The Empress In The Modern Era [Entertainment Industry GL] - Chapter 14

Seeing Yu Shilan’s expression, Qiao Feiyu could not help raising an eyebrow. “Do you know the person who leaked this?”

Yu Shilan instinctively shook her head. “I don’t. I just feel angry. I’m clearly not…”

As she spoke, she thought of that dream, and suddenly, those words no longer sounded quite so confident. But thinking about it again, ever since she came to the filming base, it seemed she had not dreamed of it anymore, right?

“I’m not. This person is just making things up!” Yu Shilan quickly scrolled through the phone. After reading everything, she was so angry she almost wanted to bite Wang Yun. “This person is seriously… missing a piece of her brain!”

Her face turned red with anger.

Those words had clearly been from the bottom of her heart, and that dream was indeed something real. But after Wang Yun interpreted it like this, calling her a lesbian was one thing, but she had even hinted between the lines that Yu Shilan was mentally ill!

This was really…

Qiao Feiyu took back her phone. Seeing Yu Shilan’s face flushed red from anger, an indescribable feeling slowly spread through her heart.

“In that case, I’ll have someone investigate. Once we find out who it is…” She paused for a moment, waiting until Yu Shilan raised her head before continuing with a cold smile. “She had better not be in our industry. Otherwise, I’ll ruin her.”

Yu Shilan was startled, then hurriedly waved her hands.

“No need, no need. I can investigate this myself. It should be someone who knows me. It should be a deliberate prank. She might… she might be…” Yu Shilan truly could not find a reason to excuse Wang Yun, but Qiao Feiyu’s status in the industry was something a hundred Wang Yuns could not compare to. She was genuinely afraid Qiao Feiyu would “ruin her completely.”

Qiao Feiyu interrupted, “Is she trying to increase your exposure, and her original intention was good?”

“Yes!” Yu Shilan hurriedly nodded. “That’s exactly it. It definitely is!” After a pause, she gritted her teeth and said, “Maybe my bastard younger brother did it!”

Qiao Feiyu silently mourned for Yu Yuanxing. Poor scapegoat.

In her heart, she had basically already determined that the person Yu Shilan was protecting was most likely her former girlfriend. She had originally wanted to take this chance today to remind Yu Shilan about her and Wang Min, but now it seemed there was no need.

So the matter was brushed aside and not mentioned again. After finishing their meal and returning to the hotel, they each went their separate ways.

Yu Shilan sat on the sofa in her hotel room, her feet unconsciously tapping against the floor. She held her phone in her hand, constantly typing and deleting, until finally, she let out a long sigh and put the phone aside.

This was so stifling!

She, Yu Shilan, had lived for more than twenty years and had truly never felt this stifled before!

She did want to directly send Wang Yun a text and scare her fiercely. But after scaring her, what then? When she returned to B City, would Wang Yun still be willing to come out and meet her? If Wang Yun did not come out, then what about her dream? What about the things she wanted to know?

Actually, she could borrow what Qiao Feiyu had said today and really threaten Wang Yun. But for some reason, Yu Shilan simply did not want to do that. It felt as if doing that would not bring any good result, and would instead push Wang Yun even farther away.

She suddenly stood up, walked to the table, picked up a bottle of mineral water, twisted the cap open, and drank half of the full bottle in one breath. After that, she fiercely wiped her mouth and thought: Wang Yun, just you wait. For what happened today, you’re going to pay the price!

……

Wang Yun watched as her “act of revenge” slowly changed flavor. The thread grew taller and taller, yet the attitudes split into three groups. One group naturally defended Qiao Feiyu. Another felt that Yu Shilan, this newcomer, was so cute, so adorable, and made them want to become her fans. The final group was attacking the original poster.

As the original poster, Wang Yun was so angry she pulled the blanket over her head and simply stopped looking!

This was too much!

She really was unlucky. Nothing she did went smoothly. Ever since she met Yu Shilan, not a single thing in her life or work had gone well!

She stopped looking, but the situation kept growing bigger and bigger. Although Qiao Feiyu was popular, there were also people behind the scenes who wanted to drag her down and opposed her. Before anyone knew it, major marketing accounts on Weibo all began mentioning the contents of the post. Some people even directly dug up personal information such as Yu Shilan’s school and part-time work. Openly and secretly, they hinted that Yu Shilan was indeed a lesbian, and since she and Qiao Feiyu were so close, Qiao Feiyu was very likely a lesbian too!

