At 6 PM on January 1st, after dinner, the five went to the airport with their manager.
Fang Yinnian saw many familiar faces in the departure hall—it was the FTM fan group who had come to pick them up at the airport before.
They came again to send them off, with more people than before, holding banners with “FTM” written on them.
Fang Yinnian smiled and waved to greet them.
The crowd erupted in screams, some with hoarse voices shouting: “FTM, fighting!” “You guys are awesome!”
Last night’s New Year’s stage had severely tested the fans, but FTM’s popularity offline had clearly increased.
Fang Yinnian really admired these fans, who had shouted themselves hoarse.
The station sisters still carried their large cameras taking photos.
In January, Yun City was below zero degrees. Fang Yinnian wore a sweater and coat, with a light blue knitted hat.
He looked very warm and fuzzy.
Fans excitedly took close-up photos with their phones.
Originally, Fang Yinnian was walking with Tan Junwen, with Mo Xun in front. But recalling Mo Xun’s words at the hotel about “marketing more,” Fang Yinnian quickened his pace to walk with Mo Xun.
Mo Xun looked back at him, and Fang Yinnian smiled with his eyes, signaling with his gaze that he was ready to market.
Mo Xun immediately understood.
Noticing Fang Yinnian’s hat was a bit crooked, Mo Xun naturally reached out to adjust the brim, whispering: “Your hat is crooked.”
Fang Yinnian touched his hat: “This was knitted by my grandmother in middle school. Is it a bit childish?”
Mo Xun smiled: “It’s quite cute.”
They walked side by side, the fans’ screams gradually fading.
Tan Junwen saw this and whispered to Fu Fei: “They’re giving out sugar again.”
Fu Fei chuckled: “Mo Ge and Nian Ge should market more to boost Magic Cube CP’s popularity and annoy other boy band CPs!”
Tan Junwen nodded: “Yeah, rather than letting other CP fans have the benefits, we might as well enjoy them ourselves.”
Xu Baichuan also saw this scene. Although he felt a bit awkward, he quickly convinced himself—after all, Mo Xun and Fang Yinnian were both straight men, so it’s great they were willing to market.
After boarding the plane, everyone took their seats.
Mo Xun and Fang Yinnian sat in the same row. He habitually let Yinnian sit by the window, himself by the aisle, and pulled the curtain.
At 7 PM, an announcement came: “Dear passengers, the plane is about to take off. Please turn off your phones or switch to flight mode…”
Fang Yinnian turned on flight mode and closed his eyes, preparing to sleep until the destination. Possibly due to low blood sugar affecting his brain, once he relaxed, he easily fell asleep.
As the flight took off, Fang Yinnian quickly fell into a deep sleep, while Mo Xun flipped through a magazine beside him.
The flight was three hours, arriving in Jiangzhou at 10 PM.
Fang Yinnian indeed slept through to the end.
After the plane stopped, everyone disembarked together. Xu Baichuan walked in front, just opening his phone when message notifications started ringing nonstop.
Fang Yinnian keenly noticed the manager’s face darken after scanning the messages.
After opening the phone, Fu Fei’s face instantly turned pale. He whispered: “Another negative trending topic!”
Xu Baichuan lowered his voice: “Don’t discuss it at the airport. Hurry up and get on the car to go home.”
The six of them ran out of the airport.
The van was already waiting. Everyone quickly got in and closed the doors. Driver Jiang said: “Old Xu, Xiao Chen is almost going crazy. She kept calling you but couldn’t get through!”
Xiao Chen was Xu Baichuan’s assistant, mainly responsible for coordinating with publicity, PR, and fan club staff.
Xu Baichuan dialed the phone with a serious face.
Xiao Chen’s excited voice came: “Boss Xu, you just took off on the plane, and suddenly a negative trending topic appeared, ranking first on the main list!”
“We spent money on crisis management to remove a trending topic once, but it didn’t work. The other side bought it back up!”
“We couldn’t reach you by phone and don’t know how to handle it. The topic has been on the trending list for three whole hours.”
“What should we do?!”
“…” Xu Baichuan’s mind was buzzing.
The opponent’s means were too vicious. Knowing FTM’s schedule, they took advantage of their inability to respond while on the plane, seizing the initiative to spread public opinion quickly.
By the time the plane landed, the negative news had already spread across all platforms, and the golden time for public relations had passed.
He really didn’t expect the opponent to be so ruthless.
Was this an attempt to kill FTM in one blow, to completely destroy the reputation of their New Year’s Eve fully open mic performance?
