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Chapter 585: Chapter 254: Man’s Flirtatiousness_3
Actually, the related trending search had been brewing since morning, Venom has that kind of clout.
However, a single Venom car clearly wasn’t explosive enough; add to that a gold digger and the story changes.
[Shocking! The first domestic Venom car was actually a birthday gift from a rich woman to a pretty boy?]
Self-media smelled the scent and rushed up, starting with an article titled [The God of Gold Digging, a Role Model for Men, How Did He Do It?]
The heat of the topic soared scarily high.
People interested or not in the car clicked to take a peek and posted a comment or two, with 80% slagging off Su Huai.
Soon, [Who is Su Huai] also climbed onto the trending searches.
He was already in a "pre-explosion" state, and the popularity from his singing hadn’t yet completely faded. The omnipotent netizens quickly forwarded the video of "If Love Has a Providence" and a brief profile of Su Huai, creating the third trending search—
[Tianyi Male God Su Huai #Gold Digging King #Pan Donkey Deng Idler]
Gou Huai wasn’t panicked; he was someone with media backup.
At his command, Xingyu’s public relations machinery roared into action, and a flood of "reveal posts" muddied the waters.
He knew all too well the sharpness and irrationality of public opinion, so he made no effort to clear his name, instead deliberately sprinkling all sorts of eye-catching gossip.
All kinds of claims like the new generation Four Young Masters of the Capital Circle, with Wang Siming forced to grin and bear, Liu Yifei’s lapdog, Gulinazha’s ex-boyfriend, always at the lavish yacht parties, once the top duck at White Horse Club...
A bunch of half-true, half-false, carefully photoshopped pictures were posted in quick succession, bamboozling even Su Huai’s classmates.
They kept asking in the group chat: Is this for real?
Does truth even matter?
To the onlookers, not in the least.
Su Huai knew too well what the netizens wanted to see, easily trapping them in trivial disputes, then swiftly spent money to take over Weibo, bought off Gu Jiuyue’s name, and at the peak of the heat, replaced the "rich beauty" who gave the car with someone else—
A girl from his company, another A-level anchor, Circle Circle.
This girl was a junior at Central Academy of Drama with insane beauty, wanting to make money without being kept, aspiring for fame but lacking in acting skills and resources, so she signed up with Xingyu planning to be an anchor for a couple of years for quick cash, another dreamer whose ambition for wealth was hooked by Yuji’s income.
As an anchor, she didn’t have much of a future; she was too pretty to charm men.
The company didn’t know what to do with her either, planning to train her as a blogger—because she was indeed too beautiful, and a student from the performing arts class at Central Academy of Drama was a rare resource.
Su Huai plucked her out at the last minute, affixing her with the rich beauty persona.
In an instant, he forcefully created a top influencer.
The real player was Gou Huai, and even that wasn’t the end of it.
He then dialed Gu Tongshu with a tone full of apologies.
"I’m sorry, Uncle Gu, I didn’t expect a car to cause such a big fuss..."
"Are you an idiot?!"
Gu Tongshu was especially angry, but Su Huai didn’t let his anger flare up.
"Uncle Gu, rest assured, I’ve already started handling it. I’ve smashed hundreds of millions to withdraw the trending search, guaranteed not to involve Gugu, not letting anyone disturb her!"
When it came to business, Gu Tongshu had to restrain his fury, making sure Su Huai could settle the matter first.
"How far is the handling now? Can you take care of it?"
Su Huai chuckled shyly, replying, "I’m willing to spend the money, but, you see, my influence is still lacking, Uncle Gu. Could you help me out with some media resources?"
Gu Tongshu felt darkness before his eyes, his blood pressure surging uncontrollably.
Puppy, how dare you have the guts?!
Driving my daughter’s car, and you want me to mobilize my resources to wipe your ass?!
He was so angry he’s gasping for breath, silent for a good while.
As Gu Tongshu stayed silent, Su Huai kept apologizing, "Sorry, sorry, Uncle Gu, it’s all my fault, let’s just smooth this over for now, I’ll come and apologize in person later, okay?"
"Your apologies can go to hell!"
Gu Tongshu slammed down the phone.
He could tell what that puppy was planning just by moving his toes.
Wasn’t it just to siphon off his media resources, to make connections with key figures?!
Gu Tongshu wanted to refuse, absolutely not letting the puppy take further advantage.
But the problem was, if he didn’t hand over those resources to Su Huai, then he would have to personally step in, spending his own money to have people help suppress the trending searches, withdraw names, change news.
The money wasn’t much, a few million plus some favors could cover all the main media outlets.
But damn it, it was just so vexing to spend that money!
Gu Tongshu thought it over and couldn’t figure a way out of this transparent ruse.
Give resources or spend money, the choice is yours!
Su Huai calmly waited. About a minute later, Chu Yan called back, briefly telling him how many media outlets could cooperate with PR.
While sending the list to President Fu, Su Huai couldn’t help but laugh out loud like a pig.
For those specific business pillars of each platform, if you try to contact them yourself, you might fail no matter how hard you try.
But with one top-down business cooperation, followed by inviting them out for some drinks to build rapport, you can settle matters with a single phone call next time.
Xingyu, this newly established company, originally had no media network, and now, doesn’t this form one right away?
Gou Huai happily spent several million to clean up his own mess.
The only cost was Gu Tongshu, and afterward, he could still make up and sell cuteness to Professor Cheng.
What’s called killing several birds with one stone?
To be a king of gold diggers, being flashy isn’t enough; you need versatility.
Gou Huai didn’t know why he was so good at these strange skills; perhaps, it was a natural talent for flamboyance?
Feeling cheeky, Su Huai stroked his chin, and in the blink of an eye, he had already figured out how to press his advantage further.
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Didn’t sleep well, my head all fuzzy and mushy, and now I’ve started to sniffle again.
