Chapter 028

Every guest tasted a different flavor in a hot pot.

Zhou Qingyu still doesn't know about the negative information about Yan Xi on the Internet; Jiang Tao and Xiao Yu went online during their break and saw that the comments were full of mockery and curses against Yan Xi, and they were very worried about Yan Xi.

Ye Luoyi and Su Lingling didn't show it on the surface, but Ye Luoyi could control her temper, while Su Lingling couldn't. While eating hot pot, she had glanced at Yan Xi with a gloating look several times.

Qin Li and Kang Boye, one was extremely calm, as if he knew nothing; the other was concentrating on eating hot pot, and from time to time he regretted that tripe and duck intestines could not be bought in Licheng.

【The calm before the storm! 】

[Yan Xi is so calm? I don't believe she knows nothing! ]

[Just now in the room, Yan Xi turned off the camera when she answered the phone. Apparently she was notified of her character's failure, right?]

[It’s too early for Dajia to expose the fakery. Yan Xi’s image as a top student hasn’t been established yet. I guess she’ll have to kneel down and apologize! ]

After dinner, the guests cleared the table together.

It's a rare opportunity for us to get together. We've been tired all day and have no activities in the evening, so Kang Boye took out the poker and we all played blackjack together.

21 points is a classic card game in Country F. The rules are very simple. You win if you make sure the cards in your hand do not exceed 21 points but get as close to 21 as possible.

This is a common game in casinos, but the guests do not gamble money, they just play cards.

The guests were divided into four groups and drew cards with their partners.

Blackjack is a game based on luck. As time goes on, experienced players will remember the cards that appear and increase their chances of winning through calculations.

Zhou Qingyu had been to the casino before, so she was familiar with this game. But the young lady had no idea how to count cards, so she just relied on her luck and lost a lot after a few rounds.

On the other hand, Ye Luoyi was very lucky and won several games in a row.

The system popped up and commented beside Yan Xi: [This is the heroine's luck! You see, even when playing cards, she has good cards in her hand! ]

Jiang Tao was the dealer, with one open card and one hidden card in front of him. Qin Li was eliminated because of a bust, leaving only him, Zhou Qingyu, and Ye Luoyi on the field.

Jiang Tao looked at Zhou Qingyu...not to be afraid of, then looked at Ye Luoyi...very dangerous!

Jiang Tao's eyes rolled, "Luo Yi, do you still want the cards? It's already this low, forget it!"

Ye Luoyi had an Ace of Hearts and an 8 of Diamonds in front of her, totaling 19 points, which was very close to 21. Players would usually consider stopping when faced with such cards.

But Jiang Tao's open card is the 9 of Diamonds, so he has the probability of getting a number higher than 19.

Ye Luoyi thought for a moment and said, "Let's get the cards!"

Zhou Qingyu sneered. Even though she didn't know how to count cards, she knew that unless Ye Luoyi got 2 or A, she would definitely bust.

Ye Luoyi turned over a new card, the 2 of spades.

Su Lingling screamed in surprise, "21 points! Yiyi! You are so awesome!"

In this case, even if Jiang Tao gets 21 points, the two will end up in a tie at best.

Ye Luoyi said modestly, "It's OK. As long as you count the cards that have appeared on the table, you can estimate the probability of the desired card appearing. This is not difficult."

Kang Boye envied, "You can remember all four decks of poker cards here! Sister Luo Yi, you are so amazing!"

It was Zhou Qingyu's turn. Jiang Tao asked, "Zhou Qingyu, do you want more cards?"

Blackjack is divided into two parts: idle hand and banker hand. There is no competition between idle hand and banker hand. As long as the points on the cards are greater than those of the banker hand, it will be fine. Jiang Tao is the banker and he has not revealed his hidden cards yet, so Zhou Qingyu still has a chance to win.

The points on the card in front of Zhou Qingyu are very small, only 15 points. Theoretically, she must take the card, otherwise she will lose.

Yan Xi held Zhou Qingyu down and said, "No more."

In the game of 21, if the points on the cards are generally lower than 17, you will continue to ask for cards. But since Yan Xi said so, Zhou Qingyu did not continue.

