162: The 162nd day of being popular
Mother Yao: "You did well this time."
Yao Bianliang: "??"
In Yao Bianliang's bewildered and astonished emotions, YMother Yao's voice continued, "I've raised you for so many years, and you've finally made me proud."
Yao Bianliang fell into silence.
So, Mother Yao called just to praise her?
Although she didn't know why Mother Yao suddenly said this, Yao Bianliang clearly felt a change in the other person's attitude.
Perhaps it was because of the success of her new drama, which aired on TV, that Mother Yao's tone became much kinder. Although it didn't immediately become overly affectionate, it was certainly not the extreme disgust she had before.
Thinking about this, Yao Bianliang's heart skipped a beat, and a sense of unease grew.
The change in Mother Yao's attitude was not a good sign for her, who wanted to become cold.
"What do you mean by that?" Yao Bianliang tried to suppress her unease, "You're not changing your mind about suppressing me, are you?"
Heaven and earth, this person promised to suppress her and force her out of the industry earlier. How could they back out now?
Unfortunately, Mother Yao could not understand the screams in her heart.
She said, "If you hadn't been so disappointed before, why would we have thought of forcing you out of the industry?"
At this point, Mother Yao paused slightly, her tone softened, "However, Liuliang, you've been doing well lately, and I'm happy about that."
"Regardless of everything, you are still a member of the Yao family, and we won't just let you go."
"When are you free? Come home for a meal. I recently got in touch with Director Xue from Ai Cheng Entertainment. He is preparing for a new drama, and you might have a chance to try it."
Yao Bianliang: "..."
So, not only are they not suppressing her now, but they even want to give her resources to help her rise in the industry?
Yao Bianliang felt like something was terribly wrong.
What's wrong with Mother Yao? Her determination is just too weak. Not only did she give up on suppressing her, but she even changed sides at the last moment and came to support her.
She just wants to disappear from the public's view, to quickly become cold-hearted. But Mother Yao insists on giving her resources and pushing her into the spotlight!
Mother Yao waited for a long time but didn't get a response from Yao Bianliang. She furrowed her brows slightly and asked, "Liang, why aren't you saying anything?"
"So, you're not only not suppressing me now, but you also want to give me resources?" Yao Bianliang asked.
Mother Yao was puzzled. She didn't speak and remained silent, which was considered an acknowledgment.
Yao Bianliang's last shred of hope was utterly shattered.
Feeling frustrated, she gave a bitter smile and said, "Dream on!"
As she finished speaking, she hung up the phone firmly amidst Mother Yao's disbelief and then blocked that number.
After doing all that, Yao Bianliang sighed deeply and slowly sat back on the sofa.
Thinking it over, Yao Xinxin, her best friend, was the one who treated her the best.
Compared to her wavering and opportunistic mother, Yao Xinxin had always firmly stood by her side and never gave up on her.
At the same time, Yao Xinxin was different from a teammate like Lu Yanchen, whose brain didn't function well and who occasionally caused trouble for her. Yao Xinxin always followed her guidance to complete their missions honestly, never missing a beat.
Thinking of this, Yao Bianliang felt even more fondness for Yao Xinxin.
She opened the chat with Yao Xinxin, pondered for a moment, and then sent her an emoji.
Yao Bianliang: (hug emoji)
This poor girl probably had no idea that her mother secretly started contacting her older sister again, right?
However, she hoped her good friend could rest assured that Yao Bianliang would never return to Yao family to compete for resources!
Now, all she wanted was for Yao Xinxin to stay peacefully with the Yao family and eventually marry Lu Yanchen, leading a happy life as portrayed in the original novel.
In this way, Yao Xinxin's presence would shake Mother Yao's determination to support her and guide Lu Yanchen so that he wouldn't hinder her progress in suppressing Yao Bianliang.
With this thought in mind, Yao Bianliang's lips curved slightly.
And at that moment, her right eyelid suddenly twitched.
"Sigh, what's going on..." Yao Bianliang pressed her right eyelid, trying to make it stop twitching, but it had little effect. Why did her right eyelid keep twitching whenever she thought of Lu Yanchen? Could it be that something happened to Lu Yanchen?
As soon as this thought crossed her mind, Yao Bianliang immediately interrupted it. No, Lu Yanchen is perfectly fine. After the finals, he gained a lot of fans and made a lot of money. There's no way anything could have happened to him.
Perhaps it's because she's been too tired these past few days, Yao Bianliang silently thought to herself.
*****
"Yao Bianliang suddenly sent me a hug emoji. What does it mean?" On the other side, when Yao Xinxin saw the sudden message from Yao Bianliang, she was completely puzzled.
Has she gone mad again?
Yao Bianliang and her have always had a strained relationship. If she tried to be friendly, it would be like the sun rising from the west.
Since it's not a friendly gesture, could she be trying to threaten her?
Yao Xinxin started feeling uneasy. She sent a question mark emoji to Yao Bianliang, but she did not reply.
