Chapter 25.2

The shooting work started again in full swing. The work in the morning went very smoothly, almost every shot was a one-take. Even the more difficult action scenes were passed at most by the third take.

The strong business ability made the male actor who was cursing at Su Qian yesterday admit defeat, and every time they met, he would politely call her “Teacher Su”.

Director Zhao Xu said that he was a rough and tough guy, and after seeing too many pretentious people, it was inevitable that he had a bit of a bad filter, so he told Su Qian not to take it to heart.

Su Qian thought to herself that she was so busy all day long that she really didn’t have the leisure to care.

After the indoor scenes were filmed in the afternoon, Su Qian suddenly received a call from Xu Ke. Her contract with Xingcan was also due, and she was going to report to Ragging Star Path today. This was an additional condition promised by Star Path when they signed the contract.

Xu Ke cried with joy and talked a lot.

Su Qian had a headache listening to her, and told Xu Ke to learn more from the company’s people while she was still filming. Star Path was not like Xingcan, the more business, the more ways, and the deeper the water.

“Sister Qianqian, don’t worry, I’m very busy every day now.”

“I’m also busy, so let’s not talk about it for now.”

It’s been a few months since they last met, and this girl’s ability to chatter has grown. At such a young age, she’s probably going to follow in the footsteps of Monk Tang.

Xu Ke hurriedly said, “Okay, okay, you go ahead and get busy. When you’re done, remember to check out the excitement of Chu Piaopiao.”

Su Qian was about to hang up the phone and then she asked, “What’s so exciting about her?”

“Haven’t you seen the trending topics? Chu Piaopiao has offended someone and a bunch of negative information about her has been exposed.”

Su Qian’s desire to enjoy the drama suddenly sank. She said listlessly, “Hasn’t her negative information been dug up long ago?”

Xu Ke suddenly lowered her voice, “This time it’s different. They are all fatal black spots that are crazily testing the edge of morality. I estimate that she’s done for this time.”

There was no one else in the rest room. After hanging up the phone, Su Qian immediately opened the Weibo client, and the trending topics were filled with negative tags about Chu Piaopiao.

#Chu Piaopiao once stole her mother’s medical money to tip a male anchor#

#Chu Piaopiao doesn’t mind being the third party#

#Chu Piaopiao bullied classmates multiple times when she was in school#

The top three trending topics were all about her, it was obvious that someone was deliberately targeting her. Su Qian’s first reaction was Jin Lie, because he said yesterday that he would handle it.

She clicked on each topic and looked at it twice. In each tag, the passerby were scolding her. The victims she had bullied came forward one after another, and the first trending topic was even accused of being heartless and inhumane.

For a while, Chu Piaopiao was pushed to the cusp of the storm. She became the most bottomless person in everyone’s eyes, and “Chu Xiao San”^[1]楚小三 (Chǔ Xiǎo Sān) = Chu Xiao San, “Chu” for Chu Piaopiao and “Xiao San” is a colloquial term in Chinese, often used to refer to a person who is involved in a relationship with … Continue reading became her nickname.

Chu Piaopiao watched as the heat of the negative topics continued to rise, and she was almost frantic. The negative information couldn’t be taken down, and neither the internet trolls nor the marketing accounts could be controlled. It was clear that someone wanted to ruin her.

Zhou Bingyan looked at her crying face, on the verge of exploding, “Didn’t I tell you not to mess with Su Qian and wait for me to handle it?! Now, do you think I can control the situation when Jin Lie takes action?!”

Zhou Bingyan’s teeth were almost gritted to pieces, she didn’t expect Jin Lie to go to such lengths for that woman, Su Qian.

“I know I was wrong, cousin, please help me!”

She hasn’t had a job for several months, and seeing Su Qian getting acting contracts and endorsements so easily, the more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She lost control and wanted to teach her a lesson.

Who would have thought that Jin Lie was there at the time.

“I… I didn’t know about Su Qian and Jin Lie’s relationship before…”

“Enough, shut up!” Zhou Bingyan didn’t want to listen anymore, and she said coldly, “You better behave for a few days, Jin Lie still owes me a favor, I will find a way to get it back.”