Xu Baichuan closed his eyes and said softly: “First, find Lawyer Cheng, get a stamped lawyer’s letter to warn those marketing accounts spreading false information. The follow-up solution will be decided after I understand the situation.”
Xiao Chen nodded: “That’s the only way. What about Mo Xun’s matter…”
Xu Baichuan interrupted: “Don’t worry, I’ll find out.”
Fang Yinnian’s heart suddenly tightened.
He was sitting in the second row and could roughly hear the manager’s phone conversation. Sister Chen mentioned Mo Xun.
So, what happened to Mo Xun?
He hurriedly took out his phone and opened the trending list.
The top trending topic on the main list was #FTM’s first big scandal of the year#.
The entertainment list also had several related topics—
#Mo Xun bullying#
#Tan Junwen painting plagiarism#
#Tang Che’s parents#
#Fu Fei’s essay#
#Paparazzi expose male group lead singer being kept by a sponsor#…
Fang Yinnian’s head felt like it was hit hard by a hammer. His mind was dizzy, his eyes dry, and his fingers holding the phone trembled slightly.
Such a terrifying black marketing matrix!
Was this an attempt to wipe out all five members of FTM?
The negative trending topics were all neatly ranked in the top few of the main list, with the first topic #first big scandal of the year# marked with a bright red “explosion” character.
The entertainment industry really knows how to make scandals popular. The black marketing mastermind clearly understood the public’s love for gossip, directly naming the topic “first big scandal of the year” to attract casual viewers.
After three hours of fermentation, the topic’s reading volume had exceeded 100 million!
FTM’s first “explosive” trending topic since debut… was actually a black history exposure on January 1st, New Year’s Day.
Mo Xun also saw the negative trending topic. He opened the topic about himself. The pinned video was familiar—the dormitory, his 17-year-old self, and teammates during his trainee days in Korea…
Mo Xun’s spine stiffened, and his face suddenly turned extremely unpleasant.
Fang Yinnian also opened the topic.
In the video, Mo Xun was holding a cigarette, cornering a very cute boy against the wall. The boy looked terrified and trembling, but Mo Xun reached out and patted his face, speaking in Korean.
The video had translated subtitles: “Bring me lunch at noon tomorrow, and buy me a pack of cigarettes, remember?”
The boy nodded with tears: “I-I remember.”
Mo Xun patted his head: “Look at you, such a cowardly loser. Do you still want to debut?”
The boy looked pitifully: “I do.”
Mo Xun raised his mouth corner and pinched his face hard: “Be a good boy, give me shoulder and back massages every day, serve tea and meals, maybe I can get you a backdoor…”
The video abruptly ended.
Fang Yinnian’s scalp tingled, his fingers felt frozen as he stiffly held his phone, unable to move.
After a moment, he regained feeling in his fingers and quickly rewound to watch again.
The Mo Xun in the video had a familiar face, but his expression and actions were so strange, like a thug who bullied the younger trainee.
Fang Yinnian frowned, how could this be?
But soon he regained his rationality—he didn’t believe it.
He didn’t believe Mo Xun was that kind of person!!
His first impression of Mo Xun was very good—a sunny, straightforward boy who was decisive and efficient. As they got to know each other more, he found Mo Xun to be very warm-hearted and responsible as a captain.
He didn’t know street dance, but Mo Xun patiently taught him step by step. When there were no classes, Mo Xun would come back to teach, even staying late with Fang Yinnian and Tang Che for extra practice.
With Mo Xun’s dance level, he didn’t need extra practice, but he still stayed to help teammates.
When Fang Yinnian sprained his ankle, Mo Xun carefully gave him emergency treatment and unhesitatingly carried him to the hospital.
Mo Xun said that when he was a trainee in Korea, he often got injured and always carried spray for injuries.
Someone so dedicated to helping teammates couldn’t possibly bully younger trainees.
How could it be?!
This video must be wrong!
Fang Yinnian took a deep breath, quickly calmed down, and quickly scanned other topics.
Tan Junwen’s painting was exposed for plagiarism.
Someone compared Tan Junwen’s painting from a competition with a master’s painting, finding extremely similar styles and partial overlaps.
Software overlay showed some roses with 90% overlap. How to explain this? Coincidence of painting the same rose?
As for Tang Che’s exposure, it was even more outrageous.
There are rumors that Tang Che’s mother is a mistress who destroyed another family, forcing the original wife away to successfully take her place; Tang Che’s father is a scumbag who, after marrying his mother, had an affair and found a fourth mistress…
The anonymous informant described the whole story vividly.
Xiao Fei’s middle school essay was dug up, scrutinized and mocked word by word, calling him a poor student with numerous typos in one essay.
