After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety
Chapter 722 - 712: Dominating the Charts, Suspecting Pregnancy

Chapter 722: Chapter 712: Dominating the Charts, Suspecting Pregnancy

Lin Yan’s Studio.

Lin Yan emerged from the absolutely quiet creative room, and the two assistants waiting outside quickly put down their phones and approached upon hearing the sound.

"Brother Yan is out, what do you want for dinner?"

Lin Yan glanced at the large swathes of sunset outside the window, only then realizing he’d been in the creative room for most of the day and that it was already evening.

Thinking of the drama he chased last night, where the girl changed from military attire to a red dress, he blurted out, "Let’s have fish, steamed is fine."

The assistant was momentarily stunned, then quickly nodded, picked up the phone to start searching for a restaurant to order takeout.

Another assistant brought over a steaming cup of coffee, "Brother Yan, I just brewed the coffee."

Lin Yan accepted it and sat on the sofa, taking a sip, only then noticing a simple and low-key large red gift box on the coffee table in front of him.

"Almost forgot," the assistant explained as he noticed his gaze, "This is the New Year gift box sent by Jiang Lingxi’s team, it arrived this afternoon and I just left it here."

Before he could finish, Lin Yan had already put down the coffee cup in his hand, personally picked up the gift box, and was ready to open it.

"Brother Yan, let me do it."

"No need, I’ll open it myself."

The assistant had to hand over the utility knife in his hand, while curiously staying to watch.

"Brother Yan, I see no one online has revealed what’s inside Jiang Lingxi’s team’s New Year gift box yet. But when I held it before, it felt quite light, so there shouldn’t be much inside. But that’s normal, Jiang Lingxi only has two endorsements so far, clothes and cars, neither of which can be given as gifts."

The assistant who had gone to place the order walked over as he heard this, "So what? I see today’s trending list is almost becoming her dominion, oh boy, one after another keeping it going endlessly."

"Her drama is hot right now, even in my house, my mom and my sister are following it daily. Plus, with what happened at noon, and then in the afternoon the real deal causing a major earthquake, no wonder she’s topping the chart!"

Lin Yan had just picked up the VR glasses package inside the gift box, and before he could open it, hearing the conversation of the two assistants above his head, he asked unintentionally, "What happened online today?"

"Initially, there was a famous V account that wrote a little essay, bringing along a group that was obviously professional trolls to slander Jiang Lingxi..."

As Lin Yan listened, he took out his phone, which was turned off during his creative work, and after turning it on, went straight to the trending list.

Glancing through, nearly all of the top spots were dominated by the words ’Jiang Lingxi’.

#Jiang Lingxi#

#Jiang Lingxi shows her marriage certificate#

#The Empress Yuan Zhao and her Prime Minister Shen have officially registered their marriage in real life#

#Turns out the mysterious couple I encountered at the Civil Affairs Bureau were Jiang Lingxi and Mr. Shen#

...

Causally opening one of the trending topics, pinned to the top was the recent post by Jiang Lingxi.

Jiang Lingxi V: I am married.

Four words, succinct and comprehensive.

The picture showed two brand new marriage certificates being held together by two hands, and anyone who saw the couple in the photos had to admit they were a perfect match.

Lin Yan silently pursed his lips and continued scrolling down to see the public’s reactions and comments on this matter. Besides a few people wanting her to remain uniquely beautiful, most expressed blessings and support.

The essay that the assistants mentioned smearing Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing’s relationship, although deleted by the original author, had been screenshotted early by foresighted netizens, who reposted it. Lin Yan found and read it, feeling his blood pressure rise significantly.

Looking at Jiang Lingxi’s direct response of showing the marriage certificate, even he had to commend it; this was indeed decisive and straightforward, with very effective results.

The person behind this smear campaign was probably going to be spitting blood.

"Is this Qingyin Technology’s intelligent VR glasses? But it seems different from the ones currently on the market!"

The assistant’s voice beside him brought Lin Yan’s thoughts back, as he barely ignored the faint bitterness in his heart, he picked up the packaging box from the gift box again, taking a close look.

"This is the second-generation VR glasses."

"Second-generation? The second-generation hasn’t officially launched yet. The website says it requires an advance reservation and can’t be bought now, so how does Jiang Lingxi’s team have them in stock?"

Lin Yan carefully opened the packaging box, and upon getting the VR glasses, immediately noticed a gold and red dragon pattern printed on the body.

The dragon pattern extended from one corner of the glasses to one of the arms, adding an extra touch of majesty and antiquity to the otherwise tech-oriented device.

It didn’t overshadow the main feature, blending wonderfully.

"This, this is also different from the pictures of the second-generation VR glasses released on the official website, the ones on the site don’t have this dragon pattern."

Lin Yan tilted his head to look at the official website image displayed on the assistant’s phone, "It should be a custom-made piece."

"Possible, then Jiang Lingxi’s team must have quite the connections, being able to even involve Qingyin Technology..."

"Wait, it’s not just about connections, Qingyin Technology and MIA Jewelry have just taken the opportunity to announce their brand ambassador as Jiang Lingxi."

*

As Lin Yan guessed, Zhou Lingyue was indeed about to vomit blood at this moment.

Hiring a famous V account to write the smear essay on Jiang Lingxi was not free; the more famous the account, the higher the fee, naturally.

Contacting professional trolls required another lump sum for employment and hush fees.

And since the idea to smear Jiang Lingxi online this time was hers, regardless of her agent’s opposition, she insisted on doing it, so the money naturally came out of her own pocket.

Even with her current income, it was an amount that would make her heartache somewhat.

If spending the money could put Jiang Lingxi on the pillar of shame, it would be worth it, but as it turned out, it was all a futile effort!

"Jiang Lingxi actually just went ahead and got married! Married!"

"How dare she? Isn’t she afraid it will affect her career?"

"No way, the marriage certificate in this photo must be fake, it’s forged by her, why hasn’t anyone noticed..."

The agent just pushed the door open and heard her muttering, and once understanding what she was talking about, couldn’t help but pour a cold bucket of water over her, "Aren’t you deluding yourself? She’s a public figure; would she use a fake marriage certificate to deceive netizens? Plus, there’s already people online saying they saw them at the Civil Affairs Bureau..."

"Stop saying that!"

The agent took a deep breath, "I reached out to find out the approach of the production team for ’Xiao Hou’, and they have indeed already contacted Jiang Lingxi’s agent."

"What? They’ve already contacted them?"

"It seems to be true."

Zhou Lingyue collapsed onto the sofa, "Then does that mean I have no chance anymore?"

If the smear campaign had succeeded, it would have been better, but now, Jiang Lingxi’s online popularity even included part of her contribution.

"But Jiang Lingxi’s side hasn’t given the production team of ’Xiao Hou’ a definite answer," the agent’s tone carried a hint of incredulity, "Are they actually considering whether to accept?"

"I can’t believe she can hold back from taking such a good opportunity," Zhou Lingyue scoffed coldly, "Unless, Jiang Lingxi is pregnant! With a big female lead show like this, it’s not that she doesn’t want to take it, but she can’t!"

The more she thought about it, the more likely this seemed, "And they’ve already gone ahead with registering, maybe they found out she’s expecting and had to rush to get married. We need to quickly leak this information to the production team of ’Xiao Hou’!"

The agent reluctantly reminded, "These are just your guesses."

"Isn’t our industry filled with rumors and speculation everywhere? Whether it’s true or not, all that matters is that Jiang Lingxi loses the opportunity to join ’Xiao Hou’."

Again, without Jiang Lingxi, she would be the best candidate!