For a time, opinions varied wildly online.
The Heavenly King's fans were mostly veterans, and naturally not young anymore.
Faced with this sudden and coincidental turn of events, the Heavenly King's fan club immediately posted on Weibo to pacify the fans and contacted his manager to find out what was going on.
However, before they could even get a reply from the studio, Best Actress Mo posted a hardworking selfie:
"It's really a pity I couldn't record songs in the same venue as the Heavenly King, but thankfully the company has its own recording studio! Haha~ Today is another day of hard work recording songs, babies don't worry, my new song will be online on time~"
Best Actress Mo had been famous for a long time, and naturally had a large following.
As soon as this post went live, fans swarmed in.
"Ahhh, our baby is so pretty today!"
"Wuwu, what a pity! You can tell baby really likes the Heavenly King."
"Baby, why did you change locations? Weren't you always at Feihong Studio before?"
As soon as this comment was posted, it immediately received a reply from Best Actress Mo: "Yeah, I just don't know why we were suddenly notified that it couldn't be used for those few days, so I had to go back to my own company's recording studio."
Seeing Best Actress Mo's reply, coupled with the information released by the Heavenly King's studio, everyone immediately understood that the scheduling issue referred to the venue!
The Heavenly King had deliberately pushed back all his schedules to produce this album, and the first few songs had already been recorded at Feihong Studio, yet the very last one had a problem?
Feihong Studio should come out and give them an explanation!
Immediately, having found evidence, the Heavenly King's fans flooded Guan Hongfei's account, reasonably and calmly flooding the screen:
"May I ask why your studio had no time during our agreed-upon slot? Has compensation been paid for the delays and various losses caused to the production of the Heavenly King's new album?"
"Will the person in charge of Feihong Studio, Guan Hongfei, please come out and explain the situation!"
Old as they were, they were not dead.
The Heavenly King's fan base was extremely powerful, and the hashtag #FeihongStudioGiveAnExplanation was pushed onto the trending list in just an hour.
The fans were uniformly calm; there was none of the chaotic whining and cyberbullying seen among Xu Kun's fans, only organized questioning and waiting for a reply.
This was much harder to deal with than Xu Kun's fans.
If Xu Kun's fans were mad dogs, these ones were a united pack of wolves, refusing to stop until they achieved their goal.
Meanwhile, at the Jiaxing Entertainment building, inside her office, Best Actress Mo watched the online chaos and laughed heartily.
She looked at Zhao Min beside her. "According to what I told you, you two should have split up long ago. That Zhou Chen is your stumbling block. If it weren't for him, you would have been on equal footing with me long ago. Why would you still be stuck in the second tier?"
"It's great that you've finally come to your senses. Look, now that you and your fans are out of it, absolutely no one online is speaking up for Zhou Chen."
Zhao Min chuckled along, saying affectionately, "I knew Sister Mo was the best to me."
"Of course. I certainly couldn't just stand by and watch you suffer so many grievances. It doesn't matter whether Feihong Studio responds or not; anyway, the Heavenly King's fans will definitely find out that their schedule was stolen by Zhou Chen."
Best Actress Mo curved her lips into a smile, her gaze flashing with cold light.
She had managed to secure a spot at Feihong Studio with great difficulty, yet what was that Zhou Chen supposed to be? How could he make Guan Hongfei turn her down for his sake?
"Sigh, Zhou Chen is just too inconsiderate. Causing delays to the Heavenly King's album is one thing, but worst of all, he ruined your matters. Still, he has always been like this."
Zhao Min covertly tried to drop bad words about Zhou Chen.
Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Best Actress Mo's expression grew even colder. "Hmph."
Yet Best Actress Mo was no naive innocent; she knew Zhao Min wanted to use her to take the lead. Still, posting that previous Weibo was enough to vent her own anger. She had no intention of participating in the dirty laundry between this married couple.
She cast a sidelong glance at her. "You didn't come here today just to talk to me about Zhou Chen, did you?"
"Actually, there is still a small matter I wanted to trouble Sister Mo with." Zhao Min smiled ingratiatingly. "I want to participate in Mango TV's 'King of Singers'. Sister Mo, you've participated in it before, do you think you could give me some pointers?"
"Pointers are out of the question; I only managed to win the runner-up spot." Best Actress Mo's expression was indifferent, but the pride in her voice was unmistakable.
Who didn't know that the first season was practically a battle of immortals, with every contestant being a veteran singer who had debuted for twenty or thirty years, and every PK match generating massive hype and traffic?
Her ability to secure that runner-up spot was also an affirmation of her strength. Of course, strength on stage was one aspect, but behind-the-scenes networking was certainly indispensable.
"That runner-up spot was something people fought tooth and nail for," Zhao Min said.
Best Actress Mo smiled contentedly. "That's true. Well, I'll mention you to the higher-ups. But if you want on, aside from your own strength, you also need to pay attention to your online buzz."
"I know! Thank you, Sister Mo."
The joy on Zhao Min's face was completely uncontainable. As long as she could participate in "King of Singers", she had the confidence to secure a high ranking! Riding this momentum, she could leap into the first-tier, and perhaps even become a top-tier pop star!
"If there's nothing else, I have work to do." Best Actress Mo directly issued a polite dismissal, and as Zhao Min stood up to leave, she reminded her:
"I wonder when the netizens will figure out that those two songs were recorded at Feihong Studio."
Zhao Min's eyes flashed. "They'll dig it up soon enough."
"Good."
Best Actress Mo gave a light chuckle. She had thought this couple shared such deep devotion, but in the end, it still couldn't rival fame and fortune.
Stepping out of the office door, Zhao Min immediately called Ye Nan. "Sister Nan, Sister Mo told me about Zhou Chen going to Feihong Studio to record songs. It sounds like Zhou Chen stole their schedule."
"Really?" Ye Nan was overjoyed.
"I just saw Sister Mo, and she told me herself."
"Good! Leave the rest to me. Xu Kun brought this on himself, so no matter how much his fans attack Zhou Chen, there's nothing they can do. This time, it's an absolute certainty that Zhou Chen stole the Heavenly King's schedule!"
Ye Nan was immensely gratified. The Heavenly King's fans were different from Xu Kun's fans; their general public appeal was strong enough to give Zhou Chen a major headache.
She continued, "Alright, stay at the company and practice your singing. Leave the rest to me."
"Mhm."
Zhao Min hung up the phone. Seeing the endless stream of online praise for Zhou Chen's talent, and even trending searches analyzing his lyrics and melodies, her eyelashes trembled as she suppressed the compassion in the depths of her eyes.
She hoped Ye Nan wouldn't disappoint her.
Zhou Chen must never make a comeback!
The more Zhou Chen's wretchedness was brought up, the more pitiful her past grievances would appear.
Even though she knew in her heart that Zhou Chen wasn't the kind of person they made him out to be.
Even though Zhou Chen was genuinely talented.
But she needed the buzz.
She had to get on "King of Singers"!