Chapter 42:
The agent called again. They were originally negotiating with a brand endorsement. When they were about to sign the contract, the brand owner repented, saying that Fang Xueruo\'s image did not meet their brand requirements.
It also meant something on the Internet.
This endorsement was originally stable, and online fans have been proud to show off with this for a long time. Now they are replacing Xia Wanning, who has been underneath by Fang Xueruo. You can imagine how ridiculous netizens will be after this news comes out.
This doesn\'t stop there. Several brands that Fang Xueruo has endorsed have found that Fang Xueruo\'s negative image has affected their brands, and they need to pay them compensation for losses according to the contract.
Fang Xueruo\'s eyes fell cold after hearing this, "What did the company say?"
"The company must have done its best to protect you. It is now pacifying the brand owners, promising that this matter will be dealt with soon and will clarify the rumors on the Internet."
Chang\'s family is the company\'s major shareholder, and Fang Xueruo is the wife of Chang\'s young master who has never been through the door. Of course, she can only do her best to protect her.
It\'s just a matter on the Internet, and their company hasn\'t thought of a way to suppress it.
Except for some people who took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, there are obviously two groups of people on the Internet who are secretly contributing to the flames. One group of people knows that the other party is also frank and unconcealed. It is the fan group of Fu Yunruo.
Because some of these people have to respect even the Chang family, so many people unite, let alone the company, even the Chang family and the Fu family can\'t afford it.
They can only negotiate with each other and seek peace.
It\'s just that they don\'t give face at all, and they only seek justice for Fu Yunruo.
There is another force, they haven\'t found out so far, and they don\'t know how to negotiate.
Hearing what Fang Xueruo meant, it was Si Yue\'s hand.
The agent was a little unbelievable. Didn\'t Si Yue say that he came from an average well-off family? Will there be such a big deal?
She is more inclined to take advantage of Apple Entertainment.
You must know that because they have similar development models and are competitors, they have always been incompatible with each other. It is normal to take this opportunity to step on them.
The company also has this idea.
It\'s just that now things are getting worse and worse, their public relations are not enough.
Fang Xueruo was still waiting to speak when suddenly the door of the room was banged.
She opened the door, saw the landlord, a trace of impatience flashed in her heart, and asked softly on her face, "Is there anything wrong?"
However, the homeowner, who has always been kind and enthusiastic, had a fierce look at this time, and said with a rough voice like a duck: "Walk around, you are not welcome at my house!"
Fang Xueruo was stunned: "What?"
However, the homeowner was very disdainful to talk to her, and rudely packed her things in twos or twos, pushed out of the house with luggage, sipped, and slammed the door.
"Black-hearted stuff!"
Fang Xueruo stood in front of the closed door with a sullen expression.
"Sher!"
There was a sudden shout behind her, and Fang Xueruo was shocked. She turned around, surprised, and couldn\'t believe it. She couldn\'t help but rushed to the person who came in.
"Brother Chang..."
"Xue\'er, you are wronged." Chang Zhuyou felt distressed.
He had undergone several examinations in the city hospital, but his abdomen was really painful, but he couldn\'t find anything. He wanted to sue Si Yue for injury without evidence.
As a result, he didn\'t expect that Xueer was attacked so maliciously on the Internet. He immediately became angry and asked his contacts to speak for Xueer. He also angered Fu Yunruo, a vicious woman.
Then she came non-stop, Cher was so weak, she definitely couldn\'t stand the great malice.
Fang Xueruo was buried in his arms and shook her head silently, her eyes were cold, untouchable! How dare to treat her this way? She has never been insulted like this since she was a child!
"Brother Chang, let\'s go, I\'m not welcome here..." Fang Xueruo raised her head with tears in her eyes, her expression weak and strong.
"What? How dare they treat you like this?" Chang Zhuyou was furious in an instant, angrily stepping forward to kick the door.
"Brother Chang! I don\'t want to stay here anymore..." Fang Xueruo pulled Chang Zhuyou, her face extremely pale.
Chang Zhuyou suddenly turned around and hugged her distressedly, "Okay, I\'ll take you away..."
"Ok……"
Fu Yunruo was frightened by Wen Wen\'s abnormal state yesterday, and his full attention was on Wen Wen.
It was not until Tiantian called, that the news on the Internet had been reversed.
