My agency went bankrupt before I even got on stage.

Chen Yuan was very surprised!

In Chen Yuan's view, Wang Lingli's plan was already very detailed, encompassing almost everything that fans could do. But if that only resulted in an 80% success rate, it was simply unacceptable.

Moreover, Xia Yan also said that this applies to ordinary companies. NetEase Music, on the other hand, is an industry giant!

According to Xia Yan, Wang Lingli and her team's success rate will be even lower, and by a significant margin!

Wouldn't Wang Lingli and the others have worked for nothing? Wouldn't Lin Fan's data have been suppressed for nothing, with no way to seek justice?

Chen Yuan looked at Xia Yan, thinking that if Xia Yan could speak up for Lin Fan, then this matter would definitely attract more attention, and Wang Lingli's plan would be more likely to succeed.

But she can't do that.

Chen Yuan knew that she was Xia Yan's assistant, not Lin Fan's. No matter how much she liked Lin Fan, she couldn't let her artist rashly get involved and clashed with an industry giant like NetEase Music for the sake of Lin Fan.

The person who was bullied by NetEase Music was Lin Fan, not Xia Yan. In fact, NetEase Music treated Xia Yan very well and provided her with good resources. Xia Yan had no reason to fall out with NetEase Music.

Furthermore, Xia Yan helped Lin Fan record songs twice, which in itself was a form of assistance to Lin Fan. If Chen Yuan still wants Xia Yan to speak up for Lin Fan, it would undoubtedly be putting Xia Yan in a difficult position.

From any perspective, it was extremely inappropriate! So Chen Yuan could only remain silent, feeling sorry for Lin Fan and Wang Lingli in her heart.

Xia Yan ignored Chen Yuan's silence and sent the edited message to Yang Hongxia.

Soon, Yang Hongxia's reply came through.

[Xia Jie: My little devil! What did NetEase Music do to offend you? Why are you resorting to such ruthless tactics?]

[Little Fairy: Sister Xia, you've misunderstood. NetEase Music hasn't offended me, and I haven't intended to do anything to NetEase Music.]

[Xia Jie: What did the message you just sent me mean?]

[Little Fairy: Just the literal meaning.]

[Sister Xia: ...I understand. NetEase Music didn't offend you, but this Jiang Jie guy did, right?]

[Little Fairy: Hehe!]

[Xia Jie: Okay, I understand. I'll find someone to handle this. Don't make any rash moves! Just now, Xiaoyu was telling me about Lin Fan's data being suppressed; we can take this opportunity to resolve it all at once!]

[Little Fairy: Well-behaved.jpg.]

Xia Jie: ...

After sending a message to Yang Hongxia, Xia Yan turned to Chen Yuan and smiled, "Alright, sit down and wait for the message."

Chen Yuan was completely bewildered, not understanding what Xia Yan meant. However, Xia Yan didn't explain; there was no point in saying anything now. They should wait and see how things developed.

The most important thing now is to help Lin Fan finish recording his new song, so that Lin Fan can be more confident when facing NetEase Music.

Seeing Xia Yan return to work, Chen Yuan could only return to the sofa with her phone, idly refreshing web pages and keeping track of Wang Lingli and the others' activities.

As she scrolled, Chen Yuan realized something was wrong!

Suddenly, a large number of unsubstantiated rumors appeared online, claiming that a department head of a certain music platform suppressed song data from independent musicians for personal gain.

This was originally part of Wang Lingli's plan: first, to use these mixed messages to attract attention and generate buzz, and then to release solid evidence to confirm that NetEase Music was suppressing Lin Fan's song data!

But this is a bit too much!

It doesn't seem like an action organized spontaneously by fans at all; rather, it seems like a major operation orchestrated by a large entertainment company targeting NetEase Music!

First, a large number of rumors attracted attention, then various self-media outlets jumped on the bandwagon, followed by some persecuted independent musicians speaking out, vaguely mentioning their past experiences, and finally, solid evidence was released, settling the matter once and for all!

In just one hour, before NetEase Music could even react, a huge uproar had already swept across the internet!

More importantly, this whole thing feels strangely familiar!

Chen Yuan felt that this seemed to be Xia Jie's doing.

At the same time, NetEase Music's public relations department keenly detected the keywords on the internet and realized that a wave of malicious heat was coming towards NetEase Music. It was coming with great force and its intentions were not good!

The public relations department skillfully carried out crisis management work, using tactics such as deleting posts, diverting traffic, suppressing popularity, stirring up rumors, and confusing the public with ease. Some staff members even joked and bet on how long this popularity could last.

Some say that within half an hour at most, this matter will be overshadowed by other news and trending topics.

Some say the momentum this time is quite impressive and could easily last an hour! After all, according to some self-media outlets that have good ties with NetEase Music, Lin Fan's fans spent a lot of money buying articles about this.

But no one thought Lin Fan's fans could really cause any trouble. Maybe after the hype died down, Lin Fan would have to hold his nose and continue releasing new songs on NetEase Music, since it has the most users, the largest user base, and allows independent musicians to earn more!

But soon, the public relations staff realized something was wrong! Why was the popularity rising even more despite the attempts to suppress it? Even the people from SuperBlog's trending topics called, saying that keywords like "Lin Fan," "NetEase Music," and "data suppression" were climbing the trending topics at an alarming rate!

This matter is starting to slip out of NetEase Music's control!

The PR manager immediately contacted Chaobo to remove the trending topic, but received a cryptic hint.

"It's not that we don't want to give NetEase Music face, it's just that they've given us way too much!"

The PR manager had a sudden realization! This was a move by NetEase Music's rival!

The public relations department always thought that their opponent was just a group of fans with limited ability, limited strength, and even limited vision. They only wanted to seek justice for Lin Fan.

In reality, Lin Fan's fans were just a smokescreen. The real enemy was hiding behind the scenes and took advantage of the fact that NetEase Music hadn't reacted yet to launch a fierce attack, catching NetEase Music off guard!

Well, this is no longer something a mere PR manager like him can handle. He should just obediently report to his superiors.

The public relations manager finished organizing the materials and knocked on the door of his boss, General Manager Wu's office, where he heard General Manager Wu making a phone call.

"Oh, really? Xia Yan wants to cover this song at the music festival? Oh dear, Xiao Yang, isn't that like throwing a flood over the Dragon King's temple... Don't worry, the preparations for the music festival are almost finished... Alright, alright, we'll look forward to your wonderful performance then."

After hanging up the phone, Mr. Wu's warm and friendly smile immediately turned into dissatisfaction, truly showing his two-faced nature.

The public relations manager didn't dare to look at it for long and handed over the documents: "Mr. Wu, I have something to report to you."