CHAPTER 486: CHAPTER 379: ANOTHER MENTION_4

"If you can hold back, you wouldn’t directly lash out at netizens," Zhou Lan remarked, "Your comments from before have been compiled into quotes and are widely circulated on social media."

"That was in the past."

"That’s why you need to be even more cautious now," Zhou Lan said. "Don’t forget that today you’re going to promote ’Heart Inquiry’. If you slip up in one statement and people latch onto your faux pas, it won’t just be you who’s affected. If it impacts the reputation of ’Heart Inquiry’, don’t say I didn’t warn you."

Zhou Lan’s remark was a decisive blow, hitting Zhou Yun’s soft spot.

Zhou Yun really didn’t dare to risk anything when it came to the drama ’Heart Inquiry’.

In the end, Zhou Yun obediently selected some Weibo posts she wanted to reply to, carefully composed the responses, and sent them to Zhou Lan.

Other members of the team were also searching through the trending topics, looking for interesting posts with potential for memes, and helping Zhou Yun edit the responses for her to choose from and reply to.

For a full hour, Zhou Yun replied to nearly a hundred Weibo posts.

But what Zhou Yun and her team didn’t expect was that after she painstakingly replied to more than a hundred Weibo posts, it was her appearance in the preview of tonight’s seventh episode that actually trended.

Tomorrow’s seventh episode features the scene where Song Chi encounters Zhou Yun at the brothel.

The preview pauses on Song Chi in the brothel as he catches a glimpse of Liu Rusu, played by Zhou Yun, in the crowd.

Liu Rusu sits in a corner of the crowd, heavily made up and beautiful, yet her expression is indifferent, her gaze cold.

Her presence seems untainted by the mundane world, pure as a fairy in her attire.

This frame was captured and shared with the caption "Divine Beauty" on Weibo, going viral.

To Zhou Yun’s surprise, she had to ask Song Chi privately: Is this your doing with the data?

Song Chi replied: Have a little confidence in yourself, this trend isn’t something we bought. Even our company is stunned. Props to you, Sister Xiao Yun, your single divine photo saved us today’s advertising budget.

In reality, whether a trending picture is a product of manipulated data or genuinely popular can be seen from one’s own homepage.

You know best how many people you follow have shared it and how many have expressed their emotions about it.

In the end, Zhou Yun had to admit that her casual followers’ support was stronger than she had imagined.

Yet, there was also a hint of disappointment; she thought her witty replies would be the focus of tonight’s attention, but it turned out that no amount of talking could compete with a single photo.

"It’s good, at least you’re trending for real substance, not something you bought," Zhou Yun told Song Chi on the phone, "I can let the other stuff go, but trending for praising my own ’Divine Beauty’ is something that would shame me so much I couldn’t sleep at night."

Song Chi chuckled softly.

"In my memory, your skin isn’t that thin."

"Get lost," Zhou Yun sighed, "I’m officially on screen tomorrow, both nervous and excited."

"Waiting for you to boost our ratings."

"Don’t even, I’m not that capable," Zhou Yun responded, "As long as I don’t drag you down, that’s all that matters."

Song Chi: "How could you? Director Kang said you could bring home a high-quality Best Supporting Actress award for this drama."

"Don’t even," Zhou Yun retorted with her mouth, yet she couldn’t help but smile until her eyes crinkled.

Everyone likes being praised.

But what Song Chi said was like hearing good news from a heralding bird; whether ’Heart Inquiry’ would win an award remained uncertain. The next morning, as Zhou Yun was still running her promotions, Zhou Lan suddenly called to tell her that she had been nominated for Best Actress at the Qingmu Award for the film ’Life’.