The moment the phone was connected, a sweet voice came over immediately, "Ruoruo, your vest is off." She said complicatedly, "Say it first, we really didn\'t reveal your information here, it was recognized by the fans\' eyes. of!"
"??" Fu Yunruo didn\'t react for a while, "Oh." She only paid attention to Wen Wen yesterday and didn\'t have time to follow the news on the Internet. Naturally, she didn\'t know that Fang Xueruo had a very popular search, and she didn\'t know that her fans were there. The waves are flying outside.
"Don\'t worry, we are very powerful here, and they have the upper hand! No one can splash your dirty water unscrupulously."
Tian Tian feels that their studio is useless.
After Ruo Ruo\'s fans appeared on the stage, each of her mouth-cannon skills was full of one-stop ten. If she was a black navy army, she would have been crying.
When it comes to rumors of personal defamation, the letter from the lawyer was also sent by the fan himself to his own lawyer team...
Oh, the studio is still useful. Fans contacted the studio and asked them for a letter of authorization from a lawyer.
After listening to the sweet commentary, Fu Yunruo was a little bit distressed that he was caught off guard.
She didn\'t want to dress up even when she went out to go shopping one day.
But since she was recognized by the fans, she couldn\'t deceive the fans and say that it was not herself.
What\'s more, she knows that her fans are very powerful. Since they have identified it, it means that they have evidence in their hands.
Fu Yunruo asked Tiantian to keep an eye on developments on the Internet at any time, and Wen Wen must not appear on the Internet, especially when it is smoggy.
Tian Tian reassured Fu Yunruo, fans were very measured, and all the online videos about Wen Wen disappeared.
Wen Wen had appeared on variety shows before, but now, all the videos about him are gone, and there is no trace of it on the Internet.
Fu Yunruo was relieved when he heard it.
She looked at her dynamics, and many of them were written descriptions. Even if there were short videos, they only showed a little back, so she ignored them.
Fu Yunruo went to the Internet to read the news, and the negative comments about her had disappeared. She looked at it, and many of the netizens\' comments in the hot search were familiar IDs, which came from her fan group.
Fu Yunruo took a look and was amused by their comments.
She thinks that although the world is wonderful, there are more people in Sanguanzheng, and she is far behind the fans with sharp curses without dirty words.
She looked at it, and the fans were still very sensible. Although she put Fang Xueruo on the hot search, she also read their comments. There was no rumors, slander, and slander, and they were all facts.
Compared with the so-called facts that Fang Xueruo had distorted and guided before, what fans pointed out was the truth of the matter.
On the Internet, Fang Xueruo was publicly executed.
Rarely, she took the initiative to search for her number. Only then did she see the sentence that made her respond extremely. This hypocritical meaning almost overflowed from the screen.
However, the following comment replies, occupying the first place in the hot comments, are not the comments of her fans, but a bunch of mockery.
Fu Yunruo didn\'t care too much when he saw that the fans were very measured.
It may be that her fans are generally older, and the three views have long been formed. Most of the communication with her is from an equal point of view, treating her like a friend and a junior.
Fu Yunruo always feels that her fans are more of the eleven orchids and Wen Wen fans she raised.
The way of speaking to those flowers and Wen Wenshi is like a fan.
The popularity of those flowers and Wen Wen in the live broadcast is not low. She deeply doubts that they are not only raising flowers in Yun, but also raising her son in Yun.
And they all know her low-key temperament, and rarely wear her name in public, deliberately downplaying her existence.
Fu Yunruo thought to herself, they really understood her, and knew that they didn\'t like discussing with Fang Xueruo, so they didn\'t bring her.
It stands to reason that her exposure to the vest will cause a lot of heat in the live broadcast circle, but she saw a circle of forums and did not discuss her things much. It seems that fans are very conscious and helped to suppress the heat by the way. .
On the contrary, some of her colleagues and friends on the platform sent messages one after another, one is to tease, and the other is to show support for her position.
What made Fu Yunruo happy most, Wen Wen was not brought out.
Fu Yunruo also added a fan base.
This group can be said to have been live since she started broadcasting.
They have unearthed that Wen Wen in the variety show is their cub, and the news on the screen keeps scrolling, basically screaming to steal the cub.
