Wen Qianqian nodded: "Anyway, you have to be careful." Then she thought about it and couldn't help but ask: "Then, do you know who is doing these things?"

Lu Xingyan pondered for a moment: "I know the general direction, but I'm not sure who they are."

An hour ago, on the other side of the imperial capital, Assistant Qin Shen reported to him, "Ms. Wen has been very busy with work lately. She's been working almost all the time for the past month, often working overtime at the police station at night. She hasn't had many personal engagements or invitations."

Qin Shen was extremely disdainful when he heard this. "What is she busy with? Isn't it said that civil servants are very idle, arriving at the appointed time and leaving the office on time? What on earth is she working overtime for every day? Is she just clinging to the office to appear hardworking even though she has nothing to do?"

Even though he didn't watch the news much, he knew that Wen Qianqian had been on the hot searches frequently recently and her career was booming. In contrast, his career was bleak now and he had suffered repeated failures in negotiations with the Lu Group. He always felt a sense of suffocation that he couldn't vent. Seeing that Wen Qianqian didn't suffer any loss after breaking off the engagement with him, but was getting happier and more awesome, he couldn't help but feel jealous.

"Uh..." The assistant also heard the sourness in his words. After hesitating for a moment, he reported truthfully: "We've heard that Miss Wen was recently involved in three cases: one is Xinyi's tax evasion case, one is the taxi driver sexually assaulting a passenger, and one is the driver's hit-and-run case after the president of Lu Group was hit. All three cases are major, and the investigations will take a long time and effort..."

Before he could finish, Qin Shen interrupted with a frown: "What did you say? Is she investigating Lu Xingyan's case?"

Hearing his unfriendly tone, the assistant gritted her teeth and answered, "Yes, it's said that the case was completely clueless at the time, and it was all thanks to Miss Wen's ingenious deductions that the suspect was identified. She was also an eyewitness to the case and saved the life of President Lu who was hit..."

"Pa!" Qin Shen hung up the phone heavily, his heart furious. It was Lu Xingyan who had almost gotten him kicked out of the company, and yet he was actually saved by his ex-fiancée! She actually dared to save her enemy. Wasn't this clearly against him?

Qin Shen narrowed his eyes. Going against him meant betrayal, and he should be punished! He had nowhere to vent his rage. Just as he was thinking about how to deal with her, he suddenly realized, damn, she had already taken the civil service exam and was a member of the country. He had no way to deal with her!

It seemed like revenge was impossible. He sighed deeply and decided to talk to Wen Qianqian. He called his assistant again and asked, "Have you found out about Miss Wen's recent schedule?"

The assistant flipped through WeChat and replied, "Boss Qin, Miss Wen is usually in the office or at home, but it seems she has an appointment today. I just heard from one of my subordinates that he saw Miss Wen on Linqing Road in the evening, and she seemed to be in a good mood."

"Lin Qinglu?" Qin Shen's mind raced. Going to that place at dinner time in the evening should be a restaurant, and there was only one French restaurant there, the Yunyin, which was known only to the upper class in Beijing.

Without saying a word, he drove towards Linqing Road. Remembering his mother's words about asking her to come back for dinner on the weekend, he hesitated for a moment and went to the flower shop to buy a big bouquet of roses.

Qin Shen felt good about himself, and since he had always treated the original owner as he pleased, he thought that as long as he was willing, she would still obey him with just a flick of his finger.

Unexpectedly, as she passed by the floor-to-ceiling window of Yunyin Restaurant, she saw her and Lu Xingyan sitting at the two ends of the dining table. There were romantic candlesticks on the table, and the candlelight reflected their faces as they talked and laughed.

Qin Shen was immediately furious. He rushed into the restaurant like a madman and looked at the two people in front of him in disbelief: "How come you are together?"

Wen Qianqian and Lu Xingyan were also very surprised to see him come in. They looked at each other and found that they both looked at Qin Shen like a monkey.

Wen Qianqian glanced at him and said lazily, "Eat, don't you have eyes?"

Qin Shen's eyes widened and he pointed at Lu Xingyan: "Why are you having dinner with him?"

"What else?" she continued lazily, "With you?"

"Pfft", Lu Xingyan couldn't help but laughed. After all, Wen Qianqian had always been kind, gentle and cheerful in front of him. He had never seen her be so fierce and aggressive.

Being confronted by Wen Qianqian was already embarrassing enough, and with Lu Xingyan's smile, Qin Shen felt like he was about to faint. His hands trembled, "Anyway, you can't have dinner with him."

Wen Qianqian was surprised: "Why? He eats your food? He's so rich, it's not possible, right?"

