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Chapter 213
At this time, the production crew had just wrapped up for the night.
Hearing a phone ringing on set, everyone felt quite excited.
Because Signal was poor in the deep mountains, everyone's phones had been practically acting like they were in airplane mode, staying silent for all these days.
Suddenly hearing a ringtone along with that familiar vibration, someone couldn't help shouting out:
"Signal! There's finally a signal! Whose phone is ringing? Answer it quickly, maybe the signal will be gone in a moment!"
Because it was using a default system ringtone, Wen Yan didn't react at first.
Instead, He Xin spoke up: "Yan'an, it's your phone."
"Mine?!" Wen Yan felt pretty excited too. "That sure wasn't easy!"
While putting a down jacket over her shoulders, she walked toward He Xin.
"Who's calling?"
He Xin glanced at the caller ID note and answered: "It's one of the brand partners you collaborate with."
"A brand partner? Calling me at 3 AM??"
Feeling strange, Wen Yan immediately reached out to take the phone He Xin handed over.
Although the call connected quickly, the signal was terrible.
Still, intermittently, Wen Yan managed to gather the general idea.
The other party roughly meant: 'Ahhhh, There's trouble brewing! You're being blacklisted across the whole internet, you've hit a huge crisis! Quickly find a place with internet to get online!'
After listening, Wen Yan was totally stunned.
"I was only isolated from the world for a few days, did the outside world really change this much?"
Zhou Junye was standing not far from Wen Yan; seeing her features almost scrunch into a knot, he also became curious.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Wen Yan: "......It sounds pretty surreal, but I just heard that my career collapsed online."
Zhou Junye: "??? What? You can collapse too? What is there about you to collapse?"
Wen Yan shrugged: "I don't know either."
Sensing the scent of gossip, Wang Che and Jing Hao also crowded over.
"What collapse? How did it collapse?"
Seeing so many pairs of bright eyes around her, Wen Yan felt embarrassed to say she didn't know the details.
"How about this, Director," Wen Yan discussed with Zhou Junye, "They said I ran into a major crisis and told me to find a place to get online. I don't think they'd play a joke like this with me in the middle of the night, so I'd like to ask for leave to go into the city for a day."
"Is it very urgent?"
Wen Yan nodded slightly: "I guess so, to the extent that other brand partners deleted my related posts overnight."
"That severe! Then let's head out right now."
Zhou Junye could be said to have watched Wen Yan grow step by step.
He knew how hard it was for Wen Yan to get to where she was today; an incident to the extent of brands terminating contracts was still very serious.
"We'll drive to the urban area right now."
Hearing this, the director's assistant nearby hurriedly asked: "Then Director, if you leave, what about us?"
After thinking for two seconds, Zhou Junye immediately made a decision.
"This way: everyone goes together. Anyway, we have several important shots in the urban area too, which we'd have to shoot sooner or later. We might as well finish them over the next couple of days. Everyone can take the opportunity to find a place for a hot shower and eat something good."
The temptation of Zhou Junye's last sentence was simply too strong.
Heaven knew how badly they wanted to take a proper shower.
And so, the entire production crew drove to the city area overnight.
After checking into a hotel, Wen Yan didn't even pause to rest, immediately connecting to the network to check news about herself.
If she hadn't looked, she wouldn't have known, one look gave her quite a fright!
Good grief, after one trip into the mountains, that father of hers who had been missing for decades actually surfaced on his own initiative.
At first, when seeing those tear-down press releases, Wen Yan couldn't be sure who was targeting her.
Only upon seeing her so-called 'biological father' and background story did she immediately realize who was stirring up trouble.
It was definitely Wen Chengcai.
Because not long ago, he had brought up her biological father's affairs, only to be completely and cold-bloodedly ignored by her.
Unexpectedly, he hadn't given up, actually pulling off a stunt like this right afterward.
And he seemed to have partnered with someone; otherwise, with his sole power, he definitely couldn't have raised such a huge storm.
With a clack, Wen Yan flipped her phone upside down onto the nightstand.
He Xin nervously and carefully observed the expression on Wen Yan's face.
Asking: "Yan'an, what's being said online shouldn't be true, right? Although as your assistant I don't know the specific situation of your family either, I feel your family is pretty harmonious."
"That's..." Just as Wen Yan was about to speak, a knock on the door suddenly sounded from outside.
Right after, Zhou Junye's voice rang out.
"Wen Yan, are you asleep? It's Zhou Junye—is it convenient to come in and say a few words to you?"
"Coming!" Wen Yan immediately got off the bed and opened the room door herself.
