Chapter 379
Chen Li was very good at picking the time, specifically at 11:30 pm.
Not only were many people rested at this time of night, but hot searches were also cheap.
After all, the team had already spent a lot of money during this time in order to give Ye Xi PR, and there simply wasn’t enough money to go around.
Skybound Entertainment has always been profit-oriented and gave up after seeing that there was no way to bring Ye Xi’s reputation back.
Ye Xi was able to become a top streamer or because of the constant hype, not to mention comparing with Qin Lingyu and Shang Yaozhi, even Hua Yin was not on the same level.
As long as there are resources, Tian Xing Entertainment is able to create another top stream out of it.
But not Chen Li.
She only has one hot artist in her hands, Ye Xi. If Ye Xi is finished, what will she do?
Chen Li had to protect Ye Xi to the death.
Although not many people are online at this time of the day, there are still night owls.
Shang Yaozhi has not had any scandals for many years, so the words “underground girlfriend” instantly attracted many people.
Netizens clicked in to take a look.
Ying Ziyi has recently become a big hit in the entertainment industry, attracting a lot of fans, and is no less than a first-tier star.
The video of her supporting in Youth 202 was wildly reposted by all the major media, and there were quite a few edited videos.
It’s a pity that there was only a small part where her face was shown and netizens didn’t enjoy watching it.
Right now, when they saw the picture of her and Shang Yaozhi in the same frame, most of them were dumbfounded.
[??? How did these two get together?
[There’s one thing to say, my family’s cub’s aura was suppressed, when they walked together in the show, Xie Manyu wasn’t even suppressed.]
[If I remember correctly, Ying Zidian is not yet an adult, this ……]
[Shang Yaozhi’s persona has collapsed, right? It’s okay to fall in love, but to find a high school student? Disgusting.
My brother doesn’t even dare to be in the same frame with the opposite sex anymore. A gentleman’s gesture can be said to be an underground girlfriend.
The first thing you need to do is to make a rumor, mothers want to hold their grandchildren.
The water army sent out by Chen Li kept carrying the rhythm, which in turn made many non-judgmental followers of the net in the black together.
The fans of Shang Yaozhi were completely unfazed and were quite happy.
They have even started betting on whether or not Shang Yaozhi has gotten rid of his single dog.
**
And Shang Yaozhi’s side.
It was 1am in the morning in the capital.
He had just finished shooting the night scene and returned to the flat a*signed to him by First Light Media.
After signing him over, they bought his parents a villa with a medical staff.
The agent followed him, looking over the day’s report, before he received a message from the studio and his mouth twitched.
“There’s something that you need to know.” The agent took a deep breath, “You’re in the hot seat.”
Shang Yaozhi nodded slightly, “A very normal thing.”
He didn’t really like hype, but marketing numbers always liked to bring his name.
As for being dragged into cp speculation with Ye Xi last year, his studio had also sued some big cp fans who created rumors.
Inside those cp fans, most of them are Ye Xi’s fans.
The manager spoke quietly, “Is it still normal to be on with your boss?”
Shang Yaozhi’s hand shook and the pen in his hand scratched a skew in his signature.
This time, he was genuinely a little surprised, “My boss?”
The agent took out his tablet and adjusted the screenshot and placed it in front of him, “Look.”
After reading it, Shang Yaozhi pinched his brow as he slowly let out a breath and also said quietly, “I feel like, I might be a*sa*sinated.”
“No, no, no, not so much.” The agent was startled, “Miss Ying treats you well, there’s no way she would do that just because of a false scandalous hit.”
“If she wanted to a*sa*sinate you, she wouldn’t have helped you out of your contract in the first place.”
“It’s not the boss.” Shang Yaozhi sighed softly, helplessly, “It’s the boss’s boyfriend.”
“Boyfriend?” The agent was surprised, “Miss Ying is still underage, right? Does she really have a boyfriend?”
What kind of man could chase Ying Ziyi away?
“The boss will turn eighteen next month.” Shang Yaozhi smiled, “After the New Year she’ll be leaving the empire, so after talking about work that day, I also prepared an adult gift for her.”
First Light Media was helping him with an international film and television project, and they were having dinner that day, then returned to the flat.
The agent was there.
The person who took the picture had obviously cut off the others.
