Retired Villainess Transmigrates into a Cannon Fodder

Golden Agent of the Adonis (13)

The PR Department of Xingchen Entertainment found out that Zhou Yuan had responded and immediately contacted her studio. On the other hand, they only claimed that she wasn’t blaming Chu Xiang and it was done for the reputation of Xingchen Entertainment. The PR Department contacted Chen Lifeng again as he expressed embarrassingly that he didn’t expect Zhou Yuan to speak up, but now that what’s done was done, refuting any of it would be bad for her reputation. It would also affect her future resources and jobs in the future, so he had no choice but to follow along.

Chen Lifeng had long been in contact with his new agent, Li Ou. Li Ou had worked as an agent for 8 years and he had a first-tier female star and two second-tier male stars under his belt. Although they didn’t win any awards, he was good at hyping them up and the workflow of his artists were very good as well. He had some status in the company and he was also very courageous. Due to that, he didn’t report anything to the company and directly had Chen Lifeng make a statement on his Weibo.

The company was still in contact with Chu Xiang when they saw Chen Lifeng’s Weibo post.

[Chen Lifeng V: Being grouped together does not necessarily indicate that both parties have a good relationship. We have been working together for many years, so let’s just forget everything that happened in the past. I just hope that everyone will be safe in the future. The path I walk on from now on will have Zhou Yuan and Li Ou, so I hope that everything goes well.]

‘Not necessarily a good relationship’? Didn’t that imply that they had a bad relationship?

‘Forget everything that happened in the past’? Wouldn’t that also mean that the rumors were true and that he just wasn’t going to dwell on them any further?

Chu Xiang flipped through a few of the popular comments.

[Fengfeng has been entangled for so many years because he is too nice. You can forgive her, but we can’t. Chu Xiang, get out of the entertainment industry!]

[Chu Xiang, come out to apologize! The company should provide an explanation! We will never give up until she is fired!]

[Fengfeng only got the award this year because he had been dragged down by Chu Xiang all along— how hateful!]

Chu Xiang’s name was mentioned many times on the screen again and the criticism became even louder. The generosity shown by Zhou Yuan and Chen Lifeng gave the fans and the netizens a kind of protective mentality to seek justice for their beloved artists. And just as Chu Xiang speculated, their respective fans temporarily let go of their rejection towards each other as they united and pointed their guns at Chu Xiang, concentrating their firepower on her. Anyone who was faced with such great malice would probably not be able to bear it. Sometimes, one wrong evasive move or even futile attempts at calming the flames would result in the elimination of one’s involvement in a particular circle.

This idea was indeed thought up by Zhou Yuan’s team. It wasn’t like there was no other way to go around it, but this method was the simplest and Zhou Yuan really didn’t like Chu Xiang that much either. Chu Xiang didn’t primp herself as nicely as Zhou Yuan did, but her facial features were very beautiful. How could a man not care about such a woman who wholeheartedly gave her all and accompanied Chen Lifeng from obscurity to stardom?

Zhou Yuan was afraid that one day Chen Lifeng would be moved by Chu Xiang’s actions, so she simply took this opportunity to make sure that everything was over for her. It was best for Chu Xiang to leave the entertainment circle and never see him ever again.

Chen Lifeng didn’t care about Chu Xiang. As long as it didn’t damage his reputation, he was willing to cooperate. Li Ou didn’t like having an enemy who made a mess of things, so of course he was willing to step over Chu Xiang.

When they came in full force like this, the company became passive. If they issued a statement saying that it was all rumors, wouldn’t it contradict Chen Lifeng and Zhou Yuan? It’s not worthwhile to ruin Chen Lifeng’s commercial value and offend Zhou Yuan. But because Chu Xiang made them feel like she was very capable before all this, they were a little dissatisfied with this development.

Was there anything that couldn’t have been resolved in private? Why did he have to make the issue such a big deal to the point of trending in the searches, making her become the laughingstock of the public? Zhou Yuan not caring about Xingchen Entertainment’s well-being and Chen Lifeng not considering the company’s stance were a big blow. And wouldn’t Li Ou’s actions be a factor of instability for the company since he didn’t bother reporting to the higher-ups before making a move? Did he not care about the leaders anymore and think that he could proceed however he wished?

As mentioned, Li Ou was very good at hyping, regardless of the news or drama. He and Zhou Yuan’s team have contacted each other and they have already invited the infamous ‘Internet Water Army'(2). Now that he was taking control of the rhythm on the Internet, he wanted to establish a certain image of Chen Lifeng, portraying him as a young man who was troubled to no end and yet, still remained a saint for not pursuing the matter any further. He would be depicted as a man who had it rough in his early years, enduring painfully for a long time before deciding to change his agent. Of course, the image included him seeking refuge in Zhou Yuan naturally under the looming shadow of Chu Xiang.

(T/N: A group of people who are hired to post comments in the Chinese social media forums. The contents of the comments have no limit and the group is used both positively and negatively)

That way, the hatred of the fangirls would basically be transferred to Chu Xiang. If it weren’t for her, how could Chen Lifeng ever fall in love with Zhou Yuan? Besides, Chen Lifeng was such a pure and kind soul; how could they have the heart to blame him? With that, they wouldn’t even have the intentions to leave the fandom out of sympathy.