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Chapter 8: Unintentional Entrapment

  Inadvertent framing

  The next day, the four of them actually had a variety show appointment, and they had to leave at 3 pm today to catch a plane. Xiao Yuancheng asked He Fan if he should ask for leave or what to do, but He Fan said that this should be asked to their agent, and he didn't want to overstep his authority, meaning he wasn't going to give Boyce the green light.

  This surprised Xiao Yuancheng greatly, he knew that He Fang was quite ruthless, but he didn't expect him to be so ruthless. How did he not notice this before?

  Think about it, if the company's boss tells you to ask the agent if he can take a leave of absence, the agent will definitely not dare to give a quote. After all, if everyone is invited and one person temporarily does not participate in the activity, it would be very troublesome. But if Boyce is forced to go, it would be too hard for him.

  How was it resolved in the previous life?

  Last time was He Fan who took Boyce to wash his stomach and he was fine the next day.

  Is gastric lavage something that can be done immediately after getting out of bed? He thought it was necessary to go back and consult a doctor, he now thinks, in the previous life, maybe Boyce didn't take so many sleeping pills. That thing isn't a potato, you can easily buy one or two catties of it casually.

  He carefully chose his words and simply told Boyce that if he didn't want to rush to tell Uncle Ren something, Boyce could contact Uncle Ren himself. He really didn't want to talk to Uncle Ren right now, as Uncle Ren would ask him about the follow-up of the press conference.

  He didn't know what consequences his press conference yesterday would bring, but he saw that Uncle Ren had called him more than a dozen times and felt it wasn't good news, so he was a bit afraid to answer.

  The phone's network was also closed early, and the press conference started. He didn't contact the outside world again. Company matters can be told to him directly through He Fan, who can contact him.

  It was also like this before, and the company's middle and senior management have reached a consensus that when they can't find the source, they just look for General He.

  Boyce didn't have much of a reaction, and made an official call to Director Ren, not saying what was wrong with him, just that he wasn't feeling well, and asked if he could skip the announcement tomorrow. Director Ren indirectly refused him, saying "you need to appear more in the media to increase your exposure rate". Boyce responded with a few "uh-huhs" before suddenly saying that Yuan Cheng was next to him, then handed the phone over.

  Xiao Yuancheng smiled wryly, it seemed that Uncle Ren really wanted to have a chat with him.

  "Xiao Yuancheng!" Ren Zeyue called out Xiao Yuancheng's full name as soon as he came up.

  Xiao Yuancheng suddenly let out a "yessir", and then couldn't help but laugh at himself. Boyce looked at him in confusion, and Xiao Yuancheng covered the receiver, saying "I feel like I'm a little puppy responding to its master's commands".

  Boyce smiled warmly and tilted his head to indicate that he wasn't listening to Xiao Yuancheng's phone call, letting Xiao Yuancheng not mind him.

  "Call me back with your phone right away." Ren Zeyue gave a simple order and hung up the phone decisively.

  Ren Shu rarely calls him by his full name, and generally people in the company also call him Yuan Cheng. It's not because they're close, but because his stage name is Yuan Cheng. Ren Shu can't even remember to call out his full name a few times a year, and whenever he does, it's always because he's gotten into some kind of trouble.

  It seems that there is no escape, Xiao Yuan Cheng hastily picked up his mobile phone and went to the hospital's courtyard to return Ruan Ze Yue's call.

  Nature can't see the moment when Boyce's expression cools down after closing the door.

  "Uncle Ren..." Xiao Yuancheng greeted with a bit of guilt, "I was picked up by He Fang yesterday and then many things happened, my phone ran out of battery so I didn't have time to call you back."

  Is there electricity now?

  "Hmm, just filled up." Xiao Yuancheng stiffened his scalp and finished telling the lie, "What's wrong?"

  So you don't surf the internet either?

  "No, my phone just has power." Xiao Yuancheng found a chair to sit down, distractedly looking around, "What's wrong with the internet?"

  Now you're online, looking at your Weibo.

  Doo... doo... doo...

  Ren Zeyue is out again.

  Hey, did Uncle Ren just call him to get him to look at Weibo?

  But he didn't want to look, he still remembered those who scolded him before. What's called cyber violence is not violence? If you really encounter tens of thousands of people analyzing and attacking you under your Weibo post with all their heart, you will have the urge to never go online again.

  Xiao Yuancheng opened the internet connection, and hundreds of WeChat notifications popped up first. Most of them were people who cared about him asking what was going on. Following that were QQ messages. Xiao Yuancheng roughly looked through them and they were all messages from friends, nothing particularly noteworthy.

  I opened Weibo and instantly had over 40,000 mentions, over 4,000 comments, tens of thousands of private messages and likes, and even more bizarrely gained nearly 10,000 followers.

  Xiao Yuancheng can't remember what his last post was, he doesn't post Weibo very often, this is a company requirement, the most in one day can't exceed 4 or 5 posts, most of them are accompanied by some good-looking pictures, or promotional stuff.

  His Weibo account is managed by his company, and some of the film and TV forwards are operated by the company's staff. Most of what he posts himself are very silly and boring things, such as what he ate today or how tired he is from training.

  Xiao Yuancheng opened his homepage and found that the first post was not from him. The content only had three words: "I'm sorry".

  Below is a photo of him bowing at the press conference, taken from the side, showing part of his profile, which looks quite good, and he seems to like his own profile too.

  But the profile picture is not the point, the key is that this Weibo has been forwarded for a long time, and just the forwards under it have exceeded 200,000, surpassing the total sum of forwards of several Weibos below.