There are a lot of people crying and crying. They didn\'t see the video, they didn\'t see the cute and clever and cute little faces of Cubs, they could only look at the triumphant descriptions of other fans and they were greedy.
Fu Yunruo looked questioned. How do you look at their attitude? It seems that they didn\'t contact and remove the video?
But she couldn\'t figure out who else was so capable, so she could only put her doubts in her heart first.
It didn\'t take long for Tiantian to send a message with a bold exclamation mark.
[Fuck it! ! ! That scumbag dare to send a scarf to publicly support the bitch! ! ! 】
[He even dare to say you! Simply cheeky! 】
Tian Tian seemed to be very irritable, and she disappeared in a short while, she seemed to go to the end and tear the scumbag in person.
Fu Yunruo took a look and found that not only Chang\'s family publicly expressed support for Fang Xueruo, but also the artists under Orange Entertainment\'s public speaking, which clearly implied that the Internet was all spreading rumors, hoping that someone was enough.
In addition to Fang Xueruo, Orange Entertainment also has several first-line stars and some so-called well-known directors and well-known brands. After they publicly supported Fang Xueruo, the originally overwhelming public opinion turned into a see-saw state.
The flames of war were full of smoke in an instant, and the entire Internet was fought hard.
No one in the fan group spoke anymore. They should have seen the online comments, rolled up their sleeves and rushed to the battlefield again.
Fu Yunruo was so touched by the care and maintenance of so many people, he went to the bib and posted an update at the same time on the forum.
[All that I had before have been taken away by you, and now that I have, I will protect it. 】
Then he replied to Chang Zhuyou\'s collar.
[Don\'t get me wrong, I used to chase you because you are my fiance, and you don\'t want to belong to me. Let garbage fly out to pollute the environment. 】
Fu Yunruo thought, fans are so rigid, she can\'t be ashamed.
She was not when she had nothing. The friends, family, and all the people who supported her and loved her that she cared about were her confidence.
She was reposted by Si Yue within a minute of sending it out.
[Everyone is responsible for protecting the environment. 】
Then click like in the other collar.
Like a signal, many well-known figures in various circles quickly reposted and liked her bib, and encouraged--
[God is fair, given you the hardships of the first half of your life, there will be happiness and sweetness in the future, come on girl]
The Orchid Arts Association and singer Liu Zhi, who she has worked with, also reposted the news, saying that only people with a pure heart can grow the most aura of flowers.
Even well-known broadcasters in the live broadcast circle reposted and praised her, and even some of them did not overlap by her name.
Even the official account of Panda Live Platform and the official account of Apple Entertainment reposted the news.
In addition, many rich second generations who are active on public platforms have also been exploded, and some people in a circle even directly apologized to her on the platform, saying that they hated her because of misunderstandings and said a lot of excessive words. I hope she doesn\'t mind.
Fu Yunruo was stunned, is she so prestigious?
She touched the scared little heart.
Wen Wen has been sticking to Fu Yunruo\'s side, looking at her blankly, seeing that she is busy, and anxiously wanting to see it, but she knows she can\'t disturb her mother.
He thought to himself that he must take a look at his cell phone quietly when he has the opportunity. He really wants to know the news on the Internet.
Fu Yunruo noticed Wen Wen beside her and clung to her and couldn\'t help but said softly: "Wen Wen, the kids have already asked you to go play together, don\'t you play with your friends?"
From the morning till now, the children have come to shout for two waves, and Wen Wen refuses to go out.
Fu Yunruo discovered that Wen Wen seemed to have returned to the clingy state of childhood, like a small tail, she followed wherever she went.
Before the child didn\'t stick to her and felt disappointed, but now she sticks to her, she feels distressed again.
Even if Wen Wen is smarter and more courageous than ordinary children... But he is still a child after all, and he will definitely be frightened when he sees an abominable adult.
See how scared are you? Fu Yunruo felt very distressed, and rubbed it with Wen Wen, repeatedly comforting.
Wen Wen shook his head and said seriously: "I want to accompany my mother." He has to pay close attention to his mother. The woman Fang Xueruo is still here. What if she makes a bad idea and he doesn\'t pay attention to her mother?
He has seen too many dark sides. Sometimes, some people are really scary. It only takes a word, a look, and an inadvertent movement to destroy a person.
Wen Wen doesn\'t have a mobile phone. He doesn\'t know the situation on the Internet, but even Grandpa Mei and the other old men in the village know about the situation online.
