Chapter 427: Take a Couple of Sips of Wind-Dispelling Oil to Calm Down
Or perhaps they were trying to whitewash the incident where Xia Weibao threw a tantrum and assaulted a soldier with this righteous image.
After all, the idea of a celebrity becoming an undercover agent is something that only exists in movies and novels, not in real life.
Besides, our nation has a strong military force—do we really run out of people that we need a female celebrity to serve as an undercover agent?
The more I analyzed, the clearer it seemed that this matter was largely fabricated.
Then a well-known Weibo blogger went and asked a relative serving in the Northern Military Camp.
The answer they got was that, during the filming of "Goddess to Tomboy Transformation," the military had no operations to capture drug traffickers, let alone use a female celebrity as an undercover agent.
Entertainment Omniscience V: The story about Xia Weibao going undercover to catch drug traffickers is purely a publicity stunt, utter nonsense. The Northern Military Camp has never conducted any drug arrest operations; we have verified the facts with the authorities. Hopefully, some people will focus more on acting, stay grounded, and not always think about rummaging for hot publicity.
Once this Weibo was posted, it instantly pushed Xia Weibao into the eye of the storm.
Xia Weibao was dumbfounded—whom had she offended?
She was bombarded with criticism from all sides.
A regular publicity stunt would have been one thing, but now it’s implicating the military—this was no small matter!
We must understand that in the eyes of ordinary people, soldiers are associated with the nation and the law, so very few dare to provoke them.
Now, in her quest for publicity and attention, she has dragged the soldiers into it.
And she’s putting herself on a pedestal to boot.
Going undercover? That would be earning military merits.
Even soldiers find it hard to earn military merits, and yet she, a gentle and frail female celebrity, could earn military merits?
As if that wouldn’t make people laugh their heads off!
The outcome was predictable: almost everyone flocked to the comments section of her Weibo to berate her.
This issue had blown up so big that even if all of Xia Weibao’s fans came out in force, they were overwhelmed by the tidal wave of vitriol.
Moreover, the publicity-seeking nature of this incident was so obvious that even some of her fans were beginning to waver.
While her fan base was known for its loyalty, not all were die-hard fans.
Zhuang Xuejun, Yin Guo, and Qiao Li, upon seeing how badly Xia Weibao was being slandered, all posted on Weibo to support her.
Zhuang Xuejun V: Please everyone, calm down. I also participated in "Goddess to Tomboy Transformation." I was there for that video clip. It was the soldier brothers who challenged Xia Weibao then, and she ended up taking on their challenge as a group.
Yin Guo V: Baby is such an easy person to get along with. Please be rational and don’t just follow the crowd. No matter what, I support you @Xia Weibao
Qiao Li: Rumors stop with the wise; the innocent clear themselves @Xia Weibao
No sooner had the three of them posted on Weibo than their comments sections were besieged.
——Tch, I used to think Zhuang Xue was a nice person, uncompetitive and unaggressive. I didn’t expect her to chase clout now.
——Yeah, she’s normally so low-key; I thought she was above it all. Turns out she’s just riding on Xia Weibao’s coattails now that she’s popular. Too bad it’s negative popularity.
——Guoguo, I used to love your songs so much, but now you’re supporting that hypocrite Xia Weibao. Fan turned hater, no thanks.
——Even models are trying to leech off the heat now. Can’t the entertainment industry survive without hype?
——Sure enough, only Goddess Jiajia has principles—not to be sullied in the same mud as Bitch Xia...
Rather than helping to clear Xia’s name, the support from these three only got them dragged down by the keyboard warriors as well.
All three of them felt a deep sense of helplessness.
Leng Yan’s desk was lined with a row of Wind-Dispelling Oil, continuously dabbing it on himself.
This was too much; he was close to passing out from anger.
Xu Jiayang also silently took out a bottle of Wind-Dispelling Oil.
He took a couple of swigs first to calm down.