The Perfect Relationship

Chapter 82 Explosive News on Baidu

Yin Chang went to New Star Entertainment for acting training and decided to stop by Yao Manhuai's office to chat with her.

"Come in and sit down." After Yao Manhuai greeted him she took out a small gift box from the drawer. She handed it to him and said, "Here is your belated 'birthday present'. I bought it a long time ago and planned on having your assistant give it to you, but I think it would be more appropriate for me to give it to you in person. I didn't expect it to be this late."

Both of them were busy with work and it was usually Ling Juan who handled Yin Chang's affairs. They hadn't seen each other in over a month and communicated mostly through phone calls.

"I heard from Xu Zong that they celebrated your birthday during the program's filming?" Yao Manhuai asked.

"That was last month. It was in the third episode that aired two days ago," Yin Chang glanced at the box with the Hermes logo on it. Judging from its size, it was probably a cufflink or some other small item.

"Time really flies by. You guys will be filming the last episode of 'Superstar Life' tomorrow, right?" Yao Manhuai brewed a pot of tea and asked with a smile, "How do you feel about it? Do you regret joining this variety show?"

Yin Chang replied honestly, "It's been troublesome, but there have been some gains."

Yao Manhuai raised an eyebrow, "At least your relationship with Shao Junling has improved a lot, right? I watched the first two episodes and saw how he's so clingy and good to you."

"Yeah," Yin Chang admitted. He took a sip of tea, "But I'm worried about Shao Junling's popularity. It's already skyrocketing after just three episodes. Although this confirms the program director's original expectations, Shao Junling still has to return to school after filming ends. I'm afraid his subsequent life will be affected."

"De International will have special protection measures for special students. Junling usually limits himself to school and family martial arts training. After he goes back to school, the program will continue to air for a while longer. For safety reasons, I'll have your assistant arrange for a bodyguard to accompany him and drive him around. Don't worry too much," Yao Manhuai reassured him.

"Okay," Yin Chang nodded. "Auntie Yao, can I talk to you about something?"

"Go ahead," Yao Manhuai said.

Looking at her seriously, Yin Chang said, "I hope that in the future, you'll tell me the reasons for any decisions you make that affect me and not keep me in the dark."

Yao Manhuai was taken aback, "Why are you suddenly saying this?"

"Mi Xiu said that you've sheltered me from a lot of unnecessary drama and over-protected me, making me seem...like a naive and sweet person," Yin Chang used the word to describe himself, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Yao Manhuai laughed, "Xiao Chang, I wasn't deliberately keeping anything from you. Do you remember when you came to see me after the New Year? You were so nervous and told me that you didn't want to bring Shao Junling to participate in the parent-child program?"

"Yeah?" Yin Chang replied.

"At that time, I thought the pressure on you might be too much, so I decided to hide some things from you to make you feel at ease," Yao Manhuai explained.

Yin Chang frowned, "But during the recent scandal, hiding it from me actually made me more anxious. If you had told me about your agreement with Mi Xiu earlier, I would have understood."

"But that feeling only comes after you've gotten to know Mi Xiu, right?" Yao Manhuai was firm. "If you hadn't come into contact with him before, and I told you that I wanted you to partner with him for publicity, would you have agreed?"

Yin Chang was momentarily stumped, realizing that she was right. He might have felt uneasy.

Yao Manhuai reassured him, "Xiao Chang, I hope you can trust me. I've been in this industry for over twenty years, so I'm more professional than you are."

Yin Chang pondered for a moment before saying, "Auntie Yao, can I still have enough informed consent and decision-making power for every step of my development? Like last year, when I wanted to compete with Wang Chen for the VE spokesperson position. Although you suggested that it might offend Wang Chen, I decided to go for it anyway. Later, I unexpectedly became a spokesperson for Luca and SWQ's BG. I found it to be very fulfilling. But if you arrange everything for me, I'll feel like any achievement I get is meaningless. Instead, I'll feel like a puppet being controlled by others and will never be able to grow."

Yao Manhuai was speechless, "How could that be?"

Looking at her firmly, Yin Chang said, "Auntie Yao, I'm already an adult, and I have my own judgments about things. If I make a mistake, let me learn from the experience. This is the reason why I decided to enter this industry in the first place. I wanted to understand it more and take over my father's business."

Seemingly understanding, Yao Manhuai smiled and said, "It seems like Mi Xiu has talked to you a lot."

Indeed, everything Yin Chang just said were thoughts and reflections that came from talking to Mi Xiu.

Nodding, Yao Manhuai said, "I understand what you mean."

Then, Yin Chang mentioned something else significant, "Mi Xiu said that he has a few tour performances in October and wants to invite me as a special guest."

Yao Manhuai asked, "Do you want to go?"

