As soon as He Yan’s Weibo post went live, a flood of comments poured in.
[Ahhhhh, our girl is finally active! Mama loves you!]
[Ahhh, that final hair flip and wink just killed me!]
[Wuwuwu, how can you be both cute and alluring at the same time? It’s too unfair!]
[Baby, come here, let mama give you a kiss!]
[Ahhh, one video isn’t enough! We need the ones for nine million, eight million! You have to make up for all of them!]
Watching her fans’ comments, He Yan curved her lips and tilted her head slightly.
How are all her fans this adorable!
What He Yan didn’t expect was that this Weibo post, a gift for ten million followers, would actually be pushed onto the trending topics list.
[Oh my god, He Yan is this alluring? Ahhh, it makes my heart flutter way too much!]
[@Xia Yin, little sister, come quick and look at your goddess!]
[How does He Yan buy trending topics every day? Does she have a yearly subscription?]
[Looking at that last move, she probably hasn’t had any shortage of practice seducing men, right?]
[Some people’s mouths are truly vile. If a woman is just a little sexy, they automatically assume it’s for seducing men. Ugh!]
[Ha, didn’t someone previously expose that He Yan has backers? Didn’t she say she was going to sue? Why haven’t we heard anything? If you ask me, it’s probably true.]
Appearing on the trending list meant being thrust in front of the entire public, so debate was inevitable. And with this debate, the direction of the conversation started to shift.
Many people were asking whether the previous rumors about a sugar daddy were actually true.
Just then, Lin Jingyi messaged He Yan.
“Yan Yan, the lawsuit is over on this end. We were still organizing the documents, but it’s perfect to use today’s buzz to announce the results. You coordinate and repost in a bit.”
Celebrities in the entertainment industry always face a lot of criticism and unwarranted rumors. When rumors run rampant, everyone pays close attention, but when they were clarified, few people bother to look.
Releasing the hammer blow when everyone’s attention was at its peak was the best way to fight back.
Soon, He Yan’s company and Xia Yin’s company jointly issued an official statement.
Netizens carefully analyzed it and listed the key points:
The lawsuits filed by He Yan’s side and Xia Yin’s side against several major influencer bloggers, affirming that they had infringed upon the two individuals’ rights to reputation, were valid. The judgment required them to post a public apology pinned to the top of their Weibo for one month, and the total compensation amount to be paid by these individuals was 800,000 RMB.
[Haters, come out and take your punishment! Dare to talk nonsense again? Try it!]
[I’ve disliked these bloggers for a long time. They call themselves entertainment self-media, but it feels like they just ride on the heat of trashing others!]
[Great job with the lawsuit! A few of these have trashed my idol too! Supporting He Yan, she’s tough enough!]
[Shouldn’t these marketing accounts be controlled? Every day they just open their mouths and spread rumors!]
[So the sugar daddy thing definitely isn’t true, right?]
[Do you think the young miss of the Xia family needs a sugar daddy?]
[What about He Yan then?]
[Emmm… here we go again. Do some people want to be sued too?]
Anyway, this matter was settled for the time being, and most netizens were relatively convinced that He Yan didn’t have any kind of shady backing.
When Jiang Mingcheng saw this news, he glanced at the Weibo accounts of those several defendants. Looking up, he said to Wang Jing, “Wang Jing, look into these accounts.”
Wang Jing acknowledged the task.
The backgrounds of the several accounts were quickly uncovered. They were accounts maintained by a few small marketing companies.
Jiang Mingcheng looked at the introductions of the several companies and directly called the general manager of Shengwan Films.
“Hello, President Jiang, what are your instructions?” The general manager of Shengwan was a bit surprised that President Jiang would call him personally.
“There are a few marketing companies I need you to handle.” Jiang Mingcheng got straight to the point, his voice carrying a cold authority.
“How would you like them handled, President Jiang?”
“Root them out completely.”
The general manager of Shengwan Films was stunned for a moment, then immediately agreed.
President Jiang has time to deal with marketing companies? And he calls personally? Wasn’t this a waste of time?
Jiang Mingcheng hung up the phone and clicked back into He Yan’s Weibo, watching the video she had posted earlier one more time.
The corners of his lips lifted almost imperceptibly.
After the lawsuit matter was handled, Lin Jingyi called He Yan again.
“Yan Yan, I’ve secured a variety show for you. It’s called ‘Leisurely Life.’ It has a very good reputation and is very popular with young people.”
“Okay, thank you, Sister Jingyi.”
“Mm. But the competition was fierce. A spot opened up because a guest couldn’t make it, so you absolutely must perform well! A lot of people would kill for a spot on this show. You know how hard I had to fight against those old slicksters for the resource. You have to make me proud!”
He Yan smiled. After several rounds of He Yan’s “brainwashing,” Lin Jingyi’s attention to her career had noticeably increased. A few times when leadership suggested they could slightly stir up some dating rumors, Sister Jingyi had blocked them.
He Yan thanked Sister Jingyi sincerely before hanging up.
She had watched “Leisurely Life” and also liked this typical slow-paced lifestyle show. The production team was based deep in the mountains, where they had set up a very beautiful little house. The guests invited were all currently active young people, full of vitality, bringing more color to the mountains.
