HuaYu: Starting with Photography to Navigate the Entertainment Industry

"Xu Lang, we're just colleagues. Don't send me any random messages. Please have some self-respect!"

Upon seeing this message, Xu Lang thought he had misread it. He rubbed his eyes, turned off his phone, and turned it back on to check again before confirming that he hadn't made a mistake.

It was sent by Liu Yifei.

That's how it was written!

"Are you sick? You're schizophrenic!"

This scumbag's attitude of turning his back on you after pulling up his pants is even worse than mine!

Xu Lang cursed inwardly, and just then, the taxi arrived at its destination.

Having lost interest in going to school, Xu Lang went straight home.

In the living room, Yang Ying was wearing a tank top and was half-lying on the sofa with her legs bare, watching TV and stuffing potato chips into her mouth.

Seeing Xu Lang return, she leaped up from the sofa, stood on it, hands on her hips, and yelled at him:

"Xu Lang, tell me honestly, were you out chasing girls again? You..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xu Lang, who was feeling rather annoyed, slapped her on the bottom.

"Didn't I tell you not to eat potato chips on the sofa? Look at this, there are crumbs everywhere, and you don't even clean it up."

Seeing Xu Lang's fierce appearance, Yang Ying was taken aback. She then looked at him pitifully and asked:

"Xu Lang, what's wrong? You look really sad. Did you break up with your boyfriend? Who dumped you?"

"Hey?!"

After Yang Ying said that, Xu Lang's previously depressed mood actually improved.

"Ha, I can get dumped? I can be abandoned?"

Don't worry, I'm always the one who abandons others. The one who can abandon me hasn't appeared yet!

As Xu Lang spoke, he reverted to his previous carefree and unrestrained demeanor, ignoring Yang Ying and the potato chip crumbs, and plopped down in front of the computer to check the ongoing promotional materials for "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

But seeing Liu Yifei's stills from the drama, he couldn't help but feel a little upset, muttering to himself,

"Hmph, I'll teach you to turn your back on me after you've done your bidding!"

As he spoke, Xu Lang found two more "ugly" photos of Liu Yifei that he had prepared in advance in his previous database and posted them online.

Yang Ying, who was behind Xu Lang, was massaging his shoulders while saying in surprise,

"Brother Lang, didn't you say it was about enough? Why are you adding more? Are you afraid people won't criticize you enough? If you post these two stills, the 'Fairy Sister' will probably get several times more criticism!"

"Hmph, she deserved it!"

Xu Lang said fiercely.

Seeing this, Yang Ying stuck out her tongue in surprise, then rested her head on Xu Lang's shoulder and asked with a gossipy look on her face:

"Lang, did you try to touch her inappropriately today and get rejected?"

"She thinks she's rejecting me? She's gone too far! Humph!"

Xu Lang spoke somewhat stubbornly, while also keeping an eye on the changes in online public opinion.

Sure enough, as soon as he posted these two photos, the already furious netizens reached another climax, unleashing another barrage of criticism against Liu Yifei and "Chinese Paladin".

This time, the output was even more intense and even more extreme.

Cai Yinong, who was far away in Hengdian, felt a chill run down her spine when she saw this, and couldn't help but think to herself:

"What's going on with Xu Lang? Didn't we agree to stop while we were ahead and not post any more negative things?"

I wanted to ask Xu Lang what was going on, but then I remembered what Xu Lang had said...

"Mr. Cai, you're someone who's destined for great things, stay calm!"

She hesitated for a moment, then put her phone down, repeatedly trying to convince herself otherwise.

"Calm down, I need to calm down!"

Meanwhile, in a villa in Beijing, Chen Jinfei was slamming his fist on the table and roaring:

"Stay calm? How am I supposed to stay calm?"

He pointed at the remarks made that evening and yelled at Liu Xiaoli:

"Look at yourself. Now, these people have shifted from criticizing the 'Chinese Paladin' production team to criticizing Xixi. If this continues, all the foundation that we worked so hard to build for Xixi over the past two years will be ruined."

Liu Xiaoli also looked helpless, cursing Xu Lang inwardly while verbally trying to persuade Chen Jinfei.

"Perhaps Xu Lang felt that public opinion was not strong enough and wanted to suppress it further in order to create a better backlash."

"Keep pressing! If you press any harder, it'll break!"

Chen Jinfei grew increasingly angry as he spoke, and said to Liu Xiaoli:

"Give me Xu Lang's phone number, and I'll call him myself."

"This...isn't that necessary?"

Liu Xiaoli hesitated, fearing that Xu Lang, that reckless person, would cause another conflict with Chen Jinfei.

"Oh, never mind that, just give it to me already."

Left with no other choice, Chen Jinfei had to give Xu Lang his phone number.

Soon, Chen Jinfei called Xu Lang.

"Hello, this is Xu Lang. Who is this?"

"I am Chen Jinfei."

"Um?"

Upon hearing this name, Xu Lang was taken aback, and couldn't help but think to himself,

"Holy crap, Liu Yifei's godfather? Why is he calling me?"

Although I was surprised, I still had to say what was on the surface.

"Mr. Chen, hello. What's the matter with you calling me?"

"Xu Lang, I don't understand your publicity plan or process, but you're slandering Liu Yifei every night, which is unacceptable. You need to delete all those ugly photos of Qianqian and release that 'One Person, Two Immortals' thing right now."

And I'm warning you, stay away from Sisi from now on, or else...

As Chen Jinfei was speaking, he heard a "beep beep beep" sound from the other end of the phone.

Xu Lang hung up the phone immediately.

"Huh? It broke?"

Chen Jinfei was making a call when a notification tone came from the microphone.

"The number you dialed cannot be connected."

I tried several more times, but I still got the same message.

"Damn it!"

Chen Jinfei slammed his phone on the table in anger, cursing under his breath.

Seeing this, Liu Xiaoli's heart skipped a beat again.

"Sigh, I knew it! These two, one big and one small, are both troublemakers; it would be a miracle if they could even talk to each other!"

At this moment, Xu Lang looked at Chen Jinfei's blocked phone number and sneered inwardly.

"Who do you think you are, pointing fingers at me like that? Who do you think you are?!"

However, after this phone call, Xu Lang's frustration with Liu Yifei eased considerably.

"I bet she got yelled at when she got home. The text message she sent me, even if she wasn't forced to, was sent out of desperation."

Thinking of this, Xu Lang sighed inwardly.

"Sigh, I'll forgive you then!"

After sitting there pondering for a moment and glancing at the online comments, Xu Lang picked up the mouse again.

"Forget it, let's not suppress the emotions online. Let's just release the content of the second phase directly."

Xu Lang composed himself and then busied himself in front of the computer.

Soon, another post appeared on the website of the Chinese Paladin Alliance:

Clarification Regarding Recent False Statements Online

Upon opening the post, one finds a scanned copy of an official document or announcement, which reads:

"Recently, some false statements about 'Chinese Paladin' and Liu Yifei herself have appeared online. We would like to clarify that all the stills of Ms. Liu Yifei in 'Chinese Paladin' and the discussions among netizens about the plot of the TV series are rumors."

We reserve the right to pursue legal action.

Below this scanned document is the official seal of the developers of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Below this content is an attachment that reads:

"Liu Yifei's costume fitting photos from 'Chinese Paladin' and 'The Return of the Condor Heroes'."

The post caused an immediate sensation across the internet.

The number of downloads of attachments, in particular, is fluctuating wildly. Just now, the number of downloads was 1024, but after refreshing, it jumped to 3961.

Then the website became inaccessible; it was overwhelmed with traffic!