Chapter 187: The Advancing Ouyang Nana
How powerful is the internet's influence today in 2024?
The answer is that any slight movement on the internet can instantly ignite like a wildfire spreading across a prairie.
Switzerland, like France, is 7 time zones away from Hua Country, with daylight saving time being 6 time zones different. It's currently 6 p.m. in Geneva, while back home, it's already midnight...
An hour has passed since Gu Heng and Ouyang Nana left St. Peter's Cathedral, and a trending topic is skyrocketing wildly on Weibo's hot search rankings...
#OuyangNana'sNewRelationshipConfirmed! Seen touring Geneva with non-celebrity boyfriend, performing together on the street# Read the latest on My Virtual Library Empire
The trending content is a video of the two performing together at St. Peter's Cathedral Square just an hour ago...
The tourist who uploaded the video never imagined their upload would blow up so quickly; in less than an hour, the likes had already broken fifty thousand, and even comments had crossed into the tens of thousands...
Strawberry Bear: "Wow, Ouyang Nana's boyfriend is so talented too? The violin sounds amazing; are they classmates? Both from Berklee College of Music?"
MusicOld@Mi: "As someone who has studied the violin for 10 years, currently a junior specializing in viola and with a grade 8 violin level, I should qualify to comment, right? This guy playing the violin is definitely at a performance level, and I mean a bona fide performance level.
By the way, let me enlighten those who don't know, Ouyang Nana's cello ability is barely grade 10 in our examinations, nowhere near performance level. Hope you all understand what I mean?"
"No, hey, what are you guys even discussing? It's Ouyang Nana's love life being exposed, and you're focused on her boyfriend's violin skills? Those who aren't here for gossip, get out! Don't interrupt my melon-eating time!"
"Why do I find this guy familiar? Have I seen him somewhere before?"
"Don't know more details, but I just used Baidu Image Search, and this guy is the mysterious young rich man of the Gu surname who spent over two hundred million at the Jingcheng Auto Show. Plus, he's an alumnus of Peking University.
Probably not wrong, since Ouyang Nana's boyfriend isn't from the industry; it must be a rich second-generation, a wealthy guy. Waiting for someone to spill more tea!"
Suddenly, not only was Ouyang Nana mentioned, but Gu Heng was also dug up.
But fortunately, Gu Heng was relatively low-key, apart from a Peking University donation speech and splurging at the Jingcheng Auto Show, there really wasn't much gossip. So, the netizens' attention remained fixed on Ouyang Nana, and many had already gone to Ouyang Nana's Weibo to leave comments...
As comments grew, the video's uploader responded in the comment section, "I just happened to encounter Ouyang Nana in Geneva, don't know if the two have a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship; the title is led by Weibo officials and marketing accounts!"
And all of this, far away in Geneva, was completely unknown to Gu Heng...
Meanwhile, Ouyang Nana, although being called several times by her manager, ignored them all because she was with Gu Heng, and eventually, she turned her phone to silent...
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By the time they returned to the Patek Philippe Salon, the manager saw Gu Heng and Ouyang Nana getting out of the car together, and hurriedly walked up with an ashen face. First, he gave Gu Heng a polite smile, then pulled Ouyang Nana to the side...
"Nana, there's something going on, come here, I need to talk to you."
In the past, Ouyang Nana was quite compliant, but today, for some reason, she seemed irritated, shook off the manager's hand, and said, "Just tell me what it is; I have an auction to attend."
Manager: "???"
Hearing Ouyang Nana's words, the manager couldn't help but have question marks pop up over his head.
This lady, after just spending a few hours alone with Mr. Gu, wouldn't have turned love-brained, would she?
Ouyang Nana ignored the confusion on her manager's face and spoke again: "If you're not going to say it now, wait until I'm out of the auction."
Saying this, she began to walk into the Patek Philippe Salon with Gu Heng to attend the regular auction.
At this point, the manager, not even caring about Gu Heng standing by, shoved the phone in Ouyang Nana's face and said with a mix of annoyance and helplessness, "Lady, do you have any clue what's happened just now?
You've hit the hot search! The fan groups are blowing up; the PR department of the domestic studio has called me a dozen times, asking you to clarify on Weibo. Can you please stop being capricious?
Your new drama 'Ice and Snow Ballad' is about to be released, with Tencent Video involved as the investors. They'd planned to hype you and the male lead as a couple for publicity, but now this mess has jeopardized the promotion.
If we don't clarify this, upsetting such a big backer as Tencent, do you still want to act in the future?"
No wonder the manager was so anxious...
These days, stars dating isn't a big deal...
Like Ouyang Nana, she's been involved in rumours with well over a dozen male celebrities, including 'the Four-letter Brother', Liu Haoran, Chen Weiting—all top current stars...
Every time there's a CP hype, though it brings a short-term boost for both parties, the fans of both are strongly against it...
But who cares about the fans' opinions?
After all, those who get it, get it. In the eyes of capital, fan communities are just like leeks waiting to be harvested. What right do they have to speak up?