"And... I have other goals."
As Shi Yaoguang spoke, the fireworks named ambition danced in her eyes.
Wang Zhehai, as a director, might not be good at many things, but he was unerringly accurate at reading people’s emotions.
Seeing Shi Yaoguang’s expression, he guessed her thoughts and felt even more astonished, "You couldn’t possibly... be aiming to change the world, could you?"
In fact, he had an even more adolescent guess in mind, but he was too old to voice it without embarrassment.
Shi Yaoguang nodded frankly.
At this point, Wang Zhehai didn’t even know what to say.
Shi Yaoguang gave him a ’calm down, don’t worry’ look, which somewhat placated him, "In any case, you don’t have to worry about me, just treat any negative trending searches as free advertisement."
Seeing her so composed, Wang Zhehai could say nothing but express his admiration.
Perhaps, this was the confidence of the strong.
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Sun Sitian naturally also learned about the news on the internet.
She couldn’t sit still the moment she found out and rushed to find Shi Yaoguang.
"Yaoguang, Yaoguang!" Her hands shaped like a megaphone, she placed them in front of her mouth and yelled toward Shi Yaoguang.
Even at a distance, Shi Yaoguang felt an overwhelming sense of dread.
Sun Sitian trotted over and said to Shi Yaoguang, "Yaoguang, have you seen the trending searches on Weibo?"
When she mentioned this, she felt somewhat guilty.
Sun Sitian’s face immediately fell, "Yaoguang, I don’t know what’s going on with that video, it definitely wasn’t me who posted it, please don’t get me wrong."
She waved her hands repeatedly as she spoke, "And my fans, I didn’t lead them either..."
Mentioning this made her feel aggrieved, "Now everyone online is saying ’followers follow the lead’ and all that. Although I did have a bit of a grudge before, I swear, this time I absolutely didn’t say anything! Nor did I intentionally make people scold you, please don’t be mad."
After she finished speaking, she even seemed wronged, "The moment I saw the trending search, I wanted to clarify it, but my account is in the hands of my agent, so I couldn’t express my view right away. And I was worried that you would misunderstand me, so I immediately came to find you."
Then, with caution, she asked, "Yaoguang, you’re not angry and ignoring me, are you?"
Shi Yaoguang shook her head.
Sun Sitian immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as you’re not ignoring me, I’m so happy."
As she spoke, she chuckled, "I knew you were the best, Yaoguang."
Shi Yaoguang interrupted her flattery, "Don’t hurry to praise me. Don’t you want to know what exactly is going on?"
At this, Sun Sitian’s expression turned serious all of a sudden.
She had already guessed what was happening.
It couldn’t be helped; this whole process was too familiar.
It was practically a staple of the entertainment industry.
Sun Sitian, a popular young starlet, would be incompetent not to understand this basic maneuver. If she couldn’t, she might as well quit and go back to farming.
"Yaoguang, I think this is definitely the work of Shi Yiqing. She tried to harm you and failed, so she won’t let it go easily."
With that, she showed a face of disdain, "Since she failed to harm you, she definitely won’t stop. So..."
She narrowed her eyes, "That Weibo burner account must be her doing! I’ll make a post now and let everyone know about her malicious intent so she can’t hide anymore."
Shi Yaoguang dismissed her idea with a single comment, "Are you sure your agent would let you do that?"
She was immediately deflated.
Shi Yaoguang was right.
Her agent would never allow her to do such a thing.
Shi Yaoguang continued, "This was done by Shi Yiqing, there’s almost no need to deny it. However, have you ever thought about another question?"
"Why would she do this?"
Sun Sitian said blankly, "She wants to kill two birds with one stone, take us both down in one swoop."
"And then?" Shi Yaoguang asked again.
Sun Sitian blinked, showing a confused expression, "And then? What and then?"
Shi Yaoguang stretched out her hand and tapped on her forehead, "A person, no matter what they do, always has a purpose."
"What’s the purpose of Shi Yiqing doing all this, then? Besides hurting us, what benefit can she get for herself?"
Listening to Shi Yaoguang’s meticulous analysis, Sun Sitian felt like she was back in kindergarten, facing her preschool teacher, with a strangely subtle feeling.
At the same time as she felt this subtlety, she also understood Shi Yaoguang’s meaning.
Because she understood her meaning, Sun Sitian felt even more disgusted with Shi Yiqing.
She’d never seen such a shameless person.
"Although there are many people in this circle who will do anything to climb up, isn’t Shi Yiqing a bit too bottomless?"
No matter how silly and venomous she had been previously, she actually understood the unspoken rules of the industry.
And it was precisely because she understood that she couldn’t comprehend it even more.
From where did Shi Yiqing get the confidence to do all this?
Any other person in the industry, she could understand their harming innocent people to climb higher.
Shi Yiqing was not the biological daughter of the Shi Family parents; she had even taken the identity of their daughter for over a decade.
Even if her relationship with Shi Yaoguang wasn’t good, couldn’t she consider the parents of the Shi Family and coexist peacefully with Shi Yaoguang?
After all, the relationship between Shi Yiqing and Shi Yaoguang was out there...
Sun Sitian’s confusion was written all over her face, and Shi Yaoguang naturally knew what she was thinking. In response, she just said indifferently, "Not everyone can think the same way you do."
In this matter, it wasn’t just Shi Yiqing who had a problem.
The father and mother of the Shi Family were not much better.
But now was not the time to talk about these. Shi Yaoguang told Sun Sitian a way to deal with the online public opinion.
After hearing it, Sun Sitian showed a shocked expression.
"Yaoguang, you can’t be serious, can you?"
Shi Yaoguang counter-asked, "Do I look like I’m joking?"
Sun Sitian shook her head, "I wish you were joking."
Shi Yaoguang smiled, "Since you know I’m not joking, just do as I say."
"Um..." Sun Sitian hesitantly agreed, "Okay then."
Once she got the information from Shi Yaoguang, Sun Sitian immediately spoke to her agent.
Sun Sitian’s agent did as instructed, and soon, Sun Sitian’s personal Weibo posted a tweet.
Sun Sitian - Sweetie V: "Today while filming, the wire harness broke, and I nearly fell apart, indistinguishable from animals, but fortunately, I hit the stop button quickly, and I’m fine now~"
Netizens found her nonchalance curious.
Usually, Sun Sitian wouldn’t be so calm in such situations.
She still remembered last time when she scraped a piece of skin off her finger, it hung around the hot search for a full two hours.