Chapter 33: Who Is Xuan Xia
Seeing your favorite idol rise to fame feels just like an investment in wealth management steadily climbing higher. Besides excitement, only the phrase “I really have a good eye” can express the mood.
Following many gossip-loving netizens’ comments, after Zhou Shiqing was revealed as a guest on the dating show, marketing accounts on Weibo immediately sprang into action, quickly starting various comparison topics between Zhou Shiqing and He Tiandong.
From height and appearance to various casual outfits, they appear to be normal, unbiased comparisons on the surface, but just one sentence—”He Tiandong has had no scandals since debuting, quietly filming dramas, and finally became popular. As expected, those who stay clean always have good luck”—fully reveals the intent to praise one while stepping on the other.
Adding fuel to the fire, He Tiandong’s fans deeply agreed.
“Our Dongdong really deserves it so much!”
“Dongdong little cutie is really dedicated; he avoids using a stunt double whenever possible while filming.”
“Welcome everyone to stan our Dongdong; Dongdong absolutely deserves it.”
“Safe, reliable—that’s He Tiandong. If you don’t want a house collapse, come stan He Tiandong.”
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Zhou Shiqing debuted three years ago and became popular right away, so in these three years, his fans have experienced plenty of fan circle fights and marketing accounts deliberately stirring up conflicts.
Recently, there have been many gossip negatives about Zhou Shiqing, and his fans were already in a state of internal strife.
Originally, the big fans called for everyone not to give the marketing accounts any attention and not to bother with He Tiandong’s fans.
What status does He Tiandong have? Acknowledging him is just poverty alleviation!
But they really couldn’t withstand He Tiandong’s fans getting cocky after suddenly striking it rich, plus deliberate guidance, so their words started to push their luck, finally provoking Zhou Shiqing’s fans who were already furious from internal strife.
The fans set aside personal grudges and united against the outside.
In just a few hours, He Tiandong’s plaza was “bloodwashed.”
Even the comment section under the program group’s official announcement post about He Tiandong was taken over by Zhou Shiqing’s fans.
He Tiandong’s fans, who had been putting on a show of grandeur for half a day, were furious, no longer cocky, and began accusing Zhou Shiqing’s fans of bullying too much and suppressing a junior, while also demanding that the program group’s official account act like a human and quickly delete irrelevant comments from the comment section.
But the staff behind the official account were like they were dead, showing no response no matter how the fairies messaged and tagged them.
Zhou Shiqing big fan No. 1: “Oh, now you’re calling yourself a junior? Two hours ago, didn’t you say you were popular? Popular fans, this is nothing yet.”
Zhou Shiqing big fan No. 2: “Our iQing is just internally strife-ing, not dead. Hope you’re aware.”
Zhou Shiqing big fan No. 3: “Suddenly rich villain mentality, iQing fans keep fighting!”
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The marketing accounts watched their KPIs soar and grinned from ear to ear.
The program group saw the show just starting to preheat with heat and attention skyrocketing together, also full of smiles.
As for one of the topic protagonists, He Tiandong, although his plaza was massacred and the official announcement comment section was a mess, his heat genuinely reached a peak. After throwing a little tantrum, he hoped his fans would continue fighting with Zhou Shiqing’s fans.
This was solid heat earned by tying himself to Zhou Shiqing!
In the end, a world where only He Tiandong’s fans got hurt was achieved.
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Xuan Xia and her roommates also followed the entire process of the two fanbases fighting.
Xuan Xia had never been interested in this stuff before, and this time she only watched for fun because of Zhou Shiqing, but after watching, she was shocked by the combat power of Zhou Shiqing’s fans.
“Are Zhou Shiqing’s fans this fierce?”
“His fans have always been like this.” Yan Xiaowen was unfazed. “And you haven’t even looked at what kind of people his fans are.”
She was referring to the people in Ji Weiyi’s dormitory.
Xuan Xia thought about it and felt Yan Xiaowen was right.
“Xiaxia, tell me secretly, is Zhou Shiqing really in the program guests? I promise not to tell.” Yan Xiaowen held her mobile phone and sat next to Xuan Xia, her expression full of desire to be fed gossip.
She hadn’t thought to ask before, but now with the online fights so intense, Yan Xiaowen got the gossip itch.
The program had already entered the official announcement stage, so Xuan Xia didn’t hide it: “Yes.”
Yan Xiaowen immediately exclaimed in shock, “Has the program group gone crazy? Why not announce Zhou Shiqing first? Has the entertainment industry really changed drastically, with He Tiandong more popular than Zhou Shiqing? Impossible.”
Xuan Xia couldn’t answer this question.
She originally thought He Tiandong’s status was indeed higher than Zhou Shiqing’s, but judging from the netizens’ and Yan Xiaowen’s reactions, clearly not.
Fortunately, after Yan Xiaowen cursed the program group for courting death a few times, she stopped dwelling on the issue.
Instead, she asked again: “So is Xie Yun really in it?”
“Yes.”
“Wow, wow, that disclosure account really has the real stuff. I’m going to follow her.” Yan Xiaowen quickly logged into her Weibo account, found that disclosure account, and added her as a follow.
After following, she instinctively clicked on her following list and then discovered a new continent.
“Xiaxia, your account got verified!”
“Ah, yeah.”
Ji Ziyao’s efficiency was top-notch; early that morning, Xuan Xia saw her account had been verified.
Yan Xiaowen clicked on Xuan Xia’s account and saw in her bio the verification info: Artist signed with Xiangyun Entertainment.
Now, she finally had a real sense that her roommate sister had truly become a star.
She scooted next to Xuan Xia again. “Xiaxia, I don’t have any big requests. In the future, if you have any firsthand gossip, remember to share it with me early so we can eat it together.”
“I… I’ll try.”
Yan Xiaowen satisfactorily hummed, then popped up with another question: “When is the program group announcing you?”
Xuan Xia: “I don’t know either.”
Judging from the program group announcing He Tiandong first, Xuan Xia guessed the next official announcement would be Xie Yun, then Zhou Shiqing and herself?
However, she guessed the beginning right but the ending wrong.
The next day, at the same time, the program group’s official account officially announced the second guest, the new rising flower Xie Yun.
Online heated discussion erupted again.
“Sure enough, Xie Yun is in!”
“Xie Yun is announced, still not announcing Zhou Shiqing?”
“I say, don’t take the disclosure account as a true insider. Disclosures are always half true half false; they list a bunch of names each time and always hit on one, then you treat probability as truth just because they got one right. So stupid.”
“Xie Yun is announced; impossible to have Zhou Shiqing now.”
“How is it impossible? He Tiandong could top Zhou Shiqing; what’s wrong with Xie Yun topping too?”
“I don’t know about topping, but I know He Tiandong’s fans want to get beaten again, right? Has your master’s plaza been cleaned?”
Seeing the argument about to start again, Xie Yun’s fans had learned their lesson: they just focused on data, posted Xie Yun’s beautiful photos, looked forward to her performance on the show, and ignored everything else.
Drama-loving netizens saw they couldn’t stir up a fight today and could only continue discussing who the program would announce next.
The program’s discussion and attention level rose even higher.
On the third day, at the eagerly awaited moment, the program group announced three male guests all at once.
Netizens: “See, no Zhou Shiqing after all.”
On the fourth day, official announcement time again, the program group announced four female guests all at once.
Netizens: “See, I told you no Zhou Shiqing!”
“Hey wait? Why four female guests?”
“Who is this Xuan Xia?”
