Rise and Slay: From Scandal Queen to Academic Genius
Chapter 74: Pah! Shameless!

Chapter 74: Chapter 74: Pah! Shameless!

"Go... go ashore?" Zhu Xiu’an nearly choked on his drink.

During the graduate exam period, Ji Xizhi’s scandals were all over the internet.

The three people from the Dark Shark King Director Alliance didn’t dare to ask how Ji Xizhi did on the exam.

Now that things between Ji Xizhi and Hangxing Entertainment were settled, they finally remembered.

Fang Zhuyue asked cautiously, "Zhi Zhi, do you mean you’re sure you’ll pass?"

Ji Xizhi nodded, "I can!"

Fang Zhuyue slapped the table right away, chugged his drink, and said fiercely, "Zhi Zhi is awesome! Before I entered the entertainment industry, my family was always pushing me to take the graduate or public exams. But my brain’s really not cut out for studying. If you leave the industry for studying, I support you!"

When Qin Yutian saw Fang Zhuyue like this, he couldn’t help but think of his own family.

Back when he joined a talent show and was criticized, didn’t his family also want him to leave the industry for exams?

Almost all parents in the world think this way!

But he loved the stage, so he was willing to stay.

But Zhi Zhi is different; Zhi Zhi has a whole wide world ahead. No matter how good the entertainment industry is, it ultimately hinders Zhi Zhi from soaring high.

Qin Yutian smiled broadly, "I support Zhi Zhi too!"

Zhu Xiu’an had just swallowed his drink and heard everyone supporting Ji Xizhi, and turned his thoughts around, showing a bit of flattery in his expression.

"Since you’re going ashore, if there’s any black fan slandering me in the future, I’ll hire you to sue them for me!"

Ji Xizhi: "..."

Fang Zhuyue/Qin Yutian: "..."

The three laughed aloud, "Nobody’s slandering you." Your own fans have already finished the job!

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That night, the news that Ji Xizhi was being poached by multiple talent agencies quickly reached President Zheng of Hangxing Entertainment.

No matter how you put it, Hangxing Entertainment is a major company in the industry; they have some understanding of their rivals’ movements.

Plus, when other agencies contacted Ji Xizhi, they didn’t even bother trying to avoid Hangxing Entertainment.

Anyway, everyone could benefit from Ji Xizhi except for Hangxing Entertainment! Over the years, Hangxing Entertainment took away quite a few people, now it’s time for them to have a rough patch.

President Zheng trembled with anger upon hearing this at the company.

While the company’s stocks were struggling, Ji Xizhi was thriving more and more!

He gritted his teeth and immediately instructed Hangxing Entertainment’s PR department to widely publicize Ji Xizhi’s graduate exam news.

If they can’t pull Ji Xizhi down, then divert attention; she can’t be lucky in everything!

With so many exam takers, as long as Ji Xizhi isn’t stellar, he could create a scandal, and even if Ji Xizhi passes the national line and gets into a regular school, but can’t attend Qing University’s re-exam, she’d still be mocked.

President Zheng never considered the possibility of Ji Xizhi getting into Qing University.

Regarding Ji Xizhi’s past grades, who doesn’t know, if not him?

Getting into Qing University, what a dream!

The day before the release of the exam scores, major online headlines once again brought up topics related to Ji Xizhi’s graduate exams.

The exaggerated headlines like #Ji Xizhi Declares to Ace the Written Exam# and #Ji Xizhi Applies to Qing University#, previously released by reporters who maliciously interviewed at the exam entrance, resurfaced to the top trending spots.

In the entertainment circle, an artist’s every side can be magnified infinitely, so it’s a taboo for artists to make bold claims. If you do, no matter how difficult, if you don’t achieve it, you’ll get criticized.

Having been in the industry for so long, Hangxing Entertainment is well aware of this.

Raise Ji Xizhi up today, watch her fall tomorrow.

Sharing the same thought was X Family Course Company’s livestream that last invited Ji Xizhi where Qian Ying went.

Due to Ji Xizhi’s online sharing, their sales orders crashed entirely, overnight, not a single order left of their 9,999 yuan course package.

The company bled money and also had to bear Ji Xizhi’s lawsuit compensation.

The course livestream couldn’t recover even now, with every offer faced with criticism. For a whole month, the company not only didn’t profit, but suffered losses.

Aggravated, even the company’s founder couldn’t sit still.

Personally streamed to sell courses, X Course Company’s founder had a law background too.

Upon seeing Ji Xizhi, who had read just two law books, claiming to pass into Qing University, the founder couldn’t help but laugh during the livestream.

While recommending courses, he shamelessly hinted at Ji Xizhi’s name:

"The entertainment industry is a mix of truth and falsehood, but as law students, we must have our own logical judgment ability. I’m also a law student. Everyone knows how hard law graduate exams are. Even after four years of undergraduate studies, we don’t fully grasp the law. If someone who never studied law as an undergrad claims they can pass the graduate exams, the difficulty speaks for itself, doesn’t it?"

"Furthermore, regarding the 9.9 course compared to our family’s course a few days ago, to be honest, I am a law student, and I’ve explored all the networked courses. I can’t deny that the teacher’s sharing was excellent, but I also want to say, the teacher’s sharing is merely sharing, unlike our courses that systematically provide outlines, highlight key points, and simulate previous exams. Spending 9.9, but how does it help for your exams? I don’t know what purpose someone has to recommend this 9.9 course to law students preparing for exams. Perhaps they aim to thin out competition? Who knows, some people might intentionally push the 9.9 course, while privately they buy our 9,999 course and pass."

The founder’s voice was earnest, understanding students’ competitive psychology well as a training institution.

Especially that last line easily stirred dissatisfaction toward Ji Xizhi.

Previously, no one knew Ji Xizhi was taking graduate exams, so now their minds wandered.

What if, while openly recommending the 9.9 course, Ji Xizhi secretly bought the 9,999 course?

It’s related to getting ahead in the exams! With so many vying in this, once people suspect they might be pushed aside, jealousy will wildly arise.

Ji Xizhi indeed garnered many fans recently, yet upon hearing this news, everyone still wanted clarity from Ji Xizhi.

More curiosity arose about Ji Xizhi’s scores.

Ji Xizhi’s graduate exam results felt almost like being roasted over a fire.

If she scores low, she’ll be mocked for boasting; if high, accused of buying courses!

The online attention to Ji Xizhi’s exam results almost exceeded the concern for Ji Xizhi herself.

Ji Xizhi was more relaxed than those online bystanders; on the morning the results were released, she was leisurely reading the Civil Code, with a few notebooks on the coffee table.

Xiao Yuan sat cross-legged by the table, angrily pointing at the phone screenshot of a course founder’s sarcastic remarks on the hot search.

"Pah! Unbelievably shameless!!!"