"Poof," Lu Xingyan couldn't help himself again. He didn't know why, but his sense of humor seemed to become much lower when he was with her.

Qin Shen, who was standing opposite him, was so angry that he was about to explode. He shouted angrily, "Wen Qianqian, we are engaged!"

"Engagement?" Wen Qianqian scoffed. She pulled out her phone and pulled out the text message she'd sent back then about the "Engagement Cancelled." She waved it in front of his forehead, "Lift up your skull and take a good look. It's canceled. Do you understand? Or if you're truly illiterate, I can read it out for you."

"You..." Qin Shen's head flushed as he was about to say something, but Wen Qianqian was already looking at him impatiently: "Shut up!"

The corners of her mouth curled up: "So what you mean is that even if the engagement is cancelled, I can't meet or eat with any member of the opposite sex, and I have to wait for you for three to five years before I can live a normal life, right?"

"Why don't you look in the mirror? Do you deserve to be this beautiful with your looks?"

"You're not a prince, but you've got prince syndrome. You cheated on me in outer space while I was engaged, and the Trisolarans all said you were awesome. But you don't allow others to live a normal life after their engagement is broken off. I never thought you were so double-faced and hypocritical."

"If you have the time, spend more time with Yue Yingxue. Maybe your mother will have a grandson next year and even think well of you. Don't come here to give orders for no reason. You look stupid, low-brow and uneducated."

Wen Qianqian lashed out at Qin Shen for a while, and suddenly she felt very happy. Finally, she looked at him with a smile and said, "I'm done scolding you. I feel good. Do you want to leave on your own, or do you want me to have someone kick you out?"

"You!" Qin Shen was stunned by the scolding. It took him a long time to recover. Unfortunately, his brain was not working fast enough. Just as he was about to organize the words to retort, the restaurant manager quickly stood up and apologized to Lu Xingyan: "I'm sorry, Mr. Lu, we saw him coming in and thought he was someone you knew, so we didn't stop him. I'm really sorry, we're kicking him out now!"

After saying that, two security guards stepped forward, grabbed Qin Shen and dragged him out without saying a word, like a dead dog, leaving him no room to struggle.

Lu Xingyan looked at Qin Shen being dragged away and frowned slightly: "Has he harassed you like this before?"

Wen Qianqian shook her head: "No, it's just a sudden seizure."

She looked at Lu Xingyan and suddenly understood something: "Oh, maybe it's just bad luck, and he wants to vent his anger."

Outside the store, Qin Shen was expelled from the store, and even several security guards surrounded the door, not allowing him to get any closer.

He wandered outside the store for a long time, his face flushed, and he was furious for a long time. When he found that he really couldn't get close, he left in disappointment.

Unexpectedly, the scene of him being expelled by security was captured by a passing media outlet.

The next day, the front-page headline of the financial news was "Qin Group is suspected to be on the verge of bankruptcy, and the son of Qin Group is suspected to have no money to pay for the meal and was kicked out by the restaurant security."

Netizens saw it and joked:

[Hahahahahahaha, is this The Onion News? A lean camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how powerful the Qin Group is, it won't make Young Master Qin unable to eat, right?]

Although netizens said so, the capital market's reaction was very honest. That morning, Qin Group's stock price fell by 5%.

Qin Huai, Chairman of the Qin Group: ...

Netizens mocked the financial news as Onion News, expressing their dissatisfaction, and in the afternoon published a photo of Qin Shen being dragged out by security guards with his feet off the ground.

Netizens took a look and said: [Wow, this is actually true! ]

Qin Group’s stock immediately hit the limit down.

Qin Huai: ...

He was furious when he saw the photos in the financial news. It was obvious that the Qin Group was doing well at the moment, but these stupid media seized on a photo and started to criticize it, and it seemed that the fire was not burning strong enough. As soon as the financial news was released, hundreds of domestic media groups reprinted it, and it became a huge sensation in an instant. #Qin Group Bankruptcy# was pushed to the top of the hot search.

Qin Huai didn't take it too seriously at first, until it became a hot topic and all the shareholders called him to inquire about the situation, which made him really pay attention.

The most feared thing in doing business is that three people make a tiger. Once hundreds of media outlets publicize it, the whole country will think that you may go bankrupt, and then you are really not far from bankruptcy.

Now even Qin Huai, who has been in the business world for many years, was troubled and felt that things were not that simple.

As he was fuming, his eyes fell on the photo on the website. He was so angry that he slammed the Buddhist beads in his hand and cursed, "Rebellious son!"