Damn, what's going on?
Yao Xinxin felt restless. Based on past experience, every time Yao Bianliang contacted her on her own, it was to flaunt her power. In any case, it wouldn't be good news.
Amidst her anxious emotions, Yao Xinxin dialled her assistant's phone number.
She had been disconnected for a while and knew little about recent events.
Could it be that apart from Yao Bianliang's new drama airing on television, there was some other bad news?
As the call connected, Yao Xinxin didn't waste any time on small talk and directly asked about her doubts.
"Uh, have there been any bad news in the past few days..." The assistant paused for a moment and cautiously said, "Someone exposed Mr. Lu's identity and leaked some negative information about him. Does that count as bad news?"
Opening Weibo, you can clearly see several prominent hot topics.
"Lu Corporation"
"Lu Yanchen, Lu Corporation"
"Employees Report Lu Corporation Anonymously"
The matter had blown up, quickly becoming the number one trending topic that day.
When Yao Bianliang received Yao Xinxin's message, she felt slightly bewildered.
【Yao Xinxin: Yao Bianliang, you must be feeling very proud now that Lu Yanchen is in trouble, right?】
【Yao Xinxin: If you have any issues, come after me! Don't involve unrelated people.】
Yao Bianliang was left confused.
She recognized every word in those messages, but she couldn't grasp their meaning when they were strung together.
When did she cause trouble for Lu Yanchen? Besides, she had never even considered causing problems for Yao Xinxin and Lu Yanchen. The two sisters had a unified stance and shared interests. Only someone insane would go against them.
"No way, is Lu Yanchen really in trouble?" Her right eyelid started twitching like crazy. She didn't want to believe it. She clicked on the related keywords on Weibo and read with a hint of skepticism.
After sorting out the before and after logic, Yao Bianliang fell into a long silence.
"So... this time, Lu Yanchen is in trouble because of me?!"
The situation originated from the finals of the "Good Drama PK Competition."
At Lu Yanchen's request, the production team and the director had gone all out to suppress her.
Yao Bianliang still remembered that "The Physician" and the "Good Drama PK Competition" were treated as two completely separate entities during that time. The show's promotions never mentioned them together, and many casual viewers thought that "The Physician" was just a short drama filmed by Yao Bianliang herself.
However, later on, "The Physician" was officially recommended, and the situation turned around.
Only then did the "Good Drama PK Competition" try to capitalize on the hype, but it was too late.
Most people didn't believe that "The Physician" was produced by the money-making variety show "Good Drama PK Competition." Public opinion became controversial, and soon someone exposed the production team's actions from the beginning.
The production team targeted Yao Bianliang initially, suppressed her popularity, and then when Yao Bianliang gained momentum, they suddenly jumped out to take advantage of the hype...
This series of actions displayed the program's attitude of using power to oppress and follow the trend to the fullest, making it a year's top face-slapping moment!
The variety show was heavily ridiculed, and its reputation plummeted to an all-time low. This time, the production team couldn't blame the judges, couldn't defend themselves, and could only accept the ridicule.
However, netizens didn't spare the production team.
Some exposed various dark secrets of the show's director targeting Yao Bianliang and even covering up Yao Xinxin's blatant cheating, and so on.
Netizens' actions this time were unprecedentedly enthusiastic. In the process, as Lu Yanchen was the contestant closest to Yao Xinxin in the "Good Drama PK Competition," he naturally received attention.
In this way, with the power of big data, the successor of Lu Corporation unexpectedly stumbled.
This stumble thoroughly aroused the curiosity of netizens.
Although Yao Xinxin had the backing of the Yao family, the Yao family was not a particularly large corporation and didn't have the means to help Yao Xinxin cheat.
On the other hand, Lu Yanchen was the heir of Lu Corporation and the largest investor in the "Good Drama PK Competition." He was often seen with Yao Xinxin in private.
This was quite suspicious.
In the cheating incident involving Yao Xinxin, Lu Yanchen was likely her protector!
Yao Bianliang felt that Yao Xinxin was wronged when she read this.
How could there be any protector?
It was clear that Lu Yanchen, this so-called "genius," acted on his own, assuming he knew better, and bribed the judges for Yao Xinxin.
If he had consulted with Yao Xinxin beforehand, she might have refused. Even if she didn't, this good sister wasn't very bright, and in her excitement, she might have accidentally leaked the plan to her.
In that case, Yao Xinxin would have been prepared when she went on stage, and things wouldn't have turned out as bad as they did!
"These netizens are really powerful..." Yao Bianliang couldn't help but marvel when she reached this part.
Not only did they expose Lu Yanchen's alias, but they also quickly dug up some of his past actions.
Lu Yanchen's arrogance on the spot, using his position to oppress others.
Lu Yanchen unreasonably blacklisting artists just because a young girl accidentally touched his clothes.
Lu Yanchen's love affair setbacks, leading the entire company's employees to work overtime until late at night.
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