novelraw Chapter 642: Zuzi Not Gaining Weight? Ratings Big Reversal!
Chapter 642: Zuzi Not Gaining Weight? Ratings Big Reversal!
Gu Shiyin watched in silence as Mr. Gu took Zuzi and Bao Gucheng upstairs.Even Xi Rubao, the little follower, ran in from outside the door and naturally joined the group going upstairs, chatting and laughing.
Downstairs, only she and Gu Pinting were left in the cold emptiness.
The floor between them was like a barrier, dividing two worlds, one icy, the other fiery.
Now it was Gu Pinting’s turn to comfort her: "Aunt, it’s fine, I just checked, the whole internet is spreading Wu Qianman’s scandals, her gaining weight is faster than mine for sure."
Gu Shiyin pressed her lips together, feeling a tinge of unease.
She remembered that when Zuzi passed through the living room earlier, though she was in plain white clothes with wide sleeves, making it hard to tell her figure, she was definitely not fat.
Did foie gras not affect Zuzi? Or did Zuzi not eat it at all?
But since Wu Qianman has gained weight, logically, Zuzi shouldn’t be an exception.
"Aunt, it’s starting, it’s starting, look, the first shot is of me, my red dress fluttering—isn’t it pretty?"
Gu Pinting’s chatter interrupted Gu Shiyin’s thoughts.
She looked at the screen. The script she wrote under the pen name Shen Ying was shot quite elegantly. Although after the plagiarism incident broke out, she had to painstakingly delete and revise it, rewriting the script entirely and losing many brilliant moments, it was still a multi-million dollar production with very glamorous effects.
On the screen, Gu Pinting’s makeup was strikingly vibrant and captivating.
Gu Shiyin gradually calmed down. This ratings battle, breaking a "8", should be no problem, right?
She opened the real-time ratings monitoring website’s rankings and saw "Ancient Myths: Fu Xi and Nuwa" climbing nicely, just as she predicted, steadily rising from the initial 3 points at the start of the broadcast, reaching 4, 5, 6...
She glanced at "Long Immortal Road" airing next to it.
Rubbed her eyes.
Rubbed her eyes again.
Thinking she had seen wrong, but "Long Immortal Road" started with 8 points!
It was steadily climbing to 9, 10, 11...
Such a huge gap right from the start, what’s going on?!
Gu Pinting saw it too, angrily hitting her head: "Aunt, something’s wrong with the data, how could it be like this—it should be us far ahead!"
Gu Shiyin pressed her lips together: "They did full-screen pop-up ads, and that scandal about Wu Qianman also attracted traffic their way—I overlooked that."
Bad hype is still hype.
Many people are curious to see if the TV drama’s heroine is as fat as in street photos, so they click in out of curiosity.
"But negative hype isn’t long-lasting, and the advertising effect won’t last long either," Gu Shiyin was certain, "their ratings will drop soon."
Just as she finished speaking, Gu Pinting screamed: "Aunt, our ratings are dropping! What’s happening?!"
Hoping for another’s downfall, but their own backyard caught fire instead, damn it.
Originally climbing smoothly to a rating of 7, it suddenly plummeted to 4.
Gu Shiyin’s expression grew solemn.
The opponent’s ratings didn’t suddenly surge by three points; theirs plunged, so something major must have happened to divert everyone’s attention, causing viewers to switch channels. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ novelFɪre.net
She immediately checked her phone, looked for a few moments, and her expression changed.
The news headlines that previously ran scandals about Wu Qianman were now issuing apology statements one by one—
"We apologize for the error in tonight’s reporting about Ms. Wu Qianman!"
"Fans testified in their real names: Wu Qianman is slender and graceful, brave and kind!"
"Actual comparison photos emerge—Wu Qianman truly the best choice for the role of Nuwa!"
"Photo mix-up, we publicly apologize to Wu Qianman!"
What’s happening?!
Which fan dared to step forward and testify when Wu Qianman was trashed by the entire internet, even forcing the major headlines to apologize?