yangyang, and bullying students in high school.

Ye Luoyi exclaimed softly, "Ba Ling is still here. Yan Xi doesn't look like him!"

"You can judge a person by his appearance but not by his heart!" When Su Lingling looked at Yan Xi in front of her, her eyes became even more contemptuous.

Yan Xi felt Su Lingling's gaze, turned her head to look at Su Lingling, and met Su Lingling's eyes.

Then she chuckled.

Su Lingling felt a little confused and rubbed her eyes. "Strange, why do I feel that Yan Xi looks familiar? I seem to have seen her somewhere before?"

Ye Luoyi paused, "Qingyu is from Bowen, Yanxi and Qingyu are close friends, so could she also be from Bowen? You two might be alumni, have you met each other in school before?"

Su Lingling tried hard to recall what happened in high school, but she had graduated five years ago and could no longer remember many things.

"I don't remember." Su Lingling shook her head. "I know all the followers Zhou Qingyu had in high school, but Yan Xi wasn't one of them. But I can ask."

Bowen Private High School is a famous aristocratic private school in Haicheng. Almost all the young ladies and gentlemen from wealthy families go to school here. Although Su Lingling has graduated, there are still other people's brothers and sisters studying in Bowen Private High School. It is not difficult to inquire about one person.

A few minutes later, Su Lingling came to the conclusion, "I asked, and there is no such person in our school."

Ye Luoyi heaved a sigh of relief. Schools like Bowen Private High School have a strict school spirit and rarely see bullying. Even if there is, the perpetrator should be a rich second-generation from a top-tier wealthy family like Zhou Qingyu, and there is no way he is a child born in an ordinary family.

Ye Luoyi found it somewhat credible that Zhou Qingyu bullied her classmates in high school.

Ye Luoyi suggested, "Yan Xi is Qingyu's best friend. She should have been to Qingyu's birthday party. You may have seen Yan Xi at the birthday party."

Su Lingling scratched the back of her head and said, "What you said... makes sense."

——

Back at the B&B, it was almost time for dinner.

The guests participated in the sailing competition and got wet, so they went to the room to take a shower first, and then came downstairs to prepare the ingredients and eat hot pot together.

Zhou Qingyu couldn't stand feeling sticky all over her body. She didn't fall into the water, but her body was wet when she was sailing. Now she rushed into the bathroom with a towel to take a shower.

Yan Xi received a call from her roommate about her giving up on participating in the exchange student program and that she needed to sign some documents. Yan Xi simply took out her computer to process those documents.

"Xixi, do you know what happened on the Internet? Someone actually spread rumors that you had faked your academic qualifications!"

My roommate is a 5G network surfer. She has been watching the live broadcast of "Travel". When she saw the news on the Internet, she told Yan Xi immediately.

When Yan Xi was in the supermarket, she heard the system mention it but didn't pay much attention to it. Now that she had some free time, she opened Weibo and took a look. She saw that the hot searches were all about criticizing her for creating a personal image.

My roommate was furious. "I explained it to them for a long time, but they didn't believe me. They insisted that I was your leg hair! They are the ones with leg hair! Their whole family has leg hair!"

Yan Xi was worried, "You wouldn't post our photo to prove yourself, would you?"

"I think so. I still have our graduation photo in my bookcase, but I'm out now. Do you need it? I'll go back and post the photo for you later, so that you can slap the faces of those keyboard warriors who spread rumors!"

"Don't do that!"

Yan Xi hurriedly stopped him. Her roommate was careless and often spoke without restraint on the Internet, so it was easy for people to catch him.

Yan Xi said earnestly, "Now netizens have already taken sides and believe that my academic qualifications are fake. If you send me your graduation photo to prove it for me, they will think that you are my water army and will doxx you. Think about your previous comments on the Internet and the various messages asking for resources..."

My roommate shuddered.

If she is exposed, her photos of handsome guys with abs in Xiaohongshu, her meals and resources in the online disk, and even the 18r pornographic books will all be discovered!

Oh, and there's also the fanfiction she secretly wrote on ao3! This is a little secret that even Yan Xi doesn't know!

If the execution is carried out publicly, it will be socially devastating!

The roommate swallowed his saliva, "It's not easy to be a star... Fortunately, I'm not a celebrity..."

"However," the roommate changed the subject, "Xixi, I watched your live broadcast. Zhou Qingyu said you were a top student, and then someone exposed you. This news spread too quickly!"

Yan Xi nodded, "Very quickly."

They didn't even give netizens time to discuss their academic qualifications before they started to suppress them.

Yan Xi didn't believe that there was no one behind the scenes fanning the flames.

Are the leaves falling?

Ye Luoyi’s gentle face flashed through Yan Xi’s mind.

No, the heroine of the novel is at least great and righteous on the surface, she would not do such a thing.

Pei Yubai?

That's impossible. Although Yan Xi and Pei Yubai didn't have much contact, given the relationship between Pei Yubai and Zhou Qingyu, it's impossible for him not to know that Yan Xi was a student at Ocean University. This slander was too trivial.

All we can say is that the person behind the scenes had ill intentions towards Yan Xi, but was not familiar with her, which is why they came up with such a clumsy way of spreading rumors.

And, he must be from the circle.

Only celebrities and internet celebrities would use the mockery of character collapse.

A name quickly flashed through Yan Xi's mind—Qin Li.

In the novel, Qin Li and Ye Luoyi became acquainted during the time they were on the variety show. From the reader's perspective, they would think that Qin Li was neither too close nor too far from Ye Luoyi, and they would be curious about the progress of their relationship.

But from Yan Xi's perspective, Qin Li regards Ye Luoyi as the white moonlight in his heart. If the favorability is full score of 100, Qin Li's feelings for Ye Luoyi are at least 90.

In the words of the system: [He loves it so much. ]

Therefore, it is understandable that he feels a little anxious and does something when he sees that his beloved woman is not as popular as another group of guests.

In the entertainment industry, academic failure is not a big deal, it’s just a lesson.

But such overwhelming slander is a devastating disaster for ordinary people and is enough to destroy a person.

Yan Xi was very strong-willed. She had seen even more malicious insults in her dreams. They were directed at Zhou Qingyu. They were the most embarrassing words in the world, and they were used to insult a girl without any hesitation.

So now when Yan Xi saw these comments insulting her, she actually felt that it was nothing.

"Xixi, in addition to falsifying your academic qualifications, I see they have also framed you for bullying! Do you need my help?" her roommate asked her with concern.

Yan Xi read the comments on the Internet, tapping her fingers on the table.

Suddenly, a text message from an unknown recipient came into my phone: [Hello, Ms. Yan, I am Wu Liao, the public relations director of Xingyao Entertainment. I want to talk to you about the rumors on the Internet...]

Yan Xi's eyes lit up and a smile appeared on her lips, "Chao Chao, don't worry, it's not a big deal, I will clarify it soon~"