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Chapter 116 Negative Reviews

And what about Zhou Ye?

Needless to say, she was even worse!

That delicate, pretty face was born for the camera; her versatile charm is the envy of many.

She can be as ordinary as a girl from the next class, or as elegant as someone who instantly creates a distance.

When filming her makeover video, Wang Zian discovered that she hardly needed to put any effort into her makeup.

All she had to do was borrow a few high-end haute couture gowns from the brand, put them on her, and with the lights on, her face would automatically make the clothes look even more luxurious than the brand's promotional materials.

However, despite the threat of her death stare, Wang Zian still designed several outfits specifically for her.

She wore a white dress with a pearl headband. Standing in the center of the retro European-style staircase scene that Lao Li had specially found, she looked back at the camera against the light, looking as noble and aloof as the sole heir of a European manor in the early 20th century.

A youthful and lively outfit, featuring a floral print mini skirt and a high ponytail, shows her chasing bubbles on the lawn. Her shallow dimples when she smiles have made the top comments section full of "I'm in love".

But the most amazing one is the last set.

Wang Zian dressed her in a black ancient costume, with her high ponytail neatly tied behind her head. She held an unsharpened prop sword, the tip of which pointed diagonally at the ground. She stood in the smoke blown up by the blower, her expression cold and stern.

The camera pans upwards along the tip of the sword, it's incredibly cool.

After watching the footage three times behind the monitor, Lao Li said to Wang Zi'an after filming, "If you give her this look, the casting directors for martial arts dramas will be calling our company non-stop."

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Once these costume change videos were released, the three of them went viral on short video platforms.

First, it topped the charts on Douyin, then it was reposted to Kuaishou, turned into fan-made content and repeatedly featured in Bilibili's compilation section, and finally even spread to Weibo.

Douyin also gained a lot of downloads because of these refreshing videos, and Zhang Yiming couldn't hide his smile.

He called personally to brag: "Do you know how much our downloads have increased this week? Everyone online is asking which team made those transformation videos of yours. Why don't you just switch careers and become an MCN agency?"

Wang Zian was squatting next to the scene discussing the lighting for the next shot with Lao Li, his phone tucked between his ear and shoulder. He replied, "Okay, I'm busy!"

Then he died before Zhang Yiming could finish gloating.

He wasn't uninterested in the data; he just had more important things to film right now.

Liu Haochun, Tian Xiwei, and Zhou Ye, including him, have indeed become popular online.

In the past few days, their account's follower count has grown wildly at a rate that he hadn't fully anticipated.

Zhou Ye was the first to break the ten million mark.

After her transformation video, which resembled that of a gangster's daughter, was reposted by a prominent Weibo influencer, her follower count skyrocketed, and the number of visits to her homepage caused the backend data panel to crash twice.

Tian Xiwei followed closely behind, with over seven million views; her cat demon video became a huge hit on Bilibili's anime and manga community.

Liu Haochun has over six million followers, and her dance videos are very popular among artsy young people.

The girls were overjoyed.

After finishing work each day, we would go home, remove our makeup, take a shower, and the three of us would automatically gather on the large, off-white sofa in the living room.

Each person was glued to their phone, scrolling through the comments section of their own account, and reading the funny ones aloud to the other two.

When she reads comments praising her, she'll shyly hide her face behind a cushion; when she reads comments criticizing her, she'll retort.

This task is usually taken on by Tian Xiwei, who will passionately retort in Sichuan and Chongqing dialect, and then laugh so hard that she slides off the sofa.

Zhou Ye set his meticulously edited photo of himself in a black swordsman outfit as his phone wallpaper, and Tian Xiwei discovered it and tickled him for quite a while.

Liu Haochun received a Q-version portrait drawn for her by a fan, an artistic photo of her wearing a blue cheongsam. She held her phone and looked at it for a long time before setting it as her WeChat Moments cover.

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But a new problem arose.

When Wang Zian returned from work that day, he was sitting in front of his computer looking through the footage he had shot that day, picking out a few usable retouched photos to post the next day.

Several girls then approached him.

"You said you were insulted online?"

"Hmm~! Not just one or two, but many~! More and more~!"

Tian Xiwei's voice sounded somewhat aggrieved, as well as annoyed and angry.

Her face usually had dimples, but today her lips were pursed and a small knot was furrowed between her brows.

Liu Haochun and Zhou Ye followed her in, both of them expressionless, but it was a completely different kind of calm.

One of them seemed to have been prepared all along, while the other seemed to be suffering inside but was forcing himself to endure it.

Tian Xiwei handed over her phone, "Look~!"

Wang Zian took the phone and looked at the comments section below.

"How old are you?! Making videos like this!"

"Hey miss, wanna hook up?"

"Have you had plastic surgery? Your eyes are so big!"

"You seem like the kind of person who's very calculating. I wonder what you're like in private?"

People were still relatively restrained despite these blatant comments.

He opened his private messages, and the messages inside were even more offensive.

Wang Zian frowned as he looked at it.

To slander, spread rumors, and criticize from a moral high ground.

She looked up at Zhou Ye and Liu Haochun: "Are your private messages like this too?"

The two nodded in unison.

"Many of them knew I was from the Beijing Dance Academy and immediately asked me how much I charged."

Liu Haochun spoke softly, his pace as gentle as usual.

Her expression didn't change at all when she said this.

Zhou Ye's voice was icy cold, and he crossed his arms over his chest. "Most of the comments say I've had plastic surgery. Or that you can tell at a glance I'm not a good person."

Wang Zian leaned back in his chair, looked at the three faces in front of him, and remained silent for a moment.

"I didn't expect it to arrive so quickly!"

Six eyes blinked simultaneously, looking at him with confusion.

"Your sudden surge in popularity these past few days will definitely attract a lot of attention."

Most people like you, but there are also some who don't like you.

However, today's density is unusual; on the same day, a large number of similar keywords appeared in the comments section, all targeting the same person.

"This isn't something netizens did spontaneously; someone doesn't want you to continue to be famous peacefully."

Zhou Ye nodded. She had long suspected that those similarly styled negative comments were not simply the actions of passersby.

"We were prepared. We just didn't expect these people to seem to have no bottom line at all."

"So how are you feeling now?" Wang Zian asked.

Tian Xiwei threw a cushion onto the sofa with a crisp, sharp sound; "I want to destroy them."

Liu Haochun gently shook his head.

"I don't know. I've encountered this before in school. If you dance well, people say you're currying favor with the teacher; if you get into the Beijing Dance Academy, they say you bought your way in. I don't really care, I just don't want others to see it."

Finally, it was Zhou Ye's turn. She didn't speak immediately, but simply stood there, staring straight at him with her almond-shaped eyes.

Her arms were still crossed over her chest, but her fingers were unconsciously digging into her elbows.

His previous nonchalance was just a facade he put on in front of Tian Xiwei and the others.

But now that Tian Xiwei has already smashed the pillow and Liu Haochun has said he doesn't care, her strength is slowly slipping away.

She looked at Wang Zi'an with a thin layer of suppressed fear in her eyes, and a dependence on him that she probably wasn't even aware of herself.

Wang Zian smiled faintly at her.

"Don't worry, I was prepared!"