Chapter 532: The final, and only, response!

Just as Jin Li rushed out of the exam hall with the crowd,

some changes suddenly occurred on the internet.

Just as Sui Lingfang had expected, the vague leaks she had held onto, once disseminated through gossip accounts, failed to make even the slightest splash.

Even the most effective piece of gossip barely squeezed into the 30th spot on the trending list, far from achieving the goal of diverting attention.

However, Sui Lingfang had not expected that

the one to initiate the battle for traffic and suppress Jin Li's trending topic would actually be Lian Baozhi!

V Lian Baozhi: 【The fate of a cup of tea, a surprise collaboration with @Ben Cao Yuan's "Baozhi Health Tea"!

People often ask me, why is your name Baozhi? It sounds very nourishing. I reply that I hope my body stays healthy and my temperament remains like jade among orchids (giggle).

I am honored to collaborate with @Ben Cao Yuan, which focuses on Chinese herbal tea drinks, to launch this spring's new product—"Baozhi Health Tea."

Real ingredients: Using a self-developed formula, with raw materials certified by drug testing agencies.

Nature as the foundation: 0 added flavors, restoring the gentle sweetness of herbs.

In this cup of tea, there is the wisdom of Eastern herbs and our yearning for a healthy life.

April is coming, the warm spring is just right. May this gentle Baozhi tea accompany you to quietly enjoy the blooming flowers and nourish your body and mind~ The new product goes online across all channels on April 3rd. Click the link below to unlock early bird benefits!】

The Chinese herbal tea brand 【Ben Cao Yuan】 cared nothing for the grudges between celebrities, nor did they care about suppressing trending topics; the brand's only goal was to hype up their product.

This promotional campaign had been negotiated with the blog platform long ago and was scheduled for noon, making it impossible to change.

Originally, Jin Li had occupied the number one spot on the trending list, but now, the number one spot had changed to:

#Baozhi Health Tea from the collaboration between Ben Cao Yuan and Lian Baozhi# (Commercial)

Because the new product's name was perfectly synchronized with Lian Baozhi's, netizens were curious and, while eating the melon of Jin Li's drama, couldn't help but leave a mark on this trending topic.

【Just hearing the name makes me want to order it!】

【I remember Ben Cao Yuan revealed the name of their new product last month; it was clearly called "Lingzhi Tea." Why did it suddenly change to "Baozhi Tea"?】

【Ben Cao Yuan has guts, directly using a long-brewed new product for a collaboration. They tested this drink internally for a long time; it manages to let people feel the fragrance of tea while also feeling the mellowness of the medicinal herbs, and that unique woody note is just right!】

【Because the collaboration is so hot, Ben Cao Yuan specially renamed the new product. Fortunately, materials like paper holders and packaging bags hadn't been made yet, so changing the printing didn't cause much trouble (doge)】

【I've already entered the storefront to buy vouchers in advance, but I'm afraid the new product will be sold out as soon as it goes online, and I won't be able to drink it if I want to.】

【Ben Cao Yuan is okay, they focus on Chinese medicinal herbs, not as popular as other tea brands.】

【Not necessarily, I think this product has the potential to explode. How many vouchers have you sold? In just a little while, it's already reached 200,000!】

【This terrifying ability to drive sales, the appeal of a celebrity is actually this terrifying.】

【Ahem, key point: because this is relatively cheap, 15 yuan a cup, who can't afford it?】

Lian Baozhi's promotional campaign attracted many eyes.

Coupled with the lunch break, a large wave of people finally had time to play with their phones, and amidst a sea of trending topics condemning Jin Li for unscrupulous hype, there were finally some different voices.

【The one-sided comment section is truly making me feel like my IQ is being insulted.】

【Who did Jin Li offend? How is she hyping? When has she ever used the academic ability test as a selling point? Did this news even come from Jin Li's side?】

【It was spread by marketing accounts.】

【The marketing accounts are praising Jin Li on the surface, but they actually want her to be scolded by netizens. The nail that sticks out gets hammered.】

If it had just been a commercial collaboration from Lian Baozhi landing on the trending list, it wouldn't have been enough to completely suppress the wave of condemnation against Jin Li, but just then, a paparazzi scoop emerged—

【Explosive! The members of Sanyuetian left the company with dark faces this morning. I heard from an informant that the contract renewal negotiations between Sanyuetian and Tianding Entertainment are not going smoothly.