"I want to hear your opinion first," Yin Chang replied.

"At the moment, his popularity is higher than yours, and inviting you as a special guest will be a boost to your popularity. The benefits outweigh the costs. However, there is no free lunch in this industry. In the long run, him befriending you will definitely benefit his own development," Yao Manhuai warned.

Yin Chang nodded, "Alright, I'll go."

Yao Manhuai rarely saw him so decisive and instinctively asked, "Because of the Weibo he posted to help you clarify the situation? ...That's just a Weibo, he can sell your favor with just a click of his finger. But have you ever thought that he can get more value from you than this?"

Yin Chang smiled. What Mi Xiu gave him was far more than that. The man also guided him to realize his own direction.

"I think he's a friend worth making," Yin Chang said. "If I have any value that he can use, I'm also willing to be used by him."

"..." Yao Manhuai didn't say anything else. They briefly discussed the schedule after the variety show, and Yin Chang left first.

At this moment, Yao Manhuai was still in the office and there was a hint of disappointment in her eyes. When Yin Chang came to see her, she saw a significant change in him. She should be happy for Yin Chang, but she couldn't feel happy. Just like how adults will feel inexplicably lost when seeing their children grow up and leave them.

Lost in thought, the phone on her desk rang.

"Ms. Yao..." It was an internal call from the PR department. "You went offline."

"What's the matter?" Yao Manhuai answered the phone and sat down at her computer, moving the mouse to wake it up.

"There's a post on the internet related to Shao Junling. We're not sure how to deal with it and wanted to ask for your opinion."

"A post?" Yao Manhuai was surprised, and her subordinate had already summarized the screenshots and content of the post.

It was an article posted in the "Superstar Life" forum with the title "Shao Junling's true identity?" "I was shocked when I saw this kid on TV recently. I remember this kid's original name was Shao Jun. His mother was a murderer who killed his father and committed suicide. This matter was very famous in our village two years ago. From the information online, The kid's appearance and age match up with Shao Jun. How did he suddenly become a celebrity after a few years?"

The poster was named z1989z, and analysis of his post history based on his online information showed that he was an ordinary netizen.

However, most of the comments below the post were abusive, saying that he was using such fabricated stories for attention and he deserved to die. Some people even said that he used someone else's story to attract attention and was extremely despicable.

These malicious comments angered the poster, and he confidently replied that he would find evidence to prove it, and also said that if the people in their village saw this program, they would most likely recognize Shao Junling.

Yao Manhuai's years of experience in the industry and Shao Junling's original identity made her feel that this matter was not simple. After all, the initial content of the post did not seem carefully crafted, and the text tone did not have that guiding direction, purely like an outsider expressing his views.

As Shao Junling's popularity was on the rise recently, this post on the forum had been forwarded by some marketing accounts, causing a small amount of discussion. Fortunately, it had not yet attracted too much attention.

Yao Manhuai quickly asked the PR department to find a way to delete the post and ordered, "See if you can contact the poster, and ask in a gentle tone about the specific situation."

At the same time, other industry insiders also saw the post. These people were the paparazzi in the industry, and one of them, by chance, was Luo Chao, the entertainment journalist who exposed Yin Dong's illegitimate child scandal in the past.

Luo Chao, who was more sensitive to scandals in the industry than the people at New Star Entertainment, discovered this post even earlier and was also trying to contact the poster.

The poster named "z1978z" was just a delivery person working in a big city.

He had been busy all day long, and when he logged onto the forum at night, he saw hundreds of private messages--without too much thought, he knew that most of these messages were insults directed at him. Thinking of the insults he received for unintentionally posting this message on the forum, he was filled with anger.

During the day, he was racking his brains about how to find Shao Jun's real information and post it to slap the faces of those foolish netizens.

However, since the Shao family's shocking murder case that occurred seven years ago, no one had heard from Shao Jun. Even if he just went back to his hometown, it didn't necessarily mean he'd find conclusive evidence.

He secretly thought that now that Shao Junling was already a star, as an ordinary person, he couldn't successfully go against him and decided to drop the matter.

...Ah, such a waste of time. Trying to fend off the insults was pointless.

Feeling depressed, he saw several private messages among the insults from entertainment journalists.

He opened one of them and read--

"Hello z1989z, I'm Luo Chao, a reporter from Dongshi Entertainment. I'm very interested in your post about Shao Junling's true identity on the forum. I believe your exposure is true and want to make a high-priced in-depth interview with you about 'Shao Jun.' Please reply to me as soon as possible, mobile phone xxxx, QQxxxxx, email xxxxx"

After leaving Yao Manhuai's office, Yin Chang secretly Pumped his fist. For the first time, he felt like he had won against Yao Manhuai. Yeah!