HLnovel Chapter 203 Opening a Box
Chapter 203 Opening a Box
"Get lost! Don't you know that Xiao Qi and Mr. Shen are a couple?"
"You have to see if you, this toad, are good enough to form a couple!"
"I'll smash up the press conference today and kick you out of her place."
Xu Qingyi covered her face and screamed, but no one below dared to come forward to help.
Even more extreme, some people replaced the faces of all the female leads in the drama with Su Qi's face online, which netizens found unlucky.
That's human nature; the more you praise someone, the more they feel superior.
Su Qi seized upon Xu Qingyi's little scheme, seemingly praising her, but in reality, Xu Qingyi had already fallen into the trap that Su Qi had anticipated.
"One shouldn't be too high-profile, especially when you know you're an artist and still insist on showing off." Su Qi finished speaking and stepped off the stage.
With his hands in his pockets, Shen Chaohuai deliberately grabbed Su Qi's wrist as Su Qi passed by.
He shifted his gaze to Xu Qingyi: "Don't you like to stir things up? You can repeat what you said to me in front of her in public."
The press conference was in chaos as media rushed in to take pictures, afraid of missing anything interesting.
Xu Qingyi's lips moved slightly as she stared at Shen Chaohuai in disbelief: "Didn't you already..."
"You already believe what you said?" Shen Chaohuai interrupted Xu Qingyi.
"Some schemes may succeed once or twice, but if used too often, they will be exposed."
Shen Chaohuai released Su Qi.
"Don't leave yet."
"I can do the same to you as she has slandered you."
Su Qi's brows relaxed.
The audience and media below were also eager to see what happened, and they surrounded the stage.
The production team is helplessly trying to figure out how to salvage the reputation, but Xu Qing doesn't think she did anything wrong: "So what? I'm still the female lead in this drama. After it airs, it's me who will gain popularity, not her. It's not important."
"I just don't understand what Mr. Shen means. I have never slandered Miss Su."
Xu Qing smiled and walked up to Su Qi, taking Su Qi's arm.
The entire room fell silent.
"Miss Su and I are good friends. I don't know why you are targeting me?"
Xu Qing also lowered her head and shed tears, as if she had suffered a great injustice: "Shu Yu was also targeted by you in the same way before, and then you became friends with her. You used the same method on me, but now you are betraying me! This is not fair."
After he finished speaking, the focus of public opinion did indeed shift to Su Qi.
"Miss Su, is this really true?"
"My God, I thought Su Qi was a genuine person, but I never expected she would do such shady things behind the scenes..."
Xu Qing also curled her lips, a smug expression on her face.
System announcement: [Please note, opponent: Xu Qingyi, currently recovering her popularity.]
Su Qi smiled slightly and said, "Let's recover. The higher the opponent's stats, the more stats she can harvest."
Su Qi looked at Shen Chaohuai: "Let's do it."
Shen Chaohuai walked around to Su Qi and turned on his phone: "Look carefully, this is the recording from last night, as well as a message from my assistant."
"Xu Qing also lied and said that the crew had invited me to the set for something, but it turned out that she just wanted to come and sow discord between me."
The recording started immediately. He picked up a microphone and pointed it at the receiver, and the entire audience could hear Xu Qingyi's voice.
"Ever since Gu Xing fell from grace, the only actor with an unparalleled lead in the industry has been Li Yancheng. She's dating him? Ha, I don't think it's anything surprising."
"Oh, don't overthink it, I was just chatting about the trending topics."
"Yes, you don't know this, do you? Su Qi and Mr. Zheng from He Miao once talked. Can you guess why?"
"Su Qi entered the entertainment industry at the same time as Li Yancheng, but she chose Zheng Ran back then so that her future career path would be easier, since she had a powerful figure to help her with resources. Now, her status is not much different from Li Yancheng's, so it is normal for their old feelings to rekindle."
"And you, ha, the reason she was nice to you a while ago was simply because she knew that only you could help her escape the Shen family."
……
Xu Qing covered her head, feeling extremely embarrassed, and tried to run away from the scene backstage, but the reporters backstage had already rushed over and surrounded her.
"How could Miss Xu do this!"
"They even dragged in disgraced celebrities Gu Xing and actor Li Yingdi just to incite trouble!"
"Is Mr. Zheng someone you can mention?"
"This kind of actress can be the lead? I'm never watching this show again!"
The audience and reporters were in an uproar, and the director had no choice but to turn to Zheng Ran, who had invested the majority of the funds.
Unfortunately, Zheng Ran was still in a meeting investing in a new project and had no intention of discussing the press conference.
Zheng Xin glanced at Zheng Ran: "Brother, are you really not going to do anything about it? What if we lose money..."
"With so many projects, even if I lose money on one, I won't lose much."
Zheng Xin sat next to him, helping him with his affairs. Since she started taking on bad dramas, Zheng Xin had faded out of the entertainment industry and became Zheng Ran's personal secretary.
Despite this, Zheng Ran has never lacked women around him. Those who get close to her brother all want to follow in Shu Yu's footsteps and achieve success, and Xu Qing is no exception.
Thinking of this, Zheng Xin sighed.
At the press conference, Su Qi activated the system.
The numerical harvesting function has been activated for you. Please complete the harvesting event as soon as possible.
Su Qi presented some materials to the media: "Thanks to Mr. Shen for finding the truth for me, during my hospitalization, Li Yancheng canceled his work to come see me, which led to a misunderstanding on the internet. The person who sent the information behind the scenes was Ms. Xu's company, Shangyu Film and Television."
"Furthermore, the person who spread the rumors about me and Li Yancheng was also Ms. Xu. Don't think that just because you used your own company's property to spread rumors, I won't be able to find out."
These days, it's so easy to send out the address for opening a box.
That's why Su Qi knew that Shangyu Film and Television's bankruptcy and acquisition was all a facade created by the acquiring party. Even if Su Qi found out, Shangyu Film and Television would take the blame, and the person behind it would still gain a reputation for charity.
Xu Qing gave a wry smile, still putting on an act: "Miss Su is also out of control. Since it's my agency's problem, how can you blame me?"
“I’m burdened with exorbitant breach of contract penalties, and I don’t earn much money in a year. I rely entirely on the company to manage my career. What’s the difference between us artists and servants?”
“I am not like Mr. Gu, nor like Li Yancheng, nor like Mr. Shen, who is his own asset.”
“Male celebrities in the industry can all make their own decisions, but it’s different for us female celebrities. We either climb up by riding on other people’s coattails or we’re tied to a company and used as tools.”
After she finished speaking, most of the onlookers put down their cameras.
A post titled "Caring for the Professional Environment of Female Artists" went viral, and some people said that Xu Qing was also suspected of playing the victim, but the public opinion has long since changed.
Su Qi looked at Shen Chaohuai, who was equally incredulous.
He paused, then returned to the main point: "Even so, it cannot completely cover up the fact that Miss Xu did something wrong. As long as Miss Xu admits it in public and apologizes to Su Qi, this matter will be resolved."
Seeing that she couldn't avoid it, Xu Qingyi could only grit her teeth, admit it, and apologize, pretending to be a victim while giving the two people who left a sharp look.
[Congratulations, master, you have already harvested a small portion of the stats.]