jdhmnovel Chapter 207 Fan Rebellion
Chapter 207 Fan Rebellion
[Your CP fan club's promotional efforts have significantly improved, resulting in increased popularity and a national recognition score of 4536.]
"The conversion rate doesn't feel right."
Feifei explained: "If the host doesn't act or participate in events, they definitely won't have much national recognition. That's why I said the best way for an artist to be a good person is to work hard."
Su Qi got up and went back to the bar, ordering an iced Americano.
There were hardly any people in the café, and even though Su Qi was sitting alone inside, no one outside noticed her.
The shop owner gave her a deep look. She was now well-known, so he considered them acquaintances. He then struck up a conversation, starting with, "Hey, by the way, when are you planning to marry that movie star, Mr. Li?"
Su Qi was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"
"It's the one that's been circulating online lately, everyone's hoping you and Actor Li will get married."
She was slightly taken aback: "Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
Yesterday, Shen Chaohuai spent money to boost the popularity of their fan groups, so how did it get shifted to his relationship with Li Yancheng?
"That's absolutely true, Miss Su. Don't you ever pay attention to trending topics?"
She gave an awkward smile: "Under normal circumstances, I don't like to pay attention to those things."
The shop owner praised her repeatedly, saying, "Ms. Su must be too focused on her work. She truly deserves to be called a model artist in the entertainment industry."
She nodded slightly, found a corner, and made a phone call to Shen Chaohuai: "What were you doing yesterday?"
Shen Chaohuai was exercising, wiping away sweat with a handkerchief. After a while, his breathing subsided: "What happened?"
Su Qi sent the trending topic to Shen Chaohuai, who clenched his fist and said, "Damn it."
After hanging up the phone, Su Qi didn't know how Shen Chaohuai would handle it, so she dialed Lin En's phone number.
As soon as the other party answered, they started berating her: "Damn it! I never expected that Li Yancheng's side would use your and Shen Chaohuai's announcement post from yesterday to make a fuss."
“Li Yancheng’s fans are spreading the word everywhere that you are Li Yingdi (the movie star), and that Shen Chaohuai is not worthy of you.”
"So the two fan groups started arguing."
"Some netizens are even urging you to marry Li Yingdi."
"Oh no, this is a huge mess."
Su Qi was confused: "I didn't bring Li Yancheng along when I was with Shen Chaohuai."
"You didn't do anything, the key question is what the fans will think?"
"I feel that Shen Chaohuai is too manipulative and only knows how to use you for marketing, so now the fans don't buy it anymore and instead think that Li Yancheng is better."
"Li Yancheng doesn't promote you or ride the coattails of your CP popularity. He even helps Shen Chaohuai pursue you. Every netizen who sees this calls him an absolute gentleman."
She found it somewhat amusing that it was Shen Chaohuai himself who suggested this.
Meanwhile, Shen Chaohuai was furious with New Classics Media. He only wanted to assert his dominance, but he didn't expect to do the work for his rival.
Xie Tian laughed so hard he almost fell over: "You're usually quite smart, but you always make a fool of yourself when it comes to things related to her. I almost don't recognize you anymore."
Seeing the entire internet urging Su Qi and Li Yancheng to get married, and telling him to give up the idea of getting close to Su Qi, he became even angrier.
Shen Chaohuai pouted, looking extremely aggrieved. He finished dressing and said, "I'm going to my acting class now. Could you please keep an eye on the investment for the new drama for me?"
Xie Tian nodded and complained, "He clearly has the ability to take his time, but he insists on being impatient and trying to get her. Tsk, what a scheming guy."
Shen Chaohuai lowered his eyes, warned Xie Tian not to talk nonsense, and turned to leave.
Xie Tian picked up the investment contract for Shen Chaohuai's new drama, smiled, as if he had thought of something interesting, and called the production team.
"Is this the drama that Mr. Shen invested in? Could you do me a favor and invite Su Qi, an actress from Tianhai, to audition?"
"Okay, please take care of me."
……
Su Qi was going to attend a business event, and the area downstairs at Tianhai Building was swarmed by reporters. Even though the company had already responded that there was no possibility of her and Li Yancheng getting married in private, the fans' persistent pleading forced the media to pay attention to the matter.
"Is it done?" Su Qi let herself be dressed up like a doll.
"Alright, alright, let's go out."
"Are those media outlets still around?"
Lynn sighed: "There's nothing we can do about this. You should finish the event first, and I'll explain to the fans. Of course, Mr. Li also needs to be addressed. You should mention it when you see him later."
“Li Yancheng is usually carefree and not very attentive, so he definitely didn’t notice this.”
Su Qi nodded slightly and walked out of Tianhai. The reporters downstairs surrounded her: "Ms. Su, are you really going to be with Mr. Shen? He's been exploiting you!"
"Sorry, I will not answer questions or give interviews at this time. Please do not interfere with our work." Lynn stepped forward and pushed aside the group of media.
Agent Lynn is known in the industry for being domineering and arrogant, and no one dares to say anything, only able to watch the juicy gossip slip away.
Upon arriving at the event, Li Yancheng was also invited. Interestingly, he wore a white suit with a black shirt underneath, and a black glitter bow tie, making him look like he was wearing a wedding dress.
As soon as Su Qi walked to his side, the whole audience started to cheer. Li Yancheng, who was still unaware of what was happening, kept blinking.
As Su Qi walked, she quietly told him what had happened that day.
To everyone's surprise, Li Yancheng couldn't keep a secret and blurted out in front of everyone, "Holy crap!"
"Why are you being rumored to be dating again?"
"It all started because that fool Shen Chaohuai was asserting his sovereignty?"
"How stupid! How could you say that in public? He should have planned his confession properly with you, and then released an official announcement, what's known as a public announcement! Don't you understand?!"
The entire room fell silent. How could such a private matter be spoken so fluently by Li Yancheng?
Everyone covered their faces and wept: "Actor Li is such a good person! He's such a positive role model. A male celebrity like him deserves to have a girlfriend!"
Some people even pulled Su Qi aside and advised, "Miss Su, Mr. Li is really a good person. Maybe you shouldn't be with Mr. Shen anymore!"
Su Qi looked at Li Yancheng helplessly: "Actually, Shen Chaohuai is just..."
"He's just spoiled and arrogant, well, I spoiled him."
After she finished speaking, the media were stunned: "Did I really hear that right?"
"what?"
"What kind of doting husband is this?"
Li Yancheng shook his head helplessly and clarified in front of the media: "I didn't even know that my fans had caused trouble for the two of you in private. I apologize for that."
He bowed deeply.
"Because I don't pay much attention to my blog, I haven't managed my personal followers very well. My team and I will manage them more strictly in the future."
"Actually, I personally support Su Qi and Mr. Shen very much." Li Yancheng grinned, his eyes gesturing to his assistant to quickly call Shen Chaohuai and ask him to come over.
If this matter is not resolved, it will affect the two people's business activities, not to mention that other artists will be coming later.
But rather than trying to solve the problem, Li Yancheng unintentionally became a wingman in their relationship.
Shen Chaohuai appeared at the event with his hands in his pockets and a disdainful expression.
Li Yancheng pulled out a ring from who-knows-where and shoved it into Shen Chaohuai's hand in front of everyone: "My brother, you've finally arrived! Your engagement ring was left in my car!"