Once the door opened, she found that not only Zhou Junye, but Wang Che and Jing Hao had also come along.
"Hi!" Wang Che and Jing Hao raised their hands at the same time to greet Wen Yan.
Zhou Junye then explained: "We also saw the news online; it really has stirred up a pretty serious fuss. We're all clear on your situation; you only have one assistant by your side, so we came over to see if we could offer ideas and brainstorm countermeasures with you."
"Right!" Wang Che nodded. "No matter what, we're friends."
Wen Yan saw that the three of them hadn't even changed out of their clothes, one look showed they were like her, anxious over news and hadn't showered yet.
Seeing them care so much about her, a surge of warmth instantly rose in her heart.
"Please come in. Right now, the only way is to clarify—there's no other way."
"Right! Clarification can shatter rumors!" Wang Che immediately offered an idea to Wen Yan. "Draft a outline right now, list out the points to clarify, and after writing it out, polish it up properly. We can give you feedback too."
Wen Yan shook her head instead: "No need to waste that effort. I plan to host a livestream—that's the most direct and effective way. But it's too late right now, not suitable. I plan to host the livestream tomorrow around noon or in the evening when traffic is higher."
"Right, Director, what's tomorrow's shooting schedule? I think around 8 PM in the evening is best—whatever the arrangement, I'll request leave around 8 o'clock."
"Impressive!" Zhou Junye couldn't help giving a thumbs-up to Wen Yan. "With such an emergency, you actually aren't posting a statement overnight and still have the patience to wait until tomorrow evening."
Wen Yan laughed haha: "Well, there's no choice. When we were isolated in the mountains, the internet had already been abuzz for many days, waiting one more day isn't much more."
Hearing this, Jing Hao couldn't help admiring as well: "You're the most composed among the young actors I've met. Seeing you so calm, I believe even more that what's online is just rumors again."
"Hehe," Wen Yan could still joke, cupping her hands toward Jing Hao. "Hao-ge overpraises me. Oh right, Director, what do you say, will you approve my leave for 8 PM tomorrow evening?"
"That's a absolute must!"
"Thanks, my Director! Really thank you guys for coming over today. It's getting late, go get some rest quickly. I plan to take a hot shower and enjoy myself too."
Thus, the three who were originally worried about Wen Yan's state stayed in her room for less than a few minutes before leaving.
They all realized they had overthought it; Wen Yan wasn't anxious at all.
After sending them all out, Wen Yan only then unhurriedly pulled out her phone and posted an update.
'Just emerged from the deep mountains, rural internet reconnected. Regarding rumors online, I will clarify via livestream—8 PM tonight, starting on time. Also, thanks to fan friends who believed in me; making you fight a lonely battle for so long, I feel ashamed!'
Although it was already 5 or 6 in the morning when this message was posted, there were surprisingly still quite a few people surfing the web.
Wang Che even immediately reposted and commented on Wen Yan's post:
'The innocent remain innocent; I will forever believe in you.' @WenYan
Wang Che not only reposted to support Wen Yan himself, but also immediately notified Zhou Junye and Jing Hao.
The two also reposted Wen Yan's post one after another to express strong support for her.
In minutes, the comments, likes, and reposts under her update broke past hundreds of thousands.
When day broke and most people got out of bed, the internet boiled over once again because of Wen Yan's post.
Although various voices emerged endlessly, one point was relatively unified:
'Gosh, how is this sister not anxious at all? She even wants to wait until 8 PM! I wish she would livestream right now. More than ten hours left—how am I supposed to wait? In no mood to work!'
'You're in no mood to work; I simply took leave! I decided to sleep until 3 PM, get up to eat a meal, and squat in her livestream room at 8 PM sharp.'
'Awesome, you're still the ruthless one.'
The happiest were none other than Wen Yan's fans.
They were happy that Wen Yan finally reconnected to the net and began taking measures.
Although there were still very many bad remarks at this time, with this sentence from Wen Yan, they felt as if they had suddenly grown a backbone.
Some hardcore fans who had been speaking up for her online were even moved to tears.
'Family, who understands? In a time of being blacklisted across the web, our Yan'an can still notice Yan fans' efforts, saying she feels ashamed to us, boohoo'
'Don't feel ashamed, Yan'an! Having no signal or net isn't your fault; people carrying treasures will always be coveted by villains.'
'We'll wait for you—be there or be square tonight at 8 PM!'
However, shortly after Wen Yan's livestream announcement hit trending searches, Wen Chengcai's side also started a livestream.
