vstars Chapter 571 The Villain Accuses First
Chapter 571 The Villain Accuses First
In October, Beijing is blessed with clear skies and gentle breezes.
The sycamore leaves in the villa area of the capital city are beginning to turn yellow. The cool morning breeze blows in from outside the window, causing the gauze curtains in the living room to sway gently.
Fu Yibai slept in late, a rare occurrence, and woke up at 10 a.m.
Last night, Fan Binbin and Qin Lan stayed up until 2 a.m. because "you were away on a business trip for three days, you have to make up for it."
When he woke up, his left arm was numb from being pressed down by Fan Binbin, and his right shoulder had a red mark from Qin Lan's pillow.
He carefully pulled his arm out from under Fan Binbin's head and moved Qin Lan's head onto the pillow. The two women turned over in their sleep at the same time, continuing to sleep back to back.
After washing up and going downstairs, Yang Rong was sitting on the living room sofa, braiding Zhao Ning's hair.
The little girl was wearing a pale yellow dress, and her hair had grown to her shoulders; it was jet black and smooth.
Yang Rong used a comb to divide her hair into two sections, and with a few twists of her fingers, she braided two pigtails, tying the ends of the braids with small pink rubber bands.
"Okay, let Dad take a look."
Yang Rong turned Zhao Ning around to face Fu Yibai.
The little girl tilted her head back, her two little braids sticking up on either side of her ears, her eyes sparkling.
"nice."
Fu Yibai bent down, picked up his daughter, and kissed her on the cheek.
"Daddy, stab."
Zhao Ning frowned and pushed his face away.
Fu Yibai touched his chin; it really did need to be shaved.
"Daddy! Daddy!"
Jingchen climbed up from the playmat, stood up straight while holding onto the edge of the coffee table, and stretched out his two little hands towards Fu Yibai.
Fu Yibai placed Zhao Ning on the sofa, then went over and scooped his son up.
Liu Yan came downstairs wearing a light gray knitted cardigan, her hair casually pinned up at the back of her head.
She walked over to Fu Yibai and wiped the drool from the corner of Jing Chen's mouth.
"Not going to the office today?"
"I'll go this afternoon; I'll stay home with you this morning."
That's perfect.
We took the children to play in the yard for a while. It's gotten colder these past few days; it'll be cold again in a few more warm days.
"OK."
The three of them played with the child in the yard for more than an hour. When they went back inside, Li Dabai was leaning against the sofa in the living room drinking milk.
Her lower abdomen is now slightly protruding, and you can see a slight curve even when she's wearing loose loungewear.
"Baymax Mommy!"
Zhao Ning ran over with the ginkgo leaf in her hands and held it up in front of her.
"This is for you!"
Li Dabai paused for a moment, took the ginkgo leaf, and smiled.
"Thank you, Zhaoning."
She kissed Zhao Ning on the forehead, and the little girl giggled.
Fan Binbin and Qin Lan also came downstairs.
Fan Binbin wore a burgundy bathrobe, her hair was casually tied into a low ponytail, and her face still had the rosy glow of someone who had just woken up.
Qin Lan followed behind her, wearing light blue loungewear, and was combing her tangled hair with her hands.
I'm hungry.
Fan Binbin, clutching her stomach, sat down next to Fu Yibai.
"I've already ordered food, it'll be here in a bit."
"All right."
Fan Binbin nestled into Fu Yibai's arms, watching the two children play on the carpet.
A dozen minutes later, the meal Fu Yibai ordered arrived.
After lunch, the women went their separate ways.
Fan Binbin and Qin Lan were snuggled on the sofa watching TV, while Li Dabai leaned against the other side with his eyes closed, a cashmere blanket draped over his legs.
Yang Rong and Liu Yan were upstairs bathing and changing the two children. From time to time, Zhao Ning's giggles and Jing Chen's howls could be heard from the bathroom.
At 2 p.m., Zhang Xinyu's car was parked in front of the villa.
After Fu Yibai got into the car, she began to report on the afternoon's itinerary as usual. The car drove out of the villa area and headed towards Chenxi.
Upon arriving at the office, Fu Yibai turned on his computer and checked the October report from Xinghui Investment that Chen Zheng had sent him.
Margaret's side also sent a briefing on the progress of the Marvel acquisition.
The acquisition of Marvel Entertainment has entered the final stage of legal document review, and all handover procedures are expected to be completed by mid-December.
On October 19th, a Weibo post at 9:40 AM shattered the calm surface of the entertainment industry.
Entertainment gossip account "Ba Zhanggui" posted a Weibo post with only three lines of text:
"Dong Bailian and Pan Yueming have recently broken up."
Has the woman taken the child and left home a long time ago?
The specific details are still being verified, but the news of the breakup is basically true.
#Dong Bailian and Pan Yueming's marital breakdown#
This topic quickly rose to the top of the trending searches within half an hour.
Dong Bailian and Pan Yueming are recognized as the "golden couple" in the entertainment circle.
They met in 2005 while working on the TV series "Red Dress Shop", got married in 2008, and had their son Dingding the following year.
The couple has always maintained a low-key and loving relationship from dating to marriage. They never deliberately show affection in public, but every time they appear together, they give people a sense of peace and tranquility.
This is precisely why the revelation by "Eight-Headed Boss" had such a strong impact on public perception.
Within forty minutes, related topics dominated Weibo's trending searches.
