Even if there really were people willing to cooperate with Shi Yaoguang, it wouldn’t necessarily mean that others would believe them.
A magnitude 10 earthquake isn’t something that just happens on demand.
If it were indeed possible to manipulate artificially...
Tell me, if she were that awesome, why would she still be stirring up trouble in the entertainment industry?
Isn’t it better to peacefully be a big shot?
In any case, because of the incident in the northwest, everyone had a whole new understanding of Shi Yaoguang and the Protection Shield.
As for those who had previously sworn on the internet that they absolutely wouldn’t contribute a single cent to benefit from the Protection Shield, they all silently deleted their Weibo posts.
What else is there to criticize?
No face to criticize, no face to criticize.
Usually, when any place experiences a natural disaster, the reported number of casualties is always substantial.
These reports often make people feel saddened and helpless.
But there’s nothing that can be done.
The force of nature is not something that we humans can contend with.
Even if humans invent and create more high-tech products, there’s no way to prevent the occurrence of natural disasters.
The only thing that can be done is to make an effort to protect the ecological environment of the earth.
Even so, it’s still not enough.
Prevention is possible, yet it is still unable to stop the loss of lives.
However, the advent of the Protection Shield ushered in a whole new turn of events.
After the quake, the disaster area didn’t experience a large number of casualties.
Everyone was working hard to excavate the Protection Shield, saving survivors who were protected by it.
During this time, everyone was eagerly awaiting.
Waiting for the official report on the latest casualty numbers and post-disaster statistics.
During the wait, quite a few people had already spontaneously gone to Shi Yaoguang’s Weibo to leave messages apologizing to her.
Even though the latest data hadn’t come out yet, anyone with eyes could tell that if it weren’t for the Protection Shield, the casualty numbers from this quake couldn’t possibly be this low.
About this, there were also people who objected.
"The rescuers are the Protection Shields, not Shi Yaoguang. Why thank her?"
"Some performers really have such a thick face, trying to grab attention wherever they can! It’s true that the Protection Shield is endorsed by you, but did you invent it? Did you personally go to the disaster area to rescue people?"
"To the person above, I can tell you responsibly, yes!"
"How could syg possibly invent the Protection Shield? Stop joking, okay? Don’t you even know to hire a professional water army? Isn’t it embarrassing to boast like that, aren’t you afraid of making people laugh to death?"
"There was a big fuss about the Protection Shield’s advertisement before, and everyone was suspecting that syg had a backer. It’s hard to say if she has a backer, but the Protection Shield she endorsed saved people, that’s a fact, right? Can’t you stop being so sour!"
"Who’s being sour? Is syg so great because she’s the spokesperson? Just because she’s the spokesperson, she can take the credit? The real inventor’s credit has been taken by her, who will want to invent anything for the benefit of mankind in the future?"
"Hahaha, the guy above is funny, just because there’s no honor, he’s not willing to invent anymore? What kind of inventor is that? And besides, if it weren’t for her endorsement, who would even know what a Protection Shield is?"
"Clearing mines, the one above is absolutely a disguised online troll, the Protection Shield itself is already awesome, even without Shi Yaoguang’s endorsement it would still be great. Don’t try to put a tall hat on our Yaoguang! Her endorsement for the Protection Shield is just icing on the cake!"
In the vast ocean of comments, someone very rationally expressed their opinion, but it was quickly drowned out.
"You all stop arguing, the inventor of the Protection Shield is Shi Yaoguang, alright? What’s the point of arguing so much? Just because she endorsed her own product, does it mean she doesn’t have any face as an inventor?"
Unfortunately, nobody paid any heed to this comment.
"Shi Yaoguang just did an endorsement, right? The Protection Shield is such an incredible product, could it be that without her endorsement, it wouldn’t take off?"
"Now just because she is the endorser, all the credit is going to her. Is this fair to the developers?"
"What’s unfair about it? If she hadn’t been the endorser, nobody would even know the Protection Shield exists."
"Whether she endorses it or not, it’s not important at all, okay? The Protection Shield is such a great thing, even without any endorsement it wouldn’t have gone unnoticed. It just so happens that Shi Yaoguang being the endorser, she has simply taken advantage of the product."
"Previously, people said Shi Yaoguang had someone backing her, now can we confirm it? Though the Protection Shield wasn’t created to hype her image, the fact that she could be the endorser for such an amazing thing that nobody else had even heard of clearly shows she has control over some resources."
"Such resources, if it’s not her own awesomeness, then there’s someone powerful backing her up... I heard she’d been kept in the countryside before, so it can’t be her own credibility. It’s almost certain she has someone behind her."
"The person behind her, tsk tsk..."
As netizens talked and talked, they began to quarrel again.
Before, they doubted the products Shi Yaoguang endorsed had issues, thinking the Protection Shield’s existence was just a sham.
Now that the Protection Shield has been proven effective, even magical, they started to question whether Shi Yaoguang’s backers were too influential, saying she stole credit.
"Even though the credit for inventing the Protection Shield doesn’t belong to Shi Yaoguang, now when anyone talks about the Protection Shield, isn’t it always Shi Yaoguang they mention? Don’t you guys have any doubts?"
"What’s there to doubt?"
"The developer of the Protection Shield hasn’t been announced. Under these circumstances, what’s wrong with thinking of Shi Yaoguang whenever the Protection Shield is brought up?"
"Exactly, even the inventor of the Protection Shield hasn’t said a word, so what right do you all have to act like the impartial judge here?"
Shi Yaoguang was completely unaware of the storm brewing online.
On the third day when Shang Minghao took Shi Yiqing to "work hard in secret," she accidentally found out what they were up to.
Considering Shang Minghao had helped Shi Yiqing snag her endorsement deal, she decided it was time to "repay" him properly.
And by the way, see how they had been doing these past few days.
Deep in a primeval forest.
Shang Minghao had set up a barrier.
Within the barrier, Shi Yiqing was continuously siphoning the talent from Shi Ruhong.
Shi Ruhong had made it to this point in his painting career today because having a high degree of painting talent was essential.
What Shi Yiqing was doing now was absorbing his talent, making it her own.
As for what would happen to Shi Ruhong after his painting talent was taken away, Shi Yiqing didn’t give it a second thought.
Shi Ruhong had been lured out by Shi Yiqing, who deceived him with the pretense of knowing a scenic paradise that was perfect for sketching. After luring him out, she and Shang Minghao began to drain his painting talent.
Initially, Shi Ruhong was unaware of what Shi Yiqing was up to until he clearly noticed that his perception of color wasn’t as sharp as it used to be. That’s when he finally realized something was wrong and quickly tried to stop Shi Yiqing from continuing, but she turned a deaf ear to his words...