Chapter 686: Let Xiao Wang Come See Me

As netizens kept shouting, Liu Tianxian, clever and quick-witted, still found the beauty filter and turned it on.

Her face changed from slightly round to a delicate oval, the skin smoothing to an unnatural whiteness.

Only after turning on the beauty filter did Liu Tianxian have time to read the audience's comments.

"Turn on the beauty filter and you instantly look ugly."

"Without the filter, you look so much better—your freckles are even cuter!"

"Yeah, even your sweat beads look like pearls!"

Seeing these chaotic, all-praising comments, Liu Tianxian laughed "hehe" and lazily brushed her hair back.

"I didn't know how to use it at first. I heard Fang Hong said this feature was great, so I tested it for him—if it didn't work, I'd give him feedback," she said with a smile.

Mainly because I didn't know what to talk about, so I just said whatever came to mind.

And the comment section was full of remarks about the beauty filter, urging her to show her real self.

But Liu Tianxian just smiled—she'd still keep it on; lately she'd been too fat, and accidentally showing her real look wasn't wise.

Yet she caught one comment in the feed: "Why can't we tip?"

"I had someone disable the tipping feature—let's just chat casually, no need for your tips."

Liu Tianxian leaned close to watch the comment scroll, which raced so fast it made her dizzy, impossible to make out what they were saying.

Without gift special effects causing light pollution, it still felt refreshingly clean, and the live stream had surpassed three million viewers.

"I don't know what to talk about either—ask me anything, and I'll answer!" Liu Tianxian stared at the comments.

Someone asked: "Why did you marry the Principal? What's so good about him?"

Clearly, some were bitter—Liu Tianxian was so beautiful, so kind, yet she chose the Principal; it just felt like a waste.

"Why did I marry the Principal?"

Liu Tianxian repeated it, adjusted her posture, and said: "Let me talk about my husband. Maybe you're all curious about him, don't know him well—I'll tell you about him."

"Fang Hong, broadly speaking, isn't good—he doesn't fit the public image of a good person. What do we think a good person looks like? Overly sympathetic, respectful to elders, kind to children, good to everyone, right?"

She counted off on her fingers again: "But he isn't. He's extremely rational and pragmatic—he won't sympathize with anyone, you'll never see him pity anyone. Put it this way: if you begged for money in front of him, he wouldn't pity you. That's how pragmatic he is."

At first contact, you might not like him—I didn't either—but once you get to know him deeply, you realize he's not bad at all. Not bad at all.

His character is good—he has ideals, ideas, a positive value system, and his own understanding of the world.

Let me give an example: once, while filming, a few ragged old men came to cause trouble—dressed in tatters, looking pitiful, just like ordinary construction workers you'd see.

They claimed the production team hadn't paid enough, had withheld their wages, and lay down on the ground. Normally, you'd just pay them off to settle it, not wanting to stir up trouble.

After all, they were pitiful—why bother arguing? Filming was important; just give them money out of pity.

But Fang Hong didn't. He insisted on being serious—he'd rather halt production than not find out the truth. He summoned the group leaders and discovered the leaders and production staff had been skimming part of the workers' wages, which was why they were protesting.

Liu Tianxian didn't say it was orchestrated by Huayi—there was no evidence, no point slandering anyone.

Fewer comments appeared in the lower-left corner; many were quietly listening to Liu Tianxian's story, surprised such things existed—they'd never heard of them.

Someone in the comments asked: "Did the Principal pay those men?"

"Actually, this kind of skimming is common—it's fundamentally the group leaders taking extra, causing the problem. Once the situation was understood, the solution was to fix it."

"How did Fang Hong fix it? He founded the Extra Actors Association—formerly called the Extra Actors Group. You've probably heard of it; it caused a huge uproar last year over claims the association's wages didn't match the Propaganda Department's."

During the fierce battle with Huayi, someone spread rumors that the Extra Actors Association was fraudulent.

Of course, it was Ali behind those rumors.

"For the first year, the Extra Actors Association was funded by the workers who had skimmed from the extras' wages—after all, they were at fault, and they hadn't skimmed from just one person, but many, so the money should come from them to compensate everyone."

In subsequent years, funding came from Yu Tu's budget—it's been running like this for several years now.

This is Fang Hong's logic for solving problems: he favors resolving issues affecting the majority, not the minority, because he knows fixing the minority leaves the root problem untouched.

If you ask whether Fang Hong compensated those old men—no, he didn't.

Because it wasn't his fault, nor the production team's—the team paid the group leaders in full as agreed, so they owed those men nothing. Even if they were pitiful, Fang Hong gave not a single cent—he believed he was right.

This is why Fang Hong is unpopular: he could've spent a small amount to win praise and build a great reputation, but since he believed he was right, he refused to pay—let those at fault bear the cost.

So people are complex—you can't judge by what they say, but by what they do. Anyone can talk grandly; Fang Hong is precisely the kind who doesn't speak much—he acts by his heart.

