Liu Yiyi’s tone carried a hint of disdain for high heels.
She had always been like this.
The audience had always liked it, feeling she was different from other female celebrities. Her fans even called her “Brother Yi.”
But after Qin Wanyin’s earlier remarks, when the audience heard Liu Yiyi’s disdainful tone, they couldn’t help but start thinking.
On the bullet comments, casual viewers commented:
【The girl just mentioned it casually. She didn’t ask Liu Yiyi to wear high heels while doing farm work. Why the disdainful expression?】
【I’d understand if an ordinary person said this, but it’s strange coming from a female celebrity…】
Soon, these two casual viewers were attacked by fans.
【Brother Yi has always been genuine!】
【Average girls, stop hating on our beautiful Yiyi!】
【Our Yiyi is now a young actress. She’s expressing that women shouldn’t be enslaved by beauty standards. Please focus on her work!】
The casual viewers were just venting casually.
But the fans’ rhetoric quickly ignited their anger.
【Wasn’t Liu Yiyi a girl group idol? How did she become “Brother Yi”? Did she change genders? She starred in a 4.3-rated campus idol drama on Douban and dares to call herself a young actress? During her audition, didn’t she say her dream was singing and dancing?!】
【If an actress doesn’t want to be enslaved by beauty standards, fine, but where are her works?】
The fans immediately organized to control the comments.
As a rising star, Liu Yiyi’s fans were highly combative.
They reported all negative comments.
They collectively liked favorable comments.
But this time, it seemed uncontrollable.
#Liu Yiyi’s Cringe Remarks#
#Is Liu Yiyi Transgender?#
#Beware of Tomboy Teasers#
#If a star doesn’t care about beauty, should I focus on their acting?#
Several sarcastic topics trended on Weibo one after another.
Casual viewers passionately spoke out, mocking and ridiculing relentlessly.
An artist with no notable works, who debuted relying on her looks, loudly proclaiming she won’t be enslaved by beauty standards, was as laughable as someone tired of gourmet food preaching vegetarianism while forbidding others from eating meat, eggs, or milk.
Liu Yiyi’s frequent claims of having a boyish personality and being “just one of the guys” with male celebrities also resurfaced with negative news.
Two years ago, the girlfriend of a male artist Liu Yiyi had collaborated with posted a Weibo update from a secondary account.
The content was as follows:
【A certain female celebrity with a boyish personality, please show some self-respect. Do you have no clothes of your own? Is it appropriate to wear my boyfriend’s shirt?】
Liu Yiyi’s fans quickly swarmed the post.
Some called the blogger petty, while others accused her of being jealous of Yiyi’s youth.
The most-liked comment was: 【Old woman, are you living in the Qing Dynasty? Isn’t it normal for friends to share clothes?】
Now that Liu Yiyi’s act had backfired, this Weibo post was dug up again.
Casual viewers were furious.
Liu Yiyi knew the guy had a girlfriend, yet she still wore his shirt directly against her skin? That’s disgusting!
Liu Yiyi couldn’t see the bullet comments and didn’t know her act had backfired.
However, Qi Heng received the news.
He didn’t look into it in detail, thinking it was nothing.
Just a smear campaign by rivals. All they needed to do was spend money to remove the trending topics.
But when they went live again for a sales livestream, he realized the severity of the situation.
【Refund! Refund!】
【I bought 300 yuan worth of oranges this morning, but now I feel sick seeing Liu Yiyi’s face. Please refund!】
“My ex-boyfriend was actually seduced by his so-called ‘good buddy’! She tried on lingerie in the store, took photos, and sent them to my boyfriend, asking him which one looked sexier. When I found out, the two of them still tried to argue, saying I was making a big deal out of nothing. Damn it, I broke up with him right away!”
“My heart aches for the sister above, get that ‘bro tea’ out of here!”
“If it weren’t for Qin Wanyin’s shocking words waking me up, I would have really thought Liu Yiyi was the only pure white jasmine flower!”
Qi Heng was good at picking out keywords.
—Qin Wanyin.
His face darkened.
It must have been Qin Wanyin saying something to slander Yiyi during the live stream!
Liu Yiyi was also frightened by the overwhelming negative comments. Since her debut, everything had gone smoothly, and she had never encountered such a situation before.
She couldn’t help but grab Qi Heng’s hand, panicked and flustered, like a startled little rabbit.
The director hadn’t expected things to turn out this way either and quickly switched the footage to the sheep-raising group.
But the sheep-raising group wasn’t any more peaceful.
Zhou Zhengwen was just like he had been in the morning.
Not doing a single bit of work, but never stopping his chatter.
No one in the world knew more about raising sheep than he did.
The original intention of the dating show was to rekindle people’s longing for love and increase the marriage rate.
But as soon as they saw Zhou Zhengwen, a man with a “fatherly” attitude, the female viewers lost interest.
The ratings plummeted!
The director, flustered, switched to Chi Lie’s group.
Since Aili had gone to the hospital, Chi Lie was working alone. He wore sunscreen clothing from head to toe, with a large sun hat on his head, completely covering his handsome face.
Viewers: “…I might as well go watch my dad work in the fields.”
Finally, the director had no choice but to switch to Qin Wanyin’s footage.
She was still asleep, but the ratings began to recover.
Director: “…”
If I had known everyone loved watching people sleep, why call it “Love Worker”? I should have just called it “Love Sleeper”!
“My wife looks so adorable when she’s sleeping!”
“I was slacking off at work, but when I looked up and saw my wife’s sleeping face, I suddenly felt full of motivation!”
Most of the viewers of the dating show were girls.
Everyone kept calling her “wife,” getting more and more excited.
Until one comment floated by: “She is my wife.”
That period at the end seemed serious, as if it were a genuine clarification.
Others: ?
Where did such a sincere boyfriend fan come from?
“Wife belongs to everyone, no monopolizing allowed!”
“Kiss kiss, Wan Wan wife, I’ll annoy you to death! Annoy you to death!”
“If you say she’s your wife, show us your marriage certificate if you dare!”
Qin Wanyin, in her sleep, knew nothing about the jealousy-fueled comments or the fact that Qi Heng was already taking action.
Qi Heng contacted his special assistant, “Notify Sky to go for the new drama audition tomorrow at three.”
The special assistant hesitated, “But won’t that clash with the Qin family’s new product launch event?”
Qi Heng: “Do as I say.”
“Yes.”
Sky was the leader of the popular boy group under Phoenix Entertainment, the undisputed top member.
Previously, the eldest son of the Qin family had specifically approached Qi Heng, hoping to invite Sky as the spokesperson for the Qin family’s new product.
For Qi Heng, this was as simple as a casual word.
He hadn’t intended to make things difficult for the Qin family.
But Qin Wanyin should never have ignored his warning and slandered Yiyi during the live stream.
Just then, the special assistant on the other end of the phone asked another question:
“Young Master Qi, You Zining’s contract is about to expire. Should we renew it with him?”
“Who?”
“Sky’s teammate, You Zining.”
Qi Heng remembered now—there was a low-profile idol in the group who barely made an impression.
He had little patience, “No renewal.”
In the same boy band, Sky could attract fans like a storm, becoming a top idol.
Yet You Zining couldn’t even make people remember his name.
Such a person was destined not to become famous.
Qi Heng didn’t take this episode to heart.
He knew Qin Wanyin’s bottom line was the Qin family, but he wanted her to see how vulnerable her precious Qin family truly was. Without his help, Qin’s Perfume Industry was like mud underfoot—anyone could step on it.
Sooner or later, she would beg him, beg him to help the Qin family through their difficulties.