Fortunately, Xiao Zhou discovered it in time and notified Liu Rulan.

Liu Rulan immediately began making arrangements to swiftly and thoroughly eliminate all the rumors.

However, she did not let her guard down and had the operations department staff take turns on duty to monitor the matter 24 hours a day.

Sure enough, just before the official list of nominees for Mulan was announced, Xiao He's negative news quickly climbed to the top of the trending topics list late at night, taking the number one spot.

Liu Rulan, who had prepared in advance, did not hesitate at all and immediately asked the operations department to contact the platform to handle the trending topic.

This time, Liu Rulan wasn't going to let them stand out.

The last time there was a trending topic, she clearly knew who her rival was and what the details and content of the leaks were, so Liu Rulan could launch a counterattack indirectly.

However, the situation was unclear this time, and Liu Rulan did not know if they had any backup plans, so she suppressed the trending topics exceptionally quickly, spending a lot of money to deal with it.

However, the sudden appearance of this enemy left Liu Rulan completely baffled.

In addition, Liu Rulan also noticed that Xiao He's work invitations have indeed decreased recently.

Although Xiao He usually doesn't have many gigs, especially during the time he's filming on set, his studio has received quite a few invitations for business engagements.

Especially after "Law of the Jungle," Xiao He's reputation and popularity have basically taken shape, and he has already gained considerable fame and influence.

As a result, the studio is receiving more work invitations on a regular basis.

From small advertisements and magazines to big film and television variety show invitations, everything Xiao He can officially take on now is the best that Liu Rulan has carefully selected.

However, since last week, these job offers have decreased. Although the decrease is not obvious, Liu Rulan has received several apology calls from production teams in the past few days and has taken back the scripts they handed her.

This is not right.

Liu Rulan immediately guessed that some big boss was planning to blacklist Xiao He.

Since the capital behind these reneged job offers basically originated from Beijing, Liu Rulan asked He Wenming to go to Beijing to inquire and test the waters.

Having been involved in Beijing's social circles for so many years, He Wenming was naturally more informed than Liu Rulan. Sure enough, as soon as he received the news, he immediately informed Liu Rulan.

But this Starry Night Pictures is no ordinary company—

Liu Rulan rubbed her forehead, feeling a bit of a headache.

Starry Night Pictures is a company whose core business is film and television production, focusing on investment, planning, shooting, post-production and other aspects of movies, TV series and web series.

They can guide the investment and production of film crews, and even the direction of the plot. In the later stages, they can also promote the produced works to the corresponding platforms and theaters. Their main purpose is to produce film and television works and provide a "one-stop" service.

As a result, they have close ties with other related upstream and downstream industries and wield significant influence within the industry. Furthermore, because StarShine Pictures is backed by a well-known technology giant and possesses substantial capital, its status within the industry is extremely high.

Their words may not be heeded by everyone, but they are enough to make most other forces back down.

After all, everyone is in the entertainment industry to make money, so who would really offend another major corporation for the sake of their money-making tool?

In recent years, Star Smile Pictures has had a very strong presence, and its subsidiary Star Smile Entertainment has also developed rapidly by taking advantage of its momentum. The artists of this company can basically participate in Star Smile Pictures' own production teams and get excellent S+ productions.

Among them, Qin Lezhang is the top star of Xingchen, and his film and television resources are among the best of his peers.

I just don't know who Xiao He offended this time...

As Liu Rulan pondered, Xiao He called.

"Hello?"

"Sister Liu, I just finished filming here."

While eating, Xiao He said, "I've already looked into the matter of the White Magnolia Award. How have things been going on your end lately?"