It was Jiang Tao's turn. Jiang Tao was very excited. Even if he couldn't beat Ye Luoyi, he would definitely beat Zhou Qingyu. 15 points, such a small number, it would be strange if he didn't win!

He happily turned over his hidden card, which turned out to be the 7 of Hearts!

The 7 of Hearts and the 9 of Diamonds, 16 points, are just bigger than Zhou Qingyu's 15 points.

——But in the rules of the blackjack game, if the dealer's points are less than 17 points, he must ask for a card.

Jiang Tao turned over a new card, the King of Clubs.

Jiang Tao's eyes rolled over. The K of clubs equals 10 points, which adds up to 26 points. He busted!

Jiang Tao pointed at Zhou Qingyu and said, "You are so lucky!"

It was obvious that his cards were bigger than Zhou Qingyu's, but because of the damn rules of the game, he had to draw one more card, which resulted in him losing the game!

Moreover, if it was Zhou Qingyu who asked for the cards just now, she would be the one who busted the cards!

Ye Luoyi also showed a surprised expression, "Qingyu, you are so lucky!"

"It's not good luck!" Zhou Qingyu hugged Yan Xi, "Yan Xi calculated it! When we went to Macau to gamble before, she never lost when playing this game!"

Yan Xi smiled shyly, "I just did a rough calculation, the probability of the next card being higher than 6 is 70%, so it's better not to draw it."

As for the probability of Ye Luoyi drawing a number less than 2 points, Yan Xi also did a mental calculation and it was 2.4%.

They played 4 decks of cards today, minus the 8 Ghost Kings, for a total of 208 cards. When it was Ye Luoyi's turn, there were still 41 cards left to be drawn, and only one of them was a number lower than 2, the 2 of spades.

The probability of this card being drawn is 2.4%.

Ye Luoyi's luck is really good.

[Hey, didn’t Yiyi say that she counted the cards and found that the probability of getting a card with a number less than 2 was very high, so she drew a card, which means that the remaining cards should all be decimals. But Yanxi said that the probability of drawing a card with a number greater than 6 is 70%... These two people’s statements don’t match up...]

【I have something to say! 】

[It must be Yan Xi! She is trying to establish herself as a top student! She probably doesn’t even know she has failed! ]

【Act, I want to see you act! 】

【Why call her Yan Xi? Just call her "Acting"! 】

Ye Luoyi also discovered that her "card counting" and Yan Xi's card counting were mutually exclusive.

She just said it casually. It's not good to say that she is lucky and can get any card she wants, right?

But a 70% probability?

Ye Luoyi found it funny. Four decks of poker, 208 cards, and they had been playing for such a long time. How could Yan Xi still remember what cards she had discarded?

Ye Luoyi didn't believe it.

Like other netizens, Ye Luoyi was more inclined to believe that Yan Xixi was just talking nonsense. If she lost, she would just pretend nothing happened, and if she won, she could still establish herself as a top student. Anyway, no one would flip the cards and calculate the probability.

However, others may not be able to flip it, but Ye Luoyi can.

"70%?" Ye Luoyi smiled, "Yan Xi, you calculated it so accurately! You are amazing~"

Qin Li added fuel to the fire, "We've almost finished playing, why don't we see what cards are left?"

This statement aroused great interest among everyone. Even Kang Boye and Jiang Tao were curious whether Yan Xi was just talking nonsense and could count cards.

Before Yan Xi could stop him, Qin Li had already taken the top and bottom cards from Jiang Tao's hand, turned them all over, and lined them up on the table.

The first thing that caught the eye was the cards at the bottom, all 3, 4, 5... all very small numbers, and a hint of pride appeared on Ye Luoyi and Qin Li's faces.

Soon after, the numbers in his hand became bigger and bigger, and there were more and more face cards.

Ye Luoyi and Qin Li's faces gradually turned pale.

When all the remaining cards are shown to everyone, the size of the cards is already very obvious.

Kang Boye roughly counted, "There are 39 cards left, and 27 of them have points greater than 6. This probability is... 69%."