  It had only been one night and a morning since the press conference ended, and Xiao Yuan Cheng couldn't help but think that perhaps not all of it was scolding him.

  He first looked at the attention of the people, and found that many media people and marketing Weibo jumped out to speak for him. These are nothing, it's possible that corporate media with interests came out to support him. Then he saw a long Weibo post from NYC supporting him, which was quite unexpected.

  Because of that crazy notice in NYC, in order to pursue the true effect of jungle life, all communication devices and entertainment equipment on the body were confiscated, and it seemed that there was a punishment for being discovered to be in contact with the outside world.

  Although this notice has a good effect on increasing popularity, it is more tiring to participate in, which indirectly shows that the big brothers of each family are always being pampered. Sometimes, companies accepting such programs also make artists feel conflicted.

  Then came the microblogging voices of support from three other people, as if everyone had a hard fight online last night, all of whom had experienced wind and rain, and had to stand strong in front of him to protect him.

  What's going on is that they didn't communicate at all, and Boyce even performed a wrist-cutting play last night (which can't be considered acting, at least he really cut himself).

  Xiao Yuancheng smiled wryly, first forwarding NYC's Weibo post. NYC had written too many words and there was no place to add more, so he just posted a smiling emoji, then opened his own comments section, took a deep breath, and started reading the comments.

  The previous few posts were malicious attacks, questioning his character, but soon Xiaoyuan Cheng discovered that many people below were arguing with those few people, at least the comments weren't all one-sided scolding him, and there were more people supporting him than scolding him.

  Xiao Yuancheng felt slightly relieved and was about to close Weibo when he happened to glance at the number one topic on the trending list next to him.

  Apologize to Yuan Cheng

  Xiao Yuancheng's heart skipped a beat, and he trembled as he opened the topic to find that many, many fans had cut out pictures of him from the press conference, added a slogan, and @'d the female journalist who had questioned him at the press conference.

  Have they already dug out that reporter?

  Is there any evidence of drug use or not, the police haven't said, but Qiu journalist already knew that our Yuan Cheng is a drug user. Without evidence, he slandered someone. What about Qiu journalist's professional ethics as a reporter? #ApologizeToYuanCheng#

  I just like Yuan Cheng, regardless of whether he has taken drugs or not. People who can't stand it, please mind your own business. #Apologize to Yuan Cheng#

  Let me enlighten you on some legal knowledge. What's referred to as drug addiction is the act of inhaling...

  Waiting for reality to slap you in the face, the more viciously you scold now, the more enjoyable it will be when you get slapped later, haha. #ApologizeToYuanCheng#

  I watched that press conference and became a fan of him on the spot. I didn't expect domestic celebrities to be so inspiring too.

  Can't follow the wind and compare Yuan Cheng with Korean xxx? Our little star doesn't need you to worry about him. #ApologizeToYuanCheng#

  Is this beautiful or what?! I couldn't stop screenshotting, am I the only one?!

  Xiao Yuan Cheng's downward spiral cannot be stopped, and many people in this topic have expressed their support for him, accusing the reporter of having no professional ethics, questioning Xiao Yuan Cheng about something that has not been confirmed, and more of his video screenshots and static images.

  His approach really worked, and the outcome was better than he had imagined. Although he thought it was because of his weak performance at the press conference that triggered the protective desire and maternal love of female fans, at least the development was good.

  He Fan must have seen how things were developing, no wonder he looked so worried.

  What was originally a negative thing was turned around by him and became a good opportunity for him to gain popularity, and even topped the topic chart twice. Boyce must be dying of frustration.

  Xiao Yuancheng handed the phone back to Ren Zeyue, who answered it immediately.

  "Thanks, Uncle Ren." Xiao Yuancheng said sincerely, "I took another risk this time and didn't even give you a heads up beforehand, Uncle Ren."

  "As soon as you mentioned it, I realized something was off. What does your uncle Ren do for a living? That video is simply brilliant."

  "Yes, I also watched that video and was very moved. Because of that matter, I understood a lot too. I'll go back and discuss my thoughts with Uncle Ren again. I want to ask if the Weibo post was also posted by Uncle Ren on my behalf?"

  "Hmm, I heard from Xiaobao last night that you were taken away by He Zong, and with your ostrich-like personality, you'd probably hide out. Since it was 11 pm and there was no movement from you, I had to post a message on your Weibo account for you."

  "How can NYC retweet this? Didn't he have an announcement yesterday?"

  "Who knows how he knew, I called him in the middle of the night and he didn't say two sentences before being stopped by the instructor, probably sent secretly. Okay, let's talk about the aftermath when we meet, are you with Boyce now? Hurry up to the company, we have to leave this afternoon."

  Xiao Yuancheng fell silent for a moment, "Uncle Ren, I want to tell you something. Boyce is quite seriously ill, otherwise he wouldn't have been allowed to go."

  "Is this what Boyce told you?"

  "No, it's what I wanted to say myself."

  "What's going on between you and Boyce?"

  "No, nothing." Xiao Yuancheng thought for a moment. What happened between him and Boyce and He Fan was absolutely not to be said, otherwise it would become the company's gossip news, having a great impact on He Fan's work.

  "Just say this to me, but don't ever say it to anyone else." Ren Ze Yue lowered his voice, "Uncle Ren knows you're coming from a good place, but he doesn't know that people will use this to say you're trying to squeeze out Boyce."

  "Huh?"

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