She became a heartthrob among internet celebrities.

When Jiang Lai woke up again, she found that her WeChat messages were all from everyone.

Bai Luxi: Sis! I've been a bit busy these past few days. How did you get into trouble? Is it serious? What are you planning to do? Do you need my help?

Fu An: I saw some messages on Douyin. Are you okay? If you need any help, just let me know.

Shenyi: How have you been lately?

Blue: Ugh! What are you trying to do?! The fan group is practically in chaos!

Wang Tingwen: Ms. Jiang, there's something like this. Recently, there have been some negative rumors about you on Douyin. I'd like to ask what your plans are? This situation could easily affect your chances of being approved for the subsequent streamer support program. If you have any plans, please let me know.

Jiang Lai got up and washed up first, and then started replying to messages one by one.

Jiang Lai: It's okay, sister, you don't need to worry.

Jiang Lai: Okay! I won't hesitate to help Director Fu if I need anything!

Jiang Lai: I'm fine! Is there anything wrong, senior?

Jiang Lai: I'll handle it, don't worry.

Just as Jiang Lai was replying to the message, her roommates returned from outside.

Li Xiangyue brought back a breakfast and said, "It's rare that you got up late today. We went to the cafeteria for lunch and brought you some too."

Jiang Lai happily accepted the plastic bag, "Thank you so much! It's my favorite food! Mwah!"

She took the breakfast and placed it on the table, while also opening her tablet, intending to find an electronic pickled vegetable dispenser.

Jiang Lai's roommates gathered around her, looking at her seriously.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Lai asked, puzzled.

The other three people pulled up chairs and sat down next to her.

"Ah Jiang, are you forcing a smile?" "Yes, yes! If you have any difficulties, just tell us. We may not be able to help you much, but at least it's better for you to talk about it."

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Jiang Lai was even more confused.

Li Xiangyue took out her phone, tapped a few times, and held it out in front of Jiang Lai. "Have you been getting scolded a lot lately?" If Li Xiangyue hadn't listened to radio dramas and followed Jiang Lai, she probably wouldn't have known about this.

"Oh, that's a small problem," Jiang Lai waved her hand dismissively.

"What are you really thinking?" Li Xiangyue asked seriously. "Although a lie repeated a thousand times will not become the truth, if a lie is repeated a thousand times and no one exposes it, many people will take it as the truth."

“That’s right!” Tang Li also said, “You won’t be able to explain yourself when the time comes.”

“Don’t even mention the future, it’s still happening now! Some people will only believe what they want to believe,” Zhao Ying said. “Look how awful they are saying these days.”

Jiang Lai put down her breakfast and said, "The marketing accounts that attacked me only said that I didn't study and that I was only focused on making money. Actually, this is easy to refute. I just need to show my academic records to netizens and apply to the school to have the school's official account endorse me. Our school has always been very strict on this matter."

“That’s true. Anything that damages the reputation of the school, teachers, or students, if it gets too big, the school always takes strong action and cherishes its reputation very much.” Zhao Ying nodded.

"What I'm waiting for now is for them to go even further, then I'll take them to court. Wouldn't that be better? Those who egged me on, every single one of them, won't get away with it. I'll just consider this time as building up some buzz, and I really don't care about these little squabbles."

“But even if this kind of thing goes to court, it won’t do any good, right?” Tang Li said.

"The key is an attitude," Jiang Lai said. "Either ignore it or shut them down completely, make them afraid, and this kind of thing won't happen again."

"You have such a big heart!" Li Xiangyue exclaimed.

"Don't worry!" Jiang Lai started eating her breakfast, and her roommates stopped worrying when they saw her like this.

After finishing breakfast, Jiang Lai continued replying to messages.

Bai Luxi: You've messed with someone lately, haven't you? Otherwise, why are you suddenly being targeted? Do you have any clues?

Jiang Lai: I don't know either! But this method is pretty crude, so let's just leave it at that.

Bai Luxi: I guess the people behind you can't dig up any substantial dirt on you, they can only say things that seem plausible but are actually false.

Jiang Lai: Sister, since you know, you don't need to worry about me. Don't worry, I can handle it. If I still can't handle it later, I'll ask you for help again.

Bai Luxi: (Clenches fist) Okay.

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Fu An: Should we issue a statement from the studio?

Jiang Lai: Not at the moment, but we might need it later.

Fu An: Okay, I understand.

Fu An: Why haven't you come to the studio lately?

Jiang Lai: Final exams are coming up soon! And I haven't had any voice-over work lately.

Fu An: Yeah, study hard.

Jiang Lai: I know~

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Shen Yi: It's okay. If you need anything, you can ask me for help. I'm pretty free lately.

Jiang Lai: Senior is still so free during exam week, no wonder he's a genius.

Shenyi: Don't learn from Sun Zhengyang

Jiang Lai: Hahaha, okay! You're amazing!

Shenyi:

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Blue: Okay, then I'll take care of calming down the fans in the group.

Jiang Lai: Thank you for your hard work!

Blue: (Knocks head) You better get this sorted out quickly!

-

Wang Tingwen's messages were the most difficult to respond to; Jiang Lai couldn't gauge the official stance.

Jiang Lai: Hello, Sister Wang! When is this review period? I plan to wait until things have developed further before dealing with it.

