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Chapter 224 - 224 224 Its Already Late
Chapter 224 - 224 224 Its Already Late
?Chapter 224: Chapter 224: It’s Already Late Chapter 224: Chapter 224: It’s Already Late Luo Ning had just listened to Fang Yan finishing explaining the situation, and an idea formed in her mind.
“Let’s not whitewash it first, let the heat build up; consider it advertisement for my drama.”
Their Fantasy Martial Arts Drama, directed by Director Zhu, was planned to be filmed and released simultaneously, meaning the audience wouldn’t have to wait long to see it.
When the time came, whether or not the acting was good would naturally be judged by the audience. There was no need to whitewash that matter at the moment.
Instead, currently, all the criticisms about her poor acting, claiming it would ruin the Second Female role and harm the entire drama, were growing more severe.
After the drama went online, many people would probably watch it just to see how bad her acting truly was.
In this way, it ironically also served as advertisement for her.
“However, we could really promote Bo Xiangxiang, specifically praising her excellent acting skills, claiming she genuinely portrayed the female lead in this drama.”
“Then buy some ‘click farms’ to follow their fans, denigrating my acting while praising hers.”
Since Bo Xiangxiang wanted to rise by stepping on her, Luo Ning was willing to oblige.
Anyone could play this game of elevating and crushing; it was just a matter of whether Bo Xiangxiang could ultimately withstand it.
Fang Yan immediately understood Luo Ning’s intention.
He chuckled, “This is a good idea. Since she wants to prove online that her acting is better than yours, let’s grant her wish.”
Everything has its limits.
Currently, only a fraction online was setting the rhythm, stating that Bo Xiangxiang got the role of the First Female because her acting was better than Luo Ning’s.
However, since it wasn’t broadly hyped yet, many believed it.
But if the news that Bo Xiangxiang’s acting was better than Luo Ning’s were to dominate the internet, it would naturally elicit public backlash.
The first reaction would be, “Why are you everywhere? Is this even real?”
Fang Yan sighed, “However, this means you might be slandered for a while, suffering some grievances.”
Luo Ning’s plan had his support; after all, enduring momentarily could lead to better results.
Moreover, it wasn’t exactly enduring; helping hype Bo Xiangxiang was a form of counterattack.
It meant once again that Luo Ning had to endure doubts about her acting and accusations of being haughty, likely attracting more insults on her Weibo.
Luo Ning smiled indifferently, “I’ve been slandered before. With those two videos from Director Zhu and my performance on the variety shows, the majority will surely believe in me.”
“Besides, as long as my fans believe in me, I don’t care about anyone else.”
Her continued pursuit of a celebrity career, aside from wanting to rectify regrets from her past life, was primarily not to disappoint the fans who loved and supported her.
She had endured darker times; what was this by comparison?
She chuckled, “I might even have to thank Bo Xiangxiang for spending money to hype me up. If this Fantasy Martial Arts Drama becomes a hit, she’ll have played a part.”
After the live variety show ended, she hadn’t participated in many events recently, so her popularity had declined.
Now, with Bo Xiangxiang stirring things up, her popularity surged again.
“You’re really open-minded, which is a good thing.” Fang Yan liked working with Luo Ning because of her strong mental fortitude.
Otherwise, she might have wanted to immediately clear her name and counterattack, which would put her at a disadvantage.
He thought for a moment and added, “However, the issues about being haughty and leaving early should still be addressed.”
“Give a heads-up to the people you get along with in the drama crew and ask them to help clarify.”
With Luo Ning’s current popularity, even if she did act a bit haughty, it wouldn’t really matter.
However, Luo Ning wasn’t the type to become arrogant once famous; as long as no one provoked her, she was very amiable and polite.
Since she hadn’t acted haughty, they definitely wouldn’t bear this accusation.
Luo Ning felt the same, “Mm, I’ll talk to Director Zhu and the others the day after tomorrow.”
Despite having a plan in place, Fang Yan still couldn’t swallow the insult.
That Bo Xiangxiang truly was troublesome, repeatedly trying to step on his Luo Ning to rise higher.