Fang Xueruo is a queen, she must have many fans.
Some brain-dead fans are really irrational. As long as the idol shows the expression of being wronged by someone who has been bullied, some extreme brain-dead fans will do cruel things for the idols to disfigure and even murder.
He will meet a lot in the future. One of his friends, because Fu Wen hates Chang Xue\'ai, she also expressed her dislike in public. Unexpectedly, she would be thrown with sulfuric acid by Chang Tian\'ai\'s brain powder and she was Malicious attacks.
In the end, she had to withdraw from the entertainment industry and go abroad. Although he repeatedly said that he was not to blame before leaving, he still couldn\'t get through this hurdle in his heart, even if he later learned from others that she was doing well abroad...
If there is a daughter, there must be a mother. The mother is so innocent.
For them, Wen Wen never minded speculating with the greatest malice.
Wen Wen was extremely worried.
"Mom, shall we find a bodyguard?"
Always guard against it, when there are always omissions, he looks at his little arms and legs, and he becomes even more worried. His small body can\'t protect his mother well.
Fu Yunruo was full of melancholy when he saw Wen Wen\'s little adult, and couldn\'t help but squeeze his bulging and tender cheeks, "This is an adult\'s business, don\'t think so much about melon seeds, baby, don\'t worry, mom won\'t Something."
She thought to herself, Wen Wen was really frightened, and she would say that she would hire a bodyguard, but how could a bodyguard be so easy to hire?
She thought, she didn\'t go out much, except in the village, even in the flower garden, even if there were bad people, someone would come to help when she shouted, so there was no need to worry about fear all day.
However, Fu Yunruo felt that he needed to consider the matter of bodyguards.
She worries about what Wanfang Xueruo will do with her child?
If Fu Yun thinks of this, he is worried, "Baby, don\'t take or eat things from strangers. Don\'t bother if you see someone you don\'t know talk to you. Run to a crowded place or run into the house to find an adult. Don\'t go to dangerous places, such as the water on the top of a building, you know?"
Hey, I really can\'t think about it. When I think about it, I feel that there are dangers everywhere, and she could safely let her children run around before.
The more Fu Yunruo thought about it, the more he felt uneasy, and suddenly he didn\'t want the baby to go out to play. Well, it would be nice to stay by her side.
Affected by Fang Xueruo\'s scandal, the program team suspended filming.
When Si Yue was free, he would have leisure to follow online trends.
At the same time, he saw the news of the horse dropping on the Internet, and suddenly realized.
No wonder he has always had a vague sense of familiarity with Fu Yunruo, but he didn\'t think too much, thinking that this sense of familiarity was due to past events.
Si Yue flipped to the forum again, and then flipped out the little boy\'s video sent a long time ago.
Although I didn\'t see the face, but this fleshy and round little figure, how pleasing! Si Yue couldn\'t help but watch it over and over again.
Si Yue regrets that he didn\'t participate in Wen Wen\'s growth process from an embryo to being able to run and jump.
If he had paid more attention, he might have discovered that he had a son earlier...
Wait, Si Yue suddenly thought of a question, isn\'t his Xiao Eleven also in Fu Yunruo\'s hands?
Thinking of passing by with Eleven, I suddenly felt a little heartache.
Si Yue brushed and brushed, and suddenly saw Fu Yunruo making comments on the platform, he immediately forwarded likes and commented, and didn\'t care how much his actions were exploding with fans.
Si Yue sat for a while and couldn\'t help thinking about going to the old house.
Upon seeing this, Xin Xu wanted to follow along, "I don\'t know what happened to Sister Ruoruo and if she was affected."
Xin Xu felt that the program team invited Fang Xueruo to come over, which was the biggest failure. Maybe it was because of her that the program team had broken up.
The impact this time is too bad, the world\'s tolerance for the junior is tantamount to celebrities taking drugs and cheating. Once they are hammered down, they can only be blocked.
But Fang Xueruo is a wealthy man... Well, she is a wife who has never been through the house of the wealthy Chang\'s family. She is also guaranteed by the company, and it is very likely that she will be washed away in the end.
Xin Xu was extremely worried about Fu Yunruo.
Seeing that Xin Xu was really worried about Fu Yunruo, Si Yue did not refuse, and the two went to the old house together.
