After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 192: Lin Xuefei’s Persona Collapses

Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Lin Xuefei’s Persona Collapses

"Hehe, Lingxi, did you hear about it?"

Jiang Lingxi: "...Lin Xuefei?"

"Looks like you know too." But this didn’t dampen Wei Minmin’s enthusiasm to share gossip. She sat over, handed over some sunflower seeds, and, while cracking them, started complaining, "I knew this was going to blow up eventually, but I didn’t think it would happen so soon. I always said she shouldn’t pretend to be single and career-focused for her fans. Look what happened now; she broke character during a live show. I heard several of her major fans have publicly declared they’re leaving her fandom."

Taking a sip of the mineral water Jiang Lingxu handed her, Wei Minmin turned to thank him and continued her rant, "But I think this isn’t the worst of it. Even though Lin Xuefei quickly cut off the video to hide it, the guy’s face was still captured. With the prowess of netizens these days, it shouldn’t take long for them to find out who he is. Worse things are yet to come for Lin Xuefei."

Jiang Lingxi took the sunflower seeds from her and gestured towards Director Wei’s direction, "Whether Lin Xuefei is in a crisis right now or not, we can’t see, but our director seems to be in hot water already."

The smile on Wei Minmin’s face froze instantly, and she coughed awkwardly to cover her embarrassment, "How did I forget about that? But if Lin Xuefei’s situation continues to escalate, it’s only a matter of time before she gets replaced."

This time, Jiang Lingxi nodded in agreement.

Director Wei probably already talked to Lin Xuefei, but this still happened, which is undoubtedly Lin Xuefei’s main responsibility.

Moreover, the publicity photos of the crew haven’t been released yet for the fourth female role, Princess Jin’an, and her scenes haven’t been filmed. This means the crew’s losses can be minimized.

Lu Zhengzheng quietly stepped aside when Wei Minmin came over, playing the role of a quiet listener with Jiang Lingxu.

Suddenly asking, "Does this mean the actress playing Princess Jin’an has to be recast?"

Wei Minmin nodded, "That’s for sure." With that, she gazed earnestly at Jiang Lingxi.

The rest of the crew might not know, but she was fully aware.

Not only was it the leading man who gave her uncle a hard time, but also the Qing Yuan role left vacant after Jiang Xiyu’s departure, which were both recommended by Jiang Lingxi.

Crucially, both Mr. Shen and Pei Xinyuan, who just appeared as Qing Yuan on set today, have been performing excellently in front of the camera.

Mr. Shen made a stunning debut, and while Pei Xinyuan wasn’t as breathtaking, throughout the morning’s shoot, anyone with eyes could see that Pei Xinyuan performed much better than Jiang Xiyu.

Even she couldn’t help but want to say: Jiang Xiyu’s withdrawal was a good thing, otherwise, she wouldn’t have seen Qing Yuan performed better.

Given two previous critically important recommendations, she developed a blind confidence in Jiang Lingxi’s judgment.

"Does Lingxi have anyone suitable to recommend?"

Jiang Lingxi: "...You’re treating me like an emergency backup actress list?"

Wei Minmin laughed sheepishly, "I just think if you have someone in mind, my uncle will definitely prioritize your recommendation."

"For the role of Princess Jin’an..." Jiang Lingxi paused in her words, a figure unexpectedly appeared in her mind, but she quickly dispelled it, "I really can’t think of anyone suitable."

"Then it seems my uncle will have to worry about it himself. There were quite a few people who auditioned for Princess Jin’an initially, but he chose Lin Xuefei."

"No matter what, Lin Xuefei’s acting skills are quite decent."

At least she can capture six or seven out of ten parts of the frail nature inherent in Jin’an.

However, in her eyes, while the resemblance was there, the essence was not.

But as a modern person playing an ancient role, she couldn’t set her expectations too high.

When the crew took a lunch break, everyone was on their phones, initially just scrolling to pass the time. But before long, everyone was discussing: Lin Xuefei’s persona collapse.

Lu Zhengzheng was having fun scrolling too, and just as Jiang Lingxi finished eating and was drinking water, she heard her exclaim at her phone.

"Is there more new gossip?"

Jiang Lingxi thought she didn’t need to check her phone herself; the gossip from people around her was enough to fill her up.

"The identity of the guy in Lin Xuefei’s video has been exposed."

"So quick?"

"Mainly because this Chen Rui isn’t just an average person. He’s the second son of the Zhongjiang Group, usually likes to show off his luxury cars and houses, and has hundreds of thousands of followers online. Netizens speculated that Lin Xuefei’s boyfriend couldn’t be your average office worker; given the guy’s young age, the likelihood of a rich second generation was higher. This narrowed down the possibilities quickly."

Jiang Lingxu suddenly interjected, "Isn’t Zhongjiang Group the one that sells alcohol?"

Jiang Lingxi raised an eyebrow, "You know?"

Jiang Lingxu nodded coldly, "Sister, you forgot? When we were kids, our family villa wasn’t far from the Chen Family’s place. You even went to the same school as Chen Rui."

Jiang Lingxi: "..."

The original owner’s memories from recent years were all fuzzy, let alone childhood memories.

She nodded without any psychological burden, "I already forgot."

"Uh, someone just tagged Lin Xuefei directly, claiming to be the fiancé of that Chen second young master. My gosh, this is..." Zhengzheng swallowed back the rest of her words, silently thinking to herself: This is too thrilling!

By now, the internet was bustling as if it were a festive season.

The lifestyle variety show Lin Xuefei participated in was always quite popular. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have specially requested time off from the crew to film it. This meant when her blunder was broadcast live, many people saw her panicked face as she turned off the video.

Curiosity is almost a human commonality, so this stirred up people’s impulse to dig deeper.

So even though the program’s live broadcast was urgently paused, the incident still broke out.

Jiang Lingxi looked at the phone Zhengzheng handed over; Lin Xuefei-related hashtags had already climbed to the top hot topics, with only the top three spots still about this year’s college entrance exams.

In comparison, this was somewhat ironic.

She heard that stars and artists in the circle all hope to make it onto trending searches; the higher the ranking, the more popular you are.

But she thought, even though she’s now moved up the trending list, Lin Xuefei is probably not happy about it at all at the moment.

Jiang Lingxi didn’t click on the trending searches Zhengzheng wanted her to see about Lin Xuefei; instead, she opened the first trending topic: Online Interview of College Entrance Exam Candidates.

As she clicked the video, a young boy in a blue school uniform smiled shyly at the camera.

"The math problems, the paper today was indeed a bit tough. But luckily, I solved the last big problem in the final few minutes; I just don’t know if I got it right?"

The journalist holding the microphone smiled and encouraged, "Young man, you need to have confidence in yourself."

Hearing the conversation, Zhengzheng and Jiang Lingxu both turned to look at the phone Jiang Lingxi was holding.

"Is this..."

"An interview with college entrance exam candidates."

The two exchanged glances.

Everyone around was focused on the progress of Lin Xuefei’s persona collapse, but this person had such a unique focus.

As Jiang Lingxi explained to them, she already clicked on the first video uploaded by the reporter.

A girl wearing light-colored sweatpants and a white polo shirt was trying to sneak away along the roadside to avoid the approaching microphone, but the reporter stopped her just in time, "Hey little sister, please, don’t go! I just want to ask a couple of questions. Please give us an interview opportunity. Wow, little sister is a student from Nancheng No. Three High School; impressive!"

Jiang Lingxu had been prepared to look away, but the mention of ’Nancheng No. Three High School’ made him glance over again, and his eyes widened in surprise, "Xu Ling’an! She’s in her final year of high school already?"

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