The next day, something happened that no one had expected.
Starting at eight that morning, the news cycle across Longdu exploded as though a bomb had gone off!
Nearly every major news site and social media platform pushed the same story at the same time.
[Shocking! Rising star Gao Yuanyuan's image collapses! Fake charity donation and fraudulent poverty grant exposed!]
The report came with photos and hard evidence.
One photo showed Gao Yuanyuan at a recent charity gala, holding up a sign that read "Five Million Donated" and smiling brightly at the camera.
Another showed the charity foundation's internal ledger. It clearly listed the amount actually received from Gao Yuanyuan's account: zero!
And the biggest revelation was yet to come!
Someone had dug up Gao Yuanyuan's financial aid file from Longdu Film Academy.
According to the file, she had claimed her family was poor and secured the largest poverty grant available from the state.
Yet in the very month she applied for the grant, paparazzi had photographed her spending lavishly at a luxury boutique, wearing a limited-edition diamond necklace worth millions!
On one hand, she had pleaded poverty and taken money meant for students who truly needed it to survive.
On the other, she had thrown money around and lived in extravagant luxury.
The contrast instantly ignited the fury of netizens everywhere!
"What the hell? That's disgusting! She took a grant meant for poor students and bought a necklace worth millions?!"
"Fake donations! Profiting off people's suffering! How can someone like that live with herself?"
"Blacklist her! Never hire her again!"
"What was Longdu Film Academy doing? How did this pass review? Investigate them!"
For a time, the internet was flooded with condemnation.
The "inspiring Cinderella" and "innocent girl-next-door" image Gao Yuanyuan had spent years cultivating collapsed overnight!
And that