69% and 70%, only a 1% difference.

Ye Luoyi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, they were not exactly the same. Although the difference between the two numbers was very small, a probability of 70% might just be something Yan Xi said casually.

"That's not right!" Xiao Yuzhen corrected Kang Boye, "Now there are 39 cards left, and 27 of them have points greater than 6, but Yan Xi calculated the probability when she didn't ask for a card, which means there are 40 cards left, and 28 of them have points greater than 6, so... it's exactly 70%!"

Xiao Yu looked at Yan Xi in surprise, "You actually memorized all the cards!"

Yan Xi's face turned red.

Zhou Qingyu held Yan Xi's arm proudly, "I told you long ago that our Xixi is a top student!"

Could it be that Dajia-kun made a mistake?

Ye Luoyi also had some doubts in her heart, but there was no one like Yan Xi in Haida University! Facts will not lie. Yan Xi is calculating these now, at most because she has a good memory, and simple probability problems do not require any technical content.

Ye Luoyi asked softly, "Yan Xi is so amazing, her college entrance examination results must be very good!"

As long as the college entrance examination results were revealed, it would be easy to expose Yan Xi's academic fraud. If Yan Xi was not a student of Ocean University of China, she probably wouldn't even know the passing score of Ocean University of China.

Yan Xi thought for a moment and said, "About 600. It's been so many years. I don't remember."

Ye Luoyi is from Hangzhou and came to Haicheng to develop after entering the entertainment industry. She doesn't know what the total score of Haicheng's college entrance examination is, but Su Lingling remembers it clearly.

She was drinking sparkling water and upon hearing that she spit out the water all over Qin Li's face.

She didn't even bother to wipe Qin Li's hair, and quickly looked at Yan Xi, "More than 600? Are you from Haicheng? The full score for the college entrance examination in Haicheng is only 660!"

Zhou Qingyu looked at Su Lingling speechlessly, "She was in the top ten in the city that year, have you forgotten?"

Su Lingling:?

Why did she know? Did she look like she knew Yan Xi very well?

[Top ten in the city? Zhou Qingyu is really good at editing! ]

[Yan Xi is 20 years old, that is, she took the college entrance examination three years ago. It is not difficult to find the top ten students in the college entrance examination in Haicheng three years ago. Is there anyone named Yan Xi? ]

[Absolutely not! Haicheng gives bonuses to the top ten students in the college entrance examination. I have seen the list before, and there is no one like Yan Xi! ]

[This bragging keeps getting bigger and bigger! ]

Jiang Tao glanced at Yan Xi, and then looked at the public opinion on the Internet. At first he thought that Yan Xi had faked her academic qualifications, but bragging about being in the top ten in the city in the college entrance examination was too outrageous.

He couldn't help but ask Yan Xi, "Your college entrance examination scores were so good, why did you fabricate your academic qualifications?"

"Fabricating academic qualifications?" Zhou Qingyu frowned. She took the phone from Jiang Tao and saw the comments on the Internet, as well as a series of evidences that Da Jiajun presented to prove Yan Xi's character creation.

Zhou Qingyu sneered, "No wonder you all looked so weird at dinner today!"

[Is Zhou Qingyu not nervous? Yan Xi's character

The car flipped over! 】

[Could it be that he has gone crazy after being exposed? 】

[But Zhou Qingyu seems very confident. Could there be a misunderstanding? ]

[What are you thinking, why would a top student participate in such a boring show? I guess they are just a bunch of fools, they don’t understand the world of top students, their character image has failed! ]

[Zhou Qingyu wants to establish Yan Xi as a top student. If you have the guts, show us the evidence! ]

Zhou Qingyu looked at the comments on the Internet and said, "Evidence? That's easy!"

She looked at Yan Xi, "Did you bring your diploma or acceptance letter?"

Yan Xi: “I didn’t bring…”

But Zhou Qingyu didn't care and turned to look at Su Lingling, "Xixi was the top student in the school. Do you remember this?"

Su Lingling:?

"How do I know if she is number one?"

"The school held its centenary celebration at that time, and you were the host. You also read a congratulatory speech to her during the ceremony."

