Press conference
"There's still a press conference later." Xiao Yuancheng pushed He Fang away, took the ring from his hand and put it on, shaking his hand, "Is this expensive? If it is, I'll pay you for it."
He didn't answer, smiled and picked him up from the chair to make him stand upright, then looked at him carefully again, pointed outside and said "I won't be with you later, I'll come pick you up later." Then he left.
He Fan is like that, a very mature man, always wearing a suit and tie to work, with neatly combed hair, even in the summer. He's not particularly handsome, but he's very tall, over 190 cm, exuding an elegant aura that makes you want to get close to him without realizing it. When He Fan makes decisions, he never asks for your opinion, yet somehow doesn't make you feel uncomfortable, this is probably what they call leadership charisma.
After He Fan came out, Yang Rui was already waving at Xiao Yuan Cheng at the door. It's estimated that Yang Rui had been waiting outside for a while. Xiao Yuan Cheng took a deep breath, glanced at his watch, and it was exactly 8 o'clock, which showed He Fan's extraordinary sense of time control.
There was a very narrow corridor between the dressing room and the conference room, with relatively dim lighting. Xiao Yuancheng followed behind Yang Rui, taking advantage of the fact that people coming and going were not paying attention to quietly remove the ring from his hand and put it in his pocket.
Xiao Yuancheng is a man after all, and he has no concept of gems and the like. The last time was openly brought out, and he hated that others couldn't see his ring because it was given by He Fan; but this time he didn't want people to know anymore. If this ring is very expensive, then when the scandal of him being kept breaks out later, wouldn't this be a material?
He Fan also said that it was "given by a friend", indicating that there is a third person who knows about the existence of this ring.
Whether it was his imagination or not, he had to be on guard now.
The scene of the press conference was crowded with many people, and the 300-seat conference room was packed to capacity, which also reflected his popularity.
Just now in the dressing room, Ren Shu had already told him that entertainment reporters like this kind of news with great contrast, such as a certain pure artiste having scandalous photos exposed, or a female star who married into a wealthy family being domestically abused and so on. His age is young and he debuted with a good boy image, plus in these few months because of drug use and infidelity many stars have fallen from grace, so entertainment reporters are working hard to find this kind of material, therefore the situation he will face later will be very unfavorable.
Xiao Yuancheng knew that this press conference would be unforgettable for him.
The other three members on the stage had already taken their seats, leaving the position in the middle for him. To his left was Boyce, to Boyce's left was the agent, to his right was Xiao Bao, and to Xiao Bao's right was Lin Ze. Xiao Yuan Cheng sat down according to Yang Rui's guidance, lowering his head and remaining silent.
The media saw the protagonist arrive and stopped interviewing the other four people, turning their cameras on Xiao Yuancheng.
Xiao Yuancheng glanced at her with his spare vision, and the small female reporter wearing glasses and a black skirt was indeed still here.
The interview started off fairly mild, with the reporters only asking trivial things, but this state of affairs didn't last long. Suddenly a reporter from a small magazine pushed his way to the front and pointed his microphone at Xiao Yuancheng.
Xiao Yuancheng subconsciously dodged back a little, and when he came to his senses, the female reporter had already started asking questions.
"We all know you just turned 18 this year, so what's your take on the recent string of celebrity drug scandals?"
"I think one shouldn't take drugs because it's against the law in China."
The previous generation directly led to Xiao Yuancheng's abnormal performance was this female reporter, her questions were full of traps. For example, the first question, if Xiao Yuancheng expressed strong opposition to drug use, he would unknowingly offend many people. Many people in the circle have this hobby, it is well known, he, a small star, jumped out and pretended to be a public intellectual, which was not only self-defeating but also risked being caught off guard and losing face.
What if he says he doesn't care?
That's just making excuses for oneself.
This answer is what he thought in the hospital, although it may not be very good, but also has no practical meaning, can say this is just a waste of words, only said a common sense that everyone knows.
The female journalist nodded thoughtfully, and another reporter in the room asked a few more questions. In short, when no one started, everyone was reluctant to ask, but once someone broke the ice, other reporters could follow up on the topic.
In this kind of group interview, a really capable journalist can guide the topic and make the interviewee say what he wants, while also subtly inducing other media outlets to report similar content, so that after publication, everyone will find that their reports are all roughly the same, without any explosive or exclusive information.
"Someone took a photo of you at the entrance of a bar yesterday. Can you tell us if you were drunk at that time?" The female reporter threw out her second question.
"Yes, because I'm not good at drinking, I rarely drink. Yesterday was very happy with a few seniors together, unknowingly drank a lot, woke up already in the hospital." Xiao Yuancheng still replied calmly.
Ren Zeyue secretly gave Xiaoyuan a thumbs up.
"Excuse me, who were you with at that time?"
"Along with artists from another company and their friends, I didn't know all of them but everyone was nice to me and we had a lot of fun."
"So you also have the hobby of going to bars in your daily life?"
"This is the first time."
