182: Chapter 182 Yang Mi Exposes the Mastermind

The entire online platform was almost completely submerged by overwhelming negative press releases within a mere few hours!

Media outlets with even a shred of professional integrity would at least add "alleged" or "rumored" in their headlines as a fig leaf.

As for those unscrupulous marketing accounts that thrive on chaos, they acted as if they were pressed against the window of Lin Chen's car and saw everything with their own eyes, convincingly fabricating absurd scenarios about how Lin Chen had drunk several bottles of Baijiu, was too drunk to even walk straight, and even pushed the traffic police!

The nonsense reached an infuriating level!

Yang Mi and the other four women tightened their pretty faces, their fair, delicate fingers sliding rapidly across their screens.

They had seen this trick of unscrupulous media outlets—making things up from photos to grab attention and farm traffic—many times before, so this was within their expectations.

What they really wanted to dig out now was which monsters and demons were behind this premeditated, internet-wide smear campaign, orchestrating the narrative!

These female celebrities were much clearer-headed than the average netizen.

They could see through it at a glance: this was definitely a black PR campaign organized and premeditated by capital interests!

The incident happened at eight or nine last night; at most, only twelve hours had passed.

If it were just short videos posted by a few passersby, even with inherent popularity, the scope and speed of the spread could never have reached the terrifying level of dominating the entire internet as it was now!

If there wasn't a professional PR team dumping millions into internet trolls to fan the flames behind this, they wouldn't believe it even if they were beaten to death!

"They are truly a bunch of death-seeking scum!"

Soon, relying on her keen PR intuition, Yang Mi ferreted out the mastermind behind the scenes from the clues in the various press releases.

The initial spark of this incident was indeed short videos uploaded by a few bystanders.

But the true culprit who turned this spark into a raging fire and hammered "alleged drunk driving" into "drunk driving and resisting law enforcement" was a male singer named Liao Qiang!

In the early hours of the morning, this guy used his main account to repost a short video of Lin Chen blowing into a breathalyzer, accompanied by a long, passive-aggressive rant:

"When I first entered the industry, the senior who mentored me repeatedly warned me: 'Learn morality before learning the craft; learn to be a person before acting.' If a person doesn't even have the most basic moral bottom line, then even if they are talented, they are just a castle in the air with no substance."

"As a public figure with tens of millions of fans, talent may attract followers, but abiding by the law is the bottom line! Seeing a peer in the industry cause such a scandal, I feel incomparably pained and confused. Driving under the influence is not only treating one's own life and the lives of one's family as a joke, but also an extreme disregard for the safety of innocent passersby!"

"I sincerely appeal to the relevant departments to severely punish such abominable acts and return to the public a clean entertainment industry with a moral bottom line. May all peers strive together."

Once Liao Qiang, this major account with millions of followers, began to steer the narrative, this incident instantly evolved from a small-scale gossip event into a focal scandal of the entertainment industry.

But it wasn't over yet.

Less than half an hour after Liao Qiang posted, the famous public intellectual and Weibo ten-million-level big V, Zhang Jiang—who had been specifically named and cursed as a "dog" by Lin Chen at the press conference—quickly reposted Liao Qiang's Weibo like a fly smelling excrement, and unleashed an even more vicious bombardment:

"I am not at all surprised that a madman like Lin Chen would commit such an illegal act as drunk driving! I have long said that this person treats ignorance as personality and crudeness as straightforwardness. His talent cannot support his arrogance; his conceit is his epitaph! Therefore, I have no sympathy for his current plight; this is the price he must pay!"

"What truly makes me sad is that for such a person with weak legal awareness and corrupt morals, there are still so many brainless fans crazily whitewashing his actions, and even respectfully calling him 'Teacher Lin'! May I ask, is the word 'Teacher' so cheap now?"

"And those so-called top-tier female celebrities, Yang Mi, Liu Shishi, and Dilraba, have made my jaw drop even more. As public figures, facing their partner's illegal and criminal behavior, they do not advise against it, nor do they stop it."

"After the incident, not only do they show no remorse, but they also threw a tantrum and bickered with the traffic police at the scene! I sincerely hope that the relevant departments can enforce the law with an iron fist this time and let this arrogant and domineering family rot in prison!"