Meanwhile, paparazzi exposed that “a certain boy band lead singer is kept by a sponsor,” though not named, always vaguely referring to “someone,” but since the exposure happened today, it is easy for people to associate it with Fang Yinnian.
Fang Yinnian grew increasingly alarmed.
Tang Che’s face was pale as paper, his hands trembling. Tan Junwen was pulling his hair hard, and Xiao Fei looked panicked.
Mo Xun also wore a serious expression, his brows furrowing tighter and tighter.
The car fell into a suffocating silence.
Soon, the car entered the familiar apartment garage. The group silently carried their luggage upstairs and entered the dorm.
Everything in the dorm was familiar and warm. Only here could they speak freely and relax their tense nerves.
Tan Junwen slumped on the sofa and cursed: “Damn, even my paintings from when I was 10 years old were dug up. They are really something.”
Xu Baichuan looked at him: “What exactly happened with that painting?”
Tan Junwen scratched his head hard: “Let me think. I’m amazed. I almost forgot everything from when I was 10…”
He grabbed his hair into a messy bunch with both hands, trying hard to recall, and finally remembered a bit: “Right! I painted the roses we grew at home, and the kid watering the flowers was myself. The similar painting should be my grandfather’s, the same rose bush.”
Everyone: “…”
Xu Baichuan sighed with relief: “Good that it’s not plagiarism. You better find both paintings and explain.”
Tan Junwen was very frustrated: “I don’t even know where the paintings from eight years ago are. I’ll try to find them.”
Xu Baichuan sighed.
When rivals want to smear you, they don’t care how long ago it was. Even fights from kindergarten can be dug up.
The negative trending topics on Weibo have already caused huge backlash.
This black marketing hit Mo Xun the hardest, as there was video evidence. After the trending topic appeared, he lost 100,000 followers in three hours.
The loss of followers is still ongoing.
Even the trending topic #MoXunLosingFollowers# was pushed onto the hot search.
“I didn’t expect FTM’s captain to be such a disgusting bully!”
“Say no to bullying, starting with me.”
“He was a trainee in Korea? Seems like he has a powerful background to be so arrogant.”
“His family must be rich, maybe he knows the company management.”
“Is the one he bullied the youngest member of BNC?”
“My god, isn’t that Che Changxu? Ah, our Changxu actually suffered this. Mo Xun, go to hell!”
“How can a green card member of MX bully a local Korean trainee? What kind of background does he have to say that?”
“The sky is falling for K-pop fans!”
“Poor BNC youngest member, cute Changxu, don’t cry. These disgusting things are over. Let the disgusting people get out of the Chinese entertainment industry!”
“Never seen such a shameless person as MX. His face looks like a bad guy. Hope he fails soon.”
“Bullying in Korea, selling BL in China, shameless.”
“Why hasn’t this trash quit the industry yet?”
The insults against Mo Xun made Fang Yinnian very upset.
The responsible and straightforward captain in his heart had become a scum in the mouths of netizens.
FTM’s trending topics also completely collapsed, with posts appearing every few seconds.
“Hilarious, I just started to change my view of this group because of their fully open mic stage, but today they completely collapsed.”
“Is FTM a garbage dump?”
“Watching Mo Xun’s bullying video made me frown. So disgusting!”
“Outwardly cheerful and sunny, but actually cold and arrogant. Daring to bully BNC boy band, Mo Xun must have hit a brick wall.”
“Tan Junwen has been plagiarizing since he was 10. How many times did he plagiarize to get into South China Academy of Fine Arts?”
“No wonder his paintings on variety shows are so abstract. He has no real skill, all plagiarism.”
“Bully, plagiarist, mistress’s son, poor student and illiterate, kept by a sponsor. This group is really something.”
“Fu Fei’s essay made me laugh until I fainted. One essay with dozens of typos, and his handwriting is so ugly.”
“His academic performance is terrible! He scored 45 out of 150 in math. How did he even get into some random university?”
“I heard Fang Yinnian was never a trainee, just an air-dropped insider. Who knows what big boss is backing him.”
“It’s strange for a ballet student to get into a boy band, right?”
“These air-dropped soldiers either have family connections or are backed by sponsors. He’s good-looking, and you know the big shots’ preferences in the industry.”
“Paparazzi said a certain lead singer is kept by a sponsor. Those who know, know.”
“FYN is the real heir of Shengyao, right?”
“The sponsor’s baby is here. What’s the use of those trainees who worked hard for years? They all have to give way to FYN.”
“Hope this trash group fails soon.”
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