Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 579 - 576 Announces Spokesperson

Chapter 579: Chapter 576 Announces Spokesperson

"If you think it’s suitable, that’s fine." After Dong Yan’s gaze briefly met the three children in the dessert area, she added, "Shuangshuang, there’s something else, I haven’t found the right opportunity to tell you."

Dong Yan’s expression carried a hint of apology, which made Qiu Wanshuang quite suspicious.

"It’s about my son joining the film crew..."

Qiu Wanshuang hurriedly interjected, "Chairman Dong, your words make it difficult for me to stand here. I’m well aware of my daughter’s abilities, and even without Little Yibo, there would be others. As a mother, I’m just trying to fight for an opportunity for her to appear. You don’t need to explain anything to me."

After saying this, Qiu Wanshuang turned to Ye Zhenzhen, "Zhenzhen, you shouldn’t mind either. We’re all mothers, and I never intended to compete with you for anything. Although I initially had that thought, my abilities don’t allow it..."

As they spoke, the three of them burst into laughter.

"Sister Shuang makes herself too modest. Healthy competition is only natural—I think you’re taking it too seriously."

Whether Qiu Wanshuang was good or bad person didn’t have much to do with Ye Zhenzhen. In this circle, being kind to others was a way of being kind to oneself. Surface-level relationships that could be maintained with a few words weren’t worth breaking.

Xu Qingxia stood on one side of the banquet hall, where a waiter came over to replace the empty wine glass in her hand.

"She didn’t drink that glass of wine."

Xu Qingxia’s gaze shifted to Liu Qing, with a somewhat unfocused look in her eyes.

Liu Qing spoke indifferently, "What, has the plan changed?"

Her tone suggested that she had expected this all along.

Xu Qingxia silently nodded, wanting to call the waiter back, but unfortunately, he had already gone far away.

In the distance, Ye Zhenzhen and her two friends were deep in cheerful conversation, while Liu Qing’s face held a smile, her tone was cold and questioning;

"With your efficiency, how are you planning to carry on later?"

"And another thing, Qiu Wanshuang is now going over to joke with them. Are those things you posted still relevant?"

Xu Qingxia’s expression suddenly turned excited, "Teacher Liu, don’t worry about them. Just look at your phone. Tonight, QM’s plan is to announce their brand ambassador. With things trending this way, they definitely won’t announce it tonight. Just follow what I said, and it’ll be fine."

Liu Qing continued to smile, "You want me to do as you say? Even Qiu Wanshuang isn’t following your orders, why should I?"

"Also, did you come up with this trending search?"

Qiu Wanshuang edged closer to Liu Qing and glanced at the content displayed on her phone screen;

#SeducingHigherUpsForFame, #ManipulatingToSnatchEndorsements!

Xu Qingxia nodded, "Is there a problem?"

With this news breaking out and a massive army of paid influencers driving the narrative, she refused to believe that QM would officially announce Ye Zhenzhen as their brand ambassador tonight.

A flash of guilt swept through Liu Qing’s heart, but she maintained a calm demeanor, refreshing her phone screen, only to find that all the hot search entries had disappeared!

"What’s going on?"

Xu Qingxia was also stunned, "Could it be a network issue?"

All those were paid influencers she had hired. In less than half an hour, the rhythm they had just started had vanished from the entire network, and now there wasn’t a single negative word about Ye Zhenzhen to be found.

Liu Qing couldn’t help but laugh at this – it was obvious that the trending searches and comments had been pulled and controlled by someone.

"These little tricks of yours aren’t even worth bringing to the table."

Thinking she was important because Qiu Wanshuang had some fame – she really took herself too seriously.

People in the circle who knew a thing or two about tactics all understood what tricks Xu Qingxia played every time: first, there was Han Jiangxue using her step-son to buy hot-searches for attention, and now there was Qiu Wanshuang.

Of course, as far as she knew, Qiu Wanshuang was a bit stronger than Han Jiangxue, but the real troublemaker behind the scenes was still the little agent, Xu Qingxia.

"It’s not like that..."

"Stop it, you can play by yourself!"

Liu Qing took her wine glass and walked straight into the crowd.

"President He~!"

Liu Qing’s tone was coquettish, and before she even finished speaking, she had already latched onto the man’s arm.

Xu Qingxia watched this scene from a distance, her mouth gaping open. She... she... Liu Qing actually knew President He from Shenghong Entertainment!

Before she could react, the voice of the host rang out in the banquet hall.

The dinner was nearing its end, and according to the agenda, it was time for QM’s side to announce their latest endorsement. Xu Qingxia didn’t catch a single word the host or the person in charge from QM’s side said.

Xu Qingxia initially thought Ye Zhenzhen was the most likely candidate for the QM endorsement, believing that all she needed to do was push Ye Zhenzhen out of the picture, which is why she sought Liu Qing, hoping to work together to kick Ye Zhenzhen out of the game.

Truth be told, she had some connections with Liu Qing back during the drama shoot, but who knew that woman had never taken it seriously from the start.

It made sense, after all, Liu Qing had her own powerful backer.

Given the current situation, Xu Qingxia felt that tonight, Qiu Wanshuang was the least likely candidate to compete for QM’s endorsement.

Reflecting on what she had said to Liu Qing just now, she felt like a clown, utterly ridiculous.

Xu Qingxia’s dazed state persisted until Jason, the president of QM, read out their endorser’s name as Qiu Wanshuang. Her face showed disbelief, and her heart was stirred with excitement and delight. How could it be their Shuangshuang?

This was simply too incredible!

In recent days, she had been pulling strings and finding ways to help Qiu Wanshuang eliminate competitors, aiming to elevate Qiu Wanshuang, and now, the announcement had just suddenly come!

And it wasn’t just Xu Qingxia who was shocked by QM’s sudden endorsement announcement; whispers began to spread through the banquet hall:

"What’s going on? Does that Jason have some serious illness? Passing over Ye Zhenzhen and picking Qiu Wanshuang?"

"Qiu Wanshuang isn’t bad either. They must have their strategy for doing this. Ye Zhenzhen’s family is influential, but Qiu Wanshuang is also very talented!"

"No, what about Liu Qing then? She attended the dinner tonight, isn’t this awkward for her?"

"Liu Qing being awkward is out of the question; Mrs. Song is the one who’s got it the worst. Her endorsement got swiped right in this public setting. And tonight, she was the sales champion, yet QM is really blind."

"What’s the use of having a wealthy husband? Those rich folks buy her jewelry just because of the Song family’s face. When it comes to real talent, she’s still outperformed by Qiu Wanshuang."

Xu Qingxia listened to these discussions, her heart exceptionally content. Isn’t that the truth? When it comes to ability, their Shuangshuang is formidable.

As the dinner came to a close and the attendees began to leave, Xu Qingxia, face alight with excitement, rushed over to Qiu Wanshuang, "Shuangshuang, see, I told you I would definitely help you get this endorsement."

Qiu Wanshuang’s lips twitched slightly, and she pushed away Xu Qingxia’s hand that was hanging on her arm, "Wait for me over there for a moment."

"Sure!"

Xu Qingxia was so dizzy with unexpected joy that she didn’t notice the odd expression on Qiu Wanshuang’s face at all.

Liu Qing, arm in arm with President He of Shenghong Entertainment, came over to Dong Yan and Ye Zhenzhen. After exchanging pleasantries, Liu Qing cut to the chase, "Zhenzhen, if it’s convenient, let’s add each other on WeChat, yes? You know, President He is investing in an upcoming film, we could chat about it..."