A top-tier agent standing at the pinnacle of the entertainment industry, wielding the weapon of public opinion for years, what kind of magnitude are the promotional resources she can mobilize?
No one had a clear concept before.
Now, Sister Li will soon make everyone understand.
Almost the moment the news came from abroad, Sister Li unhesitatingly picked up the phone.
The vibration of her voice was converted into electrical signals by the microphone, processed and amplified through the phone’s circuits, becoming corresponding electromagnetic waves sent to base stations nationwide.
For a time, many people stood up from their seats because of this one call, moving between workstations and partitions, holding documents, listening to voice messages, with the dense clatter of keyboards echoing.
Ports.
At the same time, countless angles of charts and text content merged into one, flying like snowflakes toward every platform capable of releasing breaking news.
On the internet, briefly abuzz because of Gu Zhaoping breaking records, new revelations quickly emerged, drowning out the explosive news.
[Liang Zhiwei’s disappearance linked to Gu Zhaoye and Ruan Nian]
This topic shot up the trending list with lightning speed.
Many people, upon first seeing these words, were stunned—what’s going on?
Liang Zhiwei went missing on a snowy mountain; how could it be related to these two?
What kind of connection could there be?
But when they clicked, they immediately saw detailed exposés, even videos from multiple angles at the scene!
During the task card selection, Liang Zhiwei drew the task of exploring the snowy mountain route alone, but due to errors in the prior route survey, she fell into danger.
And at the moment she was desperately calling for help, Gu Zhaoye, the person responsible for safety communications, failed to receive the message in time.
What was he doing?
He was applying medicine for Ruan Nian!!
The camera shifted, showing Gu Zhaoye crouching to the side, holding the medicine, and everyone who saw this revelation widened their eyes in disbelief.
Their minds were filled with incredulity.
Were they crazy?
This is pure insanity!
It left viewers gasping for breath!
Ruan Nian’s minor injury could’ve been fixed with a Band-Aid and healed in no time, yet these two were here, lovey-dovey, showing off their affection??
If you don’t save her soon, it’s really over—could something happen to Liang Zhiwei because of this?
If something really happened to her, the consequences would be unimaginable!
That’s a human life!!
And the most critical, most terrifying thing?
Liang Zhiwei drew that task card because Gu Zhaoye suddenly left to tend to Ruan Nian.
If he hadn’t left, that card would’ve been his, meaning Liang Zhiwei took on this consequence in his place!
My God, this isn’t human—this really isn’t human!
All the onlookers were stunned, never expecting things to unfold like this.
Before it fully blew up, they thought it wasn’t too serious; the production team would surely find her soon.
After all, with a group of entertainment and elite guests skiing, how dangerous could it be?
But now, seeing these exposés, the clear state of the scene, and those two’s attitudes, a chilling realization hit everyone.
It’s over.
This is really over.
Liang Zhiwei might actually be in serious trouble!!
At this point, even Ruan Nian’s fans and the CP fans of Gu and Ruan were dumbfounded.
They wanted to argue it might not be true, but with the flood of exposés, they couldn’t keep up with clarifications!
Refute one, and ten more pop up.
Refute ten, and a hundred more emerge!
The exposé photos and accounts seemed inexhaustible, pouring out relentlessly!
The fans were collapsing!
Where did all this come from??
Are you professionals playing a peak match against us amateurs?
In the end, many gave up: “No more defending, we can’t keep up! Those videos look too real, with details from head to toe—no one will believe clarifications!”
With that, the fanbase fell silent.
Not only did netizens not believe clarifications, but even many among them didn’t either.
Do we still have to do this against our conscience?
No matter how obsessed, they couldn’t deceive themselves into continuing.
The exposés were too powerful, and the fans quickly gave up resistance, defeated!
At this moment, the ones quickly sensing danger were Gu Zhaoye’s former PR team.
This PR team wasn’t entirely his; it was built on the Gu family’s foundation.
But since Gu Zhaoye had the most public exposure and a highly positive image as the heir, their PR tasks mostly focused on him.
As for Gu Zhaoping?
Well, they mostly served Gu Zhaoye.
For her issues, they only ensured not to drag the Gu family’s overall public image too much; completely clearing her name was tough.
Truth be told, they didn’t put in much effort.
When this news spread, they were stunned.
What’s going on?
How could their CEO do something so brainless?
Even if he liked Ruan Nian, how could he let emotions cloud his judgment during a task on a show like this?
Of course, they didn’t know that Ruan Nian was frantically boosting her charm stats to increase her influence over him, and Gu Zhaoye’s already shaky brain couldn’t resist the sudden spike.
Everything seemed logical.
Without the series of prior setbacks, Ruan Nian wouldn’t have made such a reckless move at this moment.
But Gu Zhaoye’s sense of responsibility was never strong, nor did he intend to take the show’s games seriously.
So even without Ruan Nian’s influence boost, he might still have messed up.
The PR team went into emergency mode, working overnight to whitewash and manage public opinion against this massive wave of exposés.
But PR techniques have limits; they can’t always pull off miraculous ideas.
Under the crushing weight of undeniable facts and moral disadvantage, even with countless industry elites burning out brain cells, they couldn’t break free.
Some in the PR team even wanted to quit!
Is this human?
Can a normal, humane person do this?
How do we even whitewash this?
If something happened to Liang Zhiwei, he’d have ruined her life for good!
And the relationship between him and Liang Zhiwei wasn’t simple.