"As far as we know, Yuan Cheng is a good boy and never comes to such places. At gatherings where drinking is involved, he always advises us not to drink too much, saying that we have work tomorrow and need to rest early." Boyce chimed in.
Xiao Yuancheng turned his head and exchanged a glance with him, the two of them tacitly avoided eye contact at the moment their eyes met, appearing to be looking at each other but actually neither of them was in focus.
Xiao Bao stretched out his hand and grasped Xiao Yuan Cheng's hand, and they held each other tightly.
It seems their combined relationship is really good after all, Xiao Yuan Cheng sighed bitterly in his heart.
There were journalists who followed Boyce's words and asked a few questions about Xiao Yuancheng's usual behavior and their daily life. Boyce temporarily attracted attention, but Xiao Yuancheng did not relax because the female journalist kept staring at him, brewing new questions.
If it weren't for the fact that today's victim was Xiao Yuancheng, he would have really liked to introduce this little reporter to He Fan and dig her into Shanghua Media. From now on, whoever she didn't like would be sent to interview them, absolutely not letting anyone get away with it.
"What made you go to the bar?"
"There was a university classmate having a birthday, and invited us to celebrate at a bar. Coincidentally, we ran into a senior artist inside the bar. I went to the senior's private room halfway through, my classmates probably thought I would leave with them, so they didn't bother calling me. The senior probably thought I still wanted to hang out with my classmates afterwards, and no one thought of sending me home."
Xiao Yuan Cheng said after, deliberately turned his head and glanced at Little Treasure.
Xiao Bao's hand tightened around his when he first heard the question, but as Xiao Yuan Cheng explained, his hand gradually relaxed. When Xiao Yuan Cheng turned to look at him, he quickly gave him a grateful glance.
Xiao Yuan Cheng intentionally didn't tell the truth, last time he honestly said that because of a bad mood he went to a bar with his group members and felt nothing, now thinking about it, this might have unintentionally "betrayed" Xiao Bao, and now he doesn't care if Xiao Bao is an enemy or friend, human feelings must be sent out first.
The wisest thing is to make friends with your enemy's friend.
Ren Zeyue's face was a bit off, this didn't match the answer he had instructed Yuancheng to give, Yuancheng should have thrown this question back at him to answer, he had already prepared a draft on his end.
"But judging from the photos, your behavior is strange and doesn't seem like just drunkenness. According to our speculation, you may have taken banned substances. Did you really take banned substances? If not, how do you explain your behavior in the photos? It's said that you're the weakest physically in the Tsunami team, is it related to your long-term use of toxic substances? You've been following the Tsunami team for a year now and have had very little time to study, did you really get into college? What's your real age, is it really 18 as announced?" The small female reporter's words caused the entire scene to fall silent.
This bold journalist pressed step by step, asking several key questions in a row, and even dug out materials outside the press conference. All media stretched their necks waiting for Xiao Yuancheng's response.
"It's inappropriate to ask questions like that." Ren Zeyue took the microphone from the table and hijacked the topic, "Today's press conference is aimed at explaining the matter of Yuan Cheng being photographed drunk. Currently, there is no evidence to prove that Yuan Cheng uses drugs. Similar suspicions should wait for the hospital's test results. After the hospital releases the test report, we will contact you all in a timely manner. As for other questions, we are not obligated to answer them. That concludes today's press conference..."
"I don't know." Xiao Yuancheng let go of Xiaobao's hand and suddenly stood up from his seat.
In the previous life, it was like this. This reporter made Xiao Yuan Cheng taste the horror of public opinion for the first time. The other party not only questioned his drug use but also questioned his educational background, age, and character. He answered questions about drug use, and then this woman said he was evading other issues. He insisted that he had been admitted to the university announced to the outside world, but was exposed by this woman on the spot.
His Gaokao scores were average and he didn't get into a good undergraduate program. After consulting with the director of music department at a famous university, he went there as an exchange student but claimed to have been admitted to that university. In fact, his academic record was still in the ordinary university, so if someone checked, they could find out the truth. To some extent, his educational background was fake. Who knew that the reporter had done his homework and investigated beforehand? Xiao Yuancheng was exposed on the spot, and he got into an argument with the other person, slamming down the phone and leaving. The next day's news made him lose the role in the TV series for the following month.
But he has been through it once before, and this time he won't be provoked again.
Xiao Yuancheng picked up what looked like the largest and most professional camera lens as the main lens, staring at it, giving himself three seconds to recall the miserable scene of being beaten, punched and even thrown out of a hotel in his previous life. The grievances quickly surged up, he thought again about He Fan and Boyce's affairs, tears burst forth.
"I don't know." Xiao Yuancheng choked back a sob, "Actually, I'm not even sure if I ate it or not, because at the time in the bar, all the drinks were ordered by others."
The room erupted into a flurry of discussion, Boyce and Xiaobao looked shocked, Lin Ze put down his phone and turned to look at Xiao Yuancheng, while Ren Zeyue got up from his seat and walked away, seemingly to arrange something.
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