Jingxia Rose

Chapter 152 [Shi Yi 002]: Advanced Insults
The next day, when their relationship became a trending topic, Shi Wan was sleeping soundly when her assistant called and woke her up.

As soon as the call connected, Yu Xuan hurriedly said, "Sis, quickly check the trending topics!"

"What hot search?"

Hearing her muffled tone, Yu Xuan raised her voice again, "You're trending on social media. They say your relationship has been exposed, and they even found out that the person is the second young master of the Yi family."

The second son of the Yi family?
Upon hearing those five words, Shi Wan's brain hadn't fully woken up yet, but her body had already reacted, jerking her sitting up abruptly. "What? Me and Yi Xu?"

After saying that, she didn't wait for Yu Xuan's reply, forced her eyes open and logged onto Weibo. Sure enough, she saw her name on the trending topics, and when she clicked in, the text and blurry photos made her completely lose focus.

"It's over, it's over."

She fell backward, rubbing her forehead and sighing.

Before the call ended, Yu Xuan on the other end was confused. "Sis, what's wrong? Are you and that Young Master Yi really together, or..."

"It's fake, how could this be true? Do you think I've ever known him before?"

Shi Wan grabbed a handful of hair in frustration. She had been so confident when she left in the morning, as if she had inflated her ego by ingesting twenty pounds of hydrogen gas. But now that this trending topic had come up, it seemed as if she had deliberately hired paparazzi to take the photos and then posted them online as a couple.

so annoying!
Clicking on the comments below, she scrolled through them and found comments from people shipping them as a couple, mocking them for posing and creating hype, and criticizing Yi Xu for changing girlfriends again.

"Sis, do we need to clarify this?"

"What do you say?"

"Then I'll call the public relations department and have them issue a statement."

Shi Wan founded an online live streaming company three years ago, named "Shi Shi". The company is currently developing very smoothly, with 16 anchors under its umbrella. In addition to herself, four have millions of fans, seven have hundreds of thousands of fans, and the rest are all signed last year or this year, with only tens of thousands of fans.

Shi Wan simply said, "No need. The company's statement is just for show for netizens. It's better to post this statement on my own personal account; it will be more authentic."

"Have the PR department keep an eye on online opinions. Also, notify the marketing, sales, and business operations departments to finalize the product selections as soon as possible in the next few days. Remember, no mistakes are allowed. Communicate well with the brand. I need to see the product pricing by 8 PM tomorrow. The live broadcast will start at 7 PM the day after tomorrow. You should issue the announcement."

She has a businesswoman's mindset and knows how to seize opportunities to make money.

Although this scandal was not what she wanted to see, it had already surfaced, and letting this wave of attention pass by would be a waste.

However, if she were to do a live stream today or tomorrow, it would be too obvious. She already had a live stream scheduled for this week, but she moved it up two days.

After giving the instructions, Yu Xuan replied "Okay" and hung up the phone.

Shi Wan looked at the blurry photos again, and suddenly the image of Yi Xu's broad shoulders, narrow waist, and smooth, firm muscle lines in the tent that morning appeared in her mind, followed by his mocking and casual expression and attitude.

Anger surged up instantly, and I felt an urge to crawl up the internet cable and kill that damned marketing account.

Damn it!
Why focus on this 'small' internet celebrity instead of those celebrities?

Is it easy for him, a 'small' internet celebrity, to make a living?
Unable to hold back any longer, she found Ji Xian's WeChat and vented her frustrations to her.

She wasn't someone who cared about other people's opinions; she preferred to live her own life. To be honest, she didn't really care whether Yi Xu misunderstood her as deliberately using him for publicity; she was just annoyed by his attitude this morning.

Mockery, disdain, indifference.

It's as if she's just like all the other women who sleep with him; as long as he finds her pleasing to the eye, thinks she looks good, and doesn't dislike her, he can date her.

This casual and indifferent attitude is what annoys her the most.

Halfway through her rant, a call came in from an unknown number in Beijing. She hesitated for a few seconds before answering. Before she could even say "hello," a familiar male voice came from the other end, "Did you have someone take those photos?"

"..."

See? What you wish for comes true!
Why doesn't the 100 million come when she's thinking about it every day?

"What's the point of me having someone take photos? To create a CP (couple pairing)? Then I should have found a famous celebrity, not you. Your fame isn't even as high as mine," Shi Wan couldn't help but retort. "I'd even suspect that you're trying to ride on my popularity by deliberately having someone take these photos!"

Yi Xu scoffed, unconcerned, "Why would I need to ride your coattails? A nobody like you could be blacklisted with a single word from me. Even if it were you, I wouldn't really pursue it for Ji Xian's sake. I just want to remind you not to play with fire and get burned."

Shi Wan fell silent.

She admitted that given Yi Xu's status and position, it would indeed be very easy for her to blacklist her.

Seeing that there was no sound on the other end of the phone, Yi Xu chuckled smugly, "Scared?"

"I'm just reminiscing."

"Remember what?"

"I remember your face was size 40 or so. It was so big that it could almost hold a thousand mountains and rivers."

"..."

That's a really sophisticated way to swear!
Both of them fell silent for a moment, before Shi Wan finally broke the silence, "Let me make it clear to you now, I'm in business. Creating a CP (couple pairing) is useless to me. Even if I really wanted to create a CP, I wouldn't choose you. I would definitely choose a celebrity who is more famous and more handsome than you."

"I will clarify this matter, Young Master Yi, you can rest assured, I will absolutely not hold you accountable."

After saying that, she hung up the phone directly.

More than ten minutes later, she posted a status update on Weibo and tagged the marketing account blogger.

I thought the matter was over, but the next day, this marketing account somehow found that photo of her and Yi Xu that looked like they were separated by a galaxy.

Enraged, she photoshopped a tombstone onto the photo.

Afterwards, the matter did indeed calm down, and even the marketing account was deleted.

Shi Wan didn't pay much attention and focused on her work again. On the day of the live stream, the number of viewers in the live stream room exceeded one million. The live stream, which was originally scheduled to last three hours, sold out in less than an hour and a half.

Sales volume and sales speed have once again broken new records for the website.

Life was going smoothly, and her career was thriving. She originally thought she wouldn't have much contact with Yi Xu anymore.

Unexpectedly, a product from one of Yi's subsidiaries found her.

These are mid-range women's jewelry and perfumes.

The commission rates are very generous.

The product price is also the lowest on the entire internet, so from a business perspective, this is something that can actually be done.

But thinking about her past with Yi Xu... it's a little awkward.

Later, the marketing department and sales department both persuaded her, and she finally agreed.

Money is money, why not make it if you don't want to?