With Ruan Nian involved, it’s hard to say it wouldn’t be interpreted as some deliberate love-driven murder, making the public opinion risk even more terrifying.
Even sealing off the news wouldn’t work!
A human life is at stake, and the public’s judgment can never be ignored.
In the midst of the PR team’s despair,
thankfully, the internet didn’t stay on edge for long before news broke: Liang Zhiwei was rescued!
Thank heavens!
The PR team nearly cried, almost wanting to go to a temple to pray for Liang Zhiwei’s safety.
Thank goodness, she’s been rescued, she’s been rescued!
They let out a huge sigh of relief.
As long as she’s okay, there’s still plenty of room to spin the narrative, still a chance to turn things around!
They immediately steeled themselves, grabbed their keyboards, and started typing furiously, racking their brains!
But at that moment—
Another wave of exposés hit!
This batch of leaks revealed that at the scene, Gu Zhaoye was planning to arrange a helicopter for mountain rescue, but with too many stranded people, the rescue team was temporarily stretched thin.
The PR team didn’t even have time to verify with the other side, and Gu Zhaoye’s phone was unreachable no matter what.
They could only follow the videos and grit their teeth, writing: “Gu Zhaoye is still very responsible. He missed the distress signal due to an accident, but now he’s doing his best to make up for it. It feels like he truly knows he was wrong…”
Another new exposé!
Gu Zhaoye’s helicopter hadn’t even arrived yet, but Liang Zhiwei had already been rescued!
The person who saved her wasn’t anyone from the show’s regular cast.
It was Gu Zhaoping!
Gu Zhaoping, who wasn’t even supposed to be in this episode!
The crowd was in an uproar.
In an instant, the onlookers were caught off guard by this twist.
Wait, what’s going on?
Wasn’t Gu Zhaoping absent?
Didn’t she take leave?
Wasn’t she off playing chess?
Could she really have teleported across the ocean the moment she saw the news?
She doesn’t have a magic portal!
But at that moment—
Another video dropped!
It was like it never ended!
The footage showed Gu Zhaoping arriving by helicopter, stepping out with Liang Zhiwei by her side.
There seemed to be another person next to her, but they were seated further back, hard to make out.
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, she landed.
Meanwhile, on Gu Zhaoye’s side, another man inexplicably appeared, talking to him, seemingly about Gu Zhaoping’s personality issues.
At that moment, the helicopter door was already open.
Gu Zhaoping calmly looked at them and asked coolly,
“What’s wrong with my personality?”
My God.
Utter silence.
Those who saw the video were struck by a stunned, uproarious silence.
This plot twist came too fast.
Was this a live bust of someone talking behind her back?
Who was this man?
What was his relationship with Gu Zhaoping?
No, no, that wasn’t even the main focus in everyone’s minds.
The first thought was—
My goodness, Gu Zhaoping is too cool!
Is this really Gu Zhaoping?
Though her image had already shifted dramatically before, and people had seen her slap Gu Zhaoye and stand in front of Liang Zhiwei, this time she was just too overwhelmingly cool.
She flew in on a helicopter and saved Liang Zhiwei first!?
That question she asked was so commanding, completely crushing the two men below her!
Even in such danger, it became clear that wherever she was, so-called “savior” men simply didn’t exist in her presence.
Everyone felt a strange sensation, as if as long as Gu Zhaoping appeared, everything would be resolved, and they could feel at ease.
It was truly odd, considering the public only knew her from a few episodes…
Then Gu Zhaoping took a few steps forward.
And did something that made everyone’s jaws drop.
She raised her hand and slapped Gu Zhaoye across the face again.
A crisp, resounding slap cut through the wind and snow, reaching the phone of someone secretly recording nearby, startling them so much the camera shook, and the hearts of all viewers trembled too.
They’re fighting again?
This sibling duo is at it again!
Honestly, before this show, no one could’ve imagined that this elite sibling pair’s daily dynamic was so unlike other siblings.
Whenever they were in the same frame, one of them was bound to get hit!
And that someone was always Gu Zhaoye.
Who could’ve thought this domineering CEO was like this in private?
Completely suppressed by Gu Zhaoping, unable to lift his head or catch a breath, without a shred of charisma.
No, forget charisma—he didn’t even have basic human decency or moral standards!
After losing in a business game, he broke down; because of Ruan Nian, he missed a critical rescue opportunity.
Some domineering CEO.
Gu Zhaoping’s voice was icy, carried by the wind: “Missing a rescue opportunity deserves a slap. You still haven’t learned your lesson, and this time you nearly cost someone their life. Was it you who missed Liang Zhiwei’s distress call? And you still have the face to confront me here?”
Her voice was sharp.
Before that, she pulled out a certificate and held it coldly in front of Gu Zhaoye, making his pupils shrink so hard he went cross-eyed!
Someone at the scene shakily read it out: “High-altitude ski rescue certificate?”
The audience outside their screens was stunned too, only then realizing what that little booklet was.
A rescue certificate?
For high-altitude skiing?
Whose was it?
Gu Zhaoping’s?
No way.
The skills she’d shown on the show before were already hard for netizens to fully believe, and now there’s another skill she hadn’t even mentioned?
If she’s this badass, why didn’t she mention this during her introduction…
Wait, suddenly someone realized something was off.
Could it be…
This is just a minor, insignificant skill to her?
So insignificant she didn’t even bother mentioning it in her self-introduction?
My God, some people’s faces turned pale with shock.
It was unimaginable.