Dressed As a Cannon Fodder For the Rich and Powerful

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After Qi Xiaoyu woke up in the morning, as usual, he first performed a set of Tai Chi in the yard and then exercised his throat for a while.

After this period of training, he basically had no problem controlling his breath and has been able to send out a breath from weak to strong and gradually lower and higher while keeping the sound mellow and pure.

His master said that if you skip practicing even a day, your skill will drop. After a few days, although others can’t hear you, the sound will not deceive you.

After he finished exercising his throat, the sun just came out, shining softly on the lawn covered with a thin layer of white frost.

Back then, Qi Xiaoyu didn’t have such a thing as a mobile phone, so he didn’t have the habit of using it frequently, and those things on the internet hardly affected him.

He went back to his room as usual, changed into a new set of clothes, and then ran to the kitchen to prepare today’s lunch.

He had already prepared all the ingredients yesterday, and today he just needs to cook. Mama Li happily came to help and brought a bottle of winter brewing wine, saying that winter brewing wine is a must on the night of the winter solstice.

Everything is full of a festive atmosphere.

And in the Weibo trending search column this morning, a trending search with the tag #Qi Xiaoyu acting like a prima donna# is slowly rising from the bottom.

Gu Lei lowered his head, stared at the phone closely, and smiled satisfied when he saw an arrow representing an upward trend appearing behind #Qi Xiaoyu acting like a prima donna#.

Last night, although he let people break the news on Weibo and pointed the finger at Qi Xiaoyu, the storm he caused was far from what he expected. His fans were too few, and the news was only forwarded a few thousand times in one night. It couldn’t even get on the popular Weibo. Qi Xiaoyu’s fans didn’t join the fight, and passersby only gave a few meaningless chimes.

How can this work!

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Gu Lei immediately bought a trending search for Qi Xiaoyu and got the water army to come down to the scene. He pushed up the matter of Qi Xiaoyu acting like a big name and even attached some pictures from magazines to prove that Qi Xiaoyu was indeed not present when the shoot was taken that day.

Now, seeing that this topic was about to be brushed up, Gu Lei said smugly towards his agent sitting on the sofa, “Don’t the higher-ups hate rookies with bad attitudes the most? Hmph, if he dares to make me quit the group, I’ll make him never turn around again.”

The agent was not as optimistic as Gu Lei. He just asked, “Why hasn’t the makeup artist replied to you yet?”

Before Gu Lei had time to reply, suddenly a related post with good retweets and likes jumped into his eyes.

Gu Lei swiped past it, but when he saw the profile picture, he immediately pulled it back. “Why is he popping out to meddle in other people’s business at this time?”

The agent leaned over, “What’s wrong? Who?”

Dong Fan’s avatar and Weibo name appeared on the screen——Ordinary Musician: I have lived with Xiao Yu for so long, how can I not know his character? He’s absolutely OK, cute, and good-natured.

It was accompanied by a heart emoji and a photo of the two together on stage.

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Although it was posted on Weibo ten minutes ago, the comments are quite lively.

Dong Fan and Qi Xiaoyu’s former CP fans rejoiced, “This is true. A friend in need is a friend indeed? No, it’s my cute CP making a return.”

“The old mother shed tears of excitement.”

There are also melon eaters watching the fun. “I didn’t realize that Dong Fan and Xiao Yu’s relationship is so good. I still remember the last group interview with reporters. I thought that the two of them had already torn their faces apart, but Dong Fan actually spoke up for Xiao Yu.”

“Does this mean that Xiao Yu has a good interpersonal relationship in the program group? Then what’s the deal with the rumor?”

Just when Gu Lei was so angry with Dong Fan that his stomach hurt and he was about to make the marketing account guide public opinion, another post came—Miss Daisy, the make-up artist: I didn’t expect that my personal relationship would have a bad influence on Mr. Qi Xiaoyu on the Internet, so I’m here specifically to explain the situation to everyone.

Yesterday, Mr. Qi did come to the magazine shooting, but nothing like the online rumor happened.

On the contrary, Mr. Chi was very nice yesterday. I was the one who messed up the timing of the artist’s makeup, which affected the progress of the shoot.