Su Lingling: ????? ????? ????

Su Lingling's eyes were full of confusion, but when she looked at Yan Xi, she gradually felt that she looked familiar...

It was five years ago that she graduated. At that time, Su Lingling was in her third year of high school. It happened to be the centenary celebration of Bowen Private High School at the end of June, and she was one of the hosts.

At that time, the school rewarded students with excellent college entrance examination results. The most outstanding one was a top student who was among the top ten in the city and had skipped a grade.

Su Lingling remembered that her name was Lin Xi.

The Lin Xi in her memory overlapped with the Yan Xi in front of her. Su Lingling's eyes widened. "You... weren't you called Lin Xi before?"

Su Lingling also ate Lin Xi's melon!

The matter of whether the Lin family's daughter is real or fake has caused quite a stir on Weibo!

Yan Xi looked at Su Lingling with a smile, "It's me."

Su Lingling:!!!

Zhou Qingyu said, "Su Lingling, I remember that every time you participated in an event, you would have someone record it. I think you must have the video of the principal giving the prize to Yan Xi, right?"

Su Lingling finally came to her senses. It was true. She didn't have a video camera with her, but it wouldn't be difficult for the maid to find it.

When the video was shown to the public and then broadcast live, everything became clear.

Even though five years have passed, it is not difficult to see that the girl who won the prize in the video is Yan Xi!

【Oh my god! It’s Yan Xi! 】

【Yan Xi is really a top student! 】

[If you are in the top ten of the college entrance examination in Haicheng, then it is more than enough for you to be admitted to Haida! ]

[Yan Xi used to be called Lin Xi? No wonder Yan Xi’s name is on the Haida app! ]

[I searched for Lin Xi's name! But it shows that Lin Xi has already graduated! ]

[Yan Xi's name is also on the postgraduate section! ]

[Yan Xi is a graduate student? She is only 20 years old this year! ]

[It is said that Yan Xi skipped a grade. She is in the same class as Zhou Qingyu and Su Lingling. Theoretically, she is in the first year of graduate school now! ]

[Case solved... Yan Xi did not falsify her academic credentials! She is a genuine top student! ]

Ye Luoyi's expression was stiff, and the only joy left in her heart disappeared.

She seemed to be indifferent, but she also complained, "Lingling, it looks like you and Yanxi were high school classmates. How could you not recognize us?"

Su Lingling scratched her hair in annoyance. "How should I know? She is from the experimental class and I am from the international class. We have no intersection."

Not to mention that five years have passed, things have changed, and Yan Xi even changed her name.

Yan Xi explained, "My name used to be Lin Xi, but I changed it after I went to college. The Ocean University app is mainly used to handle various school affairs for students, so I didn't update my name."

The original intention of Haida app is not to check people, so the name change function will not be updated for Yan Xi.

Jiang Tao, on the other hand, looked at Yan Xi curiously, "Why did you change your name? Lin Xi is a nice name!"

Yan Xi's sweet eyes flashed with disappointment, but returned to normal after a moment. She looked at Jiang Tao calmly and said calmly, "Why do you care about me? Can't I be happy?"

Jiang Tao: “…”

——

Wu Liao cooperated with Yan Xi to clarify all the rumors through the official Weibo account of Xingyao.

First, Yan Xi skipped a grade and changed her name. Now the name "Lin Xi" can be searched in the undergraduate section of the Ocean University of China app, and the name "Yan Xi" can be searched in the graduate section. Together with Su Lingling's video recording, this is enough to prove Yan Xi's academic qualifications.

Second, bullying. The evidence Da Jiajun posted was mostly blurry photos and chat records. The students in the photos were wearing public school uniforms, but Yan Xi was a student at Bowen Private High School, and her school uniform was different.

At the same time, the chat records repeatedly pointed out "Yan Xi Ba Ling classmate", but Yan Xi was called "Lin Xi" in high school, so she is definitely not the person in the chat records.