He couldn't understand why his son, who was originally quite promising and capable, would make such news at this critical juncture when the company was in the process of negotiating a takeover. If this was used by the Lu Group, it would cause them to lose at least 1 billion yuan during the acquisition.

Thinking of this, Qin Huai became more and more angry and called his secretary: "Tell Mr. Qin to come to my office immediately."

Soon, Qin Shen was "invited" by the secretary to Qin Huai's office. Qin Huai took a stack of newspapers and threw them at him, angrily saying, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Qin Shen had also seen the news today and was furious. Facing Qin Huai's question, he didn't have a good tone and reluctantly said, "I just went to a restaurant, but they kicked me out because they had booked the whole place."

"Nonsense!" Qin Huai said angrily, "Do you think your father is old and confused and easy to deceive? The restaurant is open for business and they certainly won't kick you out for no reason. You must have done something to offend them first."

"Tell me, what did you do yesterday? Why were you kicked out?" Qin Huai stared at him fiercely.

Qin Shen saw that he couldn't fool her anymore, so he confessed honestly: "Yesterday I heard that Wen Qianqian was eating there, so I went over to take a look, and then I was kicked out for disturbing others' meal."

Qin Huai was stunned for a moment, and after recalling the name Wen Qianqian for a long time, he remembered that she seemed to be the person who had been engaged to Qin Shen before.

Qin Huai was even more confused after hearing this: "Why was your fiancée kicked out? Was she having dinner with another man? Did she cheat on her?"

"No..." Qin Shen shook his head with difficulty. After thinking for a long time, he took a deep breath and said, "Dad, I have already canceled the engagement with her privately..."

Qin Huai listened, paused, and said after a while: "Cancel it, then cancel it. Your leg injury has healed anyway, and your mother has never been very satisfied with her."

Qin Shen nodded immediately after hearing this: "Yes, after she passed the civil service exam, she became so arrogant that she seemed to have no idea who she was!"

He said in a calm voice: "I now suspect that she had planned to break off the engagement for a long time. She knew that I could pass the exam, so she deliberately forced me to break off the engagement."

"What?" Qin Huai's voice was as loud as a bell. "Are you saying she passed the civil service exam?"

Qin Shen was helpless: "Dad, did you listen to the other words I said?"

Qin Huai didn't bother to listen to him and just said, "Then you can't break off the engagement with her."

"Dad!" Qin Shen was greatly surprised and repeated through gritted teeth, "It's not a question of whether or not, it's that we've already called off the engagement."

Qin Huai waved his hand and said, "You still don't understand what I said. I said you can't cancel the engagement, and that's it. She wants to cancel the engagement, it's nothing more than dissatisfaction. Just give her what she wants. Just renew the engagement the same way you made it in the first place, it's nothing more than giving her a little more money."

"But now, at this critical juncture of the acquisition, I need you and your fiancée to have a good image, and I need your status as a civil servant to be very suitable. I'm warning you, don't give the media any handle, don't let them write nonsense, otherwise we will lose more than 1 billion, understand?"

Qin Shen sighed. "Dad, it seems you still don't understand what I'm saying. Do you know who she had dinner with last night? It was Lu Xingyan from the Lu Group! The acquisition is in turmoil right now, she couldn't possibly be unaware of it. The fact that she's meeting Lu Xingyan at this time shows that she doesn't support us at all."

He looked at Qin Huai. "You should know that the capital behind Today's Finance is the Lu Group, right? Besides them, who else has such power to get hundreds of media outlets to repost an unverified piece of news? Their goal is to spread rumors and suppress us through public opinion, saying we're bankrupt, so that our stock price will plummet and they can take advantage of the opportunity to lower the price and acquire us."

"Dad, Lu Xingyan has already taken action. He has come with ill intentions. Regardless of whether we establish a good image or not, he will find an opportunity to attack us!"

After listening to this, Qin Huai calmed down for a while and then said, "Qin Shen, you are still too young. The more times like this, the more useful Wen Qianqian is to us."

He pinched the Buddhist beads in his hand, and a sudden thought suddenly occurred to his mind: "Besides, son, you know your father is a businessman and has always believed in luck. I just heard you say that, and I suddenly had an idea. Before she was engaged to you, you and our Qin family were all doing well, with everything you wanted. I didn't expect that now, within two months of the engagement being broken off, the Qin family is facing the risk of being acquired, or being acquired at a low price. And you've been ridiculed by the media so much, it seems like we're really going bankrupt."

He pondered for a moment, turning the Buddhist beads in his hand: "I always feel that things are not that simple. Wen Qianqian seems to have unusual luck. When she is around, our Qin family prospers. When she is gone, our luck weakens."

