Chapter 436: Shocking News For The Bigwigs In The Entertainment Industry
Fu Zhi felt hopeless as she faced Lu Yumo and Song Fang’s att.i.tude.
She switched to Pure Feather’s Weibo, opened the latest post, and handed her phone to them. “This is the Weibo account certified by the Fu Corporation. The account is bound to my other phone and has more than 600,000 fans.”
Lu Yumo was stunned.
Here came the punchline.
He’d ranked seventh from the bottom in the examination two months ago. He had scored 68 points out of 150 points in his language paper, while Fu Zhi had scored zero. During the parent meeting, she had been reprimanded for her bad behavior for taking the examination lightly. Now, Fu Zhi was telling him that she was Pure Feather? The most famous novelist ever?? How was that even possible?
“This… This is impossible!” Song Fang took the phone. “You even hacked into her account? Fan Gaoda said he’s going to humiliate you with Pure Feather. How can you even tolerate that? Besides, why don’t you show your face on Weibo since you’re so good-looking? Plus, you’re only 17 years old and you can already write science fiction and military fiction?”
He fired one question after another at Fu Zhi.
The air in the private room was filled with the smell of the hot pot. Ye Jiu quietly took the meatball from Fu Zhi’s plate and put it in his mouth. “She can write anything as long as you give her enough money. She can even write contemporary romance, like those with a bossy president that’s madly in love with his wife or a bossy president saving a damsel in distress.”
Fu Zhi was speechless.
‘Well… that’s actually true.’
Lu Yumo turned to look at her, his eyes filled with doubt. “Then why haven’t you mentioned this before?”
“It’s nothing special, so I didn’t tell you guys about it.”
Lu Yumo was stumped.
‘If being Pure Feather is nothing special, then what is special?’ Lu Yumo thought.
There were a lot of rumors circulating on the internet. Song Fang behaved impulsively. He took a large gulp of the cup of c.o.ke and asked, “Other than your autograph and Weibo account, do you have any other evidence to prove that you’re Pure Feather?”
Fu Zhi was holding Ye Jiu’s wrist right now. She swiftly took the prawn in Ye Jiu’s plate before glancing at Song Fang. “What kind of evidence do you need?”
“Write a novel in front of me!”
Fu Zhi was dumbfounded. She looked at Song Fang as if she was looking at an idiot.
Song Fang knew he was being unreasonable as well. That said, he could not be blamed for behaving like this. After all, no one could readily accept the fact that a student who had scored a zero in her language paper was actually a great writer. Before he could say anything, Fu Zhi’s phone rang.
It was a call from the delivery man of the Fu Corporation.
Fu Zhi told him the address of the hot pot restaurant and asked him to deliver the parcel there.
As Su Xing put vegetables in the hot pot, she asked, “What is it?”
“Your birthday present.”
Su Xing’s eyes lit up, and her cheeks flushed.
The delivery man arrived very soon, and Fu Zhi took the box with the pink ribbon.
It was a big box. Song Fang and Lu Yumo craned their necks to study the box, as they were curious to know what was in the box.
Fu Zhi then set the box on the table with a loud thump. She waved at Su Xing and said, “Open it.”
“Right now? What’s in there?”
Piqued by curiosity, Su Xing looked in Fu Zhi’s direction. When she saw the content of the box, she was so stunned that she rubbed her eyes in disbelief. “Oh… Oh my goodness. Isn’t this…”
Su Xing did not finish her sentence. She just looked at Fu Zhi incredulously.
After Fu Zhi nodded, she took the trophy out of the box.
The trophy was gold in color and about 30 centimeters tall. It was a prize given to the winner of the WG Awards. If winning an Oscar was the highest recognition for an actor, then the significance of a Chinese masterpiece getting shortlisted for the gold award was no different.
“Red Sun” was the second work to receive the WG Award after “Harvest”, which had been written by the president of the Chinese Writers Society.
Not only had Pure Feather made her country famous with “Red Sun”, but her work had also been included as important reading material in the college entrance examination by the government. Thus, both Pure Feather and her work, “Red Sun”, carried a lot of weight in the Writers Society.
Song Fang’s cup dropped to the floor with a clank as his eyes bulged wide with shock. “Jesus Christ! Is this really the trophy of the WG Awards?”
Lu Yumo also went forward to inspect the trophy in Su Xing’s hand. Then, he looked into the box and realized there were many other trophies inside as well.