Qiao Feiyu had acted in quite a few productions, and in those works, there were naturally photos of her being somewhat closer with actresses. Or when attending events, it was also common for female celebrity friends with good relationships to link arms and smile at each other. In the past, this had not meant anything. But now, it was suddenly dug up, and every look and movement was magnified, becoming evidence that she was a lesbian.

True fans, casual fans, and antis all went crazy.

Before the matter was confirmed, before Qiao Feiyu came out to speak, the true fans were naturally shouting, no, no, impossible, impossible. Casual fans, however, loved watching drama grow bigger and did not mind at all. They felt that two girls as a yuri couple would be very cute and very nice. Some people even put Yu Shilan’s part-time modeling photos beside Qiao Feiyu’s photos and commented that the two of them looked perfect together!

As for the antis, they said whatever was most unpleasant. Their insults were as ugly as they could get. Some people even bought paid commenters to shout things like “get out of the entertainment industry.”

Qiao Feiyu could no longer sit still. Her manager, Chen Shi, was even more furious as he scolded her over the phone. “You’re not a newcomer anymore. Don’t you understand how to weigh pros and cons? At a time like this, aside from pushing her out, what better solution is there? What relationship does that newcomer have with you, for you to help her this much? At a time like this, my dear ancestor, I’m begging you to think about yourself, all right?”

How could Qiao Feiyu not know that this was the fastest and best solution? But if she did that, Yu Shilan’s acting career would basically be completely destroyed.

She really could not bear to do it.

Or rather, if the other person were not Yu Shilan, and if, after learning about this matter, Yu Shilan had not still protected the person who leaked the information, she might really have listened to her manager. But this was Yu Shilan. They got along well, and at the very beginning, Qiao Feiyu had even used the siblings once. She had also once thought of seriously making this person her friend.

“Brother Chen, we don’t need to do that. We can use another solution,” Qiao Feiyu said. “For example, I can clarify on Weibo and say she isn’t a lesbian, and that she and I are just ordinary friends.”

Chen Shi said, “You think netizens will believe that? Naive!”

Qiao Feiyu said, “Then Brother Chen, do you have any backup plan? Anything besides that? That one is too ruthless. It cuts off all her future paths in one stroke. She and I, she and I are at least…”

“Qiao Feiyu!” Chen Shi suddenly raised his voice and called her by her full name. “Don’t tell me she really is a lesbian, and you, you are too?!”

“I’m not! Brother Chen, where are your thoughts going? What I mean is, she… she’s actually my younger sister. She’s my mom’s goddaughter, my godsister. So I can’t treat her like that. Otherwise, my mom would be the first one not to let me off.” Qiao Feiyu even lied to Chen Shi.

Since Qiao Feiyu had already said this much, what else could Chen Shi do? He could only use the backup plan.

“That role Miss Yu is playing, the second female lead, there were a lot of people fighting for it before, right?” Chen Shi said. “I remember Dai Qian and Wang Yun both fought for that role, and in the end, neither of them beat Miss Yu?”

Qiao Feiyu was not very clear on it, but thinking of what Dai Qian had said in private that day, she gave a hum. “Mm, probably.”

……

Wang Yun was woken by Tao Xiaomei’s life-threatening phone calls. When she woke up and checked Weibo, her whole body went blank. She had made that post to smear Yu Shilan, but in the end, she had not smeared Yu Shilan. She had smeared herself.

Tao Xiaomei comforted her over the phone. “Don’t be upset. Compared with the bloody storm on Dai Qian’s side, things on your side are pretty good.”

Dai Qian was a little more famous than Wang Yun, but compared with Qiao Feiyu, she was several levels lower. So after Chen Shi released some information, Dai Qian and Wang Yun’s Weibos were both flooded. But because Wang Yun had fewer fans, her side did not start fighting with the Feathers. Dai Qian, however, had more fans, so the more they fought, the fiercer it became.

Not only that, even the matter of Dai Qian stealing Wang Yun’s role became a major point of attack. Dai Qian was an actress whose Weibo posts usually received at most around a thousand replies, yet the comments under her latest selfie post rose to ten thousand in just over two hours, and they were still continuing to grow.

Tao Xiaomei said excitedly, “Although the original poster’s intention was a bit too much, the impact is actually really good. It’s true that Dai Qian stole your role, so she isn’t being wronged!”

Wang Yun: “…” Was this an arrow that missed and hit another eagle?

“Aiya, Yunzi!” Tao Xiaomei’s startled cry pulled Wang Yun out of her daze. “I received a text. It’s from Yu Shilan. She said she’s wrapping up soon and can come back next Friday!”

“Ah—” Wang Yun screamed, and her phone was thrown aside.