“Bar mitzvahs are indeed important, it’s a pity you were abroad at that time.” The agent didn’t hold back his curiosity, “Who is Miss Ying’s boyfriend?”
Shang Yaozhi casually picked up a financial magazine on the sofa, “Do you know about the venus group?”
“Yes.” The agent nodded, “The president of the Asia Pacific region of venus group, he is from China, he is really good looking, if he enters the entertainment industry, he will kill a lot of people.”
Shang Yaozhi smiled again, “Well, that’s him.”
Other than that, he had never seen Ying Ziji and any other person of the opposite sex that close.
It must be a boyfriend or girlfriend, right?
The agent was dumbfounded and murmured, “That’s really …… in big trouble.”
It wasn’t that they were in big trouble, it was Ye Xi who was in big trouble.
“Have the studio send a clarification and a lawyer’s letter directly.” Shang Yaozhi said, “Clarify as soon as possible, so as not to cause any damage to the boss’s reputation.”
The agent was busy starting to contact the studio side and his hands were shaking.
He was also afraid that Shang Yaozhi had been a*sa*sinated.
**
The other side.
The Nie family.
Nie Chao was already alive and well, still in high spirits.
After Nie Yi saw that he was completely fine, he proceeded to return to the One Word Team to handle his mission.
New Year’s Eve was the Nie family’s New Year’s Eve banquet, so Elder Nie dragged Fu Yunshen and Ying Ziyi to stay at the Nie family’s old residence.
Nie Chao had slept for several days and was now wide awake and had no desire to sleep.
He quietly went to the kitchen to steal the cupcakes Master Nie had made, then went upstairs and knocked on the door of the guest room.
“Brother.” Nie Chao graciously handed out half of the cake, “Here.”
Fu Yunshen didn’t answer, looking at the computer thoughtfully, his peach blossom eyes slightly narrowed.
“What are you looking at?” Nie Chao took a bite of the cake, then let out a heartbreaking scream, “Crap, why are there eggshells in here?!”
“I forgot to tell you-” Fu Yunshen then looked up, his eyebrows raised, “Yaoyao’s cooking skills need to be improved, your grandfather will learn at most thirty percent once he learns again.”
Nie Chao immediately put the cake away, his heart palpitating, “Luckily it was just one bite, or else I would have been poisoned.”
He then said, “Why didn’t anyone touch those cakes.
Nie Chao took a large sip of water and padded over, “Let’s see, Shang Yaozhi’s underground girlfriend …… cough cough!”
He spewed the water out, shocked: “How is it Big Brother?”
“Disinformation.” Fu Yunshen lifted his eyes, “I went to pick up Yao Yao that day, and this photo op didn’t get me on.”
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what’s going on.
“Ooh, that’s amazing eh.” He looked again, “This rumor-making are out of cp super words, to win, this cp name is not bad ah.”
Fu Yun Shen glanced at him, picked up the phone and called Ian, who had already returned to the O Continent headquarters.
When he learned that another Weibo cp super talk was going to be shut down, Ian spat blood: “Boss, I’m in charge of money, this kind of technical thing, you find Josie ah.”
He was a chief financial officer and didn’t know how to hack technology.
“Sorry.” Fu Yunshen was half guilty, “I’m used to finding you.”
“……”
Nie Chao was listening on the sidelines and finally came around, he was excited, “Bro, you’re jealous? You’re jealous of this?”
“Single dogs can stop talking.”
Nie Chao shut up and just sat back and watched.
A few minutes later, he bumped Fu Yunshen’s arm, “Clarify clarify, don’t be jealous, you can even open a vinegar factory in the future.”
“Do you want to be crowned manager of a vinegar factory?”
“……”
Nie Chao completely dared not speak, he went on to look at Weibo.
It was now 3am, and this clarification was amazingly fast.
[@ShangYaoZiStudiov: In response to the recent “underground girlfriend” comments, we hereby solemnly state that these messages are all rumors and have caused great distress to our artists.
We will not tolerate any slanderous behaviour that damages our artist’s reputation and must be pursued to the end!
Here is a lawyer’s letter with an official seal.
For fans who are still delusional about holding their grandchildren: “……”
The first thing I want to do is to get a few more hours of dreaming.
[Ooooooh forget it, Ying Bao is not yet an adult, the cubs should not get their hands on him, mum is afraid you will be taken away.]
