The readers held the line in the online public opinion battlefield for a full week without the slightest relaxation.
They fought an extremely exhausting battle.
They won.
At least on the online public opinion battlefield, victory belonged to Wen Ying’s readers!
In areas beyond the readers’ reach, such as direct channels to the interview programme’s producer, or reports from television stations and print media, they could only watch helplessly and truly had no way to intervene.
Some people had thought Elder Fu would step forward to speak for Wen Ying as he had in the past, but a whole week passed and Elder Fu remained completely silent.
The haters later seized on this point to attack Wen Ying.
Why was Elder Fu no longer speaking up for “Reverse Flow Fish”?
Did that even need explaining? It must be that Elder Fu had finally seen through to the true face hidden beneath “Reverse Flow Fish’s” false persona!
Elder Fu was one of the victims, just like the countless others deceived by “Reverse Flow Fish”. Elder Fu had been utterly heartbroken by her.
See, this is the hateful thing about liars. Liars do not care about the other person’s status, age, or how respected they are. They show no mercy when deceiving!
“These people really know how to spout nonsense!”
Li Mengjiao was furious. “Elder Fu was never deceived by Wen Ying. Elder Fu is willing to help Wen Ying at any time. It is Wen Ying—”
“It is Wen Ying who does not need Elder Fu’s help.”
Li Mengjiao was shooting an advertisement. Wang Shuang was acting as her “assistant”. While Li Mengjiao’s real assistant Xiao Mei was not looking, Wang Shuang secretly slipped her an ice lolly.
It was so hot.
After shooting the advertisement for several hours, Li Mengjiao felt dizzy from the heat. Seeing those haters’ comments badmouthing Wen Ying only made her mood worse.
Li Mengjiao finished the ice lolly in a few bites and felt a little better. She muttered, “Indeed, we cannot trouble Elder Fu with everything. I heard Elder Fu’s health has not been good lately. Wen Ying does not want him to worry too much.”
“Just wait a moment. Let me finish processing this order.”
Wang Shuang typed rapidly on the keyboard. Finally, he finished handling the order, closed his laptop, and focused on talking to Li Mengjiao. “Actually, you do not need to worry too much. The second part of the interview airs tonight. Once we watch it, the truth will be clear.”
Li Mengjiao reluctantly threw away the ice lolly stick. While assistant Xiao Mei had not returned, Wang Shuang helped Li Mengjiao press the wrapper deep into the bin to destroy the evidence completely.
Li Mengjiao looked Wang Shuang up and down until he started feeling uneasy.
“I did not say anything wrong. Why are you staring at me?”
“Nothing. I just feel you have changed a lot. We all know what kind of person Wen Ying is and that the current situation will pass, but I still worry. I am afraid Teacher Yuan might fail to protect Wen Ying. In the past, you would have been as anxious and frantic as me, but now you actually…”
Actually became calm?
Li Mengjiao knew people mature, but it still felt strange.
Wang Shuang raised his hands. “I was wrong. I should not have imitated God Xie!”
He reopened the closed laptop. The screen was still on the previous page.
It turned out Wang Shuang had not been processing any order earlier.
While Li Mengjiao was shooting the advertisement under the blazing sun, Wang Shuang had transformed into a righteous keyboard warrior, arguing fiercely with the haters!
“Hahahahahaha!”
Li Mengjiao laughed until her stomach hurt. “You really should not imitate God Xie. God Xie is God Xie, and you are you. You two truly are not the same style.”
This was the Wang Shuang Li Mengjiao was familiar with.
Wang Shuang chuckled. “Thanks for the recognition!”
…
Facing the imminent collapse of Wen Ying’s public image, the anxious people were not limited to Li Mengjiao and Wang Shuang. Pang Jinglong was also extremely worried. Now, Pang Jinglong completely understood why Wen Ying had withdrawn her shares.
To put it bluntly, even after withdrawing, it was still so troublesome. If she had not withdrawn, Wen Ying really would have had a hard time explaining!
Yet the media interpreted Wen Ying’s investment in the medical aesthetics company as purely for personal gain, which made Pang Jinglong furious.
It clearly was not like that!
Those people simply did not know how good she was.
“You cannot speak out.”
He Zhen stopped Pang Jinglong. “If you come forward, regardless of whether the media believe you or how they interpret your words, your father will first target Wen Ying. Do you want your father to know about her?”
The fact that Wen Ying and Pang Jinglong were both shareholders in the medical aesthetics company was no big deal, but Wen Ying had helped Pang Jinglong’s mother with the divorce, which touched Pang Zhigang’s core interests. Pang Zhigang had not pursued it because he did not know what role Wen Ying had played in the divorce case. Once he found out, it would mean endless trouble for Wen Ying!