Sanyuetian is going to disband, each member will go solo, and they haven't even settled the most important profit-sharing ratio yet!】

This paparazzi not only wrote the text but also released candid photos of the Sanyuetian members. The photos were high-definition, and one could indeed feel that the expressions of the Sanyuetian members were all average, each of them cold-faced.

Not only that, but the paparazzi also specially released the audio provided by the informant.

"The contract renewal between Sanyuetian and Tianding hasn't been settled. At first, it was stuck on the manager issue. Their original manager was promoted, moving from staff to management.

Management at Tianding generally isn't allowed to manage any artists, to avoid excessive concentration of power and abuse of authority.

Because of the manager issue, Sanyuetian hadn't been able to settle things with the company. It was hard enough to resolve the manager issue for each member, and then they started talking about the profit-sharing ratio."

Paparazzi: "Wait, I didn't hear that wrong, did I? You said each manager? Doesn't Sanyuetian only need one manager?"

Informant: "Ah, you don't know yet? I thought you were in the industry and would have known long ago that Sanyuetian is disbanding this year, with each member going solo."

Paparazzi: "What? Sanyuetian is actually going solo? I didn't receive any news. Tianding hid it too well!"

Informant: "It can't really be called hiding. They were supposed to go solo and disband last year, but Sanyuetian strongly opposed it and dragged it out until this year.

They couldn't drag it out anymore this year, and with the contract renewal issue, they negotiated the individual management contracts all at once."

Paparazzi: "Then why did it get stuck again? What problem arose with the profit-sharing?"

Informant: "Sanyuetian is asking for too much. They want 80%, but Tianding won't give that much, so they've been deadlocked."

As this audio appeared, several trending topics about Sanyuetian instantly surged to the top of the list.

#Sanyuetian disbands, members go solo! #

#Sanyuetian opens their mouth like a lion, demanding 80% profit-sharing#

#Negotiations between Sanyuetian and Tianding break down#

#Will Sanyuetian appear together in the future? #

In an instant, the screen was filled with news about Sanyuetian.

As for Jin Li's exam?

Pfft, that's not big news at all!

It's just taking an exam. If there's no melon to eat, people watch, but if there's a melon to eat, nobody wants to discuss a mere academic ability test.

After Jin Li came out of the exam hall, she got into the nanny van outside the school gate.

The traffic was slightly congested because many of those taking the exam were social individuals, who had cars or houses.

Jin Li hadn't intended to look at her phone. She had prepared to go offline for these three days of exams to keep her thoughts in a calm state.

Many students used their phones to relieve anxiety, but Jin Li didn't need to. She had many ways to maintain calm, and doing practice questions could actually sustain her energy.

But as she looked at the scenery flashing past the window, she suddenly felt a flash of inspiration, as if she had forgotten something.

So she took out her phone and turned it on.

As soon as it turned on, WeChat started ringing incessantly.

Everyone at Chenxi Entertainment cared for Jin Li and didn't want her to know about the trending topics on the internet.

But they had underestimated the fickleness of the industry.

As soon as Jin Li showed any sign of cooling down, a large group of celebrities and managers she had added at some point sent her messages.

【Are you okay? Have you seen the trending topics? I really didn't expect netizens to say that about you. Someone is deliberately trying to mess with your state of mind. You have to hold on (hug)】

【Jin Li, I will always stand by your side and support you. I also want to be as brave as you and be myself, and I also want to study, but I don't dare to say it out loud. I'm afraid the company will criticize me and say I'm being unrealistic!】

【Jin Li, I sincerely hope you can stand on the stage of the college entrance exam and shine!】

Jin Li:?

There were too many messages; she couldn't finish scrolling through them, couldn't finish them at all.

She just glanced at them casually and looked at the pinned chat groups and personal WeChat messages.

Whether it was the Sanyuetian chat group or the Pink Girls chat group, everything was calm and peaceful, very serene.

Gu Cheng: 【Are you done with the exam?】

This message had been sent at 11:00.

Jin Li: 【Just finished two subjects. I have one more in the afternoon, and I have to continue tomorrow and the day after.】

Gu Cheng took a good while before sending a message back.

He didn't ask how she felt about the exam, but instead asked if she would still be doing practice questions these few days.

Jin Li typed slowly while taking out her tablet to turn it on, intending to browse the trending topics.

Jin Li: 【Continuing to do practice questions. The questions in the academic ability test are very simple. My goal is the college entrance exam, not a small test.】

Gu Cheng had a university degree. He wanted to retake the college entrance exam, but he was using a different channel and didn't need to take the academic ability test.

