Chapter 59.1: Chairman Liang Confessed His Feelings on Weibo

　　The clamor for Jiang Dai to be a guest mentor continued to go on strong in the list of most searched Weibo hashtags for three days. During that lapse of time, all the netizens were pretty much supporting and particularly looking forward to it!

　　However, the popularity gradually dwindled at the end of the third day, and varying voices began trickling in.

　　The comments, at the very least, were neither slanderous nor aggressive. Instead, they were comments rejecting the notion of having Jiang Dai utilizing her status as an investor to appear on the show as a mentor. Even though the reasons given were vague, the comments were, on the whole, suggesting that she was unprofessional, and having her comment on performances by professional contestants was uncalled for.

　　These dissenting voices were posted in dribs and drabs, to the extent that they were unable to create a stir online.

　　However, something new soon topped the most searched hashtags on Weibo.

　　A singer known for her powerful voice had gone as far as to hurl dirt at Jiang Dai on Weibo.

Businesspeople these days must be beyond reproach to have gone as far as to have fun and market goods on some live streams for the sake of earning profits. After all, it’s apparent that one will only market goods to improve sales and acquire more money. What’s more, one doesn’t need professional expertise in things like live streaming since they’d only need to rely on themselves to do so. However, talent search programs are an entirely different ball game, especially when innumerable capable artistes abroad and within the country become popular through talent search programs every year. Not only does this determine the fates of each individual artistes, but it also sets the direction of the entertainment industry. If anyone could rely on their wealth and beauty to become a ‘judge,’ what would you have the professionals do? Become a street vendor?

　　In the past, this well-known singer had once participated and made her debut through a talent search program. However, one could say that her career was all downhill in recent years as she did not receive many work opportunities and there was not any news of her. Even so, her diehard fans remained loyal to her.

　　As soon as she published this post on Weibo, she was immediately faced with the netizen’s ridicule. 

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　　Even so, Ji Ya still appeared pretty composed. “I don’t have anything against her, as I’m just telling it like it is with the program’s best interest in mind. The only reason I decided to work with you guys is that I think this is the most promising talent search program. That’s why I do not wish for an Internet celebrity, who relies on her beauty and splurge money to hype up hashtags, on Weibo to tarnish our program’s reputation.”

　　Even though Ji Ya seemed to have adopted an impartial attitude, the producer could detect the underlying jealousy in her words.

　　Noticing how Ji Ya had quite a character and was not exactly the easiest person to deal with, the producer was certain that he could not get through to her. Hence, he could only turn to his supervisor from the TV station and the person-in-charge from Qiao Yi for assistance.

　　Ultimately, his boss asserted vehemently, “Since you have signed a contract with us, we have now processed the advance payment halfway through. If you wish to terminate the contract now, all you have to do is pay 3 times the early termination penalties as indicated. Once you have done so, you can withdraw from the program at any time.”

　　It had never occurred to Ji Ya that they would act so resolutely for the sake of Jiang Dai……

　　Unwilling to pay the penalties, she had no other choice but to change her attitude regarding this matter. “Since you are insistent on doing so, I have nothing more to say on this subject, especially when I’m merely here as an employee. If worse comes to worst, don’t say I’ve not warned you from a professional perspective.”

　　Eventually, they made an announcement on the ‘Young Camp’ official Weibo page to the effect that there was a minor communication blunder with Mentor Ji Ya, but everything has now been resolved successfully. Also, they wished for everyone to work well together, and Jiang Dai would participate in the filming as per usual.

　　……

　　Even with the emergence of this minor blip, it still did not engender any adverse impact on the program. Instead, it triggered the birth of a new topical issue.

　　Before long, the first episode that Jiang Dai had appeared in was aired. 

　　In the episode, one could see Jiang Dai uttering numerous thought-provoking one-liners and even interacting hilariously with the contestants. Though her words might be blunt, every word she spoke made sense to everyone. Sometimes, she showed tender loving care to the little girls. At other times, it seemed that she had reached the end of her forbearance when she pointed out their weaknesses. All in all, she was exceptionally amusing on the variety show, and the contestants were also very fond of her. 

