If someone intentionally fabricates a scandalous past, it would surely catch a lot of attention, much more than just baseless rumors.

This time, Ling Zhenfei suddenly received a call from Lin Yi, undoubtedly about the incident.

Ling Zhenfei took the call, and Lin Yi said on the other end, "Boss, you know about the stuff online, right?"

Ling Zhenfei said, "I just saw it too. What's the story behind this Top Paparazzi?"

Lin Yi explained, "This Top Paparazzi claims to be the Discipline Inspection Commission of China's entertainment industry, specializing in secretly photographing stars' private moments and then blowing the stories up. Many celebrities have already been exposed by them online."

Ling Zhenfei said, "I really didn't expect to be so careless."

Lin Yi said, "Handling the Top Paparazzi is easier said than done because they have to care about their influence, so they only release things that are well-founded. Their Weibo post also made it very clear, saying it's a suspected romance expose. The troublesome ones are the Black Childs."

Ling Zhenfei could certainly feel it. Since the last time the anti-Ling Zhenfei publicity alliance disbanded, the voices denouncing Ling Zhenfei online had died down considerably, as he tended to be low-key with few flaws for the critics to latch onto.

But this incident was just the thing to attract the Black Childs' attention, releasing all their pent-up resentment.

"The innocent are clear of guilt, so what can Black Childs do about it?"

Lin Yi suddenly became anxious at this time, "Big brother, you can't think like that. The Black Childs might be insignificant, but rumors can kill, if you don't fight back, people will take it as you admitting to the accusations."

"Then what do you think I should do?" Ling Zhenfei really did not know what to do, having no experience in handling such matters.

Lin Yi said in surprise, "Boss, you can't seriously be without an agent or a public relations team, can you?"

"You're right, I'm not part of the entertainment industry, of course, I don't have what you call an agent and a public relations team."

At this time, Ling Zhenfei also realized the importance of a public relations team; such baseless rumors would be much simpler to handle with a team.

"Forget it, boss. Here's what we'll do, I'll start fighting back with the help of fans for now, but if you can find a public relations team to do some PR, that would be even better."

"Thank you Lin Yi, but how do I even find a public relations team?" Ling Zhenfei was truly feeling overwhelmed.

Lin Yi said, "Big brother, you can ask Chu Bingqing, haven't you interacted online? Aren't you supposed to be quite familiar?"

Once Lin Yi said this, Ling Zhenfei began to understand slightly; he may not know any public relations teams, but he did know celebrities who all have their own teams, making it very simple for them.

"Alright, thank you. I'm on it now."

After hanging up the call, Ling Zhenfei wanted to contact Chu Bingqing, but then he thought how he and Chu Bingqing were barely acquainted. Considering the circumstances, he felt awkward to bother her.

Beyond Chu Bingqing, the only other celebrities he knew were Xu Yuyu and Li Yuetong.

Xu Yuyu and he had a complicated relationship of a close nature, so Ling Zhenfei certainly couldn't ask Xu Yuyu, which left only Li Yuetong.

Ling Zhenfei's relationship with Li Yuetong wasn't particularly good or bad, but he had previously helped Li Yuetong, and she had agreed to owe him a favor—Ling Zhenfei was planning on asking Li Yuetong to endorse his villa in the future.

If I approach Li Yuetong about this matter now, it wouldn't be appropriate to ask her to endorse anything later. It just doesn't seem worth it, no matter how I think about it.

As Ling Zhenfei drove aimlessly, his mind was filled with chaotic thoughts and no destination in mind, his heart preoccupied with the situation online. Thankfully, his Divine Sense was potent, allowing him to multitask; otherwise, he surely would have crashed.

Just then, his phone rang. Seeing the name on the screen, Ling Zhenfei was startled. He hadn't expected the call to be from Chu Bingqing.

Though he and Chu Bingqing had exchanged phone numbers, they had never actually called each other. The fact that she was now the one reaching out to him took him by surprise.

"Hello, Miss Chu."

Hearing Ling Zhenfei's voice made Chu Bingqing laugh on the other end, her laugh as pleasant as ever. It left Ling Zhenfei with the impression that even a big star's laugh must be specially trained to sound this appealing.

"Divine Doctor Ling, your greeting is quite old-fashioned, huh?"

Feeling a bit embarrassed, Ling Zhenfei responded, "Sorry, it's just a habit."

Chu Bingqing laughed again after his reply. Once she finished laughing, she said, "Alright, alright, I can't laugh anymore. If I keep laughing, I'll get wrinkles. I mainly called you today to ask about something."

"What's the matter? Just ask." Ling Zhenfei was surprised that Chu Bingqing wanted to ask him about something.

"Here's the thing: your story blew up online tonight. It's just a simple meal you had with a girl, but for some reason, so many people online started attacking you. I was wondering, did you orchestrate this as some sort of publicity stunt?"

Ling Zhenfei laughed too after hearing her, though his laughter was tinged with awkwardness.

"Miss Chu, that's a rather unique take you have. For me, this isn't a deliberate publicity stunt at all. It's the work of online trolls finding a reason to target me."

Chu Bingqing then had a sudden realization: "So many people targeting you... I suspect it's organized. Did you offend someone?"

Ling Zhenfei inwardly flinched; he had thought it was just random trolls idling about. But after hearing what Chu Bingqing said, it seemed like someone was deliberately trying to smear him.

"I truly have no idea whom I might have offended. Besides, I hadn't wanted to get involved in the entertainment industry's affairs in the first place. If others want to besmirch me, there's not much I can do."

"Even if you're not interested in the entertainment industry's affairs, you're actually part of it now. If you don't want the situation to escalate, you should handle public relations as soon as possible. Letting this negative press continue is not good," Chu Bingqing pointed out.

Ling Zhenfei became embarrassed again, "I don't have an agent or a PR team, so I'm not sure what to do."

Chu Bingqing was also somewhat stunned after hearing this. Having a public relations team to handle everything made her oblivious to the fact that someone with over ten million online fans, like Ling Zhenfei, didn't even have a public relations team.

"How about this, I can help you find someone for public relations. Actually, PR isn't that complicated. Your fans can counterattack for you, I can find someone to help reduce the heat, delete some Weibo posts, block some threads."

"That would be really great; thank you so much. You're a lifesaver," Ling Zhenfei replied excitedly. Chu Bingqing's help was like sending charcoal in snowy weather.

However, he hadn't ever imagined that Chu Bingqing, a huge star, would offer him help – and even take the initiative to call him. It was something he wouldn't have dared to contemplate before.

"No need to thank me, but I'm not helping you for nothing. You'll have to give me another bottle of Xuantian Divine Water at least," Chu Bingqing teased with a triumphant tone.

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