Rise and Slay: From Scandal Queen to Academic Genius
Chapter 18: Regret Not Signing More Terms!

Chapter 18: Chapter 18: Regret Not Signing More Terms!

Hangxing Entertainment, Zhao Ren sat in the office, scrolling through the trending topics on Weibo.

A lot of fans had started to spontaneously rally for Ji Xizhi, and began to curse Hangxing Entertainment.

Ji Xizhi’s Weibo even gained more than five thousand followers, it had never been so lively before.

Zhao Ren opened Ji Xizhi’s livestream room, staring at Ji Xizhi’s face with a complicated expression.

When he pushed Ji Xizhi to accept the reality show "Life Experience", the show didn’t even have any commercial sponsors, and there were very few celebrities in the industry willing to participate.

But now, Ji Xizhi skyrocketed to fame, and the "Life Experience" production team also became popular.

She turned a bad hand into a winning one.

Zhao Ren lit a cigarette, picked up his phone and selected a series of screenshots, sending them to a familiar marketing influencer.

[Zhao Ren: Don’t hit too hard.]

[Marketing Influencer: Bro, should I spread a wave of rumors first?]

[Zhao Ren: Sure.]

With Ji Xizhi’s current popularity, it’s possible she might become famous again, Zhao Ren decided to keep a backup plan.

If Ji Xizhi is willing to return, he wouldn’t be unable to give her a path!

*

Live broadcast of the variety show.

Ji Xizhi was unintentionally engaging everyone in learning when Director Wang suddenly came upstairs and interrupted Ji Xizhi’s problem-solving session.

"Ji Xizhi, come with me for a moment, there’s an ad for an online study room app, the investors specified they want you to promote it. Just interact with your livestream audience after you go downstairs!"

Ji Xizhi had just finished a set of questions and was on a break, holding a cup of tea as she went downstairs.

The online study room app is mainly aimed at letting users come in and focus, concentrate on studying.

Ji Xizhi just needs to interact with the audience in her livestream about methods and tips to concentrate, and that’s considered completed. The production team will post a download link for the app on the webcast channel.

Ji Xizhi sat down in front of a camera fixed by the production team, and there was a screen displaying real-time bullet comments in front of her.

Though she had been on live variety shows for quite some time, it was her first time seeing bullet comments.

Even though the production team didn’t confiscate the guests’ phones, if one wanted to see them, they could still find the bullet comments.

However, Ji Xizhi was focused on her postgraduate exams, so she naturally didn’t have time to look at these.

She glanced at the bullet screen, assuming she would see the vicious comments from Weibo private messages, but instead, she saw a different scene.

All of them said things like [Sister Ji is awesome, another advertisement!!!], [Unbelievable, isn’t Director Wang relying on Ji Xizhi to take off!], [Exactly, Ji Xizhi is simply the chosen guest, can Director Wang make her a regular guest or not!]

Ji Xizhi nearly spilled her tea, looking bewildered.

According to her calculations, after openly challenging Hangxing Entertainment, the number of black fans should have increased, and she was originally planning to collect more evidence during this time.

But why do the ones in this livestream room look like real fans?

There was even someone suggesting she stay on as a regular guest! That’s too much, isn’t that a real fan trap!!!

The bullet comments from fans became more enthusiastic. Under Director Wang’s hint, Ji Xizhi started interacting with the livestream audience.

Ji Xizhi: "Hello everyone, I’m Ji Xizhi. Is there anything I can help with?"

Director Wang: "?" I asked you to interact, not to run a one-on-one tutoring session!

Director Wang quickly signaled to Ji Xizhi with his eyes: "Alright, just pick a few audience members to answer questions!"

Ji Xizhi quickly caught on: "User 3857559, you just asked about Director Wang whether I could become a regular guest. Nope! Our contract is only signed for one episode."

[Pfft~~~ Although I’m heartbroken that she can’t be a regular guest, the fact that the contract is only for one episode really cracks me up!]

[Director Wang: Is this the kind of question I told you to pick?! I’m dying of laughter!]

[Sister Ji: The world is big, but the contract is bigger. Everything follows the contract’s terms!]