[The studio is tough this time, huh? They clarified so quickly, they’re not afraid of anything, are they?
After seeing this comment, Nie Chao quietly glanced at the man leaning back in the soft chair.
Afraid, that’s really afraid.
Nie Chao grunted.
Earth’s jealous king.
**
Because that Weibo post from Shang Yaozhi’s studio was made in the early hours of the morning, most netizens got up in the morning and looked at this hot search.
#Shang Yaozhi, clarify#
[It’s late, the melon is ripe.]
[I just want to know, who has nothing better to do than to start a rumor? Does he want money or does he want to be black and red?
@chuguangmediav, let the techs take a good look.
Don’t pick it up, I bet on Ye Xi, ten packs of spicy strips.
Ye Xi was still unaware of what was happening online, and she had a rare good night’s sleep until the door to her flat was once again rapped on.
Ye Xi was annoyed and she went to open the door in her slippers.
“Ye Xi!” Chen Li was going crazy, “You’re still in the mood for sleep? Do you know that just not long after we pushed the hot news out, Shang Yaozhi and the others issued a clarification?”
Ye Xi was stunned, “Why so soon?”
It was specifically picked at night, also because it would make it too late for the other side to react.
By the time daylight came, public opinion had already started to ferment.
It was easy to create a rumour, but difficult to dispel it.
And even if the rumours were disproved, it would still be useless.
When Chen Li was about to say something else, several more people arrived at Ye Xi’s flat, all dressed in western clothes.
“Ms Ye Xi, right?” The one in the lead was the female secretary, and she took out a document, “This is a statement from the legal department of First Light Media, please be prepared to receive a summons from the court.”
A statement that made Ye Xi completely sober up, “Summons, summons?”
“The court has filed a case for you to disinform our company’s people.” The female secretary smiled, “Please believe me, no one can touch the people of First Light Media, even if it’s just a rumour.”
After saying this this, she also stopped looking at Ye Xi and left the flat.
Ye Xi stood frozen in place, and Chen Li was also frozen.
It was a while before Ye Xi reacted, she grabbed her jacket and ran outside, catching up with those few people.
“What do you mean?” Her teeth were chattering, “Can’t I just admit I’m wrong?”
It had happened before, so why was First Light Media being so serious this time?
“Admit your mistake?” The female secretary sneered, “Then don’t you know that Miss Ying is his boss?”
This sentence only made Ye Xi feel a thunderbolt from a clear sky, his face instantly paled miserably, “What, what?”
Ying Zidian, was Shang Yaozhi’s boss?
Then wouldn’t she be the CEO of Primeval Light Media?
What kind of magic was this?
She couldn’t believe it!
“Rumour-mongering has reached our boss, Ms. Ye Xi, you’re really something.” The female secretary didn’t want to talk nonsense to her, “Is there a problem with the boss talking to his employees about work?”
Ye Xi didn’t go after her this time, she stood frozen in the cold wind, her head filling with blood and her ears buzzing.
Chen Li, who ran out after her, grabbed her by the shoulders, “Ye Xi, what’s going on?”
“Ying Zidian ……” Ye Xi’s lips quivered, “Ying Zidian she, she is the executive director of First Light Media.”
Chen Li couldn’t believe it, “What did you say?”
The phone rang at that moment, it was the headquarters of Skybound Entertainment.
Chen Li picked it up fumblingly, “Hello?”
“Chen Li, the company has fired you.” The voice on the other end of the phone was cold, “Including Ye Xi, the damage you have caused to the company, you make up for it, and don’t even think about asking the company to do half a thing for you again!”
The phone was hung up just like that.
Chen Li was completely unable to react.
Chapter 380
Ye Xi’s words were too much of a shock to her.
How could she be the owner of First Light Media?
First Light Media had been established more than ten years ago and had changed legal representatives in the meantime, but how could it be Ying Zidian?
A high school student who still needed a guardian.
“Ye Xi, they’re lying to you.” Chen Li didn’t want to believe it either, “How old is Ying Zidian, she’s still in school, how can she be in charge of such a big company? It must be a lie.”
“No, Sister Pear.” Ye Xi’s gaze was dull and her words were out of tune, “Have you, have you forgotten what happened last month?”
Chen Li froze.
Then she remembered the last mini-interview for Youth 202.