If he believes something is right, he does it and sees it through; if he believes it's wrong, he won't touch it—he has his principles.

Liu Tianxian spoke with relaxed poise, occasionally glancing at the comments, observing feedback.

"The Principal is right—why pay if he's not at fault?"

"Actually, he should pay—those few bucks mean nothing to him."

"Side with the Principal—if every group leader shortchanged extras and everyone came to the production team instead of the group leaders, there'd be endless trouble."

"Then why does the Fang Hong we see online differ from what you describe? Many say he's cunning, deceitful, utterly evil."

The comment section buzzed with conflicting opinions—viewers held strong views. Liu Tianxian took a sip of water, glanced briefly, then continued.

"What you see differs from what those who've met him feel—it's fundamentally an information gap. You're not in this circle, so you can't understand its realities, its cruelties. When others target you, bully you, if you're weak, you must protect yourself—or you won't survive."

And if you're weak, you can't fight back—you must wait until you're strong enough to make others stop. Until then, you're constantly harassed; opponents keep coming after you.

What's that saying again? Where there are people, there's the Jianghu. People are the Jianghu."

Liu Tianxian was truly bold and candid.

Some simpler viewers sat stunned, shocked that the entertainment industry was this dark.

Of course, these were mostly younger viewers—most people already knew the world worked this way: even going to work, doing a job, you must navigate social complexities.

If you want to achieve something, want promotion, you must learn workplace tactics—or you won't survive.

"I say this only to express: everyone must have good character, maintain basic kindness—you mustn't harm others, but you also can't be completely naive. Stay true to your conscience, be a person with moral boundaries."

"Like my husband—no matter how many setbacks, how much abuse or misunderstanding he faces, he remains a man with ambition, positive and proactive, willing to consider others and take responsibility."

Liu Tianxian concluded—her desire to speak was strong; she said whatever came to mind.

In truth, the viewers listened dazedly, deeply moved, as if they'd gained insight—but no one had clearly answered: why did she marry the Principal? What was so good about him?

Maybe Liu Tianxian had answered, only they hadn't understood.

The comment section was still scrolling nonstop. Liu Tianxian leaned in to read carefully—she wanted to find a topic to chat about, otherwise she wouldn't know what to talk about.

"Tianxian is so cute and so thoughtful!"

"Tianxian has great character, and the Principal has great character too!"

"Listening to her speak is so comfortable, both relaxing and substantive. I came on my period and my stomach doesn't even hurt anymore—better than music for relieving menstrual cramps!"

"So humble and so honest, just like me—when I see the Principal's good points, I praise them generously!"

"I also want to sit face-to-face chatting with Xixi like that, just like friends catching up!"

"Can you tell us what's going on between you and Xiao Wang? We all want to see him eat shit."

Liu Tianxian saw this comment and smiled with her teeth showing—it referred to the previous month, when Xiao Wang had cursed out Fang Hong on Weibo.

Then Liu Tianxian stepped forward and fired back at him a couple of times.

That incident had caused quite a stir at the time, and even now many Wangyi were still discussing it. The residual heat hadn't dissipated, and Wangyi still took it out to talk about with great relish.

But Liu Tianxian glanced at it and moved on, not planning to share her views on the matter.

That person—if you provoke him a little, he can launch personal attacks off the cuff; if you provoke him harder, he'll keep bickering with you endlessly. There's no need to stir up trouble and bring trouble on yourself.

This person is extremely arrogant and overbearing—he doesn't respect anyone.

At the time she stepped forward to fire back a couple of times because this person kept cursing Fang Hong again and again, and after the "Ten Economic Figures" he started attacking people once more.

It was originally a happy occasion, and she couldn't hold back in the moment.

She picked one: "When will Lucy 2 be released?" as her answer.

"If Lucy 2 isn't May Day then it's the summer slot—specifically it depends on how Jade Rabbit arranges things. I haven't received any news yet. If I get news, I'll let you all know." Liu Tianxian said.

Next, Liu Tianxian chatted a bit about her recent state, and her plans for the next film and so on. She spoke about it in vague terms—it's not something she can plan just because she wants to; it depends on the script.

Someone asked "When are you having a baby?" She skipped right over it.

Liu Tianxian didn't answer every question, but picked and chose which to answer. After all, the scrolling was too fast—some she could see, some she couldn't.

And on the internet, all kinds of hot searches about Liu Tianxian had long since appeared.

#Liu Tianxian Live-Stream Bare-Faced! #

#Liu Tianxian Talks About the Principal's Character! #

In any case, every time she showed up and made a move, she could excite people and land on the hot searches. The traffic she brings with her is enormous.

This live stream gave Liu Tianxian ten million followers in 24 hours; her first video got over 25 million likes and over a million comments.

As for the direct traffic brought to Douyin, that can't be quantified—you have no way of knowing which people came for Liu Tianxian, so it can't be tallied.