I’m here to apologize to everyone and ask everyone not to misunderstand the artist in question. I hope to work with Mr. Qi again next time. [Heart hand emoji]

Just when Gu Lei was dumbfounded and thought he had seen it wrong, he refreshed the page, and the official blog of the magazine also spoke out: Yesterday’s shooting was a mistake in the magazine’s arrangement. We made an appointment with Mr. Qi and his agent for a three o’clock shooting and two thirty-minute make-up. Mr. Qi arrived on time. It was our wrong arrangement that caused the shooting to be unfinished and delayed Mr. Qi’s time.

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This matter has nothing to do with Mr. Qi; please don’t mistakenly believe the rumors on the Internet. We are very much looking forward to inviting Mr. Qi to take a cover photo for our magazine next time.

What the hell is going on here? Did Weibo get hacked? Or has the magazine changed its editor-in-chief? Has everyone lost their minds? Inviting him to shoot the front cover next time? Gu Lei looked at his agent and said, “Have they all been hacked by Star Entertainment?”

The manager also opened his mouth wide in shock, “I…I don’t know what’s going on; it’s really weird. What’s wrong with them?”

Gu Lei frowned, tapped open the comments, and felt dizzy for a while when he glanced over. At the same time, he was 100% sure that they were all possessed.

Because no matter whether it’s the makeup artist or the official blog of the magazine, after posting on Weibo, the netizens were also doubting them.

The attitude of the explanation is very sincere, and the words are very humble. In short, it’s my fault, it’s our fault, it’s our time arrangement that is not appropriate, it’s our failure to schedule well, etc. To sum it up, it has nothing to do with Qi Xiaoyu.

But whenever you ask about Qi Xiaoyu, Teacher Qi’s attitude is very good; Teacher Qi is kind-hearted; Teacher Qi arrives on time; Teacher Qi is very considerate of our work; everything is our fault.

Just like that, it feels like the makeup artist and the editor behind the posts will burst into tears if the netizens keep asking.

Regarding the matter of the magazine, not only Gu Lei and his agent were stunned, but even Yu Xiaosheng was stunned.

Yu Xiaosheng looked at his half-edited Weibo and didn’t know whether to post it or not.

What happened? Before he played the recording, the other party had already admitted their mistake so thoroughly that they almost knelt down and called Qi Xiaoyu father.

This was not the only thing that surprised Yu Xiaosheng. Immediately afterwards, he received a call from the editor-in-chief of the magazine.

Editor-in-chief Fang was very polite over there. “Hello, are you Mr. Qi Xiaoyu’s agent, Mr. Yu?”

After Yu Xiaosheng replied, the other party became more enthusiastic: “We would like to invite Mr. Qi to take the front cover at the end of the year. Is Mr. Qi’s schedule convenient?”

“…”

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Yu Xiaosheng also wanted to ask the same question as Gu Lei: Have you been hacked?

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At this moment, Qi Xiaoyu was fishing the first wave of dumplings up from the pot.

He picked six snow-white and plump dumplings and put them on an ivory-white porcelain plate. “Uncle Cheng, give this plate of dumplings to the third master. I also made hairy crab and shrimp dumplings, but the third master is not in good health. I’m afraid he won’t be able to eat those.”

Butler Cheng glanced at the chubby dumplings, but instead of taking the plate, he looked at Qi Xiaoyu with a smile on his face.

“Xiao Yu, it’s better for you to send it up to the third master. Bring some shrimp dumplings too. The third master likes to eat shrimp.”

And he added, “When you go up, remind him to take medicine.”

Upstairs, Xun Qian was resting with his eyes closed. When he heard the sound, he turned his head and looked at the door on the left. There, he saw Qi Xiaoyu holding a plate in each hand, pushing the door open with his body, and walking in.

The crystal-clear dumplings are still steaming, and the smell of pork and cabbage is faintly floating in the air.

Qi Xiaoyu’s eyes were shining brightly with a lovely smile, “Today is Lidong (the start of winter), so we’re celebrating by eating dumplings. Mama Li and I made them by ourselves. I also asked Dr. Song if it’s okay for you to eat dumplings, and he said there’s no harm. Would you like to get up and try them?”

Xun Qian’s eyes lightly glanced over the two plates of dumplings, covered his mouth, and he coughed a few times before slowly saying, “Help me up.” His whole body was still as cold as an iceberg.