“These… These are all yours?!” His voice was thick with disbelief.
Su Xing gave Fu Zhi a hug and planted a kiss on her cheek. The tips of her ears were flaming red as she said in great exhilaration, “Zhizhi is the best!”
Case closed.
She could imitate Pure Feather’s writing style and hack into her account, but there was no way she could steal her trophies.
It was only at this moment that Song Fang and Lu Yumo truly believed that Fu Zhi, the girl who had scored zero in her language paper, was Pure Feather.
After rubbing Su Xing’s head and popping a prawn into her mouth, she looked at the duo and asked, “Do you believe me now?”
Song Fang and Lu Yumo shared a glance. They completely believed that Fu Zhi was Pure Feather now but they still couldn’t come back to their senses after the grand reveal.
Fu Zhi had a meeting with Xi Man and Ye Shiyun’s company in the afternoon. After she finished her meal, she came out of the private room and left in a cab.
*
After Fu Zhi left, Lu Yumo started browsing through some writing platforms. Song Fang asked him what he was doing, and Lu Yumo sighed. “I scored 68 points higher than her in the language paper. I think I just need an opportunity. If I’m given a chance, I could be the next Pure Feather!”
Song Fang was speechless.
‘You had to ask.’
*
Star Maker Entertainment was the best entertainment company with the strongest resources in China. It had a branch in Yu City and it was the company that had signed Ye Shiyun up.
By the time Fu Zhi arrived, Xi Man and the president of Star Maker were finishing up their contract. Xiao Bai had received a notification as well.
While Fu Zhi walked down the corridor, she saw that, in addition to the photos of a number of famous actors and actresses, Ye Shiyun’s photo was on the wall as well.
Xiao Bai came out to welcome Fu Zhi and was slightly stunned when he saw her.
She was now standing under the light. Her face was expressionless, and her hair was fluttering in the wind. Her waist was so small that Xiao Bai believed he could hold it with one hand.
She was wearing a black jacket, a pair of black trousers, and a yellow scarf. She just stood there, and Xiao Bai could already picture how gorgeous she would be on television.
He swore in his heart that he would definitely sign her up. However, now was not the right time to talk about that. He pulled out a statement and said, “Please have a look at this, Ms. Fu. If you think it’s okay, then we’re going to release this statement soon.”
Fu Zhi scanned the doc.u.ment and nodded.
After a short while, Xiao Bai released the statement through Ye Shiyun’s personal account as well as Star Maker Enterprise’s account on Weibo.
[We have repeatedly asked for the public to remain sensible while supporting its favorite celebrities. Recently, we received a report that someone illegally obtained Mr. Ye Shiyun’s private information and has been making up stories to tarnish his image. Thus, we would like to clarify that the speculations about Mr. Ye Shiyun dating Ms. Fu Zhi are sheer nonsense. Mr. Ye Shiyun is in the process of filming a movie, and they are only business partners. We’d like to thank you all for your concern and we hope you can focus more on Mr. Ye Shiyun’s work!]
When the netizens saw the statement, they were stunned.
They might not have believed it if the statement had been released by Ye Shiyun alone, but it was a different case when Star Maker Entertainment joined the fray.
After all, Star Maker Entertainment was the bellwether of the entertainment industry. They had a lot more actors and actresses who were even more popular than Ye Shiyun, so the probability of them telling a lie in order to protect Ye Shiyun was close to zero.
Xiao Bai took Ye Shiyun’s phone away, so he could not post on Weibo right now.
After seeing the statement, Ye Shiyun’s fans, who had been disappointed in him for dating Fu Zhi, felt alive again. They all swarmed into Fu Zhi’s Weibo, but they knew what they should do and what they should not do, as Fu Zhi had a lot of fans on Weibo as well. If it were not absolutely necessary, they would not do anything to Fu Zhi, as they did not want others to think badly of Ye Shiyun.
In the end, they all followed Fu Zhi’s Weibo and left the following comment.
[As long as you’re not dating Ye Shiyun, we’re all sisters!]
Fu Zhi, who did not want this bunch of good-for-nothings to be her sisters, closed the comments section.
Xiao Bai then asked, “Do you want to release a statement to tell the public that you’re not Pure Feather and only reveal this after the movie is released?”
