Chapter 54: Chapter 054: Shipped, Please Check for Delivery Chapter 54: Chapter 054: Shipped, Please Check for Delivery Perhaps it was because of the deceased who shared the same name and surname.
Qi Si turned around and had France’s specialties prepared, then mailed them directly back to the country.
She also dropped a reminder to Shen Yan.
[Package sent, please check for it.]
Shen Yan sat by the flowerbed on the large balcony, holding her phone and staring blankly at the message.
He really did send over the specialties!
Not just mailed them, but also reminded her.
Thinking about how the original owner treated her fiancé with punches and kicks, verbal insults, Shen Yan’s expression was somewhat indescribable for a moment.
Doesn’t Qi Si have any personal feelings?
Could he tolerate his fiancée blatantly hurting him and being unfaithful?
Does he have a masochistic tendency?
Or does he enjoy being wronged?
She then thought of the original owner’s family background and put away those messy speculations and thoughts.
For Qi Si who lacked feelings, the original owner’s actions couldn’t really hurt him.
Qi Si only wanted benefits!
Sending her the specialties was also for his own benefits.
Understanding this, Shen Yan stopped dwelling on Qi Si’s matters.
[Thank you.]
After sending out the two-word message, she started to think about what to do for her live stream the next day.
As for what reaction Qi Si might have upon seeing it, it was no longer within her concerns.
*
Xu Zishen and his agent walked out of the agency with gloomy faces.
Before the agent had time to instruct Xu Zishen, Li Kunzhe’s phone rang again.
After a few words, Li Kunzhe’s face turned even uglier; the other side ended the call quickly, and despite his multiple “hello”s, he failed to keep them on the line.
“Another brand is calling to terminate the contract…”
Upon hearing this, Xu Zishen went pale.
Li Kunzhe, frustrated, ruffled his hair and said, “You go back and rest. In three days, you’ll appear on the survival show to try and pull back the popularity.”
Xu Zishen nodded with a stern face.
He regretted everything deeply now.
Just as he had climbed into the car, he reopened the door and said to Li Kunzhe, “During the romance reality show, someone either hacked my phone or stole it. But the latter is more likely; we need to get cooperation from Director Du’s side.”
Get cooperation from Director Du?
He had just been scolded by Director Du, who told him his artist nearly ruined his romance reality show.
Director Du’s show had to pause for two weeks to cool off.
Li Kunzhe, anxiously said, “I’ll think of a way. After you go back, don’t do anything, and don’t post any comments online. You’ve earned so much money for the company; they won’t abandon you lightly.”
So, as long as this wave of negative popularity died down, everything would gradually get back on track.
Xu Zishen’s face became even paler.
If the agency gave up on him, after another year or two, he wouldn’t have a career left…
This time, he had really suffered a major setback!
Xu Zishen returned to his residence, angrily smashing many things, while his assistant ran far away, not daring to approach.
While Li Kunzhe received countless calls about contract terminations and demands for compensation, his mood darkened more than sewage.
Upon receiving Director Li’s call about contract termination and compensation demands, no matter how composed Li Kunzhe normally was, he was now in utter disarray.
Such contracts usually had clauses that require artists to maintain certain standards of conduct and moral behavior; now that Xu Zishen was in such a predicament, everyone saw the signs and rushed to terminate their contracts, aiming to minimize their losses and damage as quickly as possible.
Even the two dramas Xu Zishen had just signed for were scrapped.
Shen Yan really had a knack for spreading bad luck; whoever was involved with her was jinxed!
They were tasting the bitter fruit of their actions, full of regret.
In their eyes, it was just a minor incident, but it had evolved into this current state so stealthily.
And this.
It was all due to Liu Su’s vigorous efforts to suppress him.
He dug up Xu Zishen’s sordid past, listing scandals and spreading rumors of a morally debauched artist—who would dare to hire him?
Even the talent agency was planning to give up on Xu Zishen.