[The more this goes on, the more I feel like Ji Xizhi is getting screwed by Hangxing Entertainment. If not for Hangxing Entertainment’s shady contract, how could she be so focused on the contract!]

Director Wang also felt a stab from Ji Xizhi’s words.

This episode had secured two additional ad sponsors, and he had long had the intention to sign Ji Xizhi for two more episodes. The production team had precedents like this before, where stars and the program group would continue recording together, with countless examples of contract renewals.

But before he could make an offer, Ji Xizhi publicly refused in the livestream in front of everyone.

Director Wang: "..." At this moment, all he felt was regret, regret for not signing for more episodes!

But the advertisement still needed to be recorded.

Director Wang, enduring the pain, walked over to Ji Xizhi, pointed at the bullet screen, and said through gritted teeth: "Just pick a question related to studying!"

Ji Xizhi finally understood and began picking other viewer’s questions.

"Regarding focusing on study, it’s really about the amount of time it takes to get into the zone. The shorter you can make this time, the better."

"Learning methods don’t work for everyone, it’s fine as long as you always have learning in your mind!"

"Interest is the best teacher, and persistence is the fastest path."

...

Ji Xizhi looked earnestly at the bullet screen, and kept talking without stopping. The ad insertion only needed to last ten minutes.

After selecting two responses, there was only one minute left.

Just randomly chat a bit more and she could wrap up, but it was at this moment that Ji Xizhi noticed a comment on the livestream’s bullet screen.

[+vx7973: My husband keeps saying I’m ugly, abuses me, I don’t know what to do anymore. The court won’t grant me custody in a divorce, so I’ve had to swallow my pride, until I took a miraculous weight loss pill and went from 180 pounds to 80 pounds, and my husband finally changed his mind!]

Ji Xizhi’s expression tightened, and she instantly sat up straight.

Next to her, Director Wang was already calling her to sign off from the stream.

But Ji Xizhi didn’t budge. She looked seriously at the livestream, her lips slightly parted.

"User +vx7973, domestic abuse is illegal; please be sure to take up the weapon of law and don’t tolerate or retreat on this issue. If you need legal assistance, you can private message my official account..."

Ji Xizhi habitually wanted to say studio, but then she thought, she had transmigrated into a book, there’s no studio here.

"My Weibo."

For now, the only way she could be contacted was through her Weibo account.

"I can provide you with some legal assistance; it’s entirely possible for the child to be granted to you."

[Hahaha, didn’t Ji Xizhi realize this is a scam account selling fake pills?!]

[This is too funny, help, Ji Xizhi was so serious, it’s adorable! Taking her away!]

[Honestly, even though it’s a scam account, can it at least have some morality? You fabricate a story like this, it’s easy for those who don’t understand the law to think they can’t fight for child custody after a divorce and then endure for the child’s sake! Luckily, Ji Xizhi pointed it out! In such cases, as long as the woman keeps evidence, she can certainly get child custody!]

[@Admin what are you doing, why isn’t this account banned already?!]

[Did you guys see when Ji Xizhi saw this comment, she sat up straight, her aura was like...how should I say...like an elite lawyer? Even though she wasn’t wearing a suit, the déjà vu was strong, could we see Zhi Zhi in a lawyer role? *@ all directors]

[I saw it as well, she has a pretty good personality, I guess she’s experienced rain, so she wants to hold an umbrella for others! (referring to the lawsuit with Hangxing Entertainment)]

[I think this is really hard, I hope Ji Xizhi can find a good lawyer!]

The bullet comments showed a rising favorability towards Ji Xizhi, and the scam account in the livestream was quickly banned.

Ji Xizhi recognized that it was just a fabricated story with this treatment.

But she didn’t mind too much. Even if it was a fake story, through this livestream, she told everyone that such cases can seek legal help, considering it as a simple legal education session.

Ji Xizhi finished reciting the last line of the advertisement, then prepared to go offline.

Before the camera could be turned off, the courtyard door was pushed open.

Fang Zhuyue rushed in, panting and said, "Something’s wrong, Director Wang, Qin Yutian is injured!!!"