Huayu 2007: Starting with fleecing the "Fairy Sisters"

Wu Wei looked Liu Shishi up and down with curiosity: "You were agonizing over this for so long, and now you're asking me this question?"

"Where am I having any reservations?"

Liu Shishi immediately denied it, and then said, "I just wanted to ask if you and Yang Mi are very close. You two seem to have a good relationship."

This is indeed the question she wants to ask right now.

"It's alright."

Wu Wei replied, "We've only met a few times. That's just her personality; she's quite outgoing. You'll understand once you get to know her better."

He only started to get to know Yang Mi a little better from New Year's Day.

That evening, Zhou Bichang treated him to dinner.

After obtaining her consent, he took Yang Mi with him as previously agreed.

After he introduced the two, they immediately hit it off and chatted quite congenially.

They talked about everything from Super Girl to music, from movies to life, and their relationship quickly warmed up.

After the meal, both of them were still reluctant to leave and didn't want the meal to end so soon.

So they took Wu Wei to a karaoke bar and sang until after 2 a.m.

After that night, Wu Wei and Yang Mi's relationship naturally grew much closer.

But to say it's particularly good, it's not really.

"oh."

Upon hearing this answer, Liu Shishi's smile widened even further.

"Let's go eat together," Wu Wei suggested.

"Um."

Liu Shishi nodded, picked up the script, stuffed it into her bag, and followed him out.

……

The next morning, Wu Wei arrived at the meeting room of the reading group. As soon as he pushed open the door, he sensed that something was wrong.

Everyone had arrived and was huddled together in twos and threes, whispering to each other.

As he walked in, all eyes turned to him, as if assessing his reaction.

Last night, Song Dazui, in an interview with a leading entertainment media outlet, once again publicly spread rumors that Liu Yifei was a "BXR" and claimed that he had new "ironclad evidence".

At 9:30 p.m. that evening, he published a long article on his personal blog, listing the so-called "ten ironclad pieces of evidence" and adding many fabricated details to support his rumors.

Actually, this isn't the first time he's spread this rumor.

He has been working on this non-stop since 2005.

From television programs to newspapers, and then to the internet and blogs, all became platforms for his spreading rumors.

CCTV's "Today's Talk" program even reported on this matter to clarify the facts for Liu Yifei.

Even so, this guy didn't stop at all; instead, he became even more outrageous.

His so-called claims and "evidence" are obviously fabricated by anyone with discerning eyes.

However, people in this era generally did not experience the repeated exposure to various information as they do in later generations, and could tell at a glance that this person was spreading rumors and trying to gain popularity.

Especially since this guy also has the so-called title of PhD.

People at this time generally have a strong reliance on the filter of highly educated individuals, and are particularly susceptible to this notion.

So, a lot of people actually believed it.

And everyone in the "First Love" crew knew about the relationship between Wu Wei and Liu Yifei.

Even in the movie they're making now, the female lead was initially listed under someone else's name.

Ever since Wu Wei came in, Liu Shishi had been secretly watching him, wanting to see his reaction.

Yuan Hong and Yang Mi, along with the others, kept looking him over.

Wu Wei naturally knew what they were thinking.

But he didn't mention it. Instead, he walked to his seat as if nothing had happened, opened the script, and said, "Let's begin. Let's finish this part today."

Everyone was somewhat surprised, but seeing that his expression remained normal, they all looked away.

At 4 PM, the script reading session for "A Little Thing Called First Love" officially ended.

Everyone closed the script and prepared to leave.

"Please stay behind, I have something to tell you."

At this moment, producer Jiang Zhiqiang stood up and said, "You should all have heard about what happened with Liu Yifei, right?"

Upon hearing these three words, everyone turned to look at Wu Wei.

"As everyone knows, Director Wu had some connection with Liu Yifei before."

Jiang Zhiqiang continued, "These days, including after filming started, gossip media and paparazzi may come to interview Director Wu or ask you related people about Director Wu."

His tone was very serious: "I only have one sentence, and you are not allowed to answer it under any circumstances. Furthermore, you are not allowed to post any related comments on any platform. Just pretend this never happened, that it has nothing to do with us, understand?"

"Understood." Everyone nodded in agreement.

Jiang Zhiqiang then looked at Wu Wei: "Director Wu, you'd better not offer any opinion on this matter. It's not that I'm afraid you'll say something wrong, it's just—"

He paused, then frowned: "This Song Dazui is like a mad dog. If he gets on our good side, who knows what kind of rumors he'll spread about our crew? Our whole project will be affected. The movie is about to start filming, and there's no need to let him affect the box office."

Wu Wei nodded calmly: "Understood, President Jiang, I understand."

Seeing his reaction, Jiang Zhiqiang smiled with satisfaction: "Good, as long as you understand. Meeting adjourned."

The group got up and left one after another.

Yang Mi walked over quickly, tilted her head, and looked at Wu Wei: "Director Wu, you like her so much, how come you're so calm? I thought you were going to commit suicide for her!"

Liu Shishi also walked to the side, curious about his answer.

Wu Wei chuckled: "Do you think I'm eighteen, still a brave warrior charging into battle for love?"

Yang Mi pouted: "Aren't you one too? Besides, are you that much more advanced than the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China?"

Wu Wei didn't reply, but simply waved his hand and turned to leave.

He certainly couldn't ignore this matter.

Back in his room, Wu Wei immediately turned on his laptop and connected it to the hotel's internet.

The internet was slow in this day and age, and the internet speed in hotels in small places like Jinghong City was even slower, intermittent, and it would take forever for a webpage to load.

He barely glanced at the news on a few websites and the posts on a few forums, which were full of discussions about Liu Yifei.

Some believed it, some refuted it, and some were simply joining in the fun.

He watched the video of Song Dazui's interview again. The video was choppy, but he still watched it patiently.

After reading it, he was speechless.

He was so speechless he wanted to laugh.

His reaction was similar to when he saw the news that morning.

He never imagined that anyone would believe such an outrageous story.

It just goes to show that people these days are too naive and too easily fooled.

If this happened in later generations, netizens, bombarded with information and terrified of being fooled by various reversals, would immediately label it as spreading rumors and trying to gain attention, and then berate him until he became withdrawn.

Moreover, "BXR" will be nothing in the future, even 20 years from now.

Don't tell me this is a rumor; even if it were true, with her beauty, a whole bunch of lecherous old men would flood my social media with comments.

"This BXR is so beautiful, I'm even more excited!"

Only in this day and age can it still make waves.