Wang Tingwen: It's only been a short time, so those rumors online are all false, right?

Jiang Lai: Of course. A person with an upright character has nothing to fear.

Wang Tingwen: Okay, I'll report your situation truthfully, but I can't guarantee what our superiors will do next.

Jiang Lai: I understand, I will take responsibility for this myself.

Wang Tingwen: Okay.

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Operations Department of Yuanyang Network Media Co., Ltd.

"Aaaaaah! Why did this happen?" Wang Tingwen slammed her fist on the table.

"What's wrong?" a colleague asked.

"It seems like several of the livestreamers I've been contacting lately have some issues," she said, heartbroken. "It's like all my hard work these past two days has been wasted! My plan was almost finished!"

My colleague spun his chair around and asked, "You've been working with voice broadcasters lately, haven't you? Are any of those people problematic?"

"There are two or three, and the one I had the best chance of also ran into trouble. It's like he's been cursed."

"What's so surprising? They must have offended a competitor. Look at the recent actions of our authorities. The pie is only so big, so someone will always try to do something unconventional." My colleague said with an unfazed expression, "Take my advice, leave this to the higher-ups to deal with."

"Sigh, you have a point," Wang Tingwen conceded. "I'll just revise my proposal and submit it."

"Yeah, work is just about getting by. What's the point of putting in all that effort? That's enough."

"You're such a seasoned veteran in the workplace, I'm ashamed to admit it."

Wang Tingwen submitted all the plans for her assigned area, along with basic information about several anchors. Jiang Lai's information was more extensive than the others, detailing her current situation.

After reviewing the information, the higher-ups removed Jiang Lai from the review list. After reviewing the information of the other people, the list was handed over to Ye Kongxing, who was at the next higher level.

"Mr. Ye, this is the list of streamers we've considered for potential contact after our department's review." The head of the operations department handed the documents to Ye Kongxing, who casually took them, glanced at them, and said, "So few people?"

"The conditions are quite strict, so there are fewer people who meet the requirements. Moreover, this first batch is experimental in nature, so quality is more important than quantity," the minister replied.

"These are the ones that have already been eliminated, right?" Ye Kongxing picked up another folder, which was noticeably thicker. Each person's information was secured together with paperclips, and there were quite a few copies.

"Yes." The minister simply replied, afraid of saying the wrong thing. Although this newly appointed general manager seemed unreliable with a smile, he was also very capable in his work, and the minister did not want to offend him.

"Alright, you can leave now!"

"Ok."

Ye Kongxing sat in his office and began to review the materials submitted by his subordinates. He did not look at the recommended candidates, but instead looked at those who had already been screened, in order to prevent anyone from tampering with the information. After all, it was not uncommon for senior executives in the company to have private contacts with livestreamers.

When he flipped to Jiang Lai's file, his hand stopped because he saw a very familiar account in Jiang Lai's donation history—Yuan.

The familiar nickname doesn't matter; the key point is that this account was submitted by the subsidiary company before, and he remembered that this account was given to Fu Changyuan.

“This Jiang Lai…” Ye Kongxing took out his phone, opened Douyin, and started searching.

"A voice broadcaster, actually from the studio of that young lady from the Yan family? A college student, so young? Hmm—I have a feeling something's up lately?"

Ye Kongxing paid close attention to her live stream and found that "Yuan" was not only the number one on the leaderboard, but also gave a lot of tips. Although he didn't appear in the live stream very often, he was definitely a fan.

"Amazing! Amazing!" Ye Kongxing exclaimed excitedly and quickly made a video call to Fu Changyuan.

"Hello?" The man on the other end of the video call was looking down at a document and didn't even look at the camera after the call was connected.

Ye Kongxing didn't care and said, "Old Fu!! Fu Changyuan! You brat! Well, I've caught you red-handed, haven't I?"

"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't make a scene here."

"I'm noisy? Hmph, I advise you to be more polite to me, I now know your little secret."

Fu Changyuan finally looked up from his documents. "What on earth are you doing?"

Ye Kongxing winked at the camera, "Now I finally understand why you were suddenly so concerned about Yuanyang's development, and why you kept giving me advice on my work, telling me to pay more attention to individual streamers and such. So you had your own agenda!"

Fu Changyuan leaned back in his chair and watched him perform.

After talking for a while, Ye Kongxing got bored and asked directly, "Are you watching a streamer's live broadcast? And did you send them gifts?"

Fu Changyuan did not deny it, "What's wrong?"

"You're watching that young girl's live stream, are you interested in her?"

"No, I've never even met her. I'm just listening to her audio recordings. You know, I have a hard time falling asleep."

Seeing Fu Changyuan's frank and open expression, Ye Kongxing was obviously a little disappointed, but he quickly cheered up. If that were really the case, he wouldn't have given him so many instructions for the first time!

"Alright, since that's all there is to it, there's no need to tell you anything else. It's just a small matter for an ordinary streamer anyway." Ye Kongxing said, about to hang up the video.

"Wait a minute, what are you referring to?"

Ye Kongxing laughed, "It's nothing."

Fu Changyuan frowned: "What exactly is going on?"

"Ah—since you're so eager to know, I'll reluctantly tell you! That girl who you often listen to seems to have been targeted by someone recently."