Chapter 627: Chapter 500: He Really Isn’t That Happy

The expressions on the trainees’ faces around were... a little bit complex.

However, Xie Yizun wasn’t in the mood to care about others’ feelings at this moment.

Mainly because, although he appeared calm, he was actually somewhat displeased internally.

"Sorry, I’m going to the bathroom, you guys keep practicing."

After politely greeting the people around him, he left with his phone in hand.

A few minutes later.

"I am part of your strength."

"How many kids in the circle now don’t have a background? Negative news will stay far away once we publicize our relationship, it’s convenient."

"Hey, I know you want to debut based on your own strength, publicizing our relationship doesn’t mean others won’t see your strength."

"Anyway, everyone will eventually know you’re my son. Knowing sooner or later is not as good as now. Clearing your name and boosting your notoriety, regardless of whether you can debut as the center after the competition, you’ll be the most famous one, entering the circle will also be logical."

During the break in shooting a fashion magazine cover, Xia Youqing received a questioning call from her son, and had to first comfort her son who was having a tantrum.

Xie Yizun was sulking and didn’t immediately repost his mom’s Weibo in acknowledgment, leaving netizens eagerly waiting.

But netizens soon noticed that instead of waiting for the real deal acknowledgment from Xie Yizun, they got strong support from two heavyweight figures in the entertainment industry.

[Ning Yi: Watched the program, Yiyi performed well. @Xie Yizun @Xia Youqing: [Image] This is my son, please take care of him @Xie Yizun]

[Zhou Tang: Yiyi, keep it up, I’m waiting for you to shine again! @Xie Yizun @Xia Youqing: [Image] This is my son, please take care of him @Xie Yizun]

If Xia Youqing’s early Weibo post had already made the entire internet boil.

Then Ning Yi and Zhou Tang quickly reposting her Weibo and providing support to Xie Yizun created an online tsunami.

An award-winning actress, a renowned director, a top male star... subsequently, countless folks related to entertainment, whether closely or distantly connected with them, were reposting Xia Youqing’s Weibo and tagging Xie Yizun.

These entertainment stars, artists, veteran actors, directors, all coming to Xie Yizun’s aid, could occupy half of the entertainment circle in Huayu.

In some way, it must have involved half of the entertainment circle.

When Xie Yizun finished communicating with his mom and was about to retweet his mom’s Weibo and update it, he found his Weibo backend crashing, even more than he had predicted.

In just one or two hours, his Weibo followers increased by five million.

Before this, he had only accumulated four to five hundred thousand followers from elementary school until now.

Out of those four to five hundred thousand followers, over two hundred thousand were gained after "Life of a Salted Fish" aired, and the remaining two hundred thousand were gained when he was trending for negative reasons yesterday.

Now, with just one sentence from his mom, it brought him such a huge influx of traffic.

"..."

He should have been happy to gain so many followers in such a short time.

However, Xie Yizun realized he felt a slight reluctance and indescribable complexity seeing his Weibo backend follower count, and the continually updating follower number.

He wasn’t really that happy.

Anything gained through personal effort gave him the enjoyment and sense of achievement from the fruits of his labor.

But receiving something gifted by his parents made him a bit unwilling to accept it, accepting it felt like holding onto something dangerous.

Suddenly, he sensed a surge of overwhelming pressure.

This kind of pressure was something he had never encountered before.

Before, he knew he needed to work hard, but as long as the results after the effort were bearable, it would be okay.

But it’s different now, now he feels he must win, if not, he won’t be able to answer to his mom and so many who gave their encouragement.

Faced with this sudden situation, his mindset couldn’t quickly adjust, but he knew he had to digest it himself.

When Xie Yizun finished his call and returned to the training room, he found his manager already standing at the door.

"Yiyi."

The manager was worried that during this critical time, the newly assigned assistant would be unable to manage well the surrounding relationships, so came immediately to provide support.

"Sister Amoon." Xie Yizun’s mind was preoccupied, appearing somewhat dejected.

Unlike him, the manager was radiant and elated, "Yiyi, when do you want to make a noise online?"

"Anytime." Xie Yizun said, keeping his head down.

The manager finally noticed something off about his mood and asked with concern, "Yiyi, are you unsure how to post?"

Xie Yizun didn’t respond.

The manager continued, "Yiyi, don’t worry, all you need to do is personally post a Weibo interacting with your mom, it’s simple, a sentence, an emoji, as long as it shows affection, post whatever you want, leave the rest to me."

As Xie Yizun’s manager, she knows entirely about his family background and had already worked with the PR team to create numerous alternative PR solutions for handling situations like today.

She was very stable about it.

The only thing causing her slight instability was underestimating the relationship between Xie Yizun’s mom—Xia Youqing—and Ning Yi, who divorced eight hundred years ago.

However, whether the manager knows it or not.

The whole internet had underestimated the relationship between Xia Youqing and Ning Yi, she wasn’t the only one.

...

Both fellow apprentices at Lemon Entertainment.

Zhou Tang’s repost of Xia Youqing’s Weibo to support a junior with a strong background wasn’t hard to understand.

Ning Yi quickly reposting his ex-wife’s message indeed shocked countless netizens.

A divorced couple for over a decade, who can still stand as a shield at the peak of public opinion for a child born after one’s remarrying.

How harmoniously must they have gotten along post-divorce to achieve this?!

Not to mention Ning Yi’s tone towards this child, like a neighborly uncle.

For a moment, netizens couldn’t help but think more—

[This divorced couple is miraculous!]

[Xie Yizun is undoubtedly born with great luck, with Director Ning and his mom, walking across the entertainment industry won’t be a problem in the future.]

[Ahhhh, Director Ning actually posted!!!]

[Did you see Director Ning’s post? He watched Yiyi’s program, treating his ex-wife’s child way too well!]

[Able to get along well post-divorce, my male god and goddess are amazing!]

[...]

Soon, with netizens’ reminders, some older netizens with deep memories of the internet began recalling their news from their minds. 1314