LWDC Chapter 32

Chapter 32: CP Hype

Chapter 32: CP Hype

Chapter 32: CP Hype

Ning Fei looked up and saw Duan Yunhong’s face.

He distinctly heard something hit Duan Yunhong, and immediately frowned, asking, “Are you okay?!”

“…I didn’t feel anything.” Duan Yunhong took a second to recover, grabbing Ning Fei’s shoulders and looking him up and down. “Are *you* alright?”

“What could possibly happen to me?” Ning Fei said, pulling him back, turning to look behind him. After seeing what was on the gray vest, Ning Fei then scanned the ground, relieved, and said, “…It’s an egg, a fresh one.”

After confirming that there was no danger, Ning Fei finally looked at the spot where the girl had been standing. But she was already gone. Everyone else was looking back, clearly, she had slipped through the crowd and run away. People from ST also rushed up to check on Duan Yunhong, wiping off the marks on him. Duan Yunhong simply took off his vest, wearing just a shirt, and rattled off a string of instructions: “Did anyone chase after the person who attacked me? Get someone to check the surveillance cameras in the area. Who’s in charge of security? Call them over. This might need to be reported to the police…”

Ning Fei ignored what he was saying, and went straight to the crowd standing outside the safety line. The girl who had thrown the egg was squeezed in with a group of young girls, and these girls were all fans of Su Cenxi, so they naturally recognized Ning Fei. Seeing Ning Fei approaching with a cold face, they were all a little flustered and incoherent: “Well, we don’t know that person!”

“Yeah, yeah, the fan club didn’t plan to hurt you, we’re all very rational! She has nothing to do with us!”

“That person was just telling us how much she likes Cenxi, then she turned around and threw something, damn, it was scary…”

“Don’t be nervous.” Ning Fei stopped their chattering explanations and said, “I just want to ask, you were all here just now, did anyone take a picture of her? She might like Cenxi too much, but her methods are a bit extreme. I’m fine this time, but I need to ensure Cenxi’s safety.”

He spoke skillfully. The girls listened and were led into his train of thought, and couldn’t help but worry that such an extreme fan would be detrimental to Su Cenxi. So they took out their phones and started searching, and soon someone said: “Yes, yes! I was taking group photos with everyone here just now, and she’s in the picture too!”

“I have one too! I took a video of Cenxi walking by and got a side view! Uh, but she’s wearing a baseball cap and a mask, so you can’t see her face, right?”

“That’s right, it’s weird that she came so fully armed…”

“Then please sort them out and send them to the studio on social media.” Ning Fei arranged it very naturally. “Don’t crowd around here, go back, there are no more artists coming. Don’t hang out with suspicious people in the future, it’s not good to be accidentally injured.”

The girls nodded, “Okay, okay…”

“Ning Fei!”

Duan Yunhong called from behind, Ning Fei waved to the fans, turned around, and returned to the man’s side.

“What were you saying to those people?” In front of the various staff members, Duan Yunhong asked directly, “Do they have any information about the person just now?”

“They don’t know her, but they have photos, the kind with a hat and mask.” Ning Fei was honest. “I told them to send them to the studio.”

“Well, then you can forward it to the production team, someone will handle it.” Duan Yunhong nodded, then very naturally changed the subject. “Get in my car, we’ll talk about the details in the car.”

Ning Fei wasn’t sure what he was up to. He looked at him, and finally nodded, “Alright.”

*

Ning Fei sent a message to his studio assistant, saying that he was leaving in someone else’s car, and then got into Duan Yunhong’s car.

“Are you going to arrange some work for me again?” He sat next to Duan Yunhong in the back seat, and asked directly, “Do you want me to cooperate with hyping this incident?”

“Let’s find out what happened first.” Duan Yunhong glanced at him. “You’ve been getting a lot of attention lately, so don’t get too close to the safety line next time.”

Hearing his earnest lecture, Ning Fei subconsciously wanted to say something impudent. But glancing at the driver and assistant in the front row, Ning Fei chose to swallow the words he wanted to say, and instead said, “It’s nothing. I could have knocked the egg away, but you came, and she hit me instead.”

Duan Yunhong glanced at him: “Blame me?”

“No, thank you, Director Duan.” Unable to say anything nasty, Ning Fei could only pretend to be polite. “However, hearing you say you’re going to call the police, I estimate that even if you report it and find her, it won’t do much good. After all, an egg doesn’t really count as an attack, it’s not even enough to disrupt public order. I guess that person was just overwhelmed by the recent public opinion, and temporarily wanted to cause me some trouble, to embarrass me. After all, she didn’t even prepare a rotten egg, so it’s most likely a spur-of-the-moment thing.”

“You don’t care about being hit with an egg, are you waiting for her to upgrade to throwing stones, knives, and sulfuric acid at you next time?” Compared to Ning Fei’s relaxed tone, Duan Yunhong’s expression was much more serious. “I told you before, suppress the negative publicity against you, are you so reluctant to give up the attention?”

Ning Fei couldn’t help but say: “I didn’t bring up this attention.”

Duan Yunhong: “…”

The assistant in the front row was listening nervously. After all, she was very clear about the ins and outs of the whole thing, which was started under Duan Yunhong’s instructions. The assistant couldn’t figure out whether her boss and Ning Fei had a good or bad relationship. If it was good, Duan Yunhong was calling people to keep an eye on Su Cenxi all day long; if it was bad, Duan Yunhong’s speed in rushing to “save” Ning Fei just now had stunned everyone.

The assistant only knew that this Chen Xi Studio’s agent was by no means simple. Now she only hated that she hadn’t raised the partition in the middle of the car in advance, it would be a little too noticeable to raise it now.

