Chapter 1154: Becoming Famous Overseas

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Looking at the netizens’ comments, the male fans tried to look at Xia Wanyuan’s Weibo post from Jun Shiling’s perspective.

Then, everything could be explained.

This Weibo post was clearly taken by Jun Shiling with Xia Wanyuan’s phone. Then, that “too clingy” was Jun Shiling saying that Xia Wanyuan was too clingy.

[F*ck!!! Jun Shiling, stand up. I want to fight you to the death. The hatred of snatching my wife is irreconcilable. It’s fine if you snatch her, but you even snatched my wife’s phone to show off your love and provoke us. Don’t you have any humanity!]

[The person in front, I want to ask you. Is the revenge for snatching your wife serious? What part of you is stronger than Jun Shiling? Please ask yourself.]

[ My skin is thicker than Jun Shiling’s. So what? I will daydream more than Jun Shiling. So what? I will fantasize more than Jun Shiling. Is there a problem?? I don’t care. Xia Wanyuan is my wife. Jun Shiling, if you have the ability, seal my account. ]

To everyone’s surprise, Jun Shiling actually replied to the comments this time.

@ Jun Shiling: “I’ll pick a hundred people, each with a thousand dollars. Other than @ Xia Wanyuan being my wife, Xia Wanyuan is my wife.”

When Jun Shiling replied, the term “Jun Shiling’s wife” immediately became a trending topic.

Everyone ran to the male fan’s Weibo to express their sympathy for him and gloated over Jun Shiling’s award.

[Boohoo, I ate another mouthful of dog food. CEO Jun is so cute when he’s petty.]

[Petty Jun Shiling, I’m not even allowed to call her wife. Hmph, then Xia Wanyuan is my baby.]

Looking at the comments online, Xia Wanyuan kicked Jun Shiling in amusement. “Why are you so childish?”

“Can I not be childish?” Jun Shiling glanced at her.

Who asked him to have such a unique treasure in the world? Everyone coveted Xia Wanyuan, so he naturally had to watch her closely.

“Alright, are you busy tonight?” Xia Wanyuan put her book aside and stood up.

“I’m not busy. I’ll go with you.”

“Okay.” Xia Wanyuan smiled with curved eyes.

Tonight was another weekly science and education program on the official television station. The director had been reminding Xia Wanyuan to arrive on time since morning.

The effect of the previous science and education program was something that the television station and officials had never expected.

Because Xia Wanyuan had told them about the intangible cultural heritage.

In this week, just increased cultural heritage websites had increased by hundreds of millions of views, more than the past five years combined.

Many children were attracted by Xia Wanyuan’s words and had the idea of learning these traditional cultures from the bottom of their hearts.

Even though they were still children, Xia Wanyuan’s words were like a seed planted in their hearts. They were just waiting for the spring breeze to rise one day, and the seed would become a towering tree that would grow with the wind.

Before the second episode of the popular science program began, the number of viewers online and offline had already exceeded ten million.

“Oh my god, this national influence is invincible.” The director, who was used to seeing all kinds of world events, could not help but sigh.

He had done so many programs. The only program that could surpass Xia Wanyuan’s popularity was probably the Spring Festival Gala.

On the online video website, the fans’ comments were almost filling the entire live-stream.

[Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch. I’m here. I’m looking forward to what Xia Wanyuan will say today. Will she continue to talk about the intangible cultural heritage today? The shadow play last time was so interesting. I want to hear it again today!!]

As the minutes and seconds approached, the show finally began when the hour hand pointed to eight.

The cameraman was already very good. At the beginning of the show, he did not even give the host a shot. He first gave Jun Shiling a close-up, causing the audience to exclaim.

Looking at Jun Shiling’s blue tie, the audience could guess that Xia Wanyuan’s dress was definitely blue today.

As expected, a minute later, Xia Wanyuan walked onto the stage in a light blue embroidered dress.

Today, Xia Wanyuan had let her hair down behind her shoulders and was wearing a small crown on her head. She looked dignified and elegant.

“Hello, everyone. We meet again.” Xia Wanyuan smiled at the camera. “Let’s talk about our country’s painting history today.”

The comments were naturally filled with cheers.

As soon as Xia Wanyuan finished speaking, pieces of rice paper were brought onto the stage, and nearly a hundred colors were carried up.

Xia Wanyuan was a Chinese painting master herself. She held a pen.

