The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul
Chapter 452 - 451. What instructions do you have?

Chapter 452: 451. What instructions do you have?

"Ding—Ding—"

Her phone kept flashing nonstop from within her pocket; Tang Shu looked down to see it was a WeChat voice call and, after a brief pause, pressed the answer button.

"Speak."

A single word, cold and emotionless.

"..."

Shen Yan, who had originally intended to express his astonishment with a roar, suddenly felt as if he were facing a tyrant.

His bravado visibly deflated.

"Um... Boss, are you in a not-so-great mood right now?"

"No, busy."

While Tang Shu multitasked, speaking on the voice call and carefully picking rare herbs.

Listening to her boss spitting out words one at a time, Shen Yan knew she was genuinely busy, yet he couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

Could it be that grave-robbing has to be done at night?

What kind of superstitious talk was that!

"Boss, did you accept an invitation from the National Calligraphy and Painting Association to be a judge in some big competition?"

"Mhm."

It was a dismissive response, clearly indicating a reluctance to talk. To Shen Yan’s ears, it meant, ’If you have something to say, spit it out; if not, then scram.’

"Boss, you’re being slandered on the trending searches, did you know that?"

Such a big issue had to be reported, even if reluctantly, otherwise, if the public opinion continued to deteriorate, it would be disadvantageous for them.

Tang Shu’s hand paused in picking herbs, and her eyebrows twisted.

"Details?"

"The Calligraphy and Painting Association announced the list of ten jury members, and once people saw the name ’Shed and Given’, they started looking into what awards you had won in the calligraphy and painting circles, and then... well, someone felt you don’t deserve the title of ’judge’."

"Did they find anything?"

"This afternoon, the online comments were still fine, although indeed, some netizens thought the same, it wasn’t too extreme. But in the evening, the reputation changed drastically. I looked into it and found that someone hired a bot army to smear ’Shed and Given’."

"Bot army?"

Tang Shu mulled over this modern term for a few seconds in her head, and it took considerable effort to differentiate them from the naval forces stationed by the sea.

One of those troublesome modern phrases.

"Who is behind this?"

"It’s a big shot in the calligraphy and painting world, named Pang Changshen, he was a judge in previous competitions, but two years ago, he was squeezed out of the top ten traditional Chinese painting rankings, and this year he hasn’t been invited."

The meaning in Shen Yan’s words was clear, and Tang Shu immediately understood.

"So, he is airing his grievances?"

"That seems to be the case."

"I see."

"You... see?"

That’s it?

Shen Yan was completely baffled.

Isn’t this a big deal? You’re trending because you’re being slandered, and that’s your reaction?

It made him feel like he was overreacting like an idiot.

Once more, Tang Shu fell silent on the other end, followed by rustling noises.

"...Boss? Do you have any instructions?"

"Actually, I do."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Yan heard several buzzing vibrations from his phone, and Tang Shu’s unemotional voice came through again.

"I’ve just sent you a few recent videos. Edit them and post them from the ’Shed and Given’ account."

Videos?

Could it be the boss already had a strategy to deal with the online situation? Could she be keeping track of online developments from miles away?!

No wonder she seemed so nonchalant when she heard she was trending!

Shen Yan felt his line of thought was completely correct and couldn’t help but rejoice.

"Rest assured, Boss. I will edit them well. I’m starting right now and won’t leave the office until it’s done tonight!"

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