In the stagnant atmosphere, Ning Fei finally “took pity” and opened his mouth again: “Okay, I know how serious it is, I’m not that easy to get hurt.”

“Last time you were…” Duan Yunhong was about to retort, when his right index finger was suddenly pinched. He paused, and met Ning Fei’s gaze, which was dark and deep.

The man instantly seemed to have had his valve core pulled out, all his air was released, and he couldn’t say the words of accusation.

Ning Fei smiled silently with satisfaction, pinched Duan Yunhong’s finger again, then withdrew his hand, and started flipping through his phone.

He logged on to social media, wanting to see if the fans had posted photos or videos of the egg-throwing person. After all, when communicating with the fans earlier, Ning Fei deliberately said things a little ambiguously, not making it clear whether to send the video data to the studio in private, or to post it and AT the studio. As long as someone published it publicly, then he could directly use it to create some hype, and add a small wave of attention to Su Cenxi’s topic.

As Ning Fei expected, searching for the keywords, he indeed saw several posts exposing Ning Fei being hit with an egg. There were pure text, with pictures, with videos, everything. There was even a video that didn’t clearly capture the egg-throwing person, but precisely captured everything that happened after Ning Fei walked out of the scenic spot gate. Including someone suddenly shouting his name, he slowed down, and immediately raised the water bottle, and then Duan Yunhong suddenly appeared like a flash of lightning, “hero saving the beauty.” Although the camera angle of this video was average, and a little shaky, it must be said that it captured both Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong very clearly.

Ning Fei also watched this video to realize that Duan Yunhong was two or three meters behind him at the time. When the girl shouted Ning Fei’s name, Duan Yunhong had already started moving with her hand raising, rushing to his side quickly. No wonder he was able to act as a shield before Ning Fei “swung his bat.”

And Duan Yunhong’s entire action was neat, clear in line, and had multiple angles of side, turn, and back, even acting may not have him move so elegantly. In addition, after he took off his vest, wearing just a shirt showed his figure especially well, causing fewer comments in the comments area about the egg throwing, and more discussing him. Originally, in the program-related topics, he was already highly discussed because of his high looks and sharp comments. Now with this scene, he suddenly had more fans, all howling in the comments area.

Ning Fei keenly judged: “This video is already a bit of a trend to go viral.”

Duan Yunhong heard his headless sentence, and wondered, “What video?”

“The video of Director Duan ‘saving the beauty’, of course.” Ning Fei turned the phone screen to show him. “If you ask me, instead of hyping me being hit with an egg, it’s better to market Director Duan’s beauty… cough, I mean Director Duan’s feat. There are many high-definition paparazzi photos of Director Duan in the comments section.”

When he spoke, he had to show Duan Yunhong the comments area in person, deliberately letting this man see the pile of close-up “handsome photos.” Originally, this was a small trick to tease Duan Yunhong, but as he flipped through it, a photo suddenly popped up of Duan Yunhong still holding Ning Fei’s shoulder, looking down and talking to him, with only a short line of text attached: 【Ahhhh, I’m shipping them, what should I do!!!】

Ning Fei: …Even though it’s just words, it feels a little noisy to the ears.

This comment was naturally ranked at the top with many likes and comments, followed by a string of words such as “It’s very cult-like, but I’m shipping it too” and “Their looks are a match.” Ning Fei was a little speechless, and a little amused, and finally took back his phone.

Duan Yunhong naturally saw it too, and said jokingly, “Do you mind?”

“I don’t mind.” Ning Fei thought, you still want to make fun of me about this mess, you underestimate me too much. “My family does this kind of thing, how could I mind? But, does Director Duan also want to take this route?”

Duan Yunhong raised an eyebrow: “Can’t I?”

Ning Fei replied: “Whether it’s okay or not, it’s not up to me to decide. But if Director Duan personally hype this, it would be a little devaluing, right?”

Duan Yunhong’s tone was calm: “There’s nothing devaluing or not, it can be operated if it’s suitable.”

Ning Fei couldn’t tell if he was joking or serious, but he didn’t pursue it, but slid his phone without raising his head, and replied casually, “Really? Then remember to tell me how to cooperate if you really want to hype it. Also, remember to add money for extra work, Director Duan.”

His tone was leisurely, obviously not taking it seriously. Duan Yunhong didn’t respond, took out his phone, and tapped it.

Ning Fei, however, glanced at him at this time, and forwarded the video to him again separately.

Duan Yunhong’s phone vibrated, he clicked on the new message, turned his head and looked at Ning Fei in confusion. Before he could speak, the phone vibrated again. He looked again, and Ning Fei sent a text message:

【Actually, you are a little handsome, Director Duan.】

Duan Yunhong: “…”

I don’t know why, obviously the degree adverb is only “a little,” but sometimes it seems more sincere than “very handsome” and “especially handsome.”

It gives rise to some different emotions.

Duan Yunhong stayed on this information interface for several seconds, and finally only replied two words: 【Tonight?】

Ning Fei smiled, and smiled silently next to him: 【Something just happened, aren’t you afraid of being caught by paparazzi? Are you really going to hype it?】

Duan Yunhong: 【I’m not hyping it, but I’m not afraid of being photographed.】

Ning Fei: 【Okay, okay, just take it as thanking you for saving me today. You always look for me when you’re at work, I now suspect that working is your XP.】

Duan Yunhong: 【???】

They were going back and forth, the messages were sent very quickly, and only the assistant in the front seat was sitting on pins and needles.

–What are you going to hype, can you make it clear!