Song Zhongxian's revenge came quickly, and it struck on two fronts.
Early the next morning, he posted three long statements on Certain Blog in China and on Instagram overseas, in Chinese, English, and Korean, recounting what had happened the previous day.
He had no choice. His mosaic-covered photos had already been reposted overseas, and especially in Korea, he was being cursed from all sides.
So he had to fight back. He had to turn the situation around. He was the victim! Thus, the long statement was born.
It was still the same incident, but every detail had changed.
It became that Zhao Xiaodao, bitter over their failed collaboration last time, had bullied him with her influence during this meeting. She had brought along a hypnotist friend and, while he was drunk, hypnotized him and trapped him in an illusion, deliberately making a fool of him.
Once the statement was released, reactions at home and abroad were like ice and fire.
At home, support for Zhao Xiaodao was overwhelmingly one-sided.
"This is downright insulting our intelligence."
"Let me explain: hypnosis is merely psychological suggestion. In theory, at its highest level, it can make people form or erase memories out of thin air, even cause visual or auditory hallucinations—but it absolutely cannot make someone selectively blind and deaf."
"What kind of hypnosis is that powerful? Drop a link, I want to learn it. (doge.jpg)"
"What kind of man is he? He made a fool of himself while drunk, and now he's trying to dump the blame on Zhao Xiaodao?"
"Support Zhao Xiaodao! Boycott Korea!"
Overseas, however, netizens split into two camps. One mocked Song Zhongxian for talking nonsense, while the other strongly supported him.
"The mysterious East is full of wizards everywhere!"
"Hua Country is an ignorant nation. Dictators rule through hypnosis."