Chapter 1278: Chapter 1269: Going Public (Part 5)
Of course, when Bo Yan was mentioned, Bo Yan’s fans were indignant and came over en masse to dispel the rumors. For a while, the comment section was lively, with a cacophony of voices speculating all kinds of things.
Xia Siyu watched Weibo with a calm expression; these people, they’ll stop at nothing to make money. Putting up this trending topic is a threat, implying that if they don’t pay the protection fee, they’ll be doomed.
Judging by the buzz, it was clear that this trend cost a lot of money to promote, directly soaring to the top five, and even showing signs of rising further.
She thought that after they refused today, these people would realize they were being tricked and that a trending topic would pop up real soon. Unexpectedly, they still wanted to make another round of money.
Sunday’s announcement is three days away. To release some news, they even have to wait three days, until the day before she leaves this place.
However, it makes sense. Without these mysterious shenanigans, how would they scare them, or get a good price?
Xia Siyu couldn’t be bothered to fuss about it, merely giving a snort.
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While Weibo was bustling outside, Xia Siyu was still leisurely filming the variety show.
Not many people were aware of this matter, besides her and Qin Baizhou. Zhou Weiwei might guess it involved her and Bo Yan, but since Xia Siyu and Qin Baizhou weren’t talking, she wouldn’t say much either. As for Chen Fan, he genuinely didn’t know. He’d only been instructed by his agency to: keep an appropriate distance from Xia Siyu. His agency was aware of the news because this show and his agency shared an online streaming platform, part of the same system. He got the chance to be on the show because his agency had high hopes for him and placed him in it.
Chen Fan didn’t understand why the company gave such instructions, and the manager wouldn’t elaborate, only telling him not to spread the word and that it was enough for him to know.
Nonetheless, whenever Xia Siyu came to film the show, he would still lend a helping hand.
Filming commenced; this variety show also spanned three days, 72 hours, involving four pairs of guests living in one residence. Although it was still drizzling, it was much better compared to the previous days’ torrential downpour. The program planned to film inside the house for the first two days and outdoor scenes on the final day when it cleared up.
Initially, Xia Siyu had agreed with Bo Yan to announce it yesterday or today. But with the other party setting the timeline, she instead felt a sense of relief.
It wasn’t like the countdown to an execution; instead, it felt a bit mundane and amusing. When she and Bo Yan were first threatened, there was some struggle, but after the struggle came the amusement.
If you take it seriously, then it’s a big deal. If not, it’s nothing at all. She was quite grateful to the paparazzi, as they gave her the courage to go public.
She directly told Bo Yan, didn’t they schedule it for Sunday at 8 PM? Then they’ll announce at 7:30 PM, half an hour earlier.
After saying that, she hung up the phone and continued filming the variety show, unperturbed.
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However, what Xia Siyu never expected was that just as everyone was fervently discussing their relationship, the post was inexplicably removed that night.
With its removal, she and Bo Yan were fine, but other fans exploded. What happened, did it get taken down by PR? The more it was retracted by PR, the more they wanted to know who was in a relationship. Meanwhile, the paparazzi contacted Bo Yan and Xia Siyu again, continuing to demand "ransom."