As she explained the PowerPoint lesson materials displayed on the big screen, she recounted the stories behind various famous paintings. As she held a pen and paper, a painting appeared in front of everyone.

“In the Qing Dynasty, Qie Shouping said, “The Song people said that they could reach the point where the ancient people did not put their hearts into it, and they also said that they could draw the will. The two words are the smallest, but they can most mislead people. They don’t know how to put their hearts into it, nor do they know what the ancient people didn’t put their hearts into. They don’t know what the intention is.”

……

After Xia Wanyuan finished explaining the painting, a painting that was drawn according to Su Xuan’s Deadwood Painting appeared.

At this moment, a very strange scene appeared everywhere in China.

Some passers-by who did not understand the situation walked into the Internet cafe and saw not a room full of King of Glory, but a lecture hall.

“Boss? What’s going on? Can’t your Internet cafe play games?” The passerby was a little stunned. Didn’t the advertisement outside say that the Internet speed was extremely fast and one could play games? 

“Stop arguing. This painting is really beautiful. Aiyo, you really know how to draw.” The boss waved his hand.

The passerby glanced at the boss’s computer.

Aiyo! Great beauty!! 

At this moment, many mobile games, especially King of Glory,

The staff of the operations department were all confused.

“That’s not right. Isn’t it Saturday today?? Shouldn’t Saturday be a holiday for primary school students and when the working party gets off work? Why are the number of players so low today?”

It was ridiculously low. It was not even a tenth of the past. That was strange.

They had no idea that the students who were on leave had been caught by their parents in the name of learning to watch Xia Wanyuan’s lecture on television. As for the working party, just looking at Xia Wanyuan’s face after work was enough to relax them, let alone the fact that Xia Wanyuan’s painting was so pleasing to the eye.

At the end of the show, Xia Wanyuan used the second viewership record to defeat her first viewership record.

Xia Wanyuan had just disappeared from television when the outside world began to learn painting.

For a time, the supply of painting tools on the market began to exceed the supply. Xia Wanyuan brought along these manufacturers who sold stationery and increased their sales.

At the same time, the paintings that Xia Wanyuan had drawn on the show were also placed in the Weibo shop. Just as they were placed, they were snatched up.

In an instant, it was another few million yuan.

[What do you mean by a money-sucking maniac… Xia Wanyuan’s ability to promoting goods is really invincible. Also, with this speed of selling goods, is there anyone who can earn money easier than her?]

[It’s so easy to earn money, but I’ve never seen her donate money to anyone.]

[She doesn’t steal or rob, and there’s a problem with her not donating money? You’re quite good at moral kidnapping.]

Seeing that more and more people supported Xia Wanyuan, comments began to appear on the Internet that criticized Xia Wanyuan for earning money crazily but not caring about the poor people.

“Young Master, this Xia Wanyuan’s reputation is really good.” The assistant handed the detected data to Jiang Kui. “It’s really strange. Not only can she increase the sales of her industry, but even the shares of the Jun Corporation have soared.”

Jiang Kui’s expression was very ugly.

As an entrepreneur, he naturally knew how effective this soft influence was.

The better Xia Wanyuan’s reputation was, the more people would think of her when they saw the Jun Corporation’s products. They would subconsciously feel that the Jun Corporation’s products were more amiable and good. This psychological hint was incomparable to any other marketing.

“Damn it!” Jiang Kui slapped the table. “Why is Jun Shiling so lucky!”

If only I had discovered Xia Wanyuan first.

Just as he was thinking this, the door suddenly opened. Xiao Yu stuck his head out. “Daddy, can you play with me for a while?”

“Play by yourself. Don’t disturb me.” Jiang Kui waved his hand impatiently.

During this period of time, Zou Man had been extremely gentle to Jiang Kui, and her relationship with Jiang Kui had returned to seventy to eighty percent of before.

Other than working hours, Zou Man and Jiang Kui were always together, so Jiang Kui naturally distanced himself from his son, Xiao Yu.

It was already very annoying because of the rising market value of the Jun Corporation. Now that Xiao Yu wanted him to play with him, Jiang Kui was even more impatient.

“Alright.” Xiao Yu shrank back in disappointment and carefully closed the door.

He lowered his head and returned to the room, depressed.

Liu Tanyu glanced at Xiao Yu and walked over to pat his head. “What’s wrong, baby?”

“Mommy, does Daddy not like me very much?” Xiao Yu felt very wronged. “Daddy hasn’t played with me recently. He doesn’t love me at all. I heard from the servants that he has been accompanying that woman recently.”

