Chapter 3877 - A Perfect Match (69)
The news reported that a girl had jumped to her death at the hotel housing the "Demon Eyes" crew.
Although it looked like an unremarkable report, for some reason, both the media and Weibo marketing accounts pointed fingers at Hua Jin and said that he was involved in the girl's suicide.
Some media outlets released insider information that the girl and Hua Jin were lovers. The girl was a fan of the actor. In an instant, the news of Hua Jin sleeping with his fans spread like wildfire.
On the Internet, there was also a storm brewing.
Hua Jin sleeps with his fans?
You're kidding me.
None of the fans believed it.
There were even extreme fans who humiliated this girl, saying that she was a disgrace to the fans and smeared her reputation.
Some fans even thought nothing of Hua Jin sleeping with his fans, that it was a benefit for fans and a privilege not available to others. They even said that this girl must be using her life to bring shame to Hua Jin.
Initially, casual readers held a wait-and-see attitude on this matter. It was unknown if these comments were made by real fans or just brainless comments posted deliberately by trollers. However they caused Hua Jin to be caught in a whirlpool of public opinions overnight. All at once, the actor was being shoved into the limelight.
On the internet, fans, idiot fans, anti-fans, fake reviewers, media outlets, and various marketing accounts were in their own factions, each holding their own opinions. They created an uproar. Many fanatical fans rushed to the Weibo sites of the exposing media organizations and insisted that they were smearing Hua Jin's reputation. They hurled all kinds of insults at the media.
They all started with good intentions. However, the methods of these fans were inevitably a little extreme, so much so that the media caught on and bombarded them.
Early in the morning, the actor was awakened by a phone call from his manager.
"What the hell is going on, Hua Jin?"
As soon as Qin Zhou opened his mouth, he fired off the question angrily.
Why did this suddenly happen? Hua Jin was a person who knew how to handle things appropriately. Logically, he would never get himself into such trouble.
Sleeping with fans?
Lover jumping off a building?
Mother and child dead?
What sort of trashy news was that!
Hua Jin was bewildered initially but quickly realized what had happened. It was about the girl.
Jumping off a building?
Was it reported in the press?
But… what did that have to do with him? How did he get associated with this matter?
Wasn't this… Tang Yu's business?
Unless…
"Could Tang Yu's team be creating trouble?"
Qin Zhou sounded skeptical. "Did you two have a dispute?"
"I wouldn't call it a dispute. It's just that I've been giving the kid an attitude on set."
"Why have you been giving him an attitude?"
"I just don't like the way he does things! He sleeps with fans and doesn't take responsibility after sleeping with them. What kind of thing is that?" He paused for a moment before continuing, "Let me see what the Internet says first."
"Your Weibo must have crashed by now. However, don't log into your account or make any comments. Be careful not to be taken out of context and create even more unfounded stories."
"I got it." He hung up and went online to check out how things had progressed.
After an afternoon of brewing, the online discussions had culminated in an unreasonable battle of public opinion. The actor's army of fans was so powerful that they offended several media outlets at once. The fans firmly believed in their idol's character and insisted that their idol would not make such a low-level mistake.
Things got so heated up that several marketing accounts were loudly claiming that they were going to release the concrete evidence in the afternoon. Before Hua Jin had the chance to find out what the so-called "concrete evidence" was—Liang Yin was suddenly taken away.
