Chapter 150: The Fish Took the Bait
In the afternoon, Gu Qinghuan didn’t stay at school. Le Yi told her to go home and rest so she could focus fully on tomorrow’s full rehearsal.
Watching Le Yi say goodbye to Gu Qinghuan, the PD asked, “Actually, you two could rehearse first, right? With your skills, Le Yi, you could probably play all the roles yourself.”
Le Yi replied calmly, “I could do that, but Gu Qinghuan and the other two students need to get used to working together. If they adapt to my acting first, they might not be comfortable tomorrow.”
“For the school’s New Year’s Eve show, it’s better to let the students showcase their own styles.
That way, they’ll perform more confidently.”
The PD secretly gave Le Yi a thumbs-up. Although he sometimes seemed a little silly, when it came to performing, he was truly serious and conscientious.
The rest of the afternoon was relatively quiet. Jiang Chuchu saw that Ye Weiyu wasn’t being closely watched, so she told everyone to go back; she could handle supervision herself.
At home, Gu Qinghuan practiced while thinking about how to perform, occasionally checking the progress updates Jiang Chuchu posted in the group.By the time tonight’s program aired, the live comments and bullet screens were already “heating up.”
[Lou’s group is so hardworking—arrived at 7 a.m. on Saturday, no chit-chat, just started rehearsing.]
[Bai’s group is working hard too, starting with physical training!]
[Wow, Ning Fu’s voice transition is incredible, every time I hear it, I’m amazed.]
[Le’s group even called over the scriptwriter—a younger brother, and he’s kind of handsome.]
[Ye’s group… oh my god, poor Miss Jiang.]
[Really pitiful and funny at the same time. Where’s YWY? Manage your fans!]
From this point, the comments started to turn negative.
When yesterday’s episode aired, Ye Weiyu had invited Mu Tianxiang and Fang Shao only because of their fan status.
Now, with the chaos online, although some criticized Mei Qingying for being too strict, many of Ye
Weiyu’s fans felt that Mu Tianxiang and Fang Shao arguing like this was embarrassing for them.
Bao Qingsong: [People are already going to Mu Tianxiang and Fang Shao’s accounts to insult them…]
Xie Xiangxue: [Terrifying! How can people curse them to break their legs? For dancers, legs aren’t something you can joke about!]
Ai Ning: [These people are crazy! Why not scold Ye Weiyu for not handling things at all?!]
Qin Yue: [Ahhh, why are people still scolding Chuchu?!]
Jiang Chuchu: [“Still Miss Jiang, and they don’t manage it, acting like cowards.”]
Qin Yue: [Don’t look! I reported it!]
Jiang Chuchu: [Really made me laugh.]
Jiang Chuchu: [I’m sending a lawyer’s notice.]
Within ten minutes, Jiang Chuchu posted a message on her account, screenshotting all the accounts
that insulted her, along with a lawyer’s notice.
[Jiang Chuchu: Delete inappropriate comments within two hours and post an individual apology, or I’ll sue and request your personal information from the platform. Also @Ye Weiyu, manage your fans.]
The class group went quiet for a few minutes.
Ming Xiaolan: [Discipline committee is awesome…]
Yao Shali: [So cool, now I have material for writing.]
Yu Xin: [Chuchu, are you okay?]
Jiang Chuchu: [I’m fine, my brother already handled it.]
Gu Qinghuan: [“Miss Jiang is so domineering.”]
Gu Qinghuan: [“YWY’s NCF fans just hit a wall, hahaha!”]
Gu Qinghuan: [“As the team initiator, YWY should be responsible and manage the team, why blame a group of girls?”]
Jiang Chuchu: [What are you doing?]
Gu Qinghuan: [Just showing you something fun. Also, I found this ~ [image]]Gu Qinghuan sent a meme made by a netizen, using a screenshot of Ye Weiyu’s expression after hearing the PD explain the situation, captioned: Did I offend you guys?
Jiang Chuchu: [Pfft.]
Qin Yue: [You know, this meme fits our class perfectly.]
Xu Xinghe: [Exactly, he offended us!]
The accounts Jiang Chuchu exposed quickly deleted their posts and apologized; the timid ones even deleted their accounts and ran.