He didn't have such good patience, completely unable to wait until 8 PM, because they wanted to strike first to seize the narrative advantage.
His livestream content today was an entertainment reporter's interview.
A certain reporter drove to the small town where he currently resided and asked him some questions.
However, this interview wasn't real, but rather a script provided by his strategy advisor.
Every question from the reporter, including his answers, as well as the neighbors played by Brother Long and his men, were pre-arranged.
But the uninformed onlookers didn't know the shady truth behind this.
They only saw Wen Yan's gray-haired old father living in an old, dilapidated house, looking sickly.
Supposedly, when he was young, he was beaten up and suffered kidney damage, resulting in an inability to do heavy physical work and a total loss of capacity to work.
Once this livestream opened, many wealth-hating netizens drove the narrative:
'Now money for stars is so easy to earn, yet she doesn't support her own parents! Why give them such high salaries? Taking a salary ordinary people couldn't earn in ten lifetimes, yet character isn't even one-tenth of ordinary people—trash!'
'Tsk tsk, so Wen Yan's home is this dilapidated, yet she put on airs of a wealthy heiress, face completely smashed to pieces.'
However, some people also noticed something fishy:
'No, don't you guys feel this livestream looks like a script? Just those neighbors of his, every single one feels like they're trying too hard, like acting in a show.'
'Plus the reporter keeps only asking how Wen Yan failed her support obligations, repeatedly leading in that direction. How come he didn't question their father-daughter relationship at all?'
'This so-called father seemed somewhat believable before opening the livestream, but once it opened, seeing how ugly he looks, Wen Yan doesn't resemble him at all.'
'Upstairs, the Qing dynasty died long ago, don't tell me you don't know there's a spell called plastic surgery nowadays? As long as money is in place, even a sow can be transformed into a fairy.'
'Is that so, downstairs? You must be blind—I can understand if you haven't seen her in person, after all, Wen Yan isn't someone you can see just because you want to. But anyone who watched her act knows every expression of hers is very natural, not something features altered by plastic surgery can achieve.'
'Why should I watch a show acted by an unethical person? Hehe, if you want to watch, go watch it yourselves.'
At this time, someone went to leave comments on Wang Che's page again.
Because they knew Wang Che was quite active, perhaps they could get some firsthand news from him.
Wang Che replied to a familiar-looking fan:
'Stop arguing, everyone. While you're arguing up a storm online, Yan'an is diligently filming! Know why she's so relaxed? Because the innocent remain innocent—having done nothing guilty, there are no ghosts in her heart.'
Wang Che even candidly candid-shot a photo of Wen Yan currently filming—of course, within the range permitted by the crew, revealing nothing that shouldn't be revealed.
Fans knew they could dig up stuff from Wang Che.
At the same time, fans also reminded Wang Che about the livestream of that so-called father of Wen Yan.
Once Wang Che heard about it, he immediately told Wen Yan about this matter.
However, Wen Yan was busy filming and temporarily didn't pay attention to it.
Not until past 7 PM in the evening, during an intermission in filming, did Wen Yan set up her phone to prepare for the livestream.
However, since they were at a slightly remote set rather than the main urban area without Wi-Fi, she could only use cellular data for the livestream.
Due to poor signal, the network was also a bit bad.
Holding her phone, Wen Yan searched around the set for a long time, finally finding a place with relatively stable signal.
Zhou Junye, seeing that she finally found a spot, walked over to express concern.
"Just here? I'll have the camera crew bring you a tripod—you don't plan to keep holding a selfie stick the whole time, do you?"
"It still has to be the professionals!! I'm commandeering the tripod, hahaha! Oh right, Director, isn't it inconvenient for me to livestream here? It doesn't count as leaking set scenes or anything, right?"
Zhou Junye waved his hand, half-joking: "Doesn't count. Just stream right here on set, I can just hitch a ride on your popularity."
Hearing this, Wang Che also walked over: "I want to hitch a ride too! Wherever there's a camera lens, there I am."
"Sure," on this point, Wen Yan was quite generous, "Come on, I'll start a few minutes early to warm up first."
Saying so, Wen Yan opened the livestream.
The number of people squatting in her livestream room was even more than she imagined.
Less than a minute after starting the stream, the online viewer count had already broken past a million.
Thinking of Zhou Junye and Wang Che's joking words, Wen Yan simply panned her phone camera around the entire set.
"Hello everyone, good evening, I'm Wen Yan. I'm currently at the filming set—first, let me show you my working environment, and then at 8 o'clock sharp I'll enter the main topic..."
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