If Pang Jinglong truly wanted what was best for Wen Ying, he needed to learn that silence is golden at this time.
Believe that Wen Ying could resolve it.
Do not hold Wen Ying back. Do not cause her trouble!
That was what a good friend should do.
As for anything else… Little Dragon, she has a proper boyfriend!
Pang Jinglong felt depressed after He Zhen’s words.
In the end, it was because his own strength was insufficient. He could not help Wen Ying at the critical moment.
Alas, the only thing he could repay Wen Ying with was probably some vulgar money. To boost the box office for Wen Ying’s film, Pang Jinglong had already endured disgust and tricked his scumbag father Pang Zhigang out of two properties.
…
The interview programme had little impact on Chen Ru.
Chen Ru had only recently joined her new company and was very low-key, never mentioning her family situation. Her colleagues did not know she was Wen Ying’s biological mother.
Wen Dongrong was different. Wen Dongrong’s leader knew the situation.
The interview controversy was huge. The leader had a good impression of Wen Ying and was not affected by the negative reports, but he privately reminded Wen Dongrong.
“Industries like medical aesthetics and food are best avoided if possible. Official regulation will only get stricter. If any scandal breaks out in the future, your daughter’s reputation will suffer, and yours will not sound good either.”
Wen Dongrong explained in detail. “At the time, she and a few friends were just joking about starting a business together. She never managed the company at all. It was her friends who were capable and truly built it into something successful. Later, when the Si Lan scandal broke, she herself sensed the risk and immediately withdrew her shares. Now she has no connection to it at all!”
The leader was relieved. “It is good that there is no connection. I can understand young people’s changing ideas and their willingness to try new things. These are all excellent qualities! But the public may not understand. The public receives information from very mixed channels and lacks the ability to discern properly. Sometimes they can only see what others want them to see.”
Wen Dongrong nodded in agreement. “You are absolutely right! As for what really happened, it will all be clear after watching the second part of the interview tonight.”
In front of his leader, Wen Dongrong was full of confidence.
After leaving the leader’s office, Wen Dongrong still wanted to confirm with Wen Ying.
Unexpectedly, Wen Ying’s phone was constantly engaged.
Wen Dongrong could not help feeling some anxiety: the second part of the interview airing tonight would not capsize in the gutter, right?
…
There were five minutes until the second part of the interview aired.
Viewers interested in the content had long been waiting in front of their televisions.
Wen Ying had been receiving calls from all sides since the afternoon, all expressing concern and support. On the phone, she uniformly replied “do not worry”, but as more and more people showed concern, even she, who had not been nervous, was made tense by them.
In Tianjiao’s screening room, Wen Ying was a little restless. Xie Qian was about to say something to comfort his girlfriend when Yuan Fenghui’s phone rang again.
“It is the producer of the interview programme. I will take it outside.”
Yuan Fenghui said as she walked towards the door.
Three minutes later, Yuan Fenghui returned, her expression somewhat grave.
Wen Ying’s heart sank. “Teacher Yuan, there is no change on the programme side, right?”
Yuan Fenghui nodded. “There is indeed a change. They re-edited a version to replace the original. The producer only called at this point because he did not want us to raise any more objections.”
They really re-edited it?
Wen Ying frowned. “What kind of capital did Miss Ran invest!”
“It is not just Ran Keqing. There are others…”
In a few words, Yuan Fenghui could not explain the entanglements clearly.
Xie Qian was instead the calmest. He held Wen Ying’s hand and analysed calmly. “Re-editing is not necessarily a bad thing. If Ran Keqing’s scheme had truly succeeded, the producer would not have called Teacher Yuan before broadcast. He should have kept silent to catch you off guard.”
What Xie Qian said made a lot of sense, and more importantly, his tone was extremely certain.
Yuan Fenghui’s gaze swept over Xie Qian repeatedly: could it be that the Xie family had also exerted influence?
With Xie Qian’s assurance, Yuan Fenghui also calmed down.
“The programme is about to start. Even if the other side really tampered with it deliberately, it is now impossible to stop their re-edited version. I want to see how the producer edited it. I have been in this industry for so many years and encountered too many crises. This is nothing!”
Yuan Fenghui’s voice was sonorous and forceful. “Wen Ying, you must believe in yourself. The reason you became popular is not some manufactured persona, but your works! As long as you maintain your creative level, you do not need to worry about your persona collapsing!”
As they spoke, the second part of the interview began.
Wen Ying looked towards the television.
Across the country, millions upon millions of viewers did the same thing as Wen Ying.
Wen Ying was truly very curious about the content of the second part. Now, even she herself did not know what the re-edited version would be like!
