Principal Wang glanced at Gu Bai, smiled, and said, "This is also just my personal guess. Whether or not it’s really the case, we will need Gu Bai to explain it to us later." Saying this, Principal Wang cleared his throat again. "Do you remember the interview this afternoon? Do you think it makes no sense? To interview a figure of public opinion at this time? And then have Gu Bai attend tomorrow’s national ceremony? The only possibility is that this matter regarding Gu Bai has already been proven false in high-level circles. It’s likely that today, the whole event will be reversed, but regardless of how things turn around, the topic’s heat remains, which is a natural wave of advertisement. If Gu Bai does something during this time, like releasing the movie he’s invested in, it will absolutely blow up and attract a lot of attention. Moreover, the kid is spending his own money to expand the public opinion; there’s definitely another big move coming. We’ll just wait and see." Listening to Principal Wang’s analysis, Du Jun couldn’t help but be amazed, saying, "Brother Bai, is everything the Principal said true?" Gu Bai took a sip of water and nodded slightly. "Now I finally understand why you’re Brother Bai and I’m Xiaodu. You and the Principal are so crafty. If something happened to me, I wouldn’t even know how to handle it. Yet you turned it into free advertising for yourself, impressive." Hearing Du Jun’s words, Gu Bai choked and coughed, "If you can’t speak properly, don’t speak at all! What do you mean by crafty? This is called marketing strategy!" "Isn’t the term ’wily old fox’ talking about you?" Gu Bai shook his head helplessly. Creating a topic through self-denigration and then using the heat for free advertising was indeed a rare marketing tactic in 2017. But in a few years, with internet opinion constantly reversing, this marketing tactic will become all too common. The seasoned expert in this is Principal Wang. The only difference is that Gu Bai played this strategy to a much larger scale than Principal Wang. A single oversight could backfire, at least Principal Wang didn’t have the confidence to play . But Gu Bai had the confidence. On New Year’s Eve, an additional 10 billion in funds appeared in my Construction Bank account. This 10 billion charity special fund is Gu Bai’s confidence. Hua Country’s Top 10 Youth Leaders of 2017 announced! And taking the first place is none other than Gu Bai. "At just the age of twenty, becoming a standout figure in Hua Country’s business sector, Gu Bai truly deserves the title of youth leader!" From the second to the tenth places, all are famous young entrepreneurs under the age of 35. The comments section exploded with discussions. "What is this situation? Could someone like Gu Bai, who flatters foreigners and mistreats faculty, also become a youth leader?" "In the past, I didn’t understand, but now I do. Money really lets you do anything. As long as you have money, the mistakes you make aren’t even called mistakes." However, there were still quite a few comments supporting Gu Bai. Orıginal content can be found at 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾※𝙣𝙚𝙩 "I’ve said before that there’s no way Gu Bai is someone who flatters foreigners and mistreats staff. Now that he’s spoken personally, you still think that way? No surprises, there’ll be a reversal in ten minutes!" "Gu Bai is so handsome, you can tell from his looks that he couldn’t possibly be a bad person. Go for it, male god!" "The person upstairs, are you from the otaku community? Is appearance justice?" As the top 10 youth leaders were announced, celebrity accounts that had been on the sidelines began to speak up. They hadn’t dared to speak up before, fearing the public opinion would affect them. Now, strongly resisting public opinion, the announcement of Gu Bai as first among the top 10 youth leaders says a lot. These celebrities who deal with the media daily understood almost instantly that the reversal of Gu Bai’s incident had arrived! Mao Buyi and Xiao Zhan were the most proactive. As employees under Gu Bai, they almost immediately reposted the Weibo, adding a caption: "The truth will prevail. Chairman Gu’s respect towards us ordinary artists is evident, let alone disrespecting faculty staff. As for flattering foreigners, it’s completely absurd. Our company’s culture is to contribute to Hua Country’s entertainment. For a boss who has patriotism ingrained in the company’s DNA, calling him someone who flatters foreigners is the greatest insult!" Zhang Ruoyun: "Not much to say, support Chairman Gu, a well-deserved youth leader!" Yang Function: "Fuyao has finally wrapped up. It’s only now that I hear Chairman Gu has become a target online. Regardless, the Fuyao crew is waiting for the promised big bonus from Chairman Gu." Then came the unified support from stars of the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Li Yin Yin, Chen He, Xu Zhen, Zheng Kai, Wan Qian, all increased their likability at this time, even Hu Ge, who rarely updated his Weibo, openly supported Gu Bai. For a moment, the previously one-sided situation began to warm up under the celebrities’ rallying. Until over ten minutes later, suddenly, the online trend reversed dramatically. "On January 1, 2018, criminal suspect Li used his position to give special treatment to several students from Goryeo. As the head of the External Liaison Department at Hu Shang Drama Academy, Gu Bai stopped this behavior and reported it to the school. After investigation and treatment, Hu Shang Drama Academy found this to be true, and thus dismissed Li." But Li didn’t repent and spread false statements online, causing significant damage to Black Swan Group and Gu Bai, constituting defamation. Li has now been arrested and has shown a good attitude in admitting guilt. We’ll continue to update the public on the situation." "The internet is not above the law. We hope internet users won’t create rumors, believe rumors, or spread rumors, and will join in creating a civilized online environment. We won’t let any bad person go unpunished, nor will we let any good person suffer injustice. Tomorrow night at 8, exclusive interview, let’s hear from Gu Bai himself about the contributions this young 20-year-old has made to this country and why this ’ordinary person’ is deserving to be the head of the top 10 youth leaders." The reversal came so suddenly that it disrupted the thoughts of many star academia scholars. "I knew Gu Bai was being maligned, and now the reversal has come, thanks to the fairness of the law restoring justice for Gu Bai. Every person who slandered Gu Bai is an accomplice!" "Hey brother, you change your stance too quickly. Even if you want to speak up for Gu Bai, you should at least delete those previous Weibo posts where you cursed Gu Bai." The celebrities who had sided in advance all breathed a sigh of relief. They knew there was a risk in taking sides, and if there was no reversal and Gu Bai got solidly accused, they would definitely bear some of the public opinion for Gu Bai. For Gu Bai, it was no big deal. Even without a reversal, at most, his reputation would be affected, but it wouldn’t stop him from enjoying life. After all, he’s wealthy. But for these celebrities cherishing their public image, public opinion could ruin their careers. Fortunately, it ended well. With the incident reversed, these celebrities definitely earned some favoritism from Gu Bai.