“Are you saying that I should lie to the public?” Fu Zhi asked. She was reluctant to do that, as it would have a bad effect on the movie when it was released.
“Do I really need to respond to this matter?”
“Well, it’s not necessary. They are all hot-headed people. They may seem like they are very interested to know if you’re Pure Feather, but they will soon forget about it.”
“Then just let it be.”
Xiao Bai nodded.
As Fu Zhi was about to leave, Xiao Bai handed his name card to her and said sincerely, “I wonder if you have any intention of becoming an actress, Miss Fu?”
Fu Zhi replied flatly, “Nope. I’m not interested. Bye.”
Xiao Bai was stunned by Fu Zhi’s bluntness.
Not wanting to give up just yet, Xiao Bai chased after Fu Zhi and said, “Allow me to take you home then, Ms. Fu.”
“I know where my house is, so you don’t have to take me,” Fu Zhi said as she opened the WeChat payment code. “I appreciate your kind offer, but you can just transfer the taxi fare for both of us to me through this payment code. After all, it would do neither of us any good if someone saw us walking together.”
Xiao Bai was speechless again.
After Fu Zhi left, Xiao Bai thought for a while and sent a picture of Fu Zhi that he’d taken from Weibo to Star Maker’s WeChat group.
[Sister Liu, please look at this girl.]
There were two reasons why Star Maker Entertainment was so successful. One was the decisions of the top management, while the second was that all of them were good judges of character.
A girl like Fu Zhi, who not only was pretty but was also popular on Weibo, had a lot of potential. Xiao Bai was certain that as long as her character was good, she could become an A-list celebrity in no time.
No sooner had he sent the photo out than the big boys on the company’s board of directors responded.
[??? She looks like an older version of Addiction.]
[Addiction? Hasn’t she stopped producing songs and music? I don’t know about you guys, but this girl looks like Boss Zhi to me.]
[Are you sure about that? This girl is wearing a school uniform and she looks as docile as a lamb. She doesn’t look like a person who would send you to Africa to be a miner without saying anything.]
[Yeah, right. Look at her dimples. She’s so adorable!]
[Are you guys blind? I’m certain that she’s Fu Zhi! Is she going to become an actor too? Didn’t she terminate her contract with our compet.i.tor because she wanted to go back to her hometown to continue her research? They nearly went under when they refused to terminate her contract, so why is she coming back now? Is she going to dominate the entire entertainment industry? Is this the end for us?]
[Xiao Bai, please don’t tell me that you have already signed her up.]
All of them were old, but they were fast at typing. It had only been a few seconds, and they had already sent tons of messages to the group.
Xiao Bai was stunned. He had figured out almost everything about Fu Zhi and Ye Shiyun. He reckoned that both their parents were researchers for the FZ Research Inst.i.tute, so they were related to the Fu Corporation. Thus, when Star Maker Entertainment signed Ye Shiyun up, the Fu Corporation would support them by giving them plenty of resources. The reason he had sent Fu Zhi’s photo to the group was that he wanted the higher-ups of Star Maker Entertainment to know about her. However, he had not expected such a reaction from them at all.
It seemed to him that they did not know Ye Shiyun was Fu Zhi’s brother. After all, they had never paid any attention to Ye Shiyun before.
Xiao Bai then said, [Not yet. But it seems to me that she likes money a lot, and becoming an actor could earn her a lot of money…]
[She likes money? That’s great then! Do you have her savings account? Give it to me and I will send some money to her!]
[One of the reasons we’ve become the bellwether of the entertainment industry is that she terminated her contract with our compet.i.tor. When she was still with their company, our company almost went bankrupt and I nearly lost my job!]
[My father told me that if she really wants to become an actor, we have to give all our resources to her and make her famous!]
[Your father? Who’s your father? Are you sure she’s going to join our company? What if she joins our compet.i.tor again? We will be doomed if that happens!]
[Knock on wood! How can you say something like that? Do you want our company to go bankrupt so much, you idiot?]
…
Well, Xiao Bai was at a loss for words. This group of higher-ups was arguing in front of their employees, and he had no idea what to say.
Other than Sister Liu, everybody else in the group did not dare say anything. They all approached Xiao Bai and asked him about the relationship between Fu Zhi and Addiction.
However, Xiao Bai did not know anything either.
At the same time, the higher-ups asked him for Fu Zhi’s WeChat number.