Evening, Lai Yuaner’s drug scandal became headline news.
The footage of Lai Yuaner being taken away by the police was captured by reporters and uploaded online. Even the highly-rated domestic news program "Focus on People’s Livelihood" followed up with relevant coverage at 6:30 PM.
[Tatamuli]: "This twist is too sudden!"
[Chun Yinnong]: "Wasn’t it Tang Li who was reported to be taking drugs? How did it turn to Lai Yuaner? Both of them are involved in the filming of ’Phoenix Concubine’; might it be a mix-up from the beginning?"
[Baby’s Belly Is Hungry]: "I hope everyone doesn’t spread rumors. Yuanyuan is just helping the police with their investigation. We ’Paper Kites’ trust her character; she couldn’t possibly be doing drugs!"
[Peaches aren’t naughty]: "Children from wealthy families are just different, starting from such a high point, it’s not strange for them to seek thrills from drugs."
On V-blog, Lai Yuaner replaced Tang Li as the top trending topic.
Compared to the newcomer Tang Li, Lai Yuaner, a showbiz newbie from an impressive family background, blew up with a drug scandal and was taken away by the police at the kickoff press conference of "Phoenix Concubine". With not less than a thousand eyewitnesses, spinning a positive public relations narrative was impossible.
The removal of her from trending just took less than half an hour before "Lai Yuaner" topped the charts again.
At the same time, one of Lai Yuan’s avid fans [Like Fish in the Water] suddenly left the fan group and posted a disheartening declaration of no longer being a fan on V-blog.
[Like Fish in the Water]: "Thinking about the police who sacrifice themselves in drug enforcement every year, I can no longer support Lai Yuaner. From now on, we part ways and take care of ourselves."
This statement led to an attack by Lai Yuaner’s fans.
"Jumping to conclusions! I’m ashamed to have once stood with you!"
"We trusted you so much, check your conscience, how could you treat Yuanyuan ? Having a fan like you, I feel cold for Yuanyuan!"
"Yuanyuan has us to protect her, just like you, those who flip-flop, just go far far away!"
Later on, [Like Fish in the Water] publicly revealed part of the fan group’s chat history, causing the fight to escalate further!
Besides "Lai Yuaner" dominating the top trending spot, other trending topics rapidly changed, bringing to light Ye Zhenzhen, Li Si, and Yang Ning among other female performers.
Netizens couldn’t stop consuming the drama.
"What! With Ye Zhenzhen’s ethereal look, how could she possibly have body odor!"
"Li Si had double eyelid surgery? That was obvious long ago, but her bust, I never realized it was fake, getting them so big, what if they explode on a plane?"
"Doesn’t Yang Ning have a famous golfer boyfriend? Saying she likes to play around with younger men, isn’t this gossip a bit too fake?"
"Didn’t you see the chat screenshots above? These reveals were made by the head of Lai Yuaner’s fan club; she must have been told privately by Lai Yuaner, who knew she would blab it out."
After a while, [Ye Zhenzhen V] posted on V-blog: "Hehe."
[Li Si V] followed closely: "Even if I explode on a plane, it’s still better than someone snorting nonsense."
Five minutes later, [Li Si V] deleted this V-blog post.
But netizens had already taken screenshots.
At the same time, news of Tang Li going for a hair follicle test at the hospital was rapidly spreading.
A marketing V-blogger released a video.
In the video, Tang Li was escorted to the hospital by her manager and bodyguards for the hair follicle test, with many reporters following, leaving no room for deception.
At 9:30 PM, the results from Tang Li’s tests were released.
Neither her hair nor her blood tested positive for drugs.