The three topics, #DongBailianPanYuemingMaritalChapterChange#, #BaZhangGuiReveals#, and #DongBailian#, are all in the top ten of the list.
The comments section was scrolling by in minutes, with most of the top-rated comments expressing shock and disbelief.
"Really? Aren't they always been very much in love?"
"Even the most beautiful couple is getting a divorce. I no longer believe in love."
The artist management company is located on the 24th floor of the Morning Light Building.
Lin Wei was reviewing the budget proposal for the second season of the "Starry Dream Factory" training camp when she saw this news.
The assistant handed her the phone, which displayed the Weibo post by "Eight-Headed Boss".
After reading the contents, she returned the phone to her assistant.
"Call Pan Yueming first."
When the call was connected, Pan Yueming was on the set of "Candle in the Tomb: The Lost Caverns".
The background noise from the film crew was very loud, with the engine noise of the generator truck and the voices of the production crew all mixed together.
"Sister Lin."
"Old Pan, did you see that Weibo post online?"
"My assistant just showed it to me."
Is what's being said online true?
Should the company step in to clarify this?
"It's half true, half false, I suppose."
We've had some disagreements. Bai Lian has been back at her parents' house with the child for a while now, but it hasn't come to the point of divorce yet.
There's no need to trouble the company with such a small matter.
"Okay, then you decide for yourself."
Lin Wei didn't actually take this matter very seriously.
After all, divorces are extremely common in the entertainment industry.
Divorce does not affect an actor's value.
Moreover, Pan Yueming and her husband are not divorced yet; they just had a falling out and she went back to her parents' home.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Wei put the matter aside.
Pan Yueming, who was on set, didn't take the matter to heart and immediately threw herself into filming.
But to their surprise, things changed the very next day.
At 10:00 AM on October 20th, a Weibo account named "Dong Bailian Focus News" published a statement that was over a thousand words long.
The statement begins by announcing that Dong Bailian and Pan Yueming have divorced, then abruptly shifts to accuse Pan Yueming of her "crimes" one by one.
"Mr. Pan Yueming was addicted to gambling for a long time, accumulating huge gambling debts, and neglecting his family and children's upbringing."
Ms. Dong Bailian tolerated this for many years in order to maintain the integrity of her family, but Mr. Pan Yueming not only did not restrain himself, but instead became even more outrageous.
Left with no other option, Ms. Dong Bailian chose to divorce and raise her child alone.
The statement also included several photos.
The photos show the exterior and interior corridors of a casino in Macau. Although Pan Yueming herself is not in the photos, the implied meaning of the accompanying text is self-evident.
The top comments section of the Weibo post was flooded with uniform "Go to hell, scumbag," and a few comments questioning the authenticity of the statement were quickly pushed to the bottom of the thread.
Dong Bailian has cultivated a very successful public image over the years.
From the aloof and arrogant Bai Xiuzhu in "The Story of a Noble Family" to the gentle and virtuous wife image in various interview programs, the audience's perception of her has long been solidified as one of the "cleanest women in the entertainment industry".
Now that this woman has issued a statement saying that she has been gambled on, abused, and neglected by her husband for many years, the public's reaction is almost a reflex of anger.
Pan Yueming's Weibo comment section received over 100,000 messages within an hour of the statement being released.
The top comment in the front row reads "Why don't you just die?" and has received over 80,000 likes.
The second one is, "How could Dingding have a father like you?"
The third point is "Support the innocent, and get the scumbag out of the entertainment industry."
Immediately afterwards, netizens discovered that Pan Yueming was filming "Candle in the Tomb: The Lost Caverns". Angry netizens then shifted their focus to the official Weibo account of "Candle in the Tomb" and flooded it with messages demanding that the production team replace her.
"Boycott Pan Yueming! This gambling addict and scumbag doesn't deserve to act!"
"Boycott the entire Ghost Blows Out the Light series if the cast isn't changed!"
"Can Chenxi Media say something? Is this the kind of behavior your artists are behaving?"
The editor in charge of operating the official Weibo account for "Ghost Blows Out the Light" saw the number of comments increasing by hundreds per minute and quickly called Lin Wei's assistant.
When Lin Wei received the message, she was in the conference room discussing the training plan for the second season of "Starry Dream Factory".
She picked up her phone, glanced at it, frowned, and paused the meeting.
"That concludes today's meeting."
After saying that, she got up and left, returning to her office.
"Have Mr. Fang come to my office."
"Yes."
The public relations director of Chenxi Media is surnamed Fang, with the given name Yan. He is in his early forties and has been working in the entertainment public relations industry for more than ten years. He has seen all kinds of situations.
When he pushed the door open, he was already holding a tablet computer, on which was a timeline of events that he had just compiled.
"Tell me, what's the situation now?"
"Mr. Lin, something's not right."
Fang Yan placed the tablet on Lin Wei's desk and swiped his finger across the screen.
"From 10 a.m. today until now, the topic of Pan Yueming has appeared on seven trending searches."
Four of them are based on natural popularity, while three show obvious signs of being manipulated by online trolls.
"Trolls?"
Lin Wei looked up at him.
"right.
I had the tech department do a simple data tracking.
The initial posts on these topics were made by a number of marketing accounts that were exposed during the promotion of Dong Bailian's new drama last year.
This was a premeditated propaganda war; the other side wanted to use the information gap from the very beginning to nail Pan Yueming to the pillar of shame.
At the current rate of spread, if we don't respond effectively within 24 hours, Pan Yueming's public image will be very difficult to restore.