"I'd heard so much about this Wang Chenyu online, but I'm terrible with faces. I couldn't tell him apart from other young idols. Now, I finally can."
"Hahaha, I'm dying laughing. A scumbag with terrible personal conduct, and he dares to cultivate an image of a pure, innocent boy? Only you brainless fans actually believe it, hahaha..."
Wang Chenyu's die-hard fans and the general public were engaged in a fierce online spat, making the Weibo comment section more lively than New Year's Eve.
Seeing how heated the public opinion was, the fans, who were being heavily criticized, could no longer hold their ground.
Several influential fans quickly spent money to hire paid commenters to control the narrative, even attempting to hire hackers to take down the article.
However, they failed to consider the reality. After this scandal broke, news of Wang Chenyu being caught in a prostitution sting had already spread like wildfire, with countless reposts.
Even if the hackers were capable of removing the original report, they couldn't possibly delete all the reposts.
Such a frantic whitewashing attempt not only failed to help their idol but also amplified the topic's heat, pushing the incident towards a more uncontrollable direction.
Jiang Ling did nothing, watching the entire drama unfold with great amusement.
With such a major incident, Huohua Media must be in a complete panic. Zheng Yue Shan, that old man, was probably furious.
Just as Jiang Ling had anticipated, Zheng Yue Shan was beside himself with anger, cursing Lai Yue Jing as useless and the fans as pig teammates.
Lai Yue Jing was in a state of utter chaos, almost spitting blood from rage.
After the news broke, Lai Yue Jing immediately created a new account and, hiding within Wang Chenyu's fan group, tried to whitewash the situation. He hoped the fans wouldn't believe the news reports, to prevent a mass exodus of fans and protect Wang Chenyu's commercial value.
Unexpectedly, this group of brainless fans, upon hearing that Wang Chenyu's situation was fabricated, assumed someone was jealous of their idol and deliberately slandering him.
The fanatical fans immediately exploded like firecrackers.
Not only did they flood the comment sections of related news reports with malicious remarks, but they also hurled insults at netizens who were merely observing the situation, thus incurring the wrath of the public.
The ensuing verbal battle between the two sides not only failed to quell the heated discussion but also worsened the situation.
What made Lai Yue Jing even more despondent was that within the fan group, a brainless influential fan, constantly playing the victim, believed that Wang Chenyu was being targeted because the company and his manager were not acting, which led to the situation escalating.
Consequently, under this brainless fan's misguided leadership, the fans turned their attention to Huohua Media, bombarding them with criticism like a machine gun.
"Didn't they say Brother Chenyu was framed? Why isn't the company issuing a statement to clarify?"
"As an agency, you only know how to exploit my brother for money. When trouble arises, you lie down and pretend to be dead. So shameless!"
"Exactly, exactly! Hurry up and explain, or this won't end here!"
"Explain what? This must be some scheming schemer within Huohua Media who couldn't stand how popular Brother is. They instigated this, preparing to replace him, and deliberately spread rumors to ruin him."
"Whoa, how sinister!"
"The entertainment industry is full of twists and turns, and there's so much you don't know. Brother Chenyu is so popular, with such a high following. Not long ago, I heard that Liuyun Media was planning to poach him to create a CP with Jiang Ling. Huohua Media, resentful that Jiang Ling refused to return, took their anger out on Brother, preferring to ruin him rather than let Liuyun Media and Jiang Ling benefit from him."