Third, regarding the issue of squeezing out Xu Yangyang to record variety shows, Xingyao showed the contract signed between Xu Yangyang and "Leisure Life", indicating that Xu Yangyang will participate in "Leisure Life" as a guest in a while. This is a better resource than being a guest partner in "Let's Travel Together", and there is no question of stealing resources.

Finally, Xingyao and Yan Xi do not have a financial contract. Yan Xi is a good friend of Ms. Zhou Qingyu outside the circle. This time she accompanied her to participate in the variety show as a close friend and will not join the entertainment industry in the future.

[After eating this melon all the way, I didn’t expect that there would be such a big reversal in the end! ]

[The girl was just accompanying Whisper on a variety show, but was framed. The haters are going crazy! ]

[It’s a pity that Yan Xi is so pretty but she doesn’t join the entertainment industry…]

[I like Yan Xi more and more. She is pretty and has good grades! Excellent little sister, love you~]

[Da Jiajun flipped over~]

[They didn’t even do an investigation, and just spread rumors that someone’s academic qualifications were fake. Fortunately, Yan Xi was able to clarify on the variety show. If it were another amateur, they might have been drowned in the spit of netizens! ]

[Are there not enough people who have been drowned in the spit of netizens because of Da Jiajun? Marketing accounts like these have no bottom line! ]

As the initiator of this "anti-counterfeiting" storm, Da Jiajun suffered the most severe backlash in the end.

But Dajiajun didn't care. It was just a failure in fighting against counterfeiting, which was nothing.

He quickly knelt down, issued an apology video, and said that he just couldn't stand the phenomenon of fake personas in the entertainment industry. Besides, there was indeed no such person as "Yan Xi" on the Haida app, so it was not entirely his fault.

Da Jiajun has made mistakes in the past, and all he had to do was apologize. Netizens have very short memories.

But this time, several comments were pushed to the front row, and they were all from “celebrities” who had been “exposed” by Dajiajun before!

[Speak up for Teacher Xu! Da Jiajun is so disgusting! He became famous by "exposing fake" Teacher Xu, but Teacher Xu is indeed talented! ]

[The reason why Teacher Xu signed the MCN contract was because his wife was sick and needed money for treatment. However, because of Da Jiajun’s anti-counterfeiting, his wife had no money to buy expensive anti-cancer drugs, and she has passed away...]

[Is there anything wrong with making money? Is there anything wrong with becoming an internet celebrity? What everyone likes is the knowledge that Mr. Xu imparts, and the simple and profound way he teaches. What's wrong with him having a team to help prepare lesson plans? Isn't it also for students to understand and absorb better? ]

【I am Salted Fish, a writer for Green River. 】

[I was lucky, my book became a big hit. But Da Jiajun read my copy and said I plagiarized someone else’s work even though I didn’t make a color palette. Many netizens scolded me because of Da Jiajun’s comments without even reading my novel…]

【During that time, my private messages and comments were full of negative comments... I also suffered from depression because of this incident.】

【Last year, encouraged by my best friend, I sued Da Jiajun. After half a year, the court finally ruled that I did not plagiarize and asked Da Jiajun to apologize to me! But he only apologized verbally. To this day, netizens mention me and say that I plagiarized! 】

[I am so sad that I am still taking antidepressants... I think Yan Xi cannot forgive Da Jiajun. He has bad intentions. He just wants to use other people's popularity to gain traffic and become famous! ]

…

More and more people came forward to accuse Da Jiajun.

Originally, there were one or two sentences in Da Jiajun's comments that spoke up for him, believing that the misunderstanding was mainly caused by Yan Xi skipping a grade and changing her name, and it was not Da Jiajun's fault.

But seeing so many people speaking up for themselves, netizens suddenly realized——

[This guy is not a netizen friend at all, but just watching others become famous and using their traffic to attract traffic for himself! ]

[This is so disgusting. There is nothing wrong with salted fish, but I am still being scolded! How miserable! ]

[If I hadn’t seen her voice, I would have thought she was a plagiarist! ]

[Stop speaking for Da Jiajun. Even if Yan Xi's name change caused misunderstanding, what about the chat screenshots with Ba Ling? A technical expert has already analyzed that this is a photoshopped picture! Da Jiajun used this kind of chat record to mislead everyone, and his heart is damned! ]

[This matter really cannot be resolved by just apologizing! ]

The Internet is filled with insults.

