Chapter 596 - This Prince Is A Superstar
Afterwards, MonkeyFace set up a simple donation webpage to help not only their fellow Black Stars but also the others who were injured in the bomb incident. Those who couldn't afford to donate financially pledged to help in other ways instead.
In addition to this, they didn't forget to prepare get well soon letters and presents for their Boss Iris. They knew that she was also injured but didn't know to what extent. According to their fellow Black Stars who witnessed the bomb incident, the area that she had been located was where the worst injuries occurred. They couldn't help but worry about her.
Isolated cases of the Iris Long hate campaign in real life continued to distress the Black Stars. It intensified when Jin Chonglin appeared in public on the fourth day after the bomb incident. He visited the injured in hospitals and in their homes. Bright Summit took advantage of the situation and made a big deal out of it by inviting a few reporters to document Jin Chonglin's visit. It was reported in the news throughout the day.
When the general public learned of his visit, they praised him. His army of fans fell even more deeply for him.
However, those who had been corrupted by the hate campaign took this chance to criticize Iris Long.
"Look at Jin Chonglin. He's taking responsibility as a celebrity seriously by personally visiting his injured fans and making sure that they're okay. How about Iris Long? Where is she right now? We haven't heard anything from her. She doesn't care about her fans at all. All she cares about is herself."
"I never bought into her image change after her comeback. I'll always remember her as the spoiled bitch that she was before. She managed to enchant a lot of people into believing that she became an angel but when something serious like this happens, she reveals her true colours. What fans? She doesn't care about you! Haha."
The Black Stars immediately came to defend their boss. However, they found it hard to do so this time because this hate campaign was occurring in real life. The hate comments online were quickly taken care of by either the Slippers Army or that anonymous person who helped them before. Now they realized that battling online was so much easier than in real life.
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Earlier that morning, Jin Chonglin arrived at the first hospital on his agenda for today to visit six people. Two of them were his fans while three were Black Stars. The other person was a member of the mall security. All six were among those who suffered the worst injuries. They were currently recovering from their minor operations, hence their extended hospital stay.
Although only two of them were Jin Chonglin's fans, he still planned on visiting all of them. He brought flowers, food and presents plus signed CDs, posters and merchandise.
Lin Dong and Jin Chonglin's assistants accompanied him. Most importantly, he also brought his entire team of bodyguards. Even though he didn't suffer any serious injuries during the bomb incident, he still felt traumatized. He didn't feel safe and comfortable leaving the house anymore without a full team of bodyguards.
In the hospital, the six injured stayed together in a single ward. It made it easier for Jin Chonglin and the people following him because he didn't have to visit multiple rooms to visit all of the six patients.
When he arrived, he saw that they already received the same things that he brought. There were elegant flowers arranged in beautiful glass vases on each of the patient's bedside tables. Seeing them made him feel like the flowers he brought were too gaudy.
On the far side of the ward, there were several bento boxes for the patients and their loved ones. There were also many gift bags and baskets arranged at a corner so as not to interfere with the nurses and doctor checking in on the patients.
Jin Chonglin's eyes narrowed before smoothing out his expression and flashing everyone his famous killer smile.
'I think I just saw the Orchidia Beauty logo,' he thought.
He wanted to take a closer look at the gift bags and baskets at the corner but Lin Dong was already leading him to the patients. He could only toss the matter aside for now, as he began speaking with the six patients and their families.They were all starstruck in front of the superstar. His two fans were so happy that they started crying. Even the Black Stars and the mall security guard were dazed in front of him.
Then his eyes noticed a simple yet exquisite card beside one of the patients who was a Black Star. He recognized the tiny printed graphic on the card as his brother and Iris' official monogram, LX. He was currently staying at their Dragon Palace mansion so he saw the monogram everyday on the towels, curtains, carpets, pillows, plates, utensils, and just about everything else in the place.
The Black Star noticed where he was looking at and flushed. She took the card and held like it was her most precious treasure in the world. "Uh…P-prince Lin Lin, this, uhm, this is a…card that B-boss Iris personally wrote to me." Then she giggled.
"I received one, too!"
"Me too!"
It turned out that all six patients received handwritten cards from Iris.
Jin Chonglin looked at the flowers, the bento boxes and the gift bags and baskets.
"Did Junior Iris send all of these to you?" he asked.
They all nodded.
"Sir Dom and a man called Mr. Xu Tian all came yesterday with a bunch of hot guys—I mean, with a bunch of men in black suits—""They're bodyguards. I recognized some of them as Boss Iris' bodyguards. Why are all of them so hot?"
"I know, right? I wonder if CEO Jin drinks vinegar everyday seeing all the hot bodyguards around Boss Iris."
Jin Chonglin raised an eyebrow, amused at the sudden topic of their conversation. They stopped talking as their faces burned upon remembering that Jin Chonglin was in front of them.
"Kyaaaah! So embarrassing!"
"Don't worry, Prince Lin Lin! To me, you're still the hottest man in the world!" his fan said.
Everyone laughed in amusement. Then Jin Chonglin asked more about Iris and the things she sent for the patients. They told him that it wasn't only them. Iris also sent things to everyone who were injured in the bomb incident.
Jin Chonglin glanced at Lin Dong and found that his manager looked surprised. His team and Bright Summit thought that he would be the first celebrity to reach out to the injured. This was why Bright Summit wanted to publicize his visit today. Jin Chonglin sighed and gave a wry smile. He remembered what one of the Black Stars said earlier, that Dom and Xu Tian were the ones who delivered the presents in person.
'It looks like Manager Tang didn't come with them. Maybe they didn't tell her on purpose so that Bright Summit wouldn't know about it. Dom represents Xiulan while Xu Tian represents my brother. They sent all of these presents yesterday but as far as I know, nobody reported it on the internet yet.'
Jin Chonglin found it weird. Shouldn't they be publicizing her generosity to counter the crazy hate campaign against her? Then he realized that based on Iris' personality, she wouldn't care whether the public knew about her kind actions or not.
'Xiulan and Big Bro sent all of these to everyone who was injured without publicizing it but here I am tooting my own horn.'For a few moments, he regretted agreeing to Lin Dong and Bright Summit's suggestion of inviting the reporters to shadow him during his visit. His actions now felt tacky compared to the couple's secret generosity. However, he quickly recovered.
'This prince is a superstar! I should always do things with a bang! Yes, that's right!'
After his mindset returned to normal, he suspected that it was his older brother's idea to keep it a secret despite the criticisms being thrown at Iris at the moment.
'Big Bro is a formidable leader. This must be part of his plan. I can only imagine how furious he's feeling right now knowing that people are targeting his wife.
'Stupid idiots. Prepare yourselves because you've just hit Big Bro's bottom line.'