He squinted his eyes and said, “I’ll go collect some dirt on Bo Xiangxiang and post it, just to let her and Yuan Hanyi know that we’re not soft persimmons they can squeeze whenever they want.”
Luo Ning knew that Fang Yan was protective, and he wanted to avenge her.
Her heart warmed, but she said, “Not yet, I have some dirt on Bo Xiangxiang in hand, but it’s not time to release it.”
“She’s like a cockroach that can’t be killed. Before we’re ready to completely squash her, let’s not bother with her.”
She had previously built a mini drone herself and used it to track Bo Xiangxiang.
She had recorded videos of Bo Xiangxiang, Liu Shaoxian, and Yuan Hanyi during their workout sessions.
Last time, after hacking Yan Qiuping’s phone, she had found intimate photos and videos of them.
But that wasn’t enough, she wanted to take down Bo Xiangxiang in one move.
So, she would let her opponent jump around a bit more.
However, her time wouldn’t last much longer; the Luck on Bo Xiangxiang was fading quickly, already dissipated by almost half. Once it fell below half, the heroine halo would likely vanish as well.
Previously, Fang Yan didn’t think Bo Xiangxiang was very capable, but he trusted Luo Ning’s words.
“Alright, when you want to release the dirt, I’ll go find the internet trolls to repay her.”
Luo Ning smiled and said, “Hmm, thanks, Brother Fang.”
Fang Yan smiled back, “No need for thanks between us!”
They talked a bit more about work before hanging up the call.
Luo Ning opened trending searches and Weibo and saw, indeed, the narrative was flying high.
The funniest part was, they even tried to blame Xiao Yu’s divorce on her, leading the narrative to make her the scapegoat.
But before she could do anything, Xiao Yu himself had revived the issue of him being cuckolded.
He clarified on Weibo that the divorce was purely because the marriage was untenable and had nothing to do with Luo Ning.
This led people to dig up his intentional self-exposure posts on Weibo and others.
Luo Ning also successfully cleared this black spot from her image.
After all, which man could tolerate being cuckolded? Divorce was only natural.
What Luo Ning hadn’t expected was that the Third Female, who had worked with her, voluntarily posted on Weibo.
The general message was that Luo Ning never acted like a diva; she was polite and courteous to everyone and often had her assistant buy drinks for everyone.
Then Cui Ran retweeted the Third Female’s Weibo, saying that Luo Ning was a great actress and a nice person, with none of that diva behavior.
Director Zhu quickly followed up, saying Luo Ning had finished her parts before leaving early, which was not ditching early, nor was it diva behavior.
Then, a part of the crew also came forward on Weibo, confirming that Luo Ning had never acted like a diva, instead she was polite to everyone.
Although many spoke out because they saw Luo Ning’s current popularity and wanted to please her,
It really showed the benefits of being well-liked this time.
If Luo Ning was truly as tyrannical as the online leaks suggested, these people wouldn’t debase themselves to come forward and vouch for her.
Ning Fans had always steadfastly believed in their idol and knew she wouldn’t do such things.
Once the cast had posted on Weibo, they proudly went to tear down the haters and paid trolls.
Luo Ning’s eyes shone with a layer of amusement.
Regardless of the reasoning, she was grateful that these people stepped forward to clarify and vouch for her.
She never saw herself as above anyone else; unless it was someone she didn’t get along with or had bad relations with, she treated even the random extras and crew members with respect.
Fang Yan was quick to act; by the evening, Bo Xiangxiang suddenly rose, hailed as an actress who combined acting, beauty, and intelligence, overshadowing the up-and-coming star Luo Ning.
The heat on the internet spiked instantly, from variety shows and dramas to Weibo, everywhere was filled with comments and chats praising Bo Xiangxiang’s acting and her pure beauty.
Viewers quickly grew annoyed—just who was Bo Xiangxiang, and why was she everywhere?
Those who regularly followed the entertainment circle started to suspect that Bo Xiangxiang had bought a whole lot of promotional posts and marketing channels trying to overshadow Luo Ning, leading to a sense of resentment.
By the time Yuan Hanyi’s team realized something was amiss, it was already too late.