For the first time, Da Jiajun experienced the feelings of those whose counterfeits he exposed.

He didn't dare to read the private messages because they were full of negative comments.

He wanted to go on Weibo to apologize live, but as soon as he logged in, he was informed by Weibo that his account had been banned due to multiple reports.

But that's not the worst.

Soon, Xingyao Legal Department, acting on behalf of Yan Xi, sent a lawyer's letter to Da Jiajun, seeking to sue him for defamation and insult for violating Yan Xi's rights.

Da Jiajun’s career as an internet celebrity has also come to an end.

——

Like Da Jiajun, Xu Yangyang wasn't having an easy time either.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with her, and she was originally a victim whose resources were robbed. However, Wu Liao announced the contract between Xu Yangyang and "Leisure Life", and the signing time was the day before the recording of "Let's Travel Together".

——Xu Yangyang was afraid that the cooked duck would fly away, so after separating from Zhou Qingyu and Yan Xi at the beauty salon, he returned to Xingyao and signed the contract for "Leisure Life".

Now, Yan Xi's claim that she had snatched Xu Yangyang's resources is no longer tenable.

[Obviously Xu Yangyang gave up "Travel" in order to appear on "Leisure", so why didn't Yan Xi explain when she was mocked by netizens? ]

[It is also possible that Zhou Qingyu originally wanted Xu Yangyang, but later changed to Yan Xi for some reason, and then "Leisure" may be a resource to compensate Xu Yangyang]

[So it’s not wrong to say that it’s stealing resources? 】

[If Xu Yangyang had not signed with "Leisure", it could be said that she was snatched away. Now that she has signed with "Leisure", it is considered a deal! ]

[It is normal for the entertainment industry to exchange resources. Xu Yangyang made money by exchanging "Leisure" for "Travel". However, she sprained her ankle and was secretly photographed. Xu Yangyang didn't say a word. It's hard to comment...]

[Would Xu Yangyang, an unknown celebrity, be photographed secretly? Are there paparazzi in the mall in the middle of the night? ]

[Fuck... Now that you say that, it feels even scarier! It's terrifying when I think about it!]

[No, my wall is also on "Leisure", I don't want him to be with such a low-quality artist! ]

There are more and more voices opposing Xu Yangyang on the Internet.

Xu Yangyang panicked and quickly went to Xingyao to talk to Wu, "Boss Wu, I didn't expect things to turn out like this..."

Wu Liao looked disdainfully at Xu Yangyang's unharmed foot and said calmly, "I asked you to clarify a long time ago, but you didn't listen."

But if Xu Yangyang had said that person was not her when the incident happened, or stated that she had withdrawn from "Travel" for other reasons, the result would not be like this.

She chose to stand against Yan Xi, but when Yan Xi's public opinion turned, she would inevitably become the one being ridiculed.

Xu Yangyang hesitated, "Yan Xi... Yan Xi is not going to enter the entertainment industry, so it's okay to be criticized, right? I'm already in the entertainment industry, I'm worried about saying the wrong thing!"

Wu Liao sneered, "It's just 'a few comments'? Xu Yangyang, that's a good point. Anyway, you are just a few comments from netizens now. It's not a fatal black spot. What's there to be afraid of?"

Xu Yangyang clutched the hem of his clothes tightly, feeling nervous.

The comments of netizens on the Internet made her feel very uncomfortable. But if she thought about it carefully, whether it was stealing resources or backstabbing, it was just a joke and would not make her unable to survive in the entertainment industry. Netizens have a short memory and they will probably forget about it in a few days.

Xu Yangyang immediately slid down to her knees: "Boss Wu, I understand, I know I was wrong, I will definitely not do it again next time!"

Wu Liao interrupted her coldly, "There won't be a next time. Director Zhao contacted me and said that he was already at a disadvantage by letting an artist of your caliber appear on "Leisure". Now you've caused this kind of trouble again... They've decided to replace you!"