Chapter 14: That Face, Like the Work of a God

Bright and glaring hot search.

The pixelated photo, entangled figures.

Two, three, men and women…

The live audience gradually quieted down, incredulously pulling out their phones, and then a buzz of shock swept the room!

The performers on stage naturally felt the change, Jiang Chenan and Su Chengxi suddenly had a bad premonition, they got distracted, sang the wrong lyrics, and forgot their dance moves.

They froze on stage.

"Director, what should we do?" the assistant director's face was ashen.

This was a live broadcast.

"Just stop it, what else can we do," Director Lin rolled his eyes, it was something even he was being asked.

"What about the live broadcast…"

"Keep going. What, I should stop the broadcast halfway for them?" What about the money he had poured into this?

The assistant director's mouth twitched, he immediately picked up the walkie-talkie to give instructions.

The hosts and the bandmaster were puzzled after receiving the message. What the heck?!

The music suddenly paused, and everyone on stage was stunned.

"Sorry everyone, due to some uncontrollable factors, the first group's stage performance is canceled. The live broadcast will continue, and the second group will appear in half an hour. We apologize for the unpleasant experience, but trust me, the best part is yet to come!" Qi Ming took a deep breath, trying hard to appear less stiff.

Some viewers in the live stream, confused, saw a flurry of comments.

[What is the production team doing?]

[To those in front, open Weibo, big news!]

The audience hurriedly exited to check social media.

Xia Chuwie and others at the scene were bewildered, even if slow to realize, they understood something big had happened.

The stage performance was abruptly stopped.

With dazed expressions, they stepped off the stage and approached their respective agents, noticing that each agent had a grim look.

"Sister Du…" Xia Chuwie opened her mouth hesitantly.

"Shut up, let's talk when we get back." She needed to think about how to issue a statement that would fully clear Xia Chuwie's name.

But she couldn't ignore Su Chengxi's situation...

The Su family held shares in Huatai.

"What happened?" Jiang Chenan saw the strange looks directed at him and his expression soured.

His agent took a deep breath and handed him the phone, "Look for yourself."

The agent was speechless. Having committed the act was one thing, but to have photos saved was utterly mindless.

"Who did this?!" Jiang Chenan suddenly looked up, his face dark as the bottom of a pot.

For a moment, he felt everyone's looks were tinged with mockery.

"Get the hot search removed fast, this is defamation. If I find out who it is, I swear I'll skin them!" he slammed the phone to the ground with a bang.

The agent...

That was her damn phone.

Su Chengxi's face was pale, and she swayed unsteadily, "Brother Chenan…"

How could you be such a person?

Her mind was a complete blank.

Jiang Chenan had no spare energy to pay her any mind as he urged his agent to remove the hot search, "No matter the cost, it must be cleared up completely, this is defamation, those photos are Photoshopped! Inform Jiang Group's legal department, issue a statement..."

The agent had already made arrangements, but for some reason, the hot search just wouldn't disappear.

However, with Jiang Group's intervention, it should get a lot better.

In the number five greenroom, after the agent left, Gu Zhan's eyes burned, "Is this… real or fake?"

Su Yuqing pointed at herself, "You're asking me?"

"Yes, didn't you say that Jiang Chenan only lasts three seconds?"

"That was Su Chengxi who said that," Su Yuqing adamantly denied.

"...There's no difference."

He Suyan and Su Yuqing exchanged a glance before quickly averting their eyes.

The emergency handling by the program team was swift; they had a half-hour intermission to allow performers to adjust their state of mind.

At the same time, they had a band perform to ensure the live broadcast audience didn't dwindle.

But they were being overly optimistic—the live broadcast room was almost bursting at the seams.

The stage video of the first group had just been recorded and uploaded online, and because of Jiang Chenan's incident, Reverse Draft stirred up a frenzy on all major networks!

As a result, Su Yuqing and Su Chengxi's fame were also on the rise.

Especially the comments Su Yuqing made on the first day, which even turned into memes.

Although mostly by onlookers and haters, at least it was different from the previous haters.

Before, haters would take her picture and photoshop it into a death portrait or make other creepy videos for the sake of hate.

Now it was merely simple memes.

Soon, Jiang Group joined forces with Jiang Chenan's company to release a statement that the photo was fake, and that someone was spreading rumors and defaming him, and they would pursue the matter to the end.

Attached with the statement was also a lawyer's letter.

Subsequently, they bought a significant number of internet water armies and controlled bottles, and the online public opinion gradually split into two camps.

Su Chengxi also promptly issued a statement.

This was because some people went to her Weibo to leave comments, asking if she was part of Jiang Chenan's group endeavors, or even asking if she had personally experienced Jiang Chenan's three-second performance.

"We can start now," Director Lin checked the time and took out the walkie-talkie.

The hosts and the second group of artists waiting on the side all sighed in relief.

Soon, the first three groups finished their performances and it was Su Yuqing's turn to wait on standby.

The performances of the three groups all had issues and received lukewarm reactions.

The practice studio already had interferences, the time was short, practice duration was inadequate, and with the unexpected incident, the problems were magnified. Many artists who were usually proficient had made mistakes.

Director Lin was one to buck conventional trends and highlighted every artist's mistakes.

Discussions about artists being kicked out of the entertainment industry flared up online once again.

Only when the camera shifted to He Suyan did the murky barrage of the live chat start to see a shift in direction.

[My God He finally came to cleanse my eyes!!]

[Holy shit, God He's look is to die for——]

[God He! The King of the Stage is back, who understands! My youth!]

[The hook in God He's eye corners, it's hooking me, wuwu...]

[Gu Zhan is also so handsome, but in God He's aura, he doesn't completely fade, mom's shocked——]

[Holy shit, is that Su Yuqing??]

Suddenly, the camera cut to Su Yuqing.

Wearing a short spaghetti strap dress, revealing a delicate collarbone and arms as smooth as cream, a waist svelte enough to be embraced by one hand, without an ounce of extra flesh, and long, straight legs that one couldn't take their eyes off. Her makeup was bold and extreme, bright eyeliner that extended her eye tails, carrying a hint of seduction, her eyes sparkling, moist and glossy. Her flaxen long hair was styled into a half-high ponytail with light curls, and her bangs were parted in the middle, the quintessential girl group look.

For dancing, she wore white sneakers.

Her right hand donned a half-length glove.

[My god, Su Yuqing actually fits the girl group style so much?!]

[I just realized I've underestimated her beauty before, this face, it's killing me!!]

[Did anyone else notice that she didn't pale in comparison in front of God He and Gu Zhan?!]

[The comment above is being too conservative. I freaking think Su Yuqing is subtly being the C, can you believe it?!]