Rebirth from the Ashes

515-516

Chapter 515: Brilliant Damage Control

The press conference was aimed towards the general population as dozens of large and medium-sized streaming platforms broadcast it live. It was a large crowd with over a hundred media outlets present and accounted for.

It never occurred to the trainees that Su Ruowan would be so thick-skinned to go on with the competition in the face of mounting pressure. Many thoughts crossed their minds.

Having seen it coming, Song Wenye turned to the rest.

Ji Jingyan was unable to swallow that fact. “She’s brave.”

She would climb inside a hole and bury herself in it if it were her. She would be too embarrassed to appear in front of the public. She had to give it to Su Ruowan for handling it well.

Tong Kejun could not agree more. “I think you have to be shameless if you want to get into showbiz.”

Tong Kejun had never spoken so harshly before. She was impressed by Su Ruowan’s boldness. It was true that having thick skin could get people to places.

“F*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck!” Han Yan ran her mouth and finally made a gagged look at the press conference playing on her phone. “Blegh!”

Liu Qianyu and Guan Rou found it repulsive that this kind of people tended to live long and prosper. Karma had gotten back at Su Ruowan but she managed to turn it to her advantage.

The copycat sure had the cheek to talk about this. If Su Ruowan was genuinely remorseful, she should repent with hara-kiri in front of everyone.

Even the most amiable Ye Weiyang furrowed her brows. The way she saw it, she could put up with everything except stealing other people’s work. That was crossing the line.

Her last respect for Su Ruowan wore out the moment she realized Su Ruowan plagiarized. Ye Weiyang was only insulting herself to put herself side by side with Su Ruowan.

The other trainees also watched the press conference after the competition. They did not pity their rival, only disgust and gloat in her misfortune.

Instead, they lamented about He Lu’s mishap and Han Yan’s dumb luck.

He Lu placed eighth before Han Yan came along. With Su Ruowan caught in a scandal, she would not be able to debut even if she insisted not to leave the competition. Who would be her replacement? He Lu who ranked eighth, of course!

However, He Lu had an accident, broke her leg, dropped out of the competition, and was hospitalized. Luck was definitely not on her side.

In contrast, Han Yan was on a roll. She was in ninth place at first and with He Lu out of the way, she skipped straight to eighth place. She would be in the top even if Su Ruowan was out of the running. Han Yan had everything going for her.

Meanwhile, He Lu clutched her phone in her hand, almost to the point of breaking it. She looked like the reaper with those bloodshot eyes and a menacing look on her face. Looking at Su Ruowan on the mobile screen dead in the eyes, He Lu was filled with regret.

She did not have to bother scheming against Su Ruowan. She could have won it all even if she did nothing. Yet, she went ahead with the plan and sacrificed herself only for Han Yan to reap the reward!

Su Ruowan’s press conference was quite the buzz. Many who did not tune in to the competition or know who Su Ruowan was became informed of her existence. Su Ruowan gained recognition through notoriety.

The comments online no longer leaned towards calling her shameless and telling her to quit showbiz. Following Tianheng Entertainment’s influence over the comments, many tabloid accounts and hired social account handlers flooded major websites and forums to sway public opinion.