But the short-term traffic surge, and the boost to Douyin's brand image, that's for certain. It can be called a successful operation.

Liu Tianxian's joining also brought along the joining of stars like Tang Yan, Liu Yan, and Zhu Yawen.

This laid the foundation for Douyin to seize the high ground of "celebrity social," strengthening the platform's advantage in the entertainment content field—in other words, further slapping that label on the platform.

It's just an entertainment-content platform.

When Liu Tianxian ended her stream, Xiao Wang was live-streaming himself playing games. Some people flooded into his stream and asked some questions about Liu Tianxian.

The two had previously bickered, which made it hard for viewers not to be curious, and Liu Tianxian's live stream was a huge hit on top of that.

Xiao Wang, while playing games, also chatted away breezily: "What's there to say about her? The TV dramas she acted in before were all done with a single expression.

Let me put it this way for you—her acting is both awkward and funny, she can't act at all. You fans shouldn't go on about her having acting skills and stuff."

This kind of complaint instantly drew a large crowd of Wangyi to watch—they loved seeing him attack people.

Of course some of Liu Tianxian's fans weren't convinced, saying: "The films she's acted in these past few years, her acting has been pretty good."

"I've found that a lot of Chinese audiences don't know the difference between being aloof and having a paralyzed face." Xiao Wang said with an inscrutable air.

This remark caused the live stream to split into two polarized camps.

"True, I've never been able to see any acting in her—everything she plays looks the same."

"Just a half-dead expression—her acting really is bad!"

"Really don't know what kind of acting you want—does she need to fly?"

"Excuse me? What exactly is acting?"

"I think it's actually pretty good, she's improved these past few years, don't put it too absolutely."

For a moment the live stream's barrage was dense and packed. Xiao Wang tabbed out of the game screen, checked the stream's popularity, and found the stream's popularity had skyrocketed.

Originally only around 1.2 million in popularity, in no time at all it broke through to over 2 million.

And the backend data showed that during the short while he was talking about Liu Tianxian, it had skyrocketed—including the popularity of the entire Panda Live platform also seeing an increase.

Didn't expect Liu Tianxian's popularity to be this top-tier!

He looked at the stream's comments, and one read: "Did Liu Tianxian once chase after you? You rejected her."

"Hehe, you all guess!" Xiao Wang laughed.

This instantly caused an enormous uproar, sparking heated public discussion.

#Xiao Wang Says Liu Tianxian's Acting Is Bad and Awkward! #

#Liu Tianxian Once Chased Xiao Wang! #

These two trending topics immediately landed pinned at the top of Weibo's hot search, their popularity reaching an all-time high for the moment.

This matter caused quite a stir for a time, and the controversy was also enormous. Some people even asked: "What does the Principal think?"

"Did the Principal get cheated on, haha!"

Liu Tianxian's manager had no choice but to come out and clarify: "She doesn't know Xiao Wang at all!"

And emphasized: "Focused on work, not participating in meaningless hype!"

It was clearly Xiao Wang using Liu Tianxian to hype himself—after all, he said it on his Panda Live, and there were many video clips, making Panda Live even more well-known.

And his platform originally relied on his personal influence, as well as celebrities and big streamers, to hold up the traffic it attracted.

Liu Tianxian was good for him, so of course he used her—perfectly normal. Anyone who could say out loud that he'd marry Da Mimi if she divorced—what kind of bottom line could such a person possibly have?

Once she really did divorce, he pretended not to know her.

When he said that, it was when Da Mimi was at her most popular and most glamorous.

This round of clout-chasing made Panda Live, in one stroke, the third-largest platform in the live-streaming industry, closing in on Douyu and Huya.

Those two both had capital backing—Huya had YY behind it; Douyu had Tencent behind it; Panda Live relied on fundraising.

Actually, Wangyi just liked watching Xiao Wang tear into people. As for game streaming and the like, most people still didn't enjoy watching it.

The more famous the person he tore into, the better—such was the vulgar taste.

"Strip the streaming rights for the Spring Season tournament of Hero Glory and Honor of Kings from Panda Live, ban them, and tell Xiao Wang to come see me. If he doesn't come, he'll face the consequences himself." Fang Hong also learned of this matter and informed Liang Rubo.

He was also overseeing the legal side, and game copyrights fell within his scope of management.

Damn it, normally saying he tears into people, whatever, too lazy to bother arguing with the guy.

But using Liu Tianxian to stir up hype, saying all sorts of nonsense, and with that deliberately ambiguous hype about having pursued her, deliberately slandering Liu Tianxian's reputation—what kind of crap is that.

Right now the Spring Festival tournaments for these two games have already started—it's the hottest time for streaming.

Seeing Fang Hong quite angry, Liang Rubo said: "General Manager Fang, we've never done this kind of thing before!"

"Never done it, do it now, do it immediately!" Fang Hong said.

Right now there are no clear, explicit regulations on game streaming, but a ban is definitely possible—this also falls under content copyright.

(End of chapter)