Chapter 56: Thank You for Taking the Endorsement

"Alright, boss!"

The most excited person was the design director. Seeing Su Changzhou take Qiao An to discuss the contract, he hurried over to Yun Fu, his face eager for knowledge. "Miss Yun, have you ever read 'On Time'?"

The others shook their heads helplessly. This person was truly a research fanatic. It was already surprising that Yun Fu knew about cosmic time, but as a celebrity, how could she possibly have read something so dry?

Then they heard Yun Fu’s cool, detached voice. "I’ve glanced at it."

"Then, then you must know about the hyper-membrane theory, right? The one that divides time into eleven dimensions..."

Yun Fu lounged lazily against the table, lifting her gaze to scan the room, her expression relaxed and her tone calm.

She was really discussing with the design director these abstruse topics the others had only barely heard of. The design director grew increasingly excited, almost ready to swear allegiance to her on the spot.

The senior executives: "..."

Once the contract was signed, and under the design director’s reluctant gaze, Yun Fu and Qiao An left the SC building.

Even after they returned to Yun Fu’s home, Qiao An still seemed dazed.

"Yun Fu, do you... know President Su?"

Hearing the familiar sound effects of a game, Qiao An glanced at her helplessly. As expected, she had opened her game again and was slumped on the sofa in utter relaxation.

At the question, Yun Fu kept her eyes on her phone screen and replied languidly, "Mm, a friend of Lian Hanqi."

Qiao An felt she must be losing her mind. Otherwise, how could Yun Fu’s answer make everything feel so unremarkable? Oh, a friend of Lian Hanqi—then it really was nothing.

At that moment, a message from Lian Hanqi arrived.

"Did you sign the contract?"

"Mm," Yun Fu paused her game, fingers moving slowly across the screen.

"How much is Su Changzhou paying you as an endorsement fee?"

"Fifty million."

"That’s acceptable. Any less and I’d have gone to settle things with him."

"...I’m a nobody."

"You’ll become a superstar sooner or later. Su Changzhou got a bargain."

Seeing that last message, Yun Fu’s eyes flickered, a faint smile escaping her and pulling her instantly back to earth.

Just then, the door to her room was knocked.

"The food should be arriving soon. Eat well."

"Okay." After a moment’s thought, she added, "You too."

Meanwhile, Lian Hanqi’s assistant witnessed their usually stern boss break into a “benevolent” smile while reviewing reports.

Elsewhere, Ning Lan lay humming in her bathtub, scrolling through Weibo and reading the comments.

The GEE watch brand had already officially announced her as their spokesperson, with behind-the-scenes shots of the commercial circulating and fans commenting non-stop below.

Yun Fu’s fans were nowhere to be seen, as quiet as turtles retreating into their shells, not daring to make a sound.

This thought filled Ning Lan with glee.

She refreshed her Weibo again, and suddenly SC Corporation’s official account appeared in her recommendations.

"Looking up to the world, listening to every second—it is our great honor to invite Miss Yun Fu. Let us together listen to the voice of the universe as it pulses on your wrist. [Image][Image][Image]"

The accompanying photos showed the watch from three angles. Compared to other luxury brands, these watches possessed a mysterious allure, lacking any trace of vulgarity—one glance and you’d be captivated.

SC! One of the world’s Fortune 500! The leader among tech companies!

Every product they’d launched had driven technological progress and won awards.

Now, they’d released a high-tech watch and invited a spokesperson—and the spokesperson was Yun Fu!

Countless people grew curious—who was Yun Fu?

Soon, a flood of tech enthusiasts began to follow Yun Fu’s Weibo: So this is Yun Fu, she’s actually quite beautiful, her action scenes are impressive, her story is so tragic...

"Damn! Am I seeing things? Is that the Yun Fu I know?"

"Yes, the very one! The actress who played Qian Xuan. Wow, she’s incredible—SC, of all places! How did she pull this off?"

"SC actually needs a spokesperson?! I was so shocked I almost fell out of bed!"

"Ladies, that’s not even the main point. I just scrolled through Weibo and found a huge piece of gossip.

Turns out Yun Fu was originally supposed to be the spokesperson for GEE watches, but Ning Lan snatched the deal away. Her fans crowed about it all day, while Yun Fu’s fans didn’t dare say a word.

The funniest thing is, when Yun Fu went to SC today, Ning Lan thought she was going to beg for mercy. Who knew that Yun Fu would walk out as SC’s spokesperson!"

Instantly, the hashtag "Thanks to Ning Lan for Stealing Yun Fu’s Endorsement" shot up the trending list.

It was as if Ning Lan had been nailed to the pillar of shame.

"Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter. We really should thank Ning Lan—if it weren’t for her, Yun Fu wouldn’t have been picked up by SC, right?"

"I’m not even a Yun Fu fan, but suddenly I want to stan her—this is just too satisfying."

"Ning Lan’s drama isn’t new, but why hasn’t she faded out yet? Is Du Xingyuan blind, still pushing her so hard? Is he insane?"

"Exactly, I think Du Xingyuan’s not just a jerk, he’s blind as well!"

And just like that, Du Xingyuan was dragged onto the trending list, cursed by thousands.

When he found out, Du Xingyuan was so furious he wanted to strangle Ning Lan.

He sent her a message.

"From now on, keep me out of your affairs. Xingchen Company will terminate your contract. As for the reason, I don’t need to spell it out, do I?"

Clutching her phone and seething over the online comments, Ning Lan grew even angrier at Du Xingyuan’s message.

She called him at once.

She lashed out, "Du Xingyuan! Do you think you can manipulate me like this? What reason? Are you saying I cheated? And you—didn’t you cheat too? Even if you didn’t, you’re hardly clean. Do you really think I don’t know what you’ve been up to? You’re disgusting, hanging around those men... Just thinking about sharing a bed with you makes me want to vomit!"

Du Xingyuan’s face went deathly pale—he hadn’t expected Ning Lan to know.

"You..."

"Du Xingyuan, listen to me. If you don’t want your filthy secrets exposed, you’ll play this game with me to the end. Otherwise, you’ll end up far worse than I do!"

After hanging up, Du Xingyuan collapsed into his office chair, his body trembling, wracked with the old pains of being tormented.

His stomach churned—he rushed to the restroom to vomit, then stared at his ashen reflection in the mirror, unable to comprehend how things had come to this.

Xingchen Company issued a statement, claiming that Ning Lan’s endorsement had long been negotiated with the advertisers, and that there was never any case of stealing someone else’s deal.

But as soon as the statement was published, Yun Fu’s fans arrived with evidence: chat records with an employee from GEE.

That employee, also a fan of Yun Fu, had been so excited about the endorsement news that she shared it with a friend.