The internet was full of curses towards Xu Zishen, even his fans had turned against him.
Li Kunzhe and Xu Zishen were at their wits’ end when Shen Yan started another live stream the next morning.
In front of the live stream camera, she was holding her small guitar, playing the tune she had just learned the night before, delicate and crisp, delightfully pleasing to the ear.
Suddenly, the gifts in the live stream shot up, and Shen Yan exclaimed in surprise. Seeing the flurry of gifts, she frowned, “I just wanted to play a tune for everyone to listen to; there’s no need for gifts. Many of you fans must be students, right? Better save your money for your tuition fees, don’t find yourselves asking your parents for money when school starts.”
Then, Shen Yan promptly returned the gifts to the senders, even adding a bit of her own money, before she turned off the gifting feature.
The fans who received their money back were stunned.
Then they began furiously posting comments on the screen.
Amidst the flood of positive comments, Shen Yan played another tune.
The fans wanted to request songs.
Shen Yan seemed a bit troubled but didn’t refuse. She asked them to type out their favorite tunes, and she noted them all down, promising to play each one during the live stream the next day.
This live stream lasted three hours.
As soon as Shen Yan went offline, she started to sift through the songs her fans had requested and began practicing them that very day.
Liu Su, returning from the company, heard occasional strains of music from upstairs. The playing was seamless, not the stuttering notes of a beginner, but a smooth flow one after another.
He hadn’t expected Shen Yan to possess such a musical talent!
It had been hidden until now.
Liu Su went upstairs and, standing outside the door, took out his phone and recorded a segment of an upbeat tune before sending it off.
Qi Si was getting ready to leave when his phone buzzed on the small table. He opened it and saw a recording sent by Liu Su.
Initially indifferent, by some inexplicable impulse, he clicked on it.
A beautiful piano melody instantly filled the cold room.
It lasted only a minute.
But even for Qi Si, who had no knowledge of music, it sounded like a master’s performance.
After listening, he saw the message that followed and fell into deep thought for a moment.
[This should be Miss Shen’s newly learned piece.]
“Sir, the ambassador from France has called to remind us again,” a subordinate’s urging voice came from outside the door.
Qi Si put the phone into his suit pocket and stepped out.
Shen Yan’s talent show live stream created a bit of a buzz.
Although it didn’t make the trending search list, it did appear in the Weibo search bar.
The third day’s live stream attracted even more viewers; the scrolling barrage of comments was impossible to keep up with.
With a viewership close to 600,000, it was evident that Shen Yan’s popularity had indeed soared.
Her fans had also started to band together.
Xinyu also had their artists share the link to Shen Yan’s live stream to boost her popularity.
Dai Qiu showed displeasure at this.
But in the end, using Shi Lian’s account, Dai Qiu reposted for Shen Yan, begrudgingly praising her with a few words.
Shi Lian was Xinyu’s top artist and a leading actress in the entertainment industry with an astonishing number of fans.
Shen Yan watched as groups of new viewers poured into the live stream, saying they had been recommended by this or that celebrity, coming to have a look.
Of course, there were also those who entered the stream just to scold Shen Yan.
Shen Yan didn’t pay them any mind and just focused on her playing.
Meanwhile, Chu Jinghe, who had just finished a scene, took her phone from her agent and saw the live stream of Shen Yan.
Her brows furrowed almost imperceptibly: “Shen Yan’s popularity has been quite high recently.”
Her agent spoke gravely, “We have to go back to the ‘Survivor’ show crew tomorrow. Last time, she almost completely stole your thunder; this time, we can’t give her a chance to overshadow you.”
The agent was really worried about the big threat Shen Yan posed to Chu Jinghe.
Chu Jinghe glanced at the live stream again, listening to the relaxed tune being played, and felt an even greater sense of crisis toward Shen Yan.
As if a voice was echoing in her mind: Shen Yan will eventually trample you beneath her feet.