HDIEUMDBTSB Chapter Thirty-Eight: Surprised Audience
Volume One: The Road to Fame
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Surprised Audience
"In recent months, there have been many controversies surrounding Teacher Chu," Huang Youru said. "Including but not limited to secret marriage, extramarital affairs, Teacher Chu has not explained, is it because these accusations are true, afraid that speaking out will attract more evidence?"
The invitation to the Little Mango Tea Party sounded even a bit like a second-dimensional feeling, but Huang Youru's speech was quite direct, completely different from her usual hosting style on other programs.
"I think I can talk about the topic of secret marriage," Chu Zhi didn't immediately reveal Kangfei Company's miraculous operations, anyway, when the time comes, the all-powerful netizens will be able to dig it up, and no one can escape the scrutiny of the masses.
"It's like this, Miss Huang, I'm only 22 years old this year, which means I was 17 five years ago, and I didn't meet the age requirements for marriage for men in China at that time," Chu Zhi said solemnly. "I didn't tamper with my age, I don't have that ability. My age on the birth certificate, ID card, and school records can be easily verified, and it's true that I'm 22 years old."
Huang Youru raised the question, "What if it's a common-law marriage? Even if the civil affairs bureau can't issue a certificate, if there was a wedding banquet in the countryside at the age of seventeen, and the woman says it's a secret marriage, I think there's no problem at all, even if the law doesn't recognize a common-law marriage."
"I have brought some information. A lady named Li Tingyu on the internet claims that she was my classmate and we dated in high school," Chu Zhi said. "Friends helped investigate the Thirty-Seventh High School I attended, including my grade and the adjacent grades, and there was no student named Li Tingyu, including factors such as dropping out, changing names, transferring schools, etc."
Chu Zhi appropriately placed the evidence on the coffee table and the camera focused on it, quickly displaying it on the big screen on the stage. Because it also involved the privacy of others, the student ID numbers, genders, and ages were blurred, leaving only the names, a list of names for searching, and there was no Li Tingyu.
The one hundred and twenty audience members in the audience were watching very attentively, but it wasn't very useful because there were too many names on the screen and it was hard to read them all at once, mainly focusing on the dialogue.
"After five years of secret marriage and other things like dating, I don't even know a Ms. Li Tingyu," Chu Zhi concluded.
"Teacher Chu, are you saying that a lady who has never known you before is maliciously defaming you for her own purposes?" Huang Youru's tone quickened, and coupled with her own voice conditions, she appeared somewhat serious. "Are you willing to stand behind your words in terms of legal responsibility? What I mean is, at the legal level."
"As an adult, I am fully responsible for the statements I make. In fact, I am preparing to file a lawsuit against Ms. Li Tingyu for spreading rumors this week," Chu Zhi said.
"Don't you find it ridiculous? If there were no emotional entanglements, or if she didn't know you, would she risk the possibility of breaking the law and accuse you with tears and emotion on the internet?" Huang Youru asked. "Teacher Chu, don't you find your statement incredulous?"
From the beginning of the questioning, the host invited to the Little Mango Tea Party spoke with a sharp tone. If the guest was not calm, they would feel that Huang Youru was being confrontational. With his sharp mind, Chu Zhi immediately caught on, somewhat grateful for the host's seemingly contentious tone. Only with this kind of tone could each piece of evidence be presented logically.
"I also think it's far-fetched, but Ms. Li's accusations have too many loopholes," Chu Zhi said. "Regarding what Ms. Li claimed about meeting in Chun City and Jinling in June and August last year, about this—"
"These two are my itinerary reports for June and August, coincidentally in June, I was preparing for a concert, and for most of the months of June, July, and August, I was traveling between Modu, Jingcheng, and Pengcheng. I also went to Macau due to my schedule."
The one hundred and twenty audience members present, including Huang Youru, also saw a densely packed itinerary for top-tier celebrities for the first time, the kind of schedule that made people feel exhausted regardless of whether they understood it or not.
[June 3rd, TMEA Music Awards, held in Macau.
June 4th, Oriental Storm Awards, held in Modu.
June 5th - June 7th, Photoshoot for "MadameFigaro World" quarterly cover, location: Jingcheng.]
June 6th - June 9th, shooting of the short film "Summer Student Welcome Party" for iQIYI Video, location: Jingcheng.
June 9th, COSMO Fashion Beauty Summit, held in Modu.
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The above table is just the main itinerary with recognizable names. There's another auxiliary schedule, like on June, don't think you'll just go to a ceremony, there's also a section for shooting a welcome VCR, cameo appearance in the company junior sister's new album MV, business advertising symposium, and so on.
It can only be said that the schedule on the auxiliary table doesn't involve changing cities, the VCR can be shot in a rented hotel conference room, and the shooting location for the company junior sister's new album MV is in Macau.
"Aren't you tired? Your schedule is too packed. I find recording four programs a week extremely exhausting, but I can at least ensure that I get to bed before one o'clock most of the time," Huang Youru's first reaction after seeing the auxiliary table was, "You hardly have any days where your schedule ends before one o'clock."
"Many artists want to be this busy but don't have the opportunity, so I'm lucky to be able to complain about being tired. Besides, I can usually sleep by two," Chu Zhi had no complaints on his face, instead, he explained proactively, "I don't need much sleep. As long as I can get five hours of sleep every day, it's fine."
The original owner of the body had a bad personality after becoming famous, with some diva behavior. Chu Zhi speculated in his heart that it should also be related to the lack of sleep, leading to a more volatile mood, easily exploding over minor things. This story tells us, sleep more and cultivate less, summer vacation must sleep in.
"OK, I understand. The daily schedule is basically precise to half an hour. I understand, but what if there are overlapping schedules?" Huang Youru digressed, but she couldn't contain her curiosity.
"The shoots aren't all day, so I can go back and forth between two shooting locations," Chu Zhi quickly pulled out his personal flight records and high-speed rail itinerary, the latter being zero.
It's not that Chu Zhi doesn't take the high-speed rail, it's just faster to take a plane than a high-speed train.
"From this table, you can see that I didn't take a plane or a high-speed train to Chun City and Jinling in June, July, and August," Chu Zhi said. "It's even less possible for me to go on dates."
"In fact, besides planes and high-speed trains, you can also drive there, but with the intensity of your daily schedule, you wouldn't have time to drive," Huang Youru said in surprise, "Oh? So does this mean that the rumors about secret marriage are false? Of course, if there's no marriage, then the claim of extramarital affairs is even more groundless."
The surprise of the tea party host was pretended, but the surprise of the one hundred and twenty audience members present was real, and the astonished voices filled the studio, reaching its peak with this bombshell.
"Oh?" Huang Youru brought up a short essay posted by Li Tingyu on Weibo, saying, "I also seemed to be carried away by the atmosphere of 'protecting the weak and overthrowing the strong.' Now that I look at it carefully, although Ms. Li's accusations are logically clear and her wording is clear, she never provided concrete evidence from beginning to end. I am now pondering why I believed it without hesitation at the time."
"Maybe because I'm Chu Zhi," Chu Zhi hesitated for a moment before saying, "Or maybe it's because I didn't give the audience enough trust, so this situation arose."
A good talker, Huang Youru couldn't help but feel that the former top star in front of her was very eloquent, even she was a bit of a fan. Compared to looks, she preferred men with high emotional intelligence.
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