chapter 36

Feng Hui was originally a small-time artist, being suppressed by others constantly. After finally writing a nationally acclaimed song and becoming a big star, how can he be willing to be pushed down by Fang Lizhe? Besides, this time, he recorded his own album. If it wasn’t as good as the ones sung by others, where will his face go?

Later, during his date with Liang Xingyu, he pretended to be disappointed and sad with himself, and poured out his sorrows. Liang Xingyu was so distraught by his sadness that she summoned Starlight’s PR team immediately and told them to smear Fang Lizhe, smear Chan Zhou, smear Liu Lan, smear Su Yuanyuan… In short, no matter what methods were used, they must smear the Susu team and hype up Feng Hui’s new album!

Then a steady stream of ‘passers-by’ appeared on the Internet, commenting things like “I can’t watch it anymore”, “It must be CGI”, “I’ll reveal something”, “classmates”, “colleagues” and so on, which smeared Fang Lizhe to pieces.

But they never expected that the netizens who helped Fang Lizhe in the pet circle last time, along with real passers-by stood up for him again. With a tough stance, they made a ‘Susu fan club’ and crushed the haters. They listed all the various scandals spewed by others and refuted them one by one, beating the haters to death!

After that, they even made a high-profile announcement: [We are fans of Susu, and we fully support Susu and Susu’s owner, Mr. Fang, from now on. This is slander, which we believe is obvious to anyone with intelligence. We won’t bother to tangle with them. Furthermore, it’s better to just watch the drama than to keep denying these people. We strongly support and recommend Susu and Mr. Fang’s new drama ‘Cute Dog Susu’. Super nice super nice super nice! Important words should be said three times. You will regret not watching it! :)]

The exact same words were reused by countless people in all the places where the haters appeared. If people checked out the homepages of these people, they would find that these people were not related to the water army at all. Most of them didn’t even pay attention to the entertainment circle before but only focused on sharing in the pet circle. So, when Starlight wanted to refute these people’s claims to say they were part of the water army, they failed. Slowly, the smearing campaign failed, and these Susu fans turned it into a phenomenal advertising campaign. No one knew how many people went to see ‘Cute Dog Susu’ out of curiosity. After that, they couldn’t stop at all!

All the netizens who liked pets became voluntary flowing water. Could there be a stronger water army than flowing water? The news of the self-watering promotion was all over the internet, and ‘Cute Dog Susu’ dominated the headlines for a month! From the start of the broadcast to the discussion of the plot, to how cute and adorable it was, to the season finale, and then to speculations of the second season, the protagonist, supporting characters, and all the creative staff of ‘Cute Dog Susu’ had been on the hot search list for a turn, and the topic of Susu was still highly popular. She had become the national pet!

When the three major video websites found that they had missed out on such a popular drama, they naturally felt stifled and approached Litchi to buy the rights to “Cute Dog Susu.” At the start, no one was optimistic about this drama before. Even Litchi.com wouldn’t buy the first broadcast right or exclusive broadcast right, but only the most common broadcast right. Thus, Fang Lizhe sold the broadcasting rights of ‘Cute Dog Susu’ to the three major video websites without any pressure.

With their current popularity, the right to broadcast was also sold at a higher price, with a total profit of 60 million from these four video websites! Not only did they make their money back, but they made a huge profit. Fang Lizhe directly took 10 million yuan to invest in the second season of ‘Cute Dog Susu’, only waiting for Chan Zhou to choose a location to start shooting again.

The following month, Feng Hui’s album became less and less popular. Even after the extensive promotion period for the new album, the sales volume was only one tenth of the expected result! The company was dissatisfied with him, and even Liang Xingyu was reprimanded by her father. The losses from the album production, combined with the monetary and reputation damage caused by the PR failure, directly caused the CEO of Starlight to remove Liang Xingyu from her position as a titular member of the company and forbid her from interfering in any company affairs.

Liang Xingyu was embarrassed and aggrieved, and complained about it throughout her dinner with Feng Hui.

