Love Variety Show: The despised me exploded in popularity

The internet is a storm of controversy, with the show's PR army overwhelming, and the trending posts nearly exploding.
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His music video, released at eight o'clock in the evening, continued to climb in influence, sparking extremely polarized public opinions and strife spreading far and wide.

According to their plan, with such a commotion, similar to poking a hornet's nest, Xu Qingyan should be at least a little flustered, if not utterly overwhelmed.

But who knew he was gaming, with unwavering focus at that.

"You....." Pei Muchan didn't know what to say at first, mindful that Lin Wanzhou and the others were present, "Did you see the trending topics? How are you holding up now?"

"Nothing much, just playing a game," Xu Qingyan fiddled with his mouse, "Just came over to transfer a video, no rush on the other side, let the bullets fly a little longer."

Let the bullets fly a little longer? Wait for what exactly?

Pei Muchan, thinking that the incident started because of her, immediately felt both guilty and regretful. Even though Xu Qingyan had said that it was not a big deal for her.

Even if he hadn't gone to Jianye initially, troubles would have surfaced from elsewhere. In the martial world, strategy is key, not the heart; he had his own calculations when he schemed against the show producers.

To be exact, to claim some kind of compensation for the spiritual damage.

"Won't you have trouble for openly targeting the show producers?" Lin Wanzhou asked, her gaze filled with deep concern; the incident had far-reaching implications.

On her way here, she had seen the trending searches and also watched the music video "On White Horses."

To tell the truth, it was well made. Whether it was the visuals or the rhythm, it didn't even feel like a music video, as if it could have been a cut from a feature film.

In the music video, Pei Muchan looked otherworldly beautiful, her silver-white cheongsam highlighting her already exceptional figure, elegant and slender, dignified and graceful.

An involuntary thought popped up in Lin Wanzhou's mind; the cheongsam looked very nice.

As Xu Qingyan played his game absentmindedly, huddled under the tower farming minions, after a few seconds of thought, he spoke.

"There probably won't be any trouble, but I'm afraid it might affect you guys a little," he said.

"I already offended the production team when I dropped out of the competition, so it really doesn't affect me much," Lin Wanzhou gently shook her head, "But what's the situation on your end now?"

"No, it's still unclear now, let's talk about it tomorrow." He looked up at the women, "By the way, I'm going to sleep in a bit, so you guys...."

The lights in the second-floor office were brightly lit.

Miss Lin caught a glimpse of Pei Muchan out of the corner of her eye. Feeling her gaze, Pei Muchan also turned to look. The two ladies, one tall and one short, exchanged glances before looking away.

For half a minute, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was somewhat delicate.

Qi Ting, being mindful, stood by the door, not really entering. She could hear what was being said in the office, yet she kept a certain distance from the others.

Shen Jinyue, who was familiar with Qi Ting, saw her move to the side of the door and followed suit. Listening to the seemingly irrelevant discussion surrounding influence, she looked utterly confused.

"Ting Ting, what are they talking about?"

"Nothing much, Teacher Xu is still in the mood to play games, which means everything is fine," Qi Ting reassured, "Didn't you see how well Teacher Xu's music video was made just now?"

"Yes, many people are praising it!" Shen Jinyue nodded.

"That's right, the entertainment industry is like that. Having talent doesn't always mean you'll go far, but in the face of absolute talent, there is still some fairness," Qi Ting said with a smile, though a hint of sentimentality flitted through her eyes. In the days when she followed Lin Wanzhou running around for shows two to three years ago, she had seen too much unfairness.

Fortunately, with Wen Yun by their side, they had not suffered much along the way.

"Will the production team apologize then?" Shen Jinyue asked naively.

"How could they, unless they don't want their lousy show to continue," Qi Ting wondered, turning to look at her, "But specifically, it's hard to say right now."

"Teacher Xu himself said it, it's hard to say, not easy to judge. Online public opinion reverses very quickly, and how far this will develop, we'll have to see tomorrow," Qi Ting explained.

"Ah, then is there going to be a problem?" Shen Jinyue looked nervous, tiptoed to look forward, not knowing what they were discussing, "Will Xu Qingyan be cyber-bullied again?"

"Of course not, what are you thinking, times have changed," Qi Ting smiled, "With eight hits in over a month from Teacher Xu, who would cyber-bully him?"

"But didn't he get criticized all the time before? I remember that he was writing songs back then, too, right?" Shen Jinyue asked in confusion, "And hardly anyone spoke up for him."

"Although Teacher Xu wrote a few good songs before, fame does lag behind," Qi Ting, with nothing better to do, was also willing to chat and enlighten the younger sister.

"Most people in this circle are very busy. Except for entertainment companies specializing in scouting new talent who consistently monitor the rookie market, other celebrities don't have that much free time, most of them have a full schedule of events."

"Even without events, they absolutely wouldn't spend their rest time focusing on work. So unless there's a big uproar, basically no one will know that there's a Teacher Xu.

"Knowing Xu Qingyan, what comes next?" Shen Jinyue was somewhat baffled, only feeling that Xu Qingyan seemed to be about to become even more formidable, "Will they speak up for him?"

"Probably not, but the resources could increase, and nowadays resources are often more important than reputation," Qi Ting said.

Hearing this, Shen Jinyue seemed to understand a bit.

"Ting Ting, is Xu Qingyan going to blow up big?"

"That..." Qi Ting was not sure what to say, "Hmm... I think Teacher Xu might not care about becoming a sensation, he just genuinely wants to see his music sales increase."

"He seems to want to promote Sister Pei and Sister Zhou Zhou. Although the scale isn't there yet, I feel like Teacher Xu might have had this in mind from the start."

"Doesn't he want to be famous?" Shen Jinyue pursed her lips and asked again, "With such a venomous tongue and such an unpleasant demeanor, won't becoming famous just lead to more criticism?"