Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 95: Want Me to Make a Move?

Chapter 95: Chapter 95: Want Me to Make a Move?

Ye Zhenzhen returned home, and Aunt Liu greeted her, "Didn’t madam go to the company?"

"No, something came up, so I decided not to go today." After saying this, Ye Zhenzhen, carrying the breakfast she had taken out with her, went to the dining table ready to eat.

Seeing this, Aunt Li felt that the breakfast, having been taken away and brought back, must have gone cold, so she replaced it with a warm one.

Ye Zhenzhen hadn’t finished her breakfast when Liu Rui’s call came through again.

The reason was that just now, when Ye Zhenzhen was on her way home, she responded to a few comments, and the internet immediately erupted into a huge stir.

Liu Rui had been called by the artist director Chen Ke to gather with the public relations department and discuss the next steps. The people in the meeting room had just sat down for a few minutes when someone saw the comments Ye Zhenzhen had replied to online.

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the entire meeting room changed, and Chen Ke asked Liu Rui to call Ye Zhenzhen on the spot;

"Liu Rui, give Ye Zhenzhen a call and ask her what she means, does she not want to play this game anymore?

She really knows how to do it now, eh? Last time, she made bets with trolls online, and this time she’s directly confronting them..."

In these past few days, Liu Rui’s impression of Ye Zhenzhen had improved, and she smiled at Chen Ke, "Director Chen, don’t be angry, I’ll call her first to ask, don’t be upset."

After Ye Zhenzhen answered the call, Chen Ke signaled Liu Rui to turn on the speakerphone;

"Zhenzhen, just wait at home, don’t worry about those online trending searches, and definitely don’t respond..."

Here, Liu Rui was speaking to Ye Zhenzhen in a gentle and friendly tone, but Chen Ke, standing beside her, couldn’t stand it anymore and snatched the phone to yell;

"Hey! Ye Zhenzhen, what’s going on with you, do you know that you’re being bashed everywhere online now, have you eaten too much and feel too full to care, why are you replying to those trolls?

If you want to survive in this circle, just stay put, the company will take care of it for you."

The original words from Chen Ke were to either get with the program or get lost, but remembering Ye Zhenzhen’s recent performances on variety shows, his words softened a lot before reaching his lips.

What he said turned out to be much softer and more agreeable than what he had in mind.

"How will it be resolved?" Ye Zhenzhen took a sip of milk and continued to ask, "Director Chen, are you in a meeting right now? Are you planning to have someone contact Lemon Channel to find the footage from that day’s shoot and post it online for clarification?"

Chen Ke: ...

When had Ye Zhenzhen become so clever? That was indeed what he was planning to do next.

Liu Rui was a bit stunned on the side, the calm tone of voice on the other end of the phone, where was the Ye Zhenzhen who after seeing a bit of trouble online would become so eagerly impatient?

If it hadn’t been for her contact with Ye Zhenzhen over the weekend, she would have doubted whether the one speaking was really Ye Zhenzhen or someone who sounded like her.

Ye Zhenzhen continued with a smile, "And then the next step is to let the public relations department draft a statement, to be released in the company’s name? Or have me post a Weibo to clarify myself? Is that so?"

Chen Ke glanced at the people in the meeting room, picked up the cell phone from the table, turned off the speakerphone, and put it to his ear.

Having his thoughts exposed, Chen Ke stuttered a bit, "That, that Ye Zhenzhen, you, what do you want to say, just say it directly,"

Ye Zhenzhen chuckled lightly. In her memory, Director Chen was someone who spoke very directly and unpleasantly, but he wasn’t really mean-hearted.

"Director Chen, don’t worry about those trending searches online for now, then go find some channels.

Try to hire as many internet trolls as possible, and just keep bashing me, no matter good or bad. Don’t do anything today, just hire trolls to work," she said calmly.

After listening to what Ye Zhenzhen said, Chen Ke was completely stunned.

This morning, upon seeing those trending topics, all he thought about was how to salvage whatever bit of public favor Ye Zhenzhen had just managed to regain through the variety show, he hadn’t even considered this angle.

And now, after hearing Ye Zhenzhen’s words, his entire perspective and line of thinking suddenly opened up.

Their company didn’t have any explosive celebrities at the moment, and the only one with any potential for a big break was Ye Zhenzhen. The trending searches on the internet were not bad for Ye Zhenzhen, but actually beneficial!

This surge in trending searches and traffic was essentially free.

"Ah, I’ve been so confused by all the negative trending searches," Chen Ke immediately laughed, "Okay, I’ll listen to you. Whatever you say we should do, we’ll do."

The staff sitting in the meeting room were dumbfounded. Where had the fierce Director Chen from just moments ago gone?

Liu Rui was also very puzzled. What on earth had Ye Zhenzhen said to Chen Ke?

After the call ended, the meeting room was dismissed. Chen Ke instructed Liu Rui to contact the relevant personnel and said, "From tonight until tomorrow, get the internet trolls to either denounce or praise Ye Zhenzhen.

In any case, as long as we’re paying, we should only see the three words ’Ye Zhenzhen’ or ’Ye Jianjian’. We won’t pay for any mention of other stars."

Liu Rui nodded, "Alright, I’ll get right on it."

Ye Zhenzhen had just finished breakfast when she received a message reply on WeChat from Da Mi.

The other party had sent her everything she wanted.

Upon seeing this, Ye Zhenzhen felt much more at ease.

Shortly thereafter, a new WeChat message arrived;

Song Jinze: [Xiao Chen mentioned yesterday that someone was following you. We’ve identified the person, Wu Yuerou, from Uptown Coffee all the way to the amusement park.]

Song Jinze: [Do you want me to step in?]

Ye Zhenzhen replied immediately: [No need, I can handle it myself.]

Seeing the words Wu Yuerou and Uptown Coffee, Ye Zhenzhen became even more certain, her earlier guess now fully confirmed.

Song Jinze: [Did you take Xiao Chen to Uptown Coffee to meet Xiao Yi yesterday?]

Upon reading this question, Ye Zhenzhen thought carefully and then replied directly: [Yes, I brought along my agent, Xiao Chen, and the other party’s agent. We took a signed photo and left.]

Even though she did not know the nature of the original owner’s relationship with Xiao Yi, judging by Xiao Yi’s reaction upon seeing her, she felt the issue was probably not that simple.

The fact that she had met Xiao Yi with Xiao Chen was already widely known.

So there was no need to hide anything. She might as well be frank.

In her previous life, even without experiencing romance, she had acted in movies. These kinds of scenarios were prone to cause misunderstandings between men and women.

She did not want to create unnecessary misunderstandings with Song Jinze over such trivial matters and then have to spend time explaining...

Inside the Huanya Group’s senior meeting room.

Everyone saw Secretary Zhang whisper a few words into the president’s ear as he just walked in.

Then, they witnessed the president—who usually never checked his phone during meetings—unexpectedly take out his phone and start sending WeChat messages.

As the head of the finance department was reporting the income and expenditure data for various projects for the quarter, seeing the president smiling at his phone, he didn’t know whether to continue or stop.

Song Jinze looked up at the head of finance, "Continue, pick up from where you said the Binhai project had another expenditure of 1.05 billion this month..."

Turning back, Song Jinze’s dark eyes slightly narrowed as he looked at the WeChat message Ye Zhenzhen had just replied to him, and he couldn’t help but let his lips curl into a slight smile...