Liu Qiao Qiao's debut series 'A Little Love Song' was one of the major hits of the summer. It had been topping the drama charts since it first premiered.
It was one of the most searched contemporary dramas of the Summer. The drama had very high ratings, that it had been picked up by some Television stations and online streaming sites.
The Production team and Casts received a lot of high praise for the movie's high-grade cinematography and acting. The Director and cast received a lot of recognition and offers.
The entire cast both the main and supporting cast , had a surge in popularity. The main leads Yao Delun and Chang Qiu received a lot of advertising and endorsement offers from several popular brands.
After the first four episodes involving Liu Qiao Qiao had aired, she has gotten over 100 followers on her webpage. The numbers kept increasing until her webpage clocked 300 followers.
Shi Xiaotong had created the webpage, as a means for her to interact with her fans and promote her brand.
After a month on air, The company had arranged a Press conference, for the Director and major members of the cast to answer questions from the press.
Liu Qiao Qiao had become a fan favorite, since she made her debut, so she had been invited to join in the Press conference.
The instant popularity though wonderful, cane with some disadvantages. A week after the fan meeting, news broke of Li Na's initial casting in the drama.
It had been published by several gossip sites, which led to a lot of rumors going about. A few of the rumors accused Baiyu Studios of kicking Li Na out of the cast and replacing her with Liu Qiao Qiao.
This led to Li Na's cast going to Liu Qiao Qiao's webpage to attack her. The fans began rumoring. that Liu Qiao Qiao was sleeping with the two male bosses of Baiyu Studios.
Which was how she stole the role of Li Na. A photo of Liu Qiao Qiao leaving a restaurant with Lu Zhiyuan one of the co-owner of Baiyu Studios was released by a paparazzi. Which served as picture evidence to support the rumors.
When the production team and Baiyu Studios, didn't release any response to refute the accusations. Many concluded that the rumors were true and began to question Liu Qiao Qiao's talent.
The previous rumors from her idols days were brought up and a lot of netizens began to accuse her of being a talentless hack.
Her webpage was full of insults and threats, that many assumed that she would be pulled out of the Press conference.
They were surprised when her name was listed, among the members of the cast taking part in the Press conference.
A few of the cast began to demand Liu Qiao Qiao, to be completely removed from the movies.
The Production team and Baiyu Studios remained silent until a few hours after the Press conference.
The Director of 'A Little Love Song' Director Zhu made a cryptic post on his webpage.
"All will be revealed in due time"
See @ the fan meeting
The post received over a million comments within the first few minutes, it was posted and was reposted repeatedly.
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At the venue of the Press conference.
Liu Qiao Qiao arrived at the venue with Shi Xiaotong and her assistant Yi Yan. The company had selected attire for the fan meeting.
The day before, she had gone over to the shop to get her hair done and get a Mani padi in the process.
Liu Qiao Qiao usually left her hair long, so she had received a hair treatment and some touch-up. The stylist made her already silky smooth wavy, jet black waist-length hair a little waiver.
That morning, Liu Qiao Qiao had gone over to the company to get ready, before going over to the venue.
She was dressed in a light blue-colored boat-necked flared gown and nude Peep-toe strapped heels. Her hair parked up in a ponytail, with a few strands left at both sides of her face. Putting her delicate face and neck in view.
As soon as She arrived at the venue, Liu Qiao Qiao was led to a room to wait for the rest of the cast.
A few minutes later Chang Qiu arrived, She was dressed in an ankle-length, strapless dark red gown, with a thigh-length slit. On her neck was a gold choker necklace.
Her hair was packed to the side, on one shoulder. Her make-up was well done and complimented her bold facial features. She looked very much like the female lead she was.
Before the interview started, the main cast and the Director posed for a few pictures with the casts.
The conference was broadcasted live, so as soon as the conference commenced. The questions and comments began to come in.
Everyone had all tuned in, to hear the response of the director and the main cast. The press conference started with, the reporters asking questions about the Director and cast questions about the Production.
The conference progressed very quickly, Liu Qiao Qiao had been silent during the entire process. Answering only a few questions, directed to her specifically.
An hour and a half later the reporter finally asked the question that had been on everyone's mind.
"Director Zhu, please give a response to the rumors going around. It is rumored that Li Na had been kicked out of the production and replaced with Liu Qiao Qiao," A reported from the Entertainment Now newspaper asked.
Camera's began to flash as soon as the question was asked, with other members of the press also clamoring for some answers.
The in-view floating comments exploded as soon as the question was asked.
Director Zhu waited a few seconds before calmly raising the microphone to his lips and replied
"The rumors are true....."