Chapter 72 Alright, It's Time to Pinch My Philtrum Again

[Wo Shi Pang Da Wan: This exposé has no substance, I can't even watch! Who is Director Zhou? The ultimate legend in the film industry today! The eighteenth-generation master director, known for his sharp tongue and bad temper, hailed as the conscience of the industry! Just how big is Empress's status, how strong is her backing, and how good are her resources to dare act so outrageously in his film crew? Are exposé writers not even bothering with logic anymore?!]

[I'm Not a Paparazzi, I'm Your Second Uncle: The targeting is so obvious, it seems like there's an intention to "collect" evidence. Second Uncle can't stand this kind of thing! Come, come, everyone, let's take a look at Second Uncle's analysis of the exposé article...]

[Maoge Studio: Saying nothing, he who possesses the video gains the world.]

Maoge was more direct, releasing the video straight away—

In the video, Xia Weiliang was sitting next to Director Zhou, a laptop on her lap. She held a pen, tilting her head and leaning forward, straining to see the monitor. It was clear she didn't want to disturb Director Zhou.

However, she still received disdainful glances from Director Zhou from time to time.

After a while, seemingly unable to stand it any longer, Director Zhou could be heard loudly scolding in the video, "This is called 'surprise'! It's a surprise deliberately created by Brother Chen during filming, a performance technique! It's to increase the opponent's real-time reaction, seeking authenticity! Look at what you've remembered? 'Brother Chen flubbed his lines?!' And you even specifically noted to give Brother Chen walnuts..."

Then, Director Zhou rolled up his small notebook and tapped her on the head, "I think you're the walnut! I think you're the walnut!"

After tapping her, he said impatiently, "What are you standing there for? Waiting for me to crack walnuts?! Hurry up and write down everything I said! 'Surprise,' write 'surprise' here... Yes, that's right, just like that. Oh, right, if you don't understand anything later, Brother Chen will be off set, remember to go ask him!!"

Xia Weiliang rubbed her head and quickly obediently wrote it down, "Director Zhou, is it the 'surprise' in 'surprise'?"

"The 'surprise' in surprise, the 'surprise' in surprise!"

The video ended there.

The comment section was already filled with laughter.

[Director Zhou is indeed as rumored! This temper, so volatile and unrestrained! But why does it strangely make one feel so warm?]

[Am I the only one who thinks Director Zhou actually likes Empress? Even though he's shouting, he's still very seriously telling her she's got the notes wrong!]

[Who says Director Zhou is fierce! He's clearly super gentle! Also, he reminded Empress to go ask Brother Chen for advice later~ Wow, I'm really touched~ As expected, only such a kind and approachable person can film movies so delicate and beautiful!]

[Wow, so Empress is this cute in private! The way she sits obediently next to Director Zhou, I'm just in love!]

[Empress! My goddess!!]

[Heh, a bunch of vulgar people who only look at faces! I'm different from you all, besides the face, I also look at the figure! With Empress's figure, no need for exaggeration, she'd instantly blow away a bunch of 'artificial hills'!]

[The speed is too fast ahead, I can't keep up, but please rest assured, organization, getting off is impossible!]

With Maoge's video release, the previous exposé claiming Xia Weiliang was currying favor with Director Zhou on set seemed incredibly childish, and the rumors and malicious gossip naturally fell apart.

What was called currying favor was merely her desire to learn acting techniques from a renowned director!

What, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if offered to you, wouldn't you seize it?

Moreover, Maoge later posted on Weibo saying that whenever Xia Weiliang was on set, after scenes, she would either follow Director Zhou or chase after veteran actors. There were so many eyes in the crew watching; it was easy to verify. Those spreading rumors were truly malicious!

Soon, a Weibo user named "Entertainment Circle Wang Sijiang," who had previously reposted the video, caught everyone's attention. Unexpectedly, he was the assistant director of "Recapture"! Not only did he repost the video, but he also accompanied it with the caption: "Empress is so studious it's almost scary!"

See?

The assistant director of the film crew himself confirmed it. Any claims of Xia Niangniang currying favor or fawning were simply non-existent!

This matter wasn't over yet. A little later, several young girls went online to spill more tea, claiming they had shared a six-person room with Empress, and provided selfies of the six of them in the room that day as proof!

Empress had initially been reading in the room and, fearing she would disturb their rest, went to the hotel lobby. She happened to encounter someone checking out of their room late at night!

The young girls, one by one, swore that Empress's insistence on staff changing their rooms was simply too wicked!

They also explained that Empress was not at all like what was said online; she was not only easy to get along with but also inherently humorous, and her eyes would widen at foreign supermodels in videos...

As it neared midnight, the gossip online was still fermenting.

After showering, the man sat on the sofa and casually picked up the tablet computer placed beside him.

[...Empress is really super nice! She watches videos with us, eats snacks, and most importantly, she watches foreign supermodel heartthrobs with us too~ She even said they're handsomer than Brother Yi! Hahaha, isn't that super cute?]

In front of the screen, the real Yi Shen raised an eyebrow, his dark eyes closing and opening, and then, unhurriedly, he logged into Weibo...

Three minutes later, the trending searches were once again dominated by Yi Shen.

#Yi Shen Himself Responds to "Foreign Supermodels" Being Handsomer Than Him# #Yi Shen Disgraced# #Yi Shen Inadvertently Browsing His Own Gossip#...

In the time it took Xia Weiliang to eat a late-night snack, Weibo had undergone another earth-shattering change.

Xiao Nuomi was screaming excitedly in her phone, urging her to go online and check Weibo. The Tie Family members were also madly @-ing her in the group.

The familiar scene made Xia Weiliang's heart once again fill with an ominous premonition...

[Xiao Yi @ Xia Weiliang: I saw.]

Saw... saw what?

Did she say foreign supermodels were han... hand... handsomer than him?

Help me!

It wasn't her who said it!

She didn't, she didn't!!

Xia Weiliang weakly closed her laptop and skillfully flopped onto the sofa...

Alright, it was time for her to pinch her acupressure points again.

Come—

Inhale... exhale... inhale... exhale...

Xiao Yi's response was undoubtedly the highlight of the night.

The Yimi fans were going crazy, and under the leadership of their lead fan, they were furiously manually@[Little Assistant's Appearance is Always Online @Yi Xiao Entertainment].

[Can you uninstall his Weibo?! We happily ate gossip all night, and in the end, our own gossip is overshadowing our own gossip, and one family's gossip doesn't recognize another family's gossip!!]

[What is the assistant doing? Not even confiscating electronic devices at this critical juncture? Let me tell you, not even a Little Genius smart watch should be left for him!]

[Don't talk anymore, don't talk anymore, just don't talk! — Memory Arc mr. Sun]

[Brother, how can you be like this? If you say you have no interest in Xia Niangniang, I, I can barely even make up a story anymore...]

[The movie king's private Weibo posts have been very infrequent lately, only three times, and all of them are related to Empress. Is it the decline of morality or the distortion of humanity that drives the movie king to rush into Xia Niangniang's situation without regard for himself??]

[Alright, that's enough, let's just make it official. Stop showing off your affection and torturing us! If you announce it, I'll unfollow too, and we'll go our separate ways!]

[The person above is hilarious, if you unfollow, do you have to make a parade announcement? And go your separate ways... Separate what? Be well where? Go where? How to be well! Please, just quietly be a zombie fan!!]

p.s. Today's part is 1/2 complete, I'm really amazing!