Chapter 442: This Wasn’t Quite Right
The preliminary rounds of “Million Dollar Courage and Wisdom” would be released on the website in two separate episodes, and filming would continue.
The show did release a trailer prior to the airing, but it did not draw much attention.
Nonetheless, it quickly became the center of attention after what happened with Xia Xibei and Nie Zehai.
The netizens were eager to know just how “astonis.h.i.+ng” Xia Xibei’s performance was on the show.
Thus, the crew found out that the number of views quickly skyrocketed after the first episode, which far surpa.s.sed their expectation.
The viewers who watched the first episode were in a quandary.
They had come to watch the show with the intention of checking out the scandal, but surprisingly ended up enjoying the show a lot!
What impressed them the most was Xia Xibei’s performance.
The amount of confidence and composure she had and the immensity of her knowledge, as well as the way she had the answers to various questions at her fingertips left everyone in awe and envy.
She was so fast in responding that she came up with the answer right after a question was displayed!
The speed at which she answered the questions left all the viewers in total stupefaction.
“d.a.m.n! Is that how fierce all top scholars are?”
“Holy jeez, I feel like a moron right now!”
“How can someone have both looks and wits? I don’t think I should even exist now.”
“There are quite a few pretty girls on the show! Ren Ningning is my favorite!”
“I’m speechless! This reminds me of those scary top students back at school!”
“LOL, you guys actually believe she’s a top scholar? Can’t you tell from the look of it? The questions have been leaked!”
“Questions have been leaked? Holy cr*p! You must be kidding right?”
“Didn’t you read the news? Xia Xibei and Nie Zehai had a fling! Do you think it’d be hard to get her the questions in advance, with Nie Zehai’s influence?”
“Goodness! Do all shows play dirty these days? What a huge disrespect to the viewers!”
“Xia Qinghan is pretty impressive too. Although she got two questions wrong, that’s just what we consider normal, ain’t it? She’s a true beauty with brains!”
“You’re right… It’s not logical, getting all the questions right!”
“Our Sister Bei has always been a genius. Those who say there’s some inside dealing going on must be dregs of the cla.s.s I suppose? How would dregs understand the greatness of top scholars?”
“LMAO! Yeah, yeah, your Sister Bei is great! She’s the greatest of all! Why won’t she take a look in the mirror?”
Xia Qinghan and Bai Meixue were dying with laughter as they went through the comments.
However, they came to their senses after a while—this wasn’t quite right though!
Everyone was busy talking about Xia Xibei and Nie Zehai at the moment, what about Xia Qinghan then?
Xia Qinghan was also a contestant on the show, so why didn’t they mention her much?
Apparently, there were very few mentions of Xia Qinghan in the comments, not even adding up to one-fifth of the comments about Xia Xibei!
“No way, I’ll have them ramp up their efforts!”
Bai Meixue was wearing a look of dismay.
It was true that their motive was to bring Xia Xibei down, but Xia Qinghan’s popularity had to be boosted in the meantime!
But look at what was going on! Why was everyone only talking about Xia Xibei?
This wasn’t right!
Bai Meixue got in touch with the marketing company right away. Very soon, comments about Xia Qinghan started popping up on the internet.
Before they could rest at ease however, topics about Xia Xibei began raging all over again, and Xia Qinghan’s popularity went down in no time.
The two exchanged glances, their faces ashen.
Bai Meixue could only comfort Xia Qinghan, “Don’t worry! The more they talk about her now, the worse she’ll end up!”
Xia Qinghan had no choice but to grit her teeth and bear with it. She couldn’t wait to witness Xia Xibei’s nasty fall!
Soon, Gu Qiang posted screenshots of her conversation with Nie Zehai’s manager, Brother Mao, which stirred up another round of commotion.