After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 466 - 457: Shanyue Zhiheng’s First Global Spokesperson

Chapter 466: Chapter 457: Shanyue Zhiheng’s First Global Spokesperson

Inside the RV, Lu Zhengzheng was angrily pacing in circles.

The ratings for the first two episodes of "Inheritance of Calligraphy and Painting" kept climbing, and she was certain that today’s finale would reach a new high.

As she watched, she kept refreshing the online news, and as expected, before the last episode even finished airing, there was already a trending topic online condemning Chen Cheng. It was truly satisfying to see.

After joining in on the criticism, she was just about to put down her phone when she noticed a trending topic claiming that her sister, Xixi, was wearing a knockoff dress.

She clicked in and, with her years of experience online, the presence of hired internet trolls was all too obvious.

A suspicion popped into her mind immediately: someone paid for this trending topic to smear her sister, Xixi.

Moreover, with the show’s ratings still climbing, there were now some uninformed netizens being misled by this trending topic.

[The Shanyue Zhiheng dresses are indeed known to be the hardest to borrow. I’ve heard even some A-list and B-list celebrities were politely turned down before. Given Jiang Lingxi’s status, the likelihood of her successfully borrowing one is even smaller.]

[When I was watching the show just now, I even told my mom that Jiang Lingxi’s dress today was truly stunning. Who would’ve thought it was a knockoff? Although the knockoff version is also quite nice, for the Shanyue Zhiheng brand, this behavior is quite unprincipled.]

[Does Jiang Lingxi have such a strong desire for vanity? I thought she had changed for the better recently. Wearing a knockoff dress on the show, that’s truly bold!]

[I hereby tag Shanyue Zhiheng’s brand, what do you think about this situation?]

[As far as I remember, Shanyue Zhiheng’s brand has always had a tough stance. Jiang Lingxi dared to wear a knockoff on the national station’s variety show, which is sheer recklessness!]

[Has she just started being successful and got carried away? I heard Jiang Lingxi is still filming a major historical costume drama, "The Empress of Yuan Zhao," where she plays the lead role. Isn’t she dragging the entire crew into trouble?]

[No, when you compare it to the disgusting things Chen Cheng did exposed on the show, Jiang Lingxi just wore a knockoff dress but the hype is almost overtaking the former, isn’t that a bit odd?]

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However, it’s only a minority that feels this trending topic is unusual.

Most people were quite disgusted by the recently exposed Chen Cheng incident, and now seeing the trending topic about the female star they started to like after the first two episodes wearing a knockoff on the show, they instantly went from admiration to disappointment.

With just a little provocation, even if the brand Shanyue Zhiheng hasn’t responded yet, these people subconsciously labeled the incident as fact.

Jiang Lingxi finished reading the so-called trending topic and looked up to watch Lu Zhengzheng pacing and too distracted to even watch the show, "Sit down and take a break, you’re making me a bit dizzy with all your pacing."

Lu Zhengzheng paused, "Sister Xixi, this trending topic is definitely someone trying to smear you on purpose."

"I know." Jiang Lingxi nodded at her.

She could even guess who was behind it.

To be honest, such tactics really hadn’t improved much.

Of course, it might also be because they felt this approach was tried and true.

"Haven’t I told you before, the person Shen Chuyue you’ve been having meals with these past two days, is the founder of Shanyue Zhiheng?"

"Ah?" Lu Zhengzheng’s mouth dropped open wide enough to fit a duck egg.

Once she recovered, she settled into her seat firmly.

The founder of Shanyue Zhiheng calls Sister Xixi her cousin-in-law, if others can’t borrow it, surely the family can?

"No wonder you’re so calm, Sister Xixi!"

"I never imagined, and didn’t dare to think, who would’ve thought the founder of Shanyue Zhiheng is so young and approachable."

Shen Chuyue was contacting her company’s brand public relations and marketing departments. Since they intended to do more than just issue a simple clarification, they naturally needed to carefully consider how to communicate via the brand’s official account.

Plus, she was coordinating remotely, which delayed things a bit.

The trending topics of the Chen Cheng incident and the knockoff dress incident jumped several ranks forward quickly, and the positions were still climbing.

Xu Qingmei, feeling pleased, poured herself a glass of red wine,

this trending topic was something she had ordered to prepare in advance, just waiting to be released when the third episode aired.

Even though it had been somewhat overshadowed by the Chen Cheng incident, the audience’s anger was still ignited.

Now, seeing Jiang Lingxi courting trouble made the anger flare even more than she had anticipated.

She took a sip of red wine, muttering to herself, "This time Chen Cheng should thank me, if it weren’t for Jiang Lingxi drawing away some of the fire, he would be getting criticized even worse."

But then again, she didn’t expect the production team not to cut this part out.

Not cutting it out was fine too, her performance in the third episode was less than satisfactory, and now with these two stealing the spotlight, not many viewers were paying attention to her.

Looking at that figure on the screen that continued to haunt her, "Can you really accept a girlfriend who wears a knockoff dress on national TV?"

Thinking of this, Xu Qingmei put down her glass and sent another message to her assistant.

[Hire more trolls, I want Jiang Lingxi wearing a knockoff dress to trend quickly at the top of the list. Has there been any response from Shanyue Zhiheng?]

[Yes, there has. Just one minute ago...]

Xu Qingmei couldn’t help but laugh twice.

A lot of the trending topics she’d bought before were made up, but this time, she was certain she hadn’t wronged Jiang Lingxi.

Even she couldn’t borrow a Shanyue Zhiheng dress, how could Jiang Lingxi, a third-tier celebrity, have such influence?

This time she was determined to pin Jiang Lingxi with the heavy label of wearing a knockoff, one that can never be removed!

[Sister Qingmei...]

The assistant sent a voice message this time, and when Xu Qingmei played it, she immediately noticed the off tone in the first word and her smile faded.

Just as she was about to ask what was going on, she received a link from her assistant.

[Sister Qingmei, you might want to see Shanyue Zhiheng’s response before deciding to hire more trolls.]

Xu Qingmei pursed her lips and opened the web link.

The signal in the villa was excellent, and within seconds, the screen displayed Shanyue Zhiheng’s account with a blue V-sign.

Shanyue Zhiheng V: [She is gentle yet sharp, clear yet majestic; she is a towering mountain and a shimmering moon, constant as the dawn. The first global ambassador of Shanyue Zhiheng, finally awaited you, @Jiang Lingxi.]

Below was a picture of Jiang Lingxi in the white haute couture dress from the still-airing "Inheritance of Calligraphy and Painting."

Below that was another post from the founder of Shanyue Zhiheng’s account.

Shen Chuyue V: #Jiang Lingxi wearing a knockoff dress# Seeing this trending topic is a real laugh, my Shanyue Zhiheng’s dress, especially this one Moon Slash Frost, is purely handmade, taking nearly three months to complete. There wasn’t even a model wearing it before; I really couldn’t imagine who could replicate it.

In the comments on this post, in just a few minutes there were already nearly ten thousand comments.

But Xu Qingmei had lost interest in reading them, her face twisted as she threw her phone away.

A Shanyue Zhiheng ambassador, ugh, just Jiang Lingxi, on what grounds?

While Xu Qingmei was driven crazy with frustration, after Shen Chuyue finished her work on the brand’s account, she took a screenshot and sent it to Jiang Lingxi, gloating playfully, "Cousin-in-law, how’s my advertisement copy for the ambassador?"