Chapter 38 - Fail in Using Public Opinion

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Everything was going smoothly on Shen Que’s side. Unfortunately, Yuan Ranran was not as lucky as she was.

Recently, the internet news about Yuan Ranran was all negative, thus everywhere on the internet, she was being scolded. Let alone filming, even the endorsements and advertisements that she had previously got were all lost. She could not even get a role in the unpopular scripts that she had previously looked down on.

That being said, Fan Junchen was extremely good to Yuan Ranran. Even though Yuan Ranran was at such a place in her career, he still used all the power of the company to help Yuan Ranran.

To resolve this matter, the company’s public relations had come up with a way. They asked Yuan Ranran to release a statement which contents were to tearfully complain that everything that had happened recently was related to the cast and crew of “Jinling’s Past”. Yuan Ranran did as she was told. Not only did she push the blame on the cast and crew, but she also reprimanded the cast and crew for using their power to bully others.

Between the lines of her words, she was talking trash about Shen Que, saying that there was a mysterious big shot behind Shen Que. That was why the cast and crew had been supporting Shen Que and blaming everything on her.

Initially, the netizens maintained a dubious attitude and did not quite believe Yuan Ranran’s words. However, Yuan Ranran was fair-skinned, and although she was not very tall, because she was thin, she appeared very petite, if she acted pitifully in front of the media, it was very easy for viewers to feel sympathy for her. When they saw Yuan Ranran’s tears of grievance, some thought that there was something wrong with the production team.

The reason why they would think this way was that they believed that such a cute girl would never do such a vicious thing. Moreover, no one in their right mind would choose to use the explosives on set to harm their colleagues! It must be the production team that framed her. With this line of thought, many people stood on Yuan Ranran’s side and argued for Yuan Ranran.

“I just feel that Ranran is innocent.”

“Is Shen Que so unreasonable because she’s used to being someone with a huge background? Since she’s bullied someone to this extent, she shouldn’t act as if don’t she’s the only clear-headed person in the world!”

“The production team has gone too far. A group of men pushed a girl out to take the blame.”

The netizens’ attention and arguments about this matter were unprecedented. The two groups of people started throwing profanities at each other and neither of the parties was willing to give in. However, such an occurrence could be considered to have resolved Yuan Ranran’s crisis.

That being said, the production team did not give Yuan Ranran a chance to catch her breath before they retaliated against her.

In the face of Yuan Ranran’s slander, Sun Yi flew into a rage. He did not expect that this woman would actually blame the production team in order to get rid of her bad reputation. Not only that, although she did not dare mention Fan Cheng’s name, she had implicated that Shen Que had a sugar daddy, and was slandering her instead.

He had just gotten Shen Que, a rising star, to join his company. He could not let her suffer even the slightest, Sun Yi thought. He immediately instructed someone to release a statement and the video on the official Weibo of the production crew, using strong evidence to fight back against Yuan Ranran’s accusations!

With this, those who supported Yuan Ranran realized that they had been deceived by Yuan Ranran and instantly ceased supporting her. There were even people who scolded Yuan Ranran on the Internet.

“How can this woman be such a person?”

“Oh my God, she’s so shameless just to become famous.”

“She even slandered my goddess, how dare she?”

Everyone hated Yuan Ranran’s deception, so they all ran to her Weibo to leave comments. This was also the first time that the netizens were united on the same front. No one spoke up for Yuan Ranran anymore.

Faced with the powerful counterattack of the film crew, Fan Junchen could not think of any solutions, so the company Weibo and Yuan Ranran’s personal Weibo remained silent.

Seeing that the netizens were scolding Yuan Ranran, only did Sun Yi feel that he had vented his anger. He did not continue to pursue Yuan Ranran’s responsibility.

The situation had reversed too quickly. It was so fast that Yuan Ranran and fan Junchen did not have time to react at all. They could only watch as the negative public opinion developed. Yuan Ranran’s actions had indirectly helped the movie to get another round of publicity. Everyone was looking forward to “Jinling’s Past” even more..