　　As for Bao Li, its share value continued to climb, and the sales of all products under its brands had also improved steadily. It seemed certain that Bao Li had the ‘No. 1 Local Cosmetic Brands’ title well within its grasp. Following the airing of ‘Youth Camp’ overseas, the sales across Bao Li’s direct-sale stores located overseas had also begun to increase significantly, so much so that several Asian countries were experiencing a regional shortage of stocks.

　　It was just then that some scandals involving Jiang Dai appeared on the Internet all of a sudden.

　　‌Someone had compiled all the content into a 118-paged PDF file before circulating it on Weibo. Although it did not top the list of most searched hashtags, the rate of netizens finding it was not low. At the end of the day, a large crowd of curious onlookers downloaded this so-called ‘Scandal 118’ file. 

　　At the outset, the scope of dissemination was limited, so not many people knew of this. It was not until the airing of the third episode that a series of bizarre comments appeared on the most searched hashtags out of nowhere.

Anyone wants to take a gander at Jiang Dai’s most exhilarating and explicit scandal of the year? Come on, move your finger and bring home Scandal 118 with a single click. Password for the Encrypted File: XXXX

Holy Sh*t! I’ve just looked through all the 118 scandals involving Jiang Dai. Bloody h*ll, all I can say is that this woman is seriously mind-blowing!

　　Even so, the password for the encrypted file was included in numerous comments posted on the most searched hashtags.  

　　As such, the 118-paged PDF file began to disseminate widely, to the extent where it had caused controversies to occur in Zhihu¹知乎‌: A Chinese Q&A website that has been modeled after the Quora. and Douban² 豆瓣: A Chinese social media platform that has become a popular online meeting place for users to discuss the latest gossip and updates in China’s entertainment industry .

Have you guys seen the 118 pages worth of scandals involving Jiang Dai?

Yes, I have, and boy, was I flabbergasted! Wealthy folks sure know how to party, don’t they??

Ever since she divorced that leading billionaire ex-husband of hers, Jiang Dai had been f*cking creating a public persona of an independent woman. At the end of the day, she must have gotten the upper hand and acquired her money from various men, right?

I reckon that must be so! All of a sudden, I feel rather sorry for Leading Billionaire Huo. To think that he had been cheated on at such a young age. Tsk!

That celebrity, who debuted through a talent search variety show, sure knows how to live it up! To think that the people have been shipping him with Jiang Dai, earning them a ship name of ‘Great Brotherly Partners.’ Yet, she has, in fact, been hooking up with him since high school!

　　At this juncture, the 118-paged PDF file was circulated so widely that even Jiang Dai and those around her had seen the document as well.

　　The gist of the 118 pages long scandal mainly revolved around her so-called ‘dating history’ that pretty much began from her high school days. The entire file seemed teeming with made-up stories of her and nearly every guy she had ever crossed paths with. What’s more, the characters in these stories genuinely exist in real life and were either friends or high school classmates she knew back then. Due to that, the entire tale appeared, all the more, vivid.

　　If we were to set aside the incomprehensible contents, the document mentioned that she had either an affair with certain toffs back in her high school days or hooked up with a certain professor during her university days.

　　What was most exhilarating was still the portion of her and Qiao Jinye. God knows where the person had fabricated records of Jiang Dai and Qiao Jinye renting a room in a hotel guest register during their high school days. For some reason, the records had taken up a couple of pages in the document, implying that she rented hotel rooms all day long and rarely attended her lessons in high school?

　　The moment she looked through the file, raw anger shot through Bai Zhi as she wished to chastise the scum, who fabricated this PDF file, with Jiang Dai. After giving it some thought, she was worried that an even more blazing rage churned inside Jiang Dai. Hence, she decided to approach Jiang Dai differently and engaged Jiang Dai in a conversation half-jokingly. “Seriously, who could have ever imagined such a shocking fact? To think that you’ve grown up around so many handsome and wealthy guys. If they were to line up to take turns in sleeping with you, I reckon they’d have to stand in line for at least half a year? Gosh, I really would never have expected that you’d be turned into a female lead from a smut novel overnight! Come, tell me what do you have to say about this?”