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Chapter 269 - Fang JunRong Wasn't Sure What to Think When She Saw Her Fan's Reactions (1)

Some bystanders did express that Ren DongZhi was a strong candidate and a rare one that was strong at both singing and creativity at that. And that his performance was more eye-catching than number 2 during the competition. His victory was well deserved. But the words of the bystanders, under the fans who were united for once, were fragile. There were of no match to the fans who had joined forces and what their words were quickly drowned out.

As the comments from the fans mounted, even some of the bystanders were being influenced. They recalled times when they were stiffed by others who had connections and could relate to that. Gradually, they joined the fans in demanding for an explanation.

Everybody worked together in landing "The dark story behind Star of the Future" and "Tong Jiaming lost his victory unfairly" onto the most trending list. They were unstoppable and the anger was palpable. It would seem that this anger wanted to tear Shengxing into pieces.

XinYun, who had finally finished with wrapping up after the competition, was about to jump online and read about comments on their competition.

She was secretly quite proud of the competition that she had organized albeit there had been a lot of bumps along the way due to lack of experiences. The minor setbacks, nevertheless, did not negative impact the event overall. She and Zhong Yi would like to sign all four top candidates. All of them were promising and already came with their own fans. They had great futures in front of them. Tong Jiaming, especially, was one of the ones that she had high hopes for. Unfortunately, Tong Jiaming seemed to already have plans for his future and had declined her a while back. There was no point in forcing someone against their wish so she could only wish him luck as they had at least grown to know each other from the event.

When she opened up WeChat, on the other hand, the strong hostility turned into vines and gripped her heart tightly.

She was so angry that even her hands were shaking. The happiness that was in her before was wiped clean and tears welled up in her eyes.

She was very involved in the entire competition every step of the way and had consulted many in the field the exact rules. She had done her best to provide a transparent stage for all to see. She could honestly say that she had done nothing wrong yet she received such malicious words online. Li XinYun was no fool. Combing the direction of the public opinion online right now along with Tong Jiaming's vague attitude from before, she figured out what was going on. Not only did Tong Jiaming already secured himself with a company, he planned to give himself a boost by stepping on them.

Surely her original intention of the competition was publicity for her new company but, after months of hard work along with all the time and effort that she had put into it, she had become attached to it. She could honestly say that she had never mistreated any one of them but, in return, she was stabbed in her back.

The look on her when she was looking for comfort was exactly the same as when she was still a child.

She had always come running to Fang JunRong every time when she was wronged with teary eyes just like she was right now. Over the years, many had changed and was different than how Fang JunRong had remembered them but her daughter was still that little girl who relied on her.

Zhong Yi felt very guilty. She had been careless and wasn't mindful of that fact that she was now a public figure. Her carelessness allowed for that picture to be taken and it had turned into evidence by others that they had shady business going on behind the scene.

"Mom, I..."

Looking solemn, Fang JunRong asked them, "Why do you think they are doing this?"

XinYun took a deep breath and tried to keep her emotions under control. "For their own gain. In fan's speech, they wanted to attract more fans and build their attack power by giving their idol a poor and victimized image. That would allow them to lock in more fans and pull their heart strings." She had done a lot of homework recently.



Chapter 270 - Fang JunRong Wasn't Sure What to Think When She Saw Her Fan's Reactions (2)

Fang JunRong nodded slightly and said to Zhong Yi, "If you chose to enter into this circle, then this was doomed to happen sooner or later. The paparazzi would try everything within their power to find out anything they could about you. Any opportunities that you allowed them to have, they would take advantage of that. Even if you have done nothing, as long as you have the ability to attract attention, they would create news about you if they had to.

Zhong Yi nodded. This was certainly a lesson well learned for the two of them. Even their initial excitement had been dampened some.

"So how do you two plan on handling this?"

"Send them lawyers from our attorneys!" said XinYun without any hesitation.

They had the strongest team of lawyers.

Fang JunRong couldn't help but smile. "What else?"

Zhong Yi hesitated a little and said, "Show evidences and faceslap them."

Fang JunRong did not tell the two children what she had already done. She wanted to use this as a teaching moment for them.

New messages came to her cellphone at this point. She clicked it open to read it. It was a video along with a few pictures. The video clip showed Tong Jiaming meeting up with Gao Lin, an agent over at Begonia. The two of them were meeting in a coffee shop. As for the picture, it was Gao Lin meeting with a few companies that managed for-profit accounts.

She looked at the name of the sender and got an idea. These came to her from those from the Ren family. After all, it was their child that was bullied. They weren't going to just sit back and do nothing about it. There was another good solution to all this – to have the Ren family stood out and speak for Ren DongZhi. It was crazy to say that the young master of the Ren family needed to hug someone's thigh. The Ren family had more than enough to provide Ren DongZhi with what he needed. He didn't need to join a competition of this scale at all.

It'd appear that Ren DongZhi did not want to rely on the power of his family.

Fang JunRong forwarded the video to the two of them and said, "We got a gift just in time. You two figure out how best to use it.