Jin Li still didn't know what major he wanted to study or which school he wanted to attend.

She had asked, but Gu Cheng always said, "I haven't decided yet."

Coincidentally, neither had she.

The tablet was on. Jin Li opened the blog and saw the top trending topic, her pupils shrinking slightly.

She had expected to see her own trending topic, so why had it suddenly become Sanyuetian's?

She quickly clicked on the tag to eat the melon.

She didn't look at the comments below, but read the content of the top ten trending topics.

The trending topics related to her had all dropped to tenth place.

After browsing her own trending topic, she finally took a look at the comments. Many netizens were scolding her for using the college entrance exam to hype herself up and build a good reputation.

But there were also some rational netizens who believed that the daily live-streamed study sessions weren't fake, and that Jin Li had put in a lot of effort.

Anyone who had been to the live-stream room and studied with her knew that it absolutely wasn't a script.

What kind of script could be made so realistically? Not only did she have to memorize the calculation process herself, but she also had to memorize the answers to every question, and share her study insights with fans every day, and then sit there for a whole day.

Not only that, Jin Li had answered questions posted by netizens in the comment section this year, and the problem-solving logic for every step was very clear.

How could a script produce that?

Just memorizing the answers, memorizing the formulas and laws used in every step, memorizing why it had to be solved that way... it was absolutely impossible to memorize it within three minutes of seeing the question.

【(Sweat) Do those people shouting about hype really go to Jin Li's live-stream room?】

【Is she not taking the college entrance exam, or is she smearing the college entrance exam? This is just taking the high school academic ability test to get an entry threshold. What kind of hype is this?】

【I don't think it's hype. Jin Li's luck is so good. If she were willing to market her "Koi" persona, the benefits and reputation it would bring would be better than live-streaming study sessions to take the college entrance exam.

After all, the former is all about metaphysics, but the latter is often watched by the public and easy to flip over. Unless she really wants to be supervised by the public, no artist or company would be willing to take this risky move!】

【Taking the college entrance exam for hype? Then I think this kind of hype can happen more often. Forcing artists to take the college entrance exam and get some real skills is better than that pile of unnutritious hype (eating melon)】

【Two years ago, Jin Li was scolded when she live-streamed her studies, but she shattered the rumors with her strength. If other celebrities also live-streamed their studies every day and seriously did practice questions, I wouldn't mind them hyping it up. This is positive energy hype!】

Jin Li looked at the discussion level of the topics related to her.

It was high and active.

She decided to make a response, which would also be her final response, so as not to let those with ulterior motives keep pulling this topic back and forth to torment her.

She didn't care for this kind of heat.

V Jin Li: 【After the exam bell rang, I had no time to think about anything else, and I didn't know that marketing accounts and netizens were paying so much attention to me. I finished the exam not long ago and am preparing to rest and welcome the afternoon exam.

This is my first response to the topic of "college entrance exam hype," and it will be my last.

I am just an ordinary student. Standing in the exam hall, everyone is just one of the masses.

I don't need this excessive attention. I have never used "taking the college entrance exam" to hype any topic. Working diligently every day to live-stream my studies is not for so-called heat, but to give myself an answer for my years of longing.

I want to get into university and experience more campus life. This is an obsession of mine and a dream I have hidden in my heart for many years.

After I finished junior high and went out to work, this dream took root and sprouted in my heart. Every time I finished working and thought about university, I felt my heart aching, as if something was struggling to sprout.

Later, I understood that it was an unresigned desire, a longing and restlessness born of being ordinary but unwilling to be ordinary. Suddenly, one day, I had a thought: why not try it?

So I bore the immense pressure and told everyone that I wanted to take the college entrance exam, that I wanted to go to university!

As an artist, every word and action of mine will be over-interpreted. It seems I lost the courage to express my thoughts long ago. But detached from the identity of an artist, I am just a person, an ordinary person.

Things ordinary people want to do, I can do too. Things ordinary people dare not do, as an artist, perhaps I should charge to the front line and dare to voice my thoughts, so I said it.

No matter what the future result is, I will accept the answer sheet I hand in with a grateful heart.

Finally, I hope the excessive attention netizens have on me can be left to those who truly need it.

Those middle-aged candidates reciting books at five in the morning, their hands holding pens are firmer than the camera; those young people doing practice questions while delivering food, their sweat-soaked handwriting is hotter than the trending topics.

Starting over is never a gamble, but a threshold that ordinary people can touch if they stand on tiptoe.

And I am just the most ordinary one among thousands of candidates.】