Everything that had happened was strung together in this moment, converging into the ultimate truth.
No wonder, producer Li, who had never bothered much about the competition between contestants, had suddenly come over.
No wonder, Ying Zidian said at the time, that there was a recording studio.
She even taunted Ying Zidian at the time for being smug.
But Ying Zidian really was an investor, and the biggest!
Chen Li’s body trembled, her hand covered her mouth and she sweated coldly, “It’s over, this is completely over.”
If Ying Zidian was just a god of learning, then Ye Xi would at least be able to stay in the entertainment industry.
But Ying Zidian was a golden master, and with a single word from her, she could make the entertainment industry ban Ye Xi.
Chen Li took out her phone in a panic and opened Weibo.
After Shang Yaozhi’s studio, First Light Media also spoke out.
[@chuguangmediav: The company and Total TV are in contact for the third part of “Accept the Sanction of the God of Learning! Please don’t take it out of context if you have a heart.
The back put a few pictures of the female secretary, and Shang Yaozhi’s agent.
There was also a lawyer’s letter with Ye Xi’s big name and a series of evidence that Ye Xi had paid off the marketing numbers.
The comments were soaring.
[Sure enough, it was Ye Xi! I’m off to buy some spicy fries!
This woman is so disgusting, she’s been messing with him over and over again, jealous?
[Accept the sanction of the god of learning! The third part is the international final, right? No wonder they’re collaborating, looking forward to it.
Chen Li’s hand trembled even more.
But that wasn’t all, another hot search that made her eyes go black.
#Yeshi fan, committing murder
The first trending search under this one was for Tidu University.
[@DiduUniversityv: Warning disciplinary action against student xxx.]
The accompanying picture details a visit by Ying Zidian to Teito University, where a fan of Ye Xi committed murder.
This fan, was also the manager of Ye Xi’s anti-black alliance.
The big fans are all connected to the artist’s team, and the score will only be credited to Ye Xi.
[What kind of rightful owner raises what kind of fans.]
[To put it bluntly, a top stream that has no strength to fire out by marketing just has this kind of brain-dead fans.]
[And Top Stream? How can Ye Xi be worthy? The only real top streams in the entertainment industry are Qin Lingyu and Shang Yaozhi.
[Good studies, good piano, good hands, Ying Shen, is there anything you can’t do?
Chen Li jerked his head up and looked at Ye Xi: “How dare your fans try to kill someone?!”
“Not you?” Ye Xi’s nerves had broken down and she screamed, “If it wasn’t for you abusing fans every day and letting professional fans lead the rhythm, would they be like this?”
“Who am I doing this for?” Chen Li didn’t expect Ye Xi to blame her for everything, “It’s not for you? If you fought a little, why would I be like this?”
Ye Xi didn’t say anything, her legs went limp and she collapsed to the ground.
Having offended Primeval Light Media, and with Skybound Entertainment giving up on her, she would never be able to make it in the entertainment industry in her lifetime.
This time, it was completely over.
**
The Nie family’s old residence.
Ying Ziji slept until ten o’clock.
She didn’t know what was happening on the internet, and didn’t bother to care if she did.
It’s true that First Light Media and General TV have been in contact. The ISC international finals will be held in May and General TV has already allocated reporters to go to the front line to broadcast live.
The international finals are a national honour and there is no room for slackness.
She got dressed and went downstairs to see Nie Chao and Fu Yunshen sitting on the sofa.
Nie Chao was holding a pile of books in his hands, looking very mysterious.
Fu Yunshen raised his hand and pushed Nie Chao’s head away, “Yaoyao, you’re awake, there’s rice in the kitchen, it’s still hot.”
“Mmm, thanks.” Ying Ziyi swept a glance at the title of the book in Nie Chao’s hand and looked slightly paused, “I can’t see that you’re quite girlish.”
After saying that, she went to the kitchen to find something to eat.
Fu Yunshen withdrew his gaze and looked at Nie Chao, his voice slowing down, “Sell the book you’re holding immediately and don’t let me see one of them again.”
“How can I sell it?” Nie Chao was excited, “Younger Seven, this is an out-of-print book that I scoured many bookstores to find, it will definitely help you.”
“How can Big Brother say that he is also a little girl and likes this set.”
Fu Yunshen’s eyelashes dropped, faint: “You’d better look at the title of the book carefully.”