"And take this opportunity to really think it through if you want to stay in this circle. You would only run into what are worse than this in the future."

Standing up, she walked away slowly, leaving Zhong Yi and Li XinYun facing each other.

Li XinYun let out a long sigh and puffed up her cheeks. "Let's take a look at the video first!"

As she watched, she pondered, "Come to think about it, I know of this uncle who can read lips. We can show this to him and see if he can figure out what was being said. Unfortunately, Gao Lin had her back to the camera most of the time. We might be able to recover part of what Tong Jiaming had said at best."

Zhong Yi, too, had calmed down a lot by now. Curving her lips some, she said, "That is still much better than what we have before."

If the other party could take advantage of the for-profit accounts, so could they. They could totally contact some major influencers of the entertainment circle to release this video. They didn't even need to pay them. They would be begging to do so just for the attention that it would draw.

As the two worked hard on positioning themselves, the event continued to bubble up on the internet and their ranking on the most trending list continued to climb.

"Let's talk about every one who had pull strings behind the scenes over the years." This article seemed to have added fuel to the fire and the situation continued to escalate.

What pushed the fire to the maximum was the confession coming from none other than Tong Jiaming himself. He made a video clip of himself and uploaded it to his own account.

In the video, his hair was slightly wet, making him seemed even more like an adolescent boy. The corners of his eyes were slightly reddened like he had just finished crying. Sniffling, he put on a gentle and innocent smile.



Chapter 271 - Fang JunRong Wasn't Sure What to Think When She Saw Her Fan's Reactions (3)

"Hi everyone, I am Tong Jiaming. I had always wished to become famed and had not expected to find myself on the most trending list for reasons such as this. I have mixed feelings about it.

"I have read about everyone's comments on the latest events and I want to thank my fans for their support as always. I am sure I am always number one in your heart." He tightened his lips some and had a wronged look on him. "I just want to ask you to stop bashing Shengxing. One way or another, they had offered me an opportunity to present myself. I don't want to come across as an ungrateful person. Miss Li had asked about signing me up in the past but I have plans of my own and do not want to be an ephemeral shooting star, which was why I had to turn down her kindness.

"As for the outcome of the competition, perhaps I was not as good as the others. Whether the competition was fair or not, I trust that everyone has their own opinion."

As soon as his video was released, all of the fans took over the commenting section immediately and all of them were touched by him.

[Just look at our JunMing. He is such an angel and would also look to himself as the reason. He wouldn't even say anything mean about the others even in situation like this one. I am crying.]

[Garbage Shengxing, stand up and take a beating! They must have not let him win the competition because he had declined their offer. Poor JunMing. He had worked so hard already. QAQ]

[We will always stand by your side no matter what your decision is.]

[Guarding the best Tong Jiaming!]

The more the fans were touched by Tong Jiaming, the angrier they were at Shengxing's behind-the-scene stunts. Seeing that Shengxing had never stood up and release a statement, they were so angry that they went straight to Fang JunRong's Weibo and demanded for her to make a statement. They would otherwise boycott Meifang Corporation's products.

Fang JunRong's fans were having fun eating melons and, all of a sudden, all these random people came wrecking havocs on their territory. All of them became defensive immediately and struck right back. Were these fans out of their mind? What if Boss Fang read them, plunged into a bad mood and decrease the release of Beautify Pills and Hair Growing Cream? They had been rainbow farting left and right recently in the hope that their sincerity would make Fang JunRong release another batch of those.

For the sake of Beautify Pills and Hair Growing Cream, all the seemingly peaceful fan all turned into crazy fans and starting to spit.

"Boycotting? A group of grade school kids talking about boycotting? Is your annual pocket money even enough to buy a box of 888-yuan Beautify Pills? Go back and work on your homework, kids."

"Oh yeah? Boycott away. That will increase my odds of getting the Beautify Pills."

"23412668, this is my account number. I will be more than happy to buy up any Beautify Pills or Hair Growing Cream at retail. I truly hope that Tong Jiaming's fans will part with their Beautify Pills. Thank you. Kneeling down on elbows and knees.JPG."

"Nowadays even pigs can get online? Behind-the-scene stunts? A bunch of fools that were misled by water armies. Anything above your neck is but a big tumor? With your big brother's ability, letting him win would be behind-the-scene stunt."

"You come again and I am going to go play suona on your big brother's grave."

Fang JunRong caught wind from her subordinates and logged into her account. That was when she saw her fans fighting Tong Jiaming's fans 1:10 and had their heads rolling. She had mixed feelings.

Fang JunRong was genuinely shocked by her own fans this time. After all, every time she had looked at her Weibo before, they were all whining at her.

"Is there a discount today, Boss Fang? If not, I'll be back tomorrow!"

"I'm here. I hope I can win in the raffle this Friday. This faithful girl is willing to trade that with 10 little buddies of her extra fat."

"Wuwuwu. Please, Boss Fang, release more Hair Growing Cream! This bald software engineer needs your compassion."

All of the fragile and pitiful fans in front of her turned into articulate ones spitting venom at Tong Jiaming's fans.

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