Her face darkened. Even if Jin Lie didn’t like her, Su Qian wouldn’t have it easy!

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Chu Piaopiao’s situation continued to ferment for a few days. Not long after the negative information was exposed, the brands she had worked with came out one after another to announce that they were terminating their contracts with her. And the dramas she had filmed before also started to cut her scenes.

For a time, Chu Piaopiao’s negative information became more popular than she herself. At this time, someone posted a thread, listing in detail how Chu Piaopiao had taken so many resources by relying on Tiansheng, and netizens started to dig deeper, implicating Zhou Bingyan.

Zhou Bingyan is the boss of Tiansheng, and also Chu Piaopiao’s cousin, who spared no effort to promote her. Some people followed the clues and dug out that Tiansheng had made artists sign oppressive contracts, where the artists were left with nothing while they reaped all the benefits, sucking their blood like vampires.

Before long, the topic #TianshengBloodSucker# rushed to the trending topics. The more the inside story was dug up, the more serious it became. Even artists who had signed contracts before and have now retired came forward to testify that Tiansheng not only made them sign oppressive contracts but also dual contracts. The situation got bigger and bigger, and soon became the headline of various apps.

Zhou Bingyan was in a state of anxiety, she didn’t expect that one action of Chu Piaopiao would lead to so many problems. For this time, she had no solution and was raging in her office.

“What is the PR department doing! It’s as slow as a turtle to remove a trending topic!”

“Boss Zhou, the trending topic can’t be removed… they said it’s not a matter of money…”

If money can’t solve a problem, then it means that this matter is quite serious.

The oppressive contract is easy to solve, but the problem of the dual contract…

Zhou Bingyan’s heart thumped, she picked up her bag and left, “Call the PR manager to come with me.”

Su Qian’s days are spent on set, and in her downtime, she enjoys some juicy gossip^[2]吃瓜 (chī guā): This is a popular internet slang in China. It originally means “eating melons”, but in the internet context, it’s used to describe the act of watching other people’s drama … Continue reading. The gossip these days was quite intense, and she’s worried that all this indulgence might ruin her hard-earned abs.

A large sun umbrella was propped up over her head, and she lay on the lounge chair, taking advantage of her free time to send messages to Jin Lie.

He seemed quite leisurely these days, even having time to care about her daily life.

Jin Lie: 【Tell my mom the exact time you finish shooting, she asks me every day when you are coming back.】

Su Qian: 【Isn’t it good, more contact can enhance mother-son relationship. 】

Jin Lie: 【So you don’t actively contact me every day because you don’t want to enhance our relationship. 】

Goodness, this man has learned to play the victim and counterattack.

Su Qian curved her lips: 【I’m busy, besides, you find me annoying, why should I bother myself.】

Jin Lie read the message word by word, and he could almost imagine Su Qian’s cunning expression when she was typing.

Like a little fox who got a bargain and still played innocent.

Jin Lie: 【You are heartless. Do you know how much money I spent to buy trending topics? 】

Su Qian’s heart skipped a beat: 【Is the negative information about Chu Piaopiao really exposed by someone you found? 】

Jin Lie: 【Who else could it be? If she dares to play tricks, she should be prepared. 】

Su Qian felt a mix of emotions for a moment. Guessing was one thing, seeing Jin Lie say it out loud was another.

Perhaps it’s because her period was coming recently so her emotions were a bit unstable, she’s feeling an unexpected sense of softness deep within.

She thought that after leaving the Jin family, she might miss the sensible Mother Jin from time to time, and miss Jin Lie, a good roommate who was venomous but actually very gentle.

Thinking of this, a sense of melancholy inexplicably welled up in her heart.:-)

Su Qian pursed her lips and sincerely said, 【Thank you for standing up for me. I have nothing to repay you with, so I’ll give you a weather forecast. 】

After sending this text, she took a screenshot of the weather on her phone and sent it over.

Jin Lie was both annoyed and amused. He wanted to find a meme to send back, but he didn’t have anything on his phone since he didn’t usually use it.

In the end, he just curved his lips and sent her two words:

【You. !】

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