At this time the courtyard door was closed tightly, Si Yue knocked on the door, and within a short while a voice came out: "Who?"
"It\'s me." Si Yue replied.
Xin Xu on the side hurriedly said loudly: "And me!"
Then the door opened and Fu Yunruo smiled slightly: "Why are you here?"
Then he turned sideways to let them in.
"Uncle Yue!" Wen Wen was also in the yard. Seeing Si Yue and Xin Xu walking in, they instantly lost the stick in their hands, ran over happily, hugged Si Yue\'s legs, and looked up happily. he.
Si Yue leaned over to hug Wen Wen, put his arm in his arms, and walked into the house.
Xin Xu jealously said: "Wen Wen, and me!" Even if he doesn\'t have a taller brother or a handsomer, but he is standing here so obviously, how can he ignore him?
Wen Wen looked over, showing a cute smile, and shouted loudly: "Uncle Xu!"
"Ah!" Xin Xu smiled instantly.
After Fu Yunruo closed the door and saw his son instantly regaining his vitality, he relaxed a little and couldn\'t help but smile.
She then entered the room and poured tea for Si Yue and the others.
"Why do you guys come here free?" Isn\'t it usually during the day to shoot shows?
"Hi, the show is paused." Xin Xuhun said indifferently.
If Fu Yun thought about it a little bit, he knew that something on the Internet should have affected the show, and suddenly said apologetically: "It hurts you..."
"How can it?" Xin Xu waved his hand again and again, "You are also a victim. Don\'t worry, Sister Ruoruo, we are on your side."
As he said, Xin Xu touched the back of his head embarrassedly, "Sorry, I can\'t support you in public for the time being."
He is also involuntarily in a brokerage company, and he has to get the consent of the broker before he can express his opinions.
Fu Yunruo expressed her understanding: "It\'s okay. It\'s fine if you can believe me." Of course, she knows that being a public figure has many involuntary things.
Then she looked at Si Yue, "Mr. Yue, thank you for speaking for me."
"Well, you\'re welcome, you should."
She actually wanted to ask if this would affect him, but seeing how he didn\'t care about it, she always felt that she was a little hypocritical when she asked.
Wen Wen looked up at Si Yue\'s chin, and suddenly thought of the scene of Uncle Yue easily stepping on the villain under his feet, and his dark eyes rolled, "Uncle Yue, can you be your mother\'s bodyguard these days?"
Fu Yunruo looked over in an instant, and stretched out his voice in disapproval: "Wen Wen..." How could Mr. Yue be a bodyguard? Can\'t rely on Mr. Yue to like him and be so naive.
Wen Wen sternly said, "This is a conversation between our men, mother, don\'t interrupt."
Fu Yunruo: "..."
Si Yue said with a smile, "Well, this is a conversation between our men."
Xin Xu laughed aloud, the kid said too funny.
Wen Wen suddenly looked over, and looked at Xin Xu dissatisfiedly. What\'s so funny? He is very serious and serious.
"Cough, cough, cough!" Xin Xu was choked by himself, turned his back quickly, didn\'t laugh any more, just shrugged his shoulders, obviously laughing.
If Fu Yun held his forehead, how could Mr. Yue indulge Wen Wen so much?
Si Yue asked Wen Wen seriously: "Then how do you want to hire me?"
Just as Wen Wen was about to speak, he noticed that he was sitting in Si Yue\'s arms, which would damage his image as a man and was not conducive to negotiations, so he asked him to put himself on the table first.
Wen Wen stepped on the table, his small body was not as high as Si Yue, so Si Yue sat on the stool, and the two barely reached the same height.
Wen Wen said with a straight face, and said seriously: "We will hire you... for five days." He had the final say, five days was enough to find a bodyguard that he wanted.
"After we find the bodyguard, the transaction is over."
"Um..." Si Yue pondered for a moment, "Then what reward can you give me?"
Wen Wen looked at Fu Yunruo and calculated the assets in her hand, "I will hire you at double your current worth and give you as much money as you should in five days."
Si Yue shook his head, "I\'m not short of money, and you can\'t move me with your reward."
Wen Wen curled his eyebrows, the only thing they could afford was money, "Then what do you want?"
Si Yue looked at Wen Wen, and the corners of his lips curled up, "You ask me to pinch my face three times a day, each time for no less than three minutes, how about I accept your employment?"