"So, I want you to win her back no matter what. Your future, and the future of the company, depends on it. Do you understand?"

Qin Shen sighed helplessly: "I know, Dad."

The District C Police Station is filled with a sense of victory due to the recent success in solving major cases. Everyone from top to bottom is happy, thinking that based on these cases alone, they will definitely receive commendations at the end of the year, and maybe even produce a few more advanced representatives.

In the morning, Captain Gu came out of Director You's office and found Wen Qianqian. He said to her with a smile, "Xiao Wen, the major cases in the bureau have been almost solved recently. Director You said there is a mission and specifically wants you to go."

Wen Qianqian nodded, a little curious: "What mission?"

Captain Gu handed her a proposal: "It's for a legal program on Kyoto TV called 'Shuo Shuo Online.' It's a short program, only six episodes in total, and we'd like to invite professionals from our police department and a few celebrities to participate."

He smiled at Wen Qianqian, "Chief You said that since you're from the entertainment industry, you're quite knowledgeable. Plus, you have a good image and recently solved a major case, so you're very suitable to participate in some similar programs. You know, this is the media age, and our police station needs more publicity."

"The program is well done. Maybe the municipal bureau will give us a special commendation at the end of the year!"

Wen Qianqian thought about it and nodded: "Okay, I'll go."

Captain Gu smiled and patted her shoulder: "Good comrade, keep working hard! If you do well, you might get some unexpected surprises."

After that, he pointed at the plan and said, "Take a look at it for a few days to understand the format of the program. Someone from the TV station will come to pick you up to record the program in a few days."

"Okay." Wen Qianqian replied.

She returned to her seat and began to read the plan. A moment later, Zhao Shan, a team member she had worked with last time, came to find her. Seeing the plan in her hand and the large words "Shuo Shuo Online" on the cover, he suddenly laughed:

"Oh no, this 'Flip Online' show is getting ready for a second season? Didn't think the last lesson was enough? So they're doing it again this time?"

Wen Qianqian was a little confused: "How do you say that?"

Zhao Shan came over curiously and said, "You haven't been here before, so you probably don't know. The first episode of this program was two years ago. They also invited guests to our police station, but we were very short on staff at the time and didn't have anyone suitable, so we didn't send anyone."

"Guess what happened? I don't know if it was because the director had bad taste or was just unlucky, but the six guests he picked all failed within three months. The show's reputation was ruined, and they were ridiculed online. They might as well have changed the name to 'Failure Online', which would have been more appropriate."

"After that season, the production team itself was probably traumatized, and the celebrities in the entertainment industry seemed to have had some psychological trauma as well. There was no next season for two whole years."

"I recently heard that the production team seems to have gotten over their trauma and are preparing to film the next season. The first thing they did was come to our police station to ask for someone. They said that having a police officer as a guest would at least ensure that this one person wouldn't make a mistake, and avoid the mockery of everyone making a mistake like in the first season."

He glanced at the plan in Wen Qianqian's hand and jokingly said, "Here's the plan for you. It seems Director You wants you to go."

Wen Qianqian smiled at him: "It seems so, so Brother Zhao, do you have any advice for me?"

Zhao Shan shook his head. "It wouldn't be considered advice, but I do want to remind you that if things go the same way as last season, don't let them lead you astray and end up in trouble with you."

He tilted his head and jokingly said to Wen Qianqian: "Remember the task given to you by Director You. Work hard, promote well, and don't make any mistakes!"

Wen Qianqian smiled and said, "Okay, okay, okay, I got it."

After Zhao Shan left, she opened the plan and continued reading. She found that it was basically a 6-episode program, with one guest in each episode. They would record their own segments and leave after the recording. They would have almost no contact with other people. The only chance to meet each other might be when they shot a promotional video together before the show.

The filming of the promotional video was scheduled for 8 a.m. two days later. At 7:20 a.m. that day, Wen Qianqian stood downstairs at the police station, waiting for the TV station's car to pick her up.

Soon, a black Audi A4 arrived from the TV station, and three people got out. One of them introduced Wen Qianqian, "Hello, Officer Wen. This is the director of our 'Fa Shuo Online,' and this is our chief planner of 'Fa Shuo Online.'"

Wen Qianqian nodded and shook hands with them in a friendly manner, a little surprised: "The chief director is here in person?"

She smiled and said, "I thought the director would pick up the biggest celebrity guest."

In her impression, many celebrities like to act like big shots, especially those with high traffic. They will often ask for the director to pick them up personally, they must stay in the best hotel, they are very tired from walking, they need someone to hold them when walking, and other messy requests.