After this “exposure,” Jiang Chuchu became famous and gained many new fans.
Ye Weiyu’s public image plummeted instantly. The other three groups were fine by comparison.
Le Yi’s group was missing some members today, so their screen time was greatly reduced.
Gu Qinghuan’s curiosity initially annoyed some viewers, but after all four groups went, the audience’s opinion shifted.
[This girl really has broad social connections.]
[Please lend me her mouth for a bit.]
[When she said ‘how long have you been practicing,’ Bai Qingyin, Lou Cheng, and Le Yi all had changed expressions.]
[If I heard that line, I’d cry—it feels like my efforts are recognized.]
[When she teams up with Miss Jiang, both are super cute! Candy cute, earplugs cute! Truly best friends!]
Still, the audience praised Lou Cheng the most, since she was supervising Ye Weiyu’s group.
Lou Cheng’s fans made Ye Weiyu’s fans look bad. Plus, Jiang Chuchu had previously @Ye Weiyu, and suddenly his fan circle was in turmoil.
Fans have many reasons for supporting someone, but aside from a few extreme cases, most don’t want to like someone problematic.
Currently, Ye Weiyu fit that description: indifferent toward the show, irresponsible toward team members, contrasting sharply with the other three groups.
Fans began to question: Is this person still worth liking?
If Tang Huocai were asked, her answer would be: Not worth it.
Yesterday she hadn’t rested, and after watching the show, she rushed to Tang’s latest studio, staying up all night working on sketches.
She didn’t have time to eat, drinking meal replacement shakes while drawing until tonight. Only when she remembered Ning Fu would appear in the show did she leave the studio temporarily.
That’s when she saw Ye Weiyu’s current situation.Even without looking, she could guess: Ye Weiyu originally intended for her to choose the song and communicate with the team.
Now she had run off, and his relationship with his manager was bad—everything had become a mess.
How strange—yesterday she was worried about Ye Weiyu, and today she could already treat him as a joke.
Tang Huocai drank another meal replacement shake and decided to use her mother’s card to go to
Yunjin Tower for a spa, planning to rest well before returning to drawing.
She swiped her phone a couple of times, watched clips of Ning Fu and Gu Qinghuan during the show, got new inspiration, and quickly recorded it in her phone’s notes.
“Buzz”—Lou Cheng’s phone vibrated.
She opened WeChat and saw a message from Ye Weiyu: [Lou Jie, have you seen what’s happening online?]
He really came to her. Lou Cheng replied calmly: [I saw it. If this continues, it’ll be bad. Handle it quickly.]
Ye Weiyu: [My relationship with my manager is bad. He said I caused this, so I have to handle it myself.]
Ye Weiyu: [But I really don’t know what to do. Lou Jie, how do you handle situations like this?]
Lou Cheng snorted and replied leisurely: [I’ve never had your kind of problem, no experience.]
Ye Weiyu was silent for several minutes before sending a new message: [Lou Jie, can your manager help me?]
Here it comes! Lou Cheng sat up straighter: [I… can’t say. You’re from Jinxiu Literature, so asking Jin
Ding for help isn’t really appropriate.]
Ye Weiyu: [I have no other choice. Jinxiu Literature is too difficult.]
Lou Cheng: [I can’t do it. Ask him yourself and see what he says.]
Ye Weiyu: [Okay, sorry to bother you, Lou Jie.]
After finishing communication with Ye Weiyu, Lou Cheng exhaled, lay in her chair for a while, and then messaged Bai Hanshan: [Are preparations ready?]
She was asking about the “small moves” planned against Jin Ding—were they ready?
Bai Hanshan replied with the agreed code: [It’s okay.]
Lou Cheng: [Then we’ll start tomorrow. I’m almost ready too.]Ye Weiyu hadn’t contacted Jin Ding’s manager yet. According to Lou Cheng’s understanding of the
manager, Jin Ding wouldn’t miss the opportunity.
Not to mention, Ye Weiyu was originally a promising talent of Jinxiu Literature and could now irritate them a bit.
Bai Hanshan replied: [Good.]
The fish took the bait—it’s time to start setting the net.