A second-tier has-been singer desperate for traffic to make a comeback, and a ten-million-level public intellectual big V desperate for revenge with a powerful ability to incite.

These two figures who controlled the discourse joined forces to steer the narrative, combined with the crazy control of the comment section by internet trolls.

The nature of this incident was instantly characterized as the abominable "celebrity drunk driving and resisting law enforcement," sparking fury and denunciation across the entire internet.

"Bang!"

Yang Mi was trembling with rage.

She took a deep breath of cold air and directly dialed the phone number of the PR department director of Fengxing Tianxia Entertainment Company.

"Has your entire PR department been wiped out?! What are you useless idiots being paid for!"

"The Boss has been slandered and framed by a few clowns online as a class enemy, and the whole internet is pointing at our family's spine and cursing! I actually only found out when I got off the plane and saw the expressions of the reporters!"

"If you don't even have the ability to monitor public opinion and issue warnings, your entire department can pack up and get out tomorrow!"

Boss Yang had completely lost it.

This roar, filled with thunderous fury, not only berated the PR director on the other end of the line until they were speechless, but even the Hunan Satellite TV staff member sitting in the driver's seat was so frightened that they shuddered violently, not even daring to breathe loudly.

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"Don't just sit there! Log in to Weibo immediately!"

After venting her rage, Yang Mi hung up the phone decisively.

Her exquisite, beautiful face was covered in a terrifying layer of frost, and she sternly issued combat orders to the four sisters in the car.

This time, the several women who usually liked to bicker and contradict Yang Mi at home did not hesitate at all.

They quickly unlocked their phones, logged into their respective big V accounts with tens of millions of followers, and tapped rapidly on their keyboards.

Vying for favor at home was one thing, but when it came to defending their husband's dignity and standing united against outsiders, the hearts of the five of them were absolutely connected.

Yang Mi's attitude was crystal clear: this matter was not over! She was going to go head-to-head with these death-seeking clowns until the end!

That old geezer Zhang Jiang already had a grudge against Lin Chen and had been cursed as a dog in public; it was no surprise that he jumped out to kick them while they were down.

As for that has-been singer named Liao Qiang, Yang Mi didn't even bother to check if he was trying to leach off their popularity or was being used as a pawn.

The reason was completely unimportant; as long as he dared to mess with her husband, he was the mortal enemy of the Lin family!

Today, she had to make sure he was finished!

Five murderous-looking female celebrities had already set up their battle stance, preparing to stir up a bloodbath on the internet.

And as the absolute core of this internet storm—Lin Chen.

He was acting like nothing had happened, leaning back against the seat and closing his eyes to rest. The expression on his face was calm and indifferent, and he didn't even lift an eyelid.

He stretched out his large hand, gently stroking Yang Mi's tense back to soothe her, his tone as gentle as if he were coaxing a child:

"Alright, alright, it's no big deal, it won't look good if you get wrinkles from anger. The ancients said: If a dog bites you, you can't get down and bite the dog back, right? It's not worth ruining your health over these clowns."

"How can you call this a small matter! They've splashed dirty water all over our family's ancestral grave! If I endure this, I'm not Yang Mi!" Yang Mi's eyes were red, and there was actually a hint of grievance and a crying tone in her voice.

She was a strong-willed person with a strong enough heart.

Usually, while struggling in the entertainment industry, when competitors bought press releases to smear her for plastic surgery or bad acting, she would at most roll her eyes and pretend not to see it.

If you don't even have this level of stress resistance in this circle, you would have been depressed long ago.

But! Whoever dared to splash dirty water on her husband, she would absolutely transform into a desperate fighter and tear the other party's mouth apart!

When it came to defending Lin Chen, she had no bottom line and no room for retreat!

Lin Chen looked at her protective demeanor, felt a warmth in his heart, and didn't try to dissuade her further.

His fingers tapped rhythmically on his knees, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a dangerous cold light flashed in the depths of his eyes.

With his mindset from two lifetimes, he really couldn't be bothered to pay attention to the barking of these internet trolls.

It was just like an elephant not caring about the provocation of an ant.

But now, this bunch of scum had made his wife cry.

This had touched his reverse scale.

Since you clowns want to play an opinion war, fine, then I will play a big one with you today.

I will pull you out by the roots!