Chapter 14: Chapter 14 Being Pelted with Rotten Eggs
Editor: Atlas Studios
Xia Weibao arrived at Hongtu Media and saw the company’s entrance surrounded by reporters.
She frowned, what was going on? Wasn’t Hongtu about to go bankrupt? She hadn’t expected there would still be so many journalists crowding around.
She had just pushed open her car door when a sharp-eyed reporter spotted her.
“Look, Xia Weibao is here.”
Xia Weibao had just gotten up and received a call from Sister Tong, so she didn’t know what was happening on the internet yet.
Seeing so many people swarming towards her, she was somewhat puzzled.
Then she thought that she was now a big star, and maybe these were all her fans.
So she greeted them with a smile and even kindly waved at the reporters who kept coming.
Before she could finish greeting them, someone pushed her, and then she was surrounded by a throng of people.
Countless microphones engulfed her like a flood beast.
The reporters had a crazed look about them, as if they wanted to drink her blood and eat her flesh!
One sharp question after another was thrown at her, catching Xia Weibao off guard.
“Xia Weibao, please tell us your relationship with Xu Jiayang.”
“Xia Weibao, there are rumors online that you slept with Xu Jiayang and stole Lin Mier’s role. Is that true?”
“Xia Weibao, whose luxury car is that behind you?”
Only then did people realize that Xia Weibao was actually driving a custom-made Maserati!
Originally, after being forcibly terminated by her agency, Xia Weibao was left with huge debts and had no income for three years.
Having just left the mental institution, she certainly couldn’t afford such an expensive luxury car.
So, it was obvious where the car must have come from.
The reporters immediately became excited like flies upon seeing dung.
“Xia Weibao, there’s a rumor that you’ve been kept by a wealthy businessman. Is it true?”
“We heard that you became a mistress and wrecked someone’s family. How did you bring yourself to do such morally bankrupt things?”
“Miss Xia, regarding the matter of stars providing sexual favors, aren’t you ashamed?”
“Miss Xia, you slept with Director Xu, does your backer know, or are you serving multiple men?”
“Miss Xia, is it because you are an orphan, born with a mother but raised without one, that your values are so skewed?”
“Xia Weibao, regarding the matter on the internet, don’t you think you owe the audience an explanation? Lin Mier’s fans demand you apologize to Lin Mier, you…”
The overwhelming accusations grew sharper and sharper, leaving Xia Weibao a bit stunned.
This was the first time she had encountered such a situation.
But after all, she was the mother of a nation, having seen all sorts of scenes; she would not easily lose her composure.
In the face of increasingly unbearable questions, she remained calm.
In the upstairs office, Leng Yan watched this scene and almost threw Xu Jiayang down from the twenty-third floor in anger!
“Xu Jiayang, this is the consequence of you changing the female lead; let’s see how you handle this!”
His heart was bleeding. His company was at stake.
Although he had anticipated that replacing Xia Weibao as the female lead would cause a backlash from netizens, he did not expect it to be this severe!
Now, not only were Xia Weibao and Xu Jiayang blacklisted, but Allure and Hongtu had been blacklisted as well!
The controversy continued to escalate, and the anger of the fans had reached an uncontrollable level!
Especially Lin Mier’s fans believed that Lin Mier had lost to Xia Weibao’s lowly tactics and were now so angry they wanted to stage a protest to drive Xia Weibao out of the entertainment industry!
The situation had become too serious.
Seeing Xia Weibao besieged below, Leng Yan felt somewhat helpless.
Xia Weibao, it was over for her.
With such a tarnished reputation, how could she ever clear her name?
Everything was ruined.
Xu Jiayang’s face was cold, and he said nothing.
The situation was indeed much more serious than he had imagined.
Just then, a few rotten eggs flew out from the crowd and were hurled towards Xia Weibao.