Liu Tanyu paused.

She naturally knew that Jiang Kui had stopped looking for her recently.

Initially, some time ago, using the opportunity to discuss Xiao Yu’s upbringing, she could clearly feel that the way Jiang Kui looked at her was getting hotter and hotter. However, over the past few days, Jiang Kui’s gaze had already turned cold.

He was stuck to Zou Man, so how could he care about the mother and son?

Liu Tanyu stroked Xiao Yu’s head. “Do you like Daddy?”

Xiao Yu widened his eyes. “Mm, I want our family to live happily together, okay? I don’t want to see that Zou Man. She’s not good at all.”

Liu Tanyu smiled. “Okay, our family will live together well.”

Xiao Yu was happy. He pulled Liu Tanyu’s hand and went to the living room to play Ultraman. Beside him, Liu Tanyu’s expression gradually became firm.

In the corridor on the third floor, Zou Man had a cigarette in her hand. Smoke curled up. Zou Man gently exhaled and blew away the smoke in front of her.

She lowered her head and looked at the mother and son who were playing happily in the living room. There was no emotion in her eyes.

In the living room, Xiao Yu was playing happily and giggling. Liu Tanyu smiled and cooperated with him. When she was helping Xiao Yu pick up the toys, Liu Tanyu unintentionally looked up and saw Zou Man looking downstairs.

Liu Tanyu was stunned at first, then smiled at Zou Man. Her smile was shallow and very moving. Zou Man sneered, stubbed out her cigarette, and turned to return to her room.

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Xia Wanyuan’s television program created a miracle in viewership. Not only did this phenomenon cause widespread media coverage in the country, but it also caused all sorts of discussions in the foreign media.

There were many people in China, and the viewership miracle they created was something that no one in other countries could imagine.

Some foreigners jumped out to question. China’s viewership data must be fake. Why would ten million people watch Xia Wanyuan’s program online?

Enthusiastic netizens in the country specially threw all sorts of data monitoring forms on the foreign website to argue with foreign netizens. They even spontaneously dubbed Xia Wanyuan’s video in foreign language.

With this argument, the foreign netizens’ focus was diverted.

Seeing the various things Xia Wanyuan had said on the show, how could the foreign netizens still care about doubting the viewership data? They only knew that whatever Xia Wanyuan said was-

They all looked so interesting!! It was something we had never seen before!!

The cultures of the East and West were very different. Even the Chinese themselves had not noticed the traditional technology and strange snacks, let alone foreigners.

The intangible cultural heritage introduced by Xia Wanyuan, the exquisite brocade cloth, the delicious roast duck, the beautiful sugar man, and the exquisite gold jewelry, all of them amazed the foreigners.

How could such a small egg have a complete figure carved on it! How could a small candy have a beautiful shape! How could those roast ducks have crispy skin but soft and juicy inside? 

Instantly, curiosity about Chinese food and Chinese craftsmanship spread on the Internet.

At this moment, a controversy arose from Xia Wanyuan’s explanation.

When Xia Wanyuan was talking about Chinese food, she mentioned, “Historically, when Chinese people ate very greasy things, they often paired it with some pickles. Pickles can relieve fatigue.”

Initially, in the eyes of many Chinese, there was no problem.

In history, the winter in the north was frozen all year round. In order to eat vegetables, some places would use pickled methods to marinate cabbage, radishes, and other ingredients that could be preserved for a long time.

These were all ordinary food in the eyes of the Chinese, but they accidentally hit the sensitive point of the Han people.

Many Country Han netizens left comments and insults under Xia Wanyuan’s account after watching the video.

[Are the Chinese shameless?? Our Han Country invented the pickles, okay? How did it become your Chinese food?]

[ History? Shameless. In history, the pickles were stolen from our Han Country by the Chinese. Have the Chinese done too many sneaky things? Now, they’re used to saying that others’ things are theirs. ]

[ F*ck, goddess?! This is a goddess! Pui! Pickled vegetables is our Han Country’s simida [1. ‘simida’ is Korean romanization, usually used at the end of Korean sentences.]. Xia Wanyuan, come out and apologize. It’s too disgusting. Apologize to Korea’s kimchi immediately. ]

Author’s note: (The pickle incident was based on the real incident of Li Ziqi making pickles a few days ago that caused the insults of Korean netizens. The real Korean netizens’ comments were several times more disgusting than this.)