Feng Hui, on the other hand, was annoyed. He wanted to say that if Fang Lizhe had been cancelled from the start, preventing the drama to be filmed, wouldn’t that have been the end of it? Nonetheless, he couldn’t say these words. He had to comfort the young lady softly, but impatience was almost clearly written on his face. Hearing Liang Xingyu still complaining incessantly, he secretly sighed and got up, “Xiao Yu, I’m going to the bathroom.”

As soon as he got out of the private box, his face sank. Fearing that he might get secretly photographed, he adjusted his expression, readying to go to the bathroom for a cigarette. However, after two steps, he heard a commotion at the entrance. He frowned and looked around to see Fang Lizhe holding Su Yuanyuan at the door. Seeing him, many guests in the hall exclaimed in surprise.

Fang Lizhe was helpless about Su Yuanyuan’s preference for big meals in restaurants. He put Su Yuanyuan down at the door and told her, “Don’t run around, we’ll go home after I buy something.”

Su Yuanyuan tilted her head, walked to the door and sat on the ground obediently. The vivid expression on her face was clearly saying, Go, I’ll wait for you! I can be a good boy!

Several waitresses kept smiling prudently, but their eyes lit up upon seeing that. So adorable and cute, even more cute than on TV!

Fang Lizhe smiled at them and politely said, “Could you please watch her for me?”

A waitress immediately replied, “Certainly, Mr. Fang. Please come in.”

Fang Lizhe went into the restaurant and ordered some specialty dishes, and specially ordered roast chicken. Fearing that Su Yuanyuan would get jittery while waiting, he ordered a glass of strawberry milk, filled it into a disposable paper cup, brought it back to the front door, and fed it to Su Yuanyuan.

This was just their most common daily routine from before, but the people who saw it felt like they were witnessing a real-life version of Ah Zhe and Susu. They took photos and recorded videos in excitement. Some couldn’t help but come forward and ask for autographs.

Fang Lizhe heard a few young girls say they wanted Su Yuanyuan’s autograph. He was surprised. He looked back and forth between Su Yuanyuan’s clean little paws and the signature book before asking, “This… Wouldn’t it be better to take a group photo?”

Su Yuanyuan turned her eyes, jumped into his arms, and patted her little paw on the signature book. Of course, the pink cushion didn’t print anything. It made the few young girls’ eyes shine, scrambling to say, “Just paw prints, paw prints are good! Please, Mr. Fang, we really like Susu!”

Fang Lizhe understood Su Yuanyuan, nodded with a smile, and asked the waiter for an inkpad. Su Yuanyuan didn’t need to be taught. She pressed one paw on the inkpad, then pressed it heavily on the signature book, and a cute little red paw print was stamped!

After printing a dozen in total and satisfying all the Susu fans, she happily drank the strawberry milk. The sweet and fragrant taste made her squint happily and finally looked like a little fox. Furthermore, the cute way she slithered out her tongue turned over a group of people. They took a large number of beautiful pictures again. They couldn’t wait to send them online, bringing up the topic of #MeetingSusu#.

Seeing the hustle and bustle on their side, compared to the dull treatment he received when only a few heads turned when he came, Feng Hui felt depressed. He was unwilling to admit that Fang Lizhe and his fox grew popular due to a 20-episode small-scale online drama, and anyone who was involved with them was a subject of discussion.

Thinking of the company’s discontent, he straightened his clothes and walked towards Fang Lizhe. Based on his past life’s knowledge, his albums had the most popular songs two years from now. He didn’t believe they wouldn’t sell well, so his current failure must be because the hype wasn’t enough. As long as they had the right amount of attention, the company would surely be impressed with him. Right now, isn’t that the best clout?

He reaffirmed himself before putting on a kind smile and said to Fang Lizhe, “Ah Zhe, long time no see. I didn’t expect to meet you here by chance. Would you like to have dinner together?”

Fang Lizhe curbed his smile as soon as he saw Feng Hui as he lightly responded, “No need, we were just about to leave.”

Noticing that a lot of people were paying attention to them, Feng Hui smiled with satisfaction as he said, “Ah Zhe, we have known each other for almost 10 years. No matter what, we are good brothers. Congratulations on your new drama hit. Are you planning to be an actor in the future? You were pretty good at acting back in school. I hope we can work together sometime.”