Fortunately, Qi Xiaoyu was used to it. He helped him up, prepared the table, and arranged the dumplings.

It’s only upon closer inspection that he realized how delicately Qi Xiaoyu’s dumplings are wrapped, with layer upon layer of folds arranged at uniform intervals. The two sides are curled up like crescent moons, and the middle is bulging. It was obvious that they had been packed with enough ingredients.

Xun Qian picked out a shrimp dumpling first and took a bite. The taste of the fresh shrimp immediately melted in his mouth. It was soft and refreshing, sweet but not greasy.

Xun Qian’s lazy eyes lit up slightly. “What did you add?”

Qi Xiaoyu smiled and said, “I put horseshoe bamboo shoots, so that you won’t get sick of them even after eating many. Do you want another one?”

Xun Qian ate up all the shrimp dumplings and ate two more cabbage and pork dumplings. At the reminder of Qi Xiaoyu, he also took today’s medicine.

Seeing Qi Xiaoyu come down with two half-empty plates, Uncle Cheng smiled more kindly than before and kept saying to Qi Xiaoyu, “Not bad, not bad, Xiao Yu, thank you for your hard work. Go and have some food yourself.”

Qi Xiaoyu served a plate of dumplings for himself, poured a glass of winter-brewed wine, returned to his seat, and contentedly enjoyed the dumplings. Suddenly, he received a call from Yu Xiaosheng.

Yu Xiaosheng was clearly in high spirits on the other end of the phone. “Xiao Yu, do you know how strange things happened today? Those scoundrels from the magazine apologized to us and even invited you to shoot the cover at year end! Damn, it’s amazing that they ever bow down to me.”.”

Qi Xiaoyu put down his chopsticks and supported his chin with his hand. He was also quite curious. After all, he still remembered their attitude yesterday clearly. The makeup artist is already this problematic; how can the rest be any better?

“They came to apologize? Then what do you say?”

“What the hell did I say to them? Of course I rejected them. Hahahahaha, that was awesome. I never thought there would be a day when I rejected others.”

The two couldn’t help laughing for a while. They didn’t expect that the bluff they had made yesterday would come true today.

When he was done gloating, Yu Xiaosheng returned to the topic, “By the way, Xiao Yu, do you know anyone from Youth Weekly?”

“Huh? I don’t know, what’s the matter?”

Yu Xiaosheng’s excitement subsided a little, but there was a greater sense of mystery in his words. “Just now, after I finished the call with that damn magazine, I actually received a call from Youth Weekly. They invited you to do an exclusive interview with the youth of the era, or whatever. How did they…. think of looking for you to do an exclusive interview? If you don’t know anyone from Youth Weekly, did someone recommend you?”

Qi Xiaoyu stroked his chin and thought for a while, then sharply raised his head and glanced upstairs.

“Youth Weekly” is not comparable to ordinary women’s magazines.

It’s a weekly magazine under the State Central Press.

Usually those who can be featured are the promising young people in business, academia, or politics, and they rarely pay attention to the entertainment industry.

How did you think of interviewing Qi Xiaoyu this time?

Compared with the New Year’s cover of a second-tier women’s magazine, the level is obviously much higher!

After Yu Xiaosheng and Qi Xiaoyu finished the phone call and agreed to go to “Youth Weekly” tomorrow, the official blog of “Youth Weekly” also posted a Weibo: “He is a new generation idol coming out of the talent show stage; he is a representative of inspiration and hard work; he has the spirit of young people who never give in; tomorrow we will interview Qi Xiaoyu; do you have anything you want to ask him? ”

Gu Lei watched a series of Weibo posts from different official accounts on his mobile phone, and was so surprised that he could only say the same thing over and over again.

“Impossible, impossible; how is this possible? Where did Qi Xiaoyu get these resources? Youth Weekly, the positive energy weekly magazine authorized by the state, how can Qi Xiaoyu get on it? He also got an inclusive interview, and the official blog of Youth Weekly even posted a Weibo for him. Why can’t our company get such good resources? What kind of luck did he suddenly have?”

Gu Lei’s agent looked at the phone; his face collapsed as if he had lost 5 million yuan. “There are even more unbelievable things.”

Gu Lei turned to look at his agent.

The other party laughed twice and said, “Mr. Jiang personally sent a message, asking you to apologize to Qi Xiaoyu.”