Wen Qianqian recalled the original owner's memory. Once for a program, the original owner ran to the filming site foolishly. Yue Yingxue, who was from the same program crew, made all kinds of excuses and refused to leave. She looked easy to communicate with and spoke softly, but she refused to give in when doing things. Later, she insisted that the director come to pick her up in person before she was willing to leave.

This is not the end. When the director agreed to pick her up, Yue Yingxue specially arranged for paparazzi to take pictures at the door. As soon as they captured the scene of the director picking her up, they released press releases on the entire network, "The light of variety shows Yue Yingxue, the director personally welcomes her" and "The show has not even started yet, Yue Yingxue is favored by the director and is personally picked up."

It’s over, and he didn’t forget to let the navy step on the original owner:

[Look, Yingxue was personally picked up by the director, while Wen came all by himself. Whoever is favored by the director and has a higher value is immediately clear.]

Yingxue is well-liked wherever she goes, unlike someone who is so low-brow, hilarious, and always rushes into everything, like a grocery store lady. She doesn't have the grace of a celebrity at all.

From then on, Yue Yingxue relied on her own scheming to step on the original owner and climb up step by step. Although her value and resources were inferior to the original owner, after her manipulation, she appeared more reserved and noble, and her value also rose accordingly.

There are so many shameful little thoughts and schemes in the entertainment industry. Wen Qianqian feels that she is now far away from that circle and is too lazy to care about it. She just thought that those artists were going to do something tricky to trick the director into taking the job, but she didn't expect the director to take the initiative to find her first.

The director immediately shook his head and smiled, "Officer Wen, please forgive me for laughing. Your status is different from theirs. You are an important guest representing the Public Security Bureau and an advisor to our program. The others are just guests on the show, so your importance is different. You mean so much to our program. It's our honor to have you here, and coming to greet you is my duty."

Wen Qianqian smiled and returned the greeting: "Director, you're welcome."

After that, several people got on the car back to the TV station.

The media and fans were already waiting in the TV station, with all kinds of cameras set up, ready to do some big work and take lots of photos and behind-the-scenes footage.

Normally, the main program is filmed by the production team, but in order to generate hype for the program in advance, the TV station filmed this promotional video, which does not involve the main program. Therefore, they did not stop the media, marketing accounts, and fans from filming it. As the saying goes, "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, Each Shows Its Own Magical Skills." As long as they can sneak into the TV station, the production team will tacitly allow them to film.

Some marketing accounts even started live streaming for traffic.

A marketing account with hundreds of thousands of followers is currently interacting crazily with its fans:

It's coming, it's coming, it's coming with the latest season of the show, unafraid of the collapse. Ding ding ding ding ding, it's our latest season of "Flip Online", oh no, "Shuo Online".

I'm guessing some of you still don't know about the incredible success of its first season. Two years ago, its premiere took the entertainment industry by storm. For the entire month following, it dominated the headlines on Weibo. Its popularity was unimaginable, even eclipsing the then-dominant World Cup! So, let me give you a recap. Applause!

As we all know, the first season of "Shuo Shuo Online" had a total of six guests. It was rumored that everything was normal during the recording process, but when the first episode aired, the audience noticed something was amiss. It turned out that the originally scheduled guests didn't appear in a single shot. No one knew where they were, as if they had vanished into thin air.

The show happened to feature a celebrity, and fans waited a long time for him to appear on the show. They were furious, and angry that their brother had taken time out of his busy schedule to record the show for several days, only to not even get to record his face. They all went to question the TV station.

For reasons unknown at the time, the TV station refused to explain. Furious, the fans went after their own personal informant, only to discover he, too, was completely secretive and refused to discuss the matter. Furious, the fans spread rumors that the TV station's management was controlled by the brother's rival family and was trying to suppress her brother. They also reported the production team, causing a huge uproar.

The next day, the police were notified. They reported that their brother, feeling suddenly lonely and alone after filming the show, had called three prostitutes to their large apartment to have sex. The noise was so loud that it disturbed the neighbors downstairs. The neighbors, unable to tolerate it, called the police, making up a pretext that the noise upstairs was too loud and suspected an illicit transaction. The police arrived and, oh my god, they were actually engaging in the kind of transactions you'd expect: 100,000 yuan a night, 300,000 yuan for three people.

The police immediately arrested the trafficker and three of his extras. By the time the TV station learned of the incident, it was days later. With the show about to air the next day, the director immediately called in all the editors on the station, who worked overtime all night to cut all of his footage.