Zhao Dong did not even have a wife, so why would he care about Cao Bo’s curse.
Gong Sheng sealed the mouths of other media reporters, and their reports were relatively fair. The portal website reporter who was beaten by Cao Bo had a very biased stance, and the report he wrote was biased to the extreme.
How biased was it?
On Monday, when Wen Ying went to school, she actually heard classmates in the class discussing Xu Mei’s gossip.
Xu Mei, this unlucky one, had previously hired Pan Li as an assistant because of her agent Fang Ping.
Pan Li hooked up with Deputy Director Duan, almost making Xu Mei take the blame. At that time, General Manager Guan and Liang Dan did not bother to do public relations for Xu Mei. Rumors spread wildly online, thinking Xu Mei was the third party interfering in someone else’s marriage.
Fortunately, Xu Mei ran to the rooftop terrace and threatened to die, quickly getting engaged to Cao Bo. Relying on the major development of the romance, she crushed the rumors.
Under the push of Zhao Dong and the reporter, this old rumor made a comeback.
“I heard Xu Mei’s fiance is a shield.”
“That deputy director was arrested…”
“So Xu Mei switched jobs because her backer was gone!”
“Her fiance Cao Bo is quite pitiful.”
“Pitiful what? He is also a playboy. Their engagement is just mutual benefit, a contract romance!”
“The internet says Xu Mei kicked Cao Bo away because she climbed onto a new backer.”
“Then why did Cao Bo hit the reporter?”
“His shortcomings were exposed in public, so he got angry out of embarrassment!”
With the college entrance exam approaching, the little top students in Class 16 gathered in groups of three or five to exchange the latest entertainment gossip. This was their way to relieve stress.
Wen Ying had no opinion on this way of decompression, but she had a big opinion on the portal website reporter’s report.
What a mess this was. At first listen, it logically seemed quite self-consistent?!
Wen Ying secretly looked at Xie Qian.
As the “backer” that Xu Mei newly climbed onto in the gossip news, Xie Qian looked too calm.
Some classmates asked Li Mengjiao for confirmation.
Li Mengjiao was an insider, and she debuted in the same talent show as Xu Mei. Maybe Li Mengjiao knew some inside story?
Li Mengjiao slammed her fist on the table, “Have you all read too many pocket romance novels? What contract romance? Xu Mei and Cao Bo had a normal relationship. These news are all made up! If Xu Mei had such powerful means, she would have been more popular than me long ago!”
Uh.
That made sense, but Xu Mei would feel heartbroken hearing it. Xu Mei also wanted to be popular, but this matter was not entirely up to Xu Mei alone!
In Class 16, with Li Mengjiao endorsing Xu Mei, it could make the classmates not believe the portal website reporter’s report, not believe the online rumors.
Outside Class 16, Li Mengjiao could not pull everyone one by one to explain for Xu Mei. Wen Ying could guess with her toes how fast the public opinion would ferment.
Xie Qian did not seem anxious and did not stop the classmates from gossiping.
Only Wen Ying knew that Xie Qian took advantage of the classmates surrounding Li Mengjiao to ask questions and went out for a while.
As soon as Xie Qian returned to the classroom, the class teacher Lin Lin came in right after and announced that there would be a temporary test today.
“Everyone prepare. The exam starts in ten minutes.”
Whoosh whoosh whoosh.
The few classmates surrounding Li Mengjiao scattered instantly.
The little top students in Class 16 were used to exams and not afraid of them, but before the exam, they always needed to prepare, like hurrying to the toilet.
Wen Ying held back her laughter and looked at Xie Qian. The exam expert took out a pen and placed it on the desk, with a calm expression, hiding his merits and fame.
…
Xie Qian was not anxious, but Cao Bo was anxious to death.
Clearly, he did not cooperate with Zhao Dong to splash dirty water on Xu Mei, so why did the direction of public opinion still go crooked?
The new company Xu Mei signed with was not helpful at all!
Before, it was Gong Sheng who wanted to contact Cao Bo. Now, it was Cao Bo who took the initiative to contact Gong Sheng.
“Mr. Cao, if you had been willing to communicate with us earlier, it would have been better.”
Cao Bo was extremely irritable, “Why are you like a woman who loves to dig up old accounts? The most critical issue now is how to solve it!”
The reporter was already beaten, and he had torn face with Zhao Dong. There were still a bunch of troubles to handle later. Cao Bo’s mood was terrible, and his tone when speaking to Gong Sheng was naturally not good.
Gong Sheng’s answer was very polite and official, “Jiaxin will not abandon Xu Mei. She is our company’s signed artist. Her personal image and career development are our responsibility to the end.”
Cao Bo sneered, “Of course it is your responsibility. Without you, Xu Mei would not be targeted.”
Cao Bo was too lazy to care about the grievances between Jiaxin and Zhao Dong. These two sides wrestling arms, with Xu Mei caught in between, was very speechless!
So, hero saving beauty, either do not do it, or once you start, it is hard to let go midway. Cao Bo suffered from not having experience in hero saving beauty before. Now, his heart was hanging in the middle. To continue, the investment was too big. To ignore, it wasted the previous efforts.
Seeing that Cao Bo was really anxious, Gong Sheng gave Cao Bo a slight hint.
“Mr. Cao has dated Xu Mei. Whether she found a sugar daddy, you know best. Some people want to reverse black and white. Do they think we cannot find the parties involved?”
Cao Bo’s heart moved, “You mean to find Fang Ping to clarify? After Deputy Director Duan was arrested, this woman disappeared. Can you find her?”
Gong Sheng neither admitted nor denied, “We have to try.”
Besides Fang Ping, Gong Sheng said frankly that they might need Cao Bo’s help later. Cao Bo hummed, “Find Fang Ping first and then talk!”
The online public opinion was fermenting, but it did not affect the broadcast of “Alley People”.
Xu Mei’s scenes were not cut.
The supporting female role she played did not appear until the eighth episode. The character setting was very distinct. She was not extremely bad, but definitely not a good person in the traditional sense.
In film and television dramas, the protagonists are generally good people.
The supporting roles are to create trouble for the protagonists, while also shouldering the heavy responsibility of advancing the plot.
Xu Mei’s acting skills had improved greatly. She herself was from Modu and very familiar with the alley environment. This supporting female role was simply tailor-made for Xu Mei.
This was a role to compete for awards!
Precisely because Xu Mei acted well, it made some audience members uncomfortable.
Xu Mei played a bad supporting female in “Emerald Forest”. Jumping from idol drama to serious drama, how could she still play a bad supporting female?
Linking to the online rumors and the portal website’s report, some audience members projected Xu Mei herself onto the vicious supporting female role, thinking Xu Mei acted well because it was her true colors!
On Monday night, “Alley People” broadcasted the ninth and tenth episodes. Xu Mei’s scenes were more concentrated in these two episodes, causing audience backlash.
Some audience members called Dongfang TV to complain, saying they felt uncomfortable seeing Xu Mei appear.
Some netizens went to Xu Mei’s blog to leave attacking messages, saying Xu Mei should learn from Yu Tianlin and quit the circle.
Xu Mei had not yet responded to the news reports, but she was already labeled as a “tainted artist” by public opinion.
What fate Yu Tianlin had, Xu Mei should have the same.
Why did “Alley People” not cut Xu Mei’s scenes?
The company that produced this drama had big problems with its values!
“If the TV station does not handle it, we will report to the relevant departments!”
“We do not watch dramas filmed by third parties. Take it down, must take it down!”
There were water armies leading the rhythm online. The malicious slander against Xu Mei came like a mountain and sea, even greatly affecting the evaluation of “Alley People”.