Hearing it warmly, he covered his face instantly, and the white and tender fat face trembled with one of them, and the cute people trembled.
He stared round his eyes and knew that Si Yue had been greedying his face!
"How?" Si Yue threw out the conditions, waiting for Wen Wen to make a decision.
"Three minutes is too long..." Wen Wen hesitated.
Si Yue shook his index finger, "No bargaining is accepted."
Wen Wen: "... Well, then, I agree." Wen Wen thought deeply, alas, he sacrificed a lot for his mother.
Si Yue curled his lips and smiled, "Deal."
"I want to go down." Wen Wen looked at the ground and said, Si Yue hugged Wen Wen and put it on the ground.
Wen Wen immediately ran into the room to get a pen and paper, "To sign the contract." In order to prevent Uncle Yue from going back, they are going to sign the agreement.
Wen Wen is smart!
When Xin Xu heard this, he quickly ran in: "I\'ll write the contract for you!"
Only Fu Yunruo and Si Yue were left in the living room.
Fu Yunruo said in embarrassment, "Don\'t worry about Wen Wen, children are not sensible."
Fu Yunruo really didn\'t know what Wen Wen thought about melon seeds. He was so whimsical that he thought that the employer would become a bodyguard?
Si Yue took it seriously, "I have promised Wen Wen, so I can\'t speak without words."
Fu Yunruo: "..." Suddenly she felt that Wen Wen had become like this, and she couldn\'t get rid of Si Yue.
She gave a dry laugh: "Wen Wen is still young..."
Si Yue said: "Even if you are a child, since you have agreed to him, you can\'t break your promise and get fat. Otherwise, how can the elders set a good example in front of the children?"
Fu Yunruo: "..." It seems that she has to put the bodyguard on her agenda.
Wen Wen ran out of the room with blushing cheeks, holding paper and pen in his hand, on the paper there was the contract content written by Xin Xu.
Fu Yunruo glanced at it. If it weren\'t for Party A\'s reward for pinching Party A\'s face several times a day for three minutes, this would be a very serious contract.
"Sign!" Si Yue took the pen and paper, and looked at the contract. He saw that Wen Wen\'s careful and clear employment time was five days, but the contract stated that before Party A could find a suitable bodyguard... but he still had nothing. Sign your name without hesitation.
When Wen Wen saw Si Yue signing the letter, he grinned suddenly, hehe...
Si Yue ridiculed: "Little Wen Wen, would you write your own name?"
Wen Wen proudly raised his belly, "I will!"
Then he picked up the pen and signed his name, Fu Wen.
Although the font is very large and crooked, there is no lack of arms or legs.
"Okay, I\'ll keep this contract." Si Yue folded the paper and put it away.
Wen Wen thought that he was a little guilty of being careful about the contract, so he agreed.
Fu Yunruo: "..." Mr. Yue knows how to play with him.
Fu Yunruo sent Si Yue and Xin Xu away, and then had a cordial and friendly conversation with Wen Wen.
"Little Wen Wen, please reflect on your behavior. What\'s wrong?"
Wen Wen turned his head and said loudly: "I\'m right!" Is it wrong that he wants someone to protect his mother? That\'s right!
He thought for a while, most of the villagers were old and young, and those who dragged their families with their mouths were not suitable to protect his mother. Only Uncle Yue with strong force was the most suitable!
Well, his little brothers should also be mobilized to keep an eye on whether strangers come in or out of the village.
"Is your uncle Yue a bodyguard? How dare to let others be our bodyguard?"
"But he agreed!"
"You still feel reasonable..."
Fu Yunruo said hey, just about to continue his education, the courtyard door was knocked again.
She stood up, and just turned around to go out, when she saw Wen Wen moving, she turned her head instantly.
"Stand well, don\'t move."
Wen Wen stood next to the wall, pouting. Mom really didn\'t understand his painstaking efforts, alas!
Fu Yunruo temporarily let Wen Wen go out and asked who it was before opening the door.
Si Yue, who appeared again, stood alone in front of the door with a suitcase in his hand.
Fu Yunruo: "???"
The author has something to say: Many years later, Wen Wen looked at the wolf with his mother\'s big tail, leaving tears of regret.
Oh oh I was wrong...