“What’s wrong with the title of the book?” Nie Chao wondered, holding it up, “Isn’t this quite good?”
The Overbearing President’s Little Stepford Wife
The Overbearing President’s Love for Me
The Overbearing President’s Ninth Bride
The Overbearing President ……
Fifteen books in total.
Fu Yun raised his deep eyebrows and placed his long, slender finger on the first book.
In the next second, internal energy surged out, and these books were cracked.
They were so broken that there was no way to re-glue them.
When he was done, Fu Yunshen got up, unhurriedly: “It seems like you’re really sick, remember to clean up.”
Nie Chao looked at the scrap of paper in his hand, dumbfounded.
Although he already knew about the existence of the Ancient Martial World, he also knew that Ancient Martial Artists were even more powerful than what was written in the books.
But it was nowhere near as powerful as the impact that seeing it with his own eyes gave him.
Nie Chao thought back on all the years he had known Fu Yunshen and was stuffed.
It turned out that he was really the only one who was a real dude.
**
Evening.
The Nie family held a New Year’s Eve banquet at their downtown mansion, inviting the thousands of gentry from the Mu family, the Xiu family, the Fifth family and some of the rest of the families.
The Yuan family didn’t get an invitation, but went anyway.
Even if it was just outside, they might be able to strike up a conversation with someone from the Nie family.
Ying Yuexuan also went along.
Meng Ru had introduced several famous ladies from the imperial capital to her in order to expand her network.
To Meng Ru’s surprise, one of them said she could bring one more person in.
Ying Yuexuan was not a member of the Yuan family and was a newcomer to the celebrity scene in the capital, so she was taken in as a friend by this celebrity.
The layout of the Nie family’s New Year’s banquet was not comparable to that of the four gentry.
Ying Yuexuan was very formal at first, but then relaxed.
“Huh?” Beside her, the famous lady let out a soft sound of surprise, “She’s here too.”
Ying Yuexuan followed her gaze and saw Ying Zigui.
The girl was wearing a very simple black dress, no unnecessary embellishments, still plain, yet she still easily made everyone around her a backdrop.
Ying Yuexuan squeezed the wine gla*s in her hand: “What’s wrong with her?”
“Don’t you know?” The celebrity said, “Her name is Ying Ziyi, she’s very hot in the entertainment world lately, there was a rumour this morning that she and Shang Yaozhi were a couple, but it was later clarified.”
“I know.” Ying Yuexuan pursed her lips, “Actually, she was originally from our family.”
Hearing this, the famous Yuan froze, “Your family?”
“But then she was kicked out.” Ying Yuexuan said slowly, “My parents didn’t like her.”
Naoyuan listened and shook her head, “Then how did she get in? Even though she’s a great student and has the backing of Imperial University, the Nie family wouldn’t have given her an invitation to do so.”
“She knows a lot of men in the business world.” Ying Yuexuan was faint, “She was brought in, she was very close to quite a few guys at our school.”
“A socialite, you understand, right?”
The famous Yuan frowned, “It doesn’t look like it.”
There were a few other gentry and millennials around, all attracted too, listening sideways to Ying Yuexuan.
“She can disguise herself, she’s so good at it that we can’t even notice.” Ying Yuexuan whispered, “A slap on the wrist doesn’t make a sound, if she hadn’t done these things, why would there be such rumours? And-”
Ying Yuexuan’s words suddenly stopped.
It was because she saw the girl’s gaze sweep over, then her feet turned and she walked towards her.
She squeezed her cup tightly: “What are you doing over here? I don’t have half a relationship with you.”
This side of the imperial capital, there was basically no dealings with the celebrity circle in Shanghai, unless it was business.
If she said anything, no one would specifically look into it.
Ying Zidian didn’t say anything, she took out a glove from her bag and started to put it on her hand.
Seeing this action, Ying Yuexuan slowly smiled: “I forgot that you had left the Ying family, but you still managed to get in. Do they know that you have multiple boats on your feet?”
“A slap on the wrist doesn’t ring a bell, am I wrong?”
By this time, Ying had put on his gloves.
Then, in front of the rest of the people, she raised her hand and slapped Ying Yuexuan across the face.
Ying Zidian raised her eyes and said indifferently, “Now, does a slap ring a bell?”