Fang Lizhe, faced with his former friend, only felt a strong sense of everlasting dissonance. He spared a glance at Feng Hui before confirming that everything about him was different. All the minute habits and hobbies were different. He really couldn’t be sure whether that his friend had suddenly changed his temperament or had been pretending all along. He would rather believe that the person in front of him was just another person who looked the same as his friend.

Thinking of his best friend’s possible fate, his gaze sank slightly. Looking at Feng Hui, he said, “We’ve known each other for almost 10 years, but I didn’t know you knew how to compose music and write lyrics. Feng Hui, do you remember your dream of becoming a performing artist, a movie superstar? I guess you’re not the same Feng Hui I know anymore.”

Feng Hui’s expression stiffened, and his heart was beating like a drum. He can’t help dodging Fang Lizhe’s eyes, feeling as if he had been seen through! He thought of Fang Lizhe’s seemingly unexplained probing before, and spoke with forced solemnity. “Didn’t you also quit your dream of being an agent and go into acting instead? Everyone grows up, and dreams can change.”

Fang Lizhe shook his head, “In my case, I will only do this one drama. Thanks to you, I don’t have a chance to turn over without this drama anyways. ” He smiled and looked at Feng Hui’s ugly expression, suddenly in a good mood. “You know what, I should thank you again. If it weren’t for you, I don’t think I would have become this popular one day. After all, I have never considered acting before.”

Feng Hui didn’t expect him to make a sudden attack. He didn’t know how to answer it. At this time, Liang Xingyu came out because he had been away for too long, and when she heard this, she immediately mocked, “Great Agent Fang, what a coincidence? Coming to dinner alone?” As she said so, she saw Su Yuanyuan on the ground, smiled and added, “So it turns out that your pet is your date for the night. How far the Great Agent Fang has fallen and now depends on this little fox. Of course, you have to take care of your bread and butter. By the way, I heard that you are now acting as an agent for this little fox?”

She shook her head, looked at Su Yuanyuan with pity and sympathy, and sighed, “Such a lovely little fox, I hope Agent Fang can change his bad ways, don’t find it a mate.”

Fang Lizhe had been working in Starlight for 5 years, so he naturally knew this Starlight’s ‘young lady’. Although she used to be willful, she has never had any conflict with him. Now that she said this, she must have believed the rumors about him using shady deals with his artists. It was self-evident who released these rumors. His eyes fell on Feng Hui, wondering what deep hatred Feng Hui had for him that made him slander his brother like this. If Feng Hui just didn’t want to be his artist, would he have disagreed if Feng Hui said so?

In response to her sarcasm, Fang Lizhe bent his lips and picked up Su Yuanyuan, pinching her small ears and smiling, “Thank you for reminding me, Miss Liang. Luckily, I am a clean person, and I not only want to live a clean life, I also always ask my artists to keep clean. I know that I must directly terminate a contract with the kind of people that escort and accompany people privately to drink and laugh with. If I change to being an agent for a little fox, I naturally want to take care of it properly.”

He looked up at Feng Hui and spoke with a smile, “I heard that Feng Hui and Miss Liang are lovers now? It must be that no matter who Feng Hui is under, he doesn’t need to accompany people to drink, and never be photographed on any secret date again in the future. Otherwise, how would you explain it?”

Liang Xingyu coldly lowered her face, “What did you say!? It’s obvious that you did the things as those rumors. Now, you want to falsely accuse Brother Hui?”

“If I actually did it, it would come out one day. I only hope that Miss Liang wouldn’t be cheated too badly.” Fang Lizhe turned his head to look at the meal brought over and smiled, “My Xiaobai is a picky eater. The food should be eaten while it is hot, so I won’t bother you any longer. Goodbye.”

After he turned around, Su Yuanyuan looked over his shoulder and looked at Feng Hui’s gloomy expression. She curled her eyes and moved her little paw.

Feng Hui suddenly stumbled to the ground. Unfortunately, his clothes had scraped on the doorknob, and as he fell, it tore open with a rip, showing a conspicuous hickey on his chest. This was followed by Liang Xingyu’s sharp and incredulous questioning voice.

Su Yuanyuan smiled and narrowed her eyes. That’s right. Dog bites dog, a mouth full of fur.