What the audience loves to watch was how this group of young people will stir up trouble after being thrown into the mountains.
The show would be broadcast live, and later an edited version would be released to meet the different needs of the audience.
He Yan was quite looking forward to it.
He Yan had just finished filming a movie. After resting for a good while, the time finally came for her to participate in the variety show.
He Yan dragged her suitcase and arrived in the mountains.
The roads in the mountains weren’t good. After the driver dropped her off, she still had to walk up a crooked flight of steps to reach the program group’s log cabin.
And from the moment she got out of the car, the live broadcast began.
[What the heck! Why is it He Yan? I didn’t hear she was coming?]
[He Yan? Oh my god! I still remember the trauma her last variety show participation gave me! Ahhh, no!]
[? Why invite He Yan? Can’t they just let her act properly? Please, no more variety shows!]
[Gosh, last time I watched her on a variety show, her crying voice rang in my head for three days! Three days!]
[This show involves planting vegetables and going up the mountain. He Yan is totally incapable! She’ll only hold everyone back!]
[What is the production team thinking? Tired of the show being too popular? Want it to flop?]
[Why are the people above speaking so harshly? Can’t you just watch the show nicely?]
[Ahhh, our girl is here! Mama loves you!]
But He Yan couldn’t see these comments. She looked up at the long staircase in front of her and stood frozen for over ten seconds.
[What is she doing? About to cry as soon as she arrives? If she’s going to cry, please give a heads-up. I need to prepare myself mentally too.]
After more than ten seconds, He Yan suddenly clenched her fist and gave herself a pep talk: “Come on, you can do it!”
Then, grabbing her suitcase, she made a dash upwards.
[?? Hahaha, that cracks me up. That’s way too cute!]
[So after thinking for over ten seconds, this is the great idea she came up with? Haha]
However, before netizens could laugh for long, He Yan was exhausted. She basically ended up dragging herself step by step up the last few stairs.
[He Yan: Life is meaningless.jpg]
[Haha, every new guest gets driven crazy by these steps!]
[She didn’t ask anyone for help this time, though?]
When He Yan finally hauled her suitcase to the very top, she sat down directly on the steps. Just as she was catching her breath, planning to rest for a few minutes, a car pulled up below.
He Yan looked into the distance and saw a man in a trench coat, with an upright posture, get out.
He Yan looked closely and finally confirmed it was the currently popular young heartthrob: Chu Mu.
[Ahhh, brother is here! Brother, I love you!]
[Finally waiting for the baby! Mama loves you!]
[Ahhh, Ah Mu is killing me today!]
As soon as Chu Mu got out of the car, he saw He Yan. He immediately raised his hand and waved vigorously at her, shouting exaggeratedly from afar: “Hi! Friend up there, can you see me?”
He Yan immediately stood up, extremely excited: “I can see you! Friend down there, come experience our newest attraction: the 120-step staircase!”
[Haha, what the heck, ‘newest attraction’! You’re just thinking, if you can trick one, you trick one!]
[Haha, that cracks me up. Did He Yan just count the steps just now!]
[These two have great banter. They’re not holding back. Starting to look forward to it!]
Hearing this, Chu Mu smiled, walked to the steps, scanned them from bottom to top, and calmly walked up, suitcase in hand.
Very fast, his pace very steady.
Soon, he reached He Yan, still looking like a graceful young man.
He Yan: …So the production team only tricked me, huh? Picking on me for not being strong enough?
“Aren’t you tired? Those are 120 steps, you know?” He Yan asked, incredulous.
“Tired.”
“Huh?”
“Holding it in.” Chu Mu smiled.
He Yan: “…”
[Haha, Ah Mu is way too honest! We have an idol image to maintain, you know!]
[He Yan’s expression is way too funny. ‘Incredulous.jpg’ haha]
[He Yan: I don’t get it, I don’t get it. I’m exhausted. I don’t care about any image anymore.]
As the two were introducing themselves to each other, another car pulled up. They both looked over and saw a petite and cute girl get out.
He Yan had checked the guest list beforehand; her name was Lin Jiajia, a member of a recently popular girl group.
“Hi～ We’re over here!” Chu Mu waved at her.
Lin Jiajia waved back at them, then saw the long staircase and frowned.
After a few seconds of pause, she looked up again and smiled sweetly at Chu Mu: “Brother Mu, can you help me with my luggage? I can’t carry it.”
Chu Mu smiled, agreed, and ran back down to help her bring her luggage up.
[Emmm… I thought He Yan would be the one needing help from others, but who would’ve thought it wasn’t her.]
[The person upstairs, please don’t speak with that sarcastic tone, okay! Jiajia is a girl, it’s perfectly normal for her to ask the guys to help carry her luggage, okay!]
[Exactly. If Chu Mu had already arrived when He Yan got there, she would definitely have asked him to carry it too.]
For this episode, they were the only three guests. So, the lineup was complete.
The three of them pushed their suitcases towards the log cabin not far behind them.
Arriving at the wooden gate in front of the yard, they stopped and knocked: “Anyone home?”
After a few knocks, the sound of footsteps came from inside the yard, along with an especially excited voice: “Coming, coming! The manual labor is here!”
The people outside the door: ???
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